The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 16, 1949, Page 2

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Omar N Bradicy recently wate a we that the d States will on ee ¢ are rength in - “8 ’ “t strength « 4 - “? exclusively wet ae the be re- ote her that pend og te t of « gov- ~ ” ¢ fol- oo : f our ve e robab- tarts , tuation + . “ 3 &-o. . * he . mor sur tu eote fuce| a ft the Red are pre * There- i the ~ ree wuld pursue its Pe “ Ea Bur with- enrd “ Allie eget ton ‘ to be owe f “ bes te @fumbiing about s we 6 de better if we every- ay pet’ bi tan though that's the .y ites tats job asa —— TEACHER, TACK AND— Nearty everviod, | heard about the @he puta tack the teacher's end o hai ed to the teacher. 7 @eey of uw have heard the other eae af the tery what happened to the he @ aeighbering state, the inevitable & @ the chair caused the instructor to Tie « veteran’ Wrainn « class. The mem- OF? afeete end come of them assert * the “lockout heeping bread out of bates mowths Whe elem may hove laughed heartily whee the be orber at fee eppeers thie 1). ‘Le coteing on the teacher tack, but it is doing the egestas anil aemmenenitaieiieelbediiearunsioreraipnassisieanatiins $$$ ee Pe AA a ee a a TO END AN INJUSTICE You pay taxes te put Uncle Sam in business, and he, gl ge ae ad mo taxes and ‘That injustice has i a the United States for many years, but re- |[. cently so many thousands ef tomplaints have been sent to congress, action has been taken to put an end to the worst, slapping in the face taxpayers have ever received. Heads of the Afmy, the Navy and the Air Force have agreed to close every com- missaryin the country next January 1 if business men can show that they are able to supply demands for commodities in their particular community. Consider the commissary in Key West, for instance. Taxpayers’ money makes it possible for the commissary to operate, yet, because it pays no taxes, it undersells the very men who provided the money for the commissary to go into business and undersell them. But Key West Better Business Associ- ation and other civic organizations must take action to see that Key West is re- lieved of the injustice, as well as hundreds of other cities in the United States. Local business men should write to their repre- sentatives and senators in Washington to inform then that Key West has about a | dozen supermarkets and scores and scores of other groceries that are in a position to supply commodities tp the entire com- munity. That fact can be proved but action must be taken to prove it. A similar condition applies to Key West business men who sell appliances of many kinds. They pay a federal tax of 20 percent on everything they sell, but other government services in Key West pay no tax and, therefore, can undersell local business men to the extent of that tax. But | that injustice is going to be stopped also | by requiring those service stores to pay taxes on appliances and other articles, in | the same way as taxes are paid by private businesses. So leng as men are elected to office by popular vote the politicians will listen to the majority. GOOD ARGUMENT The British Labor Government is in- terested in reducing the price of goods to consumer’s, according to a recent Party bulletin. It wants to see that the cost of production and distribution is cut, and that gains in productive efficiency are not lost in high distribution costs. To achieve this goal, it promises to provide more modern retail stores, Further, it plans to extend the power of the govern- ment over the marketing machine, particu- larly in the food field. Government pur- chasing will be utilized to supply small re- tuilers, as well as nationalized industries. Elsewhere in the announcement, the Party confuses the issue by saying “It is quite unrealistic to talk of general nation- alization of wholesaling and retailing.” However, anyone with even the faintest knowledge of the socialist ideology knows that once government moves in on enter- | prise, itis just a matter of time before it ; swallows it completely. In this country, significantly, we have achieved a degree of efficiency and econ- omy and good service in retailing that is | unknown