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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17

WASHINGTON ln-Europe's In.
ternational Police, urged on BY the
u. S. Secrtt Service. repeatedly
have obliterk ted 4 Spanish counter
feiting ciiqu which INST fall passed
sss 200 in false checks supposedly
issued By the y. 5. Export.fmport
Bank.
Caught Ia Infcrpols dragnet,
along with a others, was shadDwy
Felix Anakl Quintana Perez. De.
scribed 81 SPANS security chief,
Gen. RafEa HierTo Martinez. as
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Gross Neglect OF Children" Is Charged;
Mother Missing Since Monday Night
Juvenile Court Hearing Today
On "Desertion" Of Youngsters
BY SUSAN MeAvoY

The Navy mother of one-year-old baby girl and
fouryearod boy being sought by Juvenile Court author
tiles to charges of gross neglect of children,
Juvenile Judge Eva Warner Gibson said today.
The youngsters described by Probation Officer Isabel
Fleming as living in filth such have never seem.
reported to the Juvenile by landady Mrs Vera
Lowe who said the children had been left without food or
care Monday night The father has been looking for
his wife since Monday night he told Judge Gibson.
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Accreditation Surveyors
To Study Monroe General
Invitation Given
By Commissioners
And Doctors AT
Special Meeting

A team of surveyors from the
National Commission for Accredi-
tation Of Hospitals VIII be invited
to come to Key West and survey
Monroe General to ascertain its
fitness of accreditation, it was
agreed by County Commissioners
and doctors last night.
The surveyors will come to
Key West from Chicago at their
own expense, it was explained.
Chairman of the County Com
mission Gerald Saunders presided
at the meeting which took place in
the Board room Of the hospital.
DR.. j. Lancelot Lester. Jr. and
Dr.. Allen Shepard were the only
two doctors present despite the in
vitation extended to the entire
medical satff of the hospital. It
was explained that DR.. Ralph Herr
is out Of town.
DIR. Lester read from the check
List of requirements for an accre-
dited hospital. Only 81 hospitals
in Florida are fully approved by
the Commission.
Many Of them he explained,
could only apply to a large de-
partmentalized hospital. At Mon
roe General with Its small staff,
versatility, not specialization, must
perforce be the rule.
One change which win be
brought about before the arrival
of the surveyors viii be the hiring
Of 4 hufse.dietician, Administrators
Willard Albury said. This was
urged BY Commissioners and DR..
Lester.
The other requirements are
more difficult to achieve for a
small hospital.
For example, the Commission
lists as desirable an isolation sec
ton for communicable diseases; q
medical library and Librarian; q
specialized medical staff; q sys-
tenn Of medical case records, an
an out-patient clinic.
DR.. Lester said that though q
little certificate hanging on the
wall in the hospital showing Mon
rpe General accreditation does not
mean much to the average patient,
the intangible results Of accredita-
ton react most fayorahly on the
standards sought by the medical
staff. Accreditation would provide
professional incentive for the doc
tors he said.
Saunders in closing the meeting
said:
~ want to commend Drs. Les
ter and Shepard and DR.. Dalton
for showing the interest to attend
this meeting. | know you are very
busy men, as busy as those who
have not attended"
Present In addition TO Saunders,
Drs. Lester, Shepard and Ray
mond Dalton were Commissioners
Joe Allen and Clarence Riggs,
County Legal Advisor Paul Saw
yer and Criminal Court Judge
Thomas Caro- and Hospital Admin.
istratsr Alhury.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17

Key West. Florida. hes the
nost equcble cl;mcte il the
country. with m overoee
rmgs Of only l4' Fahrenheit
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Five Navy Men
Will Cited
Here Friday
Navy Officer
To Receive
The Legion Of
Merit For Valor

