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The Key West citizen., 1952-10-17
THIS ROCK OF OURS
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Here we go again. ...
Probably less than one per CEN
of Navy men are causing trouble
on the streets a. Key West. Per-
haps ten per cent Of the local police
men are unfit for the type of work
they are doing. All of this squab-
bling is unne essary. 1t should be
possible for the Navy to say. '''0.K.
We're going to clean up our end of
the trouble, and if the City has
an. pride. it viii do the same with
the police force.
There is too much of the pot cal
ling the kettle black right now. I'm
til martial Law is declared, navy
personnel should expect to obey the
law of the land. BY the same token,
police officer, to be worthy Of
name, should be a responsible in.
dividual who knows how to avoid
violence.
Personally, there is nothing 1
would like to see better than have
the Marines assigned to Mp duty
in town. GossiT has it that the Ma
Wy might place Key West out-of-
bounds entirely. My suggestion
would be that they try putting the
rougher barrooms and such places
as a well-known house on Stock Is.
land off-limits first.
Most Of the police have felt that
this column is against them. In a
joking manner tinged with bitter
ness they hav, told me that I start
ed this whole mess. 'sThis Rock Of
Ours" isn't that powerful. Public
information was first aroused by
wave of providers, peeping toms
etc. No one wants to see any indi-
vidual member Of the police force
suffer but the entire town wants
better law enforcement.
Peliee Brutality
The Navy is wrong when it sug-
gests that its personnel should not
be arrested in the same manner as
civilians. Such a course of action
would set UP barrier that would
forever be creating trouble between
the two groups Of people. Key West
and the Navy are so much part
Of one another that If police bruta-
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-17

llisy exists. the Navy should help
eradicate it rather than simply
dra-~ off into its own shell.
The present situation can be sol.
ved but il won't be until the vari-
Gus parties concerned decide to
take their fair proportion Of the
blame.
Think Fer A Minute
If civilians would only try to re-
member their own days in the ser
vice, perhaps they wouldn't get 50
provoked at many 0f the foolish,
irresponsible acts of our sailors.
And If the sailors would realize that
many of the men and women they
are rude to are exactly like their
mother and father back home. may
be they would be a little gentler in
their actions.
The above paragraph is "wishy-
washy" but if followed better pub.
lie relations win result.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-17
CHINESE OFFER
CASH RECRUITING
|INDUCENIENT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaga H.
Chinese guilds and associations are
offering cash grants to Chinese
families if their sons volunteer to
join the Maylayan police force.
A total Of IL associations have
advertised such offers in the drive
to enroll 400 Chinese in the force.
The highest difer Is sl6s.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-17

JACKSONVILLE I'D - DuyaI
County Democrats for Eisenhower
said Wednesday South Carolina
Gov. James F. Byrnes will make
his only Florida speech Of the 20.
5tical campaign in Jacksonville,
Oct. - Byrnes is supporting the
Republican national ticket.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-17
OUR AIR BASE AT THULE

This nation is in the progress of building stra-
tegc air base at Thule Greenland which only $50 miles
from the North Pole This air base possible through
treaty with Denmark which owns the great island of
Greenland
quick glance at globe of the world viii reveal
that this air base will make possible for American bomb
and fighters to sit up top of the world relatively
near the great Russian land mass
Constructing air base at this outof-the-way place
was difficult job and involved many hardships. Since
shipping is blocked for all but three months of the
the bulk of the job of transporting workers and
terials has fallen on big transport planes.
The United States possess bomber bases enabling
the Air Force to strike into the heart of Russia and this
added to the planes have which are capable of bomb
ing Russia one of our biggest steps toward peace
Evening star., 1952-04-21
Doris Fkeeson:
Horrinoon Is q Holding Company
New Yorks "a Democratic Votes Have Nowhere Else
To Go at Present but Story VIII Be Different in I1u

