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a revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line.
The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus
sion of public issues and subjects of local or general
interest but it win not publish anonymous communi
cations.
Key West is your town; help it along.
It is seldom the deaf whom the judges
give a hearing.
American place names: Big Eddy,
Ore., and Big Isaac, W. Va.
Almost any citizen will admit that
any he pays is “bfcftlenspme.”
Fewer college girls marfy, which may
indicate that higher education improves
their judgment.
We acknowledge that free speech is a
blessing, even if some folks around Key
West do talk too much.
Key West, where President Roose
velt is fishing, and seeing the Caribbean
maneuvers on the side.
The Chicago Daily News suggests that
a woman’s tongue is her sword. Than
which the pen is not mightier.
Deserving Democrats get what is
coming to them, if they were lucky enough
to have backed the right horse.
It is said that the average family’s
doctor bill is $75 a year. It would be
nice for the doctor if he got it.
The people of the United States can
save money by not rearming, but they may
be saving their money for someone else.
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Key West—the stragetic position for
an air base, a naval base and a submarine
base, but the political strength is want
ing.
If you will stop to consider it, the
fellow who insists he is boss in his house, is
a fellow who will lie about other things as
well!
What has become of the old-fashioned
man who believed that the professions
were dominated by men not interested in
profit?
it
To a man up a stump, it appears that
the inly real offense of whidh Germany’s
Jews have been guilty is having something
Hitler wanted.
The Murphy law gives every delin
quent tax payer an opportunity to wipe out
all county and state taxes with small ex
pense. After June 9 the state will take
title to all property with unpaid taxes.
Then some property may be acquired
cheaply.
The column recently asked: “What
has become of the umbrella mender? His
cry “Umbrellas to mend” familiar to the
oldsters, is heard .no more in the land.”
Ever alert to intricate and per
plexing problems of the world, P. E. B. in
the Tampa Tribune, explains and asks a
pertinent questions “Several theories of
the mysterfouS disappearance of the um
brella meader have been advanced by
biologists. One is that due to lack of con
servation laws, all the umbrella menders
have been shot during the mating season,
or rui over by automobiles, becoming ex
tinct. Another is that nobody • carries or
borrows an umbrella any more, using rain
coats instead, or closed car®, or staying in
doors, or just going ahead and getting
wet, so the umbrella haying vanished, the
mender co-vanished. The third theory is
that umbrellas have been perfected so they
don’t need any mending. Do you know
anybody in Key West who has an umbrella
which needs mending?”
VISIT OF OUR PRESIDENT
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Under our democratic form of gov
ernment the nation’s chief executive has
no power to legislate laws or tq ap
propriate for a purpose unless j
authorized by Congress.Of lat&yl fcrsthe
Congress has given the country’s greatest
personality, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1
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wide powers in the expenditure of huge
sums for relief and for public works proj
ects of all kind. His signature is suffi
cient, within the limits fixed by Congress,
to make possible such projects Over
seas highway.
Saturday President Roosevelt spent
approximately 90 minutes within the city
limits of Key West. Perhaps 15 minutes
of that visit was spent traveling from the
head of the island, through two of our
main streets on the way to the naval sta
tion. Having arrived ahead of schedule, I
the President sat in his car and chatted j
pleasantly and informally with a wide '
variety of persons, several of them Key
Westers, while waiting to make broad
casts opening San Francisco and Tampa
fairs.
Within range of his voice all the time 1
the President was in Key West was Mayor
Willard 1 M. Albury, who joined Mr.'Roose
velt in his car by invitation. All the way
down Roosevelt boulevard and even while
he was waving his hat and smiling broadly
at the applauding populace, the President
fired literally hundreds of questions at the
mayor. The mayor, fortunately, is not
only the city’s chief executive, but a mem
ber of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
district and entirely familiar with a num
ber of problems confronting Key West. !
Therefore, he was able to supply the an
swers to those rapid-fire questions.
From what the mayor was able to re
veal, without violating confidences and
the proprieties, the President was inter
ested in the proposed extension of Over
seas highway on the railroad vjadU<?ts and
roadbed, because he thought the com
pleted section “is magnificent”; in the
plan to bring fresh water from the main
land and in possible uses for Key West
naval station.
The President questioned not only ,
Mayor Albury, but Lieut. Fort Callahan, 1
officer in charge of the naval station, and j
Lee Pierce, aide to Lieut. Callahan, re- .
garding the naval station and submarine
base. Mr. Roosevelt was iuf- j
prised when informed that vessels, mean- j
ing all naval craft except battleships aryl
airplane carriers, with a draft up to 25 j
feet could move in and out of the naval
base and could be moored there. The
President took a deep interest in charts
shown him to substantiate this fact.
Coming down the boulevard, Presi
dent Roosevelt also inquired about the
navy seaplanes anchored off Trumbo sec
tion. The mayor pointed out the good
anchorage available for seaplanes and
stressed the availability of Trumbo as a
navy air base, the unexcelled flying con
ditions and other facts.
