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Compact lobbying in Washington effective, final action soon in '85HDIONIA, Ponape - The Washing-

ton lobbying campaign in supportof the Compact of Free Associat-ion has been effective thus farand U.S. congressional actionshould be completed early nextyear, according to FSM StatusCommission officials.Commission officials also said

in briefings July 11 for the Pon-ape State Legislature and nation-al government officials that the

Senate Energy and Natural Resour-ces Ccirmittee staff is working onamendments to the joint resolut-ion on the Compact to study fed-eral assistance withdrawal impactand provide for transition, toauthorize continuation of up tothree federal programs to be spe-cified and authorize U.S. fundingof technical assistance and tran-sition needs, after terminationof the trusteeship.

The joint resolution was intro-duced in the House during thefirst week in July by Foreign Af-fairs Chairman Dante B. Fascellof Florida and jointly referredto the Interior and Foreign Af-fairs committees, according tocommission Chairman Andon Amar-aich."OMs is an excellent develop-

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AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE S T A T E S OF THE F E D E R A T E D STATES OF MICRONESIA

Volume 5 Kolonia, Ponape, July 15, 1984 Number 13

POSTAL 'MILESTONE' LAUNCHED" HDLONIA, Ponape - The FSM Post-al Service was launched here July12 with Congress Speaker BethwelHenry calling it "a milestone inour goal of self-government."A heavy shower soaked the spec-

tators, but failed to interruptthe inauguration ceremony whichincluded signing documents trans-fering U.S. Postal Service opera-tions and facilities to the FSMby Postmaster General Leo A. Fal-cam and U.S. Postal Inspector Ro-bert Bidwell of Hawaii and chang-ing the sign on the Main Post Of-fice Building here to "FSM PostOffice."Falcam noted that simultaneous

inauguration ceremonies were be-ing held in Yap, Truk and Kbsrae,and announced that FSM postagestamps in 23 denominations wouldgo on sale in the afternoon.President Tosiwo Nakayama said,

"This ceremony today gives inter-national recognition to our FSMgovernment and its Constitution."Ihe Speaker said that "the rain

brings good omen" for the FSMPostal Service, and that the dayis iitportant, because the formerCongress of Micronesia was start-ed and the FSM Constitution wasratified on July 12."Inis is a milestone in our

goal of self-government," Henrysaid.Falcam said that he hopes it

will prove "to be a model for ourtransition to self-government."The President said that the ce-

remony "represents not only an

honor but an extraordinary chal-lenge to become part of a globalpostal service, an undertakingwhich has rich, colorful and im-portant tradition."He noted that FSM Status Com-

mission negotiated the postaltake-over agreement with the Uni-ted States in conjunction withthe Compact of Free Association

which is awaiting U.S. Congressapproval.Falcam said, "I hope and trust

that the U.S. Congress will act'quickly en the Compact."He said that "today, we have

the opportunity to prove that weare one, we are an island nat-

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POSTAL FACILITIES TRANSFERED - Postmaster General LeoA. Falcam. second fror right, and U.S. Postal Inspect-

Robert Bidwell, right, are signing documents trans-orferine operationsFSM Postal

g ,e opera and facilities from the U.S. to thePostal Service, during a July 12 ceremony at thePost Office Building, Kolonia. Seated from left

are Peace Corps Micronesia Country Director Jerry Pen-no. FSM Senator Elias Thomas, Nahniken of Sokehs Isid-iro Martin, Ponape State Chief Justice Edwel Santos,Congress Speaker Bethwel Henry, Ponape First Lady Sus-an Moses and President Tosiwo Nakayama.

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5 CIP PROJECTS TRANSFERED TO FSMKDIONIA, Ponape - The Trust

Territory government approved andtransfered five capital improve-ment projects totalling $10.47million to the FSM for administ-ration under the CIP agreementsigned in December, according toFSM Construction Division ChiefAmos Coffelt.The first CIP projects to be

transfered to the FSM include the$2.1 million Southern Yap watersystem, the $1.42 million Yap ru-ral sanitation project, the $3.65million Dublon-Moen water systemimprovement project, the $1.3million Moen road improvementproject and the $2 million Ponapecircumfrential road system.In addition, an agreement is

being prepared for the $2,057,000Kolonia water system improvementproject grant, Coffelt said.The Truk construction will be

managed by International Bridgeand Construction Co./Micronesia,Inc, he said, while "Yap and Pon-ape will generally handle theirown construction management inconjunction with the projects asprovided for in the grant agree-ments.

"We (the FSM) are still respon-sible for administration of theprojects and handling of thefunds to assure there is no mis-management and the states getwhat they agreed to," Coffeltsaid, adding, "The states andconstruction managers are accoun-table to us and we in turn to theTTPI for the funds and a qualityproject."The Ponape State Community Ser-

vices Department has two civilengineers, Bil] Scott and Bill

Riggins, and the Yap State Plan-ning, Budget and Statistics Of-fice, one mechanical engineer,Kurt Redeloch, for constructionmanagement under the TT-PSM jointagreement, he said.The FSM Construction Division

also is managing the $150,000-$200,000 exploratory water welldrilling project at the proposednational capital site, Palikir,which is contracted to PacificDrilling Co., Guam, and was sche-duled to begin June 30, accordingto Coffelt who said the nationalgovernment funded the project.Other CIP projects which are

expected to be transfered to theFSM for construction managementconsultants are the Kosrae roadand waste water treatment plantprojects, the Truk and Kosraeairport terminals and the Trukpower plant improvements, whilePonape and Yap will use their in-house capability for similar pro-jects, he said.Ihe Navy Officer-In-Charge-6f-

