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, 1960-11-29
MESSAGE
of GOV. JOHN DAVID MERWIN
to the Third
Legislature Of the Virgin Islands
of the United States
Fourth Special Session
November 81, 1860
Concluded from yesterday

NOOIlCluQGQ ITOU yesterday
Another item would exempt
from the three per cent excise tax
molasses imported into the Virgin
Islands for commercial or agricul-
ural purposes. As you know, our
rum industry produced last year
6.5 million dollars worth of inter-
nal revenue funds which have
heen paid over into the Treasury
of the Government OF the Virgin
Islands. This revenue-producing
industry is now facing a tight
squeeze in it's margin of profit re-
sulting from the recent Cuban
sugar crisis. The price of molasses
has climbed from z to II cents
per gallon in the past few months.
You are aware of the steps which
the Government took three years
ago in order to rescue the rum in
dustry from the squeeze resulting
from the runaway price of mo-
lasses. Instead of Offering such a
subsidy at this time, it is proposed
that we offer some slight assist
ance to this hard-pressed indus
try by removing from its base
product the 8 per cent excise tax
presently being levied. I am sure
that / need hardly add any more
in order to convince you of the
need for taking this important
e+en While the loss in revenue to
the Government from the elimi-
nation of this tax will not be
Great. the relief which the nro-
nosed bill would accord the indus
trv would he of considerable help.
| urge its immediate enactment.
Gentlemen. there is one final
item of Importance which places
: crave responsibility for sound
unon voulr shoulders. I
have included in the final amend
ment to the Agenda a bill to
axemnt agricultural workers
from the recent amendment to the
Fair Labor Standards Acts which
for the payment of over
time for workers for a workweek
in excess of 40 hours.
Fmnloyees engaged in the pro-
cessing of sugar cane. whether
employed by the Federal Govern
ment OF bv private sugar growers,
are subject to the general policies
Of the Federal Fair Labor Stand
ards Act which provides that agri-
cultural employees may work up
TO Sc hours a week in anv work
week. and not more than IL hours
in any workday, without the pay
ment of overtime, and limited to
a period Of not to exceed "A
workweeks in any one calendar
year.
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sons working in the harvesting of
the sugar cane crop in st. Croix.
The effect of the present law
would be to place the Virpin Is
i 'ands in a position entirely differ
mt from that obtaining anywhere
else in the world. 1t would put
the Virgin Islands out of business
in this vital area of economic ac-
tivity. 1t would create unemr'ov-
ment and economic dislocation
with attendant inevitable misery
which should be avoided at all
costs.
Inasmuch as the present Act
No. 627 stands to penalize so
many persons who would be adj
versely affected by its application
when the 1861 sugar can CROP
seasons begins. ] most STRONGLY
recommend that it be amended at
this session TO ensure the con-
tinued operation nf the suoar in
dustry in st. Croix, not only for
the benefit Of those who work in
this industry, but also for the
benefit of the Government and
the people Of the Virgin Islands
who receive benefits both from
the sugar industry and from the
closely related and dependent
rum industry.
You will find on the oririrnl
Call. as well as on the amend
ments thereto. many smaller items
such as a bill to permit banks IN
st. Croix to close on SATURDAYS as
they have done in st. Thomas for
the past year. routine hills for Z !
payment of claims apainSt the
Government of the Virgin Islands,
a bill to provide for the establish
ment of a prnoram Of medical
assistance for the aged. as well as
several other smaller items which
I am sure will receive your care
full attention.
It is my firm belief that the en-
actment of the various bills
which | have presented to this
Fourth Special Session of the Le-
gislature of the Virgin Islands
will round out the fine work ard
MANY accomplishments Of this
Legislature over tho pasf two
years. / am certain that each ore
of you will give to these urgent
matters your usual attentive and
sympathetic consideration.
In closing. / wish to take this
opportunity to extenS 70 nach orc
Of you a very happy Holiday Sea-
son. 1t is my sincere wish that the
New Year will bring to the peo-
pie of the Virgin Islands con-
tinued progress and prosperity,
and that the world will continue
to enjoy the blessings Of peace.
I thank you!
, 1960-11-29

