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The Key West citizen., 1952-12-16
Coming EUents

Key West High School PTA, at
school, s pm. Christmas pro-
gram.
Minoca Council No. Is Degree OF
PocahontaS, meeting at Red
mans Hall, 1880 pm. Christ
mas party, with gift exchange.
Civil Air Patrol, American Le-
gion Post Home, s pm.
Key West Assembly No. Is Order
of Rainbow Girls, Scottish Rite
Temple, 1880 pm.
Key West Chapter No. 3 Disabled
American Veterans, Luz Tenn
pie, s pm.
KiwaniS Club, dinner meeting
$50 pm.
Youth Tor Christ Bible Study
Methodist Church, 729 Flem-
ing street, 7:3O pm.
Ft. Taylor Duplicate Bridge
Club, 7:45 pm.
Beginners Bridge Group, Ft
Taylor Officers Club, s pm.
Women of First Presbyterian
Church, meeting at s pm.
Ever Ready Star Club meeting
at the Scottish Rite Temple,
pm, election of officers. Mrs.
Charles Lowe is hostess.
Evening hours for art exhibit at
East Martello Gallery by air
port, Christmas selection pro-
ject, local painters, Z to 8 pm.
through Sunday. Day hours,
noon to S pm.
HS-1 0.W.C. luncheon at Casa
Marina, 1890 pm. HosteSses
Mrs. H. C. Strandemo and
Mrs. J. Sobien.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IL
Navy Wives Bowling League,
Naval Station Alleys, / pm.
Meeting, Junior Ch. Commerce
at clubhouse, s pm.
Island City Navy Wives Club No.
So, meeting at Bldg. 178. 10:30
am.
Ladies Golf Tournament. K. W.
Golf course. 9 am.
Handicraft Group. Naval Station
Library, End floor, s pm.
Naval Air Station o.W.C. lunch
con, 1880 pm. place to be an
nounced.
Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club, meeting at Woman's
Club, 8 pm.
Monroe County PTA Council, 7:45
pm.
Dade Lodge No. IL, Masonic
Group, Scottish Rite Temple, s
pm.
FAWTU luncheon, at Casa Mari
ma, 1890 pm.
DECEMBER 1S--
CAP Cadets, Key West High
Auditorium, 1880 pm.
Navy Wives Bowling League, 1
pm, N. S. Also open bowling.
Rotary Club luncheon, 12:15, st.
Paul's Parish Hall.
Key West Lions, meeting. $50
pm. at Lions Den, Seminary
st.
Elks Lodge, at club. 8 pm.
VFW Post No. 1911, at VFW
Post Home, 8 pm.
VX-1 owe, 1880 pm. lunch
con, at Casa Marina.
Unit Sc, Ladies Auxiliary FRA
monthly luncheon, CPo Club,
Naval Station at noon.
Martha Linds Frank Circle OF
WMU First Baptist church, 10
am.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1e--
Old fashioned Hymn sing and
fellowship hour, Poinciana Bap-
list Church, sponsored by
Youth for Christ. 1880 pm.
knights Of Pythias. Pythian Han.
s pm.
Triangle Club. Pythian Sisters,
at Pythian Temple, 1880 pm.
Key West Shrine Club, meeting
at 7:30 pm.
Key West Amateur Radio Club,
National Guard Armory, 1880
pm.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10
Youth for Christ Rally. Fleming
Street Methodist Church, 729
Fleming Street, T:30 pm.
Grand opening Of the Casa Ma
Tina, 8 pm.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2l--
Three free portrait sketches q
visitors 10 Key West Artists
exhibit st East MarteliO Gal
lery. Winners announced at 2
pm. snd portrait painting to-
begin Immediately foll0wing.
MONDAY, DECEMBER Il
Alcoholics Anonymous. Key West
group, meeting at 3 pm.
Methodist Men. CsballeFos Me
todistas, at Wesley House, 8
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2S---p1intinQ
30-Services and Repairs

SIMONTON ST. Body Works. Auto
painting also upholStering and
trim - convertible tops, 121 ST.
monton St. Phone 2-3951. nov27-tf
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39-Trailers For Sale

