The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 12, 1939, Page 2

ARTMAN, President and Publisher ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets y Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monros County West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ated Press is exclusiyely entitled to use Il news dispatches crelited to credited in this paper and also s published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. AL NOTICE ards of thanks, resolutions of 8, etc., Will be charged for at cents a line, r entertainment by churches from whiah is to be derived are 5 cents a line. en is an open forum and invites discus- ic issues and subjects of local or general it will not publish anonymous communi- I} PROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports--Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. If every kick is a boost, we hope they won't go kicking taxes around again, Part of Hitler’s Wilhelmshaven speech sounded as if he were a candidate for the Nobel peace prize. | With styles as they are-today, we can hardly accuse a girl of putting everything she has on her back. Government of the people is worth nothing unless elected officials honestly represent the interests of the people. Arything is possible! Some day you will find a wife in Key West who thinks her husband is as brilliant a man as he thinks he is. A British statesman recently declared » that the American colonies were right in their fight for independence. Although a “trifle-late, this moral support is appre- “ciated, Punitive economic measures against aggressor nations with whom we should have no quarrel, and supposed to be meas- ures short of war, are no such thing. They ‘do, however, make time short to war. Key West’s popularity as a sport fish- ing center has been proclaimed to the world, during the current season—with many outstanding sportsmen enjoying va- “ation days in that area —Times-Union. Advertising, according to many big business men, is the cause of their success. ‘* Key West merchants might try it for a sustaining period and see whether it works here. An occasional advertisement is not even half trying. | changed the court’s Even the son of President Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, finds that his dad’s views are unsound and impractical. He said that . the New Deal pump priming and the tax structure erected to foot the bill are de- feating their purpose of business recovery. | j } | While it is much too early for any | political prophet tg xyisk his reputation by | predicting the outco of the presidential | election in 1940, because almost anything | can happen in the year and a half that will elapse before the American people go to the polls, it is interesting to note that a survey conducted by the American In-| stitute of Public Opinion, indicates that at | -the present time a bare majority of all | voters with opinions say they would like to | see.the Republicans win the presidency. | { } -.° One of our Eustis citizens has sug- gested that he would like to see the time- ~-ionéred Spanish “siesta” custom estab- | _lished here during the summer. He says | ~ he-would favor the closing of all offices | places of business between twelve noor: and two o’clock each day during the THUS IS A LAW CHANGED When last week began, the United THE KEY WEST CITIZEN hat Do You Know About Health? By States Government had no legal right to %& levy an income tax on the salaries of State and municipal employes and the States had no legal right to levy an income tax on the salaries of Federal employes. On Monday, however, the law was al- tered and the Federal Government and the State governments were given the right to levy income taxes upon the salaries of the employes of the other governmental unit. We say that the law was altered but this incorrect. The law was not changed in any single particular. The same statute remained unaltered upon the law books. Congress did nothing what- ever to bring about the new situation. The change came about by a decision of the United States Supreme Court. After the decision it was legal to tax the salaries of the 3,800,000 persons who had _ been exempt from income taxes except by the government paying them. The exemption is | was not written into the law; it had been created by earlier devisions of the Supreme Court, going back well into the last cen- tury. > This, it seems to us, is an excellent il- lustration of the legislative power of the Supreme Court. Without the passage of any law, or any legislative action, the in- come tax laws of this country become ap- plicable to more than three million peo- ple. In the meantime, let us note, that if the justices on the Supreme Court had not opinion, the law would not have been altered last week. We point to this instance, not in criticism of the judicial system of thig country but to call attention to the fact that our judicial officers, of necessity, have a vital influence upon the effect of legislation. The attitude that they take toward any law is almost as important as the attitude of the legislative body. Thus we see that the highest tribunal, its personnel affected by present social opinion and recent appointees, reverses