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Evening star., 1937-12-05

~ ART of this countrys double
- barreled silver program expires
this month, unless extended
= by the President This part
deals with domestic-mineG silver
alone. The main silver purchases
come under the Silver Purchase Act,
separate law. Although purchases
hereunder have been vigorously con-
Quoted for three and one-half years,
the amount Of silver required by law
to be purchased is now % per cent
greater than when the program began!
The Treasury now holds a nest egg
Of inactive or sterilized silver bullion
probably equivalent in monetary value
to $900,000,000 or more 1t has the
power to spend this sum, the product
OF seignorage set aside during the last
few years, any time it chooses. 1t
could do SO overnight.
The fact that the Treasury has
chosen to impound all this metal
should be proof enough that silver is
unneeded in our monetary system. The
currency now contains in the form of
standard silver dollars and silver
certificates over sl,5O0,00O 900. Yet
so undesired is silver that only 39,-
600, 900 silver dollar pieces are out In
circulation. All the rest is silver
| certificates. Take a look in your
| wallet.
Foreigners Benefit.
The silver purchases abroad still
continue daily, to the great benefit of
foreigners. In September the largest
| exports Of silver on record left China
Under war necessity, some of this
metal will certainly find its way here.
Despite the vast sales already made to
| America, China has uncovered far
more silver than either Washington
or Marking expected.
At home also the program goes full
steam ahead. And when pressed the
Treasury will resort to its seignorage
| power to continue subSidizing Western
| voters. The home program thus far
has depended on the London silver
agreement, a pact violated by the
United States in both letter and spirit.
| Recently Senators Pittman and King
have seen fit to utter reassurances
as to the administration power to
| continue the 77l2 cent subsidy to
domestic producers now scheduled to
expire at the end of 1887. In the
Senate on November % the former
expatiated on the great harm which
would come to the whole mining in
dustry, notably copper mining, were
| the administration by some remote
chance to use the expiration of the
London silver agreement as an excuse
! to drop the home subsidy from TIE
cents per ounce to the world subsidy
level Of As cents. This price WASH
| ington now guarantees to foreign
producers.
| From an abstract standpoint one
might overlook such anxiety from the
watchdog of an industry. But in a
time of general business apprehension
| it seems regrettable to add unneces-
sarily, as did the Senator, to the dis
turbing fears of business, industry and
government.
America Plays the Goat
1t is especially regrettable from the
standpoint of the rest of us that g
microscopic industry should profit
every time the country gets into some
crisis. Yet such is the history of oul
silver legislation 1t was true of the
program initiated in 1878. 1t was true
of the Pittman Act of 1918, quietly
rushed through as emergency wal
legislation. 1t was true of the London
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Newlyweds to Receive
Gift of Hitler Picture

RUHLA, Germany P.-Newlyweds
in this Thuringian town may count on
at least one wedding gift Hereafter
each couple will be given a framed
picture of Adolf Hitler with an tn
scription OF the city administration.
Evening star., 1937-12-05
South Americans Spurn
Films Made in Britain

LONDON (P). British made
movies have run into trouble in the
South American market.
The British Department Of Over
seas Trade in q survey discovered that
South American audiences don't like
British films.
"The themes are too heavy and the
development Of the plots too slow and
sober for the South American tenn
perament." said the department re-
port.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

silver agreement, which made us a
laughing stock. and of the subsequent
legislation Of 1888 and 1884. And it
seems to be the case today.
AS measured by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics in computing its
index Of wholesale commodity prices.
silver has an Importance of 7-l00 of
l per cent. Even in the non ferrous
Evening star., 1937-12-05

lemons, Strawberries and string. 1t
would be better, however, to follow
this weeks advice Of that well known
bimetallist, Senator Burton K.
Wheeler, and stop waste and extrava-
gance in the Government wherever
possible Here l. Q good place to
start.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

lreaonAl character OF u s. Silver Program
ITEM Jan Sept 80
Stock of of fine
Monetary N
GU millions Of dollars ----- 1921 sa4s45 s2s457
Silver De underac -o'
of June 49, of
ounces ----- 1sao7 1854 17o1o
Approximate total acquisitions Treasury N
millions int 11aoa ,oo,
Evening star., 1937-12-05

