The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 21, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, June 21, 1954 The Key West Citizen EE EE OREO RES EA IE Published daily ( from The Citizen Building, Greene and Ann Sreeiss Gabbe Qnly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L.'P. ARTMAN, Editor and PUbISHOF ‘isc anna 1920 = 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ... . 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 exclusively entitled to use for juction of all news dispatches credited to it or not oo ited in this paper, and also the local news pub- lished ere. Member Associate Dailies of Florida SION SARE PB steams in ecccton dh a Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 Boothe Pal Pcs ies tla date caste le Mcrae ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION a messsstssleiinnieehssnsnssi sessile Suisse The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public is and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. IMSROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and Bat ePPavilion Airports—! Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. ARE THE OCEANS RISING? William J. Baxter, author of a new book on weather, says flood damage on the Atlantic Coast.and Gulf of Mex- ‘ico this year will be the greatest ever witnessed by this generation. He says that damage on the Pacific Coast will also be great, although not as severe as on other U. S. shores. Baxter believes abnormally high temperature during the recent winter thawed much ice in Arctic areas which will result in higher water, particularly in the Atlantic Ocean. He contends that glaciers are melting very rapidly and that the problem has now become a very serious one. Phe situation is pictured as one of a battle to pre- serve land masses from all-powerful oceans which are steadily “stealing” land. Already according to Baxter, Seventy-one per cent of the entire globe is composed of oceans or frozen areas, The weather expert’s belief is that the percentage of oceans and frozen areas is now begin- ning to rise appreciably. He points to serious floods in the British Isles last year, serious ravages from rising waters in Scotland and the worst flood damage Holland has experienced since .the Fifteenth Century, which left practically ten per cent of Holland’s land covered by the North Sea. He also points out this Spring’s storms in Germany which caused the worst floods in seventy years on Gerthany’s Arctic coast. All over the world, from Russia and the Scandinavian countries to Asiatic countries, wsame trend of high water is being observed, according to Baxter. The great- est danger in this country is the @liféat to coastal cities, it is said. yes There is indeed much evidence to support the con- clusions arrived: at by Baxter. Even though he may prove right, it is certain to be exceedingly difficult to arouse: of- ficials in coastal cities about the probability of rising ocean waters. Even in this age of the hydrogen bomb, there is still much dispute and a lack of scientific data on the ways and a peculiarities of oceans. It is one secret nature has kept pretty well and which the scientists have not yet been able to solve. e We are not volunteering to go to Indo-China and fight the Rebels, We know a man who pays his bills every year or two — if he can. : It’s strange that the more you do for some people the more they expect. The pretty young thing with curves has a choice between work and play — as few of us do. One of the hopes of 1954 is that graduating classes understand something about the value of a dollar. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Beet PRT UPI VIE |S MEMIAITISMEMIAICIE | mSIAIVIRIE ME TISIAIRIS| IRIOIGHESIE AIR BBRIAIT] LE RSOIL ILIA RE OI TIO} (AICTE ISMMNIE AIP RENE |PI 46.Flylightly Solution of Yesterday's Purzie 51. Bedefeated 61, Uncooked 52. Fastened DOWN 56. Declare 67. Something 1. Equality precious 2. Be under 88. Rather than 59. Gull-like bird 6. Depicted 7. Closed car 48. Employer 49. Impolite Weakeni Editor’s Note—The tides of oppo- NOW WHAT In Indochina, North Africa — French Empire Totters On Both Sides Of World ing to appease its way out of diffi- sition beat fiercely against the em- | culties. pire France built on two sides of the world. Indochina is all but adrift, and North Africa is shaken by the waves of nationalism. Wil- liam L. Ryan has surveyed the prospects in both areas, as well as in France itself. This is the first of a series of/articles this week in which he portrays the tottering empire—and how it weakened. By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Foreign News Analyst TUNIS (#—Nguyen Nguoc toils in an Mdochina rice field. Moltammed Aly herds goats in Morocco. Political turmoil swirls about these peasants at outposts of the French empire but it means noth- ing to them. They are illiterate and ‘care little who rules them. They want to be left in peace to eke out a living the way their fore- fathers did for ages before them. They are in the vast majority, In contrast is an educated crust— men like Habib Bourguiba of Tu- nisia, Mohammed Kiouane of Al- geria and Allal el Fassi of Moroc- co. These are nationalist leaders dedicated to driving French politi- cal domination out of North Africa. It is ironic that France