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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21
Church Leaders
Hear Blast AT


EVANSTON, III. IN - Christian
leaders from many lands today
were told that racial segregation
is the great scandal in the church
especially in the United States and
South Africa"
The problem was laid before deli
egates to the assembly of the
World Council Of Churches with 1
suggestion that they search for its
solution in "a calm Christian
spirit. .
Benjamin E. Mays, president Of
Morehouse College, Atlanta,
termed racial separation ''tho
great scandal in the church." and
added:
"The local churches permit
secular bodies such as the state
and federal courts, the United Ma
tons, big league baseball, profess
sional boxing, colleges, the public
schools and theaters to initiate
change IN the area OF race.
Slow Change
"But even when secular bodies
initiate the change, local churches,
Negro and white, follow slowly or
not at all.
at win be q sad commentary on
our life and time Il future historic
ans can write that the last hull
wark of segregation based on color
in the United States and South
Africa was Gods church. /"
DR.. Ben Marais Of the Dutch Re-
formed Church of South Africa tald
the cohferees:
Christian men and women IN
many lands look towards the
church for guidance. /"
He pointed out that tensions Of.
ten develop between racial groups,
and added:
Therefore It is becoming that
we face this problem in 4 calm
Christian spirit"
The addresses of DR.. Mays, q
delegate and Baptist, and DR..
Marais, an assembly consultant,
were prepared for delivery before
representatives of les denomina.
tons in IS countries.
LAYinsn's Deb
Col. Francis p. Miller, Z dele
gate from Charlottesville, Va, as.
serted that churches have failed
to educate laymen to regard their
workaday jobs as the ''plaee 70
which God has called them to
serve Kim"
Many, he said, are inclined 10
think Of their lives as Christians
as separate from their lives AS
citizens, businessmen or factory
workers.
Regardless of what the assign
ment Of each may be-" Ne said,
''God calls us ell to stand for
truth, purity Of personal life, de-
cency and fair play in human rela.
tions, for continuity, for justice
and for peace"
A clergyman who came from be-
hind the Iron Curtain told church.
men yesterday that communism
aims 1t eventual destruction Of the
Christian faith.
DR.. Gusnter Jacob, general su-
perintendent Of 4 large district Of
the United Evangelical Church in
the Soviet zone Of Germany, as
serted that the "gulf' between
Christianity and communism can
not be bridged."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21
REFER PRICE UP

MEXICO CITY IA dope ped
der complained to police arrssting
him Thursday that Mexicc's rising
cost Of living has boosted the price
Of marijuana cigarettes to two
pesos-16 cents-each. Officials es-
timated this is q rise Of about 10
per cent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21

A lot of unsuspecting gals
answer the ad and are encourag-
ed to travel to Key West at their
own expense. They usually ar.
rive here broke--or nearly so.
Then, the bar owner says that
they must become strip-teasers-
and B.Girls-if they want a Job.
The gals, apparently, take the
line Of least resistance and end
up clipping the folks who wander
into these dens. Is that good?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21

The fiesta planned for the initial
run of the Key West-Cuba ferry,
by all means should be the biggest
thing to hit Key West in its his,
tory.
We hope that the city-and the
county-will dig down In their
jeans and spend a little money
to let the folks in the rest Of the
nation know what is going on in
the southernm0st city.
There are a lot Of folks who
think that the owners of the fer
ry should pick up the entire tab
for the affair.
That, we think, would only
result in an inadequate promotion
land would defeat the entire
purpose of the fiesta.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions o he Views q No read
ers but the editor reserves the right 10 dooe any items which
are considered heloUs vnWarrantod The writer's should Be
fair and eonne the letters to 400 words write on enc side
Of the paper only Signature Of The writer aecopany Me-
letters and will Be published unless requested Otherwise
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21

Wondering how the B-Gals find
their way to Key West?
We are told that at least one
local B-Gal joint advertises in a
magazine aimed at the carnival
trade.
The magazine ads state that
there is . great demand for
cocktail Mattresses" in Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21
A Grain
Of Salt

adopt a plan to hire policemen, on
a temporary basis for use as
plain clothesmen, the whole town
does not know-offenders could be
caught.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21

