The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1953, Page 10

Ike Plunges Into More Controversial Topics By JACK BELL jopposition to “giving away ourjcongressional leaders and commit- ress by further reduction of ex- atomic secrets to any foreign coun-'tee chairmen had reaffirmed his Pemditures and further reduction WASHINGTON #—President Ei- ic senhower plunged into two of the tries most controversial topics in his) Eisenhower has said he will ask legislative program—atomic devel-' Congress to relax some of the pres- opment and farm price supports— in his second round of conferences today with Republican congres- sional leaders. In advance of the White House meeting, Sen. Hickenlooper (R- ‘America’s allies, although he said 'fare this would not include any of the technical secrets involved in mak-! ing atomic weapons, no reason to change his consistent \first day's conference with GOP | this leonfidence that ‘the Republican "€® spending authority \party will continue to present a ent statutory provisions against S¥ccessful, sound and productive leaders, he said, covered the pro- transmitting atomic information to program that will serve the wel-\posed new defense program, for- of 160 million Americans.” Whe Ptesthent sald the. cool voting for overseas armed services agreed there would be ‘a continu- }3w amendments, unemployment Iowa) said in an interview he sees| The President said last night his|@tion of the substantial — peatrsg oy and the govern- s admtinistration already Another Great Name Comes to APPEL’ yrade” in cutting the federal budg- st. He added: “In fiscal 195 (beginning next July 1) we will continue this prog- ‘House Appropriations Committee. told reporters he thought that by “getting things im line” Congress could bring the Treasury’s cash income and outgo into line int he next fiscal year. This would mean that the regu: lar budget would show a deficit of about four billions dollars, rep- resented in Treasury receipts for government trust funds. Hickenlooper said he thinks there is a “fair chance” of bal- ancing the budget without any tax increase. ‘I think there can be some re arranging of our expeditures as a result of our experiences this year,” he said. He said he believes there will be some cut in military outlays without weakening U.S. defen- sive sttength. However, Chairman Short '(R-Mo) of the House Armed The first day’s look by the Pres- ident’s advisers and the legislative eign aid operations, absentee personnel, housing, proposed labor The over-all forecast of federal jspending for the new fiscal year apparently was awaiting decisions }not only on the whopping defense budget but upon “outlays which may be necessary for the farm program Eisenhower was expected corvices Committee said he ag discuss today. 4 , }doesn’t expect the military budget If this program involves contin-|to be ready for another week. juation of present crop price sup-| Joseph M. Dodge, the budget di- ‘Xmas Clemency | Pese S® THE KEY WB®P CITIZEN Friday, December 18, 1953 PUSAN, Korea @—A Christmas For - Every Foot clemency order today brought the release of 95 pri U. S. Army sti ‘s from the in Pusan. Lawton, Maj. Gen. William S commander of the Korean Com- munications Zone, said the 95 re- presented almost a fourth of all the prisoners Army’s only held here in the stockade in Korea The order affected prisoners who would have completed their sen- tences by Jan. 15 or would have been eligible for clemency by that date, Two Jobs Kill Father DETROIT W—A 40-year-old fath- er of seven working at two jobs to make-extra money for Christ- mas is dead today, The two jobs, police said, killed him. Bernard S. Skop died last night as his car smashed into a safety | ports, as most lawmakers believed retor, said as he left the White | it would, the drain on the Treasury | House last night that the admin- | might be heavy. jistration has not yet arrived at But whatever the drain, Rep.jany over-all budget figure for the Police quoted witnesses as saying e W Cat. er-Bir 0€S | Taber (R-NY), chairman of the'year beginning July 1. he apparently was tired out and for Boys and Girls , i ice fag: AR page i CVV IVI ITV IIIT C VCCI TTT TIT Terr rrrrrres TENOR CAN'T SING | NEW YORK WW — Tenor Jussi Bjoerling, ailing the past two | The opera was delayed 15 min- utes as Thomas Hayward, who never before had sung the part at e roun the Met, sped from his home and jtook over, i weeks with laryngitis, tried last By JIM COBB island on busy Woodward avenue. He had been working as a welder and as a filling station attendant. 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AARASRAARAARADRE Let’s Be Decent sliding scale so that large users The city’s ‘decency committee’ | would not pay th elion’s share of is making progress in their probe|the load. i jinto corruption in Key West in| An ad valorem tax wouldn’t spite of themselves. touch those with homestead ex- Although their low-pressure in-| exemptions and it would be a long | vestigative tactics indicate an ob-;time before we realized the need vious distaste for the task by all) revenue in that manner. | but two or three members of the| We've got enough sales taxes i group, they have been unsucess-|already, | ful so far in keeping witnesses) Everyone knows the interest on from talking. a bond issué, And where are we| They breathed a collective sigh| going to get the money to pay it) of relief ‘Wednesday when 2 wit-|off? Is that good business? | nesses did not show up, only to! Anyone got a better idea than a| discover that one of their number! utility tax? Let me know. |had summoned two more “wit-| DUVAL STREET VIGNETTE: ” : oF rer Ls Pectin ti est that} We've found one at last: A politi-| é d S Womans wane to sugest ta cian who shuns publicity. Senator those of the committee who are! py onett McK, Dirksen of Ilinois politicians are trying to soft-pedal who