The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 20, 1953, Page 4

f i ws Page & THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ~— Saturday, June 20, 1953 Thy Key West Cittzen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- Usher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County 4, P. ARTMAN NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter - TELEPHONE 2-566] and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it @r not. otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of locai or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications, ESS ON FLORI ASS IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels.and Apartments, Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. FrePrr HEMINGWAY’S VISIT BRINGS TO MIND . A REMARK BY ELMER DAVIS Memory is the most wonderful thing about the mind, and association of ideas, which is closely related to mem- ory, is the second most wonderful. The instant'a Citizen man saw the headline of Susan McAvoy’s first story about Ernest Hemingway, he recalled another story, written by John R, Vosburgh for The Citizen several years ago. The Navy had swallowed up all of Emma Street, in back of the courthouse square, and Davis said, “What Key West needs more than anything else is another Garden of Roses.” Pena’s Garden of Roses was up an alley, off Emma Street, in back of the coutrhouse, and its devotees included Davis, Hemingway, John Charles Thomas, the baritone, and other notables. Davis made his statement when he re- turned to Key West on one of his annual visits and learned the Garden had become a part of the Naval Base. jomas’ chief reason for coming to Key West was to Pass several afternoons or evenings in the Garden of Roses, drinking moderately with friends. . “It’s like slipping away to another world,” Thomas "said. “Men come here for goodfellowship, and find it, be- cause, for some psychological reason I can’t explain, as soon as they enter the Garden they become good fellows, regardless of what their dispositions may be.” Thomas usually was accompanied by a dozen friends “and retainers, including his pianist. One afternoon, as he stood at a piano singing, he saw Hemingway enter, with a three-day growth of beard and his shirt front opened to the third button. Thomas stopped singing, hurried to Hem- ingway and hooked arms with him. “Comie on; have one.” “The treat’s on me,” Hemingway said. “No, no; on me,” Thomas rejoined. Hemingway persisted, and Thomas, singing to the tune of “The Barber of Seville,” kept up, “No, no; on me, on me, on me, on me,” till they reached the bar, where Pena blared: “Gentlemans, the treat on me.” , Hemingway undoubtedly misses several of his old friends, including Br’ar and Captain Copper Lips. Two years before Copper died, he asked a Citizen reporter, “Where's Hemingway?” “Over in Cuba.” “He’s sure a helluva fellow. If people saw him chum- ming with us fellows along the waterfront, they'd think he was as broke as us.” But all of Hemingway’s local friends were not sea- men, One of them, the late Ed Gray, was a Citizen report- ver for 15 years. Hemingway gave Gray copies of three of the Hemingway books, including the profusely illustrated “Death in the Afternoon.” Sincerity is a pleasing and vanishing virtue. There are stil] a few people who will accept a loan. In a few more weeks last winter won't seem so cold after all. Graduates should not believe everything they hear in commencement addresses. If you do not have a publicity agent, you will have to advertise to get maximum business. By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK W—A new industry is springing from the split atom. Its impact on other industries seems sure to be great. “The atomic energy business,” as a spokesman of the Atomic Energy Commision calls it, al- ready is contributing to older in- dustries the benefits of new ma- terials, new processes, new stand- ards of perfection in material and new equipment, The atomic energy business is a high cost one now but in time mass production techniques can bring the cost down, according to J, C. Robinson, assistant director of the AEC’s division of engineering. Robinson’s outline of what the new atomic energy business is do- ing and can do for other industries ranged all the way from 10-cent store jewelry to precision equip- ment. Chemical, electronic and glass industries are among those al- ready aided, he said, by precision equipment and long-lived equip- ment the atomic energy plants required. What the new industry learned in producing very pure plutonium has helped in the production and fabrication of such other metals as titacium, zirconium, hafnium Today’s Business Mirror and molybdenum, It has brought the price of pure zirconium down from $350 a pound to $10 a pound. Jewelers ought to take a look at hafnium, the sister of zirco- nium, Robinson says. “It is heavy, probably as tar- he says. The price of hafnium and zirco- nium can be brought still lower if tion” and develop new uses for i permitting mass production. ities in one discovery the new atomic energy business made. Transparent materials such as glass and various crystal have “color centers” which account for the material having a certain col- that they could use ordinary glass only a limited length of time in the presence of various kinds of radiation, because the color cen- ters of the glass changed to dif- ferent hues. Robinson suggests jewelers might save money by making all the stones for cheap rings color- less “diamonds” and then cheap- ly converting some of then to “rubies” or “emeralds” by bor- rowing techniques learned from the atomic energy business. The World Today By DON WHITEHEAD (For James Marlow) WASHINGTON (—In World War Il, Japan was hit by U. S. Air Force raids ranging up to 500 planes in strength. But single planes. dropping . single atomic bombs jarred the enemy into final surrender. Today the U. S. has stockpiled atomic bombs far more destructive than the bombs that exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. President Eisenhower said re- cently security cannot be pegged to any given unmber of planes, As an example he noted that three aircraft with “modern weapons” —the atomic bombs—“‘can practic- ally duplicate the destructive pow- ler of all the 2,700.planes we un- | leashed in the great breakout from }the Normandy beachhead.” | This being true, why shouldn't! jthe Air Force trim down the size jof its the increased destructive power of the atom bomb—rather than insist jon an immediate decision to build up to 143 wings? There is strong evidence the administration had this same ques- | tion in mind in calling for a new | review of Air Force needs. But the Air Force argues the | wumber of planes needed cannot }be related to the power of the jatomic bomb in this fashion, In | open revolt, the Air Force is urg- | ing Congress to accept its 143-wing | jand the composition—of the Air | | goal rather than wait for the Eisen- hower administration to review the entire defense field. | Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg. Air Force chief of staff, told senators: planned force in relation to} each other and insure delivery of the bombs. However, there are some who} are skeptical of the Vandenberg argument. And part of this skeptic ism can be traced to past Air Force estimates of needs in man- power and planes. The Air Force first advocated a goal of 155 wings in August, 1951, and estimated it would have to have 22,790 planes to equip them. Two months later, it figured the jnumber of planes to equip 143 wings would total 22,700. Thus while dropping 12 wings in the planning, only 90 planes were eliminated. Also, at one time the Air Force estimated it would need 1,900,000 through this manpower figure had almost been halved. When Air Force officers were Mich) about the seeming disparity for 155 wings and 143 wings, one merely a hurried guess to show {the magnitude of the need. say “The composition of the 155- jwing Air Force was entirely dif- {ferent from the composition of the 143-wing Air Force.” |. Arguing for an “interim” goal lof 120 wings, Secretary of Defense | Wilson made the statement that the new review wou'd provide the basis for determining the size— Force. This would seem to indicate that | perhaps the entire structure of the | Air Force will be studied together Education is mainly the process of learning what one “Any relationship between the | with ifs relationship to the air pow- doesn’t know, and getting the desire for knowledge. We do not know if there is anything to the report that Malenkov broke eighty, but advise cool-headeciness in any case. amount of payload that you can jearry on a bomber today does not} give you anything at all in relation tw the nu of planes you need.” Then he went on to argue that, | Toughly, the Air Force must use jthe same number of planes to get j stom bombs on 2 target as it needs jer of the other services. The Air Force regards the aerial power &f the Navy, Marines, Na- jtienal Guard and Air Force re- |serves 2s support forces | But there are indications the new | Pentagon chiefs ‘terms ef the col! ve sir strength Every farmer knows a slam-bang farm program battle |to deliver the old type bombs onjof al the services plus the re- is shaping up on Capito! Hill for 1954, with rigid vers flexible supports the major issue. eave target. He explained this is so ause the bomber formations interlocking fire to protect serves. The Eisenhower program would build up ia the National Gear A Letter From | BILL LANTAFF Each year, about this time, thoughts of obtaining an appoint- ment to West Point or Annapolis enter the minds of many young men, while others dismiss the thought because they or their fam- ilies do not know their Congress- man and feel they must have po- litical influence to be considered for appointment. While Congressmen may estab- lish their own method for making academy appointments, with some appointing the sons of their friends or business associates or making their selection for political reasons your Congressman has found far too many young men from South Florida who are eager to win an appointment, for me to limit the opportunity to -a few by following such an appointment method. Your Congressman has adopt- ed a policy whereby any young man from the Fourth Congression- al District of Florida may have the opportunity to compete for my appointments. I don’t believe in Playing politics with these young men. To me it is far more im- portant what the young man knows rather than who he knows, what he sis, not who he is. To clarify the confusion and mis- understanding which results evi- dently from the knowledge that Congressmen could select their apyointments on any basis they choose, and without requiring com- Petition, is the main purpose of this letter. It is to explain your Congressman’s appointment policy and to encourage your men to compete for my appointments. My policy works this way. Any young man, from Florida’s Fourth Congressional District, between 17 and 22, and physically qualified, need only write me that he desires | to compete for my appointments