The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 10, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen —= 5 ———— The Ludlow joint resolution, proposing . a constitutional amendment providing that ln PA Pi and Publisher a JOK ALLEN, Assixtamt Business Manager the authority of Congress to declare war Chores shall not become effective until confirmed by a majority of the votes cast in a nation- wide referendum, except in the event of an invasion of the United States or its terri- torial possessions and attack upon its citi- zens residing therein, will be the subject of considerable debate throughout the United States. 2 Already President Rooseveit and Sect =! retary Hull have indicated that the passage of such a resolution by Congress would, im; their opinion, be harmful in the face of present difficulties. In this position they have the public support of former Gover- nor Alfred M. Landon, of Kansas, and Henry L. Stimson, the last Republican Secretary of State. Consequently there is little partisan politics to obscure the public discussion of the issues involved. Patriotic and intelligent citizens are to be found on both sides of the question and, | strangely enough, using the same argu- ment—that the advocated. course wil! be more likely to keep this nation from be- : coming embroiled in war. Apparently, the issue to be decided is solely whether such an amendment will promote or. retard THE KEY WEST CITIZEN MONDAY, JANUARY 129, 235 eececcessesecoss ?, Today's Ho oscop weveccescecee Today gives a fixxy of and ski] of performance combined with 2 power of ad tation. shoutd maar wou 8 ander. If the stram eqousm ant van ity winch often goes wuth ths =e- SOCCSSSSOSSSSSSSSSSLOSS) SoESESSOSSSSSSESSSSSSSES ’ THE WEATHER Todav’- veces eteeeccccccccssctes Anniversaries Seseevessucesececeeseesr 1737—Ethan Allan, leader. of SHALL THE PEOPLE DECLARE WAR? YOU SAID-IT; BIG BOY}. poy SMoxe ! 7 _ ‘oox! SomMeBopy $ Oily Dally Newspapér in Key West and Monrce County _____69' Boys” of Revolutionary fame, leader in border troubles, author, Ins. born at Litchfield, Conn. Died 08 Ins. | Feb. 12, 1789. Entered. at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press 3 is exclusiv entitled. to use ches credited to paper'and also famous general, born. Died Dec. | 1804—Oakes Ames, Mascacho- setts manufacturer, whose shovel PM | was “legal tender” in the West, i 5-06 | Congressman, who, at the solicitz- w Low 2 53 tion of Lincoln and others wg - entire fortune into building ere soe = °™ ™* | Union Pacific RR. born at East- on, Mass. Died May 8, 1873. - RATES Made known 4n applic n. SPECIAL NOTICE ling noticés, cards of thanks, resolutions of obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at of 10 cents a line. es for entertainments by churches ffm which to b WEATHER FORECAST 1820—Louisa Lane Drew. fam- (Till 7:30 p. m:, Tuesday) ed actress and Philadelphia thea- Key West and Vicinity: Mostly | tre manager, wife of a noted ac- Goudy tonight and Tuesday; tor and mother of attors, born in warmer tonight; moderate east to England. Died July 2, 1897. southeast winds. Florida. Mostly cloudy tonight, 1822—Theoddte L. Cuyler, not- and Tuesday; rain in extreme eq Brooklyn, N. Y., Presbyterian northwest portion tonight, and in clergyman, born at Aurora, N. ¥. northwest and extreme north por- Died Feb. 25, 1909. tions Tuesday; warmer tonight - ‘and in northeast portion Tuesday. 147 Jacob H. Schiff, New Jacksonville to Florida Straits: | yory banker, Jewish philanthrop- Moderate east to southeast winds, | ict porn in Germany. Died Sept and partly overcast weather to- 95 i999. est but it will 1 cations. | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN : i | Water and Sewerage, Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. Free Port. i : KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Hy | i { Hotels and Apartments, Bathing Pavilion. Aiports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. - et The silence about Santa Claus January is appalling. in 1938, aceording to the numerologists, is a three-year, whatever that is. Today’s short poem: War is cruel at | Teruel.—Tampa Tribune. More in rhyme: | War is hell at Teruel. There are two things that Japan re- spects in the world today: the American and British navies—but not so much. Said Ickes to business: “You're viler than sin.” Said Roosevelt to Business: “Come help us to win.”