The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 11, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, June 11, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published dally (exsept Sunday) from ‘The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County LP. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 1921 +1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN nscurnrmanmunnunnnnn Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, as Second Class Matter j TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associa’ entitled to use for ri of all news or not otherwise ited in this paper, and lished here. 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 jects local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous b IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach’ and Bat Pas th ji Sea. Consolidation of County rernments, pune and City Gov 4 2 ry 5. SAFETY IN AUTOMOBILES Testing organizations continue to tell the American buying public that American automobile manufacturers are not giving sufficient attention to safety considerations. In thorough and scientific tests it has been demonstrated that several simple changes.in. automobile body structure could save many lives, and prevent many disfigurations annually, One of the safety features which could easily be in- stalled in automobiles is an overhead brace, or rail, as racing drivers call it, which would prevent the roof of automobiles from caving in if they turn over, Although we are aware of the fact that automobiles are not built to be turned over, the fact is that a number of them are turned over every day of the year. And in these accidents are unnecessary numberof drivers and passengers lose their lives because the roof caves in and crushes the oc- cupants. Another safety factor which most automobiles should include is safer braking. Most analytical tests prove that the types of brakes used on a vast majority of U. S.-built automobiles loses its efficiency when brakes are applied over a sustained application. Another safety device which would probably save more lives than any other thing, and certainly prevent more permanent disfigurations, is the safety-strap. Safe- Ay-straps should be worn by all those who are going to do prolonged high-speed driving. Every responsible test ev- er made proves that safety straps protect occupants and the driver from what might be a fatal injury in a large percentage of automobile accidents. Another safety fac- tor which could be more carefully considered by manu- facturers is weight distribution, the improper distribution of which causes skids, and therefore many accidents. The next time you buy a car, or the next time you are talking with your dealer, suggest to him that you would like your next car to be designed with the thought of keeping you alive, in addition to being designed for beauty, Power and speed. It is a rather poor commentary on the automotive trade, and buying public generally, to real- ize that most of us are driving death traps, slaughtering American citizens at the rate of better than 500 a week, and doing very little about it. And then there was a time when people were glad to have a job. 1 Those who think they can get something for nothing are entitled to one more thought. If your garden if off on the wrong foot, you probably didn’t plant according to the phases of the moon. 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For the fact which stands out in connection with the diplomatic- military campaign which the Com- munists are relentlessly pressing is this: while the Allies are held to the council table at Geneva, Paris and generally debate the conditions for action on Indochina the Red high command gives ev- ery evidence of pressing for a de- cision on the battlefield. One Western diplomat put it this way: “There has been a lot of discussion between the United States and France about training Vietnamese troops, but by the time they get it all settled the Vietna- mese may not be there ‘to train any more.” French authorities here report that no one can be sure when the Communist forces of Ho Chi Minh, following up their triumph at Dien Bien Phu a few weeks ago, will launch a big attack to take the Red River delta, the key city of Hanoi and its port, Haiphong. Both American and French lead- ers-agree the Reds can make the drive pretty much on their own timing. The French assert they will run into a terrific fight. President Eisenhower told his news conference yesterday that the French and native forces could use some outside help in fighting for Hanoi but he offered no sign that the United States was going to provide such help in the way of combat support.’ It is already providing arms and equipment. All the evidence indicates there is no American plan to intervene with armed forces in behalf of the defense of Hanoi. Efforts to arrange some kind of base for longer term operations against the spread of Communist control in Southeast Asia are vir- tually paralyzed. It is in this connection the French government vote of con- fidence tomorrow is of great sig- nificance. If the Laniel regime is over- thrown, it will remain as a care- takre government until a new ad- ministration is formed. But a care- taker government can carry on only day-to-day operations. It can- not make basic policy decisions. Thus, in that’situation, the French delegation at Geneva presumably would be unable either to make an armistice or to quit the confer- ence. France could carry on the war but questions of vital import- ance concerned with such ques- tions as re-enforcement would be frozen. ‘ Allied efforts, at least from the American point of view, have been largely frozen for several weeks already. The French crisis makes a bad matter worse. It would not be helped very much even if Laniel sweeps through with a narrow vote of confidence. That would give him a poor margin of authority on which to work. The box in which the Allies are trapped for the moment is roughly this: 1. The British government has committed itself to work for peace in Indochina and to make no com- mitment on action there until peace hopes are exhausted. 2. French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault has ex- Pressed discouragement at Red policies at Geneva, but if Bidault is on the way out his ideas would’ not matter much any more. Any- way there is a certain amount of sentiment for peace at any price in the French Assembly. Zealand and Australia have indi- cated they are not interested. 5. In Indochina the Vietnamese This Rock mechanical men in the back shop and with a pencil that apparently inspired the printers as much as | j, a gun normally would, she saw that every news note went into a specified spot. Jeannette is married now to a Navy officer. I don't know her . | name or location but it is still nice i i ai 6 sire Hii Hing [ Ei E are reported in part de-| 3. The United States has laid|moralized by Communist victories. down a number of conditions which! There is a loss of trust between would have to be fulfilled before; European and native elements of it would even consider interven- tion in Indochina. At least in part, steps toward fulfilling those condi- tions have been blocked by British and French preoccupation with the Geneva negotiations which U. S. officials considered futile from the ; Start. the anti-Communist forces. 