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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-03
Congressional
Grist Mill


II was Just four years ago last
week en- October "a, 1915. to be
Iexact that the Charter of the
United Nations went into effect
when the twenty-ninth nation
deposited its instrument Of rati-
fication with the United States,
In recognition Of this importan:
anniversary, people all over the
country have been celebrating
United Nations Week. In world
Of chaos, confusion, and crisis, It
IS fitting that free self governing
peoples pause and take d short
time out FOR q serious consider
alton Of q subject which may have
such vital affect onsour lives.
Now, after four years, it Is pos
sible to view. with some perspec-
tive, the progress of the United
Nations. The road it has followed
has not been an easy one. II has
been filled with rocks of heart
breaking Illustrations and disap-
pointing failures. Most Of those
rocks were deliberately thrown
in the way by the Russians ex-
cessiye use Of the veto power.
Time after time the voice Of the
Soviet representative has intoned
May" and thereby sounded the
knell of death for some con-
Istructive action.
But in evaluating the U.N. we
should measure it by its success
es and possibilities mot by its
failures. It is still but an infant
and has accomplished much when
it is considered that its powers
are extremely limited, for it is
not a super-state 1t is signific-
ant that in the General Assembly
the smaller nations have spoken
their minds to their more power
full neighbors with more force, and
possibly more effect, than at any
previous time in history.
The U.N. is the forum of daily
world negotiation and as the peo-
pies Of the world become more
and more accustomed to using it
rather than other means that its
value will be increased accord
ingly.
So. on the fourth anniversary of
the I'm. we can be thankful that.
in this world of suspicious tension
there is yet one place to which we
can go to air peacefully our diff
ferences. We must never under
estimate the benefits it may bring
the world by drawing peoples Of
many tongues into common ac-
cord even on the minor problems
of life.
On a vast and bleak desert of
doubt. dependency, and despair.
the United Nations is the one and
only Oasis of Hope. With intel
ligence and Gods help, we can
fulfill all the decent aspirations
Of mankind by achieving sue
cessful and workable United
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claimed they flew by the seat Of
their pants, was a pretty good
procedure after all.
Professor Cecil Mann says ex-
periments show the body Is
better judge of vertical position
than the eye. And another thing.
the softer tn seat, tthe less ac-
curate is flier's sense of pos
ture. The Navy needed that
news--it has taken some Of the
soft padding out of filters seats so
they really get what good there
is in that old saying. Flying by
the seat of your pants"
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nilla ice cream. chocolate sauce
mapshmallow, nuts, cherries anc
whipped cream in great quanti-
ties. If you are drooling at this
point, just think of the price-65
cents, practically a whole weeks
allowance.
Marilyn says it isn't a regular
diet with the young moderns at
Langley, Usually, they have just
one Z month Says she:
IFS quite a dish" If you
finish one. they give you liz
fle medal that reads. I was
pig at Pierce's' tthe store that
sells them.l MarilYn has few
medals.
Some girls worry about wheth-
er to hold hands and kiss to be q
success in their crowd. AS one
young high school girl writes:
Some of the bows have tried
10 put their arms around me
and hold my hand. but so far
haven't given in. Perhaps if is
the wrong thing to do. Many of
the boys have given up in dis
gust. including the boy like.
What should ! doc"
1t would be very silly for any
girl to kiss or hold hands promis.
cuously just because she wanted
TO be success in her crowd. II
the boys insist on this nuisance
necking, give 'em the gate. A
nice boy will come along who
will be willing to have dates with
a girl idst because she enjoys his
companT &c SHE finds she Waats
to hdid hands With him after She
knows him we'll enough, that's
for her to decide. But no girl
should be forced into a romantic
routine of which she doesn't APP
prove. Boys, today, are too spoil
ed, anyway, as most girls find
don't encourage it.
1t is so easy for girl to ruin
her reputation, particularly in a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-03
He Got "A Long
Ride For No
Cost At All

NEW YORK. - iP - a
Erench harbor pilot has got
sosnething he did not bargain
f6f. trip 70 New YORK City.
SCI year old Jean Holland
taxes big liners in and out of
he French port Of lie Harye.
leaves them iive miles out Al
sea and goes back home in
small boat.
When he ushered the liner
caronia out Of lie Harve re-
Gently. the seas were so
rough that ROLAND could not
launch bis small craft. 50 the
Csrnnia took him to New
Holland will start back to
lie Harye on the caronia.
haying hsd i look at the
sights 8 another famous
port.
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ehbs'si.'s assas
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W~S~An

