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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-28

|ent sewer system.
After Lang urged the eonfirma
|tion Of Bowen BY unanimous vote
Commissioner Louis n. J. EisneI
moved that Bowen Be appointed d
the post Of Comptrolleg. Finance ID
rector.
Commissioner DeIio Cobo: ''I'I
second II for discussion, but ] be
|lieve We should re-advertiss and
|see Il We can get . local man foI
the position"
Commissioners Eisner 10 City Ma.
|nager Lang: '.Were there any ap
|plications from local men with ca
|pahilities for handling this jOb?"
s'No. said Lang.
cemmleelonsr Jack Delaney:
1--WE had - sppileatiep from
Ioeal man rho had hessor eyall.
fiessieme man Charles RsbsFts
Mhen ~ leok - ps6llisa. This
mssn 8 : eEa6Osss 81 - IN.
vestlly ~ Miami. % ~ htllI
with ~ FEDERAL ssvsfnIaenl tse
sWe years. an1 during thst sllMo
has alrssdy received sWs psy n
ereAoos. "
"WhO Is this mani" inquired Els
|ner.
Donald Wiley, = replied Delaney.
ibid this man make application
for the position7" asked Eisner d
City Manager Vic Lang. Eyes hC
did. = was the reply.
City Manager Lang: I'VE 81
ssn appileasIsns. sws Srom loeaI
men. Al ihe names were sUb.
miftsd % the City Civil service
Beard, end ihev recommended
Bowen. Bewsmss qualifications
Sized evs above aIl sthsFs. Ms
sppoinimsni was in shs best h.
teFssss 81 fho ely. Ills present
smployss plesded With mo net 70
take Me best msn away. Bowen
hes eneellsni Recommendation
he was ersss.sxaMlnod BY D 10.
eel seeosnsani who & expert h
mis- lips.s
did you interview this man
(Wiley)7", Eisner asked d Lang,
mo, but the expert did"
Mayor c. B. Harvey: This mar
lContinned On Page TWol
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Bidders Must
Hme8OP Percent
LOcaILabOr

An jcbs awarded BY the city d
Key West. and the City Electric
System WIN pap mo prevailing
waes ~. S. Slandardsl 4 an ord,
nance u 81 voted "a ~ the city
commlrsion d approved.
Also anyone bidding "a iObs lei
out 81 ne above mentioned groups
must hire 81 least 80 percent 81
their labor from the local marke,
until Il Il exhausted.
The clly b taking this action L
legal IN order 10 stop the practice
81 soma bidders who brought most
81 their labor, even unskilled. "a
the city when awarded contracts.
This move has the backing oI
the msny labor groups il the com,
nlunity.
To investigate Garage
City Manager Vic Lang was In
ssrucsed Is Investigate ! garage on
White Street that Is collapSing int
4 neighhor's yard. Building was
Condemned ~ city. and Is said Il
have saeged until now Il Is only
- inches from the next door resi-
denee.
Payments Mada
Shell on company was paid sStT
III for asphalt oil, and Porter Al
len CO.. N.e76s6o for insurance pre-
miums.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-28
Arthur MuIberg Sues City
70 Force Issuance OF
Parking Lot License
Eisner Says City
Attorney Ruled
License Can Be
Legally Issued

City Commissioners By 80
vote IN recessed meeting last
night refused to issue q
parking lot license to Arthur
i. Mulberg 81 Mulbers
Chevrolet for bis recently
purchased lot IN the 1900
block 81 Dual Street which
Is zoned Residence ABB.
The commissioners mEde
Il clear that they are refus-
ing 10 issue any licenses to
anybody in this area pend
ing l legal opinion from City
MulbeFn hss svsd No City -
lgey Niesl n en- aiismpt - fefce
~ ely Faihefs 70 Issue said
lleanse. ne Ieeal businsss man
maInlslns u Mo petislon Inst hs
4 hrina diaerlmInsfed against By
iho defendants tciiY q Key
iniesi).
Circnlt Court Judge Aqulllno Lc-
. Y.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-28
Seeks
Mayors Position

