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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28
FOOD TO HELP GERMANY?

Germany controls most of western
Europe but Great Britain, through block
ade. has cut off supplies.
THERE'S available for western Europe
only certain amount of food. Naturally,
the German soldiers will take what they
need first. what their people need next and
leave to the populations of the conquered
areas what surplus there may be.
Every pound of food that gets into the
conquered areas. regardless of what in
dividual consumes It, makes available
another pound for utilization by Germany
Consequently, there IS every reason why
the British should keep their blockade IS
tight as possible and there Is no reason,
that we know of. why Americans should
conspire to ship food through the-blockade.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28
ALIEN REGISTRATION

As announced yesterday, the Key
West drive to register all aliens in our
midst has now commenced. Estimates
given indicate that between 500 to 700
local residents will appear at the local
postoffice between now and December
18th 10 be fingeT-pIinted and to sign af-
fidavits containing certain information
asked By the Federal government.
Regulations call for registration of
ever person not a citizen of the United
States over Il years of age. The law is
quite definite in It's provisions and certain
fines and penalties have been listed TO ap
ply in cases where transformation has been
given OF when, as and if, any attempt is
made to escape registration entirely.
An important point in connection with
this drive that was ordered by Congress
and the President over three months ago,
is its purpose The Federal government
desires to have information or all persons
not citizens of this country. The infOrna-
ton gained will prove Of immense value II
the time ever comes when this nation will
need to guard its interests, particularly in
are reported to be at large, engaged in
various activities Of no benefit to the nation.
But the Federal government is very
anxious to stress, in its information re-
leased about the registration, that aliens
are not to consider themselves to be I'M
der any. suspicion whatsoever by reason of
the move. That goes for the large per-
centage of residents here and elsewhere
Who, for one reason or another, under con-
ditions over which they have no control,
have been unable to complete citizenship
requirements The government recognizes
that, by and large, aliens can be, and in
most instances. are desirable residents OF
the nation.
As w. Branch Cone, executive secre-
tary to the governor of our state, put it
upon his return from a conference in
Washington = "unwise discrimination
against aliens, both in community affairs
and If industry, should be avoided. Due
to circumstances beyond their control,
large numbers of aliens have been unable
to become citizens, and it should be borne
in mind that all aliens are not fifth
cOlumnists'. We have no concentration
camp for aliens, and there should be no
unjust persecution and no mob violence"
Under that fair statement Of prin-
ciple. Key West authorities will abide by
the registration law All aliens will find
their individual cases treated with the
utmost in courtesy and full respect for
their feelings. 1t is the spirit of the law
that all information be kept strictly con-
fidentiaI.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight tor progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
Injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by individual or organ
izatiOn; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the l1ader never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

Theirs not the battles glamor.
bugles' Shrill-
The charge with pennants flying
= victory
They trudge through wastes. the
jungle and morass, ).
Booted, with helmets, breast
plates, al the day.
Tanned by the sun and courting
death unknown
The reptiles lurking in the grass.
foul flood
With fumes all reeking. insects
poisonous,
Fierce beasts. shrub-hidden mis-
siles seeking blood.
Northward they push through
wilds untamed. The chief.
Clerics. six hundred guardsmen.
foOtsOre. brave
AT Silver Bluff encamp. They
plant the cross:
AGSA4GS GGA4
Lions wave
DeSoto doffs his feathered head
gear low
Before the Cross and Colors
which remain.
The settlement was long ere Al
bion
From Georgian soil expelled the
flag Of Spain.
Four Hundred Years when the
Conouistador
The reddish Aills of Georgia once
did claiTni
With cine and religious festival,
Let now Augusta celebrate his
fame.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

This column. as it has reiterated sew
eral times, does not believe in the neces-
sity Of CONSUMPTION in times of peace.
Voluntary enlistment for one year has not
been tried and if led may result in secur-
ing the 100000 men required. Unem-
ploymcnt has beer estimated at 10000
600; almost the entire quota of this body
would meet the army requirements. Then
there are the 100000 young men in the
CCC camps, besides the youths who get
money from the Government " Y A;
furthermore there are thousands on WPA,
many of whom would be eligible. It IS
quite possible that the necessary quota can
be obtained from this list voluntarily, with
out disruption of our economic life.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28
TOdav'S Horoscope

