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THE Coral Gables TIMES

4 CORAL GABLES TIMES Thursday, November 29, 1962 THE Coral Gables TIMES Second Class Postage Paid at Miami, Fla. Published at 364 Sevilla Ave., Coral Gables 34, Fla. JOHN T. WATTERS ... President ROLFE NEILL ... Editor & Publisher

After Much Labor, A Commission Mouse

Yessir, Commissioner Fred Evans sure said a mouthful Tuesday to fellow City Fathers when he said of the advisory boards appointed to assist the City Commission: "We don't give them enough consideration." Nobody should know any better than Commissioner Evans. It was he who intransigently opposed the Recreation Advisory Board's request for figures about the City's golf course concessions. It was this probing by the Recreation Board that led, with the aid of Times publicity, to the revelation that the golf pro at Biltmore, Mr. Tinder, made in the vicinity of $25,000 last year. Meanwhile, the City got busy with a laying on of hands, to wit: The Times' story was all wet. Somewhat frantically, it put its auditor to work to come up with figures the City should have had all along. They were months in the preparation. Now, a contract appears near signing and the City is seeking to cut the income of Mr. Tinder by an amount greater than that he is paid in salary (just over $5,000 a year). We like what the City is finally doing about it. And, we hope the City means what it says when it says it intends to give more voice to its advisory boards. Frankly, though, we doubt it. After a mountain of labor Tuesday the Commission gave forth this mouse: Henceforth, reports of the advisory boards will be discussed in the informal conference meetings before they are formally accepted at the scheduled Tuesday afternoon meetings.

Why Gables Band Is Having Money Troubles

Everyone thrills to good music. We all have community feeling that responds pridefully when one of our own is acknowledged. All the world loves a high school bandsman. So? So, why is the Coral Gables High School band having so much difficulty raising money for a Christmas trip to Chicago? The first reason is the size of the amount, nearly $15,000. But the second, and more important reason, is that the people of the community are being asked to carry the whole load. This is unfortunate, in our opinion. To begin with, the people most interested in going — the bandsmen — are working industriously to make nickels and dimes to help out. But the people next most concerned, the parents, haven't been asked for anything. Under the fund raising scheme as outlined to The Times, it is hoped that the parents will have to contribute nothing. The Times believes this is wrong. The band would much more likely be helped if a realistic budget were set up, the major share of it put forth by the parents and children and an equitable remainder contributed by those of us who would like to see our talented musicians represent the Gables in Chicago at Christmas.

Some Gables Kindergarten Grads of Yore

Digging about in our old photo files we came across this relic of yesteryear. Mrs. Hollis Rinehart, 1243 Astoria Ave., helped us pin down the date as 1936. The assembled dignitaries are graduates of the Coral Gables Kindergarten. The information on the back of the photo said ushers were Tommy Lewis, 1335 Castile; Vincent Hall, 751 N. Greenway Dr., Buster Presset; and Eddie Thompson, 1259 Castile. Beverly Clark was in charge of diplomas and flower girls were Patsy Clark, Joan DeNoon, Carol Bryan and Elizabeth Otto, 1430 Milan. Other names listed were Bobby Crandall; Alice Davidson, 902 Madrid; Betty Jean Lee, 422 Minorca; Jack Murphy, 813 Lisbon; Hollis Rinehart III. Lois Sealander, 5721 Riviera; John Sullivan Jr., 1101 Palermo; Dudley Clark Jr., Joe Bryan; Eddie Losher; Charles Philipps, 131 Zamora; Randy Malone, 2806 Columbus; Patsy Gates, Joe Otto Jr. Nancy Jane Hubard; Bill Watts Jr., 1231 Mariola Ct.; Viola McWhorter, Richie Meech, 1136 Castile; Billy Merriam, 748 Alhambra; Mary Elizabeth Adams, 357 Menores; June Higgs; Bobby Laugherty, 215 Calabria; and Roddie Nowell, 906 Columbus. We don't know where they all are today but we did ask Mrs. Rinehart about her son. Now 31, Hollis is instructing English literature at Northwestern University.

