The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 11, 1937, Page 6

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Publistied’ Daily Except Sunday By ‘TM CPN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P, ARTMAN, President JOR At N. Adsinthivé Business Manager Wrom The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County twrida, cond class matter FIPTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press fhe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use republication: of all news dispatches credited to ot otherwise credited in this paper and also al news published here. une Year 2 Six Months Shree Mon’ Ine Month ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of obituary notices, ete, will be charged for at of 10 cents a lin for entertainments by churches from which e is to be derived are 5 cents a line. fizen is an open forum and invites discus- on public issues and. subjects of local or general interest but it will not publisn anonymous communi- eatioms. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 3.’ Water and, Sewerage. Bridges to.complete Road to Main et Free Port. Hetelg and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion, — airports—Land and Sea. ‘ Consolidation of County and City Covernments, Tt can happen that a girl’s ideal is shattered and—totally broke. It may be that alf men are created equal, but they don’t stay that way long. God created: woman naked, and if this thing keeps up, they soon won’t give a fig for the leaves. At one time folks tried to get ahead in the ‘world, now they have difficulty to cateh up with it. -It is quite natural that Communism should have nothing in common with Christianity, for Christian morals seem foolish to those \,bo have lost sight of Christian teachings and ends. Subscribers to The Citizen read with interest last Thursday, the decision of Frank Papy, harbor master of this port. not to require payment of the fees he had a legal right to charge yachts entering this harbor. This is a personal sacrifice on the part of the harbor master and should be appreciated by the yachtsmen as well as by the citizens of this com- munity. Once*a person has worked for the government, he is not likely to be worth nruch in private husiness, should he» seek employment there.’ The story is going the rounds that a government employe left the service and took employment in a private concern but resigned after one week, in- forming the employer that he had worked more in that one week than with the gov- ernment in 35 years. After the Murphy Act has completed its work and in order to avoid future tax| dodging, an organization should be formed to buy all delinquent property in the future. With this threatening Damascus} sword hanging over the heads of would-be | tax dodgers, the alacrity with which money | cam be found to pay the taxes will prise everybody. Where there’s a there's generally a way. sur-} willy} Local business ther who, still allow their places of busiéss to serve’ as clear- ing houses for “Cuba” opeétations are tak- | ing lag chances wWhielt it woulti seem are hardly worth while. Law enforcement of- ficers are determined to break up this racket im Sanford even if a stiff fine, or possibly a prison sentence, has to be hung arcund some prominent person’ Sanford Herald. Evidently “holite” ceives no welcome from Canford’ abiding citiaéns. neck law- i WHAT CAUSES OLD AGE? Dr. Alexis Carrel, one of the leading scientists of his generation, proposes a study of the process of aging. He fore- s a long human life when we learn to ate what he calls the “inner time.” Improved tissues and blood will make pos- sible longer years for the average person, he says. Dr. Carrel calls attention to the “phy-; siological clock” by which some persons of forty are really as old as others of sixty. He thinks that the hands of the clock are j the blood,and the works of the clock the body tissués: and he surmises that the mainspring is perhaps the mind. Without posing ag an expert, we revert to the cur- rent slan¢ to remark that the good doctor seems ‘to have something there.” Certainly, the mental attitude of in- dividuals has a great deal to do with the state of one’s health. Incidentally, Dr. Carrel is the scientist who took a_ small piece of heart from a chicken in 1912, to prove that living flesh will last forever. The bit of chicken, washed every few days to remove waste products from the cells is still growing actively and showing no signs whatever of “growing old.” The contemplation of suth statements merely emphasizes the ignorance of hu- man beings in regard to the vital process of their own bodies... If men and women are given additional years to live, one should realize that the additional time adds tremendously tothe value of the average life beeausé.of the experience that the individdal has gained. WASTE CAUSES THE DOLE The foolish destruction of natural re- sources has been the rule rather than the exception in the United States. The wealth of our soil has Leen depleted without re- gard to future needs. Stuart Chase, econ- omist and writer, says that our wasteful policy has deprived ten million American people of their resource base, in land, water or mineral deposits and’ has given them nothing in exchange. He said that the present condition of China is to be at- tributed to land waste and predicts that this country will face similar circum- stances if land and other resources are not preserved. Mr. Chase says that three things car be done with the people living in areas where the natural resources have, been de- stroyed. We must either move them out, maintain them in idleness, or give them reconstructed natural resourees where possible. No one believes that these peo- ple can be moved, few people believe that