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Evening star., 1939-01-01

White House, the biggest spender in
history, the New Deals most ardent
apologist, the Republicans most per-
sistent detractor, the center of hun
dred front-page fights. He is supreme
sir knight" of the hoboes and the con-
f1dante of millionaries, with whom he
plays poker at Saratoga and Sands Point
and Warrenton. When the Senate Com
merce Committee takes up the matter
of his cabinet appointment, there may
be show that would make Billy Rose
envious.
Enigma of Roosevelt Era.
Harry Hopkins is quick, homely, pun
gent, buoyant, practical and unphiloso-
phical. In the Roosevelt era he is an
enigma. johnson, Tugwell and dozen
others smiled on by the White House
talked out loud too often and left the
Government. Hopkins talks and talks,
and with every word his prestige at 1900
Pennsylvania avenue seems to grow. Yet
for all his conversation and his resolute
ably less is really known about him
generally than about the silent, myS-
terious Tommy Corcoran.
Whatever growls may come from the
Senate during the confirmation hear
ings, the arrival of Mr.. Hopkins in the
cabinet is no particular surprise. The
President directed vain attempt last
spring to create a new cabinet position
so that Hopkins might fill it. Hopkins
has been attending cabinet meetings.
He is a staff the President leans on, and
Evening star., 1939-01-01
A Call to Fight Pneumonia
Ceners to Furnish Serum Urged for Nation

"A call for action By Congress that
Mould saDe an estimated $4,000 Amer
ican Hues annually from, the raUages
of pneumonia is sounded here By
Widely kno1Un 1Driter on medical top
les. Among his books are "Microbe
Hunters" ""SeDen Iron Men," "Hunger
Fighters" and Men Against DEATH"
Pneumonia is one of the great killers
of humanity, and in spite of now known
science that could cut down the total
of pneumonia deaths in our country by
at least one-third, almost nothing is
being done in the United States to cut
down the general pneumonia sickness
and death rates.
AS Americans, we like to boast about
our great advances in science, but we
are either too complacent or too ignorant
as citizens-to demand that these
advances be used for the good of every
body.
Every year, pneumonia kills over
100000 Of our people. And since pneu-
monia microbes kill only one out of every
three people they attack, the total num-
ber of people threatened with death,
yearly, is over 100000. 1t is safe to say
that not one out of hundred, of all so
threatened, has every chance that science
could now give to survive this terrible
danger And the most dreadful angle of
the pneumonia peril is its suddenness
When you take sick with pneumonia, in
the words of DR.. Russell Cecil, it's like
being hit by truck. It's an emergency,
and the swiftest action by physicians and
laboratory men is demanded.
The reason for our nationally miser-
able failure to cope with pneumonia
murder is not far to seek. Pneumonia Is
not one disease; it is many diseases;
there are many different types of pneu-
monia microbes. For some of these there
are now marvelously curative serllms
available. Some of these are so powerful
that the cure of sufferers at the brink
of death occurs within seven to 10 hours
after one injection of serum. But here
is the difficulty: While it's no great trick
for the average practicing physician to
come to the bedside of high-feverish,
or child, and say, pneumonia" it's an
entirely different thing to determine
whether this given case of pneumonia is
the kind that can be cured by serum. T.
That's absolutely the job for the
laboratory man, not the doctor. The
physician can quickly take the sample
Of his threatened patients sputurn, rush
1t to the laboratory. The skilled labora-
tory worker can make the diagnosis Of
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Plight of NJ. P. Sad
From Any Direction