to WORK —> nish resisting as gold, and cam be |” formed and polished beautifully,” | © other industries will ‘use imagina- P Robinson points out the possibil-) — or. Atomic energy users found! men—but before the cutting was | questioned by Sen. Ferguson (R-| in the number of planes needed | airman said the first estimate was | But Vandenberg stepped in to; jew airpower in; | West Point or Annapolis. His letter is all that is required to gain the opportunity to compete. Letters |from his family or friends do not jin any way enhance his chances |nor influence his selection, since he must compete and win the ap- _ |pointment on his own merit. A congressman is permitted five Midshipman in Annapolis and ‘four ;Cadets at West Point at one time. | As vacancies occur appointments are made. This may mean an ap- |pointment each year, or two one year and none the next. Classes begin. at the academies in July. |The examination is comprised of ‘two phases, The first phase is a written examination which I re- ‘quest Civil Service conduct for me a year in advance of the class start- ing date for which there is a va- cancy. The purpose of this test is to determine the mental ability of the applicants, When the results of the written examination are received, the |young men scoring adequate grades j}are requested to appear before a | board of prominent South Fiorid- |ians for a personal interview. Your | Congressman selected’ this board |for the purpose of judging the ap- |plicants on their attitude, person- ESS RES Ee | ality and general all-around qual- 9, . | ifications. Won t Aid ROKs The nominations for appointment are then made with the young men TORONTO, Ont. (” — Foreign | scoring the highest combined score Minister Lester B. Pearson said |for the written test and interview Thursday that Canadian troops in | being automatically awarded my Korea will not be used to support | appointments, This policy takes any fighting the South Koreans | academy appointments out of po- may launch against the North litics and gives every young man Koreans after an armistice. ‘in my district a chance to carn Pearson, who also is President|his way into Annapolis or West of the U. N. General Assembly, | Point. told a political campaign rally: “We are under no obligation to} support or participate in any oper- | ation brought on by the govern-| Whe Can Compete with a Moon? ment of the Republic of South Korea and not by decision of the|q girl growled at a strawberry United Nations. festival. . Pearson declined comment on| “False? How so?” said a visi- whether Canadian treops would be | tor from the city. * used in any roundup of the escap-| “Here we are,” the girls explain- ing POWs. led, “selling kisses for charity, and PERS. SAR RONETTG | Caroline is bootlegging them out- RED SCIENTISTS TO MEET (side in the moonlight.” ROME ((#) — A group of Soviet | | scientists will emerge from ochind ithe iron curtain this summer to talk over old times. With geolo gists from 39 other nations, they ; are scheduled to discuss this pla-} net's. quaternary period of the ee- nozoic era. That is the period, | through which we're still strugg- ling, marked by the rise of man jand his dominance of the earth. The occasion of the get-together | is the fifth international congress | for study of the quaternary period. | When the congress opens its meet- ings in Rome on Aug. 30, a num-; ber of Soviet and gsteilite geolo- gists are due to be among the 500 scientists in altendance. Among items on the agenda is a trip to Naples and the famous tem ple of Jupiter Serapis, one of the meccas of modern geology. Be cause of temple's submergence by the sea and its rise again. geoio- gists have deduced that too, have bee: vation relativ Tactical Officer Peon. LT. (J.G.) ROBERT F. WENT- WORTH, USN, has reported as Assistant Tactical Officer on the Staff of Surface Anti-Submarine Development Detachment here. He-and his wife Marilyn reside at 38-B Sigsbee Road. Sincerely yours, BILL LANTAFF “Caroline is false to the league” | Soviet iron ore, coal deteriorat- ing, Pravda article says. Force Reserve. in additix the Navy and the Marines Ms equivalent cf 25 wings. Thus, this country would have at ieast 147 wings of eit power by 155 But the Air For se imsis ; The selection depicts the retreat WHAT IS «I. NURSE. AN IKE OR A MAMET PRESIG<NT AND EXPRESIDENT GREETINGS are extended to President Dwight D, Eisenhower by ex: President Herbert Hoover as they meet at the home of Theodore Roosevelt, “Sagamore Hill,” dedicated as a national shrine. Speaking from the front porch of the mansion in Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. President Eisenhower issued a ition “Teddy Roosevelt Week” in honor of the 26th Chief Executive. (International) Biff Elliott, New Star, Says Hollywood Will Not Change Him By DOROTHY ROE Associated Press Women’s Editor Graduates — At 77 Betty long line of law-abiding Maine sea captains. The guy she married, while both were attending the University of i RE H iF of some use and not to just think of themselves as out of things.” GUNFIRE TO AID ORCHESTRATION BURBANK, Caiif. — The Bur- bank Symphony Association’s sum- mer season will open July 12 with a bang—60 seconds of rifle and tank-cannon fire directed by walk- ie-talkie. A one-minute artillery barrage is called for he scote of the Tschaikowsky'’s “1812 Overture.” i Ht fee & of Napoleon from Moscow. The gunfire will be adjacent to: the orchestra but facing away/ from it. Walkie-talkies operated by Lt. Col, W. B. 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