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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, May 3. 1955 Okinawans Agree With Friends: They Never Had It So Good two dispatches on Okiuawa.) By EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press Correscondent Nana, Okinawa (U.R) As the American GI says, "the Oki nawans never had it so good." The Okinawans thoroughly agree with their friends, the American troops, now stationed here at Uncle Sam's mighty Pa cific military bases. There are approximately 800, 000 residents of the Ryukyu Is lands which came under Amer ican rule as a result of World War II and the Japanese peace ; treaty. Of the total, most live on Okinawa. Since the popula tion of Okinawa is about 675, 000, the term "Okinawans" gen erally is applied to all including those living on the smaller, less populated islands. American control her is in the form of a trusteeship, but American officials have made it clear that the United States has no intention of ever returning the islands to Japan. Historically, Okinawa was an independent Kingdom. It's lib-! eration by the American forces in 1945 ended 70 years of Jap anese rule which Japan had es tablished in the empire-building days oi me late lata century, i Several influential Okinawans told this correspondent that the Americans have done more in 10 years to raise their standard of living than the Japanese did dur ing their entire tenure. Two Years of Progress Most of the progress in assist ing the Okinawans has been made in the past two years un der the direction of America's island commander, Maj. Gen. A. j D. Ogden. He recently was transfered back to Washington after completing his tour of duty here. His successor, Maj. Gen James E. Moore, has pledged to continue the work of helping the Okinawans riere are some of the things Mrhih fWlr n 1 i I U vvitjvu uAiuavvaiia liaicu as lid V " j ing been done for them by the; United States: 1. The people have more to eat than ever before. 2. The people have better clothing. 3. Housing is improving and Deing modernized. And even though most buildings were de stroyed during the battle for Okinawa, housing conditions to day are vastly better than be fore. Modern buildings are tak ing the place of native huts which formerly were ard." 4. The people have their own elected officials. 5. Education facilities are bet ter. 6. Public utilities already built or now being built will put Oki nawa "years ahead" of its pre war position. 7. Health and sanitary condi tions have been improved. stand-!. Helping the people was a big .Okinawa to build its military de I job. Most everything on the is-1 fenses. All this spending helps land was destroyed in the fight- the Okinawans, too. Not only ing. The economy had to be re-! does it bring money to the island built from the very bottom, To help the Okinawans, the American taxpayers have pour ed in more than $20,000,000 for relief and rehabilitation. This big sum is in addition to the S500.000.000 to 5600,000,000 the United State is spending in but it provides direct employ ment for 12 per cent of the total population. American military and civil ian personnel stationed on Oki nawa spend millions of addition al dollars with the local people and in the local stores. The big economic boom on Okinawa is helping the Amer icans accomplish one of their purposes. It is helping to insure the Okinawans are on their side. "Cooperation here has been wonderful," a high-r a n k i n g American official said. "We have our troubles and differences, but probably fewer problems than we would have with any other i civilian population Including our fellow Americans at home." Bingham, Ma. U.R) Mrs. Idella Fogg was stopped twice by one state trooper and once by a second within three hours on charges of driving without a license. 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