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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Tough Going Faced
By France in'Meeting
US. Call 10 Hurry-Up
By Preston Grover

Assosiofsd Press Foreign Correspondent
PARIS Feb. This is q re-
port on conditions in France
which have bearing on how
well Europe will respond to the
United States call to hurry-up,
hurry-up on rearmament.
First OF, the newly formed
government Of Premier Rene
Mayer has already run into dim
Guilty.
To give certain business In
terests representation, Mr.. Mayer
appointed Andre Boutemy as
minister Of public health. Mr..
Boutemy was Immediately
brought under serious attack by
the Communists, supported by
some Socialists. j.
Mr.. Boutemy was a Vichy ON
cial under Marshall Philippe
Petain, There's still some bitter
ness. between those who held
themselves aloof from public life
during. the German occupation
and those who got mixed up in it.
Seeks Resignation.
Mr.. Mayer is evidently trying
to persuade Mr.. Boutemy to
resign before his position in the
government is brought UP for
debate February II.
# only the Communists were
involved. Mr.. Mayer could ig-
more it. But he needs Socialist
votes to get the six-nation Euro
pean army treaty ratified.
The Socialists have q vital 100
votes in the National Assembly.
II they rebel on the Boutemy af-
fair: the government might 60,
down without the Socialists hav-
ing to swallow the European
army treaty.
ATHEIST Mr.. Mayer has a diff
cult political maneuver ahead
of him and he has got to make
a showing quickly for the benef1t
OF the American Congress.
To Gen. Charles De Gaulle,
and in fact to a good many old
line generals, the European
army idea is a menace.
Gets Budget Through.
Mr.. Mayors job? To get Ger
tain Of his fiscal reforms through
with De Gaullist support without
too violently angering the Social
lists, then to get the European
army treaty ratified by amend
ments which will please the So
cialistS but probably violently
antagonize De GaullistS.
He got a start on that today
when the National Assembly
passed, 415-205, his S,751,0OO,-
000,000-franc ($1O,717,0O0, 000)
budget for 1853. with about 80
per cent going to the military.
Much of the military money will
go to Indo-China, whose civil
war is draining away a billion
dollars a year. In the budget,
United States aid already pledged
will account for $173 million.
France seeks $125 million more
to help put her books in balance.
Foreign Minister Georges BIZ
dault placed before the cabinet
a series of amendments, or fine
print protocols designed to make
the European army treaty more
acceptable to French parliament
tary opinion.
Hopes to Win Approval.
These were known to provide,
among other things. that France
could pull her divisions tenn
porarily from the European army
any time they were needed for
use in the French union outside
continental France, for rotation
of French officers between the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Fordhum Club Elects

The Fordham University Club
of Washington has elected John
F. Shepard as president. Other
officers are Thomas H. Maher,
first vice president; Martin B.
Cavanaugh, second vice presi-
dent; Francis j. DiFabio, secre-
tary. and DR.. Thomas A. Egan,
treasurer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16
Champions undsrdoss

No one can accuse q certain
friend of mine that he doesn't al
ways champion the underdog :
literally, that is.
/ can't use his name because he
has threatened me with various
forms of mayhem and assault if
/ wrote about the situation but
the other night he came up with
a beautiful system" to win all
the money out at the dog track.
Now, anyone who has ever gam
bled knows that since time i'm
memorial. mankind has been un-
successfully attempting to devise
a system" to beat games of
chance.
The most common method of
working out an unbeatable plan
to win is simply to mix up mathe-
NAUTICAL formulas so that even
Einstein wouldn't know what they
meant. My friends system was
less complicated he merely
chose to play the four dogs which
experts deemed least likely to
win.
Seventy-nine dogs raced during
the night he was making his play.
From amongst these he picked
forty to win because they were
paying 'long-shot' odds. Two of
the forty came home in the money.
For my part I'll take the system
of two ladies who had never been
to, a dog track before and were
selecting a dog each race accord.
ing to whether it had pretty
name. They won five consecutive
races that know of.
The management of the local
track has made it plain that in
pari-mutuel betting, the track
neither wins nor loses when bets
are placed. Customers are merely
forming a pool" amongst them
selves with the track acting as a
"house," That many people fail
to realize this is evident by the
talk in town Of how the track
makes killing" when a favor
ed dog fails to win. The money
that is bet on that dog is always
returned to the public through
winnings on other dogs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16
THIS ROCK OF OURS

