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Evening star., 1937-09-20
Moral of the Black Case
Tragic Undercurrent of Human Folly Noted in
Incident by Writer

remember that the Justification Of
democracy is the idea of a common
good, and its attainment through rea-
son and consensus. Let us hear both
sides of each case. Let us try to find
exactly what measures may really
achieve for us the goal of greater
prosperity for all Let us be quite
certain that we are really furthering
the public good, and not just redistrib-
uting privileges, in chaotic manner.
If we call ourselves liberals, let us
remember that we are, therefore, hos
tile to bigotry, fanaticism and blind
zealotry as such. If We are conserva-
tives, let us remember that we are
sensitive to behavior, scrupulous about
means.
Court Reform Move.
Horse and buggy voices! Drowned
out in the chaos of rancorous clamor
of saviors here and saviors there. The
move to reform the court" begins with
trickery. One trick beget- another.
The atmosphere becomes contagious.
There is vacancy on the bench Aha,
nov we have caught the PRESIDENT
We will give him Senator Robinsonl
That will hold him!
But the comic spirit has already
drawn his bow, and there is malice,
and some trace Of humane pain in his
feasting smile. A master whom all
must acknowledge removes Senator
Robinson. And the President-oh,
watch the oblique light above you'll
will cap that trick with yet another.
I will give them one Of their social
club! Let them swallow him and like
it! Gentlemen, I nominate Senator
Black!
Certainly, now, there is light every
where. The air is vibrant with light.
The obedient chorus carols, 1T is the
light of liberalisml It is the light
of progress! The people who sat in
darkness have seen a great light"
But in the midst of the light,
clear voice is ringing. Shattering the
light with the silver laughter Of sanity
Is not this whole Black incident
cosmically absurd? Has it not that
JidEiC uIueIIulIelll VI HuIHdu IOlly
which makes great comedy?
Who is this that comes up, robed
in white, purged Of the sins of the
American past? Is it not perfect
symbol that the new figure on the
bench should wear the white robe of
progress, in contrast to the black
robes of conservatism?
Why, then, is it hooded? Why is
the face of its wearer concealed, con-
cealed into uniformity, concealed into
conformity, with other masks? Why,
where human eyes should look out
candidly, with friendship, upon the
world, are there but concealing Sits?
Why does this sheeted whiteness recall
q shroud? Who is this knight who
comes riding? Is he the parflt gentil
knight of progress?
Or is he a citizen of the invisible
empire, a knight Of the Ku Klux Klan?
Price OF ZeaIotry.
The price of zealotry, of self-right-
eousness, of one-nnan rule, is injured
eyesight. Angels wear white robes,
but so do others. Look again. And
Evening star., 1937-09-20

at variance with their professions
offend sound reason, fair justice-the
Spirit overhead will look humanely
malign and cast an oblique light on
them, followed by volleys of silvery
laughter. That is the comic spirit.
Not to distinguish it is to be bull
blind to the spiritual and to deny
the existence of a mind of man where
minds of men are working in con-
junction.
You must, as I have said believe
that our state of society is founded in
common sense, otherwise you will not
be struck by the contrasts the comic
spirit perceives. *s* You will, in fact,
be standing in that peculiar oblique
beam of light"
Comic Spirits Laugh.
That laugh of the comic spirit.
more intellectual than the laugh of
humor, more tempered than the laugh
of satire, more kindly than the laugh
of irony, deluges the air around Mr..
Justice Black with its silvery volleys.
What denouement of great cru
sade for liberalism What a delicate
revenge for persistent assaults upon
commen sense, for willful refusal to
acknowledge that there is "a mind
Of man where minds of men are work.
ing in conjunctionl"
They have not, however, been work.
ing in conjunction, but at the most
absurd cross purposes. Quickly.
quickly, quickly! Time will not wait
on US, even while We think! Reform
is urgent! Higher wages, shorter
hours, better farm incomes! To con-
ceive the idea is to act! Economic
royalists are plotting Nine old men
stand in the way! Tories impede
progress! These black robes are the
symbol of Black reactionl"
A few voices said: Gentlemen, let us
sit down and think together. Let us
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AS
the
sighted at alsome miles
Then there
landing not
enough its hands
But and sensational
of the next The S
Halle Selassie He
controversial discussion Ethiopia Ethiopia
possession of Italy.
Replying question asked
Council
MY dear sir And
after short silence added merely them"
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ask others to gaze also. Do you see
what I see?
Retribution, like justice, Is always
poetic. 1t proceeds inevitably, out
Of mems follies. 1t has an inner logic.
He who demands conformity will
be Inundated by his conformers.
For the candid and honest mind is
not rubber stamp. 1t is skeptical
and courageous. He who demands
Evening star., 1937-09-20

