The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 14, 1941, Page 2

10.09 20 4 ADVERTISING * Made known on application. Paar: : = SPECIAL NOTICE ir nutices, curds of thanks, resolutions of . oary ete., Will be-charged for at Nutlees fog pete a line. entertainment by churches from which om evenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- ato Public issues and subjects of local or general intefect: ‘but it wilt not publish anonymous communi- e ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Fa aE , Health is heayen to the one without it. | Since the invention of the automobile, horse-stealing is amore lost art. “= + When proposing it’s flattering to the ~ girl-to tell her you dre unworthy of her, but Fit flattens you if she tells it to you. ec = “Scratch a Russian and you will find a *sTartar,” it was formerly said but “sol- -<dier” would be substituted for “Tartar” to- -~ - | Skill in anything is-impossible without | | . pmashine, needs to be worked to function properly. ~ “« >the‘article you submitted. It is impossible ©to print everything on the front page. , Coleridge lived long before Nazi days, ‘“Ayet he said that Noah’s Ark afforded a fine _image of the world at large, as it contained _# very few men and a great number of ~beasts. “ . Wonder why the large coffee house “has. quit using the slogan “Good to the Last 7Drop”? Maybe they found that coffee > drinkers wanted’a coffee.that was good in- reluding the last drapys 4. ~ : a | inca power is a” Zz cdnvenience, and we, Y ere is ertheless 5 hen we are deprived it. The recent ropical storm which swept over other parts of Florida without touching Key West “did ome damage in Tallahassee where “electric power was put out of commission “for some time, foreing the Daily Democrat to publish an issue in mimeographic form, it as a matter of its value only sing of eight pages. The resourcefulness of ethe Daily Demoerat is commendable and =this issue undoubtedly will be preserved by “many as a valuable souvenir, though rem- “jniscent of an unpleasant incident. th: To.the U.S. Sugar Company and Presi- ent Clarence R. Bitting;-hats off. Stimied Ain spite of bitter struggles in expanding its Everglades sugar producing enterprise by . 8, sugar quotas; the company is entering ae er unrestricted fields. It recently an- pounced it had gotten lemon grass produc- + tion-on a commercial scale basis. Now | Zchinery for sweet potato starch factory. | ‘<Not content with this, company is building ‘<# $100,000 laboratory to develop new and “Detter products suitable for mass produc- tion; Company may some day be thankful for the frustration of the sugar quotas. *Meanwhile there is much sweet consolation Jn its $1,050,805 profit from this year’s Sugar erop.—Fuller’s Economic Letter. ‘Zmuch practice. The human body, like a/ y i Look over your paper carefully before i + accusing The Citizen of not having printed | -nine by fourteen inches in size, and consist- ' comes a three million priority order for ma- | | who backed the measure when it first came | up more than a month ago, made the sug- | gestion in a letter to The Citizen yesterday, _ after Capt. Russell S. Crenshaw of the | navy had asked him what became of it. fect in. many cities, and Key West’s dual role of:defense center and tourist resort ch a law extremely important | There is no desire to persecute the Soo | man who made a slip in passage of such j 259 ' regulations. There is, however, a desire to | protect innocent society, and the registra- _ tion of those who have been convicted of | felonies is a good place to start. | Sentiment, aside, it is a demonstrated i fact that the crime rate among men who | truth is that the professional criminal -is | pretty likely to go back to his trade’ at the | first opportunity. ; Through.a law requiring. convicted tap a ready list of former which aid them materially in solving crimes here. If a second-story job were pulled, for instance, or a pocket picked, a logical place | to look for the culprit would be among the: ‘men whose records revealed similar crimes _in the past. Everyone who is in any way connected } with law enforcement here has urged passage of the measure, and we cannot | conceive of a valid reason for not doing so. | It’s up to the council. A POLITICAL SECRET One of those legislative jokers so com- ‘mon in recent acts of Congress was