As for systems. the man or
woman who figures a successful
one out win be the richest person
in the world. But is is interesting
to try.
Fishing Beats
Charter and bottom fishing boats
appear to be enjoying 4 good sea-
son this year. One thing Is GER
tain any boat owner earns
every penny he gets. Maintenance
and repair is a twenty-four hour
job, day in and day out, as far
as q boat is concerned. Charter
boats must not only be ship-shapa
but they must Lave many Injuries
that an ordinary commercial fish
er does not need.
It is understandable that the
boats 60 out every opportunity be.
cause of our short season. How.
ever, / wonder If they are follow.
ing a wise procedure when they
leave port while small craft warn.
ings are being displayedf
In the case Of charter boats.
rough seas tend 10 make tourists
less inclined to fish in the future.
The net result of their trip is us.
ually q wonderful case Of sea.
sickness. The situation can Be
more serious with regard to bot
tom fishing boats. These latter
are often heavily loaded with pas.
sengers men, women. and chill.
dren. They are not built to take
heavy seas and If anything should
happen, the local pleasure fishing
industry would receive 1 black.
eye" that would be hard to over.
come.
One reader has suggested that
there should be dock master al
Garrison Blight who could control
boats leaving the harbor with pay.
ing passengers. II isn't q bad idea
though can't imagine what single
individual could possibly control
independent fishermen. The Coast
Guard has attempted to warn
boats owners concerning safety
conditions for years and the result
has been that they still have to
so out and bring boats IN when
ever bad weather strikes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16
Free Tickets
For Carnival
To Youngsters

Information released recently by
the Fleet All Weather Training
Unit, Atlantic, based at Boca Chi
ca, revealed that all the Key West
children viii be officially invited to
attend the Navy Charity Carnival
as guests of the Navy.
FAWTULANT, commanded by
Captain ]. C. 10th, is responsible
for the admission and change COM
mittee, with Lcdr. A. B. Haseltine
in charge of admissions. Mr.. Hasel-
tine has disclosed that members
of his committee win visit the Key
West and Marathon elementary
schools during this week to distri-
butte free admission tickets to the
children. Distribution viii be under
the supervision of Ltjg. Frank Bar
decki and 1t. L. T. Ward of
FAWTU.
In addition to the courtesy tickets
to the youngsters, FAWTU has an
nounced that many valuable door
prizes viii be awarded during the
course of each evenings activities
at the carnival. Everyone win be
urged to hold their ticket stubs
until departing.
FAWTU is also sponsoring a
shooting gallery and drawing for
a three day Havana tour. A draw
ing for the shooting gallery rifles
win be held on the final carnival
night. Tickets for both prizes viii
be available at the carnival.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16
NOTAS CUBANAS
por RAouL ALpIzAR Pogo