One line gag: You have to
travel q Lang way TO find the
city manager these days.
That gem was contributed BY
Ruth O'Bryant, wife of the super
intendent Of public instruction.
4 4 x
We have learned that one
national beer company produces
their beverage in a city where
sodium nuoride is added to the
water. That means that some Key
West besr drinkers may already
be poisoned. Horrors!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21
REMOVE OLD sTIcKERs

Editor, The Citizen:
Wouldn't it be good idea to advocate clean
windshield free of all stickers except current ones?
Some people have many as six or seven and sure
must interfere with their driving.
"Drive SAFE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21

Father A. L. Maureau It the
local Catholic church, who had
been visiting in Miami and Miami
Beach for the past seventeen
days, returned to Key West
yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21
Avaust q, l994

Governor Dave Sholtx has ap.
pointed Aquilino Lopez, Jr., Of
Key West, as county solicitor for
Monroe county, succeeding J. r.
Busto, deceased.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21

State Senator Arthur Gomez was
4 returning passenger yesterday
after 4 business visit Of one week
in Jacksonville.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21

Increasing in intensity as It
proceeds, the tropical disturbance
in the Caribbean Sea was reported
By the U. S. Weather Bureau this
morning to be passing south Of
Grand Cayman Island in . west
northwest direction about Is to II
miles per hour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21
Avsust Il, laM

Frank Bentley, clerk Of the
Board Of Public Warks, announced
today that a determined effort is
being made to collect approx
mately $500 in delinquent sewer
fees.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21

Constructive Criticism No. 1-B
Gained at the city commisSion):
What the city needs is 4 munich
pal engineer.
How can the city manager keep
pace with the myriad adminstra-
tive details Of operating the city
when he has to occupy himself
with problems such as streets,
sewers and sidewalks?
Il 4 4
John W. Edwards, e.F Porter
Place, dropped into The Citizen
Office the other day to lodge what
seems to be . legitimate COM
plant.
Edwards said that for some
time, folks have been encouraged
to park in an alley in the rear of
what used to be q grocery store
at Duval and Petronia streets.
However, while the store was
closed a while back. a sign was
erected saying that parking is no
longer permitted there.
Edwards ''heef'': The no-park-
ing sign is posted about 12-feet
OFF the ground and the first time
he was aware Of it was when he
received q parking ticket.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21

Paul Martin, area representative
for the Presidents Committee on
Congested Areas, has not yet re-
turned from Washington, where
he is conferring with various gov
ernmentaI officials On Key West
projects.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-21

The nation needs statesmen searching for what is
right rather than for votes
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20

miners could not get unemployment
payments because of protests by coal
operators and other industries.
eve have mines that have been
down go days now and not even a
hearing has been held by inadequately
stated unemployment insurance com
missions"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
Senate JOINS HOUSE In FLExING
farm PRICES AT 8212 % OF PARITY

lease federal grazing lands and the
public would lose. By close vote,
45-41, the Senate put this provision
in the farm bill, but House conferees
turned it down Monday of this week.
The Senate nullified a USDA rule,
recently imposed by Agriculture Sec
rotary Ezra T. Benson, that no farmer
may serve more than three consecu-
tive years on his county agricultural
sterilization and conservation COM
mittee. This amendment of Senator
Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) car
ried by single vote.
Senators also okayed the proposal
of Senator Everett M. Dirksen r.
In.) permitting corn, oats, and other
feed grains to be sold from govern
ment stocks Eat the level of price
supports plus 1919" That's below
prices required now.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
AnaCondan To Head Hotel
& Restaurant Union Council
In Coming Year

Members of Montana State Council
of Hotel & Restaurant Employees and
Bartenders, meeting in Billings in
conjunction with the 57th annual
convention of Montana State Fed
Grafton of Labor, Tuesday elected
Al Beausoliel of Anaconda council
president for the coming year.
Other officers elected were Marga-
ret Harrington, Butte, for. another
term as secretary-treasurer. District
vice presidents for the coming year
are James buddy, Livingston; Reva
Walterskirchen, Missoula; Dan Hol-
land, Butte; Mary Williams, Great
Falls, and Evelyn Vanderheide, Miles
City.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20

