The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 2, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, September 2, 1954 The Key West Citizen li ee an rE Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Bullding, corner of Only Daily Newspaper In Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 192 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-5662 —————————— Momber of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is excl entitled to use baile geaceey of all news dispatches credited to or not otherwise ed in this ¥ hen sce Paper, and also the local news pub- Member Associate Dailies of Flotids Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ——— ——— ————————— EE Eee ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION oo The Citizen is an open forum and im discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general eee but it will not publish ‘anonymous communications. (MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathio Pavilion. Airports—Land Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Auditorium. ‘ 1. 2, 3. 4 5. Communit; ALL’S QUIET ON THE KEY WEST FRONT BUT POLITICAL POT BOILS ELSEWHERE All is quiet politically along Key West’s front, as well as elsewhere in Florida, where a Democratic nomin- ation is equivalent to an election; but in other states, where party balance is uncertain, politicos, on both sides of the fence, are shaking accusing fingers and roaring charges and counter charges. And each side is grabbing at straws and holding them up, supposedly to show in what direction*the politi- cal wind is blowing. RepuBlicans have clutched one of these. straws and are using it to indicate that Eisenhower is maintaining his strength or popularity. That straw is Governor Shivers’ victory of 100,000 over Yarborough in the Texas second primary on Satur- day. The Republicans would have you consider the vic- tory only and not dig under the surface to find out how it was attained. Before a ballot was cast, Shivers had a head start of twice that 100,000 from the state machine. The Republicans. would have you forget that Shivers, two years ago, beat Yarborough by 345,000 votes. ’ Floridians, wiser than the Texans, know the power of a state machine, and, for that reason, they put a pro- vision in the state constitution prohibiting a governor from succeeding himself. Were it not for that prohibition, a governor, backed by the machine, could be reelected over and over. Consider Shivers. It is safe to say that every sheriff in Texas supported him. .A sheriff wields great political power in his county, and when he works to get out the vote for So-and-So, he usually gets it in preponderating numbers, Besides, in Shivers’, case, other state officers supported him, or were inactive, because of the fear of his power to remove them from office. So, all in all, if we are to measure Eisenhower’s popu- larity in Texas by Shivers’ popularity, it was cut down, in two years, by 245,000 votes, the difference between Shivers’ majority over Yarborough in 1952 to the majority he got last Saturday over the same opponent. The incisive thinker takes the baloney out of politics, whether it comes from Democrats or Republicans, and weighs facts, but millions of voters are carried away by ballyhoo. We are getting a superabundance of that bally- hoo now from the 80 per cent of the nation’s daily papers that are supporting Eisenhower, regardless of facts that punch the thinking man between the eyes. Those ‘papers-stress the numbers of people working in this country, but say little about the almost four million who are jobless. The stock market is booming, but its booming does not provide a bit of comfort for the men and the women who want work and can’t get it. A loyal dog is your assurance of having one friend. Note to beauty contest losers: the prettiest girl does- n’t always win the contest. 4 ICMIL EI TT Crossword Puzzle acm cine si eens IS SEAR ACROSS — 38. Encountered [OMWINISHBSIAIV] 1. Box Bae e CUBA TIEINEEWIAIN} 5, Wild plam ID) ISIAIS TETRIS! | INIE! 9. Shout ial & : 12. Cabbage mir 13. Give informatio: 14. Fish eggs 15. Article 16. Fragrant 18. Reduces in grade 20, Tablet 21. Promise 35. Sugary 36. Appoint beforehand 38. Tiny 39. Gypsy 40. Flavors 44, Seized 47, Wind instrument ees) | (DIL IT JOU TS) t AINA] EATRINISIN] 1 INTE Bia 1 IOIN JEIRIAIS MNIET) 22. Determine 25. Repaired shoes 28. Free 29. Serpent 30. Among 31. Thick mist 32. Charity dry 58. Shade trees DOWN 1. Slide sideways 4. Took away 5. Scatter 6. Dregs 7. Antique PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes of the views ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which rs should be are considered libelous or unwarranted. The write ‘ WHAT ARE THEY DOING? Editor, The Citizen: H. V. B., just tell me what the ‘‘sam hill” the Key West Police Department is doing about the “B-Girls” in local establishments? It seems to me they’re on a rather “hot and cold” program. They have been so for the last three. years. I’m not disagreeing with you on the basis that the local police department should be cleaning the “leeches” of the underworld out of these establishments, but thus far they have cleaned them out and have failed to keep a constant vigil. That leaves us one alternative, either the Jocal po- lice department, or the Navy start cracking down on ‘seid vice, and the K. W. P. D. hasn’t done anything to date Turboprop Plane OK. On Test Hop BURBANK, Calif. ~The Na-| y, vy’s new military ver- turboprop sion of the Super Constellation, the | .5 RIV2, has been successfully flown. Lockheed Airetaft Corp., builder of the personnel-cargo-evacuation craft, says it is the world’s fastest, propeller<iriven transport with a that is relevant to B-drinking so the Navy is going to do ¥ it. That’s logical, isn’t it? Believe the Navy can do a darn good job, too. ee That’s all I have to say on this matter. I just can’t agree with you all the time, old aa J. E. D. LAUDS YOUTH OF KEY WEST Editor, The Citizen: I am a dyed-in-the-wool Conch having been born and bred on this rock, and I firmly believe we have never yet produced a finer crop of young people than we now have. We just completed youth activities in some of our churches. One out-standing youth in our midst could well be- come a minister. He is a budding genius. That he is preparing to become an attorney seems a pity. It makes many of us feel he will be missing his nat- ural calling, although he may become just as splendid at the bar of Justice. Good luck, Eugene! Many others of our young men and women are learning the