The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 18, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “~ Friday, June 18, 1954 The Key West Citizen Greene and Ann daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County LL. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher sssssssserensnsersgcctnennerreerssnssore TORT « 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ... Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is entitled to use for or not otherwise lished here. i womens Editor and Publisher exclusively ction of all news dispatches credited to it ited in this paper, and also the local news pub- Member Associate Dailies of Florids a a Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION s The Citizen anonymous communications, is an open forum and invites discussion of i and subjects of local or general interest, ‘but it) wal oer specs Bot } publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1 2. 3. 4. 5. and dependents of regular and reserve service men. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Consolidation of Sea. County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. PENSION INJUSTICES A subject about which everyone talks, and few peo- ple do anything, is that concerning pensions for widows As the law stands today, widows and dependents of reserve officers are treated far more liberally than are widows and dependents of regular, or career, service men. Under the law, it is possible for the widow of a high- ranking reserve officer to draw $400 or $500 a month from a pension. On the other hand, the widow of a regu- lar Army, Air Force or Navy officer of the same rank would draw only a fraction of this amount. This point has been called to the attention of Con- gress on several occasions and the services are at present complaining bitterly about it. The complaint is a just one; there is every right for the three services, especially the regular officers and men in these services, to com- plain. This is a matter which Congress should put right. It developed because the Korean War was never considered a major war, and, therefore, armed forces prsonnel called in from the reserve were due advantages which were not authorized for regular armed forces. personnel. To the wives and dependents of those regular armed forces per- sonnel, who are left behind with only memories, the tech- nical reasons for this glaring injustice are not impressive. In the name of justice and fair play, Congress should lose no time in correcting this very distasteful situation, which could do much for the morale of the regulars, and right a wrong which has been’perpetrated on the families of regulars who have given their lives for their country in recent years. Politics in schools and churches is politics at its worst. Government workers seldom understand private busi- ness, We know a man who says he doesn’t have any money to spare. It’s about time for someone to see some men from another planet. Envy supplies the motivation for about fifty per cent of the world’s small talk. We are in favor of a vacation each season of the year, now being behind several. As far as we are concerned, the conference at Gen- eva, with Communist China participating, proved only that China must eventually be free again, np Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Other 5, Place 8. Vagabond 12. Gaming cubes 13. Biblical 14. Hebrew measure -shaped 16. Cheap apartment house 18. Measured 20. Gives temporarily 21. Large plant 23, Deface 24. American author 26. Fairylike 28. Public vehicle 31. Paddle 32, Ignited 33. Be in- debted 34. Vondition: 35. Article of belief 37. By birth 38. Wrong- doing 39, Peruse 41. Coat with metal 44. Footless animals 47. Flower 51. Wings 52. Surface apparatus 56. Hobby 57, Paradise LTIEIABESIOIRIATS Ma TIAIC) (AIL ILM AIRE INIA BME IRIA) IBIL || MIPREVIAICIAINICIY] B1E MEDIOMEK) | /D} CIMT HIE ILIA MIRIE!SIT) HIOMIRIE|PIUITIE MEDIO] LIT RROIRIAITIOIR/SMML| | EIEIRMEBIRI INIGISME AIT] FILE Wee TOI (SM IRIE] INIAIGIIN/DEAIR} AMIE IY LICIAME TIHIOISICN Pt IGHEFIOIRIT IE MENIE IT} [AIX IE OLYIE JOM YE TA) Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie The Midyear Labor Scene ‘(Too Many Pills. Uneasy Quiet Prevails On U.S. Labor Scene By NORMAN WALKER” WASHINGTON (#—Now that jobs are scarcer, are workers less will- ing to strike? e With strike idleness for the first four months of this year running at a postwar low, the answer ap- pears to be yes. But to say that workers ar€ less willing to strike doesn’t mean they won’t if they think the issues im- portant. Just last month an AFL union settled a strike that had gone on for 10 months at a Norwalk, Conn., hat factory. Tue issue was job security. That single walkout cost the un- ion, a small one, nearly two million dollars in strike benefits. The work- ers, themselves lost an estimated four million dollars in wages. ‘ Last year was a relatively peace- ful one in labor relations. Strike idleness amounted to less than half what it was in 1952. Yet it was: generally overlooked that the number of strikes last year was more than 5,000—nearly a rec- ord, although the walkouts were generally small ones that didn’t last very long. So far this year both the number of strikes and resulting idleness are running at the lowest point since World War II. This seeming reluctance of work- ers to engage in strikes