The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 2, 1954, Page 4

ai ae . Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P>ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter “TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Mermber of The Associated Prese= Associated Press is exciasively or. pot eerie credited is paper, and” alse the, ical news Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida| Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15:60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ANVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Hotels and Apartments. z Beach and bomen | Pavilion. > EN aA eo Sea. WEEKS ON 1954 BUSINESS Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks has echoed 7 the sentiments of other Administration officials in recent months by predicting that 1954 would be “among the better years of economic history.” The Secretary made this estimate in a report reviewing the year 1953 and the record boom of last year. Several of the points he stressed, in predicting that Department Of iculture business would be good—although possibly not at 1958 Slates Exam peak levels—ere worth mentioning. First, he notes that i the population ‘has increased from 158,500,000 a year Bhan ange - S. Civil og ago to 161,000,000 at present. His figures on personal |"**™ renga ao 2 income are also interesting, since they show that the Esse ian ciel mee annual rate is now $285,000,000,000 compared to $281,-lrrainee positions of Soil Conserva- 000,000,000 a year ago. This increase in personal income is a significant |tural Engineer at various factor which will naturally support the broad base of consumer demand in coming months. Weeks also pointed out that, in the year ending in September of 1953, A-" merican citizens added $25,000,000,000 to their liquid assets. This latter consideration is often overlooked by those who point only to the increase in the consumer, or installment-buying,; debt. We have pointed out on previous occasions that this increase has gone hand-in- hand with an increase in liquid assets, personal savings, and so forth—which must be taken into the whole pic- ture when considering future business. ~ "The only sour note in the Week's report was the de- crease in persofil income for the farmer which occurred in the year 1953. This was the second year in which farmers’ income had decreased and, no doubt this prob- lem is one of $he major economic ones facing the Repub- lican Adminigtration. Taken as a whole, the Week’s report should be en- couraging to all those who have been anxious about business conditions, Since tax cuts have gone into effect and since others are being proposed which would re- duce the tax load by another 1.5 billion dollars, and since the President outlined a specific program to Con- gress, designed to improve the agricultural ‘situation, 1954 prospects, cannot yet be dismissed as wholly dis- couraging. 2 a ATRITIS) Crossword Puzzle faci ACROSS 34. TRIMIC Lia | eiser 4 Pertaining 37. Exclamation tooneotthe _ of hesitation IOI mt TONIMIE NID! 12.American 42, State of RIEIVIEINIGIE} humorist the Union: /DINIVINIDIEMMAIOIRITIAIS| 13, City in abbr. IRI (CRBRIAIMMML [AIMIE| 1 bonttine $S Witerea EWE LUIRIOIN| 1's 46. Stupid TE ID MEINIEISIT] flowers 47. Meadow Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle it jin the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, i Carolina, South Carolina, , Virginia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin islands. These Student Trainee positions are designed to give interested per- isons an opportunity to gain prac- ‘tical work experience during school conjunction with their college training. Salar- i to take a written examination de-| signed to test their general ability ‘to learn. Students who have completed one year or more of college study to-| ‘ward a bachelor’s degree in Soil popesrrniiey Fone, Stronomy, AG: Management, Biology, or other ag- ricultural sciences, are eligible to file for these positions. For complete information and forms to file, see Examination An- nouncement No. 5-83-1-1954, or the ‘Commission’s Local Secretary at most first-and second-class post of- fices; the U, S. Civil Service Re- gional Office at Atlanta, Georgia, ‘ashington, D. C., Cincinnati, the Executive Secretary, U, S, Civil Service Exam- the Department of Agri- $22 Peachtree-7th Build- 7th Street, N. E., Atlanta, with whom applications filed not later than the business February 24, ay . i ry BE az Housewives Still Refuse To Pay Required Taxes ° ARSHALL, Tex, ®—Rebuffed by the Supreme Court, Marshall's rebellious housewives say by gum they’re still not paying social se- curity taxes on wages of domestic servants. In their first move since the Supreme Court refused to hear their appeal from adverse lower court decisions, the housewives Saturday fired off a letter to In- ternal Revenue Commissioner T. Coleman Andrews. They told him they are again ‘filing quarterly income tax reports but are making no payments and charged the courts have based their rulings on tax law instead of constitutional law. The housewives argue they can- not constitutionally be forced to serve as tax collectors. Their leader, Mrs. Carolyn Abney, told reporters, ‘“‘We have been given a judicial runaround.” Several times internal revenue agents have tapped the women’s bank accounts for enough money to cover the tax they claim is due, A psychological research institute PEOPLE’S FORUM ‘The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless otherwise, REAL ESTATE DEAL DISCUSSED Editor, The Citizen: In view of the article appearing on the front page| tionist, Soil Scientist, and Agricul-) of Tuesday’s paper regarding “The Servicemen’s Chris- tian Center,” here are a few facts that were omitted—and | in-as-much