educated them. Even Ho Chi Minh, Communist leader who seized the nationalist movement in Indochina, owes much of his education to France. Grandeur Destroyed Once native leaders looked upca the French as miracle wor%ers. France was strong and promised them a better way of life. The de- struction of French grandeur in the wake of two world wars produced cracks in the French empire that are still widening. Indochina is slipping away in the East. A new Indochina-like problem, this one in North Africa, is brewing. In today’s world of swift com- munications, propaganda, subver- sion and rising nationalism, the methods of half a century ago, when France was at the height of her power, do not suffice. “Force no longer frightens us,” a North African nationalist told | me. “‘The French mass their troops and play the ‘Marseillaise’ to im- press us with their glory and their power, but we are no longer im- pressed.” Double Misfortune ‘The misfortune of France is this: it displays less and less ability to cope with the complex problem of defending its important position in today’s world. The misfortune of the people of the French Union who aspire to national independence is this: they are subject to being used by outside forces. No matter how just their aspirations sound to sympa- thetic ears in the West, their fu- ture is bound up with the struggle of Western civilization for survi- val. Political instability in areas important to defense is an expen- sive luxury from the West’s point of view. France’s splintered politics, the tug and pull of ancient fears and prejudices, the faithful service to Moscow hy Communists in Paris— all these have served to delay Western defense plans so much that the European Defense Com- munity may never come to pass with the unity in which it was conceived. Moscow's Part Moscow plays with French poli- tics skillfully. In Geneva, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov made a tough, unbending speech, and the French government fell, to be suc-| ceeded by another likely more will- , Many French politicians, ears at- tuned to grass-roots weariness from eight years of warfare in Southeast Asia, announced them- selves willing to write off Indo- china, “Let's make the best of it” became the slogan. Galley 2 Ryan French Advance How did it all come to pass? France consolidated her empire at the height of her power and glory. After her defeat by Prussia in 1870, France was determined to show the world she would be a world power. She pinned down her authority in the Far East. She turned to North Africa and made Tunisia a protectorate. She moved into Morocco and by 1912 establish- ed her authority, «ers Impressive Show. The show was-~ impressive, France put an end to tribal war- fare, built roads, harbors, indus- tries, great white cities. She brought health and hygiene so that local populations now are more than doubled. She even brought education, though belatedly and to a relative few. Native leaders looked up to the French as wonder workers, miracle men who could make a wilderness flourish and even make native leaders richer. French prestige remained little damaged in the eyes of such peo- ple until France lay prostrate at Hitler’s feet. The Allies’ slogan of “self-determination,” an expression of conscience amid a war for sur- vival, found attentive ears in col- onial areas. There was little dis- cussion then whether such areas were ready for self-rule. The postwar period brought fur- ther splintering of French politi- eal factions, rising Communist power in metropolitan France, in- decision ia Paris, coincident with the growing tide of nationalism. Eastern Picture In the East, the sweep of Red power permitted communism to capture the nationalist. movement. This Rock — Of Ours By Bill Gibb Here is a driver test that you can play real easy and if you can answer all of the questions correct- ly, it is pretty certain that you're a good and careful motorist. The Florida Highway Patrol and troop- er George Bennett urge 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. What Do You Know About Safe Driving? Which of the three choices best completes the statement? Under- line your choice. Correct answers are given under the test. 1. When approaching a curve on the highway, you should: (a) slow down going into the curve and speed up going out of it, (b) continue into the curve at the speed the car was going and apply the brakes only if necessary, (c) slow down before reaching the curve, depress the clutch and coast a- round the curve. 