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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31

Five states may be seen from
the peak of Capuiin Mountain in
New Mexico.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31
THE WORLD
TODAY
BY JAMES MARROW

WASHINGTON R-Secretary of
Defense Charles E. Wilson would
be a happy man if he could find
some way to cut defense spending
about four billion dollars.
That is one figure being men,
toned by advocates of less armed
forces spending as a means of
helping to balance the budget.
But some Pentagon people, in
the best position TO know, think
four billions an impossible cut if
this country is to be reasonably
safe.
That's one Of the reasons VIII
son is finding that running the
Defense Department is a little diff
ferent from running General Mo-
tors, where he used to be presi-
dent.
Yet, Wilson is one of the key
figures and main hopes in Presi-
dent Eisenhower's ambition to re-
duce spending and balance the
budget.
Former President Truman es-
timated the cost of all Defense
Department expenses for another
year after July 1 at about Is bill
lion dollars. He thought it was the
lowest figure for doing the job.
When Wilson was making auto.
mobiles he had to turn out a prod.
uct at the lowest possible cost,
match the competition and still
make a profit for the company.
Now the competition is the Rus.
slams. The only profit is survival.
And yet the survival has to be
at price the public can pay with
out wrecking the economy.
Wilson could go whacking
through the Army, Navy and Air
Force with a butcher knife, but
his economy would total up to
disaster if the armed forces then
proved inadequate in a crisis.
For example the Navy now is
manned at only about 80 per cent
of wartime strength. Wilson could
reduce that to IS or 10 per cent.
If he tried that, he'd have to
weigh the savings he achieved
against the possibility of a sud.
den war with Russia and a Navy
too undermined to do its needed
job.
Wilson could tell the NAVY 70
figure the costs of staying ready
for prompt and sustained action.
Adm. william M. Fechteler, chief
of naval operations, could provide
him with an answer.
That's only one kind of estimate.
Fechteler could reduce the Nays
cost considerably and, by scratch.
ing out sustained" merely est.
mate the cost of keeping the Navy
ready for prompt action only.
A Navy prepared for prompt
but not STANDARDIZATION might be
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31

able to conduct a o-e-shot opera
ton in case of attack. But unless
it was equipped for carrying on
indefinitely-in other words, a suS-
tanned operation-it would not be
effective very long.
Wilson must make the decision
after getting recommendations
from the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
whose members are, besides Fech.
teller, Army Gen. ]. Lawton Col
Inns and Air Force Gen. Hoyt S.
Vandenberg. Gen. Omar Bradley
is chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
If Wilson were to cut defense
spending much below the figure the
Joint Chiefs recommend as neces-
sary, his would be the responsible.
ity for any disaster that resulted
from this reduction.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31
Women Need
Tips On Decor
In TheHOm
BY DOROTHY ROE
Ap Women's Editor

Today'S women know how to
groom themselves so that they
look younger. smarter and prettier
than ever before in hiStory-but
when it comes to decorating their
homes, says Frances Lee. veteran
New York decorator, many of them
are dopeS. She explains:
Most women seem to get an
attack of stage fright the minute
they try to plan a color scheme
for room or home. They can't
remember what colors 60 together,
where to use warm tones. why to
use cool tones Or whatcombina-
tons are suitable.
"As a result they accept blindly
the advice of the furniture sales
man, the drapery salesman, the
carpet salesman and all their
friends. The result usually is a
hodge-podge that is due excuse for
divorce. /"
Miss Lee, in private life the wife
of William Walker Kennedy, Man
haitian stock broker, has "a solu.
ton. She calls it ColorScope, and
she plans TO unveil 1t at the annual
show of the American Institute of
Decorators. opening in New York
tomorrow. Says she:
ITS all done by birthdays. The
flower and the birthstone of each
month in the year are used as
color keys to form the basic
scheme of decoration. Suppose
your birthday comes in April. The
April birthstone is the diamond and
the flower is the sweet pea. A
beautiful color scheme for a bed
room or living room could be
worked out using pale diamond
blue" for walls ard carpet. with
accents of all the sweet pea tones,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31
Lab Workers
Test Effects
OF Heat Waves
BY FRANK CAREY
AP Science writer

