The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 18, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Lookine at __ » WA sEUNGION By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen LOOK AT WASH c.fg6wo MASS PRODUCTION NEAR DELAYS IN DEFENSE U.S. WATCHES MATSUOKA tag according to Mr. Biggers, is ahead {of schedule and while there is to be a great increase of .30 calibre machine guns, the production chief says that the program is Patriots worried about the man-'now “up to scratch”. Moreover, ufacture of war materials will be | 1300-ton tanks are being produc- interested in the statement of ed at the rate of one hundred a John D, Bggers, production chief ;month, but this figure will be of the Office ef Production Man-!doubled by the end of the year. agement, who told the House|The production of 26-ton or me- Military Affairs Committee that!dium tanks, took only six this country is about three'months from drafting boards to months “from the beginning of |finished product and “is one of real mass production of many jthe really inspiring chapters in vital items”. |the history of the Army”. | | Powder production, including , Tuol and other components, remains a big job but new plants are going to work on schedule. The airplane program is develop- ling. Production has almost trip- led between last May and _ last month and the monthly output, {it is expected, will be doubled before the end of the present year. Appealing to industry and la- bor to make the most of “these precious” days which might mean much in the final outcome of the war, Mr. Biggers reported good progress in the program to equip 1,200,000 men and produce the critical material necessary for an- other 800,000. The production of small arms, | Key West Players Are Rehearsing Mr. Biggers admitted that the {defense program has been imped- jed by “unthinking” and selfish Jemployers and labor leaders but | |he oppo: »d punitive measures, jsaying, “I don’t believe in a de- jmocracy forcing anyone to do anything until it has exhausted ;the powers of persuasion and ed- Key West Pi yers’ new vehicle, “The Ghost Fli South”, went into rehearsal last night the Art.Center, jucation”. A recent Broadway hit, this, three-act comedy is scheduled for | production the latter part of | May, under the direction of Mrs. | Rob Roy Ricketts. Assisting Mr: at He pointed out that some man- , prompted by se}fish- accumulating unwar-. ranted stocks of critical mate- rials. The practice, he says, might be called hoarding. This tends to create artificial short- ges which affects the defense program. Moreover, he said, some haye not grasped the ne ty of jutilizing all available labor and every productive tool in the country. jufacture ness, are Ricketts are Janice White, assistant director; Donovan He stage manager; Jack Lennard, electrician; C Yates, promoter; Waysie Gaiti, chairman, ticket and program committees; Martha Watson, chairman, publicity committee. The Junior Players, a group of younger Key Westers, Will form Miss Gaiti’s ticket committee and will also be ushers at the! performance. The cast shortly. Making Ready For May Day Fete ° Preparations are going ahead for the annual May Day fete to be held on May 1 at Bayview Park under auspices of the Junior-Senior High School | Anyone wishing to enter chil- dren in the kiddy parade are re- quested to communicate with Mrs. Mervin L. Russell, whose phone number i: Couple Married Last Evening “Some union leaders”, he said, “are impeding the program by sponsoring unnecessary _ strikes”. | This action, “prompted by selfish- ness”, seems to be producng a jwave of public disapproval, which in the emergency, might result “in some Government re- strictions of the rights of labor”. Naturally, the people of the! United States are somewhat in- ‘terested in the results of the vis- its that have been paid to Berlin, | Rome and Moscow by Yusoke | Matsuoka, the Foreign Minister jof Japan. The idea that the Jap-! Janese statesman took the long| |journey to see the scenery or to! discuss platitudes should be dis: missed from the mind. Obvious: as intended to pave the way for increased Japanese par- ticipation in world affairs. will be announced George Henry Hervey old navy seaman from Silverton, Tex., last night was married to Thelma May Walsh, 21, New Lon- don, Conn. Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., justice of the peace, per- formed the ceremony at his home. ROYAL AIR FORCE HITS BERLIN HARD — ——— (Continued from Page One) sives into concentrations around Salum, and the defenders of To- bruk swarmed out of their fort to launch Army fused to say if they sex There has been a disposition in the United States to assume that the Matsuoka negotiations were fruitless and that the Axis Pact has been weakened by the defeat of the Italian Fleet in the Medi- terranean and Yugoslav stub- born resistance to German de- mands, That such is the case is by no means conclusiv "Are They Whispering “YOURE SKINNY” It's a shame for a girl to miss good times because she looks skinny. 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Large Fat — FRYERS STEWERS Average 6 ROASTERS 1214 White St & 2:30 M |Governor apparent that a Phone S40 | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ! | TALLAHASSEE, April The opening of the second we of the 1941 session of the legisla- ture centered the attention of po- litical observers on the Senate, which in the first week confirm- ed the pre-session forecast this august body would consti- tute the big question mark of the Spring festivities. The first week pretty clearly demonstrated that the House of Representatives is well organized and practically unanimous in its support of the program presented by Governor Holland in his first message and undoubtedly will give equal support to further 18.