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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01

SN~AS ~ NSNA S~N~AON eAASj az ILL
cd with libel.
There are a lot of things that
can be said in public print as long
as they are true and can be prov.
zen. However, in any such matters
as this, if the fight is a personal
one, it is better not to publicize it.
This Rocki' joins Perez in hoping
that you Citizen readers will start
sending in more letters to the PEG.
Pies Forum.
CatwaIk Construction
News from Representative Der.
ME c. Papy that fishing catwalks
may at last be constructed alone
the Overseas bridges really made
this column perk up with joy. i
will mean the saving of many
lives as well as permit motorists
to get out from under the strair
of having to dodge fishermen all Of
the time.
A couple Of years ago, ''This
Rock" attempted to push such q
project. Most of the criticism re.
Iceived claimed that it would cost
too much money. Bernie is to be
congratulated for his present work.
There is only one thing - Key
West doesn't want to see all oil
the catwalks built up around the
Marathon area. Of course. the
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
Commission will probably be fur,
nishing a large part of the money
so it is to be expected that most
construction will take place in its
area. But If all of the catwalks
are put up there, bridge fisher.
men viii Just start stopping in
Marathon and Key West will be
hurt.
Jay.cee Fishing Tournament
While we're still on the subject
of fishermen, let's give a little
more information about the Jay.
Gee tournament. Russell Parker,
chairman Of the event or some Of
| the other Jay-Cees can be found
on the sidewalk of Garrison Blight
every evening between five and
six.
Should you happen to miss these
official Weighers, however, there
are three other places you can go
Ito get your entry into the tourna-
ment. These are: Ralph'S Bait and
Tackle Shop, Sanchez Bait House,
or the Key Tackle Shop. Any of
the boatmen will be glad to direct
YOU to these places.
National Boy Scout Week
You know, National Boy Scout
Week is coming up soon-Feb. Z
to 49, there is no finer organiza-
Ition in america. Local scouts will
he allowed 10 elect City officials
from among themselves and then
go down and run City Hall for a
few hours. The idea just occurred
to me tat perhaps it wouldn't be
50 bad if We permitted them to
run the place for a month.
Heck! Let me shut up before l
land in hot water.
Ansi.noise Bill
The City Fathers are going to
have rough time tonight trying
to won out suitable anii-noise
bill lie seen that idea kicked
around for several years. Certain
imnrogementS have been made
for insiance, most bar owners have
Iinclosa the front of their estab-
lishms1ts.
We have ordinances in the City
Code which certainly should be
S,fficlent to control the situation
If theg were enforced. Trouble
seems to arise from the fact that
the bar owners work together more
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01
Peoples Forum

The Citizen welcomes express
SiOns of the views OF its read.
ers, but the editor reserves the
right TO delete any stems which
are considered IibeIous or unwar-
ranted. The writer's should Re
fair and confine the letters to
zoo words and write ON one side
of the paper only. Signature OF
the writer must accompany the
letters and win be published un-
less requested oxheFv2fse.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01

