The Bermuda Recorder

              - ' fbr cooking ft drintdng always nuebb w f bermuda kecorfler x w s au vis & co i tu published bi-weekly fete price 6d canada's best volume xxx hamilton bermuda wednesday march 10 1954 no 69 house defers decision assemblymen in holiday and money jury find no evidence on how british press generally on government relief spending mood on monday fisherman drowned welcomes move to contact mau mau leaders in housing situation death by drowning was the verdict returned by a coroner's jury at an inquest last night into the death of 50-year-old george gerald outerbridge of crawl the inquest held at st george's police station was preesided over by the wor s s toddings m.c.1 coroner for the eastern district members ot the house o assenibly meeting on monday for the first time in nearly a fortnight agreed to the ex penditure of some 16,428 then decided to take another holiday — until friday of this move by mr j f tucker regarded as ul-timed an exhorbitant amount to pro vide houses for the lower bracket group mr benjamin said but he felt that some re lief could be given them by government assistance t7t _.! _—____. london march !> l.p.s — comment by i'nited kingdom newspapers on the approach made by the kenya govern ment to establish contact with man mau leader in kenya seems to reflect general approval of the move nil t i rp..l ._!. :, the daily lelegraph con cluded can the devil in general china be exorcised artcr running into a storm ot opposition in the house ot assembly on monday mr j fred tucker decided not to press his motion for the appointment of a select committee to investi gate the desirability of the government undertaking the develop 0___emt of a housing schem for persons of lower-bracket income hxprcssing sympathy with mr tucker's move mr w leroy tucker said he thought it was a bit ili-timed lie agreed with some of the jre : marks made by mr vesey be cause it would be possible to get a better perspective of the housing problem after the sur plus lands were duly allocated ■* r t t-i _______ 1 i , week the manchester guardian says ii a member of the tuner core of the mau mau has bound himself by ferocious oaths in supernatural effect of which he believes to commit murder arson or any other crime at all can he in any genuine sense surrender can flic devil in him be exercised while he lives that is the piestion one cannot but ask-as one reads the bizarre story of general ohina otherwise waruhiu itote and his en deavours to secure capitula tion of his formr subordinates ihere was no opposition heard against the appropriation of the nioiiew which will pro vide among other things 5,000 to complete work at the mr outerbridge s body was found floating nearby the 17 foot motorboat in which he set cut for a fishing trip on the afternoon of march 1 the jury concluded that there was no evidence to show how the body got into the water "\\ hatevcr the results ot the approach made by the kenya government it is difficult to share the anxieties expressed by european political leaders iu nairobi about its prudence to assume that those men most responsible for the hideous atrocities which have taken place in the last year and a half will give themselves up volun tarily would be unreasonable but it would surely be a gain even if any substantial portion ol their lcs s guilty accomplices were to take advantage of the chance to abandon a guerrilla warfare now extremely costly to those who wage it ihe daily telegraph write airport 3bz,uuu to cover ti all of mr tuckers oppo nent expressed their appreci ation of his sincerity in try in to do something about what was generally conceeded to be a very serious problem but it was felt that his move was ill-timed iu view of the government's prospective own ership of several acres of sur plus v k property together with maiiv vacant housing stand-oft bonus to the crew of the dredger lord cochrane whieh is being sold also 5,000 for the board of works to operate a saw mill ; and 2,300 for the works depart ment to convert a cottage in victoria street into police re creation rooms which relict could be given to the unfortunate people he had in mind mr james rearman thought that remarks made by messrs vesey and tucker were well taken he felt that a select committee would only dupli cate the work of what he ex pected would be an extremely competent body set up to in vestigate on a full time basis what use should be made of the surplus laud among those giving evidence _•___. __. _ i i .. 1 not economical last night was lane isadora hill who testified how she noticed the unoccupied boat drifting about 200 feet from the shore at crawl through a pair of binoculars she saw an object floating in the water near the boat the lady reeportcd the matter to robert dawson a storekeeper at crawl who in turn notified the police at st george's mr s s toddings was in full agreement with the motion he was of the opinion that it would not be economi cal for the government to venture into any scheme of building new houses in view of the pending purchase of the surplus v k property but lie though the committee could make recommendations as tb how the property would be used once it was taken over by the colony gut there was one dissenting voice heard to what was de scribed at leap-frog holidays when the deputy speaker of the house mr b c c outer bridge moved that the house not sit on wednesday tot har bv barnes said : .... general hrskine and tlie governor are carrying out a delicate manoeuvre in which obvious military advantages arc accompanied by political risks if the bulk of itote's former command laid down