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, 1959-10-29
of the Virgin Islands
st. Thomas, Virgin Islands
My dear Mr.. President:

have the honor to transmit herewith 4 proposed Bill
to amend Titles IA and II Of the Virgin Islands Code for
the purpose Of Improving the condition Of children and
youth in these Islands, as well as for the purpose Of pre-
venting conditions which adversely affect their wellbeing.
This proposed legislation ernbodies several recon-,
mendations submitted to my Office by the Citizens Adyi-
sorry Commission on Youth which it developed during the
course of special meetings held recently on the Islands Of
St. Thomas and St. Croix, with the Commissioners Of
Education and Of Social Welfare, principals and teachers
of the school system, ~ofhcers-of important civic organiza-
tons, and other interested citizens, serving as Advisors.
AS you know, the Citizens Advisory Commission on
Youth, which functions as an arm Of the Department Of
Social Welfare, is charged, among other responsibilities,
with interpreting and sponsoring legislation beneficial to
youth and serves as the official advisory committee in re-
gard to the special problems Of youth. For your additional
information there is enclosed a photostatic copy of a letter
to me from the Advisory Committee
The attached Bill is forwarded in the hope that there
will be time to give it favorable consideration and pass
age in the current session Of the Legislature.
Sincerely,
Sgd) John D. Merwin
John D. Merwn
Governor
, 1959-10-29

GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Charlotte Amalie. Saint Thomas
Virgin Islands Of the United States
June 4, 1859
The Honorable
The President of the Legislature
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nasty propellants. 40 we must
have q relatively isolated Local
ton for their testing"
The NASA site COMMITTEES "a
concentrating on Government
owned land. IL Ia understood.
Two sites high on the list, ac-
cording 10 10 reliable reports.
are at or near Camp Irwin IN
the California desert and Jack
ass Flats IN Southern Nevada,
Both are isolated IN desert ter
rain, but are close enough "a
water and power supplies u
make them good candidates.
Specifications for the high
energy test facility. as given "a
the House committee, include
$500. 900 for a water system. 81
million for a i0.000-kilowati
power distribution system. and
Si,550.00 for a 00.000-pounc
thrust test stand.
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SuperFueI 7 est FociIity
Fund Problem Solved

which no ate had been deter
mined.
Meanwhile. a site committee
OF NASA officials prepared,
possibly next week, 10 hold the
first Of q series OF meetings
aimed at liking on a location
for the test facility.
Remote Area Needed
Because the highly reactive
chemical fiourine Is one OF the
pet fuels OF the future" the
high energy test facility VIII
have 10 be placed In a remote
location. Col. ID. II. ueaton
Air Force liaison ofiicer "a
| NASA explained the situation
to the House committee In
these words:
"The liberation OF quantitie:
Of such things as fiuorine In
the atmosphere around an ur'
ban area would be completely
unacceptable. These are verN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-07
by WILLIAM HINES
star acisnes writer

onicials Of the new Civilian
Space Agency were pondering
today a lesson In practical
physics that might be entitled
How 10 Be Denied Your Cake
and Eat II. Too"
The lesson was embodied In
. adecision yesterday by the
House Committee on Science
and Astronautlcs 10 authorize
Sass 100000 for operation Of
the National Aeronautics and
Space administration In the
fiscal year beginning July /.
delayed" Appropriation
A NAsA request for s4.75o. 900
for a "super-fuel" test facility,
was Topped of unceremoniously
because the agency had not
decided on q specific site. But
the committee authorized IS
million ito construct. expand
or modify laboratories and
other installations II the
Administrator determines that
deferral until the next author
ixation act would be inconsist-
ent with the interests Of the
Nation :"
This strategem got the space
committee OF the embarrassing
hook Of having TO so before
the House and ask for con-
struction money for q job or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-07
Rummuae Sole

A rummage sale, sponsored
by the Bruen Chapel Woman's
Society Of Christian Service,
will be held from 10 am. TO 8
pm. today and tomorrow In
Burier's Garage. Merrineld, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-07

STORE HOURS: Mondays, 1870 to 3;
Tuesdoys, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10
10 6; Thursdays and FridoYs, 10 to 9. Free
Porkina
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Standards Honors
Carl F. Snyder
Expert on Suqur

