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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
Nv NORMAN WALKER

WASHINGTON, June II IL
Strikes are running at q postwar
low, but don't count on things stay.
ing that way.
Major contract negotiations are
getting under way in the steel,
rubber. telephone, electrical manu-.
featuring and maritime industries,
to name q few.
Any of them could touch OF .
new wave Of strikes.
The coal industry is an example
With production dragging because
Of a loss Of export markets and re-
duced fuel requirements in the de.
pressed steel industry, the United
Mine Workers, headed By John l.
Lewis. is letting months tick by
without exercising an option 70
seek higher pay.
Behind the present relative labor
peace is an awareness that no
body is really sure what Is soins
to happen to business.
Employers are chary about max.
| ing commitments that will boost
their labor costs. Instead, they
want to batten down costs and
| get more work for wage dollars
spent.
They're trying harder then evei
to get rid Of fredericksburg
practices that cost employers
money without getting production
Unions defend these practices II
necessary to protect worker rights
Unions seem to be almost 81
concerned about job security
keeping the jobs workers have
as they are about getting increases
in pay or other benefits.
Some Of the steam is gone ou'
Of the drive that saw workers Get
ting higher wages year AFTER year
during World War II and in thu
postwar period.
Pay increases are still comini
but are harder to get, and smaller
On the average, pay raises arr
running S to 8 cents an hour.
Now caution, sitter haggling OF
the part of both employer and
union, is the watchword in man
arement-union dealings.
A veteran conciliator in thu
Federal Mediation and Concilia
ton Service told this reporter tha'
labor disputes appear harder t
settle now than at any time II
the past dozen years.
The situation 10 spotty. Some
types Of business are better OF
than others. Some unions are get
ting considerably more thar
others.
During the first three months o.
this year q great many contract
were settled without any pay raise
at all, merely extending former
agreements. Yet some employer!
shelled out heavily, wanting NJ
labor troubles while business wal
good.
Many union and Management
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
Citizen Advertisements
Help Save You Money

know the regulations, (b) they lack
skill, (c) they have poor attitudes.
S. When the right wheels of your
car slip off the pavement, you
should: (a) turn back onto the
pavement quickly, (b) slow down
gradually and steer back onto the
pavement when convenient, (c) ap-
ply the brakes sharply and cut the
wheels hard back onto the pave
ment.
6. While the average driver is
moving his foot from the accelera.
tor to the brake, a car going 50
m. p. h. viii travel approximately
cas- feet, (b) IS feet, (c) IS feet.
Z. A common characteristic of
the :" show-off" driver is that he:
(a) does not know the regulations,
(b) lacks presence of mind in en-
ergencies, (c) drives too fast for
conditions.
8. Your car is being overtaken
and passed by another car on a
two lane road. Just as this car
starts to cut in, another approach
es around curve. In most cases it
is best to: GAY maintain speed,
(b) slow down and give way, (c)
speed up.
9. AS you approach an intersec-
ton it becomes apparent that your
car will enter the intersection be-
fore a car approaching from the
street on your right. However, that
cars speed is greater than yours.
You should: (a) speed up to match
his speed, (b) slow down and pre-
pare to stop (c) maintain your
speed and don't let him bluff you.
10. A flashing red traffic light
means: (a) slow down. (b) stop,
(c) congested traffic area.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
The Midyew Labor Scene

Editer's Ness - An uneasy quiet
prevails on the labor scene today.
But major contract negotiations In
the offing give promise Of IRE
works ahead. As big unions and
management prepare to get to-
gether, Norman Walker, a veteran
of labor coverage for The Asso.
ciated Press, examines the whole
labor picture and tells what to
expect in this first Of four articles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
DON'T CURTAIL KEY VESTS c. OF C.'S
ACTIVITY IN HELPING OUR CITY

