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Evening star., 1952-09-26
Just and Equitable?

Mrs. Mabel Sharpe. divorced and jobless
mother of two small children, has been permitted
to pay $50 in settlement of Federal income tax
claim Of $50892
She became liable for the tax because, in
1851 she signed a joint tax return with her
husband. The husband did not pay the tax.
Neither has he paid the $45 month alimony
ordered by the court at the time the Sharpes
were divorced. For some reason, unexplained,
the Government has not required the husband
to settle the tax liability. Instead 1t turned to
the mother She does not work, because she has
to care for her children, aged and T. But
she did have assets totaling $165. Out of this she
made the tax settlement, and was left with Sis.
There has been publicity recently concerning
another tax claim on which compromise settle
nent was allowed by the Government This was
the case OF the racketeer, Jacob GREASY Thumb)
Quick, who owed tax debt of $890,O00 and who
was permitted to settle for 100000. Quick was
supposed to be broke at the time of the settle
ment. But at last reports he was back in the
rackets. and apparently doing very well by
himself.
Just how well Mrs Sharpe is doing with her
remaining Sis and her two children is not q
matter Of record. The Government says how
ever, that the settlement in her case was "just
and reasonable" It is helpful to have this
governmental advice. Without it the settlement
in Mrs Sharpe's case, especially in contrast to the
Guzick case, would strike most people as being
outrageously unjust and unreasonable
Evening star., 1952-09-26
This and That
By Charles E. TroceweN

over the pilot, as well as slightly warmed
water from the dropper.
They picked up without any setbacks,
and each day we would take them out
for an airing.
When they developed feathers and
began to flop around, my husband found
a plentiful supply Of worms and fed
them some Of these. In addition to the
other ration.
I'VE live in q two-room apartment
and finally turned the bath room over
to them, as they created too much dirt
IN the rest OF the apartment.
MY husband would line the batl, tub
with newspapers and put the worms on
them to let them learn to pick them
up themselves. They learned to do this
very quickly.
when we took them outdoors they
would bathe in any small puddle left
by rains, and gradually learned to fiy,
first indoors. and then outdoors.
'"They finally few away, but only
where We could still see them and they
Us. but they would not come back to
us and have never returned.
Fortunately. our apartment building
is surrounded by deep wooded areas
National Soldiers Home, Rock Creek
cemetery. and Fort Totten park-and
no cats.
II think person must have o true
love Of the creatures of nature to have
q feeling for the right things to do. I
think putting wild bird In cage Is
cruel.
"Yours very truly, d. w.
'P. ST. think keeping any wild crea-
ture in Q cage at the. Zoo to amuse
Evening star., 1952-09-26

human animals is cruel, too, and I
would be glad If man ever becomes
civilized enough to forego this"
There is great deal of good advice
IN this letter. It should be clipped out
and put away for possible use next
spring.
The structures on the use Of q cage
are well put. but are perhaps bit too
severe. Sometimes conditions make It
necessary to use cage, or large card.
board box covered with screen.
Some mighty fine robins have been
raised that way.
Even wild birds do not ordinarily re-
sent a cage after few days. They get
used to it. just as human being would.
and try to make the best Of 1t.
The swinging perch, especially, pleases
them. When Buster and his pal Custer
were flying back and forth, and taking
on from the swinging perch, they
seemed to have lot Of fun.
This cage, it is true. was what Is
called fight cage, and was larger
than an ordinary canary bird affair.
Our correspondent Is quite right. how
ever, in believing her method is best.
We raised Lilly Belle, who returned to
our yard for eight years. in that fashion.
and it cannot be excelled.
This column for many years has
boosted the Four Freedoms for Animals
the freedom from being trapped. the
freedom from being eaten, the freedom
from being made into clothing, and the
freedom from being kept Id zoos. Cam
dor makes Us add that we do not belieYa
they viii eyHr be achieved.
Evening star., 1952-09-26
.HAWAu AVE. NE.
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
Il have been reading the articles
about the baby robin named Buster.
and feel that the trouble Is that it was
not properly handled from the BEGIN
ming. that Is. IN keeping the bird in q
cage and then expecting it to do the
right thing when let loose for short
periods.
This past spring we raised two young
robins that were almost dead when we
brought them in after they had fallen
from or been knocked out of the nest
by children pulling down the branch Of
the cedar tree to try to look In. We had
absolutely never had any experience
with birds before, but used our intelli-
gence to the extent Of trying to raise
them as close to state Of nature as
possible.
"They were dropping with their eyes
closed and appeared to be almost dead.
1t was at the end Of that very cold, rainy
period, and they were very young, Just
fiedglings without feathers. MY husband
held them In his hands to give them
warmth until I prepared q small wicker
basket with soft downy material and
placed 1t over the pilot on the kitchen
range.
4
after placing them In their bassi-
nette. we immediately gave them slightly
warmed milk from q medicine dropper,
which eventually revived them until we
were able to get from the store chuck
beef, ground, raw beef liver. which /
mashed 70 A uyln which Ne fed them
after these foods were slightly warmed
Evening star., 1952-09-26
UnoduIteroted BIockmoiI