Today'S native is promised a
useful and successful life. Under
a seemingly simple exterior there
is really a profound mind. The
aspirations will be we'll directed
and the life well rounded. The
end viii be passed IN a state Of
comparative competence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

Voluntary enlistment in the various
branches CT defense for one year should
be tried and if there is break down in the
syctem, there is sufficient time for con-
seription so Objectionable to all free peO-
pie in times of peace. Secretary StimsOn's
sham statement that these are not times
OF peace sounds ike pure, unadulterated
propaganda for conscrip tion, a possible
first step toward war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

dustry and commerce, the pro-
lection of working women and
children, the protection of the
health and safety of workers,
compensation for industrial &C
cidentS and Occupational dis
eases, a system Of old age pen
sions and pensions for widows
and orphans of deceased work
ers, the arbitration of industrial
disputes and the determination
of labor conditions by collective
bargaining. Membership in the
International Federation of Trade
Unions, the largest international
organization Of workers, num-
bered in 1889, twenty-one mil
lion.
This situation has been COM
pletely changed by the invader
There has been complete de-
struction of the trade union
movement In Germany, Austria,
and CzechOslOvakia and in the
conquered demOcracieS- All that
the free trade union movement
has stood fOr-the right Of being
heard, the right of consultation,
the right to negOsiate-haS been
abolished. These rights were con-
secrated by the constitution OF
the international labor Organiza-
ton established in 1919 to pro-
mote social justice.
In Great Britain. tn last bull
wark of democracy in the old
world, the organized workers
have accepted freely, spontan-
eouSly, and IN common accord
with their employers, compul-
sorry arbitration and the outlaw
ing of strikes and loekOuts for
the duration of the war. Their &C
ton is based on their knowledge
that today with them all things
depend on the strength of ma
tiOnal defense. British union
workers have themselves RECON-
mended the adoption of the emer-
gency powers defense act which
grants the most drastic authority
a free people has ever conferred
upon is government
This authority includes power
to control all persons and all
property. to conscript labor and
regulate conditions of employ
ment. 10 control banking and fl
nance and to impose an excess
profits tax of 100 percent. The
secretary of labor and national
service has been charged with
the crestion of a new arbitra-
ton board to adjudicate disputes
on working conditions.
On the outcome Of the present
struggle between Great Britain
and Nazi Germany depends the
future IF labor and the labor
movement in Europe If Britain
falls. the whole Of western and
central Europe viii pass under a
totalitarian rule that viii oblit-
crate the gainS made In one hun
dred and fifty years Of struggle
and sacrifice. and place the
American worker IN the front
line OF defense
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28
By JOHN C. WINANT
Director, International Labor Office


On September l, 1899, Hitler
in speaking to the Reichstag
said:
For six years now l have been
working on the building up of
German defenses- Over 90 mil
lards 900 billion marks) have
been spent on the building up of
those defense forces"
{ Measured under any reasonable
exchange rate this would exceed
the total gold reserves held in
the United States. 1t was so
large a part of the total national
income of Germany as to ma
teIially lower the living and So
cial standards OF that nation or
any nation attempting to meet
them on a defensive armament
basis 1t explains the literalneSS
of GOering's blunt demand of
bullets instead of butter.
In a peace period only a gov
eminent organized on force
rather than on consent could
have accepted the drastic de-
privatiOns compelled by this war
spending policy. Under these
conditions, there was established
a combination OF the punitive
system Of the middle ages har-
messed to modern machine tech
nolCgy with the individual sub
jeCt to the will Of the dictator.
Something of these sinister
changes are known 10 us through
the news carried in the daily
press and IN breakfasts But
how many realize that the social
gains that have been won
through years of effort are being
Iuthlessly swept aside?
It IS not only political leader
ship IN conquered democracies
that Is being hquidated- Labor
leaders meet the same fate.
Trade unions and employers or
CARNATIONS, as well as parlia-
ments, have been destroyed Col
lective bargaining in conquered
territory has ceased to exist
H. ,--,-~,,F-Ssc,,- H1xro I,aav, S-0rV-
pletely broken down Wage
rates have been reduced The
cost of living has increased while
the standard of living OF the
masses OF working men and wO-
men has been progressively
lowered.
In attempting to suggest some
thing of what the war has done
and is doing to labor IN Europe,
If is necessary TO look back for a
moment TO the situation that
existed before the war. While
the asgresSOr nations were build
ing their war machines, the
democratic states worked to
maintain the civil liberties Of
their people and TO raise the
workers standard OF living
Much has been accomplished
toward the realization of those
detectives. A moderate but
steady increase IN national in
come and IN the volume Of wages,
a more equal distribution Of puf-
chasing power due to social Sc
curity and public welfare mea-
sures-al bear witness 70 the
preOccupations OF the democratic
countries Of continental Europe
until var forced change Until
then. little by little, through IN
firing effort these countries had
I erected q social structure pro-
tecting the deceney and dignity
Of man
This structure included the
+, Limitation Of hours Of work II in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