Five Key West Navy men will
be commended here Friday, in
Guiding the presentation of a
highly coveted Legion of Merit
medal at an Admirars Inspection,
it was announced today.
Commander Harry ]. Gallagher
will be the recipient Of the Lee
gion Of Merit as a result of
meritorious conduct in the Korean
war-zone and quartet of Navy
enlisted men will be honored for
acts of bravery and exemplary
performance Of their duties. They
are: Chief Hospital Corpsman Jo-
seph DeKehoe. Chief Boatswain's
Mate Herrick B. Cook, Seaman
Ronald d. Hawkins, Calvin G.
Hampton, HIN, USN, and James
J. Kennedy, HIN, USN.
Rear Admiral Irving T. Duke
will make the presentations In
ceremonies At the Naval Station
at 500 pm. Friday.
Commander Gallagher's cita-
ton, given In the name Of the
President. follows:
For exceptional meritorious
conduct in the performance of
outstanding services to the Unit
ed States as Commander Mine Di-
vision Eleven during sustained
combat operations against enemy
North Korean and Chinese Com
munist forces from % January
1852 to ! February 1858. During
this period Commander Gallagher
consistently demonstrated an az
gressive competence which has
demanded a high standard of
performance from his ships. While
in command Of various Task Ele-
ments conducting sweeping OPP
erations. he had complete control
Of the minesweeping problems at
all times, and his operations
were conducted in an effective,
efficient, and aggressive manner.
During numerous sweeping OPP
Grafton sat Chongjin, Wonsan,
Songjin. and Hungnan. Comman.
der Gallagher was called upon to
provide gun fire support for the
smaller minesweepers operating
in company. He demonstrated
cool courage In rendering this fire
support and often found his ship
straddled by enemy gun fire when
i became necessary to maneuver
close into shore to protect the
small swnepers, or divert the enc
my fire from them to his ship.
Commander Gallagher served un-
der the 0perationai control Of the
East Coast Task Element Com
mander IN charge Of all Blockade
and Patrol ships in the Songjin-
Yang Do area, His courageous
conduct, daring initiative. and
|steadfast devotion to duty were
Al all times in keeping with the
highest traditions Of the United
States Naval Service
Both Hampton and Kennedy
were cited for their alertness ana
calmness when On emergency arose
during a surgical operation when
they produced q needed medication
while the operating surgeon was
working" Their action resulted in
restoring the patient to normal
health although he might have
Continued On PAGE Twcl
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'OBryani Meets
With State School
Superintendent

Superintendent Of Public lassruc.
ton Horace O'Brfant il in Gaines
vile with fellow superintendent
~ special meeting. il vas leaFa.
ed today.
Legislation paKsed BY The 1853
Florida legislature is the subject
81 the meeting. O'1gyanf resnras 10
Key West Thursday.
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Navy Raps Participants
In Charity Stag Affair
Three Convicted
In Connection
With LelCd ShO,v
BY jim coBs

