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radiological program is the one thing which remains
to be done.
It is infinitely more valuable than the disbursement
of even large amounts of cash. It would, if properly planned
and wisely executed, provide the best and only remedies known
to us, for the actual losses suffered by the people as a result
of the testing program.
WAR CLAIMS
This Committee is eminently
well informed about the
Micronesian War Claims program, but we would like to touch
upon one issue raised by section 102 of H.R.
3756, and support
its approval.
You are familiar with the decisions of the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, holding that
the Micronesian Claims Commission utterly failed to adjudicate
the claims of Micronesians in the manner prescribed by this
Congress.
Ralvoho v. Bell, 186 U.S.App.D.C.
368, 569 F.2d 607,
reh. denied, 186 U.S.App.D.C. 397, 569 F.2d 636
(1977); Melong
v. Micronesian Claims Commission, 186 U.S.App.D.C. 391, 569
F.2d 630, reh. denied sub nom Ralpho v. Bell, 186 U.S.App.D.C.
397, 569 F.2a 636
(1977).
We have provided members of the
Committee and your staff with copies of the eloquent opinions
in those cases, written by Judge Spotswood W. Robinson, III.
Those actions were brought by Ralpho and Melong on behalf
ot all of the Micronesians who had been similarly ill-treated
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