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struction job.
The issue is one that affects ey-
cry farmer in Imperial Valley who
employs laborers, Allen declared.
The unions are using the All AM
erican canal project as the spear
head of a drive to unionize every
laborer in the valley, he indicated.
THE real struggle here is not
with the mechanics" he declared.
The real issue is the unionization
of common laborers, and that Is
something that will be carried to
every farm in Imperial Valley.
Standing Pat
"I am positively standing pat.
My job is an open shop job-and
it's going to remain open shop"
The contractor believes he will
have a full crew working on his
contract "in a couple of days." he
said. About half of his employees
refused to heed the strike call
issued Monday from labor union
headquarters in Yuma. Others re-
turned to the job this morning
while scattered picketing groups
loitered nearby with signs declar-
ing the job unfair to union labor
Speaking of the strikers, Allen
said:
I'VE haven't discharged these
men. We haven't anything to agree
with them about. They merely ex-
ercised their right to become free
agents. Anybody who wants to
work on my job can-and anybody
who wants to quit can quit. want
tc hire men from Imperial Valley
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21

LONDON, Dec. 81. (UP)-Per-
sistent reports were heard today
that Russia was strengthening her
Far East air and sea forces on
large scale.
Latest advices said Russia was
moving part of the Black sea fleet
to VladivoStok. The battleship
Lieutenant Schmidt not listed in
the navy roster. and the. armored
cruiser Red Ukraine, accompanied
by destroyers and 20 submarines,
we're reported to have been ordered
from Sebastapol.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21
'CALIBAN BARRYMORE
-- co-stars i'm Adam and Eve Plot
HE'S CHANGED MAN

NEW YORK, Dec. 81. tUPl-Ii
was the same distinguished left
profile and the same dramatic
white fOrelock, all right, but the
man who wore them down Broad
way today seemed vastly diffe tent
from the John Barrymore w h o
made theatrical history as Hamlet
and newspaper headlines as Cali
ban.
His brilliant stage performance
of Hamlet was quite some years
ago, you know" he said, and the
Caliban who fled across the con-
tinent a couple of years ago from
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21
HELD
RESPONSIBLE
FOR SHOOTING

A coroner'S jury assembled at
the Lemons mortuary in Ell Centre
Monday held Carlos CALICO. Fill
pino, responsible for the shooting of
Leo Navarro and Jesus Rabara in
Ell Centro Friday night.
Navarro and Rabara were shot
and killed by their countryman
while they sat at a pool hall counter
eating candy, he confessed to Chief
of Police j. Sterling of Ell Centro
six hours after the killing.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21
TEMPERATURE
TO TAKE DROP

Temperatures as low as 80 de-
grees in colder regions of the valley
was forecast for Tuesday night by
Woodrow c. Jacobs, fruit frost ex-
pert for the u. S. weather bureau.
Skies would be clear, Jacobs pre-
dicted, and there will be light vari-
able winds through the night.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21
Al CapOne's Plea
Rejected by Court

CHICAGO, Dec. 81. UP)-The
U. S. circuit court of appeals today
rejected a plea of Alphonse (Scar-
face AID Capone, to cut one year
from his income tax evasion term
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21

