The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 9, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, August 9, 1954 The Key West Citizen eee Published daily (except Sunday) itizen Building, corner Greene and Ann Streets. fomTbairy + Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ... emer Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2.5662 —_.W $$$ eee Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusivel: entitled to use for reproduction of all ne dispat redited Blokes ered in ti Daper, aod aleothe beh saga Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 eH ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues but it wiil not publish and subjects of local or general interest, en commmnications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Aiport “Land and sex and City G int . Community Auditorium. ‘iaipsiete U. S. INDUSTRY VULNERABLE United States Chamber of Commerce President Clem B, Johnston, speaking before 250 industrial leaders re- cently, said that an enemy air attack on the United States would aim first at wrecking the nation’s industrial power. This is not a new observation. In this regard, however, it is a little surprising that the United States has failed to appreciate the lesson of World War II. The combined British-Américan aerial on- slaught against Germany in 1948, 1944 and 1945 reached such proportions that Hitler was forced to disperse his industry into numerous small-town plants. It was common practice for parts to be built in a number of plants, in the country or small towns, and fabricated at another small- town or even underground plant. U. S. industry, however, is not dispersed, little of it has been placed underground, and our major industrial cities continue to be prime targets for a’ potential aerial aggdessor, There have been disturbing reports in the last year that certain critical defense items are being concen- trated {in production) in one or two key plants. This is the exact mistake made by Germany in the early years of World War II, and it is the reason the Ger- mans found themselves so short of fuel in 1944 and 1945, It will be remembered in that this stopped the Bzttle of the Bulge as much as the fact that they ran out of fuel, and failed to capture enough enemy fuel, as by the Allied defense. 5 Oddly enough, the United States appears destined to continue along its way, with private business handling practically all of our defense work, concentrated in the key industrial centers, and extremely vulnerable to enemy air attack. Such a situation comes close to inviting disaster, and when disaster occurs, there will be anguished cries about miscalculations and a lack of foresight from the citizenry. Then, however, it will be too late — as is too often the case with democracies concerning preparations for war. There is no substitute for brains, no matter what you’ve been using. There are no rules that apply to every human being and no human being that obeys all the rules. Profits based upon service are justified but those based on monopoly or manipulation are not just. Religion is a great help to an individual in hours of stress, but it won’t do any good unless you have some of it. Personally, when politicians tell the people how good they are, we are inclined to wonder whether the public knows anything. OMIA IPISMPIE!T) IRIRMEL JE |AIK RR AICIE| LINIEJERECIAIR] | LILIOIN) CIAINIA/DIARE URIEJE! anes FRIEM i (TE Me TAITIAR! 1 Ply high 5. Passage IAI TIEIRME TEI} This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb The full report of the House Com- mittee on Veteran Affairs giving the Disabled American Veterans a clean bill of health was received here today by the DAV Chapter No. 33. Anthony L. Ulchar, Commander DAV and the charitable subject of the DAV Chapter No. 33, said: “We are thrilled and gratified with the results of the Congression- al hearing which was requested ‘by the DAV.The report speaks for itself in setting forth the true facts about the DAV, its Idento-tag pro- je : and our program of rehabili- taion for disabled veterans. “It spurs us on %o render the finest service possible for our dis- abled buddies. This favorable action for the DAV by the Con- gressional Committee should mean a tremendous increase in member- ship during the next year.” The House Veterans Affairs Com- mittee in executive session gave the Disabled American Veterans a clean bill of health when it a- dopted a report submitted by a sub-committee which had been ap- pointed to make recommendations based on the evidence submitted to the committeee during public hearings in Washington, D. C. in January and February. Following is the report of the sub-committee which was recent- ly adopted: “Whereas the Congress of the |. United States has duly incorproat- ed a veterans organization known as the Disabled American Vet- erans, and; “Whereas, certain newspaper stories have appeared alleging that the Disabled American Veterans has been engaging in fund-raising activities which has violated their public trust hy improper expendi- ture