The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 22, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO ip aed CPIZEN PUBLISHING CO, EXC. Jay By resident and Pabl Kasiness Manage en Building - and Ann Streets in Key West and ty lorida. as seco.d class matter “ Press y entitled to uf atches credited tu SUB SCRIPTION RATES TISING RATES SPECIAL NOTICE ards of thanks, resolutions of - te, wil: be charged for at t by churches from which ed are 5 ¢ a line. for vites discus- f local or general ymous communi- KEY WEST CITIZEN k the truth and print it be rong or to applaud right; ogres iece of any person, clique, ithout favor; never s; mever be the or- s do its utmost for the ever tolerate corruption or vice and praise virtue, vidual or organ- its, views and at will elevate reader; never com- ROVEMENTS TOR KEY WEST \DVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN atcy West Citizen 1. na- +t their ration and with little or no i from the past, g from the toil and blood of patriots, is not at all certain that it will be a to the future unless we do our part in steadfastly vigilant. Unobtrusive Switzerland, one of the ig strongholds o° democracy. and one of the least and yet best gover. ltuous world, is on the Recent outbursts against the Swi ita}, rolled press lead to the sus icion t ussolini covets the peaceful ntioned little republic. ast remair spot. Is there a sound reason for the con- tinuance of the Electoral College? There suld be 2 constitutional amendment re- sidential elections to be settled xy the direct vote of fhe people, especially in view of the possibility that a candidate eiving the popular vote can be defeated. The Elec its pur- besides it hasn't got a football team. tural College has served bewhiskered Uncle Sam_ is ured as wooing Latin-America, a xr maiden. As fact Tio y much younger than the pic tured seforita, and while romance is out of the question their present relations may be the beginning of a beautiful friendship, thoegh Hitler and also Generalissimo to be butting in to mar the but Pop has the “hors de rd your a onship put other wooers election campaign in this country is time out for the electorate to form and express opinions on the issues before it and to decide who are to be the ders in Nation and State. Now that is has been decided it Lehooves all of us iil frents and support the peo- ple’s choice, in all matters pertaining to defense and foreign affairs. Bitter as has been the campaign and strong as are *he emctions engendered, there is nothing to 1 ional! unity, and if the uvopean dictators think to the contrary and believe there will be nat..nal disunity on account of the results of the election they will find themselves deeply and sadly pointed, unite on at ieal na ly bread, though in | | cheering crow/ that he “brought THE LEGION CONVENTION The Key West Oonvention Corpora- making excellent progress towards arrai.zing for the state convention of the tion i American Legion in this city next April. A publ I , committee. a committee on hotels tee on financing this city’s biggest convention effort are working and and a commi orking hard. the the Convention corporation is meeting with the usual difiiculties. “fonrce county has con- tributed part of the $1,000 it promised and But In tinancial ar:angements the remainder will be forthcoming. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN the city of Key West has not contributed : its $1,000, nor is this assured. It remains to be seen whether the city will contribute its share of the expense involved. Confronting this preblem, the commit- tee of the Key West Convention Corpora- tion dealin? with financial arrangements is considering other means of raising What the plans are will not be revealed until later, but it is certain that the general public, the same public that will benefit from this state convention, is to be asked to contribute. Nothing should stand in the way of the Convention corporaticn arrangements. No other organization should undertake anything that would interfere with this ef- fert. No carnival or street show of any nd st be permitted, except as it is the American Legion’s con- vention corporation. Key West needs this convention. convention corporation has promised that all money, except for actual expenses of money. arranged for INDEFATIGABLE BATHERS FROM INFANCY TO OLD AGE, THE JAPANESE AT ONE TIME SHUNNED SOAP IN THE c- LIEF THAT 17 TURNED THE HAIR RED - THE COLOR OF THEIR Dvn! INSTEAD THEY SCRUBBED WIHASMALL BAG FILLED WITH GRAN YOUTHFUL WIFE OF FRANCES POCULAR HENRY I --A BRIGHT LIGHT OF THE DARK AGES, SHE BOASTED GIRLS AT A FASHIONABLE 17™ CENTURY FRENGH| SCHOOL WERE ALLOWED ONE SE" OF UNDIES, TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY The | the convention, will be turned back to the | * i Everyone stands to benefit, for other | organizations will try to arrange state con- ventions for this city once ‘t is proved it It can and will be dene. It must be done, for the sake of Ke; West and Monroe county. Clear the way for Legion’s state convention! } can b. iene. the American HE TRUSTED HITLER The death of Nc ville Chamberlain re- calls the historic day in September, 1933, when the British Prime Minister returned » London from Munich to tell a_ wildly back a peace with honor.” Ir his hands he held an Anglo-Ger- men declaration, recording the “desire of our two peoples never to go to war with another again.” He believed that had arranged peace for his gen- one he | eration. It is probably too early to accurately appraise the record of Mr. Chamberlain. His appeasement of Hitler was dictated by knowledge of British and French un- preparedness fer war, or because he _ be- lieved -that Adolf Hitler was sincere and could be relied upon to keep a promise. Americans should remember that at Berchtesbaden, Hitler had assured Mr. Chamberlain that the Sudeteniand was the last of his territorial ambitions in Europe and that he had no wish to include in the Reich the people of other race than Ger- mans. Faith in Hitler disappeared months later when the German Arm moved out of the Sudetenland and an- nexed the remainder of Czechoslovakia. From