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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-14

Administration defeated SAM
tary Department yesterday after
noon. 1t was a very good game
and exciting from start to finish.
Final score was 3 to2.
The pitching of Tynes and
Stanley was outstanding. Each
allowed but six safeties.
Score by innings: r. H. E.
Sanitary Department
900 100 1902 6 1
Administration
100 DOL 01x-3 6 1
Batteries: Tynes and Soldano
Stanley and Hopkins.
This afternoon, White Sox and
the league-leaders, Coca-Cola play
ers, will meet. Jimmie will pitch
for the Sox.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-14

1S45-Laura A. Haygood, At
lanta, Ca, teacher, remembered
as a notable Methodist mission
airy to China, born at Walkinsville,
Ga. Died in China, April 20,
1900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-14

1857-Elwood Haynes, inven-
tor, maker of the first practicable
automobile in America, born at
Portland, Ind. Died at Kokomo,
Ind, April Is, 1925.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-14

LOST-Reward for returning
Molly, small silver and black
female cat picked up near 519
Francis street. octl4-3tx
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
G. O. p. KEYNOTER

With Senator Joseph T. Robin
son, majority leader of the Senate
slated to be permanent chairman
of the Democratic national con-
vention, the Republicans are be-
ginning to talk about the selec'
ton of officers and speakers for
their forthcoming meeting.
The political situation among
the Republicans has not clarified
itself to the extent that definite
predictions on any of the posts
can be made.
Nevertheless, there is a strong
sentiment evidencing itself to have
former Gov. Frank o. Lowden,
himself an erstwhile candidate for
Republican preference, sound the
keynote of the Republican cam
paign.
The Republicans realize, OF
course, that they will have to make
a strong appeal to the farmers,
now receiving and about to receive
heavy checks from the Treasury. if
they are to win in November. Mr..
Lowden might be counted on to
make the appeal.
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
Black-Guarding the People

Having broken the constitutional guarantees against
reasonable search and seizure snooped into private kilograms
and put up the usual smoke of nvecve and tall talk
to cover its dirty work. the Black Committee of the
Senate must now THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES for its actions.
It has best obscure the ISSUE but the issue will
not be obscured.
It too plain issue be oscured too big ISSUE too
vital an issue.
It an which directly affects the freedom of the
the freedom of legitimate business and the freedom Of EVERY
SINGLE, SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL in this country.
Can your private kilograms, private telephone
messages your private letters be grabbed and copied
and read and broadcast by a gang of shoppers,
they not?
That is the issue.
It is the ONLY ISSUE
All the bullying browbeatng and bah blazing of bullying
browbeatng blahblahng Black Guard Committee will not
conceal this simple fact.
The "Black-Guard Committee" says it raid
priUate correspondence.
The Constitution and the people of the United States
say it cannot.
whether BackGuard Committee is greater than the
Constitution people, whether the Constitution and
the people greater than the Black Guard Committee is
the sole question.
similar question settled by the people in 1776 They
settled it with King George III of England We apologize to
the memory King George for mentioning this Buheaded
tyran though he should not to him with
the pul Peeping Toms with which this committee
is so literally adorned.
But the question has arisen again. is time and for
0ll that it cleared up.
And and for ALL that this BLACK Guard Committee
with its shopping neakng polecascented methods of attack
the rights of American citizens, CLEANED OUT
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
Paying for Relief

