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Constitution to End 30 Years otf Control by London
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THERE LIES CUBA This news map draft a home-rule constitution. Bahamas'
shows Hie relation of the Bahamas to Cuba, present constitution is practically a direct
These Islands, where Columbus first set colonial one with all important powers in
, foot In the New World, will be the meeting i ths hands of the governor. (UPI)
. place of the political leaders, who plan to
Religion in America
Truce in Religious Quarrel
Over Birth Control Proposed
By LOUIS CASSELS
UPI Corespondent
The time has come for Pro
tcstants and Catholics to de
clare s truce in their ran-
; corous quarrel over birth con
trol. .
, If they will do so, new
methods of fertility regulation
can be developed perhaps
"within a remarkably short
period of time" which will
be safe, effective and moral
ly acceptable to all religious
groups.
So says Dr. John Rock, a
man who has unique creden
tials for speaking on this
subject.
Dr. Rock Is a Harvard Uni
versity scientist who is world
famous for his pioneering re
search in human reproduc
tion. He is co-developer of the
oral contraceptive pill. : He
also is a devoted member of
the Roman Catholic church.
He has written a book, en
titled "The Time Has Come"
(Knopf, $3.03), which ought
. to be read and pondered by
' every church leader, politic
ian and plain citizen who is
concerned about the problem
of limiting population growth.
News About
Servicemen
COMPLETES TRAINING
Army Specialist! Four AI
vln C. Pctcrman, son of Mr.
And Mrs. Alvin H. Pctcrman,
735 NE 11th' st., Grants Pass.
recently completed a two
week training exercise with
other members of the 8th Iiv
fantry Division's 12th Engl
necr Battalion In Germany.
1 Specialist Pctcrman, a clerk
typist in the battalion's head
quarters company in Ger
many, entered the Army In
September 1861, completed
basic training at Ft. Ord
Calif., and went overseas In
March 1062. The 23-year-old
soldier Is a graduate ot Grants
Pass High school.
BRUTON ASSIGNED
Army National Guard Pvt.
Bobby Bruton. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray M. Bruton, route 2,
Central Point, recently com
pleted active duty training
under the Reserve Forces Act
program as an artillery auto
malic weapons crewman at
tho Air Defense Center, Ft.
Bliss, Trx. Bruton is regular
ly assigned to Battery D, Sec-
ond Automatic Battalion,
24flth Artillery, an Army Na
tional Guard unit In Mcdtord.
A 1058 graduate of Crater
High school, Bruton attended
Southern Oregon college fol
lowing high school graduation.
Dr. Rock says that Protest-
ants and Catholics are now
in "substantial agreement"
about the objectives of family
planning, and differ mainly
about the methods which may
be employed. Most Protestant
bodies endorse the use of any
medically approved contracep
tive technique, but the Cath
olic Church condones only the
so-called rhythm or "safe pe
riod" method.
Since this dispute is lied
up with differing views of
"natural laws, ' Dr. Rock sees
little hope of resolving It
"within the limits of the fam
Iyl planning methods now
available."
"I envisage the eventual
resolution of doctrinal dif
ferences only after (lie expan
sion of the armentarium of
birthday control," he. says.
"This will include not merely
refinements of current meth
ods but also entirely new ap
proaches which will fit into
normal reproductive physiol
ogy."
Given an adequate research
program, he says, "it is not
unrealistic" to anticipate that
science can come up with a
variety of entirely now birth
control techniques, far bct'er,
chapcr and more effective
than those which are now
most widely used and which
date back to the 10th century
or earlier.
Among these new tech
niques, he is confident, "will
be effective methods which
all religious groups can ac
cept." Takt the Lead
Since the Catholic Church
is . "widely thought to bear
special responsibility" for the
terror which grips politicians'
hearts whenever birth control
research is mentioned, Dr.
Rock believes it would be
"most appropriate" for Cath
olics to take the lead in
achieving a rcligous truce on
this subject. '
"A public policy of toler
nce can be evolved which
will respect' the deeply held
convictions of all Americans
and help to eliminate much
of the animosity and rancor
which this conflict has gen
erated," he says.
"Such a policy, by freeing
our medical research estab
lishment for a concerted ef
fort in fertility control, offers
the only practical road to a
solution of both the doctrinal
differences between Catholics
and non-Catholics on family
planning methods, and the
world's population explo
sion."
Bedtime Snack Not
Harmful, Is Claim
: Chicago -WD- Go on and
enjoy that heavy snack before
you turn in at night. It won't
keep you from falling asleep.
