The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 3, 1954, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ........ 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN “Eater and Publisher " Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-5662 Momber of The Associated Press—The Associated Pre is exclusively entitled to use for ews dispatches credited to it not otherwise or = fed in this paper, and also the local news pabs Member Associate Dailies of Florida Soy eneatnlthintatensitetithsentts nae: Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 EE Ee oe ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION Sortas und invites, dlecosdicn ef ‘public issnes general interest, but it will not publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED .. BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bath Pavilion. Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. 1 2. 3. 4 5. *‘UNBREAKABLE WILLPOWER’ TURNED THE TRICK IN THE SECOND PRIMARY You, Mr. or Mrs. Key Wester, do little that is worth- while unless you are actuated by an irresistible force. The late Arthur Brisbane, who wrote editorials for the Hearst chain of newspapers at $5,000 a week, told the late L. P. Artman, while they were dining together in Allaire, New Jersey: - “A man can do anything he determines to do. All he needs to do it is unbreakable willpower.” Machine politicians all over Florida were keenly ‘alive to that fact during the second-primary campaign. They prayed for a light vote, because they knew the ma- chine would get out its vote, and that everybody, kept away from the polls by apathy, was against the machine. But that “unbreakable willpower,” which makes you succeed as an individual, was widespread, on second-pri- mary day, among the anti-machine voters in Florida. They fooled the newspapers and even fooled themselves | in joining in the harping about the “light vote” that would be cast. It looked that way to The Citizen and every other newspaper in Florida. The Miami Herald predicted only, a 50 percent vote in Dade County. And what happened, in Key West, Miami and in, afl other parts of the state? The statewide machine polléd its solid vote, but the independent voters, who re thought to be apathetic, streamed to th¢ polls, as g re- sult of which Johns’ 34,000 majority inthe first primary was wiped out, and Collins forged ahedd by 65,000 votes. The machine was shaky when/the entire state re- ported a heavy vote. And the machine was right in being shaky. Within an hour after the polls closed, it was ap- Parent that the independent vote had toppled over the machine. But don’t conclude that the Florida political ma- chine has been killed. Occasionally, Tammany Hall, in New York City, at the height of its power under Richard Croaker and later Charles F. Murphy, was defeated, but it always came back. Acting Governor Johns, after he had conceded his defeat on election night, said, a la Mac- Arthur, “We will return.” Party politics is strong, but the independent or “sil- ent” voters overthrow either party when the urge to go to the polls becomes irresistible. ° It is easy to underestimate the jealousy of lazy people. A pUitician is one who denounces the truth if it in- jures his party’s chances. 1954 is now a third, or more, gone and what have you got to show for your resolutions? Crossword Puzzle 36. U.S, Presi- dent’s nick- name 37. Kingly 40. Reached a destination BIAID ES TI AIRIAI SEE ALTAR PIRIY] IRIVIE} PIAISI TBAT MIT ILILT TONEY! 1 i Gee) Sem IRISMBATY MEP lel TIS) BIEIATRIDMP IAIN] SIR] | OLE RF IAIRI INIA! EINMBEIS| TOC MEL AIG! Ele RE SI TOI Ee lye! Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie DOWN 1. Philippine native 2. Arabian seaport 3. Concealing fore 5. Young ‘ogs 6. a e dge 1. Measures of capacity 15. Awe 18. Outfit 19. Number 20. Aloft 21. State of the Union 23. Morbid breathing sound 25. Pigpen 26. Elementary readers 29. Disunite 8. Pronoun 9. Organs of hearing 10. Continent 11. Supports for furniture 16. Govern 17. Dines_ 22. American humorist 24. Exist 2 Fish . Fish eggs 28. Large body . of water 30. Animation 31. Piece out 32. Color. 35. Missions 38. a in 39. ‘Ardent affection 41. Genus 0! the rose _ 42. That thing 44, Forgive 46. Flog 47. Engrave with acid sip: prastl letter 84. Producing emanation 57. 160 square rods ee nae: aor On of rose petals: var. 61. In that case 62. It is: contr 63, American 56. Peirike gently Type mecsure Thursday, June 3, 1954; “| the same problems.” hey Have Returned THE TWAIN SHALL MEET AFTER ALL. Yanks Are Back In Britain, Ready When Needed / ' By DON WHITEHEAD YONDON (#—A touching drama of/American family life trying to iad a comfortable and happy place a land strange and at times en a bit hostile is being enacted lay throughout England. It’s a struggle that sometimes is sad, sometimes inspiring, and often comical — involving more than 40,000 military men and some 12,000 women and children who followed their menfolk to this is- land. ‘In some ways, the problems of the 52,000 are more acute than those of the two million Americans | who waited here 10 years ago for | the beginning of the great invasion | of Europe. Today the American