Construction in Guam is phasingout construction management acti-vities, Coffelt said, even thoughit has two new projects in Pon-ape, including a $200,000 watertreatment plant improvement pro-ject and a $448,969 Kepinle sewersystem improvement project.ARCHEOLOGY STUDY SETLELU, Kosrae - Catholic Univ-

ersity, Washington, D.C., anth-ropology professor, Dr. David T.Clark, is conducting archeologi-cal research on the lifestyle ofancient Kosraeans in the Koalang,Innem, Lelu, according to StateInformation Officer Alex Phillip.

Medical referral cost control plannedHDIONIA, Ponape - Draft legisl-

ation for the proposed NationalHealth Care Plan (NHCP) will at-tempt to control the cost of med-ical referrals to facilities out-side the FSM, according to BudgetOfficer Del Pangelinan.Ihe success of the proposed

plan, according to the NationalHealth Insurance Committee chair-man, "will rely to a great extenton improving utilization controlsof medical referrals to tertiary(outside) health care providers."Ihe present system of refer-

ring FSM patients to tertiaryhealth care providers mostly lo-cated on Guam, or Hawaii has re-sulted in serious fiscal deficitsand financial debts to the FSMstate governments and individualsinvolved," he said, citing thethreat by the U.S. Interior De-partment to withhold FSM allot-ments to pay overdue medical re-ferral bills.

"The administrative proposalfor the NHCP," Pangelinan said,"contains provisions for physi-cian and patient care coordinat-ors to be located in Guam andHawaii."To effect better utilization

controls in the states from wherereferral patients are sent, thedraft legislation for the propos-ed NHCP will contain a provisionwhereby state governments will berequired to organize state medic-al referral committees and forma-lize the screening procedures forpatients considered for referralto tertiary facilities wheneverthe NHCP is requested to coverthe costs," he said."Anytime a patient is to be re-

ferred to tertiary health careproviders, the approval of an of-ficial of the NHCP will be re-quired, before the costs connect-ed to that referral will be cov-ered," Pangelinan said.

Raglmar becomes1st Tokyo liaisonKDIONIA, Ponape - Deputy Chief

for Asian Affairs Jesse Raglirarof Yap was named the first FSMliaison Officer in Tokyo, accord-ing to International Affairs Div-ision Chief Masao Nakayama.Raglmar left Ponape on July 8

and arrived July 11 in Japan, af-ter stopping inGuam.The FSM Liai-

son Office islocated in Aza-bu Heights Sum-imoto Buildingin the Roppongisection of Tok-yo, accordingto Raqlmar whoRaglmar

said that he would establish tel-ephone and TKLEX numbers and mai-]ing address, after he arrives.He is scheduled to have one se-

cretary and a consultant as hisstaff."It will be primarily an infor-

mation office, facilitating econ-omic oriented information reques-ted by business and governmentofficials," Raglmar said, adding,"We will be aiming at assistingtrade and Iwsiness people here inMicronesia and in Japan."

'(lie office also will assist FSMstate and national government of-ficials and citizens when they goto Tokyo, he said.The FSM has full-fledged liais-

on offices in Guam and Honoluluand a representative's office inWashington, D.C.Raglmar, 33, is a native of

Fais Island, Yap state, who wasgraduated from Bethesda-ChevyChase, Maryland, High School nearWashington, D.C., and HamiltonCollege, Clinton, New York.He served as a legal counselor

in the Micronesian Legal ServicesCorp. office in Yap from 1976 toMay, 1981, when he joined the FSMExternal Affairs Department hereas Deputy Chief for MultilateralAffairs.

HYDRO PROJECT PLANNEDIELU, Kosrae - Bark Jackson and

Paul Clark of the U.S. InteriorDepartment, Washington, D.C., methere with Kosrae state and Malemmunicipal officials to discussengineering and financial aspectsof the proposed Malem hydroelec-tric project, the first plannedfor Kosrae, and will later submitrecommendations for review andGarments, according to a June 19Kosrae State Release.

PRESIDENT PLEDGES REPEAT OF ANTI-NUCLEAR DUMPING STANDKDIONIA, Bonape - President To-

siwo Nakayama assured the PacificPeacemaker crew here June 28 thathe will continue to support anti-nuclear testing and dumping reso-lutions in the South Pacific For-um when it meets Aug. 27-28 inTuvalu.The President also assured the

group opposing military deploy-ment in the Pacific that the FSMdid not negotiate away part ofits sovereignty by giving the Un-ited States extended military de-nial rights in a subsidiary ag-reement to the Compact of FreeAssociation.The Pacific Peacemaker, a 54-

foot motor-sailer with a crew of10, including seven U.S., twoDutch and one Palau citizens,arrived here June 26 frcm theMarshall Islands and left June 29for Palau and Japan, after thecrew visited June 27 PATS highschool and Nan Modal ruins andJune 29 held lectures at theCommunity College of Micronesiaand meetings with Ponape Gov.Resio Moses and the President.The ship left Seattle, Washing-

ton, April 15; visited the Hawai-ian islands in May to protestRIMPAC military exercises thereby U.S., Japanese, Australian,New Zealand and French forces;visited the Marshall Islands inJune to protest the use of Ktoaja-lein atoll as a missile range,and is scheduled to protest pos-sible U.S. military bases in Pa-lau and attend the Nagasaki and

WITH CREW - President Tos-iwo Nakayama, right, isdiscussing anti-nucleardumping policy with thePacific Peacemaker crewJune 28 in his office. Heis shown with skipper AnnSchroder. center, and Jua-nes Butelbai of Palau.