~Odi U VI ttS ptNti
to interpret the
Constitution.
Every one of
the adminiNa-
tion speakers on
Constitution day
Secretary WAL
] a ce, Secretary
Ickes, Ambassa-
dor Dodd - en-
p h a size d the
same argument,
namely, that the
Supreme C urt
has no right to
pass upon t h e
CO nstitutionality
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sheo that Mr. Black
oen II is going TO make his situation
me Presidents friends the fate OF
the FORMER Kdnsman than they effect
tons the House
They And the President is ,royred For the
oBof has had the
HHef'dt apporters-men Who
t hey hdUe been frank
hdue stood firmly behind the
Gen Hugh Johnson S example
When the fiery gathering
nn IN Chicago that "the
eh all the FEDERAL
a as there earth" His
cusions Washington.
The morning that papers reported johnson speech there
on the stands Mems
dS merged
the President and editor backed bv Vincent
sto dhoter friend
NeeF Ihe current issue summary of
mems Mr Mogs eafai
cdued hoerds to lose confidence in President.
Inc gentlemen who for the presi
cents ostaste Tor The BILL which
snare OF the American market the wanted are now
refinery. ~ Ava CIV 'V Vic N'"'o
Mr. ckes runs the tenth largest Rico now that
lie mas become head of the Puerto
Inc mh and the land belong Government mill was
purchased Tor 35oooo with the property and land
among number
uhoer thls scheme, eventually hold
me co-ops hare been formed
tt ana MONT some pein1is predict
So me catch is that the paid out of the
IoN any And the 1T" the
farmers ~ 'o '
1t was desire profit this wear friends Of tho
uhhoy alance nanland
70 paue so Valiantly Tor the island competitors
Digging into the dusty files Department somebodv has
Evening star., 1937-09-20

zeal without thought, reform without
reason, justice without business, needs
carefully to consider where that zeal
may have been directed yesterday, and
where it may be directed tomorrow.
And he who abandons the minds
Of men working in conjunction will
reach out one day desperately, and
seek for them.
(Copyright 1877
Evening star., 1937-09-20
New Attack
On Court
Noted
Roosevelt Seeks to Bar
Judicial Review.
Writer Says.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

4 NEW line Of attack on the Su-
~ preme Court has been opened
~ up by President Roosevelt
Instead of insisting on an in
crease in the number of justices, Mr..
Roosevelt now has begun a Nation
wide campaign to deprive the Supreme
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MI
reply opinion
situation taken precedence
will
Mediterranean
of
eherthere
be a o this
hare a
operation based interna
diplomats
uimatums; they receipe
capital
the nobs They traOe special
military begin.
Fighting i today, different matter altogether
only those soldiers who first
relations
Evening star., 1937-09-20
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

/ Comedy" George Meredith has a
/ passage describing a force es-
sential to the sanity of society.
IF you believe" he says. that our
civilization is founded in common
sense (and it is the first condition of
sanity to believe it,, you will, when
contemplating men, discern a spirit
overhead. 1t has the sage's brows
and the sunny malice of a faun turks
at the corners of the half-closed lips.
Mems future upon earth does
not attract it; their honesty and
shapeliness in the present does, and
Evening star., 1937-09-20

ouist's dummy.
One OF the most
powerful an d
brilliant journal
lists in Italy, he
helped build the
first scafolding
nf Fascism, and
has been one of
its cleverest ra-
tionalizers. He is
at his best in
what appears to
be a scholarly
condemnation Of
democracy and
g X a ! t a t ION of
Ia Srisnn Put hfQ
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whenever I n e y
wax out Of pro-
portion, ov err
blown, affected
hypocriticsl
whenever it
sees them self
deceived, or hood
winked, given to
run riot in idol
a t les drifting
into va n i t i e S,
cOngregatlng l n
a absurdities, plan
n i n G S h o r t =
sightedly, plot
ting dementedly;
whenever they are
Evening star., 1937-09-20

much more important than that
of the Republic Of San Marino or
the Duchy of Luxembourg. But
what is important is that the Lis
bon government has actually
spoken for it's Berlin and Rome
bosses.
For obvious reasons, both
Hitler and Mussolini had to agree
with the Secretary of State. That
they crossed their fingers and put
their tongues in their cheeks when
Evening star., 1937-09-20

