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Evening star., 1938-01-17
PROFIT TAX REPEAL
URGED At HEARING
AS BUSINESS AID
Representative of New York
Board of Trade Asks Move
as a "StimuIant."
NIGHT SESSIONS SEEN
TO FINISH WORK ON BILL
Belief Held Current That Assess.
ment Caused Economic I'm.
balance and Slump.
By the Associated Press.

Bs the Associated Press.
A representative OF the New York
Board of Trade urged the House Ways
and Means Committee today to ap-
prove immediate repeal of the undis-
tributed profits and capital gains taxes
as 'stimulant" to business
M. L. Seidman, chairman of the
boards Tax Committee, said no tax
was more hated and discredited" or
puts such fear in business.
Mr.. Seidman was the first private
witness at hearings on tax revision
recommendations OF Ways and
Means Subcommittee. The subcom-
mittee has proposed modification Of
the undistributed profits tax for all
but few closely held corporations.
These notifications would abolish the
tax so far as firms with incomes Of
S25,000 or less are concerned.
The great majority OF business men.
Mr.. Seidman said. sincerely believe
the undistributed profits and capital
gain taxes had much to do with the
distortion of our capital economy and
with the breaking down OF confidence
in the future functioning OF our
economy"
so thoroughly is business convinced
Of this he continued. that the need
for the immediate repeal of the I'M
distributed profits tax, as a business
stimulant, has become somewhat Of
an obsession in business circles"
He recommended a fiat tax of 1919
per cent on capital gains to replace
the present levy.
Broader Base Asked.
No reorganization of Federal taxing
methods, he said, should be under
taken without thorough re-examina-
ton Of Federal spending. Tax re-
vision. he added should be aimed to
make more citizens realize that it Is
their money that is being spent"
I'VE believe that greater tax con-
sciousness on the part of our people
can be brought about by a broadening
of the income tax base. he continued.
This can be accomplished by a
reduction Of personal exemptions and
allowance for dependents 50 as to
reach the many millions Of people who
now pay indirectly what they would
be required. under our proposal, to
pay directly"
Referring to proposal to tax q
few closely held corporations at rates
virtually as nigh as under present
law, Mr. Seidman suggested that if
these firms are "inimical to society
that they be permitted to dissolve
without tax
No Losses Necessary.
He expressed the opinion that il per-
sonal holding companies were per-
mitted to wind up their affairs with
out further tax on stockholders. there
would be mighty few OF them that
would choose to exist
Representative Treadway, Republic
an, Of Massachusetts asked what loss
in revenue would result from repeal
of the undistributed profits tax and
boosting the normal corporate income
tax
There need not be a dollar lost, che
asserted.
He said he thought tax set-up OF
half of per cent in the normal rate,
(see TAXES, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1938-01-17

advance, were sold. Publishers and
union representatives. while still con-
Quoting meetings. seemed prepared to
enter an endurance contest.
Calls, seeking information on re-
sumption OF publication. flooded
switchboards at the Oregon Journal
Portland Oregonian and the News
Telegram.
Various Rumors.
Rumors spread and grew: The
papers would remain closed perma-
nently: the papers would publish to-
morrow: the strike was settled. Nc
one knew where they started or ended
Unchecked and uncheckable, each
started endless chains of talk designed
to learn what others knew.
With reporters of duty. no local
news was available. Radio stations
broadcast sketchy national events.
Housewives. without shopping ad-
vertisements. stayed at home or
wandered through stores looking for
bargains that might be there and
might not
Hundreds tramped streets looking at
theater facades to learn the names OF
current productions.
Volunteer town criers rushed to
crowded restaurants and Offices, there
to display garnered bits of information
Special C. 1. O. Paper Edition.
The weekly Labor Newdealer, c. I
O. organ. appeared on the street.
with special edition. In a front
page editorial lauding the strike i,
declared it would attempt to supply
the Portland public with at least some
measure Of the printed intelligence
imperative to the normal functions o1
q metropolitan CITY," and asked public
support. Its six pages. however, were
devoted principally to bits of nationa
and foreign labor news.
Rumors that the Typographical
Union would start . paper were Wig.
orously denied by E. j. Pelkey, North.
west representative of the. I. r. U
We're not going into the publishing
business" he said.
Employees of the Portland Oregoniar
petitioned printers to mediate de-
mands in order not to interfere with
the right of $50 salaried and 3,06t
part-time fellow employees to work.
Arbitration Offer Rejected.
Pelkey declared the union wouls
refuse to arbitrate bread and butte
matters"
We know most of the things statet
in that petition-and recognize th'
promptings," he added. But ther'
is not . figment of fact in the state
ments. From q union standpoint
arbitrat ton is not VITAL It is a mat
ter of wages and hours.
Printers demanded a seven insteat
Of . seven and half hour day ant
increases from 1855 daily for da!
work to $500 and from $9.05 for nigh
work to $9.10. Publishers agreed Il
wage demands but refused to reduce
working hours. The strike threv
1874 full and part-time employees on
Of work.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
CROMWELL AND WIFE
VISIT CAPITAL FRIENDS

