The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 27, 1950, Page 2

—_— Congress should repeal He war-time excise taxes that apply to various —— ties, and also to rail, bus, and lane tickets. i The roster of those who favor and have i long-fayored repeal is large, ¥ presentative | des lgbor unions, ‘Ann Streets in key West and Monroe County TT, aes ot Ker ‘West, Florida, as second class matter vee era and impressive. It inclu wy oeee of all news dispatches gredited manufacturers, retailers, consumer groups, : tor net wine credited in this paper, and ‘ 3 Tt was recently joined by! sie the forah news published bere. 4 and economists. vi § ie oscmiary of Commerte Sa ent for repeal is based on \ \Firstythese taxes wel ti mergency measurés. ' stg diacoue ‘produ kinds 6f:goods.at'a time W nation was straining to live u 1 xeorTtcn a putives, cards of thal > A. 4 te cents, of the war effort, The revenue the taxes raised was a secondary matter. The war has been over for years yet the taxes re- main on the books. i Second, retailers, ge a and others who know what is going on, say that these taxes definitely harm the sale of affected items. For instance, an addi- tional 20 per cent tacked a op of the ; Rey { price of a fur coat is enough to stop many HERE ARE SOME OF ‘THE 89,000 CIO AUTO WORKERS in people f aking the purchase. Em- walked out on strike Wednesday, This crowd is leaving the Dodge Main plant ple From Making Vie e : after the strike began at 10:00 A.M. Fifteen minutes earlier, United Auto Workers ployment is thus adversely affected. And | off negotiations with Chrysler executives in their dispute dver a p og vou _— oA the volume of retail trade, which has so | Chrysler's 110,000 employes across the nation will be idle. HOmees wae Betare = z £7 Ni wn and biects of local o¢ publish anonymous much {o,do,with our prosperity, is less; .~ Jo | WER eh oianehint than it weild.be otherwise Binion. | FIREMEN VIDAL -; Continued From Page One) ahd saw that it was his own home that; was seemingly on: fire. wf! Vidal was cout the first fire- ' man to enter his own home. He found that grease caught fire | when a member of his family was cooking supper. Vidal put the | blaze out. There was no damage. At 8:35 p m., firemen answered +a second alarm last night. They found the fire had started in a motor cycle owned by Herbert C. | Williams. Firemen put the fire The'iterhs. which aré tases nl¥ got be) considered frivolous luxuries 4 ion whieh desites a high and im- proving standard’ of living, Their wide- spread ownership and use is one of the things which distinguishes this fram most other countries. Accommodation is an unknown quan- tity so far as some folks are concerned. STEP BY STEP John T. Flynn, in his thought-provok- ing book “The Road Ahead” discusses var- A phone call from “ charmingjuntil he had taken umbrages jout. There was no loss. MRS. EMILY GODDARD. was'|tight and left. Mail The Citizen to Relatives | not only a welcome break in the} {¢ got so that “I take umbrage | z ee ee day’s monotony, but+a happy) at this” and “I take umbrage oe = =~ = — YOU ARE BEING MISINFORMED ltear Readere Never tell o parent what's wrong oth Dantor. It's a waste of time and the ious socialist aims in the United States. In : . | el fr 4 A 4 means of getting today’S ¢orner | ” net probate tom of 6 friend. ci the course of it he says; “Another project }under way. Talking Wi Me benyiek 4 eh A ey goun THE ORACLE now under Heavy pressure by the Socialist | Goddard has always beerfpleas- | tain-men im. Washington consider- > - NEGEA * s ant, even when she used td bawl invoki ti Planners js'¥0cialized medicine. It is, of |me out as I stumble Siccogh at alta jane an a i poutee ft called sitlalized medicine, but | “Skylark: y dad Proned ch that y no longer. face |: ea prance... . i i i i - ;say she apprecia _ Plu, (0 : : “te en ia “ . rae — the KEY WEST COO#- BOOK, eg i e, one now. operating in Britain under you are using sioag nals (put out by the Woman's ‘Clubs by ind f ie ers + | if Socialist gbvernment. Under it all em-|bless'em) a couple of columns} SCT pen En rst aieer-| | with another form of service. that if you by toy ployers and their employees would be tax- | 18° Paige pe cena with When he took an umbrage (and ed over entirely to this other form it be ed at the payroll, window. . . for medical pia a aR pt he was forever going hither and| | aa payroll, : eal | HARRY RITTENBERG, well{yon taking them) results were! because you would be getting the care. The proponents of this scheme had | known American artist, has ar- shattering. One day, juggling a! being misinformed. ow the effrontery to call it ‘free medical care.’ |tived in| to And ERNEST hég pgtgto-as he straddled a politi . Of course it is not. It- will be paid for by Saag ’ pphisheric ae cal fence an adversary Was net Whether you are using along another service. and taxes which will come out of everyone’s |GEORGE VAN NESS LOTHROP. Cae pet | eugene bene ans 10 4% a let » orem — Gas for cooking is hotter, faster, more flexible, and cheaper-—-low rates pocket}... .;Phe system is now on trial in] CHRISTOPHER CLARK, the V.LP. | | England.{It is by every standard of judg- | *tist, is ack home from Mexico, The V.LP. had Phnortbindey | “ ‘2 eee = i i aT uichy of HOGANDSWINE. Thi What the American must under- {cluded those of PRESIDENT MI- Hogandswiners happened ta hold! notwithstanding —- than anything you can use. Gas for water heating has faster recovery, and is cheaper than anything cep AA A THE GALLUP POLL eS Mihewgh President Truman in his df the Union message labeled the Petefertiey Act “punitive” and “one- ited,” a National survey of opinion in- Heat@h (hat this wiew is not shared gener- by fetews outside labor union circles. ae ome person in every six question- When it is spoken, or written, that } sald that the lawe governing labor un- . tee arict. More than twice that a comes the opinion that the ate strict enough Atmeng lebor union members ques- ned, the survey found only a little few- ham one third calling present labor etutem ten «trict The survey asked each person in a stand, however, is that while each of these GUEL ALEMAN, GENERAL umbrages in mighty esteem. They; ; : i - Sah PINA SORIA, aide to the Presi- ‘held them sacred and, in factj| proposals—Federal invasion of banking, |dent and portraits’ of ‘several worshiped them. ‘ Federal invasion of power and socialized prominehy. pen: san womiee high’ The senator was not hep to this,} medicine—is promoted as if it = ee Jee not being up on foreign affairs, | were a we TA Iie tri single reform unrelated to all the others, aera ce panes rrifiiant and.the first thing he did in Ho-} the simple fact is that each is intended to POLLOCK, stér gandswine was take some um-j ating raves and brages. So they tossed him into is Hy balanced cross-section: : Ae things stand today. do you think liquidate some sector of the private enter- eine snes fon py. the pokey, charged him with} || be tote governing labor unions are too | Prise system and expand the area of social- | ihe window of ine Matted Bress EE ey a Sapte % else you can use, a!! other retes con 4 ism. When the whole program is well ad- | Shop, will be ge during the the old boy is still languishing in| | € @ ot strict enough?" Tha National vor Toe strict, 17 percent; About right, : reent, Net strict enough, 44 percent; sidered, Gas for house heating is more effi- ‘ cient and is cheaper than anything else you can use, all other rates considered. If there is a service that gas is used for that you think to hag than it should be, the other services we have listed that it is ter ? are so much cheaper and more efficient than anything else you can use that you will, whether you use gas for one or more services with some other form of service, will still be cheaper than using the other form for all you needs. : Please do not believe that gas appliances are not more efficient vanced, we will be a socialized people up- |'#P_ ol, tbe ey mystery’ durance vile in a Hogandswine} || si zs a. Tickets for “Laura” are on pasti i on the British model. : at Robert's Office Supply and pana : bruited about This is socialism on a piecemeal basas. | Fay’s Gift shop a ocean ey pesnie . a 'S SS. et e Its proponents know that the American MUSIC Bs ain ee pale not go about taking umbrages} |,) people would never swallow the bitter | WEAVER is well named. He is a 80, ffeelythese aa 1 brat it program under its right name, so they are 2 al | (ditor's*néte: I umbrage r of r gic. You , . eS . i 2 car G es: } ot the whole thing and why don’t; ||| trying to @lip it over little by little under can hear a leaf whis- oe take a powden:qantib:. tomor-| ||| Gifferenpietities. Socialized medicine, | organ reci i ih per inthe 4 Fe . Bom as nib row?) wheth ve ca 1 it government health in- yan mhour <= wpe, ole es aoa 3 praeg r anything else, is one of the big JOHNNY. PRITCHARD: fear Saab annanaaanennne i eh eee peat? fhe Lana anette | Political are muy AY, of the | | Writing is bad anytime; when it is|faming t lieming | Announcements i against time, it is worst. hostess on the eighty-eights at| yitten, 15 percent A considerable difference of attitude wind by oeeupation groups as well as wim end non-union membership. Heetneramen tended more than any oy Freep to say that present laws are ‘fet enough, while manual workers g@foup, and labor union members said ther that they are about right or too queen 32 OF 55 NATIONS SHORT Bectons, iState Democratic Primary,| ||| than any others you can use. because they are, end an old gee appt FOLLOWING THE SAME OLD ROAD These artists, and offers _ in i 5 | mpared with a new one that uses some other form of service : town, know that music, aged nat | May 2, 1950 iil ance compa a Phe budget of the United Nations for be loud to be good. \ is not a fair comparison. Th F Houiea Would that *WwWWVVYVY EVV EVI VY A at great mass of citizens who had |certain purvey of juke ’ ope Pe : 9 ; eee Boal For U. S. Congressman | m8 Was $41.617.000. Twenty-two of the music thought the same. J am a Your gas service is dependable ee ve to a close, but the shortage 2, the People,” got very smz ®, if [confirmed nickel droppers“but I CANNON . : eprestated only 7.5 per cent of the as- | any, from the President’s message to Con- ri not appreciate music I can’ _ PAT CAN during bad as well as good weather. ' ements made against the nations gress. hear for two blocks | For State Senator | : : The largest sum involved China, which It was an oration that would haye | os, en eS areal Sy ee | JAMES A. FRANKLIN | Your appliances are cheaper. last . om #1.475,197.66, out of a $2,497,020 as- | been much better if it never had been de- | equipped with proper mufflers, | Re-Election longer, and cost less to maintain. which is as it should be. A juke | livered, because it reiterated the chatter of t i ffler There | y 35 M S need a muffler. There } ‘ Senato: P zimick one turns to low- US va tone m ment. India’s contribution to the perating costs is $140,000, or abqut ten eott short. Twelve Latin-American trite were in arrears in varying Your installation costs are far less. Your service adjustments are free. * the so-called “Fair Deal.” It also promised that~our-Government~ would continue i volume. The, louder that-Cros- | NORWOOD R. STRAY for example gives out on thes res, a zinah > $y ae i Presi- | PY is firhivforeith policy.” Evidently the Presi Nike, oo much the Mion wine | Bor Stole haanonistee ung dent's iaéis20 vam a tax increase through | assembled guests talk. In high | Vv Be idea a tay 2 guests te high} J. Y. PORTER, ; TS ng am at essa |e : ieee rama one ly, —_ > Powe || USE GAS. IT COSTS LESS! r nae ae wreat Brits F e 58 i resti wide: li > situa. | the customers too. My chief. cont: } ‘dunt missioner congo ny;, 6 itain p uid $4,731,853 | An interesting side light on the Sua | piaint is not the noise, but that it| ist Saas District * * * d the Seviet Union, $2.638,518.. The | tion promises trouble to the gentleman in |distorts the music. And I am an | FRANK BENTLEY : four Bgropean nations of the Soviet bloc | the White House. Leading Democrats in [ld music lover from ‘way back. | >| Me . paid thelfassessments in full. Congress positively refuse to back the Pre- 5; x eek | For County Commissioner sia sine 3 Sees ten canant You have doubtless noticed the { Second District Fare sident in his plans to conti x rare use of the word “umbrage” | FRED J. DION . Being tired often causes people to be ke often spending. Chairman Cannon, Democrat of | these days. During the past two Ps aca * ” —_——eeeeee Missouri, and other top leaders of the Gecntes pas has been giv-|"" For County Commissioner pene é = ~ Fel eo >ave-h = ui House Appropriations Committee evidently | cooay: a heavechp. Coons. Fourth District + reflect the sentiment of the party because} Time was when writers and} GERALD SAUNDERS they insist that they will attempt to bring [Political orators waxed more} ‘ : : is raed pompus than today and were for.} For Member of Schaol Board about a balanced budget for the coming | 700? | yf a. Third District fiscal year. cian wa ‘a second nédd EUGENE L. ROBERTS Piped Gas Appliances Bottled Gas 419 FLEMING STREET TELEPHONE 61 When you overload an engine, it eaks Gown; when you overload’ mach- inery. G goes to pieces; remember that an is much like a machine