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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

In reading about national der
Tense legislation. it is necessary
to understand the procedure in
volved. For example. two weeks
ago, Congress completed and
sent to the President an emerg-
ency. bill authorizing 10000, 900
for a three-year program for es-
tahlishing Is strategically located
naval air bases, including some in
Alaska, in the Pacific islands, on
the West Coast. and the East as
well.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01


While there seems to be gen.
eral agreement that the present
neutrality laws of the United
States do not work satisfactorily,
there also seems to be difficulty
in outlining a law which will
meet all objections. Moreover,
there are many conflicting opin-
ions in Congress and few indi-
cations that any new neutrality
will J be better than
what we have now. The Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
was expected to end its hearings
last week, but will probably con-
tinue them until the end of this
week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

The present law provides that
when the President determines
that state of war exists, he
shall proclaim the fact and there
after forbid the sale of munitions
to the belligerents. At his dis
erection, the sale of products and
commodities other than NUM-
tons can be placed on a cash.
and-carry basis. Opponents Of
the law argue that this is an en-
couragement to aggression be-
cause the victim is shut off from
any access to American resources
in a fight against aggression.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01
SPEED DEFENSE PLANS
SAYS ARMY IS READY
ABOUT AUTHORIZATION
NEUTRALITY DISCUSSION

Almost every day there is
some news item that emphasiz-
es the activity of the United
States in preparing itself for de-
tense. Last week, for example,
as soon as the President signed
the $549,0O0.000 War Depart
ment bill, the Army high COM
mand ordered ST. warplanes.
The order included four-engine
bombers, single-engine pursuit
planes, fast-climbing pursuit in
terceptors", attack bombers and
a small number of Photographic
planes. The average cost of the
warplanes was around 100000.
The purchase was the initial step
in the program to double the
Army's air strength and to give
it 5000 planes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01
N,A~L1cI @ean !.
:la!!ahR IVA ELLINGTON

HUGO SINS Special Washington Corresoonden Of The Cize1
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

The Citizen has been request
ed to announce that the follow
ing scholars were additional
winners of diplomas in the
Sunday School contest: Dolores
Bethel, Fay Adams, Shirley
Velasco and Carolyn Mae Lowe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Ferry boats arriving here last
night from Havana brought
two loads, consisting of nine
teen cars of pineapples. which
were shipped, north this morn
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-01

Secretary of War Woodring. in
a statement, assured the Ameri-
can people as to the readiness
and adequacy" of the Army. In
cidentally, the War Department
appropriation for the year begin
ning July 1st is the largest since
the World War. 1t carries funds
to give the Army additional
modern equipment, including an
ti-aircraft guns, semi-automatic
rifles and ammunition. There is
$7.25O.523 for strengthening sea-
coast defenses, and $6,433,878 for
construction of Army posts; ST.
100000 for construction of Ma
tional Guard camps. a4
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08

JAPAN - Indicating business
displeasure with the Tokyo gov
ernment's anti-U. S. attitude, the
commercial newspaper Chugai
Shosyo demanded that immedi-
ate action be taken to obtain a
new agreement replacing. the
present abrogated one, which ex-
pires January 20.
f. AGRICULTURE-Al Gallup poll
showed 70 per cent Of the U. S.
approves the food stamp plan for
distributing surplus products to
needy families, indicating strong
support for an increased surplus
commodities appropriation at the
next congress.
Misunderstanding at Wash
ington, private utility leaders are
discussing plans for super net
work OF private and public cleo
trio facilities throughout the
East. Item: A new 220, 000-volt
line from Chicago to New York.
FINLAND - Russia continued
tugging to break Finnish Russian
relations, apparently to justify
armed action. Latest charge:
That Finnish border artillery had
slain three Russian soldiers,
wounded seven others.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
| DON'T Give
YOUR CHILD
Bargain" Remedy You
Don't Know All About

