The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 17, 1940, Page 2

THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. IN I d Daily Except Sunday ANUMAN, President and Pal JO® ALLEN, Business Manager en Building 1 Ann Streets per in Key roe County West and Florida, as second class matter of the Associated Press s exclusively n this paper and also ed here. PISING ation. RATES SPECIAL NOTICE s, cards of thanks, resolutions of es, ete. will be charged for at churches from whieh cents a line. n4 invites diseus- or general us communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN and City Gov- ood month in which to have managed to live last out the year? exclusive proclaiming the hout it from the prints newspaper ad- enced business- already tried out all sorts of will give really worry s somebody esent th you meantime, you can member “J been a coun- Am- in.” She might have 1owNn gratitude . American-born »mmions, recently said: us than r LaGuardia of New York wants al printing plant manned by Civil nd operated mach as Printi ffice in Wash- the city will save $250,- Fiorello »0 of the times pend profusely in order to at- nment He thinks ] operation. with he tem to law by the more than ly president. by the es. If the i term = con- nact a law against a a third term presi- gned paralysis i and a goal toward ts have been from realiza- Foundation of known. Ex- mewhat dis- > to develop a immunity to Many prom- y rese ported. ling the President, suf, ary of Commerce Jones and also of the Treasury Morgenthau have t Great Britain was a anc sinview of the she has owed Uncle Sam more than s ever since the last World even made a token pay- finds about $3 her w t time, but ach day to prosecute 1 Dakot more prac- any dollars we He line we will never see ag: past experience is a criterion. CLEAN-UP TIME Last Saturday’s Citizen published two articles which, in combination, just happen to point out only.too poignantly a grave situation faced by Key West in the winter season to come, The first story through the courtesy Herald Tribune. It appeared on the front page of The Citizen and was a re-print of an article from the H. T.’s travel section, extolling the virtues of the Island City asa “winter paradise.” It is not unproblematical that 50,000 sons read it in and around New York. It a tremendously valuable piece of ad- vertising. The second article, in the same issue of The Citizen, was an intelligent, analytical People’s Forum letter, written by a public- spirited resident, which decried the filthy, and irksome conditions which prevail in many parts of town. “T hear constant complaints of bark- ing cur dogs, crowing roosters, early morn- ing hucksters, loud and boisterous conduct zlong the streets at night, utter disregard of traffic rules and regulations, auto horns this gentleman was printed by us y of the New York whistling negroes,” > in part. That doesn’t sound much like a “win- dise, Rather, it is a fairly » description of some South Amer- And the -vorst of it is He has lived and does it? anana town. cour correspondent KNOWS. here for years. “A stitch in time saves nine’’—so be- fore the season comes upon us in earnest, let’s try to clean up our town a bit. Let’s do something about the unsightly vacant lots, the hundreds ownerless, hungry mongrels, and the noctunal of unnecessary racket. There is a distinct difference between Key West being “quaint,” the Herald Tribune writer put it, and being too dirty in some sections for sanitary living. AS CHRISTMAS everyone knows, Christmas is cele- brated as the anniversary of the birth of Christ, although the actual date of that azugust event is not really known. In the early years of Christianity this festival was observed conjointly with the feast of the Epiphany, on January 6. December 25 was finally agreed upon about five centuries after Christ’s ministry or. earth and is a date arbitrarily set, like that of Easter, for the commemoration of an event, rather than as an actual anniversary. St. Chrysostom speaks of this date having been first observed by the Christians of the West. The Christmas tree, now an almost uni- versal symbol, was adapted from the use of a palm branch with twelve shoots to signify the completed year, as was the custom of the Egyptians, long before the Christian era, The present significance of the Christ- mas tree is thought to have originated in Europe. The custom of using decorations of een, particularly mistletoe, has long been observed, especially since the time of the Druids. In the Middle Ages wildly hilarious festivities were held in connection with Christmas, which called forth remon- strances from authorities of the church, who deplored the tendency to stress the festive rather than the religious significance of the Christmas season. The sending of Christmas gifts may be traced back to ancient Rome. This custom is by no means universal, however, and is al- most unknown in the Holy Land and among Asiatic Christians generally. Few children in the Orient ever heard of Santa Claus. A LOAN TO CHINA While Japan was making peace with a puppet Chinese government, the United States of America announced a loan of 0,000,000 to the government of Chiang shek at Chungking. This evidence of continued support for the recognized government of China implements our policy in the Far East in a manner that even Tokyo statesmen can un- derstand. The Japanese have no objec- tions to our ideals in regards to China so long as we are content to talk without back- ing them up. Whether the Chinese know it, or not, they are fighting a part of the battle of free- dom throughout the world. The pact that Tokyo signed with Berlin and Rome united the struggles now gcing on. The interest that the people of this country have in the outcome of the battle must extend to the | war in China. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | BLONDIE BLONDIE,BE SURE TO HAVE SOME MONEY LEFT FoR CHRISTMAS SEALS By Chic Young |** C\ HAVE BOUGHT FIVE DOLLARS WORTH ALREADY AND 1‘M GOING TO cially—but grapev: now is to knock war. That ex- increase in Brit- 1 in the Mediter- explains the r connoitering ac Air Force has over Italian soil begun to yet. They are ig to the major accor national British the works ng the on Italy slowly and grad- . and it ma pring be- the assault reaches full mo- is obvious that this stra hi the weak The troops s show By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen FARM PROBLEM ALIVE PARITY ONLY A STEP FARMERS FOR CONTROL FAR EAST IS QUIET LOANS FOR THE BRITISH SUPPLIES ARE CERTAIN LOGAN-WALTER BILL PUTS WORK ON JUDGES farm problem will probab- to the iore again in the ion of the new Congress the European War h affected export mar! Even if the war had not hap- in Europe, however, the ni nm would have faced a farm problem eventually because the prcgrams now underway, which would have done much good, do not of themselves guarantee ag- riculture anything like real pari- ty. ets term “parity”, as readers kn defers to a ratio of income for a ‘ulture compared with the national income. The supposition is that when the ratio is increas- ed, there will be something like an economic balance in the tion, with a continous flow of ma in exchange products raised on the farm. This exchange will promote business and, according to same thinkers, guarantee a reasonable prosperi- ty. The So-called parity does not mean to guarantee to agriculturists the same per capita income that the average American enjoys. To do this would be to go ahead of the parity goal. If we remember the percentages correctly, the aim of parity is to gve to the one-fourth of the nation’s population, engaged in agriculture, about fifteen per cent of the national income. While st of the farmers of the nation approve now under way, there is develop- ing a sentiment, particularly in areas of the West, that the pro- gram does not go far enough. The control] features of the pre- sent machinery are not operative unless the farmers vote them in- to effect and, it is worth noting practically every election to de- termine whether to adopt con- trols or not has been overwhelm- jingly in favor of crop control. Farmers understand the necessi- ty of limiting production to meet probable demands. They know that industry practices rigid con- trol of production and that agri culture if it expects to prosper, ‘must follow the example and onform its methods to existing conditions. The situation in the Far East continues to be quiet, but recent ‘utterances of responsible Japan- ese officials seem to be designed to feel out American public opin- ion. The Japenese statesmen carefully assert that they do not want any war with the United es and emphasize that this will not happen if both Japan and the United States “mind their own business.” - This phrase, interpreted Japan- ese fashion, warns the United States to keep out of the Far Eastern area where responsible Japanese officials insist that the interests of Japan are paramount. Recent indications are that Jap- anese statesmen include Thailand (Siam) and Burma in the sphere of Japan. The hint is also broad- ly given that the dispatch of any American warship to Singapore would present a serious eompli- |cation which might result in hos- ‘ tilities. na- j factured goods to the farms agi for the agricultural ;j Administration tinue s financial situation of Great B tain. the Lord Lot! an’s speech g the nce the British ance, there has to give som to the Since ancial that Germany now, due to “viet Pe interest in the ques assumed that cedit will n flow of supp’ try to Great B ent that Americ : very anxious no Wh n It- to granting credits w are not aly -e. the papers the matter w Ital- talking but we think the offi- it for granted : , amu! have Ic will extend : pt to gloss over method w erses. 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The Ital- > in nur rently. small in s t Don't be surprise years ag g found it i vu read before long of British possible tend tor 1 r raids of almost unprecedented in conne Milan and Tu- Consequ¢ntly tive ag to them part of its au- include the ce Commission, > Board and 7 the were gress thority. terstate the Federa the program ‘; charg 2 cin new legislation, aroused consid- erable rese! a i is larg- ly respons effort to make them subject to a larger me- asure of judicial control In this connect noting that the tution has i Logan-W demns it, tine of the wrong The courts, power over the boards in a great and can go decision and inqu tual background of fact are not “substantial evidence form it won't pointed decision appor The various commissions are re fact-finding agencie: duty is devolved up there will be | is argued. th duly burd cial ad: conver: cial fields, are probably m¢ competent to handle the questic involved than the courts would be. The Brookings Institut. con- cluces that “a judicial straight- jacket, such as is contemplated by the bill, would be both oner- ous to the courts and crippling to the administration (of the agen- cy), without offering any pz lar advantage to the in CAUGHT Get direct relief from Economic Highlights HAPPENINGS THAT AFFECT THE DINNER PAILS. DIVIDEND CHECKS AND TAX BILLS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS INSEPARABLE FROM LOCAL WELFARE As this o before, the Greek-It rt been giving England she would nct a chane otherwise hav navy land a had to obtain air. perhaps submarine These bases Greek islands. and supply p. severity of their _ ther out and ranean. object bei ret destroy Htalar power. as England the hopes w te depend: these coun THE NEW Sunbeam MIXMASTER sabotage Europe ter of Corporal W. E US. 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