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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-28
Financing
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s TALLAHASSEE, Fla. April
20 lFNS).--The legislature has
removed the last barrier stoaa
plan for financing s$i5,oooooo
newt bridge and causeway from
~. Petersburg to Manatee Ceun-
" across lower TanpalBay.
The House passed, rs to / and
sent TO the Governor a Senate
: blA authorizing the State I'M
pnovement Commission ito sop-
crate a ferry. The Governor has
already approved the plan.
The bridge will cut about Sc
miles off the present route be-
tween st. Petersburg and cities
south of Tampa. Operation of the
!. ferry now owned by the st.
e Petersburg port authority was
1.-The only thing lawyers said
EswoAid be necessary for the State
Improvement Commissioner take
ever the big bridge building
ypian.
The State Road Department
Fnctually will sbuih the bridge
Awithemoney raised by the Im-
1provement Commission.
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Says:

Key West & Vicinity: Partly
cloudy thru Friday with scatter
ed showers in the area this af-
,tefnoon. Moderate southeasterly
winds.
Florida: Increasing cloudiness
over north portion followed by
showers and thundershowers in
extreme north portion Friday be-
sginning in the Tallahassee area
-thiyufternoon. Partly cloudy over
south portions.
Jacksonville Thru Florida
Straits ,& East Gulf: Moderate
seutheasterly winds in south por-
ton and moderate south to
southwest winds in north portion
nRu Friday. Cloudy in extreme
1roIxh with showers Friday other
wise partly cloudy weather.
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Evening star., 1949-01-31
'Snowbound Republicans
Problem of G. o. P. Committee Seen
AS Formulation of Effective Policies

but supported his fellow Ohioan
John W. Bricker, then Governor, now
Senator. Gov. Dewey beat him, too.
Nor does the skimpy and condi-
toned victory that the Dewey
forces won at Omaha in retention
Of Representative Scott, Pennsyl-
vania, as chairman have much per-
sonal future significance for the
New York governor. However his
fortunes turn out, it will not be
the National Committee that will
determine either the nominee or
what happens in the election.
Program Is Problem
The real problem of the Repub-
lican Party is not who, if anybody,
controls the National Committee.
The read problem is to make the
party stand for something in which
a majority of the voters can have
confidence, and that goes to a set
of principles or policy. That is not
made by the National Committee.
That is made right here in Con-
gress, day by day. What the Re-
publican Party does in Congress is
what it means to the people, in
the end.
Gov. Dewey's downfall was his
partys record in Congress, which
finally proved too much of a load
1t is interesting, perhaps significant,
that those who attacked him most
bitterly at Omaha for not defend
ing that record belong to the Old
Guard element of the party which
had most to do with that record
That sort of attack will help Gov.
Dewey and his wing of the party
with the rank. and file, just as the
conservative Democratic attack, for
instance, used to help Franklin D..
Roosevelt.
While the snow fight was going
on at Omaha, some things were
happening here in Congress where
the record Is to be made that should
cheer those who were discouraged
by the Omaha spectacle. At a
party conference Senate Republi-
cans decided to get together in the
near future to try to formulate a
set Of principles to follow in legis-
lation. At the other side of the
Capitol a similar conference of
House Republicans voted to abolish
their present steering committee
and create a larger policy commit
tee to which new and progressive
members will be admitted. And the
National Committee, itself, adopted
Chairman SCOTS project for a gen.
eral party conference next Septem-
Der to adopt set of principles.
So the whole party is not snow
bound.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Ceremony Here 10 Mark
LincoIn's S 140th Birthday

The 140th anniversary Of the birth
of Abraham Lincoln will be COM
memorated February II at colorful
exercises at the Lincoln Memorial,
in which President Truman is ex-
pected to take part.
The District of Columbia Com
mandry of the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion of the United
Etates, which is sponsoring the
ceremony, has invited the President
to participate, as they have in past
years. Mr.. Truman has attended
the ceremony each year since he
became President.
Music for the ceremony will be
furnished by the United States Ma
rine Band.
Col. Lawrence c. Crawford, re-
tired, chairman of the committee in
charge of arrangements for the
ceremony, urges all organizations
desiring to participate to commune
cate with him at room 954, Wash
ington Building.
The District Commissioners have
authorized the display of flags on
downtown streets on the day
Evening star., 1949-01-31

