The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 18, 1954, Page 4

Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monres County IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, More Hotels and A; eae ae coy THE PROSPECT FOR SOCIAL SECURITY Recent statements by President Dwight D. Eisen- hower and key Republican leaders in Congress indicate chances are heavily in favor of an extension of Social Security coverage in the present session of Congress. It is proposed that doctors, lawyers, farmers and many others, not now included in the Social Security program, be included hereafter, Other changes are also being propgsed, such as an increase in the’$25 minimum monthly benefit and liberal-| ization of the restriction which limits those between 65; and 75 years of age from receiving payments if they make | as much as $75 monthly, or more, in employment cover- ed by the system. ~ This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb There is a good prospect that the controversy over| County Commissioner Joe Allen|knows Meacham F automatic ipcrease in Social Security taxes will be hotly disputed in Congress, The rate jumped.automatically from one and a half to two per cent of wages up to $3600 annually, January 1st. Some suggested that this in- crease be deferred, and those in favor ofthis included the President, Strong opposition to at "proposal came from Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, including Chairman Daniel A. Reed (R.-N. Y.) of the House Ways and Means Committee. Those who'would defer the increase pointed out that in its sixteen years of operations, the Government has collected al: $25,000,000,000. Interest earned on bonds has added more than $2,000,000,000 to the Govern- ment fund. The Government has paid out so far in bene- fits only about $8,000,000,000—or about a third of the money collected. Whatever the outcome of the’ coming discussions, it seems obvious that Social Security coverage will be extended and payments increased by legislators of the last session of the Eighty-Third Congress. There is no the Social Security program. If the present administra- tion can therefore expand and improve the system, it will be a major step in President Eisenhower's effort to give the country a progressive Republican government. It’s too bad all the days of the year couldn’t be like Christmas holidays, It’s strange how the ignorant refuse to study and how the intelligent never stop. — OPTTATTIONMOTRITTCT IN] JAIL JOINSEBIE|FIOIRIE| EL IALY RL IAIS|SI |S] RIEISMM CIE INT TR AINIT) IGIAISHARIUINIG MES IUIY]S) ALTRBOAIRIT EES! PIEJRIU(KIE MB AICEMES| WiAL TIT) AIDIDERSIPIAIR ul) Olas CRIA EIR IRIE TS! al al 0} Crossword i iS, z z al a AIVIE| IE|MIEINID AIVIEIRISIE! LIEISISIEIN 1 i i i i i ee s i iy erie ren t a a peBRe é i There is an ism, however, that has clarified the subject of Mea- cham Field quite a bit since last) Friday’s column was written. You know, “This Rock” has al- ways stuck by Joe and considered his word as ‘tops’ insofar as hon- esty and reliability was concerned, ‘Therefore, let’s talk about the air-' Port squabble the way he inter- iprets it... Expert Advice = - To begin with, Commissioner Al.| len says that the County Commis- sioners were wary of making any decisions regarding Meacham be- cause they knew someone, (like myself), would come back with the fact that they were not qualified ito discuss aviation problems. For: this reason, they engaged the ser- vices of Mr. Harold Wilde—form- erly, CAA representative here in Key West. Wilde was hired not only. to set! up a rate schedule for airlines us- ling Meacham but to continue with mentioning that Harold Wilde is . for this type of work. He aviation and most assured); FOR CRYIN By AULD and ramified by other ideas that! flow in the same stream of thought! until it has become a full-fledged ideology. flourished since time immem-' .|of Entry and blems of Key W ines use the airport and that fourteen of those pay such a head- fee. “This Rock” still doesn’t like ithe idea for a non-commercial, va- cation town such as Key West but if such landing fees are standard procedure, we can’t do much more than protest and say 0. K. After all, most of us don’t like the idea lof income tax either. Long-range Plans Joe Allen emphatically stated that the ultimate reason for these jnew changes at Meacham was to \improve our local status as a Port Debarkation. Now that is talking right down the alley that “This Rock” has fought .for 80 long. We've lost our steamships and the railroad ferries by-pass us for OUT LOUD CLOOTIE ithe many advantages a Nincom- .