A (Rehobilitatlon)2 (Welfare)

1 AnTll 1948

c~u direct aid to native societies or individual., such a s gratuit ous i.lueso! food and clothing . gift. of building mAterials. etc.

The ulual diatribution of fooda and means for aecuring t~.lr own vel g l.enthe native leperl on Sal ot I l l and.

A (Rehobi1itAtion)3 (Land Title. Investigating Co

1 April 194811'10n) Summary of work (briefed)

Truk

10 land elal~s hRTe been presented for formal adjudication during the nertodcOTered by this r~pOrt . Several cases have been ~de known to the ClvAd icvolvln«landl brought by J8~e8e nationals from ODe individual and sold at the close ofhostil ities to another; thee however appear to be reaching sattsfactor" concluslo~

in tbe hand, of nat ive chiefs.In confo~ce with reference (Trust Territory Policy Letter P-l, ler 630 dtd

29 Dec 1947), PBragraoh 18, 8 map 1 1 being pr epared of all land8 made unavailableto the nAtlv~8 previously and currently due to Amer i can activi ties . Two of the threevillages ~ho.e lands are involved baTe been comnleted, but the work 1••low 81 eh8ngesin the terrain b7 Japanese and erican haY@ mAde the determination of old boundariesdifficult . The r at e of com~nsAtion has not bee~ deterained a8 yet. but agreementhAs been reached wit~ the ~tlYes ahat the Civ.ld will obtain u8ufruct r ight s onlTto the lend it ooerate8on. thus ayoiding the c03~lic8tions Involyed in obtainingclear title. And 81eulifylng current and future returns of land to the natives.

I n conformance with ~ragra~h 14 of tefernce (al above). the boundAries ofthe base area have been redefined within min~~ limits, and the native villagesand ~Rrdening activi ties returned to apnro7imately their previous locations fromvhlch they hAd been removed originally by the J apane. e.

I t 18 intended to w1 thold compliance with paragrach 9 of reference ( ~ I aboTe)until such time as the CIY~ reports for the areas lL~der the jurisdiction of theCivAd are mAde available.

A (RehAblllt.tlon)4 (Claims) SU2~ary of work on clel~8

1 April 1948other than land .

Trnk

York 1s in nrogre85 tOYerde clearing un all clai m. sgalnlt the former J a paneseGOT~rnment. Apnro%lmately ~ of que.t lo~lre. Bent out have been returned t o theCi tt1 ~d=in 1 8 tra t or . It 11 .Ittaated it will take another two aonths to e om~lete.

A (Rehabl l lt.tlon)5 (Sa~ma~) (Wit h comment. and

1 April 1948recom~eddatlon8 )

Truk

A program of 8t tem~tlng t o er!usde t he natlTes of Truk At ol l t o r evert tous i ng n8tlv~ m~terlR18 in construct ion has bp-en i nst i t ut ed and 18 being vlgouslynreseed . This au~lie8 particulArly t o schools ~t the nresent time , Which fo r themost ~rt are ~.lghtly and unsanitary. A compet i tion WAS h~l d on Tol tor t hecon8t~ct lon of the moat fA tlsfactor,r bui l ding of net lY8 type and 8ulteblE 8WSrdsmade t o the wt.aer . A model building ot native mater iAl bas been constructed in theCAU a r ea and 18 118ed 88 8 eM" and demonst ra tion pl ace ot what can be done i n t hatline.

1 Aprll 1948!--) (Health and Sanltetlon)1 (CAU H08 ~l t ~1. a nd Dlspen~rle•. )

( p) Xame 2nd locAt i on of ep c h.Civ il Admlnlst re tlon Di s pensa ry, ~ruk.

Location: Moen Island, Truk At oll.

Truk

(b) Totel number of beda---- 51Tot81 number of bed. devo ted t o na t l Te eare-- -48JatlT8 Men tl Ya r d 11----------------------- 9I at!T8 Men '. ~ard #2-----~----------------------- --- - - --- -- 8

~ !fptl. e Women's Yard 11- - - - - - 9

N8tlve Women's Ward 12------------------------------------------ BHuraery ----14-

-'!'his number includes nine (9) cribs.

(e) I umber of ~tlentl t r e2t ed b7 racial grou~s: (Mi crane. le n)Inpatient - CiT1l Ada i nist ration Dis uen8&r,y.

(1) Medica l (by disea se) (admission. f or ~riod ) :228 HypertrophY. Heart----- 1323 !nt erocolitla. Acut~ 1

~~6 Hemorrhoide----- - --------------------------- --- - ---- -- - 1394 Di arrhea. Chro nic. CBU.~ Unkno~----------------------10

513 Mas toedi til. Acute----- - -------- - - --------------------- 151B Ot itis XXterna------ 1520 Otit i s MedlR. Acut e -21530 Rhi nitis. RTPe r t r ophi c 1

~ (Health) 1 1 April 1948 Trull:

'534 Sinusitis. Ethmoidal 1543 Otitis Media. Chronie-- ?

615 Co~unc t lTl t l .-------------------------------------------- 3709 CTStttt tl. Acut e, l'oDTenere&l------- 1731 ?,relitt • • Aeute------------ 1747 Urethri tis. ~ute. i onvenereal 1801 C8tArr~~1 reyer . Acute----------------- -------- -3880s Pn~onlA , Broncho--____________________________________ 2817 !ronehltla. Acute-------- 81002 111Arlaal.- 21215 Gonococcus Infection, Urethra---- - 6121 6 Gonococcus In1'ec tlon. Vaglaa--------- 41300 Abaee6 s---- 131~5 Ce11ulltl .- - - -101312 FUrunele- 11~17 Lepro 8y 11329 yaV8--- 1221332 Food Poi eoning . Bact erial (ri8h) 11403 Lymnhadenitle l0

1405 L~tihangltl .---------------- ------------------------------ 11602 Arthrl'la. Acute---- - - - ----- - 21617 Gengllon, Tendon Sheath 11631 ~~osltl• • Acute 81 63 9 Ost eoM7811tl s 8

B-1 1 April 1948 Truk

1647 renolynoyltll. Aeut e-- -- -- 11659 SY&ovlt l l, Chronle---- 11713 Encep~ l ltl • • Aeut e- 11742 !eurl t ll ------------- 31751 ParalT1I. -------- -------------- 21801 A. t hma ----------- 31803 Bronchit i s, Chronle 31830 Pn . cnl t!l. Aeut e 21920 1cse&8 11936 Impe t igo - 2

2103 FolTPUS ------------------------------- ------------------- 12114 Atroo01 (le~) ------------------- ------------ - - ---- 12126 Hydoeele 5

2140 Mftlnut r t tlon- - - 2

21<3 Wo Disease ( ~e d lc~ l Obl ervRtlon)--------------- - ----- ----- 82157 Ulce r- 22202 Aaeblaala- - 4

?212 1ungu. Infection, Skln--------- - - ---- ----- - - 6222 7 Scab l es 32236 Thruah 622~9 Paraalte Inre . t~ t l o~----- _282'02 C.re lnocan . C... lx----___________ 12305 C78t------ --------------- --------------------------------- 4~~11 11bro~ --------- ------ - ------62316 Lloo r:l.8. - 2

B-1 1 Aprll 1948 Trull:2329 Tuaor. Mixed, 3enl~n 32400 A:enorrhe ~ 32403 Diaplacement. Uterua 12405 IndocerTlcltla 12416 Leukorrhea-- 12417 Mas t it i s, Acut e----- 1

2419 ~enopeuae----------------------------- -------------------- 12420 Menorrhag18-- 12427 Salpi ngiti s, Acute 12430 Stri c t ure. Ut eri ne Cenal------- 12435 Pregnancp------------ 424~6 Abortton 224 ~6Abortion. Threatened- 124~ Paraaetr 1tIa---- 4

24X7 Y.eno~uaal. S1Udro~------------- ---------- --- ------------ 12500 Abra. l on--------- ---------- -- - - ----- 32508 !urn 2

2512 Cont u.ton. MultI~e---__- ------- ----------------------- 42531 ?ra.cture. SIClle Left A.!1kl.----------- ----------- 12548 RD:pture . Traumatic. Ure tl:.ra 1

25~O SpraIn. J oint. ~e__------------------------------------ 1?5~2 Strain. Muacula r------------------------ - ----------------- 72563 Wound . Laee rated----- 1

2565 ound. Punctured________________________________________ 2

B_1 1 April 1948 Truk2572 Amputation, Tr8~tlc, Left Foot-- 12577 Wound, Infected------- 62705 Abaence. Acquired, Teet h 2

The follovi nc l abratory e::raal r:.aUons vere co:rcld.ed on antin ' dur ing the quarter:

Gram I ta l nl - ------------ ------- ------- 10Darkfleld u"ulnatlonA 2Acid , •• t Steln--- e

g. =at ol 0C7 --- ------------------------------------- - - ---------- ?Blood~ --------- -------------------- - - ---------- --- - --- 0Sod p~t. ~

Cro" match- ________ ---- --- --- ----- 0Urlne 17~ 1. 23X~~ 0

Spinal n uid e xaml nat lon--- - -- - - --- 0Stoll exaalna tlon 0 e nd P f,6!.h r . et or 12Co:~let . 3100d Count 4

't'h. re vere a t otal of 254 X-r B1' eX2% lnat1o~! :l8de on nat!". during: t he quarter .

(2) SurClc al operation. performed at the dl_pen_arT durlnc the querter :Aapltatlon. lover th i rd. l eft l~------------------- ----------- 1Cy_to_toay. Supre~ble ------------------------ - ---------- - -----

B- 1 1 April 1948 Trulc

lxci.lon, l 1ooma , l ef t teck- 1! xeial on. tumor , left elbov- 1

!xci.lon. tumor, l eft foo t - --- - -- --- - - ---- - - - - --- - ------- ---- - - 4!Xc i alon. tumor, right a rm- - - - - ---------- - - - ----- - ----- - - -- - - 1IxelatoD, t umor. left l eg 1H.7droc.le . Repair of- - - - - - - - - --- - 3RYlterect o=7. pa Tt tsl 1

Inci .ton and Drataeae-------------------- --- -------- ---- 3Oper ation. OYe rlan cTSt- - - - - ---------------------- - 2PI. atlc Repair. right arm plt 1Repa ir. lacer~tion r1ght arz-- 1Xepair. lace rat ton left leg- 1

( 3) Dental t r@atnents pertorm@d i n the ~lspens.ry br natiTe ~ ent i s t dur ingt he quarter :Zxtrac t l ons l 50

7i11ings. cem~nt - 81

Fill ings , ~lgea---__- - ----- --- - - ------ --- ------- ---- ----- --- 17Trea ntl ----------------------- --------- -- - --- - - - - - - - ------136

(d) llUllber ot hos pital 487S f urnished ::attTe 'Pat1ents---4 ,226Vuabe r ot DAti~e oat ie~ts on l~s t Cey ot auerter ____ 39

umber of nattY.I t r eated (out~tl.nt) at C! TAd DtspenaaT7 - 7. 507

B-1 1 Anrll 1948

( e> Native holpt tal training prog ram : Jrnuerr

(1) Hur ••• AI'•• (tr. l ned)Nura•• Ai de . (unt re ln ed)lura•• Al d• • (uDtr. ln~d )

(2 ) H. al t h Ald•• ( traIned)Health Aldes tuntTalned)Hea l th Ai d••(unt ra ined)Health Ald•• (untrained)

(3) Ot her. empl o7e d :(SuperY~.or &)Interperter (CI••• A)~ - Dent.l Practitioner

J!g".251

419

1611

11

75. 00 pe r ZOo

75 .00 pe r a o.

Earning. per 1110.

$50. 0091 .003.00

1025.00239 .00348 .60140 .50

15 .0015.00

" ebl'W!r%(1) llur... AIde . ( tra Ined) 1 tl.OO nor 41em

lurl n .lI d•• ( u."l t r~lned) 1 . 70 • •Nursea Aides (untra i ned) 1 . 50 • •

(2) ReL'!.lth Ai".a ( t ral ""d) 64 1.00 ee r dl ...Health Ai de s (unt raine d) 2 .10 • •Heal th Ald•• (untre ined) 16 .50 • !

(3) Oth.n • l o!,e d:( SuJl8M'iaor &) Inte!"":lr..t er ( CI ....... ' 1 15. 00 per eo .

A Den al -Prget itlener - 1 75 .00 nor mo .-~ I

122 .0011 . 50

2 .501616. 00

~5.00

115.50

15.0015 .00

mo.

75.00

$24. 6520.30

1907.50354.55

larni!l&. peT

per diem• •

of Palpe r Uetl• •

1 Aprll 1948trelntg prqgram: (continued)

12.. Oll!s~t,;e....\1,!.~.t1 .851 .70

66 1.0019 .70

(.) Jat I ve bee pi tal

(1) Nurses Aides (untrained)( lursel Aides (untrained)(2) Health Aide. (trained)

Health Aides Ountrained)(~) Other. employed:

Dental Practitioner 1 75.00 per 1101(4) DeYelopment and exp~~.lon of procrac: resu+t8:

During this quarter the first trained midwives were aent beck totheir respect i va ialand.. There haT$! b een ve!7 gretifylng reports on thUr vork andleveral have returned for more .u~11e6 such 28 ercotrate. Two nur••• were sent out.who ~ATe been trained at the dll oens~ry, t o their 111ands to carr,y on wi t h their wo rk .It 18 our hope 1n the DeBr future to nIece trained nurses on all the 181anda, or i ntraining, cor08~en for all the islands of significant 81ze . This should make thesystem o! rotation york ver" .~ooth1y.

B-1

Jl Heal th2 CAD Lenor,ariA .

1 .lprll 1948I nsa ne As,.'1utls I and OrphAngn .

Truk

There 11 a leorolarlum on Sa l ot I s l and. Truk At ol l . Censul--t hr ee aale , one!e=ale. Ca l l r.l ro. ftge 23 , Marlon , age 45 , and l emmon. age SO , and Hlwt 8a. ~e 40 .No tre8 t~ent 18 furni8hed but routine visit s are made fo r inspection and f or furniah­i ng .u~~lle. fo r t he leue r 8. JA directed the In£atel have been notified about thenl anned le~ros8rlu. on Sa l pan .

- """1l' ( Heal th)3 (Sub-D18~na8rles .