OOTS III CIle uSu- '"e Die"N
al routine manner but through
the newspapers. kept them busy.
Their staffs translated the docu-
ment and put it on the teletypes for
their home governments with the
ambassadors interpretations.
The negotiation OF the Atlantic
pact could not have been real news
for the Kremlin. It's representatives
in Europe had Informed the Polit-
buro that, in spite of their arduous
work in each of the countries in
volved, the heads of the Western
European states in consultation
with the American Government
had decided to 60 through with a
plan which offers probably the best
solution for the maintenance of
the Western democratic system.
Fears Of Politburo.
It had become common knowl-
edge that the United States, after
using billions of dollars to bolster
the economies of the countries out
side the Iron Curtain, had agreed
that their physical security must
be supported as well. And toward
this end preparations are being
made to provide those countries
with the essentials for their ma
tional defense forces.
There is no doubt that the Polit-
buro fears the creation of what may
ultimately become single politica!
and economic entity il Western
Europe might have repercussions
on some of Moscow's satellites.
This explains, according to our
diplomatic and military observers.
the new security measures" taken
Evening star., 1949-01-31
This Changing World i.
Soviet. Controlled Secret Police Assure
Enforced Obedience of Satellites

in Romania, where the town and
rural police were dissolved last
week by an order from the puppet
government. In its place a new
force, known as the people s
militia" was organized. The new
militia, about 250,000 strong, is pat
termed after the Soviet secret police
A hand-picked general was placed
at its head, with a Russian ad-
wiser who will be the de facto head
of the organization.
1t appears that the members of
the old Romanian police force were
not thoroughly indoctrinated with
the Soviet new look" and fears had
been expressed by the Soviet observ-
ers that they might not be reliable
In the event of trouble.
Tito Is Example.
The Russians remember only too
well that because of their confidence
in Marshal Tito-the Yugoslav die
tator-the Ozna. Tito's secret police,
was more loyal to him than to Mos
cow. BY merely removing the So
Wet "consultantS" he gained full
control over the police force. AS a
result the Soviet now has diff
culties quietly purging the man who
still dreams of becoming dictator in
his own right.
Although there is no such ruthless
figure in Romania like Tito for the
present, Moscow decided not to take
any chances, particularly in view of
the approaching conclusion of the
Atlantic pact. A secret police force.
disguised as a democratic element
under the name of peoples mill
tia" was created while Soviet forces
were still on Romanian territory.
Similar steps are expected to be
taken in Czechoslovakia and Hun
gary in the near future According
to available reports from refugees
and other travellers. there is increas-
ing passive resistance in both coun-
tries to Soviet domination. While
the oppressed natives are incapable
of doing anything tangible because
Of the lack of any kind of weapons
even shotguns have been confis-
cated-there always is danger that
a police force not thoroughly con-
trolledN by Moscow might become
treacherous.
1t is true that Red armies sta
toned in those countries or close to
their borders could put an end to
any such movement But that would
hurt Russia's prestige and create
difficulties. These can be avoided If
the new secret police can be re-
lied on.
Evening star., 1949-01-31

Gov. Dewey is through and must
not again aspire to influence or to
office.
Pleading private difficulties, New
Yorks members of the National
Committee. J. Russell Sprague and
Mrs. Charles w. Weis, jr., did not
Igo to Omaha. They were repre-
sented by Representative Leonard
Hall of Nassau County.
1t was Mr.. Halls deliberate de-
cision that any attempt to defend
Gov. Dewey or invoke the issue of
his influence or lack of it would
mean defeat for National Chairman
Hugh Scott who had been put in
Office by Gov. Dewey. At 8 o'clock
Thursday, an hour before the plain
public talk began. Mr.. Hall tele-
phoned to Mr.. Sprague in New
York. He told him they had 81
votes sure and probably two more
But he warned Mr.. Sprague that
while Gov. Dewey was IN for a
terrible drubbing. it would imperil
Mr.. Scott to fight back in Gov.
DeWey's behalf.
Important TO Save Scott.
Mr.. Sprague replied that the i'm
portant thing was to save Mr.. Scott
ano to use his own judgment. Mr..
Halls decision was a great relief to
the middle-roaders who did not want
to see the party in the position of
turning back to the Old Guard. They
have stood by Mr.. Scott but they
have told him too that he must keep
clear Of suspected domination by
Albany.
Mr.. Scott is already solving one
Gov. Dewey problem by running
away from it, He will be in San
Francisco when the New Yorker
makes the Lincoln Day speech in
Washington February IL.
Even before the Omaha disclosures,
Gov. Deweys Washington hosts
were not too happy about his insist
ence on making that address. The
somewhat grudging invitation was
finally extended by Minority Leader
Joe Martin who for years has spe-
cialized in just such delicate jobs
for his party. But the easy going
Martin was provoked when Gov.
Dewey complained of the radio ar
rangements that had been made and
insisted that certain changes must
be had.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Dewey: Fallen Leader
Governor Abandoned at Omaha Farley
To Save G. O. P. Chairmanship for Scott