~ lens last, Key West has .
candidate for Mayer In The
November Csnsrsl elections.
P. A. MelAssiers. 3loa Flag
Ter Avsnus. chief Of field ensi.
noars o. Tire Western Electric
Company here, tossed his hat
Into ihe ring this morning when
10 qualified for . spot On The
ballet In Group One. the group
reserved for those sesking The
office 81 mayor.
AZ HE same time, Deputy
Supervisor 81 Registrations,
Agnes Lowe. sepertsd That rec.
lstssslons fer tias slsesiep are
pIeking - and shas ~ teiss
has now rssehed 7ys3o. Her es-
Hes In shs city hall e open
from . .. N. - 5 p. N. daily
inclvding ne noon heuF end
from . .. N. - noen On sasur-
day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-28
County Holds
Budget Hearing
Tonight AtS

A public hearing On the record
breaking Monroe County budget
for 1953-A win be held at the Coun-
~ Commission Chambers, court.
house, tonight at Q o'clock.
The public Is invited to discuss
any points in the budget presented
to Commissioners at their second
July meeting, two weeks ago.
Complete unanimity on its pro-
visions was forthcoming &c that
meeting. Tonight's hearing is ex-
peeted to be short.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-28
No TruceSeen
In BattleOf
DuyaI Street
Casualties High
In "Patrol Action"
Al Duffy's Tavern
BY JIM coBB

They may have signed truce
In Korea but the fighting continues
on Duval Street.
What started out to be . routine
bit Of patrol action In Duffy's Tav-
|ern on the South DuVal Street front
by the Key West Police Depart
ment last night. soon erupted into
. pitched battle when they ran
headOn into q force Of local Navy
men estimated as Eat least q regi-
|ment. /"
When The smoks Of battle had
|eIesred, Ire casualty list read
somethins like this:
PssroImaB Frank csrabalIe:
swollen finger and bFvise ever
len 0ye.
Paarolman william Bethel: Spin
Up and bruises.
pslgOlman AFmande Perez:
Slack eye ard hurt feelings.
Navy men Richard D. Storey and
Merle L. Thompson Of the USS Gil.
more were prisoners Of war" in
the city jail. Storey faces charges
Of being drunk and disorderly,
using profane language and as
|sault and battery on q police off.
Ger and Thompson is charged with
|profane language, interfering with
an officer in the performance Of
his duty and assault and battery
ION ! police officer. They are free
lon $50 bond each and viii be ar.
|raigned in city court today.
Officers Perez and Caraballo al.
10 lost their watches in the melee
and Perez had his shirt ripped.
The incident occurred when off.
Ger Perez was sent 10 the Duffy's
Tavern to investigate trouble. He
found II.
Perez Said that when ~ entered
The bar, be i6Gl unusually
|qniei, Rith III ~ customers on
their leet 1bd the bar stools ID dis.
array.
Pefex looked around and as he
went 70 leave, spotted q Navy man
&c the bar who had obviously had
too much "a drink.
II asked him to leave and Z
friend inquired If it would be al.
right to put him in . cab and send
him back to the ship, which was
OK by me, !" Perez said.
The officer was standing near the
front door when the man. later
identified as Storey, began to leave.
But when be reached the bar, he
evidently changed his mind about
leaving and began to insult another
man sitting there at which time
Perez placed him under arrest.
Perez reported that it was easy
enough to arrest the tar, but that
placing him in the wagon was the
real problem.
when we got near the wagon,
he took q punch at me and tried
10 make 4 break" Perez reported.
Officer Bethel came on the scene
|at that point and joined the fray.
But, the combined efforts of the
two officers stiIl could not turn the
Continued On PAGE Twol
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Tract
For Athletic
Field Sought
Coach Jones
Tells OF Land
High School
Wants For Field