then on, it was just a question of when the war would begin. VICHY CAN’T DELIVER ies between France uspended until Peace negotiations and Germany have been all fighting terminates. It appears that the efforts of Vice- Premiere Pierre Laval to collaborate with s' Reich Fuehrer. Hitler have been nullified | the Vichy of French by British resistance and by Government’s lack of control colonial possessions: With thy ‘tFreé French forces” of General De Gaalle vigorously operating in French Equatorial :Africa and with other evidences that French colorial forces have deterr: ned to resist any effort to turn them over to Spain, Italy or Germany, the Vichy Government is unable to deliver the g ods Hitler desires. This development should be encourag- ing to the British and to the Greeks. Moreover, if there is any truth in persistent rumers that Marshal Weygand, who is in Africa, has definitely broken with the Vichy Government. there is the possibility of‘other good news for the fighting demo- | eracies. By RUSSELL KAY year the high schools of nm turn out their quota of —boys and girls who socn must take their place in the community as useful citizens. Mcst of us older folks are y with our” own affairs 2» these kids much thought. - As parents, perhaps, we may Dp now and then to cogitate on the auestion of what “Willie” or “Mary” “will be” when they grow up. In a hazy sort of way e realize that they are going to have to do some Natural- to too to s cy will find a job, get into some kind of business, a a trade and eventually make their way in the world, but we don’t give them |much constructive help or intel- jligent direction. For the most part these eager, bright-eyed hopefuls are left to solve life’s | problems as best they can. | While our schools and colleges offered courses intended to equip the student to enter business or a profession, practically nothing | was offered in the way of help- jing a young man or woman se a vocation. The woods re full of text books that taught | the fundamental or basie facts needed by the prospective law- |yer, doctor, accountant, mechanic and countless other vocations, there was practically nothing that ;offered the slightest assistance to anyone who was concerned with the problem of choosing a voca- |tion. In short, there were plenty of “how to” books but no “why” | books. | Ed Menninger, publisher of the 'Stuart News, got to thinking jabout it and decided that we |should not wait until our kids jare out of school before doing janything to aid them in finding their life’s work, and with this thought in view he devised a scheme designed to acquaint the boys and girls in Martin County Junior and Senior High Schools with data and information that would be of practical help |them in deciding upon a voca- In talking with the youngsters he found out that most of them didn’t know what they wanted “to be”. One lad thought he might like to become an account- ant, but he didn’t know “why”. A young girl imagined she would like to operate a beauty shop, but she likewise didn’t know “why”. Both youngsters were interest- ed. They had vague ideas as to their future vocations but the} fundamental things they should know to intelligently decide weren't to be found in available to them, suth as the advantages and disadvantages which such occupatiops offered; what it cost to.establish suth a business; how much income} might be expected; whether the field was crowded or offered op-} portunity; what kind of a life would a person have in such work; what hours were demand- | ed; what were the pitfalls— j these were the things they need- jed to know and there was no-; ‘where to turn for the answers. ' Ed Menninger set about trying to get just that kind of data. He wrote to hundreds of libraries, to publishers, to colleges. in fact everywhere he could think of, and secured every available book on the subject of choosing a voca- tion. As the books and pamph- lets were received he read one with care, discarding more than he kept but finally built up a unique “vocational library” which was placed at the disposal students in the local high schools. That was just the first step. He interested his local Rotary Club in the proposition and got organization to help finance the project. But just assembling the library was not enough, he had to figure out a way to get the boys and girls to thinking about vocations, so he arranged for a contest through his news- paper and got the school authori~ ties to co-operate by requiring that all students, asa part of their school work, be required to write an essay on “Why I would choose such and such a_ voca- tion”, leaving it entirely up to the student to select any voca- tion they wished from the wide variety covered in the “vocation- al library”. Small prizes were offered for the best essays in sev- eral different classifications and the winning essays were publish- ed in the paper. Today in his files Ed Mennin- ger has every vocational essay written by the boys and girls of his community. He probably knows more about the kids of high school age in his town than anyone else. He has helped grad- uates to find work to their lik- ing. Business men turn to him for his suggestions as to where they can find a bright boy or girl for their store or office. So suc- cessful is the plan that Rotary In- ternational gave it national pub- licity and encouraged the estab- lishment of similar vocational li- braries in hundreds of other com- munties. While other men turn to golf or fishing or something else as a hobby, Ed Menninger turns to aiding the youngsters in his com- munity and is getting a whale of a kick out of it. He offers a shining example of what a news- paperman-can do for a commun- ity in the way of helpful, con- structive community service. SLUGGISH KIDNEYS DUE TO DIET HARD TO CORRECT Use meats. starches, tea, coffee verv sparingly. Live mostly on fruits. vegetables, milk and drink lots of soft water. If burning, scanty, frequent or off-color backache. headache or loss of pep. Help the kidneys. Give them a gentle lift. Use a kidney evacuant. Ask any druggist for BUKETS. Your 25¢ back in 24 hours if not pleased. Locally at Olivieri's Drug Store.