The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 15, 1954, Page 4

N Tuésday, June 15, 1954 The Key West Citizen Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L, P. ARTMAN, Eatter and Publisher ...... ‘1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN lisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 . sand San ranean erase Sa or not otherwise ited in this paper, and also the local news pub- lished here. Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ‘ ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION Ris Pay Opal Gees chee anonymous communications, DON’T CURTAIL KEY WEST’S C. OF C.’S ACTIVITY IN HELPING OUR CITY What is the objective of chambers of commerce in resort towns in Florida? Briefly, to promote the progress of the towns. Among the things that are done to attain that objective is to provide entertainment for tourists. In view of the fact, it is incongruous to stop a chamber of commerce from doing something that helps the town it represents. Never before had The Citizen heard of a _ curb being put on a chamber’s activity to build up inter- - est in its community till the Navy Department ordered the discontinuance of the free Navy bus tours in Key West. And the ground on which they were stopped strikes at the very heart of free enterprise. Let’s consider Miami in her heyday of her activity of-attracting tourists. Many a thing the Chamber of Com- - merce in that city did conflicted with private activity in _ some particular sphere. But the chamber was not stopped from doing it because of that conflict. The reason for that attitude is because a community’s interest ranks ahead _ of. private interests, The competitive element also enters into this subject. The thread of compefition runs through every human en- _ deavor, and if we stopped the competition we would | shackle progress. Consider the matter of business, the life- | blood of a nation’s or a community’s economy. Every new _ Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN _ business started in a town hurts somebody else’s business. | _ But is that a sound reason for prohibiting the operation of a new business house? Key West, now experiencing its greatest progress, affords many instances that illustrate this point, but we wijl mention only one. A Duval street merchant told The Citizen that the opening’ of McCrory’s store curtailed his business in the sale of a éertain line of goods. McCrory’s draws business from other stores, but wouldn’t it be down- right foolish to try to stop McCrory’s from operating? When a man enters any sphere of action, he knows that he must compete with others to get his share of. busi- ness. That applies to entertaining the public as well as supplying it with the necessities of life. The free Navy bus tours was one of many free ac- tivities the Key West Chamber of Commerce conducts to entertain tourists when they come to Key West. Every one of the other activities interferes with somebody's business. Why not stop them too? Why not kill the very purpose for which the chamber was organized? The chamber’s aim is to persuade tourists to come here and keep them here as long as it-can. The more di- versified its program the greater will be its success in helping Key West. ; Finally, the objector to the bus tours overlooks this fact: the entertainment he offers is altogether different from riding in buses in or. out of the Navy yard. Nobody interested in the beauties of marine life in Key West wat- ers will forego seeing that life to ride,on a bus. The sad truth is that Russia and China form the core of another bloc of aggressor nations bent on dominating the world. Crossword Puzzle JOLT OIPIE.| AIDIARBOIPIAIL| CIOINISIPT IRIE! FE IRISIEMENIAIV! | EIS) PIRIE|OTAITIE Maw MIAIN| TARE OITIONS T1010} AIL JEIAME AIXIE RESIOIRIN 'S|AIWae AINI | BT] AMIE |S) HIE ME TIRITICIE IPS! DITIS IMAL MT INITIO! CIAIRIE ME LIL! 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MENTAL CASE ACTION DEFENDED Editor, The Citizen: Replying to Mr. Horton’s letter.in the People’s Forum of Saturday, I would like to furnish the following informa- tion concerning the mental case in question! While authority in this matter rested entirely with the Sheriff's Office and the County Judge, the county commission intervened in the case in the boy’s interest and assured all concerned that whatever funds were nec- essary to alleviate the boy’s condition would be forth- coming through the county government. The entire county commission spent more than three hours at the Monroe County jail on June 1 and after taking into consideration the boy’s previous record as an inmate of an institution in Shelby, Mass.., and the advice of. Dr. Moore and Dr. Herz, the decision was made by those in authority to get the boy in the state institution as quickly as possible. The boy has been suffering from a head injury since .he was 10 years of age and has a long record of treat- ment and care in his home state. In the opinion of the doctors observing the youth, it was doubtful that an op- eration locally could have brought him back to normalcy. However, the county commission has no jurisdiction in the case; if an offer was made by the Navy doctor, it