The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 12, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, June 12, 1954 The Key West Citizen . iy ence, Semlsy): from itizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ss L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher coer... 1921-1954 D. ARTMAN Editor ‘and lisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as’Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Press—The Associated Press is entitled to use for ction of all news dispatches or not.otherwise in this paper, and also lished here. Published Greene it to Dub- Member Associate Dailies of Florida Se " Subseription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 . ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION KEY WESTERS, TAKE A SQUINT AT WHAT MILTON SAYS ABOUT FREEDOM The editorial, quoted in The Citizen Wednesday from the Charleston (W. VA.) Gazette, may seem severe to some readers, but freedom is so dear to the hearts of most ‘Americans, attempts to curb it evoke strong language, based on truth. Objectors to that editorial may maintain that it was written by a worldly man, but to disillusion them let them read John Milton’s “Areopagitiva,” written more than 300 years ago. Milton was a Godly man and puritanical in his hab- its, but he was so passionately devoted to freedom he fought every attempt to curtail it in any way. Those Americans who would nibble at our freedom or liberty because of their abiding hatred against some way of our life that does not conform to their views, should note what Milton has to say in two chapters of his great work, “The History of Repression” and “The Futility of Prohibition.” Repression, as The Citizen said in another editorial on this subject, does not happen overnight. It has a , sneaky element in it. Those people who would shape our morals and manners to conform to their way of think- ing, do not openly. disclose their objective when they be- _ gin a repressive movement, such as the attempt to ban the advertising of liquors, If they succeed in that respect, they go on and on; still surreptiously, till the public wakes up to the fact’that its freedom of action in some wholly per- sonal matter has been curbed. A Citizen correspondent assumed that liquor deal- ers spend $100 million a year in advertising to persuade people to drink their products. The Citizen said the ad- vertising was due to competition, and the Charleston Gazette said the same thing. Hundreds of millions of dol- lars are.spent advertising, from foodstuffs and clothing to automobiles and airplanes, because of competition. The editor of The Citizen and thousands of other Key Westers don’t drink liquor, and advertising can’t make them drink it. Conversely, were it not advertised, those who drink would still drink it, and, were the nec: essities and conveniences of life not advertised, we would still buy them. Advertising is a reflex of the dominant factor — competition — in America’s vast industrial em- pire. The wise man is he who knows he can’t compel oth- ers to think the way he thinks. He may persuade them, but he can’t force them. Use force on them, and they will rebel. In this country, as well as in'every other country, there are groups who would shape for us our way of life. Finally, freedom, personal or otherwise, has its curbs. Tt is no longer freedom when it encroaches on the freedom of others, And in our democracy we have laws to stop that encroachment, as we have the spirit to stop encroach- ment by better-than-thou people. > IPIARIHIEIRIOMME 51615] WIL ICRBEIVIEIRIGIRIEIEIN} INIUBBAIL IE RRIUIGREME] IGIRIAIS|P Mw! | INMEF IO/E! L Alt LUSH IEIAIR| GIL ID} IGHEL. |AIWIN|S| TT) MAID A!SIP| Ji¢ a This Rock — Of Ours By Bill Gibb Perhaps you noticed an AP news item a few days back concerning the Seventh Day Adventists’ world conference. “This Rock” was in- terested in it because of the prac- tical manner in which Seventh Day Adventists live their religion. Don’t get me wrong! I’m not a member of the church. It wouldn’t have me and I wouldn’t have it at this stage of the game but that doesn’t mean that I can’t have warm admiration for many of the church’s policies. ‘A Seventh Day Adventist, Dr. Ar- thur L. Beltz, cites religious indif- ference as a major influence in the breakdown of the American home. How true! He goes further and says that the large number of working mo- thers tends to make the home only a “filling station” where children are “tanked up” with money, food, clothing and very little else. Are Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle DOWN 8. Ancient 1.Church Irish capital seat 9. Town in 2. King of Maine Judah 10. Black bird 11. Mixed rain and snow 17. Flower you, dear reader, prepared to deny this fact? I particularly liked the Seventh Day Adventist temperance organi- zational plan, Here, in my estima- tion, is a splendid combination of the practical with the idealistic. Elder William A. Scharffenberg of Washington, D. C., explained to the conference that the church had a $335,220 budget. This was devot- ed to two aims — establishment of temperance societies and conduct- ing a worldwide educational pro- gram in behalf of abstinence. As you know, I’m against church leaders crying to the Federal gov- ernment for aid in the passage of laws which will prevent their con- gregation from drinking alcoholic beverages. I figure that this is a fairly free country composed of many religious denominations. If a church can’t control the actions of. its own members, it certainly has no right tu thrust its failure off Blimp Squadron Has Letter Of Commendation Officers and men of the Naval Air Station and Airship Develop-, ment Squadron Eleven received a letter of appreciation Thursday from the Commanding Officer of the “NAN” airship, Commander M. H. Eppes, USN. In his letter, addressed to Rear Admiral George C. Towner, USN, Commander of the Naval Base, Commander Eppes said: “As pilot of the airship, I desire to express herewith my personal appreciation, and to convey the thanks of the entire crew, for the outstanding services