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Evening star., 1960-11-06
7 THE ROARING 2o's.

q THE ROARING 20s.
Drama. / Hour "The Prairie Flower.
Pat Garrison donald May helps sweet
young actress tPat Crowley get part
in a Broadway review and finds him
self deep in a baekstage murder.
q PERRY MASON.
Mystery. / Hour. "The Case Of the
Loquacious Liar" Mason Raymond 6urr)
is hired to locate stolen photograph
which has vital bearing on a sinister
struggle for control Of bodybuilding
firm. Featuring Barbara Hale.
800 @ CITY REPORTER:
Crime "SchooI Scandal" Steve Wilson
MARK Stevens) saves the job Of a school
principal accused of bad supervision.
$50 @ THE TALL MAN.
Western Larceny and Young Ladies'"
Two teen-ase girls tcindy Robbins and
Judy Nugent) steal horses from rancher
and convince Garrett barry SuNan) the
herd is theirs. cIu Guager costars.
q AS'NMENT FOREIGN LEGION.
Drama Merle oberon.
q LEAVE IT TO BEAVER.
Comedy Beaver Jerry Mathers) who has
long, standing crush on his teacher tSue
Randall is greatly shocked when he
finds out she is engaged.
q cHEcKMATE.
Mystery. / Hour Deadly Shadow" A
young mother Margaret 0'Brien) whose
husband is reported killed in a munitions
explosion asks for help when her room
is invaded by prowIer and she is almost
killed in freak accident Doug Mcclure,
Sebastian Cabot.
900 q THE DEPUTY.
Western. "The Higher Law" Deputy NC
Cord (AIlen Case) and big Seret. Tasker
Evening star., 1960-09-19

in his own car to drive back
to Cornell.
He had planned to register
tomorrow in the university
where he was finishing a FIVE
year course in engineering
physics. He returned early to
participate in some fraternity
affairs, according to his family,
A 1856 graduate of Wakefield
High School, Mr.. Wirin had
received a five-year scholarship
at Cornell.
In addition to his parents, he
leaves his grandmother, Mrs.
Minnie Pruitt, and a brother,
Roger, all of the home address,
and a sister, Mrs. James A. Far
rier, the wife of a Marine officer
who is en- route to duty on the
West Coast
Funeral arrangements are
being handled by the Murphy
Funeral Home. 1924 Columbia
pike, Arlington.
Evening star., 1960-09-19

win big. The Republican or
ganization of two-term Gov
william Stratton, he said, il
torn by feudS.
WiscOnSin-State Vice Chair
man Marguerite Benson said
the enthusiasm for Senator
Kennedy. generated by his pri-
mary victory in the State, has
continued to increase. She said
his chances would be strength
ened by the popularity Of Gov.
Gaylord Nelson, running for
his second term.
Michigan-State Chairman
Neil Staebler said Senator Ken
nedy's Labor Day swing across
the State had provided a pow
erful spur to party activity,
The State, he said, should still
be classified as a battle-ground
which could swing to either
side as the campaign progress
es, but Democrats are geared
up now for what could be a
winning effort.
Minnesota - National Com
mitteeman Ray Hemenway and
N NATIONAL Committeewoman
Geri Joseph expressed concern
about apathy" among party
workers. They attributed it, in
part, to the WEAKNESS Of many
of the leaders who were invol-
we'd for a year or more in Sen
See MIDWEST, Page ALL
Evening star., 1960-09-19
Thieves Get $l08,e50
From U. S. Army Safe

FONTENET, France, Sept. 10
(AP) -Safecrackers operating
during a military alert exercise
took more than 100000 from
a United States Army base Sat-
urday, an Army spokesman
said.
French sources placed the
missing sum at $108,950. They
said the robbers entered the
administration building, went
through a trap door into the
attic over the finance office,
then cut a hole giving them
access to the room where the
safe was located. They pried
open the safe door with a heavy
bar.
Evening star., 1960-09-19
Stocks Decline,
Traders Eye U. NJ.

