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THE TIMES

the local community newspaper for all South Dade John T. Watters President & Publisher William von Maurer. Editor Robert M Slane, Advertising Manager Sub scription: $3.00 year by mail anywhere

$500,000 For What?

It is inconceivable that the people of the State of Florida will sit by and allow Gov. Farris Bryant's $500,000 Madison Ave. boondoggle to pass without protest. Governor Bryant has given his imprimatur to the proposed expenditure of a half million dollars of the taxpayers' money to tell the "South's story" in the North. The most modest intelligence in Florida must be astounded at the thought that the state's governor can possibly believe that the inexorable course of history can be changed by the mere expenditure of tax funds. The great tragedy of our country's struggle with segregation lies like a pall across this continent. It has wrenched at the very roots of our unity and has compounded crisis with crisis as we Americans have sought for the answers. Does Governor Bryant sincerely believe that this terrible emotional and political struggle with its beginnings in the history, economics and even the blood of our country can be explained by a few millions spent for advertising and evangelical tracts? Governor Bryant's predecessor, Gov. LeRoy Collins, has been quoted as saying that the problem of segregation is "at best a monumental, complex and difficult one." It is every one of these things and more. The South does not have "a story to tell" of its side of the integration struggle. The story to be told must be told in terms of democoracy and survival of our country. No newspaper advertisements, information booths or other literature distributed up North giving only the South's views can ever tell that story. The story we must tell the world is the story of a unified nation attempting to solve a problem that effects every man. This is not the story that Governor Bryant proposes to tell. Let the $500,000 that the Governor has so readily at his disposal be spent to build a school in Florida. Education is one way the Big Story will be told to the world. No publicity campaign will ever change the facts which are being piled higher and higher in the history books and court decisions of our country. Our need is to solve the problem of segregation in the name of democracy and Christianity. There is no point in sifting through the sands of the past as the Governor proposes to do. Let us look forward, not resort to a costly, futile resurrection of the past.

And To Think, It Will Only Cost A Half Million!

Remember The Times

25 Years Ago Gableite Stafford Caldwell, vying for the governorship of Florida, spoke to Gableites about economical government, settlement of the city's debt and no higher taxes... A noted Rusian pianist, Joseph Lhevinne, appeared with the University of Miami symphony orchestra. 10 Years Ago As election time rolled around in the Gables, Mayor W. Keith Phillips said he would vie for a seat on the City Commission. In turn, Commissioner Dave Hendrick announced he would run for mayor... Mary W. Dorn was elected president of the South Miami District Chamber of Commerce... West Miami Mayor Peter R. Palermo announced he would try to make it three in a row as he announced he would be a candidate for that City Hall office... Capt. Leslie Brown was appointed Commander of the Coral Gables Civil Air Patrol squadron. 1 Year Ago The Coral Gables City Commission said its traffic engineering department would be integrated into Metro in several months... Winston W. Wynne, a Gables City Commissioner, announced he was a candidate for the Dade County Commission... Gables firemen asked for a salary raise of 10 per cent... The Rev. Theodore Tiemeyer became the new pastor at Christ Congregational Church.

PROFILE of the week

"My wife and I came to Miami on our honeymoon 10 years ago and fell in love with the place," said Albert F. Green, 34, of 6270 SW 62nd Pl., president of the newly formed Diversified Land Investment Corp., of Miami. After settling in Miami, Green and his brother organized an advertising art studio, which within six months became one of the largest in the South. In 1944, Green joined Bishopric, Green, Fielden, Miami advertising agency and later became senior account executive. With his flair for writing, Green began producing a weekly column for the Miami Herald in 1957, titled "Uncle Al." But Green's love of writing was not responsible for the column, in fact the real reason for the series was Green's deep love for his three young children, Heidi, Ronald and Wendy. GREEN Feeling that he was not devoting enough time to his children, due to business pressures, Green began writing stories about animals. Pleasant stories with a moral, so that all children could enjoy them. At present writing remains only a hobby in this busy man's life. Right now Green's company, with offices at 4629 Ponce de Leon Blvd., is involved in the firm's initial undertaking of a half-million dollars worth of desirable land near county seats and principal Florida cities. "For $10 down and $10 a month," Green said, "buyers can take advantage of land value increases in any section of the state. A single "package" purchase can make an investor a property owner in Miracle Acres (near Defuniak Springs and Pensacola), Bronson Highlands (in Central Florida), and Palm Beach Opportunity Acres. Green is a graduate of Rutgers University, where he majored in Marketing. Bn.-Newark. New Jersey Ch.-Wendy. Ronald, Heidi Ed.-Rutgers Univ., Newark, N. J. M.-June Bus. Real Estate