1 Apr il 1948Fi rat Ai d Station, . etc .)

Trult

(8 ) Namee . tyne and l OCAtion of 8sch .Ci vil Admln18tratlo~ Sub D18nense r l el are located on Tol , Udot . Dublon

t'an, :reCan, Pia , RomulUl:l. Sat aW8ll , Ta, One.p. l t a l. lukunor. !tutu, Mot . liomvin . Lo••e ,PIt, Nama , 'aMid. Murllo . ~luk. Pufep, Ulul , PulU\\Ie.t, and Pulu8uk .

(b ) Empl oyees: Number. rat e. of ~v and earnings .On March 31, 1948 there vere 32 t rained health a 1de. 8mpl oye d at the

8ub_dispenssries . Rates of PRY Rnd earnings for the quart er were e8 Coll ows:

JruyrrTI T),]; J!]JI£l':R MTE OF Pll !AlU!IYGS ?1m J:!Ql!TH

Health Ai des ( trained) 33 $25 .00 <>or coo • $800 .25

l'ebruo,ryHealth Ai de s (trai ne d) 22 $ 1.00 ]lOr dIe. 928 .00

MetchHealth Ai ds s (trained) 22 $ 1.00 per- d iem 972 .00

(c ) How 8u~rv 18ed . including number of vis i ts by VSN medlcal department per8on-nel:

No ehe nge f rom preYlou8 r -eoor-t ,

B_1 1 April 1948 rruk

(d) number And tyue treatments given at sub-dll~en'arle8 during the qna:rter:DIAgNOSIS DUBLON ~ 1"EJI7N tIDOT !l&. PLL RQMUL1,'!!

T."" 18 43 68 12 42 7 0Cellulitis 6 12 12 4 83 31 10OU til 76 ., lq • '40 8 6

See."tu 60 84 74 85 135 94 97Dermat 1till 28 37 4 11 19 42 3Strain. mu.cul~r 225 27 241 4 148 97 0Wound, inched 173 193 275 117 314 142 144Wound, lacerated 113 226 242 21 76 160 51Abrasion 8 3 11 5 0 7 0

.0 dlses8e (hea~ehe) etc) 263 289 438 506 1197 0 185Paraaltlc inle.tat1on 2:'2 202 379 59 343 86 1467ungus infection "'tl 9 154 220 146 757 59 49CatarrhAl fever 365 672 581 172 783 112 167

ConJunctivitis 200 130 167 64 ~77 39 36Ulcer. akin 32 34 0 11 35 28 0llurn 28 12 4 33 68 17 8Dalrrhea. CaUse unknown 21 77 46 7 176 63 0

3-3 1 A:orll 1948 Trulc( d)

DIAGNOSIS 1'A LOSAP ill J!!l:! Q1'"",JJ> N lAL!'l: LrKINOP.. SITA1(AI YC'J' .l:"tU Jl;TJrrr.... 9 12 16 14 11 16 27 18 11 14 22Catarrhal fever 51 136 143 572 64 47 177 47 35 93 56OUtll 21 24 62 32 32 41 11 24 13 83 1210 dll••,eCHeedoche) 18 156 ?? 513 112 87 41 7 92 181 204 3SStrain, muscular 13 39 245 16 4 76 74 5 56 127 24

Wound, inched 6 25 74 124 17 28 170 20 0 19 10

Wound . lacerated 23 9 0 8 6 0 14 0 97 64 0

1Ungu1 1nf~ctlon 12 6 206 276 124 53 106 6~ 141 174 37

Conjunetivitis 1 0 51 22 3 0 219 29 125 132 14

Burn 0 5 6 0 2 1 2 6 4 0 0

Uleer 0 10 2 5 11 6 23 0 14 9 7

Dlp.rrbea, cause unknown 0 0 0 31 0 17 6 0 16 44 4

Paresl'lc i nf es t at i on 42 114 195 618 67 64 24 89 118 174 94

Cellulitis 7 0 0 27 13 8 11 19 0 17 0

Scsbies 8 19 179 92 1 7 12 4 71 15 36 21

B (n••l t h ) 1 A~ril 1946 Truk4 (Pre'Vent1ve and Ther8l)E!Utlc 11eld Work)

Dur i ng t hi s quarter f ield t r ips were ma~ to the islAnds outside or the Truk Atoll.T~e 18~nd8 were inspected and sdv18ed on bett~~l~ pre s ent sanl~~tlon : e t hod&. The In­elte~ee of TaWS is decreAsing very a ~~rec~~bly.

liP .

eArnings:!:lIninc' ner

'319.50372. 00383.00211 .00

• •• •

per dl..• •

of neYrat e s or 'Pf'Y.!ate

$1.001.001 .001.00

T .a1th 1 April 194!J T_5.Sa.nitatlon

(p.) 11.1d l~.pec tlon. b,y US Fe~lo ~~el .

The f requent aan i ter,: Insoect ion5 have c on I nued thro~out the pas t quarte r .E?ery ef for t 18 melng ..de t o l mprove sanl ~2ry c ond! lonl . For t he ~aa t month the aan!­t attoD depart~nt baa been U8ing A J eep pOwered fog Iya tem ot ~ DDt in kerolene with, ood r esults. TheT make a dai ly t our of the area with this j eep.

(b) Wettve aanlt ar.r inspec torl:(1) Number eculoyed and vhere;

"0. ('!781ned) Employed Locgtipn12 TrWt12 Wi t hin Atolll~ So . I slande

7 Y.lt Islands

(e)( d)

N.tlve ce eterl e.--No chance.~.t control : (MeAsure' taken and _. Iult a;)1 . In. ~c t .: A j e e p powered DDT t og sys t em hal been instal led uling DDT 1n ke r ­

It 1_ dl r:lcul~ to evaluate r esults , i nce this Iyatem ha l been i n use only one

2. ~odent control--No chance .3 . Others--Io change .

( e , Po\.&bl . ...t er luool y .The area he_ r ecently becun t o UI~ water ~roc a deep we 11 just co nlet ed.

1 April 1948

(f) Violations of S8ni t P. ry Regula t i on. (stena t aken t o enforce . )There vere no vi olations of lani t sry re~18tlon. dur ing thi s ~rter .

Trull:

B ( HeAlth)6 (S""'"Ary )

1 Apr ilWith l omments and reco~mend8tlon' .

1948 Truk

A «reet deal of tl~e dur l nv thi s q~rter has be~n concentrRted on r otatIon ayatem!or health aide. and It I' fel t t ha t nov there are In training enoug~ men to place themon all 111andl of 11gnlflcnnt 11ze a nd to have men to rotate y!th them. !he nat Iv e n~el

Drogrem II Itr1v1n« to ol~ce t ealned voeea In the lilanda vith health aldel to a.ltlt Intreating native females . I n the nelt the health aIdes have been r eluctant to gIve in­J ect io n. In buttocka of native women or to ca re for thalr various other a l l . eot l . Thi_erogram may be 110w due to the 11mltatloD on the number of women that can be trained atone t1 8 .

Recently a Dew fil ine .yatem .el b~ whi ch will ••• t at ~ In keening more accurst.records on petlents . they are give n a nuaber ~nd then cros s ftl ed by place of ~irth .

thi_ being constant .Tuberculo_i_ 1. at til a major nrobleo in thl_ a r ea. Al l effort 1_ being zede to

take .helt X-rars on all pa t i ent s s een i~ he .1ape n&ftr.T. It 1. belteTed that thl.pract ice, along with the lsoletlon pr ogra=. vhen a politive ca. e i . found vill go farto ~ec rea.e the rate of t uberculosl_ i~ thi_ arpa .

C (Self-Government) 1 April 1948 Truk1 (Civil Government)

(a) Local (in towns. lingle i.landl. ete.):(1) Number authorlzed by Civil Administrat i on by types (chief. ~18trate. town.

council. etc.) -- No change from laat report.(2) Number and classificatlon of officials: how eitted. rates of pey end earnings

(if pe.ld by C.&.U) -No chaege fro:%! b .at report.(3) Degree and chsr~cter of CAU supervi8ion; n~ber of field trin8; result•.

All islands of the dlstrict vere vlsited by Civil A~lnl.trationOfficialsduring the nertod of this report with the southern eircuit beiDP aede ~ee ~nd the VP8t_ern circuit once. The t~ of lupervilion 88 described in the ~reTlo~ repor'. val conti­nued on these visIt. and the administrative 8.~Ct. of the various local gOTe~ent8

chee1o':-~ on:(4) 71nence.; accounting. auditing, aa!e~eepinc.

Continued emphaei. was ?1eced on iaproYlng locel Cover~ent tax collectionand ~etaI7 proceduret end it i. most grat1trt!1€ t o note t~e lal'rOTeaenU that hayeme de elong these linee. the tax e7ste: of the various municipalities will b e changedto be in more accord with the lndtYidual neede. the CiY1l Administration official audit.the pccounte of the yprious gove~ent. ep.c~ visit.

(b) ~eglo~s - (for Crou~. of to~' or lslands- atolls, etc.)(1) Number authorized by Civil Adcini.tretion b7 typel--no change.(2) lumber and classification of of~lci81.: hoy elected; rates of pey and

earni~•• no change.(3! Civil Adminiatration supervision; resulta--no change tro~ last report.(4 Finance., accounting, auditing, safekeepi~--no change fro. last report.

(c) Develonment ~nd eXQAnsion orogram-_see e ry.

C (Se1f-Governcenti 1 Apri l 1948 Truk2 (Justice)

(8) Locr.l courts :( 1) N~ber and locations .

The local courts of t he Truk Atol l and i8land' of t he southern circuit havemade ov~r into ·Com=unlt7 Couts ft and have co~enced funtioning. The change will be mAdei n illande of the Y$stern circuit yhen the next field trip 18 cade to thole i s l ands.

( 2) Jude. s. clerks . etc ~ rates of pay and earni~. how elected--no changetro~ last report .

( 3 ) Number , type and .i8~.it'on of cases t ried; r-endi ng .Theft 1 Ca se 90 days calaboose.Adultery 4 cales 60 da;ys calaboose ..luault 5 eeeee 30 da,.. calaboose.

(4) Ci Vi l Admi ni s t rat i on pa r t 1c i eat 1on : f1 eld t rins .I nteri~ ~egul8tion No. 1-48 was trAnslated into the Truke.e language and

diltributed to the illanda of Truk .ltol l and thol e o!the louthern circuit . The fieldofficer ex nlained the reguletionl and the new court set-un to all mag i ltra t •• Rnd counc i l .end com--unity Courts were .stebliahed . Thi. yill be accomplieked for island of the ~.t­

er n circuit on the next field trl~ .

(b ) Regi onal courts .(1 ) Number and 10c p.tioD__Do chance from laat r epor t.(2) JuAgea. clerks. etc . ; bow elected; rates of ~v and e8rni~--no change

f rom lest re~rt.

(3 ) N~ber. type end dl.~sition of casel t ried ; pendi ng -_ no chnn€e froclaat r epor t

(4) CiVi l Administration ~rtlclnAtion--.ee Bbo~e.

C Sel f Government3 ( S "",.,, )

1 "'ur 11 1948 Truk

rhe perro~nce of t he ~rious 1.lan~ governments a ntear6 t o be quite sat isfector.rand continue d im~rove~ant cen be ex~cted . Th~ Civil Admini s t r at i on has attempted . sndwill c ontinue to cont act as many of t he i slands a8 pOlsi ble vi th t h~ vl~w of ehecki~

on t~e ne r formence of t he var iou8 gove~ents and obtalni~ t be reac tion of the peonl ea' a Whole to the 11stea. 10 change. a re reeo~ ended at the present t~e.

Sever a l of the satellite ielands of ~ruk At oll have ~pres6ed a des ire to breakaYRY f rom t heir larger governing islands and set U l) t he ir own euete rpie governoentl .The feas ib ility of this s t ep i 8 now be ing Investtgated.

Truk1 April 1948D (~conomlc Deyel opment)1 (,A£:rlculture )

(.) USllCAt: lorma:(1) Name, l ocation and ec reaee --none ,(2) Produce by cr.ops: Weight (lb.), grOB I sale., net pr of i t s __ none .(3) Livestock __aone(4) USlfCAU and ITC ce e eer a t rea end 8upervl . · on -!I'o chaDge (rom l est report.(5) Number of nat ive emoloyees (t~ of t r~ln1nc end employment) None .

(b) Netive subs is t ence cro~.:

(1) Amout. condition and pr ospect s . --No change trom l est r eport.(2) USllCAU_ITC a l d. -No change froc lest r enort.

(e) Agricultura l coo~retlve8:

(1) LoCAtion end acreage of ea ch _ Bone.(2) Produce by crops ; Weight (lba ). ~rOB8 ~le• • ne t ~rorlts --none.(3) Fumber of ce mber. ( stock owners) none.(4) 7inance s : Belp. nce sheet a nd income acc ount --none.e5) I Ultber and em"Ol oyment of workers. i ncludIng W1r,e r a te I -c-eeae ,

D (!Conooi e Develonment ) . 1 Apr i l 1948 Truk2 (Jisheriea, including shell • • )

(~ ) Un~er USNCAU_ITC eu'pieel : Cat ch, groat sales , ne t profits --none ,( The Eastern Y.oen Fishe~en t8 CooperAtive YeS liquidated in January due to the

leek of equinoent and i~bil1ty of tbp members to cooperate .(b) ~ftt ive enterpri ses : Ce t ch gr ost sllel , net profits,

Five fi sh i nc eom~nie. bAve been l icensed within t he Truk Atol l, ell of whomere n~Y pe rfomming extens i ve needed r epai r s to equi~ment,

( e ) Cooperat ive or comr.erc ial developments: pIece in nat ive subsistence .Tr ochus: I ,land Trading Compa~ purchased ~1,~14 l bs,Of t rochus shell at .06

a lb., for a t otal of $", 600.04. Of this e~ount only 5 ,962 l bs " Yers exported to Guambecause no Rd~itloftftl shin~ing lDace was efforded . As of 27 March, 1948 , further ~­

che Bes of t rochus shell ye re terminated pend itg clArification of the ' trochus aealonl

which, it i s under s t ood, wil l be def ined by Dephlcomterpac18 .It may be noted that dur ing this f irs t quarter of 1948 , as a source of nAtive

inco~ , t roch~ shell stood nex t after conTe and ahead of handicraf ts. I t V88 all de­r ived from beds eul t l vet ed oriclnal17 under Je080ese e~Dlce8 i n the ' ruk Ato l l .

(d) Number of net ives employed under (a) ~nd (b ) , vP'~ ra t el, earnings ; trainingprogram--None .

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To~~ge. lalel and ute ; pl ace In native ec ono=7 : tTAining ~ogram----Jone .

