The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 28, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Cie Key West Citizen Manage suilding d Ann Streets y Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Member of the Associated Press Press is exclusively entitled to use tign o: news. dispatches credited to therwi ted in this aper and also news. here. SRTISING ation. RATES TAL NOTIGR , cards of thanks, resolutiens of , te. will be charged fer at t by churches from which dare 5 cents a line. i n n forum and invites discps- issues and subjeets of loeal or general t wil not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it be to attack wrong or to applaud right; out fear and without favor; never always fight for progress; never be the or- yan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, aiways do its utmost fer the ublic welfare; never tolerate corruption: or injustice; denounce viee and praise virtue mend ood done by individual or organ- tolerant of others’ rights, views and oY ; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. ROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Ww Ce More prehensive City Pian (Zoning). Hotels Beach and nd Apartments, athing Pavilion. nd and Sea. of County and City Gov- n A Modern City Hospital. This is “Bundle Week’, not “Bungle Week.” Excessive taxation is the price we pay | for electing men who mismanage our af- fairs. They are talking of ‘“‘a new order in Europe,” but it is more likely to be a new disorder, Euripides had a saying for the English to heed: these who hesitate. Wendell Wilkie, the utility official who is of presidential timber, says that the money power has been taken from Wall Street and put on Pennsylvania Avenue. The second child in a family is usually brizhter than the first, according. to a psychologist. But the first generally hi ex rh to have things pretty much is Why don’t more candidates have their es “took” and get their physiognomies Citizen, so the voters can see what like. Are they afraid their pul- will not stand the acid test? in TI the chritude Wt to Ke le The Citizen cannot recommend Westers at what to stop while they are traveling over the country it ean definitely state that hould stop at all railroad crossings. places with +} PAYS, they Sentencing a man for counterfeiting, Judge Carroll C. Hincks, of New Haven, Conn., looked over the culprit’s record and raised his eyebrows in surprise. “I notice,” said His Honor, “that this man was ‘dis: missed from the WPA for loafing. Any man discharged from the WPA for that is a genius.” Stalin, like Fyrrhus, king of Epirus, who, at great cost, defeated the Romans at Asculum, now gloats over his defeat of the Finns. But the Russian dictator does not cc er it a Phyrric victory because he does not value the loss of human lives. A few more victories like the one just won over Finland and Stalin, like the king re- ferred to, could exclaim with him: the god of war, hates | SEWER, WATER AND HOUSING The Key West Citizen has sparkled with good news the last few days. High- lighting the events chronicled in this pub- lication are: First, arnouncement that the Presi- about tc approve of a loan by the Us Housing Authcrity to the Key West Housing Authority for construction of 220 white and _ colored | dent dwelling its for families, { Second}: that the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation is about to make final approval of a $1,000,000 loan to Florida a fresh and Keys Aqueluct Commission for water supply system for Key West Florida keys. Third, that the project would be started under sponsorship of the Works through the WPA. That is quite a collection of improve- ments—water, and homes. homes are for families in the low-income brackets, so they will not directly benefit the man who can afford to rent a home | and cannot find a home to his liking in Key West. But the water system andior the sewage disposal system will benefit all of sewer next Monday Board of Public sewers THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 1 ' | 00000000000 0006000000 SC OOO SOCOOEOOOID OOO USOTOUSOSOOOCOSSOOSSSOSEUSSOOESEOS SOOTOCOOSEFS SESEOEO OSES jeseeee Highlights Of Florida eeecevernse connection | The | the pecple of Key West and Monroe Coun- | Water will s ill brir water fre ve life to rich key soil; sh and plentiful; will develop a building program in Key West and provide ! water for homes and business establish- merts whose cisterns are not large enough for more than drinking and cooking waters. A year ago only the most optimistic would have sworn that within 12 months s of consummation. Yet here they are—right on our doorstep. Sewage disposal, water supply and better housing = great combination for a town that | sorely needs all three. j Now it is up to the people of this com- | munity to determine what they are going to do with these new facilities. Are we | gcing to neglect them and ignore them on | the theory that we don’t need them? Is ! the city going to see that every property |, owner connects with the sewage disposal system? Are our property owners and commercial interests going to use the | water when it arrives? The Citizen believes we should all use offered to the fullest extent f our ability, so that Key West may be- | come a better place in which to live and | raise a family, and a more prosperous for our self-supporting citizens. in proces OUR FIRST SPEAKER An article in the National Republic x some interesting information cerning the first speaker of the national House of Representatives, an able man | whose name few of this generation ever heard. He was Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, born in Pennsylvania in 1750, the son of a pioneer Lutheran preacher. | The son followed in his father’s footsteps and also-became a Lutheran preacher at the early age of 20, six years before the | Declaration of Independence. Young Muhlenberg was a staunch supporter of the Revolution, and because of his patriotic expressions was chased from place to place by the British. Noth- ing daunted, he continued to preach lib- erty 2s well as the gospel, and was elected to the Continental Congress. After liberty had been won and the new constitution had been adopted, Muhlenberg was sent to the First Con- gress and was elected its first speaker, and Was subsequently speaker of the Third Congress. Before going to the national Cong he had served two terms as speak the Pennsylvania legislature. His brilliant career as preacher and legislator came to an untimely end in 1801, when he died at the age of 51. A MOVE AGAINST RUSSIA? The news from Russia that a defen- | sive pact between Finland, Norway and Sweden would be considered a move inst the Soviet is significant. R Defeated in war the Finns hope to save their independence by a mutual as- sistance pact with the other Scandinavian If Soviet Russia had no new de- inst Finland, there would be lit- eason to object to such a treaty. The only way the mutual assistance t could be construed to be aimed at »y admitting that Russia has fur- powers. her plans for conquest. n new residents who like their | those three projects would be in sight or | con- ja Conrad | VistT0eS La — 4 é ila, WA sEUNGEON | By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen | ECONOMY FADES AWAY FARLEY JOINS GARNER BOTH ACTIVE CANDIDATES HATCH BILL EXTENSION HITS STATE MACHINES | WAR ORDERS FOR PLANES | BUSINESS UPTURN NEAR | The idea is getting around that the economy drive will not | amount, to much and that appro- | |priations, when finally made, will {not reflect the drastic cuts so | widely heralded when the House | began its work this session. | ae | Increased collections, due te in- }come tax payments, have en- couraged Congressmen to be- lieve that the money will be javailable to permit fairly liberal |funds for important activities jwithout exceeding the statutory |debt limit and without the levy f new taxes. This is the ideal situation, so far as Con smen are concern- ed, in an election year. No drastic recuctions, no new taxes and junder the debt limit. Nothing |could be shore satisfactory. i When, Gongress convened» and |the House, maBg some rigérous move He difection of reduced spending ab Sahat visions of economy but, pointed out at \the time, these ‘ductions” were jnot final. Consequently, there |was the chance that the items |would be restored before ad- journment. The Senate took care | the agricultural appropriation |bill and few people expect the House to make serious objections jto the higher sum provided for farmers. Now that Vice-President Gar- jmer, an acmitted candidate for | he Democratic Presidential nom- ination, has been joined by Post- jmaster-General James A. Farley, {the guessers are off again with {prognostications and surmises as {to the President’s intention. It is said that Mr. Farley would not jhave announced his positive can- |didacy had he not known that |the President does not’ intend to run again. | We'see no’ readéit’ to: alte the |repeated outline of the situation in regards to the Democratic can- tidate. It is impossible to tell whether the President will ac- cept a nomination, if offered, al- though it is generally agreed that he can have it if he will take fit Certairlv, there is little pres- jent likelinood that Mr. Roosevelt will make any definite statement |for many weeks. eee is not the controlling | factor in this reticence but the/ war situation counsels the cau-; | tious strategy of silence. , ifuhds. fron¥ any state agency that > The domestic | By KENNETH FRIEDMAN z TRAINED FLORIDA FISH QT RBULS RQUARIUM, KEY WEST, SRE AMAZED SWAPPER, PARROTIISH, PNGELF/ISH ARNO WUTTONFISH NOT OMY THKE FOOD FROM THE HANO (32307 RLSO SUBMIT TO HAVING WE/IRC SIDES STROKED GV THEIR OWNER. Loeommine | - af ,ous fight against the President ;and his New Deal program are interesting