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The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27
MONOGRAPH
STRATEGY IN COAL MINING

80 The strategy of John L. Lewis, in call
.ihk his miners from the pits for week
-tb.Atabilize employment, is explained by
: ti,e 65.164,0OO tons of coal above ground
~ May lst. This is enough for fifty-two
uzys Normally. the above-ground supply
KAround $4,000. 900 tons.
II is interesting to note that while Mr..
Lewis is condemned in what one might
term capitalistic circles for his decision
20. pare down coal stocks, his purpose is
generally recognized as scheme to cut
down the coal piles in order to strengthen
the economic bargaining position of his
union. Production in the mines is out of
balance and some miners are working full
time while others are out of work.
- The mine owners, having an extra %
(. days coal supply on the ground, are bar
= calming with more spirit this year than
usual. In fact, observers report that the op-
orators show more confidence in their
Wage talks than they have for years.
...- Nor do all of the industry's spokes-
men seem irritated by the Lewis decision
TO stop soft coal production. In fact some
.-ee@l operators admit that the increasing
baeklog of coal makes stoppage well
come because some Of the coal mines have
rSiif out Of ustomers.
Production is out of balance but this
not only affects the miners but the sale of
coal to consumers. In other words a large
sssplus above ground weakens the miners
bargaining position but it also weakens the
sales price OF coal
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27
WE WANT JOBS

The number of persons looking for
jobs In May numbered 273,00O. The past
few weeks showed an increase of employ
ment down on the farms amounting to
close 10 8 million persons. But at present
the unemployment is increasing. Somehow
OF another we are all going to get along.
Home mortgage loans took nose
dive during the present year as home loans
have fallen rapidly. There seems to be a
great deal of bad news about mostly ev-
erything.
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27
L.EGALS

NOTICE
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
the collector of customs for this
district has issued an order dated
June 81, 1949 authorizing the name
of the gas screw MARMAJO IL Of
ficial Number 24S552 owned by
Clifton II. Reagan of which Key
West, Florida is the home port to
be changed to SEA RAIDER Ii.
B. a. WILLIAMS
Collector
jun25-27 -29, 1949
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27

TWO SPoKEsMEN III behalf Of Klux Klan appear be-
fore the House Judiciary Committee Of Alabama legislature
in Montgomery and against prohibit wearing
masks in public The Rev. Alvin Horn e Baptist minister
from Taiadsga Aas acknowledged he Klansman. He
told the committee the chief Of the Khan
white supremacy c. Albright trisht Birmingham lawyer
said he former member the Khan. He
mask bill "a publicity the politicians
bid for the Negro unanimously approved
the bill after the hearing.
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27
Key West n
Days Gone By
AS TAKEN FROM FILES
OF THE CITIZEN OF
JUNE ~. 1899

KEY West Planning Committee,
with Charles Taylor as chairman,
met last night in City Hall ana
decided to advocate the adoption
of two percent sales tax TO ralse
money to match WPA funds for
proposed projects in Key west.
An amatuer entertainment Will
be given tonight ia the alldItor.
iurn 81 the Key West High School
under the direction Of Scoutt1Est-.
er Albert. j Pierce Three plszes
will be awarded.
Fred Whitman left this, morn
ing for Cedar Keys, where ne
had been called because OF the.
Illness Of his mother
Art Appreciation Reading
Group will hold a meeting tonight
for the purpose Of discussing the
paintings that Paul DiNegfo ~
now exhibiting
MIR. and Mrs. Reginald Prftch-
ard, who were married in Miami
on Sunday evening, returned to
Key West last night, accompanI-
ed by Jonathan Gates, who went
TO Miami to attend the wedding.
Mr.. and, Mrs. R. A, Rodriguez
of Tampa arrived yesterday to
visit Mr.. Rodriguez's uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs, Harry Bald
win, Samonton street.
Attorney and Mrs. Aquilino Lo-
pez, Jr., who had been attending
the Worlds Fair in New York,
and visiting elsewhere. the last
three weeks, returned yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin S. Wilson
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27

Honesty is the best insurance policy
against fire in the next world.
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27
Elbow Benders
Are Broke

CHICAGO tP)--JinsIc. ilnx =.
little jar,
Now we wonder where you are.
So goes the lanaent of the EI-
bow Bender Regulars. They're
steady customers at the Cycle Inn
Tavern. They tossed their loose
pennies into jar on the bar Tor
almost a year. The coins piled
up until there were about e.0@
Of them. The Regulars figured 4
would be filled in few more
DAYS. Then they'd have a free
beer party
But there will be no party. A
thief walked off with the jar.
and daughter, Lucretia, of pcnsa-
cola. arrived last night to visit
Mrs. Wilson's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j.. G. Gardner. Fieming
street.
Mrs. Grace Davis, who bad
been visiting her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Harvey Brost, re-
tgrned to Miami yesterday.
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
"Thc more prejusicess q man
has the louder he talks about his
individualism."
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27

The State motto of Iowa is
Our Liberties We Prize and Our
Rights We Will Maintain"
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27

Pity the poor rajahs-reform in vari-
GUS lands have reduced them to their last
elephants.
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27
Interesting Notes.