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(e) Product1on, gron sales , !'let orof1ts. I@t\c.)- "J

Product1on of h8ndicrpfts in th~ first querter of 1948 wr-s negligible, et l1l­es measured by b~r of itees parch,e~ and do1ler VAlue. As viII b~ se en in ~ragraph

5 of this s~ction. the production of copra WAS greeter than i~ 8n7 comparable period forwhich A~er icn n date are available : a nd it ~y be surmised that t he eslends preferredto make copra at 5f .. pound rather than put i n laborious hours on fens at 90t nrice.7urtrolrmore . the Island Tr~ding Comcany ls i ns i s t ence upon selected items in standardlizes 1~ e new concept in which. af a ~atter of reftsonable expectation the islandersa&7 be slow to acquiesce .

Das p ite the de t rac tions from handicraft ~roduct1on r e marked 1n the preceedi ngparagreph , some headYA7 under the new dispensntion wa, ~d~ in thi. quarter as will beseen in t he subjoined table :

.::aw.203 .64

10 BB. BO157 ,BO

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.. 188 .64

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ISLAlTD TPJlDIYG CO.LOCALE roe ITRiS WJ.,'ETruk Atoll 2 15 .00I.out he r n I .. eee 1088.80'ltutern Is. ~ 1 57 . 80

1093 1261. 60 1BB. 64The place at tbe~ Tredinc Compacy in the re~l. of handicraft.

in paragraph 6 of this s ec t i on .I n the compar r bl e months of 1947. usee purchased handicrafts to a totel of $7,600.

At t~At t ime , ho~~er . ~ukuoro and Kapi ngamar angi vere included in the Truk Districiao tr~t the figures are not directl7 c omperabl e. espec ially as K~pingamar8nei ¥aa ala rge producer of handicrafts . There i8 no record available of the number of 1te~.

D ( onomic DeTelopcent) 1 Apr 1l 1948 Truk.4.purchasrd by usec. but it il tho~bt .r~t not e few wer~ co~erciA117 ill-adTised andcver-er tced ,

(b) Pi s ce in nAti.,e econo~. number em~loy~d . ~er.ts ~de to producers.The decline in handicraft ~rotuction evident in the Dreceeding lubPAragraph

wei ftntic ipated in t~e ~l December 1947. quarteriT report. So long'.1 the price ofcopra remaina at ~ incentive level tandlcr~fta viII ~t occupY any large ahare ofthe 1ahu~der'a t1ze and energy . netr production 11 not a ·b!ll1line..•• It is itPOr­tent within their own economy ror utilitarian itema lucb .a aleepine -ata and balkets.(And theae need not be ~de to exact ~eA8ure~e~t' or tor a dollar ~ice!) . I t il im­~rt8nt in the exoort ..rket onlT aest~etlcal17 and for a ~lce. Perhapl it 1a trueto I., that .t pre_ent and for aome tize to co~e the ~roduct i on of hendlcrafta foreele will lRCk the eo~lty end••yor tynlcal at .olt Y.icron•• lsn undeTtakinea; i t i_a~t to be relegated to the old YO en . So to I~Ak . ~~n aa luch, hoveY~r, it dneahaYe a uaefUl ~l.ee in tb~ ~tiv~ econo~ and can ••ep hundredl of perlO~. gainfu1l7e:rployed .

Ac t ual ~entl ..de to producers are given above in lubpar..cI'ftpb (a>.(c) US~AU-ITC Pro&Tam : Deve l o~nt and trAini~J

the future of ~ndicrAfts appep.rl to ce~nc abou t eaually on a better nati".under~tftndl~ of ~t i. delired an~ on price ince~tive. I t hal been noted ellewhere

rAt when usec vea nsTir.c: aor.-e o- erc i al pricet naU.,e energh. eer-e diTerted rc handl­era! production at t~e e~~.n.e or the .ublilte~~e econocy--a reault that at ~e ce­nlored. I t il honed that the a.lthitlc valuel ~ be e~nhesi~ed 10 that the oroducerv1l1 take ~ride in hia artiltry and at t~e Ia=e time to be amoly re~r' d ror hil i~dustry. I n thia con~eetion it zay be noted t~~t the I r C handicraft apeelalilt laid a

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cereful bp8el . during his tour of th. Sout her n I s land. for develoDment of this character.and trAt the locfll ITe brench 1, {alloying his lead as well al clrcumetancea ner it .

TruJcI April 1948... D-<konomic Devel o~Zllent )5 . ( Copr.)

(A) Production, gros~ lalee , net profits .Al t hough ~thlng e~Ac t is kno~ 6f net ~ror i t 8 , pro~uction and gross sales . as

~asured b~ nurchAsel of the I sland Tr8~lng COmnanT. are oresented in the subjoined tablefor the quRrter enclng ~l Mr.rch 1948 .

LOCAL! SPOR!' '!'Cl'S GMSS SALES ~ CHIT...Trulc Atoll 508 $50,156 $5.02SouU:.ern hlands 96 8.351 2.~8

Yeatern I sla nds....!tL ;' ,996 .z....22Dh t r l e t 646 $61 ,603 $4 .10

This ia the highest copra production r~corded for t he Truk Dla~rict under theJ.t:.erice.n regime . The oroduct.1on in Truk: Atoll ia particularly &,rati1Y1ce ,.. it givelproml&e of being calntaieed or exceeded i n the future. Although the outlying islands donot ahoY up 10 well on per capita basis . their gross aalea 1n the ~rter Yere nea r172~ gre~ter than in the corresponding months of 1947. Lacking usec data on the subj ect .it i s not knovn how greet the advance in production in Truk At ol l ~s . but it ce rtainlydoubled . .

( b ) Place i n native economy, number enployed . payments made to native product • •No other product even appro aches the impor tance of copra i n the nat ive econo=y .

As remArked i n the 31 December, 1947 r enori, practically ev~ryone has 8 hand in itsproduct ion ao.evhere slone the line from tree to ~rket. What it m~Bn5 by way of incomet o t he islauders i & shovn above in ~boaragraoh ( a )

( c ) USrCA'''_ITC Program: develo'OO.ent end training .A'08.r t f rom. e':!l:oMslI UpO!l the importance of 'Ol&nting more nad more coconut trees ,

lit tle need be done to stimulate deTelo~ent of the coyra industry. Price. of cours e.is lIlI compellin«: factor that (perhaps 'It.nfortunately) will gain in weteht as the iSlanders

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become more i nteres t ed l n, and reliant u non, imports . Xo t ralnln£ 11 beleg undertaken.

$54 , 100 9O .1~3 ,681 6 .14

189 0 .371 , 989 ~.32

disappear a8 they re presented largel,. odds and endt

- Xl ( ~ono1ll 1c Deve1opnent ) 1 Apr ll 1948 Tnlk6 ~XRtive Interprhu)

(a) Truk Tr.dl~ COmp&DT.The cranUnc ot 8 charter by Dephl eoct ertl8c ll to the Truk Te.dl~ CO.ll!tlallJ'" wei

no~d 1n thl1 tubtectlon ot the 31 Dece~ber 1947 report. Since t~en there has been nocha~ in the Commen7" ca~lta1if8tlon . euthor i,ed or outltand lr4. The comue~ has .however , eoapleted itl fi rlt t hree months 1n bullnela . vlth the reaults tabulated here_below;

Mgnth Pt1rehaeeB h.k!.Janual7 $21, 873 $14 ,627

.bTUlll7 14 ,583 15 ,851)(arch 23 ,503 ?l.W2Total $59 ,959 S51 ,780

SO ta r he Truk Tra41:::lg Collrpe~ haa 24e lale8 onl7 to the retAil trade inTruk Atoll , plu. the al1110n8 and . throUCh I~ll ~~ndlcraft Itor , A:erlcanl. It 11nov ~epBred . ho~er. to e rect a branch VAreh~u$~ ft · ~och t n ~eTTe the reteil trede oft~~ ~~rtlocK 181an~l. I l i a nd Tredlng C~~v bal &ade no .alel In the Truk atell 8Z_C8'Dt to the '!':'Uk '!'rad1.nc CO.'D8r~ and the 11....,. 11 .hlp Itore; 'IIhen the )loch branch or the!rult Co_pel17 11 ready tor bUllneu on or about 1 J une 1948 , hland 'rr&d1nc Co~n..v wills~pend It l I.lel in the Mortlocka .

I n reloeet of the ~c~A.es noted pbove of almo.t $&0,000 , 1t 11 tnterest1~ tosee their source .

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in eKce8S of Nevy r@qulrementB . Purchases froQ natives should cain epureclably e'I , l and Trading Com~ny does not buy dir~ct any handicraft. nroduc~d in Truk Atoll butrether plecet orders with t he Truk Trading ComUAn1.

Purchases froe concer ns i n the Uni t ed St at es should rec~rd a marked and steAdyed..ence , Tn_ COJJr08!1Y is in eorrupondence vith man,.v U. S. manufacturers and wholesaler­who have merchandise Bunulemental , or i n addition . to thAt available from I sl and TradlncComi&ny. I t ia e.. tdent t ha t the I s l and CO~n1I. 8ale. to the TnL~ Comoany wIll dl~l­

niah al the latter la di rect louree. of lunDly expand . How rapidl y tb!1 transition willtake pIece CAn not be predicted i n no l mell measure because of the difficult ies of doinCbuainp." v ia the Fleet Poat Office w.TBtem and of transshipment at Guam.

Meftnwhile. the Truk Company il now l oul ed i n a new giant quonset located at BakerDock, Moen I l i a nd. rented f rom CAD under favorable terms . Adja cent ther e , the cOmp8D71_ erecting a copra preiS and loap factor,y in partner-hin with CAU which bolds titleto the necessary equiu~ent . The net nrofi ts of thil ertp-rorise will be divided 6~ toTruk Trading COmuftny and 40% to CAU . -And to comnlete the picture , the Company il makincinquirlea with r~erd to the po.albllity of acquiring a trading .chooner . I f and whensuch 8 craft can be purcha6ed, the Truk Company will emerge a6 a completely i ntergratedInteruriae ca pable of nrovidlng the i8landers of t he Diltrict with a comprehensive COmM­ercial se rvice at the wholesale level .

(b) Nat ive Trading Com?Rny of Trik.Thi s 1s 8 partne r'hlp. uling the above Ityle. between an ~erican end a Trnke.e .

I t ~ropo.e8, at lenet at the outlet, to engage in the import business and to operate aiRj' AJla~'1f!UelRrrHBH.~Aerts l !lo¥on.HHN~ . At 'his Ume I ' Is Jus' getting under_

D ( Xc:onoll i c Devel onI3ent) 1 "'url1 1948 'rruk?(Trade Store Operations)

The "trade ste r e" is 8 co~unity a f fair: ea ch lelftnd in the District has one ormore--~~ e lat ter if t here ~re r e1&ti ve l y l arge cent ers of ~pulat lon . Until r ecently.t he ty~lcRl tra de sto re bought 8 f ev hundr ed dol lers vort~ of goods f rom usee. e i ther.t the warehouse or on 8 field tri~. ~ich di1appeered into COD$umer hands almost i mm­ediately, This pr oceeding il in no sense 8 retail ser vice to the community. ITC end CAUj oi nt l y are endeavoring t o correct it by point i ng out the true nature of 8 retail storeto the st orekee pers. the magistrates. and the peopl e gener al l y , Stores mus t be ade quat et o stock and d i splay goods , and storekeeper. nlet t to t~e needs and d•• i res o! thaircU$tome rs . CAU nov r equires each Itore to us e pro~er 8cales to di spense ouncel andpounds. ITO has pubilihed a bilingual catalocue which. among other tbl~8 . st r esaesthe conaumer ceilinc ur i ce as 8p~roved by Dephic omteroacil. ITC a nd Trak 7rading Co.both a~.18e wlht s toreke epe r l wheneve r poSSIble. Thus a f ew steps have been takea t oimurove t he me rc ant i le I ystem and to nrot ect the cuat ooer. But much re mains t o be done:it vill r e quire much t i me and patience .

The s ignif i ca nce of the r et ail bus ines s ia t he District ~ay be seen in c o~ined sel elof I sla nd Trading Co~pany and Truk Tre dlng ComnA ny t o r etail ers o~ $65, 000 10 t he fIrs tClUll rtfl r .

D (J:eonom1c De'Yelo":IDent)B (Exports and Impor t s )

1 J.orll 1948 Truk

A!"8rt fr o. an 1ne1gnlf'1cant excl:ange of Mthe gooda between I 'l'C brencbea at Trukend Pona~, ell c on-erce 1n such co mcodltles ~ I 1n ITe expor t s to Guam. el l 1n Na"Y~ot Otl l , 88 follo'l""! :

Coprft 651 Ihort ton i .P..ndlcr.rt $22,458 worthTroehu. Ihell ~ ahort toni.

D (Economi c Develot:lll.eni)9 (TrR1 n1ng)

No change f rom lRst renort .

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(With comment a and reco~endatlon.) -- . one.

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ROOAlr or replacement of dAmp-ged or destro7ed notlv~ structure. and tecilities .

(8) C~ r~ c ter ~nd e tent of CAU 8S81ltance.

AI the luopl,. of materiAls 11 exhausted ver,r 11ttle as.istance haa beenrendered. Abou 1500 board reet o! old abandoned lumber lIlA. ud. a"'eUabl. andlold ftt ft Tar" r.8'o~ble ~rlce .

(b) Schoola.

The Dev ~rogras tor the erection at Ichool structurel fro. sTall.bIe native- teriels hal 'OIloTed "DIlrticular11' lucceutul 1n the outlyinc islands. !'he elennsouthern 1eandJ; are now equl~d with lehool 'bulldlDgs that wre constructed dur _ing the nast TeaT from hand-laved breedtruit t 1 bera. white re.t-coral blocks. andcoconut tbfttchinc. !hta "":rogru hAs 'been les, luccenful OD thf' Ulandl ot TrukAt ol l due to (1) the availablll tT of ~.ed and ~.d A.erican and ex-Jananeae mat­ertel (2) the scareit~ of breadfruit trees. and (3) the ~r.Y8ilinc though amongTrukese natiTe__hat the eonstruction ot a buildi~ along traditional ~tive line_i_ a reverslon to an out-deted eu_tAm. It i_ not~d that the areaa vhieh ~d thelargest .up~lies o! non-nAtive =aterl~ls haTe ' be least suitAble sehool structures .

(e) Churcbee .

The nev Cat~oHc ..hurch has been co.'Oleted on 'rol and the Protestant church

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II ranldly nearing com~letlon. The Protestant church 18 coTal block c~n.truc tlon

vith • metal roof, the Pretestant church on Oman ha l not ye t bee n completed.