pOllcy, particularly IN the present
far eastern crisis, President Roose-
velt said that while the American
people want peace they have re
jected every suggestion that ulti-
mate security can be assured by
closing our eyes" to events taking
place in other parts of the world.
The correspondence between the
president and the Republican cam
didate for president in the last na-
tional election was made public at
the state department upon instruc-
tions from the White House.
Mr.. Roosevelt was at the time
lunching with Secretary of State
Cordell Hull and had Just finished
conference with Chinese am
bassador C. r. Wang
SHANGHAI, Dec. 81. (UP) -
japanese army authorities, again
changing their stand on the attack
on the United States gunboat Pan
ay, admitted today that they Gid
not believe the reports of their
own men that the Panay fired
shells" at a Japanese launch.
But despite the assertions of sur
vivors of the Panay to the con-
trary, the Japanese authorities
stuck to their tnsistence that the
men of the launch unit did not
fire machine guns at the Panay.
Foreign military experts received
information that the puzzling at
titude of Japanese authorities in the
entire incident was due to a grow
ing split among conservatives and
radicals in the Japanese army.
information was that it was the
radicals who were responsible for
attacks on American and British
Warships-and that the conServa-
tives feared continuance of the
attacks might draw in foreign ma
tions and endanger Japan's entire
far eastern program.
Today's about face, and a prom
ise that Imperial army headquar-
ters would continue investigating
the Panay attack, was believed to
mark a victory-though a Slight
one-for the conservatives. 1t was
held to be the result of pressure
by conservative army men and
japanese diplomatic quarters.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21
UNIONS PACKED
WITH SPIES SAY
SENATE PROBERS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. (UP)-The senate civil ber-
ties committee, completing its inquiry into industrial es
ponage reported to today that labor spying is
almost universal practice in American industry.
The committee headed by Sen. Robert H. LaFollette,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21
ROOSEVELT Rejects
FOREIGN POLICY OF
PEACE AT ANY PRICE
America Can't 'Shut Eyes" to Events in
Other Parts of World, President
Answer to LandOn Wire

WASHINGTON, Dec 81. (UP)-President Roosevelt
today in telegram to former Governor Af M andon of
Kansas declared the United States rejects foreign policy
of peace at any price, Responding to telegram from
LandOn pledgng his support the presidents foreign
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21
Union Demand
FIatIy Defied
By Contractor
Closed Shop Plan for Canal Perils All
Valley, Says Employer; Half of
Workers Stay on Job

YUMA Arz, Dec 81. (Specal)-There will be no
compromise with labor unions in the latest All American
brstling with defiance of the unions closed
shop demand on the Pilot check and wasteway
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21

P, Wis, said its ''known census"
revealed 1871 working spies dur
ing 1888 to 1886 and the census
is far from complete" The report
charged that one third of the spies
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (UP)-The administration
drive to complete action the housing the spe
ca session collapsed today and adournment by nghtall
appeared possible While the senate raced toward final
vote the bill to stimulate private housing BOOM men,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21
n AMBLING
NEPORTER

Turn About
Last year w. p. Hamilton lost a
Christmas package out of his park
ed automobile while doing some
shopping.
This year he collected all the
makings of an ideal Christmas
package Brightly hued wrapping
paper tinsel, gilt and gaudy string
went into the makeup. 1t looked
like fifty dollar gift, at least.
Then he went shopping again.
Carefully, he left the package
in the parked car. He didn't lock
the car. Half an hour later ne
came back Sure enough, the pack
age was gone.
Somewhere, in some lonely alley
or on some ditch bank or some
other place, a thief opened up his
loot. Wrapping after wrapping came
off, at last to disclose the contents.
1t was worn-out law book, fit
only for the garbage can, ana IN
il was a note.
You blankety-blank," said the
note, or something to that effect,
you're the (more blanks) who
got stung this time!'
The Proper Season.
Joe D. Adams played Santa Claus
il, his own way this week-and a
welcome Santa Claus he was
Twenty years or so ago he sold
an endowment policy to John White
Morton, who farned up near Braw-
ley. Morton paio on the policy tor
a while, then let it go. He evi-
IDENTIFY didn't realize that it had
a value. Then, a few days ago,
Joe received a letter from the in
surance company, remarking tnat
the policy was worth S877. RealiZ-
ing what season of the year it is,
Joe got on the trail, and finally
located Morton in Atascadero. You
could never convince Morton, now,
that Joe doesn't come down CHM
neys on Christmas eve.
Who's Ahead
u, ID.
intendent of schools, received a
sample copy of a teachers maga-
zine the other day, addressed to
Miss Cornelius B. Collins" Scan
ring through it, he located bon
q column" He clipped the address.
mentioned the boner column, and
sent it back to the magazine. A
few mails later he received letter,
with a ST check, saying the dinner
was on the magazine. By next
mail he sent the check back, <ay-
ing he wanted 81 worth of sub
sCription.
More Christmas
Carl Stark received handsome
ly wrapped Christmas present the
ether day from his mother. Carl,
being impatient by nature, could
1T wait until Christmas, SO he
tore the package open. Nesting In
in the wrappings he found, OF ali
things, a large stick of chewing
tobacco.
Better Watch Her
Al Bisgard is going to need more
than a motorcycle to ride nerd
on his 2ta -year-old daughter, Mar
garet. In a downtown drug store the
other day. Margaret got on the
nerves of boy only slightly older
than herself by calling out to her
daddy, oh daddy. look at the
little giri" 1t took the jwhole
drugstore crew to prevent fight
right there. Then Al missed his
daughter a minute later, and next
seen of her was a flashing glimpse
as she raced down behind counter
towards the same little boy,
DiT((IA (TPEkCT|
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21
ADJOURNMENT
BY NICHTFALLIN
CONGRESS SEEN
. BULLETIN =

