The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 30, 1954, Page 4

Pege 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, November 30, 1956 The Key West Citizen Fabled Soy, cey, Sunde) trom The item Buding, comer ot “Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Menroe County ee L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ...-ccccccsss-ccscsensen 1921 = 1954 —_——————————— NORMAN D. ARTMAN comenmmernrnnnnne Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associa’ entitled to use for or not otherwise Press is exclusiv. of all news itches credited arin oa ne Glspatches cried to Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $13.20; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ———— ‘The Citizen is an ‘open forum and invites discussion of and subjects. of local or general interest, but it” wil we’ anonymous communications. issues publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN M Hotels and ts, Beach and Ba’ fieviion. . Airports—Land a. Consolidation of County and Governments. Community Auditorium. be ‘SAYS U. S. S. R. HAD BIG BOMB LEAD Two journalists are now releasing a book entitled “The Hydrogen Bomb,” which contends that the United States — at one time — lagged as many as four years behind Russia in the race to produce a hydrogen bomb. ‘They lay much of the blame for U. S. inaction on atomic scientist Robert Oppenheimer, and on confusion in the Pentagon. The book tells the story of Russia’s first explosion of an H-bomb, which came in August of 19538. The auth- ors claim the Russians exploded their first droppable H- bomb some six months before the United States had a similar weapon. A reassuring feature of the book is the contention that the United States has regained the lead in the hydro- gen bomb and aircraft-carrying capacity race. But the authors predict the Russians will have a long-range jet air force capable of delivering H-bombs in wholesale numbers on the United States within two or three years. If this latest prediction is to be rated with most of the predictions concerning Russian ability to produce ‘weapons, then the Russians might well have such a fleet in being in the next twelve months. Generally speaking, the Russians come up with weapons about twice as fast as U. S. experts expect them to. The significant part of the book, however, is the fact that the Russians — starting years after the United States did — produced a droppable H-bomb before we did. This is an astounding achievement and it means that the United States was in grave danger for a con- siderable period of months — if the report is accurate. ‘We in America are sometimes too cocksure about our industrial know-how and one day this could lead to de- ' feat in a major war if we are not very careful or very lucky. The majority is not necessarily right, A compliment remains the bést way of insuring ¢é& operation, \ | Politics is the art of blowing up issues to collect the most votes possible. The end of the world will arrive on time, so don’t be bothered with predictions. Accidents on our highways will continue as long as automobiles operate, but they can be greatly reduced by more careful driving. : Whether the United States has reached maturity as a nation will be seen in the next few years — when we will demonstrate to the world whether we learned any- thing from our isolationism between the world wars. a FICTATT STE TATE IMAISMEBIOIRIOUIRIE| Crossword Puzzle STP RC ORO ACROSS 31. Steep RE PRRORISE ARIE SMmMIOIE MM AIDE — BATERAN 46. Not tight 50. Joined 51. Poem 52. Perfume 53. New-born lamb 64. East Indian weight 5S. Gleamed 28. Ceremony 34. Throw off the track 37. Animal This Rock oe Tomorrow is the 1st of Decem- ber and another winter season is almost up ~ us. How time does fly! Many vacationers are already in town. ‘The formal opening of the Casa Marina is generally accepted as the beginning of our winter sea- son. This year, the Casa Marina will open Dec. 18 — a little earlier than usual. In the meantime, the Key West- er is already forging full steam ahead with its schedule. H. G. Phillips, the general manger, is a friend of mine. He tells me that the hotel is making big plans for a complete social program. Since many Key Westers partake in these activities, you might enjoy hearing about these plans., (At least it will give “This Rock” a chance-.to scoop Sue Jones and her Society Pagel) ee “Weil hive an experienced Di- tector Guest Activities,” says Phillips. “The dining room is be- ing expanded to permit private din- hers and banquets for groups to fifty persons; there’ll be free mov- ies, dancing, card parties, style shows and treasure hunts; and of course, the Pool and Cabana Club will be open as usual.” Charles Martin Sport fans might be interested to know that Charles Martin form- er Olympic Diving Champion, is now managing the Key Wester pool. Martin is from Miami Beach and for two