The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 8, 1940, Page 2

AGE TWO Che ivy West Citizen REPAIR THE STREETS! ‘con aTe CRSP ‘BOARD SEEKS Today's Birthdays “" “ sTupies quotas EW umrogT Prof. Ernest O. Lawrence of the’ (Continued ui Page One) (Command Se Pa om \University of California. phys- 25 2 solution to the suger grob- was amit Ge fed Geen achcond lem would be to exempt from © "SPtesest Ge gee] The story of construction of an ancient } ; road in olden Greece comes to mind when the condition of streets in Key West is “THE CITIZEN- PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published Dally Except Sunday By .. P. ARTMAN, President am@ Publisher EN, Business Manager ~~ he Citizen Building + Greene and Ann Streets y Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County st, Florida, as second class matter jember of the Asseciated Presa d Press is exclusively entitled to use ublication of all news dispatches credited to t otherwise eredited in this paper and also tews published here. 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Land and Sea. olidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospi: =~ A number of miljtary-- experts een misled by the war in Europe. So far the G. O. P. hasn’t made an is- i F. D. R.’s change of the Thanks- | -giving‘ date. What’s the matter with Board in Tallahassee? -te know what it’s all about. that LL Great Britain was pictured recently * America’s Maginot line by the Mar- sBh An ador, the Maginot line was be of no use to France. Labor should have most to say whe- there is to be conscription, for it ‘tapital. Labor, by the swes of its brow iust produce the wealth needed for the t draft. i | beetle are destructive pests, but the ter- mites take the palm for destructibility. They are the fifth columnists of the in- sect world, and like their political proto- type, they work industriously and per- | 2 iously withaut discovery until their per- sistent efforts are a “fait acompli.” Answering in the negative that he a¥uld resign as Secretary of Agriculture Swhile campaigning for the vice-presidency, Wallace added, “Mr. Hoover remained in Mie Cabinet, didn’t he?” Even if Hoover W8d remained in the Cabinet after his omination it would not have been an ad+ Hirable precedent to follow, but the fact it Hoover resigned as secretary. of rééishortly after his nomination for sidercy by the Republican. ~part¥;. dination having been:made en June “1928 On July 7, Hoover presented issues and subjects of local or general { have | They do not seem | uuess of Lothian, the British Ambassador. | its enslavement more than that of | situation and it might be well | nothing but good sense. considered. 2 | The ancients who built this famous | road—traffic still travels over it after 2,- 000. years—had prodigious— foresight. They foresaw that, as ivilization pro- gressed, there would come the need to run ! water lines perhaps from town to town, or other needs wouid arise ténecessitate dig- | ging up of the road if something wasn’t done to take care of such exigencies. What they did was to plan a series of smal] tunnels under the surface of their | finely-constructed roadbed. As a result, the centuries brought no breaking up of the surface and, consequently, the road- bed was always smooth and serviceable to traffic. Modern-day road planners didn’t pro- vide for such emergencies in their roads. Cities nationwide have seen their streets | torn up time and again for a great variety of purposes. This, as any engineer will | verify, has generally weakened all roads | with crosspatch repairs made in no con- | tinuity of pattern. f j } } In Key West in the past four years, | “there has been an elongated program call- « ing ‘fr city-wide tearing up of streets.” Sewers, water lines, iatterals, gas lines and ; many other projects ave brought.the city’s | streets to a deploravle state of condi- tion. : Autoists are wondering now just | when all this repair work is going to cease and city fathers will be able to consider a pian to bring the streets up to snuff again. No one likes to drive in Key West these days. It’s a bumpity-bump experience of no mean regard for nerves and-ability of | auto axles and tires to take it. The Citizen believes that the time is fast approaching when a comprehensive | plan for repair of the city’s streets may be | taken under advisement. Preparing now | to provide funds and labor for the work which must be undertaken before another | winter season starts will prove good com- mon sense. sa Let’s not go into the tourist -season | with the streets in their present shape. It’s bad enough now for residents of the city. It’ll be worse