Hiroshima atomic attack remember-ance conference in August, in ad-dition to trying to visit Sovieteastern ports.The crew included skipper Ann

Schroder, George Lawes, Will Wer-ley, Ann Krill, John Kurd, MaxineAlex-Martine and Mary Savage ofthe United States; Otto Schuurmanand Ineke Houtman, Netherlandsfilm maker's, and Juanes Butel-bai of Balau."When I go to Tuvalu in the

next two months, I will vote a-gain against nuclear testing anddumping in the Pacific," Nakayamatold the group visiting his of-fice.As an observer member, the FSM

has joined the Pacific heads ofstate in the Forum in protestingnuclear testing and dumping "yearin and year out," he said."Our Constitution says no stor-

age, testing, or dumping, unlessthere is expressed approval bythe government," which could meanapproval by the FSM Congress,state legislatures and a nationalreferendum, he said.

"My office periodically tellsthe world through the news mediaour position," the President said.In responding to a statement

that the FSM may have sold out onits sovereignty, the Presidentsaid, "We didn't sell our sover-eignty (for financial aid in theCompact).

"We have our sovereignty—it isthe most important thing," hesaid.Citing several models of free

association in the Pacific, Nak-ayama said, "Ours is unique."We only give the U.S. defense

rights, and we do that because wedon't have an armed force," thePresident said, adding that Mic-fonesians feel they would be tooweak to defend themselves, as"World War II is still fresh inour minds."He said, "There will be no mil-

itary presence in the FSM, exceptfor the Coast Guard (in Yap) andCivic Action Teams."In order for the U.S. military

to establish bases in the FSM itwould have to negotiate with thestate and national governmentsand private landowners, he said.

LEADERSHIP MEET PLANNEDLELU, Kosrae - State, mumicipal

and old age officials met hereJune 12 to discuss issues andproblems to be addressed in theSecond Kbsrae State LeadershipConference, according to StateInformation Officer Alex Phillipwho said the conference date ispending.

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PEACEMAKER SAILS - PacificPeacemaker is setting sailJune 29 for Palau from thePonape dock after arrivinghere June 26 from the Mar-shal 1 Islands for a restand visits with FSM andstate officials.

Copra prices hikedKDLONIA, Ponape - The price of

copra will be increased $100 aton effective July 16 to stimul-ate production and provide moreincome for copra cutters, accor-ding to FSM Coconut DevelopmentAuthority General Manager Namio0. Nanpei.In a Juj./ 6 memorandum to FSM

President Tosiwo Nakayama and allgovernors in the FSM, Nanpei saidthat based on a CDA board decis-ion the price per ton would beincreased as follows:Center price—Grade I, from

$240 to $340; Grade II, from $230to $330, and Grade III, from $220to $320.Off center price—Grade I, from

$210 to $310; Grade II, from $200to $300, and Grade III, from $190to $290."The board and the management

(of CDA) are both very concernedwith the decreasing productionlevel of the FSM major exportitem," Nanpei said."The board hopes that this

price increase would serve as anincentive to increase productionand provide extra income for thecopra cutters," he said.

CORRECTIONHDIDNIA, Ponape - Merlyna Weil-

bacher is salutatorian for thePICS high school 1984 graduatingclass, instead of Senior ClassPresident Joseph Rodriquez, asreported in the June 30 NATIONALUNION.

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fc "When we go to the U.N. we canin present the Compact as a real

change, giving the FSM a trueinternational identity."The Foreign Affairs Committee

is expected to schedule a hearingin September, and the InteriorPublic Lands and Parks Subcommit-tee which has been holding hear-ings for U.S. witnesses, mayschedule a hearing in Septemberfor Micronesian officials, Stov-

gj all said.O The Interior Subcommittee has£j hearings scheduled for July 26 onft, U.S. foreign policy implications* and Aug. 7 and 9 on U.S. securityw iitplications of the Compact.^ If they do, it would be real-

istic to expect hearings to becompleted in the House before ad-journment (Oct. 4), and complet-ing legislative action early nextyear," Stovall said.The goal is for the Senate to

complete action on the joint re-solution before Congress adjournsOct. 4 for the Nov. 6 elections,as its Energy and Natural Resour-ces Committee, which held hear-ings May 24, is drafting a reporton the resolution and is expectedto mark up the legislation July24-Aug. 10, the period betweenthe Democratic and Republican na-tional conventions, he said.The Democratic Party Platform

has a brief supporting terminat-ion of the trusteeship, so "itlook? liVe ive would r^re-fr^ ir

track, if there is a change ofadministrations," he said.The process of the Compact

