The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-07-19
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/, Editor. The Citizen: So
Although | am a comparatively
new arrival in your city, L am a
fairly good mixer. and, judging
from my conversation with vari-
Gus and sundry of your old-timers.
1 had gathered that the Key
Westers were more or less caapble
II handling the affairs of their city
much more than less.
However. reading an issue of
The Citizen. dated Saturday, July
~. 1913. l note in an article in con-
nection with the Key West Hotel
Associations meeting of that
cate. slight odor of something
dead in Denmark" Title of
aforementioned article was:
Key West Hotel Association Held
Interesting Meeting Last Eve
ming.
II seems that you have had in
your fair city in the last few days.
one Mr.. Luis Miller, former ''hO-
teller. and at preSent-the- time
Of his dynamic" speech to the
said association-an employee of
the United States government.
Whether or not the United States
government furnishes the various
associations with speakers" ! do
rot know 80.
But, do know. as does every
citizen Of your city, not to mention
the whole of the u. s. A. that Mr..
Miller. IN his dynamic" speech.
~as anything but dynamic" in
the direction toward the goal for
which this nation is struggling.
( coercion-a nasty word-but
that intimation. nevertheless, ap-
pears TO have predominated
throughout Mr.. Miller's speech.
Mr.. Miller, in his dynamic
speech. intimated that he would
use his efforts to enforce period
OF so days idleness upon employees
presumably Of 'hotelierS). who
dcIgned TO seek employment else
Slavery. monopolieS. etc.
as | understand it, are frowned
upon by our government Was MIR.
Miller speaking for the govern
ment? Or the "hoteliers?" Either
way. am of the opinion that Mr..
Miller is in need of instruction
The ~dynamic" speaker. in his
speech. seems 20 have forgotten
the fact that ne was in Key West
to attend to Un4e Sam's affairs.
and not those ofIhis former assO-
rates. the "hoteliers."
Another broad statement made
w the .'dynamie" speaker was to
the effect that only members OF
the Association q presume hotel
will be allowed to
ask To place application with the
War Manpower Commission ask
ing that their respective hotels be
declared locally needed
Since when. ask. Mr.. Editor.
has an emplOye of the United
States government. regardless OF
nis official rating. and notwith-
standing ms former status as a
hotelier." been given authority
by our government to force an IN
dividual 10 be a member of a pri-
waite. or governmental organi-
zation. before said individual may
SIX assistance from the govern
meni of the country OF which said
individual IS a lawaoiding citl-
aen9
Mr.. Miller. in his dynamic
speech goes on 10 tell the no
teliers" of Key West that IF the
area director ION his. Mr., Miller's)
recommendation. desiefates ho-
ieIs IN Key West 'lScallyIreeded.
employees will not be allowed to
transfer from one job tOfanother
without Ccoerciong) possible 90
,.avs of unemployment. Nothing
: said of '-hotelier'S obligations
to their employees.
AsI see il land I'm neither no
;elier~ nor an ernplOye of the no
ichers." il all boils down TO this:
We. of these United States of
America. have not only To fight
against foreign aggression. but
We must also fight against ma
,lonal and local aggreSSion-in
other words. coercion of our cIti-
zens by our citizens.
From which of the -Four Free
doms does Mr.. Miller take his
text in his dynamic speech to
the -hotehers?"
Yours. a Reader,
JAS. p. CULLIP.
XIV West. Fla.