RICHMOND, Va. R-Laboratory
workers here have Intentionally
burned themselves with heat waves
Stimulating the flash of an atomic
bomb.
More than a dozen scientists and
laboratory aides at the Medical
College of Notwithstanding a
woman doctor and a woman nurse
have barred their arms to a beam
of hot light from a specially
rugged anti aircraft arc search
light.
While results can be compared
only to the effect Of earlier-model
atom bombs, they should allow
rough predictions Of the effects Of
more powerful bombs, including
the projected hydrogen bomb, the
scientists say. The tests are sup.
ported by grants from the Army
surgeon generals office.
Burns sustained by the volun-
teers have been only dime-sized
because the heat from the search
light is focused on a half-inch hole
in a heavy shield.
But many Second-degree, blister
ing burns have been produced,
along with some burns approach
ing the third-degree variety, with
the flesh practically charred.
| All of the volunteers recovered
without i'll effects and are now
planning further tests.
The most outstanding results so
far of the human tests-and ami
NAL tests that went with them
are these:
1. They have conclusively dis
proved an earlier belief that per-
sons caught in the open by an
atomic blast would have three
seconds to duck the bombs heat.
Tests show that maximum burn
ing occurs within a single second.
This means that ducking won't
prevent a person from getting
burned-although be should duck
anyway to escape blast and fall
ing debris.
2. The tests demonstrated that
Negroes burn more easily than
white persons when exposed to
flash heat. The scientists conclude
that this is because white skin,
like white clothing, reflects heat
better.
3. Women were found to burn
more easily than men-presumably
because their skin is thinner.
4. The tests gave these new data
on actual distances from bomb
blast at which burns of varying
severity could be expected:
First degree burns, similar to
Sunburn, are possible from as far
as $4,000 feet-over two miles
from the blast on clear day.
Second degree burns, in which
the skin is blisterad, are possible
at 10000 feet.
Third degree burns, in which the
skin is destroyed and viii require
grating, are possible up to $500
feet from the explosion of a Hiro.
shima-type bomb. Newer models
are more powerful.
The scientists emphasized that
further distance studies viii be re-
quired.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31
l7-Crln Salute To End Career
OF Van Fleet At Dusk Today

indication Eisenhower would attend
although he and Van Fleet we're
West Point classmates and close
friends.
The ceremony was not listed on
the White Houses schedule Of
presidential activity during the
day.
Parade plans called for 1000
sarehers. including the srd Old
suzrd Regiment from Fl. Myer,
Va, tao battalions Of officer can
didates from the engineer school
III IT. Belvoir. Va. and the Army
Band.
There has been 40 hint that Van
Fleets retirement was linked 10
the dispute stirred By his claims
Of ammunition shortages. Score.
tary Stevens has told the Senate
Armed Services Committee that
plans for Van Fleets retirement
were in the works last September,
long before the controversy hgCke.
Al that time. Stevens ted The
committee, Van Fleet had wrisaen
that II there was 10 90 Ia ssnt
for htm-then ''uf course I shall be
glad 10 retire."
Stevens also x4l6 here vas no
suitable 100 aFaaahae f0r d R9n.
eFal u Van Fleets Fank aid Lnet-
Gated ior this ssasoa Van Fleet
weald % be made 81 sxcepsice 10
tie ArnFs rssSr~msns pcstey
Nsa Fleet has sad k@ Plans -
~ ts FleFssa ans SsteA 50 - ny
FIsnsrx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31

ranging from pale pink through
flame to mauve, in draperies, up
holstery and bric-a-brac."
Miss Lee plans to issue a "color
scheme of the month pamphlet
series, showing how the birthstone
and flower of each month may be
utilized in home decoration. Color
sketches Of four possible room
plans, with various combinations
of the months birth colors, viii
be included She explains:
1.-The birth dates Of each mem
Der of the family may be used
in the decorations of diff
ferent rooms in the house. Or If
you don't care for your own birth
months colors. you may use those
Of your husband. The whole idea
is TO provide a series of effective.
easy-to-remember color schemes
which can be individualized."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31
sy DON WHITEHEAD