A 10000 square foot parcel 81
land adiolning Poinciana School Is
being sought by Key West High
School Athletic Director Win Jones
for . baseball, football, and track
practice and playing field.
The City has already Indicated
Il will give the School Board l0o..
600 square feet. The middle por.
CONTINUED On Page Twol
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have to be raised.
The Commissioner didn't like the
raise Of SIS given TO Frank Rodri-
lquez, first assistant mechanic url.
der Public Service Director ivan
Roberts.
Eisner said the jump In salary
from $40 to $22S was not enough
for Rodriguez. He asked that Rod
Iriguez receive $3.50.
City Manager Vie Lang was
also Instructed 10 place $50 IN
fhs budget for The City 81 Key
Vests participation In The RET.
eradication program being spon.
sorsd BY Or. Dallon.s .Menroe
County Health Department.
This Is now the 1888 ,270 budget
viii be raised L approved on final
Ireading:
Taxes, 81, 500.
Penalties, $4,000.
Delinquent Tax and Certificates,
SIS 900.
Is SIZE d Delinquent Land 81 ,sOa.
Electric system Tax Equivalent.
I$1s, 900.
Housing Authority Tax Equiya-
IIent, 81. 900.
Franchise Taxes, $1,000.
OccupatiOnaf License, SOS, 900.
License Penalties, 81 900.
Bicycle License, 81, 900.
Auto Inspection, $2o, 900.
Building Permits. $500.
Electrical Permits, $500.
Plumbing Permits, 81, 500.
Fines and Forfeitures, SIS 900.
Rent lAquarium-SOuth Beach,,
l$8, 900.
Rent (Municipal Dock, 50, 400.
Recreation Facility Fees, Sc ZOO.
Miscellaneous Revenues, 81 900.
Sale of Grave spaces, 81, 900.
Revenue from parking meters,
81, 600.
Wickers Field, $4,000.
Grave Digging, 1900.
Accumulated surplus, Garrison
Blight, $4,000.
Transfers from Cigarette tax
fund, street dept, 4lla,I7O.
Transfers from Cigarette tax
fund. cemetery fence, SO, 900.
Need $ieo Monthly
City Commissioner Jack Delaney
asked City Manager Vic Lang to
see If the Wesley House could Be
given an outright grant Of 500
month to aid them In operating
their youth center at Virginia and
Varela Streets.
Delaney said that the Wesley
House had funds TO run the youth
center this year as they were grant
ed donations from the Navy Chart
~ Carnival.
But according to the commission.
er there Is some doubt II the Navy
win have = Charity Carnival next
year, and then the youth center
would be without funds. And would
be forced to close.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-28
Bowen Unanimously Approved
For City Finance Director
Need For Outstanding Man In Position
Urged By City Manager; Well Recommend.

City Commissioners last night unanimously appoint
ed Craig Bowen Of Miami as Comptroller Drec
tor Of the City Of Key West.
The University Of Alabama graduate won his pos
after plea by City Manager Vic Lang that able
be appointed in view Of the fact that the City will
some 100000 this fiscal year Almost million dollars
on the budget and 100000 for expansion Of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-28
City OF Key Vests Record S893, 20
Budget Passed; No Raise In MiIIaQe
Lantaf Asks Survey Of Keys

Eisner Wants Larger Increases
In Wages For City's Employees
City of Key Vests record $S93,270 budget was
passed first reading last night by unanimous of
the commission.
Mlage will remain the same
$23,500 i authorized in this years budget
for the Improvement of Garrison Blight
City Commissioner Louis NJ. ]. Eisner notified his
colleagues that he voting to approve the budget
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me Associated Press TeletYps
Fsciurss und Photo Services
For rs Yecrs Devoted 10 The
sesa Interests Of Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-28

key West. Florida. hos tho
mos, egurble cIimuts IN tho
country. with On average
runge 81 only 4' Fohranhsis
, 1953-05-21
do it now, as a civic duty.