as this is a public project, I feel the public should be informed. to read them. First, the lease with option to buy was drawn up and signed by one of the owners. This was executed in supposedly a proper manner, When the time expired and the deal was supposed to be completed the party re- fused to consumate the deal saying the second party re- fused to sign and also that he was not interested in sell- ing in accordance with the original agreement, but was holding out for a higher price. The owner was approached from every angle, but none were agfeeable, He, however, finally came out with the facts, he wanted more money. He had made the original terms without any pressure. The legal papers are available to anyone who has interest enough to eare Not only was this contract violated, but the owner lacked the common courtesy to inform the tenants that the property was being placed on the market. Their first knowledge was by a phone call from an interested citizen who wanted to know what the deal was. Respectfully yours, DONALD K. THOMAS, Bldg. No. 60, S.A.D.D. Key West, Fla. January 27, 1954 WILL RAPE SUSPECT SUFFER? Editor, The Citizen: Congratulations: to’ The Citizen on- placing- “No Charges Filed Against Rape Suspect” as number one story, Friday, Jan. 29th. The if he will suffer. “Society” will protect him by condemning his “victim(s) ;” her name will be exploited, her friends at school will point her out, she will be politely shunned, and a once-promising youth shall bear the life-long im- print of ridicule, while the “suspect” rambles onward in a few years seeking more conquests . . . if this case is to follow the average of its kind. : It takes the impulsive thrust of a knife blade and a girl’s dead body to dent the apathy of “society.” A rapist is only a “misunderstood soul lacking the com- fort of fellow man, etc.” Comfort him, turn him loose, for he has gained through a girl’s loss, Prove me wrong! Good Year Seen jare good otherwise too, says David J. McDonald, president of the CIO} \United Steelworkers. | | McDonald told a reporter yes-| 'terday there seems fo be a swing} back to nertecee - gon jother articles of steel. _ t jalso activity in road building and general construction. | “We don’t expect this year to} lequal 1953, but it well could. be/For Member School Board of years |in history,” he said. ~ “suspect” is an admitted offender of child chastity and common decency. But I personally doubt BS Ess ep 53 P. O. Box 642 Political Announcements FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 4, 1954 For State Senator 24th District MILTON A. PARROTT Help Monroe County Elect A Senator Re-Elect EDNEY PARKER STH DISTRICT A MAN IN THE HOUSE That the excitement of a new flirtation, even a pretended ane, after three — settled years, would go to head like wine. That a make believe love affair would i Ted slipped into the habit of hav: his ‘dinners with them. One he complained about the food at the cafeteria, plus the tte prices, and Jane said: precious mother’s little helper.” “It's fun,” she said that eve- ning at dinner, “to cook for a man who tastes what oy fix for him.” smile was Ted, and the barb in the words was for Carl Recently Carl had fallen into the habit of eating what was put before him automatically, a fod n0 room to dishes jane prepared speciall; tempt his gag He was she knew it. He was work- ing ‘oo hard and his mind was harassed. He was worried about the appointment of successor. to Dr. Ross’s Chapter 21 CME thing Jane nado’ counted on, im her planning dear. Everything you prepare is delicious, always. I papposs I Carl said: “You've spoiled me, take it for granted.” T grinned. By Florence Stuart tricks for one of your meals. By the way. Professor, how would you like me at table as a per- manent boarder?” “That's up to Jane,” Carl said pleasantly. Later Jane talked it over with him. “It’s as easy to cook for three as two. | haven't mentioned What. 4 “aarling? hat do you think, ? Would it be a nuisance?” Cari neither nor discouraged the idea. “It's up to hea honey. Do whatever you e. “Well, if you have no objec- cg. 1 think Tl mention * to “I bave no objections,” Carl sad “You can work out meals,” Jane told Ted gaily, taking me to the movies casionally.” Ted thought that was a ful idea. Still, he looked th fully. “Won't your husband—' “Mind?” Jane asked. “I don’t think so. Why he? I adore movies, and them.” Carl your “by oo ‘ BR g ee loathes once, however, object. “After all, Jane,” a pendant ye your way to give people thing to talk about, int that mn your here i in ss TWogically, J oyed. ly, Jane was anni She thought: He’s objecting be- cause of what people will say, not because he cares on his own account. “I have to have pleasure,” she said crossly. all you do, evening after evening, is shut yourself up in your study. That evening Jane marched off to the movies alone. There had been, in recent weeks, a minor crime wave in Stanton- housecleaning time knows no such agony as an untidy man forced to clean off his office desk. To him throwing away the paper mountain he has come to love, lay- er by layer, is pure torture. It is like peeling away his heart. I am in the process of cleaning off my desk right now. And if cleanliness is next to Godliness, I'll soon be a neighbor to Heaven. Already I can see patches of the top of my desk—a horrible dull green—after tossing away 75 pourids of unanswerable leiters, un- read books and pamphlets, soiled socks, used coffee cartons, small pieces of string and lumps of sugar. But who wants to see the top of| his desk anyway? You can’t play billiards on it. If you lie down on} it to take a nap, you either get a NEW YORK (7)—A wife at)stiff neck or the boss jumps to the} q jimaginative. It is like saying a gentleman with neatly creased |trousers can