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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
Acting Governor
Campaigns Today
I'm Miami Area
By HAROLD PARR

MIAMI R-Acting Gov. Charley
Johns said today he was inviting
his goverhorship opponent, Sen.
Leroy Collins, to meet him in
fulldress debate here next Thurs
day.
Johns said he had instructed his
executive secretary to wire Collins
an invitation to face him on the
platform at Bayfront Park.
Johns said he was suggesting
that each candidate be allotted 80
minutes to present his arguments
and then be given rebuttal time.
"Then let us question each
other, " Johns said.
Wants To Ask Questions
Referring to his teleylsion ap-
pearance here with Collins last
night, Johns said he had a lot Of
questions he wanted to 8. ask Col
Inns, but the "ground rules" be
was given before the show led
him to believe all the questions
would be put on the regular panel
LIST. sf
II had an these, questions 1
wanted to ask my opponent but
because Of the ground rules they
gave me ! wasn't prepared, to
ask Them" Johns said.
The gubernatorial candidate con-
centrated his efforts in the Ala
patah, Hialeah, Little River and
North Miami Areas today.
odham Vote Wooed
These are the districts in which
Bradley Oldham, who was elimi-
mated in the first primary May A.,
polled heavy percentage of the
AZ, 900 votes he collected in Dade
County.
Although Oldham failed to make
the rln0ff, he finished second in
Dade County. Leroy Collins car
ried the county, getting $1,000
votes. Johns trailed the field in
Dade with 81, 900 votes.
Johns started his day with an
other visit to the Miami Inter-
national Airport to electioneer
among shop workers.
He lunched with group of
women at the Women's Club, then
went 10 Burdine's to meet and
shake hands with employees of the
big department store. He was to
spend the afternoon in Allapattah.
Evening Schedule
His evening schedule called for
campaign speeches at Hialeah,
Little River and North Miami.
Yesterday, Johns released re-
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Hemingway Is
Better. After
Multiple Woes

/ MADRID, Spain R-Ernest Hem
ingway was injured in two plane
crashes in Africa in January and
burned later while fighting a brush
fire. But he wants friends to know
he's well on toward recovery now.
Italian doctors who attended him
in Venice said that normally his
injuries would have permitted him
to live only few months.
The 55-year-old author is in Ma
drid, of course, to see the bullfights
as well as continue medical treat
ment in Madrid's warm, dry eli
mate.
Hemingway and his wife, 'Miss
Mary" crashed near Murchison
Falls in central Africa in January
while flying from Nairobi to the
Congo. Miss Mary suffered two
broken ribs and Hemingway a dis
located shoulder and elbow.
Second Crash
Two days later, Jan. q, they
crashed at the takeoH in a second
plane.
He began to feel progressively
worse and when the Hemingways
sailed for Italy, the ships doctor
found he had:
/. Suffered a ''traumatic lesion"
to the 18th vertebra and damned
two others together.
2. Ruptured his right kidney.
g.. Rupured his liver.
4. Collapsed his intestine.
S. Suffered a conclusion which
resulted first in double vision and
then three-quarters loss of vision
In the LEFT eye. There was also
loss of cerebral fluid.
6. Received severe scalp burns.
The Hemingways made their
way to the east coast to sail for
Europe. But there was a brush
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
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High In Nation

Such alarms, distinguished
from those turned in in err
ror, comprised 81 per cent
of all calls answered. In Key
West, 1.5 per cent of the
alarms were listed as of that
nature.
Preliminary estimates in
dictate that fires in the Unit
ed States last year caused
property damage of over a
billion. dollars, according to
the association.
This includes $912,500,-
Continued On Page Eight
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Blackout Is
Called On
Disclosures
Dirksen And Mundt
Testify About Visits
From Army Counsel