true meaning of graciousness. and leadership. I think much credit is due the mothers of these fine ; young people, for after all, it is the mother’s hand that rocks the cradle and directs the tiny feet in the way they ould go. ag I hative it was Abraham Lincoln who said, “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” So Key West mothers, let’s keep up the good work. Our children can then become a credit to us, our na- tion and best of all to God. A mother MRS. E. CURRY Navy people, you should realize that the native Key Wester is proud of his island home and his traditions. This is his heritage, PROTESTS PUBLICATION OF LETTERS Editor, The Citizen: This is: addressed to the Editors of the Citizen and to. the reasoning public, both Navy and civilian. The subject is the recent out- break ‘of Navy versus civilian were staying was being used as a “summer eamp” in view Jation of zoning laws. men do not patronize the tease joints, do not engage in the Duval Street brawis, in fact, know of these activities strip ... Ear To The Ground By JIM COBB A Ba BB NN My Mn i, Bin ni AB St a i i Vérte (Greene St.) to Sloppy Joe’s. We went in to order some fine. Joe Galaskas, genial proprietor . |of that establishment, was there to attend to our wants personally. “Give us two fines,” I said, try- ing to be blase about the order. “I’m fine too, what’ya want to drink?” Joe said. “Some fine,” said Sneigr. “You mean quinine, maybe with the |some gin?” Joe suggested. “T got fined $10 in city court last week,” commented a barfly. We left Sloppy Joe’s. After a hur- ried conference, we decided to try the Sand Bar, We were confronted by BB (the beauteous barmaid, otherwise known as Lynne Hambly). We asked for some fine. “What are you, a couple of wise guys?” she retorted. When we explained, our refer- ence to Mr. Hemingway reminded Lynne of an anecdote concerning the author’s last visit to Key West when he stopped in to see his old friends at Pepe’s Cafe. An argument developed. To put over a point, one of the debaters tapped Hemingway on the chest, just below the beard. “Stop beating around the bush,” Hemingway quipped. But Lynne had no fine. Many hours and several bars la- fer, we still had not obtained any ie. But Wwe had a fine time. - We heard the city has a fine and forfeiture fund. The city commis- ay. “What is this fine stuff?” I ask- “Some kind of drink,” Sneigr re- “Where can you buy it?” I in- Ike To Inspect Flood Control ‘Developments By GORDON G. GAUSS DENVER ® — A vast land where men fought to the death for water and one where surging floods have torn apart the works of maa will unfold before President Bisen- hower when he makes a four-state flight Saturday. Millions of dollars — ineluding federal funds — have been spent to channel churning streams of the region into giant irrigation and Power projects or to confine flood- waters behind dams to savé farms and towns. Billions of dollars will be needed to carry out other projects under discussion, some of which are arousing bitter controversy. The President’s flight, designed to give him a glimpse of reclama- tion and flood control develop- ments, will take him across Colo- rado, Wyoming, Nebraska and Kansas. Twice he will pass over the Continental Divide with peaks towering up to 14,000 feet, then will fly over deserts, grazing and high plains which usually much of the nation’s wheat. year some of the plains country is in the drought disaster area. ‘Reclamation officials and tary of Agriculture Benson will pe along to give Eisenhower briefings during the trip, which will cover nearly 2,000 miles. The President has scheduled 20- minute stops at Grand Junction, Colo.; Casper, Wyo.; and M Neb., during which he will plane is due to circle above isolat+ ed Dinosaur National e along the Colorado-Utah > where a proposed dam at Ethe Park on the Green River has stirred nationwide debate, The dam would be a key unit of the proposed billion-dollar upper Colo- rado River storage program but would inundate a wilderness which “Any-bar—I guess,” said Snéigr. “Let's try some,” I suggested. slowly down the Rue sion has the money sét aside for themiselves to buy fine. Maybe they'll give us some. is to be expected — it will raise . | the taxes. The idea of the annexation plan was thought of in the mg that it al ‘ity to zone that area 4 “a Woe some 30-odd miles of apptéaches to Key West from be- coming the Stock Island type of scenery. Key West has the warmest wea- ther of the’nation in the winter time. It ‘averages about ten de- grees higher than Miami. With pro- per thoughtful development, Key West could easily become the tour- ist metropolis of the South. On the subject of the merging of the city and county tax assess- ment offices, I have no opinion that I wish to express. My advice to the people, is not to listen to anyone’s opinion on the subject. Instead of listening to opinions, I would suggest that interested par- ties pick up various property a- bout town — then go down and see what assessment has been assign- ed. This should tell you if the pow- er to assess should be in the hands of one man, The state statute says that pro- perty will be assessed at 100 per cent of the value. It does not say that 1929 or 1936 will be the basis. To obtain a real opinion, try for example, to find the selling price of land along the boulevard and compare it with the assessment. In the analysis of tax theory, assessments should rise or fall with the value of property. 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He will cross the Continental Di- vide to Aspen, taking a look at the proposed 176-million-dollar Frying pan-Arkansas diversion project, approved by the Senate this year but allowed to die in the House, | Site Of Catholic Congress To Be Developed Soon RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil w#— two million Roman Catholic pil- grims next July, doesn’t yet exist. It is still part of beautiful Guanabara Bay, around which Rio de Janeiro spreads. Before next June municipal and church authorities hope to fill in more than 131,000 square yards of land in the bay, only a short dis- tance from the heart of the city. Here the pilgrims will meet and pray before a gigantic altar of Brazilian wood. The reclaimed area — ultimately to stretch for 1.2 miles along the shore — will eventually bé a site for highways, parks and housing developments. COOPERATION PACT GUATEMALA (@-—The United States and Guatemala signed an agreement yesterday for technical cooperation under the Point Four program. 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