The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 21, 1933, Page 2

PAGE THO Che Key Mest Citizen PE ee Le hen pen ah it Sunday By iG CO, ENC. a in President. cone and” Ant Steet . Only Daily Newananey. tn Ie in Hex West ana Monroe eg ao eed s ‘f¥-FOURTH YEAR Member of the Associated Prese Apert, Sree al Ae ee we credited to aioe ya published es corner ‘this paper and’ algo Tere. Ba known on applicativn. SPECIAL NOTICE ese eae lat wilt be chataed tor Bt te ot 10 ate . es for ent dhmanta by churches from which ue ay to Rerived are & cents @ line. Ditleen kan ‘open forum and invites discus- ‘a oF public issues and subjects of local or general Interest but it will not publish anonymous com- munications. eg aaa ‘ PROS’ aa (ogg & KOl ee ; ; Mek aotors metal ean Ease TROT? =e MUST BE CRUSHED = an Francisco Chronicle) , “Sine time has;gome when, the federal government’ m mend its power~ to the ‘crushing of organized crime or see society ‘rushed by organized crime. Local gov- ‘ernment everywhere has been shown in- adequate to cope with the ferocious as- ‘sault of the underworld because crime is no longer a local problem but a national ‘menace. Kidnaping, robbery and_ blackmail tun wild, a defiance of jystice and 4 dis- grace in the eyes of the world. Cynical, brutal gang leaders have usurped the rule ofilaw, They have put crime on an or- ‘ganized basis, a Big Business with troops, ‘armed cars, fortified strongholds. The people of our greatest cities no longer ‘know when the streets will be swept with a hail of lead from automatic guns in the hands of gangster bravos. t The patie rate in. America is three, asia tines that. in. other ountries re- ‘as pai ‘Racketec ing atrangles - many lines of commerce, taking toll from _ business and from the produce of the farm- ers in centers of ution, It keeps paid spies; ambassadors in political circles, bribes public officials, corrupts public sery- ants and finances campaign funds. It op- erates with a retinue of bondsmen and shrewd lawyers retained as big corpora- tions retain counsel, foxy in technicalities, tits and interminable appeals. “.° Meanwhile the nation stands helpless, “trying for aid to the local governmenits that ‘are patalyzed—helpless hut for the strong mand ave Tadera government, which has the force to destroy organized ae. “.. The government has this force, and “has proved it. When crime (¢rosses the frontiers of federal authority, when it col- Aides with federal functions, it cringes un- = the mighty hand gf-palice power which government has.:taken unto itself ugh postal, narcotic, treasury, inter- ‘state commerce and even tax laws. The ‘Counterfeiter, postoffice rabber, the af- Mender against the might of Washington, Bl] these get short shrift. " But when government would stretch ‘out a helping hand to local authority be- set by public enemies, that help is obstruct- ed by the constitutional reservation of po- dice powers to the states, reservations nvr -by men in fear of the tyranny of central Sovernment, men fresh from battle fields where they had struck off the tyranny of & mother country. = Upon rare occasion the government finds a pretext of federal interest to stamp out a public enemy who has defied local authority. If violation of income tax laws is a sufficient pretext to destroy a gang- ster, is not the fact that organized crime in America today has passed heyand local boundaries and is at the very throat of government itself, a sufficient pretext to crush it with a blow of the federal fist? ; Attorney General Homer S. Cyum- Things has pointed out the necessity ‘and the readiness of the federal gaverpment to meet the menace of organized crime. ‘The Weapons of the government now are in- adequate, Mr, Cummings declares, and the advantage of restricted authority now shielding professional crooks, murderers, racketeers myst be taken from them un- der a program of united action in which the government may cooperate with all law enforcement agencies and by saving local government, save government itself. We look to government for aid in other necessities. In time of war and peace the country ealls upon Washington for help in relieving unemployment, for help in building roads, for the support of federal credit in carrying through great programs of local improvement which, after all, are local concern. So when the nation looks to Wash- ington to deal with crime organized on a basis that is actually a state of war against government, why should there be hesi- tation because of tradition? The federal government cannot stand by, hands tied with outworn restrictions of police powers. This is no longer a collec- tion of freshly freed colonies, each jealous or fearful