Letters To The Editor

Flower Show Success Editor, The Times, The Coral Gables Garden Club wishes to take this opportunity to thank The Times and Guide for the very excellent coverage you gave us on our Flower Show. We wish particularly to thank you for your fine editorial in the Feb. 9 edition. We also wish to thank Miss Helen Reynolds and Mr. Robert M. Slane for their cooperation and help. We are very grateful to all of you. We feel the Flower Show was very successful. The final attendance count ran to just over 3000. We had much favorable comment. Thank you so very much for your help. Mrs. Malcolm R. Lovell President, Coral Gables Garden Club Appreciation Editor, The Times, We want to thank you for the very fine contribution you made to our Flower Show and in fact the whole paper really did support us to the utmost. We appreciate this and assure you we put those posters every place we possibly could and even used them for directional signs. Thank you again for your cooperation. Coral Gables Flower Show Chairman, Mrs. S. M. Greene

South Miami Roundup

By EDWIN KNIGHT KNIGHT The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashions, and valuing ourselves by them, is one of the most childish pieces of folly.—Sir M. Hale. I AM NOT a martyr. Nor am I a crusader. I conform as well as most American men to outdated customs and useless trivia. I am seldom rude. I open doors for women and kick pets only in self defense. I pay my taxes (because I must) and believe that children have the privilege of growing up. I AM NOT a beatnik, an existentialist, nor a humanist. I obey traffic laws, put pennies in parking meters and laugh when I get a parking ticket. I yell for the Miami team on Friday nights and consider the southwest section of Miami [?] greatest location in the world to live. ALTHOUGH I AM not a joiner, I am strongly considering becoming a self-appointed messiah of one of the most worthwhile organizations in Miami. It's a club. But it will have no by-laws or a charter. It eventually will have a wide following. IT WILL HAVE NO meeting sites, luncheons or secret handshakes. It will serve all men, Miamians or otherwise, but there will be no state or national conventions. We ultimat[?] will have strong lobbies in Washington and Tallahassee, bu[?] we will have no local, state or national officers. OUR CLUB WILL BE dedicated to greater comfort for Miami men. And I think it's the finest idea since the swimming pool. The object is to do away with coats and ties in South Florida. The name of the club is THE SOCIETY FOR THE ABOLITION OF COATS AND TIES IN MIAMI. THERE IS DEFINITELY a need for such an organization. The club constantly will keep reminding men that South Florida, with its extreme heat and humidity, is no pl[?] for coats and ties. They are irritating, useless, except to th[?] vanity, and expensive. MY FIRST OFFICIAL act as leader is the writing of this column. I also will mail out printed brochures and make speeches in behalf of SACTM (Society for the Abolition of Coats and Ties in Miami). There are many men I know who will become loyal members. BUT THERE ARE two distinct factions which will prevent total abolition. These factions are women and the b[?] nes world. Women, wives especially, will loathe the club and its principles. It may eben break up a few homes. Why? Because of the woman's insidious desire to associate respectability with the coat and tie. MORE THAN JEWELS, furs and the new car, women desire acceptance. To be accepted into any funnel of society, the woman must have family respectability. This respectability does not appear unless the husband glows in the coat and tie. It's like the wedding ring, the lawnmower and togetherness. They all denote respectability in this modern symbolic soci[?] The coat and the tie are the husband's uniform. WOMEN WILL FIGHT my club with every weapon they possess. In the middle of summer, men, they will urge you to go out and get a new suit. They will give you new neckties for Christmas and your birthday. They will compare your appearance to Jim Blank's, who appeared at the recent neighborhood shindig with a neat sport shirt and Bermuda shorts. BUT MEN, THE way to lick this plague is to declare once and for all that your appearance does not interest you as much as comfort. In 80 or 90-degree weather, any man will look [?] feel more comfortable in a neat-appearing sport shirt and slacks. Your hypertension will subside and a feeling of self-satisfaction will replace the angered nausea of the coat and tie. THE BUSINESS WORLD and its dictates on the coat and tie will be difficult, indeed, to overcome. Men won't be matching wits with women in these instances, but other men and long-hallowed traditions. Men wear coats and ties in their work to help sell themselves. THE INSURANCE SALESMAN wears a coat and tie to help sell himself to his prospective client. The attorney wea[?] the uniform to help impress the jury. The executive wears the symbol to sell his leadership to his office staff. In actuality, these men are relying too much on the coat and tie and not enough on themselves. THE COAT AND TIE have become a crutch to the businessman. It serves as a stimulant to his vanity. Take the coat and the tie off a high-powered salesman and he melts. But then, when he begins to sell himself through his personality and his product, he gains new courage. THE COAT AND the tie have become uniforms to [?] businessman through centuries of doing. The tradition undoubtedly was begun in the north where the weather dictates dictates the need for not only the coat and the tie, but the topcoat, the scarf and gloves. But this is South Florida, where other traditions have been flouted and the time has come for this ridiculous custom to be overthrown. THIS IS SPRING. Already the temperature and the humidity are rising. Before us are approximately eight months of nearly unbearable hot weather. Sure, there is relief from the heat. But not all buildings are air conditioned. Not every[?] has a swimming pool. And, we can't all go to the mountains. You can doff the coat and tie - and be cooler and more comfortable. Think it over, men, and join SACTM.