WASHINGTON lR-An Eisenhow-
er administration bar today shut off
any detailed testimony about high
level conferences on the Mccarthy
Army row. But two senator's re-
lated acknowledgements Army ap-
proacheS to them-visits Sen. Nc
Carthy calls ssblackmail'' attempts.
In dramatic moments, Sens.
Dirksen (R-nl) and Mundt (R-SD)
stepped from their roles on the
bench of the McCarthy-Army hear
ings to testify about visits they
received last January from Army
counselor John G. Adams.
Both agreed that Adams poured
out a story of pressure from the
Mccarthy subcommittee, and par
icularly from Roy M. Cohn, its
general counsel, in behalf of Pvt.
G. David Schine, drafted former
consultant to the subcommittee.
"BlaekmaiI"
Both Dirksen and Mundt said,
too, their, first reaction was hat
if the charges were true Cohn must
be fired, and that when they dis
cussed the matter with Sen. Nc
Carthy he declared he would not
submit to 'fblackmail,"
{ The committee recessed II tzs5o
pm. until ppm.
Dirksen touched on the round Of
senatorial testimony by dramatical-
ly asking and receiving permission
to be sworn as a witness. His
request came in the midst OF a
row over the propriety Of exploring
publicly the roles OF top White
House aides and Atty. Gen. Brown
ell in a Justice Department con-
ference last Jan. Il.
Balks At One Question
Adams was in the witness chair
for his third day and had baked
at telling who said what at the
conferences meeting he first
mentioned on Wednesday. The
Army's special counsel, Joseph N.
WEIGH, said Adams was barred
from answering such questions by
Continued on Page Eighty
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The big parade tomorrow even
ing viii wind up day Of civilian
and Naval activities marking Arm
ed Forces Day.
During the day there viii be
open house at the Naval Station,
including free boat rides, tours of
fighting ships and submarines, and
an exhibition by Navy divers.
The parade viii move along Du-
val Street to Truman Avenue and
out Truman to Bayview Park
where it will disband. Starting
time is $3.50 p. m.
The reviewing stand viii be at
Southard and Duval Streets while
the Grand Parade Marshall, Eula
Clarice Sawyer, win be stationed
Al Truman Avenue and White
Streets. .sss
AT IL p. m. tomorrow, trophies
provided by the Florida National
Bank viii be presented to repre-
aentatives of the best military float,
the best civilian float, the best
marching unit and the best band.
/! Here is the order in which the
floats and marching units will ap-
pear IN the parade:
First Division
The first Division forms on Du-
val Street, from Caroline Street to
Front Street. It will be directed by
Manuel Cabrera, Senior Division
Marshal; Jack Stewart, Carl Saw
yer and A. Leskoski.
Participating units include the
Key West Police Department Mo-
torcycle Escort: U. S. Marine Corps
Color Guard; U. S. Marine Corps
Drill Team { 2 minutes at review
ing stand); Grand Parade Mar
shall Eula Clarice Sawyer; Ma
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
CityCon,n,ission
Meets Thursday

The city commission met yes.
isrday afternoon in special ses.
sion to consider the purchase
Of the Poineiana Housing pro.
ieefs.
Offers from The Key West
Really Company and the Key
West Foundation Company were
considered and fhe commission
moved TO, have q further study
made Of the proposed trans.
action.
The government has indicaf.
ed they will raze fhe housing
prior TO returning the land to
IFS private owners.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
WO7,01,'s Death
Believed Suicide

The body Of white woman
was brought TO the Prifehard
Funeral Home today from Mar.
sfhon, fhe sheriffs department
reported. The department. said
skefehy information received
from Justice Of the Peace r.
D. zefferower indicated the
woman may have committed
suicide by taking sleeping fab
lets. zefferower was in court
today and could NOT be reached.
An autopsy will be conducted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
CMI REGISTRATION
SET FOR NEXT WEEK

Registration for next falls ses-
sion at the Convent of Mary I'M
maculate will get under way May
IL.
Applications for entry in both the
elementary and high school Sec
tons will be taken during the week
at the Convent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14

