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IS Threaten
To Gust
Strikers

MARSHALL, Mich, Aug. Is
U.N.SD. - Seventy-five an.
gered workers, kept from the
WilcOx-Rich anufacturing
plant by 80 United AutOmO-
bile Workers Union sit-dOwn-
erS, today threatened to re.
sort to violence to regain
their jobs.
The nOnStrikerS paraded
through the business district
today with placardS declaring
I'VE Have the Right to
Work" The strike was called
yesterday in protest against a
10 per cent wage cut.
At the same time Mayor
Platt A. Munaw made an in
direct threat, saying I'VE will
wait for action by Governor
Frank Murphy before we take
matters into our own hands,"
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peace as an adequate Army and
Navy.
"Some people in America"
Doherty said, would have the
boys of 1888 enter the crucible
of war as unprepared as did the
A. E. F. in 1917.
LEGION'S AIMS
1--WE in the Legion are par
ticularly interested in educat-
ing the youth of America in
AnericaniSm In many high
schools and institutions of
higher learning there are pro-
grams of communism parading
in the guise of liberalism.
"The Legion does not attempt
to regulate the faculties or cur
cicula or academic freedom,
but we do ask that the educa-
tors differentiate between aca-
demic freedom and pure unadul-
terated license. The students
should be taught how to think,
but not to disbelieve in Chris
tianity or the principles Of de-
mocracy."
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MARGARET C,
On Board

bile Workers Union (CIO), gen.
orally referred to during the
convention sessions as Comrade
Baker.
WILLIAM w. WEINSTONE, State
secretary of Michigan.
B. X. BILL" GEBERT, in charge
of work among automobile work
ers for the national committee.
w. ]. BINKLEY, State secretary
for Louisiana.
MORRIS CHILDS, State secretary
for Illinois.
JACK TOMBSTONE. of Chicago,
in charge of organizational work
in the steel industry.
JIM PORTER, State secretary for
Iowa.
ANGELO HERNDON, negro, who
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textile workers. She is the
daughter of a Ukranian steel
worker living in Bethlehem, Pa.
ROBERT MINOR, well-knoWn
Communist correspondent.
FRED BROWN
ELLA REEVE BLOOR.
PATRICK TECHEY, organizer at
Philadelphia.
MARTIN YOUNG, organizer at
Pittsburgh.
JOHN WILLIAMSON, State secre-
tary for Ohio.
HOMER BROOKS, State secretary
for Texas.
WYNDHAM MORTIMER. vice
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WILL1fAWI T. OOINN9 OIdVC SCCTC-
tary for Montana.
THOMAS MARRIED, negro, of
Philadelphia, now employed as
an organizer by the CLIO.
RAY HANSBOROUGH, former
negro preacher.
MORRIS RAPPORT, district or
ganizer for Oregon and Wash
ingtOn.
WILLIAM SCHNEIDERMANN,
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the WPA is front" for the COM
munist party. AS Thomas called
on Frey for names, Representative
Healey Cd, of Massachusetts,,
urged Frey to be cautious.
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Chief

gained wide nOtoriety in the So
called Georgia insurrectiOn case.
KARL ROSS, national secretary
of the Young Communist
League.
SAM DARCY, who is engaged on
special work among farmers in
Minnesota, as we'll as representa-
tive of the national committee
in the Northwest.
HERBERT BENJAMIN, national
secretary of the Workers ALI
ance of America, who SpecialiZeS
on work among the unemployed.
PETER CACCHIONE, organizer
for Brooklyn, N. Y.
V. J. JEROME, editor of the party
monthly magazine "The Com
muniSt."
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District of Columbia. fair. con-
tinued warm tonight; Wednesday
partly cloudy, possibly local thun-
derShowers in afternoon: gentle
variable winds, mostly south.
Maryland and Virginia. partly
cloudy, continued warm, followed
by local showers and thunder.
storms in central and east por.
tions Wednesday and in extreme
west portions late tonight or Wed
neSday.
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DEPARTURES

DLI NANA VAbNp
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January /, 1898, 696.
Excess of temperature since Au-
gust /. 1888. 81.
Accumulated deficiency of pre-
cipitation since January /. 1888,
$40.
Excess of precipitation since Au-
gust /, 1888, "a.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 81; lowest, 81.
TEMPERATURES
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Chance for Publicity

