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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-25
ATTACKS NON-PROFIT
CORPORATIONS

what is likely to become major "tax
- . avoidance" loophoe will be attacked by
senator Charles w. TObey, of New Hamp-
shire. who recently exposed trusts, and
foundations, engaged in large business
operations, but escaping taxation under a
forty-year-old provision, which relieves
. charitable and religious organizations
from Federal income taxes.
The ire of the New Hampshire Sena-
tor was aroused recently when he head
-" 49, ed sub committee which examined
some sO-caled charitab e-trusts, estab-
B." lished by Royal Little, head of the Tex
tron Company. The hearings disclosed
that tax-exempt trusts had played an
.... important part in building Textron from
a SO 900, 000-a-year to a $125,000, 000-a-
year business in only four or five years.
- In l947, Royal Little set up three
trusts-two endowed with the sum of
70 $500 and one beginning with capital as
sets of 500. No subsequent donations
were made but the assets of the three
trusts are now estimated to exceed &c.
600. 900. This increase in resources came
through the fact that state laws were not
applicable to the investment of the funds
held in trust.
Senator TObey, taking a very critical
attitude toward the trusts, said in October
LhaI one Of the trusts put out $4,000 to
pay three trustees expenses and at the
same time, distributed only $4,000 to the
beneficiares No wonder the Senator asks,
90 'Itthat charity trust?" Incidentally, one
of the $15.0O0-a-year trustees" is Sena-
tor j. Howard McGrath, Truman leader in
the Senate.
Another conspicuous example is fur
.. nished by New York University, which has
had friends acquire four different bust
neSs enterprises since 1916. These include
a corporation manufacturing piston rings,
purchased for little less than $4,000, 900,
n spaghetti factory purchased for more
than $l,000,000, china-making COM
pany with assets of more than $4,000, 900
and leather company which is a $685.
000OOO corporation, The four companies it
Is pointed out, have had annual profits,
before taxes, of between four and five
million dollars and if not tax-exempt, as
non-profit institutions, would have paid
- Ultimately $1,500,000 year in cor
porate income taxes.
We call attention to the facts in con-
. nectOn with these cases because thew
. seem To represent a method of avoiding
; taxation that permits some enterprises to
> compete with privately-owned industries
nj great disadvantage. In addition, the
: practice, If it becomes widespread, will
mean the loss of tremendous sums to the
!. Federal Government and the consequent
. shifting Of the burden of taxation to the
. shoulders of individuals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-25
LEGALS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY.
IN NCERY.
Case No. I1-7I2.
EUGENE. SMITH,
Plaintiff,
VS.. DIVORCE
LIZZIE MAE. SMITH,
Defendant.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
TO: LIZZi Il MAE SMITH,
Residence Unknown.
ii is. hereby ordered Thai yon are
required to appear on the Z5th day
of February, I949, before the above
entitled court tn the Bill Of Com
pIaint filed against you In the
above entitled cause and The Key
West Citizen is hereby designated
az the newspaper in which this
Order shall be published once a
week for four consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Aquilino
Lopez Jr., as one of the Judges Of
this Court and the Seal of this
Court in the City of Key West,
Florida, this 22nd day of January.
1919.
(SeaD Earl *. ADAMS,
Clerk Circuit Court,
Monroe County, Florida
BY Esd Florence T.. Sawyer.
Deputy Clerk.
John G. Sawyer.
Solicitor For Plaintiff.
jaR.25; feb. is, -, 1919.
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DISCHARGE
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RATE.
In re- the Estate ~
CARL CURRY.
decreased
To All Whom II MAJ cahRsrn.
Notice H. hereby wisen
Arthur ~. Curry, filed hts llaaIz
port az administrator ~ a. -.
Of carl Curry. decreased. -
filed his petition for final q
charge. and that he will ansa<
the Honorable Ra ymona n III
cuunty Judge of ManF"s 60
Florida, on the 2ist day ~ -
airy, 1919. for approval II sAszs q
for final discharge as aamIx..z
tor of the estate ~ EaFf g
deceased. on this 18th day ~ "a
airy, 1919.
CSdD ARTHUR q. ct'nNx|
Admtnist of the x<l4.
of Carl Curry. decsassA Il
jan.is-2s. fehflk
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-25

You can't make driving safe for every
one, but you can almost make it safe for
yourself.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-25

