The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 3, 1943, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Arey West Citizen THe iN PUBLISHING , INC. Publishe ally, Except Sunday, by L. PL AMRTMAN. Ov and Publisher JOK ALLEN, Hasines.s M From he Cit ud Corner Gr acer 8 Only Daily New: Key West ana Monroe County at Key West, Flor.du, as second class matter SSOCIATED PRESS cinted ress is exclusively entitied to use Fon at ail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited fn this paper and also the vent Hews puplisned here. i cae 3ionth Weekly ADV ERTL: Made Known on applica bey s MAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutioss of respect, obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Névees tor entertainment hy churches from which @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ‘The Cit.gen is an open forum and invites discus- sion public issues and subjects of local or general mterest but it will not publish anonymous communt- NATIONAL EDITORIAL } i IATION f i “WILL always seek the, truth and print it w.thout fear. and favor; never be aftaid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan 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 opinions: print only news that will elevate ind not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST — ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN | \ Watei and Sewerage. ! 2.- More Hotels and Apartments. | Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. . Consolidation of County and City Gov- - emments. . A Modern City Hospital. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Where news is suppressed there is anarchy; where news is controlled there: is fear; only where news is free are human be- ings free. CARL ACKERMAN, Dean, School of Journalism, Columbia University. TAXATION BLUES Some of us in Key West haven’t recov- ered from our income tax headaches as yet, end-to mention the subject may not be ex- actly an aspirin tablet, but it is perhaps a relief to suffering to know that we might be worse off. Take one of those so severely taxed European countries where Hitler has plated his order for production. In occupied countries the economig.picture is so blaek: thet there seems scarcely to be any system’ of economies at all. The loss of life has been tertific-and now with this forced to labor for Germany edict, living is a continuous tax.in those countries. Croatia, Hungary, Sloyakia probably felt they were the win- ing side when they “took up” with Hitler, felt they would be tasting the sweats of vic- tory. Under German influence the living costs in Croatia have been raised 400 per cent, taxes tripled in Hungary and a 100 per cent levy put on any luxury in Slovakia. gives us an idea that our national n headache might cause more pain and throbbing in other countries where the effect will be more keenly felt..That. fam- ily avho has a son fighting for us, probably met.the income tax willingly, praying. that thé money needed to wageoa war-would be specdiiy collected to put an’ éhd to this dirty bust and bring that boy back to his home again. We paid cur income tax hopefully, that these revenues will successfully and iinally be the cure for our illness. Religion is a great help to an individual, | in hours of stress, but it won’t do any good | unless you have some of it. Rommel, in his efforts to escape from the Allies, will soon find he e¢annot run oy any more—he will be compelled to swim away. And maybe he cannot swim. | FAIR AND JUST THING The Citizen has watched cldsely the news that is coming out of Tallahassee and hes also read comments of politica], wrii+.s about the convening of the legislature on next Tuesday, and, while raise yore money: by taxation, not a ‘single word has been said about whittling dia j this cr that expense. é " As The Citizen remarket-a>fe with their coffers buiging, are not givi single thought-te- economy; instead, ih are scratching their heads in trying to think up new ways to spend money. Here in Key West the ciiy iscna drunken spending spree. Some employes, who have been drawing their salaries 1egu- larly—salaries that have arranged to have a bill passed in ihe “relief” takes on the form of increased sal- aries, and the worst thing of all, ihe propos- ed bill, if it becomes a law, is retroactive, that is, the “relief” will go back to such time as it was fitst asked for—the iime when :t. was squelched by The Gitizen on ihe .grcund that it was illegal for the city ‘to pay any.such morey: 4 6 90 ma} +s Now, The Citizen not maintaining that the-city employes ji"Gtiestith ‘are