CROYDON (P-A. P. Herbert asks
the world to consider the sad plight of
British members of Parliament
The humorist-member for Oxford
University says:
"The hours of M. Ps are long and un-
natural. The atmosphere unnatural and
unhealthy. Temptations are numerous.
"The cost of living is high and insults
are almost continuous. 1t is indeed diff
cult for one of us poor chaps to do the
right thing.
"If we are witty. it is said we are
frivolous. If we are serious it is said
we are dull, and God knows we are
1--WE are constantly reminded that we
are paid $500 (around $4,000 a year for
attending Parliament. The German
deputies are paid precisely the same
amount for not attending at ALL"
Evening star., 1939-01-01

by death from pneumonia of it's male
citizens only! From that It's not hard
to figure the money loss caused by those
devilish, lance-shaped pneumonia mi
crobes to our Nation. Our Government
and State health men know exactly
where pneumonia centers are needed.
These could quickly be organized. Lab
oratory workers could quickly be trained.
Serum could be produced; there is no
dearth of rabbits for this purpose. Our
doctors are eager to learn the new
science and to use it to save their
patients.
There is just one thing lacking-and
that's the money, and there's the ghastly
humor of the situation:
The money that would have to be
spent to organize the pneumonia fight,
and to keep that fight going, and to
make the fight more powerful, would be
paid off many times over by the money
that would be saved by preventing the
annual death toll of so many thousands.
And, finally, this basic fact about
pneumonia must be remembered: It is
a communicable disease. And every per-
son you rapidly cure means one person
less who is spreading pneumonia death
about him. So that, if the now known
science were turned on, full horsepower,
the number of cases of pneumonia would
decrease rapidly.
New Vaccine Experiment.
1t is entirely possible that we, as citi-
zens, do not have the heart to SYM
pathize with pneumonia victims and
their dear ones enough to see that they
get the chance for this pneumonia
science. But it does seem strange that
we're SO wasteful Of money, so economi-
cally ignorant, that we don't demand
that our Congress take action that would
save our country, annually, hundreds of
millions of tax dollars.
The Government is experimenting with
a vaccine to determine the possibility of
using it as a preventive for pneumonia,
but so far the results are too incom-
plete to reach conclusion as to its
effectiveness.
Since it is so difficult to be sure of being
near either doctors or laboratories where
you or your own can get adequate serum
treatment for pneumonia, the question
arises whether there are any homespun,
common sense ways to prevent getting
it. Unquestionably, yes Pneumonia,
while not highly contagious, is COM
mun!cable disease, and close contact with
those suffering gives virulent microbes
q chance to jump to you. But more
important is the advisability Of treating
colds you may catch. during the winter,
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Bv Paul de Kruif.

the type Of pneumonia microbe in not
much longer than the twinkling Of an
eye. He can then put the right serum
back into the hands of the doctor, who
can rush back to the bedside administer
it, and maybe save life. But here's
the catch:
OF all the States, only three or four
have developed anything near an ade-
quate Statewide serum and diagnosis
service! There are vast areas in our
Nation where, if you get pneumonia, so
far as help from science goes, it is just
too bad. The diagnostic laboratories
simply do not exist. Nor are there skilled
laboratory workers in the employ of our
Government, our States, counties or
localities to make the diagnosis and hand
out the serum.
Many Different Types.
In spite of the fact that there are so
many different types of pneumonia
microbes, three-fourths of the cases are
caused by microbes type I, II or III. And
for types and II there are now very
powerfully curative serums. It's esti-
IldJGu NY LIZ 11Ol S1d1l VI UllC 1oOSAAClCA
Institute for Medical Research-where
the greatest advances in the develop
ment of pneumonia serum have been
made in this country-that if pneumonia
centers existed to make the fight ade-
quately all over this country $4,000 lives
would be saved annually!
But that would mean adequately
IL oSa "a 1oI o{or
workers and adequate training of our
physicians in this remarkable new
science And, finally, it would mean ade-
quate public funds, so the serum would
be available to all people, regardless Of
their pocketbooks. For the pneumonia
serum is still expensive-it demands
from $25 to $75 dollars for the treat
ment of single case!
Is an American life worth SIS? That
is for the people of America to answer.
This subject is going to be put before
the Congress this winter-when it is going
to be asked to pass legislation for
great new program of human con-
servation.' Whether or not Congress
takes adequate action, of course, de-
pends entirely upon the pressure exerted
by the American people upon the Con-
gress and the President. And this is
what the American people can tell their
Congress and the President:
It costs our country lot more to bury
its pneumonia victims than it would
cost to save their lives. Dr. Bolduan,
famed New York pneumonia fighter, has
ca1c111atad-apd acei1ratalvf-that Nav
York City alone loses $4,000 900 yearly
Evening star., 1939-01-01
By Blair BOHes.