years he starred in the Sam Howard Water Follies. He plans to have water shows and carnival nights here in Key West — a novelty as well as another much - needed form of entertain- ment for this town. If we can just keep these kind NEW YORK, #—In the jargon of the astrologer the stock market is | now in the sign of the Internal | Revenue Service. | Of Ours By -Bill Gibb of improvements coming into Key West, eventually perhaps, we can lick the complaint problem of lo- cal residents and tourists regard- ing recreation. Our weather at- tracts vacationers but too ofen, borédom drives them away! What's This? Latest thing in my mail bag is a ‘folder urging me to contribute to SAVE, (Sovereign American Volunteer Emissaries). Seems that, according to SAVE, we should all “petition our president and our con- gress to get our Christian Ameri- ca out of the atheistic United Na- tions and the United Nations out of the United States. . .” “You can SAVE America —. be a card carrying American,” the literature advises. What kind of tom-foolery is this? And how many suckers are there in this country who will contribute money to such an unkown cause? The address on the card is Sa- pulpa, Okla. I’ve never heard of the place. Have you? doa GOOD TU Wall,” Business Mirror By Sam Dawson their profits a matter of record, also for tax purposes. A third group who may be active, both as sellers and buyers, Will be! doctor 38. Kind of This is the time of year that stock |SoOme managers of portfolios of | traders sell — and buy — with in-| Stocks — their own or those they | Watch ur ‘TEETH! (One ofa series of articles Prepared by the Florida State Dental Society and published by The Citizen as a service to this community). HOW TO SAVE YOUR CHILD‘S TEETH The American Dental Associa- tion makes these recommendations to help you save your child’s teeth: Keep the eating of sugar and candy down to a minimum. The high consumption of sugar is @ main cause of tooth decay which afflicts more than nine out of ten children. Dental scientists say that dental decay is caused mainly by acids produced by the fermentation of sugar in the mouth. See that your child cleans his teeth thoroughly with toothbrush after each méal — or “snack” — when possible. Tooth decay can be greatly reduced simply by brush- ing and rinsing the teeth imme- diately after eating.” The child should use a tooth- brush as soon as all his first teeth are in place. Provide your child with early and regular dental attention, to prevent serious dental problems later on. In younger children, neg- lect can make for grave defects when the second teeth appear. The U. S. Navy buys more than 20,000 flags a. year. \the stock averages made a new |high for the year and you'll find that a few individual stocks were ing new lows for the year. Traders who guessed wrong on them would have a loss to report for tax purposes. To do this the traders could make a simple sale and the loss is 37. Business getters 39. Book of maps “} 40. Orchestral instrument 41. Bone of thearm . 42. Numerica) come tax returns in mind. The new factor will color the market picture, already compli- cated by the entry of the public as an important buying element — an entry.which traditionally stimulates buying, and worries some profes- Profit taking also is an obvious factor’of weight in the stock mar- ket. Those who prefer a bird in the hand have been selling to cash in on the g: of the exuberant post- election market. Their selling has slowed down markedly. but not halted, the upward surge of prices. To this and to the newly em phasized interest of the public —| as always, on the bullish side — must now be added the-selling of those who want to establish losses for tax purposes, or those who for | reasons of their own want to make’ control — who may.be switching|, matter of record — for matters from stocks which have had of tax reporting they can’t buy this notable price gains into others! same stock back for 30 days. If which haven’t joined the upward | they still have faith fn the stock, surge as yet and therefore may| as often is the case, and want to promise better yields. | retain their holdings, they have an- All of these cross-purpose factors should make the daily performance of the stock market in the next four weeks particularly ~interest- ing. The amount of stock trading for tax purpose this year end has the brokers perplexed. At first glance, | i there wouldn’t seem to be many losses to be established, so steadily upward has been the main course | of stock market this year. Since} September 1953, for example the in- dustrials as a group have added 50 per cent to their collective mar- ket value. But look at any recent day when other course. They.can buy an equal number of shares of the stock. They must wait 30 days and then sell their original holdings for pgp gO gT they'll be sorry. Selling to establish a profit could be for two