HE opinions the riters this are their opn not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in
The Stars effort to giue all sides questions
readers although such opinions may contradictory AMONG
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1937-09-20
What's Back of It All
Black May Never Serve on Supreme Court-Hinted
That He Suspected Expose.
BY H. r, BAUKHAGT

FINE French silk Monday Washington
never De worn II was ordered August by Associate Justice
~ Black But the situation reaching boiling
doesn't cool of, rand-new
ably be picked q
1t isn't merely the fact that Mr. Black
say some OF the pcrrbed New Dealers
o Wearing the
Evening star., 1937-09-20
This Changing World
Portuguese Reply to Hu's Peace Principles Reflected
Views of Italy and Germany.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.


Hus l4pon world the only frank opinion
State The Portuguese
unusually they
could be effective circumstances
the IN IS
Evening star., 1937-09-20

uncovered The records of William
F. Cody-Buffalo Bill. He served
as civilian employe of the Quar-
termaster Corps at different times
from October S, 1858, into 1876.
Buffalo Bill worked for as low
BIS SIS a month as a scout near
Fort Mcpherson, Nebr., and earned
as much as $3.50 a month as chief
scout with the 5th Cavalry and as
guide for the 4th Infantry on the
famous Big Horn EXneditinn Later
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won't be quoted declare is that
they now believe that Mr., Black
had a hint of what was coming and
for that reason took the oath as
member of the court secretly and
Immediately departed for Europe.
cine oath is traditionally admin
lnstered IN the robing room Just
before new appointee takes his
place at the bench for the first
time.)
Ii this is true, if it is estab-
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land for her dark and
treacherous role" but in person he
isn't like that at all. remember talk
ing to him in the studio Of a British
artist in Rome soon after Mussolini
seized power. He is a gentle, scholarly
man, hesitant in speech, giving one
the impression of wide tolerance and
understanding. Quite astonishing is
his brass -throated warning to the
world, as II Duce's sounding board.
He talks like Charles Evans Hughes
and writes like Gen. johnson.
He is accepted in Europe as merely
Mussolini's Charley Mccarthy. But
he is a lot more than just ventrilo-
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X
OF course, inspired" stories
are flooding the world and espe-
cially this country at the present
moment.
For instance, there was an
official story from the Spanish
Loyalist headquarters stating that
the coast batteries had sunk a
pirate submarine and the crew was
still alive at the bottom of the sea,
Evening star., 1937-09-20
Manufacturer. SO, Dead.

BOSTON, Mass, September 20 (P)-
Frederick Swindells, SO, wealthy WOOL
ems manufacturer of Rockville, Conn,
died yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-09-20

ne got nat Zee fo jobs
OF arresting Sitting Bull
1cyrsht 1887 by the North
Evening star., 1937-09-20
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Gayda, Spokesman for
II Duce, More Than
a Dummy.
BY LEMuEL r. PARTON.

yIRGINIO GAYDA, II Duce's
I official spokesman, sounds like
" a fire-eater. denouncing Eng
ra,od r1r he~ aIarix anI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-08

ceived. But it cannot yet be said
with accuracy that a majority of
the voters are no longer willing
to follow his lead
In some quarters it appears that
war scares have been exaggerat-
ed-and in others they have been
too much minimized. A major war
could not help but tremendously
affect American industry, wheth-
er we became involved as bellig-
erents or not. General expert
view is that there will be no war
next year--but that there viii be
one in 1889, when Europe's vast
rearmament program is more or
less completed. American foreign
policy has so far been careful, even
tin1fa--as 1t must. We are in the
delicate position of attempting to
keep clear of war-yet having to
maintain our prestige in the in
terest of American citizens and
residents abroad. Hot-heads crit
icize Secretary Hull for what they
think is vacillation. Cooler heads
generally approve his policy, think
that. he is right in seeking to feel
our way gently and carefully.
There is talk Of an entirely new
gross earnings tax on business.
This, coming on top of the pres
ent corporation income tax, the
profits and loss levy, the surplus
tax and other taxes, might make
it impossible for business to main
tain expected dividends, even in
time of heavy orders. There is
no organized movement behind
such a tax, however. Business is
worried about the general tax
policy, and about the continued
government deficits which will re-
quire heavy new taxes of some
kind-unless an unlooked-for re-
trenehmeft in government spend
ing occurs.
In conclusion, it should be point
ed out that some experts feel
that the present business recess
sion is less important than it
seems, that the political and tax
situation win work ont without
doing too much damage. Best
guess is: The short-term outlook
for commerce is favorable, and
the long-term outlook is in the
laps Of the gods
According to Business Week of
September Is, a dollar Of earning
power could be bought for $11.49
at that time, as against $1S.1T a
year before.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-08
FIGHT AGAINST
TUBERCULOSIS
BEING RENEWED
REPORT ISSUED BY STATE
BOARD OF HEALTH SHOWS
LOSS FROM DISEASE DUR.
ING LAST YEAR