tional Gold Star Mothers, Inc, Key
West Chapter Decorated Cars; Key
West Guard of Honor; Navy Wives
Club 88 Decorated Car; u. S. Ma.
val Station Combination Float
Tractor pulling z trailers repre-
senting Ships, Supplyss Public
Works, Security, Administrative,
Medical and Dental DEPARTMENTS
- each to be considered separately
for awards).
Key West High School Band q
minutes at reviewing stand); Air.
ship Development Squadro3l Eleven
(ZX-11) Float; Cub Seoul Pack 253,
Boy Scouts ofjsAmerica Marching
Unit; Key West Citizen Float; Bus
mess and Professional Momen's
Club naconAtAd Haey Air Pa
troll Float: Veterans OF Foreign
Wars Post 3911 Marching Unit; B.
P. o. Elks Lodge 551 Decorated
Car and Arthur Sawyer Unit Is,
American Legion Auxiliary Float.
Second Division
The Second Division, led BY r.
B. Wood, F. L. Mclean and Nor
man Whitesides, forms on Front
Street from Duval to Simonton
Street.
Units are: Key West Angels Mo-
torcycle Club Motorized " Color
Guard; Club San Carlos Decorat-
ed Car; U. S. Fleet Sonar School
Band; st. Vincent's Guild Float: B.
p. o. Does Drove SO, Decorated
Car; Troop 253, Boy Scouts of Am
erica Marching Unit; Key West
Rotary Club Decorated Car; Key
West Lions Club and Lions Auxi-
liary Flat; Sea Scout Ship $50
Marching Unit; USO-YMCA De-
corated Car; Troop "a, Boy Scouts
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE

Truman Avenue and Duval
Street are rated by Charles
r. Butler, Of the city's public
service department, as real
dangers sports for Key West
motorists.
Butler, who has been con-
Quoting study of accident re-.
ports, said today that ~ &C.
cidents - nearly Is per cent
of the total thus far in 1853
have occurred on these two
thoroughfares.
He said, however, that ac-
cideftS on these two streets
are usually of the "minor var
iety."
Butler added that they all
figure in the overall traffic pic
ture and with a little courtesy
and comman sense they can be
averted and Key West will be
a safer place in which to live
and drive"
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No Ness, Polio
Cases Listed

Keep your fingers crossed.
There has not been . Pelie
case reported since last Mon.
day. the Menros County Health
Unit said today.
There have been IS cases
50 far this year. Up 10 This
date last year. two cases had
been reported.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
GRAND JURY MEETS

Monroe County's busy grand
jury met again today. The investi-
gative body has met every day
this week. The jurors have met on
16 days, including the day they
were empaneled, April 10. The
jury has returned one Indictment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
NOTICE

The general public is hereby notified that
there will be absolutely parking ON Duval Street
to Truman Avenue and on Truman Avenue to
North Beach Road beginning at 500 PM, May Is,
1854, and continuing until the Armed Forces Day
Parade is over. Cars parked in this area during
the said hours will be moved at the owners ex.
pense. VICTOR LOWE, City Clerk.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14

Local Property Loss, Malicious
False Alarms Eaf14ltex Average
.ZS% c...&N
(spechk To- ThaC itizeh}

NEW YORK - Key WestS5he pret&sntion and con-
troll operate$ ht his efficiently during the
past year. in comparison with thosf othercties through
out the United States. The local fire included in
data assembled by the National Fire Protection Assoca
ton gathered from cities in the United States Can
ada with populations over 10000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14

For Quick Communication.
Use CLASSIFIED Adsl You'll
reach buyers and sellers
tenunts or workers lust
DIAL 2-S66l or 2-5662.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-16
How To Get More Money For
Mississippi Education

One OF the problems with which Mississippi is said
TO be always faced in the matter of education that
finding the means, and getting the money carry on
Its educational program 1t this circumstance more
than anything else that caused the extraordinary SEES
sion OF the legislature to adjournment without providing
the money for the equalization of education program
which was adopted the law of the state but which
under the circumstance of not having provided the
money to carry the program in the language of the
Bard OF Avon, appears to have been Much ado about
nothing"
There is one certain way to add at least quarter
million dollars OF wholly new money, each year to the
state common school funds and that be done by the
simple means of permitting the Negro citizens in all the
counties of the state who desire it. and encouraging all
other Negroes to pay their potax, it being of the
facts of the present that Negroes in vast majority of
the counties of the state not permitted en-
couraged, or otherwise prevented from paying their
po-tax the money from which under state law goes to
the common school fund.
There is one thing which all Negro citizens of the
state wants. perhaps than any other thing with the
exception of the right to vote and participate in the
effort for mutual bettermen of the local scene and that
is equal educational opportunity for his children and he
is not much concerned about it's current judicial as
poets.
In Mississippi there are 100000 Negroes, as mini
mum figure eligible and responsible under the law for
the payment of the po-tax the amount that would be
brought into the state educational fund each wear in
this new money can be total by simply multiplying 25O-
600 by $500, which will be half-milon dollars
The Negro citizens of the state stand ready and
willing to pay their potax in every town and county, all
that is needed is to all the stumbling blocks
which all intelligent Mssissppans know exist and there
fore need not be mentioned here.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-16

