The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 = =THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, December 28, 1984 The Key West Citizen Published daily ( Greene and Ann Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County — and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ooo ssssneme 1921-1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusive entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited ok or not otherwise credited in this pa fished here, Paper, and also the local news pub- ecm) trom The Citizen Building, corner of 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 public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. NO “TEARS OF JOY” Dr. Sandor Feldmanx, associate professor of psychia- try at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, re- cently told the American Psychoanalytic Association that there is no such thing as “tears of joy.” Dr. Feldmanx said, in his opinion, tears of sorrow were the only tears, and sorrow the only reason for tears. Admitting that adults cry at “happy endings,” and admit- ting that there are many instances when people say they are crying because they are happy, Feldmanx said he be- lieved, nevertheless, that the tears are tears of sorrow. He gave an example ‘of the usual crying of parents at weddings, and said these tears were usually shed be- cause the parents were losing a daughter or son, and could no longer look out for, and protect, the youngster. Tears at the happy ending of a story or movie are | caused, not by joy, but by the release of repressions, ac- cording to Dr. Feldmanx. He pointed to the fact that children never cry at happy occasions as proof that adults tears can always be traced to some sad facts or circum- stances. Feldmanx said the probable reason for the crying of beauty contest winners was the realization that the title and glory was only a passing one. We agree with Dr. Felmanx, and suggest that the next time you find your- self “crying for joy,” you analyze the circumstances in- volved and see if you are not actually crying because of a realization that something pleasant is coming to an end, or for some other reason. M. I. T. TO SURVEY SOVIET SCIENTISTS Acting on the spur of recent reports that the Soviet - Union is graduating more than twice as many scientists each year as are being graduated in the United States, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently announced its intention of surveying the quality of Soviet scientists. The study, for which some $20,000 was allotted, is to ex- plore the comparative quality of Russian technicians. The New York Times, the newspaper which report- ed that Iron Curtain institutions are graduating more than twice as many scientists a year as are U. S. institutions, re- ports that preliminary investigations at M. I. T. indicates a study of Russian technical education is sorely needed. We hope the M. I. T. study will establish suitable standards for judging Soviet scientists against those pro- duced in the United States. If they are found to be com- parable in most fields, then recent reports that the Rus- sians are graduating twice as many scientists as we are will have to be viewed ina most serious light. Then there are people who listen avidly to the radio commercials, Life is full of hokum and bunkum and it is often a great job to recognize the truth. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1 Oceans 5. Existed 9. Line 12, Pallid 18, Declare 14. First woman 18. Dry 16. Dispos- sessed 18. Boxing rin; NI PRINIEIEOISINGIUIT| TIRIEIT AML [EAREMOIRIE| ISIEIPIAIL|SIMMOIAINIE [0] PER 110 NIDISMEE IE PIEIRI MRO ITIE] ICY RBAIRIOMA IOMBONVIEIRIAITE EIRIOIOIE (S| SIAIFIEISITI 38. Metal fasteners 39. Close again 40. Afternoon functions 42. Couples 44. Stammers 46. Therefore 50. Insect 51. Land Tmeasure 52. Destroy 52. Short- napped fabric 54. Greek letters 55. Summer shelter DOWN 1. Health resort 2. Hearing | || an LIEIA|SIE/D) EJNITIEIRIS! 