194S LIBERTY, 25'. Good cond. Lot
a, Key West Trailer Court or
1927 Duval St., Apt: No. S. dec11-6t
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4 x 6 LUGGAGE TRAILER
Newly built, $4,000. 62S Francis.
dec16-3t
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NOTICE BH PUBLICATION
TO: Ida RAE LOyRIC,
Il. r. u. No. l.
Cape May. New Jersey.
YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED
AND REQuTRE to serve q copy Of
your Answer 20 the Complaint for
Divorce on the Plaintiffs Solicitor,
and file the original Answer in the
office of the Clerk If the Circuit
Court on or before the 18th day Of
January, AID. 1858, in the above
entitled cause. otherwise the allie
i ttous therein contained viii be
taken as confessed.
DONE and ORDERED az Key
West. Monroe County, Florida. thls
stb day OF December, AID 1888
tSeaig EARL f. ADAMS,
Clerk OF The Clrcuif Court.
Monroe County, Florida.
BY: (sdb Florence r. SAWYER
Deputy Clerk
(sdl j. +. PORTER, ".
Solicitor for Plaintiff,
sf5 Fleming 81.
Key West, Florida
dsea-fe.sz-sef
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
of THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY.
IN CHANCERY.
Case No. 1S-420
THOMAS NJ. MYATT,
Plaintiff,
VS.. DIVORCE
RUTH w. p. MYATT,
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IN THE COUNTY IIDGEs's COURT,
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY.
FLORIDA. IN PROBATE.
In re Estate ~
MTSNA r. LIFPMAS,
rlseeas ssd
NOTICE 0F FILING FINAL
REPORT AND ApPIIT ALTON
FOR DTsCHARsEs
To ALI. WHOA IT MAE cox
GERM
Notice IL hereby given 60 AL par-
acrs tha: T. Robert q. LIRprsan ths
0nasFEtEnaa Exe~atar Of tns estate
e Nanua r. L3ppmmG. aerNaaxsf.
have flied With tie Han1fMa a3e 4 g.
rana r. T4ora County Juage ~
AE9m rae Ca&aty. Fzegtsa my glxas
ana fGna1 Yess@Ft al said Executor
Ana hAEa also gH&8A anG filed wfth
sA59 J@ags sppsbeA&gga far nay dis
charge a. s&4A E.Eesafors flrther.
thAt ca Mon8Av. .$&aN&wg 5. t#18, er
ms ason gserA>ag &s Gmn -
h@aF&. wg}t APPLY 81 the - q
GeasH9v 9aG ~ fag approval - aArae
zma for s4N&E &iaeAmFWa as EKeea-
ser - fh# estate x MSnza =. EAu@-
aa@n, Aee - S@5.
Dated. AZ Aeg p ests FssTt&a, tsss
~ AA@ IS ss7ss ~ &eK fA&%
ke&s EoMEsE . LgpgMA%
As Ease@teF eE the 2s3ssA * Mfnna
p. L&psssA8s E5s&e eaes&
Gse-s-s-3s-z1.i .iss.
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3l-Garden-LawnS Supplies

SINGING CANARIES, baby para
keets & metal cages. Key West
Garden & Lawn Supply. Phone
2-6912. dec15-3t
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ONE-BEDROOM Apt. Complete
ly furnished. Utilities includ.
ed. 1l04 Truman Ave-, upstairs
Also, one two-b edroom apart.
ment, UNFINISHED except for
electric stove, wcte heater and
ice box. SIT Whitehead st. Phone
2-3745 or apply County Judges Of
flee, Mrs. Villar. dec2-tf
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NOTES Payable forms. 10 for 15c.
Artman Press, phone 2-5661.
dec10-tf
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UNFURNISHED two bedroom
house. Completely refinished.
Half block from main st. Adults
only. SGT Bahama. dec13-3tx
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4Houses For Rent

2-BEDROOM, all electric chen.
Good residential district. 1425
Tropical. p ~~ 2-7891. dec12-tf
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25-A. Real Estate Wanted
27--PropertY Wanted

