The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 29, 1937, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen N, President Assistant Business Manager 1 From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets JOE AL’ Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe t pres lated Press Whe Associated Press is “exci rf for republication of all news tel it or not otherwise creditel in 4 pape the local news published here, oom e con SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year... opehs seit Six Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions ot | Fespect, obituary notices, ete. will be charged.for at the rate of i0 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which “&@ FeVenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ~The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- Bion of public issues and subjects of local or general Tiiterest but it will not publish anonymous communi- ations. as _ The failure of the “Labor Relations “law to prevent strikgs can not now is lamed on the Sipfeme Court’s “nine old An Iowa minister declares he can marry 40 couples an hour. And any sailor will tell us that 40 knots an hour is some speed. At the age of 101, a Kentucky moun- taineer boasts that he has never seen an automobile. ‘Maybe he doesn’t know it but that’s Why he is 101. “Moral law is higher than the Con- stitution, higher than Congress, higher than the President. It is the law of the spirit.”—Senator Bailey. Aye, aye, sir, When Premier Blum of France asked for more dictatorial powers than he pos- sessed, the Senate turned him down de- cisively. So another French cabinet fell, and dictatorship gets another sock in the eye. Key West's equable and salubrious climate, besides its natural béauty, and set in a shimmering sea Of opalescent water, presages an influx of visitors by the thou- sands, once the highway is completed and that fact made known to the world. Through the building of the bridges to complete the road to the mainland, Key West is getting much publicity and a little geography is gleaned. People are finding out that a bridge is required because Key. West is surrounded by water, and a place entirely surrounded by water is an island. A teacher of English history and . literature in New York City gave a test to 7 her class recently, and one of the questions = p¥opounded was, “Who was Edward, the Confessor?" To which one of the ‘tioned answered, ward VIII, becau confssed his loveskes Mrs,.Simpson, while. " she was the legal wife of Edward Simp-! son,” More truth than history in that youth's answer, Civilization is not going to the bow- wows, and never will. But in the course of human events, crises will be created, and during the parturition, it is natural that there will be pains and turmoil, until the situation rectifies itself. The present labor troubles will be adjusted in time and greater solidarity ensue between capital and labor. Let us not be pessimists! It will not change things from their natural course; besides it isn't good for health— mentally or physically. Freeing the responsible man from the blame of an action which Téaves him in an unfavorable light in the familiar form of the alibi, seems to be the game played pretty generally by those in responsible governmental positions. As an example. When an Ohio postoffice declined to re- ceive as mail packages of food addressed to picketed and non-striking steel workers, a loud protest was made. It was then ex- plained that Postmaster-General Farley knew nothing of the incident and that the ruling was made by one of his assistants who didn’t think it necessary or worth- while to consult the Honorable James Aloysius. FOIL THE SUMMER BURGLAR Summer is here—and the burglar is getting out his housebreaking tools. There are six burglary, robbery and theft losses | for every fire loss, according to the As- sociation of Casualty and Surety Ex- ecutives. The vacation months, when so many residences are empty and unguarded, provide ideal working: conditions for the breaker!’ He ‘does not have to be! leepers who may wake momen- | sound an alarm. . He need have t a dog’s angry barking will re- sence. He can work leisurely ghly. sors who are leaving their)’ moccuipied even for a short time this summer will take the following pre- cautions, they will add greatly to their protection and peace of mind: 1. Lock securely all doors, windows or other entrances to the house. 2. Inform the police that your house will be empty. They can keep watch on it and try the doors and windows at regular intervals. 8. Take with you or lock securely all jewelry, silverware, furs, valuable cloth- ing and other articles easily converted in- to cash by a thief. 4. Be sure'to stipend all deliveries, such as milk, papers, mail. A heap of newspapers or milk bottles on a porch are sure signs that a house is unoccupied. In view of the increasing widespread threat of the burglary hazard to property, local citizens should take extra precautions at this time of the year. That is the most effective way they can aid crime control in the community. WHAT’S WRONG AT HOME? After hearing a lot about the way- wardness of children of the present, it oc- eurred to Rev. Clinton D. Cox of Chicago to get the viewpoint of the youngsters themselves, which he did through asking 175 boys to write freely their ideas on “What's wrong with the home?” . Among the answers given by \ these boys, who ranged from 14 to 16 years of age, were the following: “A boy wants a niother who can’keep a secret and not tell the neighbors every- thing about him.” “The girl's word is always taken and the boy’s word always doubted.” “Home is a court room and_ every member in the family tries to take a hand in raising the boy.” “Parents never admit it when they are wrong.” “People who led the wildest life be- fore they were married are the strictest parents.” “Mothers try to hold other boys up as Hl models too much.” These are only a few of the answers, but they indicate that boys believe there are a good many faults on the parents’ side of the case, and doubtless that is true. Young persons will