ye Enewetak Rehabilitation Program The _ 545 em tof PY rire Al re ai a _— _ 7 ¥ an ae$ Leong ee O See ae FIGURE 10-40. CONVERTED APARTMENT BUILDING ON JAPTAN ISLAND. the announcement that the dri-Enewetak planned an exchangeoffamilies between Ujelang and Japtan. Of the original party, only Iroij Johannes Peter would remain. Even his wife, Bila, wanted to return to Ujelang. All of the Planning Council members were leaving, and any future decisions bv them would be made on Ujelang or on shortvisits to Enewetak. (This made little practical difference, since the Planning Council had no real power without the concurrence of the Municipal Council and the Iroijs.) The dri-Enewetak indicated that they were notdissatisfied with conditions on Japtan but had always planned to exchange the Japtan population at 6- month intervals.94.95 The first exchange increased the population on Japtan to 88 instead of the agreed 50. This severely strained the available housing, sanitation faciltties, and water supply on Japtan. Colds and influenza became widespread, affecting 75 percent of the people, and one baby born on the island died within 3 days. Because of the long journey, strange surroundings, sickness, and lack of breadfruit and pandanusto vary their diet, the new families were not as happy with the Japtan settlement as the first group had been.6 The new school teacher, who had made excellent Progress instructing 20 students, became dissatisfied with the DISTADREP’s support and conditions on Japtan and returned to Ujelang after | month.9’ The Japtan settlement area was strewn with waste and ’ garbage, and the water cisterns were unsanitary. The disease, unsanitary conditions, and lack of DOI/TTPI supportat Japtan distressed LTC Sitten,