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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
DESICNATES FIRE
PREVENTION WEEK
STARTING OCT. 8
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ASKS
FOR COOPERATION OF ALL;
= LOCAL CHIEF REQUESTS
CITIZENS TO RENDER AID

President Roosevelt has desig-
mated the week beginning Monday,
October 8, as Fire Prevention
Week and has asked fire chiefs
throughout the United States to
appoint inspectors for that
period.
Chief Harry Baker, through
The Citizen, appoints every citi-
zen in Key West an inspector
in his own home or business place
and expects each man to do his
duty.
Many fire hazards surround the
home or business and it is to look
after these and eliminate them
when found that inspectors are
appointed.
Oily or greasy pieces of cloth
matches, cigarette or cigar butts
and many other insignificant
things daily overlooked by the
home owner are dangerous fire
hazards at times.
Electricity is looked upon al
being perfectly safe, and it is safe
until misused or misapplied. Their
it becomes dangerous. Look tc
the connections in your wiring. II
something appears wrong, SEND
for a certified electrician anG
have the fault corrected.
Chief Baker states he is just a:
eager to prevent fires as to put
them out once they get started
not only during Fire Prevention
Week, but all the year round.
He asks every citizen to CO
operate with him in making Key
West a safer place in which t.
live.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
Provide Fund For Repairs
To Key Vests Boulevard
Chairman OF State Road
Department Advises w.
R. Porter Who Is Now
In Washington

The Citizen today received
a wire from William r. Por-
ter, who is now in Washing
ton attending to matters i'm
connection with the proposed
oversee bridges, stating that
funds have been provided
for repairs to Key Vests
boulevard, which was dam
aged by the heavy winds and
water from the recent storm
around this section.
The telegram which is
self-explanatory, follows:
&C. B. Treadway, Chair
man States Road Depart.
ment. just advised me repairs
TO boulevard will be made by
his board, funds for same
having been provided by
Emergency Relief Admin
istration.''
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
MANY INVOLVED in
| new YORK STRIKE
WALKoUT OF TRANSIT EN-.
PLoYES APPEARED TODAY
AS A POSSIBILITY

NEW YORK, Sept. al
Strikes involving about 100000
workers are in progress today here
and walkout of transit employees
appeared as a possibility.
The American federation of Ia
Dor, through affiliation in the
street transportati4n industry.
prepared To seek a showdown be-
tween the unionization of 30
900 workers and the company's
union policy maintained at pres.
ent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
KIDNAPPING PLOT
MADE PUBLIC BY
KANS. GOVERNOR
slxTEEN.YEAR-oLD DAucH.
TER OF EXECUTIVE WAS
TO HAVE BEEN PRISONER.
PRISON BANDITS LAY PLOT

TOPEKA, Kansas. Sept. 2i.-A
kidnap plot in which his sixteen
year-old daughter, Peggy Ann, was
to have been the prisoner until he
granted executive clemency to
members Of the notorious Harvey
Bailey-v'ilbur Underhill gang. now
confined in the Kansas peniten-
tiary, was made public today by
Governor ALI. M. Iandon.
Miss I.andon. high school senior.
has been under surveillance Of
armed guards since the plot was
revealed to the governor more
than three weeks ago.
Guards armed with riot guns al
SO have maintained watch over
the executive mansion.
Eleven men. including six long
term eonviets. and woman. were
said by the governor 10 be in
volved IN the plot. Their names
were net disclosed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
American Warship EntersHavana
Harbor;; Marines And Sailors On
Deck Prepared For Quick Action
Anti-American Sentiment
Expressed; Opposition
lists Demand Resignation
OF San Martin
ny Associated Press,


HAVANA, Sept. 2l.-The
American destroyer No.
240, with her marines and
sailors drawn up in forma-
ton on deck, and the am
munition ship Nitro entered
the harbor today as OPP
position groups pressed a
demand that the govern
ment of Provisional Presi-
dent Grau San Martin re-
sign.
An anti-American senti-.
ment was expressed in a
demonstration by a small
group of Cubans who as
sembled before the home of
James Ward Stickney, and
shouted "down with Amer.
leans"
Prisoners brought in from
Camaguey Province, where
Captain Juan Bias Herman
dez is leading a revolt, re-
ported the insurgents num-
Der 1000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
FRANK BALBONTIN
HELD FOR TRIAL
ARRArcNED FOR pRELIM.
MARY HEARING THIS
MORNING

