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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-04
MAYOR CERMAK
GETS SET BACK
CHICAGO OFFICIAL SPENT
RESTLESS NIGHT, RE-
PORT STATES
tBy Associated Press,

(By Associated Press)
MIAMI, March 4.--Dr. E.
s. Nichol, emerging from
Mayor Cermak's room today,
as he did yesterday" He de-
elined any further COM
ment.
The bulletin said Mayor
cermak had a very restless
night, due to probable gaseous
distension which accelerated
his pulse and respiration.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
INQUIRY PROPOSED
0NBU|LD|NG NEEDS
New York Leader Stresses
IL Points for Careful
U. S. Survey.

A 12-point inquiry to establish the
basis for economic revival of the build
ing industry is proposed by Orion H.
Cheney of New York, former State su-
perintendent Of banks. in statement
made public today by the American In
stitute of Architects.
Describing the building and real es-
tate industries as backward. Mr.. Che
ney, who directed national survey OF
publishing two years ago. declares that
construction must catch up with needs
which never have been satisfied. More
over, he adds, there are vast quantities
of building to be done.
If an economic machinery ever pro-
vides stability to our living standards,
the building industry need not worry
for a long time about its market" he
points out I'm decent housing alone.
I don't know how many decades we
are behind. Even in the much-maligned
field of public and semi-public build
ings, there are tremendous needs still
to be met"
Scores Supply Theory.
Condemning rigid adherence to the
law of supply and demand as a kind
of economic thermostat." Mr. Cheney
asserts this is one of the unutterably
stupid beliefs" which have allowed the
depression to drag out so long. The
law Of supply and demand. he main
tains. can no more enforce itself than
the prohibition laws can.
"In the construction industry" he
continues, "our ignorance Of actual sup
ply and demand is so abysmal that it
is surprising to me that building and
real estate conditions are as good as
they are"
As business units become larger and
production and distribution become
more massed, Mr.. Cheney finds that it
requires more time for the law Of sup
ply and demand to operate, just as it
takes longer to stop big truck than
a little car. What Is true Of the auto
mobile. he believes, Is also true Of our
economic machinery.
The l2-point inquiry submitted by
Mr.. Cheney Is as follows:
/. What Is the present supply Of
available accommodations In each class
Of building and use?
2. What is being actually added and
what planned?
3. Exactly where are these old and
new supplies?
4. What economic and other influences
are now at work which might affect
particular neighborhoods and buildings?
S. Is there danger Of oversupply OF
a certain type of accommodations In a
given neighborhood beyond the posi-
Bile absorptive powers?
6. OF what kind Of accommodations
Evening star., 1933-04-22
here an inadequate supply. and

is there an inadequate supply. and
where?
T. Why are tenants moving in or out
Of certain buildings or areas?
8. What competitive accommodations
are being offered in other parts Of the
city or metropolitan area?
8. What are current returns on va
rious types Of property in various
areas. and what are the causes Of diff
ferences?
10. What buildings are ready for dem
clifton and what areas are ready for
rehabilitation?
H. What facts are necessary to de-
termine the best use Of any given
piece Of property?
H. What are the extent and causes
Of current vacancies? (Not the sketchy,
inaccurate and misleading so-called va
cany surveys which so many real es-
tate organizations have made)
With such facts at their disposal" +"
Mr.. Cheney observes, owners of pro-
jected property need not be blind as to
prospective returns and builders need
not be blind as to the market for con-
structive work"
Evening star., 1933-04-22
Canadian Rents Taxed.