Pleads the Cause
OF Commercial Truck Drivers.
To the Editor Of The Star:
HAVING read Mr.. Keneipp's article
in a recent issue Of The Star,
am obliged in the interests of the great
multitude OF delivery truck drivers (of
which I happen to be one) to COM
ment on this article.
Deliveries are naturally made for
the convenience and comfort Of the
Evening star., 1937-12-05
Some Idle Speculation
On, Fisherman's Luck.

To the Editor of The Star:
MO MAN knoweth what the Great
Angler will use for lure. nor can
predict his changing of bats.
In the depths of the Atlantic turks
the Chiasmodon niger, q fish also
known as the BLACK Swallower," and
noted not only for voracity, but for
the enormous distensibility OF its
stomach and integuments de, the
natural coverings Of its BODY. This
distensibility is so great that G. niger
Is capable Of swallowing fishes far
larger than itself.
II then, on the Florida coast,
Evening star., 1937-12-05

Calls on Congress
To Save Us From the "Isms."
To the Editor Of The Star.
THERE is little question in the fact
= that we are in for q change, a
change which If weighed with great
propriety might lead US into cate
Evening star., 1937-12-05
By HERBERT M. BRATTER.

ny nEnDEhl M. nnAl LEN.
N ART Of this countrys double
- barreled silver program expires
/ this month, unless extended
= by the President. This part
Evening star., 1937-12-05

What has brought America to the
present crisis is, it seems to us, this:
Statutes have been written by cer-
tain of the Presidents advisers. The
statutes purported to aim merely at
recovery from the depression. Those
who wrote the statutes may, in some
cases, have had no purpose other
than recovery. But in instance after
instance the mechanism and inno-
vations set up under these statutes
have worked toward destruction Of
the capitalist system.
An example Is the tax on undis-
tributed surpluses of businesses. For
that statute there was, up to a certain
Evening star., 1937-12-05


that others cannot be cajoled or
euchered into winning their battles for
them!
We can assume that everywhere
are patriots who fervently believe
theirs would be the best universal
rule. If individuals here want to go
and fight on either side in -eign
row, let them; but we. would be un-
worthy of a country to govern If we
could by any series of the most crafty
and lofty-appearing propaganda by
past masters of the art, be induced
to take sides as a Nation in foreign
struggles, only to incur hatred for
what we had done or failed to do.
One feels that there is something
wicked in taking by chicane or force
what rightfully belongs to another,
however unworthy the victim may be
of ownership. But one also often
thinks of what was said 10 be a IA
vorite form of introduction by Theo-
dore Roosevelt: Il want you to meet
one of my best friends" Pausing for
moment, he would add, He knows
very well that would kill him and
eat him If it were necessary for my
existence" ADAM c. PERKINS,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06
HOW TO HANDLE DIcTAToRs

When people are organized by dictas
tors the liberties of citizens are surrender
ed and the nation is geared to military pre-
cision.
The people willingly give up their
liberties, after minority is ruthlessly bat
tered, because of the condition into which
the people find themselves and because
they are easily deluded into believing that
Mr. Dictator can accomplish miracles.
,s,. The only man who knows what die
otator-led people will attempt is the boss
himself and he is the-only. man who has
IA -decidaawhR anahla - zEaT-making is
possible and profitable.
+ When sueH ran cutters the list
against denapcra government he is
amused by several things but chiefly by
the talk and discussion and division of the
citizens which easily leads him to believe
that his organized, housekeeping citizens
can take the measure of the democracy
before its citizens wake up and fight.
History has shown that sometimes the
dictators are right and that when they are
wrong it has been because freedom-loving
people have voluntarily and for limited
period surrendered freedom for efficiency
in order to maintain their independence.
There is one way, however, for demo-
cratic. nations to avoid the surrender of
their freedom, even to meet the threat Of
dictator-led nations All that theyehave to.
do is to make common cause of their free
dom and to defend it against all encroacR.
ments from the dictators.
1t is doubtful whether the people of
the democratic countries will have sense
enough to understand this until it. is too
late. The people of each democracy will
continue to believe that it can take care
of its own future without help from any
body anywhere and the lesson will be
learned at much higher cost, and with
much greater danger, little later on.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06
LET'S HOLD TO "FREEDoM.