Planning Committee in Washingtoncoordinating delegations of FSMstate and national officials totestify in hearings and meet withU.S. Congress members and staff"is working well," Stovall said,adding, "They are prone to listento the need for early implementa-tion, if it cores frcm Micrones-ian citizens."Our recommendation is to go

forward with the program," hesa;.d.Amaraich said that "the commis-

sion is broke" with a $75,000 de-ficit, so "we need sore more mon-ey."The connission mot here July

10-12 to elect officers for a newtwo-year term, review its finan-cial status and the Washingtonlobbying campaign and plan itsfuture strategy on the Compact.It also met with the National

Development Plan Task Force toreview the status of the plan."It remains critically import-

ant to proceed with the plan toimplement Compact funding," Stov-all said,- adding that "the U.S.President would be reluctant toput it (the Compact) into effectunless and until the developmentplan is set up."The conmssion on July 10 re-

elected Amaraich of Truk as itschairman, Vice President BaileyOlter as Status Committee chair-man and FSM Senator Jack Fritz of

as Transition Committee

chairman.Other Status Committee members

are State Senator Kasiano Joseph,who replaced Itor Harris as thePcnape state representative; FSMSenator Claude Phillip of Kosrae,and Amaraich.Other Transition Committee mem-

bers are FSM Senator Peter Chris-tian of Ponape, Lt. Gov. MosesMackwelung of Kosrae, FSM SenatorIsaac Figir of Yap and the VicePresident who serves en both con-mi ttees.The reappointment, or replace-

ment of Gov. John Mangefel as theYap state representative is pend-ing in the Yap State Legislature,according to Amaraich. Mangefelserved on the Status Committeeand that position is being heldopen for him, or his replacement.

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PRESIDENT TESTIFIES CN COMPACT - FSM President TosiwoNakayama, center, is t e s t i f y i n g in the May 24 U.S.Senate Energy and Natural Resources Cormittee on theCompact of Free Association. From left at the tableare former Truk Speaker Kisande Sos, Congress SpeakerBethwel Henry, Nakayama, Ponape Gov. Resio Moses andKosrae Speaker Gaius Nedlic. External Af fa i r s Secret-ary Andon Anaraich is between Sos and Henry and Mar-shall Islands President Anata Kabua is between Henryand Nakayama. Yap Gov. John Mangefel is not shown.

LELU, Kosrae - Joshua Alokoawas elected president; StevenIso, vice president, and KiyusJackson, secretary-treasurer June22 by the new board of directorsof the 200-member Kosrae FarmersCooperative Association, accord-ing to a June 25 Kosrae StateRelease.

KOIDNIA, Ponape - Seven Ponape-ans received certificates June 15for completing a four-day advanc-ed Johnson-Evinrude outboard mot-or repair and maintenance coursesponsored by the State EconomicDevelopment Authority, PATS highschool and Outboard Marine Asia,Ltd., according to EDA. ExecutiveDirector Anson Chong.

Completing the course were Jes-sey Sidney, Arthur R. George,Lenson Abraham, John Tiegmai,Sentiage Malarme, Kasiano Mathiasand Kelley A. Helgenn.

KOIDNIA, Ponape - The deadlinefor unsecured RH 502 non-^subsid-ized subsequent loan applicationswas 4:30 p.m. June 29, accordingto Fanners Home AdministrationArea Supervisor Shelten G. Nethwho said that interested subse-quent borrowers should contactElina O. Ekiek by telephoning 583in Ponape.

The FmHA agency has a $1 mil-lion loan fund available for theRH 502 loans, Neth said.

CORRECTIONLELU, Kosrae - Lt. Gov. Moses

Mackwelung delivered the May 31Kosrae High School rrmnenrfmant-address, instead of Gov. YosiwoGeorge, as reported in the June15 NATIONAL UNION, as the gover-nor was off-island at the tine,according State Tn-Frmnai-iqp Offi-cer Alex Hiillip.

COM, MLSC urgo FISH MANAGEMENT BODY PLANNEDContinuationKDIDNIA, Ponape - College of

Micronesia and Micronesian LegalServices Corp. representativesurged the U.S. House Public Landsand Parks Subcommittee to contin-ue funding their programs afterthe termination of the U.N. trus-teeship agreement.Appearing in a June 28 subcom-

mittee hearing in Washington, D.C., the COM and MLSC officialsalso called for U.S. congression-al approval of the Compact ofFree Association and early termi-nation of the trusteeship.ESM Senator Claude Phillip of

Kosrae, a COM regent, in a prep-ared statement urged the U.S.Congress to provide $12 millionfor a new Community College ofMicronesia campus at Palikir, Po-nape; $2.8 million to relocatethe CCM Nursing School from Saip-an to Majuro, and $1.3 millionfor renovation and equipment atthe Micronesian Occupational Col-lege in Palau.Phillip cited the Saipan Ac-

cords signed last year by theFSM, Palau and Marshall Islandspresidents as clearly affirmingthe commitment of the govern-nents to support a unified Col-lege of Micronesia system."He urged the U.S. to continue

land Grant status for the COM Co-llege of Tropical Agriculture andScience and to provide $3 millionpreviously authorized for itsLand Grant Endowment Fund.Phillip also called for "a rea-

sonable transition period forcontinuance of applicable federalprograms to the college," citingthe Pell grants, work-study andSupplemental Education Opportuni-ty Grant funds which now provideabout $10 million a year for Mic-ronesian post-secondary students,including $1.3 million receivedby COM students.If these are cutoff within two

years for COM students and fouryears for students abroad underpresent terms of the Compact, thethree COM campuses would have toundergo a crash program to shoul-der the burden of educationalneeds here without the resourcesto do it, he said.Yap State Senator Robert Rue-

cho, MLSC board president, saidthat U.S. Legal Services Corp.funding must be continued fortraining and operations here toprovide equal access to the sys-tem of justice for almost allMicronesians.Ruecho said that MLSC should be

continued at its past level offunding, or .26 per cent of theUSLSC budget appropriations.

