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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
NO COMPROMISE

The first compromise in the
wage-hour bill now before con-
ference in a senate and house
meeting was proposed yesterday
when it was declared that certain
industries would be declared eX-
empt from the provisions of the
bill, but that all others, beginning
with a 25 cent an hour scale
would end with 40 cents an hour
scale, at the end of seven years.
The presumption is that those in
dustries which could not afford TO
pay the higher wages or would be
hurt because of sectional location
under a universal wage scale
were the industries to be ex-
empted. Louisiana and Florida
Senators Ellender and Pepper
didn't like the looks of it, how
ever, stating that if that sort of
compromise were effected it
would mean that ultimately all
industries would be under a 40
cent scale and this might mean
bankruptcy to many. The old
story of give an inch and others
will take foot. To combat the
bill a southern filibuster, which
on the lynching bill talked for is
days, was threatened.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
NEW CZECH RIGHTS

The kick" of Sloval<ia seems
to be lack of representation,
which it will be remembered was
the cause of the American 1776
parting from England. Czecho-
slovakia is a democratic republic,
however, and premier Milan
Hodza, partly through democracy
and partly Through observation
of the way the wind is blowing
and what il is bringing, revealed
that new national statute is be-
ing prepared which will meet the
demands of both Slovakia and
Sudeten Czechoslovakia. Which
shows that the world has indeed
learned some things from past his
tory. George III of England lost
a mighty big and mighty prosper
Gus country by refusing Amer
leans their representative rights.
George had even more of a Job on
his hands than did Hodza in
meeting the demands of young,
democratic, closely-knit America
of the '76 days with his mon
archial form of government
Hodza, with a republics COM
promising offers, has an easier al
tentative.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
BLOODY CANTON RAID

Sirens blew again in Canton,
China, yesterday. In few mo-
ments toward the east a light
droning was heard and then in
the distance shaped black specks
were seen in the sky. AS they
approached the outskirts Of the
city observers could see curling
triangular outbursts as bombs
burst over buildings and plants.
BY that time the streets around
were filled with frantic persons
hurrying TO shelter. Coming
closer the ominous drone grew
louder. Then SCATTERING reports
burst nearby as the bombs tore
down houses and dug deep into
the streets. Some bombs burst
directly over groups of persons
and sickeningly blew them TO
bits. Then followed an inferno Of
sound and sight for twenty
minutes or more. Finally the
bombing lightened and faded
away back toward the east. to-
ward the land of the rising sun.
II was the eighth successive day
Of bombing by japanese planes
One thousand and five hundred
persons were killed and injured
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
KILLS COOPERATING CHINESE

recent press dispatch from Shang-
hal. China, tells of Chinese guard who
shot and killed a lawyer because the at
torney had accepted post with the Jap
aneSe-sponsored Marking Government. The
Chinaman had been employed to guard
ths lawyer. After killing his employer.
and a fellow-guard, the Chinaman commit
ted suicide IN crowded street.
This incident bears out earlier reports
that ChinSe citizens who attempt to assist
the japanese in reorganizing government
in China viii be poor insurance risks. The
determination of the Chinese to prevent
the Japanese from succeeding in their con-
quest of China is expressed. il seems. in
the assassination of Chinese men who be-
come the tools of the invaders. According
10 many. standards. it is nasty work. but in
view of the circumstances. a formidable
weapon in Chinese defense.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
You and Your
Nations Affairs
A Dilemma of Principle
By WALTER E. SPAHR
Professor of Economics, NeU York University

ance to principles and to consistency
regarding them? Many Of these Tin
tellectuals" have abandoned their
principles and have shifted from their
earlier position as easily as if they
had been dealing with piece of cloth
ing They have not only convicted
themselves of inconsistency and of
lack of deep principle but they are
ordinarily bitter critics of those men
and women who believed in the
Democratic platform of 1892. and
still do.
What is the explanatio Of this sort
of thing2 How do these supposedly
intellectual" shutters attempt to JUS
tify their inconsistency? Many of
them ignore the m after Others,
knowing that they are caught on the
hook of a remarkable inconsistency
in principle, resort to every ingenious
evasion that the human mind can de-
vise-all of which weakens ones con-
tidence in the intellectual integrity of
people who are supposed to prize il.
Others strike superior attitude and
attempt to convey the notion that.
being Liberals" they are above
mere principles. Others-the less in
tellectual--sneer or snarl; they be-
long to a cult that is difficult to
describe. Many of them are Wild
eyed, long-haired, faratical. witch
burning type Often they are the agi-
tators, the Socialists, the Communists,
or those persons with that peculiar
mixture of emotions which produces
people opposed to everything Amer
lean" Many of these individuals have
been thwarted in one way or another:
they have a grudge against certain
classes of persons, and have the no.
ton that the New Deal will help them
to satisfy it.
Altogether there has been I'M
leashed in this country a Seething
undercurrent of intellectual dishon-
eSty, bitterness, hate, vindicativeness,
and m nm ass that is far from
healthy 1t is easy to believe that 1t
is rapidly becoming ominouS. A very
large proportion of the New Deal
support comes from these groups.
If this nation is to be saved from
dernagoguery. from crazy "econom-
les, from cheap politics. from the
dissipation of our national patrimony,
and from the revolutionary termites
now undermining our supporting pill
lars, the Democrats. Republicans and
Independents of principle must find
way to create political party
which the saner elements of this
country will join and which will set
to work to inject minded States
lnanship and sound economics into
our national government.
thor care of this nelUSpdpeT)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
TODAY'S COMMON
ERROR
Coup is pronounced koo:
not koop.
[ E S T Y o U r
KIN WI ED G E

Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn TO
Page 4 for the answers
asssssssSsss
l. Which state is called Treas
ure State?
2. What does the Latin phrase
caveat emptor mean?
3. What country is referred to
as a reeless country?
4. To what general family Of
birds do the falcons be
long?
5. In what year was the war
between the U. s. and
Spain fought?
6. Under what department of
the government is the
Geological Survey?
7. Name the Saltiest body of
water in the world.
8. In which city is Independ-
ence Hall?
9. Which is the first permanent
tooth in a human being?
10. Name the three states of the
Union, smallest in area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
WEATHER FORECAST

Key West and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday
with scattered thundershowers
Wednesday afternoon; moderate
winds, mostly easterly.
Florida: Partly cloudy tonight
and Wednesday with scattered
thundershowers Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Jacksonville TO Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate south
cast to south winds except most
" easterly over eXtrelne south
portion, partly overcast weather
tonight and Wednesday with scat
tered showers Wednesday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

Deal leaders condemn those who now
refuse to approve Of the New Deal
departures from that excellent docu
ment. Such criticism is utterly unfair
since those men and women of prin-
ciple, who believed firmly in the gen.
eral soundness of that platform, could
not possibly support the current New
Deal policies which follow much more
closely the planks of the Socialist
platform than they do the Democratic
platform of 1892.
1t is doubtless because of its Social
istic character that the New Deal Ad-
ministration has the vigorous support
of radicals of nearly every brand.
and is opposed by the conservative
Democrats, independents. and some
Republicans who gladly approved the
Democratic platform of 1892 and who
now believe that they and the coun-
try have been betrayed.
Much effort has been expended in
attempting TO explain why this Adj
miniStration has repudiated so COM
pletely the platform and promises of
1892, but little attention has been
given to the remarkable ability of the
mass of American people to shift their
position with every shift made by the
New Dealers. This is phenomenon
that deserves analysis by our social
psychologists.
One may overlook that great group
of people who probably had little APP
probation of the economic and other
policies involved in the 1882 platform.
and who are swayed by emotions and
are bothered little by principles
economic or otherwise) and consist
ency. But what about those Intel.
lectuals" who are supposed TO know
something about economics and who
are supposed to attach some import
Address questions to the a.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
FIERY EARTH DEATH

A volcano inactive in ten years
outside of Manila in the Philip
pine Islands erupted yesterday IN
great force with earthquakes
shaking the region and rocks and
lava hurled high into the air
from the 1900 foot peak. Terri
fled Filipinos in the bush were
in mad flight to escape the inn
pending burning wall of hot lava
which would come burning and
whispering through the brush and
tall coconut trees. In 1914 the
same volcano buried 1000 people
and covered a village Modern
Red Cross units stand by for aid.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

The Citizen believes that each state
should look after its INDECENT and unem-
plcged. and not the federal government.
The sooner this desideratum Is brought
about. the better for all and everything
concerned. The part politics is playing in
governmental charity agencies is heeoming
arational scandal. and the Administration
= finding it sineeure in boosting its
stooges into public effce. het il shoul re-
member that the pendulum swings back a.
well as forth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
sssssssesssessssssss'
TEACHER PAY