4 20. Lairs 21, Joyous 24. Roman road 26. Nostrils 27. Gift 30. Burrow 31, Uneven 33. Never: Ger. +4. Disdained 36. Province in Peru 10. Baking chamber 11. Marries 17. Roman a 4. Dignified 5. Walked in water 6. Smooth 7. Mends 8. Blunder 9. Veneration 27. Seed hold 28. One of Columbus’ ships 29. River duck 32. Regard 35. Iron corrosion 37. State 39. Ascends 40. Former Russian ruler 41. Voleano 43. Irish expletive 45. To: Scot 47. Be sorry 48. Cotton- seeding machine 49. Canadian province abbr. THREF’S A CROWD This Rock Most of us only have:a few more days to enjoy life. Saturday mora-|. . ing we’ll be turning over that pro- verbial ‘new leaf’ and starting out the day with a list of resolutions about two miles long. We'll be un- happy until we’ve managed ‘o break these self-made promises — a period of time usually ranging from 12 to 24 hours. Did you have a’ nice Christmas? Before dawn of Christmas morn — (sée I’m a poet too!) — my wife kicked me out of bed, not to see Santa Claus but to take her to work, By the time I had gotten rid of her, I had to go to the Coun- ty jail to visit a friend who felt that being behind bars was a dis- tasteful way of spending the holi- days. After that, I really celebrat- ed — washing dishes! This idea of a wife working 1s fine, providing she can keep her husband up in the manner he is accustomed to. However, I’m just about to balk. Janet is either going to have to get me a maid or buyg paper dishes to eat out of because even a turkey feast isn’t worth all the work that is involved after- wards. The Puritans knew what they were doing when they forbade cooking on religious days. Speaking Of Jail Did you raise your eyebrows a moment ago when I said I had a Of Ours “By Bill Gibb friend in jail Christmas morning? -You shouldn’t have. . Jails cost the taxpayers a lot of money and they have to be used. . If they were used properly, you and I would probably spend the major poftion of our time in them. . .We all make mistakes. But what I wanted to point out was the fact that we have an out- standing group of law enforcement officers in the County. I’ve never met men who were more sympa- thetic or more anxious to perform their duties with a minimum of hardship to others than Watson Ro- per, Jim Wilder, Sidney Curry, and the other guys in the Sheriff's of- fice. While we’re bragging on police, it might not be out of place to compliment our municipal officers too, Last week a fellow blotched up the job of killing himself. City police were vigilant enough to dis- tinguish between what appeared to be drunkenness and the man’s true condition. They hospitalized him and called me. Now the guy is al- most pathetic in his gratefulness to- ward the Key West police depart- ment and I believe he would sock anyone who said anything a- gainst it. These are the kind of good items which can’t be put in the re- gular news — routine duties for either the County or City law ea- forcement officers, :* NEW YORK w—With a record) stallment payments starting next| waiting for them. Sponsors must Christmas out of the way—except| month, New Year’s Day may be | certify that employment and shel- for the bills which the merchants|a sobering occasion for many a|ter is available. will mail out next week—business- men today are after another rec- ord: Post-Christmas sales. Bargain sales are starting early in many of the nation’s stores. The big Chicago mail order houses have their midwinter sales day's Business Mirror By Sam Dawson consumer, Consumers _ plunked out—or agreed to pay later—17 billion dol- lars this month, according to Din & Bradstreet. This pushes Yule- tide spending to an all time high. And more expensive presents catalogues in the mails this week.!were bought—with auto dealets They are liberally studded with, happily rolling up new models be price cuts from the listings in the|fore many families’ doors. Fur fall general catalogues. | merchants say there were more Department stores are launch-|fur coats under Christmas treet ing their bargain sales early this year. Merchants are taking note | of the increasing custom of using | gift certificates or puttiag cash in family stockings. That means there are a lot of folk today with money burning | holes in their pockets. Many a retailer is eager to tap this flow of cash before it goes to a com- petitor. And Christmas sales volume showed that people had money to spend and were in a mood to spend it this year. More people than usual, how-/ ever, were putting the tab for ther this year than in the last five seasons, Bank clearings hit a record high—showing that not every shop- | per was asking merchants to put! it on the cuff. Money in circula- tion also went to a new high. Hopes that the business spurt will continue into next month are high. The biggest drag will be the ;usual post-Christmas rise in un- employment. But this increase may be held down some this time. The auto Refugee Law Checks Lauded By Rep. Walter By LEWIS GULICK WASHINGTON (#—Rep. Walter (D-Pa) Mon. praised immigration checks in the refugee law and de- fended R. W. Scott McLeod, whose administration of the act has been criticized by others. . Walter is second ranking Demo- crat on the House Judiciary Com- mittee