KDIJDNIA, Ponape - The South Pa-cific Commission was directed todraft a proposal for a regionalfisheries management organizat-ion, during the June 18-22 Coast-al States and Distant Water Fish-ing Nations Meeting in New Cale-donia, according to MicronesianMaritime Authority Deputy Direct-or Peter Sitan.The U.S. fishing industry ag-

reed for the first time to prov-ide scientific data on purse-seine tuna catches in the Westernand South Pacific, during themeeting which was held at the SPCheadquarters in Noumea at the re-quest of the South Pacific Con-ference last year in Saipan, ac-cording to Sitan.External Affairs Deputy Secre-

tary Asterio Takesy led the FSMdelegation which included MMAChairman Sasao Gouland of Trukand Sitan as technical advisor tothe meeting which included U.S.and Japan representatives as dis-tant waters fishing nations andall SPC members as coastal states."To the FSM it was an important

Land sales curbedKDIONIA, Ponape - Former U.S.

Navy and Japanese land here can-not be sold, nor transfered, ex-cept to immediate relatives andapproved charities, nor leasedfor more than 50 years, within 15years after being quitclaim deed-ed, according to a June 21 an-nouncement by Ponape Public landsAuthority Commissioner Yasuo I.Yamada.Citing land transfer restrict-

ions in State Law 2L-43-80, Yama-da also said that the authoritywill not recognize any sale,lease, transfer, or give away ofU.S. Navy and Japanese leasesmade after January, 1980."While a Navy/Japanese lease-

holder may designate someone elseto apply for transfer of title tothe land, the designation may on-ly be allowed when the originalleaseholder is inelligible to ap-ply in his/her name," Yamada said.The land authority has process-

ed 140 quitclaim deeds for formerNavy and Japanese land parcels,since 1980, according to Yamadawho said 23 deeds were assignedin Madolenihmw, 23 in Uh, 27 inKitti, five in Sokehs and 62 inNett.There are 779 former Navy and

Japanese land parcels deeded inPonape, including 182 in Madolen-ihmw, 68 in Uh, 203 in Kitti, 228in Sokehs and 98 in Nett, andthere are 2,108 applications and639 undeeded leases to be pro-cessed by the Public lands Autho-rity, he said.

meeting," Sitan said, adding, "Vfeare going to play a big role inthe region, as we provide 30 percent of the catch information inthe region."Both the distant waters and

coastal state representatives ag-reed that a body, such as the In-ter-American Tropical Tuna Com-mission in the Eastern Pacific,should be created to providescientific data for tuna stocksmanagement and regulation, hesaid.But the coastal states were

split on the question of includ-ing the distant waters fishingnations in the body, Sitan said."One recommendation was to dir-

ect the SPC to come up with a de-tailed paper on a body to manage,or make recommendations to count-ries for regulating tuna," hesaid.The SPC is to consult with the

Forum Fisheries Agency, coastalstates and distant waters nationsand make recommendations to bediscussed in the next SPC Fisher-ies Technical Meeting in Augustin Noumea, or at the 24th SouthPacific Conference in October,also in Noumea.Interaction between commercial

and subsistence fishing also wasdiscussed at the meeting and theSPC was asked to conduct a studywhich would include fish taggingin the major purse—seine fishinggrounds whic . is expected to pro-duce results in two-three years,Sitan said.

Fishing talks heldKDIDNIA, Ponape - An FSM deleg-

ation left Ponape on July 5 forTokyo to continue negotiations ona fishing rights agreement withthe Japanese fishing industry,accordint to Micronesian MaritimeAuthority Deputy Director PeterSit an.The delegation includes Dr. Ed-

ward Miles of Seattle, Washing-ton, as the chief negotiator; MMADirector Mike McCoy; Sitan; MMAlegal Counsel Makato Robert; Re-sources and Development Depart-ment economist Daniel iim-Rari-mah, and Joe Stanley, Forum Fish-eries Agency senior economist.The delegation is scheduled to

return here July 18 and go July20 to Honolulu for a final meet-ing with the Japanese fishing re-presentatives on an agreementwhich is scheduled to go into ef-fect when the present agreementexpires on Aug. 9.All MMA members and observers

f ran the FSM states are expectedto attend the Honolulu meeting,according to Sitan.