2. You are driving on a slippery surface and have to stop quickly. * In North Africa, the rise of the Arab League gave the once’ tiny nationalist force the idea that hun- dreds of millions of Arabs backed its aspirations. Concessions might have satisfied nationalist demands — particularly the demands of moderates who ad- mitted they would need French help for a long time to come. But few political concessions were forthcoming, and the number of moderates grew less. Today France moves from crisis to crisis. The French found that weapons, no matter how modern, and soldiers, no matter how nu- merous, were not enough. It was impossible to bomb an ideology. Indochina War In Indochina, the French retreat- ed into their Maginot Line idea, defending what they thought they could and fighting against a steady attrition of harassment. When the} jn, enemy decided to come into the open and fight, it was on his terms. France lost a great battle at Dien Bien Phu. The tide was running against her. Politically, she had nothing to fill the vacuum. The only native organization was Com- munist-controlled. France had per- mitted no effective political organ- ization to counter it. Today a large section of French opinion hopes to salvage the rest of the union. Businessmen quietly withdrew from Indochina, first hopefully setting themselves up in North Africa, arid then, seeing there too the seeds of trouble, shift- ing to the more solidly held sec- tion of the empire in west Africa. Once again a pattern takes shape. In Tunisia a “liberation army” already is in being. One cannot say fof sure how nationalist it is, just how much foreign influ- ence is in it. But it requires only a small group of disciplined oppor- tunists to change a nationalist movement into a Communist one. The world learned that in Indo- china, The best way to do this is: (a) pump the brake pedal, (b) slam the brakes on hard, (¢) shift into low gear. 3. When a car’s speed is in- creased from 35 to 70 miles an hour, the potential damage it can cause when striking another car 1s greater by: (a) twice, (b) four times, (c) three times. 4. The pleasure and satisfaction a gets from his car depends on: (a) how he drives and main- tains it, (b) how fast it can go, (c) how much Power it has. 5. The kind of driver you are depends mostly on: (a) the speed pry ps you react, (b) the con- your car, (c) how you learned to drive. 8. ‘When the school bus in front of you makes a stop to discharge Passengers, you should: (a) slow down and pass if no children are crossing, (b) sound your horn and Pass, (¢) stop behind the bus and Proceed when it does. _1. Night accidents occur rela- tively more frequently than’ day WATER by DENIS SNEIGR Is there a saloon and/or res- taurant in Key West that does not have a juke box or other mechani- cal or human noise making dévice? I so, pass the word to this cor- ner. We have been getting inquiries as to the location of such a spot, if it exists: 5 It seems there are individuals who want to go into a saloon and/ or restaurant merely to get some- thing to drink and/or eat. They do not want to be forced “I’m A Following Behind”. They do not want to play shuffle- board, fire a fake rifle at a mech- anical racooh, or slide a round hunk of metal along an artificial bowling alley. They only want to drink and/or eat. But what they mainly do not want is their ear drums blasted by a juke box. We asked several saloon owners why they thought it necessary to have a juke box running wide op- en all the time. “This is a Navy town,” one own- er said, “Sailors like lots of noise.” That is a horrible commentary on Navy personnel. Surely the 10,- 000 or so Navy men stationed here do not want to be making noise | hat constantly. There must be — there has just got to be — some of those 10,000 men who just want to drink in a saloon. Have a nice quiet. drink. No hillbilly singers or no “Three Cohens in the Founting.” The juke boxes, of course, will beat that song to death. It’s an interesting song, too, that “Three Cohens in the Founting.” It would be interesting to know how the three Cohens got in the fountefh. And, then, what about the owner of the fountain? Does he know he’s got three Cohens in his founting? Does he care? If so, what will he do about removing them? It also brings up another ques- tion. Don’t those three Cohens have a bathtub at home? Is that why they go around climbing in péo- ple’s fountings? Wouldn’t it be more considerate of them to visit a Turkish bath rather than to dive into the first founting they see? Then, too, there might just pos- sibly be a violation of the . city’s sanitary code in this business of having three Cohens in one fount- 1g. J We'll ask Mayor C. B. Harvey about it. 53 ‘i In the first place, “Three Cohens in the Founting” sounds like the name of a vaudeville act. Years ago there was an act named The Four Cohans. Perhaps one of the Cohans drop- ped out of the act. The remaining three probably changed their hame, bought a prop founting and wrote some new material. Now the act is on all the juke boxes. Success at last! But to get back to this Key West trend of using saloons for every- thing but a place to get a drink. It reminds me of New York City a few years ago when TV first be- came really popular. All the saloon owners rushed out and bought TV sets. Then, since they had TV sets in their saloons, they felt they had to run the blast- ed things constantly. Tired business men, exhausted after slaving all day in the marts ef commerce, would stagger into their favorite saloon at 5 p.m. for a few quick ones before riding a commuter train to Westchester. But what happened? They got the quick ones all right but they also had to at least listen. to “Howdy Doody” or “Space Ca- det’. They could close their eyes or turn their backs on the TV set but you can’t put your fingers in your gars and drink, too. The saloon owners had to run the TV sets and about all you can fetch at that hour of the day are chidren’s programs such as “Space Cadet”. Here’s a sample of the dialogue between the tired business man, the bartender, and the TV set