Frank BalbontiE. charged with
embezxlement Of = suit Of clothes
from Williams Sawyer. vas sFraign-
ed in Judge Gums court this
morning for preliminary hearing.
Before proceedings started che
defendant told the court be de-
sired the services ~ an aftorney.
The Judge Immediately rsmanded
the prisoner 70 jail. under bond
Of 400 ard get The ease for
hearing ii O'clock tomorrow
morning. giving him ample tins
% consult an attorney.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
STORM SOUTHWEST
OF HAVANA, CUBA
DISTURBANCE WILL REACH
YUCATAN PENINSULAR
SOME TIME TONIGHT

MIAMI. Sept. 2l.-The tropical
disturbance in the northwestern
Caribbean is today central about
675 miles southwest of Miami. and
approximately 325 southwest of
Havana.
IL was moving west or north
westward 100 miles east of south
ern Yueatan and will probably
reach the Yucatan peninsular to-
night, the weather bureau said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
NOTICE TO PUBLIC

II Il unlawful 20 cut trees with.
CIT first obtaining permission from
tho Mayor. u Is also unlawful "a
place trash on the streets except
IN proper containers
In the future the Eoard 81
Public Works will take No tEash
Of shss nature and parties will BE-
arrested for violation u these
cIfv ordinances.
BOARD or PUBLIC WORKS.
City 81 Key West, Pa. septzi-it
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
NOTICE COVERING
TREES AND TRASH

In today's issue of The Citizen
appears a notice from the Board
of Public Works in which it is
shown that it is unlawful to cut
trees without permission of the
mayor.
II is also shown where all trash
placed on the street for collection
must be placed in proper contain
ers.
Persons violating these rules
will be subject to arrest, it is
stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
TIRES or MOVING

SEBRING. 0.-Mrs. Alnetta s,
Ramsey Of this city has asked for
divorce from Eldron r. Ramsey,
declaring they have moved 80
times in the 80 years they have
been married. and she's tired
Of II.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-21
YEE-H-O-O-O! Look Out, Cities!
sssssssssssssssssesss
Uny Associated Pre..p

DANVILLE, KY, Sept. 21.-
Lee Chrisman, champion "hol-
lerer" of the Kentucky mountains
whose voice has been heard eight
miles away on still night, is
thinking of going to New York,
Chicago and other big cities to
see if he can drown out the 81"
and the roar of city traffic.
Chrisman, an auctioneer near
Danville who sells stuff at public
sales for Boyle county farmers
and pies and cakes at church fes-
rivals, attracted attention not
long ago when he went to the
top of. The Pinnacle at Cumber-
land Gap, and with three pairs of
judges located eight miles away,
made his voice heard in the three
states of Kentucky, Tennessee and
Virginia.
What A 'Holierer'
1t was a still night, and his
mighty "yee-h-o-o reverberated
and echoed through the quiet
mountains quite clearly.
Chrisman's neighbors, who are
accustomed to hearing him ''tun-
ing up" three miles away. were so
impressed by this feat that 5000
of them gathered at Danville just
to hear the champion "yee-hoo"
at sort of Homecoming demon
stration.
The resulting publicity brought
the auctioneer several offers to go
on the stage, but he refused them
all and said he preferred to re-
main in the amateur class"
While not auctioneering, which is
his chosen profession, he operates
a farm here and lives with his
mother.
Startles Cincinnati People
The auctioneer likes to display
his talent, however, and already
has ventured to one city. At
Cincinnati he startled people in
the street several stories below
by his booming calls.
Chrisman says that he first be-
came aware of the carrying power.
of his ringing, mellow voice one
night as boy while out coon
hunting. He freed two racoons,
and became so excited that he be-
gan shouting for someone to
bring him gun. The noun
taineers heard him.
And then one night last Feb
ruary, he and two companions
went to Halls Gap, a mountain
about Is miles from Danville,
and made his voice heard by two
other friends six and half miles
away. That decided him to try
the Cumberland Gap experiment.
Chrisman's voice is not at all
deep and coarse as might be ex-
pected. Instead, it is between a
tenor and baritone. When he
shouts, he simply takes a deep
breath. draws up his fists, opens
his mouth wide and lets the "yee-
hoo" roll out with all the power
of his lungs. He is 80 years old
and tips the beam at 1876 pounds.
Chrisman is good-naturedIy
tolerant toward curiosity toward
his accomplishment. but he OBJ
jects to being referred to. as a
hog caller"
"I'll have you know l am not
hog caller" he says. "I'm hol-
lerin' champion"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Rank, File Demands
Program for Jobless
Relief

