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Nevertheless, his excellent administrative record placed him high on the appointment list. He has degrees from Yale and Harvard Law, and Navymen will find he retains the ruggedness demonstrated during his days in the Marine Corps, when he fought at Guadalcanal and Okinawa. Chafee, 46, chose the Navy job because he does not have to "commit himself for life," indicating that he is likely to run for office again in Rhode Island. His experience at Defense will not hurt. Chafee's tiny state has three major Navy installations, which annually pour some $174 million in payrolls into its economy...
...from Florida who nominated her husband -"on behalf of all husbands and fathers who, though part of the establishment, set an example of honesty, integrity and purposeful endeavor for their sons and daughters to emulate." And chances are no one was more earnest than the high school student from Okinawa, who nominated his father, a U.S. serviceman. "When I needed him, he was always there...
...return again," or reunion with Japan at once. His conservative opponent, Junji Nishime, called for ittaika, literally "making one body," or reunion with Japan in a more gradual fashion that would not plunge prospering Okinawans back to a "barefoot existence and sweet-potato diet." In the noisiest campaign in Okinawa's history, Nishime came off second best. When he cornered Yara in a television debate on the economic consequences of U.S. withdrawal (U.S. spending accounts for half the island's G.N.P.), voters were only offended at his disrespect for the opponent who was his former teacher. Meantime, Yara...
Weapons and Umbrellas. In fact, the election results may have less effect in Okinawa than in Japan. Premier Eisaku Sato, who is up for re-election as party leader next week, sent six Cabinet Ministers to stump for Loser Nishime, and suffered a consequent loss of prestige. Yara's election is a sharp reminder to both Sato and the U.S. of an approaching deadline for resolving the question of Okinawa's status. The U.S.-Japan Mutual Security Pact is due to be reviewed in 1970, and could face massive popular opposition if a date for Okinawa...
While all Japanese want Okinawa back, they are far less unanimous on the future of U.S. forces there. If nuclear weapons are banned from Okinawa, as they are banned in Japan itself, the Japanese would have to forgo an important part of their U.S. nuclear umbrella-and take on a larger share of Far East defense. For its part, the U.S. is unwilling to set a date for handing back Okinawa until the Japanese resolve that question, or until prospects improve for peace in Asia...