The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1937, Page 2

nent iioe botives, cards of thar«s, resolutions of notices, ete, Will be charged for at y astertainmeni churches from whi” aments rel m whi os sis GN Served ‘are Scents fp an bt freee a tnsues: Gnd subjecte af local general but Ht will not publish anonymous communi- There is nothing funnier than to see # newspaper editor who thinks that free- dom of the press is his asset. Oorreet this sentence: “I think Key West could be improved a lot if other peo- ple would do what they should.” “They are the abstract and _ brief chronicles of the time: after your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their il! report ‘while you live.”—Hamlet. In repealing the slot machine law of 1935, the commonwealth of Florida has ‘redeemed itself. It is human to err, but divine to acknowledge it and make amends. = There are two golf players by the name of Sam cavorting on the local course. One is Plot-Sam and the other: Jet-Sam, but unlike twins they are as far apart as the Antipodes, always glowering at each ether, and casting aspersions, to. the de- light of the other golfers. Down at Key West the other day a mackerel leaped out of the water and tanded on a dock where some tourists were fishing. Some of our Florida fish will do almost anything to attract attention — Times-Union. Even at the risk of their lives. Supreme Court has ruled that public records are open and available to news- paper men. ‘The Sarasota Herald opines that some office holders think they are private property —Times-Union, This is especially true when public officials have held the same office for a considerable length of time. Utility companies often get into hot water through the unbridled zeal of their representatives, who are too ignorant to know that a cordiale entente must always be maintained between compa.iy and pul lie, and that the newspapers, more than any other agencies, aid in preserving pleasant public relations. “Cholly” Atwell, one of the ist known and most reliable*iaxi cab drivers in Key West, is now the proud possessor ef another car of superior make and en- largement, to give greater comfort and se- curity to his customers. This is an edi- torial expression and not an advertise- | ment, though “Cholly” is entitled to the benefit of both. There are people who believe that be- cause The Citizen is not FOR a_ public proposition it must of necessity or logical consequence be AGAINST it. Nothing is farther from the truth. There is such a thing as having an open mind, weighing} the arguments and thoughts on both sides of the question, before forming a conclu- sion. That is just what this paper again demonstrated in its recent editorial, cap- tioned “Let's Have the Facts?” in an honest desire to secure information and an expression from the people as to their attitude towards the Everglades Park! Commission's efforts to include a portion of Key Largo with the bay bottoms in the reservation. All The Citizen desires is} anything and everything for the best in- terests of all the peopie. | the government as a litigant to pac Court of Record. - judgeship, are Ernest P. Roberts and Wm. H. Malone, both former residents of Key West. Either of the latter two may not be considered, as neither is a bona-fide citizen of Monroe County, and has not been for many years, and could not qualify. on that account. decided that Governor Cone need not con- fine his selection to eligibles in Monroe County, it is possible he will name some one from another county, particularly one who has supported him in his recent cam- paign for the governorship. There is no doubt that among these the governor will find, as the fourth judge in the circuit em- bracing Dade and Monroe counties, 1 man of high character, outstanding ability and exemplary private life. MORALLY WRONG One of the main arguments used in defense of the plan to “pack” the Supreme Court is that a tribunal of nine men is in- capable of handling the large number of cases appealed to it. The intimation is that the Court is far behind in its work and needs new hands and minds to heip it catch up. This would be an excellent argument | if true. But not long ago, Attorney-Gen- eral Cummings, in his annual report, gave the Court high praise for the manner in which it handled cases and kept its docket relatively small. And now new evidence to this effect comes from the highest au- thority on Court procedure—Charles 4. Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States. In a letter to Senator Wheeler, in- troduced as testimony in the Senate hear- ings on the Court plan, the Chief Justice shows statistically that the Court is fully abreast of its work. -At its last session, it actually heard cases in which writs of cer- tiorari had been granted less than a month before. When the Court rose on March 15 for recess, only a handful of cases remain- { ed for disposition. Then the Chief Justice said definitely that an increase in membership of the Court would not, in his opinion, be in the interest of, efficiency and speedy disposi- tion of cases. To the contrary, “There would be more judges to hear, more judges to confer, more judges to discuss, more judges to be convinced and to decide.” The truth of the matter is that ad- vocates of the Court