The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 27, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 = =THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ee he Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) from The Greene and Ann Streets. % — Monday, September 27, 1954 Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County —— L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher coves 1921 + 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN wu Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter ibe TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-562 Momber of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively ertitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and al: pe rouroraes Paper, and also the local news pub- al mber Associate Dailies of Florida nm (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 RiiSING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION Yhe Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. a eee IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. - Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land aud Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. —————————— THE RACE FOR WORLD PEACE Chinese Communist leader Mao TseTung recently gave Clement Attlee, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, a four-point program for “peace.” The four points all involved the United States. The first point was that the United States withdraw its Seventh Fleet from Chinese waters. The second was that the United States cease immediately its efforts to rearm Japan. The third was that the United States should cease to rearm Germany. The fourth point was that the British should also orient their policies along these lines. If this is done, Mao said, the result will be “world peace.” This statement tips off the international hand involved in Mao’s conversations very clearly. Oxdinarily, Mao would not be concerned with the rearming of West Germany. But the Communists realize very well — better than some of the free peoples of the world — that the key to the survival of the Western democracies in the next few years might well be the resurgence of Japan and Germany. Knowledge of this situation is what is behind des- perate Chinese attempts to get the United States out of the Far East. The Communists hope they can make pro- gress in both Germany and Japan, when and if the United States’ military forces are withdrawn from these coun- tries. The key test of the U. S. foreign policy will be whether it can succeed in rebuilding both Germany and Japan into strong anti-Communist countries. The delicate period of years will be those in the immediate future, for U.S. forees will then be pulling out and the German and Japanese rearmament programs will be getting under- way. The struggle between Democracy and Communism will certainly center in these countries in the next three or four years, and keeping this in mind, one can under- stand much of the propaganda battle, such as that being carried on by Mao and other Communists in all parts of the world. Advertise your business in any way you want to, but advertise it! ey The average individual just takes it for granted that he knows a good deal. The people who take their work seriously are usually the ones who have the permanent jobs. Smear tactics have certainly reached a new high in ordinary political and publicity proceedings, If the New York Yankees do not win the pennant in the American League this year, a lot of people will not recognize the World Series for what it is. Puzzle 29. Abundant 30. Sun god 31. Grows le severe 33, Article TOSSWOr ACROSS 1. Harvest goddess 4. Palm cockatoo 9. Explosiy device DEI EITIE|S] EIRMSITIRIE! 12. College HOW DOES IT ADD UP? 2££444444444444 I am in a perfect frame of mind | to write a column on fluoridation. ; I just had a tooth pulled. I've had considerable trouble with my teeth and I admit to be- ing a rank coward about visiting} the dentist. As followers of this column well| know, I have been steadfast—but | not biased—in my belief that) fluoridation of the Monroe county! percentage of them are in favor| Jt sounds like a crazy man’s water supply would be of great; benefit to Key West. I have not} based my arguments on informa- tion of my own. I don’t have the technical background to gather such information. But I have taken the trouble, unlike some of my critics, to obtain data from Professional | sources. My stand, on the surface, has not been a popular one. Rather, it has met with critical} response from many Key Westers. | But I refuse to change my stand. | I'll repeat a statement I made earlier in this column: I have yet) to hear the first valid argument| against fluoridation. | When a_ particularly hot! series of letters concerning my| stand on the question reached the! editor Friday, I decided to stop| over and see Dr. Delio Cobo to discuss the fluoridation question with him. Ihave been going to him for some time for dental work. | Several weeks ago I had an} abcessed tooth. My face swelled up like a balloon. Dr.'Cobo said it was not the time to extract the tooth. He told me to get some penicilin and to come back and have the tooth pulled when) the swelling was reduced. It took a couple of days for the swelling to go down—but then | The Ground By JIM COBB A2eeeenesrea, stone none Stop down to the office and I'll show you some of the most ridicu- lous literature you've seen. You'll be