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Evening star., 1937-06-15

and George Lee and taken back to
Harlan and thrown in jail.
Tackett's letter, pencil written on 4
piece OF scratch paper and giving
the Harlan Jail as his return address,
said he was afraid OF being killed
and asked aid Of Senator La Toilette.
chairman, in getting him out Of the
county.
Justice Department agents have
been in Harlan for several weeks Wit,
a view to initiating criminal action
against some Of the individuals named
during the Senate committee probe,
and the appeal from Tackett vas dis.
patched to them Immediately.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
ROBINSON CHARTS
COURT BILL SPATH
Administration Leaders TO
Let Arkansan Decide on
Time of Debate.

BACKGROUND
Controversy ouer REFUSING the
Federal judiciary has ragged since
February, Uhen President Roosevelt
submitted his program, splitting
Democratic ranks sharply in Sen
ate, where Judiciary Committee re-
ported the administration bill dd-
Dersely yesterday after months OF
hearings.
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Hopkins

Continued From First Page.)
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undue interference" has been made
to the committee
For several weeks, a staff OF ap-
proxlmately half-dozen committee
investigators has been busy in the
Detroit area with subpoenas already
being served on about Is persons
Evening star., 1937-06-15
LOCAL SHARE ITEM
IN RELIEF BILL HIT
Hot Fight in Senate Likely
Over Proposed 30 Per Cent
Community Cost.

BACKGROUND
Amount OF Federal relief appro-
Tidtion for coming year has been
center OF. controversy erer since
President requested $500. 900. 900.
While he ,rus dDdy on fishing trip
House committee slashed sum, later
restored it.; House then edrmorked
one-third, but later ,uithdre1o &C.
ton.
Senate members also hare indi-
Gated intention to cut total: CON-
r1ittee already has inserted provi-
sion requiring greater responsible
itp BY local communities or States
sharing in fund.
By the Associated Press.
The Senate administration leaders,
lighting to keep intact President
Roosevelt's ,5OO.oOO,oOO relief pro-
gram, centered criticism today on the
Byrnes proposal to place greater
share OF the Federal burden on local
communities.
Some Senators said the measure
might encounter opposition rivaling
the House revolt that was settled only
after appears to the White House.
Debate, beginning this afternoon, may
last for several days.
Seven members filed minority re-
port denounClng as unfair and unwise
the recommendation of the Appropria-
tions Committee that local govern
ments were able to bear 40 per cent
Of the cost of Works Progress Admin
ktration projects.
They also criticized a recommended
ton that Congress refuse to reappro-
pirate prospective balances from previ-
Gus relief funds. This would mean,
they contended, curtailing the relief
program by about s10O,00O,O00 and
taktz1E 100000 additional persons from
W. z. A. rolls.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, Of
Michigan, put forward proposal that
figured in the 1886 presidential cam
paign-that the relief problem be
returned to the States" with the
Federal Government providing as
sistance through grants.
The Appropriations Committee mi
nority, headed by Acting Chairman
Mcclellan, Democrat, of Tennessee,
said the States, cities and counties
would be unable to meet the 40 per
cent matching requirement, with the
result they would have to take an
''unfair paupers oath" or suffering
would result.
The 100000 asked by Mr.
Roosevelt for the next fiscal year,
they said. represents a reduction of
about third from last years relief
outlay. w. P A. Administrator Harry
l.. Hopkins. they added, has promised
not to ask deficiency appropria-
Gon later
The House, which approved the re-
Hef bill after coalition lost 8 fight
10 "earmark" funds for special pur-
poses. received Senate-approved
resolution for An investigation of un-
employment and relief.
1t would authorize President Roose-
Velt to appoint from to Is qualified
citizens to make recommendations to
Congress after national survey,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06
FUTURE GAS WARFARE