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HDIONIA, Ponape - Charles Wolfeof Honolulu remained in the TrukState Prison pending $45,000 bailset July 7 during a preliminaryappearance before a state judge,according to FSM Attorney GeneralDavid Nevitt.Wblfe arrived July 6 in Truk

under custody to face theft char-ges in the first extradition ef-fort from a U.S. state by the FSM.Wblfe was charged March 2 in

the FSM Supreme Court in Trukwith two counts of theft by de-ception and one count of theft byfailure to make a required dispo-sition of funds received in theFeb. 3, 1983, alleged sale of bo-gus airline* shares to Truk Inter-national Development Co. share-holders for $45,000.Wolf is being represented by

the FSM Public Defender's Office

in Truk. His trial date will beset when Supreme Court AssociateJustice Richard Benson returns toMoen, officials said.Benson issue March 3 a bench

warrant, and Wolfe was arrestedMarch 29, after a governor's war-rant was issued in Hawaii at therequest of President Tosiwo Naka-yama through High CommissionerJanet McCoy.

The $45,000 was "paid Feb. 3,1983, to Wolfe in Truk and anoth-er $15,000 was delivered to him aweek later in Honolulu to purch-ase 40 per cent of Trans-PacificAirlines which allegedly was notincorporated until Oct. 26, 1983.The funds, representing 800

shares at $750 a share paid by 12TIDC shareholders, were to be us-ed to purchase an amphibious air-

RAPE, BURGLARY CONVICTIONS UPHELDHDLONIA, Ponape - The FSM Sup-

reme Court Appellate Division af-firmed the 1982 sexual assaultand burglary convictions of OlterAndohn and reversed the robberyconviction, remanding the case tothe Trial Division for re-senten-cing.Chief Justice Edward King found

Andohn guilty of breaking intothe apartment of an expatriatewoman on Feb. 25, 1982, by remov-ing the screen and louvers of thebathroom window, raping her inher upstairs bedroom and stealinga towel.Andohn was sentenced April 28,

1982, to one year in the PonapeState Prison; two years of re-striction to the Rohi and Saladakareas, Uh Municipality, with eli-gibility to apply for permissionto work outside of those areas,during the second year, and oneyear of probation to Feb. 26,1986.The March 20 Appellate Division

opinion signed by FSM AssociateJustice Richard Benson and desig-nated justices Dorothy W. Nelsonof the U.S. Ninth Circuit AppealsCourt, San Francisco, and SamuelP. King, U.S. District Court, Ha-waii, said, "The evidence is sil-ent as to when the towel was ta-ken," in reversing the robberyconviction and remanding the caseto Trial Division for dismissaland re-sentencing.The Appellate Division ruled

that King applied uniform author-ity in denying the defense motionfor acquittal on all counts, asthe prosecution had establishedwithout a doubt that Andohn wasguilty of burglary and sexualassault.The Appellate Division rejected

the defense argument that Kingshowed partiality toward the pro-secution by 1) suggesting thatthe victim use the term "incid-ent" in referring to the assault;2) interrupting the defense coun-sel during an objection to a pro-secution .question; 3) showing so-licitousness to the victim bysuggesting a short recess duringher testimony; 4) asking quest-ions of the defense counsel dur-ing his closing argument and noneof the prosecution, and 5) recal-ling the victim and asking her 19questions, after both partiesrested their cases."The first four of these points

are trivial in themselves, or ta-ken together," the opinion stated.The 19 questions were aimed at

establishing without a reasonabledoubt the positive identificat-ion by the victim of the assail-ant and the fact "that the ans-wers given by the witness happen-ed to strengthen the government'scase does not indicate that thejudge was impermissibly helpingthe prosecution, or that he wasbiased against the defendent,"the opinion added.

plane to provide service betweenMoen and the Mortlock Islands ofTruk.The Hawaii State Supreme Court

unanimously upheld a May 10 FirstState Circuit Court ruling deny-ing Wolfe "s petition for a writof prohibition to prevent hisbeing extradited to the FSM,shortly after oral arguementswere presented June 29 by Nevitton behalf of the FSM and Hawaiistate officials supporting a gov-ernor 's warrant to extradite thedefendent.Wolfe had been in jail in Hono-

lulu unable to post a $45,000bail bond since his March 29arrest.He was be flown to Truk under

the custody of Acting Division ofSecurity and Investigations ChiefLester Ruda and taken to the TrukState Prison in Moen to be incar-cerated until the preliminaryhearing was held on pre-trial re-lease conditions.The case will be prosecuted by

FSM Assistant Attorney GeneralDavid Brown.In his petition for writ of

prohibition, Wolfe argued that heshould not be extradited to theFSM, because it is a foreigncountry without an extraditiontreaty with the United States andthe theft charges were political-ly motivated and for personalgain.Nevitt argued that until the

termination of the U.N. trustee-ship agreement, the FSM remains aU.S. territory for extraditionpurposes.The Compact of Free Association

which is awaiting approval by theU.S. Congress has a section onextradition which will go intoeffect when the trusteeship isterminated.The ruling by the Hawaii courts

and the extradition of Wblfe es-tablishes the precedent that theFSM "has the right to extraditeits fugitives from the UnitedStates even without the extradit-ion agreement guaranteed in theCompact," Nevitt said.

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TRIAL DIVISION-STATE OF PONAPECASE NAMEFSM v. H. RodriquezFSM v. PlaisFSM v. LusamaFSM v. SowasFSM v. RupleyFSM v. Lusama, et. alFSM v. K. RodriquezIsland Hardware v.Federated Shipping Co., et. al.