IHfee navy men nave
b e en- convicted on e x
charges stemming from their
participation in a stag
smoker" held in a Duval
Street social club in Febru-
airy, for the benefit of the
Navy Charity Carnival, it
has been learned. Charges
ranged from sodomy to con-
duct of a nature to bring dis
credit to the armed forces.
Four more Key West bas-
ed sailors, including a 1t.
Commander, face court mar
tial in Charleston, South Car
DINA, for their part in ar
ranging and participating in
the smoker which repeatedly
degenerated into a sexual
orgy.
f.irls from Mons Tea Room,
now defunct Stock Island bordello,
were the star performers at the
event and the Navy men allegedly
played supporting roles for the
edification Of the audience which
repeatedly contributed heavily for
the Charity Carnival.
The affair was such as is known
collouuiaIly as a participation
show with the sailors mounting
the stage while the girls were per-
forming.
Local Naval officials have main
tanned q wall Of silence concerning
the case.
Altman Reberf w. spangenberg
q He Naval Air Station. received
she ssIfsess penalty when he was
sans 70 prison for one year and
alven . bad conduct discharge
frem ire Navy. He had been
charged with scdomy and corr
duet % nature TO bring disersd.
q u The armed forces.
Randall d. Sparks, received q
fine and a two month jail term
while d third Navy man, Chief Le-
roy d. Lawler was fined $3.50 for
conspiracy and conduct to bring
dIecfedit on the armed forces. Law
Ter was represented at Charleston
by attorney William Neblett.
The trial Of a fourth man, Char
les ] Dougherty, was scheduled TO
get underway today. Earlier, II
was reported that Dougherty had
already been convicted but today,
Commander Ben Berry, Naval Sta
ton Legal officer said that accord
ing ID information at hand IN Key
West. Dougherty was scheduled to
60 to trial this morning.
u. Commander Jerry Mcdaniel,
personnel officer and public infor'
nation officer at the Naval Air
station, is also slated TO 80 70 trial
shortly on charges of conspiracy
willful disobedience Of . lawful
order and conduct unDecoming an
officer and 1 gentleman.
Others ID be tried In Charleston
Include Seaman vintor NJ. Cramer
and Boatswains Mate Raymond 4.
Robinson. Both face charges OF
conspiracy.
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Judge Gibson investigating the
case, found the beautiful children
being temporarily cared for by a
neighbor living downstairs. in the
old Key West house. She has no
foster homes available for the
youngsters pending the solution Of
the case.
The wife, according to = sitter
who was called in Sunday night,
was drinking heavily at that time.
This sitter said she saw the mother
passed out across the bed. nudsn
in the apartment when she went
there late Sunday night.
According 10 nsishbors this e
not the first time the mother hes
abandoned her children. Last
time II was for . week, said the
neishbor. The court said that
both wife end husband drink
heavily"
Today the little boy chung to The
neighboF and to Juvenile Court au-
thorities. crying his heart out at
the sense OF loss. Covered with
ring worm and mosquito bites he
Is wondering what Is happening il
hls he
Last night the Navy father
kept sha i've ehildran II their
second fiser apartment walllng
for IRE return Of Ire melhsr. II
Is This apartment, photographed
81 ihe request 81 ihe Juvenile
conff, which was described BY
Mrs. FleEainp - filth such &c
have never seen"
When Mrs. Fleming went 10 look
for the mother Of the children she
saw that the children sleep on Z
quilt on . filthy floor. She saw =
dirty mattress without sheets; wet
diapers and panties strewn ali
over the floor; dirty dishes Of an
cient vintage; beer cans. cigarette
butts, and general disorder.
The sherIff's department IL
searching for fhe meihef. she Il
. hlends. about five feet five.
weaglBg pedal pushsrs snd .
blouse, seeerdins 80 nelshbers.
According to the sitter who last
saw her Sunday night. she was a
Weayer's bar that night with her
husband and other sailors.
Juvenile Court probation off
Ger Fleming informed the neigh.
Dor that the children are IN her
pending the case hearing
today.
The Navy was Informed Of Ire
ease BY Judge Gibson, ss was
Sheriff John Spotiswood. What
action. Il any. viii bc taken By
the Navy On the parents Is an.
known 81 this writing.
The house III which iha fam.
ilv lives has five apartments.
Though adsquslsIY served ~
water garbage nsrviess ana
elsefFBeity 10 meet haalik sfsn.
darda. fhe aparfmsni occupie4
BY the couple wns decIared ~
hrs. Fleming 70 be -pia
PEN.
The children. heaufifai ana
pathetic. are Ike roses Rruwlnn
in ) dung heap aeeofdina 10 90
butterflies. Handed from 1uvenlle
officers. q pallee. h nelKhkos 3
dlssraaght father. they are con-
pleteiy bx2Idered, upset sn1
miserable.
whethev re reiurn ~ gAeff
nothF ell mean Ehesr FefsFn d
he hs1rT eenaisioua seen b. -
JnFealle Corr. I'll - dssexmlae1
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Suit Filed Here

paul's Boat supply is suing G.
Melton Of Islamorada for collection
|On i promissory note Of S2iT.5l, ae-
rording to a suit filed IN Circuit
Court.
Evening star., 1953-04-16

