Diario las Américas., 1958-07-06

SETTLED AT LAST - Final
boundaries of the Everglades Ma
tional Park have been set by Con-
gress. Now that it's over, Senator
Holland and Congressman Paul
Rogers get most of the credit. To-
tai acreage of the park will stand
at 1890, 900 acres. Uncle Sam al.
ready owns all but 1900 acres.
Some Of this will be purchased
= some will be snapped in an
upcoming deal with the State. Most
of the new land lies north and
west of the present park lands,
This will mean that the park can
now have a western entrance
through the town of Everglades.
SKIES WANTS CCC - One of
the leaders in Congress for con-
servation is Congressman Bob
Skies. He has introduced a bill
calling for the establishment of an
organization similar to the Civilian
Conservation Corps which operat-
ed under President Roosevelt.
"The magnitude of the contribu-
ton of the CCC to American foreS-
try has been estimated at 100000
man-years, valued at nearly a bill
lion dollars, " he said. Skies bill
would set up a Youth Conservation
Organization to assist in the per-
Torrance of useful work in con-
nection with the conservation and
development of the natural re-
sources of the United States. Not
more than 100000 young men
would be enrolled at any one time.
All such enrollees would be un.
married, between II and %, and
would be unemployed at the time
of enrollement. Skies says that the
money would be well spent for
conservation and at the same time
would give much needed financial
and educational help to worthy
young men.
WATERMELON SALESMAN
If watermelon prices in Florida
are down a bit, it certainly isn't
due to lack of work on the part Of
Congressman Billy Matthews. He
has written to Army camps around
the Country asking the command
erS to feature watermelon on the
menu when they are in season. He
also made an imprisoned speech
in the House, demanding that
something be done to "give the
farmer a fair share of the profit
on the sale of his farm produce"
He told of watermelonS rotting on
the vine in Florida = yet selling
here for 10 cents a pound.
ARE UFO'S REAL? - Here's
that old argument again. Are "un-
identified Flying Objects real?"
eve call them flynn saucers.) We
+ sure the question wasn't set
tied, but it was interesting the
way Congressman Bill Cramer
staged it on a recent television
show for the folks in the Tampa
area. He let the Air Force have
their say. And they say there isn't
any such thing. 1t sounds good the
way they tell it, but it still doesn't
stop a few die hards from believing
otherwise Qike Major Keyhoe and
me).
QUEENS VISIT FIRST LADY
- When four lovely Festival of
the Americas" queens visited
Washington, it was Florida's Sena-
tor Holland who arranged for them
to visit Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower at
the White House. Queen of the
Festival was Miss Mercedes Ba-
quero of Bogota, Colombia, Miss
Lola Roberts, now of Miami, re-
presented Venezuela; Miss Anna
belle Neble, Queen of Ecuador and
Miss Luchita Burrillo, of Panama.
Mrs. Mary Holland entertained the
visitors from Latin America at a
tea on the terrace of the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
MORE VETERANS'S BEDS -
The entire Florida Congressional
Delegation last week followed the
lead of Dante Fascell and intro.
duced bills calling for 1000 addi.
tional beds for veterans hospitals
in Florida. Already authorized is
the rebuilding of the Veterans
Hospital at Coral Gables. This is a
$50 bed job, but Fascell hopes to
raise it to 1000 before construc.
ton begins. The other 1,450 beds
would be added to other existing
hospitals in Florida.