of the others and joining in a union only under force of necessity, a ehoice of the lesser evil against the greater. The United States has become one mighty nation. the colossus of the north, one peo- ple, one flag, one ideal. Let congress act to break down the barriers that now ob- struct federal action against the evil that threatens the nation. Academic objections that the federal constitution does not permit congress to make crime laws for the state are entirely beside the question, It is not necessary to wait for constitutional amendment be- stowing a new power on congress. Con- gress has already shown what it can do by passing interstate crime laws supporting the states in kidnaping cases and in the pursuit of automobile thieves across state lines. Why stop at kidnaping and auto- mobile thefts? Why wait until the criminal crosses a state line. Congress can put the federal police power at the disposal of the states in other ways that will help. Congress has that power now. Such action would necessarily result in coordination of state and national powers in the war an crime. Let us have this coordination. With- out it the dismal prediction made by a California crime commission that ‘‘organ- ized society must curb organized crime or else organized crime will destroy organ- ized society’’ will come true. The nation needs the help and leader- ship of the-federal government in the war on crime.> Tet us have it without delay. LIKE “BANQUO’S GHOST” Secretary of State Cordell Hull dur- ing the recent presidential campaign said “The country is being regaled during this campaign with discussions of war debts and reparations, although these were not a major cause of the panic and would not figure in a major remedy.” The democratic party in its platform at Chicago took a clearcut stand ‘against debt-cancellation in this brief plank: “We oppose cancellation of the debts owing to the United States by foreign nations.” The democratic concept of the work to be accomplished by & world economic conference at that time was one of co- operation to revise tariffs reciprocally downward in’ the promotion. of mutual trade revival. Mr. Roosevelt in a cam- paign address expressed the opinion that relief for agriculture must be found in a new tariff policy which “consists, in large measure, of negotiating agreements with individual countries permitting them to sell goods to us, in return for which they will let us sell to them goods and crops which we produce.” Neither Mr. Roosevelt nor Mr. Hull suggested debt revision as a step toward international amity. Yet before Mr. Hull, the American representative at the econ- omic conference, can deliver his opening address a half dozen representatives of foreign countries have warned him that a debt settlement with America must pre- cede any satisfactory progress of the con- ference. Like Banquo’s ghost,-the debt question will not down. * Hew Roosevelt will dispose of it and save our national face at London is a big- ger question than any the administration has yet had to meet at baie age If one makes no ticndahins, he will | lose no friends. Disraeli said he didn’t think much of 5, | aS Fee 20, ” Balrles 3 su c. th Wrong air glossy 8 vetch Rive THE KEY WEST CITIZER Daily Cross-word Puzzle Tithe Str hcamtie ties peat: i6e : Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle ACROSS Atresh ‘airie: 23, Bronze in the n . American black snake ron: . Furnishes a! . Pertaining to a cotain i BOC i Re Boker oe 4. 57. Head coy de Hal dine fruits Siameters Aivars the pu 68, those. ‘Who lay ‘Spouse of the : | ra] 70[ a] <| mn] ir [rn] = [OO RY O]m|o!=|n) 1. For bat a 61. ‘olerani le: i Min a forest Bolly ‘of water net vee pie resort 5. 4 & Fi fash ae oe “Ren 4HRRR et id on KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Plans are almost complete for the memorial gateway to be erect- ed at the entrance to the city park on North Beach by members of Stephen R. Mallory Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy. The memorial will be placed in honor of the veterans who enlisted from Key West and served throughout the struggle of 1861; 6h, Ground for the construction of the new negro public school is being broken today, and the Paul Boysen Development company, which was awarded the contract yesterday, is taking on all help necessary to push the erection of the school to completion so it will be ready for occupancy by Sep- tember 11. R. Barber, a passenger on the Saugerties, a steamer of the Tam- pa Inter Ocean Steamship com- pany, died while enroute from Casa Blanca, Morocco, to Havana and was brought from the vessel last night by the tug Petrel, of the Porter Dock company. The deceas- ed hails