Much good will come out of the Eu-
ropear wal, and decadent nations will
emerge better and stronger. The struc-
tural steps taken by France, for instance,
coholsn.' The pity, of course. is that the
cost of the renaissance must be so great.
Put it seems that only the loss of war
will change the character of nation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVoC TED BY THE CITIZEN

/ Water and Sewerage
2 More Hotels and Apartments.
}. Beach and Bathing Pavilion
T. Airpnrts-Land and Sea
5 Consolidation of County and City Gov
ernmentS
6 A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28
WAR VS.. LABOR
Winant Says In Labor Day Survey That European
Worker Has One Hope

EDITORS NOTE: As Labor day approaches. John G.
Wnant governor CT New Hampshire director of the
Office of the recognized world
butterflies labor problems here gives his
CT what is doing TO labor in Europe
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

Prejudice is often prevalent in the
nature Of those who profess the most tOler-
ance. Haven't you made that observation
yourself. dear reader?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

Ruderess, vulgaFity and c0urseness
often attract attention to individuals who
o-hcrTise would be unnOticed anywhere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

Traditions may come and traditions
may go, but the tradition to spend the WIN
ter n Florida will GO on forever. Don't
worry about that
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

A word to the wise must be uttered by
wiser men.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

If a democracy is to succeed the
minority must accept the decisions Of the
majority
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-28

Satisfaction or Money Back
If the FIRST bottle Of Imperial Lotion
fails TO satisfy in the relief Of itching
agony of Eczema. Rash. letter. Scahies.
Ringworm. Toe Itch. money returned.
Simply repeat invisible Imperial often
Is needed while nature helps heal.
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13
Exposition
CME. YOUTH CONFAB
ELECT NATL f
Frs AT MEMPHIS

Memphis, July 10 amp Dele
gates ito the national youth conf
erence of the CINE. Church, which
met last week at Booker T. Wash
ington High school, elects staff
of national officers to serve until
the next conference in 1943.
Those selected were; Isaac Nor
an, Tulsa, Okla president; Henry
w. Meachem, jackson, Tenn, vice
president; Miss Carrie Mangham
of Los Angeles, End vice president
Miss Matte Mashaw. Birmingham
Bird vice president; Miss laura
Brooks, Mineral Wells, Texas,
9TH vice president; Gerald Walton
Columbus, &C., 9th vice presid ant;
Miss Leola Anderson, Chicago.
secretary; Miss Margare4 Mallory
New York City, assistant secret
airy and Miss Stella Mayhorne,
Tupelo, Miss, treasurer. Rev. c.
E. Chapman of Kansas City is
chairman of the CINE. department
of pubic relations.
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13
$500 DAMAGES AWARDED
VICTIM OF r, R, SHOOTING