The Soviet Unions expression of
readiness to negotiate with the
United States on the control of
atomic weapons led to conjecture
as to whether the new Malenkov
regime is ready to change its tao
tics on international issues.
The Soviet reply repeated its
old demands for a ban on the use
of atomic, hydrogen and other
weapons of mass destruction (but
with the catch of not mentioning
international inspection to assure
compliance and the recognition
of Red China.
However, the note did not in
clude the usual vituperation, was
fairly well balanced, and seemed
to invite discussion.
Those who hold out hope that
the Soviet is ready to trim its sails
on the international course, while
still heading for the same newt
able harbor of world conquest,
point to the current stress on pro-
ducing internal consumption goods,
especially foods.
At the same time there is the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-16
On Security
BY RUTH TAYLOR

What is your idea of security? Is it owning house
andgarden? Is it money in the bank? Is it job you
be sure to keep? Is it pension insurance for your
Old age? is 1T children growing around with
JOBS waiting tor them when they step out of school?
There were men In other countries who called that
security. And the houses bombed. Initiation made
the money IN the banks and the savings for old age
VaueleSS. The work work The children went to
war. There security.
Or-you who live by the waterways-how secure
you until the levees built? Until there
dkes to keep out the flood water?
We make all the plans want to for Social
Security, job security, old age security-but it doesn't
mean thing unless the country is
No, | am not talking about air force guided
missiles or defense appropriations as such.
But-in the last few days I've read in the papers of
the difficulty of getting volunteers for civilian defense
of the need for keeping the seectve service act
wonder if those who object stopped to figure out
how much fewer the casualties with trained
of complaints about security regulations and the weed
ing out of SubversveS and undeSrableS from govern
men employ. And in the latter connection, wonder if
the sympathetic letter writer's realized their
security depends upon the absolute loyalty of those IN
government.)
Here is another analogy You know the bank on the
of Main Street.-The in which you keep your
slender savings WE'LL suppose they dismissed the guard
and took the meock off the safe and cut the burglar
alarm-and them as an added took the patrol
man off the beat Wouldn't you think any bank that did
that just inviting troube-and wouldn't you worry
about the money you put in there?
The United States of America is the bank for all OF
1t is the protection for all valuables-our Amer
lean way Of ife freedom individuals our rights
citizens
We have to keep our burglar alarms in order. We
have to have KEEN alert trained guards and staunch
patromen the beat That is just plain horse sense
We must guard the bank that holds liberties II we
DON'T there is no security of any kind for any one.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-16
new TACTICAL CHANGE
NOTED In RED STRATEGY

fact that MARKHAM Communism
cannot abandon it's ultimate OBJ
jective and the way must be left
open to get back on the regular
direct course. Effective internation-
al inspection would close an i'm
portant channel - the military
use of the atomic and hydrogen
bombs.
Secretary of State Dulles, talk
ing at the National Press Club, en-
phasized that the Soviet needs to
consider the morale of people be
hind the Iron Curtain. He said
that discomfort is such that at
would be reckless" for the Russians
"to engage in general war"
The revolt of the East German
workers, Dulles said, disclosed the
situation. The result could be that
the Soviet lines "of comunicatiop
lin wary might not be altogether
secure"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-16
Mate She Shot
Gets Her Free

The young mother of four small
children who shot her husband
four times in the head during a
quarrel last July, was given a sus-
pended sentence last week in Bronx
County Court after her forgiving
mate told the Judge he feels moth
ing will happen to disturb our
peace again."
Mrs. Alicia Vasquez, %, of 61O
f. 136th ST., Bronx, appeared for
sentencing on her guilty plea to
shooting her husband, Antonio,
&c, last July Is when he came home
drunk and proceeded to abuse her.
81 LOVE HER." Antonio told
the court. "She is the mother of
my children. Since this happened
she has been a good wife. | doubt
if anything will happen to disturb
our peace again"
Vasquez, hotel worker, had
pleaded with the court at an earlier
hearing to be lenient with his wife,
even though he was still carrying
the four bullets in his head at that
time.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-16

