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SmatherSIelBWhy
He Opposes Bill For
Tax Reduction Now
&"WOULD JEOI
WOULD JEOPARDIZE
FEDERAL ECONOMY,
ALSO SPEAKS ABOUT
ENORMOUS DEBT
From wmshimEssn gaTv~.eanssems.
hry NEST aletsTab

WASHINGTON. July IA The
knutson tax reduction btu now
before the Senate. having passed
the House. was opposed by Rep
resentative George A. Smstilors
of Florida when II was up in the
House because "it would ieopaf
oize our federal economy ami
because il is unSound business"
he said today.
Representative Smsthers said
that cashing terminal leave pav
bonds will cost the governgpen,
81. 600. 100000 and that the Tax
bill passed by the House wUuirl
cost another $4,000. 0O0. 600 ~
government revenue. although
we still do not know what tpe
federal budget Is for 1913 ~
how much revenue will be- fultu
coming in l948.
Domestic and foreign commit
ments are unknown now. be said.
and the universal military train
ing bill will cost the govern.
mcnt an estimated $4,000 900 .flfs9
annually Farm program sub
sides and the Merchant Mhrlne
subsidy will cost more millions.
hC said.
1--WE have a war debt of s2sg
900. 900. 900 and mo- plan has been
presented whereby II will o.
paid off or whereby start Will
be made to pay II. Representative
Smathers said.
He held that the tax rcductipn
bill is basicaIly unfair and a.
equitable in that II gives great
tax relief 90 those la high income
brackets and practically ~ tax
relief tn those In lOw inruup
brackets.
| Representative SnaaaheFM usarA
that congress stay " se&slon tfse
rest Of the year and rcwofk ihe
entire tax structure So we could
embark upon AN intelligent. iair.
and workable tax system, haVinF
some better idea 81 what nts.
commitments and responsibility
are going to be
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-14

Underground
Palestine Jews
Issue Defiance

JERUSALEM, July 14.-Under-
ground forces today defied the
British, in a broadcast, to carry
out n threat to put under martial
law for % hours a day the area
in which two British soldiers had
been kidnapped, in the event they
were not released by nightfall.
The defiance was heard shortly
after top British officers had
broadcast, demanding the release
OF the kidnapped men, and threat
ening martial law.
,, The men are held as hostages
and the underground reported
that a third British soldier hao
been kidnapped.
IN Lake Success. it was adj
vocated today that the entire Pal
estine differences be turned over
to the United Nations for settle
Continued on Page Four
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Black Snake,
Roccoon Figure
In Week-End Ne,rs

Last week Officer Ray.
mond Cabrera was dis
patched to Johnson and Rey-
nolds streets. where q large
black snake was in the pro-
cess of making a meal out
of a frog.
The officer allowed the
helpful. non-poisonous snake
to escape otter chasing IL
from the property. This
morning at 7:45. Mrs. II.
Castro. 2409 Staples avenue.
reported rsccoon at her resi-
dence. Officers Ansel Albury
and Paul Stofert answered
the call. and captured the
raccoon.
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Fight By duPonts
Against Railroad
Merger Is Still On

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, July IA.
Trustees of the Alfred l. du
Pont estate yesterday said they
will continue to resist consolida-
ton of the Florida East Coast
Railway with the Atlantic Coast
Line. The consolidation was re-
Gently ordered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The
trustees, holding controlling in
terest, declared they would con-
tinue the fight for independent
operation regardless of time and
|cost." The statement was issued
by Edward Ball, one of the four
trustees.
The I.C.C. consolidation de-
ciSiOn, made on a to vote, was
announced May 90 AS Florida
East Coast is in receivership, the
decision must go to Federal Court
for further consideration and ap-
'prova1. ~-----
I The trustees statement branded
as grossly inaccurate" charge
in substance" by Senator Claude
Pepper that the du Pont estate
"has already made $40 million
profit on very small investment"
in Florida East Coast bonds.
If the Atlantic Coast Line wins
control according to its plan, sit
would result in an investment
profit to the Coast Line of $2O.5
million in the reorganization val
uation and $32,833 900 on the rate
making valuation" the trustees
asserted. "The Coast Line would
make this tremendous profit at
the expense of, and against the
will of, the FEC. bondholders,
without having made any invest
ment, and having taken no risk"
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Property Sales