James H. r. Cromwell and his wife,
the former Doris Duke. today slipped
from an American Airlines plane
which had been forced back on its
New York flight by bad weather. They
announced briefly that they were
going to spend part Of the day here
with friends"
Evening star., 1938-01-17

Finance, Sports ---A-18-19
A-15-16-l7 Woman's Pg. Ais
Lost g. Found B-7 Serial story BIZ
FOREIGN.
Chautemps seeks to form cabinet Of
Peoples Front. Page Al
More powerful cabinet seen in oeing
for France. Pago Al
Supreme Soviet elects Kalinin. presi-
dium Pago Al
Chinese report armies advance on four
fronts. Page Al
NATIONAL.
House committee reports out naval
appropriation bill. Page Al
Justice Sutherland makes last Supreme
Court appearance. Page Al
La Guardia says industry missed
bali" Page Al
Immediate showdown on lynching fili-
buster predicted. Page A-3
Hearing called for Thursday on Reed
nomination. Page Az
First United States health census
completed. Page A-3
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Action on d. G. taxes by House group
blocked. Page Al
Navy plans to reopen torpedo plant at
Alexandra. Page Al
Bishop McNamara blesses Dunbarton
College corner stone. PaSe A-3
Thirteen jurors selected for Nolan
trial. Page Al
Hunger strike" Ut c. 6. G. camp here
settled. Page AS
n. :. Hun. former Iowa Representa-
tive, dies here. rege Ala
Evening star., 1938-01-17
ROOSEVELT CHAUFFEUR
is FINED FOR SPEEDING
Record Discloses Car Registered to
Presidents Wife Was Doing
Better Than As.

By the Associated Press,
BALTIMORE, Jan. 17.-Mrs, Frank.
lin D. Roosevelt's motor .car-she
wasn't in twas doing better than
the Maryland 45-mile speed limit on
the new Philadelphia road Saturday.
Chauffeur Albert Pinto was hailed be.
fore Magistrate William F. McCauley
at Bradshaw and fined 500 and costs,
the record disclosed today.
State police said the car was regis
tered In Mrs. Roosevelt's name and
was occupied by man believed to be
her brother, G. Hall Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
.MAY0RLA GUARD|A
ASSA|LS INDUSTRY
Tells Senate Committee
Business Didp't Help in
Recovery Moves.
BACKGROUND

DESTROYS OF formulating long,
term national policy on unemploy-
ment relief. Senate last summer
Uoted 10000 TOR special committee
study. When ne,D business decline
became apparent last jail. COM
mittee turned its attention to more
immediate problems. During last
two Weeks. leaders OF government.
industry and labor haze dppeared to
express opinions.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
Strike, Tying Up Newspapers,
Handicaps Portland Public
Ne,cs in Oregon City Travels by Word of
Mouth-H0use,UiUes, Without Aduer.
tising Guide, Wander Aimlessly.
By the Associated Press.

PORTLAND Oreg Jan l7-Mankinds agod
did
of regularly printed
Typographical
Evening star., 1938-01-17
BURNS PROVE FATAL
Heroine in Hotel Fire Dies in Jer-
sey City Hospital.

Sey CITY HOSPITAL.
JERSEY CITY. N. j., Jan. II R.-
Helen Sullivan. 26-year-old hotel tele-
phone operator. who remained at her
switchboard arousing guests until her
dress caught fire. died today of burns
suffered In the Hotel Plaza fire. which
took three other lives nearly three
weeks ago.
She was forced to run through q
wall OF fame to escape from the build
ing.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
Stoyadinovitch Sees Hitler,

BERLIN, Jan. II R.-Premier
Milan Stoyadinovich of Yugoslavia
visited Adolf Hitler at the German
chancellory for an hour today.
Evening star., 1938-01-17

Some Of the copies of The
Star are slit in the center
fold of the paper by q pat
ented process In printing.
The Star is experimenting
with this idea and If you,
the reader, received one Of
these copies and find 1t Is
helpful in turning the pages,
or If you dislike the slit,
will you please write or tele-
phone your comments to
the Circulation Manager,
National 5000.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
"INVASION" REPELLED
Italian Troops Lost in Snowstorm
Escorted From France.

