The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 30, 1943, Page 2

PAGETWO - ee She Key West Citizen “THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published Daily, Except Sunday, by i. BP, ARTMAN, Owner and Publisher SOE ALLEN, Business "aes From The Citizen Building ae Corner Greene and Ann Streets ee ‘Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ee ___. ‘tered at. Key West, Florida, as second class matter MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS » The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to ft or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the ‘ocal: news published here, SUBSCRIPTION Rs ‘TES ADVERTISING RATES Mae" “Wown on application. Pa SPECIAL NOTICE reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutioss of respett, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at ite of 10 cents a line. ices for entertainment by churches from which be derived are 5 cents a line. en. er ue is to Citizen is forum and invites discus. i to attack wrong or to applaud right; Siways fight for progress; never be the or- ‘gin of the mouthpiece! of any person, clique, fgction or class; always do its utmost for the Public welfare; never tolerate corruption or fmmend good done by individual or organ- ation; tolerant of others’ rights, views and Ppinions; print only news that will elevate gnd not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. @ RPP r & *THE WAY TO DISASTER ‘s The United Nations are now engaged in thé:task of defeating an evil coalition which _set_out to plunder the wealth of mankind. = The one purpose of the union among thé enémies of aggression is the defeat of the frebbooters and the restoration of liberty to free peoples. y =; One of the best ways to destroy this unity would be to pause, in the common un- dertaking, long enough to attempt to settle thé trivial disagreements that exist between the vatious nations now fighting the Axis. ‘s Despite this fact, there are some Amer- icans, and some citizens of other nations, who seem to be more anxious to promote dif- ferences between the Allies than to settle the score with the enemy. U. S; TROOPS CARRIED OUT ORDERS American troops, operating in Central ‘id not undertake to cut off Rom- mél’s flgeing army by a drive to the coast be@ause they had orders not to undertake sich 4 thhanoeuver. = This is the information given by Sec- retary of War Stimson, who states that some commentators, in discussing the Tu- nisian: campaign, were less than fair to the American troops. “2 The Secretary points out that the cam- paign’s plan called for the major attack to bé@.made by the Eighth Army and for other ANied{ armies to “undertake supporting at- tgtks” but not to advance beyond a speci- fied line and that these forces carried out their assignment, “according to plan.” zs: A FAIR QUESTION H SWATTING THE PUBLIC Many a time newspapers have been ac- cused of being sensational, and the accusa- tion is true sometimes, but they are as zeph- ers compared with tornadoes when lined up over the radio. a Key Wester who will inquire, “How is this? Stories ‘in the newspapers said that ; Such-and-such..is the case, but I heard So- an altogether different story to tell. If what he says is true, then the Allies are in a bad way.” wornout politico pleading for votes. He re- verses the general way of speaking over a radio or on a platform, either. working up to a peroration, he begins with a sort of peroration and works down to something that sounds like a gasp. Judging by his talk, he is a jingo if ever there was a jingo. Another “commentator,” who tries to make listeners think he is something of a clairvoyant, peers into the future and pro- to’come.”” Any Key Wester, who. wishes to and learn that anybody's guess ig dust'as good as his. iaslep But his guessing is’ not always of a harmless nature, Listeners can’t help f¥din into them. Such bleatings over the radio, or even at the cerner grocery, works against morale, and, despite the insistent cries about the freedom of speech, the government would be justified in forcing this gentleman to keeping his predictions to himself. Newspapers in the United States to- day, without a single exception, so far as The Citizen has been able to learn, are walking arm in arm with Uncle Sam in his struggles to crush our enemies. against the other, and, though they may disagree over the policy