—advt. each of the| ~ BKeoomx s ae at 3 A SLUNGTON By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizer WILLKIE GIVES VIEWS FAVORS “FIVE STEPS” CRGANIZES OPPOSITION TWO-PARTY SET-UP RE-ALIGNMENT INVISIBLE FDR’S PERSONAL VICTORY SOME DISADVANTAGES CAN WILLKIE REFORM GOP? In his address to the American people on Armistice Day, Mr. Wendell Willkie pointed out that nearly fifty million people on No- vember 5th kept constitutional government “triumphantly alive” in the United States when they exercised the “precious right” of the franchise. This demonstra- tion of the “free system of gov- ernment” in action, he must give hope to millions upon millions of other people through- out the world. The defeated candidate for the presidency took cognizance of the bitterness in the campaign, say- ing, “Many things were said, which, in calmer moments, might have been left unsaid or might have been worded more thought- fully”. This bitterness, he as- serted, was a “distortion, not a true reflection” of what is in our hearts. Later, in his address, in a conciliatory attitude, he point- ed out that both candidates prom- ised to keep this country out of var unless attacked and added, “Mr. Roosevelt was re-elected and this solemn pledge for him, I know, will be fulfilled”. With this introduction, the Re- n candidate discussed the situation in the United States, emphasizing the “funda- mental principal of the demo- cratic system that the majority rules” and adding that “a vital element in the balanced opera- tion of democracy is a_ strong, alert and watchful opposition”. He stressed the right and duty of the opposition, under a two- party system, “to debate the course of our government”, but he cautioned his followers against falling “into the partisan error of opposing things just for the sake of oppositio: , After discussing some of the is- sues in the recent campaign and Stating the principles of the op- Position, he proposed “five steps for our government to take im- mediately”, including: (1) Reduced Federal expendi- tures except for national defense and necessary relief; (2) The financing of new plants and machinery for defense by private capital as far as possi- ble; (3) Taxes to approach as near- ly as possible the pay-as-you-go plan; (4) Adjustment of taxes and government restrictions “to take the brakes off private enterprise, so as to give it freedom under wise regulations; and (5) A change in the Govern- ment’s “punitive attitude toward both little and big business men”. Then, referring to the “most important immediate task” be- fore the nation, the defense of America, he urged the minority party to be watchful to see that defense funds are not wasted. Moreover, he urged materials and equipment to Great Britain “to the limit of our ability but with due regard to our own defense”. Here he stressed the fact that no candidate, in a presidential cam- paign, ever went further “in at- tempting to create a united front” on this point. suggests, - Mr. Willkie did not overstress the of an position party in t Se far as the presidency is con- cerned, he offered himself and his principles to the peepie im an effective and courageous cam- paign. Whether his leadership of the Republican Party will be strong mugh to contr course of Republican of Congress rem Ss to b For example, he recommends tax es to approach the pay-as-you-g¢ plan, bet it will remain for the Republican congressmen tc plement this principle, if the Ad- ministration does not, by posing specific taxes and for them. It will not be « for the minority party to espouse general principles without « ing specific application of principles to existing importance of mem In this connection. Americ: might as well realize the Republican and Demoer. parties are seriously divided factional. differences. Each party has what might be called a Lib eral and a Conservative gr Nor should it be overlooked # in the recent presi tion, the people were choose between tw didates. Mr. Willkie's accept f most of the New Deal legislatior in principle, removed campaign issues but this not cause us to lose sight fact that there exists, in Congress and throughout the large bloc Conse: strength. Whether Conservat Democrats and Conser publicans get together presidential campai: 4 Conservatives in Cx often co-operate by even if they belong t parties that b nation of ner: For years, political have been predicting a ment of political strength country based largely upon belief that a Liberal leader w attract Liberals in both parties and that, naturally, an opposition Conservative will attract the sup- port of Conservativ This cess made little. if anv during the recent preside campaign, although there some signs that Conser Democrats withheld their suppert from President Roosevelt in this were The course of the campaign, especially Mr. Willkie’s declare tion for certain “national poli- cies”, resulted in a triumph for much of the liberal legislation of the Roosevelt Administration. The re-election of the President. however, is to be correctly judg- ed as a personal tribute to him While his tremendous majori- A beauty and a bargain! Jam- packed with new valuc, acw conveniences, new features. Referring specifically to the or- | ganization of the opposition, he Suggested that the “thousands of organizations” formed during the campaign be continued, although not in his name, because he did not want “this great cause to be’ weakened by even a semblance of any personal advantage to any individual”. Significantly, he ladded, “1944 will take care of it- self”, and asserted that “my fight for those principles has just bei gun”. The above, we believe, is a brief, but fair, summary of the address by the defeated candidate for the presidency of the United States. While he could outline general principles for the opposi- tion to follow, the application of thes~ pvinciples depends upon the Republican members of the Sen-' ate and the House. Just how the legislators will translate these Principles into the political life of the nation will only be appar- ent in the conduct of the Repub- (licans during the next few years. | im- !