Clayton G. Horn, editor,
Canton (OhiO) Repository:
II think Eisenhower has the
right approach-to take the
Russians at face value until
shown otherwise. I am inclined
to believe they are not on the
level, but we can't take it as q
hoax either. I feel if there is
any hope at all for peace, we
should approach the Russians
half way. conceding everything
is honorable.
whenever you approach the
Russian problem, you approach
it with suspicion. One can't
help but be suspicious over the
sudden peace offensive. But if
we shut our eyes to it, we won't
be able to recognize a real peace
move when it comes along"
Evening star., 1953-04-16

curity. as distinguished from the
genuine cover up"
Chairman Reed, Republican.
of Illinois, of the House Judici-
airy Committee said it would be
disastrous" to open up the Dip
lomatic correspondence. mill
tary security, or cases being pre-
pared by the Justice Depart
ment.
Somewhere you've got to
draw the line, and just where
to draw it is the trouble" he
said, adding;
Il feel there is q need for
some line of demarcation, but
public officials should not have
the right to peremptorily deny
access to public records which
do not involve national security
or injure the reputation of the
innocent.
Certainly no one in the news
paper fraternity believes the FBI
records should be opened to the
public"
Ask Lifting Of Order.
Senator Daniel, Democrat, OF
Texas, said he was unaware of
Mr.. Cross report when he urged
President Eisenhower yesterday
to consider revoking an order by
former President Truman grant
ing executive agencies wide
authority to classify documents
as secrets.
Senator Daniel told the Senate
the order is a weapon "of DO.
tential danger to the functionine
of our system of representative
government"
Senator Ferguson, Republican
OF Michigan, declined to indorU
Mr.. Cross proposal before study
ing it, but he said: I'm all in
favor of the goldfish bowl policy
in Government operations. The
only way to assure sovereignty
in the people is to assure full
publicity of what their public
servants are doing"
Senator Case, Republican, OF
South Dakota, said: I'm gen.
eral I agree that public business
is the public's business. The
problem is how to do something
effective to assure that it is kept
so. I would want to see his
specific recommendations for
legislation"
| Senator Sparkman, Democrat
of Alabama said: I'm not GER
Evening star., 1953-04-16
Old Crash Injuries
Hinder His Memory,
HerscheI Young Say!

Herschel Young today testified
that he has suffered mental
lapSeS and has experienced men,
ory difficulties since he was in
jured in an auto accident in
1941.
Young, a Washington indus
trial consultant. is on trial in
the U. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia on four
charges of perjury. He is &C
cused of falsely stating to Fed
eral grand jury here that he had
never represented loan-seeking
firms before the Reconstruction
Finance Corp.
The grand jury at the time
was investigating alleged influ-
ence peddling and favoritism in
the granting of loans by the
governmental lending agency.
Young is brother of E, Merl
Young, former RFC examiner
now facing sentence April 30
after being convicted of perjury
in connection with his testimony
regarding loan applications.
On the witness stand, Herschel
Young denied that he had ever
Willfully misrepresented any
RFC activities on his part.
He admitted that on one oc-
casion he went to the RFC with
John w. Merriam. president of
the Buffalo Weaving & Betting
Co. At that time, a $4OO, 900
loan to the firm was pending.
The loan later was granted.
But. Young insisted, he went
merely as "a legman and mes
senger boy" He said he had no
authority in such matters and
that Mr.. Merriam did the talk
ing" Young said he understood
the meaning of a company rep
resentative as someone with au-
thority to bind the company
concerned in financial transac-
tionS.
Evening star., 1953-04-16

tain I would accept 100 per cent
that it's the responsibility OF
Congress"
For one thing, he said, Con
greSs can't say in a law that this
document should be confidential
but that document should not.
I just don't see how Congress
can write a formula which would
assure that"
Representative King. Demo-
crat. of California suggested
some responsible authority could
be established to determine
what should and what should
not be freely accessible"
Representative Velde. Repub-
lican. of Illinois. chairman of the
House Un-American Activities
Committee, said he would want
"areas marked out by legisla-
tion" where executive informa.
ton would be classified
But the public and press
should have more access to in
formation than at present." he
I added,
Evening star., 1953-04-16
Extent Of Plan 70 Lift
News Secrecy Raises
Issue on Capitol Hill
BY the Associated Pres.

