The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 18, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST ciTIZEN % - Monday, October 18, 1954 — - The Key West Citizen eee ae a oe TR ARTMAN, Gdltor ond Publisher 1920 - 1954 NORMAN 0. ARTMAN "water cod Publicher Entered at West, Florida, ag Second Class Maiter ” TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-5662 Wamber of The Asvecited Pree— The ‘Associated Press is exclusively to use for of all news dispa' credit Be oot otherwise credited in this Yaper, ed erties Macias Member Associate Dailies of Florida er ee en a Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 soogageg eee ig 9 pom aes LL Bs esac ll Mdndas ia ned ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an forum and invites discussion of public issues and af toe: teooymons tommunieato Seneral interest, but it will not publish OVEMENTS FOR KEY WesT ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN He ; Consolidation of County and City Goveraments. CONTINUING FIGHT ON POLIO Basil O’Connor, president of the National Founda- tion for the Prevention of Infantile Paralysis, has just released the annual report of the foundation for 1958. O'Connor optimistically terms the sixteenth annual report as that covering a year in which the tide against the in- roads of polio turned. i Even as this report was released, however, in late September, polio was making tragic inroads in several sections of the country and crippling youngsters and older ‘people alike, for life, With this in mind, and the warning of O’Connor that the fight against polio is not yet over by any means, it is good to look at the National Foundation’s 1958 report on expenditures, The most interesting part of the financial account- ing given by the Foundation is the breakdown in expendi- tures of total funds collected. National. headquarters and chapters used total money contributed in 1958 in the fol- lowing mtages: More than 62 per cent of all moneys collected went for patient care. The next two largest chunks collected went to research and education, on the _ one hand, and to polio prevention, on the other. For both of these purposes, about thirteen and a half per cent of all moneys collected were expended in in 1953. These three phases of the fight against polio consumed over 85 per cent of all money collected. Administration expenses amounted to only 3.7 per cent, The 1958 report also shows the breakdown of cases reported in each state, the largest number of cases having occurred in California, However, the most cases occurring per’100,000 people —.in other words, the percentage of polio incidents —- shows that Minnesota, Montana and Arizona were the highest, The latest annual report on the Foundation’s battle against polio is encouraging and is what might be termed the “prelude to victory,” as President O’Connor suggests. Nevertheless, the dread disease eontinues to strike down citizens in every state, and readers are reminded the battle is a long way from being over, and further contributions and many years of effort are yet needed to defeat polio. The sugar drools of sports announcers leave us some- ‘what cold. It would be a nice world if everyone beh:ved like they acted in church, ay Our idea of hard work is not that performed by a movie or TV star — despite all the talk to the contrary. We suggest that the good ladies of this community stage fewer card parties and concentrate on more com- munity undertakings, AIL AIS! wil) aa IOIAI TI IH 4a ol ReMi UTS) Kita PEOPLE’S FORUM The welcomes of the views of its read- ers, but thevedlior reserves right-to delete any items are considered libelous or unwarranted. Tha writers should Ee ine macenrine the tatters te 200-gords and write en of the paper . Signature of the Write: lefters and will be published unless requested “MOTHER'S NUISANCES” Editor, The Citizen: Just because Mrs, F, C. Barker personally knows one of our so-called “Public Nuisances” she seems to. think Ob that. makes him less of a nuisance. Maybe in her eyes it does, but not mine! I certainly agree with Mrs. J, V. T. They are nuisances — maybe not “Public Nuisances” — but certainly “Moth- be Nuisances,” I wish something could be done about them. MRS. B. F. S. CAT LOVER REPLIES Editor, The Citizen; : In reply to “Bird Lover's” letter I should like to make a few observations of my own. Obviously this person has never owned a cat, or if they did they did not have enough interest in or love for the animal to teach it to be the wonderful pet cats can be. Cats are of no use to anyone? Obviously the Lord thought so when he saw fit to put them here. Cats are stupid? So are all‘creatures if not taught — even humans, Cats can be taught and trained if their owners are sufficiently interested to train them. And be- lieve me, all of us can learn from cats the qualities of pride, grace, cleanliness, independerice and affection all of which are deeply instilled in the most common of breeds. However, I do agree with “Bird Lover” in that cats should be kept on their owner's property as should all loved and wanted pets, Cats may, on occasion, destroy helpful and beautiful birds, a fact I also deplore, but, to balance the scales, they also destroy disease-carrying rats, mice, roaches and other undesirables. As an owner of two well-behaved and home-loving pets, I had to speak in their defense. To me, cats are much like people. They must. be trained to be of best service to their owner and all others. People who do not have the interest, time of patience to do this should not have pets. Sincerely, JOYCE ROBERTS, Cat Lover 167-8 Poinciana IN DEFENSE OF CATS Editor, The Citizen: In the “People’s Forum” of Wednesday, October 13, edition of The Key ‘West Citizen, another letter attacking cats was read with interest, which was signed “A Bird Lover.” “Bird Lover” made some statements not entirely based on fact when he or she (?) mentioned that “Cats are cruel creatures, no earthly good to anyone”. and “Birds eat the insects and are a big help to mankind, but cats are only a nuisance. You can’t even teach them any- thing.” Now, in behalf of “Sandy” who is a cat and a pet of mine, I would like very much to correct these misleading and incorrect statements concerning domesticated cats in general. Today, in spite of all the traps and poisons that man has invented, the cat remains the most effective de- stroyer of rodents, protecting granaries, cold storage vaults, decks, workshops, ships and stores. In England about 2,000 cats are on the government \payroll; an old law sets aside a shilling a week for each cat's food. It is the only small animal besides the mongoose which will do -| battle with a snake, and it destroys harmful insects. An ancient Egyptian picture shows it serving as a retriever for a huntsman. Agreed that their worst crime is destroying birds, but if people did not neglect their pets or turn them out to fend for themselves, fewer birds.would be eaten. Last, but not least, he is naturally the eleanest of animals. Hoping that this correction will be accepted in good grace by “Bird Lever,” I remain, Sincerely yours, WILL E, P. ROBERTS, SR. He Should Have Walked To Date ANTLERS, Okla, — David Impson, 20, knows now he should | have walked the 25 miles to Atoka to see his gifl friend, He would have been there now instad of in the Pushmataha Coun- ty Jail awaiting the outcome of three traffic complaints lodged Key West In Days Gone By against him by the highway pa- trol. Patrolmen caught him driving a wrecker that was towing a car, The wr.-ker belonged to a garage, and motorists complained that they had been forced off the highway and that the wrecker did not have lights. The charges — reckless driving, no driver’s license and molesting a parked vehicle, DRUNK GIVES COPS JITTERS WITH TALE .. OF EXPLOSIVE TRUCK HOUSTON —Police arrested a 20-year-old man on a drunk charge. The man told police they'd het- ter let him go. He said he'd left a truck containing 20 gallons of nitro- glycerin parked just outside the eity and that a slight jolt or failure of the cooling unit could cause a terrific explosion, The only explosion came hours later—after jittery pepe sheritt's deputies and state way patrol men failed to find the truck and the man admitted his stery was a hoax. OCTOBER 18, 1934 The FERA announced today it would cooperafe with the State Road Department in starting work on closing one of the aps in the Overseas Highway between Key West and the mainland. Henry Redkey, director of transient ser- vice, said a group of some 300 World War veterans brought to Florida from Washington recently would begin work late next week under the direction of Road De- partment engineers. There was an interesting and/ well-attended meeting of the Ro- tary Club held today with Sebas- tian Cabrera, Jr., vice-president, Presiding in the absence from the city of Eddie Strunk, president of the organization. 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