pursued to bring subject and make no effort to drum up sen- sationalism, as some commentators do. A few have been barred from the air, but, in the opinion of The Citizen, they were inno- cents compared to some of them who are permitted to work themselves up into a sweat, night after night, in their attempts to swat the American public between the eyes. American place name: Biscuit, Ky. Occasionally we are surprised at what we hear about ourselves, WAR NO STIMULUS TO SCIENCE There are many people who believe that war stimulates scientific research and that, after the bloodshed is over, the world is benefited by scientific advances made un- der the pressure of conflict. This notion is dissipated by the state- ment of Dr. Robert Al. Millikan and Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan, two of the world’s greatest scientists. They gay, t there is ( aaaiyins to the popular ifléa.; | Uy! “Tt is a terrific blunder to assume that W promotes science,’*says Dr#Millikan. “Ninety-nine per cent of scientific inven- tions have not been the result of the stim- ulus of war as many people believed.”” He adds, “War distorts science, namely, wast- cial to humanity.” Dr. Morgan supports this view, say- ing: ‘We didn’t need a war to stir us up. We had plenty to do without it.” Americans are averse to dictatorships, both of capital and of labor. War costs money but it is not as ex- pensive as defeat. Ask the French. “MORE THAN: HOLDING OUR OWN.” | with some so-called news commentators | At almost any time you may run across | and-So over the'radio last night, and-he had} : | One of the So-and-Soes sounds like a ceeds to unlimber his guesses about “things | thinking, when he ‘ opens up” the book of | the future, that he is trying to throw a scare | Editors | don’t pitt one side of the government | about a much-desired end, they stick to the | ing energy on things which are not benefi- | | Instead of}. go to the trouble, may’ cheék up2or> hiri | | i KEY WEST IN | Today's, | DAYS GONE By|_Suuiversaries ——_. Cana ned G. Cua FRED G. CLARK General Chairman American Economie THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Peace by Forse Be Lasting? As debated by Hon. Lyle H. Boren Congressman from Oklahoma CONGRESSMAN BOREN OPENS: 1 understand a peace by force to Mean @ peace, the terms of which would be enforced by some armed might sufficiently strong to impose ~ypon those unwilling to participate in such a peace the terms thereof. The term “lasting” immediately raises the question of whether we mean for eternity, for a hundred years, for a generation, or for a decade. My first premise is that the only kind of a peace which will be possible will be @ peace dictated and enforced by the Allied Powers, after the total defeat of the Axis Powers, or by the Axis Powers after the total defeat of the Allied Powers. 1, of course, assume total victory for the Allies. I further assume that by a lasting peace we mean a peace which will continue effective under force until the people of the world can be educated to so strongly desire peace that force would n@ longer be necessary. 1 think such @ peace by Sg could be made. and myst be made lasting—lasting until the nature of man can be sufficiently changed by education to understand that peace’ under any conditions is preferable to war under any condi- tions as a means of assuring human progress to higher spiritual, cultural and material achievement. MR. FARREN CHALLENGES: Boren refutes his own premise for a lasting peace by force when he says peace must be enforced on the unwilling by either the Allies or the Axis, whichever is victorious. Does he think 134,000,000 Americans ‘would submit to an Axis-inspired in- ternational police force? For how ‘we must educate the I still believe that when you whip a strong man you must do one of two things: destroy him once and for all or rehabilitate him. Bullying won't work! CONGRESSMAN BOREN RE- PLIES: There are three possible re- sults in war: continue warring until the millions of people on one side are ; Or until they are beat- en, surrender, and become peaceful under a superior force; or a stale- mate. Peace is law, order, and prog- ress. Law is a rule of action pre- Harry Desmond Farren Lecturer, Author—Sabotage, How to Guard Against It MK. FARREN OPENS: A peace by force cannot be lasting no matter how benevolent the hands that holds the gun over