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, 1958-12-04
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
A PROCLAMATION
CONVEYING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

/, JOHN E. MERWIN, Governor of the Virgin Islands Of
the United States, by virtue of the power in.me vested by
Section 7a) Of the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands Of the
United States, approved July %, 1854, do hereby convene a
Special Session of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, to be
held at the Legislative. Chamber, Senate Building, Charlotte
AmaIe, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, at zoo PM, Tuesday,
December 8, 1858, for consideration. of the following
1. Approval Of Resolution pertaining to- Survey and
Planning Applications fer Urban Renewal Programs.
2. Approval Of request for Preliminary Loan for add
tional Public Housing.
3. Approval Of Resolution authorizing the Governor of
the Virgin Islands to sell a tract Of government-owned
land, Richmond Area, Christiansted, st. Croix, for
construction of 264 unit Public Housing Project.
4. Consideration Of a bill ITO provide for the retirement
Of the Officials and Employees Of the Government of
the Virgin Islands and its related agencies, and for
other purposes"
s. Legislation amending Title {. Section AIS of the Vir-
Gin Islands Code to abolish the present Board of
Examiners for Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Phar-
macy and Nursing and to create in its stead () a
Board Of Medical Examiners, Q) A Board of Dental
Examiners, () A Board of Pharmacy, I'D A Board of
Nurses Examiners; and to amend certain sections Of
Title 81 relative to examination and licensing of
Physicians, Surgeons, Dentists, Pharmacists and
Nurses. ~.
the Virgin Islands, "To Authorize the Expenditure of
Funds from the Special Road Fund in the Treasury
of the Virgin Islands"
4 Amendatory Legislation which will remove the Vir-
gin Islands Employment Service from the Department
of Agriculture and Labor and establish it as an in
dependent agency.
s. Amend Title 80, section 2 Of the Virgin Islands Code
removing the responsibility for the planning, desig-
nation. administration, and operation of parks from
, 1958-12-04

ATTEST:
Roy W. Bornn
Government Secretary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
Hearing Slated
On Building Code
Is Postponed

The District Commissioners
today Cancelled a public hear
ing scheduled for May 26 on a
proposed new District Building
Code.
No new hearing Gate was set,
Joseph J. Ilgenfritz, Director
Of Licenses and Inspections,
said the proposed code is being
revised and probably will not
be ready for a hearing for an
other year.
The postponement has been
urged by two advisory groups,
the Commissioners Building
Code Advisory Committee, and
the Joint Technical Committee
Of the Washington Building
Congress.
Mr.. Igenfritz said a number
OF aspects of the proposed reg
ulations had drawn criticism
from the building industry, as
well as his department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
WOMAN DRIVING FRIEND
TO LICENSE TEST HITS THREE

car driven by woman taking friend for a drivers
test today Knocked down policeman, another woman
ne mad brought for test and a third person. None
appeared to be hurt seriously
Arlington police identified the driver as Mrs Bert
Iaegtmeyer A. Of 1924 Lakeview drive Falls Church
she was charged with reckless driving and a hearing
was set for Wednesday.
The injured: Fairfax County policeman Pvt Edward
Iimm. 49, Mrs Jack X. Mealey. %, of los Greenwood
drive, Falls Church, who waiting with Pvt Timm to
take the test and Mrs Kathryn D. Van Horn of 2O10
North Nelson street, Arlington They were treated at
Arlington Hospital for bruises.
Police said Mrs. Taegtmeyer apparently lost control
OF the car and the curb at the Arlington Offices
of the Division of Motor Vehicles South Fifth street
and Glebe road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24

gress will recognize the false
premises on which the oppo-
sition is based and act to speed
the project"
The article attacked conten-
tons that the extension is
excessively costly TO provide a
limited amount OF new space.
II said the extension will def
nitely be expensive" but that
new space is only one Of the
purposes of spending the money.
The project also is needed. the
magazine contended. to repro
duce the deteriorating old
sandstone front and to move
the wall Into proper relation
ship TO the dome"
Details Of Cost
The magazine referred to a
figure OF about "a million" as
the cost Of duplicating the
wall 32i2 feet to the East"
Actually. the total cost Of the
project is estimated at SOL
million. Architects working on
the project. however. figure
that $4.750.00O of this is the
amount necessary to carry out
the exterior extension Of the
wall and the portico. The re-
mainder. they say. is earmarked
for interior work in the extern
sion, related improvements in
the main Capitol Building and
a contingency margin for the
whole project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
House Votes
School Aid