JACKSONVILLE, oct s tFNS).
Figures released this week BY
the State Board Of Health esti-
mate that Florida's less from
tuberculosis last year was approx
imately $40, 200, 900. This figure
was based on 4 state survey and
upon figures made available BY
major insurance companies. Dr..
A. ]. Logic. director Of the divi-
sion % tuberculosis. said.
Dr.. Logic stated that the
states anti-tubereuiosis program
l. in the process Of being found
ed and in the beginning vii 81
Necessity he limited 10 high school
children, contacts and suspected
eases. He stated. however, that
he hoped certain industrial groups
might b added later.
Industry" be said. mast
become aware 81 this major prob
lem and safeguard Ia Interests ~
insisting upon TIE tuberculosis test
and x-ray 81 Is employees a. an
integral part q TIE customary ex-
4naination.
.0ur esmmanftieA" ke eentiua-
ed. .mnst realize that miiliurss Of
dollars can Be saved the slate
II thsy Vii help hssnw taberer
Sosiz unaer e0ntys
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-08
PAYS UP TAXES
ON HOTEL HERE
DELINQUENCY AGAINST Ia
concHA PROPERTY WAS
ss.a4s.4o


Henry Dew, receiver for the
la Coneha Hotel interests yes
terday, while visiting briefly in
Key West. made a payment of the
delinquent taxes due the city
which fotalled s3.249.40.
Tax Assessor-Collector Sam
Pinder said that the approximate
assessment on the total was $20,-
000, which was paid on the 20
per cent basis on which collections
are now being made.
Payment Of the assessment was
made IN bonds and cash, s1,1O480
being in bonds. ard s2,f44.eo In
cash. which Mr. Dew handed over
with a smile.
Mr.. Dew then went 70 the
county tax collectors office where
il was his intention 70 pay the
hotels county taxes. but this was
not accomplished ~ there are
seHne matters 20 b. Strengthened
cut before the collector win ac-
cept the payment
Today Tax Collector Frank n.
I.add was asked TIE status Of the
matter, and said that he i today
writing CornpsroIler J. n. Lee. At
Tallahassee, Tor certain informa-
ton relative 70 these taxes ard
expects 70 receive . reply within
the next week
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-08
SENATOR PEPPER
GIVES ADDRESS
ONDEMOCRACY
HEARD BY THREE THOUSAND
DELEGATES TO NEW YORK
HERALD TRIBUNE FORUM
ON WORLD PROBLEMS

NEW YORK, Oct 8 (FNS).-
Addressing a visible audience of
5000 delegates to the New York
Herald Tribune Forum on World
Problems, his words carried to
countless listeners throughout the
nation on coast to coast hook-up,
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida
spoke for the youth OF the
Democratic party here this week
appearing on the same program
with President Roosevelt, Mrs.
Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, J. Ed
gar Hoover and many other not
ab,es.
THE nations youth" Senator
Pepper asserted, views with
tough mind and even as stout a
heart the BATTLEFIELD of life in
which youth knows but one diree-
tion-forward.
His goal has perspective, too,
for IN a large vision he encom-
passes not a few but many; he
sees not a few individuals who be-
lieve in economic cannibalism and
succor themselves from the sub
STAGE of others, but the social
unit, a nation, so united and in
terdependent in interest, as well
as sympathy and affection, that
the general and common perspec-
tive which shall mark the general
and common course be but the
general and common good; and
with a passion born Of youths in
comparable fervor he shall per.
sist in the counsel of that course,
for it satisfies his sense. not only
of economic but o. moral right"
Senator Peppers speech was
pronounced one of the best on
the forum program and he re-
ceived many compliments follow.
ing its delivery
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-08
new CALL FOR
BRIDGE WORKERS
REouIsITioNs RECEIVED To-
DAY FOR DIFFERENT
OPERATIVES