WANTED TO BUY acreage o.
Lower Keys. Send full particulars
and price by letter to Box X. Sum
meriand Key P.o.
dec2-tues thurs -Sat.-H
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2 c.o.E. is42 Dodge Trucks. Cali
between S g. p.m-s s-Z940.
deeI5-tf
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TRAI.ERS as low as SsS % full
price. We buy. sell and finance.
TIptons Trailer Sales. Stock Is
Land. oeclS-ss
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llB-EmploYment
Wanted Male

HANDY MAN. Unencumbered. Go
anywhere. Prefer sleep-in -
Available Immediately. Write Box
E. o. c/o Citizen. dec15-3t
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UNFURNISHED three bedroom
house. Newly renovated. Ideal
for family. Hot and cold water
and booster pump. 311 Elizabeth
ST., upstairs. dec16-3tx
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GOOD Opportunity for chef. Kitch-
en- for rent in Duffy's Delmonico,
21S Duval st. Fully equipped. Can
make a good living for live wire.
dec6-tf
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CLEAN, quiet room, block from
business district. Free parking.
513 Whitehead. dec10-6t
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Page 7
Cottages For Rent

COTTAGE, near Margaret Ann
store. Couple only. Apply Price
Organization Realtors. All Fleming
st. dec9-tf
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VERY GOOD investments in in
come property. 2-story, S-apart-
ment house on Caroline Street, 2596
gross on purchase price of $1O,.
10000. terms $6,OOO.OO cash, balance
easy.
2-DUPLEX buildings and corner
lot, producing 17Ho gross on pur-
chase price of $21, 100000, terms $6,-
10000 cash, balance easy.
DUPLEX CHS. construction near
County Beach, producing 17%
gross on SIG, 100000 purchase price,
terms $5,OOO.O0 cash, balance pay
able in 10 years.
2-STORY, 3-apartment house on
Olivia Street, income 20q5 gross
on purchase price Of $12, 10000,
terms $S,0O0.0O cash and assume
100000 lien, payable $4,000 per
month. 419 Duval st. Dial 2-lS31.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
dec8-H
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50-Legal Notices
(Continued)
NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS
AMpN

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned, desiring to en-
gage in business under the ficti-
tious name of "Southernmost
Sharpening Co.," 921 Truman Ave
nue., rear, Key West. Florida, In
tends to register said name with
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Monroe County, Florida.
LEO B. KOLBE,
Sole Owner.
nov25
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LUGGAGE TRAILER. Metal body.
Oversize tires. Can be seen al
Haskins Machine Works, 726 Caro-.
line. nov26-tf
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NICE ROOM. Private entrance.
$1,000 weekly. 1920 Margaret.
Adjacent to bath. dec15-3t
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WAREHOUSE SPACE available.
Red Brick Garage. Wolkoff, 321
Simonton. nov21-tf
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40-Motor Bikes and Mo.
tor Scooters

SALISBURY motor scooter and bi.
cycle for sale. Phone 2-7993. 1924
Packer st. decIe-6tx
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NICE ROOM with private en-.
trance. Adjacent to bath. 1020A
Margaret. $40 weekly. dec16-3t
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33-Miscellaneous

EISNER FURNITURE COMPANY
1923 Duck Avenue, Poinciana.
Phone 2-6951. We buy and sell new
and used furniture. nov27-tf
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CUSH-fAN SCOOTER. Like new
Can be seen, 927 Catherine st.
dec15-Stx
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5-Rooms For Rent

LUlGl'S roOmint house. Rooms
with and without private baths.
Cal after 3 pm. q: Duval St
dsel2.tf
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S-Rea1 Estate Foe Sale
lContinuedl