: The olive can survive summer
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-25

= Even those governments which exist
For'the benefit ofthe governed are not ex-
., lIecied to rob Peter to give to Paul.
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Do You KnO,v That
Ito be centinuedl

The. Azores consist of nine
islands.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-25

The Duck Hawk is the fastest
flying bird in the United States.
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Read the Classified Ads IN d
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Freer Trade A World Must,

Urging Congress to tuke dcon at the earliest possible
date President Trum has called for the Recip
rocol Trade Agreements Act to the full force of its original form
without the homPerng restrictions placed by the last
Congress-. IVY
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The President calls attention the fact that negotiations
will begin early this the benefits general
tariff reduction thirteen which did participate
in the original agreement
concluded in ls47 the most important comprehensive
trade agreement in history.
Evening star., 1949-09-20

mo II 0 p ones S. Ds F'eeson'
The average American normally,
therefore, would hope that they
would both lose, and this so far
seems to be, for various reasons,
Washington's official position.
Harry Bridges longshoremen's S
and warehousemens union, by a
combination of luck and pioneer
ing, has organized the entire basic
economy of these islands-sugar,
pineapples, docks and holds
them in a tight grip. His leaders
here present an innocent. democ-
racy-loving countenance to the
visitor and assert they are only
trying to narrow the gap between
United States living standards
and the lot Of their $4,000 men,
bers.
Industry offers an equally vir-
tuous image Of free enterprise and
asks whether Harry Bridges, the
Communist, shall be dictator of
this American outpost. with pow
er to hold and to bind its econ
omy at will. as
There is a real case against the
union and its leadership on the
Communist issue, and in 1t lies
real danger to America.
Hawaii Is no longer the Pacific
bastion it was prior to Pearl Har-
bor. but 1t is an important link
in the chain of supply to the vast
Paeif1e-and it Is a United States
Territory whose aspirations to
Evening star., 1949-09-20
Struggle in Hawaii
Asia's Communism May Draw Powerful
theological Ammunition From Strike

statehood are supported by both
parties. To have power here fall
into the hands of Communist SYM
pathizerS is unthinkable.
That is the practical, self-de-
fense aspect. But no simple an
swer Of knocking down Bridges
and his union will serve United
States interests because, aside
from the rights Of workers as in
dividuals, there is a great ideolog-
ical war in progress all over the
world for the possession Of mems
minds.
The nWU pushed In here when
the AFL and C1O either would not
or could not plow this unorgan-
lied field. Because it has i'm
proved their wages and working
conditions, the union has the con-
fldence Of its 2s, 900 members, and
they are all peoples of color with
whom that half the worlds popu-
lation, the Far East, has kinship,
sympathy and common problems.
Risky Business.
Democracy cannot afford an
other defeat in Asia. It is risky
business to give Communists
everywhere the chance to exploit
a situation so imbued with racial
and social justice overtones.
It is fair to add Immediately
that employers here are innocent
Of racism. They are largely from
the old missionary families. they
have affection for the islands and
island people and have led the
fight for statehood. What they or
their forefathers did do was i'm
port cheap workers from Asia
which under our law are, or are
rapidly becoming. American citi-
zens. Like Americans at home.
that labor is attempting to win
economic progress through politi-
cal power. But it does not have
long experience of democracy and.
unluckiest Of all, its leaders play
the Communist game, which is to
raise and, exploit color as the
cause Of economic and social Ills.
It is the hazard Of furnishing
powerful ammunition TO commu-
nism in Asia that exists in the dis
pute here and becomes Q matter
Of moment to Americans.
(ReIeased BY the Bell Syndicate, Ine.)
Evening star., 1949-09-20
On the Record
Abolition of War Demands One Nation
Have Control of World Police Power

