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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-02

William Lord, connected with
the customs service in Key West.
left yesterday for Tampa for a
stay of a few days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-02

announced at the local post office
today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-02
Key West In
Days Gone BY
FROM rrIEs or TIE cirizEH
or NAY !, 1883

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Curry.
lsl5 Eliza stfses .teaay aFnotsar.
al that son was born ~ them
On April 80 The newcomer
weighed twelve and oiish AiE
pounds and was named Edward
Earl.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Juan Lopez, who
were called % Tampa when MT.
Lopez brother. Andre. died sud
denly. are due % arrive here
Monday ON the steamship Cuba
with the body.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-02

!. There are very few women. Who will
not fbelieyel your assertionI IWhehfJSyai tell
theyplook stunning
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-02


Russia is for cooperation it seems
but the. cooperation must be talpngI the
Russian way. L8!14II
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-02

81 There lis undoubtedly much 9satisfac4
tiolf in expressing our opinions but, to
quote Noltaire, Opinion has caused more
trouble on this littlegearth than plaques or
earthquakes" 8 - @
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Chief Wilson Retires

Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
was not exaggerating when he as
serted that retiring Secret Service
Chief Frank J. Wilson has contrib
uted signally not only to the achieve
ments of the several Treasury agen-
cies he has served. but "to the cause
of law enforcement generally"
Mr.. Snyder no doubt had in mind
Chief Wilson's major role in smash
ing the once powerful Capone gang,
symbol in the late twenties and early
thirties of entrenched lawlessness.
Directing the Governments under
cover invasion of the Capone mob's
seemingly impregnable domain in
Chicago, Intelligence Agent Wilson,
then one of Elmer Irey's unknown"
income tax investigators, dared to
pry into the supposedly secret A.
nancial affairs of the gang. 1t was
a risky business for a family man
in the days when Tommy guns were
being used freely in rubbing out"
a gangster's enemies. But Agent
Wilson, son of a policeman, was not
to be deferred. He continued to
pry into the Capone records ana
finally the 'break" came when ne
correctly deciphered some initials
and code names that directly tled
al Capone into tax evasion plot.
Capone went to prison. the gang
became a memory and, as Mr.. Sny-
der remarked, the cause OF law ana
Evening star., 1946-12-14

litical liberty with economic stability
and larger measure of social JUS
tice. It appears to stand midway
between the conservative forces who
tend to oppose the governments
ambitious projects Of social reform
and the small yet active Communist
faction which seeks to launch an
ultraradical social revolution.
# the governments explanation Is
correct, the Maracay revolt was in
spired by conservative rather than
Communist factors. It is a curious
sidelight that the air force was one
of the prime elements in the reyolu-
ton a year ago which put Betan-
court and his party in power. Just
why the airmen should have so soon
reversed themselves has not yet been
explained.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
This Changing World
By Constantine BrolDn

What Russias specific demands In
regard to Germany will be next March
1t is impossible to foresee. for the Krem-
lin situation could change radically by
that time. sIf--as reported-Prime Min
lister Stain is Ill, the powerful stabilizing
hand may be relaxing its hold, and
there may be some internal struggle for
power already under way between the
factions which have been held In check
by Mr.. Stain himself
AT any rate, barring some radical shift
in Soviet policy-refiecting power
realignment within the Kremlin-it Is
possible to envisage some of the final
objectives toward which Russia will work
in the German treaty.
Fundamentally, Moscow, desiring not
only security against future German
aggression, but also great Central
European recruit to the Communist
dominated bloc, will foster those proyi-
sions in the German treaty which pro-
vide the most favorable ground for
growth OF the Communist front.
Russia will want an eventual highly
centralized German administration, per-
haps behind the false front of fedora
ton, just as Russia, on its face fedora
ton, heads up to a highly centralized
administration in Moscow. The reason
for such centralized government is
obvious 1t opens all of Germany to a
nation wide effort by the Socialist Unity
Party for power, and enables the already
highly SovietiZed eastern zone to pe
coupled politically with leftist elements
in the highly induStria1ized sections of
Western GERMANY and the cities,
For herself Russia will demand full
fillment of the Potsdam terms by which
she is to get Is per cent of German
plants and equipment in the western
zones, and may go even beyond that.
At present, delivery Of her share OF
reparations removals in the American
zone is being held up because of her
refusal to enter into centralized eco
nomic administration for Germany.
Russia, further, will insist on making
permanent the present Polish border
with Eastern Germany, and already has
had notice from the United States that
its frontier has yet to be negotiated.
As whole the Russian proposals for
Germany will be predicated on convert
ing the country into friend, If not an
outright ally, of the Soviet Union. They
will be long range in scope and will
look beyond the immediate four power
occupation to the day when the United
States, England and France have de-
parted from the German scene, and
Germany will be the string to Russia's
bow or an instrument of western demo-
cratic policy.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
FIure-Up in Venezuela