its ancient position. There is no reason in ex- istence teday to justify the new ruling that did not exist when the income tax amend- ment was placed in the Constitution. Cer- tainly, there is no fact that was not as ap- parent many years ago. Next year, when income taxes are paid, nearly four million persors will pay larger taxes and they will realize the legis- lative power of the Supreme Court. No- body will be able to tell them that “Con- gress alone legislates” or convince them that the Court exercises nothing but a judi- cial function. In its decision we think the Court has exemplified the traditional role of the judiciary in the framework of the Amer- ican government. Set up as one of the checks and balances, it often happens that the Court slows down change but it in- | evitably follows, sooner or later, the same process sometimes speeds reform. WORK RARELY KILLS Every once in a while we hear some- body comment upon the fact that some- body “worked himself to death.” As a matter of fact, few, if any, in- dividuals have ever worked themselves to death. People get physically tired, not by the exercise or exertion involved, but rather through a lack of interest in what | they are doing. An example, going back to childhood is the case of the little boy, too tired to hoe his mother’s garden, but not too tired to play a game of football. A boy, or a man, interested in what he is undertaking, forgets fatigue. Of course, the thing can be overdone, but it is Fare. BIOLOGIST WILL STUDY KEY WEST SPONGE DISEASE (Tampa Times) A disease is reported killing a large amount of the sponges growing in waters between Miami and Key West, and a biologist from the United States Bureau of-Fisheries is reported ready to investigate whether it is the same fungus-like germ which he believes was responsible for the death of sponges in Bahaman waters. Beset with many troubles, Key West sev- eral years ago lost its leadership in the sponge industry to Tarpon Springs. Now that the Over- ANSWERS— 1. German physiologist who was awarded the Nobel prize in 1910 for his fundamental research on chemistry and biology of the cell and particularly for his studies of the make-up of the muscleus of the cell. This nucleus is the vital portion of the cell; it iz respo! for its develop- ment ole By ie ma ihe FISHER BROWN and NAT FALK Some are reared for 3. The Eskimo has the finest of teeth and bot The reason for this in his d He lives on fat fi fish livers and eggs of fish-eating ‘birds. T> foods. like Cod liver oil, rich Vitamin D. (Distributed by Florida State Board of Health through Mon- roe County Health Unit) are in Lo ominG THE ISLAND CITY Along the Waterfront (This is one of a series of arlicies on Key West water- front past as gathered by this column's chief scribe, Wil- liam Russell, irom John Lo- pez, Sr. who was closely ,cennected wiih Key West's greai waterfront days.) IN KEY WEST PORT in the old days were berthed many types of sea craft. There were leg of mutton sailers, the t most used by local fisher- ail boat with a sprit sail, sloop with a gaff sail; . three, four, five and seve chooner rig; Brig; Barken- full rigged ships. small fortunes through an trade were ‘st, both in fresh Crews of the which supplied the trade the prosperous years of ) had money to burn, so Making an average of five trips a year to Cuba a busi- ness of nearly $100,000 a year was built up. The 20 be employed in the each carried between 7,000 und 15,009 pounds of live fish trip. Together they realized about 390,000 for n pounds of live fish. Each er tne sloops also carried n 3,000 to 2,000 pounds of Together they er 150,000 pounds o! sht $7,500. Many supplying th ever each one { fish car ried ¢ alted fish which bre THE RIED SLOOPS . ALSO CAR- passengers and freight, | whica helped to swell the income By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Corzespondent of The Citizen War Machines Compared As European Nations Openly Prepare For Conflict °''<'* °! The peace of Europe hangs on} 5,090,000 reserves. such a slender thread that if the nations cf that continent are, not engaged ir a struggle by the time this article is printed, nothing short of a miracle can prevent a war. The only question is wuen the fighting will begin. This is a question “that can only be answered by one who is able to read the mind vf Adolf Hitler. Apparently, upon the decision of | the German dictator, the fate, the fortune and lives of millions of people in Europe depend. Undoubtedly, Hitler faces the most important decision of his career. Blocked in the west by Great Britain and France, the German Fuehrer adopted a policy cf expansion in eastern and southeastern Europe. So long as his “demands” were in the nature ef correcting the harsh terms of the Versailles Treaty, he had the sympathy of Great Britain. The seizure pf Czecho-Slovakia, how- ever, transgressing facial lines, convinced even Mr. Chamberlain that Germany was bent upon an era of conquest. Immediately, the British pledged their power to defend the . independence — of any country attacked by Ger- many. Hitler’s decision must determ- ine whether he will be content with his present position or pre- cipitate a general war by. further