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (AP).
The stock market skidded to
its low point of the year today
as anxiety mounted over the
momentous United Nations
meeting for which Soviet Pre-
mier Khrushchev arrived this
morning.
Trading was active and the
ticker twice Jagged b behind d
floor transactions.
Losses of individual stocks
ranged from a few cents to
more than So. Declines spread
through all of the major groups
of shares. Steels, motors, elec-
utilities, rails and oils
were down.
Brokers said the attention Of
traders and investors was CEN
tered on the United Nations,
where events could have an
unsettling effect on business.
Evening star., 1960-09-19
Mobutu FoiIs
Assassination
BY ANDREW BOROWIEC
Associated Press Staff Writer

LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo,
Sept. 19.-Col. Joseph Mobutu,
the Congo's reigning strong
man, told today how he foiled
an assassination plot, person.
ally overcoming the gunman
sent to kill him.
Col. Mobutu charged army
supporters of Patrice Lumumba
with plotting the assassination
attempt yesterday at about the
same time the deposed Premier
came out of hiding.
Col. Mobutu claimed he had
been tipped off and was ready
for the assassin, identified as
Congolese Army Maj. Vital Ba-
kaSa.
Col. Mobutu told United Ma
tions security officers that he
was on guard when Maj. Ba-
kasa entered his Office with one
hand in his pocket. Col. Mo-
butu pounced on the major and
managed to wrest from him a
loaded and cooked revolver.
U. N. Moroccan soldiers doing
guard duty outside Col. Mo-
See CONGO, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-09-19
Red on Monroe House
Becomes Sticky Issue

The historic James Monroe
House at 2017 I street NV. has
an unwanted coat of fresh red
paint, and it may be a sticky
job getting it off.
An officer of the Arts Club,
which is housed in the 153-
year-old structure, said the
construction company which
spread too much paint has
offered to sandblast the entire
front Of the building.
But club Treasurer Winthrop
Baxter found out it wasn't t
going to be that easy.
THE National Trust for His
toric Preservation heard about
the SandblaSting and called US
and said that would be a ter
rible thing" Mr.. Baxter said.
Il hope there is some other
way to get it Off"
The trouble, according to Mr..
Baxter, arose last Wednesday
when the Jaffe Construction Co.
was supposed to paint the front
Of a connected building-also
owned by the Arts Club--at
2O15 I street.
Evening star., 1960-09-19
ArIinqton StudentK Killed
In Fall From Freight

An Arlington youth about
to begin his last year at
Cornell University fell from a
freight train near the campus
early today and died a few
minutes later.
He was 21-year-old Barnett
o. Wirin, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry B. Wirin of 412 South
Garfield street.
Two students who were with
him told police they hoped
aboard a Lehigh Valley train
at Freeville, S miles from
Ithaca, N. Y.
When the train stopped near
the campus at Ithaca, they
jumped to the ground. AS they
did, the train lurched, throw
ing Mr.. Wirin beneath the
cars, the Associated Press re-
ported.
His legs were severed and
he died en- route to the hospi-
tai.
His companions, Harry Fer
guson of Baltimore and Will
liam Collins of Livingston,
N. j., escaped injury.
Charles Gray, Mr.. Wirin's
roommate, told The Star that
the three students had at
tended a movie in Freeville
last night.
For some unknown reasons,
probably just for the lark of
it, they decided they would
ride the freight back" said Mr..
Gray whose home is at 4917
Rodman street N. w. in Wash
ington.
THE first two were success
full in jumping off the train.
But it started again and he
slipped and was thrown under
it,"
His family reported they had
not heard from him since Sat-
urday when he left Arlington
Evening star., 1960-09-19
Pact on Pensions, Pay
Prevents Hotel Strike