The present absolute freedom of
the press says Cardinal Villeneuve, of
Quebec, Canada, accords the license ito
teach all error, gossip all calumny and
provide revolutionaries with means to-
sing the benefits of revolution
The only defense against the teach
ing of error Is the teaching Of truth. To
prevent the gossip of calumny it is mainly
necessary that individuals abstain from its
practice and to avoid evil from the singing
of the benefits of revolution it is only
necessary to make real the virtues of ex-
listing government.
We are not among those who believe
that the newspapers of the world, and of
this country. have never abused their free
DOM There have been many cases where
the press has gone too far and some in
stances where it has not gone far enough.
However, what the world needs today is
not suppression but enlarged freedom
Let the false prophets proclaim their
own conclusions. Intelligent people know
the answer and need not be protected by
a barrier raised by those who are just as
apt to be in error as in the right To per-
NIT any power to prevent the exercise of
free speech, free press and free Worship
inalienable rights of a free peoples to
deliver the progress of peobIe-into the
hands of few. sn
The fear that Liberty oflthe press in
modern society grants newspaper men
the opportunity to poison as well as falsify
public opinion" is shared by some inn
portant personages, notably Hitler, Mus
soliui, Stain and others. However, be it
said for the press. it is not the only agency
that has been guilty. at times, of classifying
public opinion or of poisoning the minds
of men, as well.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

question whether such income should
be included with Mrs. Roosevelt's
other income, and the officials con-
cerned. including the general counsel
for the department, Nh. Robert Jack
son, advised her to omit these re-
ceipts. As Mr.. Jackson put II in a
statement to the tax evasion commit
tee. She de- Mrs. RooseveIt) was
in the position Of an artist or actor
who aids charity by g benefit per-
formance. There Is no tax on such a
Kindness and whatever spiritual en-
richment coEles Of good worxslis DOT
estimated as ataxabIe income. 81
s,sThe .oaEallei is not quito conaple&e
Artists are not taxed on their SendEit
perform ances, for they have no con-
tracts stipulating certain, cdmpensa4
ton and assigning these reeeipfs No
part of the net income of benefit
performance eve; vests. eEen Tor an
instant. in the individual performers
whose talents draw the crowd. In the
present case there was clear title
to the Income. under the contract,
even If there was no actual possession
or use of it.
The subject is technical and II IS
possible that the. courts would event.
ually sustain the Treasury's construc-
ton of such contractual arrange
ment Yet the opinion given by Mr.
Jackst and his colleagues has a bad
flavor and it would have been far bet
ter had they advised Mrs. Roosevelt
to follow the law by reporting these
receipts as part of her income and
then taking the Is per cent deduction
address questions to thea,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06
You and Your
Nations Affairs
Respectable Chivalry
By HARLEY L. LUTZ
Professor of Public Finance. Princeton UniUersity

