| poration; and the 1S hotels er-island air car‘ronesia provides Territory. tust Territory to Gross Territorial Product 1 Okinawa. The previous service erican operated et of two DC-4 -16 amphibious 7 jet and/or a districts except 16 aircraft must landing strip is al Airlines has broad training ximum employin ali phases of movement of and through has contracted lly to developrough: sizable hotels, adverIts contract te expenditure venues during ct for promo12 an informa- travel trade, relopment of rful and interf travelers are elopment. In yal Taga, the the Territory, > three-story, be expanded - Within the | also plans to d interesting ach district. vill begin in during calenTaga, about O travelers in i throughout the community organization of Saipanese businessmen and civic leaders working ‘to promote industry and the civic and social welfare of the people of Saipan. The estimated (imprecise) tot The Saipan Chamber of Commerce dollar value of all goods and service also has nonindigenous members. A available for consumption and invest Rotary Club, organized on Saipan in ment in the Territory plus net addi ygq7, has Micronesian and nonindigtions to capital facilities for the yean gous members. 1965-1967 amounts to abou per capita. About 47% of this tota ices, about 35% results from local The Administering Authority of the Territory bases its economic development program on: Chapter 2 product, or real income, consists of production of both subsistence and POLICY AND PLANNING locally marketed products; the remain. | ing 18% comes from goods imported’ administrative Organization into the private markets of the economy. These estimates indicate the’ The Resources and Development source of the total economic product Department of the High Commisavailable to be distributed among and. sioner’s staff consists of several to support the people of Micronesia! specialists and technical advisers who coordinate programs in economic devclopment; administer copra Wage and Export Income purchasing agreements and develop- ; ' The following is an estimate of} ment loan funds; direct the marine income from wages and exports avail’ resources development program; able to Trust Territory citizens for the? develop, implement, and administer past 5 fiscal years: ‘the entire land management program; Year National Income’ 1964 1965 1966 1967 $ 7,589,000 10,257,000 10,746,000 11,370,000 1968 14,904,672 fassist in the development of local cooperatives, credit unions, trading companies, smal! business and other }commercial activities; administer the Fagriculture and forestry development > program; and advise on transportation matters. Other members of the High Commissioner’s staff, such as the | Attorney General, give advice and "Does not include U.S. employees’ f assistance where necessary. Technical salaries. | assistance also is obtained from univerNongovernmental Organizations -— sities, Government agencies, the South # Pacific Commission, and the United @ Nations. The Marshall Islands and Mariana’ Islands Districts are the only districts In the districts, the Resources and Development program is carried out under the general supervision of the district administrator with technical direction by agriculturists and land management and economic advisers. Policy $38,300,000 a year or about $430.0¢ government-provided goods and serv. economic development specialist was addedto thestaff. During the year, an Economic De- with Chamber of Commerce organiza-& velopment Division was established tions. The Saipan Chamber of Com-¥ within the Resources and Developmerce, founded in 1960, is af ment Department and an experienced Part VI—Economic Advancement? Fiscal Year 1968 a iitatladeeedeate ne RE om ee agere OT e Increasing food production through improvement of crop farming and encouraging use of local materials for house construction, furniture, and handicraft. e Developing transportation and communications systems to overcome communityisolation, increase educational opportunity, promote higher standards of family and community life and provide an adequate and uninterrupted air-and-sea logistic support of the island communities. e Encouraging development of tourism and the personnel andfacilities needed for tourism. e Maintaining a wage structure and conditions of employment consonant with the advancing social and economic conditions of the Trust Territory; this structure to be based on periodic economic surveys and cost-of-living studies. e Reserving to the inhabitants their land and resources by applying appropriate controls and constraints so that land use plans and patterns are designed to achieve optimum use of land resources. 43 = —- Me GIR mE oS pene co re Ir