a nominee by the other than
on their own. Republicans must
realize that, in holding their
convention later, the Democrats
are free to improvise. And, IRON
ically, for all their bold talk,
Republicans are afraid of a
Harry Truman campaigning
against Bob Taft.
Democrats, on the other hand,
are scared of Gen. Eisenhower
and wish he belonged to them.
If he is not nominated by Re-
publicans, there are certain to
be some efforts to reclaim him
as a Democrat. It is hard to see
how he" could accede but very
odd things happen sometimes in
politics, and any politician
worth his salt can swallow all
the words in Webster's diction-
ary while his soup is cooling.
President Truman and Gov.
Stevenson have signified that
they have no taste for an Eisen-
hover contest. The President
spoke up only after the New
Hampshire primary. Steven
sons final rejection did not
take place until after New
Jersey counted its flood of
Eisenhower ballots.
A significant paragraph in
Gov. Stevenson's speech at the
New York preview of the can
didateS was not lost on the
careful listener. It read:
"Our goal is peace And
every time a great nation
has accepted the full RESPONSE
bility of its power and it's peril;
has accepted the leadership
from which there is no escape
But we must look forward
and not back. Rather we lose
this election than miSlead the
people by representing as simple
what is infinitely complex or by
representing as safe what is in
flnitely precarious. For there are
no painless solutions to war,
imitation, communism, imperial
ism, hunger. fear. intolerance
and all the hard stubborn prob
lens that beset U.s."
Gov. Stevenson went on to
laud Mr.. Hartman, one of the
principal foreign-policy officers
of the administration, but he
could have easily said precisely
the same compliments about his
old friend and associate, Gen.
Eisenhower. There is not much
room to doubt that he wishes
he could say them, but to O
Democratic rally.
The Stevenson boom is not
all mere selflshness on the part
of politicians who need a win
Evening star., 1952-04-21
Allies Are FoI|inq Into Red Trap
British and French Efforts for Trade Agreements Seen
As Aid to MitoN Production Behind Iron Curtoin
Constantine Brown:

A British airplane rushed a
full load Of textile samples to
Moscow last week in the hope
that the U. s. s. r. and its satel-
lites might be willing to place
further substantial orders with
British manufacturers.
Whether the textile makers
hopes will be fulfilled or not de-
pendS on how much of other
British products. which could be
used to improve the Soviet mil
itary machine, the British gov
ernment will allow to be
exported.
According to reports from
Moscow, the Chinese Reds have
concluded a trade agreement
with French businessmen pres
ent at the international eco
nomic conference held in the
Red capital this month. The
total value Of goods to be bought
anu SOLO Goes not exceed $l8
million. But it is interesting to
note what this exchange will
provide for each country.
The Chinese have undertaken
to sell France silks, tea. animal
products. handicraft goods and
other such products. The French
businessmen whose deal has to
be confirmed by their govern
ment will provide the Chinese
with machinery of publicly un-
specified type, medical supplies
and medical raw materials. This
is believed to mean that the
French pharmaceutical indus
try will send to China the in
gradients necessary to manu-
facture medical products.
In the past, before the fall
OF the Nationalist government,
trade relations between China
and France were confined
mainly to luxury articles: Per-
fumes. women's f1nery, some
Evening star., 1952-04-21
Thomas [. Stokes
Stern Question Of Service Arises
Men Of Ability Who Bow Out Of Presidential Campaign
May Still Face Issue of Paying Democrocys Price

examination Of a mob of news
papermen and women in his
Office with wit. humor and ur-
banity. Pondering upon the en-
gaging performance and upon
the qualities the Senator has
exhibited in the Senate-cour-
age, wisdom, deep intellectually
as well as keen intelligence,
persuasiveneSs in debate that
come from thorough knowledge
always Of his subject, altogether
q well-rounded and broad
gagged gentleman-the thought
recurred again, as often be-
fore, that here's a figure who
could bring distinction to the
White House. A man, too, with
literary quality missing there
since Woodrow Wilson, able to
write and speak with charm and
force, and a warm human being
withal.
But he denies himself. Sensi-
tive men, too conscious of their
shortcomings and their inner
conflicts. raise up mental and
psychological hazards in contem-
plation of such a gigantic task
as the Presidency, pale at the
thought of it. Woodrow Wilson
recognized all that when he
said a year before he was nomi-
mated:
"It means giving up nearly
everything that one holds dear.
When a man enters the White
House he might as well say,
All hope abandon. ye who enter
here The Presidency becomes
q barrier between o man and his
wife, between a man and his
children. He is no longer his
own master-he Is q slave to
his job. He may indulge nc
longer in the luxury of free
action or even free speech"
YET he wanted to be President
because he felt there were Ger
tain things he could accomplish
as President-and did, Of course.
Evening star., 1952-04-21

