, 1963-05-15
LEGISLATIVE RECORD
REMARKS OF JUDGE HERMAN E. MOORE
at
PUBLIC HEARING. ST. CROIX
on February IA. 1862
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Mr.. President, I came before you tonight TO encour-
aon Won to do a simple and fair thing. | came before you
to encourage YOU to give the ordinary man his turn al
hat The others have had theirs. / wouldn't ask you 10
stop their program. / still think they're good. was the
first person in the Virgin Islands to chair a report on
tourism and ask for funds. / favor the tax exemption
+bo+ Harvey would get. / think it would be fine to clarl-
fy this. The hotels today are getting a ten year tax ex-
emption and that provides that they are renewed OF 1870
of their taxes and they only pay 1870. But IN adoluon
to that, every hotel who has filed by the enc OF last year
an intention to put in another hundred thousand collars
Of improvement, will get another three years extension.
Now, Mr.. President, maybe am faulty IN my arithmetic
but / add three and three to be six years, IN adoltlon 20
their original ten years or a total OF sixteen, ! uont
know whether that is correct arithmetic, DuJ at least
that is the way they taught me in school. Now, II the
hotels have the opportunity, which they have, to get SIX
teen wears of tax exemption and pay only 1910 OF their
income in income taxes and Harvey gets a sixteen year
exemption and have to pay 253o OF their income as III
come taxes, maybe you could tell me what the dlt1erence
is, / can't see 1t.
The problem is that some people came here tonight
with their minds made up, but some wanted to ask delay
ing questions. Mr.. President, I don't mean to DelaooT
this point, but this is. a topic that touches my heart. |
happen to be born, Mr.. President, IN the state OF MISS
issippi SO years ago, and at that time MISSISSIPPI was the
closest segregated state in the world, not only the Unit
cd States. in the world. When ] was 4 years OF age my
mother used to drill it into me every day Son, there
isn't a boy in the world that is betten than you are, but
likewise, l want you to always remember that you are
no better than the rest Of the boys" That has been a
comforting philosophy for me throughout my lie, ana
with that philosophy, have been able to laugh with, and
laugh at, the man who thinks he is better than am. !
have been able without completes to enjoy the compan-
ionship of everybody, and dom regard myself as beng
better than the lowest man in the world. | Will ADMIT
that there are some people in the world VINO may not
have had as much formal schooling as had. There may
be some people in the world who may not be able to
dress as well as / am. There may be some people IN the
world who may have more hair than have on my mead
LAUGHTER but, Mr.. President, that does not mean
that / think myself a bit better than they are. And !
don't think that they are a bit better than ! am. Now as
soon as we can have that attitude in St. Croix, we can
have one of the finest and one of the most peaceful and
happy communities in the world. We have learned 1t IN.
St. Thomas. Al of you people must take a lesson from
us in ST. Thomas. When you hear people speaking about
the Virgin Islands as giving. a lesson to the world on fne
race relations they are not talking about St. Crolx, they
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