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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-11-23
budapest szerkeszt6je

modjuknak leginkabb meg
felelnek. A f0ldmiiveseket
t0bbnyire Nyugat Lengyel-
orszagban fogjak letelepite.
nj. lit az iparosok is teljes
erteku kielegitest kaphatnak
S a gyarosoknak es kereske-
d0knek sem kel1 nagyobb
karosodast6l tartani, inert
AIT a tag munkateruletet fog
jak atvenni, amely eddig
ezeken a teriileteken ma
gyobbreszt a zsid6k kezeben
volt.
Azoknak a nemeteknek,
akiket most attelepitenek,
tudataban kell lenni0k, -
mOndja a k0zlemeny, hogy
az attelepites Nemetorszag
erdekeben es a Fiihrer ira
nyitasa mellett t0rtenik, aki
j6l tudja, hogy init csinal. A
nemet kormany eppen exert
meg van gy6z0dve arr6l,
hogy a nevezett allamokban
el6 kisebbsegek meghivasa-
max v0nakOdas nelkiil eleget
fognak tenni. Ez allamokban
mintegy 1,750,O0O nemet jon
szamitasba. Eek eddig tel
jes fegyelemben k0vettek a
nemet nep Fiihrerjenek min
den utasitasat es ICY mem
lehet semmi ketseg, hogy
nemzeti k0telezettsegiiket
most is teljesitik es meg
hOzZak eZt az ald0zatOt, a
melyert gazdag jutalmat fog
max nyerni."
Magyarorszag teriileten k0-
.ilbeliil otszazezer olyan egyen
|, akik nemeteknek valljAk
lagukat. Eze5,:: az orszag XII
jnboz6 res1ein laknak, java
ssziik f0ldmuves. Legnagyobb
5megekben Budapest kozvet-
m kornyeken, Tolna, Bara-
va, Moson, Sopron, Veszprem
1egyekben elnek. Legt0bben
gen j6 m6dban. Kitiin6 gag
ak, elelmes, takarekos en-
erek, akik megbecsiilik a va
yont.
Eek k6z0tt most nagy a ria
alom 49, inert mem sok q
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-11-23

hajlandosag bennik itteni va
gyonuktol valo megvalasra.
Roppant erdekes. most figye-
lemmel kiserni a nemet XII
sebbseg eletet. Mi6ta Hitler a
kulfold0n elo nemetek sorsa-
ba is beleavatkozott, az itteni
nemetek is valtoztattak eddigi
magatartasukon. F6leg agita-
torok miikodese kovetkezteben.
A magyarorszagi nemetek
magyar-nemeteknek vallottak
azelott magukat, akik mindig
azonositottak sorsukat a ma
gyar nep sorsaval. Ha Magyar
orszagnak clientele volt Ausz-
triaval - 48-ban - a derek
svabok a magyar nemzettel
egyiitt harcoltak az osztrak ell
nyomo polltika ellen.
A horogkeresztes agitacio k0-
vetkezteben ujabban a svab
nep k0vetelesekkel ALT el6.
Mem mindenutt, csak ahol
ugyesen dolgoztak az agitato-
rOk.
vi nemet vezerek tamadtak,
akik iskolakat k0veteltek a ne
metek szamara. A magyar kor-
many a lehet6segek szerint XII
elegitette a nernetek k0vetele-
set - sok esetben azonban az
t0rtent, hogy a kikovetelt is
kolaba nem akadt tanulo, inert
q nemet szul6k mem akartak
gyermekeiket tiszta nemet tan
nyelvii iskolaba iratni.
Azokon a videkeken 'f6-
leg Pest megyeben, - ahol leg
jobban talajra talalt a nyilas
agitaci6 - most nagy a XII
abrandulas. Mem szeretnenek
megvalni zsiros magyar fold
t6l, amely j6letet adott a sva-
boknak. Most er6sen ragasz-
kodnak a magyar r0gh0z, me-
lyet valoban t0bb mint egy sza-
zada becSiiletesen muvelnek.
Roppant erdekes cikk jelent
meg err6l a kerdesr6l a hatar-
sell Magyar6varon megjelen6
Mosonvarmegye cirnu lapban
is, melyet tit k0zltink::
Mostanaban sokat beszel-
mex k0rnyektink0n is arr6l
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-11-23

