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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-28

closed. grand jury couldn't dig
into it. And after they looked over
lists of tax cases that had been
shelved, they accepted sugges-
ton by the district attorney, the
late Drake Watson to make par
tial report.
Watson's assistants-Hopper and
william Costello-actually wrote
the report which indicated the
way in which tax matters had been
handled under former Collector
James P. Finnegan.
The testimony showed that the
jurors thought everything was in
order, that the report met the ap.
proval of the Justice Department
and was all right with the Judge.
But District Judge George H.
Moore wasn't pleased. He was
''astonished" and told the jury so.
In fact, he recharged it and
pushed it to new efforts. The re-
suit: A number of indictments, in
GLIDING one against Finnegan.
Finnegan later was convicted on
two charges of misconduct in Of
flee. The case is on appeal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-28
THIS ROCK OF OURS
siLL cIss

of next month. Wait until you get
the form before applying for the
back pay.
City Planners
We have beth a Planning Com.
mission and a Planning Board for
the City of Key West. The former
is composed of seven local citizens
and acts in an advisory capacity
to the Board which is composed Of
city commissioners and the city
manager. The set-up works out
beautifully on paper but in actual
practice my pet description, tcon.
glomerated mess, best describes
the state of confusion that exists
between the two groups.
Planning Commissioners should
attend meetings Of the Planning
Board. Questions arise as to the
Interpretation of the commissions
recommendations and the Board
members only have the minutes
of the Commissions meeting to go
by. These are often not too clear
because ideas are expressed in gen.
eralities. If the Planning Commits.
sion would select one member to
attend Board meetings and vice
versa, the two groups would be
able to get their work done q lot
more efficiently.
Also, the Planning Commission
might consider the idea of electing
a permanent Chairman instead of
switching around at every meeting.
If they did this they would be able
to maintain a more systematic
order of business.
The Planning Commissioners are
civic-minded, public-spirited indi-
viduals and this criticism is meant
in constructive sense to help them
with their job. / wouldn't want
to see their functions done away
with because they do act as a
check valve upon the Planning
Board even though they have no
say-so in the final analysis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-28
Rep. Heating Says Nation
Will Benefit From Probe OF
st. Louis Tax Scandals

WASHINGTON R-Rep. Keat-
ing Or. N. W said here he be-
lieves House committees airing
of 1851 st. Louis grand jury
probe of income tax scandals will
prove highly beneficial to the ma
ton.
Because of this committee, "
Heating told newsmen, Il don't
think there will be ever again such
an abuse of the public process as
went On out there"
He referred to testimony heard
Tuesday by a Judiciary subcom-
mittee to the effect that some JUS
tice Department officials tried to
steer the grand jury to a white
wash" report.
The group heard from four MEM
bers of the grand jury-Henry j.
Butler, foreman; Clinton L. White
more. deputy foreman; Coils P.
Lovely and Mrs. Mary O. Mes
senger-and Marvin Hopper who
was an assistant U. S. attorney
at the time.
Yet to be heard is Ellis N.
Slack, an acting assistant attorney
general now in charge of the de-
partment's Tax Division. Slack,
who had a hand in guiding the
grand jury, is slated for testimony
Thursday.
The former jurymen testified
that at the start they were
"schooled" in the way income tax
cases were handled by revenue Of
ficials. They were given reasons
why the government often closed
cases because taxpayers had made
voluntary disclosures of delinquen-
cies or we're aged or suffering
physical disorders.
They said they also were coun-
seled that once a tax case was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-28