Among acquisitions for labor
ers on the bridges contracts was
enc this morning asking Ter four
white laborers to be sent for
work on Contract his. near Low
or Mateeumbe.
These men are to be sent to
the Overseas Read and Toll Bridge
Contract. which IS being supervis-
ed BY Captain Ed. Sheeran, and
will work on the bascule bridge.
which is being sealed into the
rest 81 the bridge ard become q
part a. the hidge proper.
-Four roaeh carpenters and
eight negro lahorers are 70 be
sent to ooneh Key to be used BY
the c. Y. Thomason Construction
Company en- Contract b
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-08
Plan Bringing Portable
Buildings Here For Use
As Community Center
Win Be Means OF Fill
ing Long-Felt Need Of
Meeting Hall For Youth
Activities

efforts are being continued to
raise funds for the purpose Of
bringing to Key West two build
ings which are to be used as a
community center. These build
ings are to be brought to this city
from jacksonville and used as a
meeting place for organizations Of
girls and boys.
Each of the buildings are 20 by
100 feet, and are built as are all
other CCC' buildings, easily taken
down, carried from one place to
another and just as easily erect
ed. The site has been selected by
the city. and plans for transpor-
tation are being continued.
Many citizens have expressed
the need for such buildings and
are very much in favor Of such a
which viii give this city
a center which may be used for
presenting plays, musicals, and
other forms of entertainment.
Joe Youngblood, of the NYA
administration, has written let
ter to Key West, received yester-
day, in which it is urged that
every effort be made to secure
one or two Of these buildings. be-
cause they are very much needed
in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-08
Building Permits Covering
Seven Days Total $4,000

Building permits issued from
the office of Building Inspector
Harry M. Baker during the first
seven days of October total $16,-
900 as against the issues for Sep
TENDER which totaled $6,375.
OF the $4,000 the permits is
sued to Julian Marks came to
$16,500 and were issued for work
which Mr.. Marks has started on
his holdings at the eastern end of
the Island on the land recently
purchased by him and was known
as the Biological Station.
Three permits were issued the
applicant. One for a residence
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-08
Scout Troops To Join
In Cuban Celebration

Members of scout troops in
Key West, both girls and boys.
are to take part in the exercises
to be held October 10. in COM
memoration Of "El Critic de
Yara."
The scouts are requested to
meet Sunday morning SIS o'clock
in full uniform and report to
Seoutmaster Victor Larsen, of
Troop Ne. 50. All those who
have their uniforms are par
ticulariy urged to attend.
This invitation has been ex-
tended BY Representatives Of the
Cuban government and il Is ex.
pecsed that responses vii be evi-
deneed by q fuM attendance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-08
Mrs. LOrimer Expresses
Great Delight With Her
Visit To Island CITY

Mrs. w. L. Lorimer, of Camp
Roosevelt at Perry-Cn--The-Lake,
Ohio, is leaving this afternoon on
the S. S. Cuba for Tampa, after
spending several days looking over
conditions in Key West with a
view to establishing winter camp
here for boys.
Seen this morning by The Citi-
zen, Mrs. Lorimer expressed her.
self as being delighted with her
stay and the many attractive
scenes she had seen and was par
ticularly pleased with the many
courtesies extended. Asked to
give an outline of her experiences,
Mrs. Lorimer said:
81 read in Traveller an article
by Harold S. Kahn, which began,
1T was impossible for me to be-
lieve that / was in the United
States I'm not going to say just
that, but shall say that it seems
too good to be true that in the
hurry of the mode iR these Unit.
ed States, that Key West offers
such a pleasant surprise in friend
illness and leisure.
Il have enjoyed to the fullest
my visit here. Mr.. Singleton, of
your Chamber of Commerce, has
been my host and through him ]
have met and talked with many
Of your leading citizens, and each
of them had really pleasing way
of making me feel that / wasn't
any bother.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-08
STEAMER OZARK
ARRIVES HERE

Steamship Ozark. Of the Clyde
Mallory Lines. arrived this morn
ing $50 O'clock from Jackson.
vile and Miami. discharged cargo
o. which three carloads was lum-
Der for local firms. and sailed 9
o'e'ock for New Orleans
Steamship Granada. Of the
Standard Fruit ard Steamship
company. is due tomorrow morn
ing 3:45 o'elick. win take bunk
erS AZ the Porter Dock Company.
and continue the trip % From
terra, Mexico.