The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 16, 1954, Page 4

Wednesday, June 16, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 7 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN .....enemmnnmnnmunuranmn, Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusi roduction of all news dispatches credited ted ited in this paper, and also the local news pub- * Page 4 ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Member. Associate Dailies of Florida Subseription (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 but it not and subjects of local or ral * oo J general interest, will publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bat Pavilion. Airports—Land Sea, Gocaaicnton, of “forsat and City Governments. PRE AR RU a REDS ON RUN IN PHILIPPINES President Ramon Magsaysay is achieving promising results in his fight against Communist guerillas in the Phil- ippines. When the young, dynamic President took over the Philippines last year, he appealed to all Communist Huks_to surrender and support his administration. The Communists asked what terms Magsaysay offer- ed, and he laid down strong and hard terms. But he prom- ised fair treatment, fair trials and pardons for all those not found guilty, and a plan to help set up converted Com- munists in a new life. The Communists rejected these hard terms and since that time Magsaysay and the Philippine Government have opened a dedicated offensive to wipe out the Communist guerillas completely by the end of June. The drive is achieving success. Recently the No. 1 leader of the Huks in the Islands, Luis Taruc, surrendered and he was sent to a stockade to face the many charges which had been lodged against him. Nevertheless, he offered to appeal to his comrades to surrender to the Government, and he admitted that the Philippine President was. moving forward with an eaon- omic plan to meet the needs of the people. This is a significant achievement and demonstrates what a program of force and energy can achieve against the Communists. The program must also include a major program to improve the lot of the people and Magsaysay’s Program includes just that. Magsaysay has proved once again that the only method in dealing with Communist guerillas is through a policy of force and firmness. Weak measures, half-hearted programs of reform, and a lack of courage in standing up to the, Communist leaders has never yet eradicated Communism in any guer- illa-infested country. Magsaysay has never relented in warning the Communists they face trial and he has never offered to pardon their leaders. He has merely called on them to surrender, and promised fair trial but, at the same time, he has organized a military effort to wipe them out, and he is carrying it out with a thoroughness L 2 3. 4 5. that is commendable. That should be an example to other Far Eastern countries. . Joke: “Now this is just between you and me.” Movies — facing television competition — will get ! better or fewer or both. Business forecasters have changed their act in the last nine months. Up to that time they. were predicting re- cession; now they are predicting the upturn. There is always something to predict. : Crossword Puzzle 30. Blessing 31, Evergreen tree 32. Take dinner 33. Kindled 34, Favorite 35. ACROSS = f OLBIDIUIRIA|T IE] SIE WHE YIOINIESIAIL |AIM} PIRIEITIEINISIE MS |UIRIE! BEM DMs EIT IAMBE AIST) Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzie DOWN 1. Covers with turf Ui. Jacob’s brother 18. Cubic meters 19. European mountains 21. Chemical suffix 22. Outfit 23. Parent: oot: 25. Kind of necktie 28. Couch 10, Yellow bugle 11. Birthplace of Henry 1V 16. Constella- tion 20. Cover 23. Johnny- cake 24. Impressed with wonder 25, Competent 26. Earth 27, Light bed 28, Fragmen: 29, Invite 31. Of the U.S. government 32. Large dogs 34. English tavern 35. Member ofa jury 37. Styles | 38. Traditional 4. Building materia] 5. Get G3 6. Deep hole 1. Rubber- soled shoe: collog. 8. Slumbered sandpiper 47. Biblical priest THE MELODY LINGERS ON==AND ON eS The Midyear Labor Scene Seine ees 4 Uneasy Quiet Prevails On U.S. Labor Scene By NORMAN WALKER WASHINGTON (#—Income insur- ance is becoming almost as hot an issue as wages in labor relations. By income insurance is meant a plan to maintain a worker’s in- come, or part of it, when he loses his job or is unable to work be- cause of illness, accident or old age. Unions seldom go in %o see the boss with a new set of demands these days without including some form of income insurance. The employer usually is asked to pay the entire cost, but often the cost is shared. Such demands are not new, but they are becoming more and more frequent. Unions are increasingly insistent about them. One reason for this is that with wage increases harder to negoti- ate, unions are turning to some- thing else. Another is that just as employers are skittery and uncertain about the business future so are workers. They’re more anxious than ever for job security. Right now, a demand for a guar- anteed annual wage is a major is- sue in steel industry labor negotia- tions with the CIO. The CIO United Steelworkers wants a laid-off wérk- er to get three fourths of his regu- lar pay for as long as a year after becoming unemployed. This plan is| designed to augment state unem- ployment compensation payments, which average about $25 weekly over the nation. All such demands