amazed at some of the claims, made by obviously irresponsible people, that have reached my desk, Mad Slayer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (#—While | police sought a frenzied slayer, funeral services were scheduled to- day for 4-year-old Stephen Gold- berg, who died with his pretty teen-age sitter Saturday night in| a savage knife assault. Friends of slain Lynn Ann! Smith, 14, were questioned by au- thorities yesterday on the theory she and the Goldberg youngster, son of a well-to-do wholesale meat dealer, might have been stabbed | to death by someone who knew the young sitter. Medical examiner W. AR. | Chapin said there was no evidence | |that Miss Smith had been attacked | sexually. A torn fingernail and a wrist bruise indicated the teen- ager battled frantically with her assailant. Both Miss Smith and young A local dentist told me that he has been querying his patients on the question. An overwhelming of the plan. Which would indicate that those who believe the experts, are not | writing letters to the editor. Those “ete found by the slain young who refuse to go along with the medical men, are making all the noise. xk *& & And another of my critics wants that I should go to New York and get a dose of fluoride. The writer of the letter is, I happen to know, a member of Polio Prevention, Inc., the in- famous organization dedicated to spreading the fallacy that a certain soft drink causes polio. Their leader, Duon Miller, of Coral Gables, was indicted for messing around with Uncle Sam’s mail. Need I say more? x wk * The American Dental Association Journal has an interesting report on fluoridation in Bra.tford, On- tario, a city just the size of Key west. Their city fluoridation in 1944, years, an extremely scientific study showed that there council adopted have been no ill effects and that] After eight | detailed | Goldberg were stabbed about 20 jtimes in the back and cut about jthe chest, Chapin said, adding: work. Only a maniac would do a thing like this.’’ | The bodies of the two victims ster’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ber- nard Goldberg, when they returned from a night out. Stephen's 6-year- old brother, Robert, slept unharm- ed in a rear bedroom. Police, who ruled out robbery as a possible motive, said their {one tangible clue is a girl’s hat found on the Goldberg’s front side- | walk, They questioned several girls | |in an attempt to establish owner- | ship, Funeral services for Miss Smith, a ninth grade pupil who lived |around the corner from the Gold- | bergs, will be held Tuesday after- noon at Emmanuel Congregational Church. \Retired Admiral ‘Still Exploring | BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine, | (?—Rear Adm. Donald B. Mac-| Millan, 79-year-old explorer, re- turned only yesterday from_his| 30th trip to the far north, but -?- | ready is making plans for another voyage there next year. In the three months since he! sailed from here, MacMillan said his 81-foot schooner at times bucked winds of 120 miles an hour |tensive study of fluoridation be- | PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen weicomes expressions of the views of its read- but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be oublished unless reavested otherwise. DO THEY WANT IT? Editor, The Citizen: Now, now, Mr. Cobb. Your POTPOURRI is bubbling over. If New York City adds sodium silica fluoride, as you bulletinized September 23rd, that ain't sayin’ they want it. That’s sayin’ someone’s been doin some high- falootin’ propagandizin’, sho nuff! Peers mighty strange to me why the fluoridation urgers don’t tell these folks with bad teeth that adc fluorides won’t help ’em. The stuff ain't gonna ¢ toothaches fer nobody! Shore strange how these peopl get such idees. YE OLDE H. V. B. P. O. Box 642 September 23, 1954 Key WHY SHOULD THEY DECIDE? Editor, The Citizen: Why should a group of city commissioners get togeth er and decide on fluoridation of our water supply, with- out the consent of we, the people, who have to drink i? It has not been scientifically proved that fluorine does | not cause ill effects, and the children of yesterdzy never drank it and their teeth remain good. If ill effects are liable, then these city officials will have a heavy burden to carry. They may approve this plan and put this fluorine in | our water but it doesn’t mean we have to drink it. They still sell bottled water, you know, and I, for one, will use | it instead of drinking their contaminated water. THEY DIDN’T WAIT Editor, The Citizen: On September 1ith, the wife of a assured me that fluoride is not being added to Key West water because her husband was adding it himself for their children. My sympathy was aroused by Mrs. E. Currie’s let- | ter in last night’s People’s Forum. How could I help her in her urgent need for the treatment of her teeth and those of her children? Dr. Arthur B. MacWhinnie, of Seattle, has been pre- scribing fluorides without charge to his regular patients who believed, as he does, that fluorides will reduce dental caries. The product of greatest utility appears to be a quick dissolving tablet containing 1 milligram of sodium fluoride which can be added to a glass of any liquid the drinks and he has received his daily dose. This morning, the writer discussed the availability of this and similar products with four of the five local pharmacies. Strangely enough not one knew about them but all expressed great interest