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Evening star., 1952-05-26
Thomos [. Stokes:
Ihomos l. Stokes:
PrObers Turn to New Channels
oPec'ol House Group Will Now Eye TV Radio and Movies
10 see 1t Anything Naughty or Immoral Is Menocino Us

So now the politicians in Con-
gresS are OF on another crusad-
ing spree with extravaganza
touches.
A special House Committee is
going to turn a political eye on
televison, the moving pictures
and radio and investigate those
so-called media of entertain
ment to see if the American
people and their families are be-
ing subjected to anything i'm
moral, impure, naughty or
otherwise communicating.
Some Of our legislators have
a very low opinion of us. We are,
it seems, immature still-and
maybe so.
Pretty soon it's going to be
arranged so that we can have
no fun at all.
II one layman and amateur
critic Of our so-called entertain
ment might be permitted q bit
OF heresy, he would like to
point out that this investiga-
tion seems. In a way, to be q
natural outgrowth Of another
that's been going on around
here. OF and on, for several
years.
That's the pursuit Of Commu-
niSts and communism in Holly
wood. While that's undoubtedly
juStified-at least none would
dare say nay in the frenzied
climate in which we are living
nevertheless 1t has been carried
to extremes from which, 1t is
yentured, We are suffering to-
day In what we see in our NOV
ing picture theaterS, on our tele-
vision screens and hear over the
radio.
For an explanation of this
theory, this critic proudly refers
back to . prophecy made three
or four years ago that just what
is happening now in our
so-called entertainment would
happen. It was based. among
other evidence, on an interview
In which then Representative
Richard M. Nixon, Republican,
Of California. now United States
Senator. warned that we should
have no more pictures like
Grapes Of Wrath" While it is
true that that picture, like the
book by John Steinbeck, re-
fiected somewhat on California
at that particular past period,
1t can be testified by any Of us
who looked into the "Oakie"
migration on the spot that it
Evening star., 1952-05-26

ton should lose partially their
national characteristics as pro-
vided by the original plan
drafted by former Premier Rene
Pleven will become a thorny
problem for Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer. But the matter of
Germany contributing some 50
billion for this force will be
even more difficult to push
through the Bundestag.
The opponents Of the Bonn
chancellor say that under this
agreement for a European force.
Germany assumes most of the
burdens and is still treated as a
step-child. These opponents
point out that once the German
army is organized-within about
18 months after the military
agreements are ratified by the
parliaments of the six countries
it will form the advance guard
of the NATO in the event of
conflict with the Reds. These
men expect that except for the
Allied garrisons in Berlin. the
British and American forces
which form the spearhead of the
NATO forces in the Reich will
be withdrawn to the Rhine. The
German battalions then will be
right under the Soviet guns.
And while not shrinking from
this responsibility, the German
politicians want a much greater
independence of the German
forces and particularly their
own commanding generals at
division level.
The other expected difficulty
is the confirmation of the
Schuman steel merger ThA
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Effects

army or In q United States Of
Europe. Both Of these concepts
for European unity have power
ful support in the government,
though the idea Of the European
defense army with German units
in it is going to be hard to
swallow, despite all the safe
guards being promised.
S. There is genuine concern
about American foreign policy
and apprehension lest the elec-
tions in the United States this
year produce a drastic change
in direction and purpose. This
leads some officials to sug-
gest that maybe another effort
should be made to convince
Soviet Russia that the best way
to handle the German problem
is to neutralize Germany. Along
with this would go a plan for
an overall policy declaration
by the Western powers which
would set forth their aims and
the conditions for a lasting
peace with the Soviet Union.
The chief feature of such a plan
would be a joint Western de-
manS that Russia withdraw
from the Eastern provinces of
Germany or work out a settle
ment with Germany on the dis
position Of those territories.
The idea would be to call at the
same time for the demilitari-
zation of Germany, the with
drawal Of all occupation troops
from that country, and the plac-
ing OF an international force.
including Russian and Ameri-
can forces. to stand guard at
both borders of Germany.
This latter plan is recon-
mended by one of the highest
French officials as one that
should be put up to Russia, and,
If it fails, it would then be OBJ
vious to everybody that there is
no alternative but to take the
calculated risk of rearming
Germany as part Of the Western
alliance.
Reproduction Rights Reseryed>
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was rather true Of life in one
sector in the depression days of
the 1905 from which, hap
ply. we seem now to have
escaped whole of body, mind
and soul and with the Republic
still standing.
Senator Nixon, who is from
Los Angeles. the moving picture
capital. was on the House Un-
American Activities Committee.
Such a casual remark from him
naturally scared the moving
picture industry leaders. They
got more terrified still when
they were dragged down here
before the committee and put
on the grill, along with screen
writer's charged with commun-
ism, some of whom later went
to jail for contempt of the
committee.
So the movie magnates be-
came very cautious and timid
about what sort of pictures they
made. No more problems and
realism, please.
What is the natural substi-
tute?
Why-guns and legs. (Female
legs.)
Meaning cowboy and gangster
pictures and murder mysteries
and musical shows with dancing
dolls and not much else. So we
had waves Of those, with scads
Of dead bodies and nearly nude
live bodies, all very stimulating
and thought-provoking, until
we were driven away from the
movies.
Luckily we had q substitute at
home-televiSion. But that me-
dunn works under certain wraps.
too. So any night you can sit
in your living room quietly and
get the same bodies, riddled
with bullets or slashed with
knives or skimpily decorated
with rosettes. piled up all about
you, clear up to your highball
glass. as one or another Of those
half-hour thrillers or a variety
show with tripping or warbling
danes passes before you. Able
and well-known Broadway
actors and actresses who deserve
so much better skip around in
these affairS-if sometimes a bit
uncomfortably and obviously so.
That drives you back to read
ing books, which Is probably
fine. As yet Congress has not
started burning them or in
Evening star., 1952-05-26