in- | sinuated into the amendments to the Social |Security Act that became effective last | July 1. It provides that the public assist- ‘ance, or old age benefit, records shall be kept secret. This joker is supposed to prevent any publicity that weuld embarrass the re- | cipients of public pensions. Actually, it operates to conceal such tricks as the pay- ment of money to fathers and mothers of | politicians, to the owners of farms or other property who may be able to swing a few votes, to deadbeats and others not rightly entitled to pensions. A citizen cannot even obtain informa- | tion as to the number of persons in a given county receiving these benefits. Writing in . Nation’s Business, Gilbert Hill, an Okla- homan, cites a _ relatively wealthy rural county in Oklahoma which had only three | persons at its ‘poor farm” before the com. | ing of Social Security. He knows of more than a dozen on the pension rolls now but official information is withheld as to the number. Even that is a secret. ; - It is none of John Citizen’s business how much his neighbor’s income may be, but the government publicizes every income | above $75,000. It is his business to know who is living off his own tax bounty, but that is a political secret. NAZIFIED EUROPE A PERIL Francis Biddle, recently appointed At- torney General of the United States, has some ideas about the world situation and American reaction. He believes that too much has been said about “defending Eng- land” and too little about “the terrible world in which . . . we shall have to live if the war machine of Germany absorbs the + poor remains of Europe.” What has Mr. Biddle in mind? Well, here is what he says: ‘To eompete with a single Nazified Europe we will have to continue te pile up our arms and our taxes, sweat our labor, turn into an armed camp, and eventually fight for our right even to live that kind of life.” He does not believe there can exist an American way in a world “where the goose step and the enslaving of those who disagree, and the spy and the whip and the torch and the firing squad are. the guar- | dians of life.” Laws requiring convicted felons toj.. ¢ already are in ef- | | have been sent to prison and have been re- ; | leased, either by parole or through serving | | their terms, is far higher than among the | | remainder of the population. There is, ad- | | mittedly, a factor there in the difficulty ex- | i perienced by some former criminals in get- | ting honest work, but the more important | » | By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen } } { | | | | 5 | |U. S. NEWS FOR EUROPE |BREAKS NAZI MONOPOLY | criminals to register with the police, both ore Watisd: States-ie attncnpt- | police and sheriff's offices would have on | law-breakers | ing to broadcast news to the va- rious countries of Eurdpe in or- der to counteract the propaganda of the Axis news monopoly. Germany's rigid control of all news reports and the Nazis ruth- less suppression of all other sources of information give Hit- ler a decided advantage in the propaganda campaign now rag- ing. The people of conquered coun- tries are permitted to secure in- formation designed to assist Hit- ller’s purposes. The severest pen- alty is inflicted upon individuals listening to foreign broadcasts and every effort is made to pre- |vent the distribution of unbiased views in Europe. j a | Now, under the leadership of !Col. William J. Donovan, coordin- ator of information, the United States is using short-wave radio |to break into he Axis news mon- opoly in Europe and, also, .to | counteract Germany's propagan- | da campaign in Latin America Col Donovan is in charge of the broadcasts to Europe and {Nelson Rockefeller, coordinator jof Inter-American Affairs, fi- rects information activities in Latin America. Both agencies | operate under the State super- | vision which outlines the policy |to be followed in each major | country. The purpose of the broadcasts | will be to present facts. Little {time will be wasted ‘on enter- tainment but every effort will {be made to give listeners in for- eign countries accurate informa- tion that cannot be obtained at |home. +3 JABS, MARKING TIME U. S. STANDING FIRM There Has ‘been little improve- | mest ig Japanese American rela- ‘tions since Prince Konoye sent | his lettet to“ President Rqpsevelt, | indi¢ating that Japanese }men understood