Just how poweress the District is to look
after its citizens and just how confused the local
relief situation is may be judged from the suggestion Of
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen that the local gasoline
tax be increased so per cent and soe oher taxes be
raised in order to meet the problem of the needy
employed
In the first place the gasoline tax can't be raised by
the Commissioners but would have to be changed, at
all, by the Congress-
In the second place the gas tax law would have to be
changed in all probability, to permit the use of the
money for relief purposes although District officials
might be able to get around this angle by making it
work relief fund and spending it on the streets.
However in order to do that it would unquestlonaby
be necessary to obtain from Congress the authority to
spend the money streets and highways.
It should be pointed out that the District would not
have had to obtain increased tax income to meet the
original estimate of six hundred thousand dollars to
meet the relief payments for the balance Of the current
fiscal year even if the full amount had been appro
priated yet that estimate cut IN half by Congress-
The cut uvas made not because the city didn't have
the money available.
The cut lUdS made because Congress demanded
that the relief rolls be cUrtGiLed.
Much the same reason undoubtedly lies behind the
ton of the House in cutting in half the estimate for
lief for the coming fiscal year, the year which Commits
sioner Hazen thinks will make necessary an increase in
and diversion from the gas tax fund.
The District budget as submitted would have been in
balance at the end of the coming fiscal year even If the
full relief estimate had been included by the House. pro-
vded that body had not cut the Federal share and had
not included items in the bill which were not in the orig
inal budget
Under all the circumstances there JUOuId seem to
be little use in "scaring the taxpayers of the city
Nth threats of additional taxes until and unless
the Commissioners get the approval of Congress
for increased expenditures.
AND THAT APPROVAL CANNOT BE OBTAINED
UNTIL. THE COMMISSIONERS AND LOCAL VEL
FARE OFFICIALS CAN PROVE CONCLUSIVELY TO
CONGRESS THAT INCREASED EXPENDITURES
ARE NOT ONLY JUSTIFIED BUT ARE ALSO
LUTELY ESSENTIAL.
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
NEVER CAUGHT

Senator Rush D. Holt, of West
Virginia, whose fiery attack on
the mixture of politics with relief
in his home State brought to light
a condition which everyone else
in public life seemed to be keep
ing dark, joins a long line OF dis
tinguiShed Senators who have
complained that attempts have
been made to get away with their
private files.
Every now and then a Senator
who is conducting an investigation
or who is simply campaigning
vigorously for what he feels to be
the right, finds mysterious marks
upon the doors of his office, the
drawers of his desk, or on his ILL
ing cabinets.
The inference is Immediately
drawn that somebody with an ul'
terror motive was trying to steal
"the papers" In some instances
they probably we're and very pos
sibly they were in the case OF
Senator Holt.
But usually investigation has
failed to result in the apprehen-
sion of the would-be pilferer.
It is amazing that so many at
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
The Human Side of the News =

from the entire broad
casting industry.
OF course. sheet music still sells
a little, very little as compared
with the past. The hundreds of
thousands of young men and
women who played by ear or with
out the bass are a lost tribe to-
day. Canned music and the radio
have done away with tn indi-
vidual as a purveyor of popular
music in the home.
The song hit today has short
but brilliant career, flashing
through the ether waves like the
comet which so lately visited our
eastern shores. It gets a great
play for two or three months and
then is put on the shelf. being
busted off from time to time for
a year or so thereafter and played
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

And it serves as a warning and
protest
That whatever you're for he's
against.
You may make the most casual
statement
Like Its a fine day.
Or the simplest suggestion, such
as:
Hadn't you better phone to see
if he's in?"
Doesn't matter how obvious or
simple your remark.
He'll deny it's a nice day
He'll yawp for an hour to prove
it's a rotten day
He'll refuse to phone ahead.
And maintain that only saps
phone ahead.
And the funny part of it is
Until you mentioned it, he
thought it was grand day.
And he had every intention Of
phoning ahead.
But since you beat him to it.
He had to take the opposite side.
Now why are people like that?
Is it because they're naturally
cuSSed?
Or so stuck on themselves that
they simply must
Put in their two cents, regard
less?
Not entirely.
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
By Edwin G. Hill

unobtruSlVely or by special re-
quest"
LOW RETURNS
The Society of Composers,
which is leading the opposition to
the Duffy bill, marshaled figures
as we'll as personalities before the
Congressional committee which
sat in Judgment. Sheet music
sales of a hit rarely reach one
third the average figure they did
in the pre-radio era. A half mil.
lion copies is something unusual
now, whereas 100000 used to be
the average, and certain SmaShes
ran far into the millions.
How often is a tune heard on
the air in a year? If it is good,
it belongs in the more than 10000
times" class. In the year 1884, on
the big networks alone IS songs
were in that class, with about a
dozen of these passing the 10000
mark.
Tin Pan Alley, one is told, IS
hardly more than name any,
where. The established makers of
popular tunes spend most of their
time in Hollywood at the beck and
call of the talking picture studios.
The Kerns, Gershwins, etc, give
their attention mostly to writing
for stage productions, with flyers
now and then in Hollywood.
In the pictures and in the shows
is the fame and the fortune for the
present day Song-writer. Radio Ger
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

music counter in every and 10
cent store. The young blades would
troop up to the counter and say
to the young lady:
"Will you try kissing in the
MOOnlight'"
She would smile Sweetly and
say, Certainly" and, sitting down
at the piano, would play over
the piece and perhaps throw in
chorus in a quivering contralto
for good measure. He was, in
deed, a hero who would show
up at the Sunday night party
with the words and music of
something real new and real good.
A topnotch publishing house in
those good old days would net
something like 100000 a year,
about as much as the American
Society of Composers gets in
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

