The home journal. [volume], March 29, 1952, Image 3

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ItHE HOME JOURNAL
A Virginlslands Publication
Published Every Monday, |
Wednesday and Saturday
EARLE B. OTTLEY . *. - . Editor
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$5.00 a year, $7.00 abroad
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Saturday, March, 29, 1952
One Way To Save Money
One of the ways in
which the municipality
may save money in the
fiscal year ahead of us is
to refrain frem filling va
cancies as they become
effective during the course
of the forthcoming fiscal
year. !
The charge has frequent
ly been made that the gov
ernmental structure is top
heavy, that there are too
many persons working for
the government, and that
many of them could be
dismissed without causing
any adverse effects. Atthe
present time when consi
deration is being given to
raising additional revenue
by the imposition of new
taxes, there is renewed de
mard for economy in
government by the re
uction of the number of
en ployees. On the other
kand, impartial observers
who artive here with the
prec nceived notion that
the government is over
staffed, d part convinced
that government services
in he islands are still
conducted on a modest
scale. |
No one will deny that
there are positions in the
government that could be‘
abolisted without detri-l
ment to the publie, and in
a real emergetcy it is pos- l
sible for us to cut even
deeper into the payroll.
However,there has been
and still is reluctance on
the part of many in authe
rity to abolish positions
which would mean depriv
ing individuals ftheir
means of livelihood.
If the policy of freezing‘
vucarncies, except in the
few cases where the need
to fill them is imperative,
were adopted, a consider
abled sum of money could
be saved each year, and
there would be a gradual
reduction in the govern
ment’s payrocl. By a com
bination of {reezing vacan
cies and making transfers
from one department to
another, enough money
could be saved to reduce
the sum required to re.
vise the pay plan. During
the course of the year
thereis a tremendous turn
over of employees caused
Ohueruation Tomer 1. Antonio Jarvis
i Perhaps the least popu
lar indoor sport is the
game that ends on the
Ides of March. After mat
ching wits on the result
of line 19 subtracted from
line 13---or half of line 16
divided by two, whichever
1s greater, one turns tothe
great out doors where
only a golf score is import
ant.
Over in St. Croixthey’re
playing polo. Between the
games of polo for the big
income ciowd and golf
for the any income group
there are spaces for many
sports lovers. Fishing,
sailing, swimming, horze
back riding, limited shoot
ing and of course hiking.
The Virgin Islands are de
lightful for people who
know how to relax. It’s a
pity that the natives take
themse ves s o seriously
and grow ulcers without
the incomes to support
them.
I have never played
polo and don’t expect to
learn how.My nodding ac
quaintanceship with horses
dosesn’t even extend
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mainly by resignations &
promotions. Some of these
j bs are filled by force of
habit instead of as a re
sult of real need.
Congress has recently
usedthis method of freez
ing vacancies to accom
plish a substantial reduec
ticn in expenditures. We
should follow suit.
Appreciation
The Dennery and Esanna
son families desire to express
deep appreciation for the mes
sages, cards, and other tokens
of condolence received from
‘the many friendsduring t he
léast illness and demise of the
late Wilhelmina Dennery,
(todrawing them. The few
ltimes I've been aboard
la horse were not put
down in my diary, as they
l were not creditable to me.
The horses probably
i'laughed but I was so ser
{ious that I could have
,pesed for a gauleiter at a
Itrial of state enemies.
| One day a beautiful girl
isuggested that we spend
!the next Sunday riding
through the countryside. I
tagreed immediately and
then spent the rest of
the week worrying over
ithe horse, my riding
‘clothes, the route &, most
of all, about my getting
lon & staying on the horse.
the lady was an excellent
rider who had been on
horses from Canada to Tri
nidad,
Sundaycame all too
quickly and the early hour
for starting raced with fly
ling apparatus well «iled.
When we met, I noticedi
|that my friend’s mare was
very lively. My horse was
a disgustingly activ el
beast also and I trembled
inwardly in advance. For
tunately I ha d trembled
early because as soon a s
we got on the Nisky road
the young lady suggested
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