GRENOBLE. France, Jan. II R.--
French soldiers today escorted to the
italian frontier detachment of
Italian soldiers who invaded" France
BY mistake during a snowstorm yester-
day.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
Summary of Today's Star

Bailey Earl Clark, former baseball
player, killed in crash. Page B-1
Evening star., 1938-01-17
Lita Grey Chaplin to Wed.

,see UNEMPLOYMENT. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1938-01-17
CHAUTEMPS SEEKS
TO FORM CABINET
OF PEOPLES FRONT
Summoned by lie Brun After
Blum Fails to Create
National Union
TENSION RULES FRANCE
AS CRISIS is PROLONGED
Pressing Problems of Finance and
Labor Continue Unsolved
in Dilemma.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Premier Camille Chdutemps, tcc-
ing Craze problems OF finance and
labor, created cabinet crisis in
France last Friday by inriting Com
nunists to abandon Peoples Front
government. Cabinet then resigned
and efforts OF George Bonnet,
former Ambassador to Washington,
and er-Premier Leon Blum to form
neD ministry traitless. Fight re-
polDes around Communist and
Socialist demand for exchange con-
troll, opposed by Rightist parties.
Evening star., 1938-01-17

20. 8. Weather Bureau Torecast)
Fair and colder tonight and tomorrow;
lowest temperature tonight about 20 de-
grees; moderate northwest or north winds.
Temperatures today-Highest,' 80, at
pm; lowest &c. at midnight.
Full report on page Az.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08
NYA OFFICIAL
LEFT TUESDAY
J. A. YoUNGBLooD. STATE
DIRECTOR. INSPECTED
LOCAL ACTIVITIES

Joe A .Youngblood, state di-
rector of the National Youth Ad-
ministration, who. with Mrs.
Youngblood, was in Key West
Monday and Tuesday for an in
spection of the local NYA prof.
ects, left over the highway Tues
day afternoon.
After visiting the various prof.
Get locations, Mr.. Youngblood de-
clared himself pleased with the
conditions he found. 1t is expect
cd that with a few changes TO
the projects, and additions of new
types of work to that already be-
ing done, The youths OF Key
West will derive greater benefits
from the NYA program.
The slight sponsorship which
the community is called upon to
furnish viii be returned 10 them
many fold through the making OF
their youths into citizens of whom
they may justly feel proud. he
stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08
WPA PROJECT
FOR KEY WEST
Is APPROVED
PROVIDES FOR EMPLOYMENT
OF SIXTEEN PERSONS IN
CLERICAL WORK AT COURT
HOUSE

Information received from WpA
headquarters in Jacksonville by
Area Supervisor B. Curry Mo-
reno, is to the effect that APP
proyal has been given Project
30694, which provides as follows:
Employment for needy profes-
sional, educational and clerical
persons in verifying and revising
Monroe county records. including
revision of plat books. indcxing
decd records. filing and indexing
marriage records, licenses.
Notification of ownership and
decd references as shown on the
tax rolls for 1885, also the rein
decking Of chanccry cases and
verifying the chancery progress
dockets for the period dating
from 1893 to 1888 inclusive.
There are % be is persons EN-
ployed on this project when II is
we'll under way and the five dis
tinet phases of the work will re-
quire eight months To do. This
project is sponsored by Monroe
County which provides 1885 and
the balance Of Ss,275 80. is sup
pIid by the government
Mr. Mfyren. has been notified
that the funds for the work arc
available and the project number
assigned II Is anticipated that
work will begin tomorrow
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08

look at the left front spare tire
on the fender, Note the felt
packing where once was the tire
and rim. Higher up inside the
guard is a layer of sheepsWool.
The space encloseS a 20-gallon
tank, which may be filled when
needed Above this is a refrig-
orator. A peculiar point and adj
vantageous point about the wea-
Their here is that the warmth
causes moisture to form inside the
cooler and the temperature of the
water there is always good
many degrees cooler than the
temperature of the outside air.
Now, how about some modern
improvements. Well, note that
little air intake above. That's an
alr-conditioning vent. And here's
a folding table for kitchen work
on the door.
These are only a few of the
things ehCut the car, MIR. Grauel
told The Citizen, but the most
amazing discovery and one which
I'm willing to bet lots of people
here would like to know is that
we've discovered material
which will keep out any MOS
QUITO and any SANDFEY. What
do you ladies call il, dear?"
Grsuel said, turning to his wife.
ITS marquisctte", Mrs. Grauel
said. we put it on the windows
of our car and sleep comfortably
all night long,. Grauel added.
We maintain that we can live
anywhere in this car. Grauei
concluded. I'VE slept for a week
on Michigan Boulevard in front
of the Art Gallery there, for
we've a complete set of curtains
for the windows.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08
WASHINGTON CAR
SMASHES SHOP
STRUCK GOING ACROSS ST.
MoNToN AND WENT
OUT OF CONTROL

