The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 30, 1954, Page 4

vw THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, July 30, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. i Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monree County L.. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ................... 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN em Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Cee ethct ite eect tats ote dots meme naa a Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it - ae cnerwine credited in this paper, and also the local news pub- ere. Member Associate Dailies of Florids Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 a ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of pane and subjects of local or general interest, but it will anonymous communications. issues publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED . BY THE CITIZEN 1, More Hotels and Apartments. 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land and Sea, 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. 5. Community Auditorium. U. S. FOREIGN POLICY AMATEURISH Majority Leader of the Senate, William F. Know- land, California Republican, revealed recently, after a top level meeting on foreign policy, that the new U. S. policy in Indochina was one of limited loss. This fact was recognized by many foreign policy ob- servers, and by some of our allies, long before the Geneva Conference began. The fact that this not-very-brilliant conclusion is now being arrived at by leaders like Know- land is indicative of the amateurishness which has been shrouding U. S. foreign policy leadership recently. U.S. policy concerning Indochina has been ill-timed to an alarming degree in recent months. Although Secre- tary of State John Foster Dulles agreed to a Geneva meeting on the question, and the Korean problem, in Ber- lin early this year, the emotion surrounding the battle at Dienbienphu prompted leading members of the Adminis- tration to attempt a last-minute, hurried-up plan for checking the Communists in Indochina,on the eve of the Geneva meeting. What United States policy should have been was a gradual increasing of pressure up to. the point of the HOW MUCH TIME? This Rock Of Ours By. Bill Gibb Following is a letter to Editor and Publisher, bible of the news- Geneva Conference, with the thinly-veiled threat to the Communists to end the fighting in Indochina or face a major effort by the United’States to line up the free na- tions behind France in an alliance against Communism in Southeast Asia. Instead, the United States pushed a pre- mature attempt to form an alliance on jthe eve of the Geneva meeting, which proved abortive, and which slid the props out from under France just as the Geneva meet- ing was starting. It also put the United States in a foolish light, for it had failed to get its allies to agree on its alliance propdsal just as the Geneva Conference, designed to end the fight- ing in Indochina, opened. Now, Senator Knowland says the United States is reconciled to the loss of part of Indochina, and that the situation there is one involving a salvage operation. That has been the situation since long before the Geneva Con- ference. With the Commiinists already accupying a large part of Vietnam, it was naive to believe that the Geneva Con- ference could induce them to withdraw and give Indo- china back to the French, who have been losing ground in that country steadily for seven years, Those who have one or two real friends have more than the average. Ignorance, despite words to the contrary, is seldom aecepted as an excuse for anything. The parent who expects to discover how to raise a child successfully by reading books, has a lot to iearn. HIE TAREPIAICIE BAT IEIN| ONS USE) Alia EIMIPIRIE|SISMEUIKIAISIE] [O|AIK|SM SICIOIRIE|D) an {S] Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1 Blunder 4. Worthless dog 7. Extra part ‘12. Untruth 13. Beverage ‘i4 Subsequent- 36, Anger 37. Long sharp tooth 39. Part of the mouth 40. Prepare for Publication 41. Skill 42. Close tightly 43. Brasilian tree 44. For 45. Underwater boats IUITIEMEPIE ATL [AISTE MARI TAT] ARML.|O} T ICIRIEMEPIEIR| ly ‘35. Teacher 18. Proceed 19. Make lace 20. Outfit cE 21. Bounder “ 22. Winglike 24. Enemy 26. Opening 26. French coin 27. Study 28. Wine cask 29. Great fear 31. Choose rather 34. Help TTIOIP} VIE MBL IEIAIP} EINISMESIO/ME RHE IDIDIY] Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle 2. Japanese 10. Kingly weight 11. Wear away “i Waren’ eat 16. Coal product 5. Eskimo 17. Draw game knife 21. Bosom 6. Compute friends 7, Narrow 22. Graceful tree 23, Old card 49. Light yellow 51. Self 52. Pair 53. Stratum 54. Light moisture 55. Stitch DOWN 1. Biblical opening 8. Equality 38. Bouquet 39. Poke 40. Finial 42. Prickly seed holde: 43. Ina line 45. Perceive 46. Epoch 47, Female paper world. The controversy elge- where seems to be working on the same basis as it is here in Key West — suppression of news. (Taken from Editor and Publish- er, July 24, 1954). To The Editor: I want to reply to Mel White of the U. S. Public