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, 1951-04-19
Statement

Statement
delivered over the Radio by the
HON. OMAR BROWN
for the Organic Act Committee
Concluded from Yesterday
The Organic Act Reform Com
mittee unequivocally disagrees
with the Governors belief "that
the Congress of the United States
will decide finally what form of
constitution will be provided for
the people of the Virgin Islands
80" The Governor justifies this
remark by saying: 'This is so be-
cause Congress has the supreme
right of legislation and of govern
ment for the insular possessions
of the United States" We submit
the Congress of the United States
has the final word, but, recogniz-
ing the principle that the voice of
the people is authoritative, & pur-
suant to the policy Of the United
States to give the people of nom
self governing territories an OPP
portunity to express themselves
on how they shall be governed, it
is only reasonable to expect that
the Congress of the United States
will not thrust anything upon us
To support this claim we quote
from a letter received from John
r. Murdoch, Chairmanof the Com
mlttee on Interior and Insular
Affairs:
Thanking you for your letter
OF February 26, also signed by Mr..
Ludwig E. Harrigan, in which you
request that the Committee defer
final action on H. R. 2644 until
your Organic Act Reform Com
mlttee has ascertained the wishes
OF the People of the Virgin Islands
I am glad to hear that you
plan public hearings to learn the
desires of the people with regard
to this legislation. Certainly the
Congress has no intent of enacting
legislation that would not be to
the best interest of the Virgin Is
lands.
"Your letter is being called to
the attention of Congressman Mon
roe M. Redden, Chairman of our
Subcommittee on Territories and
lnsular Possessions, so that he
may know your views"
The Governor attempted once
more to confuse the people on this
, 1951-04-19
9RWNHEs~E

~ MSISTx@
the Governor of the Virgin Islands
California, Massachusetts,, New
Jersey, New York and Pennsyl-
vania, and they are states with
population of 10000, 600, 43 of the
I48 states of the Union pay smaller
salaries than is paid to the COVER
nor of the Virgin Islands. When
we begin to make comparisons we
should do a thorough job.
My dear listeners, the Organic
Act Reform Committee feels JUS
titled in giving you this informa-
ton in order that you might be in
a position to intelligently deter
mine whether the Legislative
Branch of your Government is as
important as the Executive
Branch, and if SO, whether com
%pensation should be in proportion
to the Importance and dignity Of
the office. These facts are not pre-
sented to in any way serve the
personal interest of present legis-
lators. Individual legislators are
not important; for no one knows
who will be elected in the future,
What we intend to bring to your
attention is the basic principle in
volved, in an accurate, unabiased
manner.
The Governor of the Virgin Is
lands made reference to the high
per capita legislative cost of the
present Municipal Councils. Again
the Governor has tried to befud-
die the issue. Let me point out
that in the Municipality of Saint
Thomas and st. John, with a bud
get of $1,128,332.29 the Legislative
authority of this Municipality has
only expended 1880 of the total
budget or a little more than $50
900 for salaries of z members Of
the legislature, for the salaries oil
employees of the Office, travel
equipment and maintenance. nv
friends, just think that an arm OF
the Government of the Virgin Is
lands can operate on only 5000
for an entire year. The executive
branch costs over $500, 900 to OPP.
crate, o rten times as much as il
takes to operate the Legislative
Branch which is equally respon-
sible and has been working on a
full time basis.
The people of the Virgin Islands
will have to decide whether they
will allow their destinies to be
placed in the hands of a privileged
few or whether they will permit
their ship-of-state to be governed
by people who have your interest
at heart. The decision is yours to
make and we know you will make
the right decision.
, 1951-04-19

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, 1951-04-19
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, 1951-04-19
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Fares now in effect from San Juan.
EfectiUeA April 18th, Nep York
0rriodls at Idlewild Airport
instead of La Gudrdid Field.
, 1951-04-19

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, 1951-04-19
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June 1. :.
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, 1951-04-19
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15
Station WINK Is Sold
To Operator Of W00K

