The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1953, Page 4

& ‘Tuesday, October 27, 1953 The Key West Citizen Ester, oom The Ciisce Building, Corer ot Greene and’ Ana Streets: Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Menree County L. P. ARTMAN ‘ NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 25661 end: 2.5662 Page'4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites of public issues discussion and sub; and ‘subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish] ESS ON FLORI ass IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels und Apartments, Beach and Ba’ Pavilion. Sea. Consolidation of County and ernments. Community ‘Auditorians. oe L 2 a 4 5. ANOTHER AIR FORCE ECONOMY Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott recently announced a new saving of approximately half a billion dollars in the Air Force. The air service was cancelling contracts for some 2,000 to 6,000 jet engines, ed. WORR/S—e Picked Wrong Day he report-| Los ANGELES ve — Sheriff's ing i Cera ae an ot took This saving is possible. because the attrition rate for % engines in the service has been reduced from an expect-' banageespnsbttie ee mat ote + ed fifteen percent down to about one and a half percent, |whole family jumped on me. They it was said. Thus the reserve jet engines which were|‘idn’t like the idea of getting thought needed will mot now be needed and orders rl iasteg —, police rein-| them can be cut without reducing the number of plafiés|forcements, and Reynolds’ brother in the Air Force. Fred, 25, was booked on suspicion Theslatest spnouncamemtee the last of a series ofleral cuts on ihe face and numerous moves on the part of the new administration’s armed bruises. forces chiefs to reduce-spending-in- line with the trend in the Eisenhower administration. Certainly some of the Political Announcements cuts appear to be wise moves. While there is a running CITY ELECTION controversy in progress now, between Democrats and Re- AY, NOVEMBER. 2% 1953 publicans, as to whether the economy cuts are endanger- ing the national security, it would appear from announce- ments in past weeks-ahdtHonths that’some thrift was in order. : 8 or For Mayor GROUP 1 Cc. B. HARVEY Elected For 4 Years of the views of its read- right to delete any items which considered libelous or unwarranted, The writers should be of the paper onty. Signature of the writer must eccempeny the le ti Wu letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. “THE NEW LOOK” Editor, The Citizen “The new look” but unfortunately the same old story of wasted funds and abominable streets. You may have guessed already that I am referring to our latest street improvements, and believe me, that is using the term loosely, Most of you have no doubt read about and seen pictures in this paper concerning this project; but if you do not live on one of the streets or have not ridden over one of them, you owe it to yourself as a taxpayer to do so. +) Using the timber to conceal their | work,” he said. “Like you say, It's baa i Bg & Het ; FREE zeg 4522 Ruth | immediate! ten of her i E them ‘with the intention of on the Double in e Double D must fall back. had nepecyn it. With a field glasses he follow poees for a short distance and what Ruth had in mind. EE movements, he led Tombstone’s hill guards up to the trail along en mm follow em behind re squarely into a wicked crossfire which felled horses and men at the first volley. They were halted in their tracks and sent milling about in confusion. In desperation they charged their unseen enemies, but the withering fire took too great a toll and at last they were forced to flee for their lives. Ruth followed them in their re- treat, blinking the tears of anger from her lashes. She herself had not been touched; men just didn’t shoot at women. But her bright pps had failed and it came to | her then that this was the begin- ning of the end. ‘HE SECOND FENCE was com- pleted while the helpless Star crew watched sullenly from a safe distance. A gap was left as in the first one, and when the wire touched the timber in the western foothills another cattle drive was made. Ruth watched stonily as Star stock was driven through and the gap closed. The range .