a folyamatrol, amelyet ne
met es olasz uralom es befo-
lyas alatt allo orszagokban
es terileteken mar megindi-
tottak, hogy tudniillik At
telepitik k0lcs0n0sen a mem
zetisegi es nepcsoportokat,
a nyelvrokonokat es fajtest-
vereket, hogy lehet6leg osz-
szegyiijtik es megmentik a
maguk szamara a nemzetek
a sajat vereiket es megtisz-
titjak egymast azokt6l az
idegenektol, akik a maguk
fajtaja fele vonzodnak es ICY
mem is tudnak, nem is akar-
max beleSimulni a szamukra
idegen nenzeti allan erzes-
vilagaba.
Szamosan ait allitjak,
hogy videkeink szamara is
ell fog k0vetkezni, inert ell
kell k0vetkeznie az id6nek,
eppen a hatalmas nagy mem
zetek er6gyujt6 Is neptomo-
rit6 akarata folytan, hogy lit
is rakeriil a sor a nepkicse-
relesekre. SGT mar egyes
szemfiiles ingatlanforgalmiI
iigyn0k0k es kozvetit6k XII
mutatasokat es 0sszeirasokat
keszitenek ma egyelore
csak maganSzorgalomb6l i
nemetnyelvu falvaink e te-
rem szambaveheto hazair6l
es f0ldjeir6l. Eek a jo szi-
matu emberek ugy tudjak,
hogy azoknak, akiket sajat
kulfoldi politikai 6sszek0tte-
teseik reven, vagy testuleti
0sszeirasok reven szamontar
tanak az erdekelt kilf0ld0n
es oft ugy lajstromozzak be
6ket, mint neptarsaikat, fel-
tetlenil menni kell maid a
kicserelesek alkalmaval. De
azok is mehetnek es csatla-
kozhatnak az vi korszeri
nepvando dorlashoz, akik eddig
meg mem nyilvanitottak tim
tet6en von16dasi| keszsegii-
ket, csak cselekedtek es erez-
tex egy mas nemzeti vilag
fele.
Tudomasunk szerint hiva-
talos k0r0kben meg ne,n
foglalkoznak magyarorszagi
vonatkozasban a nepkicsere-
lesek meginditasaval, de ia
volabbi kiilpolitikai jelekb6l
val6ban ARA lehet k0vetkez-
tetni, hogy nalunk is eljon
az ideje ilyen orszagrende-
zesnek.
A hazatelepitend6 magya-
rok, vagy a nagyobb nepsti-I
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-11-23

Az evszazadok ota Delkelet
Eur6paban el6 nemetek kozott
mem kis izgalmat valtott XII a
Balti allamokban cit nemetek
11azatelepitese.
A Nemetorszagbol erkezo hit
rex szerint a Fuhrer nem all
meg a Balti nemetek hazatele-
pitesenel, hanem vissza akar-
ia koltoztetni a Delkelet Euro
paba szarmazott nemeteket is.
Delkelet Europa allamaiban:
Magyarorszagban, Jugoszlavia-
ban, Romaniaban nagy szam-
NAL telepedtek meg szazadok-
kal elott nemetek. Gyokeret
vertek az vi hazaban es leg
t0bben jo modra tettek szert.
Eek k0z0tt most nagy a
riadalom, hogy lit kell hagyni
vagyonukat es vissza kell tele-
pedniok a nemet hazaba. nle-
t6leg mem is a nemet hazaba,
hanem ARA a teriiletre, anne
lyet a most meghoditott Len
gyelorszagban kijel0lnek maid
szamukra.
Attol tartanak, hogy a Filth
rer mem is varat maid sokaig
ezzel az akcioval.
Legalabb ARA mutat Jugo-
szlaviaban, Apatinban megje-
len6 "Die Donau" newt nemet
lapban megjelent alanti k0z-
lemeny:
"Sxam0s delkelet eur6pai
&llamb6l kiil0nb0z6 oldalak-
r6l erkez6 Observation-Disclosures
re a yisszatelepitesekre vo-
natkoz6an Berlinb6l felvila-
gosit6 k0zlemenyt hoztak
nyilvanossagra, amely a t0b-
bi k6z0tt ezeket mondja:
Ennek az akci6nak az q
celia, hogy a most elnyert
&letter tart6s birtoklasat ne
metek letelepit6s&vel f. n
idegen n&pessegii lakosok ell
t&vOlitasaval biztOsitsAk. -
Amint mar t0bbsz0r Hjelen-
tettek inet&kes helyen, Ne
metorszag ezsel bekeszerete-
t&t kivanja bizonyitani.
a d&lkeleti allamokban
G6 n6met kisebbs6gek visz-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-11-23