the Government will continue to sup- port indefinitely a large’ population in blighted areas on the dele. This means. says the economist, “the only policy which makes sense under prevailing institutions is building back the resource base when- ever and wherever possible.” CLEVER CAMPAIGNING In_ his Paul Mallon tells of a clever vote-getting device employed by Congressman A. P. Lamneck of Ohio, which is no doubt al- most as effective as kissing the babies in person. He has all the newspapers of his dis- trict watched for notices of births, and sends the mimeographed form letters which read: “Dear Friends: I have just learned of the al of a new visitor in your home and take this opportunity of extend- ing my congratulations. I trust you will find the attached booklet on ‘Infant Care” of help.” The booklet is available free at the Agriculture Department. The and letters are likewise sent postage frec ander frank. Thus the parents , engressional | Séhehie furnishes an excellent method of campaigning at public expense. Fond parents could hardly refuse to vote for the reelection of a Congressmar | whe is as thoughtful as that. Not everybody is crazy who likes to look at the moon, though love-sick couples come very near it. hem stop long enough to put their knowledge into practice. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your Nation’s Affairs The ke, note of Secretary Morgen- thau’s recent address before the Academy of Political Science was his Statement that the basic need of to- day is to foster the full applica- tion of the driv- ing force of pri- vate capital. He aaded: “We want to see cap- ital go into the ) productive channels of pri- vate industry. We want to see private busjness. expand. We be- lieve that much of the remain- ing unemploy- ment will dis- appca> as pri- } vate capital tunds are increasingly | employed in productive enterprises. We believe that one of the most im- portant ways of achieving these ends at this time is to continue progress toward a balance of the Federal budget.” All of this. sounded very well as a statement of objectives. Neither the audience which heard the address nor the country at large was greatly im- pressed, a result which may be ex- Plainable by the fact that a greater change of federal poliey-was implied than is likely to' be madi AS Ac climax. to, the lin the Secretary of the recently adi disappointing. It does ‘not’ put fore- most those! things which will ‘most quickly, most surely anid most exten- sively release the driving force of pri- vate capital in produc.icn. It doesnot confirm Mr, Morgenthau's credo with a declaiation that the government in- tends at once to do it> full:part to give ive reality to the desires and ich he so frankly expressed. r examole, a balancec. budget is n promised, but this is to be if at all, by improved tax ions rather than by cutting ex- ures. The President says again en private enterprise advances levels, : will assure bal- anced budgets. He dismisses the cur- n-ed. this message was |/ Premise and Disappointment By HARLEY L. LUTZ Professor of Public Fizanee, Princeton University rent business reaction as a’ series of maladjustments which c.. be cor- rected, the implicatior being that if private enterprise is so wil as to refuse going back into high gear at once, it must bre .esponsible for a continuance of budgetary deficits. The government does not intend to let nature take its :ourse, but will take up the slack if business does not get going again promptly. It is safe to say that with the outlook at this mo- ment, any budget balancing that may be done next year will be through the use of the social security funds, which | will obviously be no sort of balancing at all. Definite tax proposals are avoided, on the ground that special committees will soon report their findings, The President's thinking on taxation, as revealed by his references to it in this message, isnot especially encouraging to those who may have hoped that existing tax restrictions 01 the flow of private capital into enterprise would be removed: He does net plan to: favor corporations. He opposes concession to speculative profits, “where the intent of the original risk was speculation rather than the ac- tual development of a productive en- terprise.” Just how o> whe-e to draw the line, or to nrove such intent. ‘s not indicated. He will not untax big corporations, lest monopdls be there- by encouraged. Small business is’ to be given relief, if this can be done without’ reducing the revenues, but Pad Congress was drafting the un- i buted profits ta.c, n.ore than one e pointed: out, vainly. that it hit st concerns: and: new ventures e'severely than it did the estab- ed ones. Tie determination to regiment aeri- cultt're, labor and regions, as. under the T.V.A.. and thereby. virtually all economic activity in one way or an- other, is still the paramount objective, i ‘@ conviction lingers, apparently, { that in this way can be brought about | that immensely increased national in- come which presuoposes full employ- ment of capital'and labor. Despite Mr. Morgenthau’s fair words, the President and his advisers seem not to realize the Aransas 19 which the positiv effects of existing governmental repression, together with the fears over greatly increased controls under the new proposals, have weakened the eriving force of KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just Ten Years: Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen | ! } | | Key West will have direct air- streets, marking the close of the line connection with New York in schools for the season holidays. the next few months. Daily pas-| senger plane service between this | city and Miami is being planned; have not contributed to keep this from being trué Ross C, Sawyer was