ms ¢ fo 10 awards under title L of the Micronesian War Claims Act. Section 105 of Public Law 95-13 provides for such payment conditioned on the Governinent of Japan making an identical payment. That provision represented a compronnuse with the House and a significant departure from this committce’s position in opposition to any further payments under title I. The committees sees no reason to even consider any fur- ther modification absent fulfillment of the condition precedent con- tained in Public Law 95-134. = The second provision which was deleted would have mandated the extension of all Federal programs presently available to the Trust Territory both until and after termination of the trusteeship. The rexson for this provision was to frustrate administration efforts to terminate the participation of the Trust Territory in various federal programs. The stated reason for this termination was to anticipate the status agreements and effect a transition to that status. The committee emphatically agrees with the intent of the House provision, but deleted the provision since it would do no more than restate existing Jaw. The executive branch has the responsibility to see that the laws are faithfully enforced not to anticipate congressional consideration of a statis agreement still under negotiation. ‘The United States has 2 continuing responsibility under the Trusteeship Agreement to provide for the general welfare of the inhabitants of the various islands. This responsibility is not served by frustrating the congressional intent in extending legislation or by prejudging future Congressional action. To the extent that the Administration has diseretion in the participation of the Trust Territory in a given program, that discretion should be exercised only in terms of the U.S. responsibility under the Trusteeship Agreement based on whether the programis beneficial or not. Some programs may, in fact, be counter-productive or even harmful given the fragility of the local economies, and participation should be discouraged. The committee notes that the administration could always notify the Congress of the problems associated with a particular program and request an amendment to exelude the Trust Territory. ‘The committee emphasizes that neither anticipation of the eventual content of status agreements nor prophecies of Congressional disposition of such agreements is a basis for administration of the Trust Territory. The committee expects that diseretion, where delegated, is to be exercised for the benefit of the inhabitants not in order to prejudye andeffect Congressional action. wee ee a In adopting the provisionsfortitle I, the cominittee deleted two provisions from the House enacted measure. The first provision would have authorized the payment of 50 percent of the remaining unpaid —™ Solicitor’s interpretation to be in error. £iy Guan. It was her thyroid’ gland which should have been removed because of her expusure to radioactive material which fell on Rongelap in 1954. The parathyroidectomy presents a more serious condition than a thyroidectomy with more serious consequences. “In view of the very special circumstances surrounding these cases, the Administration requests that the Secretary be authorized to grant additional compassionate compensation.” . The committee has no objection to the amendment since its purpose is ostensibly to fulfill the original intent of Congress and accordingly the committee has adopted the ainendment even though we believe the eee wee FL Be reaee oe tee enifiae Las Oh ee eh Ea Aaele dalicnak: skNac eadhia a_i Se her parathyroid glands removedin error at the U.S. Naval Hospital in