The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 12, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Exeept Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, Preside: JOE ALLEN, Assistant Bi From The Citizen Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County d class matter _FIPTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press she Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use fc publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the logal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ss six Months h: ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. OTICE ards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at the rate of 19 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which a revenue is to be derived are 5 cents line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. All reading notice: IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST {DVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- fard. @r-e Port. Hotels and Aparcments, Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea, Sensolidation of County and City Governments. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be efraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue; commend good done by individual or organ- ization; toierant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print onty news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com» promise with principle. Not all first class mail is first class. Vide, the wastebasket. Work will not hurt anyone but some folks here seem afraid to try it. ; What we do not want is Communism; ena we do want is Community-ism. i The office wag says if he went to a hptel he would always take an inside in- stead of an outside room because it might rhin. One can't pay his debts with the nioney that he spends foolishly. This is a fact that even the government eae con- sider. Deiat The pedestrian who goes slowly attd the autemobilist who goes rapidly»make: bad eombination. Their procedure should: be reversed. = This is not especially Key West but so many unemployed all over the United States would rather go on relief than go to work. applicable to If jumping at conclusions were on the Olympic program Father Coughlin could qualify, and the only stand he takes is ierninst. Politically speaking it is dif- ficult to judge whether he is an elephant, a donkey or just a plain ass, Chancellor Hitler appears to be draw- ing the color line. He has abstained from shaking hands with the American Negro winners at the Olympic games. Perhaps it may be jumping at conclusions to make that statement, for Der Fuehrer also ignored a blond American, a fast flyer by the name of Lindbergh. It took 1,000 freight cars to carry out of Chicago the yearly catalogues of one mail-order house for distribution to cus- tomers. It is generally known that most of the catalogues go to those towns where the merchants are laggard in advertising, and which are considered fertile grounds for propaganda, and ultimate sale of the articles pictured. $10.00 j - 6.00 were under the impress hives, | League, as a future instrument of peace, is: y plain. ROADS IN THE AIR Aerial traffic has developed so much in this country that the problem of pre- venting collisions between aircraft near large air centers has already begun to at- tract the attention of authorities. As some air ports even now air schedules called for the arrival of several planes at approxi- mately the same time, for, just as with rail- roads, air travel is enhanced by .proper connections between planes from’ differ- ent sections. At the large air ports today rather elaborate radio communication and directional equipment is used and. some times it is necessary for incoming planes to remain in the air ten or fifteen minutes while other planes are landing. To avoid the danger of planes collid-. ing while en route, the Federal Bureau of Air-Commerce has announced flying alti- tudes so that east-bound air craft must fly at odd thousand-foot levels such as 1,000, 3,000, 5,000, 7,000, etc. feet, and west- bound air craft at even thousand-foot levels, such as 2,000, 4,000, 6,000, ete. feet. The regulations also provide when an air craft has to cross the line of other air craft it must increase its altitude by five hundred feet, providing a clearance to avoid collisions between two planes which might possibly coincide at the same time in the same place. Air travel is increasing by leaps and bounds. It is comparatively safe for, de- spite several bad accidents, the passenger- miles safely traveled per accident reflects a very certain and secure method of rapid transportation. More and more the pub- lic will take to air travel. CATS AND RATS What does a cat do when it sees a rat? Sounds like a foolish question, doesn’t it? And ordinarily it would be, but Zing Yang Kuo, a noted Chinese psychologist, says it all depends on the cat’s bringing up. After innumerable experiments with 59 kittens in his laboratory, he finds that sometimes