rusegu k0zsegek megritki.
tando magyar lakoi bizonyo.
san szivesen palyaznak majo
a zsiros f0ldekre, csak az a
kerdes, hogy ugyanolyan
szivesen hagynak-e ell nemet
ajku embertarsaink evszaza-
dok ota megszokott es meg
szeretett f0ldjeiket, hazaikat
es falvaikat. Mi oszinten sal
nalnank 6ket S koz0ttiik f.
kent azokat, akiket meyer
demelten igaz testvereinkke
fogadtunk S akik bevandor-
lasuk ota mindig k1fogasta-
len, hiseges es hasznos pol
garai voltak e hazanak. Ha
meg ait is merlegeljlk, hogy
milyen nagy szamban van
k0zottik lit a mi videkein-
ken az elnemetesedett ma
gyar, sot t6sgy0keres, osre-
gi magyar, beseny6, szekely
es avar ivadek, akiknek mar
neve is elkopott, akik hagyo-
manyokbol sem ismerik 0sei-
ket, csak lelekalkatuk es
testtelepitesik arulja ell a
szittya szarmazast, ha sza-
mitasba vessziik, hogy en-
berolt6k leforgasa alatt
mennyi j6 magyar yer ke-
veredett ereikbe, bizony-bi-
zony sajnalnank 6ket tome
gesen atengedni egy mas
nemzet szamara.
Azzal azonban lie kell sza-
molni mindenkinek, hogy a
tisztulas folyamata indult
meg. Ez a tisztulas valaszut-
ra allit mindent es minden-
kit. Vagy beleilleszkedik szi-
venek es lelkenek teljes
meggy6z6desevel es odaada-
saval annak a nemzetnek
er1es- es dolatvilagaba,
ahol kenyeret eszi, vagy
el6bb-utobb vandorutra kell
es oft keresi meg boldogula-
sat, ahova a szive vonz6dAsa
vezeti. Akik ICY tavozni fog.
max, inert tAvozniok kell,
azokat egy $40 marasztalas
nelkiil ell fogjuk bocsatani.
Tolna megyeb6l is olyan hi
k jonnek, hogy mem nagyon
lkesednek az ottani nemetek
Hitler 0tleteert.
A nemetek k0z0tt ketsegte-
n eros a vagy az ittmaradas
Ant. S6t az irant is, hogy a
agyar neInzetbe akarnak oil
ldni. Hirek vannak arr6l,
,gy soha a beltigyminiszte-
lmban annyi svab mem kert
,vmagyarositast, mint az
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-11-23

(FOIytatiuk.)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-24
THE POST-PRESS

Published every sunday by Tbe
Imperial Valley Publishing COM
pany, o25 State street. Ell Centro.
Califori ia. as successor to the
Sunday issues of The Morning
Post and Valley FeTmer, and
the Saturday issue of the I'm
perial Valley Press.
Entered at Ell Centro. California
post office as second class mat
ter.
Paul Jenkins. publisher: A. C.
Johnston. vice-president and
general manager: E. A. Fitz-
hugh. secretary and managing
editor.
West-Hoiiiday Co.. Inc, Natio--
al Advertising Representatives.
Subscription rates: SC per copy
or. in conjunction with the I'm
perial Valley Press or The
Morning Post. Per month, 60c;
Paid in advance: 8 months,
$1.65: months. $3.25: one year
S6.0 90.
Member California Newspap.-
Publishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-24
Poultry

RHODE ISLAND RED Pullets for
sale, months old. Phone 87O6-
M-2. 9-27
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-24
Used Cars

WILL SACRIFICE 1887 Olds
Coupe, Al condition; 1899 Chew
rolet 2-door sedan, 5000 miles, like
new. 532 state ST., Phone 1926.
9-26
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-24

~ Wanted Miscellaneous

WANT small load goods brought
from Oakland. 548 Euclid Ave,
after 7 pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-24

MORE RAIN COMING. Get that
roof fixed. S. l.. Hartzell & Son.
Take the guessWork out of roof
ing. Phone 251-W Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-24

PAY UP TO $40 for your old type
writer on a new portable. 52l
Main. 9-25
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-24
Rooms For Rent

