The Bermuda Recorder

              fer cooking & drintdng always fresh f het hi jbtrmuda lucordei x af s pup vis & co ltd published bi weekly price id canada's best volume xxx hamilton bermuda saturday january 23 1954 no 56 race relations report ready -■ let's not make goats out oi the board ot education pleads m c.p m hi ? inlpf cf'^h j ii^m t l 1 m — w jb e3 ■ , wmm kr - imwaamw m ms wss*\m mm am \ mmw ***■ mmm%mvwl m am maam mm mmr ' «'■-■■' 9 4k im i mmr - jfmm fr t * m m _____■ v fumk * — * i tiumt rftfa jst jmmm\\\\\\\\m\m m jmmmm m *^~- ' m tg^^^mmm ,**- i^^bwn ' :: ' ■■ j jf (•■" tlj & f_____r«_r - ■ j3babs^^...mr -— - piphwmwtyfsy . ' :• ' *^ frjl w wf m **'' m it r-ri ff '-*' " ' v ______# if "' '-^ a mmm^^^a afa • a^*2 ____-^ ammt __■ ma\m tmo-_-_l_-__^-_-----l jm ____________________ fm aas aatf^a hhba__jl hi will it be candy or concrete controversial howard academy school teacher issue near settlement chairman hints in house by ira philip news that the long-awaited report of the parliamentary committee set up nearly a year ago to study racial tensions in the colony was ready and would be submitted to the house of assembly next week was well received yesterday persons who came to tin defence of the howard academy in iis cum nt battle with the board of education over the lattcr's lcfusal to permit the school to engage a fourth teacher were accused in the house of asseii}bl^^s^erdayo^iiiakiuggoats watlingtoii-h thatm becllb done to col h a ofl futurem thatm the eontrover-m ash a com-l the tlicl g(>vi'ririi|^)((il^iiiih iastm as tight-lipped secrecy on the part of the nine members of the inter-racial committee pre cluded any advance informa tion being given is to the coil tents of the report there was considerable speculation as to what the recommendations were tion has been going on is indicative that there is strong hope that worthwhile recom mendations will be made to abolish second-class citizenship and other undemocratic and 1111 t'hristian practices in the colony in august last year mr watlington said the governors again approached the board with a request for 2,500 to meet outstanding accounts a committee of the board met with them and after the school agreed to have their ac counts audited by the gov ernment the board agreed to grant them £ 1 000 provided they would not increase their expenditure too heavily planning for better understanding are members of the parliamentary race relations committee who have spent the past eight months studying racial tensions in the colony from left to right are mr j e peannan the hon 11 t watlington dr k f gordon mr hilton i hill mr h j.tuekci chairman mr russell l peannan mi f ('. misiek mi e t richards the hon henry ycsey and the secretary of the committee mrs f v clipper photo by richard saunders questions asked cries of dissatifaction the big question which will be asked between now and the time the important document is however with the force of world opinion already weighing heavily against bermuda we wonder what the situation would be like if a cry should be made after study of the recommendations that we've been sold down the river or we don't want anv more lolli published is are we to get candy or concrete candy to appease the coloured people and soften up the whites with out making any or too many progressive changes or con crete to provide a good founda tion for the building of better race relations for the future mr watlington raised the ismi yesterday in reply to re marks made when he was ab sent on the last day of meet early this year the board received a request from the school for permission to hire another teacher permission had to be asked as it must in all cases where the prospective teacher is not resident here mr watlington said per mission was refused because it was felt that this would make an additional increase in the school's estimated ex govt outlines policy on dollars for investment travel and education in us ponciit was mr ernest yesey chairman of the finance com mittee who warned against giving additional funds to the inghy mr collingwood burch the chairman was followed by mr husscll l pearman a mem her of the board who said that the board had been made a goat in the con troversy because of mis-in formation given to the press by an interested party station the finance minister felt that the station should not call on the bermuda govern ment for more money we have gone far enough and better be careful what we are doing the moment we let these people get their foot in side tin iooritneverceases pops but the real thing — cries indicative of dissatisfaction a statement on the present policy and praetiee of the ber muda i idvcriimi-nt regard intr investment in dollar securities was submitted to the house of assembly yesterday by the iovenini in compliance with a request made bv the assembly mi may 21 1952 addition permission is granted to persons holding pre-war dollar life or eihunvnle.lt poli cies to re-invest on the niatur the committee has been meet ing