In fact, ou iiay even sleep
better,
So say sleep researchers ot
the Spring Air company here
which has dug Into the loss of
sleep. What you may have
heard about daytime naps,
sleeping on your left side, and
using a hard mattress all be-:
Ing good for sleep are just
the bunk, the bedding compa
ny says. And mistaken no
tions about sleep may, In fact,
keep you awake.
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By LAURENCE MEREDITH
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London -WPU- Political lead
ers of the Caribbean holiday
islands of the ' Bahamas
meet here beginning May 1 to
agree on a 'home-rule consti
tution after 300 years df con
trol from London.
This scattering .'of more
than 3,000 islands off the
Florida coast, 22 of which are
inhabited, is a familiar sun
pasture for hundreds of thou
sands of American tourists
who flock there every year.
And It was on Walling island
in. the Bahamas that Christo
pher Columbus first set foot
in the western world in 1402.
Today the Islands have
170,000 inhabitants of whom
some 75,000 are descended
from African slaves, 14,000
Europeans and the rest of
mixed blood. Almost half the
population is concentrated on
the island of New Providence.
which includca Nassau, the
capital.
There has been little open
pressure among the islanders
for constitutional changes
and none for independence,
possibly because of the pros
perity brought by Amer'can
and other tourists but sl-o
because of the large number
of foreign investors who take
advantage of the Colony's
lack of direct taxation.
Since World War II Bri
tain's colonial policy has
been to push her dependent
peoples Into taking a greater
share in their own govern
ments and thus relieve the
British taxpayers of much di
rect financial responsibility.
Britain thinks the time has
come for the Bahamas to
carry a bit more of their own
hod.
When the plan to hold this
week's conference was an
nounced last December, Gov
ernor Sir Robert Stapledon
said: "It was agreed that the
time had come for the Baha
mian people to exercise a
wide measure of responsibil
ity for the government of the
countrjj."
Colonial Plan .
The present constitution is
practically a direct Colonial
one with all important pow
ers in the hands of the
governor. '
There is an executive coun
cil which is appointed and ad
vises the governor. The legis
lative council has only limit
ed power but is elected by
full adult suffrage. Male suf
frage was introduced in 1858
and women were given the
vote only in 1862. "
In the first election under
complete suffrage held last
November the United Baha
mian party won a narrow
over-all majority in the leg
islative council. This party
chiefly represents Nassau
business interests, popularly
known as the "Bay Street
boys" after the main business
street in Nassau.
The oppoi'tion party is the
progressive Liberal party
which is the nearest thing to
a nationalist movement in the
Colony. It won 10 scats at
the election against the Unit
ed Bahamijn party's 19. .
Ministry Change
The new constitution due
to be prepared at the London
Conference is expected to re
place the present post of chief
minister with "a prime minis
ter and cabinet completely re
sponsible ' to the legislature
for all internal affairs.
The British government in
London-, will still maintain
control, through the gover
nor, of external affairs, de
fense and possibly internal
security.
There has been no sugges
tion yet, either from the is
landers or the British, of full
independence and the ques
tion is not likely to arise in
the immediate future.
When it docs, it may come
in the form of some linkup
with the other British West
Indian islands. When the Fed
eration of the West Indies
was created in 1958, the Ba
hamas were not included. Like
Bermuda to the north, they
are separated from the rest
of Britain's West Indian colo
nies by the barrier of the
Greater Antilles Cuts, His
paniota and Puerto Rico.
Now Playground
Since the war property pro
moters have moved into the
tax free hsven of the Baha
mas in a big way and today
the islands are fast moving to
wards being the world's most
luxurious tropical play
ground. Under the encouragement
of the British Colonial gov
ernment a great new free
port is being built on Grand
Bahama island, known as
Frceport, which it is hoped
may eventually rival Hong
Kong and Singapore.
The site for a city of 100,
000 people is being laid out.
Business men located there
will pay no income tax, no
capital gains tax, no real
estate tax and for 99 years
will pay no excise taxes to
customs and no stamp taxes.
Seek Tax Escape
Nearby, the world's largest
dry dock is under construc
tion where freighters will b
built, based and maintained
to escape the normal taxa
tion levied by many coun
tries on merchant shipping.
The islands also have great
strategic importance for the
United States, particularly in
the coming space age.
Listening posts on the is
lands work closely with Caps
Canaveral in tracking all U.S.
space flights. And astronauts
have been pickup -up off the
Bahamas and taken to Grand,
Bahama for de-briefing.
The strategic value of the
islands to the United States
was underlined this month by
reports the U.S. Navy was
seeking to establish a test
center in one of the more re
mote Bahamian islands for
anti-submarine weapons.
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