The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 2, 1954, Page 8

Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Eisenhower Tells Of COP Accomplishments In Fight Against Communism, Subversion WASHINGTON (#—President Ei- senhower said today his adminis- tration has an impressive list of accomplishments in fighting com- munism and subversion. The President made the state- ment at his news conference after virtually barring questions on the sharp controversy between mem- bers of his administration and Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis). newsman, nevertheless asked the President whether he feels that McCarthy is hurting the administration’s legislative pro- gram. . . A look of sharp. annoyance came over the President’s face, then after a pause he turned away from the questioner and snapped out that he was ready for the next question. In ruling out questions about the McCarthy:- administration contro- versy, the President said that from now on he has just one objective— to get his legislative program enacted. And, in declaring that the ad- ministration—through the Justice Department and the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation—is doing a good job in fighting communism and subversion, Eisenhower made public a report from the depart- ment listing what he called the accomplishments of the adminis- tration during its first 16 months in office. In a prepared statement, Eisen- hower said “the constant surveil- lance of Communists in this coun- try, is a 24-hour seven-days-a-week 52-weeks-a-year job. It is carried out by the appropriate federal agencies in conformance with due process of law. It is being done quietly and relentlessly and those who best know its effectiveness are the Communists themselves.” At the outset of the conference, the President said that one word— communism—seemed to get more attention these days than any other, - Then he went on to mention the Justice Department report and his statement which Atty. Gen. Browe, The Weatherman Says Key West and Vicinity: Mostly partly cloudy today thru Thurs- day with local showers or thun- dershowers. Not much change in temperature. Low tonight about 76 degrees; high Thursday about 87 degrees. Gentle to moderate winds mostly easterly to south- erly, fresh in and near shower areas. Florida: Generally fair and warm thru Thursday except for scattered afternoon thunder- showers. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits and East Gulf: Moderate southwest and south winds. Part- ly cloudy weather thru Thursday. Widely scattered showers. Western Caribbean: Moderate east to southeast winds and part- ly cloudy weather thru Thursday with widely scattered showers. Observation Taken at Post Office Building. 7:00 A.M., EST. Key West, Fla., June 2, 1954 ‘Temperatures Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night Total last 24 hours . Total this month Deficiency this month Total this year Excess this year . ‘Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 85% Barometer (Sea Levej), 7 A.M. 29.92 ins.—1013.2 mbs, Wednesday, June 2, 1964 TODAY'S STOCK MARKE NEW YORK (#—Limited prog- Tess was made today by the stock market in early dealings. Aircrafts, star of yesterday’s rising market, were quite active and higher today. For the list as a whole, demand seldom sent prices up as much as a point. Losses were small. Higher with the aircraft were most non-ferrous metals. Motors were unchanged to lower, and.the steels and chemicals were mixed. Railroads remained steady. Among gainers were U.S. Steel, Douglas Aircraft, United Aircraft, Commonwealth Edison, Anaconda Copper, Phelps Dodge, American 1 aaa and Westinghouse Elec- Lower .were Bethlehem Steel, Studebaker, Chrysler, Radio Corp., Du Pont, International Paper, American Can, and Paramount Pictures, CONSOLIDATION MAY (Continued from Page One) Legislature to set up “districts” for the purpose of “prescribing a just and reasonable system of taxation.” It also states that the offices of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and of the Sheriff may not be abolished and that all state functions now performed by the county must be provided for. State Representative Bernie C. Papy was in Tallahassee today and could not be reached for com- ment on the consolidation reports. And Democratic Senatorial Nom- inee William R. Neblett declined to comment extensively on the proposal, saying only that if the question arose, he would insist that it be placed before the people in referendum. Sponsor Needed Either Papy or Neblett would presumably have to sponsor legis- -|lation setting up a charter and .