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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-15

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-15

(THE ENORMOUS RADIO AND
OTHER STORIES by John Cheeyer
collection Of short stories, published
by Funk and Wagnalls, New York
City,
John Cheever is the short story
writer of Manhattan, and the peo-
pie who live and work in the great
metropolis.
He knows the kitchen privileged
world Of the furnished room. He
knows the apartment house world
from the supers to the penthouse
tenants. He knows Greenwich vii
|lage and Sutton place, Morningside
Heights and Second avenue. And
he knows the New England CON-
munities where Manhattanites va
cation in the summer, and the
Westchester towns to which they
commute.
He knows the men and women
who wait out the years in Manhat-
tan for the pot Of gold. They restle
sodas at Walgreen's drugstore at
4Sth and Broadway, while they wait
for part in a play. They wait in
the offices of agents with plays
under their arms. They watch the
mails, and the telephones for ap-
Ipointments about patents and bus
|iness deals.
And Mr.. Cheever knows the hope
full faces Of young men and women
who come In on all the trains to
the city Of broken dreams. And he
sees some Of them 60 back again
to the provinces, and others stay
to sing in the dark courts between
the buildings, for nickels thrown
from windows. And Mr.. Cheever
knows the children of Manhattan
and the old people, and the young
people trying to hew q home a.
|mong the Gotham cliffdwellers.
All Of the stories in the book have
previously appeared in New York.
Ter. John Cheever writes In a clear
and effective style. A sympathy
for the people he writes about COM
lbines with the muted irony and
satire already familiar to Cheever
fans. The stories are in turn urban,
sophisticated, amusing. tragic, and
make up one Of the most interesting
collections Of stories published this
year.
Seward seaport record., 1953-02-13

and -The Book" made by Betty Park; extra chairs loaned by the Elks, hauled by City Express; extra tables furnished by Vance Hit and hauled by Sourdough Transfer.
 Walters who donated their time were Maurice Curry, Bud Matthews, and Cora and Harold Jacobs. Music was furnished without charge by Martha Carli, Marty Kowalski, Ben Walters, Donna Martin, Doris Smith, and Phyllis Pugh. Dancing by Kay Johnson and Gateway Swingers.
 Toward the fund campaign Joe Guthrie of Marathon Bakery
Seward seaport record., 1953-02-13
MARCH OF DIMES ENDED WITH B&PW PARTY

The Business & Professional Womens' Club party at the Mob by last Friday night wound up the March of Dimes campaign in Seward for this year.
 The party was attended by 205 persons. Two floor shows added to the entertainment in addition to public dancing. Two groups from the Gateway Swingers, a square dance club in Seward, put on exhibitions of intricate square dances, the same numbers that are to'be done by the SWingsters during the Fur Rendezvous at Anchorage.
 Kay Johnson was called back time and again for encores on her specially Spanish dances. Kay was chairman of the program committee for the party.
 Two waltz contests were won by Jim Lawson and Blanche Gray, and Onalee and Pat O'Brien.
 Phyllis Pugh, professional en- tertainer, appeared as guest artist during the evening.
 Doris Smith was roundly ap- plauded for her rendition of Its in the Book and had to make an encore appearance.
 Sponsors of the March of Dimes party wish to make spe- cial mention of the following persons whose donations of time, talent and materials made the party and campaign so great a success in Seward:
 The Nobby, party; placards
Seward seaport record., 1953-02-13

made and donated 152 dozen doughnuts which were sold by ladies of the WSCS. Carrie Kiel- cheski made two cakes which were sold for more than $100. All tickets, posters and advertis- ing were donated by Seward Record; radio advertising and pledge request program by sta tion KIBH.
 Grade school classes and pa tients at the Seward Sanatorium turned in sizable contributions, as did all clubs and organizations and business houses. The Nobby and it's facilities were donated by Cora and Harold Jacobs.
Seward seaport record., 1953-02-13

for defense establishments.
 The loss of these vessels and the favorable features of govern ment charter would mean a great increase in operating costs, and, consequently, in freight rates to the Territory.
 MT. Skinner and the Alaska Line general traffic manager, H. N. Peterson, left for Washington, DC. Wednesday, morning to be on hand for the hearings.
Seward seaport record., 1953-02-13
ALASKA TRADE MAY LOSE USE OF FIVE LIBERTIES