| was becoming crowded and al- Teady animals were wandering into the hills behind the Star | buildings in search of pasture, _ The was rapidly becom- ing. hospital, with three wounded men ing it with her father. The two who had been shot from their horses were dead and had been buried by a small party which had gone into the hills bearing a flag of truce, Some- where in i i the stil (eerie to Roam = stealing favorite six-gun an making a: monkey of him, made unexpected visits to the ranch in the hope of surprising the young man on a supply expedition. Ruth had no — with Al, who was aapy jing his duty. s just one thing left for us to do,” she told Ed Keever. “When they've finished this line and driven our cattle through we must bunch the whole herd, get ind them and stampede them h behind into the hills behind the Star| down the valley. If we can get ma them going fast enough they'll descending guards in a rushing flank attack. | cruel; the ile up at the wi: Once i coounuentie ty hills, the| and cut aati bs through those fences. It’s barbs and trample to death the ones It was a brilliant plan, but Jeff} who fall; but it’s the only way ‘a of} I can see.” eir Ed nodded dumbly. His face was so sad to start with that it could look no sadder. “Might Tocks around a flat open} | space which the Star riders would | surely cross. The Star riders ran ithe only thing left for us to do.” | The third line of fence was finished without interference by the Star, the cattle were driven throughfhe gap left for the pose, and the working crew their usual day to tear up the sec- ond line of fence so that the ma- | terials could be used in the ¢on- | struction of the fourth and last ‘line. That line would pass almost in the shadow of the Star ranch jhouse and would mark the end of the valley march. The Starrs | would have their headquarters Hleft, but their cattle would be |scattered for miles back in the |hills and many. of them must starve unless John Starr drove to new range. | The night of the day when the second fence had been taken up, Jeff moved his guards into posi- tion at the site of the fourth and } final fence, and the long valley } patrol was doubled. If Ruth did @cide to attack from the rear, the following morning would be | the logical time to strike. |. But even as Jeff was sending his riders into the valley Ruth was out in the bunkhouse talking to her men, She spoke quietly, but there was a fighting set to her face and the men listened with new interest. She said, “Tomorrow we'll start gathering cattle and cee them out of the hills. en Payne lets the last of our stock “bm we'll have a big herd. They'll be hungry and ti and spooky. At the right time we'll stampede them, using slick- ers and guns and yells. If we get them moving fast enough they'll 0 through those flimsy fences ike paper. I hate to do it, but it's our last hope. Are you with me?” They answered with a yell, fired by her plan, and she went back into the house feeling more cheer- ful than she had since thi started. ‘; ng psehaai Patan ao fence the next mo! e ing some show of resistance on the part of the Star; but except for a few men who moved about the yard the Star crew had vanished. Jeff was on guard at once. He scanned the hills on both sides with his binoculars, alerted his workers, and turned often to scan the open valley behind him. And at last he saw a rider emerge from the timber where he had stationed his hill guards and b; aid of the glasses recogni Tombstone. He rode swiftly to meet him, yulled up sharply, e war Tombstone his face turned towards the lower end of the valley. He said tersely, “Looks like a fire near the ranc house.” (To be continued) men, apart from. small air and naval forces, US. Plans To Give Support To| For instance, an earlier cut cancelled orders for non- dust 2 Years Age This so called improvement consists of pouring tar Ikeda is reported to have come — military aircraft, and it was said this economy would not reduce the ¢ombat efficiency of*the'alr service one iota. Naw the cut in reserve engines saves another half billion dollars, Yet the number of combat aircraft is not to be reduced by, the cut. i There seems little reason to dispute the wisdom of this type of economy. We propose an organization end all unnecessary or- ganizations. The biggest liars in the country this time of year are football coaches. The best way to keep up with the news is to read a good newspaper regularly, The shouts for a new offensive in Korea, to unite that country, are dying down. As far as we are able to observe, the ladies are tapidly reducing the rank of bachelor Senators. The singing rages of the bobbysoxers lead us to be-/-ALBERT FRANK LOPEZ) lieve that progress of the human race is arriving slowly, een eae eee! MATRINT OPTS) ICU MMAISISIE MME IRINIE| ISIALVIOIR MATT IOIMMl Slo} AIMIEINMPILIAIT J OIP] SIOlT MICIOIMIE BIRIAIT [O} SIRS IOI. OMEN || ITIRIO} CIRIYIPITIOIGIRIAIPIHIE IRI Mie IAIRISMMRIAIVIE} OINILIVIITIAIPIE BM ATAIM DIE MNP! PISIMEISINIE : fOINISIETT! (HIATI IL] Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Coarse hominy 28. Growing out 49. Account Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie 51. Ignoble a 53. claim 9, Medical 54. Lubricant fluids 55. At any time DOwN 56. Arabian . seaport 1, Glide over ice 57. Before: LOUIS M. J. EISNER For City Commissioner GROUP 4 CHARLES PARRA Courage and Common Sense LEVER 13-A For City Commissioner GROUP 4 PAUL ROSS (BLONDIE) clean j if i tee H Fy od! perl lt GROUP 5 CHARLES G. MENDOZA £ssp & SEBS cd BERBS REE Fs “Kill Two Birds With One Vote" the same job on Angela St. and a few others, despite; over the street and covering it with marl rock. There is no attempt made to fill in holes or to grade the surface. The streets are therefore no better to ride over, and only God and the housewives know how much dirtier. Yes, the people who live on these streets will have a ““White Christmas” but not from snow. The only persons I can think of who will derive any benefit from this waste of public funds are the contractors who are furnishing the marl and the vacuum cleaner salesmen. If any of the politicos are seeking to gain favor by this eleventh hour fiasco, they had better stop and re- consider, because a couple of more weeks of rain as we have been having recently, and the surfacing will not last until November. It would behoove them and the public to stop this project before they make any more enemies and spend all the public’s money. A TAXPAYER STREET RESURFACING SCORED Editor, The Citizen Taxpayers of Key West — The City Commissioners tell us that the’ street resurfacing program was to be a good job. Mr. Lang, our city manager, states this is a temporary job. Since when do people hire contractors for temporary $23,000 jobs? Please don’t be misled as to the conditions of our new streets. - On Tuesday evening, 20 October ’53, when this street resurfacing program went into effect, I personal- ly attended a special City Commission meeting which was in progress when I arrived at the city hall. As to what was being discussed, your guess is as good as mine. When I was spotted sitting in the hall, I was asked as to my reason for being there. I immediately replied and stated that I was there for a little information regarding the resurfacing of streets. Particularly the first day on Francis and Grinnell Streets. I also stated that the resur- facing program of these streets was of no good as the Peat rock hadn’t been bonded nor were the holes patched prior to applying the topping of peat rock. At this time, Mr. Lang was called in and asked by the commission as to the street program. He stated and I quote, “Yes, the streets are in good shape.” After ques-| tioning Mr. Lang as to the bonding, he stated it wasn’t necessary. Bonding would be done by automobiles run- ning over it. I asked Mr. Lang if he had noted the holes and loose peat rock (which was not bonded). I was informed by Mr. Lang that no holes were in the road. After much discussion, I requested the members of the commission come and see Grinnell Street. The following members were present: Mayor Harvey, Mr. Cobo, Mr. Delaney, Mr. John Carbonell, Mr. Lowe and City Attorney Lester.| ing for more money. If we have a! By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (4)—State Depart- ment. officials hope to conclude this week a military aid arrange- ment providing U. S. support for the development of a relatively modest Japanese defense force. Information available on the pro- gress of negotiations so far indi- cates that in the end neither side will not get a large-scale, long- term economic aid program; (2) the United States will not get as- surance of as large a force as it would like to see in Japan. Nevertheless, informants said to- ‘|day the talks have basically been Satisfactory and should result in ern security and eventually taking some of the load there off the United States, The talks opened here Oct. 2 with Hayato Ikeda, personal rep- resentative of Premier Shigeru Yoshida, as the chief Japanese seeking U. S. commitments of ex- tensive economie as well as mili- defense | Modest Japanese Defense Force negotiator. Meanwhile, discussions; toward a formal mutual security! pact have been going on in Tokyo. | 'The Tokyo talks were described) as being concerned with technical} provisions of the pact; those in} Washington with major policy) decisions, | Secretary of State Dulles, chief architect of the Japanese Peace} Japan should arm in its own de-! fense, could run around 309,000 to 350,000. men. tary aid, The Uniled States has not had an economic aid program