The Bermuda Recorder

              6 for cooking ft prinkim -^ ttittfinii b ibermuiia jl hecordei 1 r fufivis & co ltd w i published bi-weeklj price 4d wednesdays saturdays 6d canada's bes1 volume xxs hamilton bermuda wednesday january 6 1954 no 53 only a cutting fr^g^_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_w fact finding visit skirts queries about racial tension here from colonial office on barbados urges imperial legislation to bar bias no shuffling 0 political deck this time for in bermuda board personnel barbados further acts of discrimination against wesl indians of colour the latest victim of the colour bar was mr hugh springer while passing through the bahamas on friday last have aroused strong feelings against such practices ir bermuda and bahamas and on december 8 the house of assem li.'y passe i an address urging the british government to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination based on colour race oi religion in public places in the colonies a glance at the list of appointments to gove¥nmem boards for 1954 will revea that for once the traditiona shuffling of the political deck to find personnel for the 24 01 more boards did not take place there are so few changes it can be said t hat instead of a shuffling there was merely a cutting of the deck mission sir roger hall chair mr p rogers head of department controlling bermuda says british troops are definitely coming criiiunatioii was not a subjec which gained from too inucl talking by official becausi what we say sometimes doe more harm than anything else man of governing body ot berkeley institute hon g a williams war pensioner commission lieut col j c astwood medical board dr c b wainwright boafe-d ol health mr h 1 tucker board of trade wor e r williams board of immigra tion mr a d spurling men tal hospital commission mr j m s hatton board of civil aviation hon x b dill mr rogers says the 1 limit government is opposed to bias but added that he supportei tlie view expressed in tin house of commons by the see retary of state for the colonies mr oliver lyttl-ton that hei majesty's government was op posed to racial discrimination but recognized the particulai difficulties in different parts of the world where it is not a matter to be dealt with by government decree or legisla tlie address oriirinally niovet by mr miller read as follows by ira philit upon by her majesty's gov eminent and the governments of the commonwealth and empire a colonial office official here on a look-see mission pre ft rred to have as little as possible to say when hi met the press today about representations which have been made to the col onial office from various parts of the commonwealth about tin racial discrimination in bermuda the house of assembly deep ly resents as an insult to tilt majority of the people in the west indies the acts of discri mination based on race and colour which are constantly practised by certain hotels in the colonies of bermuda and the bahamas gainst west indians entering those islands the announcement of th governor's appointments was made over the week-end i contains the familiar old names some of which have the append age of jr for a slight varia tion there are no new boanl chairmen in the sense that it would be their first experience at beinjr in charge of a board and there are few if any chan ges in the composition of the various bodies the house asks your excel lency to treat this matter wit the urgency that is necessary and forward copies of this address to the several legis latures of her majesty's col onial territories and to her principal secretary of state for the colonies montreal hakoah ball players prove jolly bunch at social last night mr p i rogers c.m.g assistant under secretary ol state who has recently taker control of the bermuda ba hanias and west indian de partmeiit of the colonial office in london arrived in the colony yesterday on his way to tour the caribbean area he will be here eight days and is staying at iov'.m-nment house ranged by the colonial secre lary's office asked if he was prepared to meet delegation from the people mr rogers replied affirmatively but added with a smile that he hoped such a formal word as delega tion was not used because his visit was purely friendly tioi the house deems it urgent ly necessary that steps bt taken to protect colouret people passing through thi aforesaid islands from sucl indignities and discourtesies and in view of the fact that it is unlikely that the legis latures of tlie said colonies will pass legislation directed against such discrimination the house calls on her majes ty"s government to pass legis lation prohibiting discrimina tion based on cdour race or religion in public offices or places iu the british colonial it is essentially a problen for the people of those areas to work out a solution whicl is best suited to their way oi life mr rogers declared mr james i'earinan is tin labour party urges actioi new aiu transpon eovtrai chief h previously served as head o the hoard of health after beinj chairman of the hoard of hub lie works the members of the mon treal hakoah football team who have won the admiration of thousands in the colony bv their sparkling play in tin field proved to be jolly chaps last night at a social held in their honour by the somerset cricket cclub on december 8 the follow