# is evident that chemistry win play
al important part in any future war; Any
program Of national preparedness which
does not provide adequate means for meet.
ing gas attacks and other forms of chem.
ical warfare is sadly deficient in branch
Of military activity which may prove Of
vital importance sa..s
And inasmuch as the best defense Ii
a vigorous offensive. our forces should be
prepared to carry the fight into the
enemy's camp.
While the use of poisonous gases is
banned by the nations who were parties
to the arms reduction conference held in
1922, similar agreements were in effect
before the World War, yet they did not
prevent the employment Of these destruc-
tive agencies when the urge of necessity
came. AS matter of fact all the leading
nations are today busy with the develop
ment of chemical war equipment, regard.
less Of their pledges not to use it.
DR.. James F. Norris, former president
of the American Chemical Society, sound.
ed note of warning on this subject when
he said: When the final pressure. comes
nation win use any means available to
save its lifes1 He urged that our army
continue to study and develop the means
of chemical warfare. with adequate ap-
ny. fofi 4Inn Il.
armies are doing.
We do not want to see another war.
We did not want to see the last one But
another war may come-is almost certain
to come sooner or later. We should make
reasonable preparations to meet any emer-
gency by developing every branch of
modern warfare. To fail in this would be
to invite disaster, should war unhappily be
forced upon us.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06
COPY CATS

Only few short months ago, the
late Huey P. Long was winning notoriety,
if not fame, with his Every Man A. King
idea. Before he died, he had promised
every man an income of $4,000 year.
Everybody including Long, knew his
share-the- wealth scheme was impractical.
But Huey was a smart politician. He knew
he could win followers by promising some
thing they didn't have. AS his audience
grew, he raised his ante
Now it appears that he left couple
of disciples behind President William
Green of the American Federation of
Labor and President John L. Lewis of the
United Mine Workers.
In their fight for the control of labor.
Green and Lewis have been bidding right
and left. On Labor Day, Lewis pulled his
bushy eyebrows together, pulled up like
volcano getting ready to erupt, and prom.
ised a $2,500-a-year income for ALL
Green was a little surprised But he
pondered. And on Christmas day he up
ped Lewis $1,000, promising $4,000.
- As the New York Times remarks, ct
would be very desirable if each family
could have minimum income of $4,000 a
year, but still more desirable, for that
matter. if each family could have mini
mum of $4,000, or even $4,000" But the
way to achieve that income level is not, as
Lewis and Green propose to shorten the
work week and raise wages arbitrarily,
thus increasing the cost of living. 1t is In
stead, as The Times points out, ito i'm.
prove labor skills, machine efficiency and
industrial organization-in short. to in
crease both individual earning power and
national production.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06
A STRIKING EDITORIAL

The following appeared in the Phila-
delphia Inquirer under date of March 27,
1887. It was handed to us and we think
it is very striking" to say the least. Here
it is. Says the Inquirer: a
How essential it is for Mr.. Rooses
welt to make his position clear is apparent
from the recent speech made to Statler
Hotel strikers by union leader in De-
troit. Then the Inquirer goes on to quote
as follows what the union leader said
''You have nothing to fear from the
police or the courts. The President and
the Governor of Michigan are back of you.
The food here is yours. Any room you
wish to occupy is yours. The bar belongs
to you. The President wants you to have
the good things of life. He supports the
poor of this country in taking what be,
longs to Them
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

