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have caused expensive and devastating results:
1. The movement of the Naval Air Station to Orote Airstrip
was made too costly by the Navy 's building of housing units in
the same area in which the airstrip was to be extended.
This action caused many expensive delays and the need to
purchase additional lands to expand Guam's International Airport.
This was not only expensive for the federal government, but for
Guam, to provide matching funds.
2. The taking-over of lands to provide training areas and
a base for the Marines in the Yona, Windward Hills, area of Guam.
The delays realized in returning those lands caused additional
hardships for the owners.
3. Perhaps, this decision has caused the largest concentra-
tion of events and--possibly--deception, in recent history.
During the late 1940s, the Naval Magazine was to be moved to
the northern end of the island. Extensive plans were made for
wharf area, storage tunnels, elevators, roadways, and extensive
facilities for the storage and maintenance of ready ammunition .
The area was the vast storage area for AIr Force and Army am-
munition and will always have to be reserved for that purpose.
The Air FOrce said, "Let's do it jointly." The Navy, after
much argument and with their AMBITION to maintain their status on
Guam, made the ill-conceived decision to withhold twenty thousand-
plus acres of "Guam's historical farm lands and major watershed"
from the people of Guam.
The landowners (farmers) were awarded princely sums, from about
$100 up to $1,000/$2,000 for their future livelihood, and allowed to
obtain 60' x 90' lots in various Navy-developed Yillages.
Mr. President, it has only been the last ten years that the
people of Guam have developed their political maturity, to be able
to bring this aberration before the leaders of our country.
It is my belief that thi Navy has developed several schools to
teach their officers methods and criteria to pacify the leaders and
people of Guam, in order to prevent this abomination of MILITARY
RIGHT to become public knowledge.
Mr. President, your resolve to aid the poeple of Lebanon, "who
were subjected to a war not of their choosing", to rebutld their
-country, has caused me to write this letter, requesting strong inter-
vention, to prevent further misuse of the power of. Eminent Domain.
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