It seems like if you have any
sons serving in Korea the most
practical gift which you could send
them for Christmas would be
stop-watch and time-sheet. Our
honorable politicians in Washington
have managed to complicate the
issue of combat pay once again!
To be eligible for combat pay,
a serviceman must have been sub
jected to hostile fire for not less
than six days during the month
while in service with a combat
unit.
This rule doesn't mean five days.
1t doesn't mean five days, twenty
three hours, and fifty-nine seconds.
II means six days, and petty gov
eminent red-tape will see that 1t
is carried out to the letter. Minor
clerks who have grown up under
the bureaucratic regulations know
that no greater sin can be COM
mitted than to overlook the exact
wording of a Washington directive.
One cheerful note enters the pic
ture. If a combat soldier really
wants to get extra pay for less
than six days under fire, all he
has to do is get himself killed,
wounded, or captured by the en-
envy. For doing this, the politicians
have been generous and granted
him a three months combat pay
period.
I'm no expert on the matter. I've
never been in combat. But I've
talked with hundreds and hundreds
of men who served in various
theatres in the last war. From
what they have told me. time in
itself wasn't too important. BY that
I mean that some combat posts
weren't too bad even for an ex-
tended period of weeks whereas
another particular area might be
living hell although the men were
only subjected to enemy IRE Tor
matter of hours.
With the money our Washington
senator's so generously provide
foreign countries, we might take
some notice of our own boys. Com
bat pay in itself is merely a token
of appreciation. Certainly it can't
be considered payment for services
rendered. don't see why the gov
eminent ever picked such petty
subject to bubble about as the
amount of time spent under fire.
In case you are a veteran or a
beneficiary of one who is deceased,
forms for claiming combat pay
will be available from the local
post office on or after the fifteenth
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-28
WHAT THE CITIZEN SAID ABOUT EISENHOWER
REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPERS. NOW SAY

What The Citizen said three weeks ago about Esen-
howers Laundering in generalties and patitudes mas
been acknowledged with appeals to him to say something
concrete by many Republican newspapers that are sup
porting his candidacy for the presidency The Clnzens
comments were mild compared to the sledgehammer
blows in the ScrppsHoward newspapers that are back
ing Eisenhower. Listen to this:
sour 10 newspapers published in cities from the
East Coast the West and exchange OF correspond
ence in the last couple of weeks with who work
those papers tell story which is nationwide and can be
summed up in one sentence:
"Ike is running like dry creek"
John S. Knight, Republican editor. of the Miami
Herald and other newspapers, is keen and sagacous
observer politically and otherwise He too is worried by
Esenhowers seeming inability to say something that is
pointed enough to stick in the public mind Knight in
Sundays Herald had an editorial under this headline
ike is Urged to Attack Boldly and Vigorously sub
head read Eisenhower Slipping in Public Appeal" And
Knight up the causes of the slipping, and con-
cludes under this subhead Attack Attack and Attack
What was Eisenhower's reaction in his American Le-
gon speech in New York Monday to the appeal of Re-
publican newspapers say something that would form
the basis for hardhtting editorials?
More generaties, more words that don't jell, more
words that leave the mind blank when it strives to find
the nucleus of idea in them Read this gem and all
you will get out of it will be headache if you persist
long enough in trying to find out what it means:
"Those afraid seek security in needless extrava-
that breeds waste of substance and corruption of
men,"
The outstanding difference between Stevenson and
Eisenhower is that Stevenson says something when he
speaks and Eisenhower says nothing Even knight ad-
mits that Stevenson in the bae of words, is beating
Eisenhower two to one" Fact is the Cheating is pro-
nounced the comparison in word power between Steven
and Eisenhower would not be measured fully it
put at 100 to one.
Even the most rabid Republican newspapers coneede
Stevenson is master in the of words with few equals
in this any other country. When he says something
even children in grade school understand him. He
does not fence-stradde; he says what he he
said it to Governor Shvers of Texas about tidewater
lands and he said though costs him the Texas
electoral vote or the presidency itself
1t took courage to say that and Stevenson has
age as well as the aptitude to himself plainly
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-28
A Letter
From Bill Lsaniafi
Dear Neighbor:

DSoA 1NCASuOOA
Since coming home it has been
my pleasure to present a brief
report on the 82nd Congress to
many folks from Ojus to Key West.
1t is very noticeable that the A.
merican Citizen is hungry for the
full facts whole truths about
his government.
One gentleman frankly told me
he thought we could reduce our
Federal budget by looping off some
of the governmental departments
and agencies. My friend was amaz-
ed when told that IS percent of
our budget is. to defray the cost
of past wars, to pay the cost of
the present Korean conflict, and to
prepare our defenses.
He said he had never really
given any thought to a percentage
breakdown of the budget insofar
as the military sand domestic agen-
ciese were concerned. 1t surprised
him to know that Congress and all
other agencies of our domestic
government, such as the F. B. l.,
Departments of Justice, Commerce
Agriculture. our Federal courts,
and others, were maintained on
only Is percent of the budget.
A lady confronted me with the
idea that we could cut so percent
Of the employees off the Federal
payroll and still get along. She,
too, was amazed to learn that of
the two and one-half million civ
ilians on orr Federal payroll over
so percent are employed by the
Department of Defense. She regis
tered surprise at learning that
many of the Federal Agencies have
less complement now than in the
past. For example, the Department
of Agriculture has less people on
their payroll today than in 1910.
She, also, didn't know that the
Congress passed an amendment
this year reducing agency person
ell, other than the Defense Depart
ment, by ten percent.
So, this was the situation through
out South Florida. Citizen after
citizen, vitality interested in his
government, was finding himself
the victim of many propaganda
artists. He was awakening to the
fact that these propagandists had
created a curtain of confusion be-
tween him and his government.
Who are these employers of the
hah-truth propaganda technique?
There's the politician who distorts
the facts to further his political
ambition. The paid lobbyist who
deals in half-truths TO justify his
So, 900 or more a year job in
Washington. The government pro-
pagandist who tells only one side
of the story for the purpose of
iustifying his sgency's appropria-
ton requests. Some members OF
the press who utilize the half
truth TO create a sensational story
that might lead to a syndicated
column or radio program. The bus
inessman who screams corruption
in government and yet wants TO
know How much he pays 10
whom" for government work.
Here, then Is a challenge TO all
Americans. Proceed on the theory
of What is right, not who is night.
Be absolutely honest with your
neighbor and your country. Be an
American first ard always.
Sincerely yours,
Bill LsnfaH
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-28

may yet come out of World War II,
but it will have to be something
very excellent to in any way equal
the impact and vividness Of this
diary of young girl. At fourteen
when Anne Frank died in the con-
centration camp at Bergen Belsen,
she already had a place for her.
self In the literature of this CEN
trfy. A world shoeld than the
winds and the weather, and the
fires which might have been, that
the diary was not destroyed before
1t was found in a bunch of old
books on the floor of the long de-
serted secret annex.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-28

Dip cheese sandwiches in mix
ture Of egg ard milk and then fry
in butter or margarine until golden
brown: serve with a fruit salad and
\ beverage fer delicious lunch.
Yoa'n need Gre egg and q half
cup Of milk beaten tovether until
combined as the covering mixture
for four Sandw lches.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-28
Prison ParOlee
Convicted Again

MILWAUKEE, R-Frank Grand
staff, 50-year-old composer-convict
whose music once won him par
don from a life prison term, was
convicted of burglary Tuesday and
sentenced to one to three years
in Wisconsin State Prison at Wau-
pun.
Grandstaff said he'd use the time
to finish his autobiography.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-07-15
Thoughts on Life
Provincial Love
By DR.. JOHN w. Holland

By DK. JOHN W. HOLL1IND
"He makes His sun 10 shine on
the evil and the good. and sendeth
rain on the just and the unjust.
Matthew 5:45l
IT'S A GOOD thing that God de-
termines sun and rain. If we human
folk had to settle when and where
it would rain, we would pick out the
nice people we love, and give them
rain in season. How much easier.
it is to love our kind of a man, than
to love mankind.
The ages old parody on the dea-
cons prayer is still true in many
hearts and homes: Lord, bless me
and my wife, my son John and his
wife-us four and no more"
really do not suppose anyone ever
felt that way, at least, but it got
into prayer.
The tragedy of this all is that,
because we feel it easier to love
some people rather than others, we
conclude that, almighty God must
feel the same way about it.
When Peter asked Jesus how often
a man should forgive one who had
injured him, he placed the number
at seven times. That was the limit
so far as Peter was concerned. He
must have been surprised at Jesus
answer: 'Unto seventy times seven"
Or as often as forgiveness was asked.
Providence does not make the fine
hair determinations that we do in
the granting of mercies and changes.
There would be no future hope for
the race if we settled the occurance
of sun and rain.
One day I was walking along a
road near Phoenix, Ariz. It was as
beautiful morning as infinite intel
igence could arrange. noticed that
the sunshine was as golden as it
poured down upon the worthless
cacti and the tough desert grasses,
as upon the irrigated gardens and
fields of the farmers. The thought
came to me that a lot of perfectly
good sunshine was being wasted on
the desert. But it was not being
wasted. Think a moment: Sunshine,
like love, has to be universal in order
to exist at ALL
went once to see the ruined walls
of an English castle. It is said to be
the one of which Tennyson wrote
'"The splendor falls on castle walls
While I was looking and wondering
/ heard the grunt of a pig, and /;
little way off, the sunshine was fall
ing in splendor on that pig sty. Tn,
same sunshine goldens the mansion
and the little cottage.
There was an old bachelor who's
farm joined ours We wanted to bu,
an acre of him, which would give u
easier access to the back pastures @
our farm, but the old man wou1dn'
sell for love or money. We boy
grew to detest the old fellow. l re
call once that I hoped it would nc
rain on his farm SO that we nnigI
buy that acre. What lovely though
to come from my mind!
Whole races, or branches Of ou
one race, get the satanic idea tn;
they have a mortgage ON the goo
things of earth, or that they al
the chosen of the almighty. In
mediately, the seeds of hate and W;
/ are sown.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-07-15

