The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 25, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO EN, Assixtant Business 3 © Citizen Building JOE AL FiPTa-sey f the Axxo exclusively entitled to use hes credited to paper and also rv ws pubsished here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE ds of thanks, not ete. will be of 10 cents a line. s for entertainments by resolutions of charged for at churches from which 5 ce a lin rum and invit jects of local or not publish is s blic at it will discus- pneral anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. “rve Port. fiozcis and Aparcments. behing Pavilic Land and Sea, wiidation of County and City lamb, bieating—those that those that are gamble, not gambol, “Woe to iniquity.” quotation: him city by lespread that jus- > of the client able to pay the 1 . bigees ihysical exercise and plenty of sleep re recommended aids to long life. Most willing to try the sleep. a f us are I the ues best polic this when either ri re of as well as the judge, goes wrong. xecoming partially civilized, Congo tribe got in debt and took to the jung impulse. heavily e again. We that Things that can't please An election result, dict, bune. everybody an editorial, a jury ve a boxing bout decision —Tampa Tri- And several other things. the cheap there If there were a state or these places would be there would be less all West being operated here, tand lottery, “Besides gambling is also a lottery Citizen under. national gambling and greater West hasn't lot: machines.— News. We have the bandits West, but the most of the idle money maws of “bolita.” atisfaction.” had its ta Miami Paily Evidently legalized Key te of armed Key icking in too, are slim: poured into the a re‘cue not a rescue? differ on that score. ot The Citizen rescue of the en- they were reached given hours to the news service ervices may ciated Press, which member, announced the tombed men as the hit we surface of Ar may say in the case of the Moose River epi soon as by diggers and stimulants, later when the thous they mine, Ww twelve brought other escue ode was not effected until the men were fely out of the mine, if particularly was scooped on the stor. The department of justice is asking nm: for money to carry on their of tracking down the criminal clement in the United § Although the government i money the work ates. pouring out the taxpayer: as from a huge fathomless it thinks the G-Men are too much money ly cornu- copia, in this crimeridden country to halt the crime-wave is money well spert. Last year the G-Men cost the government about $5,- 000,000, but returned to the country some- thing like $38,000,000. Not a bad invest- ment even from monetary point of view. can understand | abolished, | one- = the | it "| offer spending | i Any money spent honest- TAX PUBLIC BUSINESS “When Government goes into private business it is subject to taxation,” ; San Francisco Chronicle. | the United States j that States have to Reconstruction the power tax | stocks owned by the Fi-| nance Corporation. “The Court raised the question of the power of | That But | | the inescapable logic of the decision is that | Maryland bank case before the} !a State to tax a Federal activity. { was all that was expressly decided. j State business enterprises cannot i escape ; Federal taxation.” Ir the decision Chronicle interprets the recent | | i coirectly, everyone interested in sourd government and sound @inance will have cause for jubilation. Tax freedom} for municipal and state business enter- | prises has been made into a virtual racket. | An excellent example of that is provided | by such ventures as municipal electric plants. H In no sensesave’ these plants a basic | government function,.benefiting all ) people. They servé'only’ the | | power; use they are ‘aw industrial, not a gov- | | rnmental service, and they are in busi- | | ness to make a profit. They area commer- | | cial activity, pure and simple, and, on} | logical grounds, have no more right to tax ; freedom than has a private electric com- | | | pany. But every attempt yet made to force these plants to pay taxes on the basis of their competition fought tooth and nail by municipal owner- ship who have claimed such taxation would be illegal. | Taxation of government business en- | | terprises would bring millions into the pub- lie treasury. It would do away with } most unfair and inequitabie condition. | And, at the same time, it would give the! people a better idea of whether lg vernment busire can operate than a_ private if both must compete on the same | | private has been; advocates invariably | not more or a cheaply and efficiently business, terms. WANTED: CLEAN CAMPAIGNS citizen; desire dirty The average voter wishes clean, campaigns, without personalities ument. s not only to the to state and races as | well. The candidate who to cheap abuse does not deserve your vote be- cause his temperament is entirely unfit to | represent the community he is supposed to | He will reward friends and punish which is not the ideal office-holder a government which supposed to operate for the benefit of the people. Intelligent; -woters, however, inate betwee personal abuse and _ legiti- mate