involve two important questions: policy and cost. As to policy, employers are ask- ing: Are such plans a form of so- cialism? Would job security tend to make the workers lose incentive and become lazy? Since Congress and state legislatures enacted some such plans years ago in the social security and workmen’s compensa- tion laws, is it wise to embark now on supplemental, employer - paid programs? As to cost, like a lot of other things, the original price is not so expensive. It’s the upkeep. In other words, unions expect to get a little bit as a starter but expect to im- prove each plan as time goes by. While the cost may be small at the beginning, it would mount, es- pecially if an employer committed himself to several forms of income insurance. On the policy question, the wis- dom of getting into the business at all, answers depend pretty much on who’s doing the answering. Even the researchers on this subject dis- agree. One of these experts, a recog- nized authority in the field of state workmen’s compensation laws and related income insurance matters, recently became under secretary of labor. He’s Arthur Larson, form- er dean of the University of Pitts- burgh Law School. Larson, in an initial speech as a government official, told employers they have a choice—but not much time to make it—between improv- ing existing income insurance laws or succumbing to union demands for supplemental benefits. “We are going to pay in one form or another for the conse- quences of unemployment and dis- ability,” Larson said: “We are not going to let these people starve in the gutter.” He contended too that while it is often said such plans undermine the individual, his self-respect, ini- tiative and freedom, ‘‘no attempt has ever been made to prove it.” “We have let this legislation lag behind changing conditions until in most instances it is relatively less ladequate than it was when first {instituted,” Larson added. Larson’s remarks fall more in line with arguments advanced by unions than with those of employ- ers, But one of the big employer organizations, the United States Chamber of Commerce, has urged “serious” study of ways to regu- larize employment and _ insure workers against job layoffs. President Eisenhower too has en- tered this contentious field. His proposal to increase old age pen- sions and broaden coverage of the social security laws has passed the House with some modifications. Eisenhower has also asked the states to boost payments and num- ber of workers covered by the un- employment compensation system, operated jointly by the states and the federal government. Three states have done so in recent moniths. Passage of such legislation might take some steam out of union ef- forts to get similar benefits from employers. : Most of the more than 20,000 em- ployer-financed private pension and welfare plans now in effect—esti- mated to have assets of over 20 billion dollars—commit employers to augment social security pay- ments to a fixed level. Thus, as social security benefits rise, employer liability declines. Of course this could lead to higher payroll taxes on employers to pay for more social security. And, if employer liability under private plans declined, unions might seek to have the employer raise his guarantees. There’s no easy answer to this complicated problem. But there is a growing realization it must be answered somehow. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in a recent critical study of various union plans, advised employers to “face up” to the situation and said “rejecting panaceas does not mean doing nothing else.” By Bill Gibb A polar bear swimming in Key West waters would be just about as. comfortable as this writer is when he wanders around our Coun- ty Courthouse. It is an atmos- phere that is hard to describe which gives me an uneasy feeling. I guess the whole thing is fool- ishness on my part because the truth of the matter is that certain county officials have paid me a very high compliment. It’s — this way... The leaky, old house built of driftwood in which I live has al- ways sort of made me feel infer- ior — kind of like I wasn’t able to earn enough to ‘keep up with the Joneses.’ From what I consid- er a reliable source however, I’ve learned that this same house — in the opinion of our tax assessing office — is worth more than the home of one of our leading citi- zens who is reputed to be worth a fortune. I’ve made no attempt to check records at the courthouse. Years ago, I learned ‘that such checking was a frustrating waste of time because it wasn’t going to change matters any. I’m just telling you folks this so that you'll under- stand my new manner of pompous- ness and conceit. Why don’t you investigate your assessment valua- tions? — Maybe you too have rea- son to feel proud of your home! A! Miller Al Miller was recently involved in some unpleasant controversy re- garding a trailer park which he wished to build on Stock Island. Al says, “I feel that the zoning law in my particular case is dis- criminatory. The little section around where I'm located is the only zone of its kind (for residen- ces oniy) in 115 miles of unincor- porated Monroe County land.” There are two sides to every sub- ject and in this case, Al concedes the fact that he should have used a littl: more diplomacy. He dida’t realize that in seeking to build a fine, modern, sanitary trailer park, ” This