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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-08
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-08
YET GROUPS PLANNING
FOR ARMISTICE DAY

An Armistice Day program will
be held Monday under the joint
sponsorship of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post No. 39ll, and
the Arthur Sawyer Post No, %,
American Legion.
The program will start at 1920
a. m, at Bayview Park. Music
will be furnished by the High
School band.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-08

Highly Praised
BY Berlin Paper
CBy Associated Press).

BERLIN, Nov. "a Berlin
newspaper today, in commenting
on the Republican victory in the
United States Tuesday, asserted
that Senator Arthur Vandenberg
of Michigan is the strongest
man" in the foreign policy of
that country.
1t pointed out that Vandenberg,
during his stay in Paris at the
assembly of the I'll nations as a
consultant in the foreign policy
of the United States. demon
strated time and again that he
possesses an extensive knowledge
of world affairs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-08
Commander MOrIGnd
Is CipBn Citation

Commander John B. Morland,
Executive Officer of the Fleet
Sonar School, Key West Naval
Base, was awarded the Bronze
Star today for heroism during the
war.
The citation described his work
as Executive Officer of the
u. S. S. Dyson against japanese
forces from November to De-
cember 26, 1943. Morland is hold
er of 10 decorations. Mrs. Nor
land is Key West girl.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-08
Roberts To Ask Change
In Fiscal Year OF City
recommendation to make the r.

A recommendation to make the
city fiscal year extend from July
/ to June 80 instead of over the
calendar year as at present, will
be offered the City Commission,
City Finance Director Comptrol-
Ter Charles Roberts said today.
Roberts said he would ask the
Commission to pass a resolution
requesting the State Legislature
to amend the City Charter
changing the fiscal year. Repre-
sentative Bernard Papy would be
asked to introduce the necessary
resolution in Tallahassee.
"No business firm closes its
books just when receipts are the
highest" Roberts said, land yet
that is just what we do. The bulk
of our tax collections comes in
October, November and Deem
+ Der. Then we close our books
since our fiscal year comedies
with the calendar year.
For example" he continued
there we are with our 1916 fiscal
year nearly over and we are just
beginning to collect our 1916
taxes. This means that for the
first three-quarters of the year
we had no 1916 revenue to use.
To carry us over we had to use
1945 delinquent taxes"
Roberts said that there were
many other good reasons for
having the fiscal year begin in
July instead of January. In fact.
he added, the city did have a
July-to-June fiscal year before
the new charter was adopted last
year. He said he was just given
a glimpse of the document before
it was passed and had no oppor-
tunity to present any opposition
to it's fiscal year provisions.
He said he believed the Char
ter Board favored possible
change in tax collection dates to
accompany the change in fiscal
year. But, the comptroller point
ed out, there are arguments
against such a change. For, one
thing, the taxpayers make their
county tax payments in Novem-
Der and to make them pay city
and county taxes at different
dates would not be advisable. Al
so many taxpayers like to make
their property tax payments just
before the Federal income tax
year ends so they cans use the
necessary deductions. Roberts
said he believed also people are
more willing to pay their taxes
in the Fall.
The charter implies, the. Comp
troller said, that the fiscal year
ends about June 80 since delin-
quent taxes must be paid by May
81. In other words, tax books
are to be closed on that date and
preparations made for the imme-
diate opening of the new fiscal
year. Under the present set
up, however, the city must oper-
ate from January to November
on the previous years revenue.
From an accounting standpoint,
this not only is inconvenient, but
is confusing, he said. Occupa-
tional taxes start coming in in
October and property taxes in
November. In January the blcy-
Gle taxes are due. A schedule of
this sort, Roberts said, puts the
CITY cart before the tax revenue
horse.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-08
Sawyer Has Serious Evidence
Excluded But Blood Stains
May Link Watson To Crime