What is the objective of chambers of commerce in
resort towns in Florida? Briefly to promote the progress
OF the towns Among the things that done to attain
that objective is to provide entertainment for tourists
In view of the fact it is homogeneous stop chamber
Of from doing something that helps the town
It represents Never before had The Citizen heard of
curb being put chambers activity to build up inter-
est in it's community till the Navy Department ordered
the dscontinuance Of the free Navy bus tours in Key
West And the ground which they stopped strikes
at the very heart of free enterprise.
Let's consider Miami in her heyday of her activity
ofattractng tourists Many thing the Chamber of Com
in that city did confcted with private activity
some particular sphere But the chamber not stopped
from doing because of that conflict The for that
attitude because communitys interest ranks ahead
Of private interests.
The competitive element also enters into this subject
The thread of competition through every human
deavor, and If We stopped the competition would
shacke progress Consider the matter of business the life
blood of nations communitys economy. Every
business started in town hurts somebody else business
But is that sound for prohibiting the operation
Of business house?
Key West experiencing its greatest progress
affords many instances that illustrate this point but we
will mention only one. Duval street merchant told The
Citizen that the opening of McCrorys store curtaed his
business in the sale of certain line of goods McCrorys
draws business from other stores but wouldn't be down
right foolish to try to stop McCroys from operating?
When a enters any sphere of action, he knows
that he must compete with others get his share of bust
That applies to entertaining the public we'll as
supplying it with the necessities Of life.
The free Navy bus tours Of many free ac-
tvies the Key West Chamber of Commerce conducts to
entertain tourists when they to Key West Every one
of the other activities teeres with somebody's business
Why not stop them too? Why not kill the very purpose
for which the chamber was organized?
The chambers aim is to persuade tourists to come
here and keep them here long it can The more di
versified its program the greater will be its success in
helping Key West
Finally the obector to the bus tours overlooks this
fact: the entertainment he offers altogether different
from riding in buses in out of the Navy yard Nobody
interested in the beauties Of marine life in Key West
ers will forego seeing that life to ride on bus.
The sad truth Is that Russia and China form the
of another bloc of aggressor nations bent on dominating
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PEOPLES FORUM

Citizen welcomes expressions Of the views Of s read
but the editor tho right delete any items which
considered bsovs The writer's should be-
fair and eonns The letters 200 words one side
Of the only Signature Of the writer accompany the
letters and will be published unless requested Otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
WHOLE FAMILY
IS DOING FINE

RICHMOND, Va. w - Reports
from two hospitals here say The
mother, haby-and father-ars DO.
Ing fine.
Just before Mrs. Thomas Foesef
went to one hospital 10 have O
baby, her husband was taken -
another for an operation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
This Rock
Of Ours
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By Bill Glib

What do you know about safe
driving?
Here is q driver test that you
can play real easy and if you can
answer all of the questions cor
rectly,. it is pretty certain that you
are a good and careful motorist,
says the Florida Highway Patrol.
Trooper George Bennett urges
you to try your hand and better
the score, if you're not right the
first time, by learning important
safety rules of the road. Bennett
gives drivers examinations for a
license every Tuesday at the Jay
Gee Club House on Flagler. - cor
ner of Roosevelt Boulevard.
First in q series of two tests.
Look for the second test next
week.
Which of the three choices best
completes the statement? Under
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25

Ordinary hair products made with
vegetable and mineral oils cannot pre-
vent the natural moisture in your hair
from escaping. That's why, by the end
of the summer, your hair is drab, life
less, unmanageable 8. dried out.
But Charles Anteli Formula 9, be-
cause Of its exclusive super-lanolin
formula, does two things:
r Brings moisture back 10 your
dried-Om hair. mo vegetable or mir
eraI oil product can do this.
q Works 10 prevent the evaporation
OF the natural moisture from your
hair.
That's why your hair will retain life,
lustre, manageability, even in the
blazing sun.
Because these are facts, not claims,
Charles Antell makes this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25