The sale Of Radio Station WINK
to the United Broadcasting Co.
which also operates Radio Station
lWOOK. was announced today.
Richard Eaton, president Oh
United. said the sale would become
effective within so days if ap.
proved by the Federal Communi.
cations Commission. The Banks
Independent Broadcasting Co.
headed by the brothers. sister team
of William and Dolly Banks, pur.
chased WINK two years ago.
The sale was for approximately
$4,000.
The Banks also operate Radio
Station WHAT in Philadelphia
that city's largest independent
station.
Mr.. Eaton said WOOK will be
sold. but he will retain the call
letters. Present plans call for
WINK to be called WOOK and
the WINK call letters to replace
WAN, the FIN station operated
by the United Broadcasting Co.
Blackburn Hamilton Co., radio
station brokers, have been given
exclusive rights to dispose OF
WOOK, Mr.. Eaton said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15
Bonnie Caldwell Gets
20 Months 10 5 Years
For Jury Tampering

Bonnie C. Caldwell, 81, was
sentenced today by District Court
Judge Richmond B. Keech to serve
from 20 months to five years and
fined $500 on Jury tampering
charges.
Caldwell, colored, former opera
tor of the now-closed Club Bali,
was convicted last month on
charges Of tampering with the
jury In a gambling trial of Will
liam lSnags) Lewis in January,
1850.
In imposing sentence. Judge
Keech said:
This is as insidious a crime as
known to the court. and if not
dealt with in a strong manner will
lead inevitably to the undermining
of our system Of justice. Respect
for the law, which guarantees the
right to free and impartial trial
by jury,.lnust be held inviolate if
our form of Government is to
endure"
Caldwell's conviction was on two
counts. One accused him of
offering money on January 10,
1850, to a member of the jury
panel who was not a trial juror
to obtain information from the
trial jury. The second count ac-
cused him of causing money to
be offered to a trial juror on jan
uary %, 1850, to influence her
decision.
Judge Keech sentenced Caldwell
to serve from 20 months to five
years on the first count and from
one to three years on the second
count, but ordered the sentences
to run concurrently. The Jail SEN
ltence on each count was the
maximum.
Caldwell was denied a new trial
by Judge Keech two days ago.
A grand jury investigation is in
progress now on an alleged con-
spiracy to obtain prosecution files
| In the Caldwell case.
John E. Bradley ST., private de-
tective and a controversial witness
lin the Caldwell trial. meanwhile,
faced action by Prince Georges
County grand jury on four charges
of false pretense.
Bradley, who lives at 6313 Pow
hatan road. Eastpines. waived
preliminary hearing before Judge
Theodore r. Manga in Hyatts-
vile Trial Magistrates Court yes
terday. Accused of passing four
bad checks ranging in amounts
from $4.82 to SIS. Bradley was re-
leased on $500 bond.
Testimony by Bradley was the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15
Man Held in Traffic Case
Tries 10 Hang Self in Jail

A man arrested on charges of
drunken and reckless driving was
hospitalized today after Prince
Georges County police said he at
tempted to hang himself in a cell
at the Hyattsville Jail.
Grant Taylor, Is, of Kantland.
Md, was discovered attempt to
hang himself by his necktie from
the door of his cell, police said.
He was cut down by Jail Clerk
Lewis Weaver and taken to Prince
Georges General Hospital, where
doctors described his condition as
good" He later was transferred
to Mount Alto Hospital.
Police said Taylor was arrested
late yesterday on a charge of reck-
less driving and drunken driving
after he was involved in a collision
with Colmar Manor Police 1t.
Ernest Mulligan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15

st. Peter is leaving the Morgue
The coroner's attendant, wtost
name-in that job-cauSed many
ia person to do a double take,
has decided there just isn't suffi.
cient opportunity in District gov.
ternment service.
| So Joseph F. st. Peter is going
to work as an electrical appliance
Iserviceman. position in which he
also is experienced.
Mr.. st. Peter, who says he does
mot look like an angel, submitted
his resignation on Monday, effec-
tive June %.
Pil0ted by st. Peter.
He then started out as an am
bulance driver. 1.-THE patients
never knew st. Peter was at the
Wheel" he laughed.
Later he worked as q first aid
man on the ambulance. Soon the
homicide squad asked him not to
tell his name to anxious relatives
Eof patients because it would upset
them. Mr.. st. Peter said he abid-
led by the suggestion.
Mr.. st. Peter also has worked
in the District Permit Bureau
registering births and deaths
and issuing burial permits.
Mr.. st. Peter, who is SO. came
here il. 1871 from Plymouth, Mass
He worked in the Interior ano
Agriculture Departments and with
the OLD. War Food Administration
before joining the District gov
eminent. He and his wife Mary
make their home at 1914 Ames
street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15
By Brian Bell, Jr.