| the referendum. Following is the complete text of the Constitutional Amend- ment: “Article 8, Section 10: LEGIS- LATIVE POWER OVER THE oe. OF KEY WEST AND Mt OE COUNTY—The Legis- lature shall have the power to es- | tablish, alter or abolish a mu- nicipal corporation to be known as the City of Key West, extend- ling territorially throughout the nell issued last Friday and the/’ President said it was put out at]: his (Eisenhower’s) direction. That amounted to a reaffirma-|' tion of the administration position} with respect to McCarthy. : On other matters Eisenhower had this to say: 3 The Oppenheimer case’ —» The President withheld comment on a| security board’s 2-1 vote against clearing atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer for access to atomic secrets, while unanimously uphold- ing-his loyalty. The President said he was withholding comment be- cause Oppenheimer’s appeal to the full Atomic Energy Commission ee eres temhone said he is prepared to stand up and fight for the principles of his farm program, part of which calls for a shift from rigid to flexible farm price supports. He made that statement in response to a question for comment on an assertion by Rep. Hope (R—Kan), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, that a compromise on the farm program is inevitable. The Presi- dent said he didn’t know just what Hope was talking about when: he spoke of a compromise. ; Politics—Eisenhower said that if anyone in Congress wants to sup- port his general legislative pro- gram for the welfare of America, then it’s all right with him if they want to ride his coat tails. That remark came after a re- porter recalled that the President’s special counsel, Bernard M. Shan- ley, said in a speech last week that Democrats in Congress are trying to ride his coat tails to victory in the November elections and at_the same time are block- ing the Eisenhower legislative pro- gram. Southeast Asia—Eisenhower said that not by any manner of means has he reached any decision to ask Congress to authorize Amer- ican military action in southeast Asia. The President was told that two senators whom the questioner did not mame had predicted that the administration will ask for such authorization. Eisenhower replied that every possible course of action which would serve the United States and the free world is being explored daily. Atomic Pool—The President said the tenor of Russia’s reply to his proposal for creation of an inter- national atomic pool for peaceful Purposes has been such as to close the door to its immediate accom- plishment. ALL-POINTS AD OKLAHOMA CITY —A reward was offered for the return of a lost dog ‘dead or alive.” Mrs, John O. Brittain explained the unusual advertisement. She Said she. wanted the dog returned “even if dead because I want to know what happened to him so we ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Stations Key West Time of Height ef Tide high water 9.0 tt. Station— Bahia Honda (bridge) .....—oh 10m No Name Key + (east end) ....-2h 20m Boca Chica . Sandy Pt. —oh 40m Caides Channel (nerth end) +2h 10m d +14 ft. (—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be papicacret: ead (+)—Plus sign: correc! be added. Two Are Killed In Portsmouth Navy Yard Blast PORTSMOUTH, N.H. #—A flash explosion early today killed two civilian workmen aboard the Navy submarine Sirago as she lay in drydock at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. A sailor on fire watch duty near- by was burned by the blast, but his condition was described as “not critical.” Six other civilians working on the submarine were not injured. Capt. Robert E. Cronin, com- mander of the shipyard, said the blast was in the submarine’s main ballast tank, where the two vic- tims were spraying a plastic sub- stance. He said the submarine did not appear heavily damaged. An in- vestigation was ordered. The Navy identified the dead men as Raouel Senechel, 28, of Somers- worth, and Joseph E. A. Rousseau, 40, of Portsmouth, both painters. The injured sailor is engineman | first class John Perry. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Perry: of Route 1, Columbiana, Ala. His wife, Edith, lives in Portsmouth. A Navy spokesman said he had third degree burns about the arms and face but would recover. WELFARE DISTRICT * (Continued from Page One) are made for the Circuit Court where children are not placed by a license child placement agency, runaway children and children needing foster care, or help with their problems where they were living with their own parents: Mr. Duff, Chairman of District 9 Board released this information following the recent Board meet- ing. Rev. Ralph Rogers and Mrs. Beulah ‘Russell are Monroe Coun ty’s representatives on the Distric Board. |9 Welfare present limits of Monroe County, in the place of any or all county, district, municipal and local gov- ernments, boards, bodies and of- ficers, constitutional or statuatory, legislative, executive, judicial or administrative, and shall prescribe the jurisdiction, powers, duties and functions of such municipal corporations, legislative, execu- tive, judicial or administrative, and its boards, bodies and offi-/ cers, to divide thé territory in- cluded in such municipality into subordinate districts and to pre- scribe a just and reasonable sys- tem of taxation for such munici- pality ‘and districts and to fix the liability of such municipality and districts. Bonded and other in- debtedness existing at the time of the establishment of such a mu-|p; nicipality, shall be enforceable only