“This city has dome to life since I was
here some years ago,” the President com
mented. “I am familiar with some of the
problems confronting the city. lam glad
I came down over, the beautiful highway
and saw what you are doing to brighten up
this fine little city.”
Mayor Albury and others got the def
inite impression that President Roosevelt
is interested in the future of Key West. If
that is the fact, Key West may expect some
developments which will benefit not only
this city, but the nation as well, for no city
is more stragetically located than this in
any scheme of national defense that may
be developed by this administration.
ABOUT SECRETLY PAID ADVOCATES
In a representative government it is
necessary-for the public to be informed up
on public questions. The expenditure of
money, in reasonable sums, for this pur
pose ought not to be considered a crime.
For example, when an editor ad
vocates a public policy the presumption of
his readers is that he is an honest, un
biased thinker, and, because of that be
lief, some weight attaches to his conclu
sions* If unknown to his readers, he is in
the paid employment of those who profit
by his advocacy the weight that attaches
to his opinion, on account of his reputa
tion for honesty, vanishes and he becomes
a special advocate, for compensation.
There is no difference in the argu
ment advanced, but considerable differ
| ence in the value of his opinion.
THE -KEY, WEST CITIZEN
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PEOPLE’S FORUM
f" * CITES TA* SITUATION l
Editor, The Citizen: f j
In my previous letters I have j
discussed certain phases of the!
tax situation both as to principle
and practice but with no idea of
trying to cover the details
of the whole tax situation. My
idea was to point out the great-j
est weaknesses and the most dif
ficult problems and suggest rem
edies to correct them. At every
opportunity I have emphasized
the fact that we cannot have j
• “A just and equitable system of j
taxation” throughout the state •
! without state control. With all'
due respect for the county assqs
sors, develop a state- !
wide hfethod of assessment be-!
cause they are elected every four
years and the personnel is obn-j
tinually changing. I know if the
state had a body of high class
. men to establish rules for obtain- !
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, ing values on which to base as
i sessment, with sufficient power j
j to enforce its orders and decisions,!
• most of the troubles of the county
! assessors would be removed.
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j, , not, governments
but simply* subdivisions of #ie,
! state established for the sake -of
s convenience to help carry out the j
! laws of the state. It was neces
sary to have many counties for
many years because of the diffi- j
culties of travel at that time, tak- j
ing more time to travel ten miles
than it takes to travel one hun
dred miles today. County lines
have nothing to do with business
and all values are effected by
taxation, so the tax problem is
state-wide and not local. The
legal proiession would be de
stroyed if every county judge
could establish principles of law
and methods of procedure in his
county. This, of course, is un- j.
thinkable. The state, through,
different r.gencies, now controls
other .important public matters
such sis! Schools, roads, |
hotels, restaurants, state banks,!
fish, game, etc.
No one has any confidence in;
our tax methods. The finances:
of the state and most of the gov- j
ernmental units are seriously in- 1
volved and all kinds of “patent
medicine tax methods” are pro
posed.
The advalorpm system is con
demned, but there is no adya
lorum “system”. There is plenty
of authority under the law, but j
no system.
The present method or meth
ods (67 different kinds), of course,
is a failure —so would any kind of
business fail if sixty-seven differ
ent managers had charge of it'
There is -only one answer—a
state tax an<V finance commis
sion. What objection can there
be to a state tax finance com
mission?
PERRY G. WALL. !
Feb. 17, 1939.
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Editor, The Citizen: I
Yesterday afternoon my wife
and I were seated peacefully in
front of our cabana on Rest
Beach, which we had just rented.
Near us was a large machine en
gaged in excavating the beach.
We were politely approached by
the man in charge, who told us
they were about to set off a
charge of dynamite, but assured
us that We would not be dis
turbed at aIL
But when the explosion came,
it raised a column of water
thirty feet high which swept
down over our cabana, drenched
us to the skin, and also drench
ing our car by the roadside. Al
so, a number of large stones fell
very near us. We were obliged
to drive back to town in our wet
clothes and in a wet car. As I
had recently got out of hospital
having had a very bad attack of
pneumonia, and my wife was re
covering from bronchitis, we
were both afraid of the results.
The man in charge was very
courteous, and did what he could
to make up for the accident by
having my car washed.
I had supposed that the work
being done on Rest Beach was
intended to deepen the water
there and so improve the beach;
‘but 'on inquiry I was told that it
was a private business enter
prise, that the owner of that
property was excavating ma
terial to use or sell for the build
ing of houses.
My wife and I have been in
Key West for seyeral winters,
this being the fifth. Everything
about the cabanas has depre
ciated since they Were first built,
except the price; many of the
steps are broken down, the beach
is neglected, and evidently no
effort whatever is made to keep
things in condition.