for charitable contributions that Is
allowed to all taxpayers. -
For one thing, it Is very question:
able If the earnings of personal SER
vice, or any other income for that
matter, can be so completely shunted
by any contractual assignment of the
kind entered into as to fsdl to estab-
lish a personal title to such income
on the part of the one who earns or
receives it. The tax law Is not con-
cerned with what happens to per-
sonal income after it is legally re-
ceived by the taxpayer. Possession
may be only legal, not actual. yet IL
must be reported. The Treasury
would not permit omission from in
come Of a dividend check which had
been endorsed directly to > charity.
although the original payee who
made such a transfer would be no
richer in money or in moneys worth
as a result of the dividend, to use Mr..
Jackson's expression. A tax would be
levied on that part OF the gift which
exceeded Is per cent of the donors
net income. 1a
Further, the administration Of any
tax calls for the strictest impartial
ity. Taxpayer confidence can be de-
stroyed more quickly by evidence. or
even by suggestion. OF favoritism and
discriminatory treatment than in any
other way. We grant unhesitatingly
that in this case there wassno desire
to evade a just tax obligation. The
plan was devised to avoid the trouble
of reporting income given to charity.
Yet this is not so very much trouble.
for it means simply different figure
on one line and an entry in another
line. Of the return.
Whether the arrangement did In
fact lead to less tax on the remainder
Of the personal income in this par.
ticular case Is beside the point The
administration is now engaged In
publicizing various devices whereby
other citizens have sought to reduce
their tax. That so prominent per-
son as the Presidents wife should
have been a party to device, the
only effect of which could have been
to lessen her tax. is therefore highly
regrettable.
We agree with MIR. jackson that the
fault lies primarily with. the Trea-
sury. which does not customarily dis
play so much chivalry insi its dealings
with ordinary taxpayers. Greater di-
rectness would have been the greater
kindness in this case. 4
thor care of this neDspdpeT)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue.
commend good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant Of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that win elevate
and not eontaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
happenings Here just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

Johnny Gates left this morning
on the Governor Cobb for Havana
where, he has been informed, his
sponging vessel, lost for more
than one week, has been found. 1t
was said to have been picked up
about 80 miles from the city of
Key West. The vessel, which an
swers the description of Mr.. Gates
boat was, reported, picked up last
Thursday about 20 miles from Re-
becca lighthodse.f It was found
to have 7g punches of sponge on
board when edDelfinH a fishing
schooner, stook,it in, toy, for Ha-
vana. A
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06
Colonel Fulgeneio Batista. karbas

Colonel Fulgeneio Batista, karbas
small time dictator. has the little island
completely under his thumb. He has. the
largest armed force in the history Of the
republic, a controlled press and a submis-
sive president and congress. But. like all
dictators, he will eventually abuse his self
assumed powers. and then rebellion will
follow quickly. Already, there is small
group of courageous congressman elandes-
timely opposing him. though one congress
man has openly declared Batista's control
to be "a form Of tropical faseiSm ineom-
patible with democracy"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06
WEATHER FORECAST

(i.l 1880 p. M, Saturday,
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Saturday,
possibly showers Saturday; gentle
to moderate winds, mostly south.
east and south.
Florida: Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday, widely scattered
thundershowers Saturday after
noon
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Gentle to mod
crate mostly southeast and south
winds and partly overcast wealth
er tonight and Saturday with q
few scattered showers Saturday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

thing on which the permit has
been held up, it is understood. 1t
is impossible to say just how many
days it viii be before the war de-
partment win act, said Captain
Stearns, but because high officials
in Washington have taken an in
terest in the proposed dock, it is
thought their action win be made
evident at an early date.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06
THE WEATHER

Cape Hatteras attended by squalls
over a considerable area.
Pressure is sill relatively high
over the eastern portion of the
country; while areas of low pres
sure, conferred over mid-westerD
Canada and southwestern districts,
overspread most sections west &c
the Mississippi Risaf Showers
and 6hunderstorms have occurred
duiSiik the last "a hours from the
middle mississippi and lower Ohio
valleys southwark into the East.
Gulf States and Georgia, Ashe-
vile. N. c., reporting heavy
rainfall of LEA inches.sThere have
also been light to modetate scat
tered showers in eastern North
Carolina, northern Florida, Texas
and on the coast of Washington.
Temperatures have risen in the
northern Rocky Mountain States;
while elsewhere changes have
been slight. Maximum tempera-
lures of l02 to 100 degrees were
reported yesterday from northern
Texas northward into South Da-
kota.
G. s. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge
cyL.A A. IN fssssa. On.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