leather goods. wines. champagne
and the unsurpassed French
cordials. The old Chinese war
lords took good care of their
numerous wives and concubines
and also liked high living. A life
OF limited austerity prevails now
among the high-ranking Chi
nese. The days. even during the
last war. when pleasant but
superfluous goods were shipped
over the Burma road have gone,
at least for the time being.
The Chinese Communists are
developing their war industry
rapidly with the help of Rus
sian. German and Japanese
technicians and advisers. They
cannot draw too much on the
Russian factories. And what
ever assistance they can get
from the free world is highly
welcome. The businessmen of
the West shut their eyes to the
fact that the arms they may
help the Reds to manufacture
are intended to destroy their
own countries. This seems to
them of only relative conse-
Quence, provided some immedi-
ate profits can be obtained.
The type Of goods China has
agreed to ship to France appears
absurd to most observers. What
good can the import of silk goods
do to the French economy when
the Lyons silk factories are
world renowned? Or how can
the import Of tea help a wine
and coffee drinking country like
France?
The French people have a
worldwide reputation for their
handicraft goods. Yet, under
the widely advertised agreement
signed at the Moscow confer
ence the French will import
Evening star., 1952-04-21

status as when they were seized.
even If the money paid out is
recovered from the Govern
ment. They will have lost their
bargaining power and there will
be no basis for the carrying on
of collective bargaining to settle
the steel dispute.
Thus, for example. many en-
ployers in a labor dispute are
willing to grant three demands
provided two others are dropped
"a natural development when
two parties are trading or bar
gaining with each other. But
what is there left to bargain
about if the Government steps
in and automatically orders
the companies to grant three
of the demands without ex-
acting any commitment that
the other two will ever be
dropped? The economic lever
age so important in any
negotiation then vanishes. This
is what the courts will be asked
to recognize as "irreparable
damage"
What the trade unions ap-
parently don't realize is that
if collective bargaining can be
demolished that way once it
can happen again and again.
Actually the trade union leaders
of the AFL and national unions
Independent of the CIO and AFL
are strangely silent as before
their very eyes the process of
collective bargaining is being
discredited by President Tru-
man himself.
incidentally. the railroad
brotherhoods can now point
with justified criticism to the
silence exhibited by manage
ment generally when the Gov
ernment took over the railroads
and then ordered q part pay
ment of wages. This has led to
a drifting situation with no
settlement. It has led to at
tempts at reprisals by confis-
cationist Senators who want to
impound the incomes and net
profits of the railroads and
keep dividends away from the
stockholders as q means Of forc-
Evening star., 1952-04-21
Doris FIeeson:

Ninety-four votes in search
Of a candidate were nominally
committed last week end to a
New York favorite son who has
never run for Office. w. Averell
Hartman.
In the language of the f.
nancial world from which he
sprang. Mr.. Hartman is, how
ever, just holding company.
When the New York delegation
becomes operational at Chicago
in July. the story will be diff
ferent.
The plain truth is that the
biggest bloc of delegates to the
Democratic National Convention
has nowhere to go since Gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois de-
clared he would not accept the
presidential nomination. No
other candidate now in sight
can bring that combination Of
labor, independents, minorities
and women galloping happily to
the New York polls to over
whelm a whole group Of what
Jim Farley in an inspired phrase
called typical prairie States.
This being true, Boss Jake
Arvey of Chicago has seen his
duty and will try to do it. He
has now publicly promised to
lead a draft of Gov. Stevenson,
let the chips fall where they
may in Illinois. Admittedly this
will annoy many of the boys in
the Cook County wards who
prefer birds in hand in the
shape of Mr.. Stevenson's re-
election as Governor.
BY far the biggest potential
ally of the draft-Stevenson
forces is the Republican Party.
If it nominates Senator Taft.
they have an excellent chance
OF perSuadlng the Governor 10
run.
If the Republicans nominate
Gen. Eisenhower, a firm fighter
for an internationalist foreign
policy and q man in whom Gov.
Stevenson repoSes confidence
and friendship, Democrats are
almost surely stuck with a last
minute donnybrook fair at their
own convention, two weeks later.
It's outcome no one can FORE
see. If that outcome should be
a draft of President Truman, no
one is going to be too terribly
surprised, however.
Thus the strange picture ex-
lists of each party having more
real influence on the, choice of
Evening star., 1952-04-21
Fletcher knebeI::
Potomac Fever

