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Evening star., 1937-11-21
Why Not Now?

WnHe congress Itself has marked time
for the first week of the special session,
subcommittee of the House WAYS and
Means Committee studying tax revision
has made marked progress Indeed, this
subcommittee was at work on the tax
problem in advance of the session. Pre-
sumably the subcommittee the full
committees in position to deal con-
structively with the undistributed profits
tax and the capital gains tax with very
little further delay Why not do it? Why
the seeming reluctance to do something
tor busines+NOW?
Business and industry have, it is
insisted, suffered from these taxes. Busi-
ness and industry it is generally admit
ted. need doctoring. If the remedy is at
hand, why make the patient wait until
more severe crisis arises? This hesita-
ton on the part of the administration
and its leaders in Congress to act now is
not encouraging. Words are pleasant,
even exhilarating at times. But, unless
translated into action, they are ineffec-
tive.
The President, in his message to Con-
gress last Monday, said that unjust taxa
ton was to be eliminated in the general
revision of the tax system. His remark
was interpreted widely as meaning that
something would be done about the
undistributed profits tax and the capital
gains tax, although he did not mention
these particular taxes by name If such
action is to be taken in the interest of
fairness and of business, it should be
taken at the present session of Congress,
not at some future session If there is
to be a psychological gain for business
because OF the revision or repeal of these
taxes-a gain that might be at least as
great as the relief from these tax bur-
dens-it would be far greater and more
effective if it were immediate.
The disposition OF members of Con-
gress of both major parties has been for
quick action to aid business in the midst
of recession. Many of them have been
articulate on the subject. The admins
tration, however, so far has insisted upon
sticking to its program for the special
session to the exclusion of tax revision.
It continues to demand the wages-and-
hour law-which industry sees as an
other way of increasing costs of produc-
tion and prices. 1t continues to demand
crop-control act and an act for the
reorganization of the executive depart
ments and law to establish regional
T. V. AS with their threat of competi-
ton for privately owned aad operated
public utilities
1t did not take the administration long,
either, to determine upon the unsound
undistributed profits tax or to rush it
into law. It should not take it long to
revise or repeal this act. which has full
filled all the evil prophesies concerning it.
The amount of revenue derived from this
tax is comparatively small The capital
gains tax has been criticized as an unjust
tax for long time. Capital gains are not
true income and cannot be so considered
or taxed as such.
There is nothing, apparently, more dis
tasteful for any administration to admit
than that 1t has made mistake On the
other hand, the sooner mistakes are rec
titled the better it is for the American
people-and for the party that makes
them.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

Statesmen welcome references to two
great English speaking democracies and
are showing more readiness to study basic
ideas rather than old customs 1t is dis
couraging to find airships studied as
killers holding an advantage in direct
treachery.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

What one group of men may refer
to as "mutiny" is often only the resent
ment of obligation willingly assumed
when conditions seemed favorable to the
debtor. Another group will define debt
as something either to be paid or forgiven.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

An air disaster that kills two Marine
Corps men at Quantico sinks into SEEM
ing unimportance in the news as COM
pared with the reports of eleven persons
who died in the crash Of a London
bound plane.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Shooting Stars.
BY PHHANDER JOHNSON.
Rough Little Game,

Rough Little Game.
Be kind. be good, be gentle.
Be fond and free from guile.
Be ever sentimental
And wear winsome smile.
The poets, night and morning
Give such advice prolix.
II you would heed their warning,
Keep out Of politics.
Be patient and forgiving.
All injuries forget.
Be glad that you are living
But when your course is set
To hold your disposition
Unmarried by envious tricks.
Oh, heed this admonition:
Keep out of politics!
Evening star., 1937-11-21

AS courts give divorce DEGREES, increas-
ing difficulty is found in awarding custody
OF child. Youth has rights that are
not fully expressed in the present social
system.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

Unfortunately there Is no age limit for
toothache which may attack youth as
well as years and which will venture to
interfere even with public business. It
claims consideration even in the most
eminent families
Evening star., 1937-11-21

There are numerous reminders of hard
work for the police with everybody
willing to contribute help but often too
willing to proceed without experience.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

Smaller germs are claiming attention
as health menaces and calling attention
to the need Of simple courage in our
ordinary affairs.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

Some good hearty laughs are enjoyed
by Mr.. La Guardia, who is to be COM
mended for his punctuality in giving
them expression.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

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Evening star., 1937-11-21
Opportunity

From the ALBUQUERQUE Journal
The devil should get a job with the en-
ployment bureau. You know he always
fnds work for idle hands to do.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Member Of the Associated Press

~ The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication OF all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published oerein
Al rights Of onhl1asda:. Of special dispatches
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Evening star., 1937-11-21
Repose.