Gr"fec y Ohlcr transferred to
~ ann Mr. Frederick ~ Laub-
enthal Miami for $4,000 prop
sfty an Upper Matecumbc. &C.
rsading 60 q warranty deed filed
with Circuit Court Clerk Ross G.
sawYCt
Antonio Garcia transferred tO
"a and MI, Herbert ID. Nurvicl,
a0l Flaglci Avenue, property IN
Oversees Highway near 18th st.
fai 80 TOO
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Court Adjourns
Until Tomorrow

July term of Criminal Court
opened today with Judge Thomas
). Caro- on the bench.
Court later adjourned until to-
morrow morning. There were no
guilty pleas this morning.
A jury will likely be selected
al tOmOrroW'S session.
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Mrs. Kemp Home
After Operation,

Mrs. Osgood S. Kemp returned
home yesterday from Miami,
where she underwent a major CD
cation in Victoria Hospital. She
y Is accompanied by her hus-
band. Osgood S. Kemp, and sis
ter. Mrs. A. G.. Brockwell of
Baldwin, N. Y. who is visiting
with the family at 9l2 Fleming
street.
Mrs. Kemp is convalescing.
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Salinan Due

USS. Salinan (ATF-16D, fleet
tug regularly attached to the sur
face anti-submarine development
detachment of Key West. will ar
rive here tomorrow from Wash
ington where she has undergone
an extensive overhauling.
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CAT TENDS BABY DUCKS

Ketchikan, Alaska A tom
cat, belonging TO local family,
has set himself up as the shcp-
herd of two baby pet ducks.
Every time the ducks escape
from their pen, the cat chaSes
them and herds them back.
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Parking Meters Pay
City $4O77 In First
Six Months This Year
TOTAL FOR SIX.MONTH
PERIOD WAS LARC-
w THAN WAS EX.
PECTED

Parking meter receipts for the
pest SO months have justified
tie budget estimate 81 revenue
iiosn this s~urce of S4,5OO to the
rt'y and sas00 roinr 10 the NJ. II.
Rhodes Company. 80 Bartholo-
Huw avenue Hartford. Conn.
Largest monthly receipts were
tg100S ior the month Of Feb
fuafy. with the month of May
sh"winE che smallest return of
only tas9 n
The original contract between
ths city and the Rhodes company
vss that the city would purchase
rHq a-psnny Perfection meters at
te150. foF q total 81 Si2.5 this
snsouut o. b. paid solely on re-
estpts from the parking meters,
witho,f the city having a. invest
any npnncy In the project.
The Rhodcs company was un-
mislF o. supply the fivc-pennv
Perfection meters. and instead
shiDrrd the standard nickel
Pathfinder meters A contract on
tered into Nv the city and the
HhDsleE company through Ordi-
nsnee No i2S specified that tho
eity vould share receipts $3.50
until June ! iga7. and after that
date ~ receiDts would be the
r+oprrty ~ the city. until the
Rhodes conDanv installed the S.
penny Perfection meters
Tho CONTRACT allowed the
Hhnsics eomDany until March |.
latH. a. replace the present me-
tsrs N the city has not been
ftspplicd with the new meters by
that time. the contract will be
volgied and the Rhodes company
will have 60 rcmove oil meters
End psy cor all sidewalk repairs,
m&N. gEF-s----fr
IN amusing incident in connec-
tim with the meters occurred
hen = salesman for the com
panv was demonstrating the adj
vantage ~ blexiglass on the s.
penny Perfection meters. grasped
q hammer and nonchalantly in
toauaed CITY Manager o. J. s.
Ellinesnn that the plexiglass
Would not break ne matter how
hard u was hit. Ellington eau
lloned the ovcr-zcalous salesman
that u would probably crack if
struck extra hard
mo. not a chance" stated the
salesman IN n confident tone. and
DRIVE down hard uDon the glass.
The resulting crash echoed
through the entire office. and in a
ulors spl,crtonc the salesman in
fafmcd the city manager. as he
picked zap the pieces:
I'm Sending this right back To
the fartorv Something went
wrong This can't happen--it's
nni Suppressed tu anyway"
The monthly receipts for the
first siN months of i947 are as
NsIfsssasns
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TIDES
Tomorrow
Naval Base
eastern Standard Time)
ltiuh Tide Low Tide
6:33 am. 1853 am.
8:44 pm.
ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA
Reference Station: Key West
Time Of Height of
Station Tide high water
Bahia Honda -0hr.
(bridge) 10 min. 90 It.
No Name Key -t2hr.
least side) 30 min.
Boca Chica --0hr.
(Sandy POINT 40 min.
Caldas Channel +2hr.
north end) 10 min. fla f..
Minus Sign--Corrections to be
subtracted
Plus Sign - Corrections to be
added
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The Weather
FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy with occasional thunder
showers in the vicinity. Gentle to
moderate southeasterly winds.
Little change in temperature
Through Tuesday.
Florida: Considerable cloudi-
ness and shower activity continu-
ing through Tuesday. Showers
and thunderstorms mostly during
the afternoons.
East Gulf and Jacksonville
through Florida Straits: Gentle
to moderate variable winds most
lily southeast to south this after
moon, tonight and Tuesday. Con-
siderable cloudiness with scat
, tered showers and thunderstorms.
NO SMALL CRAFT or storm
warnings are being displayed
anywhere in this region.
RER0RI h., ~. ...
Key West, Fiss, july IA, l947
.(ObseryACUh taken at $3.50 am.
Eastern Standard Time,
~ City Office3. Il Is sys y. ~ -
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Costa RIGA has extensive forests and mineral wealth. Her capital
the inland city of Jose Costa Ra like all Member
the United Nations represented the UN
delegate the General Assembly Francisco de Paula Cutie
Ambassador the United States flag
broken white
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Costa Rica, republic in the southern part
of Central America, is $4,000 square miles
In area and has q population of 705,30O.
Stretching from the Caribbean Sea to the
Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica borders on Nicara-
qua in the north and Panama in the south. A
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Relative Humidity
1910
Tomorrow Almanac
eastern Standard Time)
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Marshall Says Time
To Act on European
Relief Has Arrived
BY the Associated Pres,

