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January 8th. 1946.
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<br />starting work on a major beautification Job for an entrance, intm the City of Norfolk.
<br /> It appears that since this work starts in Bowers Hil~, we should re-
<br />quest the Highway' Department for similar attractive beautification into the City of Ports -
<br />mouth.~'
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<br />Motion of Mr. Weiseman to ~oprove the Manager's suggestion, was adopted.
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<br /> 9th - "The~attached agreement of final settlement on VA $4-$12, has
<br />been requested by the-Federal Works Agencyl to close out the cost of construction on the pro-
<br />posed comfort stations.~'
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Grimes to approve said agreement and that the proper offi-
<br />cials be authorized ~o execute sa~e, was adopted, and by the following vote:
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<br />on
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<br />first
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<br />Ayes: Fox, Grimes, Lawrence, Sturtevant~ Warren, Weiseman,Wilson
<br />Nays: None
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<br /> lOth - ~The Manager presented the following ordinance~ which was placed
<br />reading:
<br /> 'AN ORDINANCE TO REGLrLATE .THE LICENSING AND OPERATION
<br /> OF TAXICABS ON THE STREETSOF THE CITT OF PoRTBMOUTH~~
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<br />The following letter was read:
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<br /> ~The Monogram Club of Woodrow Wilson High School, an organization of stu-
<br />dents who have emrned their ~.~ in competitive athletics, for some months past has been con-
<br />sidering the matter of a memorial to Maurice.Ro~er('~Buok)Childs, a student at Woodrow Wilson
<br />High School, who died on September25th, 1943, as the result of injuries sustained in the
<br />Wileon-Elizabeth City football game.
<br /> Various types of memorials have been considered and ~he Club is n~
<br />agreed that a memorial flagpole with an ornamental base which could be used as the center of
<br />pep meetings and other simi~la~ student get-together~ would be most su~able. It is proposed
<br />to erect the memorial as an a~tractive feature of the playground practice field area nc~th
<br />west of the High School Building, facing Queen St. Location details and architectural plans
<br />would be submitted to the City Manager, the City Engineer and the Recreation Bureau for ap -
<br />proval prior ~o construction. ~ ~
<br /> In addition, the Monogram Club is taking this opportunity ~o request the
<br />formal designation of the practice field-playground area northwest of the Woodrow Wilson High
<br />SchoolBuiIding, bounded by Queen $treet on the south, and by Fifth Aven e on the west as
<br />'Roger Childs~ Field'. By~ such an action the entire area, now closely related to the~High School
<br />and its athletic program, would become a "living memorial~' to our c ~l~ssm~te, who gave his
<br />life for his Alma Mater.
<br /> In the event that the Council formally designates the area as 'Roger
<br />Childs Field', that'fac~ will be suitably recognized on a bronze plaque ~o b~ provided as a
<br />part of the base of the memorial flagpole.
<br /> Your favorable action ia grant Lng this request will be appreciated.
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<br />Very truly yours,
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<br />Rhae Adams, President."
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<br />Motion of Mr. Grimes to grant said request, was adopted.
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<br />Mr. Wilson presented the following resolution:
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<br />~'R E S 0 L U T I O N
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<br />~hereas, we as members of organized labor, are in~ereeted in the
<br />security of our great country and realize ~hat our prosperity
<br /> depends upon our national defense, and
<br />Whereas, we have demonstrated that under the leadership of the
<br />heads of various trade unions that we can keep our armed forces
<br /> supplied with all materials needed to win a war, ~nd
<br />Whereas, we of the American Federation of Labor, believe in the
<br />principal of trade organization and know ~hat with proper lead-
<br />ership the craft unions will efficiently function and as a result
<br />will prosper, and
<br />~nereas, ~he proposed merger of our arme~ forces does not comply
<br />with our principals of organization, and
<br />Whereas, with proper co~ordination, we believe that our armed
<br />forces as a whole will function more efficiently when opera~ir~
<br />under separate department heads, therefore be it
<br /> Resolved, that the Fifth Naval District Metal Trades Council
<br />in regular session this twelfth day of Deoember~ 19.~3, a peti-
<br />tion Congress to vote against the merger of the Army and Navy
<br />and be it further
<br /> Resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Presi
<br />den~of the United States, the president protem of the United
<br />States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, ~l
<br />Senators and Congressmen from Virginia, the Chairman of the Sen-
<br />ate and House Naval Affairs Committees, and the Chairmen of the
<br />Senate and the House Military Affairs Committees, and be it
<br />further
<br /> Resolved,that with.an effort to enlist their support on the sub-
<br />Ject that additional copies be sent to Mn William Green, Presi
<br />of the American Federation of Labor and Mr. John P.Frey, President
<br />of the Metal Trades Department."
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