and the desire to have a stock for dispensing on prescription by the local dentists. Mrs. Currie and other Key Westers need not wait for the approval of fluoridation by the city, county and state. W. A. DOUGLASS Key West, Florida September 23, 1954 PEOPLES FORUM MORE QUESTIIONS Key West who have come here with numerous ailments and com- plaints such as rheumatism, arth- ritis, ete. They have come to Key West for the healthful climate and ‘‘clean, unadulterated” water. These same people will seek other places where the water is pure |} as God intended it should be, not Editor, The Citizen: I request that this letter be Published in the people’s forum pursuant to Mr. Jim Cobb’s biased handling of the fluoridation question. | Mr. Cobb takes the cynical | attitude that fluoridation -s fine, he says so.The aluminum industry says so. Fluorine, the kind used in artificial fluoridation, is a by- product of aluminum. If the | aluminum industry can sell their sludge, why throw it away? Then he goes on to say that our doctors | say it is alright to add fluorine to | the water, so why should we say otherwise. It has been proven | that he put words in the doctors’ mouths, they had to issue a state- | ment to the press refuting what | he printed. The average doctor | and dentist has not made an in- sound health principles. and vigor of youth and, th E serves more a antly: of the bod. ing are nc cause they have their own private | naval officer | |Russia May pen Frontiers ia may paring to open Ks v: fron- s to foreign tourists “Two vice president of Intour- attend our ninth general in London * the Interna cates they a step they Union's a brought sev- »usand foreign travelers to ericans visited urist before the war. it groups were school teachers. Intourist did not encour- | age tips by individuals to Russia, jbut many of them went anyway, | The Soviets once advertised a two. | week _ bear. hunting holiday for | about $280 L Russia the Communist the Communist said negotiations were under way to open Intour- ist’s bureau here but so far nothe {ing has happened, January Worker i i (Yes poisoned, Mr, even if you don’t like the Sodium fluoride is poison, so on the containers it “Poison Cob! | word) jit | comes in says and it is added to the bs ater it makes the water ed “poison- I am a “Conch” and proud of jit I am a young woman with \three children in the age bracket that would be benefited (7) by | artificial fluoridation, but I say | this, I am depending on my child rens’ diet to prevent dental caries, not rat poison Mr. Cobb says in so man* words (1 do’ not have the copy of the Citizen to quote it verbatim) | “Hurrah for New York, they’re go- jing to put fluorine in their water, |they’re really smert, they know what's good for them.” Yes, hurrah for New York if they do | get smart in time like Key West has to get up in arms and stop |this mass medication they are trying to shove down our throats. And if they do put fluorine in the water without a referendum, it will be shoving it down our throats. Stand up and fight Conchs—we cheered baseball team on to vie- tory, and now we're out there on Friday nights cheering our foot- ball team on to victory, so now let's again stand together and fight as a Whole to keep our water clean and pure. Let's not be fooled, the Navy has said (it was in the newspapers) that they | will not add fluorine to the water | without the consent of the City | Commissioners. And who is the jcity commission? We are. Every one of us, they were elected by us | to represent us in all matters and \if we stand up and say “no | fluorine” it will be their duty to | vote as we say And to Mr. Cobb all I can say ,is this, if you think it is so wond- erful that New York is going to get fluorine, I suggest that you go buy yourself a pennant that reads “Hurrah for fluorine” and go to New York and help the others wave it Yours for clean, pure w.ter. Mrs. C. S$. | HEALTHFUL LIVING AFTER 40 If you are approaching or have passed 40, it will be well to study these rules, for they are based on long experience and Remember that your body after 40 loses some of the newness e, more than ever before it de- ttention and more care. Here are some suggestions to help you live more abund- | . 1,—Don’t tamper with the acid-alkaline balance y. The catch phrases of advertis- > substitute for a doctor’s advice. Don’t be misled by such expressions as “acid there has been | practices and we know that they on the trip to within 11 degrees of| are kept more than busy at it. |the North Pole. |But there are many many other | cheer 13. Grinding a reduction in among elementary stomach,” “acid indigestion,” “acid condi- stomach is normally acid. WISILIE) SIETTEIE mt ARIE BER aCIRIY| GIEJMMESINIETEIR EH] LE ¥ I made the discovery that I just dental caries Bp Chinese did not have the fortitude to go : secret socic |» ‘orrode dents Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle 54. Coax 6. Indian $5. Beam mulberry DOWN 7. Black bird 1. Danish 8. Dry money 9.Nep 2. Chum 10. Bother 3. Protect 11. By 4. So be it 16. Fill out, 38. Quiets 20. American Indians 21, Poorest 22. State of the Union 23. Honey 25. Braid 26. Transmits 28. Of that girl 29. Consumed 31. Was furious 32. Clear gain 35. Whole 3, Ofer to buy 44. Aval 46. Burdened 49. Paddle 50. Above: prefix 62. Blunder 53. Brood of pheasants 3. Chess pieces Parts of the mouth 27. Strange 28. Fowl 42. Repose 43. Caliber 44. Male ch 45. Ballad 46. French