The quick and virtually bloodless
suppression of revolt against the
Betancourt government is, by itself,
passing incident. The revolt ap-
pears to have been confined to a
section of the air force at the base
of Maracay, which wss promptly
snuffed out by the rest of the garri-
son. However, we do not yet know
even the proximate cause of the
flare-up, still less it's larger signifi-
canoe. A statement by President
Betancourt definitely" links the
revolt with "the faction of Lopez
Contreras and General Medina An
garita, both former Presidents and
leaders of the party overthrown by
the revolution of October IS. 1945."
If that statement tells the whole
story, the revolt would follow the
pattern, so familiar in Latin Amer
lea, of the "outs" trying to get "in"
by revolutionary means. Neverthe-
less, the mere fact of such a violent
short cut discloses the difficulty of
building up political stability by con-
stitutional processes in country
which has had SO turbulent and
dictator ridden past.
1t is just a decade ago that Ven
ezuela emerged from nearly forty
years of oppression under two of the
worst tyrants in Latin American his
tory-wflich is saying a great deal.
The liberators from that tyranny
were none other than Contreras and
Medina, who in their turn were
elected from power last year after
having given Venezuela relatively
liberal and enlightened regime. The
revolutionary government then es-
tablished, headed by the current
President Betancourt, was confirmed
in Office by an election held at the
end of last October. wherein Betan-
courts party. known as Democratic
Action, won decisive victory at the
polls. This election was generally
conceded to have been fair and
above board. The Betancourt gov
ernment would thus appear to re-
fleet the popular will.
The program of Democratic Action
is one which seeks to combine po-
Evening star., 1946-12-14

The CIO has given notice that 1t
intends to seek Is per cent increase
in wages, and has asserted that industry
can pay such increases without raising
prices Of commodities.
Soon after the close Of the war,
President Truman and former Secretary
Of Commerce Henry A. Wallace took oc-
casion to declare that industry could
stand a rs per cent increase in wages
without increases in prices. Any one
who has followed the course of wages
and prices during the last year must
realize that the President and Mr. Wal
lace were wrong Wages have increased
largely in many instances, and the
cost of living has followed suit.
Now it is proposed by the CIO, acting
on survey made for it by one of the
New Deals former bright young men,
Robert r. Nathan, that another big
boost in wages be demanded and OBJ
tanned, and the same specious argu-
ments are made that price increases
need not and Will not follow.
Following on the heels OF this Nathan
report and the CIO proposals comes
q definite program from the CLIO United
Automobile Workers, calling for an in
crease Of 235 cents an hour in wages,
and social security and retirement plans,
bringing q total increase Of about 80
cents. President Walter P. Reuther OF
the UAW has the effrontery to say that
these increases must be allowed to catch
up with imitation. Mr.. Reuther was one
of those who are largely responsible
for the rise in costs since the close of
the war-aided and abetted by the atti-
tude of the head of the government.
What Mr.. Reuther and the UAW is
proposing is the start of another spiral
which will bring about still higher cost
of living-and an increase in prices
which will prevent the general public
from buying goods. When the public
stops buying, the next step will be
shut down of industry and large un-
employment The country has already
suffered great harm from a plethora of
strikes and work stoppages, growing out
OF demands for wage increases since
the war Among those who have suf-
fered most are the working men and
women themselves.
Members of Congress in Washington,
as well as officials of the executive
branch of the Government, view these
coming demands for higher wages with
Evening star., 1946-12-14
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