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PONAPE LEGISLATURE APPROVES FIRST STATE SALARY SCHEDULE KZ

KOIONIA, Ponape - The PonapeState Legislature approved thestate's first salary schedule forelected and appointed officials,daring a July 3 special session,according to State InformationOfficer Halvorsen Johnny.The legislature also adopted a

resolution asking the FSM Presi-dent and Congress to increase thestates' share of local tax reve-nues frcm 50 to 80 per cent.The salary schedule sets annual

wages for the governor at $25,-000; lieutenant governor, $23,-000; State Court chief justice,$23,000; legislature speaker,$20,000; associate justices,$20,000; legislature members,$17,000; department directors,$16,000-$21,000; special assis-tants to the governor, headingoffices, and deputy directors,13,000-$17,000, and state auth-jrities and conmissions chiefexecutives, $15,000-$18,000.Alternate justices would get

$80 a day while sitting in thecourt.Current salary levels are:

Governor, $25,143.04; lieutenantcTOvemor, $22,143.68; chief just-ice, $19,144; speaker, $11,440;associate justices, $17,144;department directors, $19,144-$21,311.37; special assistants,$16,144; legislators, $11,024,and conmission and authoritychief executives, $19,144-$28,000.If approved by Gov. Resio Mos-

es, the salary schedule would gointo effect after the next gener-al elections for the governor,lieutenant governor, legislatorsand authorities and commissions

executives. It would gohto effect Oct. 1 for the just-ices and other appointed offic-ials.The federal tax revenue resolu-

tion cites a proposal by Presid-ent Tosiwo Nakayama to the FSMCongress in November, 1983, toreadjust the distribution of taxreceipts to 80 per cent for thestate of origin and 20 per centfor the national government.The Finance Committee report

said that the resolution "is anappropriate beginning in our cam-paign to effectuate affirmativeaction at the national level tobring this necessary and funda-mental restructuring of govern-ment financing to a reality."The legislature adopted a simi-

lar resolution in December.In fiscal 1983, more than $1.4

million in taxes were collectedin Ponape by the FSM Revenue Div-ision with one-half of the pro-ceeds going to the national gov-ernment, and the state antici-pates the same amount being col-lected in fiscal 1984. The pro-posed distribution formula would

increase the state's snare by$400,000.In other special session act-

ion, the legislature authorizedthe appropriation of $125,000 tomatch $250,000 provided by theFSM Congress to implement thePonape State Five-Year Marine Re-sources Development Plan, whichis two years behind schedule, andhas been modified by the EconomicDevelopment Authority board andlegislature, according to EDA Ex-ecutive Director Anson Chong.The legislature amended the

fiscal 1984 General Appropriat-ions Act to provide $7,700 forState Hospital security guards;$11,000 for the Upward Bound Sum-mer Bridge Program; $33,300 forthe draft Pohnpei Constitutioneducation task force; $20,000 forthe constitution referendum, and$17,500 for transportation andliving allowances of police offi-cers attending training in Sitka,Alaska.Also, $5,000 for the governor's

representative fund; $18,400 forthe Kapingamarangi, Nukuoro andParem food assistance program;$20,000 for MS Micro Glory opera-tional costs; $32,500 for LegalAffairs Department operationalcosts, and $10,000 for a U.N. De-velopment Program-sponsored live-stock development project.The legislature also deleted

$80,000 authorized for the Pohn-

Reorgarizaticn sou tKDIONIA, Ponape - Gov. Resio

Moses submitted to the PonapeState legislature an executivereorganization bill which wouldabolish the Public, Legislativeand Municipal Affairs Office andput its functions in a new RuralAffairs Department and cabinet-level Public Information andElection Commission offices.The reorganization bill also

would change the names of theCommunity Services Department toPublic Works Department and theConservation and Resource Sur-veillance Department, formerlythe Resources and Development De-partment, to the Development De-partment.The Rural Affairs Department

would have divisions of Outer Is-lands, Rural and Community Devel-opment, Cultural Relations andYouth Affairs.The executive branch would be

increased from six to seven de-partments and from three to fourcabinet offices.The other departments are Admi-

nistration, Education, HealthServices and Legal Affairs, andthe other offices are Federal Re-lations and Management and Budget.

pei Public Market to be repro-grarrrred to the TransportationDivision for Micro Glory operat-ions, approved annual expense al-lowance payments on a calenderyear basis for its members andadopted a resolution thanking theFSM President for supporting, andrequesting further support forPonape concerns regarding theCompact of Free Association andentry into the post-trusteeshipera.

To set vote dateKOIONIA, Ponape - Tne Ponape

State Legislature approved duringits regular session which endedJune 27 a bill authorizing Gov.Resio Moses to reschedule the re-ferendum date set for July 2 onthe draft state constitution, ac-cording to Information OfficerHalvorsen Johnny.The governor signed into law

June 25 a bill to reappropriate$7,000 to renovate the municipaloffice and $3,000 to renovate thedispensary on Pingelap from fundsoriginally appropriated for sani-tary facilities there.

In other regular session act-ion, the legislature confirmedthe ncrnination of Singuo Hadley,a former FSM Supreme Court chiefclerk who is State Education De-partment Cultural Education Divi-sion chief, to replace Sosiro El-iam on the Micronesian Legal Ser-vices Corp. board of directors.