IlG lOSS ol l1NC bIDCl Siiipo to the Alaska trade with possible additional vessel losses hinges on hearings before the Federal Maritime Board in Washington, DC, this week and next, D. E. Skinner, vice president and gen eral manager of the Alaska Steamship Company, said in Se- attle Wednesday.
 The first round in the contest designed to eliminate from the Alaska trade government char tered vessels under policy de- veloped to aid the Territory was lost to Alaska on November 20. At that time the Committee for the Promotion of Tramp Ship ping and Ocean Tow, Inc ob- tained from the Maritime Board a decision to cancel the charters of Alaska Steamship Company Liberties George D. Prentice and John H. Quick, and three Coast wise Line Liberties. A technical ity in the law which requires that current need must exist for such charters was involved. Since the matter came up for hearing during the off season, the vessels concerned were in- active and consequently their charters were ordered cancelled. No consideration was given to the tremendous seasonal varia- lions in the trade and the fact that only a fraction of the essen tial peak season tonnage is re- quired to handle off-season traf- fife.
 The new hearings are on the Alaska Steamship Company and CoastWise Line petitions to re charter the above vessels.
 Under government charter ar engagements, Alaska Steamship Company pays $4,500 a month hire for Liberty whether or not the vessel earns that much, and up to S8,000 a month, if earned. These vessels are off hire when not in service. On the other hand, the lowest private charter offer received for a Liberty" Skinner said, was straight 5000 a month for a minimum period of one year Thus for a normal Alaska trade operating season of eight months, the mini mum charter hire on a privately owned Liberty would be S108,- 900 as against $36,000 for gov ernment owned Liberty"
 It was further pointed out that about $50,000 has been spent on each Liberty to make it suitable for the Alaska trade, and that there are no other suitably equipped privately owned Liber- ties available that could be ob- tained for the trade.
 Private charters do not in- clude the off-hire privilege, and in addition 1t IS necessary 10 Se- cure private charters well in ad- vance of the time required. lnso- far as Alaska traffic require ments are concerned, it is inn possible to know that far in ad- vance, particularly with respect to tonnage required to move the
 l.. @,~ tremendous fluctuations without advance notice. However, fires pective of the seasonality of the trade, it was stated that the sub ject vessels are definitely re- quired this year in order to han dle the record volume of military traffic that must move to Alaska
Evening star., 1953-10-29
BETHESDA.

A@ AAASSA~41'
Dear Sir:
do you think it fair for translator
Of classic in another tongue to warn
his readers that, after all, the thing
simply cannot be translated?
II would like to know why not?
MANY wonderful works have been
translated from the Latin, the Greek,
the Hebrew, the French, with very little
if any loss.
1T seems to me that to say q work
simply cannot be translated is to beg
the question. It seems to me that the
translator is admitting that he, at least,
can't do it well enough. So why does
he try?
81 think such translators should sell
groceries, or something, and let the de-
licate job Of translation be done by
others.
VERY truly. o. G."
The classic example Of O good trans
lation is the King James version Of the
Bible.
Here we have a work in English
which satisfies.
But it does not entirely satisfy,
evidently, because there are constant
attempts to better it, or make the origi-
nal more plain, or put it in ''the Ian
guage Of today" ETC.
All in all. however, the King James
version was arrived at by scholars who
were earnest Christians. They took
their work seriously, and entered into
the spirit of the task.
The result still thrills and enoblea
millions Of Christians. They aak moth
Evening star., 1953-10-29
By Charles E. TroceweN

