The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 29, 1954, Page 4

Pogo 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN — Monday, March 29, 1954 The Key West Citizen ee poaaas 4 oy eee Semis from The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Menree County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher _.............., ssirsssssrsssone VDD + 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN 00. sscsscsssseneusns wins Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Seeond Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2.5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusi entitled to use for luction i credit or not aeewiee ited in this Paper, and seein ci cows pub ere. Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invi and subjects of teal, or general interest, 1 hut it will not publish anonymous communications, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and Bathin; MP avilion. Comelidation of C ty ind Ci vernm: ation ous . Community ‘Audtorhins, - lane as 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. IKE BARS EXECUTIVE WAR President Dwight D. Eisenhower made a significant promise to the nation recently when he pledged the Executive Department of the government not to involve the United States in a war without a declaration of war from Congress. Though the President’s announcement was not considered major news by some, it is a highly significant executive pronouncement. The statement’s most immediate implication is a pledge from the President not to involve this country in a war in Indo-China without action from Congress. Sev- eral Congressmen have expressed fears in recent weeks that a piece-meal commitment of aid to Indo-China would eventually lead to the involvement of small U. 8. forces, which, in turn, might lead to serious consequences. The President, in effect, has promised that this would not be allowed to happen. He said very clearly: “There is going to be no involvement of America in war unless it is a result of the constitutional process that is placed upon Congress to declare it. Now, let us have that clear and that is the answer.” Though many people do not realize it, five of the ten serious and lengthy armed conflicts this country has engaged in have been conducted without a Congressional declaration of war, These include the Korean War, the Mexican War of 1914-17, the naval war with France in 1798-1800 and the two Barbary Wars. The latter wars took place in the early 1800’s in the Napoleonic era, In saying that the Constitution placed the responsi- bility of declaring war in Congress, President Fisenhower is being consistent with his administration's policies of pursuing a course of Constitutional processes. His state- ment should bring relief to those who have been anxious about developments in Indo-China and be an example for future Presidents to lean upon, An optimist is Very often one who does not have to pay the bill. A good rule for highway travel is to let the other ear get there first. Education is either worth supporting or it should be dropped as a state activity. Advertising is business, not charity—spend your ad- vertising dollars with this in mind. Statistics suggest that corporate enterprises, by and large, have done very well in the past few years. Hard work makes almost any job easy; backing off and delaying the job makes any undertaking impossible. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 29, Hail 4. Too bad 30. Explode 6. Great 31. Moor number 32. Musical 9. Discover PONG! CORBI ALM RAT! Q R i ISIE] ENE IRIEIGIAIL 15. Severe (RIEORITIEIOREE/DIE (MIA) 17. Caresses 18. Meaningless repetition 19. Wild animal 20. Cubic decimeter 28. Obtain 32 i Magicians sticks HF Rogtisn letters PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves 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 ene side the paper enly. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. NO MORE Editor, The Citizen; It is with regret that I find it necessary to stop writ- ing “This Rock of Ours.” This has been brought about by my acceptance of a job which will carry me out of town for the major portion of each week. We have a heck of a time with that column, don’t we? First it’s in and then it’s out! The only stable factor in the whole situation has been the steadfast loyalty of The Key West Citizen readers. And it is because of this loyal- ty that I wish you would print this letter of appreciation. You know, I’ve never felt that the column was real- ly my ‘baby.’ It was sort of a relay station expressing the thoughts of citizens who otherwise would have had to confine themselves to a rather limited audience. When pessimists ery that Key Westers are disinterested in civic affairs, just refer them to me. “This Rock of Ours” could never have been written were it not for the numerous letters, telephone calls, and personal contacts which Citizen readers went out of their way to make in order to provide information for the column. You can understand, therefore, why dropping the column is sort of like giving up hundreds of friends. In my opinion, “People’s Forum” is one of the best features in the paper. I hope those who have contacted me in the past will continue to express their ideas pub- licly through “The Forum.” They should be able to gain more satisfaction and results from it than they did through my column.. And they can avoid personal publicity by requesting that their name be withheld. Best wishes, BILL GIBB “ROCK” IS DECREE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ? Editor, The Citizen: Suppression of religious freedom gave birth to the United States; and taxation without representation gave the nation its independence. These things are our herit- age. So I ask: Upon what constitutional authority does this Comptroller General deny the residents of Sigsbee Park and Peary Court the right to vote? None! The decree violates the spirit of the Constitu- tion, if not the letter. Establishing a federal “District of Sigsbee and Peary Court” is empowered solely in the Congress of the United States. Denying a person due voice in government is effectively denying his citizenship. But who do I hear actively speaking against this violation? None! And therein lies the tragedy. Many “reservation residents” vote absenteeism in various states, but blissfully pay local city, state, county and federal taxes-without- representation. Others shrug off their inability to vote as declining to “fight City Hall.” So, Hail to Apathy: the forerunner of national disintegra- tion: the shady-politician’s bread and butter! To any citizen dozing in the lethargy of assumed freedom, I say offer no complaint if your peace becomes an empty peace in a political chaos because you chose that your voice was not heard! H. V. B. P. O. Box 642 Key West, Florida PUBLICITY APPRECIATED Editor, The Citizen: Thank you for the publicity given in The Citizen to the plans being formulated for a Gala Festival to be held in Key West May 19 and 20 to mark Cuba’s Independence Day. The San Carlos Institute and those affiliated there- with on this occasion hope to make it a noteworthy event especially this year as the entire proceeds from the play “The Filibusters” go to the Juvenile Council for the erection of a home for delinquent children on Stock Is- Ten and Twenty Years Ago March 29, 1944 Joe Pearlman, chairman of the Monroe County Salvage Committee announced the beginning of an- other scrap iron drive in Key West. County Judge Raymond Lord who left for Miami Sunday on: le- gal business returned to Key West last evening. Military units in Key West ex- ceeded their Red Cross drive quo- fa of $5,000 by over three thou- sand dollars, _ It was announced that the Jun- jor Woman's Club would have a social meeting at 7 o'clock Thurs- day evening. March 29, 1934 Engineering forces of the FERA in Key West were to discuss the feasibility of construction of a community house and civic center in Key West and an airport on Stock Island with the regional di- rector W. M. Green and Seth Per. kins, regional engineer, this week, Editorially The Citizen urged every man and woman “who is eli- gible to go to the polis and vote.” Mrs. Enrique Henriquez was e- lected president of the Monroe County Parent-Teachers Council at _a meeting of the organization held at Harris School. The Kappa Pi Youngsters held their first meeting in their new headquarters at the Atlantic Club. Arrangements were made with the Management for the boys to use the building as their clubhouse, Russia Will Return Our Borrowed Boats WASHINGTON — Thirty-eight motor torpedo boats and sub-chas- ers loaned to the Russians in World War II soon will be back in U.S. hands. The Russians agreed last week to transfer the craft to U.S. rep- resentatives in Istanbul, Turkey, in May and June. They are a fraction of the 186 naval craft the United States has been trying to reclaim from the Soviets more than five years. The average American uses ebout 15 per cent fewer white po- tatoes than before World War II. CATH, MY DARLING By Amelia Reynolds Long than I could accept the idea Lee's guilt. Besides, he was wine the rest of us in New Orleans when Lee died.” “But he could have driven bac! during the night without kis knowing.” I stopped with the sud- den, jarring feeling that I had stepped from solid earth into an open manhole; and that to make it worse, somebody was about to Slap the cover on. “Oh!” I said in a voice that sounded as though it had been down the manhole too. The house was locked And then, just as the manhole , Amédé cover was almost in place, jerked it off agai Tourist Spending Shows Conditions Florida’s Economy Reflects National Trends By SAM DAWSON MIAMI, Fla. —Florida’s econ- omy today swings like a sensitive needle to point the direction of business in the nation’s industrial areas. Things are a little quieter here. Retail trade is off a little; unem- ployment is up a little. Tourists aren’t spending the way they did last year. ial North and Midwest that bank- ers here say this state can act a8 a seismograph to record a shift in the nation’s business sentiment. They make no claim, however, Service brushes off the moderate rise in unemployment in Miami as “just seasonal” and says employ- ment totals stay high by any every year now,” says ee land, land for which has already been acquired, The ex- Penses of producing the play should be very small as the San Carlos Theatre will be used at no expense. Further- more royalties and salaries will be nil. Jack Clarke who successfully directed the play for two successive seasons at the