New Hampshire is known as
the Granite State. 10
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27

Smear tactics have reached new
high in ordinary political and publicity
proceedings
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27

The first railroad in America
was horse-drawn and wasaused in
1928 to haul granite for the Bunk
er Hill monument.
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27

What with corn on the cob. water
melons. peaches and mangoes coming
'-aisng, this life isn't so bad.
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27

That Is the best government in which
an injury to one is the concern of ALL
SOlon.
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27

TIE eaFEx fiFsexz
eating onlaEa Ne
age in beftss
The Key West citizen., 1949-06-27

Haiti means mountainous in Tho
native tongIe Of that island.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
WANTED PHoToaEnle CHILDREN

To be listed In Walter
Thornt0n's famous child
photo catalogue which Is
circulated among advertis-
Ing agencies who con-
stantly use model photos
for all types OF ads. Those
accepted for listing must
pay . moderate fee. Mail
at once photos for ap-
proval flf no photos.
send snap shots). Include
piefssPag xwitl hn n.snr-n.l
Evening star., 1949-04-17

BreathtakinR beauty, amazing ease OF
use. down to earth economy make
KEN Tone Americas most popular wall
finish. KEN Tone Is made with REAL
OIL AND SPECIAL RESINS that are
treated to mix with water-because
water has no obnoxious fumes Is
non nfiammable and Is the most
convenient, economical thinner avail
able. For rooms that LOOK LIKE A
MILLION" yet cost only $3.79 insist on
KEN Tone!
Evening star., 1949-04-17

name and address Pictures will be returned
WALTER THoRhToN's "Jsst Kids" lac.
a2o Lexington Ave., Nov Yssk ", n. Y.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
300 in Prince Georqes
Attend 6. @. P. Rally
|n.Stadium Grandstand

Rain drove about 300 Repub-
licans into the grandstands at
Prince Georges stadium on
Ritchie road yesterday, but failed
to dampen the enthusiasm of a
rally which leaders hailed as a
revival of party spirit in the
county.
John R, Fletcher, chairman of
the county Republican State Gen.
trail Committee. which sponsored
the event, said the meeting
marked the start of an all-out
fight to return Prince Georges to
the COP column.
'"Steadily dwindling Democratic
majorities in recent elections and
a mounting dissatisfaction with
the incumbent administration, -
he said, presents us with an ex-
cellent opportunity to win the
1850 campaign"
Gordon Louk, chairman of the
County Republican Club, said
COP clubs will be organized in
every section of the County in
time to produce results next year
While party leaders conferred
to plan strategy. the crowd was
entertained with musical and
comedy specialities.
In the only speech of the day,
Brig. Gen. Bonner Fellers, retired
charged the Truman administra-
ton with spending the country
into bankruptcy and with follow
ing a policy which practically
challenges Russia to war;
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Maryland Distributes
|61 Million Revenue
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 29.-State
Controller James J. Lacy an
nounced today the State dis
tributed $61 LOOT, 1886 to Maryland
counties, cities and towns in the
last fiscal year as their share of
State revenues.
The distribution was made
partly under the so-called Sher-
bow plan. Under it, some of the
taxes, fees and license charges
collected by the State are appor-
toned to the local subdivisions.
The rest of the money was from
school aid and welfare work ap-
preparations.
The fiscal year covered by the
report is the one that ended last
June 80.
The city of Baltimore got al
most half of the money-S27,-
OIL ,343.
The next largest share, S3,7o4,-
444, went to Baltimore county,
The other large shares:
. Prince Georges. 1856, ,060.
Montgomery, s3.04S, ,586.
Anne Arundel, $2,491 ,638.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