and helped to write the Mc- Carran-Walter Basic Immigration Law. The Judiciary Committee’s chairman-to-be, Rep. Celler (R- NY), returned from a five-week overseas tour this month with sharp criticism for McLeod, the State Department’s security chief. “A good law,” Celler said, “has been prostituted by the insane, arbitrary and savage administra- tion thereof by Mr. Scott McLeod.” Walter said in an interview that attacks on McLeod for his admin- istration of the slow-moving special refugee program: are “entirely un- warranted and unjustified.” The Pennsylvanian, who had a hand in drafting the 1953 act, said McLeod is ‘‘just administering the law” and declared that restrictions in it are “safeguarding the best interests of the United States.” The law, signed Aug. 7, 1953, authorizes admission to this coun- try of 214,000 refugees outside the regular immigration quotas during the three years ending Dec. 31, 1956. Latest figures from the State Department show that, as of Dec. 17, only 16,081 immigration visas {had been issued under the pro- | gram, and only a fraction of these visa-holders have actually arrived in the United States, The State Department has said | the chief reason for the slow start was the need to set up machinery, | including a security screening | system, | Walter said many of those ar-| rived or on their way have spon- sors, as required under the law, |among relatives already in this country and have jobs and housing | Many still waiting to get in, he ‘said, are unable to do so because |they have no sponsors here. And the reason for this, he declared, | is that there are not jobs for them at a time when unemployment is | a domestic problem. The Pennsylvanian defended the security checks which have been criticized as the biggest hold up in the program. Officers Escape Power Line Fall Today By JAMES MARLOW Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON (®—The French legislatars today wrestle with their, }conscience and their temperament in a final vote un whether to let West Germany rearm. They voted against it Friday They can re- verse themselves today. The vote is on a plan which, while letting Germany rearm, is intended to keep her from becom- ing a menace to her neighbors again. f Under this .plan a rearmed Ger- many would be brought into NATO. —the North Atlantic Treaty Or- gahization — which now has 14 members, including the United States, Britain, France. .The NATO nations ‘have a joint military staff planning the defense of Western Europe against Rus- sia, And NATO would have juris- diction over a Germany rearmed. France, as a NATO member, therefore have a say-so. The French conscience— The French naturally fear the Germans who have invaded them three times in less than 100 years. They fear what Germany, once it became a military power, might do again. The present French fears in the end may be justified. A number of things could happen: NATO it- self might break up; Germany might turn from the West and make a deal with Russia. Other events could pull Germany from under NATO’s thumb. But the reason France is in NATO is to create a defense against Russia. The French know NATO would be stronger with Germany in it. They have the Problem of choosing between fu- ture fears and present strength. The United States and Britain both want Germany in NATO, Both want the French Assembly to approve. After last week’s ‘‘no” vote, Britain in effect told the French: Germany is going to re- army anyway, with or without French approval. The Eisenhower administration, which didn’t go as far publicly, no doubt thinks the same. If the United States and Britain help Germany rearm, it may have to be done in a way which pro- vides for no control or jurisdic- tion. That provides another prob- lem for the French: Although they fear the Ger-| mans, is it better to let them have guns, so long as they’re under NATO's eye, than to sit back and watch them get guns with perhaps no controls? Although the French seem un- willing or unable to face the fact they no longer are a major world power, they nevertheless enjoy a senior partnership in the Western world with the United States and Britain. They may lose that seniority, sliding down the international totem pole to a truly secondary position, if they vote “no” and the United States and Britain rearm the Germans independently of France. But France has a card here: They know the United States and Britain can’t turn their backs on France altogether She’s too im- Portant to Western defense and alliance. The French temperament— The French, torn among them- selves, were no