(d) Community building important in local culture.

Work on the gOT8r~~t house aD MoeD la1and 1. nearing coaplation and 1.conlidered an excel lent type atructure. On Koch the Dew gOTer~ent haUl. has beenflniahed. This vel constructed entirely out of natty• .atertall with valla of whitecoral Iton~. cable and_ of hewn breadfruit •• and thatched roof. On Ital e largegover noe nt houa. II under construction. and 1. alIa at natlve Eaterial., ~e &OT­erDDent hou•• on r.fan haa been co~l.ted.

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( b ) At t endance b7 age and lex ,rou~. (under 16 and 16 up).( 1) Number ot female students under l~.truet!on - _ - _ - 1465j(2 ) Number of male students under instruct ion - - - _ - 1457( 3) Number or 8dulta under instruction __ - _ - 582( 4 ) !umber of chi14ren under ina tr~t lon _ - _ - _ - - - - - - - 2340(5) Total Itude nts under in8truction - - - - - - - - -2922T~e abOTe totAl nunber of etudente includes all ~pul8ted i 8landl of the

Truk Diltrict exce~t Onari . Pissret . Makur and Ono . Teacher tralne~s for these f ouri_lands ire no. enrolled in the ~e~cher tl ! r R1ni ng School on Moen for A 11x month couraeof ins truc t ion in the uaeale of the S~li.h Language .

( c) Teacher s : Number. r at e s of pay . eprnings:Number of Dat ive teachers - 46 : Rate of T87 - 15 ~OO ner month .The present native tep-ching staff has no other .ou~ee of i ncome. In eonfor~it1

X (!ducat ion and Social Ser vi ces)1with the general reduction in lalaries of il land officials a majority of teachers ' 8ala_ries vere reduced from 20 .00 to $15.00 per month. I n several cases vhere the teachinPloed vas 11nusUAl17 ~~avy . the local gove rnment have maintained the teachers ' salariesAt $~O .OO ner oonth.

There are saven fo re ign And 11x native missionaries engeeed in giving class roominstruction on a full _time or a part-time balis . One U.I. Naval Civil AdministrationOfficial and three American civilian teache rs are re~18rly engeged in giving instructionin the Teachers ' Training SChool . One nativ ~ educational supe rvisor i' a180 engagedin teaching i n the Teache rs t Traininc Scho ~l when he i , located on Moen I 8l and.

Te te l number of t eache r . - 64 .( d) Tea cher t raining .

I ns t ruc t i on for the teacher training program 1s nrovlded by four American tea­cher s and three student teacher ass istants . Twenty hours instruction per week is ~iv~

in conversat ional ~nglish. e~r training . tyning. nractical exnerience in t ropical agri­culture. mathe~tie81 business. reading. vri ting.and geography. and practice teachlng.

Native 8tudents enro1lpd in the Civi l AdDiniltretlon Teacher' s Training School aredivided into the folloYing categoriea.

(a) I n Service TrainAeaSeventeen teacher t rainees who have had previous teaching e~rlence were

recruited i n J enuA r,r fo r six-montha edditionel instruct i on. I n e~change seventeen Itudentsvho bad completed one yea r 1n t he TeaChers ' Traini ng SChool were sent to elementary8c~~nlq 0 t~~ch for s1x month~.

Instrue ion in cODveraatlonal 1~11~ i s Civ en to nstive hos pital corp8~en

who have returned f rom the i r i81and. t or · additionAl i nstruction.

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(b ) Pre-Seniel'! Tr!!.ining.1. l orty_six adult 6tu~ent~ are enrolled i n the Teachers' Training Scbool

f or a thre~ year course of instruction . i n pr eoe ret ion fo r t eaching pos i t i ons in ele­~entary I chools in the futu~e .

2. Xi~ht adul t nat i ve s t uden t s are enro l led i n the Teachers' School t akinccou~se8 of instruct i on i ~ prepara t ion for clerical pos i t Ions i n Civil Adminis t r at ionOff ices tvo years he nce . ~" I"~ s tudents s~c i81 iz:e in tyPi~, cOllloo.it1on, and ari thmetic .

3. Thirty- eight students pre enro l lpd in t he Teachers' School In prepar a_tion for furt her t ral~ing i n the R~ p.lth a nd Medical procrem In this a r ea . This groupinc l udes CAndidate s f or the Medical Practition~rs a nd Nu rses ' . ehoola i n Guam ; eand i~tes

fo r hos pital trftini ng a t Truk. ar.d 8 n~ber of e dulty women .ho ef te r lear ning conver SA­t i onal Engli sh. and 8 per iod of i nstruction in llI i dwi fe ry at the Hospi tal, wi l l r eturn t ot he ir home i s1and8 t o wo rk f or the he~lth pr ogram .

4. Eight~-five students are enrol l ed i n the Tea chers ' School t o undergo at wo yer.r course of i nstruction t o pr epar e t o ~rt ici~ te i n t he commercial ~rogr&m of theDi strict in t he fut ure . ro r the pur~6e of teac hing ~racl ic es s imple bookkeeping andec onomic busines s adm i nis t r a t ion a school s tor e i ' in operat io n which i s ~~ by thestudent s of +~'A ~roup. Students of thi s grou~ a re ~de AVAilAble t o the Civil Admin­ist r a t i on Unit fo r a ss ignment t o ~erlous Jobs t hat requ i re ~ rudiment ary knowl edgeof speaking t he EngU sh l angua ge .

5. fifty leven chi l dren from Moen eTe enrolled in the Teacher.' school andere used 8S a group f or the t ra ining of ~rec t i ce t epchers.

Totel student . enrolled i n the Civil Admini stration Teac her' , Tr a iningSchool-_254.

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(e) Parent TeachpT As!oclatlons.The status of the educetlon ur ogram in the Truk Distriet di d not ~rrant the

establishment of perent-teEcher e8aoc18tlo~8 .

(r) DeTelo'Pllle!l.t Program.The consolidation progra3 for nat ive elementary schools In the Truk District

has reached its peak of e!fectlveneas . 3ut due to the establishment of sChools on theYeatern l el an ds of the area the nusber of elementary achools 1. greater todey than arear ago. Consolidation of schools located on tventTthree outlYing islands 1. iano.'ible .The ~eTelop~ent of 8 successful education progr8~ for the Truk District depends on theImprovecent Rnd ex pans i on of the Ciyil Administration Teachers ' Tr a i ni nc School on KoenI l l a nd to such 8 degree t he t Ita ~erlca.~ te8chl~ staf! and Ita 3&terial fec llitiesvill be sufficient to meet t he need. for higher educption fo r the entire District . ~o

eceomnlish this objective efforts heTe been mAde to ~roduce the f ood neceaaary fo r sucha central i%ed school . and establish the routine operations of the school to a degreet~t it will be in~enendent of gOTercment s ubsidy . I t i s esti~ted that an 8dditi~rAl

yeAr vill be necessary to accomplish this objp-cttve.

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hlaJ'ldPis (Lo..p)P1.a"",,iLolenII....MurnoNOlll~

llbual"ananuPol_t?a.lusuk1'ot81 ChurchesWAa~. ot Ilis.lonarl•• who reside within

Father IdYln J. XeY-anul. 5.J.~.ther J~'~ 3ft lIe, 5.J.Tather ~rtin ••pinal. 5.J.Stlter Y~r18 Gerete)father Here_del LRml C(nl!Mother Pilar Lorenzolr.ther George McGowan 5.J.~.TereDd Yillies 7. Kaercher~eTer.nd Gertru~. M. HeuserKeTer.nd CharI•• L. Heuser

E - 2 1 April 1 948 rruk(b) Church School.

Number or church schoo l s -- 3umber of s t udents un der i nstruction in chur ch seh001s __ 338

(0) Relations with the CIvil Ad tnlst Tftt ion Uolt.Relations between mis sionaries And the CIvil Admlnl .tr~tlon Uni t 1_ chRr8e t~r_

I red b~ Po spirit ot mutual cooperati on In Attempti ng to a t t a i n t he objectIve of rehab_i litating t he D8 t l ve 80c l e ty . ~~ 'ruch al mi• • l oneries in thi s are. a r e ~erle8n. Spe­ntsh. end German I t 18 prac t i cal from an 8d~inl. rP t lve po I nt of vle~ to dea l wi th onele8~er ot the Catholic end one leader af t ha Prot est ant or&p'nl ~atlon . Surplus ex-Japanelemat er iels t ha t ve r e once p.T~ l lp.b~e t or r ehabilitating t he re l i gious ins titut ions ofthe Area p.re no lone~r ftv8 11ftb l~. and r el i g i ous pers~n. ~lr.d it nec e , sary to search el se­whe r e f or ~aterials . Wha tever re sources a r e now availabl e for 8 program of so c l a l an dre l1g1oUA r ehabilitatlon the Civil Admlnistration d i s t r ibutes impartia l ly to t he groupthat Is in a nosition t o ae hieTe t he be a t r esult.

co~plete unit ofir.ter-island

I Aprll 1948

pr ogru .ha~e been outftttpd wi t h oneinterest in intervllLege And

E,: [:Uucftt.ion and Social Ser vi ces )3 (Recreat.ion) Tacilltiel , developme~t .

All Ichaols In the entire Dist rict~a.eb811 equiument . As 8 result ~tive

~t~l~tlc eve~ts has ~een stimulated .Pursuant to the progr~~ of f~iliari~ing native Itudents with the ueage of the

English I Rnguage a nat ive moTi. vas established on Moen I s land. The local populationis entitlerl t o att~nd this movie for a nominal admission fee.

I n order to receive native interest in MUBie, 110 guitars vere procur~d and aoldto the pecoke of the Area. ExcelS Itodka of .1.rmJr hand-wound phonocraphs which vere~rocured in Hewaii in December 1947 have been distributed to all elementary Ichoola ofhe Truk Dietric t . Plar.s haTe be en r~de to eake simtller musical inatruments , with ~ich

~tiTe6 are fa iliar evailable for sale t~~ough the TeAcher 's Training School Store .Thro~~ the medium of achool oicnics , the CIvil Adminis tration is ~ttemtlting to

r ev ive nat ive interest in sw~ing races , canoe races and other aquatic 'porte .

Jlducati on and seeaer Ser vi ces ) I .&.prll 1948 Truk4 (Native Cul ture)

(a ) Degree a nd charact er of accul turat ion achieved .!or the past ge nerat ion t he natives of t he Truk District ha-e apPBre~t 17 acceded

to the feet tha t Yest @rn ft nd Ja?Bnese ~-s of l i re and t~e t ools of Western C ~vi li ~t i on

are l upe rior to hi s ovn. As e r esult of that .s s~t lon the native has t urned t o f or­eign met hod. wheneve~ poss i bl e .oDeti~es with a c osplete di sreeard for the met hods oflife of his f ormer generation. The nat ive of t he Truk District to~v 8~oarent ly hallittle des i r e t o nake hi~serf independent of foreign l eadershi p. He nrefer s to ~rk

for the foreigner , and often he delires the fore igner t o advise him and t o c om~And himvhen it i s nec essary for the native to Eare his oYn ~r8onal decisions . Complete de­pendency on fore1g~ert hAs been the result. There i . a littl e evidenc@ tha t nativesare b~inning to realize t~At bheir own methods and t ools may be bet t er for t heir owntoc i et y than American toolt . For e~le. r.atives ar e uaing l ail boats t o an Incre.l­ing degr @e. but it i. believed theT would purchase.&. rican ootor boata . which they couldnot ma int ai n, if ~tor boats were ava i l abl e . The pr imAry f eature of west ern pceultura­H on r eJLCIins that of t~e l".pti··e l s ee cepte nce of Chr iath.nit:r , which 1& cOIlOfl:rable tot he tyn~ of religi ous activity fo und i n Wes tern societies of fo er centuries .

(b) Effor ts to pr es erve (revive) local cul~ure.

The revi~l of 8 nurely native t7ne of cul t ure il l uanlored to the extent oftrying to teAch natives that their ado ption of A purely JL~eric 8n t~ of culture wouldbe a mistake, but i~8~uch RS the natives of t he Truk aree have de~ended on for eignt yPel of culture for more than a gen~ra t i on . there is c ons i der8ble di f f i cul t y ex per­ienced i n encouraging them to adopt a lillpl er nat iv~ culture to which t hey have notr~c ent17 been aecust oll8d, and t o Wh i ch they are leas a tt racted t~~ by t he e~le.ent.

of ~eric8n eulture .(e) ~elations with Americans; reaetions to ney regu18~lon• • ~ev ideal . etc.

! - 4 1 April 1948 Truk

fhe contect of the average T~ke ~e citi ?en wi th ~erie8n Civil Administra tion of­fi ciels 1e usually through. or vi t; t he consent of . hi s island chief. Therefore t heintorpretntion of !=erican r eeu1ftt i ons r eeches the neonle t hrough t ~e iel and chi ef andthere i! evidence t~B~ the c~ief's interpretation i _ of ten not ~ e~oc rat ic and 8oQetl:s!selfish. Native! of the Truk area ge~~ral 17 realize fair and r ea s onabl e t o all memberaof a com'"'Un1ty. but only educ..t1on o~ nat Ive e unt il t he,. can have a c orron language withAme riC ft ne viII make it neceese r,r for native of f iciale t o give the prouer Internretationt o Ame r i cRn regula tiona. There i _ at i 11 little or no ev i dence thet nat ive leadera haTet he ability t o grasp t he Anclo~-er ican concept of government &8 a rule of lav inst eadof 8 rule of men .

(d) AdditionAl co ,ents or fac h . None.

E (Education and Social serv i ces ) 1 Apr i l 1948 Tr uk5 (Sum~ary ) (With c onment s end reco~eddations)

SChool sup~llea on hand are sufficient to meet the needs of the elementary schoolprogra~ fo r t~e Truk District .

The Ug ~ of American civil ian teachers i n the Te8che~8 Tra i ning ~rogram has renderedthe Teecher s T~ain ing School capAble of more neRrly meeting the needs f or educat ion torfor t he ent i re district .

The cul t u r es l rehabil itation of the Trukese pdo~le has been .ti~~ted by the arri­val of musical I n8 t r~ent s and recrea tional gear dur ing the present reporting period .

The r educt i on of teacher ls salaries throughout the area is not encouragi ng ; butthe new salary level is mor e in keening wi th the ability of locel governments to pay ,and pr OVides an ap?Ortunity f or raising the salaries of good t ea cher s in accordance withtheir ability .