AchIlds life Is beyond the price Of pennies
Ask your Doctor before sivina
your child doubtful bargain"
remedies. No family need take
this chance today.
Wait. Think first. Are you absolutely
sure you should give a single dose Of
that drug to your child? Internally?
It was sold, you recall, as some
thing just as good. for q few
pennies less.
A very dear purchase it could bel
For your own peace of mind alone,
give no home remedy you're not
quite certain about without getting
your own doctors opinion. And
neuer go against il.
Even in the case of the common
children's remedy, milk Of magne-
sia, ask your doctor what he APP
proves. And when he says Phillips
Milk Of Magnesia" see that you get
exactly that by asking expressly for
Phillips" when you buy. never
ask for Just milk Of magnesia".
If your child prefers Phillips in
the newer form-tiny peppermint
favored tablets, give it this way.
But whether you get liquid Phillips
or Phillips Tablets get the genuine
Phillips Look for the name" Phillips
Milk Of Magnesia" on bottle or box.
PHILLIPS . .ssx 81
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08

"spokesmen'' to say their say about
taxes, made his own speech at
Warm Springs, Ga. Public reaction
to the no-new-taxes feelers had been
good, and it was especially clear
that the administration would have
trouble forcing congress to levy new
taxes and at the same time increase
the national debt limit. In such a
position, the President wisely said
little and left the problem up. to
congress and the people.
His statement: That national de-
tense OUTLAWS for the 1940-41 fiscal
year will be increased about $780,
100000 (total: approximately So, 200,-
DOC, 000) and that emergency defense
taxes might be necessary. But the
people, he said, should decide wheth-
er to finance it by borrowing or by
new taxes. That left the problem
squarely up to congress, with the
President taking sidelines seat.
There were other indications he
would seek no third term. At Warm
Springs he urged the good people
to start agitating for new post
Office because 1--WE have got only a
little over a year left" Meanwhile
Columnist Walter Lippmann decid-
ed the President really didn't want
another term, but only wanted the
honor Of having to turn it down.
Other political notes; :.
q At Dallas it was learned authori-
tatively that Vice President John
Nance Garner would soon announce
his candidacy for the 1910 nominal
ton.
q At Boston, Mrs. Ruth Hanna Nc
Cormiek Simms, ex-representative
from Illinois. asked the Republicans
to nominate young Tom Dewey. "a
fighting young man, man Of vigor,
courage and proved executive abil-
ity."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
ASIA: IA y
Chia,ag's Woes

Into Kwangsi PROVINCES provi-
SIGNAL capital Of Manning marched
Japan's warriors, nipping effective
ly one of the two major supply
routes whereby the Chinese govern
ment gets its supplies from French
Indo- China and British Burma. On
one side of bis face Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek laughed for publ
cation, asserting this. Jap coup
meant little; $50 miles to the west,
in Yunnan province, runs another
supply route. But inwardly General
Chang could be worried. First thing
the Japs did at Manning was estab-
lish an air base from which to har-
ass Running, capital Of Yunnan.
Meanwhile the Chinese had other
worries. The support they have long
received from Soviet Russia ap-
peared dwindling as the Kremlin ap-
peared ready to have love feast
with its long-standing bitter enemy,
Japan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08

two British intelligence officers
Capt. Richard Stevens and Maj.
Sigismund Best-had been seized for
aiding in the Munich explosion, for
which q German named Georg FL
ser had subsequently been arrested.
BY implication, Himmler admitted
a minor anti-Hitler movement in
Germany, but by the time Neither
lands and Britain got through with
the story it looked like Hitler was
skating on thin ice.lq IN
At the Hague, the Dutch news
paper Hee Volk charged a Belgian
neutrality officer had been killed No
vember O. when Best and Stevens
were abducted from Venlo, where
they had been carrying on peace ne
gotiations with "anti-Hitler leaders"
from Germany. Identity Of these
leaders" remained a mystery that
Heinrich Himmler would give his
right arm to solve, for many Ger
mans know he is a fervent Nazi
who looks suspiciously on Field Mar
shall Hermann Goegipg as poten-
tiai Hitler foe. -. s..s-g.
m Britain it was claimed that
Georg Eiser was merely a concen-
traticn camp ! prisoner who was
''seizedS for the record; that the
Munich bombing had really been
planned by Hinn1ler as an excuse
for making wholesale Nazi arrests
and thus wedding out revolutionists
possibly including Herr Goering.
Whatever the true facts Of Venlo,
Munich, Best, Stevens, Elser es al,
it was obvious Nazi Germany was
worried by an underground anti-Hit-
Ter movement which has roots in
dissention following the wedding Of
Nazidom and Communism. X
Missionaries
Scattered generously in dispatches
from Washington and Europe have
been suggestions concerning the
peace to follow war. Few English.
men or Frenchmen now believe YER
sailles was q just treaty; they now
hope to lick Hitler and give Ger
many . rational postwar settle
ment. Most important, there is grow
ing talk of European confedera-
ton whose units might include:
~ Eastern Europeans, encom-
passing nations from the Gull of Fin
land to Rumania. with Poland DOM
nantz4 k5i No 40 Il
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
Adroit in Building Up
Sentiment With Money