— recommendations to be made by; the governor later on, The House speedily completed the formalities of organization, voted to limit the number of at- taches in the interest of economy, voted to outlaw ary buying, adopted a memorial to Congress asking for legislation to outlaw strikes on national defense proj- ects, approved a bill establishing safeguards against sabotage and including a death penalty for saboteurs, passed a bill regulat- ing ndling and storage of ex- plosives, established’ a state de- fense council with an appropria- tion of $50,000 for its expen: and provided for establishment of a state defense force to take the place of the National Guard which has been called into serv- lice a part of the national de- fense force. In contrast with the speedy House action, the Senate spent nearly all of the first week de- bating the adoption of new rules. Discussion of these rules became acrimonious at times and provok- ed the charge by administration leaders that “all this maneuver- ing designed to block part of Holland’s program”. This charge was promptly denie | by President Beacham and Chait man Dye of the Rules Commit- tee. While there was no clear-cut division of Senate membership evidenced on the roll call, it is divison exists, and that unless Governor Hol- land can rally sufficient Senate support by labeling his program with the magic words of “Na- tional Defense” or acquire such support by emulating the well- known tactics of “David Harum”, some parts of his program may encounter adverse winds |stormy weather in the Senate. The fight over distribution of {the gas tax will probably either |be settled this week or revolve ‘into a bitter contest which may affect the entire program for the remainder of the session. Pros- pects for a settlement revolved around a compromise proposal which has_ been submitted Governor Holland to the Associa- tion of County Commissioners. This compromise provides for the extension of credits to counties which have not yet paid off their bonds, limits payments to coun- ties to the amounts they received k | State that j and | —— ‘Summary Of Legislative Activity _ By CLYDE J. BASER, Florida News Service, Staff Writer jin 1939, giving any surplus to the Road Department, and would submit constitutional amendment to the voters in 1942 to change the present distribu- tion of three cents to the coun- ties and three’cents to the Road Department to four cents to the Road Department and two cents to the counties for the next fifty years, The first reaction posed constitutional is that the counties and holders would welcome such ac- tion. It would assure the con- tinuation of this tax for half a ‘century without the necessity of going through a legislative battle every two years, and would raisc more revenue for the counties than will be needed for bond pay- ments even at the present rate of gasoline consumption. However, some political stu- dents are’ reluctant to give this proposed constitutional amend- ment their approval without fur- ther study. They point out that one of the special complaints of the Brookings Institution report is that the State Constitution adopted in 1885 is now outmoded and insufficient to meet today’s needs. If our Constitution has be- a to the pro- bond- , |come a burden in the space of 55 years, they say, this provision which would continue the present |gas tax, now one of the highest in the country, for the next 50 'years, offers no possible relief for ;motorists and may also become a burden in future years. They believe it would be wiser to leave the question of the amount of gas !taxes to be levied to future legis- latures which can adjust the tax to meet changing needs and in accordance with the revenue re- ceived. On the face of things, nor Holland’s propdsed tion raising the tax on horse betting five percent and taking the odd-cent break at the tracks to increase old age pensions from {$12 to $23 per month, seems as- sured of enactment. Fifty-two representatives sponsored the bill in the House and_ twenty-five senators signed as co-sponsors in the Senate, which is sufficient to (pass the bill in both divisions of the legislature. But this increase of the state’s take from betting at the horse racing track will not be passed without the lower east coast being heard from. That is where the horse racing establish- ments are located, and they have ithe example of what happened to the tourist trade in California when that state passed a similar act. California found that a 15 percent tax decreased the state’s income rather than raised it and has now gone back to the old percentage. If that proves true in Florida, the small counties. which depend upon their share of race-track revenue to meet coun- ty expenses, will be hard hit Many also fear that too large a tax will bootleg book- making from which the state re- ‘ceives no revenue at all. 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One was from R. Kirchik mitting a price of $21.50 for each uniform, the order calling for the purchase of twenty uniforms. Another bid was from W. S. Dar- ley Company which bid $34 apiece for the twenty uniforms. Both bids were considered excessive and were rejected. New bids were ordered to be returnable May 1. It was agreed to appropriate $31 to pay the expense of one member of the school safety patrol in making the trip to Wash- ington to take part in the big parade and festivities to be held there next month. An ordinance was passed on its initial reading requiring the building inspector to also act as plumbing and electrical inspec- tor the apparent these facts in mind, majorities in both houses may dwindle away after the commit- tees hear the opposition side. ose Marie Shoppe | Phone 232 526 Fleming St. Sat. and Mon. Special Keep cool! 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Phone 198 | sub- | FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941 | |LEGION VANGUARD | Resonaley ARRIVING MONDAY (Continued from from Page One) rear of the park to the forward end of it. “The arrival of the state of- ficers will see the convention get under way”, Mills asserted. “It will be a day or so before the main body of the American Le- gionnaires begin arriving, but by that time the’ Key West Conven- tion corporation*and the state of} ficers will be-ready for them. “They will register at La} Concha hotel. They will be} handed the badges and other of- ficial insignia and will be given official programs. Then they will be led to their rooms by the Boy Scouts, a full detail of which will be on hand for the purpose. “I think we are going to have} Harry Dongo, clerk for the ‘county criminal court of record, this morning returned Key ‘West after a two weeks’ trip to ;see his family at Portland, Me. to Paul Albury, chairman of sports group of the recreation committee, been on a short business trip to Miami, returned to Key West yes- terday. the city-county who had T. E. Price of Miami is ex- pected to arrive in Key West to- morrow with the golf team from that city, and will remain here for a few days. Mrs. Myrtland Cates, who un- derwent a major surgical opera- tion in Miami a short time ago, returned to Key West this morn- ing. 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