Edwin e. Hill WIA4CL4 dG " IL Z
time fell to the lot of any team
Of enterp- Using young men who
could rhyme moon" and June"
and set the words to paraphraSe
of a Bach concert.
The lyriciStS and composers
mentioned above sang the blues
for their profession during the
hearings n a bill introduced by
Representative Duffy to amend
the copyright law. At present, the
statute provides a minimum pen
atty of $3.50 for each unauthorized
rendition of a MUSICAL number.
Mr.. Duff.,'s bill would strike out
the $3.50 and leave it for the courts
to fix the amount.
IN OTHER DAYS
II this were done, the composers
say, piracy would be legalized and
song-writers would have to go out
Of business because they would
have no way of realizing on their
brain children. The radio broad
casting industry denies this, and
says that it favorS the Duffy bill
because the present law is more
than Is years old and leaves net
work liable to a $12,500 fine If,
through inadvertance, an orches-
ira plays a tune which the chain
has no license to use.
Radio has affected many fields,
but none to the extent that it has
Tin Pan Alley. Song-Writing,
under the lash. of that new Simon
Legree, Mike" has become a mass
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

cuSsed.
And conceited-all of us are.
But there is deeper reason for
their argument,
Than cuSsedness or conceit.
They argue because they're
afraid.
There's a secret fear always
gnaWing at them.
The fear that they're not as i'm
presSive
And dominating and convincing
as other people, and that other
people are on to it.
And are going to laugh at them.
Or put something over on them.
And so, being constantly afraid,
And as self-consciouS as a pup
with his first flea,
They're always on the aggres-
Always trying to beat you to the
clinch-
Always trying to prove their SUI
periority to you,
And, even more particularly, to
themselves.
Why do such people always put
up an argument?
That's why.
And I've heard it said
That if you can get past that
fear,
Make them feel that they
needn't defend themselves,
Make them see that you respect
and admire them.
And, even more important, that
you need them,
That you can cure them OF
arguing.
Which, I admit, sounds grand,
And if you've got a noble soul
and a lot of time
I hope you'll try it.
But I might as well peacefully
add
That for quite a few years
I've been trying it myself
On a bunch of ornery humans,
And it hasn't denied 'em yet.
But maybe you'll be luckier.
copyright. 1895. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

tainly has increased the demand
and increased the supply, but low
returns go with mass production in
songs as we'll as in automobiles. It's
the same old law in both coj11modi-
ties, and Tin Pan Alley will have to
wait for the cycle to swing around
and individuals begin to do their
own fiddling and their own PIANO
playing.
Then happy days will be here
again, days of 100000 copies sold.
And, strange as it seems, radio may
very well bring a return of those
days by interesting the up and com
ing generations in music and must
cal instruments.
Copyright 1886, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-04-01


Eloquence is sometimes also
prophecy. When the cornerstone
of the new home of the United
States Supreme Court was laid in
Washington four years ago next
October, the address was delivered
by the Chief Justice of the United
States to a distinguished company.
To those who were then privi-
legged to hear or read his inspiring
words, it was clear that the address
of Chief Justice Hughes was a con-
tribution to the literature of elo-
quence.
To those who recall and, in the
light of subsequent events, reflect
upon what the Chief Justice then
said, it must be equally clear that
his eloquence was indeed prophetic.
HISTORIC ADDRESS
The excerpts which follow are
from this historic deliverance:
''This temple of noble proper.
tiOns finds its chief dis
tinctiOn as a national symbol.
It symbolizes the national ideal
Of Justice in the highest sphere
of activity in maintaining the
balance between the Nation and
the States and in enforcing the
primary demands of individual
liberty as safeguarded by the
overriding guarantees of a writ
ten Constitution.
This building is the symbol
Of the distinctive character of
the republic =.
"Few of those who are now
members of the court will long
enjoy the privileges which this
building affords. Their success
sOrs, who, in relatively brief
periods of service, will share its
advantages, will come and go.
The republic endures, and this is
the symbol Of its faith.
"This building could not be
thus representative without
being a memorial Of the services
of those who have labOred in and
through this court in the main.
tenance and development of our
constitutional system =.
COMMON CAUSE
"In this testimonial to the
laborS of AS years, the strife of
parties, the antagOnisms of per-
sOnalities, the bitterness of par
ticular controversies are all for
gotten. This monument be-
speaks the common cause, the
unifying principle of our Nation.
1--WE are in time of keen
distress and widespread misgiv-
ing. 1t is a world of unrest.
"The perennial strife with
lawleSSneSs has assumed new
aspects and has brought society
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
CLOSES LEGATION