when twice as many cars are with us next winter. WHERE DOES DEFENSE BEGIN? Japanese leaders seem to be con- vinced that Germany will win the war in Europe. Consequently, as practical states- men, locking out for the big opportunity, they announce a policy of close coopera- tion with the Axis powers. The United States continues to cling to the hope that the British can successfully withstand Hitler’s assault. In this case, the safety of this nation will be assured. If, to our surprise, Hitler overwhelms Great Britain we will face a new world to under- stand just what it may be. working together to extend their recent territorial] gains. They will be far stronger Both the potato bg and the Japaneses} than: the United States*in. actual fighting | units, and may be stronger in productive | capacity. This would leave Uncle Sam in Germany, Italy and Japan will be! a bad fix, with no time to prepare the two- | 200,000 Army that we contemplate. ” ‘The Citizen thoroughly subscribes to the doctrine that the United States should stay out of other nations’ wars. That is Just the same, ‘we question the wisdom of standing aloof and reach a position that threatens the security and existence of this country. ocean Navy, the 50,000 planes and the 1,- | | permitting any combination of nations to | For that reason we think it wise for” the United States to assist Great Britain in her struggle against Germany and the ) his resignation te President Coolidge, who | expressed reluctance to accept it. On August 21, his resignation from the Cabinet was accepted. The record, in short, discloses that Hoover displayed no desire to hang on to his Cabinet post while campaigning for a higher office, but on the contrary sought to leave it long before his actual campaign began. The question of Secretary Wallace's resignation remains one of propriety, in view of the fact his office dispenses millions of dollars to We would make it 4 national policy | of the United’ States to prevent any group of hostile nations from becoming strong enough to attack this hemisphere. Frank- ly, we would work the “balance of power” reasoning that was used by Great Britain for so many years in Europe. Thus, we would attempt to avoid war always but | we would, fight, anytime, anywhere, to preserve the balance of power that would | prevent other nations from joining in an | attack upon us. ; “TLL GET IT ¥BT-” A quick dash may mean a sud- den stop—and a slow recovery. TOO LATE TO “CLASSIFY Sa | Sa 235 By RUSSELL KAY This is a pretty good time for Americans to give a little thought to the parable about the man} who built his house on the sand and the chap who built his upon the rock. You wiil recall the house built on the sand, while a very beautiful and costly dwell- ing, was washed away as it was without’ foundation. Todey we are feverishly build- ing 2 sort of armored “house” for America. Congress has appro- priated billions for national de- fense. We are to have -a -two- ocean navy, a million more men for the army, tanks; guns and all that goes to make a great and powerful military machine. ¥ Prance was a great military power; her army was long term- ed the best in the world. She, too; spent” billions for defense. The famed Maginot Line was sup-! posed’ fo have been impregnable! —but like the house on the sand, it was swept away. Military preparedness is essen- tial and it is imperative that we provide this nation with such se- curity. But no matter how large our army or how powerful our navy, unless our military ma- chine is built on a firm and solid foundation it cannot save us from destruction. The totalitarian powers are confident of their ability to con- quer America—not with bombs or planes or tanks or ships. They realize that military action against us would be difficult with little hope of success. But still they expect to conquer us with- out firing a shot. Hitler.and his cohorts, what- ever else may be said of them, are not “dumb”. They know that there™is more than one way to win a war and their confidence of ability to eventually overcome America ‘is based on their belief dhat we are weak internally and that through the encouragement of class hatred and the constant promotion of strife between in- ternal groups—Gentiles against Jews, blacks against whites, la- bor against capitali—coupled with similar “fifth column” activities such as the influence of our youth through schools, colleges and radical organizations, a state of revolution can be brought about that will make it a simple matter for Nazi agents and lead- ers in this country to step in and. take control. While the Dies Committee has been successful in uncovering un- American