Struck in attempting to cross
Simonton street on Fleming, a
car driven by a Washington
couple was thrown. against an
electric pole this morning on the
opposite corner and, going out of
control, smashed into small gift
shop on Fleming street, breaking
glasses in the car.
The lady driving in the Wash
ington car was taken to a local
hospital and was reported as re-
ceiving 10 cuts or fractures al
though suffering a number of
bruises.
The car came to a stop at a
concrete post adjacent TO the
gift shop. Not a window in the
shops door was shattered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08
EXPLAIN DETAILS
OF DEPARTMENT

Pupils Of Miss Marguerite
Neff's class at the Division Street
School were treated 10 a delight
ftil experience yesterday morning
when they were entertained by
Chief Harry Baker of the Fire
Department and Captain Milton
Roberts With an explanation Of
the workings of the department
Engine Number / from the
Greene street station was taken
70 the school ard the teacher and
pupils ridden to the station whSre
every mechanical detail of the
machine was explained, They
we're afterwards taken back TO
the school. declaring they had
enjoyed the rare treat.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08
FORMER EDISON LABORATORY WORKER
Cadillac Has Most Every Modern Convenience Installed
HAS UNIQUE CAR-HOME in KEY WEST

An enthusiastic tourist by the
name of E. L. Grauel, formerly
a worker in the Edison labora-
tories at West Orange, New Jer-
sey for 20 years, has converted
his Cadillac sedan into a travel
ing home with every modern
convenience. He keeps the car
home at Rest Beach.
Grauel, with Mrs. Grauel, has
rented a cabana at Rest Beach
but not to live in. They always
sleep in their car. But to rest in
the shade of and to throw out a
fishing line at night from and
catch a fish bigger than l can
stretch my hands. Several small
shark have been caught in this
manner.
The car, first of all, has a fold :
ing double bed in the rear. How
does the folding bed come out?
Well, the front single seats may
be turned around or taken COM
pletely out to allow space. Spe-
cial precaution as to the space
has been taken. In the right side
between the mattress and roof
of the car to the rear is a chest
of drawers with all drawers ex-
cept one reserved for Mrs. Grauel.
Mr.. Grauel has one drawer for
the sum total of a necktie.
We wish we could tell you how
MIR. Grauel manages to get around
the sanitary laws against carry
ing toilet. But suffice it to say
that he is entirely within the
law.
Now, with sleeping, sanitary
and clothes problems solved, the
next is to secure water for drink
ing and washing. Well, take a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08
ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION
RELATIVE TO SIGNING OF
FLORIDA STATE CON-
STITUTIoN

PORT ST. JOE. Dec. 8 tFNSl
The Tooth anniversary of the
signing OF the Florida State Con-
ytitution is being held here this
week. with song. dance, pagean-
try and festIvity such as never
before seen IN this small Gulf
city. and marked by the dedica-
ton Of q new $4,000 memorial
building erected on the Gulf
shore, TO commemorate the coca
SION.
Among the highspots of the
celebration is q display brought
here under sponsorship Of SEN
aior Claude Pepper. gathered to
mark the l50th anniversary Of
the signing of the United States
Constitution. largely from the
collection 81 Herman II. DierS,
U. $. Bureau Of Reads Official
Governor Gene Is being repre-
scented AT the celebration BY Jus
tier Chapman IT the Supreme
Court.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08
TOURING PARTY
LEARNED MUCH
ABOUT FLORIDA
CONGRESSIONAL AND SENA-
ToRIAL MEMBERS OBTAIN
FIRST HAND INFORMATION
ABOUT STATE