reasons. Either the own- er prefers to pay the tax on the capital gain this year rather next, or he has losses on r tal holdings which offset Tesult — no tax, 4 Navy Housing Areas Evacuated In Storm Path HONOLULU «@ — Torrential Honolulu Sunday night and fore- ed the evacuation of portions of four Navy housing areas and the closing of a main highway. In seven hours the rainfall ranged from 8.65 inches at Lihue, coastal town on southeastern Kauai Island, to 5.6 inches at Barbers Island, The rain was considerably heavier in the mountains, The 14th Naval District PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the Fight to delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on ene side Signature of the writer must accompany the be published unless reavested otherwise. of the pa; ly. letters ‘and will % should be IS IT RIGHT? Editor, The Citizen: Do you or the: Humane Society have a solution to what is considered pet etiquette? My brother has a beautiful white dog. He keeps it Point Naval Air Station on Oahu tied to a heavy log all day long. It tries to play around the yard, but the log is so heavy he almost breaks his heck said 90| tring to drag it. He won’t allow his little girl to go near families were evacuated from the | it. He feeds and waters it, but never plays with it or gives it any freedom, although it is the type of dog that would be a fine companion for any child. Across the city my sister lives. She has a shiny black dog which she professes to love. She bathes and brushes his shaggy hair, feeds him, and then he is a forgotten pet until meal time comes around angain and bath day. He runs the streets, barking happily at cars and bicycles, nipping at children’s heels and dirtying neigh- bors lawns. Making a general nuisance of himself. Mean- while endangering his life while running at large. Both dogs bark far into the night, I am told, which disturbs people no end. Both owners firmly believe they Barbers Point housing area and 14 from three naval housing units néar Pearl Harbor. NEW YORK (®—When you have a new baby in the house, the vet- eran’ parents among your friends are always warning: “Yes, they’re wonderful when they’re helpless and completely de- pendent on you. But wait until they learn to walk. Then you'll never know a moment’s peace. They just become little terrors. Well, Tracy Ann, who came to our house to live when she was five weeks old, has now passed her 17th month birthday. She walks and climbs like crazy, try- ing each hour to explore and ab- sorb all the wonders and knowledge in the whole wide world. And while life with her is admittedly less peaceful, it grows more won- de each passing golden day. ' Nothing makes a grownup appre- ciate the commonplace miracles of our daily lives—mitacles to which time has dulled us—than to watch a child discover them one by one. Take a simple thing like shad- ows, for example. The morning Tracy discovered she could wave her hands in the bright sunlight and make moving shadows on the wall she went wild with excite- ment, When the sun went behind a cloud and the shadows ceased, she complained bitterly What had gone wrong in the world? She can imitate a lamb, a dog, a cow, and an Indian princess—this she does by patting her lips and letting out war whoops. But her actual vocabulary consists of four words—mama, dada, pa-pa, and no. Although Frances and,,I., have avoided saying. “no” , to,,.her. much as possible, she. picked , up! the woff (we like to think) from her little friends in the playground for small. fry in our ~apartment development, a playground Which | the young mothers generally refer to as “The Snake Pit.” . “No! No! No! No!’? she say: striding about like a Hollywood) producer. And like a Holl producer she often says “no” wi she really means “yes.” It is almost frightening to see the speed with which a child’s personality develops, forming swiftly into a pattern. that will probably last a lifetime. Already we know that Tracy is intelligent but stubborn, that physical punish- ment has no effect upon her but that she is kind, has a strong sense of duty and a deep need for loving approval. ’; She dislikes sudden noises, but will go up and throw her small arms fearlessly around the neck of the biggest, loudest barking dog. She loves colorful flowers but has learned to pet them, not de- stroy them. She is passionately fond of all animals and birds, and breaks into a crooning love chant when she sees them. When in moments of childish re- bellion against going to bed she has struck out at her mothem we have found the best way to"deal with the situation is to tell her quietly, “Tracy, don’t hurt mom- my.” Her eyes swim with instant tears. But personal pain she bears with almost stoic fortitude. When she fell and scraped her shin and saw her own blood for the first time, she came and showed the wound to Frances, but never cried at all. | No child her age ever