Ralph w. Brown on what he
should do about them. Mooney
ham himself has admitted the
possibility of "racketeering" but
this he lays at the door of out
SiderS.
County Commissioner T. Ham
mond Welsh, who tried unsuccess-
fully to get a resolution from his
fellow commissioners "authoriz-
ing" the police to enforce the Law
against pay-offs, had his expla-
nation for the reason the ma
chimes are so well patronized that
the county men don't want out
side competition:
They pay off and you know
it," he told the other commission
ers. This is an ugly matter all
thorugh."
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Phone Lines Doubled
In Rural Virginia
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Oct. ga dou-
bling of the number of telephones
operated in Virginia rural areas
served by the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co. was an
nounced today.
The announcement came soon
after a Virginia REA Association
spokesman's suggestion that Cos
operatives might be set up to pro-
vide rural phone service.
A. w. Harrison of Richmond
general commercial manager OF
the c. & P. in Virginia, said:
1--WE have no particular COM
ment on the REA statement at
this time. might point out, how
ever, that we have had underway
for some time a comprehensive
program aimed at the extension
and improvement of telephone
service in the rural areas we serve
I'm fact, this had resulted, since
the end of the war alone, in
doubling the number of telephones
operated by the c. g. P. in its
rural areas"
Yesterday c. H. Crist of Lahore, q
past president of the Virginia REA
Association, suggested that the ex-
perience gained by the States
rural electric co-operatives might
be used advantageously in extend
ing rural telephone facilities.
Crist said that a new bill passed
by Congress would provide loans
to existing telephone companies
aiming at rural expansion. If the
existing private companies do not
borrow the Federal money for
rural expansion. he said, the bill
provides that rural co-operatives
might step in to do the job.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Non-Pahisan Election
Referendum Takes
Alexandra Spotlight

An advisory referendum on
non-partisan election for city Of
fees has taken the spotlight In
Alexandria from State contests
and the referendum on the Camp
bell suffrage amendments, all of
which will be decided November 8.
The poll was arranged by the
city council to obtain public opin-
ion on including a non-partisan
provision in Alexandria's new city
charter. The Charter Commis-
sion is in favor of non-partisan
municipal elections. Although out
come of the referendum is not
binding, councilmen have said
they will abide by the wishes of
the electorate in preparing a
charter for presentation to the
State legislature.
Armistead Boothe, member of
the House of Delegates and a
member of the State Democratic
organization, has given the non
partisan proposal his unqualified
Endorsement. Mr.. Boothe intro
duced legislation several years ago
permitting a referendum on at
large elections in Alexandria
which resulted in a revolutionary
change in the city's political set
up. "a
Backed BY 1 Councilmen.
Four Of the seven Democratic
city councilmen also have gone on
record favoring non-partisan elec-
tions. They are r. Samuel Luck
EFT. Albert A. Smoot, Roy Bragg
and Marshall Beverley.
Councilmen opposed to nom
partisan elections are Mayor
Frank Backus and James M. Dur
can. jr.
The campaign for non-partisan
elections has been led by the Alex
andria League of Women Voters,
which made the recommendation
at the first Charter Commission
hearing last summer. The league
at that time pointed out that the
city had adopted the at-large
method of electing councilmen,
and said non-partisan elections
would be the next logical step to
round out a progressive program
already begun"
The league said that Virginia 13
of % cities surveyed have
abandoned the partisan primary
system for local offices.
Mrs. w. F. Pfeiffer, league presi-
dent, said the organization believes
the most important effect Of non
partisan elections would be that
more people would come to the
polls. The present apathy of
voters works a hardship on the
elected officials"
The Alexandria Democratic
Committee has led the fight
against the non-partisan proposal.
Miss Camille de Lane, secretary,
said the new Democratic commit
tee which took Office this fall also
is working for a better informed
and enlarged electorate-but does
not believe non-partisan elections
necessarily have this effect.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

