The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 28, 1954, Page 4

THE KEY WEST Citizen Friday, May 28, 1954 } The Key West Citizen Greene eo gnny (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 1921 - 1954, ARTMAN wwe Editor and Publisher ——__Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively pes ve pds reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it lished here. in this paper, and also the local news pub- svevvansanannansseesernsesscasee “Member Associate Dailies of Floride 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 invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications as e IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED SY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathin MP avilion, Lal Sea. 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. jum. Community Auditori A NEW CALENDAR? Considerable support has been voiced in the United Nations in favor of the adoption of a new world calendar. The new calendar would make every season of the year the same number of days — ninety-one days and thirteen weeks. é Moreover, the four quarters would be identical in that the first month of the quarter would contain thirty- one days and the second and third months would contain thirty days. February would always include thirty days. To solve the problem of Leap year, and other adjust- ments, the calendar would provide for a new day — World’s Day — which would follow December 30th every year. Another World’s Day would be held every Leap Year, and would follow June 30th every Leap Year. The new calendar is arranged so that each month contains twenty-six week days. Four of the months con- tain five Sundays, but the week-days remain the same in all of the months. Each New Year would begin on Sun- day, January ist, and each working year would begin on Monday, January 2nd. i Every quarter would begin.on Sunday and would end on Saturday, and World’s Day,.which followed December 30th every year, would be a world holiday. India proposed in the December meeting of the Econ- omic and Social Council of the U.N. that the question of the new calendar be put on the agenda for consideration. By a vote of 12-2, the proposal was accepted, the only two nations voting against it being the United States and Great Britain. = Although there were absentees in this voting, in ad- dition to the two negative vetes, there is reason to be- lieve that a majority of nations at the U. N. is in favor of the Indian proposal:.Thé primary reason for this senti- ment is the fact that the moon makes its circuit around the earth in twenty-nine and one-half days, while the earth makes a complete circuit of its orbit in about three hundred sixty-five and one-fourth days. ‘The new calendar would also allow dates, such as Easter, to be stabilized. The effort to reform the calendar has been actively pushed for the last fifteen or twenty years, and was supported by fourteen nations when the League of Nations submitted the question to all govern- ments in 1937. We are in favor of calendar reform, believing it would achieve what must eventually be achieved in the way of calendar computation, Although there may be disadvant- ages and even objections, and although the present calen- dar has been good enough for many generations, that does not mean that the present calendar cannot be im- proved or that it is not the duty and obligation of this generation to improve it, Civil Service Union Meets, Hears Reasons For Membership Civil Service Local Union num- ber 151 met Tuesday night in the court room of the county court house. Twenty members were present to hear secretary - treasurer Joe Durbin explain the need of the Union; for local civil service em- ployes. Local 151 is affiliated with the National Federation of Feder- al Employes. It was brought out at the meet- ing by president of the Local, Da- vid McCurdy that most people in Civil Service here are scared of unions. He pointed out the need for a union. Henry Smith, a member, brought out in the discussion that he had worked in Charleston S. C., Navy yard and saw what happened to work allocations of organized Na- vy yards, and unorganized Navy yards. He said that his yard was or- ganized and that there were enough members to demand attention also said thatin yards where the workers were unorganized work or- ders usually diminished in favor of the organized, . Smith said “we owe it,fo our families to organize a successful union to express our viewg.