The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 27, 1954, Page 4

, Page 4 Thursday, May 27, 1956 The Key West Citizen Fubed duly (egept Sunday) rom The Clizen Buldng, corer o Only Dally Newspaper In Key West and Monroe County. L..P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ... a NORMAN D. ARTMAN Edifor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-566} and 2-5662 The Associated Press is et abi news diephiies crctnn eh this paper, and also the local news pub- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Member Associate Dailies of Florida BOSC LBS RES ERS: csxrar te IF sr arte incre Bie echo ix: tC ‘Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an forum and invites discussion of End subjects of loeal_or general interest, ut it" wil! not publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED WASHINGTON THREATENS BEGINNING OF CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS Do you bet on dog or horse racing? Do you drink beer or liquor? If the answer is “Yes,” would the dis- continuance of racing and beer and liquor advertising stop you from betting or drinking? If your answer is ‘‘No,” would the continuance of that type of advertising make you bet or drink? The. answers to those questions are plain..And yet a bill, designed to encroach on the freedom of the press, is under consideration by the House Commerce Committee in Washington, details of which were given in a Citizen story Saturday. . You can’t force anybody to be good. That truth was proved conclusively by Prohibition. Persuasion, based on sound argument, is the best way to try to make a man Jead an upright life. Tens of thousands of men and wo- men are‘now leading Christian lives because they were convinced, not by force, but by persuasive reasoning, to lead Christian lives. So, aside from trying to strap the press, the con- gressional bill that would prevent beer and liquor adver- tising is morally untenable. It is nothing more than a quirk. that would not, were it successful, accomplish any good. The National Editorial Association, representing 6,000 newspapers, is opposing the bill. A representative of the association, testifying before the House Commerce Committee, pointed out that, if the bill becomes a law, it would lead to bans on other types of advertising, such as cigarettes, dog and horse racing and everything else would- be overlords may think should be stopped. Freedom of the press is stressed as much in the United States Constitution as is personal freedom. Fact is, that putting a curb on the press is equivalent to putting a ctrb on your freedom. Let us consider the Iron Curtain countries. What did the dictators first do in attaining their objective to make personal freedom a farce? They first clamped down on the press, because they were well aware that they could not encompass personal freedom as long as the press was allowed to exercise its freedom. The dictators moved gradually and surreptitiously by stopping the press from doing first one thing, then anoth- er and another, and so on till full censorship was estab- lished. ‘ ‘ Freedom of the press or personal freedom is not lost all at once. It is the continued nipping and nipping at the freedom till finally no freedom is left. The proposed stopping of beer and liquor advertis- ing would be, if the bill becomes a law, the beginning of censorship. The censorship would grow, and there’s no telling how far it may go, Americans, a few generations hence, may find their newspapers under as rigid a cen- sorship as are Iron Curtain newspapers today, and may find their personal freedom as hemmed in as is:the so- called freedom under Russia’s heel. Crossword Puzzle jacin ACROSS 38. Hindu 1. Irritation ueen Taantaniy sl ICIRIA| TIE ID} RIEIDISIe AIMIE} JOIPISHEGIRIAINIDIEDIA WIE Z| UININI(TAIS} Mie INIAITI VIE MM OICIUILIAIRI ISILIOIPIEIOMERIEIM ISIS) 10. Mountain chain 11, Pierce 17. View DOWN 19.Pressure 37. Pulpy fruit 3, Abandoned A WORRS—e — HAL BOYLE SAYS... This Rock Of Ours NEW YORK ® — “Women are wearing their hair shorter than men now,” complained ex-Sgt. Larry Mathews, “and this sum- mer it’s going to be even shorter.” Mathews, a tall, husky hair styl- ist who flew on bombing missions in Europe during the last world war, now operates what he be- lieves is America’s only all-night beauty parlor. Situated in the Great Northern Hotel, it draws a fabulous clientele after dark, ranging from house- wives with insomnia to Metropoli- tan Opera singers, actresses, night club chorus girls—and female im- personators. “My hair is longer than half my clients’,” remarked Mathews. “The high style for women right now is the butch bob—very mas- culine. “It makes a girl look like a Yale freshman in front, and a duck in back, and has just a few wisps of hair about the face to suggest femininity. “The butch bob? You know what we call it in the trade? The idiot look! Trying to bring out a wom- an’s natural beauty with a hair style like that is like trying to decorate an empty room. But it’s what the girls want.” Larry, who had done aerial photography for Uncle Sam, de- cided when he returned from the war he would let the same uncle teach him a peacetime trade. He studied hair styling under the GI Bill of Rights program. “You'd never believe the inti- mate things about their lives wo- men tell their hair stylists,” he said. “Maybe, because we also deal with their heads, they confuse us with their psychiatrists.” But running an all-night beauty parlor hasn’t given Mathews any articular new insight into femine psychology. “They’re no easier to figure out after midnight then they are be- fore,” he. said. Larry and his wife, Norma, operated a daytime beauty parlor fo: sometime. “But our little daughter com- plained she hardly ever saw us except for a few minutes in the morning and just before her bed- time,” he said. “I thought that if I opened a night place, I could spend more time with her. “About a year ago the place really got rolling. My wife came by for a look one night, saw a bunch of chorus girls in the place, and said ‘this'll never do.’ “The next day she had a ‘for sale’ sign on her shop. Two nights later she was working in the shop with me.” Larry and Norma now have 12 employes, operate their beauty shop around the clock, close it only on Sundays. “Most of our night clientele are show people,” said Larry, “and sometimes the place is more like a rehearsal hall than a beauty salon. Sometimes we'll have three singers in the same row of dryers rehear- sing three different songs at the same time. “Sure we get some unusual re- By Bill Gibb Of History Of The Civil War iy b= < EF tial * il é 3 i E Z z H by 5 FETT 3 care od 3 i ef E iy E E gE i f z£ i it. ai ile Ay ils : He a U & i 28 j Hg i df i et ir i tf iy “ti Pa F e i H it i! = 5 zs 4 3 # i F i A ii H ? Hf RE | i i i F & if it t rf FE : tr #3 i i ik z i I | if Mr. Coulter’s poem PICKETT’S CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG "JULY 3, 1862 The ranks of Gray hold fast! On they go i ud s 2 iz Fe ee I have in front of me a letter) the greatest liars on earth or for. which I received two weeks ago|not realizing what the word ‘in- today. Since I know a great deal| toxicated’ means! You don’t know more about its writer than he ap-|it but my telephone ‘dang’ near parently knows about himself, I’ll| rang off the hook during the time just identify him .as “Mr. No-| you were sojourning in jail and name.” As a matter of fact, it] elsewhere — “soberly” according wasn’t even my intention to,pub-|to you. , : lish ‘the letter but the attacks’from| You see, it’s this-way <I can’t Stanton Nickerson upon our ‘town | indulge in alcohol like a normal have focused interest toward po-| person and most of the town knows lice material. It will be necessary | it. The town also knows that I’m to delete some of the more impor-| not ashamed to admit the fact be-| ” tant statements because they, tend | cquse,I consider liquor a form of to identify the writer. Although Ij poison in my ‘own particular case have his permission to use his}and only a ‘blame fool’ would try name, I think it would be unfair|to pretend he could safely drink to expose him to ridicule. Poison. . Here’s the letter— Pe i as it endl when people “T feel certain you read Mr, Stan-|7U2 &-case @s yourself, ton Nickerson’s letter to Mayor|™y telephone starts to ring. ( I Harvey which appeared in today’s | Teckon they figure it takes one fool ‘People’s Forum’ column, 4- .the hd handle another fool and that same thing happened to mé, Riese formula for stay- “I keep hearing of wife. such | ‘ continue to use your popular col-| you were ‘dried out,’ local busi- umn to get the citizens irate and |i ossmen, police officers, and aware of what is happening in the | fessional’ men were invalved iv an nae agai something i8| attempt to once more bring you H Through musket shot and deadly stream Of fire, not content to rest upon their arms While brethren fight to seal a noble fate. The battle rests with you! The charge O’er valley, up the shot encrusted hill Must be made, despite the circumstance— The fear that lies within the human heart. It must be-made! Fear must be overwhelmed _ By something greater. Greater than A voice that clamors for a moment, must come ‘The voice that says, Go On! So on they go! At stern command they move, Full viewed ty thone with hom they join a with w! The battle. pias pire Hie fy i H A view of wonderment not ‘unmixed Adiniration—tha with a Lageasaesie ae On they go! The warfare’s fierceness Mixed with cries of courage and command. The wounded, as they fall, give words of hope To those who forge ahead upon that bloody soil. On! On! You brave remaining few, to the summit the height. There to find, i [ L 4 pyrethrum, an insecticide. “I like to drink as well as any- one, but I have never beén pub- licly intoxicated in my life’ or privately either. © “My wife and I love thig island and we. . permanent home here. Becatise of this, I didn’t write such a letter myself, and 1 was warned that ‘I'd just be sticking my neck out.’ “Because I am trying to get sit- uated, I prefer to keep my name out of any such controversy until I feel I am more a part of the community. However, if it will help the situation at any time, you may add my name to the hue and cry. Sincerely, Mr. No-name.” An Open Letter Following is an open letter to Mr. No-name from “This Rock of Ours”: Dear Mr. No-name, R Thank you for your very: infor- mative letter. I’m sure that quite i , You me one of the dirtiest ‘slams’ I’ve ever re- ceived when you said, “I hope you will inue. . .to get the citizens irate.” I'd quit writing tomorrow if I thought that was the result of the column. Now, Mr. No-name, I’m going to dish out a little advice — it may be helpful to you and it may be worthless, Since you’re anonymous however, it cannot hurt you. Your letter states that yon have never been publicly — or privately — in toxicated in your life... += May the Lord forgive you, Mr, No-name, for either being one of style wigs for some 200 female im- personators in all parts of the coun- we haven't gone into toupees. But, boy, that’s a growing field. I know some toupee make: who have become rich in * hei 4 back to the reality of a sober world. Contacts were even estab- lished with people more than a thousand. miles away to take care of the financial emergency you had‘ created! I stayed away from (plan).. .to make our | your case so you owe me nothing and would not even if I had been able to help you. However, your present lack of humility is shock- ing in view of the fact that others did so much for you. I’m not criticizing you for be- coming intoxicated — alcohol has that affect. Nor am I condemning | . you for getting sick — mentally and physically — because again, alcohol has that effect too. All I can say is that I hope you will wake up to the fact someday, that you can’t drink, that liquor reduc- es your normally bright mind ‘to childish levels, and that the spite- ful letter you wrote against police you with Protection from yourself is merely : ay oniy oo by you our anti-so- cial attitude. . Key West welcomes you. Here, as anywhere else in the world, you get just about what you ask for. My advice is that you discuss problem with your i: a friend or counselor, God. You might tation that this other day: “God grant accept the courage to e and WISDOM. to ence!” > Bill parlor in an upper New York.State resort hotel this summer. “Two years ago I couldn’t borrow $200 to buy a new chair,” he said. “And now I’ve got ev. Of With fallen comrades, not Victory, But Glory that is greatest in defeat . : FIGURE FIVE AVERAGE WORDS TO A LINE See Rate Schedule On Classified Page women ensaseeroryn HERE* °°" °° enmaaaeee KEY WEST CITIZEN