developing industry with oil
brought uneconomically from Ven
ezuela because of the Arab boy
cCtt. With more electric power, hG
said, Israel could become much
more competitive in the worlds
markets.
''That is why Israel'S neighborS
look with suspicion on Israel'S
effort toward hydroelectric devel
opment," he said. with the eco.
nomic boycott, we can hinder, il
mot strange the industrial devel
opment of Israel"
There is no doubt Israel is in a
difficult economic position. Some
foods are rationed. There are
IL 900 unemployed out Of a work
ling force of 100000. Israel has al
unfavorable trade balance of near
lily 300 million dollars and her deb
in foreign currency is 400 millions
Taxes are high.
DR.. Alabama, former economic!
professor at the American Uni
versity in Beirut, says Israel ha:
been able to maintain herself only
with "charity and help" When thu
help stops, he argues, "the fins
towns will disintegrate and ths
people win emigrate."
| Israeli economic planners do no
take such pesSimistic view. 4
government adviser who did no
want his name used said:
"We are in difficult poSitio1
but we are not in any danger o
collapse. We would welcome th'
end of the boycott because w
would like to be on friendly terms
with our neighbors, but trade witt
the Arab countries would not b
important to us.
| Agricultural production has beer
doubled. he said. The standard o
living may be reduced further, bu
lit is still higher than in Arab
countries and comparable to tina
of France, Italy and Britain, h
said. Israelis expect financial all
from Jews outside Israel to con
tinue for a decade.
There is a secondary boycott o
foreign firms which encourage
production in Israel by lending
their names to Israeli products
establishing branches or factorTe'
there or entering into partnership
with Jews" So far, 81 foreigi
firms. including an American auto
mobile company, Kaiser Motors
have been put on the blacklist
The boycott undoubtedly ha'
caused some arrangement Of Is
lrael's trade. Oil must come from
Venezuela while a direct pipelin'
from Iraq oil fields to the Half;
refineries lies idle. The Suez Cana
is barred to most shipping for Is
rael. Large quantities of wheat
must be imported from Canada
and the United States instead o
from Syria.
There are some leaks in the boy
cot. Informed sources in Damas
Gus say a considerable quantity O
wheat goes into Turkey from
northern Syria and eventually
winds up in Israel. There is minol
smuggling across the Lebanese
border into Israel. The island o
Cyprus has become a trade centel
between Arab countries and Israel
Israel does not give the impress
sion of a country in danger o
collapse Rural settlements arr
spruuting. Bulldozers are at worl
on the nations land development
and irrigation projects. Prospee
tors are looking for oil In tn,
Negey.s Factories are being built
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01
Blu Florence Stuart

He was beginning to be trou-
bled about his relations with III:
wife. more so than he had revealed
to her. II was not the business Of
Ted Eggleston which concerned
him especially.
What bothered him was the
thought that perhaps he was not
the kind of man TO make Jane per-
manentIy happy.
This was an entirely new idea
to him and had he allowed HIM
self 10 dwell upon it he would
have become deeply unhappy, UNI
fit 10 carry on the work that had
to be carried on
However, he could not avoid
thinking about il at odd moments,
He had known when he married
Jane that she was 3 gay, delight
fully spoiled fun-lovlng girl
With marriage, she had seemed
to grow up. Had acquired dignity.
poise. Had, in deed, seemed To ac-
quire new qualities blended with
the old. which made her more
charming than ever. She made a
lovely hostess, and an equally
charming guest when they attend
ed faculty doingS of one sort or
another.
Everyone connected with the
faculty liked Jane. She was
friendly without OVERRIDING II.
All thiS-until so very recently.
THE change had come so sud-
L denly that for a time Carl did
not sense what was happening.
Jane became uuarrelSome. ready
TO pick him up about little things
That nonsense about Helen Talbot
and their evening in Washington.
Once Jane would have paid no
attention 10 anything so trivial.
Aunt Mae, confound the woman,
had had her hand in it, of course.
Little things. Always little
things. II they could have had a
real, healthy quarrel over some
important issue. it might have
cleared the atmosphere.
He could not, would not blame
the change in Jane on Ted's ar
rival in their home. To do so would
be, among other things, to accuse
Jane Of c.capness, Of something |
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Glib

