The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 29, 1953, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WES ~ “+, June 29, 1653 —_—— — Ghy Key Wy Published daily (except Sunday) by . wner and pub- lisher, from The Citizen Building, cori. end Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County kL. P. ARTMAN Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONE 2-5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25c per week, year $12, by mail $15.60 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, | 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. | 1 2. 3. 4, 5. DO YOU READ THE CITIZEN’S FEATURE: “TODAY’S BUSINESS MIRROR”? As everybody is interested in money matters, particu- larly as pertains to himself, The Citizen daily publishes “Today’s Business Mirror” to keep its readers informed on economic conditions in the United States. Those condi- tions, as they change, affects every man’s pocketbook, in one way or another, so that they are really a personal matter. The column is written by Sam Dawson for the Asso- ciated Press. The nation’s burden of debt—governmental, business and personal, was the subject discussed by Daw- son in Friday’s Citizen. If you read the article, probably you were shocked to learn that the combined debt is now 640 billion, which means that the trillion-dollar mark is only 360 billion away. It may seem a long way to go yet to total a trillion, but it will require only nine years to reach that amount if the increase continues as it did last year. The Department of Commerce announced that the debt rose 40 billion last year. The end of the increase is not in sight, either in governmental, business or personal debt. As the department pointed out, the debt of 640. bil- lion is 40 percent higher than it was at the conclusion of Second World War, and three times as muth as it was when the Second World War began. It was also noted that home mortgage and consumer credit increased the most during both periods, since the beginning and ending of the war. ¢ Eventually, the government will pay its debt through the simple process of taking the money from its people in the form of taxes, and paying it back to those among them to whom it owes the money. Business may falter in some instances. The greatest task in debt liquidation will fall on the millions of individuals, whose debt is expanding fast- er, with no sign of a let-up in borrowing, than either that of the government or of business, Dawson asked, “Is the size of the debt becoming dangerous?” and added, “Most bankers say, ‘Not yet.’” But the Institute of Life Insurance said that the size of the debt “seems to call for caution.” The government and business concerns are exercis- ing far more caution than the individuals. As the consum-| er always pays for the increase in prices, so the man -in debt, millions of him, always is pressed hardest to pay off what he ower. BRITISH NAVY’S NEW LOOK Queen Elizabeth II reviewed some 200 warships of the British Commonwealth in mid-June as the British Navy’s coronation salute to her Majesty. The warships of sixteen foreign powers were also present for the seapower show. Perhaps the most striking point of interest was the transformation which has come over the Royal Navy since World War Il. In the 200-ship fleet, there was only one British battleship. This compares with a World War II battleship strength, in the Royal Navy, of some fifteen to} twenty dreadnaughts. Those who can remember World War I will recall that the British Navy paraded some fifty-nine battle- wagons in the 1914 mobilization review. However, in place of the battleships, the modern British Navy showed its! queen nine aircraft carriers. Present Royal Navy plans call} for theBritish to have at least twenty-seven carriers afloat within the next two years. Thus, the aircraft carrier has almost completely replaced the battleship in British naval) jengineers and planners, a hand ,of writers and artists and—watch planning. The British, who watched the Royal Air Force save Britain from Nazi invasion in 1940, have become thorough- ly air-minded. The U.S. Navy tion, ind er the example om the same direc moving in for its airpower program in ragement Royal Navy. the The best way to avoid bills is to pay cash. Don't be too willing to accept the words of clergymen} who say you are going where they burn eeal NOT PARLE <The SCI Loy Sy yh Terr ye Day; Cane os ER A nai WORRIS—a CHING BERMUDA TH? hegre “Upper 10,000” Enjoys Life Pa st sl a hat hina hil Communism Raises New Hungarian Aristocracy (Editor’s Note: Richard O’Regan, The Associated Press bureau chief in Vienna, is one of the few report- ers to visit Hungary in recent | years. He has just returned