pointed out tends to prevent the
spread of unionism in areas in
competition with New England,
must be revised, Kennedy said. He
also urged improving Social Sc
curity legislation to provide real
security and strengthening the
unemployment compensation pro-
gram.
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (R.,
Mass.) declared the resignation of
Martin Durkin as Secretary of La
Dor "does not in the slightest sig
Nifty" that the Administration will
not propose amendments to Taft
Hartley.
Saltonstall asserted that work
is progressing toward improve
ment Of Taft-Hartley to make it
"a more serviceable framework for
free collective bargaining" He
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-16


from India. Local Reds, fellow
travellers and others, have been
sponsoring SO many goodwill ex-
changes that the Indians are grow
ing suspicious" T h e India-C China
Friendship Society, says Premier
Nehru, seems to stress more poll
ties than culture, its stated interest.
He has advised the Congress Party
leaders to stay out of the Commu-
nist-front peace" groups that have
sprung up all over India. 1t also
seems the Chinese have been brag-
cling too much. The Indians think
their own land reform and other
programs are superior.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-16
cELLER and MORSE ATTACK
POLICY ON CIVIL SERVICE

was dismissed last June. He filed
suit to recover his S10,800-a-year
job, contending that ne had COM
petitive Civil Service status and
that his discharge was illegal.
Herbert Brownell, Jr., attorney
general, argued that he had the
right to discharge Roth under Ex-
ecutive Orders issued by Presi-
dents Truman and Eisenhower.
These classified all government
lawyers in Schedule A and except
ed them from the competitive ser
vice, and under Eisenhower, pro-
vided that the Civil Service rules
and procedures did not apply to
those under Schedules A or C.
Judge Keech ruled that h c
Presidents power to determine
whether positions shall be exclud-
ed or excepted from the classified
Civil Service" was unlimited.
Meantime, the AFL Government
Employees Council asked President
Eisenhower to restore the safe
guards heretofore relied on by ca
reer employees.
eve believe further" the council
said, "that such action on your part
would be the general effect of re-
storing confidence of government
employees in the fairness of your
Administration, and would reas-
sure them of your frequently
expressed desire to strengthen the
merit system"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-16

Rep. Emanuel Celler d., n. W
and Sen. Wayne Morse (Ind., Ore.)
will ask Congress next year to
limit the powers Of the President
to remove federal jobs from Civil
Service.
Celler said that Federal Judge
Richmond Keech's decision holding
that the President can discharge
government employees with Civil
Service status comes "as a bomb
shell to the thousands of loyal and
efficient Civil Service employees"
"The ruling knocks the props
out from under our Civil Service
laws" he added. Career men and
women who have devoted their
lives to the service of the govern
ment are now on shaky ground.
They can be dismissed upon the
whim and caprice of the executive.
Il doubt the legality of the de-
cision and hope it will be appealed.
There seems, however, to be a
widespread plan by the Admins
tration to cast discredit on many
Civil Service employees to take
their jobs away from them.
81 do not impugn the motives
of the President, but I do con-
denim the present policy program
of the job-hungry Republican
Party to take jobs away from
trained, faithful and able Civil
Service employees"
Morse asserted that the Keech
decision renders the Civil Ser
vice. principles of more than 70
years meaningless"
The Senator charged that the
Eisenhower Administration has
done more harm to the principle
Of Civil Service than any other in
history. He said that it has can
celed the words "civil" and "sys-
tenn" out of the Civil Service sys-
tenn, which was established to pro-
tect workers from the so-called
"spoils" system of appointing po-
litical favorites to government po-
sitions below the policy level.
A new move to obtain more KEY
jobs fer the Eisenhower Admins
tration lent point to Celler's and
Morse's charges. Republican Off
Gals said department and agency
heads are being given authority to
handle political patronage prob
lens in their bureaus.
Il do not believe that the Ameri-
lean people voted for unlimited ex-
ecutive discretion in Civil Service
Matters" said Morse. "They de-
serve better. The Congress should
prescribe criteria and rules gov
erning executive action. 1 propose
to submit a bill which will provide
them"
Judge Keech's decision came in
suit by Leo A. Roth, non-veteran,
a Justice Department attorney who