criticism of official; misconduct. Any has the right, ¢and . duty), to] out plainly i régard to the short- | Orly by a clear } statement of abuses and mi correction be administered. No intelligent | | man or woman in Key West will be misled ! by the artful how] of a corrupt politician, who, when his official record is hung out | to public view, begins to whine about “per- ; sonalities” | Few American | polities. | clear cut | and abusive a This appl ampaign but national } local } descends , erve. is diserim- ! | | candidate } peak | comings of his opponents. | ; | cut leeds can and “clean campaigns.” CO-OPER ATION, NOT COMPETITION | = We hasten to salute the city H the State of Massachusetts, ' an effort is being made to root out the spirit of competition and to supplant it} with the praised but seldom practiced vir- ; tue of cooperation. Four large organizations, interested in : youth, which | minates prizes of any kind in any contests, | ; from games of sport to contests of the in-} } tellect.. Boy Scouts, for example, are dis-| \ couraged from wearing. or displaying badges won in competitions and the Boston | | public school system recently rejected an of $10,000 to establish prizes for! | somethirg or other. This policy, we under- stand, has been effective in the schools for years. { Competition involves victory and de-, | feat, acclaim to a winner and regrets to a: | loser. who, in many has plished as much as the triumphant | tor, in S are trying the scheme, eli-j cases, | rival. i Cooperation invites boys and girls to strive: { for a goal that can be shared. says the’ “That is the effect of the decision of i Supreme Court holding | bank | j Little } Pensacola {St | Tampa j Ne rmal of Bos- | ~ where | accom- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your Nation’s Affairs TVA in the Courts By ELIOT JONES Professor of Transportation and Public Utilities, Stanford It is not generally understood that the constitutionality of the TVA is | still undecided. The eagerly awaited decision of the Supreme Court, which it was expected would settle the constitutional- ity of the Tennessee Val- ley Authority, did not, as a matter of fact, dispose of that question. Instead the Court limited itself to a con- sideration of the validity of the contract en- tered into in January, 1934, between the TVA and the Alabama Power Com- pany. The contract provided for the purchase by the TVA of certain trans- mission lines belonging to the Ala- bama Power Company, and for the sale by the TVA of “surplus power” to the Alabama concern. As the trans- mission lines to be purchased by the TVA extended from Wilson Dam at the government’s Muscle Shoals ! plant, to points in northern Alabama, the Court limited the inquiry to whether the Federal Government had authority, under the Constitution, to construct Wilson Dam, and to dis- pose of the electrical energy there generated. The Court decided by a vote of eight to one that the Government had the requisite author: The Wilson Dam, which is almost a mile long. was begun in 1917, under the au- thority of the National Defense Act of 1916. The dam, together with the auxiliary works, such as the hydro- electric power plant was constructed to promote the national defense. Its construction was thus permitted un- der the war powers of the Govern- ment. Moreover, the Dam, with its locks, was designed to improve navi- University gation; and as navigation is a part of commerce, the Government also had authority to build the dam under its commerce powers. : The Court found that the question of the constitutional authority of the Government to dispose of the elec- trie energy generated at the Wilson Dam power plant, created no diffi- culty. The dam and the water power it made available had come into the exclusive control of the Government. and the Federal Constitution éxpress- ly grants authority to the Govern- ment to dispose of property consti- tutionally acquired by it. The Court definitely stated that it expressed no opinion as to the con- stitutional right of the Government to acquire or operate local distribu- tion systems, or as to the status of any other dam or power develop- ment in the Tennessee valley, or as to the validity of the act of 1933 cre- ating the TVA. The constitutionality of the TVA is thus undecided. Meanwhile, how- ever, the project goes on. Within six- teen days from the date of the Su- preme Court decision, the Norris Dam, named after Senator Norris, a champion of public power develop- ment, was completed. On March 4, President Rooseveit pushed a tele- graph key that caused the eight sluice gates to slip into place, and water began to pile up behind the dam. The power plant is expected to be com- pleted later in the year. The Norris Dam, which -is built across the Clinch River, where it flows into the Tennessee River. in northern Tennessee, cost $36,000,000, and it is the first dam to be com- pleted by the TVA in its develop- ment of the Tennessee River System. Other dams now being built by the TVA are the Wheeler, Pickwick Landing. Guntersville, and Chicka- jmz When the Supreme Court eventually passes, therefore. on the | constitutionality of the TVA program, it will be confronted with an accom- \ plished fact. (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) 7c WEATHER | TODAY’S WEATHER | Lowest Highest ast night Jast 24 houry 58 58 32. 