The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation KEY WEST VOL. LXXIV Ne. 361 COP Program For 54 Nears Completion Policy Makers Consider Way Clear For Tax Cut On Jan. 1 By JACK BELL WASHINGTON # — Legislative recommendations _ bearing on searches for Communists in gov- ernment give President Eisenhow- er and Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) a opportunity to discuss that politi-/ cally charged subject today—if they wish to do so. | The recommendations reportedly | are on the final day's schedule of| conferences among the President, congressional committee chairmen and other leaders on the adminis- tration legislative program for} 1954 The three-day sessions already have brought from Eisenhower as- surance that the policy makers consider the way clear for the tax cuts set for Jan, 1 to go through on time. Atty, Gen, Brownell wac under- stood to have his arguments mar- shalled for the eouference, seeking support of legislative changes to: | Proposed Changes 1. Permit court use of evidence} obtained by wire tapping in es- pionage cases. | 2. Make it possible to extend to witnesses immunity from prosecu- tion based on testimony they give before such congressional groups as the Senate pérmanent investiga- tions subcommittee of which Me- Carthy is chairraan—a proposal aimed at the frequent refusals of witnesses to answer questiéns, on the ground their testimony might incriminate them. McCarthy -has insisted that the! Communists in government issue| will be paramount in next year's campaign for control of Congress.! Chairman Velde (R-Ill) of the House ‘Un-American Activities Committee, has given signs off sharing the Wisconsin senator's views on the subject, But Eisenhower has said his ad- ministration will do such a good Job rooting Communists out of fed- eral agencies that the people will be applauding this as an accom. plished fact by next November. Platform listablished The President sontends that the legislative program will be the chief platform upon which Repub- Mean candidates for the Senate and | | | | House must stand. The attorney General was re- Ported to have drafted a bill which would legalize, in a restricted cate- gory of criminal cases involving national security, the use in court of evidence obiained by wire tapping. His immunity proposal for wit- nesses would require approval by a majority of the committee con- cerned and by the attorney gen- eral. Foreign ‘policy issues, including| some on which Republicans have| differed publicly, also seemed like-| ]y to come up at today’s con-| ciuding legislative conferences. | One of those invited, Sen. Brick- er (R-Ohio), is atithor of a pro-| posed constitutional amendment to! limit treaty-making powers. He has said he will force Senate ac-| tion on it despite opposition by the , President, Secretary of State Dul- les, Brownell and other Cabinet members. Trade Policies | McCarthy has publicly criticized! some aspects of administration} foreign policy and called for mes- Sages to the President supporting his contention that aid should be| denied friendly nations unless they -¢ut off trade with Communist China, Present American policy is to tolerate trade in non-strategic items, by allies, though not by US. citizens. N Sen, H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ),| chairman of the Senate Foreign| Relations subcommittee on the Far East, said last night, “r'm| with the President and Mr, Dulles| because we're on a team and I hope Mr. McCarthy will Set on that team and get on it soon,” Speaking on a CBS radio pro- gram, Smith said, “I sympathize with the point McCarthy is mak- ing,” but added, “an argument (Continued On Page Two) | at Elks’ Club Annex, |] ADMISSION — fantastic attempt at Sinking Key West by throwing them on doors biles, And Key Westers aren't happy even offered a five dollar rewar. threw a copy into his car. dency — pect me,” the youngish looking attorney right thinking person would believe Of Indochina Trouble Begins Editor's Note—Larry Allen, who; contributes this survey of the Indo- {chinese war as the fighting enters} THE Olympic Swimmer Feted MISS KATHERINE RAWLS (left), holder of 38 national diving championships, was feted last night with a dinner at Raul’s Restaurant. She's shown here with Mrs. William R. Neblett and Kiwanian Norton Harris. Miss Rawls will perform tomor- row afternoon at gala Kiwanis Club Aquacade at the Key West Kennel Club.—Citizen Staff Photo, Ike Aide Scoffs At Smear Sheet Linking Him To Communist Party By JIM COBB “It is really quite an honor to be included in such @ group of distinguished Americans,” said Max Rabb, special assistant to Pre- sident Dwight D. Eisenhower, last night in commenting on “Com- mon Sense,” a periodical devoted to smearing top government of- ficials by linking them to Communism. Rabb is included in the fates? issue along with men like Ber- nard Baruch, Albert Einstein, Felix Fr: Hency . Mor- Communist Hundreds of copies of thé.smear sheet have been distributed in teps and into parked automo- about it, One local resident has d for the identity of the person who ‘epublican since Alf Landon ran for the Presi: but I’m a Harvard man and | guess that's why they sus- said last night, “Vve been a R He added that the periodical has D b a word of it.” is family are in Key West for a vacation at the Key Balky US. POWs Plan Gala Xmas By STAN CARTER PANMUNJOM ( — Twenty-two American. war prisoners planned a festive