The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 16, 1945, Page 2

SIXTH-RATE POWER What would the Japanese high com- mand have said, immediately after the at- tack on Pearl Harbor, had Americans de- ehaved that in three years and seven months American warships would bombard the dap homeland? it ie easy enough to determine what the Jap warlords would have said by re- calling that they asserted that no enemy plane would appear over Japan. As for warships shelling the homeland, such a thought would have been preposterous, But the Jap warlords, in their con- quests that resulted in the temporarypos- eesion of a far-flung empire, did not real- ine that, up to this country’s and Great Mritian’s entering the war against them, they had not fought with a first-class pow- o®. for Russia. in 1902, despite its vast pop- elation, was a weakling, particularly, on the sea, when the Jap navy launched its'sur- prise attack against the Russian warships at Port Arthur. Japanese warlords, in striking its sneak tiewe at Pearl Harbor, forgot all about the tiedustrial and mechanical ingenuity of the people of the United States, and was contemptuous of this country in its ability te train fighting men who would overcome the warriors from the land of the Rising wn But the Jap warlords know now, and, ee &® Key Wester remarked Saturday when he heard about the naval attack on Honshu end Sendia, of the overwhelming striking power of the United States, and, knowing, one may imagine that they are filled with remerse over their stab in the back. lt they have any foresight, they can determine, without much thinking, that Japan, which had planned to establish a werld-conquering empire, will come out of the war tripped of militarism and reduced te « sixth-rate power. We son forget not only our sorrows, hut the lessons we learned from them. Most men are capable of greater ac- complishments, if they get the opportunity. Hard working people are usually ready to play but eventually they forget how a ft is « mistake to believe that all peo- ple must think alike, act alike and live alike. That would be an unprogressive and menotonous existence. Canned ice-cream may sound funny te the civilian but it means a lot to G I Joe in the Seuth Pacific. A special ice-cream powder packed in special cans manufactur- ed by the American Can Company are now being shipped te all Pacific war fronts. Referring to the beastly treatment Halian workers received at the hands of the Germans, Mussolini is reported to have said; “I cannet permit that the sons of a race which has given Caesar, Dante and Michelangelo to humanity should be eaten ty the dogs of the Huns.” He should not have forgotten that the Italian race also gave to the world many a notorious crimin- al, eluding Mussolini. | i THE COLLECTIVIST STATE There are those in this country who sincerely believe that the. welfare of hu- man beings can best be served through col- lectivist control. Benito Mussolini believed it. He suc- ceeded in persuading the Italian people that his belief was valid. The fruition brought neither contentment nor security. Adolph Hitler believed it. Sixty million Germans accepted his philosophy. Today that which was the Reich is one vast pan- orama of desolation. This belief is the cardinal tenet of the code of the Japanese Emperor. Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka have been leveled by flame. We are a trusting people. In some re- spects we are gullible folk. It is essential in these times that we be ruthlessly realis- tic. Communism, Facism,-Nazism are not mere mattérs of terms or definitions. They result from establishment of centralized controls and the operation of mechanisms of administration. Unfortunately, in the de- velopment of these mechanisms the insid- ious step by step procedure may postpone recognition of their real significance. There have been introduced in the United States Congress, Amendments to the Social Security Act. They are known as the Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bills: Most Americans favor the expressed objectives of some of the proposals. However, almost hidden in the careful verbiage of the Amendments is the cold steel move to place in the hands of appointees of the Federal Government sole and exclusive re- sponsibility for the distribution of health care for one hundred ten million people. This service would consist of general med- ieal, special medical, general dental, spec- ial dental, laboratory care, hospitalization and home nursing service. In no country has machinery been established more sweeping in its provisions to serve the purpose of a Collectivist State. In the beginning the tax provisions would create a central fund of more than Eight