Iranian Premier MoSSadegh's demand that
Britain pay some $137 million as a first step in
settling the oil dispute, and this under the threat
OF Today ultimatum, is blackmail pure and
simple. 1t should be treated as such.
In making this counterproposal to the offer
made last August 80 by President Truman and
Winston Churchill, Mr.. Mossadegh stressed two
points. He said Iran must try to improve internal
social conditions, something that will be impos-
Sible without oil revenues And he also said that,
failing this, Iran Should surrender itself to
probable future events which would be to the
detriment OF world peace" That Is merely an
ambiguous way of limiting that Iran will submit
to Communist control unless his terms are met.
It is inconceivable that the British govern
ment or our own Government will yield to this
blackmail attempt Mr.. Mossadegh has difficult
domestic political situation to deal with, and it
is impossible to know the extent to which internal
politics Influenced this counterproposal But
that is secondary consideration. The thing to
keep in mind is that there is no future and no
hope in bowling to blackmail either in private or
in international life. If we once start down that
road, we will discover that it Is not only long,
but that 1t leads only to eventual defeat and
Illustration.
The Anglo-American offer of last month was
a reasonable one. It's three points were:
/. Iran would submit to the World Court the
question of compensation for the assets of the
nationalized Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. The counter
claims of Iran would be fully considered.
2. Iran and the company would name suit
able representatives to negotiate arrangements
for the flow of oil from Iran to world markets
3. If Iran accepted these two points, (a) the
company would release for immediate sale the
two million tons of Iranian Oil worth 20 to 30
million dollars) held in storage at Abadan;
(b) Britain would relax her restrictions on ex-
ports to Iran and Trans use Of British sterling;
and (c) the United States would make an i'm
mediate grant of SO million to the Iranian
government to assist in its budgetary problem.
This, to repeat, was reasonable proposal.
It was not necessarily the last word on the SUBJ
ject Room remained for negotiation and re-
vision, up or down. But there is no room for
surrender to Mr.. Mossadeghs gun -the-head
tactics, and he should be told so in the plainest
possible language.
Evening star., 1952-09-26
Financing q Police Survey

The dilemma in which the WASHINGTON
+, Criminal Justice Association finds itself with
respect to the proposed police survey is under
standable. 1t is naturally desirous of complying
with the Commissioners request that it study
police administrative procedures with view to
recommending improvements But to undertake
an adequate study of this kind requires an addi-
tlonal staff Of specialists and additional funds
with which to hire them. It is plain that Con-
gress never should have suggested such survey
unless it was willing to provide the money needed
to do thorough job.
The associations board of directors has an
nounced that the request of the Commissioners
and of Police Chief Murray will be complied
wlth-provided funds can be found with which
to hire temporary staff of public -administra-
ton experts. committee has been appointed
to consider the finance problem. As Community
Chest agency, the association can expect no
additional money from the already depleted
= Chest treasury. The Commissioners have indi-
Gated that they have no money which could be
used for the survey Apparently the main hope of
the association lies in raising private funds from
among its membership and, perhaps, from among
other organizations interested in better local
law enforcement.
1t is obviously impossible for the associations
present one-man technical staff to conduct an
administrative survey of the sort which the
when it referred to similar studies conducted by
the Institute Of Public Administration. That
widely known organization is studying admins
trative procedures Of the New York Police De-
partment-for a substantial fee. Rough esti.
mates Of similar survey here by a professional
nrm vary from $4,000 to more than $50 900.
Everybody seems to be agreed that police
administrative procedures and facilities in
Washington could be greatly improved The
Senate report was correct in stating that the
department has developed more or less haphaz-
ardly" and that "it would be eminently worth
while to have the entire situation analyzed and
modernized, in terms of today's problems on the
one hand, and up-to-th minute techniques for
solving them on the other hand" Chief Murray
has recognized the need for an overhauling of
the administrative setup by indorsing the COM
mittee's proposal for an expert survey
Ordinarily, Chief Murray probably would
have undertaken the modernization himself, as a
departmental self-improvement project He is
reluctant, of course to tackle the task himself
IN view Of the Senate groups recommendation
for study by outside specialists If the Criminal
Justice Association can find the ways and means
OF tackling the assignment, it will be rendering
an additional public service. Otherwise Congress
either should appropriate money for a survey or
let Chief Murray go ahead with his own admin
istrative reorganization. The community has
enough confidence in its new police chief to
believe that he could do a creditable reform Job
On his own.
Evening star., 1952-09-26
Reflections On A Day At
Waterford

