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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, July 13, 1958. US Occupation of Okinawa, Bonin Isles Spawning Anti-American Sentiment Wave By RUTHERFORD POATS United Preti Correspondent Tokyo (U.R) The United States occupation of Okinawa and the Bonin Islands is spawn ing a growth of anti-American sentiment in Japan which has spread from the peasants to the press and into the highest circles of government. Most observers are convinced that the conservative govern ment lost ground in recent elec- t tions because of its failure to oppose the U. S. occupation pro gram. Spurred by the election set back; the attitude of the people, and public attacks by the press, the government has indicated it will adopt a tougher stand against the U. S. occupational government in the Ryukyu Islands. Occupation Compared Anti-American elements com pare the United States occupa tion of Okinawa with the Rus sian occupation of the Kuriles and Sakhalin in the north. The Japanese press has fre quently denounced the occupa tion as an example of Ameri can "colonialism." Landowners dispossessed by the occupation and the estab lishment of U. S. military bases complain constantly about their separation from the soil for which they have an almost fan atical attachment. The anti-American sentiment developed to a degree that Lt. Gen. James E.' Moore, U. S. dep uty governor of the Ryukyu Islands, hurried to Tokyo Thurs day to confer with his chief Far East commander. Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer. The conferences were believed to center on the Okin awa land controversy. Treaty Rights The United States got Okin awa and other Ryukyu islands and the Bonins including Iwo Jima under the 1951 San Fran cisco peace treaty. It gave the United States "the right to ex ercise all and any powers of ad ministration, legislation, and jurisdiction over the territy and the inhabitants" of the islands. Washington has consistently rejected all Japanese appeals for a looser U. S. reign on the islands. The U. S. Congress re cently announced plans to take over another 12,000 acres of Okinawan land. The area will be used to ex pand military bases. It will be acquired for "indefinite use" through a single rental payment plan. The U. S. government has promised to return the islands to Japanese rule when U. S. de fense needs in the Far East per mit. But privately government officials believe that day is not near. The United States has official ly rejected suggestions of turn ing over government of the Ryu- kyus to Japan while retaining base rights. "The bases are so interspersed and interlocked with the civil ian community that it would be impossible to separate responsi bility and rights," a high U. S official told United Press. He pointed out that fnilitary roads, pipelines and power lines run through civilian areas to serve base areas. Complex System "The whole base complex can not be effective unless we have . full right to us the island for offensive and defensive opera tions, staging troops and for ex pansion of four facilities when the military situation requires, the official said. American military adminis trators on Okinawa have worked hard to offset Japanese feelings against the occupation. They point out that there is almost no unemployment in the entire Ryukyu Islands, and that 45.000 jobs have been provided by U. S. forces and contractors. SPARES NO COST Hollywood (U.R) Groucho Marx says he expects soon to have the most lavish bathtub since the days of ancient Rome, all because his wife, Eden, wants a sunken circular bathtub. "I couldn't put one in our old house without tearing down most of the joint, so we re building a new place which probably will run $200,000," he said. Would You PUIt Safe Fir and Extended Cover age on dwelling! and con tents on our continuous An ' nual Payment Plan will re due your cash outlay and sava you money. Why Pay More? DON EDWARDS District Agent 414 E. Main Ph. 3-5361 Living standards have im proved and are now higher than ever under Japanese rule of th islands. Bank deposits are high er, living standards have been raised and the death rate has dropped. By the end of this fiscal year. the American-financed school building program will have pro vided schools for every child in the islands. But land is the basic fact of life on an island crowded with 800 persons per square mile and a tradition of almost fanatical attachment to the soil. When additional land seizures and "indefinite" rental practices go into effect late this year, the United States may find the tough talk from Japan tough enough to pose a major Far East political problem. Coasi Guard Musi Return Seaman Papers San - Francisco (U.R) Federal Judge Edward P. Murphy order ed the Coast Guard Thursday to return sailing papers to sea men and dockworkers adjudged security "risks by the Coast Guard's outlawed screening pro gram. The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled last year that the Coast G u a r d's screening procedures were illegal. Murphy, in an order enforcing the appellate ruling, instructed the Coast Guard it could not interfere with the employment of seamen and dockworkers and must issue validation stamps to them. However, in cases involving men found to be security risks under the old screening process, Murphy ruled the Coast Guard May stamp their sailing papers as "validated by order of the U.S. District Court." The nation's cars, buses and trucks logged 590 billion vesicle miles during 1955. OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD Uxbridge, England U.R) ' Frederick Wood, 74, was jailed i for a year Thursday for stealing j a watch. He testified he had ; spent 57 of the past 59 years in j prison. "I don't do it because 1 1 like it," Wood said. 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