Christmas behind barbed: wire today as the U.N. Command} made a last minute appeal that| they weigh carefully their decision to stay with the Reds. By LARRY ALLEN A 12-page letter addressed to} HANO!, Indochina uy — The/each Prisoner eee en to be nek inst |Cettain their refusal to return| French Union’s struggle against | some was not an “irrevocable” the Communist-led Vietminh Teb-| mistake, els in Indochina rounded out its . Copies of the letter were sent) seventh year today with still no to Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya, Indian! end in sight. But the French ere chairman of the Neutral Nations! hopeful another two years will (Continued On Page Two) bring victory. } pe . Gift List For 1st forces have kept a strong grip on| the Red River Delta in northern sweep through Southeast Asia, (the first Key West baby born in But the French and their main/1954 swelled today with the an- decisive victory. Neither, however, |Service that his company will give | (Continued On Page Two) {30 days free service to the first Chamber of Ccmmerce range from shoes to milk deliveries. Rabb and h Ambassador. enth Year its eighth year, nas been reporting the struggle through the jungles; and mountains of that key Asian} territory for more than two years. Throughout the war which start- ed Dec. 19, 1946, French Union 1954 Baby Swells Indochina as the key bulwark 4 against. a possible. Communist} The list of gifts to be given to ally, the Indochinese republic of nouncement by Frank Bartalone, Viet Nam, have not yet scored alof the Poinciana Sanitary Diaper “aa arrival. Other gifts announced by the Elks’ Club Annual BENEFIT DANCE Floor Show and Xmas Queen Contest TONIGHT ORDER NOW! Delicious EGGNOG JUST ADD YOUR FAVORITE BLEND— $a “2” Music by SYLVIA STANLEY’S ORCHESTRA pelt OE Acad the Public is Ruvited * DOOR PRIZE * SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER ‘Free Plane Rides | For Deliveries Termed Ilegal “been totally discredited — no [Key West Chamber of Con. 7. F KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1953 - 7 For Use Quick Communication. CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants cr workers . hast DIAL 25661 or 2-S662. HE U.S.A. | EEE | Mark Anniversary Navy and civilian planes will be on exhibit tomorrew at Meacham Field to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight. Key Westers sre invited to attended between 8 a. m. and PRICE FIVE CENTS 5 p.m There will be free plane rides in civilian planes, provided by George Faraldo, of F.saido Flying Service. There will be no rides in Navy planes. pose aeceerereeerd License Fee Navy Gives Chest $ No Franchise Needed For TV Operations Here, Attorney Opines An ordinance calling for a stiff license free for out-of-town retail concerns making deliveries in Key West is illegal in the opinion of City Attorney J. Y. Porter. He al-, so ruled that “closed circuit” tele-| vision stations do not require city franchises, He told the city commission, in @ memorandum attached to their agenda for Monday night’s com. mission meeting that the delivery ordinance “steps ‘yeyond the inher- ent power of the city commi:sion.”’ “lt is my opinion. . that the ordinance is so manifestly exhor- bitant and so thoroughly out of line with other licenses, fees and tolls of the city of Key West that’ in a court contest the ordinance 1 | Community Chst. When he toward the chest. the amount collected, p commission passed the measure last week in a special ational! Annual Reports On And Activities ven At Meeting Edwin F. Trevor was re-elected chairman of the Key West USO-| YMCA Operating Committee at its annual meeting Friday noon at the USO Club, 530 Whitehead Street. Harold Laubscher was elected vice-chairman to suceed Fred J. | at a special meeting. | Spokesmen for that group said | they “did not want to keep busi- ness from Key West, but that they wanted concerns doing business here to pay their share of the tax load.” TV GREEN LIGHT Porter also said that in his opin- ion “closed circuit” operations 10: not require a franchise from the city since they contemplate using! the facilities of the Southern Bell ‘elephone Company and Western Union and will not make use of city streets. But a spokesman for Television Relays, Inc., said today that he will appear before the city com-/Committee. Door-count for the mission Monday night and ask for|year was indicated as approxi-| a franchise “just to be safe.” The) mately 286,489 in spite of the five commission deferred action two! months of renovations when many weeks ago on granting a franchise; services and considerable program Pending a conference. An official were reduced. of the compay has conferred with) Between November and April the City Manager Victor Lang. |USO expended close to $33,000.00 The commission has already|for renovations of the building and granted a franchise to Sheriff John| for equipment and furnishings, Spottswood for a television opera-|while the City of Key West spent tion. | (Continuea On Page Two) The Casa Marina Hotel Now Operating ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN Announces the Opening of Its Patio TONIGHT YOUR FAVORITES OF LAST YEAR... BETTY MADIGAN Sensational MGM Recording Songstress RICKEY and VEDA Breathtaking Dance Stylists JOE CANDULLO and His Great Band Direct from Guy Lombardo’s Pavilion Royal cording secretary and treasurer, respectively, following the report of the nominating committee of jwhich