FOR HOMES - Lots - Duplexes
Apartment and Business Prop
erty, see Paul Boysen, 626 Fleming
ST. Phone 2-3612. Here since 1919.
nov19-30-tx
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s-Ro0M, completely furn. apt,
from Dec. 2Sth TO April Ist.
Write L. NJ. MistelSdorf. l63 s. E.
list ST, Miami Ave. deel6-atx
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NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
TO: RUTH W. P. MYATT,
170S Neal Terrace,
Nashville. Tennessee.
YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED
and REQUIRED to serve a copy OF
YOUR Answer to the Complaint for
Div rec on the Plaintiffs Solicitor,
and file the original Answer in the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court on or before the cath day OF
December. a, D. 1852, in the above
entitled cause. otherwise the ale
cations therein contained VIII be
taken as confessed.
DONE and ORDERED at Key
West, Monroe County, Florida, this
oath day of November, AID. 1882.
(SeaD EARL r. ADAMS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Monroe County, Florida.
BY: Kathleen Nottage
Deputy Clerk.
(sd) J. Y. PORTER, ~,
Solicitor for Plaintiff,
Alb Fleming St.
Key West, Florida,
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20' HARRIS Coach. Needs repair
Elec. refrig. Only $195.OO, as is.
See Capt. Kidd, Treasure Isle Trail
er Cove, Stock Island. dec6-tf
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6 ROOMS, ? bedrooms, large
porch, private drive Land
scaped. Occupied once. ST20o, IlS
United. decI6-u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Fletcher Knebel:
Potomac Fever

Steelworkers prepare another walkout tele
phone telegraph strikes Pretty the only sound in the
the rhythmic swishng candidates they
duck the labor issue.
The Government bans deliveries of steel for civilian
strike NobodyS quite when everything started
haywire: The night President said he wouldn't
the night he moved back into the White House.
The House has trouble keeping its members it
debate the $40 billion defense bill You can't blame the
members for relaxng been several weeks since Russia seized
country
Judiciary Committee to hold hearings
Judge McGraney fitness to be Attorney General There's
the judge takes such dim of corruption that he won't
be able to see it,
Lodge predicts Ike will to the Republican
convention with well delegates Add
claims of Taft Stassen Warren and MacArthur-and
got people waiting
filled room.
Secretary of be time to
limit" the Nations spending No does President
quit his falls apart
others get their wild ideas first.
Frank Nathan bgtme Washington testifes that
nickel telephone call all he did for $4,000 fee Repb
intend clamp down that easy Washington
rackeaready they're talking about making phone calls dime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08

A Kefauver-Russell primary
contest would attract much at
tention. Senator Russell has a
great reputation at home and
in Washington. He is known
to be extremely able and he is
well liked.
1t is still Georgia. Washing
ton reputation. He has not
hitherto ventured outside his
own State or the work of the
Senate. If the politicians were
choosing between him and his
junior. he would have a clear
edge for many reasons. But
people vote in the primaries who
do not always heed their betters.
It is difficult at this point and
at this distance to say what
the South might do about SEN
ator Kefauver, il and when he
looked like a winner. Certainly
the Tennesseean is too liberal
for the Dixiecrats. Many of
the older leaders are against
him. Yet the same South has
sent such men as Senators Hill,
Fulbright. Sparkman, Stennis,
Smathers - and Russell - to
Washington who are not too
far away from the position
taken by Senator Kefauver.
The organization operators
may stymie q Kefauver NOM
ination for the presidency. They
could hardly keep their States
from his column once he is
nominated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Constantine Brown:

From his vantage point at
SHAPE, Gen. Eisenhower must
be cognizant of the main threat
to the iearmament plans of Eu-
rope: The rapid growth of the
Third Force" in Britain and on
the Western continent. He did
not mention this in his annual
report because he and the adj
visers who helped prepare the
document considered it as a
purely political matter. It was
too delicate a question for the
commander of a coalition army
to discuss in his military report.
Tie moving spirit of the
Third Force is the fiery British
Labor leader Aneurin Bevan.
His contention, fully shared not
only by the nom Communist So
cialist leaders in Western Eu-
rope but by all the fringe par
ties and the man in the street."
is that the rearmament of Eu-
rope renders all expectations for
a peace by negotiation with the
Kremlin impossible.
The spokesman of the Third
Force do not take the unrealis-
tic view that rearmament would
precipitate a Soviet attack, but
they maintain that the cost
over the next two or three years
will become so high that the
standard of living in Europe
would further deteriorate. Third
Force leaders remind their peo-
pie that Lenin and Stain have
always contended that Commu-
nism could be established in
the world by completely bank
rupting the capitalist system.
And the heavy rearmament ex-
penditures are rapidly contriv-
ing toward that end. The role
of the Third Force should be
that of the honest broker be-
tween Communism and free en-
terprise. It is close to the Com
munist doctrine by its advo-
cacy of state socialism and has
common point with the ma
tons backing free enterprise
through it's opposition to po-
litical and military dictatorship.
Last weeks county elections
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08

