Show This Is t t tt t t m 4 Commenting on the impoverishment impoverishment impoverish impoverish- ment In the Virgin Islands which he recently visited President Hoover de declared de- de dared Viewed from every point except remote naval contingencies ItIs it itis itis is unfortunate that we ever cyer acquired these islands And perhaps Virgin Islanders arc are Just lust as sorry as the president that the United States ever made the pur pur- chase Since we took possession of this little trio of Islands in the Caribbean Caribbean bean 14 years ears ago their profitable rum business has been ruined by the act and their commerce ham hampered red by our shipping regula regula- As a thousands of natives have left lefi the islands and they arc are worse of off economically than they were under Danish control It would require no superhuman effort on the part of the government to lure some of ot the thousands of or Americans who travel to Bermuda Cuba and Panama to the tropical pla playground ground which really belongs to t t t t J 1 them hem As one writer described them the he Islands comprise the loveliest playground in the world The tiny islands with their brilliant flowers and fragrant forests glow like Jewels In the blue of the Caribbean each Ina in I Ia a setting of sparkling white beaches and bays shimmering emerald and sapphire by turn The Vi Virgin ln Islands are arc fairy isles homes of romance basking in the lazy sun of the tropics As poor an Investment as the 25 we paid for the islands may now seem there Is no denying the they have possibilities as an year all-year- j around resort |