small Persian rugs, an upright
piano by a mahogany-trimmed
fireplace and a radio-phonograph
combination. The dominant item
is a gold-framed portrait Of Mrs.
Eisenhower over the mantel.
Glass-paneled doors separate the
parlor from the dining room with
its large round table. eight chairs
and glass-front cabinets filled with
sparkling silver, crystal and china.
There are four bedrooms and
one bath on the second floor and a
small bedroom and bath on the
third or attic floor. This was
Mamie's room as a girl and it has
a small dormer window looking
out on Lafayette Street. When
they're in Denver. the President
and Mrs. Eisenhower occupy the
second floor bedroom over the
parlor and next to the bath.
Special Pheaes
VERY little has been done to the
house since it became the summer
residence Of the President apart
from the installation of special
telephones, new awnings and porch
furniture. painting here and there.
What appears to be a tool shed has
been added to the garage and this
serves as a Secret Service outpost
when the President is on the prem
ises. The small front and back
yards are kept faultlessly trimmed
by Tim Quincy. who has taken
care of the house for Mrs. Doud
for many years.
Out at Lowry Field, the White
House has Offices on two floors OF
the handsome, crean-colored adj
ministration building. This is the
Denver White House" that's
the way the special Signal Corps
switchboard for the President
answers calls. II gets 5000 a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25

panion carload of Secret Service
agents, word is flashed to Lowry.
He's on his way.
The President zips up the steps
OF the administration building,
sometimes stopping to chuckle at
the sleepy eyed reporters and
photographers on hand to greet
him.
One morning last summer, the
President stopped as he entered
the building to ask about the quar-
tiers of the press party. The cor
respondents said they were living
at the Brown Palace.
You're fortunate. : the Presi-
dent observed. my crowd can't
afford it. "
WoEk Day Begias
IHE Presidents staff quite truth
fully cannot afford the Brown
Palace. They draw a limit Of 50
per diem for expenses and even
this is cut when they are domiciled
on federal property. Nine dollars
would hardly pay the rent alone at
the Brown Palace.
Waiting for the President every
morning are the bright-eyed pill
lars OF his staff Hagerty. APP
pointment secretary Thomas f.
Stephens and Mrs. Ann Whitman,
the Presidents personal secretary.
They have his work day charted
well in advance Of his arrival.
Within minutes. the telephone
lines to Washington are humming,
executive orders are being signed.
legislation flown from Washington
being reviewed.
BY $50 or 9 o'clock. MIR. Essen
hover is ready to receive official
visitors. although there are COM
paratively few Of them at Denver.
The appointment list at the Den
Continued on next page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25
INSIDE THE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE
Continued from page screen

MIR. Eisenhower has a tiny, gray
walled Office with severely utili-
tartan metal furniture on the sec
ond floor. overlooking the trinity
manicured plaza leading to the
building and towering flagpole
whose huge garrison flag signifies
Mr.. Eisenhower's presence. Ada
cent and on the same floor are.
small Offices for the Presidents
ranking staff members and secre-
tariat.
Onthe first floor. Press Secretary
James G. Hagerty must have
large establishment because his
Office is draped constantly with
reporters and photographers, many
of them the regular White House
assignment men from Washington.
Most of the President 8 ilnmedi-
ate staff lives in officer quarters on
the air base. The press-radio-
picture party stays downtown at
the Brown Palace Hotel. un-
doubtedly the only hotel in the
world where the ceiling of the
lobby is eight stories high.
Denver. for all its pure air and
mountain surroundings. has one
serious drawback. Mountain time
is three hours behind Washington.
This means that work begins
and telephones start jangling
about dawn.
The President is usually up
about seven O'Clock, slipping out
Of the bedroom quietly to leave his
later-rising wife undisturbed. He
dresses quickly. shaves. then
bounds downstairs where his valet.
John Moaney. has a light break
fast Of fresh fruit. toast and coffee
ready.
Mr.. Eisenhower is ready to start
for the Office, some six or seven
miles away, by 7:3O. As he leaves
in his black limousine with its COM
Seward seaport record., 1954-12-24
Commissioners Office Records Micro-fled

4 new step in protection for the records of the US. Commissioners Office was taken recently when all the records in the files of the office were micro filed and stored in vault in Anchorage.
 Hence forth all deeds and in struments brought in for record. ing will be photostated thus speed. ing up the work of recording which formerly required retyping of the deed of other document into the record books of the office.
 The Commissioners office will be closed one half day on Decem. Der 30th in accordance with a Justice Department directive is sued recently giving all employees a half day. off before Christmas and New Years.
Seward seaport record., 1954-12-24
kenai Peninsula
 Power Grid Forming