do it now, as a CIVIC outy.
q, That, because resentment OF
the Reiber scheme is so deep
seated among thinking citizens OF
Westchester, Mr.. Reiber should
save Mr.. Gerlach and his other
prominent friends continuing and
serious embarrassment by with
drawing now. He would also save
himself that financial sacrifice"
Those suggestions we make Sc
riously and sincerely. We have no
animus toward Mr.. Gerlach, MI,
Reiber or anyone else involved.
We have no candidate of u own
for the job-crudely planted
stories to the contrary are COM
pletely untrue.
AS a matter of fact, we are far
more concerned with the situation
here in Westchester County
than we are with the possible eff
feet of this appointment upon the
Virgin Islands. Our major con-
cern is that the Republican leader
ship will rededicate itself to the
responsibility of solving Q u
county problems of development,
rather than waste its time and
energies upon such relatively tri-
vial topics as the political ad
vancement of personal friends.
, 1953-05-21
Mr.. Gerldch's Reply
Reprinted from
The HERALD STATESMAN

Last Thursday, following an
earlier editorial protest against
what we regard as an arrogant
and cynical exercise of personal
political power, we addressed to
Republican County Chairman
Herbert C. Gerlach and to Con-
gresham Ralph Gwinn, another
principal in the situation, 10
question bearing on the nomina-
ton Of John M. Reiber, Elmsford
roadhouse proprietor, for the gov
ernorship of the Virgin Islands.
Today we print, starting on
Page l, a carefully worded nara
tive designed by Mr.. Gerlach to
answer these questions-all, that
is, except the request that he re-
veal the text of his personal
endorsement of Mr.. Reiber.
Tomorrow VIC shall print Mr..
Gwinn's reply, which he said will
come to us sometime today.
This comment thus deals only
w i t h Mr. Gerlach's story-a
"plain, simple and truthful state
ment" whose principal effect
must be, in our opinion, to estab-
lish more firmly than ever the
strong objection of many West
chester citizens to the Reiber
nomination.
II Started Last Fall
First, it is now revealed that
the proposal was initiated by Mr.
Reiber himself and has been in
process since Shortly after cleo
ton last Fall" without public
announcement.
Secondly, it is only too obvious
that, except for the asking Of
routine approval by the local par
ty leader in Elmsford and Green
burgh, Mr.. Gerlach considered it
necessary to obtain the endorse
ment of only three men in the
Republican county organization
on a matter Of even this IMPORT
ance: Executive Committee Chair
man Livingston Plat, former
County Executive William F.
BIeakley and Yonkers City Re
publican Chairman Edward J
Ganter. Yet the party has an Exc
cutive Committee much broader
than that in membership.
Third, Mr. Gerlach places Great
emphasis on his personal friend
, 1953-05-21

ship with Mr.. Reiber-he tells Of
their many fishing trips abroad
and the latter's boat, Bounder,
and of frequent luncheon visits
with friends" to the Reiber en-
porium at Elmsford.
All very interesting, of course,
but a good many Westchester tax
payers must wonder: (a) what all
that has to do, properly, with the.
selection of a competent Governor
for the Virgin Islands, and (bl just
how far considerations of personal
friendship should influence the
choosing of men for important
public offices in Westchester, in
| disregard of such basis criteria as
training and experience. Nor does
the reported endorsement Of Mr.
Reiber by the Republican Ma
tional Committeeman for t h e
Virgin Islands, on a negotiated
personal basis, prove the applica-
ton of the criteria in this case.
Why Not Be Specific?
Fourth, in his appraisal of Mr..
Reiber's business record, Mr.. Ger
ZACH might have been more con-
vincingly specific. Just how was
Mr.. Reiber interested" in the
Operation Of a chain Of restau-
rants in New York City," What
] chain-and when? Just what "two
! operations is he still interested
in-and how? How large is the
E1msford bank Of which Mr.. Rel
Der is a director? Just exactly
what are his activities in the con
struction of homes?" What homes?
Why not be exact? The people of
Westchester understand facts and
figures.
Fifth, Mr.. Ger1ach avoids an
swering our question as to Mr..
Reiber's experience or training
that would equip him to pass on
Virgin Islands legislation on com
plex, legal, economic, social and
security problems. Surely he does
not consider his recitation, how
ever ~colorful, of Mr.. Reiber's brief
eight years in and around the
Virgin Islands," some 80 years
ago, an adequate answer. For it
isn't such an answer-not even
when the touching yarn about Mr..
2eiber's mountaineering with
The late ex-President Theodore
Roosevelt is thrown in.
The truth is that the Virgin Is
lands have changed, like all the
, 1953-05-21
r. H. Amphlett Leader
Attorney