alarm. There seems nothing the Con-
gress and the President can do about
the matter, however. II the showdown
comes, it will be tug of war between
industry and the workers. Congress
may amend the labor laws, and should
do so to make the struggle more equal
But that Is about all that can be hoped.
Labor leaders appear not very bright
at this point. If there was anything
that stuck out like sore thumb in
the recent congressional and State cleo
tions it was the disgust of the people
with the long series of demands and
strikes on the part of organized labor.
Another series of strikes, if it comes,
will only make the general public more
angry. It will be said that the members
OF organized labor make up a large
part of the people. 1t is true-but
minority part. Furthermore, many of
the members OF organized labor have
no sympathy with what their leaders
are doing. The hope of the country
seems to rest today on the common
sense Of the rank and file of the unions
and declination of the workers to fol-
low the kind of leadership they are now
given.
There is q wide divergence of opinion
and statistics regarding the actual prof.
its of industry today. The late Associ-
ate Justice Brandeis of the Supreme
Court, speaking some 40 years ago in
regard to collective bargaining and ar
bitration of labor disputes, said:
Demands may be made which the
employer, after the fullest considera-
ton, believe would, if yielded to-, de-
stroy the business. Such differences
cannot be submitted to the decision
of others. Again the action of the union
may appear to have been lawless or
arbitrary, a substitution of force for
law or reason. : Lawless or arbi-
trary claims of organized labor should
be resisted at whatever cost. 1 have
said that it is essential in dealing with
these problems that the employer
should strive only for the right It
is equally important that he should
suffer no wrong to be done unto him."
If the demands for large wage in
creases are persisted in, it looks as
though there must be resistance if
there is to be no devastating imitation
which will engulf the whole people
and particularly the poor.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
The Major Mundute
From the New Orleans Times-Picayune:

Senator Ball of Minnesota tells the
Associated Press that Republican mem
bers of the new Congress will seek early
re-enactment of some provisions of the
Case labor bill-vetoed by President
Truman-and corrective amendments Of
the Wagner Labor Relations Act. The
Minnesota Senator belongs to the Pro-
gressive wing of his party. He has
proved his friendship for and fairness
to the labor cause, but has had the
courage to speak out against the "spe-
cial privileges" accorded the organized
labor minority by one-sided legislation
and administrative favoritism = and
against the rank abuse of those privi-
leges by certain of the labor lords.
Revision of Federal labor legislation
to restore fair play and re-establish
the principle of equal rights and respon-
sibility in the field of industry is, lin our
belief, the major mandate given the
majority in the new Congress by No
venber SIS voters. Bipartisan majorities
in the present Congress months ago rec
ognized that need and the popular de-
mand for it, Their enactment of the
Case bill was responsive to both, but
Mr.. Truman killed that remedial Emeas-
ure. This tacit encouragement ofabuses
which blocked industrial reconserSion
encouraged their practice The strike
malady spread Systematic tieups OF
key industries since have blocked vital
production, prolonged shortages of criti-
cal items, driven prices up and have
weakened our national economy.
Wage earners suffered from these
evils along with their countrynnen in
other walks. Prolonged strikes wiped
out the wartime savings of many. Goods
shortages and mounting prices acaused
by those shortages and by increasing
production costs hit them all.
In most two-party States the. voters
on November registered unmistakable
protest against conditions grown intol-
erable, and rebuke of the adninistra.
ton and party held responsible therefor.
The conclusion seems to us unescap-
able that the popular verdict carried
mandate for revision Of Federal labor
laws to end the special privileges grossly
abused by some aggressive labor leaders
to the entire Nations hurt; for eStab.
lishment of the principle Of equal re-
sponsibility for contract obligations in
the industrial as in other fields; for
equitable rules that apply equally to
DOtIl SlucS, 1oi al CLo VI 1iC 1osoAAeaoAAA
and one-sided bureaucratic rFactices
which invite further abuses md ex-
cesseS. e
Obedience to that mandate should Be
the first duty of the next Congrsss and
its majority. In moving to Its perform.
ance Senator Ball and his fellow pro.
gressives on the Republican sidesshould
have the support of Democratic Con-
gressmen who respect that public wishes
and give the Nations welfare right Of
way over selfish party or factional ad.
vantage
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Disentangling Disarmament
By George Fielding Eliot


his information on home
troops provided all ornaments are in
cluded-tne British representative, Sir
Hartley Shawcross, introduced reso-
luton which called for the creation of
an international supervisory commits
sion, operating within the framework
of the Security Council, but not in
its operation subject to the veto of any
power, to verify all information on
armed forces and armaments submitted
in accordance with any requirement of
the General Assembly on the Security
Council"
Adoption of this resolution would
have meant that information on troop
numbers and disposal would have still
been required by January Is, as origi-
nally planned, but information on atomic
weapons and other ornaments would
not have been called for until the
supervisory commission had been set
up, with the full approval Of all the
permanent members of the Security
Council, including the United States.
Those who were present at the Tues
day night session are agreed as to the
dramatic quality Of the discussion.
There is some feeling that members
may well have been carried by their
enthusiasm rather beyond the bounds
of sober and secure progress toward
an objective which surely Is not to be
finally obtained save after the most
mature consideration, after time and
experience have dispelled many of the
distrusts and uncertainties which now
exist.
*%*
It is true, of course, that the British
delegation is sensitive and under
standably so-in view of Britain's geo.
graphical position-on the subject OF
rockets and other weapons of mass
destruction, and would like to see them
included; but as Mr.. Baruch has re-
Gently observed, man who can learn
to say A can also learn B and G, and
it would seem better to make our test
case on the comparatively narrow
but suf1ciently determinative lines az
forded by the proceedings Of the
Atomic Energy Commission.
tcopyrisht 1ete.1
Evening star., 1946-12-14