Canada recently announced details
of new taxes which are necessary to
meet the budget. One Of the new
regulations provides a tax Of 1871 per
cent on rent or royalties paid by Cana
dams to non-residents. The tax is
collected at the source. It means that
1912 cents Of every dollar Of rent due
a person In London or in New York
will be collected by the Canadian au-
thorities before it is sent out Of the
country. The tax. it is understood,
prevails even If the terms of rent or
royalty contract calls for a specific net
return.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
NOISE TAKEN FROM AIR

One Of the newest Developments In
the field Of air conditioning = . unit
which eliminates all noise from the
outside air and at the same time puri-
fies and cleans the air which It admits
to the room.
Various models available provide for
the heating and humidincation Of the
air or the cooling and dehumididca.
ton, at the option Of the purchaser.
The units are made especially for In
stallation In existing buildings. accord-
ing to the Plumbing and Heating In
dustries Bureau.
Evening star., 1933-04-22

The property mentioned now forms
part of the site of the Columbia Title
Insurance Co. Building on the north
west corner of Fifth and E streets.
The current assessed valuation of the
ground is S6 a square foot. the site
of the insurance building having a
valuation Of s35,376. and the improve
ments 100000.
Evening star., 1933-04-22
Is YEARS AGO
Local ReaIEState

"The four STORY and basement build
ing located at sos E street northwest
has been sold by Stone & Fairfax" !"
says a news item in The Star Of April
%, 1908.
1T was erected about 10 years ago
and is of brick and stone construction,
heated, and rented as Offices The prop
erty has a frontage of over 20 feet and
a depth of more than 95 feet.
"The annual rental is about $1,000,
and the property was valued in the
deal at $4,000. The purchaser will
hold the property as an investment.
"Simpson-Sullivan Co. represented
the owner, Edward Graves, In the trans
action"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
CONFIDENCE is NEEDED

IF the NRA program does no more than
L create an attitude Of public confidence in
a business revival, it will do a great deal to
make such revival an actual fact
General Hugh S. Johnson reminds us of
this fact, by implication, in stating that one
of the big needs Of the day is further
loosening of commercial credit facilities.
There is still "holdover timidity" from
the depression period, and it has operated
to keep credit more CONSTRUCTED than should
be the case.
Il do not believe you can get extension of
credit by fiat" he remarks. "You have to
establish this basis of faith and confidence
first, and that is what we are trying as hard
as we know how to do"
If the NRA program can re-establish this
confidence, it will have helped us a long way
toward full recovery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
MOLASSES AND VINEGAR

MYTH opening of the nationwide blue
, w eagle drive, some high-powered adver-
Using experts are criticising NRA publicity as
lacking in emotional appeal"
At the same time, the National Council for
the Prevention of War warns against the dan
ger of mob hysteria, which too much emotional
propaganda easily might bring about The
wartime days, when some persons we're per-
secuted for failure to buy Liberty bonds to the
extent demanded by the local vigilantes, are
recalled with regret.
: Thus the publicity directors of NRA find
themselves between two fires, where they must
draw a fine distinction as to what is legiti
mate bid to our common sense and our feeling
of responsibility for the other fellow and what
would be a mere cheap play to the sanctions.
Cooperation should be the key word. This
is what is being stressed at the moment Nom
conformers should be persuaded. That means
plenty of sugar for those who do their part.
Our grandfathers told us long ago that
mroe flies are caught with molasses than with
vinegar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
BETTER VISION?

THE Better Vision institute is the trade or
ganization in charge of administering
code of fair competition for the optical manu-
featuring industry. But the code it has
brought to the national recovery administra-
ton exhibits few evidences of vision of any
sort.
It provides a forty-hour averaged week
with permission to work f1fty-four hours DUR
ing peak periods, a provision which probably
would permit the optical manufacturing in
dustry to get by without hiring any more
workers. Furthermore, Accent wage could
be paid to rs per cent of all workers, 321a-
cent rate to 20 per cent of the pay roll, and
the 25-cent wage to per cent of the pay roll.
If that scale stands the Better Vision in-
stitute's minimum wages actually will be
maximum wages. Seventy-1ve per cent of its
workers will get SIG a week. the others less.
This plan is far from the spirit of MIRA,
which seeks to increase the pay of those who
have been getting less. Its purpose is to in
crease purchasing power. What will the OPP
teal manufacturers do if all the workers in
the country who need glasses have to buy
them at and Decent stores?
The Better Vision institute seems to be suf-
fering from a serious astigmatism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
M. E.TracySays:

