The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 20, 1950, Page 2

BILLIONS FOR OTHER NATIONS In the last four and one-half years, the United States has expended nearly $30,- 000,000,000 for the purpose of assisting foreign countries to recover from the ef- =e = Key Wok, Fiorida, ‘as second class matter SnMnER oF THE AB fects of World War II and to reorganize ion Frees is onclusively gntitieg their economi 4 fer jon of all news dis; 7 0 it oF ise credi! = local news publish ' ing ‘4 Corner Greene and Ann Streets wunly Dail; in Key West and . J “A Monroe States. alt rena moticen. oa oe thats, resolutions There will be cynics and scoffers to by Cc, Wi p a the sade cf 16 couie-a tins. assert that the money has been poured for entertainment by churches from Pivenue s8 19 be derived are 5 cents a line. tisen fs an open forun and invites dis- fueeion of public issues and subjects of local or SenePat Interest, but it will not publish anonymous cotn finications, down a rathole. They will insist that the United States has been taken to ride and that it will get nothing for the money ‘so lavishly bestowed upon other peoples. They will intimate, from time to time, that whenever another country differs with the United States on a question of policy, it shows a lack of appreciation of our generosity. The truth of the matter is that the ex- penditure of the $30,000,000,000 cannot he justified on the basis’ of helping other peoples. It ig a legitimate expenditure thé American, Government only if for the ultimate benefit of the people-of the United States. The belief that @ “stable and B¥althy economy throughout’ the: world would be to the immeasurable pro- fit of the United States is what justifies the expenditure of such a huge fund for indirect benefits. The United States Government has no : MONOGRAPH i ‘s 1 + inherent right to go to war for the pur- Dear Bridge — are pose of “saving” another nation. Neither Our private statistician reports |) 1, it the right to squander the wealth of that there will be about 1,657,439,987 arguments in 1950 between husbands and wives over the proper playing of a hand of bridge. this nation for the sole purpose of assisting other peoples. The making of war and the building of peacetime economies are justi- fied only if executed in behalf of the vital and permanent interests of this country. We believe that the United States, in accepting the challenge of Japan and the | Nazis, was acting in the interest of the people of this! country in. prosecuting its recent wai ‘We: also believe that the Uni ed States ‘Government, in extending a help: # hand to tha free nations of the world,) in order to assist them to recover from the. economic devastation of the recent strug- gle, has been acting in the interest of our people and that the money spent will, in the long run, accomplish much, if not all, of the purpose*in view. : THE ORACLE oabiitenne ECONOMIC. FACTS “After full allowanee for increased: taxes jind” increased consumer _ prices, * the people ofthe U. S.‘in 1950 will have |: at least $107,000,000,000 for ‘diseretion- ary’ spending or saving. This means that over and above maintaining a 1940 stand- ard of living for food) clothes and shelter, the peqple will have $107,000,000,000 extra tajfaye or to spend on more or better goods @i@ Services. This is six per cent more than i 1949!” The above quotation is taken from a booklet. entitled, “Marketing Opportuni- ties 1950,” written by Arnold Johnson, director of research for the J. Walter Thompson Company, which gives some facts that lead to the author’s conclusion that 1950 might be the best year yet. The booklet calls attention to the fact pe UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION In connection with the employment situation in the United States, it might be well to point out that 58,700,000 Amer- icans were employed last year and, with the exception of 1948, average employ- ment was higher than any other year in the nation’s history. Nevertheless, Secretary of Commerce that by mid-July, 1950, the total popula- | Charles Sawyer said that there was an tion will be up fifteen per cent over 1940 | average of 3,400,000 unemployed last and says that this means twenty million | year. This, he reports, was a big jump people added to the potential market for | from the average 2,100,000 in 1947 and 1948. The Cabinet member suggests that new people are entering the nation’s labor force, looking for jobs and that the num- ber of jobs is not increasing as fast as the labor force. This seems to be axio- matic but just how anybody is going to create jobs for all who seek employment constitutes an economic problem of the first magnitude. The rise in unemployment last year brought about a_ record-breaking pay- ment out of unemployment insurance funds. Robert