has been vacationing here at me Probe — but they sure give| 4, Key Ambassador for the past § at impression. $ wna | itheke qhay te occa interesting|‘¢™ days. , .Millard Gibson, City) a y rs License Inspector is ill at his home levelopments yet— if they keep on Willi : ore 4 |: .William Freeman, Jr., of the} playing sede fire. pies happened | b¢rier-Allen Insurance Co., has & to the grand jury, ee psd just completed a course at the Dollar Dilemma North American Insurance Co. It’s pretty apparent that Key|home office in Philadelphia. .We | West needs a new city hall. saw Ernest Rivero on Fleming The town is also ripe for a few) Street the other day, He’s a re- other capital improvements — ajtired grocer who, with his brother | # | municipal auditorium, a swimming | and father built a corner grocery | pool and, although opinion is di-|store into an establishment gross- | | vided on this matter, an incinera-jing over a million dollars before | tor would be a real advantage. they sold out to the Margaret ‘Ann | SANTA’S - No, 1 Store > ALL SIZES AND WIDTHS $395 and $ 5 APPEL’S 926 Duval Street You Can Pay ‘\ HIM No Finer COMPLIMENT! Wrap Up Your Christmas with the DISTINCTIVE TYPE of wear- ables from LEWINSKY'S ... the kind he buys for himself! Lounging Robes of Every \ Description... $10.95 to $19.95 Arrow and Van Heusen Dress Shirts That Fit tof Perfection... $3.95 to $5.00 u f h waiting for a high tide so he can| }Some pet project or of yielding to/bring his 60-foot yacht into the Ca-| BUY QUALITY XMAS GIFTS AT fist ten Sus pat in 27st tera aenis move Why not form a municipal im-|in on a Duval Street house soon, | | provement committee. WHOLESALE PRICES AT OUR... j to hit Key /> Slacks in Every Color and | pre-requisite would be that the ap-|what they say about people like w> Material | Pointee should never have sought|/Bernard Baruch, Henry Morgan-| Ci a at their disposal. is expected in town soon. He is) $3.95 to $12.95 | What to do? The problem of | chain, Rivero will soon graduate | | which project the city should tackle |from the University of Miami law | | first and how we are going to pay|school. . Jack Saunders, Former | for it will have to be faced, sooner | Veteran's Service Officer for Mon- . } or later. t Sed roe County was also in town re-| § | It's up to the city commission to/cently, He’s working on his law. } decide, But, old Demon Politics al-|degree at U-M and plans to prac- | ways rears his head just about the |tice in Key West then. , .Dud Wil- | time they start discussing the mat-|son, Palm Beach, who is known for| 4 }ter. Commission is always ac- | Pressure from some person orisa Marina dock. He'll have Char-| | group. Result: No action. les Addams and S. J. Perelman of t ,__ {It’s narcotics. . .We wonder if the} | Each civic group and service|characters who write for ‘Com-| | club in the city could appoint one; | Political office. Information con-|thau and Albert Einstein. How low| ff é ‘ $5 95 lo $25, 00 jcerning the proposed improve-|ean you get. . .Ed Ramey, well! as ments and data as to how they|known to Key Westers during the| i: - . Sport Shirts in His Fav- Their recommendations ought to/ retiring as an engineer for the) j phelp the city commission in its} Luckenbach Steamship Company. .| | deliberations, The number 13 is doing strange| EbMiues would be happy. Iithings, these Saturdays. . Hector | ¥ E ) think. Barrosa, who works in Senator | #7 lew. 5 His I've even got an idea on how the|George Smathers’ office in Wash- | § Nec! ear to Suit | Projects could be paid for. ington volunteers this information: his sport ear racing exploits is cused, often unjustly, of having “AST CHANCE FCT LAST MINUTE SHOP. * But I heard one suggestion the|New Yorker fame aboard. . .Don't| ¥ mon Sense,” the latest smear sheet | member to serve on the board, A West, really believe} | might be financed could be placed |time the FEC line was being built orite Patterns... NOTE: JustA Few PARKER ond SHEAFFER Sets Left and Nationally Famous Watches Including . 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Let me know)partment — we hear that the jury | about it. in the Mansfield damage case vot- | The city commission certainly!ed this way: Four for. giving the | would be unpopular if they slapped|plantiff nothing; two for granting }such a tax on Key Westers, but I\them $10,000. . Sewer inspector Ike | think that in the long run, we'd) Lloyd is compiling a photographic learn that they took the right step.|history of Key West’s sewer pro- | It wouldn’t be as grim as it sounds, \ject. He did the same for a com-} }A lot of Florida communities have | parable installation on Guam while| § such a tax and they are happy in the Navy. | about it As as happy as anyone} _— can be about taxes . A utility tax, it has been esti- Announces Candidacy | mated, would produce something) CHICAGO (#—U. S. Sen. Paul) | like $225,000 annually. That means A. Dougias, 61, Chicago Democrat, | | we could pay for our improve- announced yesterday he will be | ments in less than four years and candidate for re-election to a sec- | be debt free, ond six-year term in 1954, Such a tax would spread the load | fairly and equally over the entire. The length of human. lives is} citizenry — not just freeholders as longer than that of any other type! his the case now. As in other cities, of animal except the tortoise saya) the tax could be assessed on a the National Geographic Society. jthe Florida House of Representa-| § $1.50 to $2.50 Plus a host of other wonderful gift items, such as: Cashmere Sweaters, Sport Coats, Leisure Jackets, Pa- jamas, Cabana Sets, Walking Shorts, Belts, Wallets, House Slippers, and Jewelry. Open Evenings Headquarters for Till 9 P.M. Till Christmas The Florsheim Shoes == FOR THE BRANDS YOU KNOW ™ LEWINSKY’S 526 Duval Street. MEN'S SHOP _ 526 Duval Street “The Store With The Christmas Spirit”