|opoopist will derive from belief in this ism. First, by acknowledging| himself as a stupid member of the human race, he can hold no rancor toward others who may have the same opinion, In fact, their con- -|firmation of his personal belief will gain him a new freedom—free- dom from prestige! In the lexicon of Nincompoop- ism, prestige is an acquired char- acteristic.” Prestige is so eagerly jsought by mortals because once they think ‘they have acquired it! (prestige) they are convinced that they may employ it as a weapon to subdue those who ostensibly lack this sterling (7) quality, So) freedom from prestige is advanta- geous in that you may follow your, proclivities lustily ms Registration has which has resulted in the present confusion. I disagree because the ‘County has money in reserve—just drawing interest. Moreover, I’ve never felt that it was the function lof government to take tax-payers’ money simply to bank it and make more money. But we're getting off ithe subject. Most of the County Commission- ers would probably like to cut my throat. And though the feeling may be reeiprocal, I’ll have to confess that I admire and respect them for their’ successful business know- ledge and ability. If they feel that they are actually acting in the best interests of Key West—not' ‘Monroe County—then I think we should help them with their pre- sent program at Meacham Field. The reason the column emphasiz- es Key West afd not Monroe Coun-' ty is an inherent fear that this whole situation might have been ‘brought about to cause Meacham Field to close. Thus, Marathon or ithe Keys above us would benefit. ‘Key West must keep its Port of Entry! It is the only life-line we have with the outside world at present. Well; time alone will tell. . about the vicious rat race they Ihave been assigned io by the sen- sible people They start to think about the atomic power that is being harnessed in order to des- troy them even more swiftly. They start to think that this power could be put to constructive instead of destructive use. They start to think that maybe it isn’t neces- sary to work as hard as fhey have for a mere pittance when there| could be less work and more of; everything. In other words, they jbegin to see where they have been ‘bamboozled. So the workers of the ‘world start relaxing in earnest un- til the sensible people, in alarm, start jumping off tall buildings. So the Nincompoopists take over ithe reins of Government, and the Brave New World of Non-Sense) ushers ip the golden era. Auld Clooti¢ Blueprint Readin ‘Course Is Added The Adult Division of Key West | tigh School has announced a course = Blueprint Reading. The course is designed to train building mech-| anics, construction foremen and i Monday, January 18 at 7 p. A MAN IN THE HOUSE By Florence Stuart LEZEN wos to get her master's degree at the end of the se-} He mester, and it turned out she had | sai in to & E 32 f f ft Le Fy i ‘ s ZEEE 4 3 z ? a i ik g i é g ‘ ei i ‘ g é i E fh re i td 3 Hf a * i o 4 f =, 4 i LE i ie a] 8 Le if i i iy RS it tir its | is f ze if Ae is a F Ee Lat e 3. E Fi il Z ra if F ef EE 7 rt E g 3 i EF Ht & 3 Ess fi : i 23 282 é E i i -7 5 Es rh Pha bir 3 fi a? gees & H e_FE BEE EF g° i [ gt ; g 3° i LF E 3 I E s i ee ii if ; i ERE i 5 bg age i i if 3 F 5 ll er g i Pa H # oF eB ire i ere Z i (FLYING SAUCERS by Donald H.'ends. This pleasure world, which Menzel, non-fiction, published by jis called Cyrille, is the most amaz- ‘Harvard University Press, Cam-|ing imagining of situations, mater- bridge, Mass., 319 pages.) ial objects, and artificially and na-) Dr. Menzel, professor of astro-| physics, at Harvard university, be-| gins his book with the observation concocted. The pleasure seeker that apparitions of one kind or an- other have plagued the human’ tace throughout the ages. And now; human beings are ‘seeing flying saucers! Several suggested identifications for these are weather balloons, dis- tant airplanes, meteor, kites, wind- blown newspapers, searchlights on clouds, a Bussian device sent: to! spy out atomic «secrets through/ some sort of psychological war- fare, and craft from interplanetary space. While records indicate that simi- lar phenomena have appeared more than 100 years ago, the current siege of seeing flying saucers be- gan on une 24, 1947 with Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Idaho. The auth- or gives an historical account of incidents of people seeing flying saucers prior to 1947, He explains how they were usually given super- may sip of Fifth Avenue dress salons or nightclubs on the ocean) front. She may enjoy mists and snow, and golden sunsets outside} ithe windows, She may relax to warm winds or to the scent of burning leaves in the autumn, She may sleep in beds that put air- foam mattresses to shame, and eat! one food which provides the gas- tronomical pleasures of a