The House yesterday passed
a special school aid bill after
rejecting a move to deny such
Federal help to racially seq
regated schools. s-
/ Acting by voice vote. the
House sent to the Senate a
bill to continue for three years
a program providing aid In
construction and operation OF
schools in areas where an in
fiux Of Federal workers has
overburdened classroom facil-
tiles.
An estimated $500 school
districts benefit under the leg
islation which is expected to
cost $2ll million In the coming
year.
Washington suburbs are In
the category of "Federally inn
pacted" areas because of the
inf1ux OF Government workers
in their districts.
Six school districts in the
Washington Metropolitan Area
are receiving $6.45 million In
operating funds this fiscal year
In addition they are receiving
about 81 million for school con"
struction under the program.
Before the final vote, the
House rejected, 1925, an
amendment to deny such aid
to districts which have partially
segregated schools or nave
taken no steps to integrate in
compliance with Supreme Court
rulings.
Representative Roosevelt,
Democrat of California, who
sponsored the amendment, said
1t would be wrong to provide
Federal funds for segregated
schools. But Chairman Barden,
Democrat Of North Carolina,
Of the House Labor Committee
said the House should not
allow what he called q side
issue to jeopardlze chances for
enacting the measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24

To-Day by the McGraW-Hiu Pub
fishing Co.
Says Ala Is Divided
The magazine said that while
the American Institute of Ar
chitects Is opposed to the ex-
tension as an organization. "the
membership of the ALA is d.
vided1 on this matter, with
nearly all who are noted for
achievements in classical archi-
lecture recommending recon-
styuction of the front"
The editorial said some OF
the opposing architects are
more concerned with opposition
to J. George Stewart. the ar
chitect Of the Capitol, than
with conserving classical archi-
lecture. It added:
''Mr. Stewart is an engineer.
They would like to replace him
with an architect. though the
duties Of the position at pres
ent actually are those of a su-
perintendent Of grounds. They
cannot find legitimate reasons
for his removal. hence they
have seized the issue Of the
proposed reconstruction as an
opportunity to discredit him. I"
False Premises
Unfortunately" the article
said. transformation calcu-
lated to raise emotions to a
high pitch has been widely
disseminated and has encour-
aged appeals to Congress to
halt work on the east front.
1T is to be hoped that Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
B&O Allowed to Halt
z West Virqiniu Runs

CHARLESTON, w. Va, April
"a (R.-The Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad has been given au-
thority to discontinue two of
its trains that service West
Virginia points.
They are train No. "a. run
ming from Parkersburg to Cum
berland. Md, and No. 34-734,
from Cumberland to Washing
ton via West Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24

THE INDIANS were a bit
out Of step in their dance
around the ceremonial fire,
and they were Intentionally
monkeys in their examina-
ton of the robes of Father
Andrew White. the Jesuit
priest who probably had as
much to do with the found
ing Of Maryland as Lord
Baltimore.
Baxter SasSer, speech and
drama teacher who is direct
ing the pageant, had put up
with a lot. He had Just re-
ceived word that his female
lead, Lillian Wray, had fallen
and might have fractured a
legbone.
Miss Wray was cast as
Mistress Margaret Brent, the
member of the Maryland
Council who gave so much
comfort to women suffragists
almost 300 years later.
Ernie Harlow, playing
George Calvert, a younger
brother of Lord Baltimore,
had been given an diversified
wig. 1t had comic possibili-
ties and he was making the
most of it.
The members Of the cast
out in front were in Mysteries.
Mr.. Sasser blew up. He
took the stage; ordered
young Harlow to rehearse
without the wig and said
there would be two rehears-
ais Thursday before the
opening.
That means that they do
the two rehearsals and nine
shows today; nine shows to-
morrow. No shows Satur-
day. BY Sunday (shows
starting every half hour from
1890 pm. until a they ought
to have their lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24