And now, added to these at
tractions, the lives and health of
the hirers of cabanas are en
dangered by- a private , business
enterprise. One would think at
any rate that the man who de
rives a profit from the situation,
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phone! Call up some far-away friends—ones you’d love
t to hear from—for a chatty get-together. You’ll enjoy a
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INCOIPOIATII
JOHNNY MORRIS,
JR., VISITS KRI
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I ONLY 43 INCHES HIGH; AR
! RIVED IN DIMINUTIVE CAR l
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Johnny Morris, Jr., of the Phil-j
lip Morris Tobacco (Co-, was a
visitor in the city last week, ac
companied by W. N. Bennett, dis
trict manager of the company,
and N. C. Butler, salesman.
Johnny came in in his dirtiinu-!
tive car, with his chauffeur, Russ
Diers, and was the cynosure of
all eyes when passing through
the streets, dressed in his uni
j form. The other members of the
group rode in regular size car. j
Johnny is 43 inches high and
weighs 52 pounds. His car is
made to measure for his size.
Loved by every one, sunny and \
smiling, he is a unique figure in
the radio world, as he is the only
star who holds a lifetime con-j
tract.
Johnny visited a number of
; business places, distributing sam
' pies of the cigarettes be adver
tises, and once in a while utter
ing the cry which is heard over
the air, “Call fop Phillip Mor
ris”.
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would help to keep the property
in some kind of condition.
In spite of the natural loveli
ness of the beach and the whole
of Key West, I myself have met
: several persons who have given
up the cabanas because of the
general conditions there Key
West is in special need, because
of the economic conditions, of
visitors; and it doesn’t seem quite
logical therefore to permit such
conditions to persist. So far as
we can see, nothing watever is
done to make the place attrac
tive or comfortable for visitors.
HUTCHINS RAPGOOD.
1113 Grinnell St.,
Key West, Feb. 20.
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KEY WEST IN PAYS GONE BY
gfNHNRiUI Her* Tfs Years Ago Today As Tokoo
From Tho Files Of Tie Citiwo
Orders for advertising space ;
and publicity folders totalling a
cost of $1,755 were placed by the
county commissioners in special
session last night. The transac
tion provides for the purchase j
from the American Automobile
Association of 50,000 folders forj
$1,505, the amount including the
expense of mailing the folders,
30,000 of them, from Washington
and one page of advertising space i
in the Southeastern Tour Book
of the association at a cost of
$250. This book or directory
of the Southeastern territory was
shown by Darden Allen, field
representative of the association,
to have a circulation in excess of
' 400,000. The folders, which fea
ture the Overseas Highway
; ferry system, will be practically
, in the same colors and designs.
Ten thousapd of the folders or
dered last night will be furnish
ied immediately since the county
has none on hand and finds the
demand increasing every day.
Thigves are Reported to have
vis|ted five more homes in the
city during the past few nights
and tq have pommittedin each
case similar depredations to that
j perpetrated at the Kistler home,
! 712 Waddell avenue, |
night- Professor Carter, princi
pal of. the Key West High School,;
says everything in his home at
1410 Von JPhister street was turn
: ed topsy tufvy Monday afternoon
I by thieves who forced an en
; trance through the screened
! bathroom window end stole about
$24 in cash. Twt> $lO bills were
included in the loot and can be
easily identified by ink which
had been splotched on the bill.
Mr. Carter said that the neigh
i bors on the same street, Mr. and |
Mrs. McKillip were also visited
by the thieves.
There will be room for 20 boys
of Key West between the ages of
16 and 21 at the Citizen’s Mili
tary Training Encampment at
Fort Screven, Ga., this year, ac
cording to William V. Albury, of
the local company, Florida Na
tional Guards. The training pe
riod will start June 13 and end
July 12. The government pays
all the expenses of the boys who
i attend the camps.
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All is ready for the great Red
Men’s Jubilee and Picinic >yith
an elaborate, extensive and spec
tacular program tp be rendered
Friday in celebration of Wash
ington’s birthday anniversary.
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Monday, February 20,
Editorial comment: The city is
offering a reward for the party or
parties who cut tires on a number
of automobiles recently at a
place where a dance was in prog
ress. That is .a commendable spep
and sbtmld be aug
rrieittbw by v - , addVtidnal rewards
\ from’ jtyd and substantial
Irving Berlin, of New York, fa
mous I writer and composer of
popular songs, arrived in Key
West' from Long Key 8 o’clock
last night with a party of friends
aboard his luxurious yacht
! “Windswept”. The party sailed
11 o’clock today on the return.
A baby weighing 10 l z pounds
has arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Bennett Villavi
sanes. 703 Duval street. The
youngster has been given the
name Thomas A. Villavisanes.
Sheriff Niles and deputies
made a raid last night on An
tonio Martinez’ place and seizet)
a spindle which they describe as
a Mexican gaming device. The
i sheriff placed Martinez under
bond of SIOO.
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