We've Dragged about them be-
fore but they are entitled to an
almost unlimited amount of praise
the Key West High School Band.
1T is wonderful that they are go
ing to be able to make the trip to
the Gasparilla celebration in Tam
pa.
Under the direction of Professor
casterton, the band viii give a con-
cert in Bayview Park tonight.
Since they have been so loyal in
helping other Key West functions,
it would be mighty nice to see all
you Conchs show your apprecia-
ton by turning out to hear them.
How about it?
History Of Key West
Back in the early part Of the
century, Judge Jefferson B. Browne
wrote a history of our town. 1t is
entitled key West-The Old and
The New" It is extremely inter-
esting to read although Browne did
have a tendency to play up too
many family names.
Did you know that Truman Ave.
was originally named "Brannan
Road" for the army general who
built it back in 1861? Later the
name was changed to Division St.
but most people preferred to call
lit "Rocky Road because of its
poor condition.
Wonder if there are any streets
in modern Key West that deserve
the nickname "Rocky or Bunny
Road? Don't answer that ques-
ton!
Brownies history tells how OPP
Itimistic Key WeSters were even as
/ far back as 1880. They figured
that the manufacture of salt was
! the most important asset the is.
land possessed and In that year,
the North American Salt Company
was formed. 1t was estimated that
Il five hundred ships would be need
ed to transport Key Vests annual
production of salt. Somewhere
along the line, they forgot to figure
rain and hurricanes might wash
away the biggest part of the pro-
fit, however.
The old Salt Ponds can still be
seen out on Flagler Ave. Though
they weren't a huge success, there
were years when they did produce
as much as fifty thousand bushels.
A storm in 1876, washed away most
of that years crop and killed any
future attempts toward salt max
ling by solar evaporation.
The library located in the Wo-
mans Club on Duval st. has Judge
Brownies book as well as several
others that give interesting hiStor-
ical facts about Key West. This
Rock" suggests that you visit the
place If you like to dig back into
old and odd facts.
Anthony n. Perez
There was letter in Peoples
Forum last Thursday written by
Anthony H. Perez. want to thank
him for some of the nice things he
said about this column. But to get
to the main gist Of the letter, Perez
wanted to know why more folks
didn't take advantage of the Pe0-
pies Forum and express their
opinions. That is something that
has always puzzled me, too.
An awful lot Of good can be done
by individual citizens sitting down
and expressing their ideas through
a letter to the editor. There is no
doubt that such letters are the
most popular part Of any news.
paper. The trouble is that too often
a person writes from purely per-
ISonal spite. Letters come into The
Citizen and to this writer as well
as other reDoFtnrS that can3 nos
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01
TOMBSTONE FOUND

TYLER, Tex. R-Police here al i.
looking for the owner Of a tomb
stone that vsndals left on the door.
step of a local resident. The only
inscription on the headpiece Il the
name "Lenora E." and the dates
l843-1S99.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01
Resumption On Flights Asked

Resumption On FH9HIS ASKED
Editor, The Citizen.
Enclosed herewith is a copy of
the letter which / have sent to MIR.
John L. Morris, vice president of
National Air Lines. This is
my reply to the letter he sent in
response to my first letter express
sing the hope that the airline trou-
BILE here could be cleared UP or a
moratorium declared until the sea-
son ends.
The letter follows:
Mr.. John L. Morris, Vice President
National Air Lines Inc.
i324O N. w. 9th Ave.
Miami AZ, Fla.
Dear Sir:
1t is indeed enlightening to hear
that you are anxious to do every
thing In your power to serve our
needs for air transportation be-
tween Miami and Key West.
In your first paragraph you state
that, and / quote 1--WE are sincerely
anxious to do everything in our
power to serve the air tranSpor
tation need to your city" In your
second paragraph, quote: eve
stand ready at all times to do our
part in helping to bring about an
equitable adjustment in the exist
ing controversy" What l would
like to know as business man of
Key West is how ready and how
interested you really are in the set
tlemen4 of this controversy which
lis effecting the business people OF
this city and will have a lasting
effect in the feelings toward both
National AirlineS and the County
Commissioners who are in office
here now.
I would like to ask that you con-
slider to at least give the business
people of Key West a chance to
acquire the business that would
come their way over your airlineS
by resuming the same number of
flights per day as before this con-
troverSy started. You owe this to
the business people here who are
really your partners in the enter
prise Key West, so let's get toge-
Their.
/ am sure that all business peo-
pie here would appreciate your
consideration in the resumption of
of the schedule of four flights. per
day even if you have to do so I'M
der protest until this controversy
is worked out on an equitable ba-
sis.
/ am also sure that if YOU have
the type of men In your public
relations department that am
sure you have. they will advise you
that it would be to the advantage
of National Airlines to take action
on reSuming these flights into Key
West.
Thanking you for your past let
ter in regard to the above and re-
queSting your utmost consideration
to the above, / remain
Sincerely,
Rod Bethel, Manager
Vice President
III Ramos and Co
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01