Fought at every turn by
energetic and alert Defense
Counsel John C. Sawyer of Key
West, the Government strove
throughout the morning to weave
its web of evidence around Da-
vid Joseph Watson, colored
Navy cook, on trial for his life
in the U. S. District Court here
The defendant, accused of muir
dering his shipmate, Benjamin
Leroy Hobbs, of Nebo, N. c., on
the U. S. S. Stribling while
locked here July Is, watched
curiously just before adjourn
ment this noon as an expert OF
the Federal Bureau of InveStiga-
ton showed where he had found
bloodStains in Gunpit As Of the
Stribling.
Witnesses yesterday testified
that they saw Watson so into
Gunpit As with his bedding on
the night of July "a. The blood
stained body of Hobbs was found
in Gunpit 43 on the morning OF
the 25th.
Under the questioning of u. S.
Attorney Hayford o. Enwall,
prosecutor, Wallace Ford, former
FBI investigator, told how he
found bloodstains in Gunpit 49,
in the passage from 43, near q
ladder on the rim around Tub 45
and two drops inside the rim OF
the shield of Tub as.
Earlier Enwall and Sawyer had
clashed over testimony of Harry
c. White, colored, head steward
on the Stribling and Watson's
superior. White told of seeing
Watson between $50 and.7 am,
on the 25th, although the cook
was to have reported at a. m. 90
At 8 a. M, and again at $50,
White said, the men were mus
tered and were asked: who had
slept on deck No one replied for
a few minutes, then Watson,
White said, went over to the Of
ficer in charge of the muster and
talked to him. Watson went on
deck with the superior, White
continued. When he returned he
asked White, the steward went
on, What would man get If
another man killed another IN
the Navy"
This brought a vigorous obJec-
ton from Sawyer. A mans body
had Just been found and any
man might ask such a question,
the defense attorney argued. He
said it was highly dangerous to
let such evidence be given the
jury.
Judge John w. Holland ruled
that if some other situation coulq
have been in the mind OF the de-
PENDANT when he made such a
statement then the statement
should not be admitted as evil
dence. The judge sustained. saw
ver's motion to strike the remark
from the record.
Enwall. however, struck back
saving. 81 want to argue this.
SAWYER asked that it be done
outside of the hearing of the jury
and the jury retired. EnWalFs ar
gument was eloquent but the
Judges decision remained I'M
changed.
A remark by White that Wat
son looked "iittery" after return
ing from topside was also at
tackled by Sawyer and stricken
bv the judges ruling to disregard
any mention of the appearance
of the defendant The whole
ship was iitterv, Sawyer stated
AS court adjourned at 1890
Ford was in the midst of his dI-
rect testimony on the blood
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The union times., 1946-11-09
CONGRATULATIONS!
EDITORIAL

Organized labor in Connecticut cOngratuates Senator elect Baldwin, Covernor-eect McCOnaughey, and the entire Republican ticket it's sweeping victory in Tues days election Elected by majority of the people of this state, wish them every Their success in public office will rebound the benefit of their party and of the people a whole.
 Virtually all labor and the liberals of this had endorsed Joseph M. Tone, and other candidates the Democratic ticket, because of their party affiliations, but because of their labor record They defeated in the Republican landslide which swept the country. We do for a believe that this the voters have turned their backs the liberal and social legislation enacted under Franklin ROosevelts administration We hope that the leaders of the Republican Party this, and will be able control the extremists in their ranks in the way that labor has always insisted that the Democratic Party disavOw such extremists Blbo, Rankin, and other potax representatives in Congress. These extremists in both parties opportunity put their reactionary theories into practice will qure satesmanshp by the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties hold back the of such
 Labor today pays tribute to Mr. Tone "JOe, he is known everyone made a brilliant All branches of labor united behind him, and worked hard for him. It in the cards for him win this year. We sin cerey believe that in the political future of Connecticut there is an important place for ''JOe" Tone.
 Again. all organized labor cOngratulaes MT. Baldwin, Mir. McConaughey, and their colleagues their wheming victory.
The union times., 1946-11-09

One study released by the De- partment showed that average weekly income of workers in manu- featuring stood at $45.lO in Sep tember, rise of 20 cents over Au- gust and of approximately $4 over the same month a year ago.
 However, the $4 advance, the re- ports showed, hardly equalled the loss in 'take-home pay from the wartime peak, and thus increases in living costs during the year have meant a sharp wage cut for the workers. The Department analysed these increases in detail.
 GOING UP-AND-UP
 At mid September, the Depart ment's consumers price index" which registers the costs of major items in the budget of the average working mans family, had reached level 46 per cent higher than pre-war. In the 12 months up to Sept. Is, the index mounted 13 per cent. Over two-thirds of the latter increase occurred from mid June to mid September.
 FOOD PRICES WAY UP
 Consumers were particularly hard hit on food. The Department revealed that on September IF, its food price index was "A per cent above the average level of l935-39 and 86.2 per cent above the quota tions for August, 1939.
 In the three months from mid- June to mid-September, retail food prices shot up 19.6 per cent. And that figure, the Department ex- plained, doesn't reflect the recent
The union times., 1946-11-09
Here's Another
 Reason For High Building Costs
Federal Trade Commission Makes Public Charge
 Of Monopoly