TrukA le1Ti l Admi ni stra t i on Funetiona )1 P:lb lie SAf e t y )

(8 ) !:Al nt eMnce or law and order.Off enses commi t t ed by nat i ve and punl.~ed by native court. are 11ate~ In Par~ I

Sec tion c . pen.craph 2(8 ) .( ~) Const Abular,y or ~llce - See lalt report .(e ) Orrense.: Number , t yPe, d la~81tlon • This lubJect has been dl.eu~.ed In the

.ueceedlr~ paracraph.(d) Jai ls or grica - No change Crom laat report .

A (Civi l Admin18trPtion ?unct ion.) 1 April 1948 Truk2 (tSNCAU Court.)

(.) Num~pr . t~ , l oca ti on .One (1) Pr ovos t Court, Moen I s l an d .

(~) CAses heard end disposed: pending. Ce ses heard And dlsoosed ere 8 _ follows:

Neglect or duty Omemberof PIC).

Trespassing on Govt~

~roperty .

St eal i ng t rom base laundry .

1 case

1 Case

I cas e

60 days confinement . DD fro~ PIC

30 days confinement .

90 ~. confinement .SoliteT,1 confi nement on breadand ~ter co~nc lng et 0500Saturda1 .or n lng end ending0630 MondaY morning .

Truk1 Apr il 1948~ivl1 Administration JUnct lona)3 (Public Worke)

(a) Nev construction .All york on harbor facilities ~rove e~t by I tt t ien forc e WAS ,us ~ended on the

arrival BPK contract emnl oyees .ChAd Truk exper-t eacee eever-e loIlIter sho r tage duri ng Februa17 and Ml'I:reh, and

urgently requested assiatance 1~ dr i l l i ng & 6- 1nch dee o we l l . A.sistance VB ! orom~t17

rendtred, anc the well installed by BPM haa proven sufficient to adequetely .un~le;entnor:nal SoUrC p.8 .

The 7000 eu. I t reefer orevlously reported hAl bee n enti rely sAttlfAetory. ~o

fresh fo od 10ls es ~ve oceurr~d sInce its installe Ion att tibutable to Imorooer refrl­e er a ted storage on this Itatlon .

An B x 12 YOO~ frAma-coTrugated iron buil ding wi t h concrete deck val erectedto bouse the new veIl and pumpi ng unit •

.l 20 x 28 Qnonset ~8 e£ected for the uarnose of shifting he lOCAtion ofrpdio-transmitting facilities. non knowledge of plenr.~d ~rmft~ent construction in theneRr future . this building hes been d i ve r t ed to ether useB.

(b) Al t e r a t i ons and maintenAnce .Al l co~verslo~ york of unused building to de~~ndents quarters ~B been completed!

No more iB conte~lated until 8uch time a8 the allowance i8 increased.WAte r nlAnt No. 3 ~8 ~laced bpck in operetion for the purpose of cro ce s a l ng

a~d aboring VRter from thE ne w veIl .(c ) Public utilities.

ChA!l&ea in vater Bu'O,:,17' ar-e :loted in pe,regraph (a) and (b).ConSiderable wor k has been accos~liBhed in the t ~letih~ne S7stes in runni~ new

wire and cutting out deftd cable. . This .111 be R continuing pr ojec t iDABmuch a6 thea r ea t o be covered Is eno~ous end no exoerienced person~el are ava i l abl e .

QgART~LY ~~INGS.

2016.002775 .005745.602"10.00

by grade~ 46 103 45 05 2

12 613 414 20

2 22 3

10 940 20

1 24 ~

1 22 51 21 02 21 22 1

20 25

'umber1 2

1.00 dq.as dq

. 10 da.,v

.50 dt-...v

!fRter 1:llantClIlrpenter shop:El ec t r i e .~op

Ger.erat1ng 'Owt?sint lho"O

!ul1dl~. and GroundsRoed crevl!.eeter ebepPIuablng sho'D'!rans'OOrtat IonTemporar,y yorkers

(liB") dock. salvage, etc .)(2) Ra'el of pay end earnings .GP.JJ)! ~

"4" S"T"f'T'Vlaory orskilled

*3" Skilled"ZII Set!l.l-s k l 11 e d111 11 Unslt1l1ee

1 AprIl 1948 TrukXlpctrlc DOver fecl11tl~s have beer. generally good. but failures are anttcIPftted

~811~ . Although tlre~1y r~quls1tlo~s ~ere pIeced, it has ~e en necesRary to ppe r e t e our~~l~ary generators without (ltprs (both lube and fu~l for e considereble t ire.

(d) Public trAns~rtetlon (land) - -None.(e) NAtive Zmuloyees :

(1) l\u:tb~r and employment.Loct-tlen

1 Aprll 1948

(~) On th e Job or other t ra ln lQg.All traini ng i n the Public Work~ de~rtment 18 on_the _job .

TrulC

Trulc1 April 1948~(Civi l Admini8t r at i on l unctions)4 (~rRt i ons ( I nt ~r-! sl and):

(a ) Sh i~ end craft un der Civ i l A~lnl str9 tton control.At th~ beg lncing of the ne~iod o~ thi~ report the USS HETOMlIV (AG- 136) ~8

a8.~ed a l s t~t lon shl~ and conducted one r i e l ~ t rl~ to t he Hal l I s l ands . Upon coa­pletion of the field trl~ t~e USS .~ ~ CY!Ir was relieT~d bythe ns ~ t !AL (AG-131) whichr eme i ned P8 8tation ship throughout the reporting period. At present here is no lingleship desl~~ted eS stp.tlon sh ip due to 8 nev 8hi~ rotAtion ~lAn which il nov in o~eratlon.

I n the future aMos vill Leave Gwom on a l ogi l t1e run and u'oon dischArei~ ca rgo Yillore~re fo ~ a fi el d trir . U,on comeletion of t he field trip they viII lo~d uu and r et urnto Guftm fo r a period of t raining and overhaul before reeeati~ t he !ame proced~e.

Smell craft cons is t of onp. a i rc raf t r ef ueler bopt, Vh i eh i 8 no~ our 80le meensof conducti ng Atoll fi eld tr i ps . The picket boat shovn on our last re~ort hAs beensurveyed andis deneerously unsu i t abl e to operate. Additi onal smRII craft cons is t ofone motor vha te boat . wh i ch ia us ed ! or local trans~rt8t lon to the shi~s i n the harbor,~nd t hree pontoon barges. One of the pont oon bArges il out of operation and C9nnn berene ired at thi~ b~ae . ~nother 18 used eS a fuel ba rge fo r t rensnorting ! uel troc ourdl.t rl ct c raf t , TOG -79, and the third 1e used for l oe di ng end unloading logi~tic sh ins.This one pontoon barge 18 our aep.na of loading end unloading shins . ~e.e i8 elso onepfane reermin« boat y~ich hf'B been out of' o,erRtlon fo r about eigh months . Aovever,york i a be i ng done on t hIs ~~t in hones it cp.n b~ put in onerAt ion. I t i8 boned thatearly ac t ton will be t aken to i.pucve the scall bOA situation here .

(b) Saploysent of ( 8 ) above .(1 ) ~eti.e e~oda and nersons.

ta t t on ships mA de a to te l of f our tri~ 8 . two ~Ach to th~ Bell Islandsand t he Mo r t iockB. No rAtive fre i ght Yes transported other then the ner8on~eI beggegeof ~bout 2 50 ~s8enge rA . In addi t ion the I sland Trading Compeny of Micrones ia

1 April 1948 Trt>k

transported supplies to the outlying erea And copra ~s transport ed t o Truk in return.(2) CAU Field Tr i ps, et<.

I n addition to the four fip-ld trtD6 to t~e outlying ls1anda . Beven t ripshave be en made by smal l craft to the Atoll i.land specifically for 6a~ltatlon inspectionand t~enty-seven trl~s t o the atoll 181ands for admlnlstrsttve purposes. No cargo orlupplles a re transportpd on these trips except to Salot I s l and ~ere the lepers ereHving .

(~) Others - Xone .

~~ (Civil Administra ti on 1unc t i oft&) 1 Apr i l 1948 Truk5 ( ae&et~l.ment)

(a) I nt r e-coQC8nd movement .Noted In 4(b)(1) above . Yoost native tra~el i n t he di s t rict il homeWBrd bound .

(b) Extra-co~.nd move~ent .

Thi. conlilt , entirely ot travel to Guam or Salpan for buJlnel. r ee'onl . Therewe. practicAlly no travel ot this t~ thit quarter. TraTel to Ponane hal been curtaileddue to medical pro;leml. on Ponape .

(c) Paelport (clearance ) and per mi t controll .Al l trayel under (b) aboye il elearp, d in adTBnce wi t h the cognlaant authority

at del t i nat ion . Travel to Ponape il i~ accor~nce with di re ct i vel troe COBm8nder Mar ia­nas and the Deputy Hi&h Comm i s s i oner for the ~rust Territor,; ot the ~citie I el e ndl.

TrW:

thol. outatending oyer two aont~.

1 April 1948A (ClvAd Funetlon.)6 (Supply)

(a) Provi sions (number s t ~v. &upnly on handt)(1) Fresh and froren - - 30 deys.(2( Dry -- 60 day••

(b) Fuell (number of dpys .uo~~ on hand);Dielel - - - - - - - - 120 dey,MogsI- _ - - - - _ - _ 5 daTIAvGa l - - - - - - - SO da..vI

(e) I\8t.rlal ,(1) Con.truetlo~. No ehar~. fro. Inlt report .(2) Equipment 'perel . etc. Sa t l l t ac t oTT.

(d) StatuI of requisi tions : Numbers and date. ofE.:i~"'ll ~ a~rIQ.

( Lilt of requllitl0r:f)0lllllltted in t:rped COW.)

A ( CivAd Funct ions) 1 ~pril 1948B ( Summar y) With comments And rec o~enCAt lon8 .

'0 change from lost report .

Truk

! (Ci Ti l Admi ni s trat i on Fi nance. )1 (p.PC~ipt8 and Di.bur.ecen~, for

1 "orl l 1948qusrter endinc March ~l . 1948 .

Trulc

"e (' ei?t ~

Boat I nata l l ~ent 8 •.. • . . . . . . . .*80aOO! en tAll ?Q.QO

Total .. •$100.00

N8 t h e Payroll $27353.2~

Provisions (native ' Alley) 248f.7:Provleions (Pet1ents). ... 1196 .~

Ship" Stpre and C&SS transfer, 5cl . ~

$31 .616.5.:.

~ (Ci.Ad linson.B) 1 A~ril 1948 Truk2 (S~r7) With co~~ent s and reco~mendatlons.

I t 1s enticlpeted that the cost of subsisting the native students . prisoners andhospital petients will inc rease considerable during the next qU8rter . rhls 1_ due tothe feet that the dry season has reaueed the source of lupply ~f ~tlve food and allprovisions vi I I be dra~ t rom the Navy.

I ns t ruct i ons as to the maximum manetarr amount that may be e~pended tor each stu­dent. prisoner . end hospi tal patient ere reouested . Any directlvec concerntng thl1subject that may have been l~sued by CO~Ander Jtar t enal or Deputy High Comml~gloner

for the Tr us t Terrltorr ot the Pacific I s lands i n the past are not held by t h i s activity.Inf or ma t i on 1s requested conc er ni ng excess provis ions i n thl! area which are no

longer desired for military ~e such AS ·C" rAtione . 10 in 1 r8t lo~ or ~.hydrated f oodst hat have been surveyed but are atill f i t f or bucan con8~tion. 700d of this naturecould be ver7 rp.~dily used by this act ivity in the interest of reducing the cost ofaubsi8tl~~ the Trukese na t ives .

D (llavel Personnel ) 1 .i.prll 1948 Truk1 (Summary) With comment. and recommendations .

The n~ber of enlisted pers o~.1 on board i _ adpqU8 te for ee r r.yIng on the functIon sof this stat ion. Hewever , the t ranafer of t he electrician ' s mete i n MaTch has left thestetioD without the serv i ce s of ft quAlified elec t ric ian.

~1.1t. b7 C1vAd O!tlcers) 1 April 1948 Truk:flame of Df'te of Last Purpose ot Visit Date of Next P..1I' tlO6e ofColt~ltY' VisU fo la'3t visit ViAlt ,Pu.lus ulc l_~-4B ield Trip 12-3-47 ?ield TripPulUlet 1-4-48 • 12-3-47 •Tautam 1-4-48 " 12-4-47 "Pulep 1-4-48 • 12-4-47 •Ulul 1-5-48 " 12-5_4 ? •l:Mrl 1-5-48 • 12-6-47 •000 1-6-48 " 12-5-47 •Pl.arei 1_6_48 • 12- 6-48 •IO'll1nn 1_7_48 • 12-8-47 "Fananu 1-7-48 " 12-8-47 •Aue 1-8-48 • 12-7-47 "Murllo 1-8-48 • 12-8-47 •Lukunor 1-26-48 • 12-1 7-47 •Loasp 1-26-48 • 12-15-47 •Pi. 1- 28-48 • 12-16-47 •NM'p.luk 1-28-48 • 12-17-47 •OI:.eop 1_29_48 • 12_1~_47 •:Etal 1-30-48 " 12-15-47 •Mot 1-30-48 • 12-19-47 •Xutu 1-31_46 • 12-19-47 •Te 2-1-48 • 12_20-47 •Sa t aw..n 2-2-48 • 12-20-47 "lIa:na 2-2-48 • 12_16-47 •Polusuk: 2-11-48 • 1-..1-48 •

J:,

1 .lprll 1948 Trukt'eme of Date of Last Purpose of Vi s i t Dat e of Next Purpose ofCQmrr;un l ty V181t to h ,st vhit VisitPuluvat 2- 12-48 7ield trip 1-4-48 Field TripTematam 2- 13-48 • 1-4-48 •Pulep 2-14-48 • 1-"-48 •Ulul 2- 15-48 • 1-5-48 •Fharet 2-16- 48 • 1- 6-48 •Oner i 2-17_48 • 1_5_48 •Ono 2_18_48 • 1-6-48 •~..."". 2-19-48 • ( Jus t discove red)Nomrln 2-20-48 • 1-7-48 •:P'ene:nu 2-21- 48 • 1-7-48 •l\ue 2-21-48 • 1-8-48 •Murilo 2-22-48 • 1-8-48 •L08 ap 3-15-48 • 1- 26-48 •Pi . :.t_16-48 • 1-28-48 •NUB 3-17-48 • 2- 3-48 •Lukunor 3-17-48 • 1-26-48 •Oneop 3-19-48 • 1_29_48 "Et Rl 3-20- 48 • 1-:30-48 •Mot 3-20-48 • 1-:30-48 •Kutu 3-21-48 • 1-31-48 "Sate:we.n 3-21-48 • 2-2-48 •