LARGE ROOM suitable for 2 or 3.
IL blocks from main part town.
Near postoffice and library. SIS
person per month. $50 Olive.
9-s6
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-28
NOTICE OF MASTERS SALE

Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of a certain Order
and Decree of foreclosure and sale
made and entered on the 18th day
of December. A. ID. 1888, in and by
!, the Circuit, Court Of the Eleventh
1 judicial Circuit OF the State of
Florida, in and for Monroe County,
in Chancefy, in a : cause therein
pending, wherein Duval Mortgage
Company, a Florida corporation. is
plaintiff and Bonnie Bush Austin,
a widow, Robert Il. Austin, Jr.,i and
Eleanor Austin, his wife, John Il.
Austin and Billie Austin, his. wife,
Dorothy l.. Austin, a single woman,
Richard Austin and - Austin,
his. wife, whose Christian name is
b. Austin, a minor, and Bonnie
Bush Austin, as Administrative
cum testamento anneXo of the Last
VIII and Testament of Robert Il.
Austin, deceased. are defendants,
Foreclosure of Mortgage, the IN
dersigned Special Master in Cham
Gerry will offer for sale and will sell
at public outcry, for cash in hand,
to the highest and best bidder at
the front door of the County Court
in the City Of Key West, Florida,
during the legal hours of sale, to-
wit, between the hours of 1900
O'Clock A. NJ. and 900 o'clock p. NJ.
on Monday, the 9Th day of Febru-
airy. A. ID. 1889, that certain tract
of land situate in Monroe County,
State of Florida, described as fol-
lows:
On the Island of Key West and
known as Lots Four (4) and Five
go, Block Thirteen U3), according
To Key West Foundation Co.'S Plat
No. /, Key West, Florida. recorded
in Plat Book one, page 155, Monroe
County, Florida, Public Records.
Dated this 2Sth day of December,
A. ID. 1888.
ALLAN Z. CLEARE, JR.
Special Master in Chancery.
W. CURRY HARRIS,
Solicitor for Plaintiff.
dec. 81, 193S-jan. I. IA, 81. %. 1889.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-28
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP CROWS

The total membership of the 248,4 1O
churches in the United States is estimated
at "a, 156,895 by the Rev. DR.. Herman C.
Weber, editor of the Yearbook of Amer
lean Churches, who is considered an out
standing authority in the United States on
religious statistics.
Figures for the year 1887 show that
the membership of the churches increased
twice as fast as the population of this
country. While there are two hundred
different religious bodies, 97.3 per cent of
the total membership is in fifty larger
bodies-all with memberships of $4,000
or more.
These statistics should be interesting
to citizens who contend that the churches
are losing their influence upon American
life. While the growth of religion is not
to be measured entirely by the number of
members of church organizations, the in
tention and desire of people to lead better
lives is reflected by the increasing growth
of church memberships.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-28
LAW

Lives there a man. with soul
- so clean,
Or a head so wise, or wit so
raw,
Or will so dead, or fear so
mean
That he does not each day
break the law?
Laws of the sea, and laws of the
air,
Laws of the nation, states
and the towns,
Laws of the selfish, evid, and
fair,
Laws of fanatics, bigots, and
clowns.
Dark as the night is the deep
morass
Of the statutes strung on
every hand.
Thro' the bramble's meshes none
may pass ~ t
& With a heel quite clear of a
e broken strand.
o Aa,g Charles, Sloan Reid.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-28
essssse =
..'@ VESPER BELLS


Floating out, their sweet tones
calling,
Vesper Bells are falling, falling,
Then rise stronger thru the air,
Ringing out their call to prayer
Those melodious, soothing notes
Blend with woodland calls, and
the harmony floats,
Becoming part of childrens' JOY
on homeward way,
Laughing and free at close of day
Down and down the bell tones 60
To sins Of men and needy poor,
AS tho to find ones best self
waking
To peace and JOY, false aims for
saking;
So that now we can the message
hold -
Of Vesper Bells within the soul
Mildred Emily Scaife.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-28
LEG AIS
NerIcE OF ,NAsTER,s SALE