But. Frey said, they failed, al
though they were able to use our
convention as a sounding board to
get more publicity than they other
wise would"
Frey, reaching for one of his
many documents, named Albert
Stonkus. an original leader of the
lWW, a charter member of the
Communist party. as holding an
official position in the utilities
workers division of the CIO.
Frey then turned to the Work.
ers Alliance of America. COM
posed chiefly of WPA workers.
Representative Thomas inter
rupted to make his charge that
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WILLIAM z. FOSTER. national
chairman of the Communist
party of the United States Of
America.
EARL r. BROWDER, general
secretary of the party.
ALEXANDER BITTLEMANN.
ROY HUDSON, in charge of or
aniZatiO among marine
workers.
JACK STACHEL. in charge Of
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WPA CALLED 'FRONT.' OF REDS
ORGANIZATION IN THIS COUNTRY
Very Dangerous
Says Rep. Thomas
AT Inquiry
Continued from Page ~

lists in the automobile strike"
Frey emphasized.
He put in the record news
paper dispatch quoting a Com
munist International as saying
that Communists played leading
roles in the strike.
There are two factors in the
Automobile workers Union
now" said Frey. There is re-
sentiment on the part of many
members because of Commu
mist control and fight between
two Communist factions
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Aide

JAMES w. FORD, in charge of
Negro work.
CHARLES KRUMBEIN, State sec
retary.
ISRAEL AMTER, State organizer
of New York.
CLARENCE A. HATHAWAY, edi-
tor of the Daily Worker.
MAX BEDACHT, national secre-
tary of the International Work
erS Order.
A. ]. BERRY, Negro organizer for
Harlem.
HARRY WINSTON (Negro) exec
utive secretary of the Young
Communist League.
STEVE NELSON, formerly section
organizer in Wilkes Barre, Pa,
and recently returned from Serv-
ice with the lOyalist forces in
Spain.
MARGARET COWL, wife of Kum-
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Red irectorate
For u. s. Listed
Frey Gives Dies House Group Names
OfNeW National Committee

NN.S.) The nelC national committee of the Com
ust pGry in this country giUen to the Dies House
committee Investigating unAmercan activities By John
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AFL Approached

"Were the Communists re-
sponsible for the sit-down
strike?" asked Representative
Mosier (DD of Ohio.
Probably more than any
other group" said Frey. They
were greatly influenced by what
had happened in France.
Frey said the Communists now
dominate the labor movement in
France.
Asserting that the Communists
have fought for control of the AFL
as we'll as the CIO organization,
Frey said that the last great Com
muniSt campaign to control the
AFL was made at the Tampa
(FlaO convention in 1886.
He charged that Jack Statebel,
member of the Communist ma,
tional committee, was in Tampa
during the convention, and cen
sored dispatches of many Com.
muniSt newspapers.
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Trial for Treason

Before the auto workers conven-
tion in Milwaukee last year. Frey
said, a faction meeting of Com
munists was held in Eagles Hall
in that city.
He named Wyndham Mortimer,
recently expelled as vice president
of the UAWA as one of those pres
ent. Members of the Communist
national committee were present,
he said. Ninety delegates met
with the Communist officials, he
said, adding:
Here was a meeting of Com
munist officials, most of them
not members of the union. aold-
ing a meeting in an effort to
control it,"
Explaining one of his secret
Communist documents, Frey said
that he knew that a member Of
the Communist party was tried
for treason because of matters
read by Frey at an American Fed
Grafton of Labor convention.
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Red Strikes Success

He read a report of William
Weinstone, a Communist in De,
troit on the "sit-down" strike in
the auto industry. 1t said:
There is no doubt where the
Communists took active part the
strike was most successful"
Frey quoted WeinStone as re-
porting that existence of units
in the shops were most impor-
tant."
THE assistance Of which
Weinstone speaks was partly
the work Of Communists in
units in the shop and also in
the mass picket line" said Frey.
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Editor

brin and head of the wOmen'S
department at national office.
HARRISON GEORGE, brother-in-
law of Earl R. Browder, and
editor of the Communist daily
newspaper The Peoples World,
of San Francisco.
GENE DENNIS, formerly of Mil.
waukee but now head Of the
legislative committee, national
office.
PHIL FRANKFELD, State secre-
tary for Massachusetts,.
ALEX MARRIOTT, director of the
New York workers school, a for
mer dentist.
REBECCA GRECHT, merly
New Jersey organizer but now
working in the organization of
the national office.
ANNA BKRLAK, State secretary
for Rhode Island and leader of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30
THE RISE IN COST OF
GOVERNMENT

