The Coral Gables Times

THE Coral Gables TIMES

4 CORAL GABLES TIMES Thursday, November 22, 1962 Second Class Postage Paid at Miami, Fla. Published at 364 Sevilla Ave., Coral Gables 34, Fla. ROLFE NEILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editor & Publisher

Getting Ready For A Big Tomorrow

Writing about Cuba in The New Republic, Javier Felipe Pazos Vea talks plainly about some facts which haven't gotten much circulation in this country. However, they need to before we blunder any further on that island. When the current crisis passes, and it will, we must be ready for tomorrow. The article is entitled, "Cuba - 'Long Live the Revolution!'" Its subtitle is, "A Foe of Castro Counsels Against Invasion." Implicit in that subtitle, of course, is the agonizing question, What could we do in Cuba if we did invade and subdue Castro? Gnawing at many of us is the fear that the same monied interests responsible for the abuses which brought on the Revolution, would induce Uncle Sam to return to the old discredited ways. What Senor Vea plainly shows in his piece is the impossibility of a return to the old habits of economic exploitation. Several American columnists have touched on this, including Marquis Child and even that conservative spokesman Roscoe Drummond, writing in the current Saturday Review. However, this article by the exiled Cuban, himself a former Castro official, gets to the nerve of the matter. "The Revolution essentially belonged to the generation of Cubans who came to maturity after the Second World War," writes Senor Vea. "... The lack of opportunities for the younger generation in all walks of life was responsible for their sense of frustration." He then touches on a point which seems lost among all our immediate concerns but which we must not, at our own peril, forget: "It is important to stress that there exists among revolutionaries in Cuba, mostly non-Communists, a natural instinct to preserve that which they have helped to create: The Revolution. "The Revolution is their raison d'etre and even if it takes a course distasteful to them, they would rather wait and eventually try to make their point of view prevail than break with the Revolution and go over to the opposing camp." And what did the people who first followed Castro want? And what do those who suffer him now look forward to? "The Revolution was, above all, to be nationalistic. A sovereign, fully independent Cuba was to be established. "For the first time in its history, Cuban industry was to be effectively protected against competition from the Atlantic seaboard (in the same way that many American industries are protected by tariffs from foreign competition). "Our mineral resources were to revert to the nation; our public utilities were to be nationalized. An agrarian reform was to create more than 100,000 new proprietors, and urban and rural workers were to be represented by a democratic trade union movement." Let us in America not forget: There are many here with economic interests in Cuba who are no more interested than Castro in seeing that the above goals are realized. Let us hope our own leaders are insistent upon supporting the real Cuban Revolution. We must see it through to its desirable conclusion.

Drinking Ban Unrealistic

(Reprinted from UM Hurricane) If the University pretends to be preparing students for life after college, then the ban on alcoholic beverages must be considered totally unrealistic. Drinking is accepted social practice today. For a time, in the 1920's, abstinence was forced upon the American public, but drinking came back. Meanwhile it had driven millions of people into corners. What we have here at Miami is an administrative policy 40 years behind the times. We have been carried back to a period of prohibition long since erased from the constitution. The outdated ruling has forced students to take their bottles off the campus. And it has forced students who want to drink to take rooms off campus, instead of in dorms and fraternity houses. This hurts the fraternities financially. In fact, the situation has reached such a critical point that the Inter-Fraternity Council has admitted it cannot keep track of drinking and cannot enforce the stiff code. All this goes to prove that students will drink - on or off campus. The time has come for officials to face reality. A negative outlook by the administration will only aggravate the situation. A move should be made to end prohibition and bring the students back to the campus.

MAILBOX

EDITOR: Christmastime is nearly upon us so I should like to take this opportunity to remind the City Fathers to paint the parking lane lines around the post office during the heavy mailing days, like they did last year. It did so much for everyone's holiday spirit; at least I think it did. I know I never heard the Lord's name said so loud, so often by so many. JOHN COSGROVE Antilla Apts.

EDITOR:

Now that that odious first amendment has been soundly defeated it behooves us to look forward to another go-round. In the first place the philosophy in the politician's approach to the subject is all wrong. Why must it always be more seats, more jobs? We need 15 or more representatives about as much as we need the plague. Actually it would be much the same. Think of the horrendous mess campaigning and the ballot five or six contestants for each of these seats would create. Think of the expense of remodeling the State House to hold the added representatives of the more populous counties. Think of the added salaries the representatives and their retinue would entail. The proper approach would be to cut down on the number in the smaller districts to bring it into line. Congressmen cross county lines and so do our representatives. Why not state senators as well who do not represent sovereign states but only political divisions of such sovereign states. Say one representative and one senator for each 250,000 registered voters in the 12 most populous counties, no county to have over three in the lower house and no more than one senator in any county alone. The rest of the state to be divided into districts of 200,000 per representative and senator. This would give some advantage to the smaller counties, but would be a fair distribution. What's more I shudder to think of politicians from Dade having a controlling voice in the state when I see what a sorry mess they make of running Dade County. This, of course, would be poison to the politicians but would be nectar to the taxpayers, and when I think of the flood of bills an increased legislature would throw in the hopper and the time it would take to process them, I can see nearly perpetual sessions WM. WYATT NOLTING 241 Romano Ave.