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Declaring
that America cannot stand indiffer-
ent" to the fate of the war-ravaged
countries who are looking to us for
assistance" Secretary of State Mar
shall said last night that the time
for action on European aid was now
at hand.
He made his statement at the
closing Session of the 10Th annual
Herald Tribune forum to which
President Truman sent message
reaffrming Americas aspirations for
a peaceful and stable world.
The Presidents letter to Mrs
Ogden Reid, president of the New
York Herald Tribune, Inc, said that
on the decisions of the coming
weeks and months will depend in
large measure the future pattern OF
our relations with Europe and in
deed, with the world at large"
President Urges Care.
But we must be very careful to
see that the steps we take will
really serve the end we have in
view," the President added. 1--WE
must face the fact that we alone
cannot rehabilitate Europe and
Evening star., 1947-10-23

that our efforts will be useful only
If they are intended to supplement
a sincere and effective effort Of the
Europeans to help themselves.
We must be sure, moreover, that
what We are undertaking to do is
within the limits of our own
strength and does not run counter
to the health of our own economic
life"
Gen. Marshall told the forum
that he did not consider it a matter
for argument any longer that Eu-
ropes need of assistance was "real
and urgent"
There has been constant refer
ence to Marshall plan," the Sec
retary said. The reference to me
personally was unfortunate, but the
reference to plan was definitely
misleading. There was no plan
There was suggestion. Now we are
in the process of drafting a plan as
proposal Of the Congress of the
United States. That is the situation
at the moment.
Action Now Urged.
"The period of study and prepara-
tion is thus drawing to close. The
time of action is at hand"
Harold E. Stassen told the forum
that President Truman at his news
conference today with congressional
leaders should announce the calling
of a special session of Congress to
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Clerk, 70, Pleads Not Guilty
10 Assault on Girl, s

A 2O-year-old clerk pleaded not
guilty to a charge that he assaulted
5-year-old girl when he appeared
IN Municipal Court yesterday before
Judge Walter ]. Casey.
The man, Joseph Grant Williams
colored, 900 block of French street
NV, was arrested Tuesday on a
warrant charging he assaulted the
girl in the 2300 block of Eighteenth
street NV.
"A jury trial was scheduled for
December 2 and Judge Casey set
bond at $500.
In another case,' Samuel F.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
HorticuIturists to Meet

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct
% R.-Mrs. Earle Willard OF
Blacksburg will discuss the History
OF Gardening" at the eighth annua,
meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary
of the Virginia State Horticultural
Society in Roanoke December 1-3
Mrs. H. G. Linton of Charlottesville
vice president and program chair
man, announced,
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Soviet Appoints Envoy
To Dominion Of India
By the Associated Press

MOSCOW, Oct. ok. v. Novi-
kov. a member of the four-power
commission which recently ended
its deliberations on the Austrian
peace treaty, has been appointed
Russian Ambassador to the Domin-
ion of India, the Moscow Press an
nounced today.
Evening star., 1947-10-23