ing telegram was sent to mr morgan phillips secretary ol the british labour party barbados labour party strongly urges british laboui party to press her majesty's government to have imperial statute passed binding all colonies prohibiting discrimin ation in public offices or places on grounds of colour race or religiou this party is con vinced neither bahamas nor bermuda will pass the neces sary legislation iii view of re cent acts affecting speaker barbados assemby president british guiana state council registrar university college of west indies we consider that public opinion in all col onial territories demands im mediate action mr rogers said the purpose of his visit is to become bettei acquainted with the colonic with whose affairs he is con cerned this was his first trip to bermuda and he saii he was greatly impressed witl the beauty of the islands lit hoped to meet the people anil see just what was going on mr rogers has been ir charge of his department sine may 1953 however he is not entirely unfamil'ar with ber mudian affairs as he formerly served in the same department from 1941 to 1946 previous to that he was in jamaica as a private secretary to the gov ernor from 193 until 1941 another matter the under secretary commented on was the return to b-rinuda of tin british garrison which was promised by sir winston churchill while attending tilt big three conference in ber muda last month mr iyarnian actually wa named head of the transport control board in the suniinei to succeed mrs edna watson who failed to regain election to the house now he is chairman of the hublic trans portation board replacing mr petty tucker who also lost his seat in the last election the 19-strong party of can adians who are here at the in vitation of the bermuda foot ball league journeyed to the west end for an evening ol tfin they were accompanied by mr dudley eve executive secretary of the league and mr palmer lambert execu tive member mr rogers stated that t lit troops would be definitely coining and they probabh would comprise a company lle did not know the unit iron which they would be drawn 01 the strength he said he hoped that a representative of tin war office would be soon ar riving in bermuda to work out necessary details her asked if he would care ti comment on the various repre sentations which have beer made to the colonial offici concerning racial discrimina tion in bermuda and its aboli tion mr rogers replied that he preferred to say as little as possible because racial dis empiri the house hopes that tin several legislatures through out the caribbean and othei british territories will join ir protesting such practices ir view of the fact that coloured subjects of her majesty's gov ernment are becoming doubt ful of the extent to which ac tions of such discrimination are discouraged and frowned how will you meet th succeeding mr pearman a chairman of the board oi health is mr ii j tucker m.c.p who has headed various other boards tluring his parlia uientary career people 9 ' questioned as to how lit planned to meel the people lie replieel this is being ar greeting them on arriva were mr warren simmons president of the swank club mr alfred simmons vice president mr fred tucker secretary and mr alma hunt executive member a those two appointments may be termed the only majoi changes in the boartl appoint incuts this year as compared with the original list for 195:3 new jersey reporter visits colony joell proposed today for seat on city council ____________._^^ a i6p mmmw%f .. -..-_.-:'■ .'""* .. l m .-' : j b'^^i hk . m ■- p-hp isb_8p -_-_■_' w tm^u t£asafa f l-zr l mm bf i * lffie_mi the visitors made them selves right at home playing games singing and partaking of refreshments with the large gathering of members of tht club m less than half a dozen per sons who held positions during 1953 were dropped altogethei or switched to another boartl these include mr gerry wil mot mr pcn-ival ratteray ami mr v . k i motyer who were on the t.c.b ; ami lieutenant francis b periera m.b.e who was 1 11 the local forces boartl the latter's place has been taken by mr warren simmons st georgians only two persons other thai the former members who stooe for re-election were noini nated mr w e r joell was iioinnated thin morning for e seat on the council of the cor poraticn of hamilton he was proposed by mr vernon jack son ami seconded by mr percy hunt both we'1-known city businessmen decide tomorrow manager gives views oi bermuda game miss evelyn boyden oi newark new jersey reportei ami society editor of the new jersey afro am rican news paper told the recorder she thinks bermuda is very beauti ful ami the people very friend who's to be firsl when no more than the re quired number had been nom inated at 1 p.m the returning offieer major p l light bourne declared the following elected : speeches were made by mr simmons the president dr e a cann and mr lambert on behalf of the hosts and by mr shirley goldner secretary manager of the visiting team anil ota kratochvil the cap tain new mayor in mr joell who has madt previous bids for a seat on the city council said he had beer asked from all quarters tt 12 years mr john henry corbin proposed by mr philip s packwood ami seconded by mr stephen v dowling as alderman mr stewart gre ville spurling proposed by mr packwood and seconded by mr pohn w