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              for cooking & drinking alayb fbesh m^mw^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^w'i rt p 0 jsermoda -,&>. recorder ■ purvis ltd published bi weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays canada's best volume xxxii hamilton bermuda wednesday february 15 1956 s ¥» no 54 assemblymen indignant over governor's change of mind regarding prison site house takes break after disposing of tail orders bermuda government operated in the red last year report shows ihe house ot assembly rul itself of some tall orders dur ing its two and a half houi meeting on monday then ad journed until wednesday ot next week items cleared ot the order paper on monday in eluded passage on second read ing of the voluminous and con troversial immigriition bill passage of i resolve for 50,000 for the frown lands corporation and adoption of a 1111 in 1 er of private bills for in corporation of companies anytime by the board ot immi gration mr harley basnet felt thai similar restrictions shonld be placed m farm workers and he moved tc amend the clause accordingly disappointment and concern voiced in house by indicate strong opposition to change from casemates to st davids however mr hrnest \ esey agreeing with mr barnes felt the amendment could apply tc all non-l-ermudiaiis and ik moved to amend mr barnes amendment ii r r vcneyv amendment was auop'fd i'.ut when it came to accepting tin clause as amended tin pro posal was overwhelmingly de feated the vote was 14—4 and unfortunately for the rapport its of the amendment most ot them including mr barnes were not ptesent the position now is hat clause 59 remain unaltered restricting only the employment o non borniiidiai bote workers david s as a pn-oi i _.. • . i . site tht tlu speaker and finance chairman becau-e it wai within range ot television fron u.s air rorce base a ut uermuua uoveriiment closed its dooks at the end ot las year with an operating deficit of 45,517-4 — a matter which causet greet disappoint inent to the speaker of the house sir john cox the clfjfil'nihn of the finance committee mr j e p vesey ant others in the house of assembly on moudayh attentioib the 1'oih fhfl moml dish to fiuanerb to othem the ab the cautioninim them i i i i b expenditure ot iuciuimts t tne house of assembly pointed ou mr h j tucker chairman of the board of health de clared that he was not aware that his board had been ap proached on the matter of the suitability of casemates he wondered if they bad been consultetl while he was abroad last summer in no uncertain terms to tin overnor-iii-couiicii on monday that they will tolerate no action on the part of the executive to side-tract the decision of the legislature calling for the conver sion of ca-emates barrack at the former dockyard into tho i lie immigration bill which has been before the house foi more than a year was adopted and ordered printed the mem b r-in-ehart'e of the bill was mr a d sparling chairman ol the board of immigration colony s mam prisoi the hon h d butterfield onfirined in the assembly on monday that rumours that hie executive . was considering putting the pri-on at st david's island instead of rt the dockyard were substan tially correct he said _. special committee had found the casemates to be unhealthy to lock people up in : and also that it would cost far more to convert it than was first e.sfi mated would have been even greater were it not for the insurauce paid on the hamilton hotel decision being taken by the legislature and ignored bv beauracy don t shackle new warder the chairman went on to say that the customs revenue decreased last year for the first time in 11 years his committee regarded that as an indication that the level in this direction a great deal of consideration will have to be given as to where the colony was going he added mr george katteray one of the commissioners which supported the proposal to go to casemates last year criti cized what he called the ap parent shiftless attitude ol wheat attempting to change tlie decision of the legisla lature he recalled how the former warden of prisons as well as the board of health had favoured the possibilities of casemates and he did not think that the opinion of an other outsider would alter the present position he protested n monday while presenting a number of eoiweqncntial amendments to ihe bill as lit viid to m-ik sense tit of tin change made daring consider * * i _ i take exception to it be cause i feel that if the legis lature takes a dei-i-ion — and in this case upon the recom mendations of the executive council — it is my opinion that the executive should imple ment it i do not feel that the executive branch of gov ernment be it the board ol immigration the board ot public works or the execu tive shonld ignore a decision of the legislature and refu-e to proceed with its imple mentation because they do not agree with it mr spurliny declared mr spurting told the hous thai he was opposed to the amendments and further thai lie saw no need for clause ."