Mr.. Martin said resignedly that he
would do his best. AS he hung up
the telephone a visiting Republican
Congressman who had listened in
sullen silence commented: Did he
dictate the menu too or is he going
to let us eat what we wapt?"
Situation Unusual.
Gov. Dewey's solitary position is
without parallel in recent political
annals. Other defeated candidates
in both parties have had their
critics but they have also had de-
voted and articulate followings not
only in their party but in the
country.
Wherever Democrats gathered a
few could be found to fight at the
drop of hat for AL Smith; Wendell
Willkie at the lowest ebb of his
popularity with regular Republi-
cans could command a great audi
ence wherever he went. Herbert
Hoover is spoken of with emotional
loyalty by the Old Guard; ALT Lam
don has lacked Zeal power but
never popularity in and out Of the
COP.
Omaha raises the question of
where Dewey support can now be
found. AS Governor of New York
he of course has power and patron
age. But New Workers speak of him
in the past tense. too, and talk of
Senator Ives as the coming leader
of the State party.
Gov. Dewey has been famous for
his devoted staff. They are payroll
ers, however, who must scatter and
seek other jobs when he leaves
Albany. And they do not have ma
tional stature.
Republicans in Congress have
made it clear they are not going
to listen to him. The National Com
mittee has escaped him. And the
people have spoken, too.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. 1nc)
Evening star., 1949-01-31


never seen energy. to match his.
You'd think he would be so tired
he couldn't even make a crack
about Crosby, because he started
this transcontinental junket only
a few days after he returned from
his Christmas trip to Germany to
give night and day shows for the
men of the airlift But he is as
fresh as a daisy that lives in an
oxygen tent. When he isn't putting
on mis- show he is doing radio
broadcastS for the March of Dimes.
-libbing with the hundreds Of
persons who besiege him without
let-up, and swimming, summing
himself and playing golf.
Bob looks on his airlift trip as
the greatest experience he ever
had.
Job Tougher Than Fighting.
"Heavens knows the shows played
for the boys during the war thrilled
me-" he said, but those nights and
days with the fellows who are fly
ing Operations Vittles top every
thing. They are doing the toughest
job I ever saw men do. Yes, tougher
than the combat troops during the
war.
They are working around the
clock, with a minimum of rest or
pleasure, and there is no glamour.
And what weather.! They are flying
their planes in weather that would
make an automatic pilot want to
jump out I don't want to seem
sloppy, but this country and Eng
land should feel tremendously proud
of those fellows who are seeing to 1t
that millions of Germans don't
starve. Really, you can't appreciate
what they are doing until you see
the fog and rain and sleet and
snow and all the other handicaps
they are working under-and de-
livering under"
One of the men who made the
trip with Bob, and who has seen him
perform a thousand times, told me
that Hope put on the greatest show
of his life in the Azores-at three
in the morning.
Big Show at Azores.
1--WE were scheduled to stop at the
Azores only long enough to gas up"
the fellow said, "but Bob said that
didn't seem right to him, that he
would like to do show for the men
at this out of -the-way outpost. So,
we radioed ahead and said that If
the men wanted a show, they'd
get it.
Il didn't expect many to show up
at that hour of the morning. but
when we got there, everyone on
the island was on hand, and they
all trooped into the hall. Most of
them got out of bed to make 1t,
and most of them were rubbing the
sleep out of their eyes when they
took their seats, but they weren't
sleepy long.
Bob worked for good two
hours. Gave them everything he
had. and maybe just little bit
more. It was the best show I ever
saw him DO. and I never saw an
audience IKE ne played 10. HE
would be playing yet if the plane
hadn't had to keep some sort of
schedule. When you remember that
he had been playing all over
Germany, for the British as we'll
as for our fliers, and had practically
no sleep at all, it was an all-time
high in performances
I should have remembered his
stamina and asked for a larger
handicap on the golf course, but
1 didn't. and he beat me something
awful. He belittled his triumph. and
said 1t was due to being iii Florida
where a fellow could drink orange
juice that didn't have slcet on it.
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate, Inc
Evening star., 1949-01-31