The more we hem obout
ieen-oqers. the more we reolize
that they shouldn't be grouped
together In one big teen-oqe
CLASSIFICATION. They're differ
nnl city BY city. stote by state.
ecnniTV by country.
Their habits depend entirely
on their own environments. In
PITTSBURGH. for inslonce. Eluine
Kohn feoorts that the current
rnqe uulonq high school boys
q wuier pistols often conceal
ed IN hcllowed out textbooks.
Bit. efsVs Eloine. one student.
pert and pretty MorilYn Hoff-
non. is. says the Girls dent
like them at all. Morilvn. a
junior Al oLnqley High School.
says:
Girls ny 20 ignore the
hoys efho carry water pis-
tells. but that Is about so per
rnni of the male student body.
Wen 6 ouf on dates with the
boys BAL were pretty cold If
iheY deaf leave the pistols at
hcAe.
Langley imposes q two-week
asanpanelon on anyone caught
iirinQ q wuler gun but the toys
siill ere very much in evidence.
EIrla ccarv them too. but lust
ln sell flafenne while the ruue
IS On. Some non-conformists
lood them with perfume or tur-
neniine insieod OF woter.
Girls there don't believe in go-
ne steady. They ike TO have
Tn and meet people. one reason
ANY Il Is silly 20 60 steady.
Ard once Z steady breaks up. it's
bard to set dates sfterward' they
eay.
Nocklna Is out with these girls.
Mnrilvn says:
we limit Il 10 q goodnight
Ass. we'd rather talk and
lnunh and have q good time
,ead "a ali hal mush. In
- srhool. 1 think = KISS IS
a. lar = 4 thedld co.
re expires ions. Its keen"
ard sIt'a sharp. cover most sit
unfions Tor the teen-age group.
A new one Is serious up" It
means Keep quiet we want to be
werIoas~ and Is used to quell dis
tnrbance and soueich wlsecracks'
Favorte treat Of the kids is q
aelnxe snndae consisting OF va
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small town, by being too agree
able in the matter of ''necking."
The funny thing about it is that
iaftef he boy lsv6E made the
rounds of these romantic James,
they look to the girls who have
been aloof to become their steady
dates. No boy wants to settle
down with girl who has been
e'best girl" some time or other,
to every boy in town.
N;Y4an-
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Your Horoscope

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8,
l949 Today's is a passionate,
watchful and perhaps tirnid ma
ture. It may be distrustful Of
something not real and yet be
oblivious of things actually pre-
sent in fact. The native may be
more cautious than really wise
or foresighted and be taken un-
awares by some turn of circun
stance entirely unperceived dur
ing their obvious development.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-03

you can also unravel, how come
a timber mayor allows a picket
to clutter up the sidewalk and
maybe throw rocks-but you
can't do likewise.
Yours with the low down,
,JO SIERRA
Evening star., 1949-05-26
Johnson Sensitive, Too
Defense Secretary Tells How He Cleare'
misunderstanding With Forrestal

pay. Hence his request to the
President to tell the story TO old
friends.
johnson said that shortly after
the November election he told
the President that he had dis
qualified himself for Federal ap-
pointment by taking over the
financial management OF the
campaign and that he neither
wanted nor would accept any
Job. His wife. he said. was
very happy with this decision
which he several times repeated
to the President.
Late in January the President
sent for him and said Mr.. For
restal wanted TO talk TO him.
THE President said Forrestal was
my friend and that ! must listen
to him accordingly" Secretary
johnson recollected. He met the
then Secretary in Appointment
Secretary Connelly's Office and Mr.
Forrestal asked him. with the
Presidents approval. to take the
Job. Their art-to-heart talk
about the published stories fol-
lowed.
Both Visited President.
Secretary johnson said he and
Mr.. Forrestal later that after
noon visited the President. who
insisted upon his taking the job.
He found out then. to his intense
pleasure, that Gen. Eisenhower
and Gen. Marshall had told the
President that Mr.. johnson was
the logical and qualified person
to take over those vast response
bilities.
II had no choice under those
circumstances" Secretary john
son said. "I accepted the po-
siticn, tough as I knew 1t was
going to be-"
The new Secretary pledged to
his friends that there would be
no partisan policies in the de-
partnent while he lis theres He
declared he wanted preparedness
for peace and that he believed
Russia will never give any trouble
50 long as she thinks We are
prepared. .'A =
Evening star., 1949-05-26