to| Vienna). : By RICHARD O’REGAN BUDAPEST, Hungary «#—Five years of communism in Hungary have created a new aristocracy. They are known as the “upper 10,000". To keep them in power nine million Hungarians work exces- sive hours, buy little, have few joys and are forced to worship the triumvirate of Marx, Stalin and Premier Matyas Rakosi. Yet the new closs is not free from the worries traditionally ascribed to the big business mag- nates of private enterprise. Indeed, where the capitalist can lose all and start again, Rakosi and his Communist leaders can be sure a| false step will lead them to the| firing squad. . People here say communism in| Hungary made haves of a very| small group of have-nots, Perhaps all those who have benefitted total 500,000. The rest of the population has seen a steady drop in the stan- dard of living. If 500,000 have gained from better housing — seized in most cases from the dis- possessed bourgeoisie of old—they have lost freedom to act, think, move around and enjoy themselves in the 1,000-year tradition of the Magyars, No more than a few hundred of | the upper 10,000 make up commu- | nism’s real social register. Their society is barred to outsiders. They entertain themselves. They are rarely seen publicly, They are seen only on podiums cr at lush recep- tions for foreign Communist digni- taries. If they go to the opera, swarms} of secret police surround the for-' mer royal box, If they wish to see the skillful Hungarian soccer teams, whole sectors of Budapest's stadium are blockaded. They see movies in their own homes. The heaviest secrecy surrounds their private lives. Thus rumors blossom when Premier Rakosi’s high-paid Stakhanovite workers and the nation’s sports heroes, they are the ones who can afford to visit the uncrowded restaurants and night clubs of the new society. They patronize the new luxury specialty shops on Vaci Utca— poor imitation of tne salons of the pre-Communist era. . The dispossessed aristocracy, the merchants and the pre-Communist traders, have fled, been forced into factories.or onto farms, de- ported, or driven to suicide. The old upper and middle classes have become the “class enemy”’ of the new elite. All that has changed is that the Communist peasants and workers who seized power now inhabit the gilded recep- tion chambers of the Parliament and the baroque boxes of the opera. Those in the middle before the new regime are still in the middle. This is true also for masses of Communist supporters who were not high enough in the party hier- archy to gain its benefits. The average Communist office worker of the time before commu- nism finds his life much the same. He and his family of three may now occupy two rooms in an apartment house. He finds he can buy less than he could with his money. His free time is occupied with a complex of Communist functions. © Below the new “lower middle classes” are the new proletariat: masses living four and five to a room, dogged by hard work and few rewards and conscious that criticism can mean forced ‘labor on an industrial undertaking. West- ern diplomats claim they are as badly off as they were in the hard prewar times of unesnployment and probably worse. Current prices mean the average Hungarian family lives mostly on grey bread and fresh vegetables, with only occasional meat. Communist newspapers. They eat up 15 per cent of his pay. From what is left of his 800, he must pay -310 to 520 forints for shoes and a fair quality blue shirt costs 204 forints. A suit for his son costs 500 tv 700 forints and cheap summer shoes for his wife mean another 41 hours at work. He has to be punctual on the job or be fired, and attend trade union meetings and political lectures two or three times a week when he isn’t doing ‘volunteer’ extra work. Western economists say this all adds up to a situation where the Hungarian Communist “paradise” has left the average man worse off than he was under the semi-feud- alism of prewar days. Uniform Change WASHINGTON #—There is now a Marine uniform with a six-gore flared skirt and a bodice with a box pleat in the center back. It is, of course, for women Marines, and is designed by Main- bocher and made up in nylon- dacron, showing Saturday in the Fourth Marine Division Association par- ade. The association, whose members fought together during World War Il at Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima, is holding a four- day reunion here. HIS TAIL’S CUT SHORT NASHVILLE (— James Sad- ler has offered a $50 reward for proof against the character who |has been removing his puppy’s tail —gradually, Sadler came home Tuesday to find Pedro, his half-Chihuahua, |half terrier puppy, had lost half [his tail. Wednesday, daughter Sandra It had