6. A-change in U S. policy is always possible but Sas not been indicated. One of the conditions is that Congress must approve but administration officials evidently are convinced that their best, per- haps. only, hope of congressional 4. The United States two or three| approval would be to ask authori- weeks ago thought of forming a ty to act as part of a coalition united front without Britain, But|which would include. Britain and unless Britain goes along, new| France. PEOPLE'S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write en one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. Mr. C. B. Harvey Mayor, City of Key West Key West, Florida Dear Mayor Harvey, It was indeed good to have your letter-of May 28 waiting for me when I came home this evening. I con- fess I had been wondering whether I had struck such sour notes in my letter of May 7 that you would find it . impossible to reply. The tact, courtesy and understanding displayed in your letter, however, more than make up for any mis- givings I may have felt about not hearing from you until today. I am especially cheered by your references to new Policies involving “a rigid adherence to coordination tests” and “a program of courtesy... and... respect for the constitutional rights of citizens,” which. you were kind enough to say had been stimulated by my letter. It is almost equally comforting to realize that my letter was indeed taken in the spirit in which it was writ- ten: one of constructive criticism (or intended to be) rather than a mere wailing and gnashing of teeth. I was unaware of the incident reported in “Pageant” until you mentioned it, but I can well believe it. As a resident of New York just since the war, I am only too well aware of the city’s many shortcomings. It would be stupid and myopic, I think, for me to brand Key West with a permanent “thumbs down” label. Your letter has already done much to ease the bitterness I have felt, and I dare say it will disappear entirely before long. If it isn’t-too much of an about-face, please permit me to extend -congratulations for the constructive pro- gram you are initiating, and to wish you complete success with it. ‘ Sincerely yours, STANTON P. NICKERSON Grandmother To Get AB Degree CLEVELAND # — Mrs. Irene Thomas, a shy, 62-year-old grand- mother who says “I’m a pretty old lady for this xind' of thing,” is going to get a college degree next Wednesday—after 42 years of off- and-on study. In 1949 she had almost enough She first registered at Western; credits for a bachelor of arts de- Reserve University in 1912 as a gree and took a few required Accomplishing that, she started work in city libraries. taking take her “mind off” troubles she says cropped up after leaving school. | candidate for a one-year certificate | courses. in library worl Now she is ready to graduate. 6 came each made up, Demos Seem Sure To to remember her exai of in- dustriousness. ag a te i Fines Fight For Income Tax Cut By JOR HALL WASHINGTON — Senate Fi- nance Committee action giving President Eisenhower just about what he asked for in tax changes has. dimmed the prospects of victory for a Democratic-planned floor fight to tack on an inco:ne tax cut. Finishing its. work on the 875- Page tax revision bill Wed. night after six weeks of secret delibera- tions, the ‘group accepted nearly all of the benefits for corporations and individuals sought by the ad ministration. These would amount to about $1,400,000,000 in tax cuts in the first year. Democrats on the committee did not even offer their proposal for a big reduction in personal income taxes by a boost in exemptions. It had become obvious the com- mittee would reject such a move. Their failure to win committee support threw cold water on any hopes for a general income tax reduction in the revision bill, for the Senate rarely upsets the Fi- nance Committee on tax legislation. Nonetheless, the senior Demo- cratic committee member, Frear of Delaware, told newsmen they planned to fight, the issue out on the Senate floor. Other informants said the Dem- ocrats might center their floor bat- tle on a new plan providing a $2 tax cut for each taxpayer on his return, taken as a final step after he had figured his tax. Sen. George (D-Ga) actually of- fered this in committee last week as a substitute for a provision giv- ing substantial relief to stockhold- ers on their dividend income, but lost 10-4. The revenue loss. from the $20 plan would be about 850 million annually under George’s estimate; committee staff officials said it might reach $1,400,000,000 a year. Either would be much less "than the original plan calling for a 4%4- billion-dollar income tax cut in 1954 ,000,000 reduction from 1955 pilpestng a $400 exemption hike. privilege now granted married couples. Changes made by the Senate committee gin the bill included: elimination, at least temporarily, of a section cutting taxes of Ameri- can companies on their foreign in- come; broadening a provision al- lowing working mothers to write off up to $600 of the cost of child care; sharp increases in percen- tage depletion allowances on 30 metals including lead, zinc and uranium; insertion of a new pro- vision aimed at closing a loophole under which builders made wind- fall profits on government-financed apartment projects. The bill also would extend for a year—as the House version does— the 52 per cent corporation income tax rate otherwise due to fall to 47 per cent as of last April 1. This would pick up $1,200,000,000 of added revenue in the year to help offset the $1,400,000,000 loss expect- ed from the measure’s other pro- visions. Academy Award Winning Film On At Drive-In Academy Award winners as best supporting actor and best support- ing actress, Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed co-star with Burt Lan- caster, Montgomery Clift and De- borah Kerr in Columbia Pictures’ “From Here to Eternity,” the Best Picture of the Year on at the {s- lander Theatre. . “From Here to Eternity” recent- ly won a never-topped total of eight Academy Awards, including its irs Picture of the Year” de- signation. The characterization for which Sinatra and Miss Reed were hon- es 2 epizail ” 4 2 Lt a] ry & By gosh I knew the day would come when I'd beat The Citizen out of a little free publicity — even if I had to do it last Monday under the name of the Safety Council and by hauling off an icebox! Seriously, that Key West Safety Council is an “‘all-right” organiza- tion and we all need to help it out. You drivers who whip around eor- ners with screaming tires; skid up to a traffic light that you can see a block away; you ‘hot-rodders’ Hunter, of Dick’s Tire Shop... Keep up that kind of driving and By the way, have you taken ad- vantage of the Dick’s Tire Service for re-capping and repairing tires. We have thousands of vested in machinery but do. us any good unless we operating. al