Secretary Russas peace oen-
ve aimed at creating dcord the Allies
least have the decency keep growing at until decide
to fall out about next.
poll of editors convenng in Washington major
iy think Gen Ike will win the Presidency
reach Paris than Ike bed sick
morale.
Angry Senators hit back at President threatening
to keep them in session until they
The Senate will tolerate anything except neddng
with its vacation plans.
The Government ends controls allows
the rubber industry to operate grow
prosperous enough for Harry to seize.
Gen. Ike confined to bed with throat Ike got little
hoarse explaining to people the
wasn't ready to talk yet. !.
Congress considers Secretary Agriculture
support major farm prices at 80 cent parity
device to keep the farmer high
Republican prosperity that he votes Democratic gid
dneSs.
Taft forces circulate petition asking Ike to state
his views 81 issues There really 101 suesbu
ready has squaers rights the unpopular side
Evening star., 1952-04-21

that type Of product Of which
they have a great surplus and
are endeavoring to export to
other countries. The report that
the Reds will send oil to France
also myStif1es many observers.
France has an overproduction
Of olive and linseed oil. Hence
it is unlikely that 1t needs any
from China. If it has any short
ages. Spain, Italy and Greece
have vast quantities which they
have difficulty selling in the
world markets. There can be no
question Of industrial oil since
China has no oil fields and de-
pends almost exclusively on i'm
ports from the U. s. S. R., Indo-
nesia and Burma. Shale oil
exists in such limited quantities
in Manchuria that it is not
worth mentioning.
II the reported details Of the
French Chinese trade agreement
represent the type of deal which
the Reds are Offering to the
business-hungry West our
Allies are falling into a serious
trap. They will be providing
the nations behind the Iron
Curtain with products essential
to increase their military capa-
bilities. The Red armies In
Korea have suffered less from
the lack of war materials than
scarcity Of medical supplies.
The French now will fill that
vacuum. There is also a short
age Of materials to make both
summer and winter uniforms.
The British manufacturers seem
eager to provide that. In ex-
change the Red governments will
undertake to supply the Western
Europeans with totally unneces-l
Sary stuff which can be of little
help in improving their national
economies.
Evening star., 1952-04-21

He learned by experience, too,
the grim accuracy of his proph-
ecy beforehand. But that was
the price he knew he must pay.
Since his time the Presidency
has become even more Of an
ordeal or, as Gov. Stevenson put
it at the Averell Hartman
dinner in New York: 1.-THE bur-
dens of the Presidency dwarf
the imagination" Thereby he
revealed his own sensitivity that
had led him to deny himself
and in a brilliant speech showed
a grasp of the vital issues
of our era which, In itself, de-
monstrated his own capacity for
the White House.
This raises the question-and
it is being discussed here
whether men equipped by abil-
ity and training, such as the
two gentlemen from Illinois, can
refuse. whatever the price, the
opportunity for service which
democracy demands as its own
price for its privileges. It is
more than a theoretical or phil
osophical question. For these
are times that demand the ulti-
mate sacrifice in service.
In our politics we never have
taken too seriously before a
timidity among some able men
toward the White House. A
forecast herewith is ventured.
Which is that if the confusion
that has surrounded the Demo-
cratic Party continues into the
convention itself-as it seems
now it will-the time may come
when one or the other Of the
two men from Illinois may find
themselves, despite their renun-
Citations, hard up against this
stern question of possible serv-
ice, to which neither can hardly
say:
HE went thataway."
They must speak for them
selves in that case.
Evening star., 1952-04-21

