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Kozol was stationed in the South Pacific on the front lines, where he performed oral surgery on injured soldiers. His service included the invasions of Guadalcanal and Saipan...
...magic cure for developmental problems. Our people are guaranteed the right to self-government, including the right to "progressive economic self-sufficiency." The U.S. aims to force a Puerto Rico-style economy on the N.M.I. JOHN S. DELROSARIO JR. Former Resident Executive Indigenous Affairs Office Commonwealth of the N.M.I. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands...
...billion in clothing exported by the N.M.I., including Saipan, to the U.S., much of it bearing the MADE IN THE U.S.A. label despite having no U.S. content and no U.S. labor in its assembly, puts the Northern Marianas on a par as an exporter with countries like Canada and Thailand. Competition from this territory has contributed to the loss of more than 100,000 U.S. apparel jobs over the past two years. And in 1998 the U.S. taxpayer will lose $250 million in revenue forgone on tariffs. How much longer can we afford to let the N.M.I. abuse its territorial...
...N.M.I. Many of the so-called violations are of federal law, yet the U.S. government has very little presence here. We feel that the Federal Government, not the states, has the responsibility to uphold its laws. ANTONIO R. CABRERA Former Secretary of Finance Commonwealth of the N.M.I. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands...
Abuses of contract workers are widespread. A recent scam involved offering Bangladeshis jobs supposedly paying $1,000 a month as security guards on Saipan (shamelessly described as "a train ride away from Los Angeles"). A $6,000 recruitment fee was demanded. "When we arrived here, suddenly there was no job," says Mohamed Feroj Ahmed, one of more than 100 Bangladeshis who wander the island, indebted but unable to find more than day labor. When told of the Bangladeshis' plight, Congressman Miller said, "How low do you have to get to rip off a Bangladeshi...