Being graduated at the top of
his class in the Georgetown Uni
Iversity Foreign Service School
has been much easier for Jim
Flannery than getting his Czecho-
slovakian wife her American
citizenship.
Mr.. Flannery works for a con-
gressional committee and COM
Ipleted his last year at George
town in night school. When he
was graduated Monday, it was
summa cum laude and with the
highest grades made at the For
Ieign Service School in four years
But his scholastic record and
his job on the Hill haven't helped
his wife become a citizen.
81 smuggled Herta out OF
Czechoslovakia in a CT uniform
right after the war ended" Mr..
Flannery said. "We were married
in Germany in 1916 and came to
the United States in 1947, but
so far we can't get Herta her
citizenship papers"
Mr.. Flannery. who is 81, ex-
planned that Herta is from the
Sudetenland and soon after the
Nazis annexed that part Of
Czechoslovakia in 1888, she was
forced to join the youth move
ment, although only 10 years old
When the new Mrs. Flannery
applied for citizenship in the
United States, she found the Nc
Carran Act prohibited any person
who had belonged to totalitarian
sponsored organization from be-
coming an American citizen.
The act was amended early this
year to exclude from the bills
provisions those who Joined fascist
groups before they were Is, and
now Jim and Herta are hoping
she'll be a citizen soon.
Il first met her when we &C.
Icupied Konisberg, Czechoslovakia
in August, 1945," Jim said. 81
was a captain with the 10th Divi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15

sion decorated four tines, and
she used to clean up the Office.
II got my discharge in Ger
many, took a job with UNRRA
there and came back TO visit her.
I arrived in Konisberg on Satur-
day and found that the Czechs
had ordered all the young UNI
married girls to work camps in
the Russian zone and they had to
report Monday.
Struggled Her Out.
"Herta wore an extra uniform
II had with me, put her hair up
in braidS underneath q helmet
and we drove across the border
i'm my jeep Sunday night. The
guards didn't even give us a sec
Iond look.
1--WE got married in the fall Of
1946, when she was II, and came
to the United States early the nexl
year."
The Flannerys settled in Texas
where Jim went to school for q
Iyee" at st. Mary's University ir
Sa. 'ntonio. He switched to the
Get own Foreign Service School
in l.
cot Job on Hill.
Whei. Jim was heading COM
pany in the 10th Division, Col
DIN league was his battalion
commander. Last year Col. league,
now a Texas Representative, was
appointed chairman of the special
Committee to Investigate Educa-
ton under the CT Bill and he
gave Jim a job on the staff.
The Flannerys live at 3912
Burns place Sc. They have tive
children. 31a-year-old Jim. jr.
and 9-months-old Heidi. Jim was
planning to turn that Georgetown
diploma into a career with the
Foreign Service, but the same day
he was graduated he also hearc
from the Army. It's Mai. Elan
merry now and he reports back tt
active service on June 90.
Jim and Herta are hoping that
by the time he's again in uniform
he'll have an American, not q
Czechoslovakian, wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15
Fairfax Supervisors
To Be Asked 10 Join
Fight Against Airport