ing q settlement. Neither
method-the part payment Of
wage increases ordered by a
Government board or the i'm
pounding Of company funds
is the answer.
The seizure of the railroads
and now the steel plants is
evidence of the utter incompe-
tence of the Truman admins
tration. The President is being
called a dictator" but the name
is wrongly applied. MIR. Tru-
man isn't himself a dictator. He
is a puppet whose weakness is
preyed upon by the trade unions.
The dictatorship today is by the
CIO and its agents in Govern
ment who play the CIO game so
skillfully that Mr.. Truman
doesn't know what it all means.
He is like putty in the hands
of the group which, having sup
piled campaign funds to help
him win the 1948 election, is
now collecting the favors it
wants. This is what the
economic barons used to do
under Republican administra-
tions when they exacted tariff
concessions because of their big
campaign contributions. Two
wrongs do not make a right.
John Lewis, who headed up the
CIO In the '30s. admits that he
loaned the Roosevelt admins
tration $500,000 in the campaign
Of 1886 and Mr.. Lewis indig-
nantly denounced Mr.. Roosevelt
later for failing to come through.
Mr.. Truman is more faithful
to political allies but the ex-
tremes to which he is going
will hurt trade unionism in the
long run and will not solve the
bitter disputes that are arising
in the basic industries of Amer
lea. Dictatorship by labor un-
ions can be as bad as Dictator
ship by big business and it will
be a sad day for America if the
next election merely transfers
the powers Of dictatorship from
one economic group to the
other. Mr.. Truman is contrib
uting some important precedents
for the future.
Evening star., 1952-04-21
Thomas L. Stokes:

What is going on, presidential
candidate-wise. in some Demo-
cratic Party circles-high circles,
too-brings up that current
gag:
.He went thataway."
First, President Truman, him
self, bowed out as expected,
though earlier than some antici-
pated. He figuratively pointed
directly at a whole auditorium
full Of Democrats. including
candidates, to say: HE went
thataway." Then Gov. Adlai
Stevenson Of Illinois, No.
crown prince designate, stepped
aside and pointed around the
whole circumference with his:
HE went thataway." Finally,
Senator Paul Douglas Of Illinois
pointed directly at a single fig
ure, Senator Estes Kefauver.
with his: "He went thataway."
AS for Senator Douglas, the
observer of these current strange
phenomena in the Democratic
Party may be pardoned for
shifting the simile back to good
old American legend. And there
with to paraphrase Priscilla'S
enticing remark to John Alden
when he addressed her on be-
half Of the candidacy for her
hand Of one Captain Miles
Standish, and ask:
why don't you speak for
yourself. Paul?"
The Senator did, Of course,
again thrusting aside the crown
for himself, with mo man has
refused q gift that has NOT
been offered so often as myself"
and then going on, under some
pressing, to repeat again the
positive absolute, to wit, that
in the improbable event" he
was nominated he would refuse
the nomination.
Well-and no hum. sir! The
Senator was a delight to watch
as he deity handled the cross
Evening star., 1952-04-21

ner. AS the candidates made
their New York bows. one by
one. to an audience which has
largely nurtured some of this
generations foremost public
servants-Mr. Smith. Mr..
Roosevelt. Mr.. La Guardia, Mr..
Lehman-it was Stevenson all
the way.
Part Of it was the man HIM
self. In the Biblical phrase.
he spoke as one having author
ity and the people heard him
gladly. No quality is more val-
liable in seeking Office.
One observer declared that
Senator Kerr is running
against Hoover. Senator Ke.
fauver against sin. Senator
Mcmahon against Stain, and
the Vice President is running
against time. Gov. Stevenson
is running against the world
crisis we know is here"
Would q Taft candidacy
tempt Mr.. Truman to accede to
a draft? Most Democrats think
it would. though they would ex-
pect him to give Gov. Steven
son first shot at what they re.
gard as an easy mark.
They could of course be wrong
in their estimate. Republicans
think. with reason. that they
have the administration down.
Were it not for l948, they would
be happier about it though.
The New York situation Is
by no means as harmonious as
it appears. In Fridays meeting.
at which Mr.. Hartman won
favorite-son Endorsement, half
a dozen voices called for delay.
Dan O'Connell of Albany was
not even present: he is backing
a truly ebony steed. Oscar Ew-
ing, Federal Security Admins
traitor, who is cold poison in
many quarters.
Senator Kefauver has friends
in labor Liberal groups. includ-
ing many of the La Guardia
regime. Jim Farley can get some
upstate votes If he lifts his
finger.
Perhaps the best gauge Of
Averell Harriman's true position
is that the New York Democrats
Endorsed him anyway, figuring
they could shift as convenience
dictates. It does not impair the
real warmth of the applause for
him as a public servant and o
Democrat.