for Japan for several years, In- formants said privately this policy would continue. At the same time there was speculation that the United States, in addition to supplying the arms and equipment necessary for the Japanese force of the future, might undertake limited financial help to promote the development of an armament industry. Japan will get all its wants: (1) Japan|Treaty, who has long contended/presently has no such industry, having been disarmed after World said some time ago he\War II. thought the Japanese defense force} Experts say Japan is taking in dollars from U. S,. Far Eastern substantially increasing Far Est-| : |military activities at the rate of Persons familiar with the talks|about 800 million dollars a year between Ikeda and Asst. Secretary|and is selling goods commercially ‘of State Walter S. Robertson said/to the United States for an income Ikeda has indicated that with thejof about 250 million dollars. scale of aid offered by Washington| What Japan faces in rearming, |his government will be able to do|however, is the launching of a substantially less than Dulles in-|costly defense program which pre- dicated, c sumably could’ jead some years ‘ One speculation is that the nego- tiations may end with an agree- national security force of 110,000 ment roughly to double the present! the numerous complaints received by him as to the con-| | ditions existing. Who must you see to stop something like. this? Do we have to present a petition? How can you see; your commissioners? Impossible. As was noted in Thurs- day evening’s Key West Citizen, Dr. Cobo, a member of the commission, couldn’t even get a quorum for an in- vestigation of the streets. Congratulations, Mr. Cobo, at least you tried. On Thursday, the Miami Herald quoted Mr. Lang! that only a few minor holes were in the street. Mr. Lang,| now that you have watered Grinnell Street to settle the, dust go back to Grinnell Street and see the holes and self-bonded peat rock topping. 1 can truthfully say that we Conchs can thank God’ Key West hasn’t good drainage, because if it had rained between Tuesday and Thursday our $23,000 road pro- \hence to drastic cutbacks in Amer- jican forces in the Far East. The Japanese thus see their de- jfense program at long range as resulting in increased cost and de- creased income, American nego- tiators have reportedly replied with assurances that the United )States will do everything it can to help Japan expand its internation- ‘al trade and buiid up its economy. Planning Group Scans Budget WASHINGTON (#—The National Planning Assn. says the nation’s economy could bear defense spende ing of as much as 75 billion dol- lars annually by 1956, but thag such an effort probably would ree quire sales taxes and limited eco nomic controls. Thursday Mr. Lang stated try and bond this loose pe he is going to try and nego- at rock. This answer to the public is an indirect answer he told this writer in the gram would have washed down the drain, Yet just| “The productivity of the Amerl- ‘ean economy is so immense that the United States need not be tiate a deal with the contractor to spray a mixture of afraid of adopting sizable addition- asphalt and diesel oil to settle the dust, and probably to|al national security programs # they are found to be advisable,” \the Association said in a published |study Sunday. presence of the city commissioners on Tuesday night, 20| The association, which describes October, 1953. I would presume this would call for another meet-| dy contracted work 1 Py Taxpayers, note — You know who showed up to for $23,000 why ask for more money to waste, as it is ; . look at the situation? Mr. Harvey, Delaney and Mr. Cobo| impossible to try and bond the holes now, And I feel 8 arte oa ty Bab Wat were the only interested parties. Much to their surprise,| is time for the good citizens to stop it this coming Novem- Respectfully ANTHONY L. ULCHAR they saw the holes and existing conditions on Grinnell St. While looking over the situation, I understood them to say, “This type of work must be stopped.” Instead of the road program being stopped, Mr. Lang went ahead on Wednesday, 21 October, and did ber. 614 Grinnell St. Key West, Fla. P. S. I am not running for political office. itself as a nonprofit and nonpoliti- cal economic research organize- tion, did not say that defense spending at sucn a level should be undertaken. It said its study, | eck ete ainda decent ‘ork, was al at showing what could be done. Plant life being protected in jAcadia National Park in Maine sultimately will represent a botante ‘garden of the entire Acadian re- (gion,