$5.7 million to make the White
House the biggest and fanciest
bachelor apartment in America.
But it is important, we think,
that Estes Kefauver is a family
man and that he is a warm,
perSonable. friendly individual
rather than a somewhat color
less and reserved bachelor"
How Senator Russell will meet
this attack isn't clear. His head
quarters is seething, but silent.
He could confound the editor,
OF course. by getting himself a
wife before the date of the
primary. May 6. That gives him
more than three weeks and,
having been advertised for years
by Washington society report
ers as one Of the-not colorless
and reserved, but-"most eligi-
BILE bachelors" he should find
that time enough. Might have
only to look over the waiting
list and take his choice. Or he
could commit himself now to
getting married after he is
elected and has had time to
dispose of a few other matters.
Or he could take the heifer by
the horns and come out Aatly in
favor of bachelorhood. Obviously
he's got to do something.
History, it may be noted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Doris FIeeson:
Kefouver's Chances Reopproised
success in Boggng Delegates May Upset PoItcos Plans
To Rule Him Out of National Convention in JuIv

While the politicians here
have been busily selecting we'll
balanced Democratic tickets like
Gov. Adlai Stevenson for Presi-
dent and Senator Richard Rus
sell for Vice President, the
people have been stubbornly
casting their ballots for Senator
Estes Kefauver in various State
primaries.
This willfulness on the part of
the rank and file is causing q
number Of interested persons to
re examine the Washington
cliche that "they won't take
Kefauver."
First Of all, "they". may not
be in a position to rule out the
TenneSSeean from considera-
ton when the national conven-
ton meets in Chicago in July.
The Senator is accommodating
delegates with considerable sue
cess and he will soon add Cali
fornia's handsome assortment
to his bag.
He also has ahead Of him two
primaries in which he conceiv-
ably can do quite a bit of dam
age to the presumed presi-
dental stature of the pair of
Democrats foremost in current
political discussion.
Gov. Stevenson is entered in
the Oregon primary and, though
the entry is against his wishes,
apparently he cannot withdraw.
A plan Is afoot to have him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08

the facts about the steel situa-
ton have been known for weeks.
It will avail nothing to say that
this or that subordinate should
have told this or that colleague
early enough to prevent the
debacle. The fact is the present
administration allows situations
like the steel controversy to de-
velop without exerting the effort
at the proper moment to avert
breakdoWnS.
When there is a strike in an
important industry. it means
that the administration has
failed to keep production going.
1t means that billions of dollars
worth Of military equipment
are not delivered on schedule. It
means that parts needed for the
assembly line don't get there
on time.
Nothing can be more serious
today than a breakdown of
Americas production line. But,
as one looks around Washing
ton. an eaSygoing indifference
Is to be observed which seems to
indicate that it doesn't matter
very much whether production
continues or is INTERRUPTED.
President Truman cannot DOS
sibly manage all the details of
Government. yet when the crisis
comes he is asked to make the
decisions. No man. could pos
sibly manage the whole prob
lem Of production, especially as
it is affected by wages and
prices. The mistake of the
present administration is in
delegating the task to indi-
vidual officials and expecting
them to solve all conflicts be-
tween management and labor.
A board of impartial men,
representing the public inter-
est only, could give the facts,
and public opinion would in
huence the decision.
Actually the issues that arise
in labor disputes are not novel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Close to Communist Doctrine
Rapid Growth of Third Force Greatest Threat to Reormng
Yet Eisenhower Eoed to Mention It in Annual Report