Health Service, who put forth ar- guments concerning fluoridation I have heard 10,000 times before. (E and P, June 19, page 2.) Fluoridation has become an emo- tional matter because the USPHS tried to ram it down the throats of Americans and experiment on them without their permission, I did not state that the press was one-sided. I stated it hadn’t given both sides and asked why. e- fore, I can only assume that the newspapers have been misled by press agents, who securely wrap- ped themselves in the cloak of medicine, Only a few days ago there was a hearing before a Congressional committee on a bill to outlaw fluoridation in the U. S. If the wire services carried anything on that I failed to see it. The Ameri- can Dental Association, however, sent out to all newspapers its tes- timony before it was given. I have been waiting two or three years and searching the papers diligently in an effort to find a brief item that some city had rejeeted fluoridation or thrown it out after it had been sneaked over on it, but I haven’t seen any such item. An exception was Seattle in which a weekly news magazine carried a biased story about the defeat of flouridation there and made fun of those who defeated it. Mr. White knows that a good many cities have rejected fluoridation and thrown it out. There is no easy way for me to find out who got the ADA to en- dorse fluoridation, but I suspect it was the USPHS. The secret meet- PEOPLE'S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The wr fair and confine the letters to 200 words and wr should be on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany thé letters and will be published unless requested othe: Pwise, INSURANCE TROUBLE Editor, The Citizen: There is a very interesting and educational article | in the July number of The Reader’s Digest about insur- ance policies. I wish everyone could read it before taking out a policy. They might profit by my mistake. Over two years ago I took out a policy with a local man who represents a company whose headquarters is in Miami, or so I was told by my agent whom I had no rea- son to disbelieve at that time. _ ‘Now I’ve decided the headquarters must be in Tim- buctoo or some other distant place, it is taking them so long to settle my claim. Over three months ago I filed for sick benefit. Never having put in a claim here-to-fore for any X-rays or med- ical care in the two years and over, that I had feithfully paid my premiums, I naturally expected prompt and will- ing payment when I applied for only sick benefits. What did I get? The agent got the history of my case. Sent it to headquarters. Two weeks later notified me I must have a statement of when I entered and when re- leased from the hospital. Two more weeks elapsed. Agent says the statement must be typewritten. The hospital staff cooperated im- mediately with me — but the agent claims they refused to cooperate with them. Strange that’ they would cooperate with a patient | readily but refuse to cooperate with the insurance com- pany. Next, I was asked to get a statement from my phy- sician here in Key West. I did this. That was (supposedly) sent to headquarters. Ever since then I’ve been given the run-around. I’ve kept “financial” ‘but every week I’m given the same old tale of woe. I lost my health and lost my protection along with it. Sincerely, Lt ing in Washington under the roof of the USPHS three years ago in- dicated as much. That meeting al- so brought out how to pressure the PTA and eonvince the members that sodium fluoride is honey. It also brought cut how to prevent the people from expressing them- selves by vote, Mr. White asks me for new sci- entific evidence. I would like first to hear his and Dr. Scheele’s ap- praisal of the Delaney report, Seven outstanding members of Con- gress, two of them physicians and one a chemical engineer, heard testimony for fluoridation pro and con for seven days. The recommendation of this com- mittee was ignored and, I believe, suppressed. The report was not published in the newspapers. The latest report is that no more copies of it are available from the Gov- ernment Printing Offiee. Some- body feared that report. Congressman A. L. Miller, a physician, stated in that report he was misled by the USPHS. In my first letter, I did not in- dict the ADA or the USPHS. I stated fact, as I have been doing as a newspaper reporter for the last nine years. I served my coun- try 25 years in uniform in two wars and I served it faithfully. I love my country and I love principles for which a newspaper ig suppose to stand. I believe newspapers have been misled by wolves jn sheep’s clothing or serpents in medical cloaks. JOHN B. ATKINS Birmingham, Ala. Key West In Days Gone By One of the most picturesque fig- ures in the world of dangerous sport, Sidney Franklin, famous in the Plazag del Toros of Mexieo and Europe, is in Key West today. With the front cover carrying an illustrated advertisehent of the Porter Dock Company of Key West the July issue of the Nautical Gaz- ette, presents an exceptionally at- tractive appearance. County Solicitor J. F. Busto to- day is continuing his