these days is probably due mainly to the busi- ness situation—a realization that employers don’t have as many dol- lars to spend for wage increases as they once had. Recent plant surveys,. however, have strongly indicated that while workers support union objectives they also sympathize with their employers’ problems. These studies show that most workers have ‘‘dual loyalty”—that is, while they may be ardent union members, they also have a consid- erable respect and allegiance for the boss, It was found that even foremen, who are supposed to represent management in small groups of workers, and union stewards, who represent the union in such worker groups, are loyal to both company and union. This ‘dual loyalty” was found even in cases where individual company officers or union leaders were unpopular. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell, in analyzing these re- search findings recently, said ‘‘they have definitely disproved the Marx- “| ian philosophy of class conflict.” DOWN 7. Make 1. Biblical leather country - 5 reek poet i . Sign 2. Reside 10. Curve 3. Strews 11. Scraps 4.Fisherman 17, Dash 5. Exactly 19. English suitable Pre ded ake q . Femini 6. Employ. arte 23. Fitatan angle 24. Hawaiian foot 25. Simpleton 27. a s propeller 28. Comforted 29. Fear 30. Honey gathere: 35. Row 36. Light Tepast 38. Water vapor 40. Speedily 41. Egyptian god 42. Entice 43. Sor. of Adam 45. Venture 46. Observed 48, Away 49. Huge wave 50. Terminate “As long as the company and the union do not represent conflicting forces and try to pull the worker in different directions,” Mitchell said, ‘‘the workers can be ‘loyal’ to both and well disposed toward each. ‘When there is a conflict between them, however, the employe must choose which allegiance shall moti- vate his action in the particular | situation and circumstances. He must choose between company and union. “It is to the advantage, there- fore, of employer, union, employe and public not to have any conflict, so that the worker can feel a fa- vorable and friendly identification with both his company and union.” Late last year. the C' Mnit~4 Auto Workers struck military air- plane producing plants at we wv. . American Aviation Co. at Colum- bus, Ohio, and Los Angeles. The strike, which lasted two months, was ultimately settled pretty much on the company’s terms. The ex- perience apparently didn’t sit too well with some of the workers. Many quit the union. To help build back membership, the union has put the Columbus Jocal under an “administrator,” n meaning that it is now run by the union’s national headquarters. The ‘union started an extraordin- ary organizing drive at {North American’s Los Angeles plants with initiation fees waived and a grand prize of (A) a new automobile or (B) an all-expense-paid trip for two to Hawaii, plus luggage and clothes, for the member enrolling the most new members. Thus, in these days when work- fers have some degree of loyalty to both, the union and the employer are handling their relationships with workers more carefully. This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb ‘What is this? — A’ private fued in public between H. V. B., Auld Clootie, Bill Myers,.and yours tru- ly? Darnedest mess I ever got into! Auld Clootie has a natural. tal- ent for destroying people’s peace of mind. To begin with, he used to.sing while delivering’ mail. As if‘that wasn’t bad enougn, he goes further by bringing a cow down here to Key West. Qstensibly, this was suppose to be to educate the children — actually, I think it was | because Clootie wanted to form a duet and the poor cow was about the only thing with which he could match his, voice. Maybe it was the Humane Soc- iety, nvaybe it was something else, but at any rate, the cow went back to its pasture. Too bad Auld Cloo- tie didn’t leave town with the cow because he then proceeded to get mixed up with politicians. Any sensible person knows that the bellowing of a cow is prefer- able to the bellowing of a politi- cian. There wasn’t-much we could do to shut Clootie up though — this being a democracy — so we| had to sit and watch poor Delaney and Carbonell squirm. Now he has turned that rapier- mind on me! I'm a tolerant guy — I don’t get mad at the names people call me. (Not as long as they are the usual one and two syllable words, that is.) However, I’m beginning to get provoked at Clootie for making me thumb through a dictionary just to find out if I’ve been insulted. One of these days, I’m going to answer him in kind — just wait. Cuban Ferry Next to Charlie Mendoza, the fer- ty to Cuba is the most news wor- thy thing’ I know about. While I have the highest respect for the men concerned in this worthwhile venture, I sometimes wonder if any of us will live to actually see the ferry in. operation, | I wonder. if Flagler attracted as | much attention. with his Overseas Railroad ‘in the early part of the century as these various ferry com- | panies are attracting today? | It is natural that investors should hesitate about making final ar- rangements until they are assured of docking facilities in Cuba. They will wait until doomsday though, if they expect irrevocable. guarantees from the Cuban government. Re- volutions are a part of the national pastime over there. Ferry pro- moters will just have to learn to play politics with the president who happens to be in