peoples who must be forced to accept peace, or else. Wars are u form of historica] epilepsy. You can- not hold the victims down. They must writhe and thrash until the spell has passed. Previously-accepted so- cial, economic and philosophical the- ories vanish in the white-hot lava of post-war readjustments. There are, ernments-in-power in Euiope. Both seek post-war power. By its presence an international police must suppress one and support the other to main- tain “peace.” Certainly there will be volcanic human disturbances as peo- ples, uprooted and demoralized, strug- gle for renewed existence. To main- tain “peace” between these factions, an international police must take sides! I doubt that England, Russia, China and America, can see eye-to- eye as to which political philosophy is best suited for Germany, France, Slovakia, the Balkans, etc. If it is to be done by trial and error over decades the resultant economic and political chaos will lead to hatreds, under- ground conniving and another world war. Let's not abrogate the Atlantic Charter pledge of “freedom frdm fear” before it has a chance to funt- tion, CONGRESSMAN BOREN CHAL- LENGES: I am entirely unable to understand what point my opponent is trying to make, unless it is that we cannot have a lasting peace by force, and therefore, ought not to have any peace at all, but continue the war until all the writhing victims have ceased to writhe and are dead. If all previously-accepted social, economic and philosophical theories are going to vanish, as he says, in post-war readjustment, the war is lost now, and peace is lost before it is won. I am unable to find any consistent logic in my opponent’s opening statement of his challenge. MR. FARREN REPLIES: My logic is: you cannot set up within the bor- ders of any conquered country a po- lice force armed with weapons and arbitrary powers to dictate without breeding violent hatreds and promot- ing bloodshed. Hitler's Gestapo, the most ruthless police force in history, has failed to provide conquered France with law and order. After complete disarmament of the Axis, lei the United Nations enforce peace by external strength and be prepared tc instantly stamp out aggression ne |, thatter the source. Peoples must re- gain self-discipline through self-edu- cation and through this orientation regain respect for law and order, an¢ a desire for lasting peace. Today’s | 1623—Francis Xavier de La- FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN) val, Canada’s first Roman Cath- OF APRIL 30, 1933 Representative William V. Al- bury, who came to Key West for: the Easter holidays, said today, shortly before he began his return trip to Tallahassee, that House Bill No. 30, in the event it be- comes a law. will help Monroe! county immeasurably in redeem- ing its bonds at market prices, in- steal of paying interest on them and waiting tiil their maturity to p 2 incipal. ming the Key West isterial Alliance sent a tele- epreSentatives requesting them bishop of Quebec, born Died Quebec, May 6, olic France. 41708. ! eee 1771—Hosea Ballou, New Eng- | land clergyman, one of the found- ters of Universalism, born Rich- mond, N. H. Died June 7, 1852. | 1781—George Washington P. !Custis, noted playwright his day, whose father was Washing- ton’s stepson, born Mount Airy, (Md. Died Oct. 10, 185% noted Yale Biblical |Salem, Mass. Died March; 25, today, governments-in-exile and gov- | »| which may give way to self-in- 1790—Josiah yasaio ibbs, » fas LAST WEEK TO SEE | THE WAR EXHIBIT | “This exhibit is amusing and ed ucational for old and young. See ;the German soldiers frozen to ‘death while in a standing positio: | See the brutal treatment by ;Germans and Japs, and the cold- ; blooded murderers. It will make | you realize that you are living in Today’s Pirthdays Mrs. New York born Hone: ago Elsic cisco, \the Land of the Free. “Keep it so, {C*! % ye ; You will Buy; more War bonds aft- jer seéing’ this show. |. See the-shfunken Japs from the jungles of New Guinea and Sols-! mon Islands, “shrunken by the} | cannibal tribes. Don’t. miss~ seeing it as it will; |not be shown again . after this’ j week. Children 10c; adults 15c. Every- | body welcome. | _ In Tent on Whitehead street n: Angela. apr.27-5tx Today In History j 1789—Gen. George Washington | inaugurated the first President of the United States in New York City, then capital. | |. 