of funds, and; “Whereas, the Committee on Veterans Affairs of the House of Representatives held extensive hearings upon the subject.. ISICIRIAIP REE IOIRIE] fon mati «9. Work oat I 40. Bxact likeness 12. Two: prefix 18, Immerse 4 '14. Spinning toy, 15. Word of 17. Legal action !29. Ornamental mat 21. Meat of ‘swine | 22. Grows older | 24. Crafty 26. Quote }26. }28. Restrain 29. Lwed lOIN Ia Es! Riau Balas Las AIDE! (Clos) Solution of Yeeterday’s Puzzie % DOWN 8. For exam- 1. Thus ple: abbr. 2. Antique “Now, therefore, the Sub-Com- mitte on Veterans Affairs, appoint- ed to make a report in these charges make the following recom- mendations: “1, Your Committee is convinced that the Disabled American Vet- erans has rendered a valuable service to the veterans of the Unit- ed States and that it is continuing to render such valvuable service. “2, Your Committee is convine- ed that the national officers of the Disabled American Veterans are honest, capable and sincere and earnestly working to carry out the mandates of the orgaiza- tion as expressed in its charter and by its delegates in national convention. “3. That the only fund-raising activity operated exclusively by the Disabled American Veterans, the national veterans organization, is the Idento-Tage project. “4. That the Idento-Tag project is well managed, profitatie and renders a real servicce to disabled American veterans and to the owners of motor vehicles through- out the nation. “§, That the Disabled American Veterans National Service Founda- tion is a separate corporation or- ganized under the laws of the State of Ohio and is not under the direct managements or control of the national officers of the Dis- abled American Veterans. “6, Tha the Disabled American Inspection Team Rates ZX-11 As Excellent In a recent administrative and Personnel inspection at the Naval Air Station, held by Commander Fleet Airship Wing One, of Weeks- ville N. C., Airship Development Squadron Eleven received an over- Veterans Service Foundation has all grade of “Excellent.” conducted various fund-raising campaigns, the success of which have varied greatly with the type of campaign conducted, “1, That the Disabled American Veterans National Service Founda- tion did make unauthorized use of names of prominent persons in some of its fund-raising cam- paigns. é “8, That no fittancial dishonesty or misuse of their funds was shown by the Disabled American Vet- erans National Service Foundation, “9. That since the hearing the National Executive Committee of the Disabled American Veterans has appointed a committee to con- sider what should be done with the Disabled American Veterans Na- tional Service Foundation. “10. That the Disabled Ameri- can Veterans National Service Foundation has acted unanimously to stop future fund-raising activ- ities until the ‘situation could be re-evaluated’ and the National Con- vention of the Disabled American Veterans takes some action’ “11, That in view of the aetion Captain E. J. Sullivan, Wing Commander, began by inspecting the personnel of the squadron at 8:15 a.m. Following personnel in- spection, designated officers of the Wing checked the administrative and clerical files. The highest grade awarded to any one unit or department within the squadron was received by the Electronics « division of 60 men headed by Lt. Cdr. E. D. Verburg. Their grade of 96% gave them an “outstanding” designation. Also re- ceiving an “outstanding”, with a grade of 95%, was the flight sec- tion of the Operations Office head- ed by Lt. Cdr. J. H. Blinkhorn. Captain Sullivan said that “the officers and men of ZX-11 have shown that good teamwork, coin- cided with pride in their unit al- ways results in a fine showing in any inspection. The United States had a record 2,291,000 marriages in 1946. The United States has about one of the officets of the Disabled American Veterans and the offic- ers of the Disabled American Vet- erans National Service Foundation that a report on the Disabled American Veterans National Ser- vice Foundation shall be deferred milk cow for every eight persons. pending action of the two corpora- tions and the annual Disabled American Veterans convention. John P. Saylor, E. Ross Adair and Robert T. Secrest.” 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 writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. MORE ON FLUORIDATION Editor, The Citizen: Your readers are warned to oppose any attempt to force fluoridation of their drinking water upon them. There is abundant evidence that even a very small quantity of fluoride in drinking water causes much ill- ness and shortens life. The only claim ever made for it is that it may lessen dental decay in children under 10, and many dentists do not agree, saying reduction of sugar and soft drinks in the diet is what is needed. The A. M. A. have not recommended the use of fluoride in drinking water. A very grave danger is what results from any mis- takes, careless neglect or tampering with the fluorida- tion machinery. Princess Ileana of Rumania in her book, “I Live