aa0 Baneroi. w.y. DsDs. :, BsrLsley J. Canf
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28

the import of lewd publications,
but the present offensive so-caIled
love comics" and dirty pocket.
size books are published in Can
ada.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28
Of Interest To Women
BY Our Correspondents

COSHOCTON-The next meeting
of the PCCW of Sacred Heart par
ish will be Monday evening, April
%. Mrs. Charles Bell, chairman of
International Relations, will be in
charge of the program.
"Social Action" was the theme of
the talk given by the Rev, Angus
tine Winkler of st. Charles college,
Columbus. to the Sacred Heart
council on March 16, in the school
auditorium.
Miss Mary McGrady, president OF
the council, welcomed the members
and two guests, Miss Jean Fond
riest Of Dover, president of the
northern deanery, and Mrs. Char
les Casagram of New Philadelphia,
deanery PTA chairman.
The speaker was introduced by
Mrs. Walter B. Moore, social action
chairman for Sacred Heart coun-
Gil.
Father Winkler referred to in.
dustrial relations, interracial rela-
tions, and international relations.
The meeting was opened by a
prayer by the Rev. James w. Kulp,
diocesan director of the Society
for the Propagation of the Faith.
Mrs. Moore, accompanied by
Mrs. Albert Royer, sang the Ave
Maria"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28
TV Mass Scripts
Made AuaiIabIe To
Program Chairnen

WASHINGTON-NC)-Respond-
ing to more than 5000 letter ap-
peals for copies, the National Coun-
Gil of Catholic Men here is making
available complete working scripts
of its four television programs on
the Mass which aroused wide in
terest throughout the United
States.
The programs, presenting a
closeup of the Holy Sacrifice of
the Mass and a commentary, were
originally seen as the February
series of Frontiers of Faith" NBC-
TV religious feature carried by 48
network stations.
The original scripts of the tele-
casts have been developed to in
clude complete camera and micro
phone instructions. In addition
there is production guide offering
suggestions on casting, origination
point, music, and rehearsal time.
Each script runs a half hour.
NCCM believes the scripts will be
of great service to Catholic schools,
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
classes and study clubs, convert in
struction programs and parish Or
ganizationS. as well as for use by
local Catholic telecasters seeking
material for telecastS. The scripts
are available for a nominal charge.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28

At the March meeting of the
Aitar-Rosary Sodality of St. Mary
Magdalene church, Columbus, the
following new officers we're in
stalled: Mrs. Frederick Curry,
president; Mrs. P. J. Quinn, vice
president; Mrs. c. J. Capretta,
secretary; Mrs. Charles Dygert,
treasurer; and Mrs. Joseph Refs,
entertainment chairman.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28
MiSSdL Best Book
Benedictine abbot
els Convention

A compelling appeal for the use
of the MisSal was made by the
Right Rev. Ignatius Esser, O.SB.,
Abbot of ST. Meinrad Abbey, st.
Meinrad, Ind, at the Family Life
convention in Columbus this
week.
Calling the Missal the educa.
tional book par excellence" Abbot
EsSer pointed out that it is "chock-
full OF dogma, it is crammed with
Christian philosophy, it is a sum-
mary of the choicest church his
tory, reviewing each year the life
of Christ in His saving mysteries,
and the lives of the saints with
the Interpretation of their great.
ness.
"Thank God" he said, that to.
day our Catholics are more and
more becoming users of the MiSsal
"A father and mother who wish
to Christianize their home and
family need only to lead the way
for their children in the use of the
Missal. This grand life and work
of Christ is the top story Of all
times.
ut is summarily repeated in the
Mass formula on an average OF
four times each second, day after
day around the world. No docu
ment in all the world is so saturat
ed with divinity as is the Missalr
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28
BY Rev. Thomas ]. Bauer, MN.