Carl F. Snyder, 70, an organic
chemist with the National Bu-
reau of Standards, and a world
authority on the chemistry of
sugar, was honored this morn
ing with a scroll for so years
of long, devoted and effective
service" to the bureau.
Mr.. Snyder, who lives at 4607
Connecticut avenue NV, is
famous for his work in polar
imetry, a process for analyzing
the purity of sugar.
Mr.. Snyder made major con-
tributions to the method of
analyzing sugar solutions with
polariZed light and to the dis
covery that the degree of light
transmission is an indication
of sugar purity.
He contributed IL chapters
to the bureaus book on the
subject, called "Polarimetry,
Saccharimentery and the Su-
gar
The book is considered the
authoritative source of sugar
chemistry.
Today's ceremony was held
at the bureau. DR.. Robert D.
Huntoon, deputy director of the
bureau, made the presentation.
Evening star., 1959-11-20
ordDistributor ellis
Of PhiIodeIphio PoyoIo

made a practice Of demanding
cash payments.
Asked if Dick Clark was in
volved. Mr.. Cohn replied: Dick
Clark does not take a cent and
never would"
Clark Held Not Involved
An aide of a congressional
committee was quoted by the
Philadelphia Inquirer today as
saying Mr.. Clark was not in
volved with payola.
Mr.. Clark, featured on Amer
lean Broadcasting Co. televiSion
shows for teen-agers, is re-
garded as one of the most in
fluential personalities in de-
termining whether a record
will be a hit.
The Inquirer quoted Ray
mond w. Martin, jr., an aide
of the House Subcommittee on
Legislative Oversight, as saying
its investigators had questioned
Mr.. Clark on Payola after COM
ing here to question him about
other matters.
Mr.. Martin said the ques-
tioning came after it was
learned ABC had required Mr..
Clark to divest himself of
music interests aside from his
television shows. That, said
Mr.. Martin, was the initial
reason for questioning Mr..
Clark earlier this week.
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Bow Found Safe,
Buby Sitter Held
On Kidnup Count

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (AP).-A
4-month-old boy was found un-
harmed by FBI agents in a
nearby Gary, Ind, hotel yester-
day about 16 hours after he
was allegedly kidnapped by a
baby sitter.
The child is James Vickers,
the son of Mrs. Marilyn Wick
ers a l9-year-old waitress. He
had been sought since Wednes-
day night. Mrs. Vickers told
police she had left the baby
with Diane Warner, 81, while
she went to work in a down.
town restaurant.
Miss Warner was arraigned
last night before United States
Commissioner Wilbur Glen
dening at Hammond, Ind, on
a charge of kidnapping and
taking the boy across State
lines. She was held in the Lake
County Jail.
Mrs. Vickers said she came
to Chicago recently from Pom
tiac, Mich. She said She is sep
arated from her husband
James.
Evening star., 1959-11-20
BdptistsReject
Political Bias

LEXINGTON, KY. Nov. 20
(AP).-The General Associa-
ton of Baptists in Kentucky
yesterday adopted a resolution
recognizing the right of any
qualified citizen to seek public
office regardless of race or re-
ligion.
Some delegates said the mat
ter came up in connection with
the possible presidential can
didacy of Senator Kennedy,
Democrat of Massachusetts,, a
Roman Catholic.
Although the resolution said
any qualified citizen has the
right to run for public Office,
it did not say specifically that
the group would indorse a
Catholic.
Neither did it say it would
oppose one.
The association represents
Kentucky's largest religious de-
nomination, with some 100000
members.
The Arkansas State Baptist
Convention, in a resolution ap-
proved yesterday, opposed the
candidacy of any Roman
Catholic for the presidency.
The resolution said Catho-
lies have an allegiance Ito a
foreign person (the Pope) who
is outside the United States
and above the laws and gov
erning forces of the United
States"
The Baptist General Conven-
tion of Texas recently advised
its 1.6 million members to con-
slider carefully before voting
for any Roman Catholic can
didates.
The resolution asserted that
the Roman church is both a
religion and an ambitious po-
litical system aspiring to be a
state"
Evening star., 1959-11-20
'COUNTER-REVOL
IS COLLEGE PRANK,
RUSSIANS FIND

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
(AP).-A group of touring
Russians was halted briefly
here yesterday by college
boys decked out in Con-
federate uniforms and car
rying dummy rifles.
Two fraternity boys, who
didn't know the identity
of the group, were solicit
ing funds for student loans.
The Russians apparently
didn't contribute.
The visitors, who in
cluded Madame Zoya KuS-
netsov, wife of the chief of
the Soviet delegation to
the United Nations, were
startled at the prank until
a Florida State University
professor explained it was
all in fun.
The Russians are tour
ing Florida.
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Battered Dutch Ship
lowed Into Scotland