1t Is clear then, judging not only
from this meeting, but from pre-
vious affairs such as the Unem-
ployed council meeting at which
number of Socialists were present
and at the Myra Page F. S. u.
meeting where several Socialists de-
Tended the united front and at
tackled some Of the local leaders,
that there is growing discomfort
in the rank and file Of the Socialist
Party. There is not only open dis
content as expressed at several
Socialist meetings and outside meet
ings, but a latent, smoldering an
tagonism which has yet to break
out, but which surely will if the
party leadership continues its
present policies.
Directly, this discomfort is due to
the failure Of the Socialist admins
tration to have a program for the
relief of the unemployed, due to the
fact that Mayor McLevy refuses to
put up a fight for the immediate
demands of the workers, unem-
ployed and employed, due to the
fact that he has gone outside the
party in appointing city officials
and also due to the fact that
McLevy has only one interest at the
present time and that is to balance
the budget" and the dickens with
everything else.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26

composed of members of the two
leading parties and subject to the
approval of the common council.
Could we not have opposed him on
the same grounds that the Demo-
crat did,"
The answer to this was given by
city clerk Schwartzkopf who said,
"the city charter says the Park
Board is supreme and besides we
were promised that the next ap-
pointment would be Socialist"
Demands Unemployed Program
The climax came when Keive Lis
kofsky, chairman of the Sixth
district, asked the party leaders why
they did not have their own pro-
gram for the relief of the Unem-
ployed. "Why," said he, "did not
the Mayor attend the meeting of
the Unemployed council when he
was invited to do so or why was
not at least representative from
the administration or party present"
L;skofsky went on to say that con-
ditions for the unemployed were
miserable in Bridgeport and the city
was doing little or nothing to help.
He demanded action from his party
and the answer he got from Mayor
McLevy was this.
"Anyone that says that the un-
employed is not getting aid from
the city is a liar" He
said that everything possible was
being done for the unemployed and
that any opposition within the Soc
ialist Party comes as result of
Communist activity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Foreign Born CWA
Workers Fired in
Dayton Levee Job
Men Build Fires in
Spite Of Orders
of Bosses

(By C.W.A. Worker Correspondent
DAYTON, Ohio.-C.W.A. Jobs here
in Dayton are full of stool pigeons
and proVocateurs, who watch closely
those workers who were known to
have taken active part in the Unem-
ployed Council, Before starting on
the C.W.A. job several workers were
warned by the relief agency officials
not to talk any Of their Unemployed
Council stuff" on the job, Or they will
not get in another weeks full pay
which amounts to SIS for 80 hours
work on the river levee, a barren
wind-swept place.
No Fires Allowed
The boss notified the workers that
he had orders from the high C.W.A
officials that no fires will be allowed
on the job. This was ignored by thu
workers and fires were kept burning
just the same, in spite of the fac
that the boss put out three fires
Others were built that same mornins
and kept up all day. Such orders
were ignored, due to cold weather
even though the SOC job does lool
big for those who we're living Oh
bacon and beans.
The presence of several member
Of the U. @. worried bosses, so the,
picked out two foreign-born worker
and sent them to town with not,
to present to Mr. Costello which read
Talking too much and trying u
cause trouble" When the two work
ers asked that the charges be proven
the C.W.A. office sent one officia
with the two back to the job. TIL
boss made no attempt to defend him
self and would not accept the tw
workers back to work, but held
private discussion with the officia
and told the two workers to come +
the CIV A. office next morning.
Foreign Born Fired
The discharged workers would no
accept the promise to go home ant
wait until the C.W.A. office call
them back to work by mail when
ever they need them, but demands
that they be restored TO work or pu
back on relief again. The hundre
per cent Southern lynch type ele
ment, the CW.A. officials, are hostil
to foreign born ana Negro worker
and never rest until they have don
their best to drive them off the
w. A. jobs. With the aid of tn
above mentioned type Of stool pigeon
and provocateurs, the bosses dismis
the militant workers without payin
them and without promise of givin
relief. The bosses say, I'VE will ca
you when we need you" We mus
organize job committees and strike
! to defeat such discrimination.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
C.W.A. Head Wants
Cut in Fla. Wages
Says Is Cents an Hour
Is Too High
(By c.w.A. Worker Correspondent