threatened to accuse John c.
Duffy of having obtained money
on false pretenses. Duffy is CO.
owner of Duffy's Tavern, in the
same block as Lano's headquarters.
The indictment was returned
October 21, the day after Duffy
appeared before the grand jury.
1t climaxed what Duffy described
as misunderstanding" that
wound up by focusing attention
on Lano.
Most OF this involved shutting
slot machines in Duffy's Tavern.
According to Duffy. when he
bought the tavern last May he
had a slot machine owned by an
other operator, Hal B. Bell. At
Iano's insistence, he said, he had
the Bell machine taken out and
put in two Of Lano's. In August,
he threw out the Lano machines
and installed two of Bells.
Pressure Tactics" Denied.
At that point, according to the
story Duffy tells-and Lano's aides
deny-Lano threatened to block
Duffy's application for transfer of
a liquor license from the previous
tavern owners to Duffy. Duffy
said he put Lano's machines back
in, had the Bell machines taken
out and got the liquor license.
Last step in the slot machine
shuff1ing came the day Duffy ap-
peared before the grand jury. He
came home and told Lano to take
his machines out of the place.
The next day-the day of the
Lano indictment-Bell's machines
were reinstalled.
Lano's lieutenant, Silvio Ma
rino. who gave a New York ad-
dress when arrested on a traffic
charge last August, denied Lano
resorts to pressure tactics"
But monaghan declared Lano
came into the county with the
impression he could do anything
with money and when it didn't
work, he apparently started to
use pressure"
Bell. who has been On the other
side of the slot machine seesaw
with Lano in the Duffy establish
ment, spearheaded one move to
get the Maryland Court of Ap-
peals to reverse the lower court,
which upheld the county COM
missioners in refusing to grant
him a license to operate the ma
chimes. Bell also is an associate
member of the association Moon
eyham heads.
800 Machines in Operation.
The association, Monaghan
said, is behind Duffy in his mis-
understanding" with Lano.
Meanwhile. approximately 300
slot machines, complete with
oranges, cherries. bells and
lemons, continue to operate in
the county. Slot machine dis
tributors call them coin operated
console machines" to distinguish
them from "one-armed bandits" I"
The county commissioners have
refused to instruct Police Chief
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Girl Who Failed 10 Attend
School Sentenced
By the Assoeioted Press

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct.
ga 14-year-old Stafford Coun-
ty girl who refused to attend pub
lie school has been committed to
the State industrial school for
girls in Richmond.
Trial Justice James AShby, jr.,
who committed the girl yesterday.
said her sister had been sent to
the same institution three years
,~-' 40 +nn was Ia, for the
Parents of the two girls said they
had tried to make their daugh-
ter attend school. ....
Evening star., 1949-10-30
d White Oak Employees
Get Gosh for Suggestions

-Four Naval Ordnance Labora-
tory employees have received cash
awards for beneficial suggestions
which the White Oak laboratory
has accepted.
Those receiving awards were
Clarence F. Myer, 6305 Kilmer
street, Wheaton; Charles Marsh,
1902 Fiftieth avenue Sc; Isaac
H. Morrison, 1923 East Capitol
street, and James r. Spence, Bal
timore.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
j. ). Workers
Who o0weTax
Put al 1900
Old Legislation Bors
Attaching Of Pay
Of DeIinquents

The Federal Government can
force its employees to file income
tax returns but can't make them
pay.
About $4,000 who filed from the
District and Maryland, and other
hundreds from Virginia, are de-
linquent in payments, an Internal
Revenue Bureau official said yes
terday.
An old act of Congress protects
them, as we'll as all Federal en-
ployes, from having their wages
attached by anyone-including the
Government.
The Treasury last year asked
Congress to plug the loophole. The
House approved an amendment al
lowing the Government to attach
wages of Government employees for
non-payment of income taxes. Be-
cause of controversy over some of
the 80 other proposed amend
ments, the bill did not get through
Congress. Treasury officials indi-
Gated they will try again.
Matter of Principle.
It is more matter of principle
than money, in the opinion of the
Internal Revenue Bureau. In
come tax delinquencies among
Federal workers don't add up to
a terrific amount" and in most
individual cases are below 500,
a spokesman said:
Something has to be done
about this" he declared. Fed
eral employees, like anybody else.
are required to file income tax
returns and are liable to punish
ment if they don't. In the case
of the average taxpayer, the Gov
ernment can't put a man in jail
for not paying but it has ways of
getting payment through attach
ment of salaries and by court
liens.
1--WE can understand the pur-
pose of the law that exempts
Government employees from at
tachment of their wages. One
reason is to protect the Govern
ment from possible outside inter-
ference with it's operations and
personnel. But we believe the
Government ought to be able to
attach the pay of its own en-
ployes If they don't pay taxes to
the Government"
Day Of Reckoning.
The Government is not entirely
helpless in the situation, the |
Internal Revenue Bureau official
added.
A day of reckoning comes when
delinquent employe retires. The
bureau can obtain an Offset from
his last salary check before re-
.tirement or against his retire
ment payments, it was explained.
In most cases that is long and i
uncertain wait.
Meanwhile hoping for congress
sional action, the bureau is
pressing in every other way pos
sible" for collection.
1--WE have asked the co-opera-
ton of agencies to get their peo-
pie to pay up" the spokesman
said, "but must admit that the
agencies generally have been re-
luctant to put any pressure on
their personnel"
Another weapon in the Internal
Revenue Bureaus collection ar
senal is the Federal tax lien. Fed
era lemployes are as subject to
liens on houses. automobiles and
similar property as is anyone else.
But" the bureau official COM.
mented, that isn't as effective
as attaching Federal employees.
salary"
Evening star., 1949-10-30

just before tlle football game
the university honored its first
cadet band. whose members were
graduated In 1909.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Robinson Divorce Case
Continued to Nov. 10