regularly since may 12 1953 word leaked out yester day that discussions had been completed and the report would be presented to the house either monday or wednesday the corridors and committee rooms of the ii use yesterday were beehives of activity as members senrried luck and forth to get a hisl nr'iiute look at their baby before append ing t licit names to it there is a feeling that in view of the universal notoriety bermuda has had recently because ol its p e r a ieiona practices of racial discriiniu tiou that the committee could not afford to let it occupy the world spotlight — as it must upon publication and considera tion of the report — without straightening up and hying right itj of the policy the capital sum assured in other permis sible clauses of dollar invest - ] lenses incuts academy students amused agreed on principle d subject to the london money and securities markets affording for the time being the facilities necessary for the com pletion of the transactions per mission is ordinarily given to bona tide residents of bermuda to purchase foi sterling through the above-mentioned facilities canadian oi united states dollar securities provid ing such securities are held to the order of one of the local banks and that any dividends bonuses bonus issues etc fail in to be paid arc paid into a sterling account in a local wmx vesey suggested that they should go abroad and get the money they lieed because someone is interested in some scientific point of view it does not signify that it is on prac tical value to bermuda he de clared in house at the meeting on wednes day the governing body agreed that they had accepted the principle of not unduly in creasing their expenditure other probems were discussed and the remarks made by the governing body were in a very friendly nature and will be considered by the board mr watlington said the house had only asked for information regarding in vest ments in dollar securities but the governor included in his statement an outline of the policy in respect to the pro vision ot dollars in connection with travel education and medical treatment outside the possibly for want of an ad ditional teacher students of the academy found time to at tend yesterday's meeting of the house they occupied two ' ws in the gallery and along most everyone else in the as seinj they chuckled when mr.wurch rose to reply to the board members the st georgian said if it was necessary for the board to have been made goats it sign of hope the fact that racial tension which reached a disturbing peak during tjie last election and led to the appointment of the committee has abated con siderably while the investiga pearman asked for probe operating at loss the assembly unanimously agreed to set up the committee after a'motion had been moved bv mr russell l pcarmaii colony in bringing the matter to the house the hon mr vesey said the station was operating at a loss which amounted last year to some 369,000 ill order to meet this deficiency mr vesey stated the directors had sold some of the station's securities the governor stated thai the policy of the currency and exchange control board in connection with the control of capital investment in canadian and i'nited states securities is as follows continued on page 8 turning his attention to criticism of plans for the technical school at prospect mr watlington said it was of paramount importance to have this school the colony had suffered a great set back through the dosing of the dockyard he said adding that criticism of the proposed school was a great dis-service to the advance of education here does bermuda need more than one radio station was because they were asleep if they had come forward and r i i 1 1 something before being out i perhaps would bank not say have had anything to direct investment not permitted no restrictions on travel he quoted at length from reports on the station made by lie director and urged the house to accept the recom mendation for tlie increase in funds which was made by the governor in respect to vacation travel the governor's message points out that permission is granted tor the permission of 400 dur ing each calendar year to every bona fide resident of the colony in reaped to his expenses no restriction is imposed with re : pi it to the number of journeys expressing surprise that mr watlington had raised the question again mr burch said he thought the chairman a i 1 ii ••! capital mil es lliellt foi dollars iii tile dollar afcea is not pern ilted but permission i ordinarily given to ber niudiaii beneficiaries under be i|uesta from residents in the dollar area to retain such be ijllest as roilsi-sl nf dollar question raised in house as new company seeks to start radio and tv here would have let sleeping dogs goats interpolated one mem ber lie but he must have realised that the school could not operate with a headmaster and two assistants unless they were expected to turn out citizens ill-prepared mr peannan declared that too often information is given