WASHINGTON, d. C.-(CNS)-
The Senate passed greatly amended
flexible farm price support bill, Au-
gust 10, after three days of hot de-
bate. A Senate-House conference is
now trying to adjust relatively minor
differences between the two bills.
On the motion of Senator Andrew
F. Schoeppel (R-Kan.), the Senate
voted 49-44 to allow farm commodity
prices to drop as low as 80 II % of
parity. The bill also provides for:
setting aside $21a billion in farm
crops so they can't affect prices;
gradual transition to a modern
lied parity formula $500 below
the present one;
adding fluid milk to dairy items
eligible for price support;
paying direct subsidies to wool
growers to encourage produc-
ton;
putting agriculture attaches in
u. S. embassies under USDA
control;
paying farmers for certain soil
conservation practices through
1856; and
adding Irish potatoes to the list
of commodities eligible for sup
port prices.
Last March the Senate passed
.razing land bill that's still bottled
p in the House Agriculture Commit
ee. Conservation groups say the bill
would only benefit stockmen who
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20

down 1876 per cent but profits after
taxes were up 14.3 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Com
mission and the Securities and Elk
change Commission came up with
their figures on what happened to
taxes in the first quarter of 1854.
PROFITS AFTER TAXES
The report shows that profits
stayed about the same compared to
the last quarter of 1858 but were
down per cent from the first quarter
of 1858.
Profits after taxes in the first
quarter were $2.6 billion compared
to $2.8 billion for the 1858 quarter.
. However, the government reports
that before taxes profits in the 1854
quarter were 10 per cent higher than
in the preceding quarter and attrib
ltes the rise to a decline in costs and
expenses.
The report shows also that despite
| drop of 9 per cent from the 1858 |
quarter to the 1854 quarter, the COM
,anies continued to pay the same
ash dividends and retained only |
lightly less in earnings for future
Ises.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20

running per cent ahead of the same
period in 1858, with over half the
companies showing gains over a year
ago.
But in face of these reports and
the government figures on increased
dividends for stockholders. the WALL
STREET JOURNAL says things
won't be as good in the third quarter
the July, August, September peri
3D.
EXCESS PROFITS BONANZA
The Journal in its roundup of the
profit situation says that second
quarter profits in 1854 matched the
1853 figures for the same quarter.
Its scorecard shows that 365 indus
trial companies racked up profits Sc
per cent over the second quarter of
1853, but that when the losses of rail
roads were figured in, it dropped the
gain to a minus eighteenth of l per
cent.
The Journal roundup indicates also
how the repeal of the excess profits
tax at the insistence of the Eisen-
hover Administration contributed to |
the rosy profits picture.
Taking Sc companies the Journal
notes that earnings before taxes were
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
Construction Pay UP

WASHINGTON, D. C. = Wage
scales of union workers in the build
ing trades rose 10 per cent during
the second quarter of 1854, as COM
pared with 20 per cent in the cor
responding period of 1853, the U. S.
Department of Labor Bureau of La
Dor Statistics announced.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
$4,000 Idle i'm st. Louis

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-More than $4,000
of the $4,000 workers in the Greater
ST. Louis industrial area are unem-
ployed, the U. S. Census Bureau esti-
mates. st. Louis was listed as one of
16 "critical'' major labor markets.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
Farmers Get 42c
OF Food Dollar

WASHINGTON, D .C.-The farm
er's share of the consumers food dol
lar slipped to 42c on June Is, prelimi-
nary figures issued August II show.
This was a &c drop from May.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
Profits Under Republicans
Running Ahead of Last Year

Business has been brushing aside talk of recession with
claims that 1854 will be the second best year. history But
profits figures for the first months show 1854 running
of super-boom 1868 in the earnings department.
The first 400 major corporations report profits for
first half of 1854 indicate that corporate earnings
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
SILLY REGULATIONS KEEP SURPLUS
FOOD FROM POOR PEOPLE