More Editorial Matters on P. 6, 8

EDITOR:

On behalf of the management of Biscayne Kennel Club, I would like to extend our sincere congratulations to you for the awards won by your splendid paper. Yours is, indeed, an excellent publication, and this recognition is certainly merited. MRS. JOE H. ADAMS

EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS by Rolfe Neill

He's Your Man Sitting in front of Sears Manager Sam Miller the other day during a civic club sing along I was struck by the fact that some church choir should look him up. He's got a fine voice. And speaking of civic clubs . . . There's been markedly more fervor put into singing "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Gables Rotary Club on Fridays. Sort of like they felt it might be their last chance. Miserable I hope there's a special hell for the man who invented the restroom lavatory faucets with springs in the handles. The springs may prevent you from absent-mindedly leaving the tap on, but what's worse, they keep you from washing your hands. It's a battle to see if you can get your hands wet before that damnable spring snaps off the flow of water. Bogus Try ordering "fresh" orange juice in a restaurant. Inevitably, they bring you frozen juice. It's lamentable that the word "fresh" is used interchangeably with "frozen" for there's a big difference in the pleasantness of the taste. Even at roadside stands, with orange groves next door, they serve you frozen juice and blithely tell you it's "fresh." Humoresque Heard a delightful tale the other weekend at Silver Springs. Modern life is in such upheaval that even the "Story of the Three Bears" has had to be rewritten. There's Poppa Bear, Momma Bear and Baby Bear - by a previous marriage. Our Men When Jimmy Burns' story in The Herald Sunday about the Orange Bowl began with the name of its current president, C. Jackson Baldwin 1340 Mendavia Ave., I'll bet many Gableites were confused. This is the second Baldwin to be in command of the Orange Bowl. The junior Baldwin's father, Charles F. Baldwin of 3402 Toledo St., was president for three consecutive years before World War II. What's confusing is that daddy's called "Jack" although it's not actually a part of his name. Even so, he has to sign in on registers as Chas. F. (Jack) Baldwin. Otherwise, somebody seeking him would never find him. Jack Baldwin senior wrote a fine statement of the aim of the Orange Bowl nearly 25 years ago and it's still being reprinted. Here it is: "The Orange Bowl ... An institution of higher learning in the arts of sportsmanship and community cooperation . . . Conceived and administered by unselfish citizens in the public interest . . . Dedicated to the ideals of fellowship, goodwill and understanding among all ages in the upbuilding of a great state. This, briefly, is the Orange Bowl, belonging to all Florida and to the nation." It's such a fine piece of writing that I asked Mr. Baldwin, who to most people here is known as a mortgage broker, if maybe he hadn't had a fling at newspaper work somewhere. Sure enough he had. Around World War I, he worked for Hearst in Atlanta. That's a story I'll tell another day. One Man's Opinion I've never lived in an area where the editors of the civic club bulletins put so much of themselves into the job. It certainly makes for more interesting bulletins; I'm just surprised at what some of them get away with. Stu Patterson, for instance, in the Kiwanis newsletter, regularly injects sharp editorial opinions. Jim Mooney of the Lions Club does so with less emphasis but still gets into areas of editorial opinion. Then this week, I came across the West Miami Rotary Club bulletin, edited by R. Cleland and R. H. Struthers. "In these times of threats," they wrote, "coming in from Russia, from Berlin, from Cuba, yes, and from Mississippi, we can profit from the message Jehovah gave to Joshua." They go on to encourage you to "read the whole book of Joshua; it is a thrilling chapter out of history in the struggles involving man and God." Certainly, there's nothing controversial in this West Miami bulletin approach. I quote it to show that in writing (as in architecture or anything), the creative side which represents the imprint of one man, this is what gives verve to the subject. Long live rebellious bulletin editors, even if their thinking is sometimes out of joint with the 20th Century! Too Many Cubans? Gableite Jane Roberts, chairman of the county school board, says she believes the board will have to consider the maximum capacity of our schools and cut off further enrollment of Cuban children when this figure is reached. She says this community has been patriotic and has done more than its share in admitting Cuban children to the school system but she feels it has now reached the point where the refugee children are crowding out the local children, and this situation must be remedied, whether additional Federal money is received or not. Wondering Whatever happened to Liz Taylor and that Burton fellow?

FACES IN OUR TOWN by INK - Curtis HOWELL

FACES IN OUR TOWN by INK Curtis HOWELL MANAGER OF POLLY DAVIS CAFETERIA IN CORAL GABLES. CURTIS GOT INTO THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS AS A SANDWICH MAN IN A PHOENIX RESTAURANT DURING THE DEPRESSION IN 1931. MR. HOWELL LIKED THE WORK SO WELL, HE STAYED IN THE BUSINESS OF FEEDING HUNGRY PEOPLE. I LIKE THE WORK BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS! A NATIVE OF BESSMAY, TEXAS, CURTIS AND HIS WIFE EDITH HAVE ONE DAUGHTER, 19-YEAR-OLD CATHLEEN. HE JOINED THE NAVY A WEEK AFTER PEARL HARBOR, AND BECAME A COOK ON A SUB-CHASER AND LATER IN A 5,000-MAN NAVY KITCHEN IN MANILA.

MAILBOX

EDITOR: May I call your attention to the article on page 14 of your issue of November 8 that your writer omitted the fourth largest church in Coral Gables, Saint Philip's Episcopal Church. A number of my parishioners have been shocked that the Episcopal Church received no recognition. THE REV. J. G. SHIRLEY, Rector (Editor's Note: As we mentioned before, the article suffered an unfortunate cut at the printer's. We're sorry. It is written in the Bible: Forgive thy brother 70 times 7.)