What you need is good, long rest"
Don't say it where my constituents
can hear it," pleaded Senator Sorghum.
They are liable to imagine it'll be
favor to keep me home As a matter Of
fact can get all the rest need right
here In the United States Capitol"
Evening star., 1937-11-21
No Argument,

The radio lets you talk at ease
And find of joy no lack,
For you may say just what you please
And none can answer back.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

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Evening star., 1937-11-21

Jud Tunkins says q man has to take
his chances on being accused of butting
tn or else of being work shy.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Taking q TranSfer,

Taking TranAfer.
DO you enjoy grand opera?"
eyes," declared Mr.. Cumrox. us
always . pleasure to round my wife and
daughters up In . box and hear 'em
criticize the singers instead Of me-"
Men all approve the same virtues
and denounce the same vices" said N
Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, and never
manage to get rid Of the same in
sincerities."
Evening star., 1937-11-21

Characterization.
wanted smile and sunshine.
found them, gay and free,
To make the hours that run shine
As brightly as could be.
But gloom is not abating.
noted, after while,
A ticket taker waiting
To charge 50 much per smile.
De advice put yoh best foot for
ward" said Uncle Eben, rs Ill right fob
humans. but it doesn't seem to apply to
q mule"
Evening star., 1937-11-21

Cup Ine CompetltlOn OF foreign goods
IN this market. and industry has learned,
through various methods, to keep con-
troll over key prices. The result is that
some prices are held rigid, uninfluenced
by competition, while other prices-like
those IN agriculture-are highly sensi-
tive to competition. At times, like the
present, prices get out of balance and
there Is difficulty exchanging goods be-
tween great groups in the population.
Something akin to an internal tariff sys-
tenn Is created and trade slows.
President Roosevelt thinks that the
present impasse can be broken bv en-
couraging big business and private
finance to put on huge spending pro-
gram OF their own. He intends to pro-
vide that encouragement by Govern
ment guarantee Of investments made In
the field Of home building and by re-
moving some Of the tax obstructtons
that tend to keep business savings from
accommodating and flowing into invest
ment. This. in fact, Is the Hoover
method and represents the Roosevelt
counter-revolution.
But this time there is to be at least
one difference.
instead OF edglng Government further
out Of the picture, the President is study
ing q plan to bring the Government back
into the field Of business control on a
modified and q voluntary basis-re-
sembling N. r. A. in some particulars,
but differing from 1t in most.
The talk Is Of industrial committees"
to bet set up In key industries, with
these committees serving to obtain price
and production agreements from in
dividual members Of the industry. Some
central agency Is needed through which
Government can operate to work out
voluntary adjustments. There II much
omcaal moaning over the fact that N.
r. A. codes were completely wiped out.
The excuses Of that administration
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
RID MEN WILL
HOLD MEETING
AUXILIARY UNIT TO MEET
JOINTLY WITH oRcANI-
ZATIoN MONDAY NIGHT

Members of Tiger Tail Tribe
10, l. o. R. NJ. and Minoca Tenn
pie Is, Degree of Pocahontas,
have planned a joint meeting to
be held in the Red Mems hall Mon
day evening. February Is.
One of the main objects of the
meeting is to devise plans for a
membership drive which is to be
explained in detail during the
meeting which promises to be ex-
ceptionally entertaining.
TINS assembage is being an
nounced elsewhere in this issue of
The Citizen, and it is understood
there will be number of guests
invited to hear the plans outlined
and enjoy a delightful program of
interesting numbers.
1t was also announced this
morning that preparations are go
ing forward to serve refresh
ments-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
KEEPS HEALTHY
HUNTING GEMS
.sIxTY-NINE-YEAR-oLD RETIR.
ED PHARMACIST
KEPT BUSY
dBy Assocfatea Presa1