and extraor- dinary courtesies shown to us dur- On May 25, the “NAN” airshp established a new world record for self-sustained endurance in flight, when it landed in Key West at the Naval Air Station. It’s A “Lounge” DETROIT — The Women’s City Club of Detroit has a bar now—pardon, a lounge. For its 35 years of existence the 8,000-member club got along with. out one. At a preview Thursday, Mrs. as a responsibility to the govern- ment! On this score, I agree with such outfits as the Catholics, and the Seventh Day Adventists — both groups being as far apart as it is possible for two religions to be and still worship the same God. While I’m not an expert on the tenets of either church, I think I’m safe in saying that they each place loyalty to their beliefs abpve ail other mat- ters. A good Catholic or a good Seventh Day Adventist doesn’t need passage of civil laws to help him live a spiritual life. Education is the answer to ex- cessive indulgence in alcohol — education in the spiritual values of life. That is why I approve so wholeheartedly of the Seventh Day Adventists’ program which is aim- ed at aiding the drinker spiritual- ly and intellectually rather than spending the same amount of money “lobbying” a bill through Congress which would merély pro- vide a cloak to hide excessive drinking by the development of old- time “speak-easies.” The Jews While speaking of drinking, I’ve noticed that the Jews are never particularly bothered by alcohol- ism amongst faithful adherents to the synagogue. Why? I don’t know the answer. I’ve never been in a synagogue in my life. It seems to me that some of these churches which have gone so far along the road toward solving certain human weaknesses have a wonderful story to tell. Someday, perhaps, I’ll have the time and money to devote myself to such an effort. In the meantime, as usual on Saturday, we end this column by saying: “‘Spend a little time in spi- itual meditation over the week- end.” Underwater Swim Class To Begin At Naval Station Key West acquires a new naval activity next week, with the es- tablishment of an swimmers school on the U. S. Na- val Station, Tuesday, June 15. Established by direction of the Secretary of the Navy, the new school will train officers and en- listed personnel as underwater swimmers using self-contained un- derwater breating apparatus, and to provide them with instruction in ship bottom and harbor search pro- cedures. Commanding the U. S. Naval School, Underwater Swimmers, will be Lieutenant Robert J. Fay, USN. Although the school will be for- mally commissioned next Tuesday, it is unlikely it will be training Personnel for several weeks. In- structions will be released by the Bureau of Naval Personnel as to — and quotas, at a later late. John P. Carritte, club president, said it was decided finally to Precedent because of “many demands over the years.” She gently but firmly asked that it be referred to as a “lounge.” SJ underwater | How God Protects Man From Harm Is Lesson Theme That spiritual understanding of God protects man from disease and danger, and is not subject to material laws of chance and change, will be brought out at Se ica Science services Sun- lay. Keynote of the Lesson-Sermon entitled “God The Preserver of Man” is the Golden Text from Deuteronomy: “The eternal God is thy.refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms” (33:27), Selections to be read from “Sci- ence and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy include the following: “God has endowed man with in- alienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and con- science. Man is properly self-gov- erned only when he is guided rightly and governed by his Mak- er, divine Truth-and Love” (106:7). From the King James Version of the Bible the following verses will be among those read: “Be- cause thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall be no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwell- ing” (Psalms 91:9, 10). | __ Picnic Movies To Be Shown At _ Meeting Sunday The regular meeting of the Key West Federation of Musicians will be held at the union hall at 506 Elizabeth St, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 13. Immediately preceding the meet- ing, members are invited to bring guests to view the movies which were taken at the annual Musi- cians Picnic which was held on May 16, at Sugarloaf Beach on Sugarloaf Key. About seventy-five persons ga- ing, swimming, and a buffet serv- ed all day. Refreshments were through the courtesy of Bernie C. Papy of Saunders Wholesale Com- pany, Hilario Ramos of Lopez Wholesale Liquors, Inc., and Joe Fernandez of Monroe Beer Dis- tributors, Inc. Claude Gandolfo al- so contributed to the occasion. The business session will follow | the showing of the movies, and the regular meeting of the executive board of the Local will follow. the business session. NAMES | A name is a kind of face where- | by one is known, | —Fuller. | A new name for an ailment af- |fects people like a Parisian name for.a novel garment. Everyone hastens to get it. —Mary Baker Eddy. Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves, and perhaps that it is the reason of it. —Penn. Some to thé fascination of a name surrender judgement hood- winked. —Cowper. A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at 2 man. —Quoted by Hazlitt. There were insects on earth {more than 250 million years ago, 4 | Gems Of Thought | SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON denounces Ames 2:6-12; 4:1-2; 6 By RALPH ROGERS B hl fk “Go ahead and shoot, but think you can hit the mark as I did.” When Amos, the sma! farmer from Tekoa, a sm: some six miles south of hem, traveled northw: jainst ited M Pra ehyesi i that we'd like to si truder or run him Men of God are timidated. They are steadfast their convictions and accept penalty whether it be prison, the stake, the arena or the cross. Amos continues to voice the judgement of God as he pictures the impend- ing disaster to the people and the nation. Lew Merals Dangerous National and individual disaster can generally be traced to the