usually acknowl- edge their shortcomings and accept re- proof without resentment if they feel that the parent is right and fair. But it is often difficult for parent-and child to see things | con:mission expires T have so much pifjeent driveways and then spoil from the same angle. ‘To deal with-children firmly when necessary, yet without apparent harsh- ness, is not always easy. DOES ANYBODY WANT PEACE “How can the peace of the world be maintained?” The answer to this question is rather important because upon the establishment of peace depends the development of trade and upon the extent that commerce grows depends the level of living for all peoples everywhere. Theregis no way that we know of to! keep the peace of the world absolutely | without stgife and revolt, not to say war- fare. All that we ean hope for is a system that will promote:peace by making war-} fare uit lar, just as police forces today ; tend to make trime unpopular by making } it unprofitable. { And, there is the answer, make war | “unpopular by making it unprofitable.” | To do so will cost money and may cost the j lives of some policemen. Not to do'so will | mean turning the affairs of the world over to the aggressive nations, the governments ready. willing and able to wage war for} selfish purposes. Meanwhile the “peace- | ful” nations can sit on the side-line and see how much peace they get by wishing | and talking i | : THE KEY. WEST CITIZEN You and Your, Nation’s Affairs Wallace for Coercionism By WALTER E. SPAHR Professor of Economics, New York University Secretary of Agriculture Wallace George Paish, who had this to say recently gave a series of lectures at/ about the wisdom of governments in the University of North Carolina on controlling booms and depressions. His outstanding thesis was that the Federa)! governmen? should have more power in regulating the activities of people. in the final analysis, his arguments reduce them- selves to an ad- vocacy of Fas- cism or Com munism ora mixture of th. The Wallace arguments and analysis are saturated with vagaries and question-begging. “They reveal foggy, fuzzy. and super- ficial thinking. If measured against available evidence and the general- izations which scientific economists would make in the light of available data, the extent of the superficiality and unscientific nature of the Wallace generalizations and “inferences be- comes painfully obvious. The swing from an economics pf scarcity to an economics of’ plenty reveals an inconsisten¢y in hetrege Jace thinking that anyone should able to understand. Despite. the ous other inconsistencies in his. alyses, he has one consistent thought that runs throughout his thinking— namely, that more and more power should be given the Federal govern- ment. He is for statism; he would deny the value of those great things for which liberals have fought for centuries. He does not understand the implications of defensible in- dividualism, He would sell the Amer- ican people and their freedom down the river to a state ot modified serf- dom. He would make farmers tenants on their own farms—tenants of the Federal government, men in bondage. Whether or not Mr. Wallace knows this, | do not know; J am inclined to suspect that he does not understand what he is advocating. It is quite clear from his addresses that he does not comprehend the implications of many of the things be discusses with such New Deal assurance, Considering what an assured in- fluence for good a more powerful and centralized Federal government would be, according to Secretary Wallace, it is interesting to place against his opinion that of the dis- tinguished British economist, Sir dealing with economic problems: Long experience has caused me to come to the conclusion that the ‘economic crises of the world which come from time to time are the result rather of political action than of economic action, and can be avoided only when the statesmen of all nations have a greater understanding of eco- nomic law and have some appre- ciation of the consequences of their own actions. . . . It may be said that the statesmen of the world, taken as a whole, have, since the war, and especially in recent years, acted in such a man- ner as to bring the world ma- chine almost to a standstill. In his analysis of the causes of tho crash of 1929 and other chaotic con- ditions throughout the world, Mr. Wallace seems to forget the World erated by that insane orgy, and he seems to forget that it was govern- ment officials who were ible for it, He also overlooks the fact that a large proportion of the unsound artificialities which were used to fight the natural post-war economic: reac- tions and which contributed so much to the maladjustments of the business recession, were largely the work of government officials. He assumes that government officials are wiser than the millions of people who record their desires and judgments in the market places. The Wallace economic analysis is that of the coercionist. It is a throw- back to a government autocracy un- der which free men would lose the freedom for which they have fought for centuries. Secretary Wallace is reputedly a religious man apparently desiring to do good; but in this connection both Mr. Wallace and the public should not forget a great truth. once stated by David Starr Jordan: “Religious conscience tells us to do what is right but does’ not tell us what’ is right. Conscience alone without knowledge may not help us. The wickedest deeds in the world were often performed with clear conscience.” Mr. Wallace's conscience may be clear, but with the passage of time, and if sound sense in economics once more finds its way into government circles and the heads of the jority of the American people, .t be- come clear that the Wallace are a wicked reversion to reactionism and to a degree and type of govern- ment coercion which cannot char acterize a free people. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper; — KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen , “The governor preceded me to Key West and made some prom- ises. 1 want to tell the good peo- ple of Key West that I don’t give a ‘dann what he proitised, Twill do all possible to carry them out”,; was the answer of Dr. Fons Hath-' away to the great question in the minds of every Key Wester as he returned today after a trip over, the highway. His statement was made at a luncheon in the Hotel LaConcha. “} pledge you here, as I did as I stood at the first gap of water this morning and looked out across the great expanse of ocean, the Overseas Highway’ Will |become an accomplised ‘fact.”| Dr. Hathaway said that before his to do before in order that I may, see the great.dreams of , his, ead- ministration realized. that he’faay decide to run for govertior. Two young men and one young, woman have an opportunity of. winning a scholarship in college here on August 5. On that day an examination will be held at the High School for applicants for two’ scholarships to the University of Florida and one to the Florida State College for Women. One of the scholarships is for Monroe county also. In this examination the young man who makes the highest mark in the county gets the appointment. Both of the seriatorial appointments, young man and young woman, must sur- pass all others in the district to win the appointment. ; An aged mother im Florence, Oregon, seeks to locate her son who came to Florida 22 years ago. The mother’s days are num- bered and she wants'to see ‘her — KEY WEST — COLONIAL HOTEL Tn the Center of the Business ! 1 | Weak low pressure. aieas over- | eoccereccccccces | -03 Ins. | Yesterday’s Pdec i .13 Ins, Normal Precipita‘ “This record covers 24-hour period | ending at 8 o'clock this morning, | Tomorrow's Alm: + Sun rises . Sun sets . ; Moon rises Moon sets a Last quarter, 30th Tomorrow's Tides _, A.M. High 2:02 Barometer reading at 8 a. m.: Sea level, 30.05. Orill,” but nowadays It’s “Dig, ye taxpayers, Dig.” Judgin’ from their pictures, them bathix’ beauties don’t believe in put- tin’ off tomorrow what they can put (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) i Key West and Vicinity: Partly; cloudy with local showers tonight; off today. and Friday; gentle to moderate! —-_— winds, mostly southeast to south.’ scattered showers in the Lake re- | Florida: } War and all the maladjustments gen- jeres ab lacany ee Partly cloudy, coast tonight, Jacksonville to Florida Straits erate winds mostly southeast tonight and Fridzy with local readinjs are” showers. t jabove normal WEATHER ‘CONDITIONS spread vortions of the Plains and ern Utah. Rocky Mountain States this morn-) _____ ing; while elsewhere throughout! the country pressure is moderatly! high. Sowers and thunderstorms have continued in Atlantic coast! districts from Virginia southward, and throughout most of Florida,’ with heavy reins as follows: Tam-: pa, Fla., 2.40 inches, and Jackson-! ville, Pla., 2.38 inches. There! have also been light to moderate} no excuse in future to be made. by drivers who do not see (?) the signs. Mayor Curry is determined’ to punish all traffic violations and‘ the signs have been repainted to. remind drivers of this fact. 4 Fishing was fine at Bahia Honda yesterday. A party of 10 return-! ed last evening at 8:30 with a fine’ catch. Some of the Isaak Waltons turned Nimrod and bagged a num-! ber of doves, In the party were Sheriff Niles, C. Sam “B, Curry,! George F. Pierce, Raymond Ma- loney, Nathan Niles, Ben Russell,’ Robert Carey, V. Vinson, Ray El-; wood and Ivan Elwood. The fish caught were small except the one; that Nathan Niles didn’t cat¢eh, they report. local gion, so. thern Appalachian region, west Olkahoma, and the Rocky Moun- tain and Plateau States. Tempera- and East Gulf: Gentle to mod- ‘ures have risen in the northern to Rockies and Plains States, lower sduth and partly overcast weather Lake region, and Ohio Valley, and ) throughout’ the ‘country, Day tem-| ;Peratures of 100 to 102 degrees | Were reported yesterday in north- (ern Texas, Oklahoma and north-; eczema, THURSDAY, ‘e eee Today In History Sevecceseosesescessesese | 1775—George Clymer and Mi ‘chael Hillegas, both of Philadel- phia, appointed by Continental Congress joint treasurers or “Con- tinental Treasurers.” JULY 29, 1987. 1786—First issue of the Pitts- sburgh Gazette, first _ newspaper west of the Alleghanies, 1858—Agreement made for de bate between Abraham Lincoln {and Stephen A. Douglass, which |made Lincoln for the first time a national figure. 1920—New York to San Fran- cisco air mail route opened, > 1933—Announcement by Fed eral Narcotic’ Commission that evidence proved some 200 thot- oughbred horses had heen doped in races with past eight months. 1934 —~ Longshoremen’s strike on Pacifis Coast and Great Lakes ends with Government and work- ers having representatives in the hiring halls to see that no dis- crimination was made pending arbitration. ey merally near’ or this morning, Several are so Lotion a most in joyfully relieving ' A Service for Travelers For the ever-increasing number of patrons who are planning a journey our bank offers i AMERICAN EXPRESS TARVELERS CHEQUES as a protection for travel funds. These Cheques, issued in convenient denomi- nations of $10, $20, $50 and $100, cost only 75c. for each $100 purchased. They are spendable wherever travelers go, and carry the added and important feature of a prompt refund by the Am- erican Express Company in case of loss or theft before your second signature is affixed. Ask the Teller about them. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance boy before she passes on. Mrs. Ly Jones describes her son as about 50 year old, six feet tall and adds: “I ani all alone, and if he is liv- ing, would ask nothing better than to see him before I die.” The Pirates defeated the Key West Stars after 11 innings yes- terday afternoon in one of the; closest games played on the bar. racks diamond in some time, Time- ly hitting for both teams brought; them out of some tight spots, but in the end the Pirates scored the winning run making the score 7 to 6. Editorial comment: What shall it profit a city if she gains mi it, all by making them impossible of access. Mrs. James C. 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