Thomas, "a, Of the 400 block of M
street s.W., q mechanic, was ac-
cused of assaulting an 11-year old
girl. The girl told police she was
molested Tuesday in an automobile
after she had accepted ride, but
couldn't tell where
Evening star., 1947-10-23

deal with the problem Of aid to
Europe.
Much more is involved than the
question OF whether the emergency
funds Of various kinds can last until
January l or February l." he said,
Evening star., 1947-07-15

..
Because of the manufacturers of
dog food, most dogs 60 through life
without ever having a meal they
really like, one that makes them
want to sigh with contentment, pat
their stomachs, and light up good
cigar.
All the dog foods I know of are
composed of things dogs ought to
have, not what they want. They
reek with protein, fat, calcium, ash,
moisture, nitrogen and phosphorus.
But if dogs could talk, do you be-
lieve you would ever hear one ask
for another helping of ash, sec
ond piece of PHOSPHORUS, or an ex-
ira cut Of protein?
Persian Rug Pie.
Take a puppy, for example. Take
mine, If you want to, a newcomer
to the house named Bundle. Her
favorite food, as it is the favorite
food Of so many puppies, Is a cor
ner of the best rug in the house.
That puppies have discerning tastes
is proved by the fact that they
never choose anything but the cost
lest rug from which to cut them
selves a piece Of Persian pie or Turk
ish T-bone.
But what manufacturer Of dog
food has ever put up a can OF pure,
wholesome, flavorsome rug? 1t
would be a best seller and, insofar
as T can determine, has great bone
building properties. and does just
as much for the dogs coat as mess
of ash and nitrogen.
BUNDLES favorite desert is a mix
ture of nylon stockings, hair brushes,
and suspenders. Give her this COM
bination and she will eat as much
as Diamond Jim Brady ever did
For a midnight snack she likes to
open the shoe closet doors, just as
humans iike to explore the refriger-
ator, and make three-decker sand
wich of shoe laces and slipper toes,
garnished with anything else in
reach.
She much prefers this to any OF
the food we try to tempt her with
So far, it has done her no apparent
harm. Her legs are straight, her
chest sturdy, her bark noisy enough
to bring complaints from neighbors
three houses away, and her fleas
fat and sassy.
Here's One Mixture.
Really, If I hadn't planned tc
meet so many friends in the poor
house, I'd make myself a cool mil
lion or two by putting out dog fooo
that dogs would be crazy about. Ont
mixture would be composed of but
tons, string, sofa stutfing, and WOO
socks. ..,. . 80
Another would have as its ingre'
kdients leaves of the choicest garde1
flowers, dish cloths, and lead pen
Evening star., 1947-07-15

effectively with various danger spots
in the world. This impotence arises
not only from the lack of a world
police force-which it appears will
not come into existence in the neal
future-but also from certain ele'
ments in the charter itself, the
elimination of which is being sought
in Congress.
The movements in Congress CEN
ter for the most part on the veto
power, which Russia, contrary to, the
spirit in which the veto was agreed
on, has used as an instrument tc
prevent interference with her ma
tional policies, rather than as ar
instrument to avert conflict between
the big powers.
Although the United States does
not appear ready to abandon the
United Nations charter in its pres.
ent form in favor of a more potent
instrument. the day may not be fal
removed when deficiencies in the
charter will have to be recognized
and some revision made.
Minimum Use Sought.
The United States and Britain
have been in agreement with Russia
that some kind Of veto power mus'
be kept in the charter, but 1t was
their idea-and they believed the
Russians agreed with it-that the
veto's use must be restricted to the
very minimum.
In the face of Russian obstrucs
Evening star., 1947-07-15
This Changing World
Russian Situation Gives Significance
To Moves to Revise L. n. Charter