by a C.W.A. Worker Correspondent
ORLANDO, Fla-The Civil Works
Administration have in charge Of the
G. w. A. program ana the funds al
loted to civil works in Orange County,
Florida, Mr. o. P. Swope, former real
estate operator.
About a month ago the Sunday
edition of the Orlando morning Sen
tinel gave a large feature write-up
by Mr.. Swope, the substance Of which
was that the celery growers and cit
rus growers in Florida could not af-
ford to pay their help IS cents an
hour. His article stated that the
growers would go bankrupt paying
this scale of wages When rebuttal
arguments we're sent in, giving labor's
side of the issue, the management of
this newspaper ignored them en-
tirely.
Is it any wonder that the workers
receive cuts in pay contrary to the
announcements made in the news
papers and broadcast over the air by
those federal authorities in charge OF
the G. w. A. program, throughout
this nation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Texas "TranSientS"
Given Forced Labor
Paid 80 Cents a Week
for 80 Hours Work

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 25-Forced
labor camps for the $4,000 homeless
transients of Texas, in which unem-
ployed workers will be paid 80 cents
a week for 80 hours work on the
roads are now under operation here.
The money for the operation of
these camps is being provided for
by the federal government, and. &C
cording TO a statement by the direc-
tor of the scheme, E. w. Conway,
The whole plan follows Roosevelts
idea: mo man shall go hungry this
winter"
Eleven sucn camps are now IN OPP
Grafton throughout Texas, and more
are being planned. Railroads have
been instructed to round up all those
riding the freights, and motorists will
be induced to report all hitch-hikers
to the police.
Should any of the men rounded up
refuse to work, they will be told to
get out of town. If they should again
be picked up at another camp, a sys-
tenn of BLACK listing" has been in
stituted, and jail sentence will be
given.
If the person in such forced Labor
camps wishes to go home, he car
, only do SO after he has worked for
sufficient time in which to accumu-
late enough money with which tt
buy his railroad transportation.
Officials in charge of the camps
admit that a large percentage Of
those picked up are college and high
school graduates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26

resolution was adopted it would
mean Reputation of the party's ex-
ecutive committee. "This resolu-
ton has no place here in view of
what has taken place in the Com
mon Council. 1t is simply move
to sabotage the party. But we would
not be a party il we did not have
some one within the ranks capable
of such nonsense as this"
A vote then followed rejecting
the resolution with only q few votes
opposed, thus approving the action
of the Mayor and the executive
committee.
Eames Is Manufacturer
Before the vote was taken, a
member took the floor and explained
his opposition on the ground that
Eames was the manager of the
Singer Sewing Machine Co. and was
a known enemy of the working
class. at took Democrat to OPP
pose his appointment, claiming that
as a Republican he was ineligible
to serve, since the city charter
states that the Park Board must
be composed of members of the
two major parties. This means
either a Socialist or Democrat.
Why then did not the Mayor put
up a fight, even if there was a
contradiction in the charter and
even if they had to go to court.
What is this contradiction? The
charter states that the board is
self perpetuating and at the same
time says that the board should be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
so WORKERS TELL HOW NRA
in STEEL TOWNS CUTS PAY,
LOWERS LIVING STANDARDS