that a crisis | would develop immediately un- jless Japan called a halt to her jambitious program in the Far East. While the Japanese have been relatively quiet for the past few | weeks, there is every indication | that Tokyo hopes to secure con- }eessions through diplomatic ef- forts. There is little reason to | believe that Japan has altered jher fundamental plans for a “New Order” or that the United States has been fooled by diplo- }matie declarations from Tokyo. The economic sanctions against Japan continue in foree and, un- |doubtedly, the effect upon Jap- anese economy is becoming :se- 4Tiows.. The American military mission to Chitia is openly gat- | tempting. to-assist the Chinesé’ in }their,.desperate defense agains | Japanese invaders.British, Amer- jean and Duteh officials in the Far East continue to meet with Tegularity to discuss the threat- ening problems of the Far East. Neither the United States nor Japan has given ground insofar as national policies are concern- ed. The threatened clash is a direct result of the head-on col- lision of these policies. Until one jmation, or the other, yields de- | cisively, the peace of the Pacific ‘will statés- * be precarious, depending i TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1941 _———— probably; upon the> gutcome of the gigantic _ struggle between Germany and Russia. The United States insists upon the policy of the “Open Door” in China which merely asserts that all nations shall have equal com- mercial rights in regard to China. Having recognized the territorial integrity of China, the United States refuses te recog- nize Japanese conquests or to confirm Japan’s claim for su- perior rights in the conquered areas. The American position in- volves no special rights for this country but undertakes to pro- tect admitted American rights in the Far East which will become extinet if Japan gains the domin- ant position that she seeks. Today In History 1854—-A baby show, begun half in fun, at Springfield,, Ohio— in country. . 1908—First case heard by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague—U-S. versus Mex- ico, re the Pius Fund of Cali- fornia, won by United States. 1912 — President Theodore Roosevelt shot at by a crank, in Milwaukee. —— 1918—Replying to Germany’s offer, President Wilson s among other things, “must alter their government so _ that no one power can of its single choice destroy the peace of the world”. 192i—Ku Klux Klan testimony before Congressional Committee gives Klan publicity and causes it to flourish as seldom before. 1923—First commercial radio network established. thé Red Network. New York “City and Providence, R. 1. c— 1924—German $110,000,000 Idan oversubscribed in United States in few minutes. 1926—Testimcnial of 5,000,000 Poles in 100 volumes expressing their admiration and thanks to the American people. Todav’s Bi-thdays Sumner Welles, Under-Secre- tary of State, born in New York City, 49 vears ago. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the President. born in Vir- ginia, 69 years ago. U.S. Senator Rufus C. Hol- man of Oregon, born in Portland, 64 years ago. Dr. Prank P.-. Graham, presi- Wight, of. the Univexsity of North , Carolina, born in Fayetieville, N. C.. 55 years ago. Archbishop Joseph F. Rummel of New Orleans, Catholic pre- late, born in Germany, 65 years ago. Rev. Henry A. Ironside, pastor of the Moody Memorial Church, Chicago, born in Toronto, 65 years ago. Norman Armour, to Argentina, born jago. Economic Highlights National And International Problems Inseparable Frem Local Welfare TRAILERS, rest or sell Tommie's Skatmg Rx SECOND SHEETS—a.08 for 3 The Artman Press now TS-t Next March 1, a good many enacted before very long—pos- FOUR TIRES. 