How different the picture actually
E Is may be seen by looking briefly al
figures giving government costs
over a period OF years. These are
the facts:
! l. The cost OF government mount
ed slowly from the beginning OF tht
! century until the entrance 'lof the
United States into the World War
After the war years. Federal Gov
eminent costs declined somewhat
until 1927. although state and local
{ government costs were rapidly in
creasing- Since 1927. there has
F been a great expansion OF Federal
governmental activities so that the
local government expenditures IL
1887 are more than eleven times
those OF 1900.
2 A comparison OF Federal. state
and local expenditures with our M
+ tionaI income shows q slow but sure
Z growth in the relative cost Of gov
( eminent from 1900 TO 1929 From
that point on. government expendi
lures shot up rapidly while our ma
tionaI income was falling off To
, day, even though our national in
come is rapidly increasing, Onequar
ter Of il would be necessary 20 pay
+ he huge cost OF government 4.
3. Tax collections OF Federal. state
and local governments now equal
about seventeen per cent OF our ma
I .ionaI income. This is a percentage
approximately double that prior TO
he depression IL is estimated that
axes today amount to 1917 a year
per family. or about SCI a month.
T. The debt OF the Federal govern
ment. the states. and all other 70
IIticaI subdivisions. Is now approx
mateIy 81 billion dollars Thls
amount OF money would more than
pay for all OF the seven million
farms in the United States together
with their buildings. livestock. am
pIements and machinery Less than
one-haIf OF Il would pay the assessed
value of all the real property IN New
York State IL IS sum almost
twice the total resources OF all II
the national banks in the United
States
This government debt represents
an increase Of 1899 per cent from
the three billion dollar public deOf
at the turn OF the century. ana dur
ing the same period the population
Increased but 20 per cent THUS,
the public debt for each individual
In the United Staies-eFery nlaa.
woman and chiId-Bas increased ~
the last 81 years from $50 10 S4i2-
In 1886. wages and salaries scF all
employees og government exeiud-
lng those on work relief. came 20
sJ.Is5.S73. COO. which works cut 10
$3.50 for each American family Of
four. II the extraordinary figures
for reIiefswere added 10 this normal
total. the figures would be fairly as
founding
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30
APRIL, OUR MONTH OF WARS

April is the month of war, so far as
the United States is concerned.
On the 9Th is the anniversary of our
declaration of war against Germany, in
1917; the 18th is the anniversary of the
first shot, fired at Fort Sumter, that
initiated four years of fighting in the last
century and the 25th marks the anniver-
sary of the declaration of war against
Spain, in 1898. " =. .,.... 80 -.
Luckily, as this is written; no inpend-
ing struggle is in prospect but so uncertain
are world events that one can hardly tell
when the next conflict will begin.
There are, of course, pending prob
lens with Japan but, these should not lead
to war in the near future, whatever may
be the possible consequences of future ag-
gressiveness or the part of the Far Eastern
empire
Then, as possible source of trouble,
South America looms up. With it is the
necessity of a decision on the part of the
people of this country whether they are
willing to abandon the Monroe Doctrine if
that principle implies the risk OF warfare.
AS we see it, the danger is real. Already
exchanges are taking place between Brazil
and Germany, at the instigatiOn of Ber-
lin, on the subject of the treatment ac-
corded Germanic inhabitants of the South
American country. 1t might lead TO COM
.plicatiOns. - e" Ill AZ. ."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30
| AW FOR THE Ladies
ssssssssssssssssssssssss

Lets talk about common law
marriage. Amy kind of marriage
is an interesting subject TO the
ladies. at least they accuse us OF
being incurable matchmaker
and perhaps We are.
In any case, a common law
marriage is legal. pat and fine in
Florida. If man and woman live
together, and hold themselves out
as man and wife, sans license and
sans ceremony, theirs is a valid
marriage and their children are
legitimate
Which reminds US of the gentle
man who came down last season,
shipping his girl-friend well
ahead of him TO avoid any semb-
lance of a Mann Act charge.
Very clever gentleman he was.
They took a room in a not too ex-
travagant hotel, registered as man
and wife, of course. They played
bridge with the Smiths and dined
with Mr.. Jones.
My wife. our hero introduced
little girl-friend.
Then came the spring. The
young mans fancy turned back
North.
Goodbye, he told his girl
friend. here's your ticket home.
See you again some other time.
But she had copy of Law for
the Ladies'. hidden beneath her
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