lished in 1868. Through legis-
lation, enacted In 1928. the
university receives an annual
Federal subsidy.
Transfer OF the hospital,
which is now administered by
the Public Health Service,
would be made to the university
q month after the start Of con-
struction.
Two Years TO Start
And even II no blocks are
thrown in the path Of the legis-
lation. DR.. Charles E. Bur-
bridge. Freedmen's superin-
tendent, pointed out today.
construction is still at least two
years away.
That will give plenty Of time
for employees to make other ar
rangementS If they choose" he
said. Therefore. it appears to
me, that the bill is satisfactory
"Of course, there still are the
personnel practices to be
worked out at Howard" he
added. But the bill as intro
duced by Senator Smith is a
great improvement over last
year and we do not have the
unrest among employees which
we had last year."
Here's what the bill provides
for the Civil Service workers
at Freedmen's:
]. Those with career or ca
reer-conditional status would
be offered opportunities to
transfer to Howard, except for
those notified at least six
months in advance that their
positions were to be abolished
2. Howard would continue
the salary levels of transferred
personnel and provide other
benefits as near as practicable
to those prevailing in Civil
Service at the time Of transfer.
Placement ProvisO
g.. Require the Welfare De-
partment TO make every rea-
sonable effort to place in other
comparable Federal positions
those who do not transfer.
4. Transferred employees COW
cred under the Civil Service
Retirement Act and the Federal
Employees Group Life Insur-
ance Act of 1854 would continue
to be covered under those laws.
S. The Civil Service Commits
sion would extend its program
for separated career employees
to give career and career
conditional employees separated
in good standing from the uni
versity three years from the
transfer date-instead of the
usual 30 days-in which to
claim unemployment priority
in the Federal Civil Service.
Upon filing such a claim, career
employees would remain on the
roster of separated career en-
ployes for two years and career
conditional employees one year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
The
Rambler
-. Goes Beck to
MoryIond's Birth
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

II didn't take much urging
10 get the Rambler TO motor
down 10 81. Marys City
yesterday TO see q rehearsal
of a pageant on Maryland's
early history,
Let II be explained right
here that st. Marys Is not q
city. II Is a small area con-
tainihg a church. q school
and Ia duplicate OF Mary
lands early Colonial State
house.
II h where Maryland's first
arrivals. the passengers on
the Ark and the Dove. set
tied In 1884.
It Is on a bluff over the
st. Marys River, which Is an
estuary OF the Potomac not
far above It's confluence with
Chesapeake Bay,
We couldn't have had a
better day. The sun was
shining. The breeze was
balmy. And furthermore, a
rehearsal can be much more
fun than the show itself.
The pageant is enacted by
the pupils of the st. Marys
Seminary Junior College.
In 1884. when Maryland was
observing the 200th anniver-
Sary of its beginnings. the
State decided to erect a liv-
ing reminder on the site of
dts first capital, then oc-
cupied only by the little
Episcopal Church and its
churchyard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24

1T DECIDED on a school
for the future mothers of
Maryland.
When the next centenary
rolled around in 1884, the
State decided on the dupli-
cate of the l7th-century
State house. Somehow or
other the school is the more
interesting marker.
1t was a very early Amer
can institution for the educa-
ton of young women beyond
the three Rs. 1t was pre-
coded by two female acad-
emies in New York, one at
Elmira and Poughkeepsie.
The later became vassar Col
lege.
The st. Marys Female
Seminary, to use its early
designation, was a finishing
school, Music and painting
were on the curriculum, but
not dancing. The board of
Is under the State charter
was to contain five Epis-
copaiians, five Roman Cath
olics and five Methodists.
That was unchanged until
1927, when it was decided to.
make the seminary a junior
college.
The dress rehearsal yester-
day was the first opportunity
that members of the big cast
(more than 100 had to wit
ness acts in which they were
not involved. The pageant
Is enacted by groups on
various locations and guides
who act as Chorus explain
ing the action bring Specta-
tors from set to set.
The dropping of lines was
Scandalous and led to much
laughter on the part of fell
low actors. The settings
could not be improved upon.
The agreement with the In
dams was worked out on the
shore below the churchyard.
The old mulberry tree under
which the treaty was signed
is gone, but of one thing
there was no doubt: 1t was
the same shore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
Maryland U. Reunion

