The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 2, 1945, Page 2

WHEN “SILENCE” SPEAKS | polled in Key West, and the answer is an | emphatic — Wr War Wess, Piertdn, os neues Snes wate: | POll of that nature is of no consequence. a i | First, while not questioning the sin- Yao Sampctated t | cerity of anybody who conducts a poll, it ia an ae co aged Sever ead | should be pointed out that it is not sur- 2 Se rounded with the strictness that character- Bt. izes casting ballots in a regular election. ees Let us assume that John Jones an- | nounces that he is conducting a poll, what is there to stop any candidate from lining Mate baowe on appt ation " his friends to vote for him? | ; termines every election, and the “silent” mires ert momen voter does not parti pate in straw polls. Besides, it is the “silent” vote that de- ar ae — © he rane of ie 4 try was so careful and so comprehensive & poll of straw votes cast as that which The Literary Digest conducted in 1936 parts of the country and more than eight million of them were returned. And in its final announcement of the poll the Digest said it indicated that Landon would be elected to the presidency And what happened?) When the vote that was cast on election day was counted it showed that Landon had carried only two states and Roosevelt 46 states How is the “silent” vote going in the election for city commissioneys? The “‘si- lence” will speak on election day, and then, and not till then, will you know AiD GLADLY ACCEPTED ie Signing one’s initials to an acrimonious Te Federal Gievernment is getting article in a newspoper ix worse than writ- eae fe ‘ he highway construction busi- | ing it anonymously When “J. B.” wrote as atye wale Congress has ap- | his diatribe against Key West he cowardly e hree-year program, providing | hid behind that anonimity and put under “000 annually, to match dollar- | suspicion evervone aring those initials fess Geiiar ate expenditures on high- ee eave ON DANGEROUS GROUND ; aid highways will ccnsconrinnacen , “ . of the money, with A cardinal principle of the American ~ “ roads getting about | republic is the jealous protection of mi Fe] od highways in urban areas re nority rights. The constitution, the courts, 2 e-fourth the whole fabric of government is designed While there may have been some re- sard the numerically weak against op- ral wm the part of the states to ac re The leaders of organized labor ; ' <j, upon the theory that it) who revel in the strength of the mob — stension of Federal authority. | are treading on dangerous ground. For Pederal policy of giving financial a ll of their organized strength the unions <= i the construction of better high- | are still a minority of the whole people. In hroughout the United States has met | their persistent abuse of other minorities— peral acceptance jmen who He development of the automobile | a union. and destructive attacks on indi ad mproved highways necessary vidual concerns—they are preparing the want to work without joining fer trucks and pasenger vehicles. | way for a public reaction which, in turn. o tem of god re « that now | may overrun the minority rights of unions - the nation, the social revo- Disregard of the basic principles of ht about the automobile American justice is a practice that the urred unions should be compelled to stop at once their own sake as well as that of the TIME FOR PRECAUTION ™ ple of the United States are The Fine Boulevards of Key West a th ma pecial weeks, pro- | How Can Anyone Damage Them?” Well + “r flicials for on Mr. Headwriter, one way is to ride your ‘ g the w tha « | car on the rim or rims of the whee wher at Fire Prevention Week, | the tires are flat ‘ erved a r| feainstiiaiisiatina size the TO SPANK, OR NOT TO SPANK? , cou r from We are somewhat interested erie etters, recent published in a newspa - or it stimated, ten thousand | per another state. whether to «pank ch ¢ as the result of fire, most | dren or of carelessr regard Some of the correspondents report r hes, inflammabie j With considerable pride, the excellence . The money lose | unspanked children and others, with equa which | pride, te f worthy results accomplish: tur- } despite the use of the paddle , r he serial Like many other problems that con ' 1 ront individu n life, there is no pe ne figure | t Whether childrer we lividu \* hed of te pend ne the We t t th | . ' ‘ ' te d Ther ' b haze r that th ’ rs t “ ‘ ' me the toon me ' the ara ! AS BIG AS WE CAN AFFORD hun - ' Ke ommander WOMAN WRECKED NAZI PLAN Air Fore that the “ know et they are licked Det of Germar engeance An f * ' the V-1 oF robot 5 ‘ n Ma ey will hesitate to start ar 194 riluted te Con ’ wtance Smith ' it nm ‘ asinatic in b tpret air re photo- he Air Force, wh he say aph seh her knees Ir ‘ hotograph, the ing woman hould bh 8 peace ound a sma arving wk shadow with air for . € a8 we can afford a tiny haped white t above it. She ~ Aterpreted th vils to mean a long Th n who is seidom mistaken about "amp, with « rplane above it and, on the & often mistaken about himself asix of her belief, the Allied Air Force —_——__—_— a Pee where they killed ie ke wecens fe is service ‘ experts and, by Ger at file the personal philosophy of the in ma admission, retarded a mautical de- dudl. How are you doing velopmept work by six months | tends to publish the results of straw votes | | desiring to enaaae | “No” bec ye cause we believe that a | anuere [SARAH BERNSTEIN | chick Samet fiet Number One in Monr rte At no time in the history of the coun- | Eleven million ballots were mailed to all | Teen: | if he were intent on perpetuating | couch that opened into a full bed. 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