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.
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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
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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. "If I could 1
find a job I'd stick to it."
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