34 Cc hs arleston 5 Ch Denv Dct-oit ! Galveston | He ana Huron cksonville as City KEY WEST Rock Leuis Miami Minneapolis New Orleans New York 64 38 64 Pittsburgh Lovis alt La n F ttle 54 50 64 40 38 Washington Williston Temperatures*® Normal Mean Rainfall* Precipitation Precipitation Vosterday’: 2'In: ae on rose Moon sets Tomorrow's Tides AM. eter Bin el, m. today: 30.06. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., Sunday) West and Vicinity: Gen- fair tonight and Sunday Key erally 6 Ins! ‘ weekly: TE ‘not much change in temperature! gentle to moderzte easterly winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight end Sunday, north seattered light treme north portion noon or tonight. Jacksonville to Florida Straits }and East Gulf: Moderate easter- ily winds; partly overcast weather i tonight and Sunday, possibly light howers in extreme north _ por: } tion, somowhat in portion preceded in after- ers this ex- WEATHER CON { Pressure continues eastern ions, New York City. 30.48 inches, and another area of igh pressure overspreads the far ‘northwestern States, Roseburg, ).26 inches, and Tena, 4 inches; wihie a di moving in over Superior region, Duluth. | . 29.94 inches, and pr: jis low southwestward over outhern Rocky Mountain and] Plateau States, Phoenis. Ariz. .84 inches. Rain has occurred} during the last 24 hour: tnreugh- jGut mest of the Florida peainsula and cover the # zo ia be and there has heen rain er fspow mj uppe> y Lake region, New _Engiand. me PIONS re high over fe is ; Lake ure the | in northern evatures hav throughout the zreater part country, but are still below mal in northeastern district in portions of the upper Ms Jalley, Lake region and UO} hat of the nor- Subscribe to 1 BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME) Serving Key West Half Century 24 Hour Ambulance Service j/ Licensed Embaimer j Phone 135 Night 696-W AFTER YOU HAVE READ THE SUNDAY STAR TOMORROW, CHECK TISERS WHO FURNISH INTEREST- ING READING. UP ON THE ADVER- unsettled } le by} CPIM IaS. Dis. saab eee sree KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | ‘Happenings Here Just 10 Years | Ago Today As Taken From ! The Files Of The Citizen W. Barron. Boston predicts that the future va | Key Largo will reach the 000,000 mark. The Florida : Coast and the Oversea bringing to the Florida K a development which had — dreamed of, until within | past two years. Frank B. Shutts, jof the Miami Herald, who at ‘least worth ten millic jchairman of the Key ‘company which has a holding com- |pany known as the Island City ! Holding company. T irailroad station on Key jthe Havana Special anc trains and the | a continuat | Dixie Highway planned to connect New York with Key We: is real Mr y West will have two sters in Pensacola when nd Mrs. Godfrey Thompson rive in that city. They left Satur- | evening and will at Jacksonville for a short l where Mrs. Thortpson gc present Justice Témple | Pythian t the | ple » held j and Grand Tem April 28 session to dead arc w es of Confederate beautifully devbrated today members ters of The € nuation of the sterday with Park, ‘hich beautiful pro; exceed- solemnly view ingly grand. were and be but on which to in the June After today there will » more days le register to vote primary. Registrat today be {Collector Wm. F. Books will be open May 1 The 170 members of the Geor- gia Pres: ciation who j through K t this wee route to Havana are expec arrive Tuesday afternoon and will spend severa] hours in the city | before leaving for Tampa. Every © who possibly can i “d to {be at the boat in their cars and Ibe ready to take the members of the organization on ride points of interest. a to Hommes Coast Guard liquor Boatswa'n and, of the patrol —— ! snakes, and 8. Also *4” 2 MESH Mississipri, solid lings, Lengths Nozzle Phone 598 cently destroyed 5: |liquer captured im a vessel near ! Boatswain Highway never the! f’; Jacksonville that Un _ noon ville and was sent h 3 : N N) ‘ N : ; N widths bearing wire. HARBWARE CLOTH: Galvanized, cases 'Barrataria. La. Ne Another 2329, coast | guard vessel, destroy 200 cases of alcohel. Patro] Boi Ceast Guard 300, in command of troyed one 150 gallon 1,100 gallons ef corn mash motor boat was also destr These reports were received Coast Guard headquarters ix West. Andre Lopez. recently dismis deputy United States mars the for his dismissal. He has endeavo not been advi ed to get some information of Wm Lopez bject from a number Porter failed Mr far has wired cers in that city . expressed prise at learning of the dism Washing The orders came from his said direct, wire Crenshaw were yeste arrested ki resting order n the Gibso: FLYING by Sheri and Curry came from by Matecumbe irom the Hernand sheriff of CHARTER Including tuges county. Shipme of 40 cars of les was the F. E. € night. ceived on ferrie rry company Havens. Dey Mam: Telephone: Key West Matecamb- Crag EDGAR’S SERVICE DAILY FLIGHTS seo Be: Comnectice Mem ANYWHERE Nees ¢ SOTOTTTTTE ES (LLL LE he OUR VISITORS Corporation U. S. 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