!) at all it expresses a policy rathei than a law policies are always subject io change and shoulc be flexible rather than rigid mo in committee mr spuil inn succeeded in 5fettirt n later during the session mr a d spurting said he had been studying the report and noted that the deficit during december's operations alone was sonic 334,488 he asked mr vesey to make a statement on the matter majority to rejetsl an amend men to cihus vi which would have prevented outside work ers roming to bermuda for cm ployi:rnt in one field nod shift ing r 1 n nthpi fields 1 he cost ot government could not be decreased over night and consideration may have to be given to some other forms of taxation for the colony - fl new warden to decidt i h • hoard can establish tin policy under the imniigratioii laws now in force and als under the wording of the new act but he thought that if tin mr butterfield also revealed that the new warden of pri sons is expected from the united kingdom next week and the governor thought that the decision as to which of the two sites should be used should be left to him a special committee headed bv the colonial secretary and comprising executives from the boards of health public works and the treatment of offenders commission was preparing all relevant inform ation on the two sites to help lie new warden arrive at his decision mr butterfield stated i ht finally clause oil restric ted til movements of hotel em ployees whose oni'dovinenl could have been terminated at the monthly report showed that revenue for the period was 332,333 and expendi ture was 666.822 included in the receipts was the 50,000 insurance paid in respect of the destruction of hamilton hotel the expenditure in clude the transfer of 200,000 for school building aud 100 ooo to iiic phvih works reserve 1 fuud continued on rage 2 i ( out inucd on rage b alab-ma ii will appeal court rule mr ernest \ esoy chairman of the finance committee said he had been informed that casemates had been deemed undesirable as a pri son because there was no room there for a playing field for the prisoners whereas they have one at st david's as far as the health aspect went lie eould not reconcile what mr butterfield said with the fact that soldiers and sailors had lived in casemates for many years without ill effect m.c.p says public keenly watching to see which policemen get promoted to answer negro co-ed this week mr vesey told the house that despite the transfer of the 300,000 to the reserve funds the figures for 0w ber would have still been te out of proportion to what the finance committee had esti mated he said the deficit birmingham ala feb 13 — the i'u/vtsity of ala bama announced today throngh its attorneys that the order opening the school to negroes will be appealed to the unite i states supreme court aw »*#___*! t tt ihe house of assembly approved of an amendment to the civil service act which inircases the strength of the bermuda police force as wel as raises the pay of all members of the force with exception of the commissioner the proposed in creases will cost the country an estimated 45.000 more annuallv tor maintenance of the police department it the increased pay would do away with the necessity to enlarge the force it seemed to him that the government was going from one extreme to another he also felt that the increase in crime had some thing to do with the adminis tration of justice court faci lities wef inadequate and punishment meted out did rot have the deterrent effect it should he gave this information after the house had gone into committee to consider a mes sage to the governor proposed hy mr s s toddings request ing a statement on the press reports on the proposed change of site mast of the assem lymen who spoke during th debate were indignant that they had to learn from the press rather than through official sources of the execu tive's stand in the matter during consideration ot the amendment mr jeorge 0 ratteray and mr e t richards urged better treat ment of local personnel on the force the latter stated that people were watching with keen interest to sec who will receive promotions which art meanwhile gov james b folsom said efforts to halt the university rioting had been hindered by the national asso ciation for the advancement of coloured people and firo fessional outside agitators should make prison uncomfortable responsible officer to be on duty in key points at all hour of the day he said personal and social he felt that it would fee a good thing to make the pri son uncomfortable — hot in the summer cold in the winter it would serve a deterrent to prisoners who otherwise might get an idea that they would like to spend the summer there as they did in the holi day camp at st george's mr collingwood burch m he was glad to see mr vesey bring in recommendations with respect to the police it has liet'u understreiigth for a long time however he felt that consideration should have also been given to raising the pay of prison wardens mr d c smith wondered too much time on motorization miss hetty granger society editor of the amsterdam xews and xew york radio commenta tor left the colony yesterday after sjfe.iding a few days with friends here she was a ir / st at archly villa pembroke west wh.mm.m9 in his strongest si and thus far on current racial unrest the governor charged at mont gomery : mr a d spurling said he did not know if the executive had adopted the right proce dure in this case a decision had been taken by the legis lature for the conversion of casemates money had been voted and now the colonirl secretary is quoted as saying that before anything is to he done they are awaiting the arrival of a new warden of prisons to see whether th prison should not be