One reason for the high-cost of construction-and the resulting shortage of houses-is illustrated by two new Federal Trade Com mission ''complaints.''
 One charges that nine New Eng land brick manufacturers ''fix prices and suppress competition" :" The other makes a similar charge against five Ohio manufacturers of ''gIazed facing tile.''
 In each case, the association di- vided the country into "zones," and fixed identical prices" in each zone.
 In other words, no matter where a brick or tile buyer is located, he will pay the same price, whether he buys from one manufacturer or another. Under such a system, of course, the prices are fixed exorbitantly high. That is the purpose of the system.
 This brick and tile ''zone' sys- tenn is much like the ''basing point'' system which has long been used by the steel, cement, and other big building material industries.
 For about 25 years, the F. T. C. has been trying to smash those "basing point" systems, but so far without success.
The union times., 1946-11-09
AFLHotel Strike Wins Wage Boosts

Washington (LPA) = A 20-day strike of 5000 AFL employees of Washington's IS leading hotels ended last week with the union winning an increase in minimum weekly wages from $24.48 to $50 and other contract improvements.
 Accepting a formula drawn up by Reconversion Director John R. Steel man the union obtained: a 3c-an-hour raise for tip-receiving workers and from 6 to 71zc-an-hour more for non- tip-receiving employees; one weeks vacation after one year and two weeks after three years contrasted with the previous one weeks after one year and two weeks after five years; e1imi- nation of the split shift whereby large group of workers were on call for 12 hours while only working eight; banquet walters to keep 90%o of the tips instead of the previous 75%; frings to be discussed with the union before becoming final.
 Leaders of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees Int'1 Alliance and the Bar tenders Int'l League, both AFL, hailed the agreement as a victory. Management of the hotels, which were almost completely shut down during the 2O-day walkout, had previously refused to arbitrate the entire dispute while the unions agreed.
The union times., 1946-11-09
Dummy Outfit Showed Under
 By Machinists
Independent Federation Beaten At Election In
 Aircraft Plant

A new anti-labor outft-the self styled Federated Independent Texas Unions" s"-rnet its Waterloo this week at the big Consolidated Vultee Air craft Corporations plant in Fort Worth, Tex.
 For several years the Interna- tional Association of Machinists has been bargaining agency at the plant, but collective bargaining with the local management has been consistently stormy.
 When a strike occurred earlier this year, a company union" suddenly sprouted at the plant It affiliated with the new Federation of "phony independents. After the strike was settled, the Independent" went on to challenge the Machinists' majority representation.
 While the I. A. M. could have brought Wagner Act charges against the company for sponsor ing ''dummy'' union, it decided instead in favor of a showdown al the ballot box. That election was held this week under National Labor Relations Board auspices and the I. A. M. came out on top by the sweeping majority of 2,883 to I,874.
The union times., 1946-11-09
Probe ExplOdes
 Atomic 'SpyPlOt' Charged To AFL
Nothing To Adamson's Charge, Says House Com
 mittee Chairman

Last August, Uncle Jim" Barrett called Ernie" Adamson, chief inves- tigator for the House Committee on un-American Activities, super snooper from Snooperville." ;" That was when Adamson popped up at Oak Ridge, Tenn, snifing "spy plot" and charging that Barrett and the A. F. of L. were mixed up in it and were planning to "spend a million dol lars" to organize the atomic bomb workers.
 This week, Ernie's boss, Cont gressman John s. Wood (Dem., Ga.), chairman of the committee, let the ''super-snOOper" down with a bang.
 A years investigation, Wood said, has proved there is absolutely nothing to the Oak Ridge atom ''spy plot" And, of course, the idea that the A. F. of L. poured a mil lion into that absurd campaign is equally absurd.
 Uncle Jim" Barrett is one of the ablest and most respected labor lead CTS in the South. His Americanism has never been questioned by anyone but Ernie" And now "Ernie's" own committee repudiates the charge.
The union times., 1946-11-09
Diocesan Labor
 Institute ToOpen Sessions Nov. B
Elm City Classes At Hotel Taft Under Rev. E. J.
 Shea's Direction

The Diocesan Labor Institute, New Haven Chapter, will hold its fall ses- sions at the Hotel Taft on eight sue cessive Wednesday evenings, begin ming Nov. 13. Representatives of man. agement and labor are invited to at tend the meetings.
 The social teachings of the Church will be stressed by the di- rector. Reverend Edward J. Shea. Parliamentary procedure as well as fundamental economics, will be taught. Discussion of current prob Iens will have a prominent place in each evenings program.
 The annual living wage, the guaran- teed annual wage, the right of labor to organize, the morality of strikes the history of the labor movement, the reconstruction of the social order are some of the questions to be treated Special emphasis will be laid on the occupational or vocational group sys- tenn advocated by the Church.
 Organized cooperation by labor. management, and government is a blessing devoutly desired.
The union times., 1946-11-09

