The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 12, 1954, Page 5

Wednesday, May 12, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ~ This Rock ~ Of Ours By Bill Gibb A couple of days ago we men- tioned that there were a few im- portant questions relative to Garri- son Bight, No. 1 Highway’s en- trance to Key West, etc., which this column would attempt to place before the proper officials for au- thoritative answers. This seemed to be a logical method of trans- ferring public attention from petty, malicious political gossip to impor- tant issues at hand. Truth of the matter is that I haven’t had much success as yet in finding out anything definite. Apparently, both factors engaged in the recent election are recuper- ating from the rough campaign and staying out of public sight. Victorious Loser Of. the three men who ran for State Legislator, it is my opinion that only one emerged from the fight victoriously — Dave King. I say this in spite of the fact that the poor guy received less than a thousand votes. It isn’t my place to argue whe- ther the accusations hurled at each other by both Harvey and Papy were true. Hindsight now shows that in each case, the accuser hurt himself, by creating public sym- pathy for the underdog. Bernie was smart enough to realize this and keep his mouth shut until just a few days before the election. There is no use denying however, that each man will suffer in the future — Papy and Harvey — as a result of this election and the various facts which have been brought to light concerning existing political conditions, Now here is a funny twist to the entire campaign story. For the past month, I’ve been traveling all over Monroe County. I’ve been in dozens of homes and talked with hundreds of citizens. During this entire time, I haven’t heard a sin- gle word spoken against Dave King although the other two can- didates were often roasted. As a matter of fact, scores of men and women told me that they preferred Dave but wouldn’t vote for him be- cause they were obligated to one of the other candidates. Now don’t misunderstand me! I wasn’t out on the road working for Dave King. The talk that transpir- ed was merely casual conversation made much in the same manner as you would speak of the wea- ther. That is why I say that King emerged a victor. The man probably spent a cou- ple of thousand dollars of his. own money. He lost the race but he created “respect and friendship a- mong thousands of people. Since King is now a registered real es- tate broker, it seems to me that he can profitably charge the whole miserable affair off and be happy that he is out of the mess entirely, Police Force The disturbing condition that has been setting the police department on its ears for the past few months is getting rather disgusting now. It is about time all of the City Commissioners stop playing ‘ring around the rosie with a sit- uation which they have proven they lack either the willingness, the ability or the intestinal forti- tude to clarify. There isn’t a man on the com- mission who isn’t a personal friend of mine, (I hope), and if they read that sentence above, I know that they will howl that I’m being un- just — that their hands are tied by an act of legislature which pre- vents them from dipping into po- lice department affairs. Bosh and baloney! Technically, that may be correct but by virtue of ‘influence, they can pretty well be held responsible for every con- diton that exists in any City de- partment. Why don’t they call in a few top-notch advisors such as Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., Dave King, Vic Lang, and others who know the good and the bad points within the police force from ac- tual experience? These men can set up a program for the Civil Ser- vice Board which, if followed through without politics, will in- crease both the morale of the men on the force and satisfy a bewil- dered public. THOU SHALT NOT! LEVITTOWN, Pa. —The Rev. Charles L. Ertman, assistant pas- tor of Hope Lutheran Church, was becoming irked by the disappear- ance of topsoil from a mound in- tended for landscaping the church grounds, It stopped when he posted a large sign on the pile: “Thou shalt not steal church topsoil.” ; Evidence indicates that the dodo bird became extinct in the last half of the 17th Century. don’t just ask for bourbon... You'll probably “= |Slight Hope Is Held For Doomed Rapist SAN QUENTIN, Calif. #—Faint hope glimmered today for the life of Caryl Chessman, condemned genius, author and rapist sched- uled to die Friday. Gov. Goodwin J. Knight agreed to look over the record of his Los Angeles convic- tion of kidnaping with bodily harm. Knight earlier dismissed a plea for clemency for Chessman filed by a criminologist and a noted au- thor. He said Chessman’s crimes —kidnaping, attempted rape, sex perversion and robber y—were “horrible and there were 17 of them.” And he said one of Chess- man’s female victims is still in a mental hospital as a result of his attack. California law makes no excep- tion of “people who write books,” Knight added. He referred to Chessman’s “Cell 2455, Death Row,” a best seller, However, after a half-hour closed-door conference late yester- day with Chessman’s attorney Ber- wyn Rice, Knight said he will re- view one point of the 32-year-old convict’s 1948 conviction—whether the court reporter’s notes were suf- ficient. The original court reporter died during the trial. Rice contends his replacement was not fully able to translate the first reporters notes for the appeal record. Chessman’s chances of avoiding San Quentin’s green-painted gas chamber seemed slim, however. Before talking with Rice, the gov- ernor said he had no intention of setting himself up as a “super supreme court” to judge issues al- ready decided. Chessman, who acted as his own attorney until he hired Rice with a $1,000 advance on his book, al- ready had fought his case up to the U. S. Supreme Court and was turned down all the way. Before Knight became governor, -Gov. Earl Warren, now chief justice of the United States, had refused clemency. Pleas to spare Chessman grew this month with publication of his book. First author Niven Busch asked clemency, saying Chessman has become “in a sense” a use- ful citizen by writing the story of his life of crime and imprisonment. Then Dr. Negley K. 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Vorys is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Com- mittee, which heard Secretary of State Dulles outline his proposed Asian defense alignment in a closed session yesterday. Dulles had a date to give the Senate For- sign Relations Committee a sim- lar briefing today. Chairman Chiperfield (R-Ill) and other members of the House group declined to be quoted publicly about yesterday’s session. It was learned, however, that no specific mention was made of using American forces of any type in the beginning to bulwark at- tempts to weld Southeast Asian countries and Western Powers into a defense coalition. Dulles earlier told a news conference the goal is to create an alliance prepared to fight if openly challenged by Communist aggression. Informed House sources said Dulles suggested that the admin- istration be given flexibility to use elsewhere in Southeast Asia the $1,133,000,000 earmarked specifical- ly for Indochina in the foreign aid! bill now before the House com- mittee. 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