tionism and disposition to utilize the
United Nations as an instrument OF
national policy. the United States
has found it necessary to bypass
the United Nations to some extent,
at least, on the two major points of
its revitalized world policy-the Tru-
man doctrine and Secretary of State
Marshall's program of aid to Europe.
Aid to Greece and Turkey, it is
true. was submitted for approval to
the United Nations, but in such
way that no vote was possible and
U. N. approval was little more than
a pro forma action. 1mplementation
of the Truman doctrine-which is a
continuing thing and not likely to be
restricted to Greece and Turkey
remains outside the scope of the
U. N. Likewise, American economic
assistance to Europe-preparations
for which are being made in Paris
lies strictly outside the U. N, al
though its peace-saving aspects are
fundamental.
With these major American poll
cies being pursued with practically
no relationship to the established
peace machinery, the conviction has
grown among some members OF
Congress, first, that Russia will not
permit the United Nations ever to
become an effective force to prevent
her own aggrandizement;; second,
that effective peace machinery can
be created for those nations who
really desire it, leaving Russia and
her satellites outside if they so de-
sire, and third, that in view Of the
definite breach that now exists be-
tween the East and the West it is
almost academic whether Russia re-
mains in the United Nations.
It may take some time for this
conviction to take hold widely
enough to influence the policy of the
United States Government, but the
trend in that direction Is clearly
discernible. The United Nations
Assembly meeting in September and
the scheduled meeting Of the Big
Four Foreign Ministers in London in
November will tell much about
whether this decision to break
finally with Russia is to crystalline
into action. Support for such a
break is now being created in the
American body polite and in the
Congress which represents it.
Evening star., 1947-07-15

evidenced by the burning of Polish
villages and armed attacks against
army outposts and government in
|stitutions.
The Ukrainians repeatedly sweep
back across the frontier into Poland
at night. Some come by horseback,
some by motorized transport. Their
armament repeatedly includes plenty
Of atomatic firearms, machine guns
and mortars.
Newspaper reports relate how the
Ukrainians, resentful over being ex-
|pelled from villages that long were
their homes, have carried on a cam
paign of attacking, burning and pill
laying homesteads now occupied by
Polish settlers.
Polish authorities claim many of
them are led by former German SIS
men and remnants Of those who
fought with the Russian Gen. W.
Vlassov, who tried to organize a
division alongside the Germans
against the Russians during the war
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Three Nations Fight
Ukraine Nationalist
lin Southern Poland
By the Associofsd Press

RZESZOW, Poland, July 15.-
There's a miniature war going on
down here in Southeastern Poland
in which three nations have Joined
to wipe out troublesome Ukrainian
Nationalist bands.
South Of here along the San River
around the town of Sanok, and
stretching close to the frontiers OF
Czechoslovakia and Soviet Russia
Polish troops and security corps are
frequently clashing with Ukrainian
bandits"
Since the governments recent
amnesty brought 5000 members OF
underground antigoYernment bands
out of their hideouts, the Ukrainians
have been the Warsaw regimes
biggest internal headache.
Recently, the government enlisted
the collaboration and liaison" OF
Czechoslovakia G and Russia in the
Job of liquidating the Ukrainians.
Numbers Fighting Unknown.
Just how many Ukrainjans are
fighting Is difficult to even guess
The strength of their raiding bands
has run all the way from scores
up to as high as 1000.
How many Polish troops are en-
gagged in the liquidation campaign
also Is not known. There are re-
ports Of as many as three divisions
or more. That would be around
10000. What direct aid they get
from Czech or Russian armed forces
in actual operations likewise is diff
ficult to determine, but newspapers
have reported Russian troops join
ing Poles in fighting Ukrainian acts
of sabotage.
Ukrainians long have agitated fol
autonomous recognition, but thai
hasn't gotten anywhere.
The Polish government announced
that total of 84,000-believed tt
be all of them-had been repatriated
from Polish territory into Soviet
Russia.
Villages Burned.
But q considerable number o1
them haven't stayed there, as i.
Evening star., 1947-07-15

the mud, great part Of it, repre-
sented the precious topsol OF thou
sands of American farms.
When we read that the Missouri
and then, in due course, the Mis-
sissippi, are on a rampage, we are
apt to think chiefly of the damage
being done along the banks down.
stream. There are exciting stories OF
levees giving way or of frantic vol
unteer armies fighting to keep the
levees intact; of homes flooded Out
and families left homeless, of houses
swept away in the current, of lives
lost. A great river in flood is, in
fact, terrible sight; nothing more
cruel, implacable, remorseless is Of
fered by nature. But the floods pass
people return to their ravaged homes
clean out the foul mess left by the
river and resume their lives. More
levees are built or existing levees
lifted and strengthened.
Just Another Plan.
That is how 1t has been in the
past, with the result just seen-the
most damaging flood in the coun-
try's history. That apparently is
how it will continue to be for a
long time to come. President Tru-
man has just given the. Army Engi-
neers an order to bring him COM
prehensive plan for flood control in
the Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio and
other Midwest valleys. The engi-
neers are likely to bring him just
that-another futile plan for flood
control" not a plan for flood pre-
vention.
At the same time, however, the
President has made a gesture to.
wards prevention. He has Endorsed
Senator Murray's bill for the crea-