Ted" Bayly and Ed. L. Lowe,
have signed releases authorizing
the government to give its permit
for the drydock at Key West.
This removes the last obstacle in
the way of the project, Captain
Clarke ID. Stearns announces.
Money for the first installment of
the work is already in the bank
at Key West and work should be-
gin in a very short time. 1t viii
start as soon as the government,
that is the war department, can
act on the two signatures which
will go forward today, the only
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

The two safes ordered for the
office of the city tax collector
and the office of the city clerk
viii cost $1,521. This announce
ment was made by City Auditor
Roberts at the meeting of council
last night. He also informed
council that bids must be called
on all purchases of more than
500. A motion was carried in
structing the clerk to call for bids
to furnish the safes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

Customs officers this morning
destroyed 1,734 bottles of beer
and 80 quarts of the liquors
seized some time ago when the
Motorboat V-152SO was captured
by Boatswain Johnson of the coast
guard at which time the captain
hoped on the dock from the deck
of the smuggling vessel and made
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

I + o m r a d ! o
broadcasts. The
contract speci-
fed a certain
sum in payment
for this service.
and except for
one dollar. the
amount 50 con-
tracted to be
paid w as as
ne d to a
charitable or
liz n.
When this ar
rangement was
made the Trea-
sury was con-
suited On fhe
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

Originally, the America cup cost
about $500. At present it is below $50.
but IS above its value in 1884. when Sop
with was also then the challenger, and
jokingly he AYERS that this increased price
is the incentive for the second challenge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

Now that prohibition is no more in
effect and we have something to put into
the cup won by the America, some 80
years ago. Challenger Sopwith wants to
take it away from us.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

his get away. The boat was e
have been sold at noon today but
the sale was postponed. -Four
other small lots of liquor were al
so destroyed this morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

Senator Bilbo's vote would have
'eleeiurl Ibis colleague, Pat Harrison, as
Senate leader. But Bilbo got more pub
licity by voting the other way.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

The Pirates will meet the AM
erican Stars on the barracks dia-
mond Sunday. The game wild
start promptly at $3.50 o'clock.
Both of these teams have been
materially strengthened and it is
predicted by advocates of each
team that a good game is ex-
pected with each side winning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

An interesting and important ques-
ton has been raised by the Treasury
ruling on the taxable status Of the
income received by Mrs. Roosevelt
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06
CIVILIZATION A LA MUSsoLINI

Civilization in Italy, under the Mus
solini program. has GfeSkhedj the stage
where the law prohibits any newspaper
from containing 4nUfe tfSnsefgfss pages in
on edition.
.sssFais isl eesusl Il AWrN 6areisy Of
eellulpse,v witch Italy must import at high
prices. say:9 bisiakg esplansaiuns but the
real reason is that Italy has cut herself
apart from other peoples and is attempt
ing to be economically self-sufficient
We are not prepared to argue that .
24-page newspaper IS necessarily better
for reader than SPACE edition but in
Italy. where the government tells the edi-
tors what to say and when to say it, there
Is reason to believe that even an eight
page newspaper is waste of eelluIose.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

Victor Jones, brother of DR..
Harry N. S. Jones, and son of
Mrs. John Peterson, of Margaret
street, died l o'clock this after
noon. Funeral arrangements are
as yet incomplete.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

An exchange says il is sign of old
age when a fellow begins telling how far
he used 10 walk to school through the
snow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

A Senator says Uncle Sam must re-
duce expenses or increase taxes. So get
out the old wallet again.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

Suggestion to readers who inherit a
million dollars: Turn it over to the tax
collector quick.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

fs A museum oddly of the future may
be an old fellow who was never on the
public payroll
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-06

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Phelan, Of
11l8 Watson street announce the
birth, yesterday, of a daughter.
Before her marriage Mrs. PhelaD
was Miss Edna Dexter of this
city. Mother and daughter are
reported as resting we'll.