The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 2, 1943, Page 2

PAGE TWO 7 ‘She itey Rost Citizen’ THE OVPIZEN PUSLASHING CO. IN| Published ial cept Sundas, by Owner and Publisher Baxiness Manager From The Cit sullding Corner Greene a Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and jonroe County 7 ‘sred at Key West, Plorida, as second class matter MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of ali news dispatches credited to st or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the Joeal news published here. SUnSCRIPTION RATES t = ADV ERTISIN Made known on application. IAL NOTICE AIL reading notices, vards of thanks, resolutioss of Tespect, obituary, nutices, ete, will be charged for at the vate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which | @ reyenucis ty be derived are 5 cents a line. The Cit,zen is an open foram and invites discus- sion wef pullic issues and subjects uf local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. + Z MEMBER * FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION \ NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION a) THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it w.thout fear and without favor; never be Afraid. ty attack wrong or to applaud right; gen or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public: welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and QPinions: print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. TMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST . ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN | Lo Watei and Sewerage. | 2.° More Hotels and Apartments. 3,. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. # Airpurts—Land and Sea. 5 Consolidation of County and City Gov- ° ernments. 6» A Modern City Hospital. oe A MANY FARMERS DESERVE Fa DEFERMENT . Here’s a rather nasty news story that reflects a rising sentiment on the part of the pecple generally although it exhibits per haps the errors thai arise when such meth- cd3 are adopted to express public resent- ment: Parker, S, D., Mar. 18—(AP)—Yellow Paint has been spread on or near several Turner County. farms where farmers’ sons or farm la- borers deferred from military service are liv- ing. In some instances, yellow stripes were painted on fence posts leading from highways to-farm yards. In others, large swastikas were painted on oiled roads. We call attention to this news dispatch begause it shows the danger of deferring any class 23 a matter of course and illustrates the dil-will that is itievitably directed, often unjustly, to members of the class. The production of crops, both animal endevegetable, is necessary to the success- ful-prosecution of the war. The exemption cf qualified farmers is necessary -to the preduction of crops. This, however, dees not justify a blanket ‘deferment of those con the farms, without regard to their ability to produce crops and the actual production ot crops. There is already in evidence, and we have heard of it here, a slow motion ten- dency on the part of some individuals to make “farm connections.” of some city dwellers who are not honest- to-God farmers and never will be. The fact that a farmer is exempted | iréte military service by a Selective Service Board, on the basis. of: his necessary pro- cuetion, is one thing and the Hight to secure Cxempticns, regardless. of: theweonclusions ci the selective service official’ a8 to neces- sity, is another. The blanket deferment of all persons engaged “substantially full-time” in agri- culture‘as a matter of law, based upon the | claim of the registrant, may develop such lany farmers who have received deserved | deferment. The Red Cross will continue its great work whether you contributed to its war ciive, or not, but, if you did not, there is no reaton why you should not send in a con- tribution, The idea is to | escape military service. It is the strategem | ART OF BARKING SHINBONES THE KEY WEST CITIZEN raticning plan now in effect, the black mar- | 1 | | With the coming of April and the new ket will be bopped on the head by the fi ing of more ceiling prices, and Key W. according to the promise of a representativ there is an acute shortage here. ‘ But we should bear in mind, as M- | Miller, the representative of the adminisir. | tion, cautioned us, that it may require fro: 2 week to 10 dayg before various produc We are short of a good many. ihings but ctr most acute needs at present arc cendénsed and evaporated milk, beef and butter. The Citizen has noticed that in Miami newspapers have appeaied news stor hat thet city now has sufficient supplies « this and that—things that are not yei tainable in Key West. While our patience is pretty well fraz zled, we can wait a few days longer to if the promised commodities are se then, ifthey are not, we can complain ic Mr. Wilson, of the State Marketing Bureau. who was. instrumertai in waking up th Food Distribution Administration to ihe | shortages in Key West, and Mr. Williiitis | che state head of the FDA. The Citizen still adheres firmly~to:its stand that, if we can not get our fair quot of supplies from Miami. then we should.go elsewhere, anywhere, to get them. We heed foodstuffs that are essential “ to’our weil- deing, and wé entertain’ no qualms over aurting Miami or any other city’s feelings. y more than Miamians would hdve any jualms over hurting anybody’s or any city’s .eelinz3 were they in need of the necessaries of life. any other city, and