match for Ger- many in 1940. They are still torn! among themselves. The new en- emy is Russia. They played into Pussia’s hands by voting “no” last week. The Russians have worked overtime trying to wreck the plans for rearming Germany. Even in a time of danger like this it would be understandable, if not excusable. if Friday’s vote was a matter of conscience only. Tt wasn’t. France is split seven ways. to Sunday with political parties and cliques. In Friday’s vote there was a lot of political conniving against the French Premier, Mendes-France, who asked for a rearmed Ger- ;Many. He is the strongest Pre- mier since the war. the only one who seems to have had a sturdy sense of direction. If today’s vote is still against} rearming Germany, bringing with it the fall of Mendes-France’s gov- ernment, the French will start stumbling and drifting again, look- ing for another Premier. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. P—A power line wire carrying 25,000 Volts was ripped loose by high wind yesterday and fell across the hood of a police car in which effi- ers Thomas Bartholemew and firma Grimm were riding. They oze in their seats keeping hands |away from the doors They warned passersby to stand makers, for example, are sched-|@ear, lest someone be electro- uling heavy production for Janu- | @ted. After 10 minutes line crews Christmas generosity on the cuff.| ary. The steel mills have enough Merchants interpret this as reveal-| Orders to keep going along at a ing a “better feeling” about the good clip. A number of other in- economic’ outlook. They hope that | dustries also may keep to the in- —with a little prodding from=bar-|Creased pace they started a few gain sales—consumers are in the mood now to take some more big ticket items on time weeks ago. Factory layoffs have been un- at off the power and the police- Men were able to get out of the Gr. = cies eens SS cttinue. More call-backs to work | than usual are reported. j ‘The National Assn. of Purchas- seasonally low, the Labor Depart-| ing Agents reports that the total But- with the Christmas bilis, ment reports, building hopes that coming in next week and the in-' the pickup in industria] output will | Of new orders js still rising at the Nation's factories. LENGTH OF LIFE FOR AMERICANS PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of ifs read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which idered libelous or unwarranted, The writers should be and confine the letters to 200 words and write en one side per only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested pierre: GOVERNOR’S APPRECIATION Editor, The Citizen: Your editorial of November 27 has just come to my attention. I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your confidence in me and to assure you that you have properly stated my attitude toward the counties of this State. I am determined that our new administration shall do, as a matter of duty, those things which need to be done and which can be done. It wiil, therefore, be up to the new Road Department to determine, after considering needs throughout the State and available funds to meet these needs, how soon the catwalks on Florida Keys bridges can be provided. You may recall that during the campaign I was the first to advocate that the State Road Department build such catwalks, wherever possible and feasible, to provide more fishing opportunities for our citi- zens and visitors throughout Florida. With best regards and Season’s Greetings, I am Sincerely, LEROY COLLINS Governor-Elect of Florida Hon. William R. Neblett State Senator-Elect 415 Francis’ Street Key West, Florida ce: ‘LIKED OUR CHRISTMAS EDITION Editor, The Citizen: Before I lose this slight afterglow of Christmas spirit altogether and_I still feel silly and sentimental enough to want to act like a good Joe and say somp’n nice about someone, I'd like to commend you for your splendid Xmas edition. It provided this habitual Citizen reader with an extra hour of restful relaxation, I'd like also to boost your new staff photographer, Don Pinder, for an excellent job since he took over that exacting post. I think his published pictures are equal in professional quality to any I’ve seen in big-time papers. After getting that off problem of survival. my mind, I feel free once again to whet my knife and tune my thoughts to the daily You wanna match me for a Coke? FREDERICK H. GREEN 645 United Street CHRISTMAS — 1954 Editor, The Citizen It is Christmas Eve and in the | blessed silence, memory recalls | splendid deeds accomplished by your paper, The Key West Citizen, day