and his family are thrown into more inti- mate association with the British townspeople. Sadly, there is not the same singleness of purpose and spirit of forebearance that helped oil the friction points in 1944. The -situation is depicted fairly accurately (although with exag- geration, of course) in a cartoon showing a frosty, tweedy English- man and his wife glaring at a startled American airman, and saying: “What are YOU doing back here?” Officially, the British and Ameri- cans are working together in a hard-jawed determination to “get along.” There’s a sort of “We're going to like you, dammit, even if it kills us” air about the whole thing. They are trying to bridge the gap with dances, social clubs, teas, garden parties, sports Contests, tours, and “Let’s open our home to each other” drives. As a result, many Americans are finding life exciting and satisfac- tory in Britain — so much so some are asking for an extension of ser- vice. They have made warm friends, entered into the British social life and managed to over-| look a good many of the irritants. Others have found the going more difficult, They are unable to adjust to the British way of life. They are dissatisfied with houses that have outmoded kitchens and no central heating. They can’t un- derstand the British aloofness and deep sense of privacy. Some com- plain of rent gouging and living costs. An American sergeant said: “I guess it’s no different with the British than it would be with us if the British swarmed in on one of our towns back home. There’d be On the British side, the English frequently resent the efforts of Americans to be “liked” and their generosity oftentimes is mistaken as condescension or interpreted as having an ulterior motive. In one case, a young American housewife moved into a neighbor- hood and liked the looks of the British housewife next door. She baked a cake and a batch of cookies and took them over as a gesture of neighborliness. But she was shocked to tears to find her gesture regarded coldly and with suspicion. ‘ In another, an American airman encouraged his young son to open a front-yard lemonade stand near one of Bfitain’s historic sites. It was good American enterprise —| i but it irritated the British. Also, the British see Americans |the 26th jtaking over homes badly needed 1 by British families themselves, be- cause the Americans are able and willing to pay rents which the British can’t afford. ually are no bargain. They pay electricity bill of $100 a month isn’t rents two or three times what a Briton would pay. By their stand- ards, the plumbing is ‘Poor and the kitchen equipment is enough to make a good housewife shud- der, In the cold months, a gas and uncommon, Even if it means financial sacri- fices, most Americans want their families with them, and they are willing to go to almost any limit to do it. This Rock: Of Ours , By Bill Gibb “This Rock of ours’ wishes to congratulate all the fine young la- dies and gentlemen who are gra- duating from high school this year Do you have some foolish idea in your mind that such a place would be somewhat similar to a jail, housing only delinquent chil- — that includes Douglass, the Con- | dren? vent, and Key West High School. It is customary for us older peo- ple to dish out a mess of advice to the youngsters at this season of the year, Truthfully, I can’t think of suytbing they need to be told. Through the newpaper and the police force, I’ve come to know many Key West boys and girls. They are as fine a lot as you’!l meet anywhere and they know much more than we give them cre- | dit for. I’m sorry that the generation that preceded the present high school graduates hasn’t been able to offer them # more peaceful world. Some of us have tried, some of us haven’t — but the fact re- mains that today’s youth is faced with straightening out many pro- blems which have stumped us old- er people. If they just maintain their present enthusiasm, they can do the job. Each Generation Each generation faces its own particular diffigulties. The men and women who started out in the 1920’s had it just as difficult in their own way as those who !*ft school in the it of the depres- sion in the 198%. It touay s 4.4- to realize hap- lenge rather typical Am that they will Once again, © and may school graduate Chil a burden. Being youths, I know this. : “Congratulations less you, high i of Key West.” 's Home Have you F stopped to think seriously al r need for a Children’s Home here in Monroe County? New Dey Is Grantedln in answering a ‘amended separate of his wife Ro- him of cruelty | ment carries ‘June 8 primary, seeks the Dem- ‘for Congress in The filing of his has been set for . He is countersu- ce. named three reply to her next Wedn ing her for Mrs. Roosgjp}, women as To the Americans the houses us- ¥ suit Jan. 29 aff she presented with WY I think it is about time the pub- lic began to wake up to facts. There are dozens of cases which come before juvenile authorities in which the children need care — not because they are youthful crimin- als — but because of some tragic oceurrence in the home which pre- vents a father or mother from as- suning this responsibility. If there is