Union and hotel management
negotiators reached an agree
ment early today granting 5000
city hotel employees a pension
plan and pay increases.
Details of the Strike-averting
pact were withheld until terms
of the settlement are submitted
for ratification to members Of
the five hotel unions involved.
A strike by the union men,
bers-waiters, mattresses, bell
hops, maids, elevator operators,
cooks, kitchen workers and bar
tenders-would have resulted
in a near-Shutdown of the city's
80 largest hotels. The agree
ment reached at $3.50 am. cli-
NAKED four days of around
the-clock talks.
Union officials refused to dis
close wage patterns in the in
crease, but it was understood
the unions had lessened their
initial demands for a Is per
cent wage increase plus addi-
tional fringe benefits.
Pension Plan Hailed
Samuel Levine, attorney and
spokesman for the unions, did,
however, state that the first
pension plan for Washington
hotel employees was achieved" "
In addition, he said, the agree
ment included a new holiday
George Washington's Birthday.
Joseph B. Danzansky, attor-
ney for the Hotel Association
of Washington, said manage
ment negotiators were very
pleased with the settlement and
Evening star., 1960-09-19

The painters foreman. Mr.,
Baxter said, was given written
instructions to paint bricks on
front of building"
Perhaps miSled by the fact
that the two buildings are
Joined on the inside, the paint
erS finished the front of 2015
and had coated a good part of
20l7 before Mr.. Baxter noticed
what was going on.
II looked up and saw that
20l7 was red and I nearly had
heart failure" Mr.. Baxter said.
Il said, Stop everything!"
The foreman produced his
orders, and Mr.. Baxter produced
the original contract. A con-
Struction company official ad-
mitted the mistake, Mr.. Baxter
said. Only the trim was sup
posed to be painted at 2017.
Harry Jaffe, a partner in the
construction firm, said the Arts
Club was thrilled to death" to
have their front Sandblasted.
But that was before the
National Trust got into the act.
Evening star., 1960-09-19

shchev's hosts in his second
visit to our shores.
The dumpy red chieftain was
visible to spectators as the big
white liner was being tied to
the pier. He stood on the PROM
enade deck wearing a raincoat
and waving his black hat.
Deputy Police Commissioner
Walter Arm told the sodden
press as the gangplank was be-
Ing lowered, There won't be no
greeting here. We've got a Sc
curity problem getting him off
this pier"
Across the street in the
drizzle stood about 500 pickets
waiting to chant, "Khrushchev
is a murderer" A sign to this
effect was stuck in the fence
of the playground at the cor
ner of East % street and East
River drive.
Flower Bearers
The Premier had doffed his
hat and coat for the descent on
the gang plank. He greeted his
satellite greeters with smiles
and handshakes and held his
arms wide for the first of seven
little Soviet girls bearing arms
See WELCOME, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-09-19
Shorter Sentence
Rumored for Powers

VIENNA, Australia, Sept. 10
(AP) .-Rumors in diplomatic
circles today said Soviet Pre-
mier Nikita Khrushchev will
shortly announce a reduction
of the sentence passed on
United States U-2 pilot Francis
Gary Powers.
The reports said the 10-year
sentence on espionage herges
would be reduced to five years
as a propaganda gesture.
Evening star., 1960-09-19

est picture was painted in the
States with the largest electoral
votes, as top Democrats from
the Midwest compared notes
during sessions of the Demo-
cratic Midwest Conference.
Republicans may see these
States very differently. but a
summary sheet of Democratic
views reads like this:
Illinois - State Chairman
James A. Roman was the most
confident-Sounding man at the
conference. He reported en-
thusiasm for the ticket in both
the Chicago area and in norm
ally Republican downstate Illi-
noiS. Democrats. he said, are
more united than they have
been in eight years, and the
State ticket led by Otto Kerner,
jr., candidate for Governor,
and Senator Douglas appears
virtually certain to win-and
Evening star., 1960-09-19
NEW COMIC
BEGINS TODAY