should we become awar> of the least discrimination against us, be- cause of any “right-around-the-corner” sell- ing, let us kick and kick hard, regardless of whose shinbones we bark. warfare means before they end the present struggle for a Greater Asia. : : oo Now that Spring is here, the calenda, we suppose the ladies will dis play their hats, war or no war, © *~> * * >> rn ‘HOUSECLEANING BILL’! Some labor leaders have’ announced that they “will be willing to accept’’ the bill by Representative Sam Hobbs of Alabama, racketeering law, if an amendment ‘is in- members and labor organizations recog- nized as legal by Congress in the Clayton laber act and the national labor relations act,” are safeguarded. Labor leaders contend that the Hobbs bill in its present form will “shave the effect of prohibiting legitimate labor activities along with actual, racketeering.” The pub- lichas no desire to interfere with ‘‘le- gitimate labor activity,” but it isin no mood to be longer subjected to actual ragketee:- ing practices such as it has had to endure in many fields of activity under the gitise fof union rules and regulations. The rank and tile of labor is cpposed to racketeering prac- tices, but it has been helpless to correct ini- quities forced on it and practiced in th name of legitimate labor unions. Representative Hobbs will have render- ed an outstanding service to the public ard to labor if he can provide legislation which will curb the evils at which his bill is aimed. Intelligent labor leadership is wise io co- | operate with him in his efforts, and thereby retain publie confidence and respect. Buying War Bonds is a necessary home- front activity; every American should be a | partner in financing the war. | On March 15, our people felt the full of individuals filed Federal. income.tax re- turns for the first time. Pati One hundred or one thousand years that was not paid. In the meantime, how- ever, the government would probably gain Many more dollars from “cash” ‘collections | on current income, than it would by its old | tax “charge account” and bad bills. | It is the duty of Congress to make tax _ collections as easy as possible on the people. | Instead of keeping them constantly ‘in debt for taxes, put them on a cash basis, | of the Food Distribution Administration, | Geers! { will begin to receive commodities of which | 1 | will begin to roll into Key West'ih volume. | - | position of penalties. There is no need * | ing, as the Germans have hoped, that according to | to subject labor unicns to the Federal anti- ‘= serted providing “that activities of union | act, the Norris-LaGuardia act, the railway | effect of wartime taxation ‘when milliéns | from aow, if government suddenly ceased | to exist, there would be an old 1942 tax | Suffer For Supporting Americ in Economi | in Economia Foundation Their William Hillman * | Internationally Known Military Analyst; Former European Editor of Collier’s. | MR. HILLMAN OPENS: The peo- | Bles of the world have cried out | against war for centuries. There is one way toyput.an end to the anarchy called war—to keep the memories of -People fresh with an understanding | —that lashes like 2 whip—wars do | not pay! Historical nitwits spread the | superstition peoples are misled by | their Jeaders to commit deeds not in | their character. But, Hitler voices the | aspirations of the German people who | feel their right to do what other People have done—build an empire | by force! Peoples must be taught they | cannot rob or overrun their neigh- bors! This time establish international | law realistically—not by a declara- | tion to outlaw war as we, including | the Germans, have done—but by im- | for vengeance—it inspires hate. Un- | less a people, as well as their leaders, | suffer policies of restraint they may be tempted to try other leaders, hop- |; Somebody will arise that will be suc- «cessful where the Kaiser wasn’t and ; Hitler might not be. We db not hesi- | tate to kill Axis ‘trying to put |, down their evil leaders, Why is it |, Wrong to inflict penalties’ on them . until we have wiped out‘itheir evil , leagiers? By this I do not mean Ger- |, many should be broken into econom- |" ically insufficient areas as was Aus- |" tria; nor shouldered with indemnities | which they would evade in the final | summation. History has proved this | futily ineffective. MRE. VILLARD CHALLENGES: My statement as to the German people is | based on lifelong knowledge of them | and experience in Germany during | this war. Mr. blows cold in | his challenge after being so hot at | first. What does he mean by “policies am just as eager to have the Ger- mans restrained from having an army | as 1 was in Paris at the Peace Con- | ference. The only question is: what is the best way? Will the policy of } punishment of innocent people do it? | What has happened to the Treaty of | Versailles gives the answer, so does | this war. The Japanese ‘will know what modern | | the top to the lower ranks after Inter- national Court sentence. Hate should be hot but judgment and punishment epld—and complete! { traint?” Let him be specific. 