at st david's island the hon henry \ esey chair man of the civil service com mit te said his committe and the finance committee had reviewed the position of the police force and were satisfied that the commissioner was right when he requested all round increases for the force the introduction of motoriza tion had added to the duties of the police and in addition there has been continuing for some time a crime wave and disorderly conduct on the part of ome people due he thought too niitcll tini was spent by the police en forcing the motor laws the it the professional agita tors had been interested only in entering a student at the university of alabama soley for the puvpose of pursuing routine classroom work then they would not have come with their own cameramen and newsmen seemed to concentrate on i am surprised that the governor-in-council is being influenced by do gooders into changing his mind about casemates mr vesey stated catching speeders and do no thing to improve traffic such as prosecuting drivers who slow up traffic and persons who parfc too dose to curbs mr j fred tucker like mr burch wanted some consider ation to be given prison ward ens by way of increased pay * * * leaving on saturday lor a vacation in xew york was mr carlton burrows of southamp ton west inquest on death the speaker of the house sir john cox declared that there was not the slightest hope of the executive getting the house to agree to shifting the prison to st david's he added that it would be cheaper to accept the case mates proposal instead of the extravagant one for st david's of child • • « mrs ruby hurley regional secretary of the x.a.a.c.p said the governor has been misinformed the x.a.a.c.p did not have newsmen and cameramen on the i'nive'rsity of alabama campus mrs llene robinson of pem broke west left on sunday foi a business trip to xew york an inquest is to be held into the death of little alvina dill daughter of mr and mrs vernon dill of devonshire south who was killed by a truck near her home on sun day i mr george ratteray com menting on the big turn-ovet of men in the police depart ment said he wondered if the increased salary would soly the problem money he said was not everything there must he a reason why the men leave the force so frequently he went on . . 1 i • » ' leaving yesterday for a holi day in xew vork was mr eiigene wilkinson of north shore pembroke bitterly opposed the appeal will be lrom a dec 30 decision by the united states circuit court of ap peals at xew orleans which up held the ruling of federal judge hobart grooms at bir mingham he recalled that a prisor - a-r . \ 1 _ t j not a true picture expert mr heaton who had brought to bermuda recommended casemates ; so had a former warden of pri sons and by may or june of 1955 evervbody else who mattered had also agreed xow some eight months later the press informs us that we have to await the arrival of a new man before we get our prison said mr spurling he went on to say that he ' will bitterly oppose the plac in-i of the prison at st david's he felt that it was not just the question of a new prison involved but that of a he added that it was un fortunate that a true picture of the department's work could not be seen because there were a number of cases handled by them but were not always prosecuted in sonn cases persons concerned had left the colony to avoid prose cution il a j o r brownlow tucker said he could not see from a health standpoint how the government could be against the use of casemates he had spent considerable time there during the war and thought it an ideal place he also de clared that he was opposed to the idea of turning st george's into a penal parish especially when they select one of the few remaining de sirable lots in st david ihe accident was the second traffic fatality for the year driver of the truck was arthur george attride staling of devonshire north • • <_ congratulations are ex tended to rev t w foster pastor of vernon temple a.m.e church southampton who celebrated his birthday yesterday he stated he had observed that the locals had the longest record of service on the force and they were also the least promoted the crux of the matter is that the non-p.er mudians imported for the force are the first to get pro moted and the first to go here and there a bermudian may get a few crumbs on the ihe fatality was one of ten accidents over the week end which saw four people de tained in hospital for treatment of injuries a ■'■___. -» r i ■ judge grooms held that tin continued on page b * # « dr john 11 lewis returned to georgia on monday after a forth-light iu bermuda he is pro/went of morris brown college an a.m.e church school ot friswells hill pembroke whose birthday was on mon day fc fc fc the amendment mr vesey went on would increase f h strength of the force by three inspectors four sergeants and 18 constables bringing the establishment up to a total of 132 tt would also allow a among them were mr b red crick walker and son garrv of ord road paget ; mr row land darrell of harris bay and a mr smith of elys har bour somerset all were in volved in cycle crashes * * s congratulations arc extended to little anthony tuzo of devonshire west whose birth day is tomorrow • • * he wondered if they has decided to switch to st congratulations are extend ed to mr kenneth richardson continued on page • ■ imjt m paw vi why not try these two