The University of Maryland
Home Economics Alumnae AS
ISOLATION will hold its 10th
annual reunion at 10 am. Sat-
urday In the Maryland Room
of Margaret Brent Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
Harris Offers Bill
To Speed Stadium
Cost of Arena
Estimuted at
SIS Million

representative darris, Demo-
crat Of Arkansas. today intro
duced a bill to speed construc-
ton Of q 50.000-seat stadium
between the District Armory
and the Anacostia River.
The arena would be built
according to plans released
Tuesday by Armory Board con-
sultants OF the firm OF Praeeer-
Kavanagh-waterbury Of New
York.
Early hearings are expected.
perhaps next week. on the
legislation before the Senate
District judiciary Subcommit-
tee headed by Representative
Abernethy, Democrat Of Mis-
sissippi.
Three Major Changes
The proposal, sponsored by
Representative Harris. would
make three major changes In
the 1857 law that called for
the stadium study by the con-
sulting firm.
First. the measure substitutes
for a Sc million stadium cost
ceiling a total cost to be de-
termined by the number Of
bonds saleable to finance the
structure. Mr.. Harris estimated
the new cost figure at SIS mil
lion.
Second. the bill authorizes
the Armory Board to contract
with Interior Secretary Seaton
for use of the site ringed by
Constitution and Independence
avenues, just west Of the Ana
costa. on a direct line with
the Mall.
3O-Year Period
Under the arrangement, the
Federal Government would re-
tain title to the property and
allow the Armory Board to
build and maintain the stadium
for 80 years, the period esti-
mated for repayment of the
bonds. After 80 years. Interior
either would lease the stadium
to new operators or to repre-
sentatives of the Armory Board.
Mr.. Harris explained.
He said Secretary Seaton
had not committed himself to O
contract but had promised to
submit a proposed agreement
to the Budget Bureau.
There is nothing extraordi.
nary about such a contract"
the Congressman said. Similar
agreements are being negoti-
ated between Interior and
conceSsionnaires every day
throughout Federal parklands."
Obligation for U. s.
Third, the Harris legislation
would obligate the Federal Gov
eminent to guarantee the bond
issue to the public. It also di-
reefs the District commissions
ers to ask Congress for money
to pay any interest or retire.
ment of the bonds any year
that stadium revenue does not
cover the repayments.
The Gederal guarantee was
interpreted as a prod to Con.
gress to allow this appropria.
ton, if needed to the District.
Otherwise. the money would
have to come from the Federal
Treasury under the Harris pro-
posal.
1--WE don't expect there will
be any deficit during any year.
however," Mr.. Harris said. "Es-
timated income from the sta
dunn is 100000 annually. The
amount required for retire.
ment of the bonds at 3 per
cent interest would be $506,000
annually" he explained.
But the Congressman
stressed that the 3 per cent in
tereSt rate probably could not
be obtained without a federally
guaranteed bond issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24

kkCpubilCdu VI NCW JCIoSy, hklO
four other Senators, calls for
construction Of a 500-bed hos
pital. with the present l50-bed
tuberculosis annex TO Freed
mems as a nucleus. The bill is
before the Senate Labor and
Public Welfare Committee but
no hearings have been sched-
uled. The bill does not provide
a construction date or give the
cost Of the project.
Similar bills were introduced
last year but they died without
hearing on adjournment of
Congress.
Opposition was expressed by
representatives Of employees at
Freedmen's because Of the loss
Of Civil Service employment.
The new provisions are in
tended to preserve as much OF
the advantages Of Civil Service
employment as is practical
without infringement upon
Towards status as a private,
self-governing institution.
1855 Recommendation
The transfer. with the pro-
vision for a new hospital to
replace the obsolete and I'M
economical plant now in use al
Freedmen's. was recommended
in 1855 by a study committee
Of distinguished citizens.
Construction of new facilities
for Towards medical teaching
program and for proper care OF
the patients of Freedmen's is
urgently needed, the study
committee found, and has been
delayed for determination OF
the future role of the hospital,
It said that the disproportion-
ate shortage of colored medical
and allied personnel makes
Towards m e deal teaching
program of national impor-
lance.
Acting Welfare Secretary FL
hot L. Richardson. In submit
ting the proposed legislation
tp Congress, said it also would
end the anomaly of the Fed
eral Government operating o
community hospital. It would
make the hospital an integral
part of the university without
the divided responsibility and
control now existing.
Under private control and
with new facilities it could be-
come progressively more self
supporting" he added.
SO Million From U. S.
At present the hospital is q
S4,l80. 500-a-year operation. OF
this total the Federal contribu-
ton is $2.964,500. The District
Welfare Department contrib
utes 1883. 500 for the care Of in
digent patients and nearby
counties in Maryland and Vir-
ginia contribute $34,275 for
the same purpose. The revenue
from paying patients makes up
the balance. Private rooms run
at $2l day and ward beds $l8.
Federal funds would be pro-
vided for partial support Of the
new hospital. but so far as con-
sistent with good medical
teaching practices, the hospital
would be expected to become
progressively self-supporting.
Howard University was char
tered in 1876 as a private
coeducational institution in
which enrolment would be
open to colored students. It's
medical school, whose dean is
DR.. Robert Jason. was estab-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
BiIIto Shift Freedmen's
Offers Job Protection
New Moves Likely to Remove
Opposition to Howard u. TrunsfeI