WASHINGTON R-The crash Of
a 17-gun salute at dusk today sig
mails the end of the 3s-year military
career Of Gen. James A. Van Fleet
one Of the nations most success
full and most controversial combat
soldiers.
The 6l-year-old warrior steps
into retirement less than q hours
before a Senate armed services
subcommittee is due 10 open an
inquiry into his disputed claims
that a serious ard sometimes
critical shortage Of ammunition
existed during all tic q months
be commanded the u. S. Eighth
Army in Korea
Army chiefs have denied that
shortages hampere3 TIE Army Ia
its mission
Several senators had appealed 10
Secretary Of the Army Stevens To
keep Van Fleet Ia uniform al.
though his retirement normally
would be compulsory because Of
his 50 years Of age. IS years Of
Army service. and five years In the
grade az mass- general
Rat Steyeaz held that Van Fleet
&oald net be ruled - exespsloa 10
the policy which weut into effect
w-hEle presS4eas Eisenhower @as
Army chief q staff.
HEh.rzESing military nee srd
government off8es2s ptzane5 50
gather at the r.. Leslie NeNaar
parade srnana sag he fzla dress
cegeHso1y. Tnsre wax - R1xanee
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31
HAL
BOYLE
SAYS

NEW YORK R-If / had a child,
the quality l would most want it
to have is-rebellion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31
Ranchers' Master
Tailor Retires

VICTORIA. Tex. R-Master tail
or Mar Stoekman, who began his
65-year career as an unpaid APP
prentice in Latvia and ended as a
tailor to Texas cattlemen, has laid
down his shears, needle and tape.
The 75-year-old Stockman has
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31

piled his trade under two Russian
czars and eight American Presi.
dents.
He became tailor's apprentice
when he was only IL years old.
When Gar Alexander's draft be-
came intentionally close. he fed
the country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31
TABER RAISES SIGHTS
ON BUDCET-CUTTINC
By WILLIAM r. ARBocAsT

WASHINGTON tR - Rep. Taber
(R-NY) raised mis- budget-cutting
sights today and said Eisenhower
administration agency heads were
being a little modest in their own
estimates of what they can save.
Taber, chairman of the key
House Appropriations Committee,
set a new budget reduction goal of
1917 billion dollars, a boost of ga
billions over his original target.
Some administration officials,
leading off with President Eisen-
hover, have been speaking of the
budget-cutting problem as an ex-
tremely tough one.
Taber said his 1919 billion dollar
goal includes not only reductions
in new money requested but can
collation. of money voted previous
ly by Congress but not yet spent.
The technical name for that is
RECESSION.
'We're going TO make enough
cuts so that the budget will be
balanced, not only in appropria-
tons but in recoveries, he said
in an interview, adding that "I'm
talking about recissionS.
New funds for the Defense De-
partment alone, he said, can safely
be reduced by from ne to eight
billions without jeopardizing ma
tional defense. There have been
unconfirmed reports that the De-
Tense Department, instead of agree
ing to a reduction, will ask more
than the 46 billions recommended
by former President Truman in his
budget for the fiscal year starting
July 10.
While a cut of the size he pro-
posed in defense appropriations
won't necessarily mean a reduc-
ton of the same amount in 1854
fiscal year spending, Taber said.
lit will be reflected in future saw
ingS."
Taber didn't display much en-
thuSiaSm for proposed new appro-
priation cuts volunteered by the
heads of four agencies.
eve always did better than
that" he said, referring to the 31a
per cent cut Secretary of Labor
Durkin said his departmental bud
get could stand. Durkin told a SEN
ate appropriations subcommittee
the new appropriation requested by
Truman for the Labor Department
could be trimmed $40, 400, 900.
Previously, the Justice Depart.
ment said the Truman requests for
it could be cut 81, 45O, 900 from the
$191, 300, 900 originally sought, and
the Agriculture and Commerce
Departments volunteered cuts of
100 millions and 1863 millions re-
spectively.
And word got out that Secretary
of Agriculture Benson has ordered
that the Washington staff of the
Production and Marketing Admin
lstration be cut by $50. 1t now
2.347.
In all Truman recommended to
Congress the spending at 1914 bill
lions in the fiscal year starting
July l. He proposed that Congress
vote nearly 70 billions in new
funds; the rest would come from
previous years appropriations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31

Scientists are checking up on
so-called jet streams of air high
above the earth which travel
around the world from west to
east in both the northern and
southern hemispheres at the rate
of $50 TO 800 miles an hour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31