Mr. Miller was chairman. The annual report for 1952-53 (USO KEYNOTES) was approved} as presented by Richard E. Evans, | club director, and the Executive Come Early and ENJOY ONE OF OUR FAMOUS Saturday Night Steak Dinners In the Patio or Come Later for DANCING UNTIL 1:00. AM. Never A Cover or Minimum Gharge REAR ADM. GEORGE C. TOWNER, commander of the Naval Base, hands W. R. Neblett, chairman of the chest fund cam- paign, a check for $18,008.82, the Navy's contribution to the Towner rapped Key Westers for their “just don’t car The Navy has contributed 56 per cent of Trevor Is Re-Elected Fe Head- USO-YMCA Operating Group Christmas Tree 18000 “They Just Don Admiral Towner Pans Civilians For Poor Community Chest Performance ’t Care,” Navy Boss Says Friday Of Local Charity Drive By DENIS SNEIGR “Key West looks to the Navy for everything and doesn’t seem prepared to m as charity is concerned.” eet its own obligations as far With these words, Rear Adm. George C. Towner, USN, commander of the Navy base here, yesterday after- noon gave Key West two things: | Rescued Men _ Are Released From Hospital No Cause Is Known For Crash Of B29 At Utah Field | | OGDEN, Utah —Five of seven |persons rescued yesterday from the fiery wreckage of an Air Force B29 may be released from Hill Air Force Base hospital’ today. The big plane crashed at Ogden Municipal Airport late yesterday afternoon, killing the co-pilot and injuring the remaining two crew members critically, Hill field officials said the plane hed just obtained clearance to land at its home base before it crashed. ‘They were unable to gay, however, if the plane was in distress or whether the pilot may have mis- ‘taken the smaller Ogden field for Hill. The craft was attached to the 7th Radar Calibration Squadron which moved to Utah recently from the Sioux City, Iowa, air base. The Air Force said nature of the |squadron’s work was classified. | Passersby rescued the seven from the plane and one, a nurse, administered first aid before am- presented the check, Adm. attitude Parties Set For Marathon Kids bulances arrived. i 7 ao air force identified the dead Christmas tree parties are being) ogepiit as Capt. B. D. Wilson, 31, staged through the cooperative ef- of Hill AFB and Chester, Pa. a fort of all local civic organization) fat Wilsc T 3 of Marathon for’ the 1953 Xmas|S0" of Benjamin F, Wilson, Tel ' ;.(ham, Tenn, tree. For the past two years this) Listed in critical condition was ganization. |A. Gerwick, 36, of Orlando, Fla., At a meeting held on December was listed in “‘semi-critical’’ con- 15, it was decided to schedule the | dition. Xmas tree celebrations for the pre | The remaining plane passengers, (Continued On Page Two) | (Continued on Page Two) Lawmakers Confer STATE REPRESENTATIVE BERNIE C. PAPY talks things Illinois Senator Everett MeK. Dirksen (the: McK. a Republican) at dinner in latter’s V's Restaurant. The Illinois Senator here for a week at Key Ambassador. r included Max Rabb, special assistant to the President: Mrs, Rabb and their four children; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Golan and their daughter, Kim (Mr. Golan is Com- missioner of the International Bous*ary between Alaska, the United States and Canada); Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rainville and their two children (Rainville is special assistant to Senator irksen), and Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hunt of the Key Ambassa- dor.—Citizen Staff Photo. ‘ 1. A check for $18,008.82, 2. A rap across the town’s civic knuckles. The check — plus $283.50 in pledges — was the Navy's contri- bution to the Community Chest. The rap across the knuckles was — in this writer's opinion — long overdue, W. R. Neblett, chairman of the chest fund campaign, had not a word to say as he took the check Adm, Towner handed him. @ In a talk with reporters before the presentation of Adm. Towner said he thought the Navy had done excellently in its drive to collect funds for the chest. “The Navy,” he added, “ex- ceeded the amount per man that normally is given by military es- tablishments” The general average in military \establishments, he said, is $1.25 per man, At Key West, the Navy's | average per person was $1.45 with |more than 84 per cent of the per- sonnel participating, the admiral said. “T know I spe: the officers and went on, “when I West looks to the Navy for every: thing and doesn’t seem prepared to meet its own obligations as far as charity is concerned.” Adm. Towner blamed the lag- ging civilian chest drive on a@ “general apathy on the part of the people, They just don’t seem “A trememdous number of busi- ness establishments didn’t contri- bute anything,” he added, The admiral said he estimated \that there were between 8,000 and 9,000 heads of families in Key West. “In the list published in the Citi- zen,” he said, “I counted 560 who had contributed.” The presentation of the check took place in front of the admin- istration building on the Naval Sta- tion, A microphone had been set up and a sound truck was parked nearby. Before the check agp | Adm. Towner inspected Nav: units which were lined up in front of the building, After the inspection, and with the |men standing at parade rest, Adm, | Towner stepped to the microphone, Seperes stood at the admiral’s “I am about to present to Mr, Neblett a check from the Navy for the Community Chest of Key West,” he began. 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