Communist papers are losing
circulation heavily. The causes
Of communistic strength at the
polls are the result both Of i'm
poverishment of the country
due to war and the artificial
propagation of fear. France,
having suffered heavily In two
world wars. is easily aroused
to more fear.
2. The average mans stand
ard Of living is still far too low,
because wage increases have
been offset by a rise in the cost
OF living. That is the area in
which the Communist effort is
constantly directed, playing up
one discomfort and privation.
3. Fear Of war is being kept
in the minds of the French
people in various ways-mostly
through the mischief produced
by clever Moscow propaganda,
which at the moment is exag-
gerating the dangers that can
arise in rearming Germany. To
offset this, French officials think
that more conferences with the
highest officials Of Russia are
necessary, even though they
lead to deadlocks. The theory is
that 1t must be demonstrated
more and more, how the Rus
slams are blocking a settlement.
To remain aloof and answer
notes every now and then isn't
considered sufficiently effective,
even as counter-propaganda.
4. The French fear the Ger
mans as much as they do the
Russians. Many who have lived
under German occupation keep
saying Russian occupation
couldn't be worse. It is to meet
this uniformed view that do
mestic propaganda is needed.
and. unless that propaganda is
also backed up and dramatized
by action in the international
fleld. the fear complex can pro-
duce a sentiment here which
can affect adversely efforts to
unite the Western countries
either IN European defense
Evening star., 1952-05-26

French parliamentarians and
representatives Of French in
dustries are still concerned over
possible competition from Ger
man industries which can pro-
duce more effectively and
cheaper than the French.
The French industrialists
prefer privileged markets to
stiff competition, particularly
these days when the outlets of
world trade have shrunk. There
are nearly 900 million people
behind the iron curtain. At
least one-third of this number
were customers of the Western
industrial nations. There is no
free interchange Of goods be-
tween the free nations and the
Soviet totalitarian system.
The French are not partic-
ularly worried about American
competition because under one
plan or another we are mostly
giving rather than selling our
products in foreign markets.
But the German industrialists,
who are satisfied with small
profits provided they can de-
velop volume. will become very
stiff competitors once their in
dustries start working at full
speed.
The French parliamentarians
and their friends in business
will look carefully to see that
their former enemies do not
take advantage Of the we'll
meaning steel merger initiated
by Foreign Minister Schuman
and skim the cream Of the re-
naming international export
outlets.
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NATION TO
OBSERVE
EASTER
Churches Will Be
Filled Sunday In
Memory OF
Resurrected Christ