smith as alderman mr frank edward gurr proposed by mr clifforel and seconeled by mr smith mr arthur dudley spurling m.c.p proposed by sir stan ley spurling and seconded by mr corbin mr felix leon adolphus richardson pro posed by mr charles j trott and seconeled by mr eric e dowling mr william eugene meyer proposed by mr a e woodman and seconded by mr packwood there have been eigrht adtli tions to the list of those wilt served as hood associates win serve in the capacity as ad visors for vagrants they are mr douglas measures mr stanley gaaeoigne lieut per iera mr alfred simmons mr wesley gayte mr chavles smith miss alice scott r.x and mr john g bassett ly i am greatly inipresset with the progress bermuda is making and i hope when i re turn economic and social standards will be even more elevated she declared tomorrow the old town of st george's will have its firsl h'\v mayor in 12 years but whether it will be major cecil moore 54-year old veteran of both world wars ami presi dent of st george's rotary club or fi()-year old harry g roberts who has served on tlie corporation as a common councillor for 18 years — will not be known until after the town clock strikes four to in a brief that with mr goldner this reporter learnet of his impressions on benumb football he said he thought the game as played here was very fast and that our forward combinations were very dan gerous on breakaways very exciting the leisurely pace at which bermudian gt about their every day lives is indeed relaxing to me i look forward to a return to ber niutla most fascinating to me miss boytlen said is the var ous modes of transportation the motorcycles i think are offer himself as a candidal following are the names of the boartl chairman standing medical board dr h c cur tis supplies ( oiniiiission hon w w davidson boartl ol agriculture lt col j c ast wo tl : local forces boartl s s toddings exemption tri bunal col a t gosling registrar of aircraft wing commander e m ware trade development board hon henry vesey ; governing body of nursing home j b fergu son in a circular to the huil dretls of freeholders the camli date states again mr goldner added that tin only faults he could see wen perhaps passing inaccuracies and a tendency to waste tot hi a n y balls at mid-field through insufficient ball con trol however lie observed is the shooting was very good — topnotch miss boytlen was the housi ruest of mr and mrs arnolt drake lawes north shore devonshire she met the eawes when they visited the united states two years ago she felt then that if they were representatives of ber muda she'd certainly want to visit the island she has found them warm ami friendly on this visit ciatitm could do much towards the betterment and understand mg of plays and players a gootl f o o t b a ii association coach could do a good job with your boys as they have natural bursts of speed and a're very jrood at getting off the mark there are iii a few im portant omissions particularly in the back of town that eoulc be better seen to if there were representation from that quar ter on the corporation of hamilton i11o1t0m yesterday the two veterans were proposed for the office which is being vacated by the hon leon i fox voting will be held in the/town hal tomorrow from 11 a.m tc continuing the visitor sait this has been brought t my notice with the reqnest that i stantl for the eleetiol to the corporation as a com nion councillor and t havi therefore decided to offer my self as a candidate o he had been toltl by his goalie bill gill who is considered out of the best in canada thai bermuda forwards are very good ou the target they also have a good sense ol urgency their defence is good ami rugg«-d but theii anticipation of a play could be improved on stateel mr flolelner mr goldner oramented oi the performance of five loca lads whose speed and accuracy compared favourably w i t 1 canaelian ami american stain arils they were calviii syniontls cent r e forwarel earl russell inside left and froggie siniiiions half-back all of the key west rangers and fretitlie wail and atkin of the nationals arriving christmas day te see the i,awes new home miss boyelen left sunday january 3rd she is a graduate of wl b.a in psychology a nil a candidate for m.a degree at xyf in pschology an accomplished writer miss hoyden pens a weekly column called day in day out aroung newark 4 p n personal and social broadcasting commission w e s zuill dental board dr j b dickenson boartl of works hon h d butterfield barird of education hon h t avatlington social welfare boartl hon ii t watlington : treatment of offenders com nominations were also licit 1 yesterday for aldermen ant the common council althougl two vacancies had to be filler hv the retirenie of mr e p t tucker and mr g l clif ford after a number of years as aldermen it is not neces sary to have an election as should you feel that my genera experience anil inter est iii municipal affairs war rant your support i hereby kindly solicit same at the polls on january 8th 1954 mrst dolores yttc has been reporting t'ol recorder for the nash weeks left the coloii^m monday for a holiday in aev york ' win tht five - 01 he it-it that a coach's asso rn save the labels june m zbm housewives choice tor details win a y perfection heatei 4 baking companions wan 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