The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 16, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO The K Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Pablisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets ey West Citizen Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monros County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | ember of the Associated Press jated Press is exclusively entitled to use plication of all news dispatches credited, to etherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. “SUBSCRIPTION RATES e known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE ng notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ituary notices, etc., will be charged for at | { 10 cents @ line. tices for entertainment by churches from which | °F yh city officials, who are subject to recall. On | IM? ROVEMENTS 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. It is not necessary to be a professional soothsayer to say things soothingly. |'of the new charter. Before eugenics will make much pro- gress, summer nights under southern skies, | must be abolished. On the Florida beaches, under the spell of the silvery moon, the female liers lying on the sand, may listen to the male liers make liars of themselves. What with George Burns and Jack Benny convicted of smuggling, a Key West wag has hopes someone will return his lead pencil before there is too much talk, Florida is suffering " too many counties, too many taxes, too many of- fices, too many lobbyists—Tampa_ Tri- bune. And too many—we came very near slipping. The main question in Europe is whe- ther Hitler can get as much as he wants without fighting. Perhaps his idea is to get as much as he can without fighting; he has gotten a lot of territory so far with- out fighting, and brags about it. It-is the consensus of the Florida papers that if Senator Hodges bill of tax exemption for two years as a reward to the honest taxpayer becomes law, nobody will be paying any taxes, since the tax | dodger doesn’t pay anyway. Looks logical, and deplorable! President Roosevelt, as this column has so often stated, is internationally aiinded. Proof of this assertion is his recommendation that the United States government buy canned beef from the Ar- gentine republic. This column believes | that we should maintain a “good neigh- bor” policy towards the republics to the | south of us, but not to the extent of being inimical to our own interests. At the public hearing of the Senate | Committee on Constitutional Amendments on the subject of ad valorem taxation, the conclusion was reached that the taxes on real property are too high and the Florida | real estate is being confiscated through excessive levies, and that the develop-| ment and growth of the state was being severely impeded as a result. Real estate should receive some taxation relief, though | the ad valorem tax ‘need not be entirely | eliminated. Rather than abolish all ad valorem taxes, The Citizen, with others, believes a more conservative program would eall for the abolition of only that | part of the tax now collected for state pur- poses. Retain the ad valorem for muni- cipal and county purposes but estabish a | constitutional limit on these levies. Adop-! tion of this principle will allow Florida to | advertise to the Nation, that it will levy | only a definite tax on real estate and thus | assure prospective investors that the state | will never confiscate their wealth through | taxation. It is believed this news alone’ would attract millions of new capital to Florida. , | { Copies of the new city charter have | | THE NEW CITY CHARTER | | | | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | been posted at City Hall for publie con- | | sideration and sent to State Senator David ' Elmer Ward and State Representative Ber- nie C. Papy for submission to the State | Legislature for validation. Now is the | time for the public to study this sturdy | document and register their opinions—or | hold their peace until a better system of | municipal government can be devised. | In general, the provisions of the new | city charter will receive public approval, | for, in the opinion of The Citizen, they will tend to improve local conditions by | tightening control of the city’s operation, | by putting some teeth in the municipal sponsibility on the shoulders of elected | the whole the new charter is less un- wieldly than the present and, properly ob- | served, will give the taxpayer a_ better | break for his money. There is some dissenting opinion re- | garding the new charter, but much of that seems to arise from the fact that certain groups do not want to change the present | order of things. | reaction and was to be expected. The dis- | senters are just as sincere in their stand as the public spirited men and women who | gave generously of their time for many months to create a charter that wuld en- | able Key West better to meet the new problems that confront her. One of the main objections seems to revolve around the civil service provision empts our municipal employes from tak- ing tests and examinaticns under the civil service provided they have been in their present positions for at least 12 