Senator MoI1roney, Democrat,
OF Oklahoma, said today a pro-
posal to guarantee by law pub
lie access to government records
and information ought to
arouse the Congress.
The proposal came from Har-
old r. Cross. a specialist in legal
problems of the press. in a re-
port prepared for the annual
meeting of the American So
ciety Of Newspaper Editors,
opening here today at the Statler
Hotel.
While many on Capitol Hill
concurred in the proposal to ban
bureau secrecy in government
a number of lawmakers voiced
this reservation: How far can
Congress go without endangering
national security?
Mr.. Cross was retained by the
editors to study legal barriers to
information about public affairs
In a book on news suppression
he said Congress is "the primary
source for relief"
Excess Secrecy Conceded.
Congress members, not having
read the book which is to)be pre-
sented formally to the editors or
Saturday, refrained from indors-
ing details of the Cross proposal
But many of them supported his
theory that there is too much
secrecy in the Federal Govern
ment.
House Speaker Martin said
eve in Congress for the last &c
years have been suffering from
attempts to get information fol
the Government bureaucracy
and asserted:
Unless the national security
is involved, the records should
be opened"
Senator Monroney, a former
reporter, who served on a Senate
subcommittee investigating the
problem last year, said:
"The reviews I have seen OF
Mr.. Cross report indicate he
has come UP with a proposal
that ought to arouse the Con-
gresS. One result logically could
be the creation of well-ground-
ed study commission to look
into the problem with Cross
and with Others"
Need for Care Stressed.
Senator Monroney emphasized
that great care should be taken
to protect genuine national Sc
Evening star., 1953-04-16

Virginius Dabney, Richmond
Times Dispatch; Resolutions
Chairman Mcknight and Edward
Lindsay of the Decatur Herald
and Review, speaking on the
American Council on Education
in Journalism.
Cabinet on Program.
This afternoon and tomorrow,
the editors expected to hear from
Cabinet officers on most of the
important phases of the Eisen-
hover program. Later tomorrow,
they will invite leading Demo-
cratic spokesmen to speak as
"the loyal opposition.
On the afternoon program to-
day were Secretary of Agricul-
ture Benson. Postmaster General
Summerf1eld, Secretary of In
terror Mckay and Mrs. Oveta
Culp Hobby. Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare.
At a meeting yesterday, the
board of directors of ASNE
elected DR.. Harold Cross to men,
bership for distinguished serv-
ice." He is the author of new
book, "The Peoples Right to
Know" which is intended to
help combat the suppression of
news at all levels of government.
New Members Elected.
The boafd also elected these
new members:
James S. DeLaurier, executive
editor of the Hammond Und.)
Times; William S. Lampe, man.
aging editor of the Detroit
Times: Lee Etteleson, executive
editor of the Chicago American.
Also, Julius Gius, Bremerton
(Wash) Sun; Harry v. Wade,
editor of the Detroit News: AL
fred E. Friendly, assistant man
aging editor of the Washington
Post; Lynn Miller, Royal Oak
/ (Mich.) Tribune.
Also, Robert E. Kennedy, edi-
torial writer for the Chicago
Sun Times; Frederick Mar
quardt, editor of the Phoenix
| (Ariz,) Republic: Rhea Howard.
president and editor, the Wich-
| ita Falls tTex) Daily Times. and
Holt Mcpherson. the High Point
IN. Co. Enterprise.
Evening star., 1953-04-16
Editors
Continued From First Page.I