Helping other human beings, in the battle of life,
just heroic waiting for them to fall in order to
help lift them up.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01

Unlike many other wines. cham
payne is bottled before it stops
'fermenting and completes fermen-
tation in the bottle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01

Life looks grand to all prospective candidates about
this far before election day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01

Advertising, as it, is the cheapest salesman
that any business employ.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-01

We've Dragged about them sby be used because they are fill
fore but they entitled nled with libel.
unlimited praise There are M Of things th.t
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

might happen to thousands of Negro teachers
IF the southern states were to follow the ex-
ample set by the non-segregated states of the
north east and west"
Perhaps Mr. Workman doesn't know that
Negroes III the north have wider choice of
vocation than those in the south, and maybe
he doesn't know that teachers in the north
teach mixed classes, while Negro teachers in
the south are confined to Negro schools
Let's give Mr.. Workman an idea of how
ntegrated society works. If schools are inte-
grated, certainly teachers would have to be
appointed on basis of merit perhaps by
competitive exam, This would mean that
many white teachers would undoubtedly lose
their jobs, too. Or is Mr. Workman saying
that Negro teachers couldn't make the grade?
If so, then he tears the whole Separate but
equal theory down to the ground For, if
Negro teachers cannot qualify and meet the
standard, the Negro children have been gyped
all along and would never have equal"
schooling under any circumstances
Frankly we are confident that the over
Whelming majority of Negro teachers will
meet the test Those who don't white and
black ought to be out anyway
We think Mr. Workman really under
stands this, but perhaps he just can't bring
himself to look at the picture as it actually
would be in a truly ntegrated set-up But
one day he and other southern gentlemen will
have to face the fact that Negro teachers will
teach white children and Negro children in
the same classroom. (Thc rumble you hear is
old Senator Bjbo turning over in his grave)
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
What's Wrong With Teachers Salaries?

viii bring ten cents in a secondhand book
store Books depreciate faster than automo-
bes.
There is something else the matter with
teachers pay which does not appear on the
surface. Carpenters are paid for their skill
and their skill evidences itself. A mans busl-
ness ability conditions his income and he
can be sure that his income is an index OF
his ability. But teachers ability is a purely
subjective matter which is very difficult to
appraise AS a matter of fact, ability is so
difficult to estimate (and it can only be esti-
mated) that most systems actually pay their
teachers according to the length of their ex
perience and the amount of their training
You can count years and you can read di-
plomas, but determination of skill is difficult
when the skill is the the training of a child
BY the time the training of the child is com
plete and its worth has been demonstrated,
the teacher has retired. Even when the worth
of the child's training has been demonstrated
finally, it is not certain whether it resulted
from a specific teacher factor or some other
factor. For number of years, a man named
L. NJ. Terman has been conducting a life study
of 1000 brilliant school children merely to de-
termne what becomes of them.
Another trouble with teachers pay is
that promotion usually requires a change of
task. Beyond certain point increase of abil-
ity ceases to pay, ability being measured by
training and experience Of course. A primary
teacher, for example, cannot achieve maxi
mum pay as a primary teacher, as a rule.
Usually the pay is different for different
divisions and for principalshps and for num-
Der of teachers supervised by principal.
There is no guarantee that the ability in the
new task will be greater than or as great as
that in the old. Often, the big factor in pro-
motion seems to be showmanship rather than
ability. A supervisor once advised a princi-
pal to tell his teachers not to introduce a new
topic when supervisor or the superintendent
was visiting. Such factor has an unfavorable
effect both on the pay check and the teacher
turnover.
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
A Funny Thing About The Southerner-
BY Olive A. Adams