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 8
lFNS).-Close to 200 northerners,
congressman, senators and bust
ness leaders as well as govern
ment officials, are heading home
ward with a new understanding
of the problems confronting
Florida citrus and sugar cane
growers, and with a new and
finer appreciation of Florida
incompatible climate, following
their tour of Florida under spon-
sorship of the Florida State
Chamber of Commerce.
Arriving in Florida on a 17-car
special train, the distinguished
visitors were given a comprehen-
sive picture of Florida in all its
beauty, during their tour of the
states commercial, agricultural
and amusement highlights, from
the Jacksonville shipping wharv-
es down along the east coast to
the Miami amusement centers,
back up TO the sugar plantations
at Clewiston, up through the
Ridge orange and citrus belt, with
side run to Tampa's famed cigar
industries, then up through Or
lando and Lakeland, norhtward
to Washington, D. c., where the
group will disband.
Special emphasis in the tour of
Central Florida was laid on the
visit to the Clewiston properties
of the United States Sugar Cor
poration, where Senator Claude
Pepper cooperated with company
officials and independent grow
ers in presenting the case OF
Florida's sugar to the visiting
notables, and it is thought that
the more clear pictures of the
possibilities of Florida as the ma
tons sugar bowl, given the visi-
tors, will make revision of the
Florida sugar quota by agricul-
tural department heads or by
congress far easier.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08
ERROR MADE in
SALE OF COUNTY
FERRY BOATS
REVEALED IN LETTER FROM
coDRINGToN: MATTER IS
TO BE STRENGTHENED OUT
SOON

1t now appears that the sale of
the Ferries Pilgrim and Travel
Ter has not yet been completed, or
some one has made an error
which has to be Strengthened out
before the contamination of the
sale can be announced.
A letter from c. c. Codrington,
commissioner of the State Wei
fare Board, was received at the
County Court House dated De-
cember / and was presented at
the meeting of the commissioners
last night, which is as follows:
unfortunately the sale or
transfer of the ferry boats Pill
grim and Traveller has not. as
yet, been closed, due to compli-
cations caused by the action oil
the county commissioners last
summer.
IF you can speed up the Gus
toms Authorities so that we may
close the sale, it would give me
great pleasure indeed to pay the
bill for watchmen's services and
also make funds available to the
Monroe County Clinic, as per
agreement reached between the
writer and the Board of County
Commissioners.
The communication was turn
ed over to Attorney w. Curry
Harris TO answer, explaining that
the vessels had been sold to the
Belcher Co., of Miami, had been
delivered to the purchasers who
had sent tugs here for them and
lowed them to Miami.
They are now at Miami, chang
es have been made in the ma
chinery, one or more engines hav-
ing been removed, and other
changes made according to the
plans of the purchasers.
These ferries were put into
service by the FERA under Adj
ministrator Gilfond and had UNI
dergone many changes under his
administration. Different forms
of superstructure were built on
the vessels and it was estimated
that materials and work cost APP
proximately $4,000.
On October %. Thursday. the
Tugs Pioneer and L. Fl. Harsey
of the Belcher Towing Company
of Miami, purchasers of the YES
sells. arrived in port and departed
the following morning for Miami
with the ferries, which were to
be placed in service by the COM
pany.
According to the records at the
court house the price paid for the
vessels was $4,000 for both YES
sells, with $1,000 to be placed to
the credit Of the Monroe County
Clinic, the balance to be used in
paying the indebtedness of the
ferries, and in the event any
funds were left this amount was
10 be given TO the clinic
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08
COURT HOUSE
WORK GOES ON

Work on the county court house
project is getting well underway
and today group is AZ work
making preparatory OUTLAWS for
the actual construction activities
to get underway.
Workers and others nosg Oh the
preliminary details numbsr elev-
en-. including Superintendent n
J. Hoorc Tinekepeer Benjamin
Ketchuna. three foremen. one car
penter. one carpenters helper
and four laFsorers. two Of whom
were assigned yesterday and two
today. arc tl4e others bsesSles
Supi, HoTre.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-08
DISTRICT COURT
CONSIDERS CITY
PAVING ARREARS
CITY OWES L. P. CHALMERS
sa.l7O.s7 FOR BONDS ISSUED
TO PAVE STREETS: MOTION
ASKS SPECIAL TAX

Representation for the City OF
Key West is today appearing in
u. S. District Court at Miami be-
fore Judge w. w. Holland in an
swer to motion by L. p. Chal-
mcrs for an alias peremptory writ
of mandamus requiring a special
tax be levied in Key West 10 OBJ
tain $3,l70.97 due him from the
city in bonds ard interest issued
him for street paving.
The motion for the writ stated
that a paremptory writ in the
sum of 8,223.10 had been granted
Chalmers and that payment had
been received in accordance with
the writ until the 1885, 80 fiscal
year when there had been no
payment received,
According to the original writ
the city was to secure payment
by levy of a special tax of one
mill for 1885 SO, two mills for
S6-'37 and a sufficient millage for
1887 SO to cover the balance due.
To date $6,530,72 had been paid
but there is a balance of $3,l70.97
still due.
The motion for the alias writ
also states that there has been
no tax levy for 1888 80 and that
no budget had been approved for
the period.