700xi5 i ¥ Americans will have a rude sihly next year. Current English 000 miles, never a's awakening. They will learn, = Cheap. Call 441. Brac 2 for the first time, that war and ™come taxes, which are three or z defense are an incredibly costly four times as heavy as ours, m- business. For. on that date. the dicate what happens when a na- SECOND-HAND highest income taxes evef levied tion goes to war in the mech- SASHES. C* in this country will be due and anized modern manner. Caroline street aclié- we payable. Everyone knows that’ The individual will not have the new tax bill is severe—but it met his share of new taxes when COCONUT PALMS. cheep AB is probable that relatively few he signs his check for his income sizes. Apply 1400 White street know just how much of their in- tax and sends it in to the Collee- >= come it I take. tor of Internal Revenue. In addi- A comparison of the old tax tion, the new bill levies a lange FOR SALE—Express body tail bill with the new tells the story. number of commodity taxes. €& Just the thmg ‘or Sauumg Under the old law, a single per- Liquer, automobiles, household ‘hat boat or building masemal son with $3,000 net income paid machinery, amusement enter- Price, $35. Phone 220-M ; the Federal government $84 in prises, etc, are to be substan- <cis-= direct taxes—under the new law tially taxed. And the consumer. he must pay $197. Under the old FURS 2, a a law a married person with no de- pendents and a $10,000 income, Faid $528—under the new law he must pay $1,305. And the new tax bill reaches down into income levels which were never of course, will have te pay. As this column pointed out before, there are two facets to heavy taxation. One—the ob- vieus one—is the production of more revenue. The other is to Te SeeGowal CARDS SLi duce the public's purchasing 190. THE A — aN a3 touched before. For instance, power and so help prevent, or 7 under the old law a married slow price inflation. But some person earning $2,000 a year was believe that a system of com- PROFESSIONALS pulsory savings will have to be put into effect during this period of rising incomes and declining not taxed at all. Under the new. law, he must pay $37 ' In the upper income brackets, LOUIS A BARRIS Attorney at Lew very substantial increases have supply of commodties. Whatever 217 Duval St Phone 2B also gone into effect. A mag- happens, it is clear that we are Jan2i- lime ried man, for example, without just beginning to learn, at first dependents and earning $25,000 hand, the financial sacrifices that DR A M MORGAN a year, paid $3,843 under the old! the defense of our hemisphere Churoprectar t year he must pay makes unavoidable. Physiotherapy Foot Cormecuas increase of more than | —4___ Page Buildmg Oo per cent. LL Phones: Office 281. Some G8 In the highest income brackets, the increases are proportionately much less—and for a sound rea- son. That reason is that people with incomes of great size have long been taxed to the very hilt. An example: Under the old law, @ married person with an in- come of $1,000,000 a yeas had to pay the Federal Treasury close to three-auarters of it—$717,000. Under the new law, he will pay something over $732,000. The heaviest burden of the new law, however. falis on corpera- tions, rather than on individuals. The regular corporation income tax rates have been and, WESLEY P. ARCHER in afidition, wery large increases , (For Re-Election) in “ cerperation excess profits) = 2 taxes have been enacted, A rat For Police Justice poration with a net income of| T.S. CARGe $25,000 a year er more must pay! a regular tax of 24 per cent. On For Captain of Police excess profits of $50,000 it must! RAY ATWELL pay 45 per cent in addition, where the old rate was 35 per For Captain of Police cent. When excess profits pass HECTOR CASTRO $500,000, it must pay 60 per cent. Furthermore, the new law con- For Captain of i tains a provision which makes | ALBERTO CAMERO the burden on corperations con- | (For Re-Election) siderably higher than the per- centage figures indicate. To 5 quote the U.S. News, “Under the, For Captain of Police ald law, the normal taxes came | a out first, and the excess profits (Better Known as “Bebby”) taxes were levied on what was For C ik left. The new law provides that the excess profits taxes come JOHN CARBONELL, JR. out first, and the norma? taxes (For Re-Zlection) apply to what is left. Since the excess profits rates “are much For Councilman higher than the normal rates, the RAUL RILEY CARBONEEL corporation fares much worse by the change”. | Heavy. as this tax bill is, the Treasury estimates that it { mean.an increase in Federal rev- | enue of only $3,550,000,000 a year. So far, we have appro- —— priated $60,000,000,000 for mili- For City é | Britain. In short, produced by the recerd-i ing new taxes wilh be only a drop. in the. bucket in relation to the cost of our © us policy program. The general opinion is that a far tougher tax bill will have to be rt H iF (of American parents), 54 years | H