and the precise circumstances OF
his taking the job. last week to
the Post Mortem Club. i've days
before Mr.. Forrestal's suicide.
Secretary johnson said that he
Immediately put before Mr.. For
.restal the question Of the story
that he had been underwriting the
then Secretary and trying to get
his job. Mr.. Forrestal replied that
he had double checked that story
and was satisfied that there was
not q word Of truth in it. The
late Secretary also disclaimed hav-
ing anything to do with attacks
aimed at Secretary johnson by
friends of his who did not under
stand the situation.
Troubled BY Report.
Like many men who appear to
be extremely tough-Mr. Forrestal
included - Secretary johnson Is
sensitive to implications about his
personal conduct. The Forrestal
tragedy has been hard on him for
every reason. but the one that
troubled him most was strictly
personal. This was the persistent
report that his appointment re-
presents purely q political obliga-
ton on the Presidents part which
Secretary johnson pressed him TO
Evening star., 1949-05-26


the Allies avowed determination
to liberate Europe from German
or other domination. On nothing
have all the Allies been clearer
than on promises to restore Aus
tria as a free and sovereign state.
That promise dates from MOSCOW
In 1943.
"To my mind the agreement. as
phrased, was an error. It was not
necessary to create o free and
independent Austria Austria did
not need to be created She has
existed as a state for . thousand
wears, and this only needed to be
recognized and she would be lip-
Grated. Now, however, to take up
the German question before the
Austrian Is settled is to deal q
blow ut the fundamental thesis OF
the Allies.
Though the war was fought to
prevent German domination OF
Europe, giving precedence to the
German question can only suggest
to the Austrian people that large
states alone count or have any
diplomatic power or moral rights.
Doesn't Blame Russia.
DR.. Gruber refused to put the
blame on the Russians for refus-
ing to conclude . peace treaty
with Austria.
"I do not expect the Russians to
take the initiative" he said. Aus
tria is not . peoples democracy,
but q parliamentary state on the
Western pattern. We can hardly
expect energetic Russian interven-
ton In our behalf, but We have no
reason whatever to believe that
the Russians would reject peace
treaty recognizing the full sover-
eighty Of Austria, thus ending the
occupation.
When say ending the occupa-
ton I do not mean leaving token
forces. ! mean total withdrawal
and restoration Of our full sover-
eighty and status. Even the Aus
trian Communist press Is calling
for it and blaming the Western
Allies that it does not occur.
@On what ground can this be
refused or neglected by the West?"
DR.. Gruber asked. is u because
we cannot defend ourselves7
In the event Of an all-out
Evening star., 1949-05-26


Communist regime In China.
Consultations now are proceed
ing with the British government
toward such a step. The British
reasons for considering de facto
recognition are valid from their
point Of view. The United States
had undertaken to handle" the
China situation ever since 1912
and the British stayed on the side
lines.
British Want Trading.
The London government. which
has not shared the views which
prompted the State Department s
policies toward the Nationalist
regime at Nanking. now is chiefly
interested in salve ging, II possible
its remaining possessions In the
Far East.
The British hope to make Hong
Kong the chief trading post with
the Communists. British agents
are said already to have made ap-
to Mao TZe-tung. point
ing out that conflict with the
British armed forces In Hong
Kong would do them no good,
while a friendly policy, in which
ideologies are put completely to
one side, would help the new re-
Evening star., 1949-05-26
On the Record.
Blame Placed on Allies for Failure
To Conclude Peace Treaty With Austria