rest of the world, in those 81
wears. Today the islands teemlng
masses of underprivileged hui
mainly need strong and skilled
government-not the m~inistratlon
of a nostalgia old seadog, the ur-
with Mr.. Gerlach's story-a PLAIN
bane "front" 0 ia Grover Whalen
to welcome tourists, nor the gush-
ing enthusiasm of a sort of Perle
Mesta in pants, carrying a fish
pole. It Just is not enough for Mr..
Reiber to think vaguely that the
islands could be built up as a sue
cessful tourist resort" There's
vastly more to the problem than
that:
Tell Them What You Think
Mr.. Gerlach concludes by say
ing Mr.. Reiber has attracted
"many individuals to his support"
aad that the appointment will
"mean a financial sacrifice to
him" On that score we suggest:
l. That people who do NOT ap-
prove the Reiber appointment
write brief letters or pest cards to
Gerlach at the County Office
White Plains, and to
Secretary of the Interior Douglas
Nc Kay, Interior Department,
Washington, D.. C. We suggest you
, 1953-05-21
lob PRINTING IS OUR SPECIALITY
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL

81 r H Amphlett Leader, Administrator c. l. a. OF the
above entitled estate, in accordance with an order issued OUT
Of this Court dated May 6, 1853, do hereby give notice TO an
interested persons that they are requested to appear a IN
Court House of said Court on the 9th day OF july 1870 az
1000 am. to file any objections If any they nave ! LIE = .
mo on the final account of this estate.
First publication of this notice made THIS 7 DAY y HAas
1858. t~-
Administrator C.T~A.
r. H. Amphlett Leader
Attorney
, 1953-05-21

ship with Mr. Reiber-he tells Of
their many" fishing trips abroad
and the ~latter's boat, Bounder,
and of frequent luncheon visits
with friends" to the Reiber en-
porium at Elmsford.
Arizona sun., 1953-01-23
Picturesque Is The Word
For The inaugural Boil

flight entertainers. All entertainers
location to the other in order that
all guests might have a chance to
see and hear all of them.
The spectacular scale on which
the Ball was planned and executed
made it perhaps the most interest
ing Inaugural Ball of many admin
istrations, the first dating back to
the Inauguration of George Wash
ington in the. City Assembly Rooms
Of New York on the East Side of
Broadway above Wall Street.
Popular interest was so intense
this time as to inspire your ma
jor, networks, NBC, CHS, ABC and
Dumont Television to pool their
facilities to broadcast and televise
the Inaugural all on public serv-
ice basis Thus the historic event
was shared by Americans every
where.
According to Mrs. Coffin and
Colonel Strong, the magnificent re-
suits were due to the handiWOrk of
over 80 subcommittee, members
of which included DR.. Mordecai
Johnson, advisory committee; Mrs.
Ruth Mueller and Katherine Bow
ers, coordinating committee; Nam
ME Burroughs, banquet committee;
DR.. Alain Locke, program COM
mittee; Randolph Bishop, Irene
Juno and Bette Mcnamara, pub
licity committee.
According to Mrs. Janet w.
Barnes, chairman of volunteer par
ticipation, the cry of many OF the
10000 who offered services to the
inaugural committee was, II have
waited twenty years for this"
Arizona sun., 1953-01-23
United Nations Notes
BY James II. Lawson