against property taxable therefor. The Legislature shall, from time to time, determine what portion of said municipality is a rural area, and a homestead in such rural area shall not be lim- ited if in a city or a town. Such municipality may exercise all the powers of a municipal cor- poration and shall also be recog- nized as one of the legal political subdivisions of the state with the duties and obligations of a county and shall be entitled to all the powers rights and privileges, in- cluding representation in the state legislature, which would accrue to it if it were a county. All property of Monroe County, and of the muni- cipality in said county shall vest in such municipal corporation when established as herein provid- ed. The Officers of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Sheriff shall not be abolished but the Legislature may prescribe the time whe --7 the method by which, such offices may be fillea atu 1. tion to be paid such officers, and may vest in them additional pow- ers and duties. No county office shall be abolished or consolidated with another office without making provisions for the performance of all state duties now or hereafter prescribed to be performed by law by such county officer. Nothing contained herein shall conflict with Section 20 of Article 3 of the Cons- titution of the State of Florida, ex- cept as to provisions there in as related to regulating the jurisdic- tion and duties of any class of of- ficers, to summon grand and petit juries, to assessing and collecting taxes for county purposes and to regulating the fees and compensa- tion of county officers. No law au- thorizing or abolishing of such municipal corporations pursuant to this section shall become onerative or effective until approved by a majority of the qualified elecvors participating in an election held in said county, but so long as such municipal corporation exists under this section, the Legislature may | amend or extend the law authoriz- ing the same without referendum o the qualified voters unless the Legislative Act providing for such :mendment or extension shall pro- i Vide for such referendum.” AEC TAKES UP (Continued from Page One) were Gordon Gray and Thomas Morgan, Dr. Evans argued heimer had been cleared University of North joined with Morgan, former dent of the Ya clear conclusion” that Oppenheim. er “is a loyal citizen.” Nevertheless, they said, they could not recommend Oppenheim- er’s reinstatement because these four “controlling” consider- ations: Considerations 1. A “serious disregard” by Op- Penheimer for security require- ments. 2. “Susceptibility to influence” which could hurt national security. 3. “Disturbing” conduct toward the H-bomb program. hearing, such as in discussing the extent of his opposition to the H- bomb program. Among early reaction to the board’s recommendation was a statement issued by the Atomic Scientists of Chicago last night. They called it “unfortunate .. . dis- turbing ... frightening.” The 33-page report filed with the commission by Gray and Morgan dealt with 24 charges, apparently investigated by the FBI, against the scientist who was in technical charge of creation of America’s— and the world’s — first atomic bomb. * Allegations Made Twenty-three of the charges al- leged such things as this: that Op- penheimer loanded his name to ‘Communist fronts, contributed hun- dreds of dollars toward Communist causes, admitted belonging to prac- tically “every Communist front on the West Coast,” was the husband of a onetime party member and the brother of another, associated with such West Coast Red leaders as Steve Nelson, The 24th.charge accused him of opposing in 1949 the development of the H-bomb on moral and tech- nical grounds and, after the project was launched, continuing to oppose it. While conceding that he did op- Pose going ahead with H-bomb re- search while the matter was in the discussion stage, Oppenheimer has insisted that he dropped that opposition after President Truman ordered a go-ahead on the project in 1950. Majority Opinien The majority opinion said of the first 23 charges: “There remains little doubt that, from late 1936 or early 1937 to probably April 1942, Dr. Oppen- heimer was deeply involved. with many people who were active Com- munists. The record would suggest that the involvement was some- thing more than an intellectual and sympathetic interest in the pro- fessed aims of the Communist arty. “Although Communist function- aries during this period considered Dr. Oppenheimer to be a Commu- nist, there is no evidence that he was a member of the party in the strict sense of the word. “Using Dr. Oppenheimer’s own characterization of his status dur- ing that period, he seems to have been an active fellow traveler.” Loyalty Upheld While the board said it frowned on this, it nevertheless ruled: “Dr. Oppenheimer is a loyal citizen.” As to his opposition to the H- bomb program in 1949, the board said it saw in this “no lack of loyalty.” It stated: “The board was impressed by the fact that even those who were critical of Dr. Oppenheimer’s judgment and