-It will protect our homes,” he added. Durbin pointed out that the ma- nagement (Naval Station “Com- mand) should be told that it shouldn’t always go strictly by he book of directives. In reference to the comment, he said that the President of the United States had said in a speech that Civil Service workers should be treated as in- dividuals, He added, ‘‘we’re indivi- duals.” A resolution was passed to have the president of the Local make an appointment with Admiral Tow- ner to request a directive from him stating that it was legal’ for Civil Service workers to form a union, also that the union has the approval of the President of the United States. The meeting then adjourned un- til the last Tuesday in next month, This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb I think we all owe Cmdr. Ray Byrns and those connected with the production of the Fiesta Ale- gre y Benefica a big vote of || thanks! They did a wonderful job Plt TQIUTE] AIMIUISIE} LO}L VIE INIT] ITIRIY]SIT MTT INIGIE) Plat TISME TOP MESIEIEIR) IRIE MBAIRIRIAIN|T] RIE [DIUICIE MEL IETA|SIE[D} INIEISIT ILE MUV A} IRIAIN] 1] I RSIVIE MEPIRIETY| AIBIE|TISMES/TIE|AIM} LTINIVIEINITISMMRIU! 1 IN/S} SEE MMO! 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Last week’s celebration proved that Key Westers Possess both the ability and the willingness to improve our town. Congratulations to the Jr. Wom- an’s Club, the San Carlos Institute, and to all the individuals who made the Fiesta a happy mem- ory of 1954 and a goal for 1955. Friendly People The willingness to help others is an outstanding characteristic of Key Westers. For instance, a cou- ple of days ago, “This Roc! % sug- gested that it would be nic e if you people would aid reporters in find- ing good, clean human-interest sto- ries. There have been several res- ponses already. Keep the good work up and the first thing you know we will all be able to see a ‘silver lining in the clouds.’ fof ‘Up Day This is a good time to clean up a lot of little notes on my desk. . . Truck route — Now that the City is getting some newly paved streets, perhaps a route for heavi- ly loaded trucks might help to pre- vent future damage. While the new paving appears perfectly satisfac- tory for automobiles, I doubt if it: will take too much punishment from big vans and weighty trac- tors. What do you think? (Don’t tell me, tell the City Commission- ers!) Dogs — We all like animals and dogs are probably the must popular of household pets. However, this column has received several com- plaints concerning dogs in the pub- n lic park and on the Monroe County Beach. I’ve personally seen enough to feel that the complaints are jus- tified. You dog owners who want other people to respect your pets should take a little better. care of them. T’ve actually seen dogs running a- round as if they were no’ better than children! (Sic). That’s a hor- rible commentary on the, owner. Once in awhile you will read a “for rent” ad which says: “. . . dogs accepted, No children.” Or maybe it will say: “. ...no dogs or children.” The advertiser has logical reasons for making these restrictions but I. still get sort of irritated when I see dogs:and chil- dren lumped in the sameieategory. Thus, the above sarciasm.) Price-cutting — a taxi operator was fussing about cut-throat com- petition the other day. He describ- ed how a rival loweredaprices to an almost below-operating cost. That kind of foolishness hurts everyone. sing Here in Key West, we have a lot of tourists. Our prices’ for goods and labor should yield a‘tegitimate profit and there is one.thing that we don’t want to get —*4’ reputa- tion for charging what the traffic will bear. Otherwise, travel agen- cies will be advising -tourists to “bargain before they buy” the same as they would in Cuba or Mexico. _ Sports — skin diving is develop- ing into one of the most popular sports in this area. People who should know, tell me that Key West has ideal waters for this, pastime. Personally, I’m not a1 is to rub noses with a barracuda ‘tr shark in several fathoms of watér’ but in the interests of recreation, I’ll re- commend it to you.-(P.S. Let me know if you don't come back from some diving expedition so that I can withdraw m; ‘i to others.) y recommendation Citizen Advertisements Help Save You Money e Pittsburghers Despite Stri espite Strike By WILLIAM A. SWARTWORTH PITTSBURGH #—A pert blonde, busily chewing gum, smiles bright, ly and cheerfully raises her thumb to hitch a ride to work. An elderly steelworker, a lunch An elderly steelworker, a lunch box tucked under his arm, stands on the corner waiting for a fel- low worker to come by in his auto. Two teen-age boys, whistling snatches of the latest Hit Parade tunes, stroll block after block to- ward school. All are familiar sights in this bustling industrial metropolis, with- out trolleys and most of its buses for nearly three weeks as the re- sult of an