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Show P HI SO-- THK H LU Prove, I tato Thursaav November 16 1978 Distrust Hinders Work to End Micronesia Trusteeship - SAIPAN The Marianas (UPI) The United Slates trying 10 years to end its trusteeship of Micronesia finds itself each year bogged a little deeper in the benevolent quagmire it created At the end of the Ford Administration in 1976 a draft agreement on the status of Micronesia after the end of trusteeship termination was initialed But everything had to be renegotiated With the changeover in administrations Since then two of the six districts which make up the trusteeship have split from the remaining four districts So now there are bilateral and multilateral negotiations are going on simultaneously The negotiations have reached new heights of complexity The Micronesians are trying to assert as much independence as possible consistent with their desire for a economic aid plan The islanders feel such aid is absolutely necessary to give Micronesia the best possible chance to stand on lit own The current talks center on the concept of "free This means Mircronesia will continue :ation to have a special relationship with the United States It involves interna! selfgovernment. but American jurisdiction over defense matters in the square mile area which makes up Micronesia Theoretically under free association, the Micronesians will have control of their own foreign affairs. In practice however, it appears the United States will retain considerable control of that area They recognize that because of their status there will be certain limitations on what they can do. said " three-millio- n Peter Rosenblatt President Carter's personal representative, in an interview "But the foreign affairs authority that will be given to them will be a " meaningful authority The Micronesians aren't so sure. There have been considerable suspicions circulating among the islanders about U S motives in the negotiations. One is that the United States welcomes a fragmented Micronesia in order to be able to retain effective control over the islands "The United States is telling us to trust them," said a member of the Commission on Future Political Status and Transition. "But that's hard to swallow." The Micronesians have reason to be suspicious At one point it was disclosed that the CIA had been bugging their private consultations, apparently in an effort to learn the islanders' fallback negotiating posi- r ANTON AMARAICH Is one of the chief Micron etin negotiators in talki with the United States to end the trusteeship it controls. Talks now center on the concept but internal American jurisdiction over defense matters. Signs at rear of Teiephoto) "free association." It involves give distances to some of the world's major cities. (UPI tions The history of the negotiations towards ending the trusteeship has been a checkered one, with both the United States and the Micronesians reneging on various agreements and concessions. Originally the United States offered all of Micronesia commonwealth status The islands rejected that proposal, apparently feeling that such a close relationship would only lead to more of the same ineptness which characterized the U.S. that in granting the northern Mariannas commonwealth status the U S Defense Department was given the right to lease considerable land on strategically important Timan island Many of the rest of the Micronesians believed that the United States deliberately encouraged the northetr Manannas to split in an attempt to shatter the unity which had been displayed until then by all of Micronesia If those allegations are correct then the unity of Micronesia was dealt another blow when the Palau and Marshall islands this summer rejected a proposed federated constitution which would have united all of the islands with the exception of the northern Mariannas We don't believe the United States is dealing in said Vic Uherbelau a good faith with Micronesia, stall attorney for the Congress ot Micronesia which was all but decimated when Palau and the Marshall The Manannas have rejected the constitution gone, and now the Marshalls and Palau have pulled of the lnited States " out. with the Rosenblatt says that during negotiations in September, many of the suspicions were cleared up He hopes the Marshalls and Palau will have written their own constitutions by summer, enabling them to sign an agreement with the rest of the islands which are bargaining for free association The two main points yet to be resolved involve the Davis County Workers Want 72 Salary Hike - n When it comes down to the bottom line the United to get what it wants in States probably has the power simply because under the United the negotiations Nations mandate setting up the strategic' trusteeship.' the United States has absolute control over Micronesia So basically, the Micronesians are negotiating fot the economic aid package which they will get in return for assigning the l nited States strategic rights to the islands Presently the United States is spending about $130 million annually in the islands But a high ranking source in the U S delegation says with regard to the aid package eventually agreed upon, "our contemplated levels (of aid) are not in that ball park Full discussions on aid terms is expected to take place in January when the talks resume in Hawaii But. says one of the leading Micronesian negotiators, one thing we have agreed on in our negotiations is that the United States has not met its economic obligations under the trusteeship We want to pin the U.S. down to make up for all the lost vears " ' 12.1 cost-of-livi- LljsTnl BiiFTjl work. trusteeship management. Then in 1974. the northern Mariannas islands split off from the rest of Micronesia, opting for the commonwealth status The U.S. Congress approved the proposal and President Ford signed the commonwealth bill into being in 1975. It should be noted Pope Asks Youths to Reject False Ideas VATICAN CITY (UPI) Pope John Paul II asked young people Wednesday to reject "false and fashionable ideas" in their quest for a better world". Without mentioning communism or other ideologies by name, the Polish-borpope told young people at his weekly general audience: "One cannot think of building a1 new world without being strong and courageous in overcoming false and ot'.er foreign powers - Utah (UPI) Davis County percent salary increase The employees Tuesday asked for a hike in their pay which would include an 8.5 percent increase and a 3.6 percent merit raise during 1979. County Commission chairman W E. "Bill" Moss asked if the employees had a suggestion for how to cut other county costs so it could meet the higher salaries. The salary hikes would cost the county an estimated additional $300,000 next year. Richard Harvey, county environmental health expert who represented the employees, said the county should have a good employee evaluation program to make merit raises act as an incentive to do better FARMINGTON. employees want a of control of foreign affairs the Micronesians will have and the machinery enabling the Micronesians to appeal in the event of a dispute with the United States once tree association goes into effect According to U S sources the foreign affairs authority will necessarily be limited in view of the strategic control the United States will retain Micronesia will not for example be able to join the United Nations and these sources say the Micronesians will not be able to sign their own treaties with degree fashionable ideas, the standards ot violence in the world, the suggestions of evil. "All this demands that we break the barriers of fear," the pope said. Discussing the virtue of fortitude, the pope said it is often shown to a heroic degree by common and unknown people, such as a woman refusing abortion or a man refusing to betray his principles for Two Thoughtful Gifts J the sake of freedom or an easy career. "I want to pay tribute to these courageous unknown, to all those who have the courage to say no or yes when this has a cost," the pope said. "Such men could often be met in concentration camps and places of deportation," the pontiff said. "They were authentic heroes." Get this handsome Groomer Colonial Charm From Sunbeam when you buy a Sunbeam Clock FREE FABRIC SALE 25 OFF mart's Reg. Low Prices K Shavemaster Groomer Razor - Buy a Sunbeam Groomer Ra:or from your local retailer Complete with the carton name and address as proof of purchase Mail to MEN W. 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