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Virgin Islands Ask
Home Rule.
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JUDGE LUCIUS MALMINTELLS CHI-
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CAGOANS
THAT PLEA
SHOULD
;
BE
GRANTED.
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Administrative
independence
for
the
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people of the Virgin islands
was
urged
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today
by
Judge
J.
M.
Malmin,
former
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Chicago
attorney,
who was appointed
the
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first United States judxe of the islands,in
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an
address
before
the Lawyer’s- As-
sociation of Illinois.
Judge
Malmin was the principal speak-
er
at
the
luncheon
of
the
association
marking
the
opening
of
the
organiza-
tion’s new club rooms
on the top floor of
City Hall Square
building.
“‘Since
the
United
States
bought
the
islands
a
few
years
ago,”’
said
Judge
Malmin,
‘‘there
has
been
great
work
in
sanitation
anu
an
improvement
in
physicdl
|conditions
greatl-
appreciated
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by the
people
tbere,
but
they
want
a
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civilian government
in their
own hands,
and I believe they are entitled to it.
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NO PLACE FOR WHITE.PERSONS.
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‘Because
of
the extreme
heat
the
is-
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lands
are
no place for white men or white
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women
The islands
have
a
population
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of about 25000 and of this number
more
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than
24,000
are blacks.
I believe
Con-
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gress
should
take speedy
action
to give
the people
the administrative
control.”’
Judge
Malmin
said that civilized
com-
munities have
existed on
the Virgin Is-
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lands for
250 years,
and
many relics
of
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of ancient days survive in the civil codes
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still in foree.
!
Whipping
posts
and stocks
still
exist
in St.
Thomas,
the principal city
of
the
fslands,
he
said.
while
boiling in
oil
is still specified
in the law
as the penal-
ty for
some
offenses.
: _SU_GAR
PRICE
CAUSES
SUFFERING
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Much suffering
was
caused
on the
is-
lands
recently,
he
said
because
of
the
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high
price
of
sugar.
Although
sugar
|
is
one
of the
chief
products
of the
ls-
lands
the
price
went
up
to 28
cents
a
I
pound.
!
s
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The association
plans
to have luncheon
in
the
new
club-rooms
every
Satuidav
noon
and
has
irvited State’s
Attorney
Crowe
to
speak
next
Saturday
cn
the
Chicago
crime
problem.—American
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A as executor
to the
Will of MRsS.
EMI-
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1921
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