Juez que dicta ell fallo condenato-
rio? Els bien triste, que los
buenos, los ciudadanos respetuo-
sos de las leyes, no gocen de min.
gun privilege, en- ID sociedad en-
que viven
FL case concrete del Cementerio,
es algo que pone los pelos de pun.
Ia. Segun nuestras noticias, va ha
sido detenido un ciudadano y esta
siendo acusado de haber tornado
parte en- los hechos ocurridOs en-
la metropolis local. PedimosI que
Sc investigue amplamente TODD ESQ.
Que no Sc vaya castigar q quien
no ha cometido delito alguno; pc
70, en- Ell case de que Sc 10 pruebe,
que Sc lie applique eli maximum de
la pena, como un escarmientO pa
"a ell future. Y recuerden los
senores Juecef, que ellos tambien
tienen deudos en- el cementerio de
la ciudad y que esos muertos me-
recen Ell respeko y Ia reverencia de
todos los aquf conviven.
A nuestro juicio, los hechos va
citados, parecen mas la obra de
I'm degenerate, paranoico, de un
lunatico, que de un professional de
la delincuencia. Que puede obtener
de beneficio quien tai cosa realiza?
FL ladr6n, 81 no es capturado. dis
fruta del objeto robado. Pero,
quien destruye una tumba, quien
echa al suelo una columna, o un
monumento en- ell cementerio, no
obtiene beneficio de ninguna clase,
como no sea Ia macabra salts
faccion del dafio ocasionado. Y esa
satisfaction solo ALBANIAN a dis
frutarla. los enfermos, los degene-
radios y los locos. Y cualquiera de
esas calificaciones, bien merece
ser observada embellishments por
las autoridades, para en- cada ca
so, proceder, de acuerdo con Ii
mentalidad del acusado.
Lo ocurrido en- nuestro Cemente-
rio, no puede nj debe de quedar Inn
pune. Desgraciadamente, aqui son
muchos los que padecen de anne
STA y los hechos sc suceden y en-
POGO tempo Sc olvidan, dando lu-
gar q las frecuentes repeticiones
de cosas, que de haberse castigado
. tempo. seguramente, lutheran
tardado mucho tempo en- repetir.
Sc.
Todo ciudadano consciente, debe
de estar alerta, para ayudar Q Ia
iusticia, en- casos como este que
estamos tratando. Los homhre,
que pierden Ell respeto que mere
cen los que va no existen, dejar
de ser hombres, para convertirse
en- fieras y q las fieras Sc les cara
en- ell bosque. en- Ia Gale, o en- 81
mismo Cementerio. Y eastigando'
les duramente, Sc evitara que en-
ell future, salgan otros "srseioses'
realirar haIahAs tan desprecia.
bles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16
German Maids MOI
So Eager To Wed
Britishers Now

BAD 0EYNHAUSEN, Germany
R--A British passport Is not the
good marriage bait II used to/be
in West Germany. but American
soldiers are still regarded as the
most eligible bachelors in this
bachelors paradise.
American GIs are taking Ger.
man brides at the rate Of 500 q
month. There were only S. mar
riages with Britishers in the last
six months of 1852.
Since 1947 British soldiers have
married 6,526 German girls and
Americans about 1900.
The differences are partly due
70 the larger number Of American
troops some ia million have
been stationed in Germany for
varying periods since the war.
Furthermore, Americans can mar.
ny Germans only six weeks before
going home and there was a big
rotation Of American manpower In
1852.
British officers do not believe
the decline reflects increasing un.
popularity Of Britons in Germany.
On the contrary, staff officers
here say. the British soldier mas
never, in general, been better
liked than he is today.
Several factors are held respon-
sible for the shrinking Anglo-Ger-
man marriage rate:
West Germany's restored pros.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16
HAL
BOYLE
SAYS