activities or lack of activities, without exception, testi- fied to their belief in his loyalty.” But the majority held that, what- ever Oppenheimer’s motivations, “the security interests of the Unit- ed States were affected” by his | actions. Gray and Morgan wrote, with Evans dissenting: “We believe that, had Dr. Oppen- heimer given his enthusiastic sup- port to the program, a concerted effort would have been intiated at an earlier date.” Rejected At the same time they rejected contentions that er con- tinued opposing H-bomb pro- gram after it was ordered begun by then President Truman. But they said he could have given it a boost, as the government’s top atomic adviser, by pursuing it |“with considerably more vigor.” This, they said, might have stepped up chance of earlier suc- cess. Oppenheimer’s attorneys ex- pressed amazement that the ma- jority could come up with findings upholding Oppenheimer’s “loyalty and diseretion” and then recom- mend that he be barred from gov- ernment secrets. “How can this be?” the letter signed by Garrison. Bomb Question As to Oppenheimer’s “‘lack of en- thusiasm” for the H-bomb pro- gram, Garrison asked: “How can a scientist risk ad- vising the government if he is told rats BaF eat i hk i it was)said, have orders within the next few, weeks: said has sent in air ans in the to replace the EF past three Americans. a Se MARINES ARE FINED (Continued From Page One) ‘was brought out that the party was being given by the owner of the bar because HOPE PRESENTS HIS (Continued from Page One) — from Mr. Nickerson explaining that he changed phrases to preserve my anonymity.” Basis for The Citizen story on this matter’ was the report given by the police officer who investi- gated the circumstance on April Complete text of the report by Officer Perez, with minor dele- tions in the interest of good taste, is as follows: then said to him, ‘I'll take the call, as I’m on my way out now any- way. “Officer E. Rogel had walked in- to the station in the meantime af- ter having gotten through with his ies at the school, where the chief had him stationed to over-see guard, who was new on and who may have needed the club and there were about sev- en (7) or eight (8) persons sitting at the bar. As we entered the club, the bar-maid said to me, ‘I want these three people put out of my lace of business.’ I turned to where she was pointing and saw two (2) men and a (1) woman sit- ting at that portion of the bar with about two stools between one of the man and the couple. “About three (3) stools further, there sat another man, a person whom I’ve known many years. He said to me, ‘They’ve been having a hell of a time before you got here.’ “So, I said to the trio, ‘You heard what the lady behind the bar says — she doesn’t want your business, so you'll have to leave.’ | Then, the lady spoke. She asked in Hy 1 1 8 z z i i & i : vRrE BE: +i ge eRe ztk ; ce i iE i : g I rfl 4 ul e 3 FF Hi g af FA d z 4 e a zs i i i eI i s ee Fd. | ee 3 & B i Fy i ; i i i Hs confusion.’ “There is, said, “little ings that did not appear from what Dr. Oppenheimer volunteered about himself in his original letter to you (AEC General Manager Nichols).” ai epert This was a reference to a 43-page document in which Oppenheimer traced his life from birth in New York in April 1904 to Harvard, bridge, Gottingen University of §. E sense to me,” he wrote, concluded: & very loud voice, ‘What’s: wrong? Just because this —— is giving us trouble we're going to jail?’ “I smiled and said, ‘No, you’re not going to jail. My advice to you and your boy friend is to go back to the boat and stay out of trouble cause you’ve had too much to drink now.’ “Then I turned to the other per- son, whose name I later found out to be Robert Hope, and-asked him where he lived and he said, ‘Tro- pical Hotel.’ Then I noticed he too had had too much to drink and still hang around the bars, so I advis- ed him to’go to his room and get some sleep. “He said OK and left. As they walked out, I walked about four (4) steps to say a word or two to this person who was just sitting there- watching. I then said to Ro- gel, ‘I guess that’s all. I’ll take you back to the station.’ “We started to walk out. When we got to the sidewalk, I heard someone saying, ‘Let me go. I'll get him.’ I turned in that direction and I saw the man whom I later found out to be Sam Midget trying to pull away from the girl, Judy Taylor, who was pulling him by the arm in the direction of the bank on Front and Duval Street. “f then looked in the opposite direction towards Greene St., and I saw Robert Hope coming in the direction of the ‘Happy Hour’ again. When he saw me, he turned and started back. “I got in the car and drove up to where the couple was and ask-| “ them in the car, all this time ed the girl kept saying, ‘That — — — For Home or EF real ge Fe £ Big! ® asgeeee “Patrolman Armando Peres Ea No. 7 “Key West Police Department ‘Key West, Florida.” Aili bated el! LEGAL NOTICES Sealed pias’ iil be ved b; wi e rece! the City Commission of the City of iP 8 P. 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