Other effects may not appear until a second or third generation. the Committee has made recommendations, Thus the intent of which is to provide for care and treatment for an indefinite period of time. Secondly, the Committee is aware that of the many reports issued from the Congress in the past, often their recommendations were not carried out or they were ignored. There have been failures on the part of the executive branch and the Congress in this respect. With this in mind, the Committee has ‘made recommendations which it feels are realistic and practical; should meet with no objections from any of the parties concerned, that and which can be implemented in a relatively short period of time to the henefit of the people involved. The Committee is also recommending that its life be extended officially until January, 1975, so that it can monitor the action taken on its recommendations to insure that all of them are carried out to the most feasible extent possible, This extension will also allow the Committee to study the subject area of compensation more thoroughly before presenting its report on that subject to the Congress. Finally, the Committee wishes to note that this Committee and this report would not have been necessary had certain persons, both Americans and Micronesians, carried out their responsibilities. The Committee finds the AEC and BNL guilty of allowing the people involved to remain in virtual ignorance for nearly twenty years. The Committee also notes that many Marshallese in government service have participated in these examinations for nearly eighteen years and while they must have been aware of the complaints of the people and their need for information, never took the initiative to correct this situation. The Committee also expresses its concern that the Marshall Islands District Legislature has apparently POreadd 169