NEW YORK R Saturday was a
day for the birds.
For pigeons are In their cooling
! prime at Valentine time. But peo-
pie often don't fare so well.
Many a romance reached a
disastrous climax. For it was on
this day bashful, wouid-be lovers
summoned the courage to bare
their secret heart to the one they
yearned for-and received an i'm
mortal scar.
How many desperate gamblers
got kick In the pants from
cupid before nightfaIl of st. Valen-
tines Day? One million? Two mil
Lion? Three million
My advice is: never give an
older woman present on valen-
tines Day"
! tried 1t at the age of IL. Never
really been the same since.
At the time / was on the thresh-
old of a promising career. was
one of the leading literary figures
Of the Linwood Grammar School,
and earning up to so cents every
afternoon peddling newspapers on
street corner.
I delivered the papers to some
of the neighborhood businessmen.
One day I entered a newly opened
wholesale cleaning plant and saw
a fair lady--and was drowned in
love at first sight. She bought a
paper, and l walked out in a
trance, heart pounding.
There was everything against US.
She was more than twice my age
and roughly twice my height. There
was the matter Of her husband,
too. I felt q little sorry for her
about him. Nice fellow. Just bow
legged. He could walk over a fire
hydrant without barking his Sims.
/ could be sure Of seeing her
only once day--when brought
her the paper. But ! had TO see
her more often. The trouble was
that her desk was behind a small
partition that hid her from side
walk view.
But ! found that II wore tennis
shoes, and leaped as high in the
air as / could, could catch a
quick glimpse of the back of her
beautiful blonde head.
So dozen times each afternoon
II would run by the cleaning plant
and spring up like j startled deer
for a peek at my loved one.
! On ST. Valentines Day decided
I had to show my heart to my
own true love. l staggered into
the drugstore, bought the biggest
box Of face powder In the place,
and two-bit lacy valentine.
| ! walked past the cleaning plant
half dozen times before l could
bring myself TO enter. II was .
/ relief TO find my lady fair absent
on an errand. left the package
with her stenogrspher, and ran
back to sell my newspapers.
Late that afternoon as I weni
by the cleaning plant the sseno.
| grspher beckoned TO me and hand
ed me an envelope | gallopd home
went to my room, closed and
locked the door. With shaking
hands ! opened the note from HER.
MY husband and | think II aas
very sweet Of YOU TO send q val.
entine, she had written. And We
send you > little token. too e
MY husband" why did she
have 10 bring in ed bow legs
Ard the token. II was q
ore dollar BIZ. clipped % her nose
One thing vas hiin5ingly clear.
Our brief one-xsy lore affssr vas
~ an end. The noney ID she en-
vsl0ps proved that.
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Research men have sgua1 that .
pressure cocker Is Idasl Is q ready.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16
'Columnist Uses
A New System

HOKAH. MINI. B-Edilors usu-
ally provide continued" lines 10
help readers find their way around
newspapers when stories are car
ried over to other pages.
Herb Wheaton. author Of the col
umn my Point Of View" IN the
weekly Hokah Chief. d different.
He starts the column on page one.
But at the bottom. citing the con-
tinuation, IL the terse line. "Hunt
for it."
Harder pursuers Of his weekly
prose are rewarded. last week On
page three. where the column con-
tinuation IL headed, you found
i'll"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16
Trsvb.. Win Red hlshsi.

With U. s, Goth Division, Korea
R-The soldier from Pittsburgh
just couldn't resist putting on bis
bright red pajamas and showing
off.
The Communist sniper from
somewhere IN China just couldn't
resist taking q shot at him.
When SCI. &c John Mastrns
walked oui the door of his front
line bunker. the Red soldier saw
red. He banged away. Mastros
beat . hassy retreat.
MastrOs plans 10 keep the scarlet
sleepers BE 81 from home.
with these - said. n fsel
like I'm hack Ia PlFtsbarsA
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16
A Letter From
BILL LANTArF

DSaA &NSA6uUUA.
Recently Congress took action
on one of the first bins requested
by President Eisenhower.
Back in 1949, Congress passed
what was known as the Reorgani-
cation Act. Under that law, the
President was given the power to
send to Congress a plan for reor-
ganizing one or more departments
of the Government. The plan
would 60 into effect at the end of
60 days unless either the House or
Senate passed a resolution, by a
constitutional majority disapprov-
ing the plan.
Using this procedure, President
Truman sent to Congress Al reor-
ganization plans. Twenty nine be-
came effective, eleven were re-
jected by either the House or Sem
ate, and one plan was superseded
by existing law. This was the meth
cd used to reorganize the Re-
construction Finance Corporation
and the Bureau Of Internal Reve-
nue.. This method for recognizing
agencies was originally recon-
mended by the Hoover Commits
sion as the fastest and the quickest
way to put in effect the govern
mental reforms they had suggest.
ed.
This law would have expired
on April l, 1858 but President Eli
senhower requested that the law
be extended for two years to en-
able him to put In effect additional
recommendations Of the Hoover
Commission.
Mr.. Joseph M. Dodge, the Pre-
sident's new Director of the Budget
Bureau appeared before the House
Government Operations Commit
tee, of which your Congressman is
q member, to urge that this power
be extended to Mr.. Eisenhower.
There was no objection to ex.
tending this act but fight devel.
oped In the Committee of both
Houses with reference to retaining
the constitutional majority in either
the House or Senate to ture. down
plan Of reorganization or amend.
ing the act to provide that a sim.
pie majority could veto the plans.
Here's what that amendment
would do. There are AS members
in the House and 50 members in
the Senate. Under the present act,
the law required that 2ls members
of the House or ~ members Of the
Senate would have 10 vote against
the plan in order TO nullify ii. Ar
amendment, proposed by Congress.
man Hoffman. Michigan Republi.
can. would change the act to pro,
vide that . simple majority would
reject q plan. This would mean
that when Q quorum was present
! (2i2 members) q plan could be re.
jected If 4 majority Of those pre-.
sent tIi0l voted against II.
In the committee the Is Repub.
hcans voted for the change and the
II Democrats supported the Presi.
dent. The Senate Committee took
like action. When II was presented
in the House, your Congressman,
recalling Mr.. Dodge's statement
that. - simple majority would
make Il almost impossible for the
President to act In the manner Ia
which you expect him "a" argued
IN favor Of retaining the act II
/ its present form which provided
for . constitutional ma iority.
The House overwhelmingly
passed extension Of the act without
revision. By . as 70 S marRin. Ths
Senate Committee did m about
face fran their original stand and
SUPPORTED the act without rssssi0n
Tbs assured President EfS&n
hover approval II rs ssqzss..
Slncsrsly yoUrs,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