office. leeboxes . Do you know of any old iceboxes that are lying around in vacant lots or alley-ways? The Key West Safety Council is attempting to get rid of these men- aces to child safety. Everyday al- most, the news teletype carries | Stories of youngsters who have kg killed in abandoned iceboxes. e don’t want that to happen in Key West. Get in touch with the Safety ‘Council: when you see a local ha- zard to life or property — Whe- ther it’s am icebox or not. Better yet, join the Council and help make our town a safer place in which to live— ; “The life you save may be your own.”” 1 Mail Delivery Found Sufficient ST. LOUIS “™—Charles E. Pusk- ar, secretary of the National Assn. of postmasters, says two daily mail deliveries in residential areas is a “dead issue.” Puskar, postmaster at Imperial, Pa.,, made the statement in an in- terview here yesterday while at- tending the annual meeting of the Missouri chapter of the postmas- ters association. “Postmasters have received very, very few requests for twice- a-day deliveries,” Puskar said, “after patrons found they get as good service from once-a-day de- livery.” 3 ~ CLIMBER IS 0.K. CALCUTTA, India “» — Everest conquercr Sir Edmund Hillary, who last month was reported stricken with pneumonia on a remote Hima- layan glacier, returned to civiliza- tion here yesterday. He appeared hale and hearty, \Russia And Iran Sign Barter Pact TEHRAN, Iran u—Russia and Tran have signed a new barter agreement sharply stepping up So- viet shipments of industrial equip- ment and durable goods. the new pact — effective May 1, 1954, through March 31, 1955— Russia pledges to send 68 million tials worth of ery to worth of el ical equipment. Iran ill send fish, lead and tin, ore, In last year’s pact the total such shipment reached only 32 million rials. The rial’s official rate is 32.5 to the dollar. Citizen wat Ye Bove Results KANSAS CITY, Kan. #—A month ago Patrolman Jack Eskridge, in a casual conversation with a Balti- more drug firih’s salesman, men- tioned that some . children here might need some vitamin pills. Wednesday Eskridge received three. 5-gallon drums containing 50,000 vitamin B-complex pills from Se oemaulbe to feed an 8 army,” Eskridge said. He plans to offer them to children's homes. FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD By AULD CLOOTIE an-opinion of Auld Clootie in Mon- day’s Citizen. William Meyers claimed that someone has wound- ed Clootie too deeply. H. V. B. Stated that I am angry, and with good reason. And Bill Gibb bur- dened me with a problem of his own making. “Auld Clootie’s problem,” pro- claimed our local John J. Aathony, “is sort of like the man with a piece of Limburger cheese stuck on the end of his nose and who runs about complaining: ‘The whole world stinks’!” Now, Auld Clootie is aware of Bill Gibb’s penchant for problems. Bill has that rare ability of mak- ing something out of nothing. Bill has the uncanny knack of resolv- ing the humdrum into the momen- tous, and the momentous into the humdrum. For example, if Bill is given a ten pound fish to supple- ment the diet of the inmates of the local calaboose he reacts as if ithe fish has portentous qualities. The fish immediately becomes something more than a fish — it becomes a problem! By employing the a priori method of deductions. Bill strips the poor fish of all of its nutritive values. It becomes, in- stead, an agent for intricacies, un- rest, petty jealousies,' and the di- rect instigator of hypocrisy. And what is the final, .all-impor- jtant dispositon of this. poor fish that Bill has so masterfully resolv- ed into a problem of the first mag- nitude? It is thrown-into the gar- bage pail ‘“‘unwept, unhonored and un-ate.”” f The Merits of Limburger Cheese Auld Clootie does not resent ‘the burden of the unidentified problem that our local Johh J, Anthony has foisted on my broad shoulders. It is the analogy that he has made involving Limburger cheese that I find repulsive. Limburger cheese is a dairy product relished by. countless good Americans. Wiscon- sin, the Dairy State, produces a great quantity of Limburger cheese for the American consumer. The Junior Senator from Wisconsin, McCarthy, will not be pleased when he hears that you have ap- plied. the unAmerican label of “stinking” to a wholesome Wiscon- sin product derived from honest, cud-chewing American cows. Limburger cheese does not stink, Mr. Gibb. You may say of it that it has a certain aroma that is un- pleasant to some over-sensitive nostrils but to attach the blanket indictment of “stinking” to Lim- burger cheese is tantamount to the accusation that countless good Am- ericans can’t differentiate between a repulsive “stench” and a delec- table “aroma.” Limburger cheese should not be portrayed as some- thing repulsive. After all, you must consider the cow. The cow has a proud heritage in our American culture. She has sacrificed much to promote our health and well- being. All that this poor dumb ani- mal deserves is our approbation. ‘When we mock one of the products derived from her life-giving fluid as “stinking” we are perpetrating a terrible injustice on this lovable bovine. ‘‘Her’s not to wonder why, her’s but to milk quite dry!” The Psychiatrist Versus Bill Gibb Bill Gibb has. stressed in his column that he would be a fit sub- ject for a psychiatrist since he is so greatly misunderstood by