The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 13, 1940, Page 2

¢ PAGE TW LO -€ The 2 gary West Citi ittzri1 CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. nt and Publishes “5 Manager HOUSING PROJECTS NAMED Authority moved iulfillment of its purpose modern housing to of the names the two here are to bear in future desig- t Housing p nearer _ ARTMAN ALLEN, ag 10¥ JOF VCOS th release course the projects had to have a customary pro- he USHA in all of its proj- nwide. In recognition of “that 2=n, in cooperation with the residents of Key uggest names for The response to that op- most gratifying to the au- thought; iven to all suggestions. y. Porter Place and Fort Vil- 1 The ¢ opinion, good projects—the former for the project to be situated on latter for the 84-unit built near Fort d class matter hat is, to follow Member of the Associated Press ea t hed here RIPTION TES to s ADVERTISING RATES i, . nan n ? members and much we SPECIA", NOTICE ks, resolutions of arged for at Citizen's the to "MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN be Porter, the authority in the perpetua- 1 person who was a well- y, but one who had ord of service. It is a mat- record that Dr. Porter’s faithful ttling the dreaded yellow. fever enly in Key West, in iself was afflicted with ir all cities of the state, h im a citation from medical au- In honoring Dr. cedure this ¢ @ re *s, not have ‘ew voter the nation. then, that the main housing West, soon to enter the con- be named for one who ever fit mankind, even the rame is to prove of benefit to citizens of this city in ileged cla. ation. the colored project—the choice age is a happy one. Some dif- encountered in considering the y choices submitted for this project, members served all in- ell in calling in several prominent by smashing i r tl $ " members of colored town to consider the t . : est ni Adjacent as it will be to Fort Imi 1e name is well suited to the mili- ature of its location. it they’re named, the next construetive aelivity on The status, The Citizen d, is near at hand. latform ch, at that. I well, The olumni ems te old- as tble trex voter authority tunity to pas ernment ; evolved, The Chinese were their earlier histor powder, which has SY. NTHETIC RUBBER but they a invente grateful Teh tained the Celestial emr 1ope from wt our Beane strides are being made in the synthetic rubber to take of the natural product which is iced in the United States. This ses in peace time about 600,000 crude rubber, about 98 per cent of is imported from the Far East. present sources of supply should be falling into the hands of an tion, the production of synthetic vould become a matter of vital im- e. It is fortunate, therefore, that an mhanufactu are now able to the new tutes, although it me time to dévelop plants to re country’s need: the sensational progress has been made. in researgh \and roduction in the last two or three the rubber industry of thé United believed that through a capital t of between 100 and 200 mil- s enough synthetie rubber could by mass production methods to nt a rubber famine. he price of the artificial product is - more times as high as natural this will be largely overcome duction is really attained. Ger- using synthetic rubber 40 per cent of all vehicles, seems no reason why the same, if neces- Id. and i trie subs ne to The Citizen d to theundis; time. and i , but 1id to be s can not do the SCHOOLS TO OPEN AGAIN t h the Summer moving along .we of the Geeimicit timely to remind -the _youngsters, Germ: any ep hippy ts “tn joying “their-yacatiens, that) it f won't be long before school “will reopen and they can resume the delightful pursuit nowledge, so-called. Adults who take their schools for granted aré as silly as children who desire nothing more than a prolonged and end- less vacation. Parents should pay some n to the work of their schools. In he interests of their children they should me acquainted with the educational m,as well as the people who op- erate it. Havana meeting bli Western Hemisy about a Monroe rept here. Doet rope and Japan does | teri n t the Poles, the pene th I the B ‘ gians, the Norwe will be j a dream? THE KEY WEST CITIZEN’ THE BU? I coutD CARRY “This LITTLE BAG UKE NUTHIN' \F TaeyD GET iD oF Tl WASTSFUL SPENDING, By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen STRICTER SPY LAWS OFFICIALS OUTLINE PLANS FIFTH-COLUMN ACTIVITY THE ARMY TAKES THE FIELD WHY SOLDIERS ARE NEEDED CONTRACTORS’ WORRIES Federal, State and loeal offi- cials conferred in the Capital last week about measures to be taken in connection with law enforce-|many years associated with! ment problems national defense. The President, in a letter, suggested that Con- gress and -the state legislatures enact additional laws to deal with “subversive activities, se- ditious acts and those things which might slow up or break down our common defense pro-| gram”. task ‘internal enemies is one for train-' ed officials and agencies to han- dle and not for vigilantes or “fus: and malicious busy- bodies”. Representatives from forty-two states heard Attorney-General Jackson and J. Edgar Hoover. |mored divisions are their organization jand the air force is in the midst jbodies of men. He emphasized that the! of law enforcement against /no Army”. part in the maneuvers. The ar- completing } and training of its expansion program. It was thought best not to interrupt these processe: The troop concentration this ‘year has a peculiar significance demonstrating that the Govern- ment fully understands the im- portance of field training. For the Army has had no sizeable formation of troops with whieh to experience