re- eeiving-enough already,dor -their services. Neither does The Citizen “oppose the in- creasing of the salaries by legislative act. The thing The Citizen is unalterably against serving their present term. For that reason solely, The Citizen is against the proposal of those Key West pub- tic officials, who are seeking to have their salary raised while they are serving their present term. The people elected them to serve at the salaries they are getting now; if they consider those salaries inadequate, have them increased by legislative act, but let the increase apply at the expiration of their terms of office. That’s the fair and just thing to do. For instance, the state senators and representatives can pass a law increasing stitutional for such increases to go into ef- fect while those men are serving their pres- ent term. They can not boost their own sal” aries to apply to current service, and there should be a law too that would prehibit them from increasing the salaries of other public officials during their current term. Doing nothing is the hardest thing an industrious person has to do. 1943 LEGISLATURE in Florida history that a governor facing his second law making session, will domi- nate the action. Usually a governor has ac- cumulated enough enemies by then to shake his political control. Holland faces less ential member of either House is marked as-an anti-Holland’ man, (great external difference. Number _ of at- taches will be Jess,-loUy{8S Will be scarce and the once popular. custom of rallying hundreds and thousands of partisans to fa- vor or oppose a bill will be completely ad- journed. Transpertation, ration cards, housing, will see to that. Indicattons are that military authorities will suspend for the legislative session the practices of allowing some thousands of soldiers week-end leave in Tallahassee. Most legislators will live in private homes. Governor Holland will lodge several at the Mansion,—-Fuller’s Florida Letter. Americans who complain about ration- ed foods should be put on a foxhole diet. the al Most. American: fact that in Great Eurepe automobile d OVE OTF eee it of the highway instead ‘of the right ‘as ‘ff the | United States. rs Afew days ago the government of Panama decreed that, hereafter,.traffic in that republic should “keep. 20°t fe tight.” How the left driving habit developed in customs came te the United States. It seems that the first ha¢k drivers in | Panama, before the days of automobiles, ; came from Jamaica, a British eolo:... They ; brought with them the habit of driving io | the left of the road and the custom became | implanted in Panama. te thousands 03 } words have been used in considering what | lew ways and means can be adopted Oy ago, the state, the counties aid” :Wé ‘Cities, | were fixed by law—~ | legislature to give them “relief,” and this | is the increase in pay while the men are. the salaries of those offices, but it is uncon- | Florida session of legislature, starting | April 6, will be decidedly differént in sev- | eral respects. It will be one of the rare times | opposition than 2 years ago, Not an influ- | ‘Acute Housing situatieh Jw Geduse a | Panama illustrates how many old world | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 1 Moderated GC General Chairman American Economic Foundation , Jobn Goete, “ENS Correspondent, Authority Far Eastern Affairs, Author of: “Japan Fights for Asia. MR. GOETTE OPENS: It is de- featism to argue that we cannot con- quer Japan without Russia. China and America can do it. Our military leaders base our strategy upon the | | assumption that we must fight and win without Russia in the Pacific. Russian entry into the war against Japan -would vastly accelerate vic- tory especially if she could swiftly seize bombing bases in Korea and Manchuria but on the other hand success for Japan would bring her bombing planes much nearer Amer- ica from captured northern Siberian bases. In any case there would re- main the mopping up in the Pacific Islands, China, Malaya, Burma, the Philippines, and the Indies. That would be our task whatever the di- | Fect strategy applied in reducing | Japan proper. Russia would not un- | Gertake this and certainly Britain | and. the Netherlands woulc not want | her. in their colonies, Thus if Russia | does come in she would deal with | Japan, Korea and Manchuria while “we would have Japanese Asia to re- | conquer. Let's have no more wishful | ‘thinking in the Pacific. Japan does not lean on Germany to beat us. We must not lean on Russia to whip | Japan, To avoid disillusionment we | must plan and expect