cats and rats become affection- ate playmates. This occurs when the cats and rats are placed together practically from birth. Even without this contact, only 45 per cent of his kittens attempted to kill rats unless they had seen their mother do it, while after seeing a rat killed nearly all gaanree the mothers’ example. , Prof, Kuo says, ‘‘our studies show that rishi can be made to kill a rat, to love it, to hate it, to fear it, or to play with it.” All of which is interesting, even though the practical benefit of this knowl- | edge of cat psychology is not apparent to the layman, THE SOVIET BACKS THE LEAGUE | The Soviet government, through — its ambassador to Great Britain, has served notice that it will oppose any weakening of the covenant of the League of Nations. This will surprise many citizens who on that the League Was dead and awaiting the funeral What the Russians think of serv- the They insist that.it has not yet had “fair or conclusive trial.” We are well aware of the fact that the people of the United States, acting through their political servants, have re- jected the League of Nations, and that, so far as the eye can see, there is no senti- ment to reverse that decision. However, facts are stubborn things, and we might as | well understand that the world today is in! a mad race to arm for warfare largely be- cause the League, or a substitute, has not ! been adequate to the trying problems of | the age. | PROGRESS FOR SOLDIERS We hadn't thought of it “but Major! Edgar B. Hume calls attention, to, the ab- } sence of any epidemic of major propor- tions in the camps of the CCC and ‘points’ i out that this indicates that modern’ medi+ eal protection will save the lives of sol- diers in the “next war.” It is undoubtedly true that scientific | advances in medicine, surgery, sanitation | and diagnosis have made warborn plagues‘ less likely to strike down armies. Now, if some progress will be made toward ae ing these advances available to all the peo- | ple of the world, even in times of peace, | the civilization of the globe could be mark- ed up a peg or two, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your Nation’s Affairs A Backstairs NRA By CLARENCE Professor of Economics, New YorkiUnivertity | ° Vie ae withthe fall of the NRA, ical pErece of business generdlify; went by* the board, gov- 4 boast of a rigid regula- tion of the rel- ‘atively few concerns which contract to produce gov- ernment sup- plies in large amounts. With little debate, some legislative trickery, and only a voice vote, the last Congress passed a new Government Contracts Act. So fast was it jammed through Congress behind the screen of enthusiasm induced by the party conventions, that it re- ceived little or no publicity. Few people are aware of its provisions, and, only a handful realize its prob- able consequences. Signed by the President on June 30, the new law provides that enter- prises agreeing to furnish the Gov- ernment with goods in amounts of $10,000 or more must conform to cer- | tain requirements. * Labor must not be employed long- | ie er than 8 hours a day, or more than | 40 hours a week. Wage rates must be those prevailing in the locality; and no “kick-backs” can be demanded of labor by contractors. Children, con- victs, and home workers must not be employed, and working conditions must be sanitary and safe. The trouble does not lie in these provisions, however. Many manufac- turers are in sympathy with most of them. It is rather with respect to the heavy penalties imposed for viola- tions of these conditions, to the high | cost of investigating infractions | thereof, ard to the small social bene- Ats derivable from this backstairs NRA that difficulties are bound to arise. Loss of the privilege to bid on a Government contract for 3 years, and large fines are prescribed for any ob- | served evasion of the terms of the act, and any underpayment of wages ! W. FACKLER must be sets Furthermore, 4 Secretar: r. ig empowered pial ieest Stigations; ‘to hear’ com- Ry eer} witnesses and eats ident lable ex- cepti Ath pal for an en- larged Staff of investigators and spies, and of course more expense for the taxpayer, whose pocketbook is, seem- ingly, never overlooked. Obviously, few concerns will be willing to run the risk of sustaining heavy fines. Few will desire to be an- noyed with more Government in- quiries into their affairs. Few will wish to face the hazard of adverse publicity, provoked by their compet- itors. Naturally, then, a sharp decrease in the number of enterprises bidding ; on Government work may be expect- ed; especially in the case of com- |* panies whose Government, business is relatively small anyway. And, to the extent that these concerns are low-cost producers, the Government will be compelled to pay higher prices than private users for what it purchases? Another indirect way of soaking the taxpayer! Moreover, this broader -act will necessitate ‘more delays and addi- tional bureaucratic routine in hand- ing down decisions. Hence, deliveries