Barn Theatre in 1959-51 will direct this production. Jack is a veteran actor and knows the theatre, and all are assured that the perform- ance will be strictly “theatre” and professional. Both Jack and I particularly desire talent from among our Key West-Cuban Americans—you who have so much dramatic appeal and talent. We ask you to be present at the San Carlos Institute Wednesday, March 81 at 8 p. m., for a reading and tryout, and thus help this very worthy cause sponsored by the Club San Carlos. The cast is large and there are many speaking parts. The Filibusters is a 3-act drama of old Key West taking place in the days when this city was a hotbed of revolutionary activities. The first act opens on board the old Navy Cruiser Cincinnati and ends with a highly dra- matic Federal Court Scene. Thank you again, Key West Citizen, for the part you are playing in this happy event. Cordially COMDR. RAY W. BYRNS, Retired. each year we’ve sold ail:we built.” Prices of older are ned dropped, however. Costs x ing newer ones have been sliced a little, either by production-line methods, or by narrowing profit margins. Bankers report folk are keeping up their mortgage payments. There are few defaults on loans or repossessions of appliances bought on the installment plan. The big beach hotels claim they ate full now—after a poor start early in the season. But walk in- land a block or so and you'll see vacancy signs on most of the smaller places. Motels—and they built scads of right now, after a distressingly slow early season. The citrus industry, in the mid- . | dle of the state, had a shakeup the first of the year when a bumper crop broke prices and piled up .;cans of concentrates in ware- houses. But a Lakeland banker says (in &@ telephone interview from the é|heart of the citrus belt) that in two weeks the movement llate crop. He adds that optimistic plant Operators are now predicting that the big pack will all be moved and a shortage might develop be- fore the new crop comes in next January. Florida as a whole pins its hope on its growing new industries. Like the rest of the South, the northern part of the state is industrializing, Paper and cellulose plants are expanding. Eelectronie plants and small garment factories are start- ing up. Airline maintenance shops give Miami a big payroll. Alumi- num and other metalworking Plants are growing. And a burgeoning cattle industry in the center of the state helps make Florida’s economy more stable, less tied to tourist spending which is dependent upon the ups and downs of business up North, Rebel Veteran Sees Auto Race AUSTIN, Tex. #—An old man who fought in a war before auto- mobiles and airplanes were heard of watched sleek sports cars flash along jet plane runways yesterday. Waiter W. Williams, 111, Con- federate veteran and oldest of five living Civil War soldiers, was hon- orary commander of Bergstrom Air Force Base here during the National Sports Car Races. He was flown from Bryan, near his home at Franklin, Tex. He wore a Confederate uniform flown from Hollywood. His old uni- form was destroyed by fire -years ago. Leather can be prepared from the skin of the white whale. them last year—are doing well | Tight. AP Newsteatures I had been thinking about that for some time myself. “Deédé,” I began ees “you remember how, after Uncle Raoul told us what he had learned! from Mr. Duval that afternoon,} you remarked that it was strange that your grandfather should have sent for Henri. It may be just aj ctazy idea, and I can’t even ex- plain why I think it, but I believe, that if we knew why he wanted{ to see Henri in particular, we'd| pave the answer to the whole ing.” “I've a feeling it may not be <. ¢razy at that,” he replied- thoughtfully. “But since Henri. Pact —_ know the reason, ion’t see how we're going to! oa it ot is noe e sat for a while in silence then, both trying to think of some logical explanation of why Henri, the youngest of Colonel Dumont’s| grandsons, X-Ray Exam Set For Stevenson DURHAM, N. C. #—Duke Ho» presidential candidate. Stevenson was admitted to the hospital last night for treatment of a kidney ailment. Dr. R. M. McMillan of Southern Pines, who accompanied him to the hospital, said his patient was “very com- fortable” last night and “we feel certain that he is going to be all Dr. McMillan recommended that Stevenson enter the hospital for a checkup and further treatment when the kidney ailment that first troubled him two years ago began to cause pain yesterday. Stevenson was vacationing with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, his brother-in-law and sister, at their Southern Pines farm. He is.sched+ uled to deliver 2 major address in Charlotte Friday. Political Announcements FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION 54 4 For United States Congress DANTE B. FASCELL For State Senator Re-Elect JAMES A. FRANKLIN 24TM DISTRICT For State Senator 24TH DISTRICT WILLIAM R. NEBLETT For State Senator 44th Distriet MILTON A. PARROTT Help Monroe County Elect A Senator For County Commissioner SECOND DISTRICT WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, JR. For Member School Board RE-ELECT J. CARLYLE ROBERTS 3RD DISTRICT For Member School Board ELECT KELLER WATSON SRD DISTRICT For Member School Board Re-Elect EDNEY PARKER STH DISTAICT