skyrocketing in the price of meats since they were 'decontrolled." The effect of the decontrol orders, the Department said, won't be shown until the November index is pub- Iished.
 However, even with meat excluded, ''the prices of all major groups of items in the family budget increased during the month (from mid-August to mid September), with clothing and housefurnishings advancing the most, , the Department reported
 Dollar Down to 60 Gents
 As result, the buying power of the wage dollar has steadily gone down, and by September Is had fallen to 69 cents, in comparison with the dollar of January, 1941, the Depart ment declared.
 Findings of the government agency, incidentally, were con- firmed by the National Industrial Conference Board, a research agency financed by employers. Its own consumers price index, the board said, rose in September to ''the highest point in more than 25 years.''
 This has forced down the real weekly earnings of workers in l9 of 25 key industries surveyed by the board. It reported that the de- cline in 'reaI wages during the past year ranged from 1.7 per cent in woolen mills to 19.3 per cent in plants making heavy equipment.
 TIL. TT-so-. ToIoI1
The union times., 1946-11-09
Joe Tone Seen As
 Next Candidate For Governor
United Labor Support Makes Him Special Can
 didate, Editor Says

The Connecticut Forum of the Air, held Friday, November lst at 9:3O P. M. was devoted to the subject "Who Will Win the Election
 Following is the statement on the forum by Nathan Sherman, editor of The Union Times:
 ssI don't know who's going to win this election. I'm not a prophet, neither am I Dr. Gallup. But l do know that this has been an unusual campaign. With the possible excep- ton of Joe Tone, no one candidate has been able to stir the imagina- ton of the voters. Some people are anxious to place the blame for shortages of food or material, or housing and will vote accordingly: Others want to retain the liberal social and labor legislation that Franklin Roosevelt caused to be en- acted, and will vote for the candi- dates who favor this program.
 "The liberal independents wanted Chester Bowles and didn't get him The extreme right wing of the Re- publican Party wanted Joe Talbot and they didn't get him. If Talbot, with his bitter anti-labor record had been nominated, would not hesitate to predict a Democratic victory on Tuesday. In my opinion, McCon- aughey is the weakest candidate on the Republican ticket.
 WEAK MACHINE
 Speaking for myself, I regret that the Democratic machine in this state is showing so little initiative in this years campaign. In cities like New Haven, Bridgeport, Norwalk, Hart ford and Stamford, organized labor, enthusiastic over Joe Tone, IS doing the job almost alone.
 ssAs you know, organized labor, and that includes the ALL, the R.R. Brotherhoods, and the C.I.O., have gone all out for Joe Tone. Tone is basically practical liberal, and no man excepting Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has been able to command the united support of Connecticut labor the way Tone has.
 elf the Democrats lose Tuesday, one thing is certain: Tone will be the logical candidate for Governor two years from now.
The union times., 1946-11-09
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

JOE TONE lost the election, but he had one of the busiest nights of his life Tuesday. Station WTIC in- stalled broadcasting equipment in his home in New Haven, and he spoke shortly after the returns were in from New Haven and Hart ford, conceding the election to Gov ernor Baldwin. He was then rushed to Station WELL, where he spoke on the Connecticut network.
 The American Broadcasting COm- pany, from its headquarters in New York. then asked Tone to speak on a national hookup. With exactly eight minutes notice, Tone went on the air, spoke for five minutes over network of 2l8 stations, and did a bang-up job. Station WNHC then came through with a request for a speech, and with his usual good humor, Tone complied. At every stop, there were numer- ous people who congratulated him on his campaign, and on being a ''good loser'.
 When he finally got back to his house a large number of friends were there to make an evening of it. Tone says he never had to work harder than the night he lost the election.
 THE worlds going to hell in a <,-,x,.. ,..r,x.,sv,s.-xap.a IsLr che N. Y. Daily News. And if any ob- structions stand in the way, count on those same newspapers to clear the path!
 IT'S getting tough these days to find way to prove you're an hon. est man. Only sure way is to get fired from the cabinet or a major government job, but what about us poor slobs that work for private industry?
 IF some firms keep on doubling prices every time they raise wages 10 or Is %, it soon won't make any difference whether they produce any goods or not. The pay raises will be more profitable than the production.
 ALTHOUGH the Philippine Is- lands are supposed to have been freed by the United States last July Filipino can't sell his goods abroad to anyone but an American. even if he's offered a higher price in some other country. When King George HI tried those rules on the Americans we conducted a revolu. ton. Any day now, you may ex. pect to hear that the Daughters of the American Revolution have sent agitatOrs to the Philippines to teach them how to go and dc like wise.
 THOSE penniless meat packers who cried loud and long before they got price controls removed
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