As result of a meeting in An chorage last week it would ap- pear that by the time Seward gets it's first unit of Hydro-electric pow CT in operation most of the power users on the Kenai will be set up to tie into the system which will provide some of the cheapest pow CT in the Territory.
 .. In meeting between the City of Seward, Homer Electric AssociJ ation> and Coop No. IT, with REA officials and Chugach Electric As sociation, preliminary discussions were held to plan a Generation and Transmission Pool on the Kenai.
 Under the plan, Seward would generate the electricity and sell it at small profit which would be substantially below the cost of present diesel generation costs.
 Approval of a Revenue Bond issue to pay the cost of the project will have to be voted in Seward before the plan 10 develope Cres- cent Lake can go any further.
Seward seaport record., 1954-12-24
Weather, Accident Delayed Papers

The weatherman and an acci- dent combined last weekend to make the Seaport Record later than usual. The papers came off the press on schedule at Cordova but due to iceing on the runways the plane could not land there thus holding the paper over until Saturday evening.
 Saturday evening playing a hunch of the Editor the papers did not come down on Saturday even. ing. Sunday f0senoon We found out why we were correct in not leaving Anchorage Saturday even. ing bound for Seward
 Heavy snows over the mountains between Portage and Mile 3S had forced several luckless motorists to spend the night in their cars waiting for snow blows to come dig them out. also along Turnagain Arm snow slides blocked the high. way in numerous places holding up traffic.
 However. the papers got a little shaking up when the Editors car hit stretch of glare ice and took spin along the highway, finally ending up in the ditch about two miles the other side of Portage. that is. toward Anchorage.
 Outside of buckled door and a pretty good scare, no other dam. age was done to either the car or its contents.
 Acting on another hunch. the papers will be flown the entire distance from Cordova to Seward starting the first of the year. Up till now. it has been weekly routine for the Editor and his wife to go to Anchorage to pick up the papers and get them back to Seward late Friday night or sometimes Satur- night if the papers did not get out of Cordova on the Friday plane.
Seward seaport record., 1954-12-24
Hydro-Electric Permit
 Request Goes to FPC
Special dispatch to the Seward
 Seaport Record)

Especial dispatch to the Seward
 Seaport Record)
 Washington - Application for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydro-electric project on Crescent and Carter Lakes. Kenai Penin. sula. Alaska. has been filed with the Federal Power Commission by the City of Seward. Alaska.
 Site of the proposed development is 32 miles north of Seward. Plans for the project call for low dam across the outlet of Crescent Lake which would raise and back up water into Carter Lake; a channel cut between the upper end of Crescent and Carter Lakes; low dam and intake at the outlet of Carter Lake; 5000 feet of pipe line and penstock; 8 powerhouse with initial installation of 4,50O horsepower and ultimate installa. tion of 14,000 horsepower. The powerhouse would be located on the effluent of Carter Lake approx imately 5000 feet from it's juno tion with Upper Trail Lake.
 Power generated by the project would be used by the City of Se- ward and would be sold to other municipalities and electric assoc iations on Kenai Peninsula for public utility purposes.
 A preliminary permit does not authorize construction. It is is- sued to give the holder priority while conducting surveys and in vestigations necessary to prepare application for an FPC license.
Seward seaport record., 1954-12-24
HOSPITAL FINANCING PROBLEM POSER FOR CITY COUNCILMEN