months | preceding the effective date of the char- ter, there appears to be little cause for ap- prehension on this score. Certainly taxpayers can find no objection to a sys- tem that provides for placing merit above political preferment in the selection of city employes in the future. The system in- sures competent men on the public payroll | | regardless of politics or elections. The Citizen believes our representa- | tives in the Legislature should lose no time | submitting the new eharter to the state legislators with, recommendation that it be approved without further delay. MUFFING THE BALL Every once in a_ while it is too much trouble to investigate some- | thing that one of that fortunately increas- ing tribe, the “New Comer” has to pro- pose. Citizens, and especially those who , into the Poetry Club which | flourished languidly about 1934, will re- | : member a pleasant couple, a Mr. and Mrs. | ~ gathered La Place Bostwick, who sojourned with us for a time and finally left for California, having failed to arouse any interest in Mr. Bostwick’s theory that this would be great place in which to produce pearls. Just exactly what this lack of vision can cost, may be dimly understood by any reader of the Saturday Evening Post of May 6 which, in a well illustrated article, | describes the tremendous success that has | been aehieved by Mr. Bostwick in growing pearls. These are not the culture pearls | such as are produced in Japan in great | numbers and are readily distinguished from the real article by experts, but pearls as “natural” as any that have ever been | brought up by divers. Mr. Bostwick, while here, expressed | himself as desiring to make Key West the scene of his operations but found “nobody | home” and wearied of trying to secure the financial cooperation he needed. All that is “water over the dam” but in the multitude of wild schemes that will be brought to our attention, there will be some of solid worth and it will not be time | wasted to at least examine all of them. That scheme for condensing water by means of solar heat may be sound; we cer- tainly can not say whether it is or not by simply deciding that the promoter is a stranger and that he is proposing thing that has not been done before. We have to be on our guard against shysters, but it would be well to be on our guard against classing all innovations as merely | beneath our notice. Nobody knows what will happen; -ome people don’t even know what has / | 10. How does the defense ex-) happened, and a lot of them don’t know what it’s all about? our j Key West | “boots the ball” and loses out just because | al some- | tax collection machinery and by fixing re- | New york -<¢ WORLD'S FAIR | OFFICIALS ARE‘ PREPARED TO HANDLE 14,000,000 VISITORS ARRIVING IN THEIR OWN AND 5,000,000 ARRIVING CARS BY BUS This is a quite natural | Since the charter ex- | TESTS ARE CONDUCTED AT 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN THE FORD WEATHER TUNNEL AT DEARBORN, MICH. THE OPERATOR CAN MAKE A HOME- BLIZZARD OR A SAHARA SANDSTORM BY TURNING THE CONTROL BOARD DIALS GLOBE TROTTING — — — Devi UNUSUAL PALISADE OF HEXAGONAL BASALTIC ROCK By Melville TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1935 LoeontinGe at » WVA SHIUNGION By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen LONG SESSION? CONTROVERSY AHEAD BUSINESS GROWLS HOPKINS REPLIES FORCED LOANS IN WAR speech before the National Retail ay 22nd. Forum on M Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins asserted last week that more private homes are be- ing built in this country than, at any time since 1929; that ‘indus- _trial production. in, the first quar- With most of its routine busi- ness disposed of, many observers believe that Congress can adjourn | next month, provided certain con- ‘ STPILE, AN S PO IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA, HAS BEEN MADE A U.S, NATIONAL MONUMENT BLOWN TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Do not say. “We attend- ed the funeral obsequies”: omit either “funeral” or “obsequies”. DAILY QUIZ {Can you Answer seven of these Test Questions? Turn to Page 6 for the answers 1. Name the capital of Egypt. throughout of its early history. What is a micrometer? Does an’ alien man become an American citizen by marrying a woman citizen of the United States? What is the correct pronun- ciation of the word dispu- tative? Name the Premier Netherlands. Under the Cnostitution of the U. S., where is the pow- er to declare war vested? 7. What is the name for the | science of the phenomena of sound? Name the seaport and capi- tal of French Guiana. What is the product of 1-2 multiplied by 1-3? What is the name period of life from puberty hood? most of The | | 9. { 10. for the extending to adult- | CO Ceecocococccosooscoces WHO KNOWS? ; (See “The Answers” on Page 6) Peecceosovevcssueseccces + 1. the Wor!d War? 2. What moving picture has | grossed the most money? 3. Can a foreign-born citizen | become President? 4. What is a cirrus cloud? 5. When did Charlemagne | live? 6. Does the Constitution con- | template the selection of a Presi- jdent on the basis of popular fa- | vor? | 7. How many members has the | united Methodist church? 