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Philippines Gateway for Lucrative Smuggling Work
and
Manila-IUPD-Dollars, dames
in j . uc.i.g subnet!
in and out of the Philippines
' uie aangerous but highly
'""uve smuggling route.
contraband, human and
omerwise, has grown into
mum-million dollar operation
in this Asian chain of islands.
With 14,700 miles of coast
lines, twice the length of the
united States', the Philippines
authorities have more on their
nands than the willing but
undermanned navv can euarrt.
Smugglers operated mainly
ueween tne Philippines and
Hong Kong, Indonesia or
Singapore. British North Bor
eo is the main avenue to
Singapore and beyond
&o rampant is smuggling
that Manila's Mayor Arsenio
. L,acson says the Philip
pines has the "dubious dis
tinction of being foremost
among the many smuggling
centers in Asia. '
Communism Visible
The fine hand of commu
nism is visible in the wide
spread smuggling activities
here. A Communist plan to
aump cheap goods, manufac
tured in the China Mainland,
in the Philippines to sabo
tage the local economy, has
been charged by the Army
Intelligence.
The traffic of smuggled
goods ia two ways. Luxury
items - cigarettes, cameras,
transistorized radios, TV sets,
refrigerators, clothing, jew
elry, perfumes-slip into the
country in violation of import
control regulations.
On the other hand United
Slates dollars are spirited
abroad largely through clever
manipulations of exporters.
An American civilian em
ployee at the U.S. Clark Field
Air Force Base was recently
charged with sending large
quantities of U.S. dollars out
of the country.
The sex aspect of the shady
enterprises consist of Chinese
girls-plus some Europeans
brought in from Hong Kong,
Singapore and Bangkok. They
are generally camouflaged as
"actresses."
The girls are employed,
charged Mayor Lacson, "to
wangle favors, concessions
and special privileges from
the right sources for members
and allies of the syndicate."
' Firearms Abound
Loose firearms abound in
the southern Sulu Achipel-
ago of the Philippines which
is populated by Filipino Mus
lims. Indonesian rebels are re
ported to have access to these
sources which are sometimes
bartered for Indonesian co
pra. The gun-running, aggrava
ted by alleged straffing of
Filipino Muslim traders by
Indonesian planes, chilled
Philippines - Indonesian rela
tions last year but, at the
same time, opened officials'
eyes to the need for coopera
tion in fighting smugglers re
gardless of nationality.
Presidential I n v e s tigator
Marcelino C a 1 i n a w a n has
charged before a Senate Com
mittee that the government
lost some $110 million in the
shipments of copra alone.
Calinawan blamed an un
named eleven Chinese trad
ers. Kumpits - small canoes
equipped with outboard motors-provide
smugglers with
swift and easily maneuver
able means of transportation.
There are some 7,000 kumpits
in Sulu alone. It is a madden
ing problem for the Philip
pine Navy.
Packed under plastics and
wax covers, the prohibited
goods were dropped from
kumpits in the sea off Manila
where members of the smug
gling syndicate picked them
up for distribution to outlets
in the city.
Violations Reported
That is the hard method.
It has repeatedly been charg
ed that an easier avenue is
often taken by "professional
travelers" to and from Hong
mountains of "personal ef
fects," often duty free. They
sometimes enjoy the favor
and partial protection of in
fluential Filipino politicians.
Sometimes customs officials
look the other way.
The Manila press has re
ported two cases of violation
of the diplomatic pouch. One
such case concerned an al
leged shipment of jewelry
from the New Delhi embassy
in the foreign office in Ma
nila. The jewels, if they were
actually shipped, did not
make it to the proper address
in Manila and a sensational
scandal and investigation en
sued. The smugglers also utilize
a more subtle mode of opera
tion. Disguised as a traveler,
for instance, a smuggler goes
to a Chinese moneylender
and exchanges his pesos for
"Chits" against which he will
be paid Hong Kong dollars
upon arrival in the British
colony. He then ships goods
he buys back to Manila. No
currency exchange of the of
ficial type is involved.
The Philippines is waging
an anli-smugRling drive.
President Carlos P. Garcia
has assigned a combined
Army-Navy-Constabulnry task
force to the Sulu, Mindanao
and Palawan Islands area.
In addition, agents of the
National Bureau of Investiga
tion and the Customs Commis
sion have boon thrown into
aid in guarding the so-called
"Southern Back Door."
The task force is under firm
orders to track down the
smugglers-and use guns, if
persuasion fails.
On the international level,
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the Philippines and Indone
sia signed a diplomatic note
providing for joint patrols in
waters separating the two
neighbors.
To augment the underman
ned Philippines Navy patrols,
representations have been
made with Great Britain for
the formation of combined
patrols working out of San
dakan, capital of British
North Borneo.
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Smith Sees Rapid
Expansion Along
Oregon Coast
Coquille - IUPB - Republican
Senate candidate Elmo Smith
predicted here Wednesday
that rapid industrial expan
gion would follow maximum
development of port and high
way facilities serving the
Oregon coast.
The Albany publisher and
former governor of Oregon
told a Coquille Rotary lunch
eon that he called the coast
"Oregon's greatest potential
area for industrial growth."
He urged full development of
port facilities and a system
of modern highways to link
each harbor community with J
inland areas of Oregon.
And he declared: "As your
U.S. Senator, I will work ag
gressively for the achieve
ment of this program."
Projects Mentioned
Smith mentioned the fol
lowing coastal projects: South
jetty at Coos Bay; Coos-Mil-Jicoma
river; Coquille river;
Charleston small boat harbor;
Siuslaw river south jetty;
Siuslaw small boat harbor;
Umpqua river south jetty;
Umpqua river navigation
study; Port Orford harbor
project; Tillamook bay and
bar project; Yaquina bay and
bar modification; Rogue river
small harbor study; Chetco
river harbor modification,
and several Columbia river
projects.
Smith was to address the
Coquille Lions club today.
Oregon Will Need
90,000 Bean Pickers
Portland- fflPD -Oregon will
reed 90,000 bean picKers u
save the $36 million 1960
vn c-rnn according to Don
Merrill, secretary of the
Northwest Canners and Freez
ers Association.
Favorable weather has
brought on a bumper crop
of beans and 500 additional
pickers are needed in the
Portland area immediately,
Merrill said, and another 1000
will be needed by the week
end. .', '
About 4000 pickers are al
ready working in the Port
land area bean fields and the
canners association said about
15,000 will be needed here
when the season reaches its
peak about Aug. 15 to Sept.
Portland growers must rely
on local aay neip j
Because of the good crop
some children were reported
making ?10 a day.
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