Billion Dollars annually. It is not anticipated that this amount would even approximate the total cost. It is to be sup- plemented from “General Revenue.” Alert editors have pointed out that our national debt is approaching Three Hunderd Billion Dollars; that we are in the midst of a war only half won; that our economy could not sustain this additional drain of from Ten to Fifteen Billion Dollars each year. The key principle of our Freedom of Enterprise System is more jobs for more men at maximum wages to provide ever greater markets for the products of a con- stantly expanding industry. Editors have drawn attention to the fact that the Wag- ner-Murray-Dingell proposals are a direct tax on employment. There would be a minimum of Eight Billion Dollars yearly less for consumers to spend for the poten- tial output of our mines and factories and farms. This, of necessity, would create a downward spiral of production and fewer jobs for workmen. These results, within limits, would be inevitable. They might be disastrous but they are not the really important consideration. The unparalled progress and_ in- comparable achievements of the American people are the result of selfrespect, individ- ual initiative and self-reliance. When for- malized Security is substituted for self-re- liance we forfeit the essence of the factor that has been our strength. When the in- centive for individual effort and thrift is removed progress, as we have known it, will be shifted into reverse. It may be possible that a truly wise and honest administration can reasonably ration the food supply of a nation. Save under truly totalitarian concept and con- trol is it within reason to expect the effect- ive rationing of physician and hospital ser- | vices for one hundred ten million people. A vital difference should be kept in mind. If the food rationing fails, it may mean only that there are no steaks or pork chops on dining room tables. If the doctor ra- tioning fails, men and women.and children die. Human lives are the issue. The Wagner-Murray-Dingell Health Services proposals should be recognized for what they are. They are in reality State Medicine. They are instrumentalities and mechanisms of the Collectivist State. If we are to preserve our Freedom of Enterprise System we dare not enact these proposals. In their final action on these Amend- |} WORLD PACK jof the United Nations’ organiza-!were ments, elected Representatives will be in- fluenced by what they believe to be the desires of their constituents. Editors can render an incomparable service by explain- ing the meaning of these proposals and en- couraging readers to write their Congress- men and Senators.—John M. Pratt for the | National Physicians Committee. | become painfully rt HE article im the morning] and the on! tone Ben would Set you, Marlo? newspaplt by Petts Wildes oy w se of ne eet er temper. regarding the Winston separation and Marlo’s retirement from the} of greworks as he sat waiting for | ing by.’ theatre, was taking its tol/ as it} Marlo to make an sapeeret on| M™: made the rounds. All who read it}the bamboo-furnish experienced the same emotion— shock. Bu. the most indignant reader of them Fes was Ben yi ; Ider, Marlo’s theatrical pro-|could remain a = Wee : bi doubts. He was unaware DE Mat Ben was short, rotund, and had|1o’s presence antil she 0 have a right to live my i i i him from the glass doors that ; As. ge : the abit of pl exelted “or ner: | ened on to the terrace. life the way . choose and a silly vous. He was never without a es morning, Ben-nee,” she ae pee al ie ha i cooed, a ‘4 huge cigar, which he grg"anun-| Ben could feel his blood boil] Ben bit hard on his cigar. “No, canny knack i discovering | 2s he rose from the bamboo chair.|I can’t force you to act. talent and he tarned many an un-|/f she’d only quit that damned} “You bet your sweet life you known into a Broadway star. Up|silly actin’, he thought, as he si-| can’t. From now on I'm going to fo the moment he considered |Jently switched his cigar to the|be what I've always wanted to Marlo his greatest discovery. He| other side of his mut be.” had found her, five years ago, in ‘T'm so sorry I've kept youl “And what's that?” a honky-tonk “Rep” outfit, act-| waiting, sh said, as she floated “A ” she sighed dramati- ing under her real name, Aggie] toward him in a flimsy, chartreuse alte. lady,’ O'Toole. She had captivated him| chiffon negligee, revealing every} °4'Y- ; . with her terrific personality, | box-office curve of her voluptuous “That’s impossible!” flamipg red hair, curiously green | body. “After all,” she some} “Don’t you tell me what’s im- eyes, and her superabundance of | more, “your little Marlo could be ible!” she screamed. “John sex