Mr.. Roper left his post as Secretary of
Commerce less because of any fault of
his own than because his retirement
would leave vacancy into which Mr..
Hopkins could move.
Besides, the breath of criticism of the
workings of the w. P. A., the successor
of the N. E. r. A., was getting so hot that
soon it might have singed the Hopkins
neck. The confirmation hearing before
the Comerce Committee won't offer the
only field day for Hopkins, enemies at
the Capitol. Senator Sheppard, Demo-
crat, of Texas is going to submit his
report on the recent campaign activities.
and it is expected that the W. P. A. will
be scorched for the part it took in last
summers politics. The President is
eager that Mr.. Hopkins keep his whole
skin. and he seemed to have better
chance away from the w. P. A.
Most Energetic Worker.
In an administration blessed with some
of the most energetic workers ever
born, Harry Hopkins is practically the
Evening star., 1939-01-01
The Boy Who Made Good
The New Deal Has Dealt Kindly With Harry Hopkins

The name of Harry Hopkins has been
heard before around the Senate, which
soon will be asked to confirm the Presi-
dents choice of Mr.. Hopkins as Secre-
tary of Commerce. The first time was
in the spring of 1888, when the New
Deal was young and exciting. Mr.. Hop
kins, a practically unknown soldier in
the Roosevelt army, was the White House
choice for chief of the new Emergency
Relief Administration. Approval was
given the nomination speedily and al
most without discussion.
Those days are gone forever. Mr.. Hop
kins is one of the best-known men in
the land, adored and abhored. He is
a figure in America, a darling at the
Evening star., 1939-01-01

most energetic. He is restless and ner-
vous. He awakes with the dawn and
almost goes to bed with it, filling the
day with work. The golf he used to play
is forgotten. The cards he likes to play
he plays too seldom. Duty calls him.
Only few persons have seen Mr..
Hopkins at work in his new paneled, air.
conditioned richly upholstered Office on
the fifth floor of the Commerce Building
But it is probable that he acts just
as naturally and is just as likely to put
his feet on the desk in the elegant sur
roundings as he was in the bare, ILL
furnished quarters he had as chief of
the w. P. A. in the Walker-Johnson
Building.
Until the Senate takes up his case,
Mr.. Hopkins is laying low The Br'er
Rabbit game is new with Hopkins, but
he is sensibly practical man as we'll
as the brilliant New Dealer who wears
Phi Beta Kappa key. What does Harry
Hopkins know about business? What
(See HOPKINS Page R-30
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Hospital Under Ground

BARCELONA R.-An underground
bombproof hospital, the first of its kind
in Spain, has been completed in AL
meria. It has concrete walls almost 4
feet thick.
Evening star., 1939-01-01

IAN article on the background of
Italys colonial aspirations Uiu be
found ON page B-3.J
Evening star., 1939-01-01

(See HOPKINS, Page B-3)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-28

The body was taken to the
Lopez Funeral Home and pre-
pared for burial. and yesterday
afternoon at 3:45 o'clock was
taken in the regular conveyance
of the Home and carried to the
family home near Okeechobee,
Florida, where funeral services
were to be held 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon.
Employees of the company
who went with the body were:
II. j. Jones, construction fore
man, and Mrs. Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard j. Baker, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry ]. Breeder, Fred
Lewis Stuart and L. J. Lanier.
| B. L. Grooms, president of the
Key West Electric Co, this morn
ing expressed his gratitude and
the thanks of the company for
the heroic efforts of those who
did all possible in the hope of re-
storing life to the stricken man,
and also his appreciation to those
who supplied those who were
working with coffee and other re-
freshments, during their efforts
at resuscitation.
After death had been pro-
nounced, Peace Justice Enrique
Esquinaldo. as coroner ex-officio
instructed Constable C. Floney
Pellecier to summon coroner's
jury, and the following jurors
will meet at the county court
house 4 o'clock this afternoon:
Willie Knowles. Comal Lopez,
George Acevedo, Enrique Es-
quinaldo, ST., Edward Niles and
Manuel Perez.
The deceased is survived by his
widow and five children, three of
whom are married. it was said by
one of his friends. They were all
advised of the death Of Mr.. Moore
and are expected to be at the
funeral services this afternoon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-28
Homestead Scouts Came
To Key West Saturday