Again”, tells how Ann Pauker boasted that the take-over of the U. S. would be accomplished by the acquisitioning of the utilities and by poisoning the wat- er supplies. A Germany research chemist warned: “One turn on one valve by one traitor in each city, and millions of Americans will be quickly paralyzed from fluoride- | poisoned water, for which there is absolutely no remedy. After that—and how quickly—the Operation Mop—Up by their ‘fifth column’.” The only ones who profit by fluoridation are the aluminum companies, which very profitably dispose of their refuse fluoride, which they couldn’t get rid of be- fore, other chemical companies and makers of the ex- pensive fluoridation machinery. (Mrs. Arthur) Alice K. Wellesley 406 Aragon Ave. Coral Gables, Fla. , August 2, 1954 a CVV VIG TIO I CITI VI ICSI IE IIT III IC CC ey ... Ear To The Ground By JIM COBB 044244440848 88846 224 7 - 22224044444404444 ——— SS We hear a lot of talk these days about ‘‘newspaper cuu-. . If you are interested, here is my personal credo (with due re- spect to Voltaire) on the subject. It is a quotation from, I believe, Pope’s Essay on Morals. It reads: “With or without offense to friend or foe, we paint your world exactly as it goes.” That, in my opinion, is the ulti- mate standard for the ethical pre- sentation of news. But it isn’t easy to maintain that standard. You’d be surprised if you knew of the pressure a news reporter is subjected to from yersons try- ing to influence him. And you'd be truly amazed if you knew how often the working newspaperman is unjustly accused of slanting the news. Such criticism usually comes from persons who are not exactly sure of their ground. When a_ reporter runs up against a controversial story, he can follow one of three general | courses: 1. He can write a straight news story. 2. He can write a slanted news story. 3. He can get a job in some other field and sleep nights. If the reporter calls it as he sees it, and writes a straight news story, he runs the risk of offend- ing somebody who will immediatly start screaming: “‘He slanted that story—he's trying to hurt me.” Fortunately, there are fewer newsmen than some people would have you believe who follow the second course. Journalists have notoriously thick skins. Those who follow the third course probably don’t belong in journalism anyhow. 4 Oh yes, there is a fourth ap- proach to the problem: The writ- er can become a do-gooder, agree with everyone and pat people on the back indiscriminately. It’s the old soft soap routine which makes him a lot of friends and bores the readers. It’s pretty easy to see through insincerity in news writ- ing. As Pope said: “Words sweet as honey from his lips distill’d.” Personally, I think I'll have the boys in the back shop print up a couple of placards bearing Pope’s epigram and get permission to tack one up in the office. I’m pretty sure it expresses pretty well the publisher’s ethical standards. Speaking of Pope, I never tire of reading his rapier-sharp com- ments on the human animal. Consider this epigram from his Essay on Criticism: The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, with loads of learned lumber in his head. or: Some judge of authors’ name, not works and then Nor praise nor blame his writ- ings, but the men. I like this one: Satire’s my weapon, but I’m too discreet, To run amuck and tilt at all I meet. te & *® We are seemingly on some sort of a literary kick. Hence, when we spotted these items in the Navy's Key Outpost, we lifted them. Here they are, for what they’re worth: The aw tolls the knell of part- ay, GRAND LAKE, Colo. H — Actress Sarah Churchill got a dunking in Grand Lake yesterday. The daughter of England's Prime Minister Winston Churchill was handling the main sail of a light sailing boat when the craft overturned. “It was silly,” was her com- ment after she and four others in the boat were rescued. Her companions were Harvey P. Everest, Howard E. Everest and the latter’s 9-year-old daughter Marilyn, all of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Frank Harvey, Wichita Falls, Tex. HONEST BEAR SOUGHT CANTON, N.C. #—Farmers in this Great Smoky Mountain region are on the lookout for Honest John, a 700-pound black bear they believe has been killing their cattle. He got his name for his honesty. The farmers say he never kills more cattle than he can eat in a day. The Key West Citizen Is A FAMILY Newspaper «ae common herd wind slowly back to sea. The bachelor homeward plods his weary way, And leaves Duval Street to darkness and me. The author of the parody offers his apologies to Thomas Gray and his Elegy in a Country Churchyard. And then he goes on to pen this one, which he has tagged “The Shore Patrol Motto:” Long years I’ve rung the curfew from gloomy shadowed tower, Every morning at two-thirty, it 1 has told that joyous hour, I have done my duty ever, tried to do it just and right, Now I'm old and will not falter,— CURFEW, IT MUST RING TO- NIGHT! (The author again begs the par- don of the author—this time Rosa Hartwick Thorpe and “Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight.) kt ke *® DUVAL STREET VIGNETTE: Rumor has it that Rear Admiral George C.. Towner will receive his orders shortly. Denis Sneigr phoned the Naval Station — 2-3511 — and asked for Admiral Towner’s office. Hig secretary said you had to talk with Capt. C. L. Murphy, chief of staff and Public Informa- tion Officer before you could talk with the Admiral: Sneigr asked why. The Admiral’s secretary said that Ledr. Rice had told her that. Sneigr then asked to talk with Ledr. Rice. Rice said that talking with the PIO was standard Naval proced- ure’ before you could talk with the Admiral. Sneigr told Ledr. Rice that per- haps the question he wanted to ask the Admiral had nothing to do with public relations. Rice said you still had to call Murphy. So Sneigr told Rice what the question was: “Has Admiral Towner received orders to ship out of Key West?” Ledr. Rice said, “No.” Sneigr asked Rice if he could be quoted on that and Rice said, “Yes,” Rumors are thick. We just got a new one — that Towner has gotten a year’s extension. In other words, the Admiral will-be with us for another year, we guess. Have you noticed the landscap- ing at Pepe’s Cafe? They’ve Planted grass and banana trees at the corner of Duval and Greene Streets, in the area popularly known as Bacco Beach —Ray Knopp was telling us of the perfect formula for a weekend outing. He takes a skillet, some matches, fishing lines, water and a salt shaker and sails up the Keys ito Snipe Point. Lives on Grunts— and loves it. Sounds like fun— Isn’t it about time that the county furnishes some fire protection for Stock Island? The etty has been answering alarms there, even though it is outside the city limits— Jay Hall, former Herald staffer in Key West is now with the New Orleans Times-Picayune. That name intrigues me—Wonder what happened to those sailors who face manslaughter charges that the Navy won't turn over to the Sheriff?—The Navy’s Atlantic Fleet Softball Tourney in August will furnish local sports fans with some ae diamond action. And it’s Sarah Churchill Gets A Dunking The actress is here for a short vacation. } Reds Re-Name Drunkenness MOSCOW &#—The Communists have coined a new name for drunkenness—“the worst survival of the capitalist past.” Temperance lecturers are going about saying heavy drinking ‘cannot be toler- ated in our Socialist society.” The campaign against excessive drinking—especially among young workers in the city snd collective farmers who indulge in i), home-brewing — has been taken up by Pravda, the Communist Party organ, by the Literary Ga- zette and other publications. The closing of drink-and-ren street vodka stands, especially around the factories, had made it harder to get drunk in Moscow. But no full-scale prohibition ap- Pears intended. Pravda recently took up the Campaign against the “worst sur- vival of the capitalist past—alco- holism” with a prominent report of a lecture on the subject given at the all-union society on spread- ing political and scientific know- ledge. The lecturer said lew drink excessively “violate the el of Socialist life, disorganize work, damage the interests of our so- ciety, poison the rest and cultural life of workers, undermine family life, spread moral corruption,” Not only that, they ruin their health and cause accidents. Literary Gazette printed a com- Plaining letter from a Donbas miner who charges that drinking among miners around Rutchenko- vo in the Don basin is causing ab- senteeism, inefficient work and re- duced production. He also blamed drinking for brawls in the mines. Key West In Days Gone’ By” Governor Dave Sholtz and party will arrive over the East Coast Saturday and will probably re- main as guests at the Florida National Guard encampment until Sunday afternoon. Among visitors to Key West yesterday was a group of ex. ecutives of the Pullman Car com- pany, who were looking over an- other of the air conditioned cars which are assigned to the run be- tween New York and Key West. Dr. Robert 0. Van Deusen, director of the Fairmont Park Aquarium at Philadelphia, Pa., sailed at noon today on the Steam- ship City of Philadelphia, with a fine collection of fish from these waters Ke ek August 9, 1944 No more federal aid projects for Key West will be approved until the city begins collecting from the Navy and Housing Authority fees for sewer service. This de- claration was made emphatically by O. T. Ray, regional director of the Federal Works Agency, short- ly before he left the city last night to return io his office in Atlanta. : The resolution passed by the county commissioners, agreeing to the State Road Department’s re- moving all the bridges in the old Overseas Highway has been re- turned. to the commission, with several suggested changes, and the department suggests that the commission adopt the resoluution in its present form. There will be a meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce held this evening, beginning at 8 o'clock at their headquarters. 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