Good news for Monroe County
School teachers is in the news
today. Apportionment for school
teachers salaries is nearly made
up. Tallahassee officials announce
today. This means that all teach
ers' salaries for the year win be
paid. A loaroof $575.O0o will be
secured from SURPRISES in other
state treasury funds and applied
to the present fund of 100000
and another S25o,OOO available
from the motor vehicle commits
sion's expense fund. The loan
would be repaid from an ex-
pected S1,O46,000 from June and
July gross receipts taxes, gaso-
line taxes, store licenses and a
surplus in the beverage tax fund.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

tract limit. Ferries should be in
operation between the two gaps
before the rush of travel sets in.
This means there is little time to
be lost. II takes more than a day
to perfect such service even after
the road is finished, the boats on
hand and the trips begun. All this
should be worked out well in adj
vance. And now is the time to
begin.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

in the heaviest toll of the eight
days OF siege. They lay in the
streets, blood over Chinese shirts,
eyes closed and panied death ex-
pressions. In other places parts
of heads were torn off. An arm
was missing off this body or red
bones showed through a ripped
chest. Air Death!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

There will be no dictator in the United
States as long as Congress votes the money
for Government and its enterprises. But
this cannot go on forever, stop must be
put to the spending; then what happens?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

Pirate printers, by evading license and
either taxes. giving little or no employment
to others and no publicity or other service
to the communities in which they operate
are enabled to sell their inferior products
at eut-throat prioes.-The Punta Gorda
Herald.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

-es, A Republican calls the spending bill
8 bribery What would it be if the Re-
gspqblieans did the spending ?-Tampa Tri-
7a banei4 1t would be the same rose, and
smell ses-stt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

prove the ECU
nomic policies
of the present
& ov er nm e Mt
which has vio-
lated the major
plankS OF that
platform? A
person has to
have a phenom-
en- al capacity
for inconSiSt-
encY to be able
to endorse two
sets of policies
so diametrically
opposed 10 each
other.
t h e N e W
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

Many Americans might be inclined to
overlook it, but the public school system is
the great bulwark OF independence and
liberty. We have little to fear from edu-
Gated people; it is the ignorant who give
cause for caution.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

The adjournment of Congress will en-
able many congressman to attend to some
very important business and some will find
the. Administration in competition.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

Criticism is constructive and meant to
be SO; knocking is destructive and inten-
tionally so. It doesn't take skilled psy-
chologist to know the difference
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

It's about time for the nations of the
world to give China something besides SYM
pathy in the defense of her country against
Japan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07
A WIRL OF
The GLOBE

tOpinions expressed in this
column do not necessarily
AGREE with those of The CHI
zenl.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

: reaa Charity should begin at home, but
there are some people in Key West who
think otherwise
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

flow can those people who enthu
siastically approved the economic
doctrines written into the Democratic
political platform of 1892 also ap
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

Editorial comment There ;
every Reason 10 believe thai Jeu-
ners Brothers vail finish Yhe Key
VacaS group stretch Of tire Over
Sea Highway long before the Coz
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

Key West fishermen do not have to
truth is almost unbelievable.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

January 2, 1929, will see two
air mail lines in operation be-
tween Key West and the Canal
Zone and between this city, Cuba,
Haiti and Santo Domingo. Daily
services will be inaugurated to
Canal Zone while mail planes for
the West Indian Republic will be
three times a week. Sealed pro-
posals for carrying the mails on
these two routes will be received
by the government on January 2,
with the provision they will be-
gin two months after. j. c. Whit
beck, manager of the Pan Ameri-
can lines is out of the city at the
present time and no local repre-
sentative of the lines will discuss
the matter. Nevertheless it is
thought to be practical certain
ty that this line which is already
operating the Key West-Cuba line
will get two contracts for the
lines to the Canal Zone and the
Cuban mail service. The contracts
provide that the carrier must
nave its own landing fields, that
it must be familiar with the
routes to be traversed and that
the company must provide suit
able equipment for the land and
water trips.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

If the people of the United States do
not watch out, they will have liberal
Supreme Court on their hands.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

~ - s. If you don't trade in Key West, can
!, you imagine anybody who does?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

Bonnie d. jerks and Miss Ma
RE Louise Cappick have been APP
pointed delegates to represent the
local postoffice at the second an
nual convention of Association of
Florida Letter Carriers and Clerks
which will be held in Fort Myers
on July 4. The first convention Of
the organization was held IN
West Palm Beach last July with
more than 800 in attendance. II
is expected the number viii be
materially increased this year.
A seaplane arrived this morn
ing from West Palm Beach and
cleared through the local custom
house for Havana. On the plane
were George p. Aldridge. who at
one time conducted a raid in this
city for prohibition enforcement
forces. w. S. Thompson and A. ].
Williamson. Facing brisk winds
the trip from West Palm Beach
TO Key West was made in five
minutes less than three hours. Mr.
Williamson, master Of the craft
reported. The distance by rail is
223 miles.
Barbara, daughter Of Colonel
and Mrs. Hugh X, Taylor, the lat
ter a former Key West, was ser
iouSly injured recently when
struck by an automobile at Fort
Adams, Newport, r. She sus-
tanned a fracture Of the collar
bone and leg.
The Oversee Highway is draw
ing Californians 10 Key West ard
Cuba. The Automobile cluy 81
Los Angeles is asking the local
Chamber of Commerce for infer
nation as 90 roads ard ferries
and transportation 90 Havana,
and IS being given the inf0rrna
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

| IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
~, ~ se, 4 ei@' ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN
ktr lao Water and Sewerage
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
%. Hotels and Apartments.
A. Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports-I4and and Sea.
6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

