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

PAGE TWO BLISHING CO. INC. 3 ept Sunday By President and Publisher Business Manager Citizen Building d Ann Streets per in Key (est and oe County . ARTMAN JOE ALL Florida, as s Member of the Associated Press ated Press is exclusively entitled to use ion of all news dispatches credtted to Twise credited in this paper and also S published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES s of thanks, resolutions of ete., will be charged for at THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL alwa 1out fear and without favor; seek the truth and print it never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight tor progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or irjustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, nd good do individual or organ- tolerant of others’ rights, views and ions; print only news that will elevate not contaminate the icader; never com- | ymise witn principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOC TED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. a | | | | 1 of County and City Gov- i tice ote A word to the wise must be uttered by wiser men. If a democracy the ns of the vty must i courseness attention to individuals who iced anywhere. 1 traditions he tradition to spend the win- i i will go Don’t ry about that! Traditions m go, but t on forever. Prejudice is often prevalent in the > who profess the m ance. Haven't you yourself, dear reader? Much good will come out of the Eu- nations will The strue- ance, for instance, : of al- ty, of course, is that the nce must be so great. war ropear war, and decadent re better and strong I steps taken by F includes a law for the lism.” The cost of the renais Rut it seems that only the loss of will change the character of a nation. ur a Voluntary enlistment in the various branches cf defense for one should i there is a break down in the re is sufficient time for con- . 80 objectionable to all free peo- peace. Secretary Stimson’s sham statement that these are not times of peace sounds like pure, unadulterated possible year n times of c or conscription, a step toward war. This column, as it has reiterated sev- ti Joes not believe in the neces- scription in times of peace. nlistment for one year-has not been tried and if ‘~ied may result in secur- ; ing the 1,000,000 men required. Unem- t has beer estimated at st the entire quota of this body he army requirements. Then there are the 300,000 young men the camps, besides the youths get from the Government N. Y. A.; furthermore there are thousands on WPA, many of whom would be eligible. It is quite possible that the necessary quota can be obtained from this list voluntarily, with- out disruption of our economic life. 000: al would meet t in who 10,000,- > ALIEN REGISTRATION As announced yesterday, the Key West drive to register all aliens in our midst has commenced. Estimates given indicate that between 500 to 700 i appear at the local and December printed and to sign af- now ocal residents w postoffice between no to be iin taining certain information the Federa! government. ons call for registration of y I n not a citizen of the United States over 14 years of age. The law is quite definite in its provisions and certain fines and penalties have been listed to ap- n cases where misinformation has been given or when, as and if, any attempt made to escape registration entirely. An important point in connection with this drive that was ordered by Congress and the President over three months ago, is its purpose. The Federal government desires to have information on all persons not citizens of this country. tion gained will prove of immense value if the time ever comes when this nation will need to guard its interests, particularly in -ase of wer. Even now, subversive agents are reported to be at large, engaged in various activities of no benefit to the nation. the Federal government very s to stress, in information re- leased about the registration, that aliens are not to consider themselves to be un- ler any-suspicion whatsoever by reason of the move. That goes for the large per- age of residents here and elsewhere one reason or another, under con- ditions over which they have no control, have been unable to complete citizenship requirements. The government recognizes tte Its centa who | that, by and large, aliens can be, and in most instances, are desirable residents of the nation. As W. Branch Cone, executive secre- tary to the governor of our state, put it upon his return from a_ conference in Washington — “unwise discrimination against aliens, both in community affairs try, should be avcided. Due r beyond their control, large numbers of aliens have been unable to become citizens, and it should be borne in mind that all aliens are not ‘fifth columnists’. We have no concentration camp for aliens, and there should be no unjust persecution and no mob violence”. Under statement gf prin- ciple, Key West authorities will abide by the regi All aliens will find their ind treated with the utmost and full respeet for their feelings. It is the spirit of the law that all information be kept strictly fidential. that fair tion law. idual cases in courtesy con- TROUBLE AHEAD IN MEXICO? The stage is about set in Mexico for treuble as a resul lt of the recent election to select a successor to President Lazaro Car- denas. Adherents of General Juan Andreu Almazan express the hope that the Fresi- dent will declare the election of July 7th null and void on the ground that it was ‘tt vitiated by grave irregularities. The President, however, has banned all further political meetings or agitations because the election is concluded and all remains is “to install the successful candidates.” Congress has the decision as to who won and it is taken for granted that the government's candidate, Gen. Camacho, will be proclaimed the winner. Gen. Almazan, it is said, plans to in- stall his own Congre: before which he will take the oath of office as President. This will set up two Congresses, with two rival Presidents and the ground work es- tablished for a violent outbreak that may develop into widespread civil warfare. that that FOOD TO HELP GERMANY? Germany controls most of western * Europe but Great Britain, through block- ade, has eut off supplies. There is available for western Europe only a certain amount of food. Naturally, the German soldiers will take what they need first, what their people need next and leave to the populations of the conquered ' areas what surplus there may be. Every pound of food that gets into the conquered areas, regardless of what in- dividual consumes it, makes available another pourd for utilization by Germany. Ccnsequently, there is every reason why the British should keep their blockade tight as possible and there is no