menu OF war now WILL uOG SCOp
the war; It is simply postponing
it until Russia, in addition to land
forces which cannot possibly be
duplicated, is in possession Of
long range jet propelled planes
carrying atom bombs in their
heads, thus assuring that the war,
If not won by a lightning blow,
will be one Of mutual extermina-
ton.
The decision to .rearm Europe
seems to this coiumnist futile.
Fifty or sixty European divisions
could not halt, anywhere. the
hordes Of the Red Armies. This
conviction is 30 fixed In the minds
Of European peoples that it is a
question whether they would give
the support necessary even for the
attempt.
Time for Showdown.
At present the United Estates
has a sufficient air force and
atomic stockpile to destroy the
leading Russian cities, without
the possibility of retaliation. A
few years from now, this will not
be so. And this brief moment OF
superiority is the time to make q
decision. Now. not four years
from now, is the time for q show
down. For though risky 1t Is not
comparably as risky as 1t will be
few years hence. when the show
down can be forced by the
U. 8. 8. r.
There is, only one ground for
q showdown. That is not over
ideologies. It is over the fate OF
mankind and the abolition Of war
The abolition Of war demands that
the world should have one sole
police power. acting in behalf OF
international law, defining and
prohibiting aggression and prep
aration for aggression. and. that
the police force be so constituted
that 1t cannot become q weapon
for any ambitious state. In short.
what the United States should
adopt as a policy is the total dis
armament Of all nations includ-
ing our own of all mass destruc-
ton weapons and universal and
equal control Of all other arma-
ments.
After widely and persistently
informing the peoples Of the world
of our intention to rid the world
of weapons and forces that
threaten the life Of every person
on this planet, I would 60 80 fal
as to present an ultimatum to the
Soviet Union-either to join i'm
mediately in such . protective
association or endure the immedi-
ate results.
For the way we are steering Ii
going to bring the most terrible
catastrophe this planet has evel
known. Appeasement viii not stor
it. Rearmament win not stop It
Only q tremendous risk. for 9
stake high above the conflicts o1
ideologies, could conceivably stor
it.
Evening star., 1949-09-20
This Changing World
Devaluation of Pound Recalls Conditions
After British Dropped Gold Standard in 81

| dependence of the rest Of the
world on American goods will
force them to continue buying
American exports, regardless of
the fact that they will have to
pay considerably more for them,
in terms of their own curren-
cies.
If devaluation has these re-
sults-namely, that British goods
are made more competitive in
the American market without in
flicting severe damage on Ameri-
can industry, and that American
goods continue to sell in world
markets-we will be all to the
good by the British action, for
she will be brought closer to self
support. which is the aim Of the
Marshall Plan. In that event
American aid will be removed
from the category Of a dole and
will become a sound economic
matter Of world trade.
U. S. May Be Forced to Act.
If, however. and this Is a great
big If, the United States Is
flooded with foreign goods, in
spite Of our present tariffs, and
if American export trade takes a
plunge in volume because of high
prices in terms of foreign cur
rencies, this country itself will be
forced to take corrective action
in defense of its own interests.
Just what form this action
would be, likely to take is still
highly speculative. Higher tariffs
would choke off foreign goods,
but they would set off a wave of
retaliation against American ex-
ports. Subsidies for American
goods in foreign markets would
help export trade but would not
keep out foreign goods. Drastic
reduction Of American prices, in
both American and foreign mar
kets, would meet the competition,
but might touch off a deflation-
ary movement which could have
disastrous results.
Devaluation Of the dollar by the
American Government, under a |
system Of exchange control and
pegged currency prices-which
we have never had-is a threat
ening possibility, the likelihood of
which the next year to two years
will determine. This would
amount to a retaliatory move by
the American Government which
could lead in the long run to re-
turn to the same conditions which
we have now.
In spite of the deep study which
all governments and their agen-
cies make of economic and finan-
cial affairs, our real knowledge of
the consequences of our economic
actions is still pretty meager. We
are pressing into the economic
wilds in directions which lead we
know not where. All we can do
is hope we are on the right track.
Evening star., 1949-09-20
On the Other Hand
Management and Men in Steel,
And Where the Twain Don't Meet