accredited UN Correspondent
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (Glob-
aD.-STAFF Secretary General
Trygve Lies staff problems showed
no signs of letting up last week.
Two top ranking UN officials-both
prime targets of American inveSti-
gatons of disloyalty among Ameri-
can employees of the UN-resigned,
and then new Federal Grand Jury
took up the inquiry where the old
jury ended. On Tuesday, David
Weientraub, ,$16,6O0-a-year direc-
tor of the UN Division of Economic
Stability and Development, quit in
order not to "embarrass' the UN
and ito keep myself free to take
such legal steps as I might find
necessary to protect myself against
the continuing attacks and harass-
ment."
On Friday, President Truman is
sued an executive order calling for
a loyalty investigation of all Ameri-
Arizona sun., 1953-01-23
Digest Of Civil
Rights Bills
Continued from Page 1.)

Continued from Page ID
to strengthen existing Civil Rights
statutes.
6. POLITICAL PROJECTION
This bill would make it crime TO
intimidate or coerce an American
citizen or otherwise interfere with
his right to vote in primary and
special elections as we'll as general
elections for federal office.
7. ANTI PEONAGE-Pointing
out that the Department of Justice
continues to receive complaints
concerning possible peonage and
involuntary servitude, e n t o r
Humphrey informed the Senate
that this bill was essential to
Arizona sun., 1953-01-23

strengthen the anti-peonage laws
on the statute books by making
all attempt at peonage illegal as
well as the action itself.
"The evidence SO far accumulated
shows this peonage to be associated
with a bold and fortnight anti
labor and anti-union campaign be-
ing waged by certain irresponsible
employers, the bill asserts.
8. CIVIL RIGHTS BODY-This
bill would create a Joint Congress
sional Committee on Civil Rights,
which would consist of IA mem
bers, appointed by the President
of the Senate and Z by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
The eight bills are designed to-
make Civil Rights an increasing
reality for all Americans, regard
less of their race, religion, color,
or national origin.
Arizona sun., 1953-01-23
By JUNE L'RHUE

WASHINGTON, D. c. (GlobaD -
The estimated 5000 distinguished
ladies and gentlemen who attended
the Inaugural all on the evening
of January 20, witnessed spec
tacular event. In office for the first
time in 20 years, the Republicans
spared everything in their : in
augural plans that hinted of
mediocrity. They climaxed their
D DthIee-day inaugural ceremonies
with a show that spelled pic,
tureSque.
In order to accommodate an uI1-
precedented number of guests, the
committee in charge arranged to
hold the ball in two exciting sec
tions, one at the National Guard
Armory-the all's traditional set
ting-and the other in the Nc
Donough Memorial Auditorium at
Georgetown University.
The decoration scheme was ere
ated by Bruno Maine, noted Ameri-
;. can designer who is known as the
wizard of Radio City Music Hall, y
according to Mrs Howard A. COT
fin and Col. L. Corrin Strong, CO.
chairmen of the inaugural Ball
Committee With immensely and
beauty the twin attributes of the
dramatic and dazzling event, Mr..
Names schemee called for plying
the presidential colors of Early
American lue, White and Gold
against light warm, gray back
ground.
Around 10000 yards of fabric
were used 20 decorate the two In
augural allrooms. At both sections
B of the all the box fronts on the
balcony were draped in alternate
swags of gold and white satin
spotted at intervals by blue rec
tangles, each containing white
star.
SymboliZing the sweet essence OF
good old Americanism, profileS Of
two 3O-foot golden eagles applied
over gray matereial were perched
over the East and West entrances
to the Armory. Both Ball locations
were colorfully enhanced by the
installation of two or three chan
delieres of gold satin, Illuminated
by rings of spotlights, which, along
with thee other decor, transformed
the two locations into simulated
bathrooms of great elegance.
Also, it was disclosed through
the Inaugural Committee that the
bands of Noble Sissle, Emil Cole
man, Meyer Davis, Guy Lombardo
and Wayne King provided the mu-
sic. A 1OO-voice Negro Choir
trained by Fred Waring sang in
addition to the 150-voice West
Point Cadet Choir, and other top
and orchestras rotated from one
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