THORN MCBRIDE joins the ranks
Of The Stor's comic pose heroes
todoy. Meet this Navy eommonder
aboard the U.S.S. SEQ Stor, O nueIeor
submarine on Poee BIO.
REFUNDS ore due Washington
oreu residents from their income
tox returns lost yeor. Those whose
nomes begin with Mr. ore listed on
Poge BIO.
INAUGURAL PLANS are all but
complete, with the choice Of the
next President one Of the few mat
tiers NOT yet cleared up. DetoiIs Of
this extraordinary odvonce planning
by both parties ore explained on
Pooe B-7.
Evening star., 1960-09-19
Soviet Ship Carrying
Machinery to Cubu

MOSCOW, Sept. 10 (AP).-
The Soviet ship Kirovsk left
the Latvian Port of Riga today
for Havana with more than 300
tractors, bulldozers and other
machines for Fidel CaStro's
regime, Tass reported.
The Kirovsk will take on a
cargo of sugar for the return
trip under the trade agreement
the Soviet Union recently
reached with Cuba.
Evening star., 1960-09-19

with the substantial gains made
by the employees"
The gruelling negotiating
sessions began at 10 am.
Thursday and continued with
only brief breaks until mid
night Friday-a total of 38
hours. The final series Of talks,
caucuses and conferences be-
gan Saturday morning and
continued with few interrupt
tions for over 40 hours. until
the agreement was reached
early today.
A strike had been scheduled
to begin at midnight Thursday.
Union officials. however, agreed
to postpone the walkout after
talks with Federal Mediator
Gilbert S. McCutcheon. The
sessions were held in the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
Another Union Relieved
The strike, had it been called.
would have been embarrassing
to 1,100 delegates Of another
union holding a week-long con-
vention in Washington.
The delegates, members Of
the United Papermakers and
Paperworkers. arrived in force
at both the Sheraton-Park and
Mayflower Hotels yesterday.
They hail from Canada and all
States of the Union except
Hawaii and Alaska.
Harry Sayre, vice president
of the Papermakers, stated be-
fore the agreement announce
ment that the threatened strike
would place his labor organlza-
ton in "a very peculiar situa-
ton"
Evening star., 1960-09-19
77Are Killed,
IS Survive in
Guam Crash
Most American
MiIitory Personnel
And Dependents

AGANA, Guam, Sept. 10 (AP)
AT least II persons, most Of
them American military per-
sonnel and their wives and chill
dren homeYard bound, died to-
day in the laundering explosion
and crash of a World Airways
transport plane on a Jungle
matted hill of this Western
Pacific island.
Seventeen persons were alive
when rescuers got to the twisted
shell of the plane but one Of
them died a few hours later.
The DC-6-B, on a contract
flight for the United States
Military Air Transport Service,
crashed three minutes after
takeoff from a refueling stop.
The wings were ripped of
the giant body of the plane as
it plowed a 100-yard path
through dense growth on the
side of a 640-foot hill called
Mount Barrigada.
Cause Investigated
Cause of the crash was not
Immediately determined. Civil
Aeronautics Bureau inspectors
were en- route to investigate.
There were conflicting the
ories on what occurred. Some
military sources said an explo-
sion blew apart one Of the four
engines just before the crash.
Others said the explosion came
on the impact. Bits of the plane
were found 100 yards away
from the main wreckage.
Military and civilian rescue
units sped close to the scene in
jeeps, fire trucks and ambu-
lances, then slashed their way
up the dense hillside greenery
with machetes and bolo knives.
They found the 16 who lived
through it. some Of them lying
near or under the wreckage,
others wandering in shock.
The survivors were rushed to
the United States Naval Air
Station Hospital in Agana.
Three were reported in critical
condition and IA seriously hurt.
Left from Manila
Among the wreckage, rescuers
found an assortment of clothes,
shoes, slippers. toys and other
personal articles. Luggage and
bits of magazines dotted the
area.
The plane left Clark Air
Force base north of Manila at
11:46 pm. Sunday, Manila
time, with an undisclosed num-
ber of passengers. 1t landed OIL
Guam about 4 am. Monday,
Guam time, refueled and took
off at 6:02 am. 1t crashed three
minutes later.
Those who boarded at Clark
Air Force Base were mainly
American military personnel
from various posts in Asia. The
plane was destined for Travis
Air Force base north Of San
Francisco, with several stops
scheduled en- route.
Authorities here announced
the plane carried SO passengers
and a crew of eight. But World
AirwayS headquarters in Oak
land, Calf, gave the crew total
as seven. The navigator, Edgar
w. Schwoyer of San Leandro,
Calf. was the only crew men,
ber who survived.
World Airways listed crew
members killed as:
Capt. Rudy j. Holman, As,
See PLANE, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-09-19
UNLIMITED, UNWANTED
Khrushchev Gets
Sodden Welcome
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Stah Writer