services except through his organi-
ration. This. Of course. is antagonisfic
TO fundamental constitutional rights.
# destroys freedom Of contract +
denies the employer the right to de
rect his own business, and rubs the
employee Of his constitutional right
to sell his services on an open market.
and TO make his living in the sweat
Of his face under his own direction.
The chief instrument used by Mr..
Lewis in obtaining a complete
monopoly Of the labor power Of this
strike. This Is the policy Of Selling
er's property. This, Of course, Is
gross violation of fundamental COM
stitutional rights. and in addition. is
a bold defiance Of the government
itself.
The really serious aspect Of this
movement is the strange and almost
unthinkable fact that neither the OBJ
iectives nor the outlaw means Of
reaching the detectives have been
condemned. nor even criticized by
the national government. nor by state
governments with only two excep-
tions. The Chief Executive and other
executives have interceded 10 bring
about an agreement between the
strikers and the owners Of the seized
property. But. they have not lifted
hand to arrest the outlaws. They have
not even gently requested them to
give up the property they have taken
unlawfully.
Under the circumstances. the strik-
ers have right to infer that the gov
eminent Is in lull sympathy with
their program.
Il Mr.. Lewis gains his detectives,
and the attitude Of the government is
continued. business will be utterly
helpless to resist this powerful die
tator in any lawful ways Without the
protection of its constitutional rights.
and without the support Of law en-
forcement officials, business is dis
armed under the law to defend its
constitutional rights against power
ful antagonist who is permitted BY
the authorities to repudiate the Com
stitution. and resort to unlawful
methods at viii.
There is hardly any other type Of
social injustice SO mean and so COM
temptible as that which holds one
party in contest under the restric-
tons and limitations Of the law, and
permits the other 10 ignore the law
and use any means he may choose to
gain his ends. That is not civilization.
It Is barbarism.
.h0r. care of this slepsprDerR
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

under the Constitution. that they
have given little thought to organiza-
tons and movements of ! radical
nature. They have not as yet awak-
ened to the fact that constitutional
protection is today clouded in uncer-
tainty. Hence. radical movements
have meaning today that they never
had before in our history.
The Lewis objective is radically
different from any other movement
this country has ever seen. II is ma
ton wide in scope; il Is extremely
radical; it operates outside of the
Constitution in open defiance OF the
laws of the land. and seems to have
the approval of high officials. state
and national.
1t would be stupid for the leaders
of this radical movement to announce
or reveal their real detectives, and
they are not stupid. For obvious
reasons It may be good politics for
the leaders to convince the great ma
jority that they have no intention of
going in the direction of their real
goal.
Little attention should be paid to
the claims and stated purposes of
radical political leaders. Movements
Of this nature must be interpreted
from the point Of view Of the logical
detectives of the plans formed and
the policies pursued.
Undoubtedly. the objective Of Mr..
Lewis is to destroy all other types
of labor organizations, and compel
an employer to come under his au-
thority. His purpose is to force all
employees to come into his organiza-
ton by prohibiting employers from
making any contract With anyone for
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

Friday Night. of Miami, has issued
- second annual edition on Mexico. 1t is
ereditable publication aud puts our sis
tef republic in very favorable light and
ueserxedly so. This writer was resident
e Mexico. D. F.. for 10 years and finds
tie descriptions very interesting and UNI
Usually accurate. When Mexican names
HE Aochimileo. Quetzalcoatl, Popocate-
peii and lxsaccihuatl are correctly printed
: = IN effort that deserves credit. Senior
anu Sonora Girton make no reference to
ne Monte de Piedad, so we are assured
they didn't 90 broke while in the Land of
the Moutezumas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06
MY DREAM ISLAND


I'm just little island by the sea,
I'm not much TO look what can you expect of me-
NY houses are small and poor looking -
They need coat OF paint,
But just take look the outside is more than an
artist could paint
My wealth is not in money gold,
Or anything that show
No high lights adoIn only in the gardens they grow
Ny wealth II in friendly word or two,
That my people give to you.
Just take look at moonlight night,
Fit for a lovers
When the palm trees waving,
And the SEA is talking to you,
So my friends who art tired and weary
/ ask you to visit
I know when the time comes to leave me-
1t will be the hardest thing you'll
But God bless all my people,
Friends who strangers too,
I'm glad you found comfort and happiness,
Jut with poor little island ike
So when it comes to the end of the day.
Think OF all the memories and
Note: The above contributed by Miss B. Rolo of
h., who Waiting Key West and residing 924 Fager Ave
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

President Roosevelt's Good man Fri
day" Postmaster General James AIoysius
Farley. says brazenly that the administra-
ton would put over" its supreme court
proposals. regardless. His choice of words
s unerring and he is right. If the pro-
posals go over" they viii have to be put
over"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06
zone reason why the past seems more