appeal. “he was a startling|very angry with you for getting/has given me his word of honor beauty, but innately common. Ben|her up so early in the morning,| that he'll never return to Winston was smart enough to know her|couldn’t she?” She chucked him] Manor until he can take me back natural spark for acting could be] under his double chin. with him as ° is wife.” developed into a skyrocketing] “Let's skip the baby-talk and} «pit Marlo, what about your success, so he signed her. Within | get down to business!” career?” : a short period of time his ex-| “Really, Ben,” she said in her} "7 th r pectations came true. most ultrafashionable tone, “you| _ “To ; ell we ak career, I'm Overnight, Marlo became a sen- | are so crude.” going to oH athe ete ry! amie sation in ‘her first Broadway pro-| . “Maybe so,” he answered, “but| Ben jer is ars oa nt :. duction. But what Ben hadn’t|at least I’m natural and on the mouth in utter a useul oth, bargained for was her volcanic] up and up!” actin’ vend come down to earth, temper. She had pulled the wool| Marlo’s eyes narrowed. “Just| Aggie!” err over his eyes. During rehearsals] what do you mean by that un- Aggie!” She was oe A le she had been as docile as a lamb|couth remark?” dodged just in time on “Howe and more than co-operative, but} “Just this,” he said. as he the manuscH Pt at him. “How after the opening night when she| yanked the morning paper out of| dare you call me Aggie! - knew her success was firmly es-|his coat pocket and shook it at] “Because Aggie. Rgraten cha tablished, she no longer bothered |her. “I've stood for a lot of your/ are, and always will bel’ to conceal her true disposition. | silly notions, but this one takes|, “That's what you think in that But Ben, considering her a star|the cake!” bald brain box of Sahib m of the first. magnitude in the| Marlo’s temper was beginning} “That's what I know! You making, overlooked her tirades| to simmer. It was difficult for her] never make a society dame. 4 and consequently took an over-|to pretend innocence. “I don’t ‘Just what do yon, mean by dose of unnecessary punishment.|know what you are talking that stinking remark? To Marlo, life was but a stage | about.” f ‘Just this, soe lady, the au and she played it to the limit.| “What right have you to give|McCoy doesn’t have to act the She was always acting—more off|the 2apers an announcement like j part. the stage than on—particularly | this?” 2 , i since she had met John Winston. ‘Every right. John and his wife Her affected, “ritzy” manner of} are divorcing. He teld me so last speech and assumed elegance had! night.” “Of course ni “That's where my dear young la \é to be ve my business— you're ler contract to me!” “Now you listen to me, Ber . It happens going, Ben.” To be continued DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF JULY 16, 1935 By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizea FUNDS FOR VETERANS [with other nations in the effort AND TENANTS TO to preserve the future peace of PURCHASE FARMS {the world and to provide an For® the “next” twelve ‘monts|4venue for correcive action, de- the Farm Security Administration signed to ameliorate improper | will have $25,000.000 earmarked |Cconditions that affect the rela-; for farm purchase loans to veter-|tionship between nations andj} ans of World War IL. \peoples. FERA announced today that The loans are made under the; In consideration of the prob-!the cooking classes conducted in Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant/lems that confront the world in|Key West are very popular. | Act of 1937 and are repayable connection with the maintenance | over a forty-year period. They |of peace let us all remember that} Last night, at a meeting of; carry three per cent interest ang|the only way to avert future con-|Kappa Pi Y Club, Oliver Arma-| can cover the full purchase price iflicts is to work assiduously for} yor was reelected president. The | but care is taken only to finance the improvement of conditions | club will hold a banquet tonight. the purchase of farms that can/for all peoples. | be bought at earning-capacity| In the process it may be neces-! Mrs. Edwin Mallory and three values. \sary for the more fortunate na- children left yesterday for Miami The funds are allotted on the tions to spend some money but to visit relatives. basis of farm population and the | this will be small in comparison ; prevalence of tenancy. Because of | With the huge sums that will be! Hogstesses at a social meeting this basis of distribution the share |SPent, inevitably, if war occurs of the Key West Junior Woman's | of the states varies considerably, |@8ain. In fact, the price of peace Cjyb on Friday afternoon, July from $3,592 for Rhode Island, to|!s cheap insurance against the 9, will be Miss Alice Gwynn $2,138,058 for Texas. costs and destruction of warfare. 