HONG KONG = NC = Sister
Vincent Louise de Lude, . Detroit
Sister OF Charity. who has worked
in the Catholic Hospital at Kan
chow. Kiangsi Province, for %
years, vas accused of corruption"
in q mass demonstration, according
to report in the Kanchow news
paper received here,
Ii is the first case of a mission
airy being charged with "corrup-
tion" in the communists present
campaign against corruption, waste
and bureaucracy in party and busi-
ness circles.
The present Red drive began last
October. Known as the san fan
movement, it was undertaken to
unearth waste and corruption in
state expenditures.
The February "a mass accusation
meeting against Sister Vincent
Louise is the first instance of
Charges being brought against
missionary personnel in regard to
the disposal of mission or charity
funds contributed from abroad.
The accusations" all dealt with
events which antedate the advent
of communism in central China.
The hospital was confiscsted by the
communists last year, although
four American Sisters of Charity
still work there as nurses. In add.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28
Religion First
I'm Career OF
Good Mother

Being a good mother is an art.
Mrs. John S. Reilly of New York,
President of the National Catholic
Conference on Family Life, told
delegates on the Conferences 20th
annual convention in Columbus
this week.
II like to think of the good
mother practicing her art of moth
erhood in the family life of pray
er," declared Mrs. Reilly, who is
the mother of seven children and
the grandmother of six. zone of her
daughters is Mrs. Lee Malone, wife
of the Director of the Columbus
Gallery of Fine Arts.)
"Such good mothers" she con
tinued, will surely practice touch
ing religious customs in the fam
lily life-the Advent wreath, Grace
before and after meals, holy water
and the sign of the Cross on en-
tering each room. blessings and
the Christmas creche, that most
beautiful of all family customs
which makes the Christmas feast
holy in the home as we'll as in the
church.
"AS she creates the family life
of prayer, this mother artist also
moulds and forms the characters
of her family.
"She teaches them self-denial
because she knows that the more
we deny ourselves the more read
lily we will follow the Lord on His
Cross borne holy way"
Citing the need for "unfailing
self-control," Mrs. Reilly pointed
out that no matter what the chill
dren may do, the good mother ere
mains Serenely mistress of the sit
uation She remains always SO
close to the source of her inspir-
alton, the Holy Spirit of Love, that
she really cannot fail, and can
hardly go wrong"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28

The PCCW and Rosary-Altar So
ciety of Corpus Christi parish, Co
lumbus. will hold their next month
ly meeting Tuesday. April /, at 8
p. m. in the school hall.
The Rev. James Kulp, diocesan
director of the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith, will speak
and show slides on the missions.
Used religious articles and can.
celled stamps will be collected from
the members and presented to FIR.
Kulp for use in his mission work.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28

COSHOCTON - Members an
Swered to roll call and spoke
briefly on current events when
the Spalding Club met recently
in the home of Mrs. MabyI
Young.
Miss Frances Weaver reviewed
the book Fallen Away" by Mar
garet Culkin Banning.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28

The quarterly business meeting
of Friends of st. Rita's will take
place Tuesday, April /, at 8 p m.
at St. Rita's Home, Columbus.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-28
Protests Mount Against Sales
OF Immoral Books and Comics

OTTAWA, Ont. - NC Across
Canada there is rising tide OF
protest against newsstand sales of
lewd and immoral comics and pock.
ct size books and demands are
mounting for official action to ban
these offending publications.
Two years ago, David Fulton,
Conservative Member of Parlia.
ment for Kamloops, Be, Cath
olic, was responsible for an amend
ment to the Criminal Code which
Outlawed "crime comics" There
are also statutes which prohibit