1] nocent We must be as well fed as Miami ox | % 7% oe ta War Leaders? As debated by Oswald Garrison Villard Author, Lecturer on International Affairs; Former Editor of the Nation. MR. VILLARD OPENS: To punish the Axis peoples would mean the ap- plication of vengeance to millions of innocent Germans, Italians and Jap- anese who have abominatea the “ac- tions of their governments and of the criminals who control them, but have een unable to revolt and regain power, and because of false ideals of patriotism and loyalty—and their se- ret police—bave supported their leaders in war. No form of punish- ment, humane or inhumane, could adequately requite the wickednesses of their leaders. To wreak vengeance upon the victimized, tortured, bleed- ing Axis peoples would be to pretend they had commissioned those base men to commit their crimes. That is sags = sapttes the Axis peoples, who hate no er na- tion, seek no national aggrandize- ment, and desire only to live in peace and quiet, cannot be convicted. Hence, Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill have declared they do not seek punish- crimes eats at their hearts; fears of the dreadful future, awareness they will be moral outcasts—all these mean a suffering, a punishment, to which no territorial losses, no indemnities, no reparations could add appreciably. MR. HILLMAN CHALLENGES: Mr, Villard must have not accessible to the world when he says the bulk of the Axis peoples hate no other nation—seek no na- tional it—desire to live in peace and quiet. 1 wonder why in- Americans, Britons, Russians, leaders? This just won't wasi - of history can't people Today’s Anniversaries 1823—John E. Owens, popular American comedian-manager his | day, born in England. Died Dec.! .2, 1886. } 1844—George H. Putnam, sol- dier, author, publisher, son of the: founder of noted house, born in; London. Died Feb. 27, 1930. et i , 1854—Frank Billings, Chicago: surgeon, médical leader, founder j of ‘ieal .¢entres, born High-} jand-"Wis. Died Sept. 20, 1932. ison, min- { of la- | Ressman, | Died May) or, born 25, 1934. 1864—Frank H. Vizetelly, New; cographer, born in England. Died Dec. 20, 1938. 1875—Walter P. Chrysler, auto maker, born Wamago, Kans. Died Aug. 18, 1940. | Today’s Birthdays ; U. S. Sen. D. Worth Clark of j Idaho, born Idaho Falls, Ida. 41 | years ago. SS ] ‘CASH’ VS. ‘CHARGE accouNnT’ TAXES ’ Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, {president of Columbia, born » Elizabeth, N. J., 81 years ago. Albert G. Black, of ‘the Food {Production Administration, in | Washington, born Peoria, Ill, 47 | years. ago. aman Hulbert Footner of Lusby, Md, novelist, born Canada, 64 years | ago. | _ eS { |. Sergei Rachmaninoff, pianist, | | born in Russia, 70 years ago. | | Preston Delano, comptroller of; | the currency, Dept. of the Treas- jury, born Phoenix, Mich. 57; | years ago. t i | Silliman Evans of Nashville, |Tenn., newspaper publisher, born. I Joshua, Tex., 49 years ago. a) Today In History KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY . FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF APRIL 2, 1833 A Ccast Guard patroi boat las night scized a motorboat that w: attempting to land a fe quan- ti'y ef liquor for consumytion in Key West. The li varieties. was turned over to the customs officials. Lieutenant Leslie the Iccal company of t | Guard, received information to- ca t Florida Guardsmen will in Key West. this year ust 6 to 20. No slot machines are now in ration in Key West, Sheriff | Karl Thompson announced today. A LETTER TO MOTHER — ar Yeu may write a ¢ Today's Horoscope write to oday 2 may praise h beauty in n In composing sweethea: © local office of the United |” ti communication ser which ic now housed in the nav station building No. 1, will shortly be transferred to the old post of- fice building. to passa with their fami ming their stv University. : es be- Mrs. Earl Baker and baby left | yesterday afternoon for Miami to visit rela‘ives. Sterling, of Taver- is in Kev West on a sl Miss Lois Nicer | visit. Benjamin F. Gardner, who was in Key West visiting his moth and other relatives, returned terday to St. Augustine, wher is emploved bv the Florida East Coast Railway Company. Ralph R. Russell left dav for Los Angeles to join Mrs. ! Russell. «who was called to that city by the “illness of their son | Emil. Mrs. Eugene, Knight, daughter Gecilia. sons Frank W: and Al- den, left yestefday for Miami to j visit relatives and. friends. Wil Roy and daughter, of North Adams, Mass., arrived in K | West Satufday“and are guests of ‘Mrs. Ella Warren Roberts, of Di- | vision street: B. A. Baker. who was spending i his vacation with his family in Key ; West, left yesterday to resume \his duties in the American Shoal jJighthouse, where he is first as- | sistant keeper. Today The Citizen says in an 1818—The American Farmer, )€ditorial paragraph: rioneer agicultural journal, gins issue in till 1897. 1865—Lee’s army slips out of abandoning | chant fleet has been recuced 14 Petersburg __ lines, be-| Baltimore—lasted | can handle people who know more “A real executive is one who than he does.” Knox estimates Japanese mer- Richmond—beginning of the end. | per cent. | 1866—President Johnson pro- {claims Civil War, excepting in Texas, at end. 1902—The Electric 1917—Histeric. President son’s, béfore Congress} “[hé. world must made safe for democracy”. : 1 1918—(5 years ago) Germans Yerk dictionary maker and lexi-,attack American line in France explosive | with gas shells. and high 1928—American Indians in Canada permitted border at will, gress. 1941—United States relinquish- “| Camp Chaffee, r sweet te DR AARON H SHIFRIN 4 GEKERAL PRACTICE Osteopathic Medicme and ery $25 Whitebueed—Opep Lagrtous PHOKE 612-4 a Stsined by “ess eart. 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