half inches of international
news today and that 80 per cent
of the readers feel the need for
Interpretation to make foreign
news Ineligible to them.
Director Candidates Picked.
A committee headed by A. H.
Kirchhofer, of the Buffalo Eve
ming News, nominated these
members of the board of di-
rectorS:
Felix Mcknight, Dallas News;
j. Donald Ferguson, Milwaukee
Journal. and James S. Pope,
Louisville Courier-Journal, all
incumbents: Turner Catledge,
New York Times: Lee Hills,
Knight Newspapers; Coleman
Harwell, Nashville Tennessean;
C. G. Wellington, Kansas City
Star. and Walker Stone, Scripps-
Howard papers.
Members will vote for four of
the nominees for three-year
terms. The fifth candidate on
the tally sheet will get a one
year term as director.
Memorial Service Held.
At a memorial service, Grove
Patterson, of the Toledo Blade,
read a tribute to 10 members
who died within the past year,
They were:
Paul Patterson of the Balti-
more Sun Papers: John D.
Ewing, Shreveport Times; Will
liam E. Scripps. Detroit News;
Henry j. Haskell, Kansas City
Star; William D. Mansfield,
McKeesport (Pa) Daily News.
Also, Joseph Agor, Shamokin
(Pa) News-Dispatch; Leonard
K. Nicholson; New Orleans
Times-Picayune; Dwight Per-
rim, Syracuse Herald-Journal; A.
o. H. Grier, Wilmington News
Journal; Philip Ludwell Jack
son, Oregon Journal.
Reports were submitted by
ASNE President Wright Bryan,
Atlanta Journal; Secretary Ken
/ meth Macdonald, Des Moines
Register and Tribune; Treasurer
Evening star., 1953-04-16
SiIVermaster Won't
Answer Queries Of
Senate Red Probers
BY the Associated Press

Nathan Gregory Silvermaster,
former Government employe,
refused to tell Senate investiga-
tors today whether he now is
active in Communist espionage
ring.
! He also refused to answer when
asked whether any Soviet Off
cials have recently been visiting
in Harvey Cedars, N. j., a town
off the Jersey coast near Barne-
gat Light.
Mr.. Silvermaster, who held
various jobs in the Government
from 1885 to 1916, testified he
is now in the building business
at Harvey Cedars. He swore in
1948 in an appearance before the
House Un-American Activities
Committee that he never was a
spy, but refused to say whether
he was a Communist.
UlIman Is Partner.
He told the Senate Internal
Security subcommittee today
that his building business part
ner is William Ullman.
William Ludwig Ullman, for
mer Treasury Department en-
ploye, has been described in pre-
vlouS hearings of the Senate
committee as a member of a
one-time Communist espionage
ring here.
After Mr.. Silvermaster said
that Mr.. Ullman was his part
ner. Robert Morris, subcommit-
tee counsel, asked whether Ull-
man had any Photographic
equipment at Harvey Cedars.
Refuses to Answer.
Mr.. Silvermaster refused to
answer this, as he had other
questions, on the ground that he
might incriminate himself.
Mr.. Silvermaster appeared in
the subcommittee probe to de-
termine "the design" by which
Communists had been able to
penetrate Government agencies.
At the outset he submitted a
statement accusing the Senate
investigators of "raking up old
Goals" and declaring that he was
a loyal citizen who had never
betrayed the interests of the
United States.
The witness once served with
the Farm Security Administra-
ton, with the Maritime Labor
Board, the Treasury Department
and the Commerce Department.
Silvermaster has been identi-
fed by Elizabeth Bentley, ad-
mitted one-time Communist
courier, as head of an espionage
ring which operated in WASH
ington in the late 193Os. She
gave such testimony August IA,
1851, before the Senate Internal
Security Committee during it's
investigation of the role of the
Institute of Pacific Relations, a
private research organization, in
shaping American policy in the
Far East.