plan use such empty arguments as camouflage and window dressing. Honest witnesses in defense of the plan, frankly admit they want a Court with a different economic and social view- | point—in other words, a Court which will “write” law rather than interpret it. In this connection, the American would do well to ponder the words of Sen- ator Burton Wheeler, an old-time liberal, “If itis morally wrong for a private liti- | grant to pack a jury, it’s just as wrong for the Court.” NEWSPRINT FROM PINE TREES Scientists have reported that a good grade of newsprint paper can be produced from pine trees that grow rapidly in the South and newspaper publishers of United States, anxious about advancing supply for this vital product. For many years most of the newsprint used in the United States has come from foreign nations and Americans are hopeful that the development of a new industry will break alien control of paper. Besides, there is the hope that the new market for pine trees will aid the economy of certain Southern States which are, it is feared, gradually losing a fight to grow cotton profitably for vanished foreign markets people |# f Others, whose names have been noted as prospective successors to the cireuit | 35 conviction that if every or potential employer will during the next six months posed to provide optimistic estimates of the revenue yield. The Treasury must be prepared for still more dis- appointing tax yields in future, if this tax policy continues, for the plan is deliberately calculated to rob good years at the expense of the lean enes, The second reason for the increased deficit is the continued high cost of relief. This is not surprising either, in} as an act of philanthropy. Our relief view of th> failure of the federal au-| policy has most completely broken thorities to do anything at all toward] down at point. During the past relieving the country of the burden could have been utiliz- of rehef. When the history of our ‘nt and idle foremen handling of this task is written, the verdict will be. that it was success- fully accomplished in the sense that hysical distress was generally pre- nted but that ‘t wes a colossal from ever) other point of It is not clear how employers could absorb any large number o? unskilled workers from the relief rolls, except to train some of these persons for jobs, Our five years of relief have been a five-year holiday, although they might have been a period of instruction and training that would have made many persons more nearly ler five or six years of enormous | ery came. £ expenditures, we are no further beginning, so far as concerns a gov- ‘nmental technique for the termina- tion of the burden, We still lack an adequate census of the unemployed. We know nothing useful about the persons composing this great mass of ile such as must be known if we duction of working hours. This will workers, nor will it qualify the f mer in any way to carry on produc- tion as the latter spend fewer hours per week in the factory. In fact, an supporting employment. We lack pub- ; licly operated facilities for the pro- otion of re-employment. We have tolerated the use of huge relief funds in ways that are strongly suggestive oi political patronage. nothing toward providing more jobs for the unskilled. It will simply in- crease the production costs of the goods made under such working con- ditions, (Addre&s questions to the author, care of this newspaper) peeee onece SELLS WIFE FOR $26 ST. LOUIS.—Hanver Gelizz 0! THE WEATHER this city was arrested for selling Pevecccccccoccccoeoseee® his wife to a neighbor for $26. eecce! Temperatures* Highest Lowest .... | Mean Normal Mean ait peso Rainfall* { Yesterdsy’s Precipitation 4.45 lus, ' Normal Precipitation - 09 Ins. | SEhis record covers 24-1 j ending at 8 o'clock thix morn Tomorrow's Almeitac | {Sun rises ......)..4. 6:46 a. m.! } Sun ‘sets -- 7:00 p. m.! ' Moon rises ................ 3:59 a. m! } Moon sets vy. 5:12 p,m. i Tomorrow’s Tides P.M. | | High 8:46 i Low 2:15 Sea level, 29.92. FORECAST { (Till 7:30 p, m., Saturday) | Key West and Vicinity: Mostly) cloudy with occasional showers itonight and Saturday; light winds, ! | rly, { Florida: Generally fair in north and central, and cloudy WEAT! mostly : mostly with occasional showers in ex- | winds, becoming mostly easterly, brown meats d partly overcast weather to- | pathos oy 7° and Saturday with scatter- is saved. extreme south { nigh| ed showers over ' portion, WATHER CONDITIONS | | | { | employment to persons now’: capable of self-support when recov- © The lack of skill among those still ‘ on relief exposes the fallacy of stim- | ulating employment by marked re- | not convert unskilled into skilled ; to expedite their return to self-| exaggerated reduction of the hours | of work for skilled laborers will do | jtreme south portion tonight and Saturday. ; BROILING Jacksonvi.le to Florida Straits ss 5 ¥ ‘ 2 Gas gives you the in- jand East Gulf: Light variable Seas’ heck* caudee ae so fast that loss of juices is ROASTING Gas gives you the oven { iloyal wife of the Confederate| | president, born near eeenh B Miss, Died in New York City, {Oct. 16, 1906. t ois’ longtime Republican congress- |man and Speaker of the House, ; born at Guilford, N. 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