UNIONTOWN, -(PAI)-Btter complaints coming
in the coal mining that the federal surplus food
program for the unemployed begging down in and
silly regulations.
Recently thousands of applicants for surplus food Union
and neghborng had line up old brewery
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
Nebraska Becomes
10000 Public Power

LINCOLN.-The last Nebraska
served by private electric utility
Spalding, population 700-has voted
234-56 to take over the utility itself.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20

The worlds highest suspension
bridge spans the Arkansas River 1858
feet above the riverbed, says the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20

and then wait three to four hours
before they could obtain their food
allotments. Many applicants were
forced to leave before reaching the
head of the line. One woman tainted
in the crush which was so large that
extra police were called out.
In Kentucky Judge James NJ. eau
dill of Letcher County reported that
the surplus commodities ''were re
ceived in insufficient quantities and
at such distant shipping centers as
to make it almost impossible for coun-
ties such as ours, with limited fl
nances, to administer effectively and
adequately"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
HALF A CENTURY

The average age of the 40'munici-
pal electric utilities of Massachu-
sets is 500 years ranging from Dan
vers 65 to Chester % years old.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
DISTORTED ACCOUNTS

Complaints have been made that
distorted accounts of the handling of
surplus food relief are being sent to
Washington resulting in the issuance
of long and complicated regulations
which are tying up actual distribu-
ton of needed food.
Thus Washington was told that one
relief recipient drove up in Cadillac
to collect his food. The facts are that
a county official in an official county
Cadillac on one occasion called for
food to take it to seriously i'll min
er who couldn't come himself.
Kentucky officials have flatly de-
MED Washington reports of irregu-
larity in the distribution of food,
charging that government agents have
been hasty and inaccurate in making
their reports of alleged chiseling. One
result of these reports has been the
issuance of what union men describe
as "silly ami almost impossible rules
surrounding distribution.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-20
SURPLUS DISTRIBUTION
SPARING

Sam Caddy, president of District
80, United Mine Workers of America,
is quoted as saying:
"The facts are that Kentucky, in
Guiding the mining areas, is one of
the states very hard hit by unemploy-
ment and yet the surplus commodi-
ties were distributed sparingly, GER
tainly insufficient to satisfy the hun
ger of people who have no jobs and
no unemployment insurance pay
ments."
Caddy declared that unemployed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
Washington at Fort Necessity

Two hundred years ago today George
washington and his raw Virginia and South
Carolina recruits met the French and IN
dams In the battle OF Fort Necessity. The
site Of the conflict was the fortified posi-
ton" at Great Meadows, II miles east OF
the modern city Of Uniontown, Pennsyl-s
vania, which Washington had developed
and named. Sent toward the confluence
Of the Allegheny and the Monongahela to
hold back the enemy until achievements
reached him, the young lieutenant colonel
--he was only 22-was outnumbered two to
one. This disadvantage was known to him,
and he acted with great boldness to onset II.
Setting out Sin heavy rain and In .
night as dark as pitch washington at
tackled detail Of French and Indians under
Jumonville with success. killing ten OF the
foe including the captain and capturing "a.
But it was impossible to accomplish any
thing further under prevailing conditions.
washington therefore fell back to Fort
Necessity and held the stockade through
an entire day Of flghting. Then the French
called for parley. About midnight. !"
washington reported, we agreed that each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
Look for Him There

On the green slopes of Arlington pray
ers haze been said
And the medals awarded. Alone NTH
her dead
A mother stands clutchinO a tiny.
bored card:
on bright ribbons pendent her ninted /
retrGrd. s
The ctaplGiss c0ndoling words: "Your
loss Is ours"
Become one NTH the day and the gel
l0icin0 f0fDers.
o, 5toiC1seTe Is comfort and nothing
hcIae a., III
And tho lines lie lost IN the Craze OF
"a boy.
But grief sloiDly gropes beyond stGdoto !.
and stone
TO those happy pictures that al moth
era OtC7I--
OF gay times. and play times tDhen T.
she tuould haze lead
But eagerly, stardly, he raced ahead.
Her nay becomes sure. Like the promise
OF light a
That dratCs the spent Traveller adTtt ~ \
the night.
a faith steGdies n her. ottdtstnnctnD
dread:
on jar-apay blus slopes . boz yrns
Gheddi
Leuiss A. Baldwin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
BY Chories E. Trocewen