investigations of alleged frauds and law tions in the primary elections in Monroe county and is examining the con- tents of the ballot boxes. k ke ok duly 30 1944 (Sunday, no paper) Freedom Village To Be Dismantled SEOUL (#—Freedom Village, the first stop for nearly 5,600 United Nations prisonets of war repatri- ated last year, soon will disappear from the Korean scene. The 8th Army Wednesday ordered dismantling of the huge warehouse building used to process thé 4,909 ex-POWs in the 33-day repatria- tion which started last August at Munsan. i The 84th Engineer Combat Bat- talion, the. same unit which bullt the historic village, has been given the job of tearing it down. BLUE WATER by DENIS SNEIGR Sin is rampant in the two-bit book market these days. In fact, if you'll stop at almost any magazine counter and glance at the titles you'll think everybody is writing books about sin and nothing else. Sin i¢ all over the place. - Here are a few titles available: Sinful Medel Sins of an Aspiring Aetress Night Club Sinner municipal swimming pool just like it needs a ski jump, The Business and Professional Women’s Club has asked the city commission to include funds for a municipal pool in this year’s bud- get. Salt Smuggling Traffie Grows In West Sicily “ By WILLIAM MAiRANI TRAPANI, Sicily w - Nervous women with flowing petticoats are carrying on a bizarre smuggling traffic here in western Sicily. Be- |neath their ample gowns they ear- ry packets of salt. Salt is under state control, and ;Subject to tax, on the Italian mainland. In Sicily, home o one | Of the world’s biggest salt beds, it is uncontrolled and untaxed. And there’s tao much salt in Instead of building a swimming | Sicily. The beds of Trapani are pool, how about fixing the streets | Piling up great surpluses because first? | big customers such as Japan and If the streets continue to deter-|India have found salt closer to iorate, you won’t be able to drive | home. The big customers now, are to the pool even if you have one, | fishermen, who buy thousands of Anyway, why a swimming pool Sins of a Private Secretary Indiscretions of a TV Sinner Sin Cruise Sin by implication can be found in other titles, such as: Motel Mistress Woman of Passion Beach Girl Shanty Girl Man Crazy Hussy Farm Hussy The one I like best is ‘‘Indiscre- tions of a TV Sinner.” Lots of people seem to think that most TV shows — especially the daytime shows — are a crime but this is the first time I’ve heard of a sinner on TV. At least one that admits it, unless she happens to be in a soap opera. Undogedly she sins on her own time; not the TV cameras, because TV is more jumpy about blue material than radio is and that's pretty jumpy. “Sins of a Private Secretary” sounds interesting, too. But I’ll bet it turns out that her sins are mak- ing mistakes when she types let- ters. I can just picture her boss yell- ing as he reads a letter she has typed: : “Ws a sin and a shame the mistakes you make.” “Night Club Sinner” could turn out to be the waiter who hands you your check or the guy who invented the cover charge. You'll have to figure out for your- self what the other titles are about. I'm not going to spend two-bits, plus 1-cent sales tax, to find out. ‘The City of Key West needs a Don’t Mention Art At L.A. City Hall LOS ANGELES Art is a pretty dangerous word around City Hall these days. Mention it in the hearing of a councilman and he'll most likely flip his lid. | ‘The reason is a 14-foot hronze | Statue of an American family with- out faees and practicaliy without curves. Bernard Rosenthal, who sculpts with a wélding torch, is supposed to get $10,000 for it. Councilmen, as ex-officio crities, decided Wed- nesday they would try to break his contract. Rosenthal designed the statue for the new police building A modern concept, it symbolizes the family under the pretective wing of the cop. Councilmen got a gander at his model in the past few days. A few of their criticisms: Ernest E. Debs: ‘“‘No eyes, no nosé, no ears. Whoever designed this must have a low opinion of the American family.” Don A. Allen: ‘Maybe we'll have another metal salvage drive.” Council President John Gibson: “Let’s give it to the California Taxpayers Assn.” Councilman Edward Roybal, a voice in the wilderness: ‘There are persons in the city qualified to pass on,art. If you want to| pay $10,000 of the taxpayers’ mon- ey and junk the statue just because | you don’t like it, I won't go along with you.” Councilman John Holland called it a “sexless, raceless, taccloss| ” é! 1 Councilman Harold Harby: “A! deepsea fisherman should use it; for a sinker and cut the string. ; This statue is sub-primitive art, net even modern. The Cro-Mag-| ons were more advanced.” Seulptor Rosenthal doesn’t ob- ject to “‘an honest opinion,” bui he Tesents the “bad manners’ of | gome people “who should know) He says he purposely omitted | the faces of the figures ‘‘so they cannot be construed as beleng to/ any definite race or creed in pref- erence to another.” During the U. S. Civil War, Wilmer McLean owned the farm on which much of the first and second battles of Bull Run were fought, then he