We've said many times in this space that
It's difficult to understand the workings of
the southerner'S mind. We take it all back
We just read an account that reveals the
southerners mind just as if we X-rayed it.
A story in last Sundays New York Her
aldTribune by w. D. Workman, jr., carrying
a Columbia, South Carolina dateline asked
the question, What will happen to the 49,
600 Negro school teachers principals, and adj
ministrators now employed in segregated
school systems when and if segregation is
aboished?" - $751; %
Mr.. Workman builds up quite case He
points out that North Carolina South Caro-
lima and Georgia together employ more Ne
groes in public education than all the states
of the north, east and west combined He
warns up real good to his task of trying TO
scare Negroes by reminding them that so
Carolina alone employs more Negroes m edu-
cation than do all the states of New York,
New Jersey Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New
Hampshire and Maine, with more than 1000
teachers to spare. Yet the combined Negro
population of those nine states exceeds that
of South Carolina by more than a million per-
sons"
Funny thing about a southern gentlemen.
Whenever you start asking for what's right
fully yours, his heart suddenly starts bleed
ing for you. If it's integrated activity or ad-
vancement Of some sort, he gets terribly wor-
ried about your happiness He just doesn't
think you'd be happy" in the group because
maybe you're mot ready Now Negroes want
integrated schooling, so he's upset about what
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
Women
Continued from page one

rocked, the children skimpcd,
and the noble concept of demo-
crazy in the public schools
flouted in contempt. Her research
pointed to the maintenance Of
schools for white children where
only handful of students at
tended, unjuStly burdeninE the
taxpayer, while Negro children
are forced into crowded, outmod-
ed buildings frequently within a
stones throw Of virtually empty
institutions. Dr. Butcher h a S
gone further, she advocated the
mixing of schools now, after pro-
per preparation instead Of wait
ing until forced TO by a court de-
cision. Or. Butcher, Mrs. Mason
concluded, has made the nation
especially women conscious of
civic responsibility as an indivi-
dual duty - she has had the
courage Of her convictions, she
has spoken out in clear and com.
pelling language that scgregat.
ed schools are wrong, immoral
and that they inflict an aroniz.
ing and Gripping impeachment on
all children Dr. Butcher is a
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
BY S. S. Taylor

The statement was made recently that
teachers are better off than appears because
many of them supplement their salaries with
other earnings The writer evidently expected
that teachers should use summer vacation
time and any other available time at olheI
work There are financially ambitious teachers
who follow this course. but usually they lol
low it from necessity not from cholce
Furthermore such extra work serves the pest
interest neither of the teacher nor the pupil
nor the public If the teacher does work otler
than teaching, she divides her interest ana
this in turn usually divides her ability. Ieach-
ing is a very complex profession and even
the teacher who concentrates on 1t fnds al
fculty in achieving desirable mastery.
Furthermore, the teacher who is tortu-
nate enough financially to get additional
work teaching during the summer sacflileeS
the opportunity to study during the summer
Teaching is not an exact science, and thefe
are constant and regular additions to its data
which can take all the extra time a teacher
has. Professional study as well as cultural
reading and parental contacts suffer when the
teacher is compelled to find other pay to
supplement her salary
Teachers salaries are smaller than they
seem because they are usually paid for nine
months of the year. When this nine months
salary is distributed thru the u months, it
will be seen that the actual income is only
three-fourths what it appears to be. A sal
AIRY of 100000 is only S22500, Sometimes the
summer salary turns out to be better than
the school salary and the teacher finds it
profitable to change occupation.
In many other occupations money eX-
pended for equipment has the value of an
investment. Money which the teacher spends
for study, books and magazines has little
or no value except for the increase of the
teachers efficiency. The same amount of
money spent in a mercantile pursuit would
bring a permanent income, Even tools have
more value than books. A book which cost
the ambitious teacher five or ten dollars
sooner or later reaches the point where it