Two precincts, the Third and
Fifth, had not tabulated COM
pletely returns from the election
of Tuesday. There were at the time
this statement was made some
thing like i25 votes to be counted
in the Third while more than 600
were to be counted in the Fifth
From all indications the Third
will get through some time to-
night, while the Fifth will get
through some time tomorrow
There have been no appreciable
changes made in the count since
the last figures were published as
far as changing the results of the
race is concerned. George A, T.
Roberts is running Carl Bervaldi
q close race in the commissioner
tight for the Third. the incum-
bent only having lead Of 80
votes this afternoon. Willard Glib
son Is leading kirchenbaum about
80 Votes in the race for the school
board with Victor Lowe running
close Up as third man. Speculation
Is rife bat the certainty Of the re-
suits must b. determined before
tomorrow. as il Is not expected
that the final count viii he delay
sd longer than by afternoon
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

Barometer 1880 a. m. today:
Sea level, 5000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-07

the author of this neospaper)
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-27
COSTERTS LAST STAND
Number 10
Volume l

land in his answer to my" Stand" on milk,
was not being scientifically precise
when he used the word disgust" to des-
cribe his reaction to my statements.
Disgust is a strong term, suggesting an
upset stomach, and would indicate that
the professor was carried away by his
feelings, and must therefore have met
the problem with a prejudiced, very I'M
scientific attitude. However he probab-
ly used the term loosely, as many Of us
do.
He certainly has given excellent,
very comprehensive statement Of the
present generally-held thought on milk
7 acEnowl edged in the beginning that
milk was held in high repute among
authorities.
I do not propose to carry on the
discussion. I claim no monopoly on wis
dom. The figures and concl ions Profess
sor England has placed before us are the
generally accepted ones (although by no
means all authorities agree with them
and there is a definite tendency to dis
count the present fad-like and cult-like
enthus iasm over milky. I have merely
pres ented a minority report on the sub
iect which believe the cons uner should
know about. will let the authorities
carry on the DISCUSSION, and report i'm
portant DEVELOPMENTS I hear Of them.
I do propose here to point out that
Professor England agreed with on the
one point that decided me to take up the
matter in the first place, namely, that
milk is harmful to some people. 1T is
true that he, although agreeing with me
on this point, says that few people are
sc harmed; while on the other hand the
consumer advisory service to which 7
subscribe reports Mayo clinic dieti-
clan as saying that milk is poisonous
to one person in fifteen.
Whatever the exact number may be, it
is news to many mothers and fathers.
Few know much Of anything about aller-
gies; and fewer yet suspect milk. They
will excuse their children and them
selves from eating cabbage and onions.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-27
LET'S TALK 1T OVER
By Henry Little

holm at Pm. and was scheduled to
rive at g.: 80 the fol lowing morning. A.
that VIC would probably be hungry
during the long trip across Sweden, we
stopped into a fruit store for some ap-
pies. AS usual when about to
make purchase were both worry
vous; for when buying involves two Ian
guages it may be quite undertakings
when only half dozen apples
the OBJ ject.
We discovered that the simplest pro-
cedure was to learn how to pronounce the
numbers, then to wolk with O show Of
confidence into the store and hurriodly
spot whatever VIC wanted; then pointing
directly at, say, the apples, to repeat
and with every possible varia-
tion Of accent the number desired, while
keeping an eye on the clerk as he UNDER
took to understand what wanted.
In Sweden it is easier for the Eng
fish speaking visitor to buy than in
some other countries because even the
store clerks often have some knowledge
Of language; but since
be sure, it is wise to attempt the pur-
chase in the described.
This purchase, however, involved
Continued next poge)
not spent their research and education
money to inform thom. Neither have the
dieticians, to any effective extent.
Therefore little Johnnie may be
forced, in spite Of any number Of warn
ing symptoms, to take this Miraculous
Elixir which may be for him much
insidious trouble.
Therefore even if Professor Eng
land IS Figures and conc lus ions valid,
we still must decide individually whether
milk is good fer US. If it agrees with
US, if like it, then and only then
are justified in drinking it, for it
is possible, and not difficult, to adopt
a milk-freo diet that provides all the
essentials Of q healthy life.
hope that statement doesn't dis
. DE- ~ I'll