tried harder to learn the arts of a housewife. Tracy wants to help her mother cook, serve meals, do the dishes and darn stockings. Somewhere in America there is} a runny-nosed, dirty-cheeked lit- tle boy growing up. I wonder what | are doing the right thing. Will somebody settle their problem? PUZZLED will be years before there is an end to segregation in American public schools. The Supreme Court, ruling last May that public school segrega- tion is unconstitutional and must end, left unanswered for the time being the two key questions: how and when? The court now can’t attempt 1 give the answer before far into next year. Even then, judging from the court’s careful slowness in handling the segregation prob- lem, it is unlikely to call for over night action. The court doesn’t have to follow the views of President Eisenhower and Atty. Gen. Brownell but no doubt will consider them. Both last week eame out for a careful and gradual solution as against a sud- den one. And those Southern states which have given their opinions to the court have called for a gradual approach as a minimum, although Negroes. ‘have told the court they wantsegregation ended no later than September 1956. A-few, Southern states in exireme opposition to the court's ruling, particularly Georgia, may try the following -kind of device for thwart- ing any final effort of the federal government to end segregation at all: End their present public school system and substitute another kind—for instance, private asso- ciations—to keep white and Negro children separate. The Georgia voters approved such a plan. in the Nov. 2 elections. And Georgia’s Gov. Talmadge has said: “Segregation in Georgia, will not be ended at any time.” The Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools. An arrangement like Georgia’s, sup- ported by public tax money, would be in effect a public school system under another name. Or would it? Some lawyers here foresee, be- fore there could be an answer to that question, a fight all the way up through the federal courts again to the Supreme Court, a fight which would take more years. Although the court was first asked in December 1952 to outlaw segregation, it didn’t give its opin- ion until May 17, 1954. This by itself was clear evidence it under- stood the magnitude of the prob- Key West In Days Gone By November 30, 1934 Light and power rates of the Key West Electric Company are being readjusted and effective to- Gant lec tt? The World Today By James Marlow WASHINGTON (#—It probably | lem and the need for care in solv- ing it. The problem is not one but many: the intense and ancient racial prejudices that must ‘be softened or compromised; -+the planning required in combining schools and school districts; fi- nancing; redistributing white and Negro teachers. The court could have laid down the rules on how and when segre- gation had to end when it said in May public school segregation is unlawful. But it wanted the bene- fit of the views of those most closely connected with the issue. It asked the states involved and attorneys for the Negro groups fighting segregation to explain, in briefs filed with the court this fall, what they thought should be done. The briefs were filed. The states proposed the take-it- easy course and the Negroes wanted desegregation accom- plished by the fall of 1956. The last brief, from Brownell’s Justice Department, was given the court last Wednesday. That was one day after Eisen- hower had talked to a news con- ference of the need for a solution carefully arrived at. No doubt be knew what Brownell was going to tell the court the following day. Like Eisenhower, Brownell set no deadline for ending public school segregation: It should be —_ as “quickly as feasible,” he aid. . And he proposed the high cout allow the judges in the federal districts courts in those states which have segregation—to work out the details, and the timetable, with state and school officia:s. The court had intended, after getting the written briefs, to let the attorneys on both sides argue before the court in December. Now the court has postponed those arguments until sometime, date still unset, when it has a full bench to hear them. The nine-man court now has one vacancy and Eisen- hower’s appointee for the job, John Marshal Halran, is not slated for a Senate vote on his confirmation until next year. After hearing the arguments the court will consider them, perhaps ‘for months, before finally giving a decision on how and when segre- gation must end, a decision which may not come before next June. erage reduction of 20 per cent in rates will be put into effect, Bas- com L. Grooms, president of the company, announced today, Charles C. Mitchell, who was a candidate in the primaries for U. S. Senator from Florida, will ar- rive in Key West early next year and expects to speak before the local Rotary Club. morrow, what amounts to an av- |i