Songs will echo across the
mountainsides and fill the churches
Sunday in memory of the resur-
rection Of Christ.
Thousands Of Americans will
gather at sunrise services at
parks, shrines and outdoor am
phitheaters across the country.
Churches, small and large. planned
special Easter devotionals.
The annual Easter parades, on
Fifth Avenue In New York, on
Connecticut Avenue 10 Washington
and on fashionable streets in other
cities, viii draw their usual crowds
and the kiddies viii hunt colored
eggs.
But Il Is the pageants ans ras.
Sion plays, and massed chor1ses,
in outdoor arenas from Maine to
California, that will combine with
churches in setting the religious
tone.
At natural amphitheater, in
the age-worn Wichita Mountains
near Lawton, Okla, 5000 are ex-
pected for the 9th annual Easter
Pageant, which starts at l a. m.
Continued On Page Four)
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~ LAST. enc 81 the mess dis.
arsestui ssss Of Law enforce
merit u eomins 10 an end. A
new sheriff will be elected
May . 10 take office Jan. I,
is1. lsasins behind many IN.
solved crimes 81 ell dsssris.
ssens. and . smell es eesrvpsicn
and vice. forced upen the coed
people d ear fair City and
County. because Il vas allowed
and seadened Tor ssrieus rsa-
sons. TIE pFsssnf sheriff who
y spparsnsiy responsible Ter
this seodiiien has put shs
stamp Of apprcssl en my enps-
nsnf. which can be feund on
IRE honapst 81 his car. Ne IA.
ussd his office ard sse slms
paid fer by sso and ma -
selses Votes Ter uay spponsns
ard 10 infimldaie my grlspd,.
Yesterday apFii 10. isss Ne
solicited friends u mine II ,Ae
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-12
Decision On Direct Loans
10 Key West Veterans Is
Expected Within Two Weeks
Lantaff Fighting
Hard To Help
Local Vets Get
Housing In City

Representative Bill Lam
taft today informed veter-
ans Of Key West the status
Of the Veterans Admiriistra-
ton designating Key West
an eligible direct loan area.
II i hoped that with
in two weeks, funds will
b earmarked for the Key
West area.
Text Of Lantaff's letter
follows:
Knowing of the interest
Of having the Veterans Adj
ministration designate Key
West an eligible direct loan
area, ! would like to report
to you on the status of this
matter at this time.
when I was approached
BY the veterans Of Key West
relative to their being un-
able to secure private loans
In that area, / Immediately
contacted the Miami VA
Regional Office and the
Central Office here, to re-
lost thar be taken 10
declare Key West an eligi-
bic direct loan area. At that
Continued On Page Threel
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Coast Guard
ReScHeS 10
Passengers

The Coast Guard rsscusd
Is passengers and three crew,
members off the disabled
party boat "Aileen" Is miles
off Key West At 1890 last
night. It was announced to.
day.
The "Ailsen" suffered en-
CINE trouble at cottsll Key.
The Coast Guard was noti-
fled At 1880, and rushed the
81 foot boat out to the res
cue.
All passengers were In
good spirits and no one
seemed the worse for the de-
lay in getting back. The
Coast Guard lowed the Al
leen" into Thompson docks
here.
The party had left ysstsr-
day morning on . one day
fishing trip. The engine trou-
BILE developed in the LATER
afternoon.
In command Of the rescue
boat was Chief Hos'n's male
+. p. Heimerl.
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Key West Dog Track, Inc. Has Offered City
5O-Year Lease; Any Acceptable Offer Would
Have 10 Be Ratified In City-Referendum
MINISTERIAL
ASSOCIATION
DISAPPROVES
OF DOG TRACK

Key West Dog Track,
Inc, through their attorney
Abe Aronovitz of Miami,
has offered the City a So
year lease subject to APP
prevail of the City and Coun-
ty voters.
Should a majority of the
City electorate or the Coun-
ty voters disapprove of the
lease or the dog track the
issue will die.
If the dog track on City-owned
land at Stock Island is victorious
at the referendum, then and only
then will the dog track be able
to operate.
The Key West Ministerial
Association has written Mayor
G. B. Harvey disappearing Of
the dog track on city property.
A majority of the City Com
mission is opposed to the dog
track, but they have plainly
stated that this does not allow
them the right to keep the is
sue away. from the public.
The public can not decide
whether a dog track is wanted
unless the commission allows
them the right to vote on the
acceptable lease.
Some Of the provisions of the
lease were as follows:
Time: Fifty years.
Rentals: Guaranteed $500
yearly to city.
Conditions: Have right to use
premises for other business pur-
Continued On Page Four)
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P & 0 Asked To Start Steamship
Service Betweenkey West Havana
Believe Operation
WILDE Profitable
As Populations
Haze Multiplied