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 13 -
CAMP A judgement off $500
damages was awarded James Ma
son last week by a circuit court in
a $4,000 suit against the South
ern Railway company and w. c.
Craybill, railroad detective, for in
juries suffered by him when he
was shot in the leg last February
in the railroad yards.
The jury denied the plea of
Louis Barnes, Is year old plaintiff,
in a similar suit against the rail-
road and Craybill. Barnes charg-
ed that he was shot in the arm the
same day the Mason shooting oc-
Cured, nea the same place. He
sued for $4,000.
Both shootings took place in the
railroad yards near the east third
street viaduct. Mason charged
that his leg was broken. Both
men identified Cryabill as the man
who shot them, and asked punitive
damages charging that he had a
reputation for shooting people un-
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13
chairman.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
TO BE HELD O
MARCUS CARNEY

New York, July 10 CAMP Ac-
cording to an announcement by
Miss Ethel Collins, secretary of
the UNA plans are being CON-
pleted for a memorial service to
the late Marcus Garvey by the exc
cutive council and all branches on
July q at ST. Marks Methodist
Church.
Miss Collins also revealed there
is a plan afoot to return the body
of Carney Ito Jamaica, 'BWI., for
a final resting place. Returning
via New York it is expected a
demonstration will be made by To-
cal Garveyites. The body is now
at rest at Paddington cemetery in
England until after the war.
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13
NAACP. ASKS FUND FOR
FATHER OF 7 CHILDREN.
DRIVEN OUT OF TOWN BY
MOB, AND OTHERS IN
FIGHT FOR VOTING RIGHTS

New York. N. Y.-An appeal to
the country for help by Elisha
Davis, who was driven from his
business, his wife and seven child
rem by a mob in Brownsville, Ten
essee, is being answered by a
countrywide campaign for funds
by the NAACP.
Mr.. Davis, who is now living m
another town in Tennessee, (where
he is also being threatened with
violence), is 80 years old and was
the owner and operator of a fill
ing station in Brownsville prior
to the outbreak of violence there
in mid-June. The campaign of
terror against colored citizens of
Brownsville, and particularly a
gainst the officers and members
of the Brownsville branch of the
NAACP., resulted from the at
tempts of several sitizens to reg
lister and vote in the 1910 presi-
Dental elections.
When the Reverend Buster Wal
ker, 55, president of the Brown
vile NAACP., and several Others
presented themselves before the
proper officer for registration they
were todd You had better stop
this or there will be a neck-tie
party.
Mr.. Walker and MI. Davis and
Mr.. Davis brother were run out of
town and Ebert Williams, anoth-
err member of the NAACP was
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13
NEW ORLEANS TO
GET $500. 900 SCHOOL

New Orleans, July 10 (ANP)-
Local residents rejoiced this week
when announcement was made
that sealed bids would be received
for erection of a new high school
on the site now being developed
by the Federal Housing admins
trtdtion, lin the area bounded by
Clio, Caliope, Galvez and Johnson
streets. According to Supt. Mich
olas Bauer of Orleans Parish
School Board, the building will be
of brick structure and valued at
$500. 900. II will be modern in ev-
cry respect and contain an audit
orium of large size, for school
and civic events.
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13
ARCHITECTS WIN TWO
PRIZES IN IDEAL BROAD
CASTING STATION CONTEST

New York, July 10 (ANP) -
Roger w. Flood, manager of Har-
lem River houses, and Percy c. If
i'll, a craftsman for the NYC. hos
pitfalls, won second and third priz.
es respectively in the Beaux-Arts
Institutes designs first competit-
ion for plans for an ideal building
in which TO house a radio trans
mitter and equipment.
First prize of $3.50 went to Lou
is Shulman, white architect. Flood
and fill won prizes of 500 and
$50 each. The competition attrac-
ted 81 entries from 103 individ-
uals representing 10 leading
schools and universities. 1t was
sponsored by the Western Electric
company.
Flood is a native of Roanoke.
Va, and studied architecture al
New York university He also
studied art at the Rhode Island
School of Design.
Ifill is a native New Yorker anc
is 81 years old. He is working as
a craftsman with the department
of hospitals while attending even.
ing school at New York U. He
formerly was a craftsman on tn.
Committee on City Planning fol
four years.
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13
FOUR LYNCHINGS, 3
WHITE CITED BY
NAACP IN REFUTING
TUSKEGEE REPORT