any criminal action involved, it Jis on the part of society for not giving these boys and girls the chance tney deserve. Of course, in some cases where juveniles need a home, the situa- tion has been brought about by what amounts to criminal negli- gecce on the part of the parents. Are you proud of our society which kicks a child from pillar to Post because of the mistakes of its father or mother? Land has been provided on Stock Island for a Monroe County: Chil- dren’s Home. A building is need- ed. Won’t you help raise the cash necessary for its construction? I'm kind of puzzled about the failure of Monroe County citizens to respond to this worthy cause. Maybe it is because they lack the money but more probably, it is be- - | Cause they’ve shrugged the situa- tion off with words, “My children, will never need such a home,” Let’s hope that those words are true. If so, they offer an even bet- er reason why we should provide for those babies and kids who DO NEED ONE! Check into the situation, won’t you, and see if you can’t find a way to help in this worthy Chil- dren’s Home project ? More on the subject later. That’s Fishing? . TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. #— District Game Supervisor Ford Kellum really showed ‘em how last night on Bellows Lake. Kellum caught a night hawk while flycasting for rainbow trout: On a back-cast by Kellum, the bird swooped down and seized the fly. It dived and circled frantically peeling out lots of the line, and then fell exhausted on the water. Kellum reeled in the hawk, un- hooked it, and set it free. The United States produced more than a million tons of stainless steel in 1953 — the first year this figure has been reached. the complaint letters in which spondents in her | with nine other women. He later denied any misconduct. A DELEGATES WRESTLE By MAX HARRELSON Yesgton when tha fee sisal known to contain unfavorable in- formation; 53 more were “‘separ- ated” in other ways ec ts the same circumstances; and one was "| separated while unfavorable re- mission’s report last March that the department had uncovered 78 apelin also told a department tare Appropriations subcommit- tee that, in one 78-case category, about 40 per cent of those elimin- ated as security risks had been hired under the Eisenhower ad- ministration. The remainder, it said, were holdovers from Demo- cratic administrations. No breakdown was provided, in A. numberof Dembéras in Con gress have .protested=that many such persons left government ser- a proposed $1,600,342,000 budget for the department during the town. year beginning July 1. In a formal memorandum to the subcommittee, the department said 10 “terminations” had been made in cases where the individuals’ “files contained information indi- cating in various degrees subver- sive activities, subversive associ- ports of subversion were being in- vestigated. The 124 nonsubversive security risks resigned under ped oo or were separated on charges ranging from immorality to un- Ena the department Under Secretary Nelson A. Rock- efeller testified that 147 security risks were uncovered between May and December 1953, and action has been taken in 91 cases since then. Activities of the department range from handling the social se- curity program to maintaining some institutions for the handi- capped. Mechanic Has Strange “Rider” EGAR, Ariz (—Imagine Charley eat of his stalled car on a lonely mountain road at night, and felt a bear sit- ting next to him. Patterson, a mechanic, had just filled the empty gas tank. He whirred the motor and headed for “I thought it was an awfully big dog,” he said later. “I chained him to the door on the other side of the front seat.” A big bull moose may stand 8 feet at the shouldersand carry ant- lers 6 feet across. WITH NEW _DEADLOCK mis-| borne by mixed French-Vietmink rather than broader international body. Bidault, om the other hand, said France would agree to have the HE ait ? F i ciaitly BE 8 «| Huie Is Denied Leave To Talk To Doomed Woman ing a Live Oak white physician. Madison County Circuit Judge R. H. Rowe rejected the author's Plea. that the Suwannee County sheriff be ordered to permit him to interview Ruby McCollum, held in jail at Live Oak. Judge Rowe said only “good and ee ens eee the right to see a. prisoner and Huie appears to have only a busi- ness motive in seeking the inter- view. The writer said he is working on a biography of Dr. LeRoy Adams Jr. whom the McCollum woman has been convicted of killing. The judge added Huie’s Oldster To Graduate CHICAGO #—Allen Smith, who was nearly 70 years old when he started going to school 15 years ago, will get his high school dip- Joma June 9, Smith has attended night class- es regularly at the Wendell Phil- lips Evening School and received his eighth-grade diploma in 1947. Use This Convenient Want Ad Order-Gram Count 5 Average Words One Line Minimum Space Figures or Initials Count As One Word Rates Per Line Multiply by number ef fines CITIZEN WANT ADS Address _ Please Print Ad Below 3 dey We USE ORDER-GRAM TO— BUY - SELL - RENT - EMPLOY - OR LOCATE LOST ARTICLES 1G RUN AD ____. DAYS NUMBER LINES ____. 2 Lines: 4 LINES 5S LINgS 6 Lines. 7 LIngs. stings