—Tampa Tribune. Trade in Key West as much as possi- ble; it won’t hurt you if somebody you know makes a legitimate profit out of your buying. Rome and Bostor have the same lati- tude, but while in Rome do as the Romans do, and don’t ridicule Mussolini untess you are in Boston. . There has been some talk of former Governor Sholtz running for the United _ States senate. We trust that it is only talk. —Plant City Courier. The WPA or was it the PWA (we just can’t unscramble all that alphabetical olla podrida) has approved a $13,000 project to pull excess mogs off the trees in DeLand, and that rates a new low in leaf-raking, says the Tampa Tribune. Sinee-the present administration is determined to : ca e : its boondoggling, and is ier ‘three Vea * in pulling off moss, why not approp ‘wl its n is sufficient sum to pull all the mpss.off the.) a, popular © moss-backs in this country. It is quite natural that in British quar- ters disappointment was expressed that President Roosevelt had failed to elaborate the extent of the leadership the United States was prepared to take in curbing in- ternational lawlessnes, but faithless Albion should rémember that through her selfish attitude towards economics she has taught us Our improvement in mnemonics, and Uncle Sam is not inclined to help pulling her chestnuts out of the fire. A prominent citizen of Key West caine to the Citizen office yesterday and deplor- ed the fact that the visitors, particularly those coniing late in the evening,-had no place to go where information may be ob- tainéd concerning hotels, rooming houses, restaurants, ete. He further stated that the Chamber of Commerce should keep open house as that is the very place where in- formation of such natute should be avail- able. This is all very well, but where is the fhonty coming from to make this possible. The city is doing its part to help, but the county commissioners de not seem disposed to aid, so the future of the Chamcr o° Commerce is not roseate. the peace of the United States. There can be little opposition to ad- i) mitting the fundamental right of the peo- ple of this country to. pass upon as vital a question as that involved in making a choice between war and peace. To act in- télligently, however, ‘all the facts must be publicly known and future implications understood. This mean that secret diplo- | matic and military information must be | freely diselosed so that the people may | properly weigh the possibilities of a given |, Situation. Whether such a course is wise | and whether it would work toward peace, is, at least, subject to serious question. In a nation as extensive as the United | States, with a large population of diverse elements, some functions of government | are delegated by the people to responsible | leaders: The Supreme Court, for example, t is delegated the power to interpret law and 1 apply it to modern life.- While there have | been efforts to encroach on -the judicial | field-the bulk of legal power remains in the Court because of the general belief that | this is best. Similarly, certain powers are | delegated to Congress and the Executive, | not-in denial of the people’s rights but in the belief that it is to the best interests of the ‘people to do so. | Under present procedure the delicate | stage of diplomatic crises are handled by the President, who has the advice of sea- | soned and intelligent officials who have the facts at hand. Whether they are more | likely to be swept off their balance by emo- | tion than the population en masse in a | crisis is a quéstion that we believe their judgment would probably be sounder and safer. They are trained, intelligent and in position to weigh all factors involved. If they are not always devoted to peace, as | they should be, the fault will be with the electorate which put them in office. The Citizen has heard of mass psy- | chology, popular hysteria and the effects of propaganda spread among people. It is | afraid of the hatr¢d that is so easily kind- peoples.sAny government in oday-tan use the wrath of against “foreigners” and gét ote of confidence for war if it | So desires. | government is headed by genuine servants | of peace, anxious to help the world abolish | | the evil of warfare. a Advocates of the Ludlow amendment | regard it as a means of keeping the coun- | try out of war. They think that requiring | the consent of the people to a declaration | of war will be a factor for peace. We doubt it. Any person who studies the history of past wars will be amazed at the waves of hatred that engulfed populations and the | brvtality applauded by propagan@a-fed | peoples. So far as we can see the Ludlow proposal will have no tendency to prevent war propaganda but, on the contrary, may easily lead future governments to intensify such efforts in order to be sure of popular approval. We see nothing to be gained at home through adopting the Ludlow amendment. | There is much to be lost in international af- fairs, at this time, by encouraging other na- tions in the belief that the hands of the American government are tied. We believe on the contrary, that President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull, and their successors, will be better able to keep this cosntry out «f war withott sucha provision ih the , Constitution. On the other hand not every | PrTTITiTTiiirt yt Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files ~ Key West will get the New London submarine: base fo: seven or eight months each» year in the future. This is the conviction of Robert Austin, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who~re- turned to Key West from Wash- ington this morning. There is practically no chance that the New London base will be aban- doned, Mr. Austin shows. There is every reason to believe, how- ever, that the navy will transfer submarine activities here for at least two-thirds of the year in the | future, he says. This is also the opinion of many naval officers and practically all of the ‘con- gressmen and senators with whom Mr. Austin talked. Senator Fletcher showed. Mr. Austin ¢op-/ ies of letters from several voicing the same idea, and it is believed! that the idea will be put~in ef-! fect. In addition to these ‘Mr. Austin was given the asurance of Secretary Wilbur, of the navy, and Admiral Thos. J. Sern, as- sistant chief of naval operations, and many others familiar with naval affairs. } Most of the fleet whith” will welcome President Coolidge Here _ next Sunday miorning feached port today and are now gtouped ih the harbor. The Cruiser Memphis, on which the president and party will make the ttip, if the weather is rough, is anchored off Fort Taylor, while six deStroy- ers, which will form the escort to Havana, are moored off the local navy yard. The Battleship Texas, on which the President will make the trip if the weather is good, will arrive Thursday or Friday. She is already enfoute. The Presi- dent and party ate expected to arrive next Sunday. If the weath- et is good they will be transferred to the Texas by launch. If. it is will be 100 cop- ies, in ahy event, the\price will 10 cents. Se Only! ... our shop you'll be —that’s the rule at OF The Citizen Joe. Kirkwood, recognized as the.leading golf trick player, and a group of outstanding players of the game, is due to arrive in Key West and will play on the local Tinks. Editorial comment: . Anybody heard anything more about when drilling for fresh water's going to begin? Key West can’t hope to grow as she should until there’s water here. Steamship H. R. Mallory, arriv- ing some time tonight,-has on board 18 passengers for Key West, eight of whom are for Miami. She left New York Saturday with a passenger list of 61, the balance being for Galveston. up for the course in French being arranged by Dr. Alfred de Bar- ritt, which is to cover a period of 13 weeks. The course is to be given under the auspices of the educational department of the Woman's Club. The two hydroplanes seen fly- ing over the city yesterday were; from the Cruiser Memphis, and partof the regular equipment. They will participate in the navy's demonstration in_connec- tion with the arrival of President Coolidge. Public installation of the re- cently elected officers af Wood- men of the World will be held Thursday night. C. C. Paul Al- bury states an excellent program has been arranged. Mr. and Mrs. Noel Solomon an- nounce the birth Saturday night of a son weighing eight pounds. The baby has been given the mame of Kenneth Noel. Both mother and son are doing well. and ‘details of the trouble were not available. ~ Otville Wright foresees “great gains” in future aviation 4 i Impressions ».+ and surprised eoeeceooecs at the low price! The Artman Press Printing — Engraving IN THE CITIZEN BUILDING PHONE 51 night and Tuesday, with scattered showers over south portion. East Gulf: Moderate..east. to. southeast winds, becoming south< erly, and overcast weather to-* night and Tuesday, with,scattered! showers over north portion. { WEATHER CONDITIONS A low pressure area over .west-* ern Canada extends southward into the northern Rocky Moun- tain and Plains States; while high pressure areas, crested over east- ern Canada, the Atlantic States, and on the Pacific coast, over- spread most of the remainder of the country. Precipitation has occurred dur- ing the last 24 hours from the north Pacific coast eastward to the northern Plains States, and from the Lake region southwest- ward over the West Gulf States, with heavy rain on portions of the Texas coast. Temperatures have risen throughout the greater part of the country, but readings are still be- low normal in many localities east of the Rockies, and below zero in northern Minnesota. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge U.S. naval display in Orient) eoteee MASONITEINSULATING TILE BOARD, size of sheets, 2’x4’, 44” thick, beveled 1x4 No. 2 COMMON 1869—Jehu V. Chase, fear ad- mitral, commander of the U. S&S tect born at Patersonvilie, La. Died at Corando, Cal, May 25. 1937. BEST WISHES —FOR A— VERY HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR ————_o—_——_ THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Feders! Reserve Member of the F. DL Cc t “Your Home is Worthy Of The Best™ % $40.00 M. noome $40.00M. ’ |