abroad. We haven't done it by governmental) action. It is the result of free, competitive enterprise. We have chain stores, independent stores, variety stores, specialty shops — every conceivable kind of retail outlet. All of them are trying to reduce prices, to improve qualities, and to do the other things that serve and attract consumers. And the public reaps the bene- fits. Retailing is one of the best arguments that free enterprise has. The man who works for nothing will find himself very busy. The desired emolu- ments are realized only in homeopathic doses. THE ATOMIC MYSTERY Four years have passed since the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiro- shima-and not very many people know what a great mystery atomic energy Anyway we believe that this great Ameri- can secret is in safe hands, despite all the gossip and contradiction to that belief. Besides that, it is common cense to keep a few bombs in storage for our old enemy Stalin and his Communists. There doesn’t seem tobe much hope of ever making friends with the Russians along the lines that are now being pursued, ENR REN psn gindeaoa TODAY IN HISTORY Deans Cardi nal Doughtry of i | BIRTHDAY By AP Newsfeatures { culturist-publisher, born. ; Mill Springs, Mo., 81 years ago. Amos Alonzo Stage of Susque- | hanna University, Pa. time football coach, born in West | HUGH SIMONS GIBSON, born Aug. 16, 1883, in Los Angeles, son | of a bank cashier. Diplomat for! Orange; New Jersey, 30 years, Gibson argued for hours | ago. in a vain effort to You are hereby required ‘e pear to the Ril for Dr. Wendell M. Stanley of the| Rockefeller Institute for Medical Nobel chemistry prize- September, A. D. 1949, etherwone » allegations ‘contained (herei® Be) be taken as confessed. ia and Crdered at executed by =| Reseerth Naa German rifle | winner, born: Ridgeville, Indipna, squad in World| 45 years ago. War L He was! Secretary of le-} gation ac Brus- sels during the | 38 years aaa. George Meany, secretary-treas- | urer of the American Federation | of Labor, born in New York, 53! knew the iy MaNteod with i s abe matboaeene t Qirewit Court Seal Robert P. Fischelis, secretary of Pharmaceutical As | sociation, born in Philadelphia, | Ee Western United: States. contains + more than 65,000.000.000. feet of! Switiam V. Albury, | standing White Fir sawtimber. Attorney for Plalmuitt German atroci- ties. Graduated | from the Ecole | Libres de Sciences Paris, he entered diplomatic ser- | vice in 1908. He was a member of Hoover's Belgium mission and chairman of Cool- Jidge’s delegation to the Geneva disarmament conference. He once declined ambassadorship to Brit-j | Whe Knows? It’s estimated that the quantity Robert E Ringling, operatic ba- | 0f milk produced evefy year in ‘ritone and circus executive; born | the United States would fill al, | at Baraboo, Wisconsin, 52 years | Fiver 3,000 miles long, three feet’ | deep and 40 feet wide. i IN THE CIRCLIT COORT OF THe ELEVESTS Ay PT aged AND For on caw oy Herbert E. Smith, chairman of U. S. Rubber, born in San Jose,' | California, 60 years ago. Crawford H. Greenwalt, presi- dent of E. I. du Pont de Nemours, ‘born in Cummington, Massachu- | setts, 47 years ago. Dr. Solon J. stuck of the Libra- | ty of Congress, former chief ar- | 1. Name the Chief Justice of | Chivist, born in Berlin, Wisconsin, | the U.S. Supreme Court. ay IN Rat) CIREL sec COURT OF 7 . member of the House of Repre- sentatives elected? 3. Can you name Your Horoscope TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1949 men who have last held the post —Today’s nature i; peaceful, in- tuitive and especially intelligent. | feminine but | Smone, with a quiet power of re- | should bring many é of Secretary of State 4. Is the Speaker | The character by the Repr be Eee Secretary of the | fiends: Without being par I {ly strong, it is a fairly Taste | Representativ es | day. most | Buffalo, W. Va. Died February e District of Colum- Representative The Answers 3. James F. Byrnes, George C.} Marshall and Dean Acheson. the Represenia- . John W. Enyder. ELIJAH SANDS Overseas Radio & Appliance Co. RADIOS - PIANOS and APPLIANCES GEO. 0. 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