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THE HOME JOURNAL
2nd Year
New Pay Plan
Is Approved
Governor Agrees To
Few Changes
The ne w pay plan for
municipal employes which
willgrant increases amount
ing to more than SIOO,OOO,
was approved by the Mu
nicipal Council on Thurs
day, although members ex
pressed - dissatisfaction
with the classifications and
pay ranges of several
groups of employees.
Action on the pay plan
was taken after receipt of
a letter from Governor de
Castro in which he agreed
to accept a few of the re
commendations for change
snbmitted by the Council
These changes which the
Governor agreed toapprove
include changing the mini
mum of Range 1 from
$720 to S7BO and the maxi
mum from SIO2O to SIOBO
per annum, thereby mak
ing rate of pa y for food
service workers $65 per
month. Laborer I and Nur
ses Aide would be changed
from Range 2fo Range 3.
I sincerely hope that the
members of the Municipal
Council wil accept this
readjustment in the spirit
in which it is offered, the
Governor = stated. “The
Council should realize that
I have a problem in con
nection with financing the
pay plan in St. Croix and
that it is impossible,at this
time, ior me to make
changes which will further
increase the total pay plan
costs in either municipali
t'y.”
{t Thomas, Virgin Islands, Saturlay, J ly 5 1952
tSay Household,
‘F arm Workers
Losing Protecticn
| A little over a year ago
several new groups of
lworkers were brought un
ider socia! security cover
iage. House and agricul
‘tural workers who are re
‘gular employees were two
'large groups covered by
isocial security as of Jan
-11, 1951 :
|
i Many of the people in
ithese new coverage groups
are now becoming insured
under social security by
completing t h e ir sixth
‘quarter of coverage under
.the law. Some, h wever,
‘are losing valuable insur
.ance prot ction because
itheir earnings are not be
ing properly reported by
lthe employer. Every em
ployer of household or
farm help should provide
himself with a leaflet
from the social security
office which will give him
the facts on the coverages
provisions applying to his
lparticular type of help.
Workers, too, should
;familiarize the mselves
with the benefit pro
visions of the law. The
social security office has
booklets available on this
lphase of the law also.
'Loses SSOO Earring
Mrs. Neal C. Monagas, a
guesi at the Virgin Isle Hotel,
reported the loss of the setting
of an earring valued at SSOO.
It was said to be o f blue tur
’quoise with thirteen diamonds,
and was lost while Mrs. Mona
lgas was dancing in the hotel’s
ballroom on Thursday night. |
Interior Dept.
Endorses New
V.l.Organic Act
The Department of In
terior threw its weight be
hind H.R. 7393, the bill to
revise the Virgin Is'ands
organic act, prior to its
pas age by the House of
Represent -tives. In a let
ter to Rep. Murdock, chair
man of the Committee on
Interior & Insular Affairs,
who asked for the views
of the Department on the
measure, Dale E. Doty,
then Asst. Secretary of
Interior, recommended its
‘enactment and stated:
- “This Department is in
accord with the objectives
of HR 7393, The consolida
tion and unification of the
‘executive branches of the
tw o municipal govern
m nts of the Virgin Islands
into asingle Virgin Islands
wide executive branch and
the substitution of a single
unicameral ]le gi s lative
body for the existing two
municipal councils, which
‘would be accomplished un
der the terms of the bill,
would correct government
s t r u ¢ ture inadequacies
which have long been ap
parent.”
The Department als o
urged that consideration
be given by Congress to
providing some form of
representation in the
House of Representatives
for the people of the Vir
gin Islands, and to the en
actment at some future
date of legislation which
would authorize the peo
ple to elect their own gov
ernor. :
No. 175
Huge Crowd
Turns Out for
July 4 Fvents
Several thousand persons
turned out yesterday to
witness ceremonies co m
memorating Independence
Day.
The day’s activities
opened with a parade in
which " more than one hun
dred Virgin Islands soldiers
who are stitioned in Puer
to Rico, marched, alon g
with school children, Home
Guardsmen, the police,
scouts and others.
- Archdeacon J. Arthur Swin
son delivered an address in a
program at Emancipation Gar
den. Judge Alphonso Christian,
chairman of the celebration
committee, also spoke.
[ A series o f sports events,
including swimming, boat
racez, greased pole, tug o-war,
[fnllnwed the ceremonies, and
later crowds witnessed a horse
racing program, the masque
rading of troupes and a fire
work display, and attended
dances held during the night
Senate Okays Moore
The Senate on Wednes
day confirmed the nomina
tion of Herman E. Moore
for another term as D.s
trict Judge of the V.I.
- Also passed by Congress
were bills transferring Wa
ter Island and Crown Mt.
from the Army to Interior
Dept. and providing SIOO
-for an agricultural pro
ram here.
Great Demand for Summer Jobs
About a dozen Chariotte
Amalie High School boys have
been given employment by con
tractors at the housing pro
jeet. Many other students
have registered with the Vir
gin Islands Employment Ser
vice for similar summer jobs,