was probably made to the sheriff’s office, the proper au- thority in the case. The offer was neither received nor re- fused by the county commission and in no respect was the question of “saving of money” taken into consideration. The statement “that the youth would spend the rest of his life in a mental institution” is in-error as in our state institution every effort is made to help those who can be helped. They are well equipped and staffed to take care of patients of this kind. Where a patient has a record in another state, the authorities there are always consulted and the best for the patient is always done. _ If Mr. Horton or any other interested citizen would care to come to my office or to the sheriff’s office, addit- ional information can be furnished on this case to assuré him that everything possible was done for the best inter- est of this boy. JOE ALLEN. June 14, 1954. Key West, Fla. This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb What do you know about safe driving? line your choice. Correct answers are given under the test. 42. Artistic discrimina- tion gal! 44. Great Lake 45. Espouses 48. Weapons 49. Come together 51. Make lace 52. Old musical note Here is a driver test that you can play real easy and if you can answer all of the questions cor- rectly, it is pretty certain that you are a good and careful motorist, says the Florida Highway Patrol. Trooper George Bennett urges you to try your hand and better the score, if you’re not right the first time, by learning important safety rules of the road. Benne gives driver’s examinations for a license every Tuesday at the Jay Cee Club House on Flagler. — cor- ner of Roosevelt Boulevard. (First in a series of two tests. Look for the second test next week) Which of the three choices best ‘completes the statement? Under- 1. When the speed of a car is increased from 25 m. p. h. to 50 m.p.h., the braking distance is increased approximately: (a) four times, (b) three times, (c) twice, 2. At 50 m.p.h. a reasonably safe distance at which to follow the car ahead is: (a) 3, (b) 4, (ce) 5 car lengths. 3. You are traveling at 45 m. p. h. ty, and wish to pass another car trave- ling at 35 m. p. h. This requires | about 10 seconds. The number of feet that your car. will travel be- fore you have passed and are back on the right side of the road again is: (a) 300 feet, (b) 450 feet, (c) 660 feet. 4. Drivers exceed speed limits chiefly because: (a) they don’t Charge Against “Widow” Dropped LEXINGTON, Tenn. W—A judge yesterday dropped a charge of un- lawful cohabitation against attrac- tive Mrs. James Hern, who re- married while her husband was a prisoner of war. Judge A. T. Taylor took the ac- tion at the request of the former POW, Sgt. James Cogburn. The sergeant told the court he “‘be- lieved it was best for all con- cerned.” Mrs. Hern, 24, said she married her present husbant, a 25-year-old former Marine, believing Cogburn had died in Korea. Cogburn was released last Au- gust after three years as a prison- er of the Communists. He obtained a divorce when he arrived home. The Herns remarried. Cancer Victim Kills Self, Child BALTIMORE (#—A Baltimore electrician, who recently learned he had cancer, was found fatally wounded along with his 6-year-old daughter yesterday. A .22-caliber rifle was beside the dead man, James Stanley Jaku- bowski, 41, found seated in his car in nearby Anne Arundel County. His daughter Shirley was lying in the road beside the car. The two died five minutes apart in South Baltimore General Hospi- tal about two hours after they were found. : Jakubowski had failed to keep a 2-p.m. appointment with his doctor yesterday. The Jakubowskis have another child, a son, 12. ‘Citizen Advertisements Help Save You Money know the-regulations, (b) they lack skill, (c) they have poor attitudes. 5. When the right wheels of your car slip off the pavement, you Pavement quickly, (b) slow down gradually and steer back onto the pavement when convenient, (c) ap- ply the brakes sharply and cut the wheels hard back onto the pave- | ment. 6. While the average driver is moving his foot from the accelera- tor to the brake, a car going 50 }m. p. h. will travel approximately (35 feet, (b) 55 fe8t, (c) 75 feet. | 7. A common characteristic of | the “‘show-off” driver is that he: | (a) does not know the regulations, | (b) lacks presence of mind in em- | ergencies, (¢) drives too fast for | conditions. | 8. Your car is being overtaken \tand passed by another car on a {two lane road. Just as this car ‘starts to cut in, another approach- |es around curve. In most cases it |is best to: (a) maintain speed, \(b) slow down and give way, (c) | speed up. | 9. As you approach an intersec- tion it becomes apparent that your car will enter the intersection be- fore a car approaching from the street on your right. However, that car’s speed is greater than yours. You should: (a) speed up to match his speed, (b) slow down and pre- Pare to stop (c) maintain your speed and don’t let him bluff you. 10. A flashing red traffic light means: (a) slow down, (b) stop, (c) congested traffic area. Answers ‘100d 9 Japun “sez 9 ‘pood $2 ‘J011edNs a18 OT-6 JO 21095 “(q). “OT <q) “6 ‘(q) “8 “(2) “2 “(Q) “9 “(q) is (2) ‘y “(2) “8 (2) @ (2) T should: (a) turn back onto the| Z The Mi Labor Scene Uneasy Quiet Prevails On US. Editor's Note — An uneasy quiet prevails on the labor scene today. the ‘offing give promise nie the works ahead.. As big pe - management prepare gether, Norman Walker, a of labor coverage for The Asso-| tions | ciated Press, examines the whole | ions labor picture and tells what to expect in this first of four articles. By NORMAN WALKER WASHINGTON, June 14 i#—) men closely the situation say that, next to the business lag, the reason for so few big strikes these days is that President Eisen- hower is keeping aloof from labor disputes. Under some former administra- employes charged that un- often fomented strikes, or strike threats, to give the govern- ment an excuse to step in and help get them more than they’d normal- ly expect in collective bargaining. Many students of the labor situa- Strikes ‘are running at a postwar tion sincerely feel that labor-man- low, but don’t count on things stay- ing that way. ots Major contract negotiations are a under way in the steel, rubber, telephone, electrical manu- facturing and maritime industries, | ),.;, to name a few. Any of them could’ touch off a new wave of strikes. The coal industry is an example. dragging because duced fuel require! pressed steel industry, the United Mine Workers, headed by John L. Lewis, is letting months tick by without exercising an option to seek higher pay. Behind the present relative labor peace is an awareness that no- body is really sure what is going to happen to business. pene Employers are chary al mak- ing commitments that will boost their labor costs. Instead, they want to batten down costs and get more work for wage dollars on trying harder then ever They’re jarder af to get rid of “featherbedding practices that cost employers money without getting production. Unions defend these practices as necessary to protect worker rights. Unions seem to be almost as concerned about job security— keeping the jobs workers have— as they are about getting increases in pay or other benefits. Some of the steam is gone out of the drive that saw bees ee higher wages year pte ‘World War II and in the twar period. 2 v Pay inereases are still coming but are harder to get, and smaller. On the average, pay raises are running 5 to 8 cents an hour. Now caution, stiffer haggling on the part of both employer and union, is the — in man- agement-union de: B. ye veteran conciliator in the Federal Mediation and Concilia- tion Service told this reporter that | y labor disputes appear harder to settle oer this at any time in the past dozen years. The situation is spotty. Some types of business are better off than others. Some unions are get- ting considerably more than ers. Daring the first three months of this year a great many contracts were settled without any pay raise at all, merely extending former agreements. Yet some employers shelled out heavily, wanting no labor troubles while business was good. Many agement relations are constantly maturing and that this, too, is an important reason for fewer labor troubles. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell said recently: “Every year about 100,000 col- ive bargaining agreements are Peacefully negotiated or renewed in the United States. The few] ti Strikes make headlines, but the numerous peaceful settlements are not news, .“Hundreds of thousands of indi- Srievances are settled with- out a work stoppage every year. New Trouble Looms For Long Delayed European Army Pact By HARVEY HUDSON PARIS w—France’s current po- tical crisis spelled new trouble today for the long delayed Euro- pean army treaty. The controver- aon tego sial pact in turn posed a major as problem for Premier-Designate Pi-| forces All erre Mendes-France or anyone else | Come trying to succeed ousted Premier} Advoca Joseph Laniel. teens Laniel and his Cabinet resigned after losing a National Assembly vote of confidence on Indochina Saturday. Mendes-France, whose criticism of government policy in Indochina was a major factor in Laniel’s fall, accepted the mandate to form a cabinet yesterday. He is ot slated to seek confirmation before| to defy orders. the Assembly tomorrow or Thurs-| U.S. representatives in P: 5 exhibiting new His - chances were considered | French delay slight. A big factor is the bad split| been ratified of debate on ratifica' u- . ropean Defense Community (EDC) | they have strung along with [seepatoegay rege age! aS po oy hag debe e one a the American Congress . successor to eg res iency. the support of both the Cai Poulet Replicas Fong ro WHOLE FAMILY (MRP) e Repu! lican’ and Social Action (URAS), IS DOING FINE the latter made up of followers of| RICHMOND, Va. — Reports Gen. De Gaulle. The MRP wants| from two hospitals here say the the army treaty debated as quickly | mother, haby—and father—are do s ; the Gaullists bitterly | ing fine. to the EDC plan, will fight) Just before Mrs. Thomas Foeger pt to force debate. went to one hospital to have @ w Premier will have to| baby, her husband was taken t conjure up some formula to recon- 3 cile these views. 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