The dear old reader was willing to
gobble 1t up, because 1t made him feel
better. just why he preferred book
when he was told 1t was tight" must
GO. clear back to school days.
In school he was made to read the
classics, as they were called. They may
have been wonderful stories, most OF
them were. but when teacher ordered
them to be read. the pioneer quality
In little Jimmy asserted itself.
He just wouldn't read EN-.
Many Of them he never has read.
which Is too bad. because he loves
books. and shouldn't miss the good
ones.
The term hammock fiction' we have
always rather liked.
Probably that Is because one wonder
full summer down at Ocean City. Md.
before It grew up, We spent several
months reading II. Rider Haggard In
hammock.
Haggard would be wonderful IN any
situation. but he seemed especially 50
that summer.
Swung high under porch roof.
swayed lii the breeze. veritable ship
ut sea. ct least as far IS sun and sea
and air were concerned.
These provided exactly the right
atmosphere for one Of Victorian Eng
lands greatest writer's. Light fiction.
perhaps, hut wonderful stories, Of
course! It Is always the readers reac-
tion that counts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03

for volunteers. stimulating enlistments
by offering recruits share in 100000
acres Of land on the Ohio.
washington established headquar-
tiers ct the City Tavern in Alexandria
now called Gadsby sand six weeks
later marched away with something
over 100 men and an ordnance train Of
two creaking farm wagons. Another
company Joined at Winchester and
with this bobtail battalion he struggled
over the mountains. On the eve of the
attack by the French he was reinforced
by three more Virginia companies and
q company or regulars from South
Carolina but no militia. The LIST
Virginia Regiment had long and
honorable career. Four years later when
Forbes chased the French from the
Ohio country the Virginians shared the
final victory with the famed Scottish
Highlanders. Heroic service In many
engagements entities the LIST Virginia
to honorable mention on this 200th an
niversary OF Its memorable baptism Of
nre. John p. Cowan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
BETHESDA, Md.

Dear Sir:
81 would like to know your opinion
OF vacation reading. At this time of
the year you are supposed TO read
light fiction whatever that Is. This
seems rather silly to me.
What Is the difference in readers
likes and dislikes, that Is, what diner
ence does summer or winter make?
ITO my mind the season makes no
difference at all. it is the reader who
Is the same. despite the season.
II he likes what Is called something
serious, maybe classic. then he il
Just as likely To prefer 1t when the
temperature Is high as when II u low.
This business Of hammock fiction,
as it is sometimes called, strikes me as
silly. There are readers. Of course. who
prefer light fiction. Every age has had
its famous lady novelist who makes q
SMASHING success. Her books sell In
summer as well as winter. she makes =
hit with those who read her, the rest
Of the book -reading population wonders
why any one reads her.
sIt seems to me that there ought 10
be definite abandonment OF this
absurd idea of summer fiction. Who
ever thought 1t up III the first place?
Yours sincerely, H. !.
n 4
There is, Of course, no difference, as
our correspondent says.
Book magazines continue - show
cartoons of youngsters gaping at s0ne
one reading d book. Whils they thaua-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03

rarely called upon to make Independent
decisions. He has no way Of knowing
how the planners reached the decisions
that affect his welfare. The planners
themselves are subject to management
from above. Our world is 50 cut up
into segregated departments that
hardly anybody is able to see it as 3
whole. Each one Of us is walled up IN
his own particular kind Of work.
AS result. we have to take our opin-
ions on the questions affecting the gem
eral good from what we read or hear
over the air. We have no way Of test
ing these opinions by direct experience
with men or events. We don't under
stand human cussedness the way the
founding fathers did.
This Is o far cry from the independ-
ent citizen of the self-gOverning repub-