after day throughout the year. This moment my thoughts dwell w:th happiness on Baby Delores Disgdierit. She was totally blind at |Christmastide in 1953; then your paper published her story. and Key Westers with loyal responsive hearts joined in sending her to a great specialist in New York; and now, thanks to their generosity and the doctors God-given skill, Baby Delores has eyes that can see the beauty and wonderments that are this City’s heritage. Christmas is truly a Miracle. How precious are its hours. Christ- | mas bells pealing from melodious ‘ chimes; choirs lifting their talented voices in reverent gratitude; peo- ple passing with lighted smiles, whisper, “Merry Christmas.” In this exotic City of Key West methinks the Christmas spirit lasts through all the year, as evidenced | by the generous response of people when deep sorrow attends some- one. A few lines by Bill Gibb,. or ja story in The Citizen, and folks | open their purses and give liberal- ly. To bring surcease and joy to others is a privilege. It is the true Christ spirit. In humble supplication I fervent- ly hope that you and all who gave tnis tiny babe the gift of the wealth cf sight, feel within your souls a glow of heavenly satisfaction. You have earned life’s richest blessings. There is a bit of heaven in each of us. When the right cord is touched most folks are responsive. ‘lo enrich, ennoble and uplift an- other in travail, is to be a true servant working in His vineyard. It matters little how much gold a rman aceumulates during his life; he cannot take a single penny on his last journey. To share the little we havé with those less fortunate is to live ideally, for it brings ins- | piration to both the giver and the receiver. I’m sure little Delores in coming years will remember; and remembering lessened pain, shall say, ‘‘Would he could pass this way again.” | We who read these lines cannot possible realize what it means to live in utter darkness. Yet the blind are very brave, and usually bright, cheerful people. I know De- lores’s parents will drive her a- bout this Queen City, so that her precious eyes may see the trans- cendent array uf red, white and pink poinsettias, single, double and triple. Triples, rightly called Fire- balls, over 40 inches in circumfer- ence. Everybody's vard in Decem- ber is a riot of color. Bougainvillea claiming to the roofs of houses; golden yellow Christmas Candles, swaying in the gentle breeze. Hi- biseus resplendently —_disvlaying their blooms. All this is free as are the sun, moon and stars. Coco- nut trees laden with delicious fruit. Each tree bearing nearly 400 coco- nuts a year. If folks in northern climes knew the true magical story of nature’s work and beauty in Key West, they j would come here, pronto In these glorious United States, no other ci- ty has such a profusion of bril- liantly colored tlowers and foilage. Frost-free Key West is indeed a bit of the West Indies under the American Flag; and we who dwell here have a front seat at her won- drous panorama. No*man’s work can possibly compare With mother nature’s indescribably, beautiful art. How aptly the poet has* éx- pressed it, “Be happy, thou, and bless His name, bs By whom such marvelous beau- ty came.” When one thinks of the blind, inevitably one thinks of the Lions Club, that soul-stirring organiza- tion, of generous men who con- stantly aid the blind and all who have eye defects. Their deeds be- speak the utmost in kindness and consideration for ohers, Each of us passes his life in a search for friendship. Baby Delor- es, your friends came to you un- sought; the great God gave them to you. Bill Meyers Hotel La Concha. Key West In Days Gone By December 28, 1934 The first plane excursion to old Fort Jefferson on the Dry Tortu- gas, was made this mourning when 12 Key Westers and visitors noard- ed the Commodore plane of the Miami - Key West Airways, Inc., for the 60-mile trip over the wa- ters of the Gulf of Mexico. : Miss Emily Ladd was an outgo- ing passenger over the East Coast yesterday afternoon en route for Los Angeles, Calif. where she will make her future home. x k * December 28, 1944 Ensign Harold B. Garretson and John P. Curren aviation ordnance man, attached to the auxiliary air base at ‘Boca Chica, who disap- peared on a small navy patrol plane on the night of December 19, ?nd were assumed to have been lost, were brouglit back safely to port yesterday. Comdr. Justus A. Lewis has suc> ceeded Lt. Comdr Leroy M. Me- Cluskey as commanding officer of the Key West Coast Guard section bose. Commander McCluskey is re- tring from the service.