Of management that was red
when the steel workers revealed
some of the facts concerning the
pension plans set up for these
higher-up hired hands.
The facts were found in the
annual statements required Of the
companies by the Securities and
Exchange Commission. There Is
the case of A. B. Homer, presi-
dent Of Bethlehem Steel. paid q
salary Of $260,000 and q bonus
of $4,000. His pension, If he
retires at IS, will be $4,000 a
year. A tiny part Of this, it should
be explained. would come from
his retirement benefits under
Social Security-about the same
amount as received by one Of the
workers in the mill.
Not Requested to Contribute.
The embarrassment in this
revelation lies not in the amount
Of MIR. Homer's pension, but in
the fact that it comes from fund
to which MIR. Homer had not been
required to contribute. Big
Steel's objection to the fact
finders recommendation was that
It called for just this kind of a
pension system to be applied to
the men.
w. r. Grace. chairman Of the
Bethlehem board, apparently is
subject to q little less embarrass-
ment. The company's statement
tells that he had waived the
$161 900 pension to which he was
entitled.
Others sharing in plans Of the
sort the workers found most at
tractive include Irving M. Olds,
chairman Of the board, and Ben
jamin F. Fairless. president OF
United States Steel, $4,000 a
month each, and Enders M. Voor-
hees, chairman Of the finance
committee, who can expect to re-
ceive the same amount plus q
sizable pension from a fund tc
which he actually contributes.
In taking the noncontributory
plan as their model, the spokes-
men for the steel workers say 1t
is not matter Of seeking to get
something for nothing, but Of
simply profiting from experience
Contributory plans, they say, lead
to bad feeling among the bene-
ficiaries, since it is not possible to
provide pensions In exact or even
relative proportion to the amounts
the various workers may have
contributed before their retire.
mnnt
Evening star., 1949-09-20

italist states Dorothy Thompson.
unless they are Communist states
under Russian direction. Other
wise they are enemy states, to be
liquidated by any possible means.
The struggle between the Soviet
Union and Marshal Tito's Yugo-
slavia has completely substan-
tiated this.
The international Communist
movement is therefore wholly sub
servient to the ambitions Of a
powerful multinational empire,
permeated with a Messianism and
picture of world conquest which
was Russian long before commun-
ism, and which is frantically arm
ing, under q budget which is
largely secret, and with popula-
ton which is, at every point, un-
der complete control.
Influence Of Military.
The realization Of this accounts
for the American resrmament
program, and the European re-
armament program under the At
lantic Pact. The greatest infiu-
ence exerted upon President Tru-
man is that Of the military, who
have already decided that a show
down with Russia cannot, in the
long run, be avoided.
Russian and American political
and military leaders have but one
thing in common. Neither want
war now. Each wishes to postpone
1.-THE Russians until they have
consolidated their position in
Eastern Europe and China. great
ly increased and improved their
air force, and manufactured q
stockpile of atomic bombs, and /or
other weapons of equal or greater
terror; and the United States
authorities until after the next
elections and until they, also, have
improved their effectiveness and
Irearmed Western Europe.
It may be argued that any post
ponement is gain for peace. But
this is not so II the lines are al
ready laid. The postponement OF
war when Hitler invaded the
Rhinelands and at Munich did
not stop the war. It gave Hitler
time to prepare. The postpone
Evening star., 1949-09-20

shock to world Constantine Brown.
economic equilibrium as is the
devaluation of the pound today,
and a large. part Of the world was
forced to follow suit in a mad
scramble to avoid disastrous con-
sequences Of the British action.
BY the end Of 1881 all the Brit
ish dominions except South Africa
had left the gold standard and by
June, 1882, only a half dozen
countries were still on gold. chief
of these being the United States,
which clung to gold until mid
1888.
+ Today all that part of the world
which is tied to the pound sterling
is Fastening to cut the value of
their own currencies in terms of
the dollar in order to reap the
benefits. and avoid the adverse
consequences, of the British de-
valuation.
Action on Trade Uncertain.
1t may take months for the
devaluation to have its full effect,
and it is not certain how far the
British action is going to damage
the American domestic market
and export trade. Certainly the
action is adverse to us, both in
ternally and externally. That Is
why the American Government it.
self never pressed the British to
devalue. although the Inter-
national Monetary Fund directors
arrived at the conclusion that de-
valuation was preferable to aus
terity restrictions, and so advised
the dollar-short countries.
It is entirely possible that the
British devaluation will result in
a comparatively moderate in
crease in the exports Of Britain
and other sterling bloc countries
to the American market. where
their goods now will be able to
compete on a basis of prices
somewhat lower-although by no
means the full sos per cent
than at present.
It is entirely possible. too, that
Evening star., 1949-09-20