their arms it would be a shat tering blow to the mau mau as an organized military force and might lead other bands to surrender too unns mr tnekers supporters ou ihe other hand thought that time was tea overdue for something to be done to allevi ate what was described as deplorable housing condi tions in the colony it was felt that the committee if ap pointed would do a great ser vice if it did nothing else but outline a plan for the use which would be made ot the 1 k property support for the m o t i o n came from mr h g hill who felt that the matter of housing was deplorable - foi this island wtiich boasts of such a high standard of living to say that the house should wait until other matters in connec tion with the surplus land are settled before an investigation other witnesses included police inspector leslie morgan : sgt leslie francis franze who was aboard flic i'.s.a.f crash boat from kindley field which recovered the body from the water and took it to st george's also dr r d w barker who told of the find ings of a post-mortem examina tion bv dr ft _____ shaw aim to hasten gang s end i am wondering how i011m we are going on playing leap frog like this since we eon vened we have been doing nothing else but takirig vaca tions mr barnes added that he did not dad taking a vaca tion but it was much more pleasant working in the house in the winter than in the sum mer months ihe aim ot governor sir \ elyn baring and of the commander-in-chief is clearly to hasten the crumbling of organised gangs the daily telegraph goes on to undo the work of subversion which ha s proceeded so intensely in the kikuyu reserves and the hideous slums which disgrace nairobi must be a much longer task but the first essential is to rid those kikuyu who have taken no active part in mau mau atrocities of the physical fears which no less than the bestial rites which they have undergone hold them ill sub jection to the gangsters .. » i . i __ mr ■}. e p vesey chair man of the finance commit tee said he was not quite sure that the time was ripe for the appointment of a committee lie noted that a proposal had been made for the setting up of a statutory corporation to administer the surplus lands once the government got them and therefore he thought it would be better to give this corporation a chance to deter mine how to use the property surplus houses good enough at i __.:_] i _______ but the main threat of the mau mau is not its military strength so much as its spirit ual infection can any sur gery or cautery cure this one d'r s not know what terms of surrender are contemplated if others see men who far a year and a half have been re sponsible for the most shock ing cruelties and obscenities save their lives by capitulat ing even at the cost of a long term of imprisonment will they think that terrorism though it can hardly be said to pay is at least worth the risk of defeat i <. unturned on pa-ire (> | situation getting worse walter white finds unrest in west indies in placing the matter before the house mr tucker de clared he was thoroughly con vinced that housing in ber muda was retting worse and worse dailv and if something mr o s 1 oddings rose to say that he wa s not against the holiday bather he wished that it was a longer one than proposed but what bothered him was who consulted whom to determine just what days the house should not sit and when it should " 1 hey ought to consult mc sometimees mr toddings re marked to the amusement of his colleagues y as not done about it he hesi tated to predict what the situ ation would be like in the very near future mr \ esey said the motion would lead to the suggestion that the government ought to erect low cost buildings for the people mr tucker was seeking to help but he felt that the housing units at the dockyard and at st george's were good enough for that bracket of people as they were plenty good enough for her majesty's service personnel who formerly occupied them ".?.. t li t n .\. l .— back from a two week tour of two american territories and six british col onies in the caribbean walter avhite executive secretary of the national asociation for the advancement of colored people this week expressed the opnion that the political ferment ill that region de serves the thoughful attention of both races in america the lncmber-in-cliarge re ferred to cases where larjrc families were herded together under pathetic conditions be cause of their inability to rent or build homes he felt that such conditions had a lot to do with the high rate of delin quency and illegitimacy in the l _ __ a mass surrender by even a section of the terrorists would singularly strengthen the will of the law-abiding kikuyu to resist further intimidation even if only a trickle of sur renders occurred it would not be without moral effect the telegraph continues ..... _.____: __• ._/. 