New York, The following tele-
gram refuting Tuskegee Institutes
statement that no lynchings oc-
CURED during the first six months
of 1910 was sent to DR.. F. ID. Pat
terson, President of Tuskegee In
stitute, by the National Associat-
ion for the Advancement of Color
ed People July 3:
ave are inexpressibly shocked
by Tuskegee's statement that no
lynchings occurred during the
first six months Of nineteen forty.
On March second Sarah Rawls and
Benton Ford were flogged to
death by a mob at Atlanta, Geor-
gia. Five days later Ike CASTOR
was beaten ito death by a mob in
the same city. On June twenty
second Gilbert Williams, Negro.
was lynched at Brownsville, Tenn
essee, for attempting to exercise
his constitutional right to register
in order to vote in Tennessee in
nineteen forty Presidential elect
ION. Such inaccurate statements
by Tuskegee Institute do irrepar-
able harm by causing public vigil
ance against mob murder to rela,
and by giving enemies of anti
ly ching bill ammunition for sab
otage of such legislation"
(Signed)
"Walter White, Sec'y.
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13
KEEP
JEPSEN AWAKE

Police Commissioner Jepsen has
been getting little sleep in recent
nights, the city council was told
Tuesday, Residents in the vicinity
of the twenty-fouhth and Coiby
streets playground have kept his
telephone ringing at all hours
complaining of noise and disturb
ances on the Fairgrounds.
The grounds officially are closed
at $50 p m. but older youngsters
in the vicinity, it is said, gather
there later and create nightly dis
turbances.
Jepsen ordered cruise car pol
ice to keep a close watch on the
grounds.
Cruiser cars picked up some of
the offenders last Wednesday eve.
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13

necessarily. The jury awarded
Mason compensatory damages but
did not grant punitive damages.
Witnesses for the railroad COM
pany claimed that the shooting
was done by agents for some 9th
er railroad company. Mason said
ne was picking up coal along the
railroad tracks when the shooting
occurred and Barnes said he was
walking home through the yards.
AHtys. FaTh'ar, Ford and Bean
represented the men.
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13
HUNTER COLLEGE
STUDENT NAMED
EDITOR OF APE

New York, July 10 (ANP) Miss
Shirley Simpson, 10 year old Hun
ter College student, this week be-
came the first Negro to ever be
elected editor in chief of the Hun
ter Bulletin. weekly newspaper.
Her election was unanimous be-
cause of the decided changes and
improvements in the paper while
acting editor during the past year.
One of the few editors to serve
more than one term on the paper,
Miss Simpson is active in all col
lege affairs. She will hold the Of
flee until graduation next June.
The Omaha guide., 1940-07-13
21sT ANNUAL
CONVENTION
OF NATL
USHER RS

Dallas. Texas, July 13-The
coming convention of the Nation
al United Ushers will convene in,
Dallas, Texas July %, q inclus-
i've and bids fair to prove one of
the most successful in point of at
tendance and interest on the part
of the visiting delegates in the
history of the organization.
This convention will mark the
21st Annual meeting of the assoc
iatlon which has grown from a
mere handful" at its beginning to
a point where it numbers thous-
ands among its membership in
various church denominations in
twelve states in the union.
Chief among the features in the
session will be a forum discus
sion on racial Welfare and race
relation and the awarding of the
Scholarship Prize resulting from
the decision of the judges in the
Annual Oratorical contest. Many
other topics of interest will be on
the calendar of the convention.
The session will be held daily IN
the auditorium of the Good Street
Baptist Church corner of Good
and Montezuma street. Board and
room may be secured for $1.60 per
day.
The local committee of arrange
ments headed by Mr.. A. w. Briggs
of the host city, promises every
assurance that hospitality of its
citizenry will eclipse that of any
former city which has been host
to the convention. Dallas with a
large race population which ranks
second to that of no city in Am
erica, in the strides it has made in
economic and cultural advance
ment. Dallas has long been rec
ognized As one of the most hospit-
able citys of the country.
Any information desired may be
had by correspondence with Anna
Jackson, 709 an Leffingwell ave
st. Louis, Mo-, National Publicity