article 47, Period 48. Parched A. Ded back and have that tooth pulled. I've been putting it off ever since. You'd be surprised if you knew how many excuses I invented to avoid having that tooth pulled. But Saturday, when I went up to talk to Dr. Cobo about fluorida- tion, I did a surprising thing—l asked him to pull that molar. It was a spur of the moment decision, arrived at during a moment of false courage. It wasn't bad at all. I feel pretty proud of myself. When I sat down in the chair, I said: “If I'd had the benefit ° | partment his fluoride when I was a child, probably wouldn’t be sitting in this chair now, would I, Doc?” “No, you probably wouldn't,” Dr. Cobo replied. x ik & H. V. B. says that New York City is going for fluoridation be- cause of an effective propaganda campaign. Tl say one thing, H. V. B., school children of 39.2 per cent.! Isn't that worth the price—just seven cents per year, per person? x oe * As a windup, we are reprinting in full, the following editorial from the Atlanta Journal |NEW YORK TAKES STEP TOWARD FLUORIDATION New York City is on the way |to giving its millions of children |the benefit of fluoridation as a tooth-decay deterrent. The New York City Health De- strongly recom- | mended the step after studying all aspects of the subject. Spokes- jman for the health department pointed out that virtually every major health agency in the nation! has endorsed fluoridation as com- pletely safe and effective, | The resolution of endorsement | read: “The Department of Health ree- ommends that the fluoride content |of the New York City water sup- “Never had anything like it for) gaies and foul weather,” said Mac- | Milian, but that makes it the more | \interesting. I’m planning to go! back next year.” | LOCUST DRIVE SET ROME, Sept. 25 (®—The Middle | | East's locusts are going to catch , it in November. A task force of 50 fiéld officers, 1,400 men, 200 jeeps and several light planes will attack the locust breeding grounds in the Arabian peninsula with poison baits and dusts. Thirteen nations have pledged almost 1% million \dollars for this new effort by the Food and Agriculture Organization to wipe out the crop destroyers. health of the citizens of New York City.” Chicago and Philadelphia are in- | stalling fluoridation equipment, as are 400 other communities includ- jing Thomasville and Griffin in |} Georgia. Soon they will join the more than 1,000 cities in which |the tooth decay protection is al- | T’ve delved into this question pret-|ply be adjusted to the optimum | ready a fact. Baltimore, Pitts ty thoroughly and the campaign/level to inhibit the incidence of| burgh, San Francisco, Minneapolis, being waged to put fluoridation dental caries. Fluoridation is the the District of Columbia, Rochest. doctors, dentists, and chemists | (even outside of Mr. Douglass) | who have been interested in the | fluoridation problem in all its phases, good and bad, and have come to the conclusion that arti- ficial fluoridation “isn’t what it’s cracked up to be’; that the price of a child’s tooth (If artificial fluorine will save it) does not compensate for the ills and after- | effects that its ingestion will cause. Then here too is another angle | to consider. The city of Milwau- kee. Wisconsin, was taken at random to serve as the “average city” where artificial fluoridation is | used. It costs $78,000. for every | 650,000 Ibs. of artificial fluorine. | Of all the water that runs through the taps from the municipal water system, only one per cent will be used for drinking purposes; ninety- nine per cent will be used for the family car, watering the iawn, etc. | Of the one per cent that will be us-, ed for drinking, three tenths of | one per cent (3-10 of 1 per cent) will be drank by children under 14 | years of age (the age limit which | fluorine is supposed to help). So as Dr. Cobo says “‘it will be so acrgss is nothing compared to the most economical. practical and er, Milwaukee and Miami are on|ceap.” Will it? one being waged against it, ' effective way to improve the dental ithe list. There are many older people in DR. RADIN 2.—Use your knowledge to guard your your own doctor. Don't r of study, to be a good diagnostician req that you do not have t don't try to be Besides years a certain aptitude ly and calmly. mealt The hurried mea ime promote ill health ry during the mea and bickering dis- Don’t argue, get ex- cited, ¢ If you do, you will be Inviting n Bathe the bath leanse the iy, but important h hot and cold ba are stimulating ard should not be taken near bedtime. A moderately warm bath is more relaxing and, therefore, more conducive to sound sleep. 5.—Get plenty of sleep. If you have been a close observer, you know how many hours of sleep have been most refreshing to you. Make it a rule always to get that much sleep. Lack of sleep and rest can, in time, wreck the strongest person. 6..—Be moderate in all things Avoid extremes. Remember, good things overdone are evil. Eating, for example, is good be- cause it is necessary; but both overeating or undereating are detrimental to health. Always take the middle road between extremes, and life after 40 will be more healthful, more pro- ductive, and more satisfying to you. Follow these rules and enjoy healthful living after you reach 40. This article is published to interest you in beaater health by— DR. MURRAY RADIN, Chiropractic Physician 817 White Street Telephone 2-5619 re imary purpose of considerations are