CLOSES LEGATION
Evidently the Shah of Persia
doesn't appreciate the American
sense of humor.
This failure to understand
laughing Americans is obviously
the reason for the decision of
the Persian. or Iranian, govern
ment to close it's legation in
Washington and withdraw its
consular officers from the United
States.
When the shah's envoy.
Gjaffar Dalai, was recently ar
rested at Elkton. Md, after
having allegedly violated the
traffic laws. Americans had a
good laugh at the diplomats eX-
pense. Whereupon he packed
up and went home.
While the case was in the
spotlight considerable sympathy
was expended on the arresting
officers who were fired in an
effort to appease the wounded
dignity of the envoy.
In addition to not understand
ing American humor, the Shah
apparently also fails to under
stand, as it was pointed out to-.
day, that a person who is killed
by the speeding automobile of a
diplomat is just as dead as the
person who is killed by the ma
chine of a more humble person.
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

t l n g u / S n e d
enough to num-
Der Irving Ber-
lin, George M.
Cohan, R u y
T.Tallee, George
GerShwin a n d
Gene Buck.
The drama
was enough to
lead one to go
right out, as it
did n to learn
what had be-
come of Tin
Pan Alley a n d
the m illion S
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

this country from a very fine COT
fee plantation down in Brazil; it
is imported by one of those old
time houses in New York which
has been doing the same sort OF
business with the same family at
the head for 200 years or more.
Nesbitt prefers drip coffee: but
he diStills his coffee with the
same meticulous care that Louis
Pasteur used in his laboratory ex-
perimentS.
Every cup is an event with him
and a new era in coffee drinking
for the person who tastes cup
for the first time.
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
Independent Judiciary
Blu James T. Williams. Jr.

to new and serious tests Of its
ability to protect itself.
Few, If any, have the gift Of
prophecy. This edifice, however,
attests confidence. 1t suggests
permanence-nOt the perma.
nence of stone and steel, but Of
an idea; not, in this respect Of
particular formulas, but Of
conception of the basic needs Of
our organized society.
"That confidence and sug-
gestion of permanence spring,
no doubt, from a belief that our
people have political instincts
and convictions which are not
likely to be uprOOted; that gov
eminent of the people, for the
people, by the people, nOtwith-
standing all shortcomings, Is
not to perish; that such a gov
eminent will continue to have,
as it has had, its written pre-
scriptiOns to secure distribution
and limitation of governmental
powers.
"That our territory is too
vast and our political concerns
too various to permit of an
absolute Capitalization of au.
thOrity;
"That distribution and limi-
tatiOn of powers under a writ
ten constitution cannot be
maintained without an arbiter,
as far removed as is practically
possible from the disputes of
parties and the manipulatiOns
of groups dominated by sell
fish interests;
fh1OE AMI nOfE
"That in some practicable
way the talent of the Nation
for impartial determinations
accOrding to constitutional
principles must find effective
expression.
"* In laying the corner
stone of this temple, our
thought is centered upon the
Temple not made with hands,
the Eternal Temple of Justice,
and upon the worship in that
unseen Temple of the Spirit,
which will consecrate the ser.
vice here and save it from the
vanity of a formal ritual.
eve have pride and hope on
this occasion because we be-
Iieve, without Understanding
adverse influences. that the
spiritual resources of the Ma
ton, from which each genera
ton draws anew its conceptions
of fair dealing, are unwaSted,
because we find i'm this building
a testimonial to an imperish-
able ideal OF Liberty under Law"
Truly it can be said that "tht
Government at Washington, a
least in one branch, still lives" a.
long as an independent judiciar,
speaks with such a voice.
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

production business. Back in the
time that Nellie waited for the
sun to shine and Miranda put on
her old grey bonnet, 20 or 80 song
hits a year were plenty.
Furthermore, real hit would
last for years, as for examples,
Jimmy Walkers will You Love
Me in December as You Do in
May" and Irving Berlin'S "AleX-
ander'S Ragtime Band"
There was an organ, or at least
an old square piano, in every
parlor, and a very large sheet
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