ATLANTA, Ca, Feb. 13.-Wil-
liam B. Pitts first act upon ar
irving in capital city is to look
up the state geologist to ask:
@Where are your precious stones?"
For 80 years, Pitts. a 69-year-
old retired pharmacist. has been on
the trail of the hidden gems. In
the last Is years he has done moth
ing else.
'You might say l work like the
baseball scout" he says-'shitting
the big cities to get tips and going
into the bushes for material"
Pitts adopted precious-stone
collecting and cutting as a serious
hobby after doctors ordered him
to retire. Now that hobby mas
brought him a national reputation
and keeps him 'ttoo busy 70 think
about being sick"
Groups of precious stones he has
collected and cut to shape are on
displays in museums of the Acad-
envy of Science in San Francisco
and the Georgia capitol in Atlanta.
His collection includes 10000
pieces.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
HOUSEHOLDS And
CRUISER ARRIVED
VESSELS TAKE BERTH IN
YACHT BASIN AT SUB
MARINE BASE

Yachts which registered at the
Key West Yacht Basin yesterday,
number two handsome households
and one cruiser.
The cruiser is the Peg N. Dolby,
Miami Beach. The vessel is own
ed by John T. Allmand, who has
three guests. The Peg N. Dolby
lis manned by a crew of two and
the Captain is B. Byrne.
Household Friendship II, of New
York, owned by S. NJ. Becker. who
is on board and has five guests.
The vessel is under command of
Captain T. G. Anderson and has a
crew of six.
Household Idyl, formerly the
Truant, with owner, Walter p.
Murphy and five guests on board.
The vessel carries a crew of IL.
Yacht Maria Dolores. which was
cruising in the waters adjacent to
Key West for about two weeks,
sailed yesterday for her home port
at Houston, Texas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
Frank Gates And Troy Harmon
Are jailed For Destroying Trees
Memorial Service For
Maine Victims, Monday

Memorial service in common.
Grafton of the sinking of the U. S.
Battleship Maine in Havana har-
Dor, on February Is. 1898, win be
observed by B. H. Mcoalla Camp
Number 5 United Spanish War
Veterans, at the Maine Plot in the
city cemetery O'Clock Monday
afternoon.
A program appropriate to the
occasion win be presented and the
memorial address viii be delivered
by Rev. J. c. Gekeler of First Pres
byterian church. All persons in
the city are invited to attend.
Organizations which viii take
part in the exercises win meet
4:45 o'clock at the Harris School
and march to the cemetery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
Houston Will Soon
Have Social Register
tBy Associated PresS)

HOUSTON, Tex, Feb. 49,
Texas largest city, founded by to-
bacco-chewing men in buckskin
who herded longhorn steers and
ran RATS up and down the bay
Gus, is going "blue blood"
To 1900 supper Clusters" went
engraved invitations to submit in
formation for incorporation in a
blue book of "select society"
Royal Dixon, daddy of the book,
will handpick the 1900 with the
aid of an anonymous committee of
four.
Money won't mean anything"
said a representative of the blue
book. at will take blood and
breeding to get into the social reg
lister. There'll be lots of rich oil
men, for instance, who won't get
in"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
Defendants Held Under
Bond OF $500 Each
Hearing Set For This
Afternoon

Charged by Eduardo Pazo,
Waterman ON the sewer project,
with destroying trees on White
head street, Frank Gate. and
Troy P. Harmon we're placed IN
jail this morning and held in
bond. Of $500 each.
This Is the first case in which
actual destruction Of trees has
been Witnessed By any person
who was sure enough of the
identity Of the euIprits to appear
before a magistrate and make aft
fidAvit to the information.
The report was made by Watch
man fazo TO Constable c. Floney
Pellieier. The constable appeared
before County Judge Raymond
Lord with the Waterman who
signed affidavits charging that
Frank Gates and Troy P. Har-
mon did willfully and malicious
y destroy personal property of
another in value exceeding SIS.
by destroying trees planted along
the sidewalks in the city of Key
West"
After going into the details of
the case and quizzing Mr.. Pazo,
Judge Lord fixed the bond of the
offenders at $500 each and set
the hearing for $3.50 O'Clock this
afttA,on.
Although there have been many
sueh depredations done since the
Identification program was start
ed many months ago this is the
first time that a person or per-
sons have been definitely charged
with such an offenae and this is
probably. it was said, the reason
that such large bonds are being
required by the Judge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
STEAMER YORO
ARRIVES HERE
STEAMSHIP BRAzos DUE TO
COME IN TONIGHT FROM
NEW YORK