great-power war. no small country
could defend itself. but 1t Is peace
which the Foreign Ministers are
seeking. We can entirely defend
ourselves against the modern wars
Of infiltration. civil strife and
putsches. Such wars. like the
Greek war. originate in the VII
lagos, but our countryside Is alb
solutely solid. Is it because there
might be chaos? Austria. since
the liberation. has had the most
stable government.
In Europe q coalition Of the
two great parties-People's Party
and Social Democrats-has min
imized superficial partisan fric-
tions to concentrate on recovery
and revival and enjoys the sup
port Of 80 per cent Of the people.
We have had no serious social
disturbances and not one major
strike alone in continental Europe.
Not q Question Of Oil.
Us it because the Russians re-
fuse to relinquish the approx
mately $50 factories and the oil
fields they operate and control
under the never-defined terms Of
the Potsdam agreement regarding
German assets? Even that Is not
true. Western Powers have been
NEGOTIATING with the Russians
over the price at which these
properties should be returned to
Austrian ownership and control.
The difference Is over matter OF
$50. .000, 900. not over 3 matter OF
principle.
"At present we are having Our
economic lifeblood pumped out at
one end and transfusions pumped
In at the other and losing tens OF
millions per year. The economic
pressure Of the occupation on a
country so small and poor In re-
sources Is great. both In occupa-
ton costs that must be paid TO
Britain, France and Russia
America alone does not charge
them-and also In loss OF facili-
ties.
For example. this country.
which normally derived a quarter
of its national income from tour
lists. has no use OF its leading ho-
tells In great cities and tourist re-
sorts. But IL Is not the economic
side that seems most important.
The Western Allies mobilized the
peoples Of Europe to fight for na-
tional freedom. This feeling swept
Austria with patriotic fervor and
has been the basis of our physical
and moral recovery. But four
years have passed and We are still
under the police supervision Of
the four great powers.
Under such conditions. fervor
TO work and build must die down.
cynicism take the place of ideal
ism and disbelief supplant win 20
q free national existence.
neieased by the Ssl Syndicate. ine,
Evening star., 1949-05-26
This Changing World
IS. May Give De Facto Recognition
To Communist Government in China

gime In China to obtain some i'm
portant trading facilities.
Meanwhile. the British are
backing their friendly approaches
with speedy preparations for re-
sistance in the event that the
Communists are ordered by Mos
COW to move on the British colony.
Some 10000 troops have been or
dered from England to Hong
Kong. while additional men of
war. including an aircraft carrier.
and several groups Of fighter and
bomber planes are being rushed TO
that British citadel on the Asiatic
mainland.
Call for Business Deal.
The British point out to the
Chinese Communists that. while
they have been able to get through
the ill-equipped and demoralized
Nationalist forces, they will have
a good deal OF trouble capturing
Hong Kong. 1t would be far more
satisfactory, the British agents
say. If the Communists and Brit
ish were to strike a business deal
which would include de facto rec
ognition of the Mao regime.
When these talks were first re-
ported in Washington, with the
suggestion that the London gov
ernment had mentioned the mat
ter to the State Department, the
usual denial was issued. The de-
partment had heard nothing
about it. Now comes the news
from anonymous Paris informants
that the United States has urged
more than q dozen nations to
adopt a common front toward the
Chinese Communists.
From available information 1t
Is clear that for the first time
since 1942 the American Govern
ment relies on Britain's taking the
first political step in China. After
London. under pressure Of the Red
threat to its economic interests in
China, decides to extend de facto
recognition to the Moscow-spon-
sored Mao government, I'VE will
by necessity" follow in Britain's
footsteps.
Evening star., 1949-05-26

and had JUS, heard the clang Of
the bell. The GuateInalans look
at us as II we were plain crazy.
and am beginning 20 believe
that they have something there.
Already today ! have had no
fewer than a dozen severe col
lisions with Americans who were
rushing In one direction while !
vas rushing in another. Honest
", you can stand on a street cor
ner in Guatemala and hear the
heartbeats Of the Americans. and
the sound of their blood pressures
rising.
Why do We hurry so7 That one
can't answer. We Americans
pick a place TO visit because II Is
quiet and leisurely and then pro-
ceed TO travel at a pace which
would exhaust q jet plane.
This reminds me Of an expert
ence once had in Paris. An
elderly gentleman told me he was
an avid sight-seer. and never
missed a thing In any country he
visited. With pride in his voice
he told me that he had Just nm
ished going through the Louvre.
II made a trip through the
whole shebang in an hour" he
said, and could have made 1t in
so minutes II the floors hacn I
been so confounded slippery"
That's the American tourist all
over. We have TO see everything.
even If We return home with only
a muddled. blurred memory OF the
sights We have seen.
Here in the restaurants. where
the food is superbly cooked and
served. you will see Guatemalans
taking two hours over meal.
enjoying each course to the full
est, and slipping the proper wines
with each dish.
Not so with us Americans.
We tear into the dining room.
ask for what is ready and can
be served in a hurry. and get to
eating. timed q fellow Amer
ican the other day. and the time.
from the moment he entered the
dining room until he gave his
mouth o Anal going over with the
napkin, was Just Is minutes.
Then he swept out Of the room,
grabbed a taxi. called Hurry.
hurry!" to the driver and beat 1t
to- visit some cathedrals.. The
fact that the cathedrals have been
around for centuries. and show no
signs of running away, didn't
slow down the American. at;2'
When 7 get around to 1t. ] am
going to start a little store called
McLemorie and Fitch, in which
I will sell outfits for American
tourists. I will feature spiked
shoes, running pants, starting
blocks and starters pistols. Also
stop watches. 30 that tourists can
be sure not to take too much time
looking at any one thing.
Distributed by McNsught syndicate, Inc }
Evening star., 1949-05-26
On the Other Hand
Natural Gas Companies in Supreme
: Effort to Escape Federal Control