others. Now, now, Bill. A competent psy- chiatrist wouldn’t touch you with.a ten-foot pole. The reason you give as qualifying you for psychiatric treatment is not acceptable as a valid reason for undergoing psy- chiatric treatment. A person must have a mental quirk or aberra- tion of some kind if he is to be the recipent of mental hygiene. But you are not that fortunate. You are en- tirely normal. Anyone that deals with fish and with Limburger cheese as you have is operating well within the bounds of nor- malcy. There is no hope for you, Bill. You are much too sane to ever accomplish anything. By your own admission, you have establish- ed willingness to act the role of the hyprocrite. By your own ad- mission, you have established the fact that your fear of social and financial consequences make you abide with those standards repre- sentative of the “status quo.” These admissions establish you as a fectly ordinary human being. As such, you do not rate the ser- vices of a psychiatrist. However, don’t permit Auld Cloo- tie to dismay you. Continue striv- ing, keep pushing and some day, who knows, you may wind up on the couch! i AULD CLOOTIE. a - PEOPLE’S FORUM STOP THAT YAKKING Editor, The Citizen: This is an open letter to Bill Gibb, H.V.B. and Auld Clootie. Gentlemen, enough quibbling and yakking about the local political scene. A mere woman shall explain it te you in a few short and simple sentenees. 4 Some of the gentlemen A politician is one who tion. thinks only of the next elec. in our local politics are just - politicians and not statesmen! ' A statesman is one who thinks of the next genera ; tion! I thank you, Signed, A mere woman! MRS. LOUISE ROBINSON. . FLAG DAY Editor, The Citizen: Our Lodge is most grateful to you and your staff. GRATITUDE for your wonderful cooperation and assistance in making our Flag Day exercises the memorable occasion they were. . Your acceptance of and subsequent publishing of all the news releases sent in to you.relative to Flag Day was» greatly appreciated. The presence of your staff photo- grapher and correspondent, with their subsequent cove erage of the event is also greatly appreciated. To your entire staff, with a special word of appreciation to you and those actually handling the material, our deepest - thanks is extended. My personal thanks and sincerest gratitude. ' appreciation are added with ‘Most sincerely yours, FRANK ROMAGUERA, Chairman, Flag. Day Committee Key West Lodge No. 551° Radford Says Red Threat Is Growing LOS ANGELES (# — The United States, says Adm. Arthur Radford, is confronted with ‘‘the diabolical enmity of. international: .commu- nism,” and the threat is growing. ‘The -chairman of the. Joint P. O. E. CHICAGO PLANS WATER® FLUORIDATION CHICAGO, Wu — Fluoridation of Chicago's public water supplies was approved by the City Council Wednesday. The program. probably won't start until tions, ‘ The Chieago Health ent br Departm: ition as a meas. ure to combat tooth decay. Chiefs of- Staff recalled also}. President Eisenhower's warning that American freedom is threat- ened so long as “the world’ Corh-” munist conspiracy exists in its i scope, power and hostil- y.” “Today, the threat seems even more intense,” Radford said in ad- eressing the national convention of the American Red Cross. The admiral spoke at the con- cluding session of the three-day meeting. Earlier, the organiza- tion’s national chairman had some more to say about cities which ac- cept Red Cross money when dis- aster strikes but fail to make re- imbursements to the relief agency from supplemental funds: ‘raised locally. , This was a subject which touched off a cross-country controversy Monday night. Radford, in discussing the Com- munist menace, termed Red China “obviously empire-bound, seeking not so much an ‘Asia for Asiatics’ It’s a pretty, sad state of affairs when a businessman thinks first of himself and then of the communi- ty in which he lives, An example have been lost to this owner has sought successfully to curtail sightseeing bus trips in the Navy Yard. as they claim but seeking instead | |. what might be called a ‘Red Asia for Asiatic Reds’. They want all of Asia incorporated into a Red Asia, one that is a basic part of the long-term Communist: dream of one ‘big Red world’.” The military situation of ‘free Asian and southwest Pacific na- tions could be improved material- ly, he said, “‘by an effective South- east Asia collective security ar- rangement.” “Positive collective actions by countries which have vital in- terests in that area would help | i Prevent further Communist em- Pire building in that part of the world,” he said. “Such actions would help pave the way for building that peaceful world which bcs aim of free societies every- Game Was Too Much For Tot TROY, N.Y. WW — Nearly 20 Perspiring searchers last night combed bush and swamp for Holly Chase. The 2-year-old girl had disap- peared during a game of hide-and- seek. Seventy-five policemen, 30 firemen and 25 Boy Scouts joined neighbors in the search. The firemen tackled a nearby swamp, laying down a board walk nae pec, Finally, 14-year-old~ Gail Fitz- I’ve spent a lot of time and money advertising to get visitors to Key West. I usually "t 55 i me! My suggestion to bottom boat owner is tlia boost every Key West and the law of averages him his fair percentage ceers. Tire Service pee SHEETS *s if Heck! Dick's H