a CCORDING to the census bureau, fewer
A persons were sent to prison in 1892 than
during the preceding year. What is even more
amazing, it is the first time in seven years that
the number has decreased.
The census bureau offers no explanation OF
this curious circumstance, which seems to upset
some of our pet theories.
By all economic yardsticks, 1882 was the
worst year of the depression and should have
given rise to a greater amount of crime and a
greater number of convictions.
The returns suggest that something is wrong
with our deductions as to the effect of poor
business on crime.
We always have assumed that unemployment
lack of prosperity, lack of property. and so on
automatically would result in more murder
theft, embezzlement, and forgery.
Quite possibly, we fail to differentiate be-
tween conditions that are desperate and those
that are comparatively hard.
TT goes without saying that average people
i will steal or even kill before they will starve
to death, but a situation which confronts them
with that alternative is rather different from
the one with which we have been dealing.
Millions of people in this country have found
it difficult to get enough to eat and wear, but
thanks to wise relief measures and generous
public, they have not been driven to despera-
ton
4uStSdO O1 UefelOpulS dIl dIlIl-SOCldl COIlpleA
which generally is the basis of crime waves, the
depression has tended to make people more
considerate and sympathetic. AS general
proposition, they have been moved to help
rather than hurt one another. That is not an
uncommon effect of hard times, provided they
are not too hard
With all it's benefits, prosperity is apt to
make people callous, especially if it is of the
boom or speculative type.
This countryS crime record owes something
to the get-rich-quick philosophy which colors
the American conception of success There is
no other explanation for the fact that poorer
countries have suffered less from crime.
DY every standard Of material progress, we
- Americans are better of than most people
We drive more automobiles, burn more electric
lights, and go to more movies. Our average
home is better equipped than the average home
in England, France or Italy. Our average
family enjoys greater advantages and oppor-
tunities.
According to the most popular theories of
social contentment we ought to have less crime,
but we do not. According to these same theories,
we should have had less crime when the de-
preston began than when it reached its peak,
but such was not the case.
Government reports show that business con-
ditions were worse in 1892 than in 1881, yet the
number of commitments to prison decreased by
about 5000.
Obviously it takes something more to ac-
count for crime than a list Of commodity prices
or q stock report.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
TUESDAY. AUG. 70. 1888
SPEED, SPEED, MORE SPEED

A LTHOUGH other Hyde Park affairs may
get more ballyhoo, none of the Presidents
recent conferences there has been more i'm
portant than that with Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes on public works. The build
ing program is tagging. Either it must be
speeded up or additional millions Of citizens
will be on charity this winter.
Apparently the public and even officials
have not yet comprehended the relationship
of the public works program to the NRA codes.
There is a widespread belief that NRA by it
self tan produce quick results. 1t can not.
Taken alone, NRA codes can do more harm
than good in some industries. There is a limit
to which depressed industries can increase ex-
penses-by higher wages and shorter work
hours-without more orders. It is true that
the NRA codes. by increasing mass purchas-
ing power. in time will provide the increased
business and orders on which factories can
operate But that will take time.
Meanwhile, we must go through the crit
ical winter months before the full beneflcent
effects of MIRA can be felt In these inter-
vening months, the purchasing power of in
dividual consumers must be supplemented by
large-scale orders 10 prime the business pump.
That is the function of the public works pro-
gram, under which congress has provided
S3,3O0OOO 900 for federal, state and municipal
construction
During the last two months, there has been
delay both in Washington and in the states
and communities. Secretary Ickes and his
associates had some excuse for delay, because
B.. they were guarding against graft and po-
htical favoritism But now there seems to be
unnecessary slowness lower down in the fed
eral administration, and equally out in the
states.
Here is Secretary IckeS appeal:
What I am urging now is action all the
way down the line to translate this vast money
force into wages and purchasing power. No
matter how rapidly the administrator and the
q. board of public works allot the money, it does
not serve its full purpose until it reaches the
pockets of the workers.
ITO this end, I earnestly request all Of
fcials. as well as others associated with us
in this great effort. to push forward at an
even faster pace"
, After three winters of experience, in which
private and public charity broke down, surely
American communities at this late date do not
need further argument to prove that the pub
/. lie works method is more humane and
profitable way than doles to handle depression.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
FIVE YEARS-AND NOW