Opposition to the new airport
site at Burke, Va, spread in Mary
land and Virginia today as resi-
dents of the affected area pre-
pared to appear before a special
meeting of the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors at 8 o'clock
tonight.
The Virginia opposition stems
principally from more than so
families within the 4,520-acre
tract and others living near it.
At tonight's special meeting. they
hope to win the supervisors sup
port in fighting for relocation of
the airport entirely outside Fair
fax County
Although the supervisors met
with Commerce Department Off
Gals before the site selection was
announced. they said they never
approved it's location. Most OF
them seemed to feel that the Gov
eminent would put the airport
where it wanted to regardless OF
any action they might take.
G. Wallace Carper, chairman Of
the County Supervisors, today said
there appeared to be little recourse
for the affected residents. The
only hope he could see for chang
ling the location would be to drum
up enough opposition to win con-
Igressional support. He recalled a
similar instance in Arlington,
where the Nevius tract was Sc
Ilected for a veterans hospital site
"That site was under fire several
years, and it really did some good
there" said Mr.. Carper.
The Government condemned the
property. but the hospital site was
changed to the Soldiers Home
grounds in Washington.
Some congressional indignation
already has been kindled in Mary.
land. which has the new Friend
ship Airport near Baltimore. which
many Free Skaters had hoped
would become the Washington
National Airport's auxiliary field
| Representative Devereux, Re.
publican. of Maryland, called The
new airport plans "one of the
most fantastic stories of bureau.
cratic waste in the history Of the
country"
Senator O'Conor, Democrat. Of
Maryland, said use of Friend.
ships splendid" facilities woulc
be "a substantial saving to the
Taxpayers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15
B Boys Accused
In Vandalism at
Bradley School
Windows Smashed,
Walls Are Defoced;
$500 Loss Estimoted

Vandals broke into Bradley Ele-
mentary School in Bethesda last
might. smashing IS windows, up
turning fire extinguishers, damag-
ling blackboards and destroying or
wrecking almost everything with
in reach.
| Three boys, two of them IA and
the third II. were taken into Gus
today today and held for Juvenile
Court action on charges of van
dalism.
Montgomery County police said
the boys lived near the school but
were not students there. Police
Pvt. M. A. Leahy said two of the
boys are students at Leland Junior
High School and the third attends
Our Lady Of Lourdes School. He
said all were from respectable
families and that only one of the
trio had been in trouble before.
Damage Put at $500.
Pvt. Leahy said damage tenta-
lively was put at $500.
Sergt. Eugene Brown, Mont
gomery County juvenile officer,
said the boys parents had agreed
to pay for the damage, but that
the boys still would face Juvenile
Court.
The three were caught on the
outside Of the school last night
after police had been called by
neighbors who heard glass
breaking.
/ At that time, however, police
Iwere unaware of the havoc inside
the building and did not enter
1t. 1t was not until janitor re-
ported to work this morning that
the interior damage was discov-
Iered.
/ Floors. Ceilings Sprayed.
Fire extinguishers had beer
sprayed on the ceiling and floor
of the hall. Both were stained
and police said it may be neces-
. sary to replace some Of the lino-
leum.
Inside the library, books were
tossed on the floor. The file con-
tanning the library card indes
system had been opened and the
cards flung from one end of the
building to the other.
Vases and ported plants nae
been smashed against the walls
in three classrooms. There were
holes in the blackboards, but
school officials were unable te
figure out how the boys accom-.
plished this.
Electric and lavatory fixtures
were smashed, and equipment or
'Idesks was wrecked.
All Of the broken windows were
in the new addition to the school
Mrs. Alice Quick, principal, said
lit was the third time this year
that the school has been damaged
Iby vandals and about the 18th
time in the six years that she has
been there.
i Sergt. Brown said the boys tolc
] him they did 1t Just for the fur
l Of it."
J. Meanwhile, police said hungry
4 thieves broke into Montgomery
Hills Junior High School, cooked
. some eggs in the school kitchen
, and left without doing AM
damage except breaking a dool
panel to gain entrance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15
Judge CoekriII Studies
Proposed Changes in
Law on Court Files