• 2-1-48 •T. 3-32-48 •Namaluk 3-24-48

, 1-28-48

• 2-3-48 •Nema 3-25-48

E 1 Apr il 1948 Truk]fame of Date of Laat Date of Next Pu.11>o ee 0 fCo:munl tr Visit Purpos e of Vi8!t to last vIsit Vis i tUdot 1-6-48 Sent t ft t l on e od ten~ral 12-18-47 Sanitation end

Inlpect.1on general inspectionnu"tIlon 1-8-48 • 12-16-47 •Selot 1-9-48 • 12_9_47 •PU 1-1~-48 • 12-1~-47 "To1 2-7-48 • 12_'0-47 "Salot 2-11-4a • 1-9-4a "Dublan 2-24-48 • 1-8-48 "Udot 1-2-48 • 12-18-47 •Uman 1-:1-48 • 12-16-47 •Dublan 1-8-48 • 12-16-47 •Jeren 1-15-4a • 12-16-47 •Dublan 1-16-48 • 1-8-48 •Pftrell 2-6-48 " 1-6-48 •Dubl an 2-8-48 • 1-16-48 "Uman 2-8-48 • 1-3-48 •To1 2-18-48 • 12-20-47 •t:dot 2-19-48 • 1_2-48 •Dub10n 2-20-48 • 2-8-48 •I . f an 2-22-48 • 2-8-48 •Unan 2-~-O-48 • 1-18-48 •Dublan :1-1-48 • 2-8-48 •

:l-5-L8 • 2_20_48 •Uman• 2-28-48 •

Dublon :'-12-48

E (1'1.1t. ot Ch Ad) 1 " pr ll 1948 Tn:kName ot Date of Last Purpose of Vi.i t DE.te of Next Purpose ofCo-omity nell to 19st yisit VI.1tUaan :!-15-48 Sani t at i on and ,eDer~l :!-1-48 Sanitation and

I nspec t i on eenerel inspectIonUdol :<-17-48 • 2-25-48 •To1 3-18-48 • 2-19-48 •Felan :t-20-48 • 2- 18-48 •U...n 3-20-48 • 2-22-48 •':01 3-25--48 • ~18-48 •Uman :1-29-48 • :!-15-48 •

TrukMoen I s l a nd , Truk25 . January. 1948

1 Aprll 1948! (il.1'. of Cl.Ad)OPEPATIO~ INSTRt~TIO SCl •.ld Truk 10. 1 - 481 . Orgr.nl!8tton.

8 . USS D!.l.L (AG-131) flll61gned bv COmJ"'.Rnder !altern Carol1ne. S,·b- Area.b. Civ Ad and I Tt nerlon4el ."igned as 10110__:

Xnl i gn M.J. Sehwit t era . USB, Co~eree and I ndul t r,y.Lt . Y.H. O'Brian , USB , Education. Officer In Charce.Mr . Ar t i e MOlea, Govern-ent Advisor .R. X. Shoe~te. PP.lr~.t~ • Medical.Tkt no. Health Ald••Sak. Health AideJ . V. Powr . Island T'rad1nc CampaU)"R. L. Miller. SK3 . leland Tradl~ Co=paD7Iun! . l 'IC LaborerChlbun . I ! e LaborerHlkl , 1ft LaborerMr. W. I. E tt er. If': Crticlel

2. I UneraJ")' .'the USS DtAL vBl Cet unde""'-Y at no on on 25 Januar1 1948 end proceed to the follow­

1:1C islende:UliA , IOSAP, PIS, l".c!ALtx , l-"XtJSOV, C:U:CP, !"'.AL. MOT, Kl!TU, TJ., SATJ. A.Suff i c i ent time viII be spent at each .sland to transact .11 nec.llary busine, '

and carry ou the proTislonl o! naragre 3.!te"OOrt ell dene.rturea end arrhe.ls to COJlllll,Ander tast"rn Cllrol1nes .

X (el VA» VI.IO.) 1 ~prl l 1948 Truk110 .1-48:3. Duties .

• 0 Loglitici and tralport8tlon t or eIMA pe rs onn~ l 81 neces'ary.b . Adml nl , tre t l ve revipy of l ocal gover~~ent . justice , education and tRxes .C. Si ck call and a thoroueh 'ani t ~ry Inapectlon o f each i.land .d. ITe conduc t tredlng and ascer ta i n need. ot native. in reeard. to Itor. i t em••

4 . LogI.Olc ••0 CAU Truk .~ . COKmnlnlcft t lonl .

7505 IC-eW at 22300Z, 05...'t()Z-0600Z. In ea se of e erc.ncr ? r:AJ1 Ie at lOC-.oZ-llOOZ, orce nt.ace Radio Gtwa on 4235 XC Serle, . All times will b. ZXBlU..

R. D. -mxLET. CDR • USll!! •Ciyli Admlni ltrater. Truk

·R (V,.,t. by ClvA d) 1 April 1948 Trult10 .1_48FASSDlGl:P.S FOR CAU 1'1!CK FIELD TRIF NO. 1-48EAl!Z ill ~ I SLA)lllS IW;!'.a l n 40 " Losap $1.80Ai h 26 F • 1 .80Sl"bun 13 F • 1.80I oiehi 8 I! • . 90Inou 43 F • 1.80Tamie 6 F • . 90Morh 5 I! • . 90l:a rtimol 3 month. I! •lana 54 F Lukunor 4.20FUo 34 F • 4.20C}-.ute.ro 2 M •Pot a 29 M • 4.20Perman!_ 35 1\ • 4.20Kenecu 59 I! Ta 4 .20Anh 54 F • 4 .20Noah 12 M • 2 . 10Earkt 1 F •Kalol 14 I! • 4 .20Henri 12 M • 2 .10K06ie 19 F • 4.20JHehlo81 1 1I •" 4 .20Gullo 25Rina es F • 4 .20

. ! (Vhit6 by CivAd) 1 April 1948 TruklIo. 1-48 Passengers for CAU Trtik Fiel d Tr1'p~ g m I S!.h!'DS rAP.EPeter 57 Y. Nama. $1.30Slmlron 30 II Lotlap 1 .80Che ne 50 v " 1.80lorA 41 M , 3 .6QOToh 33 M , 1 .80Ermi s 22 M " 3.60"Laur 20 M Nama 2 .60"Julia 14 F Xutu 2 .101

• Round Trip Total $74.70r Mtae!onary f ar efAI!E AGE m I SLANDS

STPDE):TS ,.Kasiro 18 M Namoluk71dlnis 21 M ,MUter 15 M

,nTI!JT5

Misako 8 F liB'"Patrer 50 J ,Ster&. 45 F OneepYuH 15 F LukunorChele 52 F LoaapNeyla 48 F ,7 1t'o l n 22 M Sate:wanFormin 40 II Mot

E (VI. l t o by Clv~~)

Xo. 1-4e ~aleneer.

1 Apr il 1948 Truk

I hereby cert ify that I have c ol l ect ed the f 8re . &5 .hown above ,

3 ." lING. LT, Sell , US~l .S . X1SE! , LCD~ , USE

E (~81t8 by Cl vAd)No. 1- 48SOUT!'!:!!.'! FE LD TRIP26 J anuary to ~ e~ruery 1948

1 Aorll 1948 Truk

marr ied peopl e end two aingleThe ch ief was advis ed. to let the

s ingle peopl e f or promiscu i t y . One

j,OSAPThe f ield par ty a rrived at LO' ft p around flve o' cl ock in the affernoon and remained

unt il noon the folloving day . ~outlne government bUllDee. (1 •• • cenaut takine . collec t_ing t&Xet , di8bursing talaries , etc) Yel carrIed aD. The chief wea informed of Gove rn­: ent ~olleles with regard to taxation. church york an~ =oralB.

The lehool teacher Who apeak. no Engl ish viI I be brought to Truk for t raining inApril. He wIll be replaced by e Lotap girl who hA a ~d oDe yeAT of English t rainingat Tntlt .

!1&:ht men ..-ere tried for gambl!.ng and ple.,vlng carda. They wer-e g i ven road work onthe i_ land aea well fo r 30 days . The c hief WA S informed that the seriousnes s of a g~b­ling offe nse was condi t i oned by the welfare of t~e depe ndent s of t he gacbler . Jourvo c:.en wer-e found guilt:" of f 1Cht 1n& and given 21 day. repairing B sea wall •.ll:i.

Routine gove r nment business ~, Carried on. Twopeople had been glVf'n 30 days road York fo r adultry.s i ngl e PA r tie. go fr6e end to r e f r e i n f rom puniahineran was given 30 days r oad York for fightiag .LI.7J.I:Q:'

The former secre tAry Al ongo ~. found guil ty of yite beAting end haa been r epl acedby mree ,

I n reply to persistent questioning by the Ci vAd r epr esent a t i ve , the only complal~t

the goyernment ot Lukunor- lodi:;ed. &&:"lnat the American residents Yt'l S tMt the A!Der l c8.l'••

Truk

Ypste Ar~a .

113 yerds by eo Yards .34 yards by eo yards .17 yards by 80 vards .21 ya rds by eo yards.

1 Aptil 1948X (~.it. by Ci vAd)No.1 - 48Southern Fi el d Tripliked to sit 1~ on the t ria l a , which the chief dislikes. ~en the chief bas had a trial'ometl~e8 he has invited the Americans ; aome t lme8 he has not. When he does not the onecelled J erry (RAUSUR) want s to lenoY why . The ehief r e por t ed t hat F.ausuh 'WP8 angry oncebecaUAe he ~8 not i nvi t e d. He told the chief that COQ~ander Huxley vanted hl~ t o sit1n on the t t l ala .

The present chief wae not peld from Mar ch to Augus t 1947 . He vents to know why.Al l D8 ivee concerned ar e confUAed on Bakery license' . They were told what a

bekery licent e did not g ive a baker t he exclus ive r tght t o ourchaee flour , which aee~ed

to b~ the general impression. The ClvAd representative i nformed bakers that aboveexpenses they Should cha rge an additional 3~~ for their produce. A fishing Itcenle whichthe bearer bel ieved gave him the exclusive right to fiah in Lukunor la£oon ~, reVOked.1 i nformed t he chi ef t~~t unlel. all l i cense s dated before 1 Merch 1947 ve~e reneved onthe next f ield t rl~ to eonl ider them expired.SiPI:Pl\

Thi s islAnd val "stenped" by the CiVAd ~epre8entAtlve . M~asure~ents are guess workbut reAsonably accurate. Lengbh: 2436 yar~s . Width 85 folloY8:At 0000 Ya rds marker S p. ~inor i 8 75 YArds vide.At 0400· " II " 70 ;YAr ds wide.At 0800 II " • " 57 yards vide .At 1200 " II " " 65 yards v1de.at 1600 II • " "80 yards wide .At 2000" • " • 80 yards wide.At 2400 yards marker Sent nor i8 ~6 yards wide .

B ( ViS its BY' ChAd) 1 J..prll 1948 1'ruk.0 .1 -48Sout hern Field tri p

~e CivAd re~re 8 ent8tive wes aaked to f i x the orice of fi sh on Lukunor . He approvedt~e chief 'l "r ices which ere al follo~ :

lH~ f lsh - 25 cents pe r pound.Lit tle f llh - 20 cents ~r nound .Squid (large or small) - 20 ce nts per pound .

om:opThe ship re cai ned a t Oneop for 18 houri .A cont rec t was l igned wit h Oneop ~hich gave t he Deople t he r 1ght of t emno rar y US~

f ruc t of t he i l lend of Sapinor; ~th the under 8t8ndi~ ~ of t he many f rom copra and~ndenu. t aken from the isl4nd 8 will go t o civi l govprnment a t Truk. This Bgr eementwas made uoon the reCo~endation of Chief Ring . Bener es pet i t ion to trade Namoluk landf or Sapinor ves not a-ror-cved,

The people of Oneop desire t o pUr chase Sepinor which they claim t hey were forcedt o sell t o t he G-erman company in 190a f or 850 me rka . But they wen i nf orMd thst CivAdTruk hAd no aut hor i ty to alienate gover nment l and. The c o~er~ lR l rdpreaentativp. . onsucceeding field t r i ps t o Oneop will buy: (8 ) Native owned copra end (b) governmen t o~~­

ad co'Ora .:1:6. "

mne 'Oo l leeman at TA asked about his ~ fo r 1947. I told hi m the gove rnment didnot pay pol ice7en on ..~ island with as 6~ll a population 88 TJ... The gene ral ap~ar­

ence of t he i sland ve. good.

~utine covernaent ~ine.' vas c e~led on.

Trult

rd ed linee Feb. 1947.

1 April 1948~ (Vl. l t . by ClvAd)Ho . 1-46 Sout her n ~lel d TripS>TAYAN

The ship remained at S8tp~n for twenty hours.The secretary ~. «rant ed perml~slon to add $30 .00 to the island treasury vhleh we i

recelv~d from the exchs ng~ of yen (publ i c money).The public lAnd 11t ua t l on 1. ao confused the ClvAd reprelentRtive could not decide to

who~ it should be contracted . Richar d, ~Ale gr~at uncle VB ' allecedl7 forced to 1.11the l and to the GermBn CO~~ for o~e axe fe els that 1. should b. contracted to h~m. 7ro.1914 to 1927 Rl cbard ~Iuzed pos t ea . Ion of hi. land vi t h apnr oTs l of the chi e f . but theJ~pene.e el. i~d the land n ~ hat time. ~en the JA~n••e ·left the chief claimed and uaedt b. Ip.nd . 1 hi_ Dera onel ~rop.rty . I n ~reh 1947. Lt. Alh~urn and Artie Moses g~Te peoni .the rlght to t ~ke (nod t rom thia office land i~ exchenge for the des t ruct ion of tteirtr.~. in what i_ nov the vublic equare. The_e peo~le ~e~ard any future c~e in thisar~~nrp ent . s a breach of contract and feith by th~ American Gover~nt. The land in­volved is ne~r the sout h end of S~ tavan i s l a nd . I t mea sures a~~rox1met.17 1 i ~cres .

~he office a1 10 o~s t wo stri~s of land along the 1&«oon coalt and see~d coast ofTA . ~e CivAd re~resent.tlve s.v 1t Vhile VAlking ~rom the TA to the Satewan office . I tis coconut and panda~s land. but It w . not put u!uler contract bee.use the ClTAd r-epreeen­tatl~e di d not knev hoY much land ~9 invol ved .'0 crime. h~ve be~n eo.-ltted and no ~lshzent . ell.u.