Most observers here have long
known that the new crop of spenders
that now occupies the key positions
have taught the old timers some
thing fresh in the way Of gaining
congressional approval Of appropri-
atoms. They are adroit in building
up sentiment back home when it
comes to teasing people into line.
But they are adroit only when they
can use money. It has been plain
that ordinary political methods can
not be used successfully by the So
called inner circle Of the govern
ment. And for the reason that they
can not use time tried methods
not being politicians who have hus.
tied for votes-they are doomed to
failure.
The surprising thing about the
whole situation is that President
Roosevelt has been convinced so
many times. The President is a
right clever politician. He has
Topped several times very badly,
but he will get along in most any
political company, especially If he
has the aid of Jim Farley. The fly
in his ointment is that he has turned
all too frequently to the inner circle
of advisors and has ignored Farley
and the others, such as Farley's for
mer trust advisor, Emil Hurja. The
inner circle does not like Mr.. Hurja,
and it is their loss.
Now, that the furry about the
United States getting into Europe's
war has blown over, ] believe it is
the consensus that the inner circle
group have turned again to a varia-
ton Of pump printing and spending
our way out of the depression"-to
the cultural field. s 81.
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4
Martin Dies, maligned head Of
the un-Americanispa Investigating
committee, demanded that the
administration cooperate in the
inquiry or take the responsibility
for killing it. Said he: I'm worn
out It's been a head
aches I" -. .- 49,
Harry aW0odring, secretary Of.
waf announced he was proud to
have been governor Of Kansas,
and. theAenly Kansan ever named
tolaaeabinet post ''but the only
real accomplishment for q man
who was q bachelor governor SIX
years ago to be expecting a fourth
baby That's something
Harry, Hopkins, secretary Of
coisnfnercS, opened a. drive to. re-
move interstate trade barriers
which, he said, constitute a ser
rious threat to the nations eco
isoaaipS: -t>. tr q S.ss,5ecs: 60.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
INTERNATIONAL:
| Peace In the Wind 5

Though Nazi mines and subma-
rines counted almost two score vic
TINS in 10 days (including Poland's
huge Pilsudski and Britain's RatvaI.
pindi, though the allies repeatedly
downed % Nazi planes in 48 hours,
the big news of Europe's war was
not conflict. Instead it was the story
of peace efforts, of one mediation
after another, of European and
American overtures. first to make
peace and then to maintain it.
Tenlo e Munich
BY adding facts and subtracting
propaganda, neutral observers
pieced together plausible solution
to the Sherlock Holmes mysteries
which burst into headlines after
Adolf Hitler escaped" the Munich
beer hall explosion November 8.
Heinrich Hirnmler's Cestapo mere
ly told Germans and the world that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
Bruckarfs Washington Digest
Rumblings About Federal Spending
Come From Two Schools Of Thought
One Side Proposes Policing U. S. Operations; Another
Insists Wanton Outgo Must Continue; Secret Memo
randum Offers Program for Rebuilding America
!, nu., Il I. BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg Washington, d. O.