Judge Edith H. Cockrill today
had on her desk for consideration
IA draft of proposed changes In
the law to clarity the availability
of Juvenile Court files to COM
munity agencies and the condi-
tons of OBTAINING children.
The changes were drafted by
Corporation Counsel Vernon e.
West and approved by Commits
sioner F. Joseph Donohue. who
sent them to Judge Cockrill with
a request for her views on them
as soon as possible.
Withholds Details.
Mr.. Donohue said he did not
want to make public the details
of the proposals until the judge
had had a chance to present her
opinion of them.
Presumably. however, they
would make it clear that social
files Of the court could be made
available to community agencies
and would set forth the conditions
under which children may be de-
tanned without an adjudication OF
their cases.
Mr.. Donohue ascertained In a
personal interview that Judge
Cockrill did not see her way clear
under the law to make the court
information available to the COM
|munity agencies. as did her prede-
cessor, Judge Fay Bentley. Mr..
Donohue said he was inclined to
believe Judge. Bentley was right.
Early Action Sought.
On his motion, the Commits
lsioners began steps to clarity the
law by requesting Mr.. West to
draft new proposed legislation.
When it gets to Congress, Mr..
Donohue has indicated, emergency
treatment will be sought for it.
The city head has predicted also
that Congress may look into the
courts whole relationship to the
community.
AS for the detention OF children,
Mr.. Donohue obtained q report
from the Welfare Department
Showing that many children have
been held In the Receiving Home
for Children for more than q
month, and one for 100 days.
| He said that. in q sense. this
was unlawful detention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15
Hotel to Be Auctioned

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, June Is
F.-Martha Washington Hotel
and Apartments, first brick hotel
built at Virginia Beach. will be
sold at public auction June %. !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15
Circus Planned for Children

The Morningside (Md.) Volun-
teer Fire Department will sponsor
q children's circus at 1880 o'clock
tonight in the firehouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-15

basis of the new trial motion
sought by Caldwell.
In refusing the new trial motion,
Judge Keech said he found Brad
ley's testimony obviously ques-
tionable."
Evening star., 1951-06-18
Hay Fever Ahead!

cry of the hay fever victim. and
Should never be brought into the
house.
S. Drink plenty of fluids. Warm
milk or cocoa. merely by the act
Iof swallowing help to clear con-
stricted nasal passages. For Older
patients, coffee and tea are par
|ticularly effective.
7. Antihistamine tablets may
bring relief. but should be taker
only on the advice Of your physi-
clan.
8. Exercise moderately. Toe
strenuous activity can increase
pollen intake merely by increasing
rate of respiration.
9. Take frequent warm baths
Warm or hot tubs are often mos
comforting to hay fever patients
Cold baths should be avoided. al
they irritate skin and itching
membranes.
10. Keep moderately warm-toe
much or too sudden chilling of the
body aggravates symptoms.
II. Medical authorities offer one
more suggestion as a hay-fevel
preventive-they say that thu
number Of patients could be min.
imized by discouraging inter.
marriage between allergic people
However. if you are a hay fever
victim who has already been born
the advice comes too late to bt
practical,
Evening star., 1951-06-18
THE EVENING STAR B-5
Washington, D. C.
MONDAY, JUNE Is. 1851
Why yGroW
Old?
By Josephine Lowmon

I am giving you a few gllmpSes
into my letters this week. one
woman writes: You wrote once:
do not wear slacks if you want
to be alluring to the opposite sex.
1 do not agree with that. / look
much better in slacks than I do
in suits or dresses.
IT am tall and slim. I have
la good figure except my. hips are
too fiat and I have bony knees.
| My husband thinks I am most at
tractive when have slacks on.
"I grant you I wear them when
they are appropriate and wear
good ones which hold their shape.
II think lots of women who would
look we'll in slacks do not wear
them because they have become
Iprejudiced by seeing so many
others who look awful in the b:
! OF course what this writer says
is true. There are many women
who have slim figures and can
look quite tailored and stunning
I in slacks. Those who do not have
especially pretty legs but do have
slim hips may like them lot. One
thing is certain, if you wear them
be sure that your hips are slim
and your tummy fiat and your
waist willowy because nothing
looks sloppier than this garment
on the wrong person.
/ Stacks are comfortable and at
tractive, but the hipline is most
! important when making your de-
cision as to whether you look well
in them or not. Be sure to stand
in front of a mirror and look at
the rear view because many wom-
en- are attractive in them so far
as waist and abdomen are con-
cerned, but find that these are
unbecoming from the back.
If you want me to help you get
into slacks you will have to seri-
ously indulge in reducing the back
hipline.
| If you would like to have my
hip reducing exercises send a
stamped, Self-addressed envelope
with your request for leaflet No.
I3. Address Josephine Lowman. in
care of The Evening Star.