NEW YORK P-If / had a child,
the quality l would most want it
to have iS-rebellion.
Parents | tell this to say:
well, then, l wish you had one
of mine. You don't know what
you're talking about. There is
nothing that saps your strength
like rebellious child. They keep
you worn down all the time"
Probably SO. But, on the other
hand, they keep a family stirred
up, too. And what is sadder than
a child that is overly tame?
Of course, a child can express
rebellion in other ways than by
trying to kick his harried mother
in the Shins, He has to be little
rebel almost from birth. If he did
not revolt against his own vast
ignorance, he would never have the
incentive to grow up.
| Rebellion is the mark of youth
and health. Only by questioning
! authority can child find out what
he can do and really cannot do,
what is actually so and what is
just adult say-so.
1t is annoying 20 have to answer
a curious child'S eternal "Why?
Why? Why?" But wouldn't it be
even more terrifying to have a
child that did everything you told
it to, believed everything you said,
! and never once asked - but
Why?"
Personally, I like a kid who.
when you tell him that two and two
make four, looks up at you cum
ningly and says. "Prove It." You
have wild urge to hammer him
with a slipper, but you have to ad-
mire him, too.
A civilization may be torn apart
by too many rebels, but it will
never die of dry rot. And no civili-
cation can grow and flourish with
out full quota of sturdy rebels.
A rebel is an explorer. He is the
yeast of any society, and keeps it
from being choked by the thicken-
ing crust of the past.
The great inventions, philoso-
phies, poems, music, and new auto
matte refrigeratorS are almost al
ways products of great and serious
rebels, who must defy conventional
patterns to create a better future.
So are the great religions. Was
there ever a greater rebel than
Jesus Christ?
The record of many great rebels
in their own lifetime is ignominy,
ridicule or even persecution. 9th
ers-Such as Benjamin Franklin,
George Washington, Thomas Jeff
erson, Thomas Edison, Albert Elm
stein and Carl Sandburg - get
their laurels while they live.
For every rebel who is remem-
bered a thousand are forgotten.
1t takes vast courage and endless
work to force mankind to over
come the Inertia of the common
place and try something new and
better. But without rebels civiliza-
ton would rust in its own shack.
les.
Ii had a child, | would treasure
his signs of rebellion, and maybe
even encourage them, He might
grow up TO be just another unsuc-
cesSful bank robber. But there is
also the chance he might come up
with an idea for better mouse
trap the world desperately needs.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-12-18

Gov. Theodore r. McKeldin. Of
Maryland. who nominated Mr..
Eisenhower for the Republican
Party. has very definite views on
the ACJ. Defending the Israel
Bond Drive from ACJ attack. he
wrote: 1T is fantastic to say that
Americans facilitating this great
humanitarian undertaking are re-
miss in their duty as American
citizens. The words national al
legiance' and loyalty h ave no
place in the discussion, and it
would be better if your Council
would deal with the bond cam
paign on its supposed merits or
dement's without attempting TO
raise suspicious Of disloYaltY
against worthy and generous fell
low Americans"
Gov. McKeldin said also that
cit is neither American nor decent
to fling about suspicious against
peoples loyalty where there is no
genuine issue involving loyalty.
abhor the smear technique, whe-
Their it is employed in politics OF
elsewhere"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-12-18
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL TO
SEEK $lls,s2I.l50 FOR 1854

NEW YORK, (JTA) - More
than 1900 outstanding Jewish
community leaders from all parts
OF the country gathered here for
the three-day annual national
conference of the United Jewish
Appeal at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel.
Budgets for the coming year
amounting to $19,921,150 were
presented by the United Israel
Appeal, Joint Distribution Com
mittee, and the United Service for
New Americans-the three consti-
tuent agencies of the UJA. OF this
sum, about Sc percent is ear
marked for work in Israel.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-12-18
LAKE CITY, FLORIDA
Jewish Broadcast
Set For Sunday

On Sunday, December Goth,
1858, Q2:30-1 P. NJ, EST, NBC
Network, the Eternal Light will
present "Face To Face With Ga
briel," written by Marc Siegel,
based on an article of same name
by Rabbi Morris Kertzer in
Guidepost. Magazine.
Face To Face With Gabriel" is
the true story of the courage and
heroism Of Rabbi George Lieber-
man. In a disasterous train wreck
Rabbi Lieberman was trapped for
six hours in a very painful
position, but during this tragedy
ne comforted his fellow passen-
gers with advice and prayer. AL
though crippled for several years
Rabbi Lieberman never lost his
faith and courage and was able
to ascend his pulpit again.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-12-18
ANTI-ZI0NIST jews
ACTIVE TN WASHINGTON