perity makes girls less willing 10
leave their own country 10 faea
the unknown In . foreign land
especially stillrationed Britain.
As the stigma u defeat fndes
and national pride grows teAin,
German girls prefer. u possible. q
German husband. The dispropor-
ton between the SEXES In tie West
German population Is declining.
On the other hand. America II
the German tsenage girls dream
land and the free-spending Ysnks
are still regarded a. . good catch
In the marriage market.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16
SAIGH TO JAIL

Fred M Saigh owner of the St Louis Cardinals, was
recently sentenced to 15 months in prison for evasion of in
come taxes AT the time this is written the disposition of
the st. Louis Cardinal baseball chain is undecided
This incident recalls the turbulence which has devel
oped among major league baseball owners in recent
and the charges that several have hurled back and forth
While perhaps it is not fair to the owners professional
baseball has enjoyed such high reputation over the
that major league are somehow expected to live
up to high demands
Despite this obligation, the owners-amid much bick-
eringfred the baseball commissioner year or so ago
and hired new one Influential in this movement were
some major league owners who had bought their clubs only
recently.
One cannot watch the baseball scene, without think
ing back to the late Commissioner Kennesaw Lands who
welded such strong influence the sport for many
years Lands knew that the pubcs confidence must be
maintained at all cost and he managed to do that as long
as he was commissioner of baseball. 6.a
1t is because of the high plane which Mr. Lands
placed major league baseball that somehow expect to
see no major league become involved in chickering's
and other difficulties
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

Research rsen hare tgar5 that 9
pressure cocker Is Idesl - q ready.
made sas chamber for tie stu1y
u TIE arting ~ eortaefs II q fele.
rhese relay 81 he Bel Labrssor-
isx.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

There are some people who believe that freedom of
religious worship is device that is planned to permit
them to do as they please when they please
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

The trouble with religions is that their adher-
ents worship words without knowing ideals that the
words stand for.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

Advertising good anywhere but better in The Key
West Citizen where you have your advertisement
read by the most people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

When income taxes are reduced, they will be re-
duced let us hope that the little will be able to
tell that they have been cut.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

AcAsny. tie Ast1e attempt %
make ecid oct q tt hassf meals,
can Be traced over = period 81 l..
90 years
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

Modern industry has developed many gadgets for
smart people to own that only the very rich people
buy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

Some woods technically elassiii.
ed as softwoods are actually hardtt
than some hardwoods. Yellow pine,
. softwood. Is harder thar poplar
or gum, which are hardwoods.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED
BY THE CITIZEN
!. More Hotels and Apartments
2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion
3. Airports-Land and Sea.
4. Consolidation of County and City Cove .r,e,,s
5. Community Auditorium
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-16

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