Passenger ship service
between Key West, Tampa
and Cuba is being fought
for by the Pan American
Commission Pact.
Attorney Julius Stone
and Judge Aquilino Lopez
have been asked TO serve
ON the Key West Conn
mittee.
In Havana, Messrs. Fed
erico G. Morales, Jose A.
Vidana, N. HI. Heller and
Arnold Kirk 9 b y have
agreed TO serve ON sne
committee.
Restoration of the steamship
service can be accomplished in
50 if all concerned win put
forth a determined effort Of
ficials stated today.
Earl Mullen, chairman of the
Commission, believes that Tampa
and Key West can derive some
solid, substantial economic bene-
fits from scheduled passenger
jaunts to "the pearl Of the An
TILES"
He said Cubans are Just as In
terested in the water link be-
tween their country and United
States as Nebare.
The Peninsula and Occidental
Steamship Co. withdrew sailings
in 1912 when the Maritime Com
mission requisitioned the Steam.
ship Florida. The Steamship
Cuba, which originally ran from
Tampa to Cuba is still operating
from Miami to Havana.
Mr.. Mullen says that war re-
quirements were the only fac
tors in disseminating the sailings
from Tampa and Key West.
The population of Cuba,
Continued On Page Eight
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School Board Pays Off $229M
In Bonded Debt Since 1910
Poinciana Addition
Il Approved By
City. School Board

The present School Board has
paid off q total Of $2z9. 900 in bond
ed Indebtedness since taking office
in January. Is4s. superintendent
Horace O'Bryant announced today.
Last week it retired SIS, 900 in
bonds, bringing the amount up to
the $229. 900. The board retired $780,
900 in bonds issued back in the 10
25-26 boom days to finance the
building Of Key West High School
and its gymnasium. II also retired
5000 Of general school bonds con-
tracted 30 years ago. O'Bryant
said.
The So, 900 Is part q the $1ls, 900
that the incumbent board has paid
off on the boom bond. The 5000
is part Of 81, 900 this Board has re-
tired on the 1922 issue since its
term Of Office began In January,
1949, O'Bryant said.
In addition the board has already
paid $4,000 back en- The $500, 900
issue for the present expansion of
Monroe County Schools. That
leaves $45o. 900 to be paid. The pay
ment was made out Of State Capt.
T. lOutlay funds. not local tax dol
lars.
The School Board has also
Amended is budget to take "a the
81, 40 Of Federal money aliocated
for the extensive additions to Pom
ciana School, 0'Bryant said.
The Board also approved Federal
plans for the additions to Poinciana
School and authorized Superinten-
(COntinutsr On PAGE Eourl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-12
ESQIJINALDO
NEW LIONS
PRESIDENT
Paul Z. Albury
Is First Vice
President OF
Civic Club

The annual election Of officers
was held at the Key West Lions
Thursday night. Voted into the
new one-year terms were:
Enrique Esquinaldo, president;
Paul e. Albury, first vice-presi-
dent: Edelmiro Moralez, second
vice-president; Roy NJ. Duke, third
vice-president: william Robinson,
secretary; Bernard Frank. treasur-
er; Willard Saunders, tail twister;
and Andrew Pritchard, lion tanner.
New directors. elected for q two
year term, were T.. o. Schweitzer
and Jack Clarke. Holdovers from
last years elections were DR.. Her.
man Moore and Roy Grossman.
Dick WILSON, q Key West native.
represented the speaker lecture
bureau Of the University Of FIori-
da. In his dissertation, he expand
Continued On Page Three)
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SIRUJCO
ANSWERS
BENTLEY
Declares All Roads
Built On Keys Are
Built On Private
Subdivision

Contractor Joe Sirugo this
morning issued the following
statement in answer to Bentleys
refusal to vote for . road u
Stock Island:
AT the regular meeting Of
the county commission held on
last Tuesday evening Commits
sioner Frank Bentley stated that
ne would be obliged to vote
against building the proposed
roads on Stock Island. Giving as
a reason that these roads would
be on my private subdivision.
For the information of Mr..
Bentley this property was divid-
Continued On Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-12
XIV Prodigy Plays
Easter Recital
AT " Tomorrow