only in view of the, fact that any important strength, developed by these discontented ‘Democrats, will make more prob- able the renomination of the President. Moreover, any se- rious threat against the reforms that the President believes. he| has accomplished will tend to per- | suade hirn to become a candidate again. Senate approval of the bill to extend the Hatch bill to bar fed- | | eral funds to state agencies that jemploy workers who engage in {political zctivities transfers the \fight over this legislation to the House, where the fate, of the measure is in doubt. * The original Hatch bill: bars all employes of the federal govern- ment from engaging in political ‘activity. This made a dent in, some important political ma- chines ard handicapped some Congressmen who depend upon effective organization of federal employes for campaign support. It did not affect other office-! holders whose support has been! bolstered by the. workings of, state machines.made up of those ; jholding.. stete “Jobs. gress cannot redth these state) ‘workers,..it can cut off federal! ‘pefmits such activity. { = { . This is a direct bomb on top of } the numerous state highway ma-! chines ‘that have exercised such ;powerful political strength in a number of states. Spending more money than other state agencies, | the highway departments have exerted considerable influence | upon the fortunes of those seek- | ting election to high office. Hav- jin outlawed political activity on ,the part of machines composed of federal office-holders, the Hatch amendment now attempts jto do the same for the state ma- chines. Business. it is believed, may, soon develop an upturn, follow- | ing the three months’ decline, without the aid of a new gov- ernment pump-priming program. This is encouraging, even though ,it_is based. in a measure, upon ;war orders from abroad. Of course, the “boom” that was pre-| ;matufely started last September | ‘in aftticipation of vast war or- ders for supplies has been wiped out and there is general realiza- tion that the present slow-motion |warfare will not require the vast replacements of the former struggle. ROYAL PALM DeLUXE Local Sightseeing Tours TAXI SERVICE Kev West Representative of THE ROYAL PALM HOTEL in Havana, Cuba SEs PO DCC Oe CEOs DED MeCeLe SeeeCeeEeresersesaneLessoorers~Beeres OF THE SEE CRUUER | GREATEST SLASH PINE SECTION Weel, TODAY’S COMMON ERROR ! | i ! De not say, “Have you | gct a knife?” Instead say, | “Have you a knife?” Get | means to secure, as, “I can | get a knife from my broth- i er”. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940 ae i AUNT SUE’S HAT Today’s Birthdays Bed esee: ; Dr. Mortimer E. Cooley, dean emeritus of engineering of the University of Michigan, born at ‘Canandaigua, N. Y., 85 years ago. Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New York, born in New York City, 62 years ago. Dr. Horace G. Smith, president \of the Garrett Biblical Institute, Chicago, born at Ransom, Ill, 59 years ago. Ray Atherton of Illinois, Min- ister to Denmark, born in Brook- line, Mass., 57 years ago. Frank Malcolm Farmer of New York, electrical and mechanical engineer, born at Mion, N. Y., 63 years ago. Albert Laessle of Philadelphia, eminent sculptor, born there, 63 years ago. Franklin S. Edmonds of Phila- jdelphia, noted lawyer-business leader, born there, 66 y ago. FREES SE IE CL “Key West's Outstanding” , LA CONCHA HOTEL | Beautiful—Air-Conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and DANCING Strictly Fireproof Garage Open The Year Around When Aunt Sue’s sweetie Comes to call She wen't let me Stay et all. She'll look at me Real hard and say, “Now, sister, you Run out and play”. One day, though, I was in a chair And she didn’t know. I was just sitting there When he came in. He’s big and fat. He set right down On Aunt Sue's hat. And was she mad, ’Cause it was the bestest Hat she had. It was awful pretty With a great big pin And when he set down The pin stuck in. I laughed so hard I thought I'd split, And Aunt Sue nearly Had 2 fit. Now she never Lets me stay, Just because I laughed that day. Crows were employed in an- cient times as letter carriers. LIL SSMOOTSATI ITO LS COMPLAINT SERVICE... If you do not Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN By 6 P. M. PHONE—WESTERN UNION Between 6 and 7 P. M. and a Western Union Messenger Boy will deliver your copy of The Citizen. LLLP LILI LD SS SS SS | \) NII LISI S LITT OBIS ST Ie. _ TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ ,Can you answer seven of these ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 6 for Answers 1. Name the horse which cently won the Santa Anita Handicap? 2. Sleepy Hollow”? 3. 4. lie Chaplin. 5. or muskrat? Where is the artillery world? 6. largest range in we lic positions Roesevelt has held? 8. Name the States. 9. ed into electrical by an electric battery? jobs. 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