A man may transfer his affections
from his wife TO her mother. but he can't
transfer alimony. as George Smith. a
Michigan farmer. has discovered After
Smith was ordered 10 pay 81 a week TO his
divorced wife. he married his mOther-in-
law and stopped his alimony payments on
the ground that he couldn't afford 10 sup
poTt both The Judge disagreed and
warned Smith 10 come across promptly
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30
IT'S ODD
BUT IT'S SCIENCE
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
AP Science Editor

NEW YORK. March 3O.-The
largest baby in the world IS the
blue whale-2I feet al birth
On the growth of this baby de-
ponds the hopes Of the very old
whaling industry For at one
year-old this baby measures 90
feet long and at little over two
years II is sexually mature.
The problem Of the whalers is
not 20 Kill these youngsters until
they have had one baby Of their
own With guns. explosive bullets
and floating factories the Whalers
are killing each year al undimIn-
shed number OF whales
But the sizes are getting small
er This according 10 the British
colonial office. means that more
and more whales are killed before
having rad time 20 reproduce
Discovery Of the very rapid
growth ard maturity q the blue
whale Is . recent fact which ex-
perts say points 70 . limit on
whaling The limit IS not 50 bad
as expected. and she LIE q the
blue whale seems 70 explain Why
All the whales WeFe not killed
long ago
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

pillow. 50 she said. Not 50 fast
dear, wiley is going with you
And on, alas and alack for oar
hero. he was .'c0tched
Because. you see. 3 common
law marriage can be dissolved
only by death or divorce Deafh
seemed , little cold and clarnmy
and divorce meant alim0ny.
So they were seen leaving on 3
north hound train. the hsppiesi
married couple you can picture
and we hope they'n be coming -
Key West soon again
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

It IS said that history repeats itself
In enc instance we hope it doesn't When
the railroad came TO town in 1912 Key
West had population of $4,000. ironically
enough the population started to dwindle.
and is now less thap half of what it was
then but every sensible person knows that
the advent of the railroad did not cause
the dwindling of the population. II was 4
series Of drawbacks. In quick succession
Key West lost the cigar business. the
sponge fishing. the Naval Stations aetivi-
lies. etc Nevertheless. il IS a peculiar and
remarkable coincidence that the Island
City vas prosperous community before
the arrival Of the iron horse and Is again
coming into its own and pristine glory now
hci The railroad IS no more. Maybe the
-cuCrous snorting Of the iron horse angered
old Neptune and he sought and accom-
plished is destruction: let Us hope that the
efer tread of the motor ears viii ap-
poase 4. p and luI him 10 sleep while they
in thousands 60 rolling on over seas 10 Key
West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

When Mrs. Harry Gale of Wisconsin
cared for an injured collie several years
ago. she did better than she knew The
dog has twice saved the life of her little
son, Robert; once by dragging him out of
the way of an approaching automobile
and again by giving the alarm when the
room in which the child was playing
caught fire
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30
'I'0day'S Horoscope

Self-eonfidence IS the keynote
q this day. and indications point
20 successful business men There
IS danger that pride or diSappoint-
ment may hinder from making TIE
most of opportunity. for unre-
strained self-confsdence Is apt 20
develop q self-xatisfied c0uceIt-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30
R. B. Mcclure of Oakland.

r. B. Mcclure of Oakland, Calf.
seems 10 think that his wife is not quite Up
TO the desired standards in temperament
and habits. In his divorce suit he charged
that she was ''sullen. mean. irritable. NOR
bid. disagreeable, nasty, grueSOme. cool.
bitter. heekling. jealous. picayunish loath-
some. insulting. brazen. misery. gIutton-
Gus. temperamental, selfish. eontemptuous.
inattentive. unciyil and incoRsiderate-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

At the sound of fire alarm 65 blind
inmates of New York institution march
ed from the seventh floor to the street in
perfect order in one minute and 40
seconds. No damage of any kind was
done, it being only fire drill.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

As a vamp who gets her men, Nine.
Adrienne Guyot of Brussels appears to be
in class by herself. Although not quite
40 years old, she has confessed to having
had 682 sweethearts, so of whom she mar
ried. Her mating average was approx
mately two sweethearts month and two
husbands year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