curtailed. AS to this, however, one
might ask pertinent question. It
will be recalled that TIE President
anticipated a reduction, a saving,
of SIG, OO0, 900 or $40, 900, 900 would re-
suit from the government reorgani-
cation. The civil service commits
sion and treasury figures, lately
made public, show that there has
been an increase of approximately
500, 100000 for general expenses
since reorganization was ordered. It
seems in order then to ask how
there can be curtailment, except
and unless there Is willingness to
abandon some Of the numerous
agencies of government along with
the functions they perform.
1t is in line with the idea Of cur
failing expenditures, however, that
Senator'S Taft and Adams spoke.
They mentioned profigate and I'M
wise spending. The old leaf raking
jobs that former Relief Administra-
tor Hopkins sponsored, believe, can
be cited as an example.
The blasts by Senator's Taft and
Adams, along with the constant
criticism of waste by Senator Harry
Byrd, the Virginia Democrat, must
be accepted as portending change.
It seems to me to be a very inn
portant sign, and a healthy one.
When members of congress get up
in arms sufficiently, they naturally
take quite a following Of public sup
port with them. My own bunch is
that in the observations of Senators
Taft and Adams there lies the germ
of a great governmental reform. It
may not come in the next session Of
congress, nor even in that which
convenes in 1910, but I am quite con-
vinced that tighter hand on gov
eminent spending is going to be laid
down by congress. &t
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08

(2) Southeastern Europeans, ally
ing the Balkans to Italy.
(3) Central Europeans, drawing
the Catholic German, Czech and
Rhineland peoples nearer to France.
(4) Northern Europeans; an alli-
ance of Scandinavian countries.
(5) North Central Europeans, per-
hitting Austria and Sudetenland to
remain with the Reich.
Biggest visionary Of the week was
none less than Prime Minister New
lille Chamberlain: IA war aim :. :.
means defeat of our enemy, the de-
feat of that aggressive, bullying
mentality =. If the German peo-
pie can be convinced that spirit is
bad they will abandon it
When we have achieved our war
aims, we can establish a new Eu-
rope, Europe with a new spirit
In such a Europe it would be
recognized that there can be no last
ing peace unless there is full and
constant flow of trade In such
a Europe each country would have
the unfettered right to choose its
own form Of internal government"
american Hand
At Washington the state depart
ment found the cause of internation-
al peace a good argument on which,
to hinge its plea for renewing the re-
ciprocal trade treaty act, which ex-
pires next June. Assistant Secre-.
tary George Messersmith indicated
the administration considered its
treaties a basis for lasting peace
when Europe's war is finished. Next
day Secretary Hull himself jumped
into the fight, indicating he wouldn't
be content to postpone the renewal
until after 1905 election, even
though the % agreements already
made could be continued without a
congressional vote. Though farm
and industrial leaders have claimed
the program has damaged their in
terests, Secretary Hull asked report
ers to compare it with the Republic
can Smoot-Hawley tariffs. Two
years after these took effect in 1880,
he maintained 10 to IL million Amer
leans had lost their jobs; by con-
trast, he said, the reciprocal trea-
ties have been calculated to boost
employment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
Describes HotO Government
Approximations Are Made

To make the circumstance clear,
it probably is well to describe how
appropriations are made. The ma
tiona1 budget, Of course, is framed
by the budget director under the
direct supervision of the President.
The budget director gives each
agency a chance to submit esti-
mates on the amount Of money IT'S
officials think it needs. They are
given the opportunity in hearings to
justify their figures. The budget d.
rector considers their arguments
and adjusts the amounts on the
basis that he believes is proper and
for the good Of the nation.
The budget eventually is submit
ted to congress. There, the appro.
priations committees go to work.
They examine all of the estimates
for expenditures and eventually call
in officials of every agency seeking
an appropriation and listen to the
story about the programs and the
funds needed. The committee then
makes up it's own mind, and its fig
ures are laid before the house and
the senate.
That seems a very fair way. Elk
perience, however, indicates there
are better methods. The reason the
system fails is because Of bureau
cracy. Every government official
and every agency wants to expand
operations, power and influence.
Thus, when Senators Taft and
Adams propose policing federal ex-
penditures, they have started some.
thing that may eventually result in
development Of new arm Of the
congress.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08

Any little girl will be overjoyed
to find this woolly set in her Christ
mas stocking. It's done in simple
crochet. Pattern 1904 contains di-
rections for making cap, scarf and
mittens in a 4, 6 and 8 year size;
materials needed; illustrations Of
them and stitches; color schemes.
To obtain this pattern send IS
cents in coins to The Sewing
Circle, Household Arts Dept, 259
w. 14th St., New York, N. Y.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
RUMANIA:
Dangerous Step?