bought a brick house near Appomattox Court House, Va., where peace was signed. Citisen Want Ads Pay Off! with the great, big, clean ocean so handy? There is the ocean. It’s free. It never needs cleaning as does a Pool and its plumbing never gets out, of kilter. you don’t have to i water bill. re But the BPW Club wants the city to build a king-size bath tub. The gals have one grand (a thousand dollars, as those who use slang say) towards the pool. They are willing to give the $1,000 if the city will provide the remainder. Who will maintain and clean the pool? Who will pay the water bill, if it is to be a fresh-water pool? You'll need life guards, too. In the club’s letter to the city the gals say: “The value of a municipal swim- ming pool. . .is readily apparent.” It ain’t to me. And I doubt if it isto the city commission, especially if the deal calls for the city to put up some eash. When the city commissioners wrapped up the new budget the other night, there was no swim- ming pool item in it. However, an interesting point was brought up by Victor Lang, city manager. He checked 20 Florida towns that operate municipal pools. Eighteen of the pools, he found, were operated at a loss. Two of the pools — Coral Gab- bie and Hialeah — showed a pro- So, if you gotta swim, swim in the ocean. Anyway, fix the streets first. Ice Cream Co. Plans Extension JACKSONVILLE #— Directors of Foremost Dairies Inc. have au- thorized the corporation’s manage- ment to complete purchase of the Ives Ice Cream Co. and the De- Soto Ice Cream Co. both of Minne- apolis. The board at a meeting Wednes- day also increased the dividend on common stock from 35 to 45 cents quarterly. Directors | propose call a special meeting of stock- holders soon to vote on an in- crease of common stock from three to 10 million shares. Two additional shares would be distributed for each share now held. Directors also put the common stock on a $1.80 annual basis by declaring the 45-cent quarterly div- idend, payable Oct. 1 to holders of record Sept. 15. be MARINES HAVE TO GIVE UP PRISONER OKINAWA (® — Marine recon- naissance troops sneaked ashore here two days before a recent scheduled maneuver and ‘“cap- tured” the intelligence officer of an Army outfit—but the umpires made them give him back. The Army officer protested that the “war” hadn’t started. The chief umpire agreed. The Marines rowed back out to the fleet. Jet engines make so much noise that special electronic equipment must be used because the loud sounds often cause failure of or- dinary types of such equipment. tons to preserve their catches. A good fishing year can mean a salt |year. Some of the biggest sales are made to Norwegian fisheries, but last year was a poor one for the Norwegians. The result: 3.000 | Trapani workers fear they will lose their jobs. Trapani keeps on producing its salt, at the rate of 180,000 tons a year. The Sicilian women, with flowing petticoats, keep on buying |it cheap to sell at higher prices {on the mainland blackmarket. They don’t consider themselves smugglers — merely business folk. They carry as much as 100 pounds of salt, strapped round their waists for the short voyage across the Strait of Messina. Their efforts won't help Tra- pani’s salt industry much. how- ever. A good catch of fish in Nor- way would do much more. BOOKS ARE BANNED KINGSTON, Jamaica ® — The Jamaica Booksellers Assn. has barred more than 90 sex, horror and crime comics from this British West Indies island, officials dis- closed. Dick Says z | What’s all this furor about’ flu- oridation of water? Will it make my false teeth stay in my mouth a little better? If so, then I’m ‘fur’ it! If it won't, then I’m ‘agin’ it! Heck, that’s a darn good idea. If fluorine will help the with teeth, why can’t the authorities al- so dump a few tons of denture ad- hesive in our water supply? Guess I had better shut my fool mouth because I don’t want to get mixed up in any arguments. I want to sell tires — good, U. S. Royal tires! Or guaranteed Lodi recaps! The address is 929 Tru- man Ave. Buy three — one free. Any of you folks remember a guy by the name of Will Rogers? He used to say, “All I know is what I read in the papers.” R ers died in 1935 but if he were today, he wouldn't be able to ma such a remark — at least, he wouldn’t be able to make it with- out admitting that he was plumb ignorant! Newspapers nowadays don’t teach you anything — they confuse | you. Now, you take “Dick Says” — this column is journalism of the {old school. When you get through reading it, you know, (I hope), | that Dick’s Tire Service bas a large Lodi steam recapping shop witha trained crew of expert tire- men. At Dick’s you get two guar- antees — a-guarantee without lim- it as to time or mileage on your tires and guaranteed satisfaction. All of this is knowledge worth knowing. Please don’t misunderstand and think that I’m bragging. I guess the people that sell other kinds of tires feel pretty much about their brand the way I do about U. S. Royals and Lodi recaps. All I ask is that you stop in and check with us before you buy. 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