WASHINGTON 21 (UP)-The congress
called by President Roosevelt
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21

Butter: Los Angeles 81; But
terfat, Imperial Valley, fob. ranch
grade A a.; manufacturing milk
40; route gathered cream 36Iac
l.. A. Hay; U. 5. No. l $780,
S20.50. No. 2 leafy s1s.-1s.50; No.
2. leafy S16.50-17.
Minneapolis Flax; Dec, S2.02is
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-21

More Christmas
Carl Stark received a handsome
ly wrapped Christmas present the
ether day from his mother. Carl,
being impatient by nature, could
1T wait until Christmas, SO he
tore the package open. Nesting in
in the wrappings he found, OF ali
things, a large stick of chewing
tobacco.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
POLL TAX AND VOTING

Only of the 48 states require the
payment of poll tax as prerequisite to
voting, and all are in the South. They are
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Vir-
ginia. In these eight Southern states only
24.1 per cent of citizens of voting age went
to the polls in the presidential election of
1886.
This small percentage of actual vot-
ers is due in part to the fact that COM
paratiyely few Negroes vote in the South,
and the poll tax is retained no doubt with
view to discouraging them from voting
The only Northern state which now
imposes poll tax, according to a recent
publication, is Rhode Island, and there
citizen may vote without paying the tax
by taking the "pauper oath"
The Constitution of the United States
makes each state the judge of the quail
fications of its own electorate, except that
the right to vote shall not be denied on &C.
count of race, color or previous condition
IF 3erEitudd.
One ofIthe oddities among state laws
respecting voting is that of South Caro-
lima, which provides that no Negro shall
vote in a Democratic primary unless he
can produce statement of 10 reputable
white men who will swear that the appli-
cant voted for General Wade Hampton
for governor of the state in 1876 and has
voted the Democratic ticket continuously
since
Obviously no one can comply with
such requirement, so there are no Negro
voters in Democratic primaries in South
Carolina.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
FINDING OUT THINGS

Some of the most stupid and futile
activities of the present day may be seen
in many of the Studies, researches, !"
and surveys" by various government bu-
reaus and college departments. The re-
suits of a survey of the husband and wife
problem by department of Cornell Uni
versity will illustrate the point.
After exhaustive land perhaps ex-
hausting) research, report was issued
containing these profound conclusions:
Men with $1,000 bank accounts on
their wedding day have an advantage, as
husbands, over those without such nest
egg.
Morally upright couples pay more
heed to their marriage vows.
Girls who have had experience in
the business world have better concep-
ton of money values and thus make better
wives.
Husbands and wives of similar cul-
ture have better chance for placid domes-
ITCHY.
y Husbands who hold their jobs and
earn good wages are. more satisfactory
- Anyone with aIpenfal age of IL years
or over would know those things in-
stinctively. but only group of experts
could state them so authoritatively.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
NO FREE SERVICE