C. Goodwin, director of Employment Security, says that payments reached a total of $1,700,000,000 in 1949, which is slightly more than a fifty per cent increase over the ‘previous record year of 1946. The number of persons receiving un- employment compensation was 7,500,000 which beat the old record, 5,200,000 in 1940. Those who keep up with statistics of governmental expenses will find, if they look back far enough, that the bonuses paid to the unemployed in 1949 represent a sum for learer than the total expenditures of the Federal Government not so many years ago. While the jobless payments may have helped tide the nation over a business resession, this is not a satisfactory justification for the payment. The ‘principle of unemployment com- Pensation has been approved by the peo- ple of the nation, but it would be well for those who administer such funds and allot such payments to be on their guatd to pre- vent loafers, drones and the don’t-want-to- work crowd from taking advantage of this beneficient legislation. goods and services. It points out that the total di#posable personal income after taxes for the first half of 1949 was at an annual rate of 194.6 billion dollars and t this was two and one-half times the 1940 level of 75.7 billion dollars. It ex- presses the belief that disposable personal income after taxes in 1950 could reach $200,000,000,000, without including ac- cumulated personal savings. According to the author, if we sub- tract the cost at today’s prices of the basic 1940 living standard on food, cloth- ing and shelter for our enormously in- ereased population, we will _ still have 2106.06 billion “discretionary” personal income available to spend in 1950. This is four times the amount available in 1940. In addition, the author says that the peo- ple begin this year with accumulated in- dividual savings of about $220,000,000,- 000 and that, even at today’s prices, this ount of money will buy twice as much the 1940 savings. hese figures are interesting but whether they mean a good business year in 1950 depends upon the mental attitude of individuals. If there is the will to buy, there is the money to make 1950 an ex- cellent business year. If, unfortunately, &@ panicky wave of fear affects the mem- tal attitude of our consuming population, there will undoubtedly be a contraction of spending with serious economic results. No one can tefl what will happen because figutes give no indieation of any wide- spread state of mind. Cohsequently, we will havé to wait and see how the year 1950 develops from an economic and bus- iness standpoint. ar a | Scarce Technique: ; | ee 1 weer ree rere rere errr rey PEOPLE’S FORUM BAAAAASAAAALABDASAAAABAALAAALALABAALA APPRECIATES ASSISTANCE ; condemn the needed land—per- Editor, The Citizen: haps for a lesser figure than is We wish to use this means of 7°” proposed. apa ea co ag; Bear in mind that when busi- expressing our gratitude $08, the} ness gets on the rocks, the airlines assistance and co-operation aren will pull out of Key West; and if us in the treatment of our daugh- | the county condemns the land at ter, Doris, while she was in the| this time, it. would find itself hospital and since her return'| J ish an. abandoned airport and home. - i the usual inundated land that has Due to the splendid nursing and been there for years and years, physio-therapy treatments, while. instead of developing land with in the hospita) and since, sh€ 48) homes, etc., that will continue to going to be able to return,f0) pring in revenue through taxa- school. ition: ; She is told that within a year|’| For the first time in ages, Key or less she should show no signs }/West is straining at the leash in of disability. spits efforts to get ahead. Over two But for the assistance of ‘thd milion dollars last year in build+ Monroe Cour;ty Chapter andthe! ing, ‘National Foundation for Infantilé) registrations are up (look at the Paralysis, her illness would ‘stil Phtraffic), and postal receipts, al- be causing us undue hardships. “ways a good barometer of busi- G. B. COWLEY and FAMILY. ! ness in any city, are on the way Key West, Fla., 143-B Poinciana PI., Jan. 18, 1950. up. ; Land is scarce in Key West, so let u§ mot place any stumbling | blocks in the development of Ke: West that will rebound to the’ SHORTSIGHTEDNESS? | good of all. Editor, The Citizen: ! West and} ceive a few thousands. so characteristic of K: which has hampered its develop- ment in the past—b: advocacy | suitable site and make plans for of condemn ocedure as re- | an airport. Cudjoe Key is not the gards the airport lahd? | site, but it could well become a The Citizen, in its editorial of scare word te rush the county January 17, that the county | into actions which will be regret- is now going in the red to the| ted a long time. { tune of $13,000 less a few thous- | NATIVE KEY WESTER. ands realized from rent, etc. {Key West ,Fla., Key Westers must remember} Jan. 18, 1950. that the newly formed “Key West Improvement Company ust | sunk $200,000 by its purchase of| Your Horosrope FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950— that property in Key West. Their ideas and plans if brought to fruit | —would realize the city and Today's — native — is somewhat y much more than the few | gloomy in disposition, but gifted the county with directness and celerity of} alone re-| s rent, landing fees, turn ction. You should strive to look | on the brighter side of life, as the! ; tendency is to follow the inherent | impulse. A good parerital training is important. ceives now etc. Would it not be silly to down a million for a thousand? Why not give the “Key West Improvement, Company” an op- portunity to Begin its large scale development before: such an ill- advised step is taken? If at the In 1939, teabags accounted for Hless than 10 percent of the total end of a reasonable time, this} tonnage of tea sold. Today sales company has not made any mo-|of tea in the U. S. divide almost tion to develop its holdings, then!50-50 between teabags and loose the county should step in and packaged tea. FLOOD ILLINOIS TOWN THREATENED BY RI a FLOOD WATER OF THE WABASH RIVER edges into Maunie, a Illinois. The curving éhaniel of the river shows plainly in this aerial photo. have advised residents of the town and nearby communities to usiness: is good, automobile |, | Key West does need an airport,} gale, Florida out on Captain Wil- Mrs. J. Hi » Oho weeel Is not The Citizen showing the! but do not let us turn up our] tic Wicker’s “Pilot One” yester- Spteher, same degree of shortsightedness— | noses to millions in order to re- day. The little fellow pursued an ; 7 } outrigger bait half as long as he Let us start now in choosing a) was but couldn't quite take the SLi cane aaieee naan aaeaaniinaenaismaasianeaaeeaaneaes aaa pre ut | “Zachary to R it had all bee re hi the killing of Lone urn. That was true. He unner that the white men only friendship the red. too. was the Then he to! Far Runner that gifts given him, one for you. y Bear as the father Se | f falo: one fot the Buffslo: one for hi took Far Runner to a a gave him three blankets. No one interrupted. The light|an in the lodge ay went on. his voice still calm, a “That I heard and saw. I saw crime =e Far Runner ride away with the three blankets. I was a little puz- zled. but it seemed like a thing. and fair. But I had served that Zachary took the gifts of viankets from the store of a other man. while that man was :way. Then. as soon as Far Run- ner was gone. Zarchary found this other man and told him that Faf Runner had stolen the blankets. The other man so testified, later. He said that he would go after the thief. and Zachary spoke no wotd to stop him, to show him that Far Runner was not a thief.” “That's a lie, from start to fin- ish.” Zarchary blurted. But the Key West In Days Gone By AS TAKEN FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF JANUARY 20, 1940 Hf e we | 33 oe i i Fi ri Ee Th ‘4 +f m E iE t tf fe eiege = harbor on buoys assignements. | ‘The magnificent 170-foot yacht, | Company’s main dock and berth- ed today. D.L. Henry of the Arig Air Corps at Mi Mrs. May 2, 1950 lenry‘and their son , artiv- election ed tact évehing to pM aweki ee Captain Jessie Watkins was declared the winner in the annual held at the Key West High School, {with Mrs. Henry's aunts, Mrs Pes Grate fen to pick the student to receive | imma del Pino and Miss Nellie honors*from the daughters of the taiy Cutty. | JAMES A. FRANKLIN American Revolution. (Re-Election Paes | Miss Louise Crane was a passen- | . ‘Sighting a sailfish not more ger on the early bus to Miami to’ For State Representative than twenty or thirty inches long spend a few days and return. |. Y. PORTER. f¥ was an experience enjoyed by Miss Kay Johnson of Fort Lauder-' Sister Dominica and her sister, ' visiting with the sisters the’ Convent of Mary Immaculate for a short time, left on the 7 o'clock bus this morning for Detront Mich. acre es Beers hm eeT ee) au tone Viewwe> bait. ® ve Mesieat fore ¢ i The roster of officers who have ' been recalled .nto the the United States Navy at West was increased Thursday by the addition of Lieutenant James H. Cain, who has been e j Mail The to the engineering br: Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “Indifference is a shirking of responsibility.” Citizen to Relatives Arriving in port 9:30 o'clock was the Ozark, of the Clyde Lines, comi) rom New Orleans | with heavy local mere Attaches of the lighthouse ed in the city ye the regular q absence with th Overseas Tra ation Company. Ine. 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