PORTSOY, Scotland, Nov. 20
(AP) The disabled Dutch
coaster Geziena Henderika
reached port at the end of a
towline yesterday after a "a
hour pounding in raging seas
of Northeast Scotland.
With nine men and a woman
aboard and her steering gear
smashed. the 494-ton vessel was
brought into Inverness Harbor
by the British trawler Dun
kinty.
Evening star., 1959-11-20

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. q
(AP).-A Philadelphia record
distributor said today he has
paid thousands of dollars to
get records played on local
radio programs. He estimated
perhaps 20 of the city's 200 disc
jockeys took "payola."
Edward D. Cohn, proprietor
Of Lesco Distributors, one of
Is record firms in town, said
he paid disc jockeys S5 to S10O
to play popular records he was
pushing. He said he stopped
the practice because it got too
expensive to make it worth
while.
Il got to the point where I
would have had to spend the
profit from the first 10000 rec
ordS sold to pay the disc jockeys
If I'd gone on" Mr.. Cohn told
newsmen.
Mr.. Cohn said he understood
Philadelphia has the reputation
of being the worst place in the
country for "payola," a term
in the music publishing field to
indicate payments to disc
jockeys for plugging records.
Names No Names
He named no names or sta
tions but said, There are five
stations in town today whose
employees I never had to give
anything to-" There are a
score of radio stations in the
area.
Mr.. Cohn said he wasn't
ashamed of giving payola but
hoped the practice would end.
He said he listed the payments
under promotion for tax pur-
poses and paid the disc Jockeys
by check, except for one who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Sleeping Pills Aren't the Answer
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

his lung and choked him.
The day Of the funeral my
other boy was admitted to
the hospital with a similar
virus. Fortunately, he re-
covered after only eight days.
"A month later I was
pregnant again. At 2 months
I had an emergency opera
ton for appendicitis. My
appendix had burst, but with
Gods help and a good sur
geon and obstetrician ! came
out OF it fine and didn't lose
my baby. A month later my
hair started falling out. but
with treatments that condi-
ton cleared up.
Three months later my
husband was in the hospital
for minor surgery. Finally.
when my baby was born I
almost lost him, but again
with Gods help and a good
obstetrician, the baby lived.
Nov for my problem. I
have become very cranky,
and hard to get along with.
I yell at the children, have
become Indifferent to my
husband, find fault with al
most everything and cry a
lot. My mind seems to be
always in a whirl, and I
forget things.
SOMETIMES l FEEL that
the death of my little boy
was my own fault. The way
I feel is not good for the
children and deeply hurts my
husband. He does every
thing he can to pelase me.
Do you know what is wrong,
DR.. Steincrohn? MRS. X"
I don't know what is wrong,
but I can guess. One, you are
suffering needleSsly from a
guilt complex" 1t is nat
ural for those of us who are
left behind to think we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

COMPLAINT: When
Bobo Newsom was with the
st. Louis Browns. usually
deep In the second division,
his constant complaint was
that his teammates did not
give him adequate support.
One day, in a game against
the Yankees, he was tagged
for four extra-base hits in a
row. The Browns manager
came to the mound.
whats the trouble,
Bobo2" he asked.
TITS those outfielders,"
growled Newsom. They're
not playing high enough"
SPEED: American Painter
William Merritt Chase was
for some time a teacher in
the New York School of Art.
Chase, who painted with
great facility, had little pa
thence with students who
dawdled over their can
vases.
One hot summer day, when
a student protested that it
was impossible to complete
a portrait in less than a week,
Chase decided to give him a
demonstration of his speed.
Borrowing a freshly killed
fish from the corner market,
he placed it on a table and
began to paint it. In a little
while, the painting was fin
ished, to the last detail.
When Chase returned the
fish to the market, it was still
fresh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