She Dyaps NTH care each little incident
And stores II IN some deep and silent
place
Until the long tunuituous day is spent:
Then eagerly. out from their fling
case
She takes them one By one. Again she
sees
The ,oindino road. the trip into the
hills:
The Uilldoe. startled from It's Teueyies
By that great unf0nsili0T cToiDd
that mills
Along its Maroon. iDtndtng streets:
the search
For treasure sdluuged from an age
long past:
The little houses and the old brick
church,
Deep-bedded all in uerduYe. opercasf
With thin rel OF cool antiquity.
Too soon the daylight fades, the
hills are strept
Back out OF sight; and back each
memory
Into that shGdotD- -tDorld sphers
dreams are kept.
Grace I. Botekelos 4
Evening star., 1952-09-26
Something New Added

something new has been added to the crime
statistics bulletin of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. The semiannual Uniform Crime
Reports" contains for the first time in four
years, New York Citys crime record This is of
interest not only to New Workers but to the
residents of Washington as well. For the absence
from the report Of New Yorks crime tabulation
has led in the past to exaggerated stories about
the prevalence of crime in the Nations Capital.
Although the FBI has warned against trying
to compare one citys crime totals with another
(because of several factors including inability Of
the FBI to vouch for the accuracy of reports
submitted by some police departments), senSa-
tional publicity picturing Washington as lead
ing center Of criminal activity has appeared from
time to time. Charges that Washington has led
all other American cities in number of aggravated
assaults or other offenses have been made and
denied. An article in the current Saturday
Evening Post repeats the error. without New
York's tabulation for comparison and with other
reports not verihable, there was no effective way
of refuting the claims, however.
But New York is back in the bulletin thanks
to new police regime and a new policy of
complete crime reporting, and the big city is
the undisputed leader in number Of major
offenses reported to the FBI during the first six
months Of this year. The FBI stopped printing
the New York totals in 1949, when it became
EVIDENT that the crime reports from that city
were wholly unreliable It was an open secret
that many complaints were assigned to Detective
Ash Can"-which meant Just what the phrase
implied. The discarded complaints never became
Of record. Since 1949 the FBI bulletin has
omitted the New York reports on the ground that
they were incomplete" With the cleaning up
Of the police department under new leadership,
however, conditions have changed. Police Com
missioner Monaghan called In experts on crime
statistics, who revised the reporting system to
conform with FBI standards. So New Yorks
statistics again are available for study. That
should be good news to New Workers who have
been concerned over their citys inadequate crime
reportA
Evening star., 1952-09-26
White House CIiaue'

One would think that Representative ChelfS
committee, which has done such good job Of
investigating the Justice Department. would be
eager to follow up some of the more bizarre
testimony it received from T. Lamar Caudle.
But the CheI group seems much less than eager
to do this
Mr. Caudle who was dismissed from the
department last year. told the committee that
Howard McGrath, former Attorney General, told
him that a "clique in the White House. got you
(Caudle) and that "the same clique is after me-"
Shortly thereafter Mr.. McGrath was out.
Mr.. Caudle also quoted the former Attorney
General as saying he had Information that would
"blast the White House so high out of the orbit
OF the earth that it would be satellite"
These are intriguing statements allegedly
coming from man who was as high in the
administration councils as was Mr.. McGrath.
They ought not to be left dangling in midair,
especially since Mr.. Truman says he never heard
OF White House clique and that he doesn't
know what Mr.. McGrath was talking about in
his blasting the White House comment
It ought to be relatively easy to find out lust
what Mr.. McGrath said and just what he meant.
Mrs McGrath was located in Rhode Island and
told Of Mr.. Caudles testimony. He said There
is nothing want to say at this time" And the
Chelf committee is reported to be leaving the
door open for MIR. McGrath to return II he
desires.
There seems to be an excess Of difference in
this attitude. If Mr.. Caudle quoted Mr.. McGrath
correctly, and if Mr.. McGrath knew what he was
talking about, full-blown scandal would seem
to be in the making. Instead of standing back
and waiting for Mr.. McGrath or some one else
to make the next move, the committee ought to
be digging hard after the facts Unless it does
so It's reputation for conducting an honest and
vigorous inquiry is going to be bit tarnished.
Evening star., 1952-09-26