8. Is Soviet Russia building an | ocean-going navy? | 9. Is the “cash and carry” pro- vision of the Neutrality Act in | effect? |penditutes of the U. S. compare .with those of Great Britain? When did Russia and Ger-! many sign a peace treaty after! Yoday’s Birthdays ececee Douglas S. Freeman of Rich- mond, Va., newspaper editor and a noted historian, born at Lynch- burg, Va., 53 years ago. Rt. Rev. Henry W. Hobson, PE. bishop of Cincinnati, born in Denver, 48 years ago. Dr. Ernest W. Burgess of the Univ. of Chicago, sociologist, borr: in Canada, 53 years ago. Rev. Dr. David de Sola Pool of New York, Rabbi, born in Lon- don, 54 years ago. star. years Margaret Sullavan, screen born at Norfolk, Va., 28 ago. Dr. James E. West of New York, Chief Boy Scout executive, born in Wasxingtor D. C., 63 years ago. Ogden M. Reid of New York City, newspaper editor-publisher, born there, 57 years ago, Breckinridge Long of Washing-* gps % Ty te THIS ROAD SURFACE TESTER | HAS 18 WHEELS, YET IT IS PULLED BY ASINGLE MAN. EACH WHEEL 1S CONNECTED TO RECORDING DISCS WITHIN THE BOX. THE DEVICE WAS BUILT BY BRITISH ENGINEERS troversial questions of national policies are left for discussion at the next session. With only a iew departmental appropriation bills yet to be en- acted and legislation to extend or review provisions of the tax law which will expire by limitation, there are few routine matters on “the schedule. The request for the is to 1940 appropriation for relief not likely to prove a_ barrier early adjournment. This does not mean that Con- gres won’t have a leng session. Question of neutrality, devising . tue relief set-up, changing the National Labor Relations Act and the Wages and Hours Law, en- larging the scope of the Social Se- curity Act, the revision of tax laws to encourage business and such matters as the War referen- dum bill are the things that stand in the way of a reasonably early _ adjournment. ecccccveruseecsce Today’s Horoscope, ' Great intuition and a powerful | and perhaps haughty nature is indicated. Today’s native ought! to make a2 place for himself in the} world, but he should not be too! anxious to fight for justification, | but rather seek to win it by mer-' it. Seek friends as well as serv- ants; use’ your position to help! others not so fortunate, and re- member that pride generally has: a fall. ALL PLAY TOGETHER BRAINTREE, Mass.—John F. Tolleson of this city has a cat and two kittens that play in friendl; hiun with his pet white rats, Mickey and Minnie. | ‘ ton, D. C., lawyer, former diplo- mat, born in St. Louis, 58 years ed t Prof. Carlton J. H. Hayes of Columbia. Univ., noted historian, born-at Afién, N, Y:, ‘57 years ago. | =f it BUS STATION Southard and ij ORID) Moror|INeEs There is a disposition on the part of some congressmen to re- main in session in order to act as a brake on Administration moves which they think might 1ead this country into foreign en- tanglements. Tais feeling will _be strongly evidenced if any at- lempt is made to enact legisla- tion on the controversial subject of neutrality. The bitter-enders and the isolationist bloc will pro- long the session by considerable debete and ciscusion: and it is guite likely that this will lead to! an interminable wrangle over the‘ entire foreign policies of the! United States. | The conflict between business | and the New Deal has been em-}| phasized by resolutions passed by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, | which met in Washington this month, and by the statements of Secretary of Commerce Harry L.' Hopkins, denying that present conditions warrant the gloom ex- pressed in the findings of the, business body. Intimate circles; of the Administration feel that, ined to force the surrender of Ad- ministration policies as the price} of putting new money to work ‘and expanding. The Presjdent, it 1s well known, has no intention of dropping his basic policies. The! Hopkins’ statement is taken as a} warning to business that it must | do a fair share of cooperating and! the subject is expected to be ex-; plored by the President in his} ter of 1939 was twentyfour per- cent higher than. the first-quar- ter of 1938; that dolar-volume retail trace was five percent high- er than in the first quarter of 1938 and that the construction in- dustry showed an_ increase forty-three percent for the period, with private resid construction eighty-three percent better. National ircome was set at the rate of $66.000,000,000 a year in the first rter of this year as 2ga an zctual income of $52,000,00,000 in 1938. The Military Affairs Commit tee of the Senate has reported to the Senate a bill d “draft of capita loans”, which prescribes whenever Congtess dec the President shall take g of the net wealth ard that there- bfter citizens shail be required to pure one percentsdovern- ment bonds in amounts: fahning from five pi ent .of smaller capital to $29,456,950 when net wealth reaches $50,000,000. If the owrer of the capital cannot con- vert it into cash, for subscription purposes, the President would be red td accept property or sonal note of six secured. of the bill is eme care will be necessary to prevent disastrous economic effects in times of emergencies. 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