This is he who finds the twin pro-
ceSses of mind and soul going together
better in print than any place else.
There is, literally, no chance what
ever of modern inventions Turing him
away from his first love, because they
are not the same at all; words in print
have majestic lineage dating back to
the pyramids and beyond to the very
first mutterings of the human race.
Mechanical and electrical inventions
are marvellous, but in the end have no
such tie-inS with the human mind and
soul as the very words of our lives.
These words are both elemental and
scientific, basic and reaching into the
future; they impose duty and a pleas
ure on all who handle them to try to
do the best they can with them, not
use them for base or Indifferent pur-
poses. The mechanical and electrical
arts can be used with words, as helpers,
but only as such. At the helm must
come the human mind, searching,
reaching out and beyond for the better
and the best. In this good sense, no
translation honestly done can be bad.
1t may be far from perfect, but it aims
to give those who otherwise would walk
in darkness some light along the path.
Our correspondent should not confuse
a translator's humility with his intent
or accomplishment. He may be salts
fed that he has done a much better job
than he lets on. When he says it can
not be translated, he simply means that
it cannot be done to the very perfec-
tion, as if it had been written in the
new language in the first place, and he
probably Is right.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
IsroeI's Compliance

The ISraeliS have done well to end their
non-compliant attitude toward instructions
from the United Nations that they suspend
work on their controversial River Jordan project.
The project on which they have been chal-
lenged by Syria is at issue before the Security
Council and their past refusal to heed the
u MS vewS-as expressed through the Palestine
truce supervisor-has served only to aggravate
the situation and initiate against their own
best interests.
Now however, because of their willingness
to hold up on the project while the Council
weighs Syrias complaint, the IsraelS-as Presi-
dent Eisenhower has announced-can count on
receiving American aid that would have been
in jeopardy otherwise. More important still,
their decision to comply with the U. MS in
structionS-a decision that does not prejudice
the strength of their own claimS-haS had the
wholesome effect of abating the tensions exist
ing between them and the Arabs as result OF
numerous frontier incidents.
AS reported to the Security Council by Major
General Vagn Bennike, chief U. N. supervisor
of the Palestine armiStice those tensions remain
very grave Nevertheless, because of the new
Israeli agreement, they are today at least
little less grave than they were, and they can
be abated further if, by actions of this sort
the two opposing sides make clear to each other
that they really want peace, not war, and that
they are rational enough to realize that mutual
understanding, arrived at through give-and-
take negotiations is far, far better thing than
mutual destruction.
Evening star., 1953-10-29

other case Of the middlemarl Sapping
excessive profits from the consumer.
Then came the drought Of 1858, cauS-
ing cattlemen to market cattle that
they would not have ordinarily-another
increase in supply.
Next, consider the MiddleweSt farmer
who raises corn and wheat and buys
Western grass-fed cattle to feed during
the winter, thus marketing his grain
in the form of finished beef. This
MiddleweSt feeder" has firm support
prices on his grain, so why should he
purchase cattle on a downward market
that may go lower? He will instead sell
his grain directly and further reduce
the demand for cattle.
The city consumer must be victim
or mixed emotions when he finds beef
so high that he can scarcely purchase
the meat he needs and reads that a
group of cattlemen have descended on
the Nations Capital pleading for price
supports.
In summarizing, the cattle industry
apparently needs three things as
long-range program: /. An investiga-
ton of the profit by the middleman
that prevents the law of supply and
demand from functioning. Such an in
vestigation was prohibited by rider
on last years appropriation bill. 2. An
integrated and co-ordinated farm pro-
gram that will not allow some farmers
Evening star., 1953-10-29
The CottIemen Depart

