. : a ye | managerial intments of d a District Assistant to a Deputy ' Resources en assistant to vote, the Government has disseminated information on registration, voting procedures, dates of elections, etc., through radio broadcasts and meetings with local officials. Political parties in the districts, as well as some candidates, have also expended considerable effort in encouraging their Supporters to register and vote. The High Commissioner issued > elections to the Congress of ! orders to outline the conduct of the first ‘ Micronesia in 1965. The Congress 1s are pre- j passed an act in 1966 providing for election of its members, which was signed as Public Law No. 2-16 and later incorporatedinto the Code of the Trust Territory as Chapter 3A. Unde r this law all eligible persons desir ing to VOt€ must first register. A person may ‘Tegister by executing an affidavi t in i meetings are held and, in someareas, candidates are also beginning to visit constituents in their homes. To date organized, registered politi| cal parties are found only in the Mariana Islands and Palau Districts. The Mariana Islands District has two } parties: the Popular Party and the Territorial Party. An indication of their strength is that in recent years no candidate for public office has run independently of the parties. In Palau, Laas act for all yet to be Which heidentifies his voting residenc e municipal and Swears that he meets the qualificharters, C@tions prescribed by law. Candidates 2882, as for the House of Repr esentatives and smust be the Senate may be nominated either or older, by petition or poli tical party. All ongths of elections of member s of Congress are or other >Y secret ballot, and Public Law No. rote. Dis- 2-16 provides for supe rvision of pollon race, ng places, complaints of irregularities loes not 4ppeals from decision s of election officials, recounts of ballots, and absentee voting. Responsibility for ‘eligible ‘ein the eligible ress of gistered ‘scribed ‘lection 's. For eligible ‘ported Islands ik fo premium on modesty and, until fairly recently, to actively campaign for public office would have been a violation of such patterns. A candidate’s reputation, position in the community, and traditional ties continue to be important in obtaining public support. Political campaigning in the commonly understood sense began about 8 years ago and has varied from extremely lively campaigns in the Mariana ”Islands” and Palau Pala to more sedate campaigns in other districts. Candidates are given radio broadcast time to describe their programs. Public Warmer ween cae ONE eke Micronesians [ministrative are covered edule estab- ek ne aa jini, Be hank On, © Donteuas cebaetan two parties, Liberal and Progressive, have been active since 1963. In the 1966 elections to the Congress of Micronesia, the parties of both districts adopted platforms, nominated slates of candidates, and conducted vigorous pre-election campaigns. > Conducting the Congress elections is Vested in the district administ rators, who _ are designated election In other districts, young men’s and commissioners for their distr icts, and women’s groups and other groups encourage the nomination of and districts. their choice. 0 boards of election of the 2] elec tion solicit support for the candidates of | | POLITICAL ORGANIZAT IONS Traditional cultural patterns in most areas of the Territor y placed a Chapter 8 | Le ) Part V—Political Advanceme nt THE JUDICIARY During the year the Judiciary achieved a long-standing goal with the appointment of a second Associate Justice--the former Deputy Attorney General of the Territory. Stationed in Koror, Palau District, elee ee his primary judicial responsibility is for the Palau and Yap Districts. The transfer of an Associate Justice to American Samoa left a vacancy which has beenfilled by the former Attorney General of Guam. The latter Associate Justice is stationed in Ponape with primary judicial responsibility for the Ponape and Truk Districts. In January 1968, the Chief Justice retired after 22 years service to the Trust Territory Judiciary. The Attorney General of the Trust Territory was appointed by the Secretary of the Interior as the new Chief Justice and assumed duties on February 1, 1968. The retiring and the transferring judges continued as Temporary Judges beyond the end of the fiscal year to complete work previously begun. A Peace Corps Volunteer whois a retired Judge of the Superior Court for Los Angeles was appointed as a Temporary Judge for 2 years. He is stationed in Saipan but, as with all justices, his service entails regular travel to all district centers and a number of the sub-district centers. Types of Courts The Territory has three types of courts: the High Court, district courts, and community courts. High Court. The High Court consists of the Chief Justice, two Associate Justices, and a Temporary Justice, and a panel of three temporary judges. At present they are all U.S. lawyers appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and employed under U.S. Civil Service laws for full-time judicial work. Currently the members of the panel of temporary judges are the Presiding Judge of the District Court of Guam and two of the senior judges of the Island Court of Guam. 27 Fiscal Year 1968 I ha Pa I me capeI ROR Ee + 37