by several companies. There was also
favoritism in giving employment.
Negroes were Disseminated against,
being employed in one plant only as
unskilled laborers at 40c an hour.
Housing: About half the Pitts
burgh homes studied were estimated
to be without electricity and most of
them had no inside toilets. Average
monthly rentals ranged from So for
three rooms to SIS for five rooms.
Outside of Pittsburgh, there were
company houses. available only to
more skilled workers because of high
rent.
Company Welfare: Company
store operated by Jones 81 Laughlin,
for example, charged higher prices
for such staples as butter, eggs and
bread than did independent stores.
Company shoe stores charged slightly
more than other stores.
No sick or disability insurance was
carried by companies and workers ex-
press dissatisfaction with the opera
ton of the Pennsylvania Workmen's
| Compensation Act, claiming that
without aid of q lawyer they could
get little. con operation of COM
pensation laws see Dangerous Jobs by
Grace Burnham, International Pam
phlets, No. 34).
Voluntary and group insurance
schemes were employed. Premiums
averaged about $3.50 a month for a
81, 900 policy. Pensions were supposed
to be granted after Is or 80 years
work when workers reached $50 in
one instance. However, it is claimed
that many are fired on slight pretexts
before reaching pension age. Others
must institute lawsuits to win the in
adequate pensions.
Union and organization: Company
unions had been set UP in nearly
every plant, and were contemplated
where they cid not exist.
| Locals of Amalagamated Iron and
Tin Workers CA. F. of L. with fairly
large memberships were reported in
most plants, although In no instance
were they recognized by company
Considerable recruitment by this
union recently. Smaller locals OF the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union were likewise established at
some Of the plants.
At Homestead, Pa, the Steel and
Metal Workers Industrial Union drive
was aided by existence of q strong
Unemployed Council. Unemployed
Council of McKeesport has prevented
numerous threatened evictions, with
result that in other instances, land
lords have not attempted to evici
even though considerable back rent
was due.
For an understanding Of the back
ground of the steel workers position
in all its aspects, both in the Pitts
burgh and other districts, readers
are referred to Labor and Steel, the
new book by Horace B. Davis Unter-
national Publishers, 81.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 25.-Southern
white and Negro workers, who, under
the leadership of the International
Labor Defense, last week effected the
unconditional release Of John Askew,
framed Negro worker, are following
up their tremendous victory with q
determined campaign to expose the
rum-running racket and liquor feud
which, with the national oppression
Of the Negro masses, are behind the
frame-up.
The main witness against Askew,
who was accused of the murder of
white special officer of the Sea-
board Airline Railway, was James
Briggs, who admitted on the witness
stand that he was a bootlegger and
that his presence in the vicinity OF
the murder was connected with the
guarding of some liquor ne had hid
den in the railroad yard.
The frame-up of Askew was sup
ported by the police and by officials
of the railway, leading workers here
to believe that the railway is involved
in the booze-running racket. Every
attempt of the LID. attorneys to
penetrate the actual facts Of the
murder were INSTRUCTED by the Com
monweaith attorney, with Judge
Baines neryously sustaining him and
officials of the railway showing the
greatest nervousness. Hundreds OF
workers who packed the court in
militant defense of Askew are today
asking:
What .aidden purpose did the
SeaboaFd bosses and the court and
police officials have in preparing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26

AS soon as Liskofsky was through,
John Shenton, city treasurer, as
chairman of the meeting defended
the Mayor stating that the promo
ton of the G. W. A. was alone
proof enough that everything pos
sible was being done to alleviate I'M
employment and that the proposal
of Liskofsky indicated antagonism
to the party program. "Let him
join the Communist Party if he
wants a different kind of program
than the one the Socialist Party
is offering him." he said.
Although there were many rank
and filters ready to take the floor
in defense of Lisofsky, the meeting
was adjourned.
Mayors Aide Defeated
That the leadership in the Social
list Party in Bridgeport intends to
stifle every sign of opposition or
militancy on the part of the mem
bers was shown earlier in the eve
ming when Fred Schwartzkopf
chairman of the city executive COM
mittee and city clerk, and McLevy's
assistant in city hall, ran against
Jack Bergin, who has voted may
several times in the city executive,
for the office Of recording secretary
of the party, which Bergin now
holds. Bergin won out by seven
votes, which was not only rebuke
to Schwartzkopf, but was also a
sign that the rank and file will sup
port any leader who shows the
slightest militancy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
ONLY $4,000 GOT C.W.A.
JOBS; JAN. Is MEET TO
TAKE UP JOBLESS DEMANDS
Need Funds for Jan. Is
JObless Convention

NEW K-The National
Committee, Unemployed Council,
appeals 10 all working class or
CARNATIONS and sympathizers for
funds to insure the carrying
through Of the Unemployed Con-
vention in Washington on Jan. 13,
ii and Is. The many demands
that have been made upon the
workers organizations in support
Of present activities have been
very great. Nevertheless there is
no activity that needs greater
support than that Of the unem-
plOyed.
The National Committee there
fore appeals urgently for all or
CARNATIONS and sympathizers to
make a donation Immediately of
from 81 to S., so that the current
tasks may be carried cut without
any delay.
Send all funds to National Com
mittee Unemployed Councils, 80 E.
1lth ST.. Room 437, New York.