The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 22, 1954, Page 5

Wilson Gets Deluge Of Saegiiiesons As Result of Bird Dog Vs. Kennel Dog Comment ®y ELTON C, FAY WASHINGTON w—Secretary of Detense Wilson is still answering letters from people who agree or disagree with his recent controver- sy-stirring comment on unemploy- meat, bird dogs and kennel dogs. He has received more than 2,100 and telegrams since Oct. 11, when in a Detroit news conference he off an uproar which demands from politicians for his resignation and, a few days later, an apology from Wilson for Y’ remarks, Bis friends say that of the ap- Proximately 2,100 letters and tele- grams received so far, over 1,750 have been favorable, slightly over 360 unfavorable, “Wilson is replying, with some- What different forms, but with a ‘yanscript of the pertinent part of news conference sent to all. transcript is a reproduction of one — ished rena newspapers, In the Detroit news conference, held while Wilson was on a speech- moking visit to two Midwest Re- publican hana the defense sec- work “‘is too serioous a to look at it as though it work and something to sh out ‘to keep: somebody busy.” recalled that about a year & group came into his office’ ssaid m4 poor in draft calls their area’s unem- ployment. He said he didn't sub- Fetdpy, ‘October 22, 1954. Free! --- One Week Only THE KEY WEST CITIZEN scribe to “the idea that a 19-year- old boy could be drafted and sent to Korea to be shot at and he didn’t have enough gumption to go 100 miles and get himself a job. Then he swung into the state- Ment upon which much of the sub- sequent controversy centered: « “I’ve got a lot of sympathy for people where a sudden change catches them—but I have always liked bird dogs better than kennel- fed. dogs myself—you know, one that will get out and hunt for food rather than sit on his fanny and yell.” By the following day, telegrams and letters were beginning to ar- rive at Wilson’s office, before the secretary had arrived back in Chicago. He apologized in the course of it, but said too his re- marks had been distorted by “‘left- wing” opponents. When the defense chief met re- porters at Washington Oct. 14 he said he hoped he was through cam- paigning. But he looked over his friends and decided: recently to make another sortie into politics, with a speech Oct. 29 at Dayton, Ohio. By the time he returned to Washington, his associates say, there were at least three new invi- tations to make political talks. Wil- son currently is making an-inspec- tion tour on the West Coast. In replying to letter writers who Page § -- Free! Buy One of Our Guaranteed Trade-In In Refri erators ~ Get katt O’ Sun o. mogenized Milk Delivered to YourD Door For One Month Free! SELECT FROM OUR STOCK OF GENERAL ELECTRIC, HOTPOINT, WESTINGHOUSE, vy anage TOR, AND OTHER MAK be Sizes Available! —° Ail Bargains! All Can Be On Easy Terms! Dion & Smith Tire Supply Duval and Olivia Sts. Phone 2-2000 Open Till 8:00 P.M. Monday Kenmore AUTOMATIC REFRIGERATOR WASHER Washes - Rinses - Wrings FULL 8-LB. 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Westermark, 60, obtained the de- cree on desertion grounds set forth in his cross complaint. She had filed a divorce suit but left for New York before the trial came up. .The couple married in Las Vegas, Nev., in 1946. She formerly was married to the late actor John Gilbert, BOAT FEARED LOST TOKYO (—A Japanese fishing boat with 25 crewmen aboard is feared lost after discovery of an oil slick on the water about 150 miles south of here, the coast guard said today. | | } | | \It Was A Good Idea, Anyway DETROIT (—Virginia Thomp- son testified yesterday she took the car keys away from her compan- jon ecause he was much too drunk to drive. “That,” said Traffic Judge John D. Watts, “‘was very commenda- ble, but you should have given the keys to a third person.” Then the judge ordered Miss Thompson to sit all day in his court for seven days—for driving while drunk herself. 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