Provisions for the protection Of the ass Civil Service
poyes at Feedmen Hospital expected to most
opposition TO the proposed transfer Of the facility TO Howard
University.
The provisions have been worked by officials Of the
Department Of Health Education and Welfare Freedmens and
Howard.
bin which has been introduced by Senator Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
Journal Hits Motives
Of Extension Foes

An engineering magazine charged today that publ
cations which have opposed extension Of the capo east front
have been deceived by small vocferous Of architects
whose motives questionable"
The charge made in current editorial In the Engi
neeng NewsRecord magazine according announcement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
Cafes AssaiI
Health Rule
Lovotory Shifts
CuIIed Too CostI,
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star stan Writer

The Restaurant Beverage As
ISOLATION today attacked q
Health Department enforce
ment move which an associa-
ton attorney said would impose
unreasonable expense on 90
per cent of Washington's res
taurant operators.
Association leaders appeared
at a public hearing before the
Districts Board Of Appeals and
Review to challenge a Health
Department order for revamp-
ing Of laboratory facilities in q
Georgia avenue restaurant.
The hearing had been sched-
uled for postponement. But
restaurant leaders complained
TO the District Commissioners
and today the hearing was or
dered to proceed despite Health
Department objections.
Served With Notice
The. affected restaurant al
1908 Georgia avenue NV. or
March IS was served with q
Health Department notice
threatening prosecution unless
wash basins we're relocated and
an additional lavatory installed
behind a service bar.
The restaurant, owned by
Philip A. Guarino. board chair
man Of the Restaurant Bever-
age Association. was completed
only recently with Health De-
partment approval.
William H. Gary, chief of the
Health Departments Bureau OF
Food and Public Health Engi-
neering, told the appeals board
he did not know what the
Health Departments policy
with respect to the lavatory
installation was prior to his
appointment to his present
post last July.
But he read portions of the
Districts h alth regulations
which he asserted require the
reva mping ordered by his
bureau.
Defer Enforcement
Mr.. Cary also disclosed, how
ever, that the department has
decided to defer any formal
enforcement action regarding
Mr.. Guarino's restaurant and
others for the present. He said
the department realized the en-
forcement move would cause
difficulties for businessmen.
At issue In the Guarino case
whether lavatory facilities must
be located within toilet rooms
proper. or may be In adjacent
rooms. and whethery service
bars used for preparing alco-
holic drinks must also have
nearby wash basins for en-
ployes.
James O'Donnell. attorney for
the restaurant group. contended
that the Health Department for
a number Of years has not re-
quired basins either within tot
let rooms or behind bars. He
said the departments approval
Of restaurant licenses over the
years made this in effect off,
cial policy.
Mr.. Cary disputed this, and
argued that for public health
reasons and to conform with the
wording of the regulations the
Health Department was correct
in its current stand.
He challenged the authority
Of the review board to consider
the matter.
The Commissioners yester-
day. at the Health Departments
request. referred the subject to
the Corporation Counsel's Of
fee for study. But the res
taurant group said 1t was not
content to wait for a report on
this study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
EARLY RISER AFTER MORNING WALK

Robbie Compton, with the dog after
getting well in advance of his today taking
found nearby trong along his
diaper BY the time the parents Mr. and Mrs Robert Compton, 1928
Silver discovered
him.-Sar Staff Photo.