Low Octane

Gables florist Mrs. Grayce E. Wedemeyer got her tank filled up Nov. 15, and it drove her to calling the police. Mrs. Wedemeyer, who lives at 7050 SW 67th Ave., told Gables police that she found someone had placed a garden hose in her auto tank and filled her tank with water. The H-2-O was still overflowing when she discovered the act.

Womb Of The West

I suspect a lot of "typical" American traits — inventiveness, a pragmatic faith in what works and the absence of theory and doctrine, respect for the practical man who could get things done, neighborliness, an implicit belief in progress and the solvability of problems — much of the built-in nature of our people that foreigners, at least, regard as "typically American," must have come out of that process (the development of the Western U.S.), and unless I am blindly prejudiced, I still feel this spirit the moment I get back to the region of the mountains and the great plains. — Eric Sevareid in Saturday Review.

OFF BEAT by Maurice Labelle

Commissioner George Wilson of Coral Gables has a pet peeve, one many of us share with him. Wilson is really hot under the collar about the space hog who parks over the yellow line and eats up two parking spaces. Though his idea is not original, Wilson wants to ticket these violators until they learn to park right. One aspect of the problem bothers me, though. What happens to all the drivers who pull in after the culprit and are forced also to park illegally? How would you determine who started the chain reaction? Now, if I were a policeman or authoritarian, I wouldn't let a little detail like that bother me — I'd just ticket the whole blasted lot of them and show them all how to park right. This, of course, is a good way to drive people into the hands of the outlying shopping centers, one thing the cities can ill afford to do. So how do you teach drivers how to park properly? Any suggestions? —ML— What ever became of the word brinkmanship? It seems to have vanished from our vocabulary as the memory of its inventor, John Foster Dulles, begins to fade. Laos, Viet Nam, the Cuban Crisis and the dirty word lies dead. Its amazing the difference an election makes. —ML— If recent events are any criterion, chalk up the anti-Communist movement as a monumental failure. Every anti has been branded either a warmonger crackpot, reactionary opportunist, radical, Fascist, racist, demogogue, enemy of the people, intellectually dishonest or brainwash victim of the Capitalist. One one outstanding exception stands out — J. Edgar Hoover. He's been called all those names, and a few more, but has somehow withstood the calculated smears. Give 'em time.

ONE MAN'S OPINION He Describes UN's Ravages of the US Constitution

By GERARD PUCCI Third in a Series Confusion is the greatest danger which threatens our form of government today. Even the most conscientious people find it hard to understand what is happening. Thus, men without scruple have an opportunity to increase the confusion already existing so that we can not clearly see where we are being led. How can we resolve today's problems, and remove the confusion which prevails all around us? One step in this direction is for us to remember that underlying every provision of our U.S. Constitution is one principle, namely: POWER IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS. This is so, whether that power be in the hands of our government officials, or in the hands of international government officials. The only defense, is to keep power carefully divided, and restricted, otherwise we who do not seek power, cannot live in freedom. The framers of our Constitution understood this and they therefore restricted the power of government by specific provisions of our Constitution. And more of our freedoms are lost, every time a provision of our Constitution is violated by our own government or by an international government like the United Nations. Our U.S. Constitution in Article 1, of the Bill of Rights states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press." This provision is violated by the United Nations covenant on Human Rights, which states in Article 14: "The right to seek, receive and impart information . . . may . . . be subject to . . . restrictions . . . as are provided by law, are necessary for the protection of national security, public order, safety, health, etc." It should be noted here, that the U.S. Constitution restricts the government from enacting certain laws. On the other hand, the U.N. Charter gives the World Government unrestricted power to enact these very laws that would destroy the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution, including freedom of the press. Article I, Section 8 of our U.S. Constitution states: Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States." This provision of our Constitution is violated by the U.N. Charter in Chapter IV, Article 17: "The expenses of the Organization (U.N.) shall be borne by the members as apportioned by the General Assembly." Nowhere in our Constitution is Congress, or any other branch of government, authorized to lay and collect taxes on behalf of any foreign nation or group of nations. To meet the expenses of the power-hungry United Nations, the American people are being taxed for purposes not allowed by the Constitution. Why do our present day leaders permit these violations?