W a y in t h e
S t a t e Depart
ment.
The reason is
that Henry Mes
b i t t, w h i t e
House steward,
is a natural
born =" b u g :"
when it comes
to coffee and is
proud of it. In
fact, he even
boasts about it.
For the White
House he gets a
special cot fee
h:A L.
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

an argument
It may not be
a very noisy
argument
1t may only
b e a f e W
words
Or a mean
look
Or a Snooty
snort
Or a slight
red dening
O t t n e
ears
But it's an
a r G ument,
just h e
como
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
Wise Words

Let thy speech be better than
silence, or be silent.-DionySius
the Elder.
Hope ever urges on, and tells
us tomorrow will be better.-Tl-
bulluS.
There is no place more dellgnt-
full than ones own tireslde.-
Cicero.
A laugh costs too much when
bought at the expense of virtue.
.-Quintilian.
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
AN EXPERT

Just about as much thought
and care are expended on cup
of coffee at the White House
as on a state paper across the
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
TIN PAN ALLEY

Pity the life Of a popular song
and the writer thereof! Such was
the theme of a playlet put on in
the halls of Congress by a cast dis
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
The Greatest Show On Earth
Bu John Snure

. tempts could be made to rifle
offices of Senators considering the
heavy police guard which is usually
maintained around the Senate
Office Building.
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

Truth is the secret of elo-
Quence and of Uirtue, the basis
of moral Guthority.-Amiel.
The Washington times., 1936-04-01

You've met him
The chap who always puts up
on or011noont
The Washington times., 1936-04-01
Listen, World!
Bu Elsie Robinson
THE CHAP WHO

CHAP WHO ALWAYS PUTS UP AN ARGUMENT
him Being human they are, Of cCurS
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-11
St. Paul A. M. E,
Jay and Chene SITS.

1.-THE Roots of Defeat" will be
the subject of Rev. j. A. Charles
toms sermon at st. Paul, Jay and
Chene Sts., Sunday morning, 10:45.
self Reliance" will be the sub
ject of the sermon Sunday evening,
7:45.
pleasant Sunday Afternoon"
will be observed at p. M. by the
beginners and primary departments
of the Sunday School with Mrs.
G. G. Harrison directing. Repre-
sentatives of other Sunday Schools
are invited.
The Sunday School will convene
at 9:15 A. NJ. with Rev. r.. A.
Schley as Supt.
The Junior Allen Christian En-
deavor League will convene at 5
P. M. with Freeman Bradley as
president and Mrs. Lille Wynn
as Supt.
The Senior Allen Christian En-
deavor League will convene at $50
p. M. with Mrs. Lola Williams as
president. Topic: "The Divine
Voice in the Bible" 2 Tim. 3:16,
II.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-11
ALABAMA CLUB

The program presented by the
club last fourth Sunday was a
splendid success. The musical rem
ditions by Mrs. Johnnie Reid,
guest artist, were very entertain
ing and masterfully rendered. The
topic discussed was (Which of the
Major Party Tickets Should the
Negro vote in the Coming Elec-
tion?" After a very heated dis
cussion, Alfred Jefferson, who
recently received his masters de-
gree from Wayne University, was
presented as guest speaker. He
very ably treated the subject, bring
ing out that it is the duty Of the
colored voters to study the man
running for office, more than the
party.
July 4, the club sponsored a
breakfast party at the home of
Mrs. Hutchinson, 2707 Chestnut.
1t was largely attended and prov
ed quite enjoyable. Keno and
bridge were played. Dancing was
also enjoyed, music being furnish
ed by Sarah Lawrence, the clubs
pianist.
Prominent among the guests
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Delaney,
newly-weds; and Ronald Marshall.
A. N. Bellinger is reporter.