llIlS Ill It1c CIll1l- - S''
ney corner within convenient
range of the fire, whine about the
new generation with its fancy ways
and notions, and particularly about
the young fellow who went off to
the big city and made good and no
longer pays enough attention to the
homefolks, who might, of course,
be named Tom Dewey.
The Republican Committee ses-
sion had just about as much rela-
ton as that to the real problem Of
the Republican Party, entertaining
as the family feuding in a snow
bound hotel was to the Democrats
who still are sitting in the seats of
power and not yet over their sur
prise at being there.
The Omaha jawing bee merely
demonstrated an already familiar
fact, which is that members of any
group or organization who have suf-
fered defeat, including politicians,
will sit around afterward and bicker.
blaming each other, or all ganging
together on scapegoat such as Tom
Dewey offered.
Jockeying for Position.
1t also demonstrated another IA
miliar fact In politics which Is that
aspirants for high place, including
presidential nomination, and their
lieutenants always are jockeying for
position, in and out of season. The
track is clear now for the next race.
None could afford to miss this first
opportunity to try for a favorable
position which, in this instance, was
| control of the National Committee.
That really isn't much of prize, but
it Is all that is available this early
in the game. Nor was even that
finally decided at Omaha.
No National Committee has ever
nominated anybody for President or
elected anybody President. Nor has
it ever made party policy. For the
last eight years, until now, the Re-
publican Committee was pretty we'll
under the thumb of Senator Taft of
Ohio. But Senator Taft failed to win
the nomination either in 1910 or 1948.
1t went to outsiders because they had
greater popular appeal-Wendell L.
Willkie in 1910 and Gov. Dewey in
l948. Senator Taft was not a candi-
date for the nomination in 1914,
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Howard PROGRAM Planned

An evening with the poets pro-
gram will be presented in the chapel
at Howard University at 8 pm. Feb
ruary IL. Featured on the program
will be Poets Langston Hughes,
Arna Bontemps, Sterling Brown and
Owen Dodson. The program, spon-
sored by the Howard University
library staff, will be presented as
part of the library's observance Of
Negro History Week, February 7
through February -.
Evening star., 1949-01-31

prOVlQe as mucn
or more power
than IVA, the
m i g h ty Colo
RADIO, Niagara,
or the Columbia.
I just spent a
couple of days
with r o b e r t
Hope, jr., as he
a announced him.
self when he
CalleQ 10 ask II
I'd like to hop
aboard his DC
6 and 60 to
Miami with his
trn,lna and I,,rn
Evening star., 1949-01-31

passing on NO
vember 2 of the
New Yorker who
had heretofore
dominated t h e
Republican po-
litical scene.
The relatives
did not speak
well of their
f a len leader.
The fact Is that
even those who
abstained a from
harsh comment
on his failures
gave private as
sllranceS th at
Evening star., 1949-01-31

newspapers un-
pectedly pu b.
lished a blast at
the North Allan
tic pact which,
they said, Amer
ican imperialists
have forged as
a new device to
speed up the out
break of World
War III.
L n is lmpor-
tant statement
which was not
given to the for
e ig n ambassa-
Evening star., 1949-01-31

gloomy pl a y s,
after the man
ner Of Eugene
O'Neill, W h e r e
members of an
tngrown family
come upon hard
t / m e s a n d,
hemmed in by
the weather, sit
about and pick
each other to
piec es wit h
hendish joy.
The tobacco
chewing elders,
comfortably lol-
Evening star., 1949-01-31
By Constantine Rro,e,,f

For the first time in several months
Western diplomats had a full days
work In Moscow last Saturday.
On that day the Soviet official
Evening star., 1949-01-31
By Thomas L. Stokes