reason, that we know of, why Americans should j conspire to ship food through the-blockade. The informa- | “SEE A PIN; PICK If UP...” Wa ch your step; don’t trust to luck WAR vs. LABOR Winant Says In Labor Day Survey That European Worker Has One Hope {EDITOR'S NOTE: As Laber dey appreaches, John G. Winant, former governor cf New Hampshire. director of the International Labor Office, and one of the recognized world eutherities on labor problems, here gives his own answer fo the question of what war is doing to labor in Europe.) By JOHN G. WINANT Director, International Labor Office 1939, Hitler Reichstag On September 1, to the “For si rs now I have been working on the building up of German defenses. Over 90 mil- (90 billion marks) have been spent on the building up of lards those defense forces.” Measured under any reasonable hange rate this would exceed the total gold reserves held the United States. It large a part of the total national in was so income of Germany as to ma- terial, cial sta’ lower the living and so- rds of that nation or attempting to meet a defe armament It explains the literalness of Goering’s blunt demand of bullets instead of butter. In a peace period only a gov- e organized on force rather than on consent could accepted the drastic de- privations compelled by this war policy. Under these there was established on of the punitive ystem of the middle ages har- ssed to modern machine tech- alc » idual sub- e dictator. nese sinister 20wn to us through din the daily But social won being ve many real s that have been ugh years of effort are It is not only political leader- s in conquered democracies that is being liquidated. Labor leaders meet the same fate. Trade unions and employers’ or- ganizations, as well as_parlia- . have been destroyed. Col- lective bargaining in conquered territory has ceased to exist. Hour regulations have been com- pletely broken down. Wage rates have been reduced. The f living has increased while dard of living of the f working men and wo- has been progressively lowered. In attempting to suggest some- thing of what the war has done and is*deing to labor in Europe, it is necessary to look back for a moment to the situation that existed before the war. While the aggressor nations were build- ing their war machines, the democratic states worked to maintain the civil liberties of their people and to raise the workers’ standard of living. Much has been accomplished toward the realization of those objectiv A moderate but steady increase in national in- come and in the volume of wages, 2@ more equal distribution of put- chasing power due to social se- curity and public welfare mea- sures—all bear witness to the preoccupations of the democratic countries 6f continental Europe until war foreed change. Until then, little by little, through un- tiring effort, these countries had erected a social structure pro- tecting the decency and dignity of man. This structure ‘included the limitation of hours ef work in in- «tional dustry and commerce, the pro- ~ tection of working women and children, the protection of the health and safety of workers, compensation for industrial ac- cidents and occupational dis- eases, a system of old age pen- sions and pensions for widows and orphans of deceased work- ers, the arbitration of industrial disputes and the of labor conditions by collective bargaining. International Federation of Trade Unions, the largest international organization of workers, bered in 1939, twenty-one determination num- mil- situation has been com- ly changed by the invader. There has been complete de- struction of the trade union movement in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia and in the conquered democracies. All that the free trade union movement has stood for—the right of being heard, the right of consultation, the right to negotiate—has been abolished. These rights were con- secrated by the constitution of the international labor organiza- tion established in 1919 to pro- mote social justice. In Great Britain, wark of democracy in world, the organized have accepted free eously, and in common accord with their employers, compul- sory arbitration and the outlaw- ing of strikes and- leckouts for the duration of the war. Their ac- tion is. based on their knowledge that today with them all things depend on the strength defense. workers have themselves regom- mended the adoption of the emer- gency powers defense act which last bul- the old workers spontan- grants-the most drastic authority , a fi ple has ever conferred upon government. This™ authority includes power to control all persons and all rroperty, to conscript labor and regulate conditions of employ- ment, to control banking and fi- nance and to impose an excess profits tax of 100 percent. The secretary of labor and national serviee has been charged with the cfestion of a new arbitra- tion Board to adjudicate disputes on working conditions. On the of the present strugale_between Great Britain and Nazi Germany depends the future sf labor and the labor movement in Europe. If Britain falls, the whole of western and central Europe will pass under a totalitarian rule that will oblit- erate the gaine made in one hun- dred and fifty years of struggle and sacrifice. and place the American worker in the front Tine of defense. “Key West's Outstanding” LA CONCHA HOTEL of na-j British union} a SPANIARDS DISCOVER & By A FORMER PROFESSOR OF AUGUSTA Theirs not the battie’s glamor. bugles’ shrill, The charge with pennants flying - - -Victory! trudge through wastes, the ungle and mor; Booted, with helmets. plates, all the day, Tanned by the sun and courting death unknown,— The reptiles lurking in the grass. foul flood With fumes all poisonous, Fierce beasts, shrub-hiddet mis siles seeking blood. Northward they push through wilds untamed. The chief Clerics, six hundred guard footsore, brave At Silver Bluff encamp. plant the cross; Beside it Castles and Lions wave. DeSoto doffs his feathere gear low Before the Cross a which remain The settlement was long ere bion From Georgian soil expell flag of Spain. breast reeking, insects They Rampant nd c Four Hundred Years Conquistador The reddish Bills of Georgiz did claim! With cinc and religious f Let now Augusta fame. when simple exteri y a profound aspirations will be and the life well rounde: end passed in a comparative competence Satisfaction or Moncey Back If the FIRST bottle of Imperial Lotion fails to satisfy in the relief of itching will be Membership in the 96° neede 2 Ve PAUSE WEDNESDAT EOF IAAIASALZALZLZELZZZZ LL e COMPLAINT SERVICE. .. If you do nat . Receive Your Cops of The CITIZEN By 6 P.M PHONE— WESTERN UNION Between ¢ and 7 P.M and a Western Umon Messenger Bes «al deliver your copy of The Git Ae eeestststs2ZzZzzZzzZzZaZ : . ) : . 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