from Galena, Il, and jeaves a wife and two children. Officials of the Naval and | Marine hospitals are now in com- munication with the United States treasury department relative to securing the department’s consent to donate to these institutions a large quantity of cigars and “ arettes now in the custody Louis T. Bragassa, deputy Pee: tor. The smekes are all fresh, having been in the possession of authorities but a short time. Mayor io oe | H. Ladd told Ro- tarians at the last luncheon there was a question as to the ultimate construction of the read to the maisland over the keys. Commit- tees from the Rotary and Ex- change Clubs have a plan now in course of preparation and data is being gathered covering every phase of the construction work and possible retarns. Editorial comment: A man judged by the company he re So is a business judged by the character of its printing The naval station aggregation played the best ball of its careér @ man who is not wiser today than he was | at the army barracks yesterday The Citizen concurs. yesterday. afternoon, and held a keal team to the close score of 5 to 4, mak- ing the last run in the ninth in- We read that se testifying against ' ning. a man who got a life sentence for mur- dering her father, a Little Rock woman married the murderer just before he was taken to the penitentiary. Aren't women funny? And men? The Exchange Club came on the long end of 2 26-20 ele panna de indoor baseball iep Athletie Club. aggro nes gocnltbcn fa yr tard i Sp ee ee EG PEE OE PTT Ny fe jit ed to the winning team, shaving mug. was Miss Mary Louise de _ Boer, daughter of Mrs. Jennie B. de Boer, is celebrating the sixth an- niversary of her birth today at the home of her aunt, Mrs. S. M. Whalton, 1419 Division . street. More than 50 friends of the hos- tess are enjoying the afternoon. A map of the proposed golf course is now on display at the chamber of commerce rooms and an invitation is extended to the citizens of Key West to call at the chamber and get an idea of what the links will be like. Through the courtesy of W. W. Demeritt, superintendent of te Seyenth Lighthouse District, the | Baraca and Philathea ee bel ie First Congregational NN enjoyed a trip to Sand Key mer NN terday on the tender Poppy. | Harry Gwynn announces he will open a real estate office at Yol= Duval street Monday morning. Mr. Gwynn is planning to handle | = real estate on a large scale. J. Frank Roberts has received notification of his appointment’ as pilot commissioner for . Monroe county. Today’s Anniversaries eeece egenere: ae 1639—Incréase Mather, famous Colonial divine, born in Boston. = there, Aug. 23, 1723. 1759—Alexander J. Dallas, | Pennsylvania statesman- -Seeretary| lof the Treasury, born in Jamai: | Died at Trenton, N. J., Jan. e 1817. 1774—Daniel D. sil York jurist, governor, 6th™ Vice President of the U. S., born at Scarsdale, N. Y. Died at Staten island, N, Y., June 11; 1825. 1788—(150 years ago) Theo- dosia Burr, brilliant and devoted daughter of . the unfortunate statesman-Vice President, a reign- ing beauty and social leader of her day, born at Albany, N. Y. Lost at sea, Jan. 1813. 1805—Charles T. Jackson, not- ed New England geologist, chem- ist and scientist, born at Ply- mouth, Mass. Died in Boston, Aug. 28, 1880. 1855—Mary §. C. Fairchild, noted librarian and lecturer on books and libraries, born at Dal- ton, Mass. Died Dec. 20, 1921. 1859—Arthur L. Frothingham, noted American archaeologist, scholar and author, born in Bos- ton. Died July 28, 1923, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1933. 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It is cooler this morning in portions of the northern Plains States, upper Mississippi Valley and northern Lake region, — but temperatures are generally above normal in all interior sections, high day temperatures were com- mon yesterday from the upper Mississippi Valley and’. southern Lake region southward to tHe Gulf coast, Pensacola, Fla., re- porting a maximum of 100 de- grees. 93 Ins. -11 ins. G. 8. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. Spenish, Mexican Iteh. One bottle Im medy is KuRTANnt or any case. authorized to It fails.—Advt, Subscribe for The Citizen. or Bal rial Eos to be druggists are nad your money it Key Woet's ea Ambulance WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m, Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: PRITCHARD bra ee te nn mat al ee Port Tose wvoni gat tg Bacchi Key Wao tor Havana Dusedene and Fridays 12:18 esis Havana for Key West Wednesdays and Saturdays ee Fs ako tor Port ‘Tampa Wednesdays and Satur- ( Tks Rr erat tT og 9:46 A. J. H. 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