NEW YORK Sept. 19-Soviet Premier Khrushchev's well
here today had all the charm and social grace of
mortgage foreclosure
The rain was coming down in fine steady downpour as
he left the Soviet liner Baltika.
The only Americans to greet him he stepped
Evening star., 1960-09-19

West Europe Fssrs Red Triumph in
U. N. Poss AT
retary General Dag Ham
marskjold responsible for the
removal of the Congo's legiti-
mate government and parlia-
ment.
The resolution proposed to
the special General Assembly
session by Soviet Deputy For
eign Minister Valerian Zorin.
condemned Belgium and her
NATO allies for armed ag-I
gression" against the Republic
Of the Congo.
The Afro-Asian resolution,
which would urge the Assembly
to back Mr.. HammarSkjold in
his fight with the Soviet Union,
is expected to be approved be-
fore the special session ends.
This would be regarded by the
West as a slap at Soviet Pre-
mier Khrushchev, who arrived
here today to attend the regu-
lar sessions of the Assembly
opening tomorrow.
Little, Support Expected
The intemeprate language of
the Russian resolution against
the NATO powers and the
strongest-yet formal charges
against the Secretary General
were expected to find little sup
port in the General Assembly
outside the Communist bloc.
The grave charge against
Mr.. Hammerskjold clearly i'm
piled the Soviet Union con-
cedes that the Legitimate gov
ernment and parlia m e n t1
which to the Soviet Union
means the forces of 'in-and-
out" Premier Patrice Lumum-
ba, have been removed.
That section of the Soviet.
draft resolution said the Cen
eral Assembly "notes that the
failure of the Secretary-Gen-
eral and of the United Nations
military command to fulfill a
number of major provisions of
the said (Security CounciD
resolutions, in particular the
provisions concerning the nom
interference in the internal af-
fairs Of the Congo has led
to the disorganization of the
economy, the aggravation of
the political situation in the
country and the removal Of the
legitimate government and par
lament"
U. S. Delegation at Work
American officials said they
found the Soviet draft resolu-
tion completely unacceptable"
and the United States delega-
ton went to work to amaSS as
large a vote against it as
possible.
Guinea, one Of the sponsors
of the Afro-Asian resolution
but a frequent follower of the
Communist line, backtracked
on its support in a speech after
presentation of the Red resolu-
ton by Ambassador Zorin.
Guinea Ambassador M. Caba
Sorry said the emergency special
session, now in it's third day,
was only opening the door"
to lengthy exposition of
colonialist intrigue which
Guinea planned to present to
the regular session of the Gen
eral Assembly in the next few
days.
The meeting is to open at 3
pm. tomorrow.
Soviet Resolution
The Soviet resolution con-
tained this passage against
Belgium and NATO:
"The General Assembly con-
demns the armed aggression of
Belgium against the Republic
Of Congo, committee with the
support of her NATO allies.
and strongly urges the Govern
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