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THE HOME JOURNAL
A Virgin Islands Publication
Published Every Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday
EARLE B. OTTLEY . . ‘. Editor
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Wednesday, February, 27, 1952
Puerto Rican -
Commonwealth
In 1950, t h e Congress
of the United States, at
the request of President
Truman, passed a law au
thorizing Puerto Rico to
adopt a const'tution. Last
June, by an overwhelm
ing vote, the people of
Puerto approved the ro
posal. A few montbhs la
ter a constitutional con
vention in which all po
litical parties were r pre
sented, began wrk on a
draft of constitu ion. Early
this month the work was
completed, and on March
3 the voters of Puerto Rico
will be required to go to
the p-llsonce more to
vote on this new constitu
tion. There is no doubt
that it will be adopted by
an overwhelming majori
ty of Puerto Ricans, and
that the island will move
‘“ o the toprung of the
ladder up from colonial
status.”
The relations b tween
Puer o Rico ana the Unit
ed States will remain fun
damentally unchang ed.
The islanders will remain
American citizens. Fed
erallaws will still con
tinue to apply,and free
trade will continue. Bu t
the new constitution will
b: stow tremendous politi
cal power on t h e people
of Pu-rto Rico. They will
have complete in
independence in internal
affairs, with Congress no
longer able t o legislate
for them. Some of the
powers which the present
organic act confers upon
the Governor will be trans
ferred to the legislature
whose authority will equal
that of any legislature of
the forty-eight states.
It is expected that the
new constitution will be
come effective this year.
If the people approve it in
the March 3 referendum,l
it will be submitted to Pre
sident Truman for a find
ing as to whether it meets
the requirements laid
down by. Congress for a
republican form of govern
ment and contains a bill of
rights. It will go into ef
fect sixty days after Con
gressional ratification.
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' “The Enforcer,” a real
life drama starring Hum
phrey Bogart in the title
role, will be shown at th «
Centre Theatre on Sunday &
Monday.
i The picturcis based on an
'actual series of crimes com
‘mitted by a band of paid kil
lers operating a nation-wide
network of death, How a fear
less district attorney, aided by
‘a handful of strong-armed
L cops, traps the leaders, hither
fto immune from the law,
}th:‘ough a series of high-up
i ties, forms the basis of what
| has been termed, one of the
[best in years.
Screen drama at its finest is
the description given to ‘'This
Love of Ours’’’ which will be
shown at Center on Tuesday,
Starring Merle Oberon and
Claude Rains, this is the story
of a Paris ac'ress deserted by
her doctor husband when he
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believes her unfaithful, Their
re-union a decade later, a n d
thg problem of their 12-year-
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old daughter, who believes her
mother is dead, are main keys
of the powerful drama.
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