~~ Ihi~ re.. lned at 1t a1 for flT e hours .tJrI::

The ship remained at Xu u fo r 17 hours . !outlne ,ove~~ent bu.ine. _ ~. carrled onbere . There have been no crime• • 1nc~ t he last fl e1d trip .

·E (Vlolt8) 1 Avr il 1948 TrukNo. 1-48 Southern 11eld TriptQ&!!

The ship remained at Mach for 16 hours. ~outlne covern~ent business weB ca rried on.Cne . en WBS found guilty of burning a house , He was g l - en a 30 day r ORd sentence .!AllQIrK

The ship remained at Nemoluk for four houra . The chief haa no recorda of taxes col­Iect-d becAuse the island se retary ¥as in school at Truk. The chief himself had been inLukunor sInce the last field trip and no cases had been t r i ed on Na~luk. He r epor t edseveral trials pending .

The ~er8hlp of t~e Namaluk land ~lch Verma nes of lu~or VRnt ed to tTPde the Gov­ern%ent was entioned. An old woman Annab. objected &871n« it waa ler ~L~d. She only givesVerxene8 food from it when he visits . amol uk .

Abner ~equP8 t e d dynamit e t o Iden t~e channel seraes the reef . He 1••~.re that nativelere not allOYed to ~=ite. but he re~uests that A:ericpna do the b le s t i ng and his peoplecou:d clean out the channel .

"At present th e i sland is in 8 state of political des s ent i on. which 9~peers t o be

occasio~ed prlmarl~v by the non-eooperation or one ha~r-ca8te Tratil Jedellie. The chiefssked me t o f ire his 88 aehool teacher Yhleh I d1d . Xedellie cave ~e a petitio~ with 278n&"~8 of N~ctI. :oe o~e who vanted hb to be chief. The pecnke char,e him. v1th un!ai!' store­keeolnc ~r8ctlce.. He nev er sell, flour fro~ the _tDre but 3lL~e 8 it into bread and sellathe-bread. Be i8 unfair in that he eel1. des i r ed 8~tielea like cloth to hi. frienda . Hevented two vives . which the second ~tri~onial candidate's tether t e f u aed and 3ed~11ic i.alleged to have beaten up the Cirl'. brother . He beat up e church official wt.en ne wasasked to ait down in church . Yet the chief i8 a!raid to put him in the calabooae b~cause

Nedeillc ~th hia ability to apeak English , will renort a biP sed atory to the AmericanGover nment.

Truk:

to N'amoluk.

5 days to settle land problem••

Island.the channel

at S~tAY8n for aboutand Pia.frol!!. Nl'...1r2

imuToTing

;;: (V1~.. )No. 1_48 Southern Field Tripp;Cm::mATIONS1. That the ClvAd representative be directed to order all Americ~ns going Plhore in canoeson a field trip between October and Avril to ~eer life Jackets .2. That the amount of lite ,eaT (rafts) on an AG be Increased to fulfill requirementsfor 8 pes8encer-cprrylng vessel.3. That 8 ClvAd reorelentstive recpln4. That 8 bORt be sold to Name. Losap5. That Tretl! ~deilic be ostracized6 . T~~t BO~e consideration be made of

A£D1iI("UAL ceo "-l;!i"'"I, All t~e MortlocK8 excent ~oeh have 8 ~v school house; And the education urograa 1&much more progres8ive than at Truk.2. All chiefa ~re l~formed tha the correction of ~~rled peonle's acrals vas ~ot 8

govern=entsl !unction.~. Church york _ U.S. Government vor~ vee exulaIned in det~il.

4. !hey were all Info~d to not reise taxea wIthout orior anurovsl frnz the office.5. F.ecei~t foraa ~r~ explainet on eTer,r island.6. Ros'01t1l1 COl"tlSDet:. end eet iceeea 'Were naid (Peyrooll-- $2.100.75)7. Seninor wei uu under contrect to Oneo~.

8. urses were .creen~d for . but onl7 three ialends .~nt candidates. These are naY inschool 8t 'l'ruk.9. The people want no more hand laV9 and exes . They ar~ .nxlo~ for cross-cut 8SY8.

Y. H. C'!RIAK. LT. USN

TrukKoen I s l and, Truk10 February 1948

1 April 1948-E (Vi.its by ClvAd)OPE!'ATIO Ir,~T!UCTIOPS

CivAd Truk. No. 2-481. Or~n l !8 tlon .

(A) rr.s.s . ~~A~ (A~ 1~1) a"ig~ed by Com~ande~ Iaatern Carolinel Sub_Area .(~) CIYAd and ITt ~r.onnel a••~ed 88 tollo~ :

LCDR Lor en H. Iller , OSlo Offi cer 1n Charge.Hr . Alber t Rartma~~ . Govern=ent AdTll0r .LTJG J . C. :>unbAr, xc, PSY'!, :'edlc,.l .Augul Ine, Health Aldl .

iuo , HeAlth Al de.LCDX C. M. Quinn. SC , US•• I~ .

~. L. Yliler • 51 3, USN. l TC,lIo1kl . ITC borer.Alvil . I ~ C LAborer.Tl1open. ITO Labor.r .

( e) ~I.e~r Lilt See reYer'I .2 . ! t InerftT7 .

The rss BI4L will &et underway 'f't;eadRy a!tereoon. 10 Tebruary 1948 and proceed tothe !ol1ov1nc 1I1~. :

I'CMYIlI , lA.~ . ~O . Y.t'RlLO . Pl 5.1...~~. OnRl , 0 O. ttLUL. PPLAP. TAY.A'U N, FCl..... 'AT.F't1.~ .

Sufficient tl~e will be spent at each island to tranaaecarr, ou the orovillona or Paragraph 3 .3 . Dutles.

(e) Ad21nl l t r s t l ve revleY o! local coverncent. j~.tlee. edueetlon . and taxes .(b) Sick Call and Sanitary I n.pec t io~ .

(e) ITC Tr.dl~.

E (Vt"1to by ClvAd) 1 Aor ll 194El TrukITO . 2-484. LOCi.tics at CAU Truk .5 . Comzunlcatl onl.

750 5KC - -CV at 2230-?-300Z. 0530-06002; In case or ezer~ency 750exC at lO~OZ . orcontac' !adl0 Guam on 4?45KC Seri e s . Al l time • • sed vill be ZEBRA .

H. D. =n.crs. = .e ty!1 ~dalnl.trator. Truk

I (11 11t l by C1T~d ) 1 April 1948 Truko . 2-48

Fi el d Tr i p t o Western I liand. 10 rob. 1948 --PASS~E! LIST1w:l m- AGI P!ST! yJ.'!'IOI

~SOU l K 45 olrYln 1.80rona F "0 • 1.80_ B.nA':lI t K 66 r l'lNt l:lU 2 .00

Hu F !'O • 2.00-'rere l'" r 23 • 2.00."C" F 29 • 2.00

!.ruo K 10 I 1.00S'l!l t e nl M 48 Murll0 2 .00Xareut K 49 • 2 .00I nenmo F :IS • 2 .00Kot K 40 • 2 .00Alt•• 45 Unou 3 .00I pon K 46 1llul 3 . 00Xa~ler K 33 • 3 . 00)I.sr1l1n. M 28 • 3. 00Tero }! 24 Hurtlo 2.00111m! F 23 • 2 .00Sokol e1 M 44 • 2 .00I _i ko F 22 • 2 .00'l'l!ml 35 Unau 3. 00Peter .elchanlan M 50 P'llluvat - 4 .20Cr. E. :8 . McXanul )( 39 Round t r ip

• ¥111 CO to Puluvat and ltay loa. .adha . He hal p.1l"Chased round t.!"tp ticket ..

fOTU $52 .00

E ('lisl to by ClvAd) 1 Apr il 1948 Truk. e , 2-48

PATI=S TO BE llET=J!.!!!! ~ A~t • D!STI:aTION

rr ' J! 23 rananuEek M 26 •Mara T 2~ •n o ~ 31 Onou•

I hereby cert1l7 that I hayS colleci.d the rares as shown aboy• •B. Y. lI. G, Lt . SCl\, usn .

L, H. nsn, LC:ll, USB.

Truk

I dldn 1 t know about thereI told the chief I wouldwill pay this money on the

1 Apr Il 1948E (VdI1'. by C1TAd)NO. 2-48l eport of the 7181d 1rlp t o the Yest ern I,lAnd. 25 l ebruar,r 19481 . In ~eDerel the t AX nr ocr am on each lel Rnd 1s Just irtting stArt ed. Moat of the Island.have coll~cted the he~d tax end coconut tax. Howe~er. no island 11 paYing lalaries atpr esent . The letup of booke ~s rather poor for tt~ telandl . They had evidently notbeen instructed TPr,T thoroughly in bookkeeplnc. Artie Mose. thinks t hi s 1 ~ ft good i dea~nd told me that he would put them up in his house. There were lome i.lands where t heneiple ~d only 8 very shsky knovlprlge of the t8J Bystem And what . e vere trying t o do.r don't think that they had been given v~ry much instruction on this Phase of government .We spent plent y of t1 e on this trip e~plalnlng the urogram to the ueopl e and 1 feelthat there will be a marked Imorove~ent in the books on the next f iel d 'tip.2 . The next big point is the fact t~t none of the cor~.~en on the islandl had been paids i nce October. They were ell dol~ an excellent j ob but there m~h be a tendency f ort hem to slnck if they feel that they viII not ~et th~lr money . I A,s ured eAch of the:th~t the next field trio would bring out their veges.3 . Copr~ production leems to be picking up out there. It VAS unfortunate thet we didn1tteke enough 'ack~ on the t ri~ . Ve pi cked up about twent Y- l even t ons leaving fift eenton~ due to leck of aecks .4. A few mAt s and Ipvplavas were ni cked up. The natives di dn ' t know the s i re t~t ITCwanted . This ~s explained to them. I t hink that if nos s ible a rule or aoee meRsuringBtick Ihould be gIven to 8ach illand to ensure that they make thr right 11~e. At pr esent .they ~re gueSSIng or using their handa.Pul 31't: t

The people ~ve been maki~ co prA on gover~ent land.being any gover nment land. Here ITC bought a ll the cQPr~.

find out about what per cent age the government r eceives . He

Truk-E (Vtait. by CivAd) 1 April 1948o. 2-48

Puluwat cont rdne~t trip . Ther e yPTe ten ( 10) bAgS of copr~ .

Te; ~ te;

The neonle claimed to have l ittle food . Accor di ng to t he chief, in t he past, they~ve obtained !ood from the t~ul ~18ntRtlon. 1 told him he could take f ood rro~ therebut not to touch t~ coconuts , pending work f rom the Governor. The neonle CAtch a lotof f ish and vanted to know ebout selling them in Truk . Thc1 were told that a good =erketexisted for fish here . The chief' requ~ated e. ehart of the Cl'rolir.u . He ..anted it foruse in his tri~. ar~und the islend• .

= !be Chief asked about making eo~r8 on t he gOTcrnaent plantation . I geve ~lm per_mission. p~ndlng R~~roTal of the GOT~rnor.

Qmarl1he chief ~nted to know if he could punish hi_ own oeonle and not send the= to

Plseret. I don't knov hov t h i s started but I told the chi~r he could eke cp re o~ hisnn cr1l::inela.~

Chief cra.~ted nermis.ion to punish hi_ O~ cri~inal. inl tesd of lending the to Pil­er~t •Hrc t

Firat tim. t~i. illand has been touched b~ ~ield trip. The ~o ryle were glad t o seeus . According to thea th~7 lived tb~re before the ~r. During the war the J8~nese covedth~. to PiBPret and Onar i . They hpve just moved back . Some of the ~o~le clsim theyhave only been there two months; 80me SBy t~ yeBr8 . I tried t~ find out but di~'t a@etvit~ ~ch success . I feel this lslALd should be cAde on eRch fleld trip. Accordine to

! (V~.\t. by C\vAd) 1 April 1948 TrukWoo 2-..48Xe.gur cont t dthe people this island belongs to the government too .NomylQ

The chl~t wanted to knovabout his pay before Augas t of last yeer. He claims that~ne of the 6f~ l c 1al s ve-e ~pld t he n . He allo ~nted to wo rk on Eli and Sftt~~ island.end make copra and Crow fo od there. These island' belonging to th~ gove~ent also.FeMnu

Chief requested planks and cement f or the construction of a coamunlty house.MurUe

Chip! r e que st ed some nd!es and a compal s fo r uae in the i r Balling canoe .5 . In gen~r81 the islands we re pretty clean. Some were rather full of flies but theneonle vere hesl th7 an~7. The dirtiest island probably YSt Pulu.u~. 1 think hoveyer.that an effort has been mAde to clepn i t up . Certainly I t ~8n lt a.~ dlrt7 a8 I hadexpec ted from read1nc Weible '. report . Also I fRiled to find a~v dissatIsfaction withthe chief . Pilsret and ~gur could alIa stAnd some cle nIne upl The reat of the islandI thoucht were ver,r clean. I might bp of advsnt8£8 to obtain e boar and take him onthose field trins. Neerly all the islands have so~. but Pulap i8 the only i&l~~d with8 bcer ,

L. H. ~ISER. LCn!, usn.

TrultMoen I ala."ld. ':'ruJc13 , Merch 1948

1 Apr il 1948! (Visit . by CivAd)lIo. 3-48 OPERATIC IllSTlll'CT IONS

1. O ~~~1%8t lon .

(8) USS DEAL (AG -131) as.lcned by C03tr~der I Aetern CarollL. 1 Sub-Area .(b) ClvA.d and ITe Fer8 or~el aa.tened 8S follo~ :

Lt . W. H. O' ! rlPD . t~N . otflc er- lo-Ch8rce .Robert "ar ruhn, Gove~ent Advi l or.1( . G. G-uerln . PHM2 . tTSll, ¥.edlcal .!rman , Rftllith Ai d• •leter . Ee.lih Alde .Se~ t on. X. J . eSE, us • I TC .R. L. Miller , 5[3 , ~. ITC .Al nl l, I Tt laborer .Balilio . I TC l aborer.301kl . I !"C lAborer.Nlkl , ITt l abor er .

(c) Pa!.e~er 11st-- a t t ached .2 . I tine r a ry.

~h. U.S .S , DZAL (AG-l31) viII Cet ~deTWB7 at noon on 15 Karch 1948 end pr oceed tot ee ~ollov1. " leland. :.AJtA.. LOSA.P . PIS, • LUI'L'll'C1! , OF'EOP , r:'A.L. K>':' I tt'M'tJ. TA.. SAb 0.u .