to win in the Pacific without European assistance of 4ny kind. Don't falsely emphasize | Nazism over Japanism; don't. over- look. the .stupendousness of Japanese Asia; don’t wait for Russian help! MR. VANDERCOOK CRAL- LENGES: Mr. Goette fears Russia. | This is total war. It is ridiculous and | dangerous to chance the future | world’s peace by scheming against | Russian participation in the war against Japan. If our military leaders | base their strategy on a Chinese- | American defeat of Japan, without | Russian help, why the hesitancy in | getting military supplies to China? Brig. Gen. Chennault has stated 500 American fighting planes could sweep | Jap, air power from Chinese and | Burman skies. Until Germany is com | pletely defeated it is unlikely Russia | will lend her aid in dealing out the | erushing, absolute defeat whieh ihe | Jap military and civilian will unde: | stand. MR. GOETTE REPLIES: {1:--': has given-no guarantees she wil) +. tack Japan once Hitler is ai» | Onpthe contrary she tempucizes » | ‘oun enemy! No one sci.enies \ . + | vent Russia adhering to the A: sChattér-and=joining the 11i.1+ _ tions against Japan immer. 1 agree this is total war ana! . that we fight for total p | American: concepts Vanut: | a, vicious circle of Aghting | expansion while simultanenus!y | ing Asiatic resentment over ‘pussi! | Russian’ expansion in return for at- | tacking Japan. Present’ Americt + strength is no criterion of our future | might, therefore, let's use it when | ready without awaiting for that misty moment of Hitler’s downfall, | - WAKE Up, America!” - {She ts FLORIDA SOLONS i” ~, “Can Japan Be Completely Defeated Without Russia’s Aid?” As debated by John W. Vandercook Radio Commentator, author, lecture: and news analyst for the National Broadcasting Company. MR. VANDERCOOK OP=NS: | doubt it. The Japs themselves hold the same opinion the only kind of defeat they will understand is total. rushing defeat administered to their home islands. There are only two military approaches, one through China. In China the red tide-mark ef Japanese invasion can only be pushed back by a great land army; great in numbers and materie] trans- ported into China by an overland route; the slow re-invasion of Bur- ma; the almost unthinkably difficult Mareh up.the Burma Road and half atross China to the present battle lines, Then those battle lines must be thrust far east of their present positions before air bases can be established within effective bomber and fighter range of Japan. Recent history shows a massed frontal assault by the combined Brit, ish and American navies against ag- gressive land-based planes might not only be Costly but impossible. Only Russia today possesses great military airdromes from which the United Nations might make a concerted aerial attack against Japan. Russian participation in Japan's defeat: is politically essential. For Russia's own security the USSR should—and 1 think will—take her just share in that great task. To scheme, or desire to keep Russia a non-participant can only be based on a fear of the Com- munist idea. There are no security frontiers against ideas! MR. GOETTE CHALLENGES: Vandercook paints the picture too black. He no Russia, no victory, but’ ignores that Russia plus victory inescapably means Soviet reduction of Korea and Manchuria to a similar status of outer Mongolia as Sovietized buffer. states. Are Atlantic Charter promises thus to be gambled thereby bolstering Jcpan’s claims she is fight- ing to save Asia from Western. Dom- ination? Furthermore, our generals | believe that with reasonable air force we can bomb Japan from Chinese ‘territory already held. Guadalcanal proved we could push new airbases |tywards Japan from West. Growing submarine and surface naval strength lis changing Pacific picture. The as- wnsption that Japan will not strike Soviet bases first is debatable in view ” what happened to British and Amecican bases. i ‘it, VANDERCOOK REPLIES: Mr. | RICHARD H. SIMPSON Rorn January 9, 1905, F-esident c Assagiation. \ Legislative CGommit- 1, Seadsmen’s Asso- » Nu , Flovida: iD in 1926 ng fror mticello Pr ey County Cow Red Cross. ving eighth 1-year term as yor of Monticello. Serving third term as Repre i Jefferson County, v ret most important being chair- od .Calend: ee in the 1941 House s ed Speaker of 1943 House in June, 1942, without op- posi ion. Serv on House Cemmitt * toudite forgets the one slice of world | euts deeply into the vast pro- | ve circle surrounding Japan be- | + to Russia, Without Russfafi aid wift nor complete conquest of is possible. Japan called Sj- buses, 40 years ago, “a dagger heart” That dagger is still Russia eannot give guarantees. \ Le gaged in a struggle to the | Geath with Germany. When she has umpletely deteated the Nazis I feel | she will throw her full resources _ {nto complete, annihilating defeat ot Japan. All expansions can be handled through a rational scheme of world | Security at the war's end. Today’s Anniversaries 1755—Simon Kenton, pioneer |and Western frontiersman, In- (dian fighter, born in Virginia‘ |Died Zanesville, O., April } 1836. 