'and the Misses Leonella and Or- Nine other states, all in the Sere {phelia Lester. South, get more than $1,000,000; ea PENOT —EE They include Mississippi, $1,881,- | R % 246; Georgia, $1,663,858. Ala-| ANTAGONISM TO F.D.R. tagd bese anes, Cotegee, bama, $1,597,974; Nerth Carolina,| The aecidental accession of who were visiting in Miami, re. $1,490,403; Arkansagis$1,200,368; Presicaerae? has produced ' and four other states which bare- bene of the hod inileresting situa, betes vesterds F ly! exceed the | $1,000,000 total, |tions in the History Of Ametican! “7éjay The Citizen says in an South Carolina, Tennessee, Louis- | politics. I eaeeaes paragraph: Moc jana and Oklahoma. — Mr. Truman’s polcies, so far as! “If you were a young fellow The appropriation is expected 'they have been revealed, and ac-' would. you marry a woman 60 to provide for the financing of \cording to his public pronounce-' years of age? In replying to al— 4,166 farm purchases. It indicates !ments, are essentially the same questionnaire, 90 percent of the a partial realization of the farm ‘policies advocated and espoused'male students of the University tenacy problem and the necessity ‘by the late President Roosevelt. |of Oregon said they would—if| of providing adequate credit to!ecyutive is enjoyin 1 Ni ” simi fam Gemactiia. H i joying a pro! Ex had a million dollars. Victor Lowe was installed last night as sachem of Tiger Trail Tribe 19, Improved Order of Red Men. Ca aA AAAAAAAAAAAAAADAAAADAAAA AAD dt detdataddndatadadntndadntadadad, | | Al |Despite this, the new Chief Ex- Banta pear am Hee enabled honeymoon, with few attack: | eee - i amilies to purchase and/ - i j aol y ownithelt arms, sncliding 428 ee te his} TODAY'S HOROSCOPE veterans of the First and Second; The truth of the matter is peer World Wars. Franklin D. Roosevelt, in effect-; Today’s native is liable to be} juating some of the reforms which Shy but rather impulsivé, gener- | jsaved the nation in the early 0US and fond of mild adventure, Thirties, had to fight vigorously ;In some aspects this is a strong ‘against individuals and corpora- ‘Personality and, if other aspects | The approval of the United 'tions enjoying special privileges are favorable, it may produce aj Nations Charter by the Senate which he abolished. This process Noted personage. Look out for | of the United States is now as- of stepping on toes, and stepping trouble in middle age. This will | sumed. The probability is that hard, made him many bitter per-,be overcome, but the results will | only a few senators will vote jsonal enemies, but it was the only depend much on the care taken against it. ;method by which the’ leader of ,at that critical period. Preident Truman stated the, the New Deal could get positive issue very well when he told the results. ;_ Robert J. Watt of Washington, senators that it is “only a first} As a result of the tempestuous D. C., the American Federation step to a lasting peace” and that ;period, covering the first two,0f Labor's international repre-} it will “be expanded and im-;terms of President Roosevelt, sentative. born Scotland, 51 years! proved as time goes on.” |there were millions of Americans 289- | There is no use for proponents|who cordially detested him and !—#——————_ prepared, regardless of ness, that was felt and often ex-| tion to pretend that the ratifica-'what he did, to espouse the op-,Pressed against his Predecessor. | tion of the charter by the neces-|posite side. The oligarchy of } SSeS sary number of nations will solve |business, finance and _ industry! | ’ STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE | all international problems. Much met its master and recognized ; depends. upon the good faith of the fact, but individuals, accus-; TRIUMPH the nations concerned and the 'tomed to exploiting power and! effort that statesmen exert to|wealth, vented the full fury of | COFFEE | use the organization for the wel- | personal disappointment upon the | SENATE SEEMS ANXIOUS TO APPROVE MILL fare of the world. jmen in the White House. AT ALL Certainly, the United States | The death of President Roose- GROCERS should not hesitate to join hands velt did not remove this Ditter- | ceseensstaststsiatnstesdteestensebiatsimmtsttis 1821 — Mary’ Baker Eddy, f founder of Christian Science, : : born Bow, N. H. Died Newton, ovetstreséed,] “Last night? Fast worker, aren't |Mass., Dec. 3, 1910. 1836—Mariétta Holley, popular “I had nothin; : atin humorist of her sae bern a ss Ben knew he was in for plenty | pigeon just happened to be pass- paar N. Y. 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