moral standards of the people ef- fected. Israel was in danger with hostile nations all about her. Amos warns Israel that “The Lord will roar from Zion” (1:2) and calami- ties shall befall the land. Through the prophet Amos, God tells this wayward people that he has done his best to make them strong and great, and they have turned Him a deaf ear. Great with a divine spark have been ignored and the Nazarites who had vowed not to cut their hair, or to partake of wine had disappeared. Jewish society had become so degenerate that they had even tried to make drunkards of their saints. “Ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, Prophesy not.” (2:11) In Israel it was customary for the business men to sell their creditors into. slavery and that practice continued well into the Christian era. Aylegess Errgeningg re the possession of la wealthy and influential sought to divert justice and would “trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth.” (2:7) The depth to which the morals had dropped is indicated when “a man and his father will go in unto the same maid to profane my holy name.” 2:7) le Israel has _ a prosperity, the personal im: ity‘ and social which pre- vailed was cause for the punish- ment about to be meted out to this thankless nation. Since Amos pictures the Israelites as in a deplorable state, he points his fin- ger at the cause — intemperance. bege & ei “Hear this word, ye kin of Bash- an.” (4:1) This refers to the wo- thered to enjoy a full day of boat- | the uF : H lt He “ H i § & i & 4 5 afk att Hd gret the example they set for offspring. The Executive Secretary Ohio is responsible for the state- mént that beer is served in two-thirds of America’s homes. brewing industry is today the eleventh largest trade claiming to have increased 60 percent in ge3355% PEOPLE’S FORUM MENTAL CASE HANDLING QUESTIONED Editor, The Citizen: I;read with disbelief Commissioner Allen’s state- ment that “the operation of the youth in jail was being held up pending word from the state institution because if we can have him committed it would save the county considerable expense.” I do not know Mr. Allen but I have always heard that he is a kind man and I am sure that this was just a thoughtless remark and not intended to mean what it implies. No one could be callous enough te let this youth go to the mental institution for the rest of his life, and deny him the chance which might enable him to lead a normal life and become a useful eitizen, because of the money involved. The Navy surgeon's offer to perform this operation is highly commendable and I am of the opinion that the good citizens of Key West , would contribute a few pennies towards this boy’s care in the hospital. Why doesn’t Louie Carbonell, who is known to give so generously of his time in helping unfortunates, start the drive to help this poor lad? Most of us at times be- come apathetic in such matters and it takes a live wire like Louie to rouse us from our lethargy. J.P. HORTON THE POWER OF PRAYER Editor, The Citizen: Bill Gibb, in his column of June 8th, paraphrased out of context in his attempt to express the essence of my views about the art of answered prayer. There have been a few enquiries — perhaps others might like to know the ground upon which his comment was made. “William,” I said, “the shortest and most powerful prayer that can come out of the heart of a man is this: ‘God help me to help.’ But — we should be mighty care- ful about making this request, Bill. We should give much thought to it before doing so, for as anyone knows who has ever tried it — God has an alarming habit of answer- ing this particular prayer before we can even collect our wits together. I know, for all too often to be by chance, my phone has started to ring before the words were fully formed in my mind —-and there I was, off again about our Father’s business.” “If you doubt this, Bill,” I added, “try it yourself, But be certain that you are completely willing to be used, for you'll be so busy you may find yourself echoing the prayer of that wonderful old-Colored gentleman who said, ‘Lord, don’t You never let me forget that You ain't going to let nothin’ come my way that we can’t handle together.’ ” A few. years ago, one of the Holy Ones of our time said this to me: “My boy, there isn’t one in a million who knows how to pray!” I doubted it then — I know better now. Prayer is the most powerful force in the world as all those who have mastered the art of answered prayer tell us. Desire is prayer — rightly used it can and has changed human “destiny; wrongly used, it has destroyed the user and all but wrecked a nation. Prayer is power; and like all pew- er, which is completely impersonal, it is a two-edged sword that may be used for both good and evil. If the Messrs. Hitler and Stalin are looking over my shoulder as I write, they will echo a solemn “Amen.” That there is a real and vital spiritual renaissance going on in our nation is now well known. A greater per- centage of our people now tries to reach God through prayer than at any other time in the nation’s history. How to make God hear us and answer us; where to find the key that will open the door to the holy of holies into which we may enter — there to be heard and answered — that is the question engrossing the minds of all those who as- pire to a closer conscious contact with the Most High. Key West must have its share of such people. Any- one who wishes to find that key need not search far afield, for here in our own. wonderful city it is publicly and prominently displayed. All that such people need do is stand in front of a building in the five hundred block on Eaton Street. Directly across from them they will see this key prominently displayed for all who have eyes to see. ; Sincerely, DICK SPLAINE 708 South Street June 10, 1954. Key West, Fis. B z s z § E 8 i z FH F Ff li H it iy id ate geee ee ERG Ft 5 RB Fe 4 s H F ‘ : i Hy od i i z ; g i Ba HH z gt Ez é z H i Z > FF zi | | j si : only evil day. It is said that the French Revo- i E af a E i ili jee it J i t ii if Z il H f : i rtf E i