Secretary of Agriculture Benson, having
done the best he could in a bad situation,
doubtless is fully reconciled to the departure of
his visitors from the cattle country.
The cattlemen, some $50 of whom came to
Washington under the sponsorship of the
Farmers Union, are heading homeward in out
spoken disappointment. They wanted 80 per
cent price support program for cattle, and they
didn't get it. So they are going home, and if
they heed the advice of James G. Patton,
Farmers Union president they are going home
to make political issue out of their demand.
1t ought not to be political issue in the
narrow sense. And when the cattlemen came
p to Washington on Sunday they were saying
that theirs was not political mission, that
they were not pressure group, and that they
would rest their demand on the merits of their
case. All of that now is pretty much out the
window. Mr.. Patton stated his appeal to them
in terms of straight pressure politics. Senator
Kerr Democrat, of Oklahoma made fragrant
partisan attack on the administration And
so the chances are that the cattle raiserS repre-
sented by the delegation which came to Wash
ington will fight this issue out along political
rather than economic lines.
Whether Mr.. Benson will be able to stand
up under their assault remains to be seen. He
handled himself well in his meetings here with
the cattlemen. He seems to think, and there
are indications that he is right that this dele
cation certainly did not speak for all cattle
men and may not have represented a majority
Mr.. Benson is also very doubtful as to the
economic feasibility of the proposed price
support program for cattle, and he certainly
has good reason for this skepticism.
But the hard facts cannot be pushed under
the table. One of these facts is that net farm
income in 1858 will be about ST billion under
1852. Another is that cash receipts for cattle
and calves are some 10 per cent below last year
Meanwhile the cost of living-and this includes
the cost of many things that the farmer has to
buy-has just climbed to an all-time new
record high.
If there is any one who thinks that this
situation does not contain the seeds of political
disaster for the Republicans, he ought to con-
suit a good political pSychiatrist. For the
potentialities of disaster are present. and they
are not going to be eliminated by fondly ex-
pressed hopes that the worst is over for the
farmer
MIR. Benson has said, and the President only
yesterday repeated that carefully worked out
farm program, program that will be fair to
all SegmentS of the community, will be ready for
presentation to Congress in January. If this
materializeS maybe the political storm rum
blingS will subside. But it had better be both a
good program, and one that the farmer will
recognize as being good for him.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
This and That .

ing better, feeling that it is as close to
the word Of God as they can under
stand.
In secular translations, the task is
easier. From tranSlationS of the old
Greek plays, to such modern light
things as "Bambi," from the German,
which Whitaker Chambers did excel
lently, the translator must become a
part of the thing he is trying to render
into our tongue.
He can do this only if he is both a
scholar and born reader. It is pos
sible for any one with some knowledge
of two tongues to do job of trans
lating, but unless he is a born reader.
he may not succeed in his task.
It is more important than ever now
to examine the born reader, as we
call him, because he is in danger of
becoming extinct.
The born reader must be born that
way, though proper training plays a
large part. This reader honestly rather
would read than watch TV, or go to
movies, even Sd chow initial-minded
the world has become) or even listen to
old-fashioned radio.
X
This is the reader who remains true
to the printed page.
He likes print. He was born to love
print:
He appreciates the sturdy man at
the Linotype machine, and the old-time
master printer who stands at case of
type.
The printed word is his meat, his
drink, his innocent recreation and his
path to paradise.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
The Rains Came

Something rather unusual, almost old
fashioned, is happening in Washington. It's
raining It isn't great big rain; even the
Peace Cross at Bladensburg isn't hooded-yet.
Nor has it rained "dogs and polecats." But "the
gentleness of rain was in the wind" as Shelley
once said, and 1.-The useful trouble of the rain"
is accepted with rejoicing rather than with
complaint. Of course, not even rain, either
lot or little, can be expected to wash out the
human habit of complaining, but in this case
James Whitcomb Riley offers good prescrip-
ton:
1t haint no use to grumble and complain,
It's Just as easy to rejoice;
When God sorts out the t0eather and sends rain,
Why rains my choice.
Evening star., 1953-10-29

(MiddleweSt grain farmers for eXample)
to wax fat while interfering with normal
laws of supply and demand that affect
other branches of agriculture. g. Rain
and an open winter.
r. B. EkbIad.
Behold our cattlemen congregated in
Washington for the purpose of below
ing bankruptcy" and throwing lot of
bull about higher priced beef bones.
They parked their limousines for a
few days while trying to stampede
Secretary Benson into more gimme
gimme, gimme" in keeping with New
Deal diSSipations of the past.
They see themselves as preferred
citizens. with no compassion for 160,-
100000 American tax title tenants who
are required to pay buShel of hard
earned money for peck of subsidized
beef. Tough beef, too.
In all probability they approve OF
plowed-under pigs and potatoes, and
have become callouSed to the idea of
services rendered for value received.
Stand your ground, Secretary Benson.
One man right is greater than an army
of believing boondogglers, be they cat
tlemen or other kinds of conf1scators
If we are to save what's left of this tax
plundered country, it's time to quit kow-
towing to bull-throwers.
Arthur C. Narrower.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
One Dilemma That Really Has Horns
To the Editor Of The stor:

r WAS BORN and raised on q cattle
ranch in Montana but I am not now
directly involved in the cattle business.
Therefore, feel that I am able to
make sound objective analysis Of the
cattle situation.
The cattle industry has been most
lucrative, expanding business since
World War II. AS result it has been
invaded by every Johnny -come-lately
Would-be gentleman farmer in the
country with few extra nickels. This
led to the industry's over-expansion. A
great bubble was forming and only the
naive and uninitiated didn't expect it to
burst.
In the past five years have heard
many veteran cattlemen, my father
among them, say Cattle are too high:
it can't last" These are the old hands
who raised cattle on burned pastures,
dragged small calves out Of snowbankS
and survived or went broke during the
crash of 1929. These men knew that
the past few years were a good time to
get out of debt and they did just that
as far as they were able. OF course, all
the cattlemen are suffering some de-
gree of financial reverses, but the hard
est hit are the noviceS who over-used
their credit.
learned at a very early age that
the "cow business" can be fraught with
unexpected difficulties. When ] was
IA bought q 4-month-old Hereford
steer as Future Farmers Of America
project with money I earned working
in hayfields. I raised this steer on
my fathers ranch for two summers
and winter. Toward the end Of the
second summer the steer began losing
weight and died within two months
On performing an autopsy we found
that he had the. hardware disease;
a small end of barbwire had lodged
in his intestineS and had literally torn
him apart internally. But the point
is 1 had paid cash for the steer and
his feed. was able to invest further
with my future earnings. My other
cattle investments helped me to earn
my way through Montana State College.
Let's analyze what caused the "bust"
in cattle. Some rugged individualiStS
say, Let the law of supply and de-
mand determine prices, let the Fed
eral Government have laissez-faire
policy toward cattle" On the other
extreme, it is said: PUT immediate
support prices on cattle" The true
answer lies somewhere between those
two extremes. The number Of cattle
produced in this country has been in
creasing for some time and up until
two years ago the price had been in
creaslng. But as prices go up the con-
sumer eats less beef. So we had less
demand and the market began to de-
cline Then very strange thing hap
pened. The retail price Of beef did
not go down. If it had, the demand
would have increased, and helped to
level off "on-the-hoof" prices. An
Evening star., 1953-10-29
ArIington's Ebbing Litigious Tide

With the throwing out by the Circuit Court
OF racial-integration charges brought against
the Arlington County Board and the School
Board, it is to be hoped that the flood of ltiga-
ton which has hampered orderly governmental
processes in Arlington is about dried up. The
litgiouS tide, impelled largely by the persistent
efforts of former County Treasurer John Locke
Green, fortunately has been ebbing of late The
most serious effect of the ,repetitious suits has
been to delay school construction in Arlington.
Only the agreement of the State to buy
stalled school bond issue enabled the program
to get under way again.
Mr.. Green told the court last month that
he had no intention of filing any more suits
challenging the right of Federal employees to
serve on the school board. The State Supreme
Court rejected the challenge in a suit filed by
Mr. Green last year and has pending before it
an appeal by Mr.. Green in the so-called Bray
suit, in which similar issues were raised. Also
pending are suits filed by the School Board
against Messrs. Green and Bray, asking for in
functions against further efforts to GUST Fed
eral employees from the board and requesting
damages for construction delays already en-
countered The counterSuits are before Judge
Mccarthy of the Circuit Court.
More recently, Mr. Green filed complaint
States racial segregation laws. grand jury
which investigated the complaint brought
charges against the School Board. friend
of the School Board thereupon brought charges
of .racial-law violation against the County
Board Both boards now have been completely
cleared of these charges by Judge Mccarthy.
All of this litigation has been puzzling to
many citizens, has consumed a great deal of
time and taxpayers money and has kept the
Arlington government in turmoil of uncer-
tainty. The sooner the county's authorities
can be freed from the distractions of such
charges and countercharges, the sooner they
will be able to get on with the important busi-
ness for which they were elected.