AFL operators’ strike. Almost everyone is taking the tieup in stride. If they can’t find Jobn other means of transportation, res- idents walk or hitchhike. Commuter trains; independent bus lines, taxicabs and private au: tos are taking up the transporta- tion slack. That’s a pretty big job in a city of 700,000—12th largest in the nation—which is the center of a metropolitan area with more than two million population. Car pools have been formed in many neighborhoods and share-the- tide stations have been set up at some taxicab stands. Some walkers find their daily jaunts to and from work are do- ing wonders for their health. They vow they'll keep on walking even when the strike is settled. _ Although many hundreds of ad- Gtional autos pour into the down- fown section—Pittsburgh’s famed iden Triangle—no serious jams ve developed and traffic moves oothly for the most part, al- jough somewhat slower than ual. However, the strike is felt keenly merchants in the Golden Tri- gle. Estimates of the drop in Tusiness range as high as 50 per t. See 2,700 trolley and bus opera- s struck Pittsburgh Railways . May 9 to enforce demands for a30-cent hourly wage increase and other benefits. The company said it just can’t afford. to grant any economic gains this year under the existing fare structure. STUDY TIME SET SANFORD, N. C. (#—Douglas Earl, 37, convicted on two charges of drunkenness, will have 30 days to study a pamphlet in his pocket when he was arrested. The title: “You Can Improve Yourself if You Want To.” Vic Vet says nearest For fall information con tact your “UETERANS ADMINISTRATION Hal Boyle Says NEW YORK (#—“I am a gam- bler,” once wrote Robert Capa, whose gambling is now over. Bob, whom many regarded as the best combat generation, expl boy pictorially as ably friend, Ernie Pyle, did in word! This week Capa met Emie’s fate. He stretched a gambler’s luck too far, went to one too many wars. A land mine caught him in some ob- scure town Indochina, and turned a fine man into a great memory. that death-strewn stretch of tide and sand. But a darkroom 3 i Tr, e have him. It didn’t. Bob was the most romantic-logy. ing guy in the press corps. A lock of black bair hung over his fore. head, a cigaret dangled War up front, as Bob himself has said, is ‘dreary and unspectac- ular.” There is little to catch the in the first wave, althou, was as afraid of death —. any other man in uniform, wrote: “I would gay that the war cor- Tespondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater free- dom than the soldiér, but that at this stage of the Cae having the . I decided to go in with Co. E in the first wave.” He did go in—on deadly Omaha beach. He survived, came back with 106 action pictures taken on zit Relies § ; efbesdite ¢ 53% ali 5 £ Fil nt Misleading Headline SUNNYSLOPE, Ariz. n—Across the front page of the Sunnyslope me newspaper a headline “Students sad school is dis- missed.” ai The paper is called “‘The Ques- tion Mark.” Commercial Pact MADRID #—Spain and Canada have signed a “‘most favored na- tion” commercial treaty, the first . |ever between the two countries. You may run my ad FIGURE FIVE AVERAGE WORDS TO A LINE See Rate Schedule On Classified Page iA siaia! ec: Riemie- owen HERE“ ““*° **2*e*2%2e2 BUSINESS REPLY ENVELOPE 4e POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY— KEY WEST CITIZEN CITIZEN BUILDING KEY WEST, FLA, READ THE CITIZEN DAILY times in Please Print or Typewrite and Judge Richard Murray exp: to Mahomad that before he could legaly sell rugs to Nelson, he should have first obtained a sales tax license from Nelson—who hap- pens to be a state agent with the Sales Tax Department. gages Eeytl # Z & EeF Will you wait just a moment while I thumb through the Bible? . . Ah, here it is!. . .Dick will now close the sermon for today with the quote: “And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. . .” “BIG, GIGANTIC SALE! That's right, folks. Come right out tn 929 Truman Ave: for tires — BUY 3, get ONE FREE. Can you beat that offer anywhere in town? Dick's Tire Service, headquarters for U. S. Royal and Lodi recaps needs your presesit tires for recapping Purposes. Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to equip your car for a safe, carefree vaca- tion. A small down-payment will hold these tires if you’re not ready to buy now. Dick’s Tire Service can offer you better tire buys because we're spe- cialists in the business and our fast turn-over of stock helps to low- ér expenses. If it is batteries or tires you need — remember Dick’s Tire Service — the U. S. Royal place with the big revolving sign on Truman Ave. Ph. 2-2842. (adv.) The Key West Citizen. TTT i | | | | | | | | | | | I | : | ! a = ‘2