stay on good terms with her
mOther-in-law, I think II Is
her business. 1t is my opinion
that your daughter is using
far better judgment than her
mother. Leave her alone.
4 \
DEAR ABBY: I have six
children and my husband has
two jobs. Because Of this
we hardly get to go any
where, but when we do we
always have to take his
mother because she invites
herself.
She weighs about 300
pounds and we don't have a
truck or station wagon, SO
when we go for a ride all
the kids have to sit on top
of each other. That isn't so
bad, but when we take
Grandma she brings along a
pick and shovel because she
likes to stop along the road
and dig UP plants and flowers.
She found a lemon tree she
liked once. Private prop
erty" means nothing to her.
I'm afraid well all 60 to
Jail. We can't tell her any
thing because she's 70 and
doesn't like to be told. How
can we handle her?
LAWFUL.
With q great deal Of
respect and firmness. Simply
announce when you pick her
up that the gardening tools
stay behind. If you stop and
allow Grandma to help her.
self to private property, you
are as guilty as she is.
What's your problem? For
a personal reply tDrite to
ABBY, care OF The EUenin0
Star. Inclose a stamped. self
addressed envelope.
distributed BY Mcknight Syndicate, Inc.l
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Recently, I received a let
ter from a young housewife
who wanted to know II 1t was
all right to take an occa-
sional sleeping pill. She was
nervous because she was
having maid trouble" 9th
erwise, she said, she had
really nothing to complain
about.
"If I could only find a
maid who would stay longer
than q week or two. I'm ex-
hausted from writing ads and
looking in the newspaper col
umn Help Wanted"
II that's the real, and only,
reason for a sleeping pill
for shame. young lady! Read
the following letter and you'll
know what trouble really is:
YOU MENTIONED in your
column a few weeks ago the
potential dangers Of taking
too much seconal or any
other sleeping pill. I have
been taking a pill every night
to help me sleep. My doctor
prescribed only one every
third night, if needed. But I
find myself depending upon
them nightly.
I'm %, with two wonder
full children, ages 8 and 2la,
a fine husband and a lovely
little 'mortgaged' home. FL
nancial problems? Yes, like
most young families have.
Several years ago my in
FAINT died at 10 months of
age. He had a virus infec-
ton Of the stomach. He was
under the care of an excel
lent pediatrician who was at
the house the night before
our child died.
"An autopsy showed that
he had vomited, but instead
of coming out, it went into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
DEAR ABBY
7O-Yeor-OId Will Exoqqerote
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

DEAR ABBY: Our 10
year-old son has a very bad
habit Of exaggerating. We
have tried every way we
know to break him Of it, but
nothing seems to work. Some
Of his exaggerations are fan
tastic and we are afraid he
will turn into terrible liar.
Have you any suggestions?
CONCERNED PARENTS.
All 10-year-Olds are in
clined to exaggerate. They
do this for EFFECT" Pay no
attention to II. And be sure
you don't say 81 have told
you six million times to stop
exaggerating!"
4 \ 4
DEAR ABBY: My daughter
was married two months ago.
She and her husband made
plans to rent an apartment
and buy furniture on time.
Now her mother = in law
forced a lot of old broken
down furniture on her that
she had stored in her attic
for rs years. 1t is nothing
but junk. 1t makes me sick
to go over there. My daugh-
ter doesn't want to hurt her
mother-in-law's feelings so
she says 1t is fine and she
acts glad to have 1t.
I told my daughter If she
doesn't speak up now she will
have her mother-in-law run
ming her life until the day
she dies.
How can I get my daugh-
ter to speak her mind with
out making her think I am
a troublemaker?
MOTHER.
If you don't behave like a
trOublemaker, nobody will
take you for one. II your
daughter wants to "act" glad
to have the furniture and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

haven't done enough" for
those who died. 1t is not your
fault!
Two, my guess is that you
are suffering from extreme
fatigue. Think of all the things
you have come through. Il
also guess you haven't had a
day of" since the children
came.) Therefore. I think
that combating the fatigue
will do more for you than de-
pending upon nightly Sleep
ing pills.
released by the Bell Syndicate)
Monday: Breost exominotion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
LOWER PRICED THAN A Fl!

BP. is the big news in Tv for 196O-SyvaniaS newer
Bigger Picture and better prces The %" Screen is
the only really picture tube on the market It's new
squared shape gives you 10 picture than 81"
tube yet sylvana %" Screen cabinets are no bigger
than the compact 21s! Also newthe Syvania %" tube
is fatter there's less distorton-the picture is
e-ke Also Syvania has eliminated that extra pane of
glass between you and the tubeSo there's less reflection
and you have to tear the set apart clean the face
of the tube Best ALL the bigger better %" costs
no more than ordinary 21s See the difference today at
Todd'S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