out to the p^ess which does not highlight both sides in a con troversy this does a lot of harm he said adding that tin board had been made a goat because of the misinformation in connection with the re quest for money for commer cial fishing members immedi ately began questioning the 5,000 spent foi a similar purpose last year on what wai3 called the danish fishing ex pedition consideration of a bill which would nicorportae a new com pany to operate radio and television stations in the colony was deferred h the house of assembly yesterday to give lion mem bers as w 11 as the general public an opportunity to determine ln^hcmhcrv should he a monopoly for the bermuda broadca-st lor should he thrown open to two more com i continued on page 8 securities in dollar form in assemblyman want love-life of bermuda lobsters probed he agreed with mr wat ttngton that a technical school was important and that tin fact that work on it had not begun was not the fault of the board it was a matter which lay with another department ing company traces boards relationship with school mr ernest vesey wanted to know what ihe ivsiilts of thosr experiments were and what catches were made lie was told by one member that the only catch was a big shark if this expedition wasted i 5,000 to cateli one shark mr vesey exploded i hope 110 more ill o n e y will be wasted he said the scient ists who were going out to make the experiments were only going for the joy-ride pames i'.efore the house was a bill entitled the bermuda radio and television company limited act 1!».")4 which was introduced • by mr ernest yesev after a report had been made by the private bills com mittee on the petition stili mitted by commander guy ridgway and percy williams feakins for incorporation of the company committee to determine whether there should be more than one broadcasting com pany here that was a mat ter of policy which should be decided by the legislature he ( added he said the petitioners had in the first place approached the governor-inicouucil with the view of obtaining a licence to operate a broadcasting eom panv as a partnership the application was turned down on the grounds that the gov ernor-in-council would only consider applications _ from companies incorporated in bcr in opening debate mr wat lington said howard academy was a private school and the board's relationship with it began in august 1952 when the governing body requested financial assistance for a cb'.ooo project which entailed purchasing a plot of land with a building on it the board thought the gov ernors were a very enthusias tic group but that they were . . _*^^^ laying a very stone around ' their neck the board sug gested mr watlington con tinued that they abadon their project in favour of a stone building on the site for the proposed technical school at prospect later the governors indicated that they were going to erect another building on ihe property suggestion made in the house during debate on biological station's eed for money mr _■'. c misiek very seriously suggested in the house of assembl.n yesterday that be would like to sec an investigation look in > their love-life so that are will know what they are the bennuda biological station was making a study of the life history of the lobster but he felt it was far more important to • ook into their ovc-life so that we will know what they are personal and social the committee's report which was read by the hon henry vesey pointed out that the passage of the bill would subject to the granting of the necessary licence authorize the establishment of a second broadcasting station in the mrs geraldine johnston of paget who has been vacation ing in the united states since her retirement as a teacher was guest of honour at a new year's party given by her sister mrs john mayor at her boston home among the guests was mr edward car michael a bermudian who is studying at boston university doing in the waters around us let's have another shark the assemblyman's remarks expressing the hope that no decision would be made which would have an adverse effect on the station mi kussell peannan said it was a big asset tn the colonv to have scientists and students from other parts of the world come were calculated to soften lu.n members who were frowning on a request from the biological station for 2,(m)0 more to allow completion of i three year study of the habits of the lobster and a 900 in crease in the general grant to the station plus an amount to experiments carry out eoiinnercial fishing brothers in opposition in charge of the recomniend tioii was the hon henry vesey chairman of the trade deveopinent board which re cently took control of com mercial fishing his chief op muda this was done with the ex press purpose mr vesey con tinued of bringing the mat ter before the legislature to continued on page 8 colony mr vesey stated that his committee felt that it did not come within the scope of the out of scope continued oh page 8 continued on page «* why not try these two