1 pmp makes more in jamaica continued on page 6 gams personal and social commutation ot general china's death sentence to one oi life imprisonment was not a preliminary to his use as an intermediary but it forms a natural sequence to efforts to bring about widespread sur render it should not be re garded as in any way fore shadowing a general amnesty the governor's promise that military operations would be intensified and that loyal kikuyu would be safeguarded meets objection implicitly raised in the house of commons last week that the fafcave men among the kikuyu who have fought mau mau might be abandoned in favour of brutes who have been murdering their families and friends colony mr kussell l pearman was for the motion because he knew that there were many families living in appalling conditions simply bcause they could not get other places for love or money h e disagreed with the suggestion that the committee should wait until after the proposed statutory corporation had made its re view of the surplus lands be fore something was done about the general problem of hous ing accompanied by mrs \\ lute the . naacp executive went first to trinidad to which he had been invited by mrs leonora mcsehine of the league of women voters and cyril duprey president of the colonial life insurance com pany in that island he spoke at a mass meeting arranged for him in port-of-spain and conferred with leaders and rank file citizens in that city and elsewhere (_ ougratulations are extended to mrs myrtle sue wood gate of dundonald street hamilton who celebrates her birthday today a a m mr 1 ucker did not disclose just what type of scheme he t h o u g h t the government should embark on but he felt that there was some way in hers ken hill ot the national labour party founded and lc>l by himself since he was ex pelled from the pnp and lester l siiiinionds former minister of education now on trial for alleged sale of state secrets kingston jamaica.—dis solution of the bustamante government of jamaica is now just a matter of months away this striking evidence startled the caribbean this week when norman mauley's people's na tional party captured another seat in a by-electioti held at eastern hanover the iliost westerlv parish of the island _____ i i j i..._j .... m a mr raul burgess ot shelly bay left on sunday for a vac ation in the united states comics with also leaving on sunday was ed polly smith who has gone to the united states to train for a boxing engagement which will take place in the colony near the end of the month pollv is expected to return here by march 27 because the court lias lot yet handed down verdict sim monds is allowed by the con stitution to hold his seat if for any reason hill and sim nionds should court the devil's kick and side with the pnp in voting the government would immediately be defeated saturdays issue the byeleetion was held as a result of a supreme court ruling which deposed joseph z malcolm from the house of representatives oil charges ill connection with the sale of i'nited states farm workers tickets malcolm was a mem ber of the bustamante ja maica labour party of recorder in british guiana he found he said there should be some study of the situation as the tension greater than at the time of the revocation of the constitution by action of great britain there is little doubt mr white asserted that the communists exert considerable influence within the ranks of the peoples pro gressive party which won a majority in the colonial legis lature elected prior to the sus pension of the constitution however the maximum num ber of persons in the colony faithfully following the com munist party line is estimated by the most conervative at no more than 20 in order to meet ever-increas ing requests from our readers commencing saturday march 13 saturdays issues of the recorder will carry a comic supplement containing eight pages with 14 different popu lar features it is at present the idea of even refusing to make a study of the problem did not appeal to him at all mr pearman stated m a leaving over the week-end for the u.s was miss minna young of penihiroke aaa lt is to be recalled too tliat the pnp had been clamoring for a general election and re moval of bustamante from office before the time for the next election appeared but they could not succeed because busta had had the majority membership now that things have changed they arc pre pared to do it experiment worthwhile mr e l benjamin was also solidly behind mr tucker he said one often heard the remark from visitors about how well fed and well clothed bermudians appear to be but tie felt if a visit was paid to some of these very people's homes it would be discovered they were living under appal ling conditions 0 ww 1 _ * m it m mm slim majority it is the africans ot kenya particularly the loyal kikuyu who stand most in need of pro tection against the mau mau as against 22 europeans and 21 asians 930 africans have been murdered by addicts of that ob scene conspiracy employment as a weapon against the man mau of a man recently high in its military organization may prove disappointing but it ia surely worth the experiment passengers by b.o.a.c plane on sunday for new york were mrs george tucker and daughter jean they will spend a short holiday in the states * ' * * this loss by the j lp has now put the pnp in a favor albe position there are now 14 pnp-niembers in the house aaginst kijlp-menibers but one ilp member who is the speaker h a s no original vote he possesses only de ciding vote therefore the ilp has a clear lo-membrship strength h . 1 _ ____ this will be the nrst time in over four years the recorder will be supplemented by comics and in order to meet the cost of providing this de sirable feature the price of saturdays papers will be raised to 9d mis gloria neally nee bar stow and baby daughter arrived in the colony from jacksonville florida mrs neally came on account of the death of her mother mrs irene barstow of somerst on satur on seeing the downfall near at hand busta in his shrewd characteristics announced that the end of the present govern ment was just a matter of months away t onimiinist propaganda in these countries has been facili tated mr white stated by some relief should be given tt _ . -, he was not suggesting that fhe government should spend 1 1 unturned ou page 6 ihere are two other mem day fl c 7 why not try these two