The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-06
IA Letter
From Bill lanai

Dear Neighbor:
/ The dawn Of & new year Is upon
JUS. The fervent prayer of God
fearing people everywhere is for
peace and with the coming Of each
new year we are instilled with re-
newed hope and vigor in our de-
dicated objectiye-peaee on earth,
goodwill toward man.
In the dusk Of . fading year one
| is prone to look back over the
happenings Of the past. While
everyone can benefit from yester.
days mistakes it Is not wise for
lone to dwell too long upon the
deeds of days gone by. Time does
lnct stand still. Success in the fu'
Iture can only be achieved through
forward progress. 50 that II we are
Ito travel the road toward our goal
LOT peace We must look forward,
mot backward, else We chance ia
stumble over the obstacles placed
lin our path by enemies and fall BY
1.-THE wayside.
The death of Stain and the purge
'IOf Beria and other high-rankins
'IReds by Malenkov during the past
year has not meant a change In
1.-THE Communist objective. TheiI
goal is still q Communist World
dominated by the Kremlin and they
Istill propose to achieve their OBJ
\ jective through victory on any one
or all three, Of the fronts In wict
they have engaged the Free Word,
namely the military, the economic
land the theological fronts.
/ Our action In Korea and the
swift manner In which we have
moved to gear our military defen.
ses has served notice on. the. Com,
lmunists that we viii not tolerate
Red aggression against freedom Low.
ing people. Renewed and vigorous
efforts to establish and preserve a
sound economy in dimming the
Reds hopes for bankruptcy of the
Free World and . victory for them
on the economic front.
The dawn of 1854 could provide
Jus with the light to lead us UP the
road to peace and absolute victory
over the Communists In the battle
of ideologies. We have but to face
the future OF, the new year with
determination to reaffirm our faith
| in the principles upon which demo.
cracy was founded, and to sell
these principles to the peoples OF
the world by living them ourselves.
We are statesmen Of democracy.
The ware Of the Reds is commun-
ism. The product that we have to
sell is superior on all counts, by
and far, but If we are to sen II
we must believe in it. The time to
assert our absolute belief in God
and freedom is at hand. Let the
Communists try to peddle their
Goddess ideology, we have the
Lord and religious freedom to Of.
fer the world. Let the Reds
use lies and fear to cover UP
their desire for domination over
man, we offer truth and the BELLE
In the dignity Of man.
In permitting the Communists
the opportunity to hawk their pro.
duct, which is tyranny with a fan.
cy name, we are not assuming thai
they can be trusted. They canno.
be trusted and we must be ever
watchful and remain alert to their
dastardly methods of salesman.
ship" However, we want them to
place their ware on the worlds
market place right next to our pro.
duct so that the peoples of the
world can compare the two con.
trasting way of life in their true
light. In providing the Reds with
this opportunity we viii force them
to employ an ingredient which is
not contained In their product and
something they fear the most =