"ASAA~AO "NAAAAS
5 o m e thing to
his knowledge
each day.
For example.
two days ago I
couldn't h a v e
said with any
feeling Of as
surance tn a t
Italian mice do
not like ham.
Now, when
ever the con-
versation turns
to the eating
A~AiA~ "A >i~
Evening star., 1949-09-20


ton has become general, and it is
perhaps basically correct, that the
fighting, when there is any. is be-
tween the masses Of employees in
the lower brackets and the limited
number Of employees in the upper
brackets, called management. In
any case, when war occurs 1t Is
usually the management that Is
found on the firing line, not the
owners or stockholders-the man
ayers as often as not being non
stockholders. Many Of them are
merely much better paid hired
hands than the rank and file with
whom they're having trouble.
ugenfritz Made It Clear.
Carl A. ngenfritz. vice-president
Of the United States Steel Corpo-
ration Of Delaware. made this re-
lationship Of management to the
owners clear when he found him.
self forced to forgo an opportunity
to serve the Government because
it would mean sacrificing his $70.-
900 salary. AS he explained, he had
no other income from the COM
pany, not being a stockholder.
1t is the management that
must keep the mills humming and
the men as happy as possible; the
management that must take to the
trenches in case Of a strike; the
that must compete
with the men for favorable public
opinion. In the case Of Big Steel
1t was the management that had
to defend the steel companies
opposition to the pension plan
sought by the men and recon-
mended by the Presidents fact
finding board. So it was the face
Evening star., 1949-09-20

A n agrees
sive, left-wing
u n ion whose
members are of
Asian extrac-
ton has joined
the issue with
the peculiarly
vulnerable Big
Five who DOM
mate the Ha-
waiian sugar
pineapple econ
omy. B o t h
sides are virtu-
al economic
Evening star., 1949-09-20

NdUlLS Oh mice, ' '"ofe'
I will be able to state fatty that
the mice who make their home
here In Rome are not ham eaters
Here is what happened.
I was sitting on the balcony OF
our hotel room giving the dome
Of st. Peters a good gander and
trying to figure out how Michel
angelo ever built the thing when
my wife, Jean, called from the
bedroom and told me that II
wanted 70 see a Roman mouse
had better hurry. because there
was one sitting in the corner of
the room.
Porter Bats the Trap.
Jean figured the room wasn't
big enough for the three Of us and
therefore telephoned the hall
porter.
The hall porter was most SYM
pathetic, and said that measures
to rid the room of the mouse
would be taken Immediately. They
were.
A few minutes later the hall
porter appeared himself, followed
by a delegation Of two chamber
maids. One chambermaid car
ried a mouse trap and the other
a small slice of ham on q huge
platter.
The hall porter was all efflci-
ency. No regimental commander
placing his men and weapons for
battle was ever more thorough
than he. Exactly where had we
seen the mouse? In which direc-
ton had he gone when alarmed?
What was his approximate size
and weight?
Given these facts, the hall por-
ter made an exacting study of the
room and. after much delibera-
ton, baited the trap with the ham
himself. and placed it under my
bed.
As he left he asked me to kindly
let him know the moment the
trap was sprung. He said it would
be only q matter Of minutes until
the mouse. mad for the ham,
would be goner.
Mouse Sneers at Ham.
Ha! Such was not the case.
That mouse came out Of hiding
before the squeak Of the hall por-
ter's shoes died out. and made it
very clear that he wanted no part
of the ham. He shifted it and
backed away with a look Of disgust
on his little mouse face. His ex-
preston said as clearly as words
that II we wanted to catch him
we'd have to bait the trap with
Bel PaeSe or . chunk Of Cor
gonzola.
When we checked out Of the
hotel to leave for Florence the
mouse was still in the room, and
what do you think found on my
hotel bill?
Two items that seemed q trifle
strange to me.
One item was Mouse trap-300
Ira"
The second was Ham for trap
so Ira"
We didn't argue, because we
had to hurry to the station, but
when we passed the hall porter
Jean showed him the bill and
said, II suppose If we had caught
the mouse, you would have
charged US for that. too"
He nodded in complete agree
ment.
distributed by MeNausht Syndicate. Ine.)
Evening star., 1949-09-20

t e r m S OF the
dollar is large
ly q reenact-
ment of a SIM
liar ch a o tic
condition which
oc urred 18
y e RS ago in
S e p t e m b er,
1881, when Brit
ain went off the
gold standard.
British aban-
donment of the
6 old standard
was as severe a
Evening star., 1949-09-20

provide indus
trial war and
lack Of produc-
ton.
In our labor
troubles of to-
day we talk
about manage
ment, whereas
we used to talk
about the COM
pany, the en-
ployers, h e
owners or even
the "soulless
corporation"