40) 1 Oe a Pacifiic“Islande..3°Demand: . ey f tee, te SNE liar sahcatemaentel cored ra tawoh . Neglect Alleged .. -. The. most controversial allegation made ‘in the Council] was ‘a charge by George Allen, legal] counsel for. -the’ Marshallese petitioning group, that a recent infiuenza epidemic followed by an outbreak of spinal’ menin- oe Cree By KATHLEEN TELTSCH.. which’:mak é up the trust:ter-|1 jritory:‘of. 2,100 islands scattered play therole ‘of “eolonizer” an . Special to The.New York Times ad UNITED NATIONS;N.Y.July actoss3 million.‘square thiles compel :the: 27,000. Marshalles to“tie. their political futureuM 3—Separatist. groups. from: ithe of:the western: Pacific. Only’100 those of the otherislands. of the islandsare, inhabited. remote. Marshail.and Palau Is"He ‘said: the.‘United States wa lands pressed« demands’ here| ' “According;to. the -petitidners| maneuvering:“to Smaintaining4 this week for: independence and the- lawyers assisting them,}.“colonial..strangtehold”’.' ave from: the United States-admin- this was. the year to vigorously. : Me{ththe’ aim 0 istered Trust Territory°‘of the push .the ‘independence « cam-| = paign, ® Pacific. , in’part. because the}. - Four of the petitioners were Northern: Marianas had already. Marshallese, . and they wore succeeded. * negotiating - a outsized yellow lapel buttons separate-*: “political” common-f:: with the slogan “Free the Mar- wealth arrangement with the}-}° shall Islands” ‘when -they ‘ap- United ‘States and also because}. peared before the Trusteeship of the American Bicentennial. = ee _OFTHEPAGIIC iS. Council to repdrt.on,a,cataCapitalizing on’ that. theme, ae i z logue of grievances. ‘Tony deBrum, ‘a31-year-old .UKWAJALE - ale Separatist movements have spokesman for the Marshallese, been growing for years in the told the Council that at a time three archipelagoes—the Mar- when “the United States“ was]. |shalls, Carolines and. Marianas celebrating the end of colonial} }gitis had left .12 Marshallese dead and two children brain damaged on the. impoverished island of Ebeye. He complained that none of the seven American physicians assigned to the American calony on neighboring Kwajalein had. .come to assist in the epidemic. United States authorities spent 48 hourschecking the report by telephone. A “spokesman for Peter T. Coleman, the acting High Commissioner for the territory, said the allegations had been largely unsub‘stantiated. He said there was one death after the outbreak of inflienza and meningitis, He said “one child suffered -brain damage but was improving. No request for help had been made by the medical‘ officer on Ebeye, it was said. , The Patific territory ‘is the last of the eleven. trusteeships administered.under theaegis: of the United. Nations Council. Others have obtained independence or adopted a free associa- - perpetuating zB * te: Kwajalein’ tatoll,*: JUnited States maintains a castly missile testing range: -. .Palau petitioners also: pushed their case for separation from the rest of the territory. They denied that their. aim .was sa “greedy ‘ consideration” to -he ‘the sole beneficiaries of 2 proposed port for. supertankers# and also insisted that the wanted to insure a“close an enduring: association” with the; United. States, ‘A ‘Four. daysof Council hearings! brought. out a raft of: conflicting viewpoints, some . allegations jfrom, the Marshallese ‘about ‘economic exploitation and from their lawyers about racial: bias. J|A general impression was left that many issues would. have to be resolved before the trusteeship agreement is terminated as plannediin 1981.. tion status. — ol bet AGT al era aeket eereee peg Os tT f we a, - The United . States: had pro- posed that the currént trustee- |ship agreement .be replaced by a compact of free association. It told the Council-that if the Marshallese: or the- people of Palau do not accept its terms they will be able-to register’ j their views in a plebiscite. ae. _