Rock Of Ours he would be stepping into the mid- dle of a hornet’s nest, One legitimate gripe that Al has is that no mention was made of a petition signed by 67 businessmen and residents of Stock Island re- questing that Miller be allowed to build the park. This might have thrown a little more favorable light on his side of the argument. In the past, “This Rock” has |recommended zoning of Stock Is- land — not with the intention of keeping out creditable business es- tablishments — but for the pur- pose of eliminating unsightly junk heaps along U. S. No. 1 Highway. What do you readers think about the situation? Louis Carbonell Louis Carbonell is a friend of mine. Unfortunately, we can see ‘eye-to-eye’ on most social pro- blems in Key West but when it comes to politics — well, it wold be simpler if we were to use base- ball bats on each other! I enjoy seeing Louis wake up his brother commissioners with a bombshell every once in awhile but the truth of the matter is that a steady diet of bombshells is nerve-racking. And that is what he has been feeding the public as well as the commissioners for several months. Some of Carbonell’s statements are good — some of them are merely blind loyalty to party af- filations. Of the five Carbonell brothers, four have always taken active part in civic affairs. It is interesting to note that while “This Rock of Ours” is often on the op- posite side of the political fence from these brothers, a personal feeling of friendship still exists. This is the way politics should be! Fear and emnity need to be eli- minated from the Monroe County political scene. The cedar waxwing is named for the small beads of red wax on the tips of some of its wingfeathers. The purpose of the wax is not known. HAL BOYLE SAYS BERLIN # — around one table.” That was one of many slogans for unity changed last week “All Germans start yelling an old battle cry of youth: my own : “Up the alley. Down the street. during|Central High School—can’t be; a three-day Comm heat.” rally of 500,000 German boys and It seemed to me that the pa- girls in the debris of East Berlin. raders might just as well enjoy Watching the slow torrent of|chanting that slogan instead of youth swirl through the rubble left |“‘Down with Western Imperalism” by the war, I had to suppress ajor “From Berlin to Rome, Yank wistful urge to seize a banner and|Go Home.” It doesn’t make much PEOPLE’S FORUM APPRECIATION: Editor, The Citizen = ee I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the wonderful thrill you gave Me on Class Night. Graduation in itself is a wonderful and unforgettable oc- casion in a person’s life, but for me it was even more. I shall never forget the thrilling moment when you awarded me the $100 bond. I plan to attend Mary Washington Col- lege in Fredricksburg, Virginia, in September and the money will be gratefully used at that time. To say “thank you” seems so little to express my sincere feelings, but I can’t think of any other way. Again I say thank you for the award you gave me for graduation. : ; Sincerely, MISS RAY WINKLS. OPEN LETTER TO THE SAFETY COUNCIL Editor, The Citizen I understand a meeting of the Safety Council will be held tonight at City Hall. I am only a visitor here but would like to tell you what a dangerous thing it is for two people to ride on a bicycle. T’ve seen so much of this here in your city, I feel it should be forbidden. If necessary a law should be passed and enforced prohibiting it. When I was a girl of 7, my: brother was carrying me to school on the cross bar of his bicycle. A car came up behind and the man sounded his horn. It frightened my brother, as it happened so suddenly, that he darted across the street in front of an on-coming car which hit us, The result. was that my.leg was caught be- tween the spokes of the wheel, twisting it in such a way that I have been a cripple ever since. My brother’s arm was broken; but worst of all, a year old baby riding in the front seat of the car was thrown several feet and killed. After that a law was passed in my home town prohibiting more than one person from riding a bicycle. Believe me, that law was enforced. I am now 58 years old, but I'll never be able to for- get this tragedy. I shudder when I see youngsters dart- ing in and out of congested traffic; two, sometimes three on a bicycle. Please don’t wait for a fata] accident to occur before | doing something about it. A lover of your beautiful city, MRS. ELMA MORTON, Oblong, Illinois. differ the teen-ager is being taught i lead merely to we fi rf g z FE young German’ mind, a tug-of-war between East Nobody seems to feel body is quite ready yet the bugle, but it is for granted that in time will be blown. The lem is to win the young the future purpose. But it must have made m besides myself tremendously here in a vast capital still deep in the rust of a lost war, to see half a million boys and girls wav- ing crimson banners and marching in step. f Berlin alone lost almost exactly that number of lives in the last conflict. Today it feels it is already the great beachhead of the cold war. Citizen Advertisements - Help Save You Money Hee fei ; Rg Use This Convenient Want Ad Order-Gram Count 5 Average Words One Line CITIZEN WANT ADS Minimum Space THREE LINES Name Figures or Initials — Conant As One Word Please Print Ad Below Vdey 2deys 3 days Se We Me. 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