TIVE years ago Sunday treaty designed to
l. end all wars for all time was signed IN
Paris
Fifty-four nations affixed their signatures
to the document. All promised to renounce
war as an instrument of national policy, to
submit future international disputes to arbi-
tration.
Today that treaty remains, in force-ln
theory. But it's effectiveness rs practical
barrier to war is gone, and perhaps gone for
ever. The world has turned its back on in
ternational cooperation and its face toward
belligerent nationalism.
In the light of what has happened in the
last three years, that is not surprising. There
have been unofficial" wars and threats OF
war. Nations have strengthened their armies
navies and air forces in preparation for flu
ture conflicts.
Even public opinion-the same factor that
forced through the Kellogg BRAND pact Ill
1e28-has been remolded in the last three
years. Japan's success in defying the world
in her conquest of Asia Germany's subnlis-
sion to the firebrand Hitherto mention only
a few cases-have hardened public opinion
1t has become more realistic and less idealistic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
MYSTERY IN REAL LIFE

A unemployed engineer in middle west
IA ern city recently gave the police a per-
picking puzzle by being found, hfeless, along
side lonely road with series Of stab wounds
in his back and dose Of poison in his stonl-
ach.
1t looked like murder, at first; but the
police finally concluded that the man had
killed himself and had arranged things to
look like murder because of some final ini-
pish whim.
This theory, the officers said, was strength
. ened by the fact that a detective story was
found beside the mans body.
But real detective story fan easily might
make just the opposite deduction from this
fact. There is nothing mystery addict hates
so much as the novel which presents a puz-
ling homicide and then, in the last chapter,
discloses that it really was a suicide.
If the man in this case actually was fond
of that kind of literature, could he be ex-
pected to ape plot which, If he found it in
a book, would fill him with a consuming rage?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
Working Again
BY HELEN WELSHIMER

BY HELEN WELSHIMER
America is working! Once again
There is the sound Of labor in the
land.
Flame bright the FORCES light the
ending dark,
And tasks begin for every reaching
hand.
There is the ring of anvils in the
night,
The swing Of axes, march OF work.
ers' feet,
And steel flows molten, shining as a
dream
Now we have learned shrill Whistles
may be sweet
Triumphantly the flag waves high
and free
Above the smoke where industry De-
gins,
Above the busy-ness of shops and
stores,
Above the hearts purged clean OF
idle sins.
Oh, always it is good to have task
LIES pattern must grant some work
to men.
So let the bugles play, the deep
drums throb,
America has gone to work again!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
ABUSING "MODEL PRISONS"


GONE time ago New York state spent good
~ deal of money on a model prison-an
institution out in the open country, without
walls or iron bars, very different from the or
binary penitentiary.
It was hoped that it could be place for
rehabilitation of young criminals.
Right now the state is somewhat disturbed
because certain convicts who have good deal
of political influence are getting transferred to
that prison from such places as Sing Sing and
Dannemora.
The most recent transfer is that OF for
mer deputy county treasurer, who was sent up
a couple of months ago for going south with
s248000 of county funds.
And right here you have pretty good
explanation Of the widespread public hostility
to model prison" schemes. A model prison
that actually is used to reform young Grim
inals is good thing; one that merely serves
as a comfortable refuge for crooks who have
a drag is something entirely different
Until that sort of thing ends, the public
will continue to look on prison reform move
ments with suspicion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
POLITICS AND CRIME