There is growing belief on the part
of business men that many concerns are
carrying the idea of so-called free service
too far. The fact is that no such thing as
free service exists. All service which
costs money to perform must be paid for
by someone.
Take such simple example as that
of free delivery of merchandise sold, and
it may readily be seen that the main
tenance of delivery trucks or messengers
adds to the merchants expense of doing
business. He must pass this expense on to
his customers in the form of an increased
price for his goods.
While this is fair and proper in prin-
ciple, the injustice lies in that the customer
who does not demand delivery must usually
pay as much as the customer who does. If
no one required delivery the price might
be- eorrespondingly reduced. That this is
true is illustrated by the cash and carry
stores and in modified degree by the
cafeteria system.
The same principle applies to all
business which supplies free facilities
or service to customers. In the long run
someone has TO pay. although it is not al
ways the customer who receives the beue-
fit Of the extra service.
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the wage system and its recognizes
fully and unreservedly the institu-
ton of private property and the
right to investment profit. -. The or
ganized workers of America, free in
their industrial life, conscious part
ners in production, secure in their
homes and enjoying a decent stand
ard of living. viii prove the finest
bulwark against the intrusion of alien
doctrines of government"
While it is true that Mr.. Lewis and
the clio. have coquetted with COM
munism, such statements as these
show clearly that they have not yet
gone over to that utopian and revolu-
tionary cult, notwithstanding repeat
ed invitations and instigations by
William z. Foster, Earl Browder, and
others of that ilk. and their disin-
genuous cooperation in recent labor
disputes. In fact. Mr.. Browder.
though hailing the Clio. as a STEP
ping-stone to communism, Stigmatizes
its chief as "the very non-radical
John L. Lewis" while still hoping
against hope for his social salvation.
The declaration Of Mr.. Lewis in fa-
vor of partnership between labor and
capital calls to mind by way of con-
address questions to the al
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
THE WEATHER

Rains have occurred since yester-
day morning in many localities
from the northern and central
Plains States eastward to the
north and middle Atlantic coast,
being heavy at New York City,
Ill inches, and Boston, Mass,
1.34 inches. There has also been
rain in southern Florida, heavy at
Fl. Myers, 1928 inches. Tempera-
lures have fallen throughout most
of the Atlantic States, but have
moderated in the Gulf and south
ern Plains States, and readings
this morning are generally below
normal from the Mississippi Val
ley eastward, and near or above
the seasonal average over west
ern districts.
G. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough. chest
cold, or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulslon.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take q chance
with any remedy less potent than
Circumcision, which goes right to
the seat Of the trouble and aids ma
ture to soothe and heal the tnflamed
mucous membranes and to loosen
and expel the germ-laden pniegm.
Even IL other remedies have failed,
don't be discouraged, try Creomul-
sion. Your druggist is authorized to
refund your money IL you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the hene-
hts obtained from the very first
bottle. Creomulsion is one word not
two, and 1t has no hyphen in It.
Ask for Il plainly. see that the name
on the bottle is Creomulsion, and
you'll get the genuine productA and
the relief yo1s want. CAdv)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

trast the preamble of the constitution
of the I.W.W., which reads thus:
'"The working class and the en-
ploying class have nothing in COM
mon. There can be no peace so long
as hunger and want are found among
millions of working people and the
few who make UP the employing class
have all the good things of life. Be-
tween these two classes a struggle
must go on until the workers of the
world organize as class take pos
session of the earth and the machin-
cry of production and abolish the
wage system"
Though repudiating all Of this, Mr..
Lewis uttered a protest against pres
ent labor conditions and a solem
warning to the effect that. unless
those conditions are much improved.
the Wage-earners of our country may
be converted to communism and rev.
olution. Naively assuming that the
employers and the government were
responsible for all the violence that
occurred during the recent strikes, he
said: THE real breeders of discon-
tent and alien doctrines of govern
ulSut anu pililOSOplleS SUBMISSIVE OF
good citizenship are such as these
who take the law into their own
hands,"
And with respect to fair wages he
said; Labor has suffered just as our
farm population has suffered from a
viciously unequal distribution Of the
national income. In the exploitation
of both classes of workers ha. been
the source of panic and depression.
and upon the economic welfare of
10th rests the best assurance Of
sound and permanent prosperity"
Here are at least three daring and
debatable assumptions which should
not pass unchallenged. As to violence
and other violations of law. public
opinion probably believes the CLIO.
u have been the first offender. AS to
the unequal distribution of the ma
tional income. no respectable author
ity regards that as a chief cause of
crises.
Finally. the share of labor is very
large fraction of the national income.
as will be shown in my next article.
hor care of this nepspaperI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