Miguel Mariscal, aged Is. Key
Vests leading musical prodigy
viii give an Easter piano concert
tomorrow afternoon at the YMCA
patio, Whitehead street at 8 pm,
it was announced today.
Young Miguel whose melodious
practicing can be heard by passers-
by at $40 Simonton street, his
home, has studied for years with
Mrs. Emmeline Boiler, musician
and leader in Key West Commune
ty Concerts.
Miguel is acknowledged as a
gifted and promising pianist by vi.
sitting concert artists who have
heard him play.
Tomorrow he viii play a pro-
gram for servicemen and civil
lians alike that includes the follow
ing piano soloes:
Sonata in G Major, by Domeni-
co-Scarlatti; Nocturne in r Sharp
Major. by Chopin; Ritual Fire.
Dance from the Ballet "El Amor
Brujo'' by Manuel De Falla; Polo
naise in A Flat. by Chopin; Mala-
guena from Andalusia Suite. by Err
nesto-Lecuona.
Miguel's friends and all music
lovers are invited TO attend.
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LET'S TAKE \ LOOK!

hall Of NE County Court house,
asking them 10 vote for my
opponent when fAsy wsnf shsrs
10 vote lsbssntssl. In doing
This he has violated shs slsx.
sien laws u me State % Fier-
ida.
The senpisss failurs 81 ear
county law enforcement over
. period Of years 10 . fsxf sisst
cannot DO denied. The recent
dissppersnee Of Hussosts
LsMsy on the keys In which
the sheriff refused 10 ee.epps-
RATE with shs States Attorney.
His statement 10 tho Misnni
Daily News ~ gsnusry 2, 1851
will prove this.
In lsts when WAS sppo;ns.
cd Chief ~ Peliss ~ Key West,
an vniswh1l snserprirs vas
senduessd On Psfrenis Street.
The sppsrssers 81 shls lsss
rseml Immediately elessd their
doors and rnessd 70 Stock Is
lard and egs Of ire lvsisdsstien
a. the city police. This lin
fanae0sl, tdeaensrassl. tesn-
eereusl dump 10 sfili there In
full separation. A heuss 81 -.
sisnatien. ard ssili kncwn ss
. sea Feern.
The rsSefas will she's shs
n0Hserpos crimes committed
there. o. a. ire result % IRIS
place. sseh ~ tsss0lfl. trss-
AeFYl. lssspisseos DEATH. sa-
Enifsed pressisutien By . u
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-12

year old fsmaIs, unIswfvll
sale of whisky. ell Of this ii.
lowed 10 % on with the sppsr.
snf blessing u fhs sheriff
elected BY shs people 10 On.
force Inc law.
This filthy mineral eises "a
row eemmen knowledge 10 eur
children u oil ages, licked
seeuf on eur streets and
thrown Into Ire faces o. ell me
seed people ef cur community.
The ireny Of this condition
. hat n 10 still slIcwed 10 90.
psrsts. surro0ndsd BY trailer
parks. housing HUNDREDS Of
navy wives and their children.
living Under uneomfsrsshle
ssndifssns 10 be nssr their hvs.
bands. sailors u eur navy Who
are ready 10 sfssr shsir lives
70 dsssnd yso and yesrs. me
and nins.
1s ell cor pastors and shsir
congregations. 10 ell ire seed
line people 81 eur city and
seortr ard eur navy. ths Is.
s9rsdl U yeo will elect Hs 70
ne effiss ef sheriff, I shall
again - 7 did before. drive
THIS 9nla~ssl, filthy esndisicn
srsfn eSr midst. NY cath cs
etfses 10 . sacred shins 10 nns
ss u my hUrnsle asfy 10 yea.
NY lever NO. 10 ia.
, 1952-06-11
WORKING CONFERENCE

Health, opened this morning
at the Caribbean Hotel Annex
with atotal registration Of 152
participants. TO make possible
the Individual participation Of
each member, those present
divided themselves into three
discussion groups.
IF mental health begins in
childhood, what is a problem
child and how can we help
him?" has been the question
around which the discussions
Of all groups seemto gravitate.
Sub-groups are getting closer
each day to an answer that in
cludes the theme of the confer
ence: What Can We Do With
the Tools We Have??"
Having decided that our
most valuable tool is each
departments desire to co.
operate to improve its own
techniques and good will, the
sub-groups concluded that inn
provement in knowledge and
in cooperative work will fol
low the establishment of
regular meetings of the person
nel Of Health, Police, Welfare,
Education and the Clergy.
It seems probable that many
and continued study groups
will be established to carry on
the good work begun in
st. Thomas this week.
, 1952-06-11
GENERAL CLARK /.

mand had good reason to be-
lieve that the Reds would use
the massive air force should
the truce talks break down,
and fighting resumed.
, 1952-06-11
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, 1952-06-11
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