1783Washington Irving, fam- jed Néw York author, first dis- tinguished:American in. field, | borfi,here. Died Nov. 28, 1859.. Ps: 1822—"Edward Everett ~ Hale, | Boston Unitarian clergyman, au- thor of “The Man. Without. A ;Country”, born there. Diéd June 10, 1909. 1835—Harriet - Prescott: Spof-. ford, Newburyport, Mass., nov- elist, born Calais, Maine. Died Aug. 14, 1921. 1837—John Burroughs, famed West Point, N. Y., naturalist- author, born Roxbury N. Y. Died | March 29, 1921. | Sunday’s Horoscope | Today may give a ‘nature and a somewhat violent |temper. There is an element of sucess in lines requiring stren- uous: action. Travel is indicat- ed, to far off lands. ee ee: Today’s Horoscope | Today's aggressive — nature | brings honors despite trials and jtroubles. But the way leads through much tribulation, al- though there is usually success at the end. | Fond Mother—And where | our angel child this afternoon? | Father—Well, if he knows as \ much about canoes as he thinks he! does—he's out canoeing. But if he them than T think he docs—he' swimming: - 29,1. brooding ! Ja TT: | Taday In History | |. 1860—Beginning of the short- oasid shoe agree Mived Pony Express—a rider _ Born in San Antonio, Texas, on leaves Sacramento for East and| February 17, 1891. fanother St. Joseph, Mo., for| Education: At twelve years at- Welt. x | tended Christian Brothers Col- eevineamrintinnenss lege at St. Louis for one year, | 1892—American steamer reach- | then entered Spring Hill College jes Russia with food for famine at Mobile, Alabama and attend- sufferers. ed the following three y: 1896—Edison’s “Vitoscope”, ul- © }timately .developing into the! Dist oving picture machine, ‘ivately exhibited. Attorney: 1913-15. Enapy:J99.tqfA32 d soe jas a member of.the Sateboand ; ..1918—Official report that cost/cf Law Exemingrs. "Roce to ,of first.year,of war 9 billion © Senate Arena ‘Escambia {dollars, half of it loans to the County in 1934 ang 1938-42 with- t Allies. | out opposition. | eer | Wife: ~Hildur Dalistrom. Two | 1936—Richard Bruno Haupt- | sons: Philip Dene Beall, Jr., grad- {mann dies in electric chair for} uate of the School of Law, Uni- {murder of Lindbergh baby. versity of Florida, now 2nd Lt. | Pilot Army Air Corps; Kirk Mon- | 1939 — Philadelphia Federal! roc Bea'l, University of Florida |Court jury fines CIO some $237,-| three years, now Radioman Ist 000 for damage done Apex Hos- | class. active dutv. U. S.* Army. iery Co. in 1937. Member American and Florida Hl — @ | State Bar Associations. } 1940—Secretary Hull proposes Fourth Degree Knight of Col- ‘arbitration ‘with Mexico over) umbus. ; seized oil companies. Honorary life member Pensa- ‘ oo cula Lodge Elks. | VICTORY GARDNER GETS | Chairman Selective Serviee | REWARD FOR EFFORTS Apreal Board No. 3, for the State | of Florida. DALLAS, Texas—While work- ing in his Victory Garden, Marty | Ravkind dug up a ring. His moth eee STRONG: ARM BRAND COFFEE son five years ago. He gave Marty + ci Fis }$5 reward. MILLS: 222ir \ Explanation Needed | Tubby—Now, listen here! One! of these days I'm going to start in! and tell you a few things. 1 The Mas.—You may as well be- | | gin right now and tell me why you called me j sleep last night. “¥ ~tor—Northern- first | District gf EVbidal Ae twoniepers 24-Hour Ambulance Service KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF APRIL 3. 1933 ez West visiting terday f gia Military © Trhdaor’c Pirthde ve Norberg) Th of the Monroe ox a had n ir iges, ret ff Ka rday here he ha al estate Nan,” a com repeated tonig ium of the Hi Bert Hernandez t the plav when it was giver Carden Theatre, y seme cap. tival will be the ic Lib The Citizen sa editoria! paragrapl “Natives of Alask: be turning t ? including th mony. For desert was 7 ta moose, butche: five fox pelts. salmon.” Legislative cc mends civil service Se aetdndnddadhaed el LOPEZ Funeral Service { Established 1885 : Licensed Funeral Directors ¢ and Embelmers Office Hours: $12 36 PL 45 Address Phones 4 | 629 Duval Ofiee: 322 bd ‘Street » PHONE®135 NIGHT ese’ tanner ass nsenmmeene > evoetscever