T. d
order received tremendous and
much-needed boost.
Mr.. wilson's 26 years Of investi-
gatiye activity with the Treasury
were notable in other ways. He as
sisted in the investigation of the
Lindbergh kidnapping, supervised the
income tax inquiry into the Huey
Long machine in Louisiana and,
after his transfer to the Secret Serv-
Ice, safeguarded Presidents Roose-
velt and Truman and waged war
on counterfeiters. He has set high
standard of service for his success
sor, Assistant Chief James j. Ma
leney, to emulate.
Evening star., 1946-12-14

This is an appropriate moment for q
stock taking OF the United States IN
ternational position as the first major
phase OF the post-World War II period
draws to an end,
Many significant actions have been
taken In recent days, indicating that
the powers have reached at least q
temporary working accord, even il that
accord is scheduled for new and more
severe tests.
The United Nations Assembly IS ap-
preaching the conclusion Of its current
session with certain amount Of prog
ress to its credit on disarmament and
relaxation of the military emphasis
which has persisted since vi day.
After a belligerent start in this ses-
sion, the Soviet Union settled down to
a policy OF concession which made pos
sible startling progress on many subjects
Foreign Minister Molotov and his dep
uty. Andrei Y. Vishinsky, proved how
easy cooperation can be when there IS
the disposition to cooperate.
In the Council of Foreign Ministers,
too, this policy OF Russian concession
brought tangible results and the Axis
except for their signing next February.
This brings to close the long struggle
over the satellite peace terms which be-
gan in the Paris Peace Conference last
summer and continued in the early
stages of the New York meeting of the
Council.
While these important actions have
been taken on the international stage,
Russia has, in recent days, been engaged
in large-scale withdrawal of troops
from her zone in Germany, withdrawal
which can have reassuring effect on
the peoples of the world If the troops
moved out are actually demobilized and
not. utilized for fresh adventures else
where just what the withdrawal sig
nifies only time will tell.
without any doubt the Russian with
drawaI from Eastern Germany is being
conducted with an eye on the Moscow
meeting next March when the Big Four
Foreign Ministers will tackle the crucial
matters of peace with Germany and
treaty foundation for an Independent
Austria.
The competition between east and
west for German affection and CO.
operation goes on apace. with the United
States and Britain unifying their occu-
patton zones economically and Russia
endeavoring to solidify her position in
the east. where Russian policy now ap-
pears to be to create five states Tor
Laender) and to unit them in federal
system similar to that established in
the American zone.
Evening star., 1946-12-14

The disarmament situation requires
little clarificatlon-or perhaps one
should say, disentangling.
The following can be stated on the
highest authority:
ID There exists no basic difference
of viewpoint or approach on the subject
of disarmament rs between the Amer
ican and British delegations to the
United Nations.
(2) There exists no IDEAL" or gentle
mems agreement" between the British
and Soviet delegations arising from Tues
day nights debate in the Political and
Security Committee Of the General AS
sembly, directed toward the premature
disclosure of atomic information by the
United States or for any other purpose
not in accordance with the views of the
American delegation.
ca The American and British delega-
tions are in complete agreement that the
most readily available test Of Russian
intentions with regard to disarmament
will be afforded by Russian action as to
the report of the Atomic Energy Conn
mission, particularly with regard to the
question of international control and in
spection of the development Of atomic
energy, which report must be rendered
by December 81.
a. Statements which have appeared
In the press to the effect that the situa-
ton is ssdeteriorating" are not, to borrow
classic phrase from our Soviet friends.
in accordance with reality. In fact the
atmosphere of cautious optimism which
prevailed over the week end has grown
shade brighter.
We should make clear differentia-
ton between Short-term and long-term
objectives in our thinking on this subject
OF disarmament. The troop-census pro-
posal is a short-term affair. Its purpose
is to obtain official information on the
strength and location of the armies OF
the several powers, as basis for further
negotiation as to reduction Of arma-
mentS.
x***
The British position on the troop
census has been, all along, that there
should be some provision for verifying
the information furnished BY the sew
eral powers. When Mr.. Molotov made