membership. It win also remove one obstacle in
the path of Negro doctors who desire to qualify
for local hospital STATS, with the privilege Of
treating private patients in the hospitals.
In short, the medical society has taken q
step which is commendable in itself, and which
sets worthy example for other professional
groups in the city.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-25
Juvenile Authorities Return
Youth To Family In Fernandina
MINOR BOY FOUND
DRUNK ON DUVAL
STREET is GIVEN
BUS TICKET HOME

A sOrdid tale of a wayward
youth was given a happy ending
yesterday when 16-year old boy,
who had been found completely
drunk" in a Duval Street bar Sun.
day, was returned by Monroe
County Juvenile authorities to his
anxious family in Fernapdina.
Judge Eva Warner Gibson. after
hearing in Juvenile Court, ruled
that the tall, slim, good-looking
youth, who came here aboard a
shrimp boat from his north Florida
home, be given a one-way bus
ticket back to his family.
Questioning at the hearing
brought out the fact that the youth.
with the permission of his parents
had boarded the shrimp boat.
simply because he wanted to be
shrimper."
He had been ensssed in shrimp
fishing for two weeks, until Sun.
day, when he said that his ship.
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The Key West citizen., 1952-11-25
Injured Youth
Is Improving

Ralph Placencia, Jr., sor Of Key
Wester Ralph Placencia Is recov-
eriRg from his serious injuries re-
ceived when an airplane propeller
cut him at Sacramento. Cal. last
week.
Mrs. Placencia, who flew out to
be with her injured son. wired the
father today:
'Arrived safely. Son is better.
Glad to see me-"
The 18-year-old is in the Air
Force, stationed at Mathers field.
Placencia, Sr. informed the USo
Club, where he is employed, of the
wire received from his wife this
morning.
The Key West Red Cross inform
ed the parents of their sons in
juries last week and have kept in
telegraphic communication with
the hospital in California.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-25

Action Of fhe bar licensing crdi.
nance, which is extremely con.
troversial, was postponed st Har.
veY's suggestion pending . pubs
lie meeting on the question. Last
nights session was held al an
earlier hour than usual and IN.
isresfed parties were NOT pres
ent TO discuss the matter.
The ordinance, which is being
introduced by Commissioner Jack
Delaney, would call for the obtain
ing of a permit by all bar employ
ees including managers, bartend-
ers, walters and mattresses. A fee
would be charged for the permits
according to the measure as it is
being introduced. Five dollars was
mentioned as a base figure in an in
formal discussion last night, but
Mayor Harvey said that ''he could
not go for charging people to
work.. Commissioner John Car
bonell also went on record as OPP
posing such a. fee when he said,
1T would be discriminatory. We
don't charge grocery clerks and
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The Key West citizen., 1952-11-25
Woman Suspect
May Be Held
For Quiizziing
Dixon To Fort
Pierce To Check
Angle Of Case

Chief Deputy Sheriff Tommy
Dixon is expected to bring a pos
slble woman suspect in the murder
of Harry E. Klug, Jr. into Mon
roe County from Fort Pierce this
afternoon when he returns, the
Sheriff's department said at noon.
Dixon said he was Ieayina
Fort Pierce at $3.50 this morning.
The woman suspect was men
toned by q Fort Pierce paper
which said her name was with
held.
A woman's heel prints were
found by the dead body of the
26 year old Montclair, N. j., youth
when on October 81 his body was
discovered at Little Torch Key
Beach on the Atlantic.
A coroner's jury verdict was
murder" last week. Coroner Roy
Hamlin told The Citizen today that
he knew nothing officially about
the Fort Pierce woman who will
be brought into Key West today.
Whether or not State Attorney
]. Lancelot Lester issued war
rant for the woman before Dixon
left, could not be ascertained to-
day. II is known mat Dixon. con,
ferred with the State Attorney be-
fore leaving yesterday for Fort
Pierce.
In order to bring a person from
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The Key West citizen., 1952-11-25
Opening Night
Assures Play
AS Local Hit
Players First
Opus Of Season
Is Well Cast,
'WeII-Directed

