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THE HOME JOURNAL
2nd Year
Case Settled ‘
Before Final
Jiry Argument
A settlement for an un
determined sum of money
was reached in the District
Court last week whenr
Juan Alvelo sued Reuben
Barnett and tne American
Caribbean Corp. for the
sum of SBOOO for breach
of anemployment contract.
The case was completely
presented to 2 jury of six,
including two women and
four men. But settlement
was remched before the fi
nal argument, wherupon
t h e jury was dismissed.
Al\elo’s case was present
ed by Atty. John Phillips
and Atty. Croxton Wilfi
ams. Barnett was repre
sented by the firm of Dud
ley, Hoffman and McGo
wan.
Taylor, Butler
Will Head ,
Insular Com.
Congressman Dean P.
Taylor, Republican of New
York’ is expected to head
the Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee of the
House of Representatives
when it reorganizes in
Januaxfir, Re?(. AL. Mil
ler of Nebraska is due to
head the subcommittee in
charge of territorial
affairs. Several members
of that committee were
defeated on Tuesday.
Theiy" include Mrs. Reva
Beck Bosone, Congress
woman from Utah, who
was here recently; Repr
John Murdock and Rep.
Monroe Redden. Senator
Hugh Butler will head the
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Saturday, November 8. 1952
V.I. Invited To
General Assembly
Os States
T h e Eleventh General
Assembiy of the States will
meet in Chicago at the
Edgewater Beach Hotel on
iDec. 4, 5 and 6 A delega
tion f:om the Virgin Islands
Legislative Assembly has
been invited to attend.
Every two yearsin De
cember just before all of
the state and territorial le
gislatures mect in January,
this General Assembly is
held The Assembly, to
‘which all state and territo-
Jrial legislatures send dele
gations, considers and dis
cusses policies and pro
grams wnich will be before
the legislatures of the states
and territories. For the
first time in 1950 the Vir
gin sent adelegation to this
!lggislatin conterence.
Gov. Thonton May
Succeed Cha%man
Governor Dan Thonton
of Colorado is believed to
be the leading candidate
to succeed Oscar Chap
man as Secret:ry of the
Department of Interior,
which has jurisdiction
over territorial aftairs.An
other possibility f or the
Cabinet post under Presi
dent Eisenhower was said
to be Eugene C. Pulliam,
publisher of ‘‘The Indian
apolis Star.”
Senate Committee on In
terior and Insular Affairs.
The ranking Democratic
member of the committee,
S ensator O’Mahoney of
Wyoming, was defeated.
Popular Party
Wins In P. R.
i By Julio Fran-:is. Edwards
After a hec'ic poiiical
campaign in which t he
opposition, especially t h e
Independendists, showed
inereased strength, Munoz
Marin's Popular Party
swept the Nov. 4 election,
electing all of its candid
ates to Senate, carrying all
~enatorial Districts.
and all of the Represen
tative Districts, inaddition
to seven Senators and
seven Representatives a t
large. The Populares won
all municipalities (76) a s
Munoz Marin was re elect
ed Governor, and Dr.
Fernos [sern, resident
commissioner.
The election was very
colorful. The enthusiasm
displayed gave the impres
|sion that the island was
h:ving a big fiesta. There
were many women candi
dates in all parties.
The Popular received
426,809 votes, Independen
tists 124.386; Statehoodites
84489 and Socialites
21,838. A total of 700,739
voters participated. |
- Voters were spurred to
action especially when Gov.
Munoz was attacked savage
ly on his private life. Ca
tholic Bishop McManus's
Statement on the eve of elec
tion, blasting the Governor
as anti-Catholic because of
the issues of religious edu
cation in public schools, the
divorce laws and the ‘‘hands
off’’ poliey regarding Church
and State affected voting in
many quarters.
Baseball Game> Tomorrow
Tau and the Olympies will
play tomocrow morning at the
Ball Park. The Browns and
Indians will clash in the after
noon contest.
No. 229
Tele. System In
am; To Get Loan
A loan of S6OOO to the
Municipal Telephope Sys
tem to enable it to meet an
anticipated deficit was
agreed to in a conference
yesterday attended by Gov.
de Castro and members of
the Municipal Council and
Power Authority.
The Aathority will repay
to the municipality the sum
of S6OOO, and this money
will enable the municipality
to make the loan to the
Telephone System.
Pay plan adjustments
which resulted in a payroll
increase of $750 a month,
in addition to other rising
costs, caused expenditures
to increase from $4300 to
$5500 a month,
The Authority will soon
make application to the
Puablic Utilities Commis
sion for a rate increase.
Generous Gift To
Methodist Church
Miss Agatha C. Hatchett,
now residing at West Palm
Beach, Florida, and a former
member of the Methodist
Church in St. Thomas, has
made a generous gift to
‘Christchurch’. Miss Hatchett
has provided choir-robes for
every member of the choir, &
it is hoped that these will be
used for the first time on Sun
day, November 9, which is the
Missionary Anniversary. Vo
luntary work on the part of
the members of the Men’s Fel
lowship has relocated the choir
stalls in the chancel, and the
new arrangements will greatly
enhance the beauty and digni
1y of the church. All Method
ists will be grateful to Miss
Hatchett for her unsolicited
loffer. and for the promptitude
and generosity with which it
has been fulfilled.