its first public} MRS. BARBARA JONES CLOUD, of Boston, points to a globe as she gives details in New York con- cerning the all-women Transcon- tinental Air Race in which she will be a starter, It will start at Lawrence, Mass., on July 3 and end at Long Beach, Calif. Mrs. Cloud, who is known as “the fiy- ing housewife,” has more than 100 solo hours. (International) By BILL GIBB Key West Police Officer Member Nat. Safety Council It is a disagreeable job to handle dead bodies that are mangled be- yond description. Bodies that are so torn-up that perhaps the mouth is twisted around to where the ear should be -- or maybe it might just be ribs that are crushed, broken, and protruding six inches out of the back of the corpse. And, although it isn’t pleasant to handle such bodies -- whether they are warm or cold -- it is still more unpleasant to see the living results of other automobile acci- dents. The men, women, and chil- dren who may have smashed knee caps so that they will never walk normally again. The innocent folks who are the victims of a reckless driver and must hve the rest of {their lives with horrible facial scars - with broken backs -- with pain- seared bodies. Can you wonder why Key West | traffic officers sucn as Eddy Ra- mirez or L. Soriano are so deter- mined to try to bring safe driving practices to our town? Too often these officers have to investigate accidents and do te dirty work of trying to alleviate pain while the person who caused the accident -- the reckless driver, the speeder, the drunk -- is taken to a hospital and manages to escape even the awareness of what happened by taking a sedative. Ramirez or Soriano want to see conditions on our highways and | streets improved. They say: “In bad weather, reduce your speed.”” “If you're tired, don't drive.” “When driving at any speed you | should give driving your whole at- t q “ergenda To> convoy of two curtained Zis auto- mobiles filed with armed police | and his own Cadillac miss a day! racing through town with flashing | red lights. They occupy the former villas of | Hungary's merchant princes. | They have their own modern | hospital, and for vacations, they go | to restricted luxury resorts on Lake | Balaton, where the art treasures | of the dispossessed aristocracy reportedly have been gathered for their enjoyment: in the summer / jeastles of the one-time rich { The new elite do not require money, for every want is satisfied by a command. j Below the top hundreds are the men who make up the rema of the upper 10,000. They second-ranking party chieft top-drawer government officials top military men, a few leadin "ee led ie ae ~ ing all their companions—the func tionaries 7 | little. | Im social standing, if not Possession ip property, th become the new ca oe snes OUCANT NOLY Fild TOUR WATER PISTOL MEREI | Hal Boyle Says HAMILTON, Bermuda — An open letter to President Eisenhow- er: Dear Ike: When you come to Bermuda next month for the Big Three confer- ence, you are going to run into one big problem that isn’t on the pro- gram. That problem will be how to keep your mind on international woes in a coral wonderland where nobody was meant to worry, and few people feel like arguing. Com- ing to this island paradise with a problem is like bringing your moth- er-in-law along on a honeymoon, World politics could hardly find a pleasanter beachhead, and if I were one of the statesmen I would tell the others: “Fellows, why not be sensible about this? Let's talk and talk, but don’t settle the issues before us. If we do settle them, we'll have/ to leave this climate and go back home.” This may explain why I am not} a statesman. The home folks here are highly flattered that the conference will make Bermuda a world political center. They regard it as perhaps the most important single event here since a British admiral acci- dentally ran into the islands in 1609 and had the forethought to claim them for his queen. The Spanish actually had been here ear- jlier, but made no objection, not realizing how profitable the tourist | trade would become a few cen- turies later. The Bermudians know that you, Sir Winston Churchill, and the French representauve—if France | gets around to naming one—have a heavy agenda. But they are very proud of their colorful islands, and hope you can take time off to see the sights. The Mid-Ocean Club, where you will meet, is beautifully situated. | Better bring along a pair of blind- \ers, For it will be hard to con- jcentrate on Germany, Korea, or \the faraway Iron Curtain if you | glance out the window. The mind |begins to wander, the heart to dream, at the riotous glory of flow- ‘ers, the soft sky, the calm wide | sea, blue as a child's eyes, | You look out at all this