The. performance of "Snowbound"
that the Republican National Com
mittee staged at Omaha last week
recalled one of those grim and
Evening star., 1949-01-31
By Doris FIeeson

CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-Gov. Dewey
is man without a party.
Requiem services were held at
Omaha last week observing the
Evening star., 1949-01-31
McLemore
Urges Hornessing
Power Of Hope
By Henry McLem ore

If this country ever runs short of
power I have suggestion to make.
Harness Hope. Bob Hope, that is.
The paleface from Hollywood will
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Western Union Hearing Set
On Waqes Below Minimum

A public hearing has been sched-
uled for 10 am. Thursday on an
application of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. for permission to
hire messengers at 10 cents an
hour less than the minimum wage
law allows. The hearing viii be in
Room 1914 of the Labor Depart
ment Building.
The sub-minimum rate is being
asked for both foot and bicycle
messengers engaged primarily in
delivering letters and messages.
The minimum wage law requires
IS cents an hour wages. but the
Western Union wants to pay IS
cents.
Under special provisions of the
wage and hour law, the admins
traitor of the Labor Department.
wage and hour and public con-
tracts division is authorized to f1x
sub-minimum wage rates for mes
sengers primarily engaged in de-
livering letters and messages of
the necessity for such is estab-
lished. 1t was stated.
Japan is determined to become
the leading swimming nation of
the world. Tokyo reports. r.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

K. c. WI has been named gov
ernor of Formosa, and the Ma
tionalists have promised drastic
reforms in hope of making an
impression in America.
Warn Ports Will Be Mined.
Actual war news was slack. The
Nationalist cabinet officially
warned foreign powers that mines
would be laid at the entrances to
Communist ports along the entire
coast to help enforce the blockade.
December 20 was set as the dead
line for foreign ships to get out
of Red ports. This mining is
likely to be mostly on paper, since
the Nationalists lack the mines
and the means to cover ports
stretching over a distance of 1000
miles.)
The cabinet also ordered the
arrest of Lu Han. turncoat COVER
nor of Yunnan Province. It was
reported, without supporting de-
tail, that loyal Nationalist troops
were moving towards Running,
LUIS capital in Southwest China.
The Nationalist air force re-
motives and railway cars in the
ported raids destroyed II loco
SuchoW and Marking areas and
attacked Communist shipping in
the Ningpo area.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
James {. Du|in, Sr.,. Rites
Will Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for James C
Dulin, ST.. 80, president and treas
urer of the James c. Dulin. Inc,
haberdashery at 731 Fourteenth
street NV, will be held at 2 pm
tomorrow at his home. 1923 Fes-
seden street NV. Burial will be
private.
Mr.. Dulin died Friday at his
home after a long illness. He
was the father of James C. Dulin,
jr., former treasurer of the Ameri-
can Security & Trust Co., who re-
signed in 194l to enter private law
practice.
Born in Washington, Mr.. Dulin
entered the haberdashery business
at an early age and was connected
with Philip T. Hall, Inc. where he
became president and treasurer
About Is years ago he took over
the business in his own name.
Mr.. Dulin was a charter men,
ber of the KiWanis Club here. and
past regent of the Washington
area of the Royal Arcanum, an
insurance fraternity. He and his
wife, Mrs. Mary S. Dulin. cele-
brated their 60th wedding ami
versary last September 4. In ad-
dition to his wife and son, he is
survived by a daughter, another
son, two grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

put to explain why China should
be exporting food to Russia.
Another distinction which is re-
portedly made between China and
Manchuria under Communist rule
is rigid control of trade and travel
between the two areas. While
officials say there is little infor-
nation on this they are pretty
well convinced on the basis OF
facts they have that the border
between Manchuria and China is
like a border between two inde-
pendent countries.
Still another point of American
interest in the situation has been
reports of great activity in
Chinese Russian friendship asso-
Citations in Manchuria. There
have been reports of large num-
ber of Russian railroads experts
and guards moving into the area
Manchuria is China's richest
area. Because of its industrial
as we'll as it's strategic Importance.
officials here say there is every
reason to believe that the Rus
slams will give it the same kind
of high h-handed treatment which
they have given areas of Eastern
Europe in which they had special
interest.