"0ne reason why the past seems more
glorious than the present is because the
older citizens tell 50 many yarns about
uhat they accomplished" This item was
clipped from an exchange. 1t certainly
does not apply to this city, where the
oldsiers builded so well and accomplished
- much. while the younger generation is
letting George, in this instance Uncle Sam,
DO 4. Come on. let's be up and doingl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

Son James, with filial devotion, has
come out In favor Of the proposed plan of
President Roosevelt to enlarge the mem
bership Of the Supreme Court. Now isn't
that surprising.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

There are some people in Key West
who DO not patronize merchants that do
not invite them to their stores through adj
sertising. We know because they have
come aud told US so.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

lies at the pres
ent time. r h E
American peo-,
pie have be-
come so accus-
toned to labor
agitators, labor
organizers. and
proposed labor
m o v E ments
that q new Ia
Dor movement
attracts little
attention. The
people have felt
SO secure from
any invasion Of
t h cir funda-
mnniaf RIGHTS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

A politically controlled court is not a
court Of justice-at least let us keep the
Supreme Court out Of politics. and save
This last remaining bulwark of our liberty
A this time it il imperative to quicken
ear vigilance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

!. Water and Sewerage.
= BFidsss 70 complete Road to Main
lnnd.
8 Kfse Port
!. Hotels and Apartments.
>. Bathing Pavilion.
. AhpoFts-lan1 and Sea.
:. Consolidation Of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

Ferry G. Wall. mayor Of Tam
pa, arrived at Key West this
morning in his yacht the Hal
gonia. Very interesting develop
nents in the gubernatorial race
are expected Mr.. Wall said. Peo-
pie all over the state are expect
ing great things from Key West
when the Overseas Highway i
completed and he is sure that the
people of Key West will not dis
appoint them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY


Tomorrow's clean up drive on
Duval street will eclipse any
thing Of the sort this city has
ever seen, il present plans carry.
II will be marked by . parade in
the city in which the Rotary
Club, Chamber Of Commerce. Am
eiican Legion, Junior Woman's
Club, boy and girl scouts will
take part. The procession viii be
led 81 the High School Band with
Mayor Leslie Curry acting as
marshal. II will move north
promptly at 4 $50 from the north
end Of Duval street at the Porter
dock property. It will traverse
the entire street. More than q
score of trucks, many of them
owned by local business firms will
be used to move the trash. These
will be loaded by members Of the
Rotary Club who have been Dir
rected by President A. R. Miller
to be at the luncheon tomorrow
in overaIls. They will be expected
to put in the remainder of the
afternoon loading the trash and
garbage, which viii be carried
to point outside the city and
burned in a great bonfire;
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

Unless We bestir ourselves the bull
wark Of the nation will be just half what
Il says.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

The continuation Of the Lewis labor
movement with increasing mo-
rnentum Is far more serious and revo-
luslonary than. perhaps. anyone real-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

The Citizen is making very attrac-
tive offer TO property owners. on the basis
Il 10 sale. no pay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

The life Of a paper dollar is said to
- seven to ten months. but have you ever
had one die on your hands?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06
SAFEGUARD YOUR vALUABLEs

Don't expose your vaiuables 70 robbery sd
fire hazards. We have few safety depost hakes
for rental to those Of clients who deslFe e
use them for the safekeeping Of iewelfy. dsedA
mortgages. life insurance policies. your vii e
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

1s66-Lincoln steffens.. noted
Journalist, writer and crusading
editor, born in San Francisco.
Died at Carmel, Cal, Aug. 9,
1896.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

1s6s-Helen Hyde, artist, for
many years resident in Japan,
born at Lima, N. Y. Died at
Pasadena, CAL, May Is, 1919.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

gician on the stage, born at APP.
pleton, Wis. Died in Detroit, Oct
81. 1925.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

1861. S. Supreme Court,
by 6 to 8 decision, rules against
a Security and Exchange Com.
mission decision, condemning "un-
lawful inquisitoriaI investiga-
TONS" U. S. Senate resolves it.
self into court to try its 18th im-
parchment case in history, that of
Judge H. L. Ritter of Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