Maybe this is an old one, but it is re-
ported this time from an English parish
which advertised: "Rummage sale in the
village hall. A chance for women of the
congregation to get rid of anything not
worth keeping. Don't forget to bring your
husbands" - NIB !.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

Five train loads Of Shriners
from Chicago, more than 1000 IN
number. viii be guests on Sunday
and viii remain for 81 least half
day. The Medinah Temple
brass band, said 10 be the finest
organization Of the kind IN the
world, may give . concert during
the time they are here Al least
800 automobiles VIII be needed %
take the visitors for > ride around
the city. The delegation VIII AZ
rive al Key West enrOute 70 Ha-
vana and has chartered the Gov
ernOr Cobb and Cuba for the rrip
TO Havana Returning the dele
cation viii reach this city on sun
day. May 6, and VIII remain N
the city from $50 in the morning
until II o'clock
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30
SIDELIGH is
By MARCY B. DARNALL
Former Editor of The Key West Citizen

Four persons were painfully but not
seriously hurt in Ohio when truck ard an
automobile cOllided, both vehicles being
thrown into the ditch. 1t might have been
worse if any of the 80 cases of dynamite
with which the truck was loaded had hap
pened to explode.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

That former jail-bird has sympathy
for imprisoned creatures was illustrated
by a St. Louis burglar few nights ago.
He took $3.50. from the home of Sam
Zummo and before leaving released the
pet canary from its cage.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

The Wurk uf oa1nE Ez1un a-er
from WhIfehead G. to $500
has been coElplez=d "A EE 90
sand has been pzce1 cEer 49,
street IN Greer 90 Elre n 3 zr
s1rE1ce Is Eha Cal Sa-z-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

WORK IS pragres1uE e. ~ ST.
ond lznk C ne zzuz-1. - re
foot q Fruuf s-eeI TEe ke
been seEeEzl zeW s-ecE G--
ed 20 the cuLleEluu - So E~
tank and WrzE1ll 3 s1Er- 1lme 81 81
PROPOSED - haEe hu-h sz
Cd win sneeue-s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

To sensitive japanese, whose nation
al odOr is kept sweet by mainly vegetar-
ian diet, the Anglo-Saxons smell like lions
and tigers. We are hardly conscious of the
meat odor but to the Japanese we reek of
it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30
POmpano is the highest-priced

Pompano is the highest-priced fish
served in any Florida restaurant, yet those
Key Westers can take yellow-tail and fix
It up so that your pompano viii taste like
q mud earps by,sompar Miami Friday
49, fst.s# tiaBsf fftl+ - ts.tt'--
+Nl5At+isfstsff q t.af a-fTf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

Admiral-So you're the Chief
q Police IN Newport, Glad %
knoW you ! wonder II ] could
arrange 20 meet the Fire Chief
g q P-S1re. Just wzit until
! change hats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30
The photographic of the Pibfida. Times

The photographer Of the Flbtida. Times
Union is concerned about his imported
cigars in case the United States should an
mex Cuba on the theory that domestic to-
bacco never tastes quite as good as the i'm
ported kind. He needn't worry. Uncle
sam has no imperialistic aspirations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

Registration books VIII b
open from the first Of April until
the last day. Under the law they
must be open from the first day
Of April until the first Of May
Monday is the first Of the month,
hence they VIII be open for the
full month. Some $500 voters are
already registered ard Il is ex-
pected that many Dthers are yei
TO register. Some confusion has
been caused by articles in Miami
papers which nrtes al voters q
register. That is NECESSITY a.
Dade county but put IN Monroe
In COUNTIES with population q
more than 10000 il is required
that voters register every twu
years. This Is not true snywhere
else. however. hence Monroe does
not have TO follow this lsw.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

When labor Is disconnected it sits
down while still strong and virile; capital
will sit down. too, but only when it is tired
and unable to stand up.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

Why worry when people fail to agree
with your ideas; if they had as much sense
as. you, of course. they would know as
much as you know.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

The Casa Marina tomorrow VII
close much the most successful
season in the history Of TINS great
hostelry. The increase Is approx
mately IS percent
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

The program Of the Rotary
Club yesterday was in charge q
George Perpall. chairman o. the
boys work committee ne
schools crying need Al TINS time
is for an athletic field but there
is no outdoor field for games. h.
showed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-30

Roosevelt demands end Of spe-
cal privilege. asserting ms wss
aim o. third bzskef tax