Steamship Yoro, of the Standard
Fruit and Steamship Company, ar
rived this morning $40 o'clock
from Philadelphia, consigned to
the Porter Dock company. The
ship took 42,194 gallons of fuel
oil and sailed at noon for From
terra, Mexico.
Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde
Mallory Lines, arrived 2:45 o'clock
yesterday afternoon from Jack
sonville and Miami, discharged
more than 800 tons of freight and
sailed 1850 O'Clock last night for
New Orleans.
Among the shipments were four
carloads of cement for the naval
station and number of creosoted
poles for the same consignee. Al
so a consignment of inseeticide to
be used by the unit of the State
Plant Board now operating in this
section.
Steamship Brazos. of the same
lines. is due to arrive this evening
from New York. en- route to Gal
weston, Texas.
Tanker Alabama, of the Texas
Oil company, is expected to arrive
from Port Arthur, Texas, tomor-
row with 10000 barrels of fuel
oil for the Porter Dock COM
pany's tanks.
British Tanker Lunula is sched-
uled to arrive February 10 for
bunkers at the Porter company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
NEW SPECIMEN AT
KEY WEST AQUARIUM

One of the attractive new
specimens at the Key West
Tropical Aquarium is the
man of war fish which was
viewed by many visitors to
the tanks today.
This specimen is a beauti-
full fish bright blue and
silver in coloring, and is
rarely caught. 1t usually is
found hidden among the
singing tentacles of the Por-
tuguese man o. war.
There are also several
young octopi in the small
tanks which were today being
viewed by a group who had
read much of them but had
never before seen one.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13

Usually, in the course of a
presidential term, each president
has appointed members of the Su-
preme Court and thus exerted the
power to influence judicial IN
terpretations and decisions. For
the past fifty or sixty yeays, the
Court has been regarded as con-
sentative influence, with a ten1
dency to exert itself in behalf of
the sdue process clause" of the
fourteenth Amendment, passed
to protect the rights of Negroes,
and now mainly relied upon by
corporations. which have been ju-
ideally declared "personsr BY the
Supreme Court.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
Str. Cub. 3 Brings
In Passengers

ball, Gabriel Cabanas, Theo Alv-
rem, Carrie Alvren, Gerald Alvren.
Sailing for Tampa and st. Pc
tersburg were the following pas
sengers booked from Key West:
Mr.. and Mrs. t. S. Newell, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. H. White, r. K. Swan,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Roddis, j. S. Ray
mond, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred L.
Baker and a number of others.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
Expenditures For Bridge
Projects Being Audited

James E. Hackney. auditor for
the Public Works Administration.
has been assigned to the work Of
auditing the bridge projects ex.
penditnres. and has established
his office in the postOffice build
ing.
1t was said this morning a.
headquarters Of the Overseas
Road and Toll Bridge Commission.
that Mr.. Hackney win in ell prob
ability remain in Key West until
the road has been completed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
MRS. ED. GOMEZ
LEAVES ON CUBA
ACCOMPANIED BY DAUGHTER
WHO Is NOW MAKING HER
HOME IN TAMPA

Mrs. Eduardo Gomez, widow Of
the late Eduardo Gomez; daugh-
ter. Mrs. Virgilio Simon, and Miss
Beljica Simon. who were in Key
West for the funeral rites for Mr..
Gomez last Sunday afternoon. left
yesterday for Tampa, where Mrs.
Simon is making her home.
Another member Of the family
who came to Key West for the
same reason, is Evelio Gomez. a
son, employed with the Ohilds res
taurant chain in New York. lie
will leave Sunday morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13

Government. Since the days of
John Marshall, the Court has as
serted the right to finally decide
whether Congress or the Presi-
dent infringes upon the Constitu-
ton. For more than a hundred
years, the meaing of that docu-
ment, as translated into govern
mental machinery and using gov
ernmental power. has been influ-
enced by tile economic and social
trends of the times and undoubt-
edly interpretations have been the
result of the personal PHILOSOPHERS
Of the justices.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
Retirement Lasts
Only Five Months
(ny AssacIafed Press,

BERKELEY, Calf, Feb. 13.-
When DIR. Langley Porter retired
last July as dean of the Univer-
sity of California medical school,
he thought his educational career
was at an end.
Now he is back in his old office,
owing to the unexpected death of
his successor, DIR. William McKim
Marriott. Agreeing to the tempo
rary appointment. DIR. Porter an
nouneed he would retire again as
soon as the school could find a
man for the job.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13

