, 1959-07-17
LEGISLATIVE RECORD Continued
Continued from yesterday

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the Committee charges the people Of the Virgin Islands as
being INSCRIPTIONS. Nowhere, in this Report, does 1t
charge the people with being Inscriptions. We merely
say that because of a lack Of foresight on the Administers
tons part. and on the part Of those who administer this
program, theyleft the program open to be used by unscru-
pulous person. And, 4 submit, Mr.. Chairman, that this
committee-the majority of the Committee; the Report
was signed by 4 members of the Committee, four out OF
five. The fifth member has refused to sign the Report, the
Same.aS he refused to accompany us to make the "On-the-
Spot inspection at Estate Hope. And, now he calls out TO
the High Heavens that he wants another hearing, but we
heard very little from that member during those hearings,
And, he submits that there were questions that he wanted
to ask certain people who. appeared before the Committee.
He had a perfect opportunity to do that as q member OF
the Committee on the two occasions that we held public
hearings. And certainly as a. member Of that onmittee he
could have s~ubpenaed anyone that he wanted.
Now. Mr.. Chairman, when / say that people-unscru-
pul0uS people-took advantage of this program, | submit
that that is SO. 1T is written in English in this report. 1t is
backed up by facts and figures. We made an investigation
maybe, perhaps, we trod on a few toes, we had to subpoena
some records because there were those IN the Land Auth
ority who were dragging their feet and didn't want us to
look at their records. So, we had to subpoena the Records.
They were employees Of the Land Authority who did not
want to appear before the Committee SO we had to sub
pena them to come before the committee because this a
legislative committee that had a job to do, and I submit
that we did! the job.
And, there was no white washing in this report. I
like to find anothed Report than has been as bold as this
one has been. We have made charges and we back them
up with facts.
Now, submit if you turn to page Is you will find
that it says-9The Committee was G Now,
four Of the members of the Committee were shocked be-
cause the fifth member did not 60 on this investigation,
Mr.. Chairman. But those that did go out were shocked at
the use to which Parcel No. 8 49,. acres) owned by the
Harmons is being put. It discovered that the Harmons had
received for a pittance this choice acreage 4 They re-
ceived that acreage for less than $300-over three acres.
Three point two acres. And n. commands a breath
taking view X and 1T certainly does! It's overlooking
the ocean. It's a beautiful sight. Has priceless ruins
and a magnificent old cistern
Now, those a~djectives may sound a little far-fetched
but anybody who took the time to go out to see what the
situation actually is, will find that those adjectives are
very apropos. And what do we find with that land? That
these people requested it Of the Government for farming,
because that's what they application said. They wanted it
they rebuilt the place and leased it at a fantastic price to
some recent resident Of our island. Now, Mr.. Chairman,
the same people who have done this have just recently