Judge j. Dudley Digges in
Prince Georges Circuit Court yes
terday set 10 am. November 10
as the time for further hearing
in the divorce suit of John G.
Robinson, jr., 4503 Queensbury
road, Riverdale.
The defendent,, Mrs. Eva Robin
son, q, lives at $500 Horner place
Sc. Mr.. Robinson also seeks per-
manent custody of the couple S
daughter, Regina, 6. So.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Air ROTC in Lead.

Leading of the parade was the
university's Air ROTC unit. Next
came the university band with
members wearing colorful red
jackets and white trousers. They
were headed by three high-step-
ping drum majorettes. Scattered
through the line of march were
->ndiiatNS
Evening star., 1949-10-30
.cNoyr to Speak Tuesday

\ Irving c. McNayr. Montgomery
County manager, will address a
dinner of the Takoma Park Lions
Club at z pm. Tuesday at the
Takoma Park American Legion
Post, on Riggs road extended.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Tuck, Advisers
Meet on Budget
|Cuts Tomorrow
Face Job Of Whiting
Requests For l950-52
By 40 Million
->y1S
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 20 -
Gov. Tuck and his budget ad-
visers reconvene Monday to tackle
what apparently must be at least
a s4o.o0o.ooO job of whiting.
That's about the amount they'll
have to lop off appropriations re-
quests filed by State agencies if
the general fund budget!for 1861
So is to be balanced.
AS an alternative, they can
raise taxes to produce more
revenues. But this is not expected
in light of what they deem to be
the current public mood.
A partly-official picture of what
the Governor and his budget ad-
visory board will face was pieced
together today with figures from
the division of the budget and
the best available forecasts of ex-
pected revenues.
From State Budget Director j.
H. Bradford came the first official
summation of appropriations re-
quests received by the budget board
at its recent public hearings.
81 Million More Asked.
Demands on the general fund
counting both recurring and
capital expenditures-added up to
$246,481,161. This is $82,762,287
more than comparable appropria-
tions for the current biennium.
Counting all funds, general and
special, the new requests jumped
to $629,071, ,788-a proposed in
crease of $1l6,eO6,e67 over the
total appropriated for 1948-50.
The total requests set a new
high. It eclipsed by about $17,0OO,-
900 the $612,00O,0OO sought by
similar requests two years ago.
In the general fund, which sup
plies money for most governmental
operations and to which most indi-
vidual and corporate taxes go, the
proposed increases represent rise
of more than so per cent over
the present budgets appropria-
tions.
More than $45,000,000 of the
increases would go for recurring
expenses. about $35,000,oO0 for
capital outlays, and about $685.
900 to make up deficits incurred
this biennium.
Silent on Revenues.
How much money the State will
take in against these requests and
what the revenues will be in the
two years beginning next July l
are, at best, guesSeS.
Budget Director Bradford kept
his customary silence on the
revenue question today. He gives
!. his answer only to the Governor
and the budget advisers, and they
keep it an official secret until the
Governor submits his budget mes
sage to the general assembly in
January.
The best available estimate was
supplied by Governor apparent
John S. Battle in his primary
campaign for the Democratic
nomination last summer.
Senator Battle said then that
general fund revenues are run
ming about $9O,0O0,000 a year
about $21 100000 more than cur
rent general fund appropriations
and that barring unexpected
declines in business, the same in
come should continue through the
new biennium.
Mr.. Battle also predicted a gen.
eral fund surplus. of about $21,-
100000 would exist at the end
of the 1948-50 biennium. This
would project a general fund Of
about $24,000,000 for the new BIZ
ennium.
But Mr.. Battle has proposed
to earmark $45 100000 for school
construction grants to localities
an item not included in the
requested $246,481,161.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
St. Marks Guild Plans Dinner

The Women's Guild of st.
Marks Church. Fairland, Md,
will hold a turkey dinner from S
to 8 pm. Thursday in the parish
hall. Proceeds are to go to re-
modelling the kitchen,