activities and agen- cies, it has not halted such ac- tivities and new subversive movements are springing up fast- er than we can investigate them. Every true American should be on guard teday against the sinister effort being made to at- tack us. from within. We need e901 heads and thoughtful minds and must not permit ourselves to become tools of those who aim at Democracy’s downfall. Those who openly praise Hitler, Stalin or Mussolini, or who goose-step as members of some bund, are not the ones to cause us undue \\ \\ \\\ ’_ Qo icist, Nobel prize-winner, born at Canton, S. D., 39 years ago. Edward J. Noble, Under-Sec- retary of Commerce, born at Gouverneur, N. Y., 58 years ago. Dr. Olivér E.Buckley, execu- tive vice-president, Bell Tele- quota requirements all growers willing to waive payments Pepper served notice on the Senate committee thatuhe wished (to be heard before action was phone Laboratories, New York;*#ken on the pending reselution noted stientist,.bern at Iowa, 63 years ago. Roy Barton’ White, president, Western Union, born at Metcalf, IL, 57 years ago. Admiral Louis M. Nulton, U. S. Navy, retired, of Winchester, Va., born there, 71 years ago. U. S: Senator Patrick A. Me- Carran of Nevada, born at Reno, 64 years ago. Dr. Elizabeth Mason-Hohl of Los Angeles, noted physician- surgeon, born at Beaver City, Nebr., 50 years ago. Eugene E. (Gene) Buck of New York, song writer, producer, president of the American Socie- ty of Composers, Authors and Publishers, born in Detroit, 55 years ago. Sloan, Miss Anne Chamblin, McIntosh, was named queen of the 1940 Lotus Blossom. Festival. A coro- nation and colorful ceremony will feature. the slimax of activities at the Bird Island Cruise Water Gardens, McIntosh, this evening at 8 o'clock. alarm. Our real danger rests with those who preach class hat- red, who would set one group against another, who sugar-coat the totalitarian doctrines and sly- ly advocate them through organ- izations which pretend to pro- mote Americanism or hide be- neath the cloak of religion. All teach intolerance, stir up strife. and aim at the destruction of our national unity. Today it is great to be an AMERICAN. Rich or poor, young or old, an AMERICAN is a king compared to the people of any other nation on earth. While our government may_be far from per- fect, while our way of life may not be all that we would have it be, nevertheless the standards of living and the field of oppor- tunity for each individual in this country is far above that found anywhere else. Here your home is still your castle, your children are your own. You can speak as you please, listen to any program you like on your radio. You may bar- extending the sugar contre! act and said that he sought 2 sub- Stantial increase im the state's ‘quota or, if possible, a scrapping of the quota entirely Today, Florida is not permitted to raise enough sugar for her own use. The United Stetes Sugar Corporation of Clewistes and many individual growers are Prepared to increase their came acreage and the lifting of the quota would mean substantual ex- @ me prope ote pansion of the industry m ‘this = State. No one thing would meen as much to the state at this par- ticular time as the scrapping for her good of the restrictions which for years have been holding back I the development of our sugar im- dustry. Two new newspapers entered the Florida field last week. The oper=! Independent. 2 new weekly Miami, is said to be the forerun- ner of a possible new daily. I started publication last Frider with George V. Harper, formeriy connected with the Miami Her- ald, @s its editor The second new newspaper is the Belle Glade Herald, published as the successor to the Belle Glade Tri- bune, and is edited by Joe Hil of the Post-Times staff. gain collectively, worship as you: cheose. You. know LIBERTY: and FREEDOM as do no other People in the world. You and 130,000,000 other Americans are the foundation upon which th’ nation rests. If it falls, it will be because we have failed to understand and appre- ciate the blessings that are ours. Let us not be misled by false doc- trines or permit ourselves to be- come affiliated with groups or organizations that teach intoler- ance or class hatred. See to it that you are a ROCK in that foundation and not a Frain of shifting sand, and Amer- ica’s “house” will weather any storm. 825 Sunbeam TRONMASTER “Reaches FULL HIGH HEAT for heavy, damp linens in 2%/; minutes! The ONLY Automatic iron with 2 Thumi-tip Meat Regulator up in the “handle, cool, away from tlie fingers, conveniently marked for all types -0f fabrics. Weighs only 334 Ibs.—en_s ticeS arms, aching wrists, weary shoulders,