dozen, Juille-and Egide, of course, en- joy a romantic episode on this plea- sure isle, before they get on to the grim business of fighting about the \Tulership of planets. In the last ‘laps of the yarn, they experience} jungles. and forests, traitors and interminable labyrinths under pal- aces, to say nothing of gods that appear and disappear in sylvan temples. The other four stories are inter-| esting of their kind, but have the “Ipresaged death, war, pestilence or “lheir-apparent to the. rulership. vf/three-cent stamps, what to do with’ \ship of her ancestors. And Author did and quite emphatic in his views! is/checks and the romantic weakness | “heroes, centers this challenge and/ing: natural origins. Fortunetellers, or-|limitations of shorter pieces. Gal- acles and soothsayers said they|axies and space travel need word- jage in which to get their stride. ‘GUEST: REVIEW by Frances Ei- ‘senberg, author of “There’s One In Every Family” the end of the world. . Increase Mather in Puritan New England even gave sermons to his flock indicating terrible events would re- sult from these heavenly appari-| Simple Takes a Wife and “Uncle tions. Newt,” published by Lippincotts, Following this very important his-|A Novel, Langston Hughes, Simon torical prelude, Astronomer Men-\and Schuster, 240 Pages. zel, who is also associate director) Jesse B. Semple, better known of solar research at the Harvard as Simple, is here again. For the college observatory, proceeds to information of those who were not explode all the current flying sau-|lucky enough to meet him in Langs. cer myths, He gives detailed scien- ton Hughes’ earlier book, Simple tific explanations of these “optical is a member of Harlem’s Rooming. ghosts,” and describes how com- House Set, and so is his girl, Joyce, bined light and atmospheric con- Joyce (‘Morals is. her middie ditions. can create illusions that name, says Simple) has set her look like floating plates. heart on a June wedding. Simple’s, An excellent book for anybody problem is how to make this dream who wants the scientific lowdown come true without committing big. on flying saucers. jfree, but there is the question of ee «,who will pay for the divorce—Sim- (JUDGMENT STREET by C. L. ple, his wife, or her boyfriend, ‘Moore, science fiction tales, pub-| This is the haunting question tq lished by Grome Press, New York which Simple constantly returns in City, 344 pages.) |the conversations which make up| And while men of science con-,the book. However, he is articulate tinue to write books explaining on almost any topic you could away flying saucers and emphasiz-|mention. He expresses his opinion ing the current implausibility offreely on a number of subjects— travel to the moon, men of science|trom “around-the-corner’’ hootch fiction tackle galaxies and space-'amy, since he already has a wife, men with unbridled imagination, in Baltimore. The wife in Baltimore’, The first yarn in this volume,|is more than willing to set Simple “Judgment Street’ takes © up aii(se called because you take one’ most half the book. The heroine,'drink, walk around the corner and Juille, is a beautiful woman Ofjdie), to blues singers, chicken-ang- Amazonian propensities, who is the dumplings, second-hand . clothes, Bbc worlds. Her father’s empire isia million dollars, and the foibles showing cracks of weakness injof women (especially landladies, places, and another power is be-'wives and Joyce) ginning to challenge the long ruler-| Since Simple is completely can. é Moore, with an eye to editors,/and has a flair for the phrase, his discussions of life a. of readers for personable young|round him make entertaining read.’ fie ih Resul “irevolt in just such a fellow, and} You learn about conventions inj calls him Egide. A Probably the most_ intriguing part of this story is the descrip-|tem where each roomer has his tion of a certain small world whichiown signal, and when a person's has been turned over completely to/signal is“as many as twelve rings, Pleasure. Men and women fromjhe sometimes loses count and lets all the other planets jump into'someone else’s companv in. You’ aceships and shoot over there|are initiated into the pleaures of relaxing evenings and week-jthe Five O’Clock Cocktail Sip where his neighborhood — the compili-; cated rooming-house one-bell sye-| x f e FS ry Ea 5 & g e EF ti Eg 24 : gts 8 SF ] & i z 3 i 8 Ez L I > *< & fi eEat & Tait s i gf i F EB lt i i | / i i i Ee i tJ “ Bs E = : i ti i | ai I ? E ; | 53 HTT i i f i i ie tl is Fe freite | if it : efit Laat turally inspired sensations which’?ormer servicemen any. science “fiction writer has yet!lies: Q. I’m planning to take 8 respondence 3 ace te HH i cf le a til it ull 8? z g : i if i i i BE it : i : BEF Ry