aggression. The internal econo- my of Germany js so strained, on account of maintaining the huge; war machine, that it will be al- most le for Hitler to i stil As he declared, Ger- many “must export or die”, and for him and his regime, it must expand or choose between col- j lapse and a war. So far as this observer is able to judge, Hitler’s decision will de- pend solely upon his opinion of the chances of a successful war. , lf he believes that Germany and , Italy have an even chance to win, he will not shrink from a strug-. gle. In fact, both Hitler and Mus- jsolini have repeatedly glorified war as the supreme aim of peo- | ples and they have characteristic. ally deneunced democracies as weak, feeble and impotent. | Here is the strength of the four nations in Europe: Great Britain: Army, 390,000 ;reguiars, ready for service in France at the outbreak of war; } 4,000 to 5,700 planes. Navy: | 662,000 tons. } tS ae France: 800,000 regulars, with | probably 150,000. in North Africa; + 5,500,000 reserves. Air strength: 3,000 to 3,800 planes. Navy: 780,- : ‘summer months. We would not go so far | seas highway has given the island city a new lease 00 tons. -as to advocate this, but we are passing the “idea on to you, for better or. for worse — ’ on life, its tourist trade holds out a bright hope | Germany: Army, 950,000 regu- Air strength, 4,200 to 5,800 planes. Navy, 680,- 000 tons. It will be seen from the above figures that if Germany and Italy could face Great Britain and France, they would have a pre- 1 ponderance in first-line, regular + The demo- | would have a Its gleater naval superiority and an < un- \ troops and airplanes. cratic powers economic strengtn that is matched. .In connection with the figures given for the four leading pow- ers, it is interesting to estimate the strength of the smaller pow- ers, which would, sooner or later. be drawn into the conflict. These include: Belgium: Army, 95,000 regu- lars; 700,000 —_ reserves. strength, 300 planes. Poland: Army, 270,000 regular: 1,750,009 reserves. 900 planes. Hungary: Army, 65,000 regu- lars; 800,000 reserves. Air strength, 150 planes. Yugoslavia: Army, 160,000 regu- lars; 1,600,000 reserves. Air strength, 700 planes. Rumania: Army, 222,000 regu- lars; 1,800,000 reserves. Air strength, 100 planes. Bulgaria: Army, 52,000 lars 200,000 reserves. strength, 100 planes . regu- Air Army, 2,250,000 regu- Ss; 10,600,000 reserves. Air strength, 5,000 to 8,500 planes. Navy: 306,000 tons. The reader should understand that the figures are estimates and that particularly Germany, Italy and Russia, it is practicaly impos- sible to get exact figures. of these figures, how ° reveal conclusively , that Soviet Russia holds the balance in Euro- pean affairs. Mr. Chamberlain’s appeasement policy, evidently designed to throw Germany’s expansion against the door of Russia, has failed and today, instead of So- viet Russia facing the dictator nations, with a question in her mind as to the attitude of Great Britain and France. the latter countries face the wrath of the totalitarian powers, with a ques- tion as to how far they can de- pend upon the Soviet Govern- ment. Granting, for the sake of argument, that Poland, Rumania end Yugoslavia will join with the democratic notions, the figures reveal that Germany and Italy, operating on the inside of the Air § Air strength, ‘4 of the tr tobacco s Practically all the pped from Cuba was ght here on these boats. The fishing tleet also added to the carpenters, painters, em in shapg, a to keep t ers scem to think that they can participation, apparently be- t ide with them. If this happens, a glance at the ap sk that France, safely by the massive Mag- 2 of fortresses from Ger- e to guard ion from the ps in the southeast h soldiers in the south- A study of the figures given in this able consideration of thy jons in the countries affected, leads to the conclusion that war is likely in the near future if Hitler and Mus- solini believe that they can force and ag- nlikely that Hitler ar that promises sasier to Germany Crews of each vessel averaged between six and seven men, with a total of 125 heads of families. Members of the crew did not ve regular wages, but worked shar The v 1 received 20 percent of all the money and the crew 60 percent, which was divided among the members after expenses were paid. The de mand in Cuba began about 1867 und lasted until 1884. WHEN THE HIGH RATE duty on imported Cuba: hw put into effect, the business idly decreased and fre time most of the v ls were sold to Cuban inter Names of some of the boats which par- ticipated in the trade were: River Side, Charles W. Roberts, Daunt less, Cuba, Sea Bird, Florida. Eliza Intime, Stogs, , Comstock, C King, Wallace Blackford. E. i . Misepha, Matilda, Aron on, City of Havana. E nd Emma Lowe Vv 1 at Wall and Company and Wm. Curry’s Son time Dock. Subscribe to The Citizen WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 TOO ENTHUSIASTIC FRANKFORT. Ind Sibbitt, 86-year-old farmer. off — Wiham fell his seat while cheering at 2 He mto place basketbal ths sins mg until the Jacksonville, Galvesten New Orleans and Beyond From Key West alternate Mon- days. 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