Tie rsasrsl ssmm.siss sppeni
- rsssnsly fer ~ p.spess -
.upsFvi.ins ~ tsssElssiss
hs.ssifis.sisn psesr.a - -
West. net LIS aishi - - 60
Hall. and suslsa~d = leaasl.&e
prssram - bs lslls~as - senass.
sisa wssh sks prosssst sss'sislss
Tie mais insessss ~ - 49,
sisa la.s aishs ssalss>s -
soush.rd and slmsasus streets
n was agreed - 1855 @at.iss
o. mahes.sr Trees sieas 49,
shsFsushfarss. wAils - malses
Fl space - ~ ails~sd h@s@sse
each tree. was alss dsssmsse3
The mectinr was pfrsllea ezeg
BY Jim Roberts. psesl1eai "a a.
City counci. The ieo as nea.
bers Of the eommilies. eAxk Nsfe
appointed e repfeseei ~ ~.
dents Of Soashafd street na16i1
Pinder and sydneg Nathsxs eegs
present. and toak pafi i ~ 80
eeedines.
B. Curry Mereus. ares eaesr-
visor for he WPA. eenfelsea els
the eomm'ttee IN au endtasal -
ascertain whleh vsulA - - kesI
plan d fel 81 il ealFTlaz ~ -
proposed aelviiies
The comn tiee. EeHfessF|'aT -
womAa cihb. oafden tls1 Aaa
Tree Guild imposed of Ara Nee
berg Thompaon. ATe o. q TEES.
o. and Mr.. q. 5 LeaN wels -
attendance, and xisd aila -
other members 81 ne eemnIlea
in the proceedings u lhe eRen -
Mr.. and MFH. Waflare nffans
kirke. both Of whem aFs aseai B
interested h the beaaiIl .<aiioa
work. uere alse Ia stientsaea.
and spoke 81 inteftas eapfsNlns
Their ideas as 10 tbs ftaAailiig ~
the plans. offering thsIr eoapeIas
ton IN any Nay psseihis.
william " Demefiit. aapeFin-
tendent Of tbs sessnfh llahiheaef
district. also gave = shoEt taik -
vancing bis IDEAS e. % hos ~
thought che y ans thauid Dr. eaf-
ried cut. and mad1 aeseEsl saE
gestions Ia the wsy ~ tree plant-
ing. and a. % how the messmenf
should be carr 80 % a aaseassfal
conclusion.
Basc0m 4 Green's. pIsaIaent
Of the Key Wet Electfie Gem
pany. vas slso heard. and asked
several questions b. he samnIt-
tee relative % The proEFHm that
was being outlined Ser rlanflns
along the sidewalks
The meeting wag q very haf
moni0ua one. and 81 pfrssnt
promised % fully cospefate Is 81
matters hav ng bearing - ths
proposed program, eth = wee o.
making the beautif.cstion pfeItst
a. Big a success a. peaslle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
Over One Thousand Auto
License Tags Sold Here

Tax Collector Frank II. Ladd,
who is in charge of the sale Of
state auto license tags, said this
morning that the sale Of tags for
the year 1887 is expected 10 be
in accord with the estimates made
at the beginning Of the season, for
the issuing of tags.
The total sales at this time h
1,027, which is a good showing
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13
JUROR GIVEN AN
EARFUL BY JUDGE
lny AssoeIatea Pressl

LOGAN, w. Va, Feb. 49,
Court attaches say it really hap
pened in circuit court.
A man walked to the bench and
said:
"Yonr honor, I'd like to be ex-
cused from jury duty next week. |"
"For what reason?" asked the
judge.
swell, you see, I'm partly deaf,
can hear only with one ear"
ooh, that's all right" the judge
replied. "You know we hear only
one side of a case at time"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13

and bat i23 fewer than ihe tsfai
sales during 1855. whieh nsa keI-
cd 1850
Asked how much moneF uas
realix a from sales during preseni
period, Mr.. Ladd feplied thaa ths
amount totalird stzeso ana 81
Of this had been aenl - Tailakas.
see In aceordsnce wish lnaffuriiaas
from the department.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-13

We have pointed out several
times in this column that the SUI
preme Court, as originally set up,
was intended to act as a bal
ance" in the division of power be-
tween the central government and
the states. 1t has functioned as
a brake upon too RAPID legisla-
ton, thus serving as buIwark to
conservative thought and in pro-
tecting individual as web as prop
elty rights from various infringe
ments.