Notice is hersfy 'giveSf tHat Order
and by virtue of a certain Order
and Decree of foreclosure1R Una sale
made and entered on the gath day
OF December, A. u. 1898. in and by
the Circuit Court OF; rhe Eleyenth
judicial Circuit of the State OF
Florida, in and for Mehroe County,
B in GnsnG %5sre fsSSS 6 6Sere is
plaintiff and L. Rosenthal, also
sometimes known as 8Etta ROsen-
thai, widow, Atlantic Salvage
Corporation, a corporation organ
lied and existing under the laws or
the State of Florida. $. ]. Barco.
Mrs. q. b. Skipper. widow, also
sometimes known as Nina Belle
Skipper, individually and as Exc
cutrix of the Last Will and Testa-
ment of Glenn Il. Skipper, deceased,
Il. II. HanafOurde and Florida Sc
cur.ties Holding Company, a dis
solved Florida corporation, and all
unknown persons or parties claim
ing through, under or from said
Florida Securities Holding Com
pany. are defendants, Foreclosure
of Mortgage, the undersigned Spe-
cial Master in Chancery Will offer
for sale and Will sell at public out
cry for cash in hand TO the highest
and best bidder at the front door OF
the County Court House eft Monroe
County, Florida, in the City or key
West, Florida, during the legal
hours of sale, to-Wit, between the
hours of IL o'clock A. NJ. and -
O'Clock r. NJ, on Monday. the 18Th
day 4ofoslSebruary, A. ID. 1888, u6he
following piece. parcel or tract Of
land Situate, lying and beihi&0dH
the. County of. Monroe, StatR of
Florida and described as follows;
On THE Island of Key West, known
on William \. Whitehead's map,
delineated in February, y. ID. 1929,
as Part of Lot Three CD in Square
Fourteen u4). commencing ut a
point on DuVal Street Fifty-one
GID feet ana six CD inches from
the corner of Duval and Green
Streets, and running along DuvaI
Street in n $. Ely direction Thirty
900 feet; thence at right angles i'm
a N Ely direction one hundred and
thirteen Gl3) feet; thence at right
angles in a y. WY direction Thirty
600 feet: thence at right angles
i'm S. WY direction one hundred
ard thirteen O13) feet to the place
of beginning.
Also the Banking House situated
upon said described lot of land, and
the Banking Fixtures situated
Dated this 2Sth day of December,
A. ID. 1888.
W. CURRY HARRIS,
Special Master in ChanceFy
AQUILINO LOPEZ. JR.,
Solicitor for Plaintiff.
dec. 81, 1898: jan. 7-I4-2l-2S. 1889
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-28

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. STATE
OF FLORIDA, ELEVENTH JUDI
CIAL CIRCUIT, MONROE COUN-
TN. IN CHANCERY.

Arturo Henriquez,
Complainant,
Madeline HenriqueZ,
Defendant.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
1t appearing by the sworn bill
filed in the abOve-stated cause that
Madeline HenriqueZ, the defendant
therein named. is a nonresident of
the State of Florida and resides at
C6lera, Alabama, Box 80, Route / /;
that said defendant is over the age
of tWenty-One years: that there is
no person in the State of Florida
the service of a. summons in chan
Gerry upon whom would bind said
defendant. ,'4
1T is therefore ordered that said
defendant be and she is hereby re-
quired to appear to the bill of COM
plant filed. in said cause on or be-
fore Monday, the 9th day of Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1899, otherwise the al
legations of said bill will be taken
as confessed by said defendant.
1t is further ordered that this
order be published once each week
for four consecutive weeks in The
Key West Citizen, newspaper pub
lished in said county and state.
Done and ordered this 9th day of
January, 1899.
tSEAL) Ross G. Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court.
(Sd) Florence E. Sawyer
Deputy Clerk.
(Sd) r. S. CARO-,
Solicitor for Complainant.
jan7-1421-2S; feb4 1889
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-28
PEOPLES FORUM
A KEY wESTER EXPLAINS