outpunch a guy in | baggy pants. | It would be more nearly truthful |to say the man with a littered jdesk recognizes and enjoys the | no®mal confusion of daily living, | whereas the man who can’t work |except at a clean desk is more }likely to be a victim of strait- |jacket thinking and tries to put life’s chaotic problems into pigeon- holes, But pigeonholes are neither for people nor their problems— they’re for pigeons, Men with littered desks are quite tolerant of men with clean desks and merely feel sorry for their inefficiency. Your clean-desk man is always looking for an important paper lost in the files or carelessly tossed away in last month’s waste- paper basket. But your littered-desk man mere- ly closes his eyes, inserts a hand within the debris before pulls out exactly what he wants, He never is at a loss because he saves everything, operating on never what is really important in conclusion you are loafing on the} job. All you can do with a clean desk top is put a small sign saying “Think” on it . . . and look at it and brood. If the desk is littered, you can paw into one of the paper gullies and find plenty to think about, But a bare desk offers no help to a bare brain. A-wife who shines up her house is at least rewarded by the com- ment of guests, “My, how lovely everything looks.” But nobody walks into a business office and says, “I just adore the way YOU! sound belief that you keep the top of your desk. It has such a mellow old gangrene patina. What kind of polish do you use on|2 watil-you need it. That is ites There is a legend that a clean desk reflects a clear mind. This is merely a fable to console the un- This Rock By Bill Gibb Dollar to a doughnut that the| Navy Dept. doesn’t permit NAL to use Boca Chica Field. In studying) the various news releases concern- ing the matter, I cannot see that local Navy authorities have indi- cated any favoritism toward such a move, As a matter of fact, I would say that they were extremely non-com- mittal. When the subject has been’ broached previously, only state- ment made was the matter was ‘one for the Chief of Naval Opera- tions in Washington to decide. Now, Captain C. L. Murphy says: “The commanding officer of the Naval Air Station has interposed no objections. The request is being forwarded, through channels to the Chief of Naval Operations for ac-; ition.” Such a statement, in my mind, is simply military courtesy in which Navy officials wash their hands of the entire affair and pass} the buck to higher-ups. From now on, it is going to be a question of whether Baker, president of NAL, can pull enough political strings to accomplish his Other Florida Towns NAL has said that it wants to provide better service to Key West by switching to Convairs': and that these ships cannot be} safely landed at Meacham. They also say that they are doing away with ali Lodestars. Now, the ques- How many small towns in Flo-| jrida will be able to handle these/ \Convairs with their present air- fields? You know, National operates a so-called “milk-run” which pretty well covers the state. It seems un- ‘likely that we are the only com-! ‘=ranity in Florida with a smail,| Of Ours jout-moded field. Only an aviation expert can provide the answer, of course, But — If NAL switches entirely to larg- er, ‘hot’ ships, will up-state towns lose their air service? ~ Will National be willing to sac- rifice its franchise? (Eastern would love that), Everything about the situation is rough. To date, everyone concern- ed in the squabble has lost — hotel, merchants, the airline, the vaca-| tionists who were deprived of vi- siting Key West. The only thing “This Rock” can say is that it sin-' cerely hopes the situation will be ironed out—and ironed out quick- ly. Catwalks Noticed in an out-of-town paper yesterday that the first fisherman catwalks for the bridges would be! concentrated in the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District. Some of you gentlemen with a little bit of! political pull had better get hold ‘of Representative Papy and do some fussing. If Monroe County and the State Road Dept. are going ‘to furnish part of the money, the|bris, catwaiks should not oniy go in the Pe ne nee meee eee a. The lives of residents living in} other areas are just as valuable, ti as those living around Marathon, |ti Moreover, if there is going to be an economic advantage, our own motels and merchants should be: given an opportunity to enjoy a portion of it, fu Well, I don’t want to holler “Fire” when there is no need of it a little “And | hi Ly i Li I f f ij hs tht f iF i FELL FE 5 E i f i i : 3 t it fy : H In $ E Fi i s i E i i Fi a f S28 Hs ii ref rt afk # 5 F & if SR! it fy ‘ 4 ta tf 4 iF ge he never throws anything away. “But psychiatrists say this shows a terrible sense of insecurity,” a friend of mine objected. “Well, if your clean desk is a sign you feel secure,” I told him, |“‘perhaps you ought to see a psy- |chiatrist. Don’t you really think | anybody who feels secure in a mad | world ought to have his head ex- ketene now and then?” ‘erhaps you are wondering 'since I love to keep my vy. |@ magpie’s nest, I am to clean it up at all. ll r <ez a Hs 5 i gets level with down a bit. telephone from rising reach, I hadn't done m lately, and the other mass ove! drama critic like a He was pulled out but unburt except F é ; ? ay &¢ F Hi E f i 4 & 4 ae | ; i i é i we & & F in a golden “If you don’t clean off they said grimly, into court for maintaining a hazard and a menace to safety,” ‘They weren't kidding. can you do? obeg. AG a) I clutter on my desk grow and higher, and be buried in # )after my death under a headstone Saying: H and at this stage no one knows any Teliable facts, Let’s just keep ‘our eyes on the situation and see’ how it shapes up, But if I had my way, I'd Jet that i ee