loveli- \ness, and you think: “‘Why can’t \life be as clean and quiet and |peaceful as this for everyone ev- | erywhere?” They have erected a wire fence | around the clubhouse to keep out | sightseers. Your security guard of | 250 hand-picked Royal Welsh Fu- | siliers is drilling daily. | Naturally you will want to bring \along your golf clubs, for the Mid- { Ocean Course is ranked among the half dozen finest anywhere, The Bermudians hold you warm personal esteem. Prettiest Nurse EMMY KELLEY was selected as prettiest nurse at the Los Ang General Hospital. At left is J McCall, the runner-up, Miss ¥ ley will compete with represer tives of other California coun on August 30th for the state be internatioy ty tide. a Reserve Change WASHINGTON u—More th: Per cent of the Army's Re officers have agreed to exct their old, five-year commis for indefinite term appoinitr now provided by law. Of 353,895 officers offere choice between giving up military standing or acceptin indefinite commissions, 2 said they would stay with the ice. An additional 15,246 of will be given another chan take indefinite commissions t their five-year appointments pire . Reserve officers of the Nav Marine Corps already are s¢ indefinitely and the Air Foi awaiting final returns on its ¢ from short to indefinite co: sions. HE LEARNED BETTE! KALAMAZOO, Mica. Ww - rested for “walking 4 red 1 in | pedestrian Richard Dungey a | with the corner cop that polic One final tip: Bring along plenty | no right to arrest aim — red of suntan lotion—and Mamie. A fel-|or no red light — for crossin low who visits as fair a place as | street whenever and wherev’ Bermuda without his wife is bound | to get an earful when he gets back | home—even if he | White House. | Sincerely, | Hal Boyle. | Bank Alarm In Reverse | CHICAGO — Police from the | Burnside station answered a dif- ferent kind of bank alarm Friday night—a man wanted to get out of | a bank Police were summoned to the | Chatham Bank by a telephone call and found the caller, Rudd, an assistant cashier, peer- ing through the front door. Rudd said he was locked in whil saw fit. But Dungey changed his guilty, lives in the| after a night in jail and ple Judge Clark M. Obmstead Dungey to come back July 2 sentencing — after Dungey completed three weeks at a p conducted traffic safety schoc CONTRACT AWARDED JACKSONVILLE W—A $52 contract to equip pumping st No. 9 at the junction of South River Canal and Levee 37 » west of Ft. Lauderdale has William H.| awarded to Nordberg Manufa: ing Co., Milwaukee. Army engineers said the pr ig station, to be built unde working late checking accounts. At | separate contract, will divert his direction, police got in touch | ter from the canal, now being with a bank official who unlocked | larged, into conservation area A semi-skilled worker cannot | phoned him to wail, “it's happened | tention, but you should be especi-| the doors. 3 to the west of it. |afford more. He gets about 800| again.” Half the remaining tail had | @!ly attentive when traveling at Aico forints a month. At 210 hours aj been cut off. high speeds. If you want to fiddle = month, that means slightly less| By the time Sadler got home | With the radio, or reach into the than four forints an hour. He has} Wednesday night the knife-wielder | Blove compartment, pull off onto | Crossword z1le regular deductions for union dues,|had struck a third time. j the Brea twee SR EERO. | insurance, income tax, peace loans} Now Pedro has barely enough of| “5 7 ws ‘sted |and compulsory subscription ole tail left to support a bandage. {With the speed of the other cars; = Begs One | around you. If you're passing too wi LE . ee ——— | many cars, you're driving too fast. | a= puter r LEY If too many cars are passing you, | & Leer : Des red IP AIL IAITIE: ’ + chances are you're driving too) 12. Regret : By means of 2p OO Me se mE. ee slow.” | 2 Easy gait FH Put in o } COLT REG A RB . “Speed grows on you, keep alert {Broad smile 41. So may ER/) Mere me mms t for unintentional climbing speed.”"; }g ADEST SES, ~—sC [EIR IOI ONNESTETAILIEN! | “Above ail, remember: SPEED | . network = aa eee eee SE ICIE'DE ‘ 7. Tear ur | KILLS. TAKE iT EASY!” i metal Scent Promise |GI HOME LOANS |REACH 3,000,000 WASHINGTON \#—The Veterans Administration said that it guar anteed the three mulijonth GI home loan during May Up May 3.004.157 home 1 $19,600,000,000 had be ns during tae nine VA rs the gram has been in operation and VA guaranteed or insured about half that amount Nearly 13 per cent. or 283.953 of the loans have been paid « lonly 16.218, or less than six-tenths of 1 per cent, have re claims which the govor and Fi baif. Then cut ¢ of the halves into Now hold the onion half firs tiny squares.