when. “Space Cadet” was on: Bartender: What’ll you have? Business Man: Gimme a Man- ittan. TV Set: Well, men, let’s blast off for Mars. Bartender: Dry? TV Set: We'll never make it, Tom. The Sanfranz Condensers are blown out again. (They always have a lot of technical talk like that on Space Cadet programs.) Business Man: What'd you say? Bartender: I said the Sanfranz Condensers aré blown out again. TV Set: But men, we've got to try. Otherwise the Frogmen of Mars will capture the princess. Business Man: So get a new San- franz Condenser. Bartender: The owner of this saloon is too cheap. He won't buy a new one. TV Set: Where’s the space ship? We'll change condensers. Business Man: Those Sanfranz people always made lousy conden- sers. TV Set: We can’t. The giant electronic brain has a headache. Bartender: Give it an aspirin. Business Man: Speaking of that, give me-a drink. TV Set: You can’t do that. This ig a children’s program. No liquor allowed. Bartender: You better go home, mister. Your wife and kiddies are probably waiting dinner on you. So you see, folks, what can hap- pen when they get to using saloons for everything but a place to have a drink. So if you find a saloon in Key West where people go only to get a drink — just drink, remember — Please pass the word. Hal Boyle BERLIN (#—Pages from a tour- Berlin is “the big whisper.” After a few days here even the casual eben a cs 9 ee RO | reduced, (b) drivers are tired at night, (c) people drive faster at night than during the day. 8. A driver should realize when driving on a bumpy road that his (a) braking distance will be short- er than usual, (b) reaction time will be longer, (c) braking distance will be longer than usual. 9. When you “overdrive” your headlights: (a) you blind other drivers with your lights, (b) you are being very discourteous, (¢) you cannot stop within the distance can see. . 770. ‘When approaching the crest of a hill: (2) increase speed to make up for speed lost on the grade, (b) slow down, (¢) continue at the same 5] Answets 1. (a), 2. (a), 3. (b), 4 (a), 5. (e), 6. (en 7. (a), 8. (€), 9. Ce), 10. (b). Scores of 9-10 are superior, 7-8 accidents because: (a) visibility is 4 good, 6 fair, under 6 poor. a” Senate Hearings On TV Is Rapped WASHINGTON (#—In the wake of the widely televised McCarthy- Army investigation, 37 Republican and Democratic senators have tmovéd to bar commercial sponsor- ship of TV coverage of future Sen- ate hearings. Sen. Bennett (R-Utah) announced introduction of the resolution in a Senate’ speech Friday — the day after the close of the hearings inte the dispute between Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) and top Army officials, Sponsorship Of Limited commercials were allow- ~- ed on broadcasts and telecasts of those proceedings, which ran 36 days. None of the eight senators ho took part in the big investigation were among sponsors of Bennett's resolution. The Utah Republican said in a speech that ‘‘what could and should have been done in 10 or 15 days” took 36 in part because “‘the un- seen but very real demands of the vast audience . . . forced partici- pants to answer every innuendo and counterattack with the intro- duction of many irrelevant but newsy side issues . . .” Bennett said he feels the televis- ing of hearings takes away their fact-finding value and that “pro- tracted hearings would place a premium of demagoguery and re- ward brashness.” The Veterans Corner Here are authoritative answers from the Veterans Administration to four questions of interest to former servicemen and their fam- ilies: Q. If I enroll in a correspond- ence course under the Korean GI Bill, what will VA consider as the official start of the course — the date I receive my first lesson or the date I complete it? I want to know because I have to gét start- ed before the August 20 GI cut-off date. A. Your correspondence course will officially begin when the school transmits its first lesson te you. Q. I understand that I’m allow- ed to suspend Korean GI Bill train- ing for 12 straight months after my starting cut-off date. What happens if circumstances arise that force me to suspend for longer than 12 months? Will I be able to get back in training afterwards? A. To get back-in training, you - will have to show VA that the suse, pension in excess of 12 consecu-- tive months ‘was: due to reasons beyond your ¢oritrol. If VA ap-.. proves the excéss ‘suspension, nt course. : Q. I've just been discharged - from the armed forces. Do I have to begin training under the Kor- ean GI Bill by this eoming Aug- ust 207 A. No. Veterans who must start training by August 20, 1954, are those who were released from ser- vice on or before August 20, 1952. Veterans separated after that date have two years from their separa- tion date in which to begin Korean GI Bill training. Q. Under the Korean GI Bill, I’m allowed to make one change of course. Will I still be permitted to make this one-and-only. change after my starting cut-off date? # A. After the cut-off date, you from the one you’re now taking, oF (2) you haven’t been making sat- isfactory progress in your course, due to no fault of your own, and vocational counseling indicates you’d do better in some other course more in keeping with;your aptitudes and abilities. 600 MILLION GIVEN« AS CHINA POPULATION