France and Britain were certain
Rumania's King Carol had capitulat-
ed to Germany when he signed an
economic pact with the Reich last
spring. But few days later Carol
went home and promptly executed
all the Nazi plotters he could find.
When war was declared he reiterat-
ed his neutrality, only to run against
combined pressure from Germany
and Russia. The former, seeking
wheat and oil, demanded new trade
concessions. The latter looked COW
etously at Bessarabia, which Ruma-
mia got from Russia after the World
war. Meanwhile Rumania tried des-
perately to form solid neutral Bal
kan bloc.
Late in November King Carol
again asserted his independence,
but not without showing partially.
Rather than capitulate to Germa-
ny's demands for more raw mate
rial, his cabinet resigned. In q
pinch, the king turned to strongly
pro-ally politician, George Tatares-
Gu, whose coalition cabinet was de-
signed to keep peace within Ruma-
MIA. Nevertheless, Rumania's Bal
kan neighbors viewed the step I'M
easily. Not without reason, Italian
politicians feared Carol had upset
plans for neutral bloc by casting
his lot too definitely with the allies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
POLITICS.:
Forecast

"It he puts forth another big defcis
spending program, you can expect him to
be-a fhirdterns candidate. II he goes in
for economy, he wiH not be candi.
date" - Nws+ a
ALI Landon, 1895 G.. o. p. presi-
dental nominee, made this forecast
about Franklin Roosevelt last au-
tumn. It was hauled from moth
balls when the President, after per-
hitting the treasury and a few
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
LABOR:
Film, Strike

Whether A. F. of L. movie unions
are powerful enough to shut down
10000 U. S. film theaters is ques-
ton no movie producer is anxious
to test. Directed by William Bioff
(whom Chicago authorities sought
on a 17-year-old pandering convic-
tion) studio unions in Hollywood de-
manded a 10 per cent wage increase
and threatened to close theaters If
it was refused. Projectionists had
promised their cooperation. Pro-
ducers refused at first, claiming
they had lost foreign markets since
the war and faced sharp produc-
ton curtailment. Unionists coun-
tered with not too far-fetched
charges Of "exorbitant salaries"
paid to stars. AS the deadline
neared, producers capitulated. I'm
til February Is the unionists will
have a 10 per cent increase. Then
the question will be opened again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
PEOPLE,:
Elliott Network

d In New York, Son Elliott Roose-
welt announced his Transcontinental
Broadcasting system, Boosting 100
lesser stations, would take the air
January l.. Sample outlets: New
York's WMCA; Chicago's VIVID and
WIND; Hollywood's KFWB; San
Franchises KYA; Pittsburgh's KOv
Kansas City's KENO; Minneapolis
WDGY.
Dinpled Senator
d At Bucharest, dimpled Prince
Michael of Rumania took his seat in
the senate as one Of the nations
councillors, a.. few days after his
eighteenth birthday.
BiIly's World Fair
d At San Francisco, Snowman Billy
Rose bid 81 $50, 1000 for control Of the
Golden Gate international expose
ton In 1910. = S-~- =.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-08
Free Giver

81 have nothing but praise for
our new minister"
$50 ] noticed when the collec.
ton was taken"
Said the rejected sutton: ''No,
Joan, don't give me back my ring.
What's five dollars to a man with
a broken hearth"
A Good Point
"Look here, the very first time
I buttoned up this coat the seams
burst down the back!"
'That just shows you, sir, how
well the buttons were sewn on"