The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 12, 1950, Page 5

’ TRURSDAY,-OCT ORR 12, ‘Would Smell Just next legislature to ‘legalize gambling in Califo Writin Hendrik, chief ‘informed Californians ting which which will ao Acourding to srtonggel oe i “$50,000 a year plus traveling expenses, and it would have ‘available to set and. get started. @ good chance of of the clever which it is proposed and’the fact that it is tied up with Old-age and welfare pen- sicns. As Proposition-No. 6 on the California ballot it will become Article XXXII-of the State Con. this Article is to raise money to pay the cost of retirement pay, old age and blind pensions and welfare ‘and ‘to relieve the ‘tax- payer of all or part of the in- . @Peasing -burden thereof.” Reading this, doubtless many voters will be taken in with pleas- ant visions of lower taxes. Those now receiving pensions, and other noW « “receiving pensions, and others ‘hopeful of receiving them, will go all out in an effort to Pass*the measure calling it se- curity for senior citizens, the crippled, blind and underprivileg- ed. ‘Californian voters have shown themselves increasingly generous toward pensioners. The concern im this ease is that if they vote for legalized gambling they will be generous orily to “the under- world, for it is estimated that four billion dollars would have to be wagered in’California every year to'pay for pensions by this medns. Back of thé effort to state of California over to gambling interests, lock, stock and barrel, is an organization known as the -Pensions & Tax- Payers Union, Inc. Three of its officers would become members of the Commission t» be set up 6 Control gambling and they are remembered as promoters of California’s “Ham and Egg” pro- posal of -a few years ago. To their credit both the Repub- uiean: and Democratic parties in Galifornia are opposed to this * measure and are “urging its de- feat. Governor Earl Warren, a candidate for re-election, says, “I'm against it, hook, line and sinker.” “Democratic candidate James Roosevelt terms it “bad” Californians have only to look at neighboring Nevada to see legalized gambling’s influence iMustra’ James L. Beebe, Los Angeles Civic leader; puts it this way—"Ask the citizens of Reno and-Las. Vegas: ‘Who. controls your city elections? Your local government?’ They'll tell you it is the big-time racketeers and no one else.” — Virgil W. Peterson, whose ex- turn the As Bad, Russell Kay Says In all probability an attempt will be made at the Pass some type of legislation to. le- In-view of this fact, Floridians should be keenly interested in the attempt now ig in‘the Christian Science Monitor, Kimmis Of their Pacific News Bureau, states that are using ‘the ‘words ‘insidious’ to‘describe the measure to legalize gamb- 1950 Under Any Other Name being made to rnia. the November ballot.” * ——— ‘TED COLLINS. born Oct. 12. ¥999.'in ‘New York, son‘of a doc- tor. ‘Producer-direetor for Kate “Smith, ‘radio's top ‘feminine -star for ‘nearly 20 years, Ted never had a written contract. After Serving in ‘the Navy, in World War I, ‘he entered Fordham in- tending ‘to be a-docter. A pen- chant for phonograph recordings led him into that i and he met Kate*Smith. Ethiopia Has Tro Office ADDIS ABABA —(?), ternational Refugee GRO) has opened -an office in Addis Ababa to handle 171 DPs from Western Germany. About 100 of these“already have arrived in the country. Its main ‘task is to help in get- ting the arriving DPs Be Sed placed and settled. Re-settling of agricultural DPs, due to trans- port and housing difficulties, is expected to present the greatest problem THE WINNER A reveler went into a cafe in New York where you put a”coin in a slot and food comes out or a machine. He put a coin into-one of- the slots and a piece of ‘pie shot out. ‘Phen ‘he put in another ‘coin and another piece of pie come out. This went on until he had about 14 pieces of pie, when another customer approached him and said: “I say don’t you think you ought to stop?” The reveller replied, “What, when I’m winning?” Before frosting a cake be sure to brush the crumbs from the sides and top. perience ‘as operating director of the Chicago Crime Commission makes him an authority, says that the proposed set-up is ideal for-enabling the -gambling in- terests to-parcel out the state among themselves. In a letter read at a meeting of the Southern California Citizens Committee for Good Government, which is spearheading the fight against Proposition No. 6,-Mr. Peterson said, “Efforts are being made in many States to enact legislation in one form or an- other, which will legalize gamb- ling and, almost without excep- tion, the gambling interests are working toward the enactment of such legislation.” It would be well for Floridians to start thinking about this ques- tion and talking it over with their legislative representatives. If.such a law is proposed for Florida it would probably be tied in‘with welfare and pension funds and as relief for the tax- payer. . - ‘CALIFORNIA CRISP PLETTUCE 2 <u 25¢ ‘RED DELICIOUS U.S. NO.1 POTATOES THE KEY WEST CITIZEN re AT ANY ONE OF THE...%;... A THRIFTY THREE STORES! Call VICTORY : CASH MARKET 701 Caroline Street RCHER’S i Self Service Superette Market 814 Fleming St. Key West. Fla. 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