CONTINUED from Page LAY
treasurer as one of the three lead
ing officers.
Rep. Jacob K. Javits, the only
Jewish Republican in Congress,
defended the Eisenhower Admin
istration's policy toward Israel
until December 8. On that date
he raised a question of whether
the administration is now follow
ing "a policy of appeasement Of
the Arab states" in a way which
is biased and detrimental to Is
rael
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-12-18

GIE OF JUDAH ToURo shows the
American Jews NEST fumou ph0nihroP aV
Orleans Rhode island Sterling pennies young
man. mehan The fortune he made
host Of worthy including synasosUes
ehurhes BUneP m monument Next month yGnWoTy
will the hUndredh anniversary ct ToUos
A-ssrp RubbI Beriram Kon Of PhiadePha
third erected Congregations help
fosthg Of ewh life In the Un'od
Evening star., 1953-02-18
By John ScoIi
Associoted Press Stoff Writer

The United States is reported
turning a cold shoulder to Is
rael's urgent plea for aid while
lining up limited military and
economic help for Egypt.
The Eisenhower administra-
ton, it was learned, has decided
to sidetrack IsraePs bid, tempo
rarily at least, in order to avoid
antagonizing strategic Arab gov
ernments.
Seven Arab nations jointly
told the State Department yes
terday "any more help Of any
sort" might endanger the uneasy
truce between Arabs and Jews
in the Middle East.
The bitterly-worded Arab COM
plant said Israel was trying to
exploit" its diplomatic break
with Russia to win special as
sistance from the United States.
The Soviet Union severed
diplomatic relations with Israel
on February IL. A Moscow state
ment blamed the action on the
bombing Of the Soviet legation in
Tel Aviv in which three Russians
were injured. Israeli leaders de-
plored the bombing and moved
to bring the guilty persons to
justice. -.
Western diplomats said at the
Evening star., 1953-02-18
Singer Janette Davis
And Dagmar Billed
For Front Page Ball

The featured entertainer at
Fridays Front Page Ball will be
Janette Davis-radio and tele-
vision singing star.
IS Miss Davis. leading singer on
Arthur Godfrey's CHS shows,
win reign as Miss Headlines
during the seventh annual news
paper bali at the Hotel Statler.
Also on the entertainment bill
will be Dagmar, well-upholstered
television performer. She is fill
ing in with easel for Pfc. Eddie
Fisher, the singer. forced to can
Gel his engagement because Of
illness. Charlie Cliffs NBC Or
cheStra will furnish the dance
music.
Winners for the years best
newspaper writing and pho
Biography viii be announced dur
ing the evening. The Bill Pryor
Memorial award of $3.50 win be
given for the best entry in six
categories.
This award is in honor of
Bill Pryor. former Washington
Newspaper Guild president. who
died last September.
The six categories are general
news. public features or series,
sports. photography. humorous
features and human interest. and
interpretive articles. A $50 prize
will be, given for each.
Representatives O'Brien, Dem
ocrat, Of New York, and Magnu-
sen. Democrat, of Washington
both former newspapermen-are
the judges.
The winner Of the Dan De
Souza Guildsman of the Year
Evening star., 1953-02-18
House Group 10 Act
On Narcotics Law

A House District subcommittee
will meet tomorrow to approve
the final revised form of legis-
lation to require disqualification
of Washington narcotic addicts
Representative Miller, Repub-
lican, of Nebraska, chairman OF
the subcommittee on health
welfare and recreation, said his
unit will meet at 1890 am. to
receive the revised bill.
I'VE think all the legal kinks
have been Strengthened OUT
Mr.. Miller said.
Among the changes made in
the original hill., as introduced
some time ago, he said, will be
one proposed by the Federal
Security Agency Administrator
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby. This
amendment is a minor change
in the Harrison Narcotic Act tc
assure that addicts; from Wash
ington can be treated in the
United States Public Health
Service Hospital at Lexington
KY.
The committee may approve
the original bill with amend.
ments. or make the necessary
changes in the original draft
and introduce a So-calle6
clean" new bill.