Stubbornly resisting this pro-
posal is Commissioner Leland Olds,
a member of FPC for 10 years,
twice its chairman. Testifying
this week in Senate committee
hearings, he declared that re-
linquishment| Of Federal control
would mean an increase In the
price of natural gas. affecting 49,
900 900 people in "a States and the
District Of Columbia.
Points To Rate Cuts.
The commission. Mr.. Olds tes-
titled, has brought about reduc-
tions in rates amounting to $685.
000, 900 during the 10-year period
Another Is years, he said, would
bring the accumulated reductions
to a billion dollars. Natural gas
prices have decreased in 10 years
more than 8 per cent. while coal
was increasing more than 90 per
cent and fuel oil more than 70
per cent. If natural gas prices had
been permitted to 60 up with coal
and fuel oil, the additional cost
to consumers would be more than
$500; ;000,0 Annually, according
to the commissions computations.
Mr.. .Olds furnished the commit
tee with financial reports on va
rious of the companies concerned
to show they have not suffered
by regulation. He made q par
ticular point of the case with
which they have been able to pro-
vide themselves with capital at
low interest rates.
"It is doubtful If there is any
other industry In the United
States" he said, which can raise
such large proportions Of its total
capital by borrowing at such ia
vorable terms. Obviously. If the
commissions rate-making policies
had resulted In allowing only mig
gardly returns. such pipeline
projects would have experienced
difficulty in raising money. The
fact that a new pipeline project
can borrow rs per cent OF its capi-
tai requirement in advance Of con-
struction, under a favorable rate
Of interest, Is conclusive evidence
that the commission rate policies
are not destructive.
The Kerr Thomas bill, he said,
would grant relief primarily to
the large and prosperous COM
panies at the expense Of the con-
sumer. Such companies do not
need the relief"
Evening star., 1949-05-26

Jackpot would be divided chiefly
among two dozen companies.
Leading the attack on the pres
ent regulatory act is Senator Rob
ert s. Kerr of Oklahoma, Joint
author, with Senator ~ Elmer
Thomas Of the same State, OF q
bill to amend the ait. On the
face OF 1T the two Senators are
merely carrying out request or
instruction of the Oklahoma Legis-
Elature, embodied in a resolution
adopted last winter. But Mr.. Kerr
comes to the Senate fresh from
the Oklahoma Governors chair
and with no loss Of his political
power at home. His instruction
by the Legislature to do what, as
a big gas-and-oil operator, he
would wish to see done. causes
some of his senatorial colleagues
to smile.
Support in Commission.
Senator Kerr has support also
in the Power Commission itself.
One of the two minority members
Tin q minority on this issue. that
is to say is Harrington Wimber-
ly. MIR. Wimberly was Mr.. Kerr's
campaign manager In Oklahoma.
He sees eye to eye with the Sena-
tor in the matter Of regulation.
The purpose Of the proposed
legislation is to exempt from Fed
eral jurisdiction the sale Of nat
ural gas in the field, even though
it is sold into interstate commerce.
The courts having consistently
sustained the Federal authority
in this respect, the effort now Is
to have the law changed.
Evening star., 1949-05-26

celery W h er e
c h q n c e ii o I
DollfuSs " q q
murdered. de-
clared:
"The place to
begin en- din g
the cold war Is
where w orl d
War II actually
started with
the e n I o r c e q
annexation OF
Austria by the
Germans.
"Au S tria Is
Evening star., 1949-05-26

WaSES I@ pace
O. LIE ha.s niue n
in co n u o n
with the slow-
motion movie
and the srAi.x
The American
tourists here
are q threat 70
themselves as
well as 70 the
Gu a temAlans.
We tear around
Just as II we
were members
OF q volunteer
g. -n-n~,r,nrr
Evening star., 1949-05-26

. e G + e tdry OF
N a ii onal De-
fense last jan
uary and 1t was
Mr.. Forr estal
h / m self who
broke the news
to Mr.. johnson
that the ap-
pointment was
forthcoming.
With Presi-
dent Truman'S
permission Sec
retary johnson
described tn at
nonyore a t{ar