It disapproved by filing a billto authorize the State Publiclands Authority to deed publiclands leased to residentialleaseholders in Kolonia.The Resources and Development

Committee report recommendingfiling the bill introduced byState Senator Yosuo M. Phillip ofKolonia said that the practice ofleasing land is to accomodatepeople oomuting to Kolonia Townfrom rural and outer islands com-munities who have first optionfor renewal.The committee cited the need to

re-survey all residential andcommercial leaseholds in Kolonia,prior to transfer of any rightsor titles.The legislature appropriated

$17,500 to send five Ponape StatePolice officers to the Microne-sian Police Academy at the AlaskaState Policy Academy, Sitka, for91 days of training beginningJuly 7.The FSM national and Trust Ter-

ritory governments also are fund-ing the training. The six Ponapeofficers are Police Capt. Fran-cisco Joseph, Training OfficerOsaia Santos, Patrolman Tony Per-net and detectives Elsin Mwudong,and Mathias Syne.

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WWII BOMB DESTBOYEO BY NAVT TEAMKOLONIA, Ponape - An unidenti-

fied unexploded World War II can-non shell, or bomb discoverecJune 27 during dredging operat-ions near Deketik causeway herewas destroyed July 1 by a crewfrom the Naval Magazine in Guam,according to Ponape State Infor-mation Officer Halyorsen Johnny.Dredging operations were halted

and the causeway between Koloniaand the Ponape airport and dockwas closed temporarily when thecannon shell, or bomb weighingabout 100 pounds was spotted inthe dredged coral.Goy. Resio Moses notified Trust

Territory and U.S. Navy officialsin Saipan and Guam, requestingassistance of a demolition teamto dispose of the projectilewhich is two feet long and eightinches in diameter.In cables to Trust Territory

and Navy officials, the governorsaid, "The presence of an unexp-loded bonb of undetermined capa-city of destructiveness poses ex-treme danger to human lives, es-pecially in view of the fact thattraffic during plane arrivals anddepartures is always heavy whereithe bomb is presently located." |Part of the causeway remained

closed to vehicle traffic andpeople were advised to stay awayfrom the area, until the Navy,team arrived by military aircraft'to inspect and dismantle the bomb.The Navy team took it to the I

former Maeda Construction Co. irock quarry in Nett and explodedit, officials said.

UNEXPLJCDED BCMB - PonapeState Police Officer Sand-ro Pelep is pointing at anunexploded World War IIbomb, or cannon she11 ex-cavated June 27 during co-ral dredging at the Deke-tik causeway between Kolo-nia and the Ponape airportand dock. The bomb wasexploded July 1 by a teamfrom the Naval Magazine,Guam.

application deadline extendedKOIDNIA, Ponape - The deadlinet

has been extended from July 15 toJuly 20 for Ponapeans seekingelectrical and mechanical skillsin the International Labor Organ-ization sponsored Trade, Trainingand Testing (T3) program, accord-ing to its coordinator, HenryHickey."Interest in the program far

exceeded expectations," Hickeysaid, adding that more than 100

applications were distributed bythe ESM Labor Division and thatenough applications have been re-;ceived to fill the first threeconstruction training classes.Applications are being filed

permanently, so applicants who donot make the first classes can becalled for later classes, hesaid. Successful applicants forthe first class will be announcedin the NATIDNA1 UNION and on WSZDRadio.

THE NATIONAL UNIONPublished by: FSM Information OfficeP.O. Box 490, Kolonia, PonapeFederated States of Micronesia 96941Telephone: 548

KetSon Johnson, Information OfficerTom Bryan, Information AdvisorEsikiel Lippwe, Broadcast Division ChiefElieser Rospel, Graphic ArtistAngie Mualia, Administrative AssistantMary Alien Manuel, Clerk Tvnist

FSM Postal Service'Milestone'passed(Continued from Page 1)ion," and with approval of theCompact, "we can prove even fur-ther that we are one."We can sliow our friends in the

rest of the Pacific that we havetaken this historic step towardself-government," Ealcam said.Ealcam announced before the ce-

remony that the Christmas stamp !design contest deadline, whichwas set for July 1, has been ex- !tended to Aug. 15, due too few jentries from Yap and Kosrae."I hate to judge the entries

received without enough entriesfrom Yap and Kbsrae," he said,indicating that all four states ~would be represented in the finalselections.Ealcam noted that George King,

a retired U.S. Postal Service em-ployee,, was contracted by CrownAgents Philatelic Corp. of Itont-ville, New Jersey, which is pro-viding the production and world-wide sales of ESM stamps, to as-sist in philatelic sales here.King has been in the ESM sinceJune 20 and has visited the fourstates to set up the sales.Ealcam also reported that Pon-

ape sold all of its caimemorativestamps in the first two and one-half hours, the other states re-ported running low the first dayand more conmemoratives are beingordered.

BAR EXAM SETKOLONIA, Ponape - The ESM Sup-

reme Court will administer a barexamination Sept. 20 in Ponapeand Truk. and will consider hold-ing it in Yap and Kosrae, if re-quests are made in time to makearrangements, according to ChiefClerk Bteliana Musrasuik.Applications must be filed with

supporting documents and a $25fee with the Office of the ChiefClerk, ESM Supreme Court, P.O.Box J, Kolonia, Ponape ESM 96941,30 days before the written exam-ination, though later filing naybe permited upon showing goodcause, she said.