chogen wor- shipful master of Anchor, Lodge 182, F. and A. M., William\E. Hus- ton was chosen senior warden; A. M. Currie, junior warden; John EAE Re EE Park, secretary; William Yassey, In a story in The Citizen of yes-|treasurer. The newly-elected of- by the Pan American Airways, terday about the selection of Mrs, |ficers will be installed some time and a big amphibian plane for the Clark D: Stearns as an official of \this month by a joint ceremony to service has already been purchas- ,the State Federation of Woman’s ed. At Miami passengers will be 'Clubs, it was stated that this was! transferred to planes of the Pit-;the first time a local member of| cairn Aviation Company, whichthe club has been so recognized, has the mail carrying contract, Attention is now called to the fact from Miami to Atlanta. These’that this is inaccurate. as’ Miss planes will reach Atlanta justin Marie-Louise Cappick, of this city time to catch the plane to New was, a meiiber of the federation’s York. Mail planes will leave Mi; press staff from 1915 to 1917, mak+ ami shortly after noon, according ‘ing ‘hér the ‘first local woman 86 ‘to the present plan. | ordered. i A second meeting of the “All For Key West” club will be held tomorrow night in the city hall starting at 7:30 o’clock. Business men and leading citizens have been seen by committeemen of the organization and. members of: The Chamber of Commerce sa) received hundreds of letters re- cently about the Over-Sea High- way, practically all of them ask- ing when the road will be open to the public. It remained for the writer of a letter received this be put on by the three local lodges of Masons this month. CKSONVILLE FLORIDA morning to ask one of those ques- tions which at this time are unan- swerable, and this was the ques- tion: “What is the exact, hour at which ferries leave the south end of Lower Matecumbe.”’ As no schedules have been arranged, not even a tentative schedule, the chamber is “stumped.” of Francis street, announce the birth of a daughter. Mother and child are reported as resting well. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon de Leon, | the city council, and to them have! been explained the objectives of \ the club, and urging upon them the need of their attendance at the meeting tomorrow night. The club will be permarently organized at the meeting and Leo Warren, council president, says it is neces- | sary to have goed: men fill the of-! fices. ; ' ENJOY COMFORT at the the heart of dows Editorial comment: There are! quite a few n families who will have no Chrigtmas, and quite; = few which aren’t needy that Born to Mr. and Mrs. Byron: Cooke, of 143 Northwest 24th | street, in Miami, a nine-pound | boy on December 9. ‘Mother and‘ child are doing nicely. ? The U. S. S. Hannibal sailed. iat morning for the survey area in| Cuban waters. The Nokomis sail- | ed yesterday. These vessels are’ assigned each year to survey duty | ialong the coast of Cuba, and has — : been in this port for several days | ibefore sailing for the scene of; their activities. whole hemisphere will i t te Save a little of thy income, and thy hide-bound, pocket will soon begin to thrive and thou wilt never cry again with an empty stomach; neither will creditors insult thee, nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor will nakedness freeze thee. The shine brighter, and pleasure spring up in every corner of thy heart. famous Washington column booklet j private capital in production. | (Adéress questions to the author care of this newspaper) ' eoeecccecccesen Today’s Anniversaries | @@ececcevcevcveveseveses! Today In History; SO0r0eceecevescecesseoso | 1862—Gen. Lee defeats Burnside } Cersesoerdereocse>eSe0€S |i, pattie known as “the horror of 1765—Ambrose Spencer, a not-/Fredericksburg.” ed’ New York State jurist, chief pave a Sa 1 justice and congressman, born at ‘ | Salisbury, Conn. Died in’ Lyons,| _1006—International agreement} N. ¥., March 13, 1848. *|signed’ in. Londoy\ by Britain, ' i te France and Italy to preserve the integrity of Ethiopia. 1797—Heinrich Heine, German poet, born. Died Feb. 17, 1856. —- 1918—American Army of Occu- 1818—Mary Todd Lincoln, wife |pation crosses the German Rhine: of the great President, born at! Lexington, Ky. Died in Spring- |field, TIL, July 16, 1882. 1921—U. S. Rail Labor Board es-| nae ers. 1835—Philips Brooks, Philadel-|"°™""* phia’s (1869-69). and Boston’s fam- | ed Episcopalian clergyman and| 1927—Col. Lindbergh’s good- {bishop, born in Boston. Died/|will flight from Washington to there, Jan. 23, 1893. Mexico City. ; tat / j 1835—Samuel Fallows, Union' 1932—House tables resolution of | chaplain and soldier in the Civil Representative McFadden calling | War, Chicago bishop of the Re- for impeachment of President! formed Episcopal Church, born in Hoover. i England. Died Sept. 5, 1922. | | RAE 1936—Britain’s Archbishop of} 1844—John x. Patterson, Pe Bes. in broadcast, scores ton; Ohio, cash register introduc- ‘just abdicated King Edward’s! er and manufacturer, born near “alien way of life.” { there. Died May 7, By \ EE Subscribe to Tue Citizen—20¢! 1846—Hamilton Wright (Ma gies ‘New York City’s noted editor, crit~ ic And 4uthor born near ‘West! Point, N.Y.) Died Dec. 31, 191 BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Serving Key West Half Century 24-Hour Ambulance Service Licensed Embalmer Phone 135 Night 696-W ORDERED FROM TOWN NOTTINGHAM, Eng—Convict-| ed of stealing four chickens, Tom! Gray of this city was sentenced! to leave town for ten years. H Okeke IPPAIPLLIZSZLIPSLALS BILAL PAOL ILL ZS DP frecr ees | DER America’s Oldest, Largest and Most Widely Read News Magazize PATHFINDER overlooks no important event... misses no_ interesting personality. 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