The Key West Players open :
last night at the Barn Theatre in
q presentation of Norman Krasna'S S
popular Broadway and Hollywood
production, "John Loves Mary"
The local talent showed up ex-
tremely well in the entire play,
keeping audience interest and get
ting laughs throughout the three
act comedy.
Carrying the play with the
aplomb of an experienced actress
was Nell Weymouth in the role of
Mary. Although this was Mrs.
Weymouth's first leading role, she
maintained throughout the play her
character as the eager young
sweetheart of a returning soldier.
The soldier, John, was played
by James Mclaughlin who enact
ed the part of the worried SER
geant whose faithful girl wants to
marry him post haste, post war.
Mclaughlin is an able young actor,
who was happily cast in the role
he portrayed. Comedy is definitely
his forte, and one is impressed
with the feeling that at present he
should stick to such light roles as
the one he has in the present pro-
duction.
Howard Pitman, in the role of
Rusty, a service buddy of Johns
who saved his life while they were
overseas, was the pet Of the
audience throughout the play.
Straight comedy was the line his
role followed, and Pitman'S dead
pan expression and natural-seem-
ing bits of by-play were scream
ingly funny with no apparent real
effort on the part of the actor.
For the rest of the cast, Ann
Carleton was excellent in the role
of the senator's charming wife,
with Joe Lazarovici ably filling
the spot as the bombastic sena-
tor.
Jonathan Jackson was quite be-
Ievable in bis snle as &c long
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The Key West citizen., 1952-11-25
Shedds To Visit
Here Thanksgiving

Arriving this afternoon from
Bradenton, Fla, and Mobile, Ala,
are Major General and Mrs. W. E.
Shedd who are accompanied by
their daughter-in-law, Mrs. George
P. Shedd, her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. T. Doyle, and her grand
mother Mrs. John Ombey.
They WIN be the guests Of MISS
Eta Patterson and her sister. Mrs.
Henry A. Prindle, for the Thanks
giving holidays in the old family
home, 522 Caroline st.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-25
Masonic Notice

Special Communication Of Dads
Lodge No. II. r. & a. NJ Wed.
nesday evening. November z6th
at 7;3o P. NJ. r. G. Degree.
All r. c. as wen Is Master
Masons are invited 10 attend.
WALTER N. LAZIEH.
F. o. weech. W.M.
Sec'Y.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-25
Cyonu Princes Martha
In XIV W1tb P'1m0en9s
Unofficial
Visit Includes
Dinner, Stay
At Key Wester
BY SUSAN McAvoY

Crown Princess Martha of Nor
way and the Royal PrincesSes
Ragnild and Astrid, and party
motored into Key West last night,
dined at the Trade Winds, stayed
at the Key Wester, breakfasted at
The Sun and Sand, and toured the
Island City his morning.
The Crown Princess, wearing
a flaming orange red suit, sniI-
ed and waved gracioUsIY at pho
tographer Ellis Finch as he shot
picture Of her and her daUsh-
ter Princess RagniId in fhe light
grey Cadillac convertible. She
smiled and nodded at US as she
walked out Of the Sun and
Sand info fhe waiting car.
Her attractive young daughters
wore simple print dresses and
cardigan sweaters. Her lady-in-
waiting Mrs. Astergard wore a
grey suit. The man in the party
was DIR. Ouren, physician to Her
Royal Highness.
The slim, grey-haired Crown
Princess and party stopped off for
more than an hour yesterday at
the Theater Of the Sea at Windley
Key, on their drive down the Over
seas Highway. They arrived in
Key West about 7 p. m. and dined
at the Trade Winds where they
we're recognized by several Key
Westers.
The tip on their presence 81
fhe Sun and Sand came from
Miss Edith Mccarthy who runs
the gift shop and serves as hos
tess there. Edith Is IN line for fhe
SCOOP or THE WEEK prize
since her quick fslephonins re-
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