Editor, The Citizen:
Have just finished reading the
Peoples Forum article in yester-
days issue of The Citizen signed
by K. N. Dahle, and must say that
ne hit the nail on the head"
many times, but that a lack of
knowledge Of the past history of
Key West is very noticeable.
Had Mr.. Dahle lived among us
during the past ten or fifteen
years, many of the Temarks he
wrote would have been given
more thought before they would
nave been put on paper. He
wrote that tourists. who stop at
the best hotels would not wear
clothes purchased from these
common stores; that haven't
they Rey Westers) lived here for
a hundred years without street
sweeper; that sit is your own
people that are going to-be hard
est to change, and other remarks
about dogs, cats and anoises.
To fully understand Key West,
one must realize the fight this
city has made for existence. At
times we were practically isolated
from the rest of the world. In
dustries left one by one, until
finally, when the FERA took the
city over, it was almost decided
to move the population en- masse
to more prosperous territory. All
of this had tendency to draw"
most of us, into ''our shells, so to
speak Then, like a fairy story,
the gates CT the world Overseas
Highway were thrown open and
outsiders began treking to Key
West. We must slowly adjust our
selves to this new experience. So
you see, Mr.. DAZZLE, there is more
20 our custom than what appears
on the surface.
Your remark about the street
sweeper gives the idea that a me-
chanical sweeper is new to U.S.,
This is not SO. Key West possess
cd a street sweeper years ago be-
fore some cities of the size of our
town even thought of one. And it
was spread far and wide that we
mad the "cleanest" streets in the
state. OF course, this was before
the depression. Now, it is diff
ferent. However, it is noted that
city officials are attempting to
remedy this sad state.
The dog, cat and noise situation
is not new, either, as you article
would lead the unfamiliar to be-
lieve. Laws have been, enacted
to control the CANNES 'straying,
nowling and barking over town.
There is a law against car OPP
Grating on the streets mufferleSs.
And you mentioned begging;
there is a law against that, too.
But of what use are laws, good
or bad, il they are1not enforced?
Some of the noises made by
cars early in the morning can
be attributed to nightclub patrons,
-otn Key Westers aand visitors,
who have imbibed too much.
And, if there is such a place, Mr..
Dahle, that is devoid of all noises
common to cities, 1 am sure, from
desires expressed in previous
forums in this paper written by
visitors, that there is horde who
will greatly appreciate learning
the location of that heaven" on
earth.
Key West wants visitors and
new winter and summer resi-
dents. and will gladly welcome
I am sure, those who viii put
their shoulders to the wheel
along with our public-spirited
i.citizens, in their constant endeav-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-28
THE LOW RENT PROJECT

Key Westers who live comfortably in
their own homes do not realize the serious
ness of the situation confronting low in
come families in this community Scores
of squalid old dwellings in which they for
mery resided have been torn down. Other
old buildings which they used to occupy
have been remodeled and modernized and
now can be afforded only by those enjoy
ing higher incomes. The low income fami-
lies have doubled up or found mean
quarters in shacks and tumbledown build
ings. And as Key West makes further ad-
vances along the road to economic re-
covery their plight will become even more
serious.
1t was to solve this problem that the
Key West Housing Authority was set up
under state law and in accordance with the
national housing act.
The authority here has made pre-
liminary studies showing the need of a
low-rental housing project of at least 100
units, approximately Is of them for white
families. The authority is considering the
difficult matter. of sites and is preparing to
study housing projects in other sections of
the state to determine procedure in procur-
ing funds from the U. S. Housing Au-
thority. Within few weeks these pre-
liminaries will be completed
Then comes the time when the en-
cheering work must be done. Plans must
be prepared. Applications for the federal
funds must be compiled and submitted
with the plans to the lending authorities.
The members of the Key West Housing
Authority have shown a willingness to give
literally of their time and effort to pro-
ceeding toward the final objective. No
matter how great their public spirit, the
authority will need preliminary fund for
the engineering and architectural work,
for clerical hire and for other sundry ex-
penses. This fund must be supplied To-
cally. 80. = So I
b. The United States Housing Act per-
mits loans up to so per cent to cover the
cost of low-rentaI projects. municipalities
getting such loans must provide the re-
mainder f,the cost. This may come in the
form Of cash, land, services sor in improve
ments such as sewers which here would
eliminate the necessity of building cess
pools. Approximately $4,000 has been al
located in this years Key West budget to
cover the engineering and other expenses
of the housing authority here.
But budgeting this fund does not
mean the money for the work is available
in the city treasury That will have to
come from taxes to be paid by the tax
payers this year. 1t is obvious, therefore,
that the taxes must be paid not only to get
work started on this vital improvement for
the poor man and his family, but to keep
the entire municipal machine in running
order. Those of our taxpayers who can
spare the money now will be performing
public service to the community by paying
their taxes promptly. During January,
February and March the taxpayer can
take advantage of a discount allowed by
the city, so that it is possible to perform
this public service with fair profit.