Bureau of Land Management in which they gave the City formal notice of the withdrawal of the application of the Alaska Railroad which had some years ago sought to have the lagoon area withdrawn from entry so it could be used for railroad yards.
 The Bureau suggested that the City should enter an application for special use permit on the area so that it would have first claim on the area once the land was made available for disposal At present it is classified a tide lands and is not subject to entry. HOSPITAL
 A letter was received from Foss, Malcolm & Olsen saying that they believed that the Seward Hospital was on the list for appropriation of funds during the 1856 fiscal year which will start next July. The firm which has been hired to make the preliminary plans for the hos pital was asking what action the Council wanted them to take on the advance planning for the pro- iect.
 The Council discussed the mat ter of finances again as they had at the previous session but could find no solution of how. the Hos pital could be paid for. ~ The main problem seems to be that originally it had been suppos- ed that a $100,000 grant would be made by the W.S.C.S.: however, it appears at this time that the funds were promised only if the San were closed down. At this point it looks like Seward taxpay- CTS would be called on to pay the Cfty's half of the cost of the pro- ject, less whatever contribution could be raised from local citizens, Territorial Legislature and other sources.
 Since it seems to be the opinion tiat iiCSI pcOplS NOISu TUT ILC Hospital because they did not think it was going to raise their taxes, the Council was somewhat reluctant to take that means of raising the City's share of the Il.2ost even though they are legally able to do so.
 1 LIQUOR LICENSE One last Liquor License applica- ton was received Monday evening and it was from the Seward Trad ing Company. The application was approved unanimously by tn @ Council.
 SEWER ASSESSMENT .4
 The question of what the 1eo charge was on the recent Sewer Assessment notices was raised, and it was explained that this was the charge for interest already paid, out of the General Fund, by the City.
Seward seaport record., 1954-12-24
Two Fires Nipped In Bud by Department

X Two fires on Wednesday threat. ened to do serious damage but by luck were caught early and failed to do serious damage before they were snuffed out.
 The first fire, about 1:30 We'd nesday afternoon, a still alarm. was at the Seaport Record office where the furnace backfired. set. ting the oily floor afire and de. stroying the oil burner portion of the furnace. This fire was detect. ed by Mrs. William Bonser who called the Fire Department. Oscar Watsjold and Gus Johnson respond. ed on the double with some COZ and the fire was extinguished be. fore it could further damage the premises
 The secdnd fire was at the Church of the Nazarine which is under construction. The alarm sounded at 6:33 Wednesday even. ing and a full compliment of fire men responded to extinguish a blaze which had started between the walls and was billowing out a thick strong smoke. Damage was confined to the inside walls of the building where firemen had to tear off wall board to get at the fire which was smoldering in the in- sulation. &
Seward seaport record., 1954-12-24
Seward Company of Guard Adds Interest

The Seward Company of the Al aska National Guard is getting to be an organization of which both the members of the company and the citizens of war d might well be proud.
 A change of command has rec ently taken place and the new c. o. It. Bob Jackson has drum. med up lot of interest among the young men of the community in doing their part in this vital role of Alaskan defense. There is still plenty of room in the or. ganization :. for more young men to join.
 In addition to the drill and sol diers duties the Guard has a we'll organized, formidable Basketball team. Plans also have been made for two firing ranges and an act i've program of rifle competition with 22's and 30 calibre rifles.
 The drill hut is in the process of being prettied up, there will will be a Day room where the juke box will live. a snack bar which will serve the quick energy to give burst of speed needed for the last few minutes of a card game.
 Men interested in joining the Guard are invited to drop in at the City Police Station and talk with Bob Jackson the c. o. or talk to one of their friends who is a Guardsman. Drills are hell each week for two hours and Guardsmen get credit of one day for the training.
Seward seaport record., 1954-12-24
New License Tabs Available For Cars

The motor vehicle registration forms for 1855 have arrived at the US. Commissioners Office in the Federal Building and may be pick ed up at any time now.
 As in the past year, tabs will be issued to be attached to your old license plates or in the case of new registrations new plates and tabs will be given out.
 Next year is also the time for drivers to renew their licenses The cost of the drivers licenses have been increased to $4 from the former g, for a two year per iod. Unlike the registration of automobiles, which are good until February 2Sth, the drivers licenses expire December S1st.
 The Commissioner has asked the cooperation of all local drivers and car owners requesting that they obtain their i'egistrati II S some time during the first two weeks of January when there will be extra help available to process the applications and give out the new tabs.
 In addition to the various motor vehicle licenses and registration forms, the Commissioners office now has a complete file of report and application forms for all sorts of Territorial and Federal licenses including the Territorial Business License application and report forms.