A group of Boy Scouts from
Homestead, under the leadership
of Scoutmaster j. BROKER. ar
rived in Key West Saturday aft
ernoon and were escorted to
quarters in the Recreation Hall
at the naval station.
Commissioner Charles Taylor of
the local groups and members of
the several troops had been at
work in the hall in the naval
station all Saturday morning and
when the visiting group arrived
they found everything in perfect
condition for their stay.
The visiting boys were sur
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-28

prised at their reception and the
manner in which their temporary
quarters had been fitted out, with
every necessary convenience, and
in the evening wre delightd when
the local scouts assembled in the
hall and had a party for their
guests.
Yesterday they were taken to
all the points of interest in the
city, and were presented with
passes to the aquarium, turtle
crawl, and to the baseball gar es
in the afternoon. This morning
at TBS they left on the return
home, declaring they had q great
time in the Island City.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-28
Hotel And Tourist Assn.
To Appoint Committee To
Handle important Matters
Meeting OF Organization
Called For Tuesday Aft
ernoon At Church Annex
On Eaton Street

Appointment of committees TO
handle important civic and bust
ness matters in behalf of the or
ganization will be one Of the fea.
lures of a meeting of the Key
West Hotel and Tourist Associa-
iion at Stone Church Annex. be.
ginning al 2 p. m. Tuesday.
chairman r. A. Lehman report
ed today.
Owners or managers of 10 Key
West hotels, notei-apartments and
lodging houses either have joined
or have indicated their intention
to join the association, and one
of the committees will be charg-
ed with TIE task of enlisting the
cooperation of all other rooming-
houses and hotels that so far have
not been represented at organiza-
ton meetings.
8 II is also being proposed by
some members of the association
to invite interests identified with
the hotel industry to become as
sociate members of the organi-
zation. Proponents of this plan
believe it will add strength and
give weight to the associations
program to boost civic improve
ments that would enhances Key
West as tourist and Vacation
center.
Further organization details
will be considered at the meeting
tomorrow chairman Lehman
said. I'VE have been given the
advice of the Greater Miami Ho-
tel Association officials who have
had long experience in this kind
of work. and their ideas, together
with the bylaws and constitu-
ton under which the Miami asso-
citation operates. will be explain
ed and outlined at the meeting.
"It is important for all our
members to attend, and to bring
with them the representatives of
other hotels, apartments and
lodging houses not already repre-
sented in the association"
Listed alphabetically, the hotels
and apartment-hotels and lodging
houses already identified with the
association are: Bradley Tourist
Home. Central Inn, Coral Hotel
Gibson House, Gilbert-Jefferson
Hotel. Golden Inn, Keys Guest
House, La Concha Hotel. Lands
End Inn, North Beach Inn. Ocean
View Hotel, Overseas Hotel, Rio
kett's Apartments, Roberts Home,
Siboney Inn, Silver Palm Hotel
and Southern Inn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-28
Charles Moore Net Death
In Contracting Electricity

Charles p. Moore, 48, met his
death Saturday evening when he
came in contact with primary
wire, 1890 volts of electricity,
while working at the corner Of
Duncan and White streets, on the
lines of the Key West Electric
Co. He was a member of the
auxiliary crew who arrived in the
city about six weeks ago, and
have been making extensive re-
pairs, and renewals.
Just how the accident occurred
no one is aware. Other workmen
were nearby at work, and one of
them saw Mr.. Moore sitting
astride a cross arm and remarked
that he had secured a comfortable
seat. The foreman H. j. Jones,
also looked up and saw Moore
and it was then they both realized
that he had been hurt.
Richard Baker, who first saw
him went up the pole and saw
Moore gasp several times for
breath. He called to Mr.. Jones
and they lowered their COM
panion to the ground and began
to work in an effort to bring him
to consciousness. Members of the
Key West Electric Co, the Gas
Company. Fire Department, Tele-
phone Co., trying every means of
resuscitation possible. They work
ed in relays, and residents in the
vicinity kept them supplied with
coffee while the humanitarian
work was being carried on.
Two local physicians were pres
ent and watched the efforts of
the workmen, but long before
their efforts were discontinued,
one of the physicians said that
there was no hope for the injured
man and left. The other stayed
until after IL o'clock when, after
five and q quarter hours the in
jured man was declared beyond
all human assistance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-28
.RFC Not Favorable To
Increase In Bridge Toll

Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration indicated interest in the
matter of toll raise as voted at
the August 18th meeting of the
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
District in a letter sent to John
r. Slade, chairman of the board,
of which copies were sent to the
other four commissioners.
Vice Chairmna John Costar
released his copy of the letter to
The Citizen this morning, with
permission to present the letter to
its readers.
Attention of the RFC was also
directed to the matter of pub
licity as contained in the tenn
porary budget transmitted to that
office by the board. The item of
$4,000 was listed as exorbitant,
in the opinion of the writer, w.
L. Drager, acting chief, Self
Luiquidating Division.
Mr.. Drager's letter follows:
Dear Mr.. Slade:
ION August Ia, 1899, Mr.. B. M.
Duncan, General Manager of the
District, forwarded to us copy
of the Districts tentative budget
for the next fiscal year and stated
that the Commissioners desired
our recommendations regarding
it. We have also received copy
of the minutes of the meeting of
| the Commissioners held on Aug
lust 12at which action was taken
regarding the proposed budget,
the increase in the toll rate, and
the leasing of Pigeon Key.
eve have examined the tenta-
tive budget and find that the to-
tai of anticipated costs. exclusive
of debt service, is considerably
less than the amount which will
have been expended for the cur
rent fiscal year. Although we
are not prepared to say that the
proposed budget is the minimum
amount under which the District
can operate efficiently, we be-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-28

lieve that, with the exception of
the provision for publicity, the
budget generally is satisfactory.
The $4,000 appropriated for pub
licity appears to be comparative
ly high, particularly in the abb
sence of information setting forth
definite plans for an advertising
program. If effectively applied,
the funds spent for such a pur-
pose should bear results, but we
feel unable to conclude that the
expenditure of SO large a sum is
necessary.
''The proposed increase in tolls,
in our opinion, is of such far
reaching Importance that we feel
obliged to comment on it. We
have from time to time urged the
Commissioners to explore all
reasonable possibilities of in
creasing net revenues IN order to
avert threatened deficits. In this
connection we have on several oc-
casions called to the Commits
sionerS' attention the necessity of
reducing operating expenses. The
proposed budget is obviously a
step in that direction. 1t is ques-
tionable, however, that a 1870 in
crease in the toll charge repre-
sents the logical approach to a
further increase in revenues. So
large an increase in the rate
might have the effect of reducing
the volume of traffic, which
otherwise would use the Districts
facilities, to a point where the
total income would be decreased
1t is possible that a more mod
crate increase in the toll together
with further operating economies
may be just as effective. If the
Commissioners care to submit a
statement Of their reasons for be-
lieving that a 1870 increase
rather than a more moderate one
is necessary, we will be glad to
give it careful consideration"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-28
WARBLER TO RETURN

Wrecking Tug Warbler is due
to arrive in port tomorrow con-
voying the steamer Fenglen.
which was sa1vsged by the
wrecking tug when in distress on
Quito Sueno Bank. $50 miles
from Key West in the Caribbean
Sea.
The tug sailed from her home
port of Key West on August Is
and last week the Ferngien was
floated. Preparations were at
once gotten underway and the
journey to Key West began.
In the interim, Tug Peacock.
sister wrecking tug to the Warb-
Ter, arrived in port under com
mand of Captain Foster, and is
now bertned at the Porter Dock
pier awaiting the arrival of the
Fernglen, which viii be conveyed
by the Peacock to northern wa
tiers.