in Britain have shown how the
wind is blowing. Although the
Conservative Party has been in
power only q few months, the
Socialists have won a spectac-
ular victory at the polls. Not
only have they increased their
majority in areas where they
had in the past the support of
the working people but have
made deep inroads in districts
considered in the past as ex-
clusively conservative. The rea-
son for this setback is that the
Tory Party is enforcing aus
terity on the British people
more drastically than when the
Labor government was in power.
And Mr.. Churchill admits that
this is due to the increased cost
of rearmament.
Continental Europe is better
off insofar as food and the
amenities of life are concerned.
But it has lost much of its
virility because of the blood
lettings in the last two world
wars. France, which at the out
break of the last war placed no
less than 10 divisions in the
battlefield, is making a desper-
ate effort to get Is divisions
under arms, and the govern
ment does not expect to fulfill
even this goal without major
domestic troubles. The same
thing applies to the Benelux
countries and Italy.
While Gen. Eisenhower has in
his files blueprints for a mill
tary force of some SO divisions
in the next IL months, there is
little likelihood that objective
will be attained, particularly if
the general, who has more pres
tige than any other military
man with the people of West
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ern Europe. relinquishes his po-
sition in the near future.
To those who are not fully
aware of the game Russia is
playing in Europe and Asia the
solution for peace and improve
ment of peoples living condi-
tons in Europe offered by the
Third Force is very tempting.
1t means reduction of arma-
ment expenditure to a minimum
needed for a mere police force
and the use of that money for
economic purposes. Queen Ju-
Llama of the Netherlands, who
certainly cannot be described
as favoring socialism or friend
illness toward communism, threw
sufficient hints into her speech
before the joint session of Con-
gress last week that the peoples
of Europe and the rest of the
world would prefer butter to
guns.
This feeling is increasingly
prevalent all over Europe to-
day. Behind it is the fear Of
most Europeans regardless Of
social class and occupation that
another war would destroy al
together the remnant of West
ern European civilization. And
many would prefer the accept
ance of any kind of political
compromise with Moscow to
CHANGING another armed con-
f1ict. The Europeans appear
more realistic in military mat
tiers than the soldiers. They do
not believe that the present mil
itary preparations of the NATO
nations can frighten the Mus
covites sufficiently to accept
compromises which eventually
will lead to sterilization of the
present threatening situation.
But they seem to believe that
the Third Force is on the way
toward the right solution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Dovid Lowrence:
tragedy Of irresponsible Rule
Chaotic Situation on the Whole Industrial Front
Due to Lack of Coordination of Top Leadership

Drifting Government, plan
less Government-that's what
the American people have in
Washington today in the midst
Of a chaotic situation on the
whole industrial front.
Having stepped in to organ
lie military defense in an
emergency, the Government
sought and obtained wide pow
ers from Congress to deal with
economic problems. But all the
laws and all the boards, COM
missions, mobilizers and con-
trollerS are not able to func-
ton if there's no coordination
at the top-no sense Of direc-
ton and no capacity to under
stand the multiple issues that
arise in wage and price regu-
lation.
A steel strike is wholly I'M
called for. The wage dispute
has been and is still solvable
and the problem of price is also
manageable. But there Is no
leadership here.
The spectacle Of the last
several days is one that en-
phaSizes the tragedy of irrespon-
Sible Government. Only in coun-
tries where a fixed tenure for the
presidency prevails could there
be such indifference to the pub
lie interest, especially when the
Nation-through the many votes
taken by its legislative repre-
sentativeS-revealS it has long
since lost confidence in the
present Chief Executive. But,
unlike a parliamentary system,
1t cannot bring in a successor at
once.
Wage sterilization is q deli
cate process and so is price con-
troll. AL the heads of these agen-
cies report to the President of
the United States. If there's q
breakdown. it is in q broad sense
the Presidents fault and not
the fault of his subordinateS. For