Sufficient time will be anent a t each island to tran6pct al l nec."e ry busln~ " andtarry out the ~rovi.lona of DBrp~rBpb 3 .

Report all arrivals and depe =ture. ~o COmmAnder !A.~ ern CAro11~e••2 . Duties .

(a) LoC1.~ic. an~ transportation of ClMA Personnel a. nece ••ary .

E (VisIt . by CivAd) I April 1948 TruklIo . ~-48

(b) Adm i ni s t r a t i ve reviey of locpl government . jul t l ce . educa t i on end taxes .(0) Sick call and l anltar,r In .pectlo~.

(d) ITe ~r.diog.

4 . Logi' lci ftt C~~ Truk.5. Communications .

~8e 2716 fo r Tolc~ co~unlcatlon8 and movement s a t 22~2300Z . 053O-06OOZ. In~m r c ency use 4235 IC at l ame iiae.,

~. K. ~O~. Jr.elm, t'SJ .Civil AdAl nt . t rat or . Truk

E (V1151tB bj" CivAd) 1 Anr1l 11948 TrukNo. 2-48PASSE:1G2 LI STllAllE AO;; S;:X I SLAh'll FAllELeas h W F !:Pmft $1.30Sepeln 59 F , loWLlnil 8 F • . 65Lepi B F • .65Lit er 7 F • . 65Sanls ~8 II Loeap 1.80

TON!'; e i 29 M • 1 .80PenAm1n ::3 II

, 1.80Metue ~4 M • 1. 80

Oto W M • 1. 80

Goeko 27 F • 1.80

E: i sla 28 F • 1.80

Paul a 32 F • 1. 80

Tfl rti 32 F • 1 .80

KOSA 11 M, . 90

Fer"nyk 1 M • . 90

E'er\ rie 11 F, . 90

Sana 9 F • . 90

I..tel 1 F • .90

N.tecuram 42 F • 1 .80

NarlU 19 F • 1.80

At r ie 12 F • 1. 80Fl or i on 24 II Lukunor Inter

E (V4litl by Civ£d) 1 .lorn 1948 TrukIlo. :!-48 Poseencer LiltItUa: AGZ sn ISLUD rllEInto so M Lukunor 4.20Ieor 34 M • 4 .20.ltll 40 r • 4 .20J..nten• • aa M • NAtin Sf'e-.n

1:1•• 40 r Sata-..n 4 .2011rhtiea 13 M • 4 .20KaTT_ 4 r • 2 .10Il'!1UO 3 M • 2 .10NaUI 20 r J'lUIlol\lk 3.00I at aro 25 M • 3 .00

Mlo 28 r Etal 3.00Sabi 22 M • !.ound '!'rlp- 6.00Takeo 25 M • • • 6 .00Plur. 21 M Iuttu Wsi 1ye "au n

'rOT.U. : - - - - - $76 .85The follovlnc at c:o...eT1U1• n t expense.

Jo ..pb. 21 M ~....O:l.•• l ~2 M •Son 55 M •Arnllet 39 M 1.0&.'0Taler 28 M •P.i" .. 42 M lukunorI etaro 30 M !lamoluk

E (~I.lt. by Clv4d) 1 Apr il 1948 TnJk1I0. 3-48 Paasenc:er LhtPP.tieSlhlUY,Z A"V SJ:X I SI.AIW FARE0-

Sebaa 60 K LukunorXechua 6 K •Heaken 14 K •Ia",1 50 F •lluar ~2 K II..,.! ito 13 M •'oure ~2 M •Tn l ld ~6 K 1.0••;>

Sa.t 42 K PhMarlalln 40 r •De.rtnl 39 F Io::ot'l'osfOnae 6 r •1 herebT certify thot I haTe coll ec t ed t~.. fere. •• ahovn aboTe .

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Ster 26 M aaa 1 . so!It! 31 M • !tound trip 2 .00Soup 35 K • 1 .30lfese~lno 25 F • 1.30Iukun 55 K • 1.3011110 28 K •• 1.30

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Ult pace - - - - - - - 76 . 85

~p~ TO~AL·· $ 85 .95

;: (Visits by Cl vAd) 1 April 1948 Trull:No . ~8Field trip to the Sout her n I s l ands 25 March 19481 . Sunr.~ of individUAl i , l ands visited :Lg sen - It ~. 8p~rent 1~e d 18t e11 after atr ival that the people of LOlap have been with­out suff i cient food to r lome time . Decared , preserved breadfruit called YJUi waB brOUGhtin fro~ Uman on the at~tlon sh ip but t he l ack of sufficient f ood on Loapp Yil l possiblyremain unt il the be,l~~lng of the breadfruit sea80n in KA7 . There isn't ~ch evicencethat ~O~e are a oproaching s tarvat ion but 30 men and women request ed tranaportatlon toT~ in order to ge t lome food. Only 8 r ew oiga and chickens rettaln on the Island •.lli-.- The food .hortflE8 on Pt a 11 11:llar to that on to.ap . The 1~18nd baa eede 'P!'ogrenf~lDC the paat rew aontha in constructing public buildings f rom hand-'a~d breadfruitti.bera .11kVDgt - The chief of Lukunor . Sarof i n, requeets i~formation c o~cerning his salary frca1 March 194 7 to 1 A~lt 1947 Vhen mili tary governcent vas pa71ng 'he teleriel of islandchie f l . Sub j ec t back lalar,y he& eever been paid. The vhole pr obl •• of licenling of t r adeesteblishments val dis~sed at len& th due to the preTSiling idea on t~ i sland t~t alicense give. an individual ~ monopoly. For inatL~ce. ~ bAker lometlces believes thathe i8 the only men entitled to buy f lour trom t~ store. or a man with a iishiDg licensebelieves that ~ 18 ' he only man entitled to fish in the lagoon . The CivAd representativeconferred with the chief pt le~th 1~ ~~ effort to dlscour ge the iasue of Any more licensel~t at lukunor. as elseYhere . th~ chief I s reluctpnt to tive up this source of 111~nd

r-everrue .Qn~9~ _ The Oneop government house vp.a formerly a Ja~nese school houae pnd therefore theproperty of the American Civil Adm i ni s t r e t i on . The chief wen s to know if it cac beOneop as ~ubllc property of the isl.nd . because he 'ealte l to lneed island fund. to nut ar oof on it. The uublic '~uar~ of the islL~d YBS pr~r~ted by the J2PftAese .bout 1935 and

Truk

for it. The chief(U.S. Governmentof hi. one acre of

1 .Lpril 19~E (Vt.tt. by Civ Ad)No. 3-48neld TripOneop continued--the school wei bUilt on it. The eatl.e owner. SI~I!. wal never paidrequests that Slntt be given en equlvslent amount of land on Saplnorplantation) to work, inasmuch 88 he rAt DeTer bePD paid for the loisleud in the public square .AlAi - A ney office bUilding Is under construction. The leland hal 8 good Whale boat forloading conTe which needs paint. 1~8much a8 loading of copra at Etal haa to be done fromthe o~en sea. it anpears that the islend boat should be kept in good condition .~ - This island baa made loproTe~pnt in the construction of public bu11di~ during thepalt year . Hoveve~ the Ichool doesn't .h~y any ~rogre•• and food 1. ecerce.~ - Kutu 18 one of the ~O.t ~rogre'81T8 i.lands in the Mortlockl. Public 8nl~o'lt7

~o~rd the chief because of h~_ orivate moral conduct . I~~smuch e. t~e Civ4d reure.ent~­

tiTe ~& uninformed of thi_ ffct ~til the ship hed left the i.land. he took DO action.It is recocmended that the ~ext screening party investigate Frit.'a abuse of his of f i c i a lrtghts as c~ief to co~~it i~oral actS. Ho~ver. since he is sooarently the beat leaderon the island it ia not recommended tt.at he be dis~is'ed if there 1s a uotsib llity of hitaaking amenda to the peonle of the island for his actions in the nest. He i8 also eccutedof conniving vith his storekeeper to cherge ~nd collect unfair prices for trAde goods.The ~onlp of lutu under the leadership of Fritz hAve built the .~st attre~tive school~ou.e in the en·lre Truk district.SAt~ n - A contrPct ~s si~ned between the neo?le of Sp-tewan and the ·.5. Civil ~in­ia ration vhlc~ rented t~e gov~rnzent nl~ntatlQ~ on the north end of Ta islen d to the~eoule of SAte~n. ~he Civil Admln18trP.tlo~ vl ~l receive 40 percent of the proceedsfrom the island pla~tfttion. A aurvey ~s made of all Japanese Y~r cate~ials on the i.land,

E (~~ai t s of Ci vAd) 1 April 1948 TrukNo. ~-48 Field Tr ipSeta~?~ cont l dbut t he ecount of e~I08 ive s l eft t ~ere i s t oo i~si~ni ficant t o ~~rrar. t t~e send i ng of 8

~~val o rcin~nc e o~~ic~r t o the i s l end to d i spose of i t .Ie - This island had not bp.~red ita C0088, which delay caused the s hip t o r emain at T8 for~ore thAn 24 houra , The neopl e of the island gave the CivAd representRtive very l i tt lec oo~erstion in l osii ng copra . A ~s jority of the wo rk i n loading the conrs wa s done by ther~tive pass~nge r8 of the sh i p . There is very lit tle ev idence that the chtef ha s a~v qua _lities of l~edership . He was told that his r emoval from of f i ce YOuld be rec on~ended,

unless he could t ake charge of his ~e n and get the copra loaded on the next fiel d trip .The school shows P definite l ack of nro gress. A new t eacher will be sent down on t hene~t southern trip. - •~~~nluk _ The chie! r equest s that t~e Civil Adc i ni stre tion procure e7.nlos i ves t o I murovethe 'c~~nnel through th~ reef. He understands the dynamite ca nnot be ent rus t ed to nat ivesbut he says t~~t i f the Americans could do the blasting hi s peopl e could cl ean away t he~ebris from t he cban~el . Inasnuch aa the landing a t ~amoluk is the mos t daQgerous i n theNomois it is felt t hat t he chiefls r equest deserv es some c onsideration.N~tr§ _ The native gove~ent submitted a lis t of cha rges ~ains t T~ofil Hede llic . ex­storekee~er and school teacher. Nedellic was brought to T~, and viII move · hi s ~ome

t o Uman . His departure from Nama VAS occasioned by t he insistance of t~e i s l and chi ef;not the Civ Ad representative. I nAsmuch 86 Nedellic a?~e£red to be a hAbitual troublemaker on the island , it is believed t~~t t~e hapniness of t he con~~ity is enhanced byhis departure . The cherges against Nedellic er~ nov in the hands of the Native Af f8 i r sOff icer .

1 Apr il 1948E (V~' lt . by ClvAd)No . 3- 4B Field trip2. General Comment s;

The ClvAd r epresentative AssIs ted nattve offic ials on each Island in t he preparat ionof a budcet f~r March _ June 1948.

The peopl e of the Sout her n islands feel that their taxes are un~eR .onably hl,h . Tocut expenses t he Cl vAd representative recommended the abolition of the of f i ce of AssistantCbi l t . Other 881arles ~re r educed f r om 15 to 20 percent. It 8p~e8f. logical that anisland with SOO peopl e could be admInIstered by a chief and 8 sec re t a ry if t hey devot e~ he ~r full time to the i r Job . I t 18 a180 d i f f i cul t to aee Why an island with les9 than300 Deople should pay e policeman ~ straicht salery . The ClvAd re~r e se ntat lve informedthe chi efs to hire 8 pOlicemAn on 8 day to day basis vhen R policemen 11 needed . At otherti~es uol l c eme n should be laid off the i.land payroll .

Several com~lp-lnts were heard from pr i vat e citizens that th~ coconut t r ee t ax wes toohigh . Cne ~8n asked , in ap~rent ~ood faith, if it would be all r ight if he cut dov.n hiscoconut trees, since he had no money to pay the ~8X on them. Even if luch ?G i nts of v iewp. r e not taken Into c ons i der a t ion, i t aU~Rr8 t ha t a !alrer ~~y of collect i r~ revenue woul dbe a ~8X on co pre thet i£ removed fro~ the island by SAle; inas~h 8S t he pr es ent taxis e t8~ on the only staple f ood that natives bsYe to e~t for mo re than s ix month. i n ther-eer- ,

I n ~ccordance with recoornendations outlined ~y t he s enior ITe renreaentative at Trukthe general problem of st ores. licenses , cooperatives Bnd t rade we8 c iscussed at l engthwi th island offiCials . St ore s ~re inspected Bnd i mprovements recommended . A f ollow-upinspe ction and review of instructions i_ recoa~.nded t o det~rmine the degree of c ompliancewith instructions .

The most pro~es 8 ive school I 1~ the Truk District 8 r~ located in the ~omoi islands.A t urnover of tep.chiag pe r s onnel ha s raised the standards of teach i ng requi rement s . The

X (V~eit e by Ci v Ad) 1 Apr i l 1948 TrukNo . Z- 48 Field Trip2 . Gen. Commentseducet ion of f icer of this comMend de.l~e8 t o send 6 r epresent At i ve on succeeding f i el dtr i ps I n orde r t o de termi ne t he deg ree t hat ob. erved def ic ienc ies have been eorr~ct e d.

Sep8ratlon of munlc l pRl gove r nme nt funci ent s nd r eligious functl ons in nat i ve 80C­

l et t ea ha ve been expla ined at length on t he l a st t wo Sout~ern fi el d t r ips . But the ~~e8_

tIona BIked by nat ives indicate t hAt ther p 1s st I ll 8 l ack of under standing of an A3eri_cenls concenti on of 8eperat l on of church and st~te . It 1& r ec omr.en ded that this ~ubject

be revlevAd on each l ucceeding fie ld trte .On ever y 181and there supenrs to exis t 8 great deal of confus i on ~mong Island off i ­

c Ials AS t o what t he det p i ls of Americ an Clvll Admini strat i on pol icy are . lome of t hi sconfus ion e ~uld be el iminat ed by a r eduction in the number of Civil Adm i nistrat i on off i ­cial e ~ho ~ re sen t on the Southern fie ld t r ip in cherge of sc r eening per t ie. . If t he~umber of CIvil A~mi~i8tration offic i~1 8 vho make this t ri~ could be r educed t o not mor e

han t va pe rsons who a l te rnate on tr i ps ovpr 8 pe r io d of time i t i s believed t hat na tiveoff i e ials cou ld be held r es nonsible for a more effieient e ~inistr8tion than i s f ound i n

he 1s18nd6 a t the pr e sp. nt time.

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