The home journal. [volume], March 03, 1952, Image 2

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By the Governor of the Vir
giv Islands of tl:le U.S.
A Proclamation
RED CROSS MONiH
The Red Cross is the oldest
and historically the most dis
tirguished o-ganization re -
presenting international action
in rejieving human suffering.
The American Red Cross,
founded seventy years ago,
has been the largest f: ctor in
this international <ffort by
carrying relief in every major
d'saster to every quarter of
the world.
The need for Red Cross re
lief was never more compeil
ing than at this present wide
spread emergency. At home the
organization is alzo acing un
precedented peace-time de
mands upon iis ‘esources.
The people of the Virgin Is
lands have realized the value
of the Red Cross because of
splendid assistance received
durin’ times.of distress in the
past, as we'i ag the agsurance
of ready help wirtelhave been
afforded at the times the Is
lands have been exposed to
natural catastrophes. In re
ciprocation, the people of the
Virgin Islands have given loy
a!ly and generously to t he
support of this national orga
nizatiwen. :
The President of the United
States, as head of the Ameri
can Red Cross, has designated
the month of March 1952 as
RED CROSS MONTH. and
has urged every citizen to res
pond as generously as possi
ble to this humanitarian
cause.
WHEREFORE, I, Morris F.
de Castro, Governor of the
Virgin Islands of the United
States, do call upon the people
of the Virgin Islands to sup
port to the utmo t extent the
local Red Cross Drive and to
contribute generously to this
organization ‘‘which exempli
fies them o b 1 e s t instinct of
mankind-the desire 10 aid one’s
feilow man. . .”
In Witness Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & caused
the Seal of Government of the
Virgin Islands of the United
States to be affixed at Charlotte
Amalie St. Thomas, this twen
1y eight day of Feb.,A.D.1952.
Morris F. de Castro,
Governor.
Countersigneqd:
Daniel W. Ambrose
Government Secretary
THE HOME JOURNAL
Writes Rep. Celler
On Alien Labor
Problem Here
The Virgin Islands Civ
ic Association headed by
Ashley L. Totten has writ
t e n to Congressman E‘
manue! Celler of New
Y or k expressing opposi
tion to legislation intro
duced in the House of Re
presentatives, which he
said would “‘let duwn the
immigration bars to admit
alien laborers into the is
land.” ;
“This association,” Mr.
Totten declared, “has been
forced on two or three oc
casions to appeal to the
U.S. Department of Jus
tice in behalf of the citi
zens of the United States
who reside in the islands
because of illegal entry of
a1 ien workers from the
neighboring British West
Indies. - 1
Totten pointed to_t h e
low wages paid in the is
lands, as compared to the
high cust of living, and
declared that unless some
thing is done quickly to
improve the standards of
wages it will be impossi
ble for the native workers
to eke out an existence.
“At the same time, no re
medy will be found if
alien labor- is brought in
merely because it is cheap
er and can be used as an
avenue of profit.” He said
from his observation made
recently there is no short
age of ?;bor in the islands.‘
“I will be pleased to|
make a trip to Washington
'and discuss this matter in
its entirety with you, and
I am definitely sure that
if we enlist the aid of the
parent body of the Am
erican Federation of La
bor and CIO for that mat-
ter such a bill would be
exceedingly unpopular
when brought to the at
tention of the Amc¢rican
‘people".
Reeves Proposal
Goes Into 1
Effect July 1 !
Governor de Castro has
served notice that he will
put into effect on July 1,
1952 the collection and
billing procedure recom
mended by H. Clyde
Reeves in his report on the
structure and administra
tion of revenuesin the
Virgin Islands. The Gov
ernor plans to include not
only the two municipal
governnments, but all
their agencies and au
thorities w hich collect
funds.
The new procedure recom
mended by Mr, Reeves would
provide centralized control
over all accounts receivable
arising from taxes and ser
vices, and would divide bills
into three classes: 1. Active or
current bills. 2. Bills assigned
to the police for collection. 3,
Billson w hich assignment
have been levied.
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Pursuant to Section 5 of the
Trade Tax Law of 1947, trade
taxes for the quarter ended
December 31, 1951 are now
due, and will be received at
the Department of Finance,
St. Thomas and the Office of
the Administrator, Cruz Bay,
St. John.
Section 9 of the aforesaid
law requires every person sub
ject to taxation to call at the
Department o Finance to pay
trade taxes in full. Upon trade
taxes not paid by the second
day of March, 1952 for the
preceding quarter, there shall
be collected by the Commis
sioner of Finance an additional
sum of 1 per cent of the tax
for each month or fraction
thereof, for which said taxes
are delinquent. The law fur
ther provides that upon ueg
lect or refusal to
pay the trade tax
within 60 days after March 2
1952, the Sheriff shall, upon
written order of the Com
‘missioner of Finance, proceed
t 0 collect the same by the
attachment-and sale of per
sonal*property of such debtor,
Municipality of St. Thomas
"~ and St, John
Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
February 25, 1952
Louis Shulterbrant
Commissioner of Finance
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