17s9-Isaac Hill, New Hamp-
shire's noted newspaper publish
er, u. S. senator and governor,
born in Boston. Died in Wash
ington, d. C., March %, 1851. s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

1902 qhomas WssGilmeEs Viz
ginia governor and congressman,
killed BY bursting of gun on war
ship within two weeks after taxi
ing office as secretary of the
navy, born in Albemarle Co., Va.
Died Feb. %, 1914.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

1s74-Harry Houdini, the Rab-
his son who became a noted ma
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06
Today In History


1879-12 senator's, opening
first meeting of U. S. senate,
counted electoral vote in presence
of both houses and declared
George Washington unanimously
elected President and John Adams
Vice President of the United
States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

1917-President Wilson signs
formal declaration of war on Ger
many.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

17s5-John Pierpont, Boston
Unitarian clergyman, reformer
and poet, G .andfather of the first
]. P. Morgan, born at L:tchfield,
Conn. Died Aug. 81. 1866.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06
Observation-Disclosures
Today's
Anniversaries
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

1745-Wiliam Dawes, the Bos-
ton merchant sent out with Paul
Revere to warn the countryside
the British were coming on April
Is, ITS, born in Boston. Died
there, Feb. %, 1893.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

"A matrimonial barque launched
here early last year has gone to
pieces on the seductive shoals Of
the social sea at Gay Paree.
March 10, last year, there arr
rived from Havana Margaret
Smith and Jerry w. A. Kars Sy-
pestyn- They were married by
Judge Hugh Gum. who has tied
many knots which proved per-
manent, but this one failed, to
hold. A Paris despatch of April
says Margaret Smith Sypestyn
had been granted a divorce on
the grounds Of abandonment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

address questions the author this
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

1909-Admiral Peary discovers
North Pole and claims it for tho
United States. as
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

The Ruth Bryan Owen Club, of
Miami, which backed the candi-
dacy OF Mrs. Owen in her race for
congress, declared recently that
the club would continue to carry
on actively and further the inter-
ests of its candidate. This news
was brought to the city today by
Mrs. Clarke D. Stearns who is
just back from Miami where she
attended one of the meetings held
at the home of Mrs. Owen.
Captain George T. Rice, u. s..
A, now stationed with the coast
artillery corps at Corrgidor Is
land in the Philippines has been
ordered transferred to Fort Bar
Irancas. at Pensacola. Captain
Rice, Mrs. Rice and their two
daughters Ann and Barbara, will
leave the Philippines about Sep
- =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

1866-First GAR. post organ
ICED at Decatur, Ill.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

1830-First Mormon church
organized near Palmyra, N. Y.
1s57-U. S. Supreme Court
published historic bred Scott de-
cision-turned down claim that a
slave taken to free soil thereby
became free: Scott fred by own.
er; died a st. Louis hotel porter
the next year.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-25

Senate Kills Many Liberal Measures Presented by Fedora
ton of Labor. House Of Representatives Unreliable. An
Appeal for More Liberal Treatment of the Wishes of the
Common People.
Montana labor news., 1937-02-25
Murray Named General
Motors Truck Dealer

The daily papers carried a story
last Sunday relating to Thomas j..
Murray having been appointed Butte
dealer for the General Motors trucks
and distributors for GMC motor
parts. We r pleased to reprint
this article from the Standard:
Thomas ]. Murray, doing business
under the firm name of Butte Truck
and Parts Company, has been ap-
pointed Butte dealer for General
Motors trucks, and distributor for
western Montana for GMC truck
parts. The company offices, sales
room and parts depot is located at
$3.50 West Granite street.
The truck line embraces units of
one-half ton to Is tons. In addition,
truck bodies and trailers of all de-
scriptions will be sold.
Stream-styling in truck manufac-
ture will be noted in the 1887 line.
This year the models have not only
improvements but refinements tend
ing to assure greater economy and
more efficient performance.
Skilled service is offered by the
firm to owners of GMC truck units.