1798—The Navy Department | | formally created. 1803-—Lotisiana bought from | France. * 1812—Louisiana admitted to the Union as State. | 1900—Hawaii created a Terr: tory. 1900—“Casey” Jones epic— tral engineer, remains in cab to save his passengers, dying when freight in Mississippi. 1915—Arlington, Va., Navy op- erators talk with Canal Zone by wireless—a landmark in wire- less. 1937—The Neutrality Bill er acted by Congress. 1939—World’s Fair New York. opens Prrrirrtritiriiirii iii tir 194220 Norwegians executed by Nazis in reprisal for slaying of two Gestapo agents. Toda There is a taste for ’s Horoscope luxury, dulgence. Those born late in the day are shrewder and have more chance of financial success. | Relatives do much for today’s | natives. It isa fortunate day! for any profession. j ARE MADE FIREPROOF WASHINGTON.—A new chem- | ical, ammonium sulfamate, makes draperies, upholstery and cloth-| ing fireproof. _ THE VINEGAR TREE his train of 12 cars crashes into | « Gan 73 Years. zigo. born South ig: be Riley H. newspaper € NEW OFFICERS REPORT TO AIR STATION HERE 's THe City, Tenn John Luther Jones, Illinois Cen-| * : REAL ICE Is More ECONOMICAL. . It's Healthy and Safe, . It’s Pure Norwegians receive two new)$% American Liberty freighters. See to members of the House of| ther of a noted scientist, borny to put a provision in the beer bill that will prohibit the sale of that beverage at any place within the vicinity of a church. The recently elected officers of the Key West Woman's Club will install its recently elected officers at a meeting to be held tomorrow afternoon. Mr. and Mrs- Charles Albury PCE SS TEEORLSS He LEE left yesterday afternoon for Mi-| latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. ami for a-stay of a week. A. S. Caviness, States immigration service. yesterday for Miami, will testify in the case against an alien. of the United left 1861. | 1845—William H. Crane, noted | actor, born Leicester, Mass. Died | March 7, 1928. ! 1869—Charles M. Robinson, ! Rochester, N. Y., city planner, | journalist, born Ramapo, N. Y¥. | THE VINEGAR TREE H. Collins, returned yesterday to their home in Miami. | Charles Lowe, after a week's where he| visit in Miami, returned to Key | West yesterday- | ‘Today The Citizen says in an OUNTY JT Bers weXRee cart- oer {Miss Mildred Brown, daughter! editorial paragraph: Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, takes note of “the failure of our public schools to teach Amer- igdn history” and then asks, “How much do present-day pupils know of elementary mathematics, of the English language and its grammar, of the literature of America end England?” -" The educator then propounds a ques- tign, “‘What do the schools teach nowadays ifthey do not teach these elementary and vitally important subjects?” This is a fair question. 4 The more ignorant an individual is the more certain his tonclusions and convic- tions, Prime. Mihister*Winston- Churchill’ as+ serted:in the House of Commons that the United‘ Nations » are* “more*than ‘holding their own” in the Atlantic battle with thé U-boats. While agreeing with Secretary Knox that the results of U-boat warfare are serious, he viewed the battle as a whole and repeated his “reassurance that we are more than holding our own.” -In Washington, Secretary Knox admit- ted that the Prime Minister was “quite right” and explained that when he recently spoke of an increasingly bad submarine sit- uation, he was alluding only to March. “If,” | he said, “you take an average over the last six months, we are more than helding our | own.” of Colunel and Mrs. Brown, fos | merly of Key West, and Lieuten- ant William, L.. Johnson were mar-| be afraid of the saloons, of are ried in Honolulu a few days ago. Miss Dotothy Knowles, who had spent two weeks in Miami visit- ing her father, George I. Knowles: returned home yesterday after- noon. Harold Pinder returned yester- day from Miami, where he went to consult a is Arturo Armayor left Saturday for Miami to board a plane for Hevera to visit his mother, who =a critically ill in the Cuban capi- Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Folk, who | had been in Key West vsiiting the”, 2 ™C “What's the matter with those solons in Tallahassee? They must. | they waiting for doubloons?” J.F. SIKES._ LICENSED PLUMBER 1308 CATHERINE STREET | Se |) PHONE 135 « ON eal if t u i Hl # i i f t ' E é i 5 i ; ib I