Wilson desired peace without victory
during the World War, and Roosevelt. fol-
lowing suit, wants peace without force. As
Wilson found so viii Roosevelt find that
while peace may have victory no less re.
nowned than war, it also has its price.
Mrs. Roosevelt in her forthcoming book
volunteers the assurance that we can have
peace if We are willing to pay the price.
That naturally leads to the question. what
price does peace demand, and if paid can
it be delivered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

(Till 1870 p. M, Friday
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Friday; mod
crate easterly winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy tonight
and Friday; possibly light show
ers near the extreme southeast
coast; slightly warmer in north
east portion tonight.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate caster
" winds over north portion
partly overcast weather tonight
and Friday, possibly showers in
the Florida Straits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
WEATHER CONDITIONS

The northern disturbance has
moved northeastward over eastern
Canada, and pressure Is low this
morning from the upper Missis-
sippi Valley eastward over the
North and Middle Atlantic States;
while high pressure areas, crested
over southeastern States and the
FAR Northwest, overspread most of
the remainder of the country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

As everyone knows, speed is the great
highway killer. The motorist who drives
at an excessive rate endangers not only his
own life, but the lives of all on the public
streets and roads. He can offer buf one
excuse" for his conduct-that super-Tast
driving gets him to his destination sooner
unfortunately that destination is death.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

Save a little of thy income. and thy hide-bound
cry again with an empty stomach: neither
viii creditors insult thee, nor want oppress, nor
hunger bite viii nakedness freeze thee. The
whole hemisphere win shine brighter, and
pleasure spring up in every corner Of thy heart
Benjamin Franklin.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

zon ed in the
public press as
first page news.
whereas far
m ore Signih-
cant utterances
in the same adj
d re SIS h a v e
been scarcely
noticed. Among
them are the
following:
"Unioniza-
ton, as opposed
to Communism,
p r e supposes
the relation of
employment; it
l. Inrnl ..-n
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

terfrOnt. This viii afford drain
age for the wastes from the Gas
Plant which the people in that
vicinity have been complaining
about for some time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

Change of heart on the neutrality of
the United States by the Administration
means just one thing, that British propa-
ganda is having effect We have enough
problems at home without shouIdering
Great Britain's troubles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

Bids are being called by the
city council for certain repairs
which are to he made to the build
ing on the colored park site. The
advertisement is published in this
issue of The Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

One thing upon which Americans can
agree is the hope that never again win
there arise an occasion for our young men
TO fight in any war anywhere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
You and Your
Nations Affairs
The Voice of Labor?
BY j. E. LIE ROSSIGNOL
Dean College of business Administrations Nebraska Unpersii,

The bitter words Of Mr.. John L.
Lewis in a recent radio address about
the impartial cursing Of both labor
and its adversaries have been ernbla-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

Captain George T. Rice, U.S.A.,
who married a Key West girl and
is widely known in this city, has
been detailed to command the
local army post in place of Cap
tain ]. B. Varela, who has been
ordered transferred to Pensacola.
With his wife and two daughters,
Barbara and Ann, Captain Rice
arrived on the Transport at San
Francisco yesterday from a stay
of two years in Manila. He inn
mediately wired relatives here OF
his assignment to the command Of
Key West barracks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

J. Water and Sewerage.
2. Bridges to complete Road to Main
land
8. Free Port.
4. Hotels and Apartments.
5. Bathing Pavilion.
6. Airports-Land and Sea.
z. Consolidation Of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

A sewer.i is being laid on Mar
garet street which will extend
from Southland street to the wa
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

Occasionally day dreamer is sur
prised that dream comes true.'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

Most of us are jealous of our rights
especially the right to hold wrong opinions
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

The trouble with the average person
is that he thinks himself so far above the
average.