, 1963-05-13
LEGISLATIVE RECORD
REMARKS OF JUDGE HERMAN E. MOORE
at
PUBLIC HEARING. ST. CROIX
on February a. 1862

Il OD11AS
on February a. 1862
Contiuued)sI
Now, Mr.. President, it was obvious that he q am
sorry that / don't remember. his name) doesn't consider
the natives who are to have jobs as citizens" or 81.
Croix. He. considers only his own group to. be citizens
Of ST. Croix, and if he had asked that question correctly
he would have said: What would Harvey ALUMINIUM
do for my group in st. Croix! And that type OF olW-
sion is the thing [ regret SO terribly to see. lam not angry
at the people who believe in segregation, pity them. !
can truly say that because Ihave not the slightest bit OF
bitterness. But this meeting tonight is showing you what
this division cando and is doing tothe community OF 81.
Cfoix ,.1t,a~a
Mr. President, / do not want to take too long to say
all that Ihave to say. But am going to cover some lew
other points. When this Fourth LEGISLATURE dooPUeu
what has turned Quito be a three-polnt program; tnose
three points being, No. l, to guarantee for the people OF
the Virgin Islands equalopportunlty through the BlnoI
Rights, meaning the Civil Rights Bill; No. =, to guarantee
for the people OF. the. Virgin Islands an economy that
they will be able to live with; No. 3, to guarantee Tor the
people of the Virgin Islands higher education through
the establishment Of a college; that became a three-polntt
program. That three-point program IS ntegrated ana
coordinated You can't carry out one point OF 1t without
carving out all of it. The reason Isl that It you don't have
civil rights and equal opportunities, then your economy
and your education would be one-sided. IT you don't have
the economy that is vital and will enable the people TO
live decently, then you would not have CIVIL rights, ana
education would be hampered because the people Woulo
be starving. And if you have civil rights ana a souno
economy without education, the people wouldn't be able
to maintain either. because they wouldn't have skill and
talent. Now, if you are interested in that program, you
are in that program as a whole and interested in that
program for all of the people of St. Croix. And when |
say all the people, Imean all the people. Not the colored
people of St. Croix and not the white people OF st. Crolx,
but for bothof them, SO it would be OF benefbfor every
body. And when a man says, how can you benefit the
citizens of the Virgin Islands when you are putting IN
two or three million dollars and then can't see any bene-
fit for himself, think he IS wrong. can
say this because don't even know the man, ! personally
have nothing in the world against him, Ihave no i'll will,
lust differ with him in his viewpoint Of what you ought
to do as a Legislature. You were elected by the people
of St. Croix. You are their representatives. You are the
Jury tonight to decide, after you hear us, what is best for
the interest Of the people Of ST. Croix'a AS you SAID a
while ago and l agree with you intellectually, it is not
up to you to inform the Chamber of Commerce and the
Taxicab Association and the Professional Wopnen's Club
and all the various organizations and then let them make