of materials on Government projects will be slower. Ana, wheri- it comes to paying “prevailing weges,” the union scale of wages will undoubted- ly be applied even though union - workers in many cases aré now tak- | ing less. This will tend to, increase production costs all around., Supporters of the new law have argued that at least 75 per cent of the country's business will be affected. But, as the provisions apply only to goods “used in the performance of the contract,” and to gogds not avail- |able in the open market, and as the proportior of total Government busi- ness to private business is small, the new law will not affect wages and working conditions materially throughout the country. At best, it is just another case of | cultivating the sands. No harvest to speak of can possibly come from la- boring with the old NRA plow. And, as before, the taxpayers will be com- pelled to keep the implement in re- pair and its plowshare sharpened. (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) a mag SSS 2 ee | Lieutenant caeeanen George TODAY’S WEATHER; * ' — -— Temperatures* ' 82, Normal Mean eae) Rainfall" i Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation is ree at Moon rises .... Moan sets Tomorrow’s Tides A.M. P.M. } High Low Barometer 8 A. M. today: Sea level, 29.98, WEATH2R FORECAST — | : (Till 8 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly c'oudy with seattered showers to night or Thursd erate winds, gentle to mod-. mostly southeast, Florida: Pertly cloudy, possibly j scatt red Thursday and in extreme north portion and near extreme south coast tonight or Dhur:day, eJacksonville to and East Gulf: ate southe pwers Florida Straits Gentle to moder- t and south winds; t weather tonight and 1 y, scattered shower: Thursday. WEATHER CONDITIONS | Pressure is moderately low this mornn’s from the upper Missisip- {pi Valley southward over the west Gulf States and thence wes tward ; i widely jably high temperatures over California, and is also slight disturbance that has ing central a short distance and thunderstorms have curred during tne tast nd South Atlantic States, heavy at Charleston, S. C., seattered showers in Rocky Mountain States. Unse ed again yesterday in the ern Plans and northern Texa Oklahoma City again breaking it cord with a maximum of j (114 degrees. socal Temperatures inue near or somewhat normal in ea: Official ims Charge —$< KEY WEST» COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Class—Fireproof— Sensible Rates- Garage Elevator Popular Prices” ‘Over-Seas TransportationCo.,Inc. REGULAR AND RELIABLE FREIGHT ; SERVICE BETWEEN .. Key West and Miami Now MAKING DELIVERIES AT KEY WEST — TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS WE FURNISH PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE OFFICE: 813 CAROLINE STREET TELEPHONES 68 AND 92 low in +89 the western Gulf of Mexico, the been | 34, there for the past several days be- off : northeast coast of Mexico with indications that it will move in- land north of Tampico this after- {noon or tonight. Scattered show- oc- 24 hours hroughout much of the East Gulf being 1.60 8:10, inches, and there have been light the son- prevail south- con- below DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just 10 Years | Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Reports given out Tuesday that ithe delay caused to the morning itrain to Key West was because of washouts along the line were not the exact facts ip the case. zeal cause of de it was shown this morning was caused by an engine #n@ baggage car leaving the tracks at a small station also, , and it was some time before the equipment was placed back on the rails. The derailment was caused by a collision between a_ special and a freight, which came together with just enozgh force to cause the passenger equipment to leave |the track: No ene was injured jand the damage to roljinz stock was of minor nature. The U.S.£. Baysprings arrived at Jacksonville today. he sel left Key West Tuesday jing with Troop 5 Bo: ‘board. This report was seceived zt the office of Captain McNeely commandant at the Key West naval station. leave at once for St. jand from there zo to Island for their annual ment of two Weeks. The recently emoceled and painted two-story building at the corner of Greene and Simonton treets, formerly operated as a rooming house by Mrs. Davies, lightning during id electric display and de- luge last night. The lightnin= ‘first struck the observation tower at the extreme apex of the build- ing, coursed to the rear through the roof and tearing off the coun- ce mouldings. People living in | the vicinity said the smell brimstone was very susceptible The extent of damage not joee= determined. ves morn- couts on Aug rustine encamp- hes County commissioners will con- vene tonight in regular session. The time will Le devcted to check ing up depository accounts afterwards the bo2-d_ will as an equalization board. and meet B. 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