the average Il" picture
tube is sharply rounded
at the corners and ac-
tually cuts off a large
portion of the picture
being telecast. The Syl-
vania %" screen is al
most squared. It's %"
overall diagonal meas
urement gives you 277
square inches of viewing
area and brings you
ALL the pictures as the
camera sees it! You see
the full scene, the COM
plete action!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
Wrecking of Movement Seen Possible
If Anti-Rocketeer Bill Is Defeated

waited patiently for the la
bor-union movement to clean
up its ranks. but this hasn't
happened. No single group
can police any other private
group. Where there is a vio-
lation of the rights of the
individual and where there
is crime or corruption or
coercion, it becomes a mat
ter for the law.
The fallacious argument
has been widely spread
by labor-union leaders that
only a small number have
been exposed as guilty of
wrongdoing and that, there
fore, no laws are necessary.
The same argument could be
made for the repeal of the
laws against murder-only a
few persons out of the total
population actually Kill
other human beings.
Laws are designed to pro-
tect everybody, including the
small minority who are the
victims of crime or coercion.
President Eisenhower, in his
Nationwide appeal over
television and radio last
week, talked of specific types
of racketeering and black
mail picketing. Now comes
Speaker Rayburn who says a
middle-of -the-road approach
is desirable. This may be
practical in controversial
matters affecting academic
or abstract issues of govern
mental authority, but when
the rights of the citizen to be
protected in his access to a
job are violated or when the
worker is intimidated by a
picket line. this is not a mat
ter that can be compromised
by the political approach.
Mr.. Rayburn expresses re-
gret that the issue has be-
come partisan. The bill rec
commended by President Ell
senhower, Aowever, is spon-
sored by a Democrat and a
Republican, each a member
of the House of Representa-
tives. There is nothing parti-
san about it.
The Speaker naturally is
worried about the division
within his own party. If q
strong bill curling vicious
and corrupt practices Is
passed, some of the Northern
Democrats who owe their
election to labor-union con-
tributions will not be happy
about it. Speaker Rayburn is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
81 Carriers
For Star
Begin Trip

A group of 81 Star carrier
boys left Washington early to-
day for two-day, all-expenses-
paid vacation in Atlantic City,
N. j.
The youngsters, who won the
trip by obtaining new subscrib-
ers, boarded a chartered bus in
front of The Star Building at
7:45 am. for the 3-hour trip
to the vacation resort.
It's going to be a long, long
day for some of the boys.
Il had to get up at 4:30 am.
to get to the bus on time" said
John Pfeiffer, IA, of Leesburg,
Va. But it'll be worth it."
This is the third time John
has won a trip for his work
as a carrier boy. He has been
to Atlantic City once before, as
well as to Norfolk, Va. His
father. K. Arnold Pfeiffer, is a
distributor for The Star in the
Leesburg area.
Winston w. Watts. circula-
ton promotion manager. and
three other members of The
Stars circulation department
are accompanying the boys on
the trip. The group will spend
tonight at the Monticello Hotel
and leave for home after dinner
tomorrow.
Today's activities include an
ocean swim, tour of Board
walk activities and an evening
on the Steel Pier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
DOKTo TLEESON
Duel of Royburn and HoIIeck

Rayburn's weakest point,
which is the South's distrust
of organized labor. He knows
that Mr.. Rayburn shares
some Of that distrust and
that he has turned the knife
in the wound by forcing Mr..
Rayburn to lead a last-ditch
fight for the alternative labor
prefers though does not
really want.
Mr.. Rayburn sees through
all this, of course. He has
been stirred to the point Of
speaking on the radio against
the legislative power on the
labor issue.
1t is, in fact, a rare occur
renee for the President to
enter the legislative battle
by prejudging bill before
amendments to it can be
offered in floor debate. The
House grapevine says Mr..
Halleck insisted upon the
Eisenhower telecast and that
he-not Secretary of Labor
Mitchell-drafted it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

Khrushchevs motto for his United States visit: 81 come
thaw, conquer"
Gilman Ed Pauey will settle for 3l33 Democratic
vention seats Democrats the party Of the three Ps
the people, Pauley and petroleum.
The House debates labor reform. Each Congressman
curb the yrannca of single union boss
who isn't supporting him.
physician people who live in suburbs have more
ulcers. They're known subulcerites.
Ike is training for Nkita at Geysburg-by doing his
daily KhruShups
One housewife is TV shopper. When she asks for
detergent at the store she she'll take brand except
that awful stuff they call Other"
AFL-CIO President Meany could threaten one strike
that would appeal every American strike of the
diggers' union-so Khrushchev can't bury