the practical side of handling large Various units of the Army were stationed in cer- tain areas but, until last May | when a small field force of Regu- \lars was concentrated, the Army jin the. words of General George C. Marshall, chief of staff, “had Recruiting to increase the| strength of the Regular Army to 375,000, by the end of this year is continuing at the rate of about 15,000'a month. This force, it is felt, is entirely inadequate to con- front a major emergency, such as would result from a complete chief of the Federal Bureau of, German victory over Great Brit- Investigation, emphasize the need of scerecy in counter-espionage work so that subversive elements will not be tipped off that they are under investigation. This, they asserted, represented far more effective preventive action than arrest and exposure of a plotter whose place would be taken by another person, un- known to officials. Mr. Jackson pointed out that the new alien registration act was designed as much to protect the loval alien as to detect the disloyal. He warned that “hate- ful treatment” may make “sul- Ten enemies of those who wish to be good Americans” and op- posed suggestions that employers Cischarge all aliens. According to, the General, fifth-column_, -activities in this country take three forms. These are, first, open proselyting for alien beliefs; second, efforts to divide the people by sabotag- ing their morale and discrediting their leaders to prevent effective action or strong defense; and, finally. attempts to gain sym- pathy for foreign nations through fear of reprisals or promises of reward. J. Edgar Hoover described the activities fo his agency in fight- ing subversive forces and the dif- ficulties of its task. He urged all communicies to previde a maxi- mum of protection for their pub- lic utilities picturing the chaos which would resuit from the shutting off of a city’s water sup- ply. He urged. ‘brgmpt action to bring local dotice. departments up to date in ¢tming and equip- Ment. ‘He ‘Said “the time is rap- idly approaching, when, ‘as a na- tion, we must choose ‘between the welfare of the great masses of Americans and a few interlop- ers who hide behind the Bill of Rights while they undermine the nation. With more than 300,000 Nation- al Guardsmen and -Army Regu- lars concentrated in five maneu- ver areas, the Army is in the midst of its greatest peace-time military exercises. The newly- organized Armored Corps of the Attorney- | ain. The “National Guard stands upon the threshold of a new fu- ture. With an authorized strength of about 16.000 officers and 235,- 000 enlisted men, it needs train- ing and, in addition, new equip- ment and weapons. Moreover, some “observers say that it needs reorganization to eliminate the influence of politics in certain state units. Some officers, it is said, enjoy political appointments and in some state, officers are selected by their men rather than on the basis of demonstrat- ed ability. If the Guard is or- dered to protracted active duty, it will be déveloped into a far stronger weapon for national de- | fense. j The reader of this column may wonder why the United States is placing such emphasis upon the thorough training of soldiers, | which. in the past, we have not considered necessary. The an- swer is to be found in the pre- carious state of international af-| fairs. with military and naval} officials recognizing that our safe- | tv from invasion will be jeopar-/| dized if anvthing happens to the British fleet. Our present navy. while effi- cient, is not a match for possible combinations which may face us in the future. It will be from three to six years before the ex- panded Navy is completed and during this period a much larger army is necessary to safeeuard the nation from the possibility of armed ageression in the Western Hemisphere. Some of the delay im placing contracts for materials and equip- ment essential to national defense has been caused by the unwilling- ness of contractors to make ex- penditures for plant expansion without having assurance that these sums can be deducted from their taxable earnings. The argument of the contrac- tors is that if they spend money to expand production, solely to produce materials for national defense, the plant will be a loss when the orders for national de- WHO KNOWS? See “The Answers” on Page 4 1. What is the difference be- tween a vaccine and a serum? 2. What percentage of men volunteered in the World War? 3. Of what are synthetic auto- mobile tires made? 4. How many people have been added to the Soviet through annexations in the past year? 5. What is tne authorized size of the U. S. Army? 6. How many conferences has Secretary Hull attended in South America? 7. Who is the new chairman of the Democratic National Com- mittee? 8. What Southern States vot- ed for Hoover in 1928? 9. How many American cities have populations of over 500,000? 10. What is the population of the British Isles? Today's Birthdays Judge William J. Tilson, of the U. S. Customs Court, New York, born at Clear Branch, Tenn., 69 years ago. Frederick A. Sterling, U. S. Minister to Sweden, born in St Louis, 64 years ago. George H. Payne of New York. Federal Communications Com- missioner, bern there, 64 years ago. Congressman Willima Lemke cf Fargo, N. D., born at Albany, Minn., 62 years ago. Charles (Buddy) Rogers, born 36 years ago. Gene Raymnod, actor, New York, 32 years ago. Edwin Grasse, famed violinist born in New York, 56 years ago. Rear Admiral Samuel] M. Rob- inson, chief, Bureau of Engineer- ing, born at Eulogy, Tex. 58 years ago. Dr. Charles E. 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