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    "ocrText": "- 7 -\n\"(1) That the Legislature really intends to bar private recreational\nclubs from the Islands, or control their selection of membership,\nwhen in the same breath the Legislature specifically denies such\nintention;\n\"(2) That Title 10, as amended, is based on the assumption that\nclubs which typically provide their members with food and refresh-\nments, golfing, tennis, bathhouses, lockers, and similar facilities,\nare incapable of being financed by their members by dues and\ncontributions; and that, therefore, the denial of the right to charge\nspecifically for goods and services and facilities is tantamount to\nabolishing such clubs; and\n\"(3) That the Legislature is deliberately using words such as 'sale, ,\n'charge, f 'lease, and 'rent, far beyond their commonly accepted\nmeaning in order to camouflage a bar to bona fide private clubs which\ncould readily be declared in simple, straightforward and unambiguous\nlanguage.\nIn the almost 15 years that we have had a strong Civil Rights Law in the\nVirgin Islands, no one, native or visitor, has ever challenged it. In 1950 we had\nless than 1, 000 visitors. Last year we enjoyed the visits of well over 300,000\ntourists from all parts of this nation. Indeed, from our experience in this matter,\nthey accept our way of life, and seemed happy to be in a community free from\nprejudices. Certainly, the American tourist from all parts of the United States,\nwhile visiting with us, avail themselves of our hotels, guest houses, restaurants,\netc., and accommodate themselves publicly without any difficulty whatsoever and\nfrequently return to our shores.\nThis is the success story of a Civil Rights Law. Yet, I sincerely regret\nthat we found it necessary, in self-protection, and in order to ward off the intro-\nduction of the virus of hate and bigotry, to enact and maintain such a law."
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