GONE of the most interesting reading mat
~ ter of the year is likely to come out of
, the New York grand jury hearing at which
; United States District Attorney George T.
Medale recently elaborated his charges that
an intimate alliance exists between New York
politics and New York crime.
A charge of this kind is not new, and-to
people at all familiar with the ways of mu-
nicipal politics, in Manhattan or elsewhere
it is not especially surprising.
Yet it is an accusation over which We have
never. as a people shown any capacity to be-
come indignant. If a detailed list of names,
places and dates can be given Us, We might
be able to get stirred up about it.
Inability of the average big city govern
ment to suppress organized crime is one of the
most shocking symptoms which our society
displays. Gang murders racketeering, kid
nspings, rum running. a conglomeration of
: lawless outbursts such as no other civilized
land tolerates-these things are common
places in our municipal affairs
Yet we seldom have the sense to reflect on
their causes
When Mr.. Medalie declares that New York
has these things because her gangsters are
allied with her politicians. he states nothing
more than a perfectly obvious truth. 1t is
true not only in New York, but in every other
city where organized crime is troublesome.
A moments reflection ought to show us
that there can not be any other explanation.
inefficient our law enforcement agencies may
be. but they can not be so stupidity incompe-
tent as to remain ignorant of the activities
of gangsters whose names and deeds are
known to the very school children.
Yet we continue to miss the point. We go
10 the polls. year after year, and vote for the
same old crowd Of machine politicians. We
accept the spoils system without protest
We are complacent in the face of repeated
revelations that most city governments grant
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
NATURALNESS IN ACTING

TN the moving picture "Tugboat Annie, ;"
u which scored such a great hit in Indian
apolis recently Marie Dressler gives remark
able instance of the power of naturalness In
acting. There is no affectation in this woman.
And from this her power
You search the stages and silver screens
for more naturalness in the thespians. In
most of the renowned stars you usually md
it missing in its fundamental form.
And with this personal lack of natural
ness goes too often an imperfection OF
makeup. Heroes and heroines grow old, but
in many cases, while displaying white
powdered hair, have not a crease in their
faces. This may be due to the desire to cap
italize the matinee idol by preserving his or
her Youthful charms underneath the appear
ance of age.
It is possible that producers believe that
in the eye of the matinee idolator the mat
inee idol is of no use if he or she only turns
into a superb actor by oblterating the charms
of youth.
Artificiality and exaggeration, by process
of scientific precision, can produce natural
acting and good acting But affectation is
another thing, and it is OF that the public
sees too much in the general offering of films.
For which again. we say, thank Marie
Dressler for Marie Dressler.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29

| Times readers are inUited to eDpress
their CietCs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare chance.
Limit them to ESQ toords or Iess.J
By DisgruntIed Visitor.
First, let me confess that one OF
my reasons for writing this letter is
to crafty my own private spleen.
The other night being unavoidably
detained it was necessary for me to
cross your city in the neighborhood
of 1870 to 2 o'clock in the morning
While walking down one of your
dark streets l was stopped, ques-
toned, insulted, searched, threat
ened with everything from false ar
rest to plain thuggery, and alto
gether thoroughly terrified by an au-
tomobile full of your very vigilant
guardians of the law.
The next day, having been quite
unable to sleep, felt pretty lousy.
Also, I seemed to retain a rather
persistent sense of resentment as
hangover.
Today, I am just wondering what
great and profound public good was
served by my intimidation. I do
not believe that I am unreason-
able. I didn't resent being stopped
and questioned.
It was easy to explain where I
was going. I didn't even resent be-
iva fA hal hn
such things are done for my benefit
and protection.
I submitted courteously to both
the questioning and the search.
What I object to is the whole brow
beating, threatening attitude of
plain thuggery rampant in your
police personnel. It didn't make the
slightest difference in the officers
attitude that was an honest, law
abiding citizen, on my way home.
The last pleasant remark I had
from the dignif1ed lips of the law
was: "One more word from you,
Buddy, and you go to the jug"
This in answer to a timidly
courteous question of mine as to
whether T was disobeying any city
curfew law by being in the streets
at that hour.
What I want to know is, how is
treatment like this going to help
you attain the necessary co-opera-
ton between citizen and officer for
law enforcement? One of the first
things noticed about your city was
that your citizens, with one accord
and with utter unanimity, ardently
hate your police.
I related this incident to a man
I found walking the street from in
somnia. His answer was character
istic. He ground his teeth. 81 hate
policeman's CUTS" he muttered.