THIRTEEN
Half-Caste Babies
Of GIs on Samoa
Present Problem
President Delivers Fighting Message to Congress
NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1948
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PAGO PAGO, American Samoa
American servicemen left hun
dreds of half-caste babies, and a
first class problem, in American
Samoa. These children are grow
ing up in a land where they have
little birthright. The reason Is
that persons of less than three
fourths Samoan blood may not
Inherit or buy land, except for a
few freehold acres. This restric
tion bears heaviest now on the
shoulders of the grown children
of traders and navy men who
married Samoan women before
the war. But In a few years, un
less It Is remedied, the illegiti
mate children of American fight
ing men 'will find substantial
blocks In their path to economic
betterment.
The problem will be discussed
with a Congressional committee
which plans to visit Samoa late
this year. Half-castes, Samoa
born and of Samoan blood, com
plain they practically are out
casts In theln. own land.
One trader solved the problem
by giving his children excellent
educations In Hawaii and main
land schools and kicked them
out of Samoa. Another expanded
his business to provide Jobs for
all his children. But such solu
tions are available only to a well-
Addressing Joint session of th Senst tnd Houst in sxtrsordlnsry summer session, President Truman
, declared bs called Congress back prlmsrlly "to deal with high prices snd housing shortsgt," President
is shown hers on rostrum in general riew.
fixed few.
The Navy, In line with its poli
cy of "Samoa for the Samoa ns"
has protected the land. Most land
Is commonly owned' but regis
tered In the name of the matai,
or family head. Matals can sell
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Brazilians Fret About
Boost in Coffee Price
RIO DE JANEIRO (."PI
There's lots of coffee In Brazil,
but the price of a cup is going
up. The rising price of coffee
is causing the disappearance of
the traditional cales of Rio de
Janeiro where in bvgone times
most of the nation's business was
transacted.
Brazil's national drink is the
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Others abolished the cafezinho
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K.O. in California
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broad changes In California law
will not appear on the Novem
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The court In a unanimous de
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down on the measures sponsored
by Roy Owens and Lawrence and
Willis Allen ot Los Angeles
backers of the "Ham and Eggs"
movement In the 1930's.
In all, the court found, the
measure would repeal or sub
stantially alter 15 of the 25
articles in the California Consti
tution, which may be revised
only by a constitutional conven
tion. The measure envisioned a
broad retirement pension plan
with $100 a month benefits for all
over 60. It would reapportion
the State Senate and reorganize
the Legislature, lpgalize gamb
ling, revise the oleomargarine
laws. Junk the present taxation
scale in favor of a blanket two
per cent tax on all personal and
corporate Income, and sharply
reduce the power of the state
courts, among other things.
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