Mr. STEFAN. That was not done in all Provinces? Mr. TURNER. Not in all; no, sir. It was principally in the areas on Luzon where the Huks were most active. Mr. CLEVENGER. Mr. Wright, is there any determined effort on the part of the Philippine Government to control this Huk activity? Has the Philippine Army actually tried to suppress them? Mr. WRIGHT. Yes; and they are embarked on quite an operation at the present time to suppress them. I believe that I can safely say that they are over the hump and the Huk activities are on the decrease. Mr. CLEVENGER. Are they definitely linked to the communistic movement? Is that in back of this Huk uprising? Mr. WRIGHT. Yes; there is irrefutable evidence they have a tie-in with the Communists, particularly the Chinese Communists and the principal leaders are avowed Communists. CONDITION OF INDUSTRIES Mr. CLEVENGER. How is the sugar industry doing? Is it getting somewhere near normal in the Philippines? Mr. MELBY. About 80 percent. Mr. CLEVENGER. How about cordage and fiber? Mr. MELBY. That has been very slow. Mr. CLEVENGER. The restoration of that is probably one of the things they need more than anything else for increased national inMr. Stefan covered a point that interested me, the roads outside of Luzon. Do they have a fairly comprehensive road system in the Mindanao area? come. Mr. MACDONALD. Yes. There is a complete administrative set-up in the Philippines, the bureau of public works, and we believe that the equipment we have supplied and the methods that have been introduced for maintenance will have a beneficial effect upon the road system. Prior to the war they were still operating on the old Spanish maintenance system of a man being stationed alongside the road to maintain it with a broom, in many cases. Most of their mileage is gravel without any bituminous surface so large mileages can be maintained at little expense. CARE OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT Mr. CLEVENGER. Training the people to take care of the mechanical equipment is an important thing? Mr. MACDONALD. Yes. I would like to say that the thing that they need most is the replacement of this mechanical equipment and the establishment of shops with supervision of the maintenance equipment, and money for construction. I think that we have most of the important bridges built in this program. Mr. ROONEY. Thank you very much, gentlemen. INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENCIES WITNESS WILLIAM O. HALL, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL ADMINISTRATION 1. Participation in international conferences: Total, participation in international conferences... 2. United States missions on special assignment: (d) Japanese Reparations Mission. (e) Technical and Economic Assistance Mission to (f) United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans.. and Pakistan.. (h) United Nations Commission for Indonesia. 11, 951 35, 795 (j) United Nations Conciliation Commission for 23, 445 (k) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 46, 644 20,375 Mr. ROONEY. The next item is entitled "International contingencies." It appears at page 28 of the committee print and begins at page 383 of the justifications, which page we shall at this point insert in the record. (The matter referred to is as follows:) Summary of requirements, fiscal year 1952 Mr. ROONEY. The request is in the amount of $2,800,000, the same as the 1952 base. Last year's appropriation was $2,900,000, reduced under section 1214, Public Law 759, by the amount of $100,000. Mr. Hall, will you please address yourself generally to this item? CHANGES IN REQUEST BY ACTIVITY Mr. HALL. As you have indicated, the appropriation request for 1952 is the same as the request for 1951. There are some changes in the amount requested under the three major activities. They are as follows: Participation in international conferences. The net increase is $212,402. I might say, Mr. Chairman, in going through and reworking our requirements on this appropriation, which, as you know, is a contingent appropriation, we found that we were going to have additional requirements under the first two categories, and it would be possible for us to make certain adjustments in the third category as a result of later information. Mr. ROONEY. You have a new figure in regard to the 1952 column and the increase and decrease column appearing on page 383? Mr. HALL. Yes. Mr. ROONEY. The new figure will be in place of the $1,934,000? Mr. HALL. The figure in place of the $1,934,000 is $2,050,570, which makes an increase of $212,402, for item No. 1, participation in international conferences. Mr. ROONEY. How do you take zero from zero and get 2? Mr. HALL. There is an adjustment in the 1951 column. Our estimate on that has been revised to $1,838,168, as a result of shifts. Mr. ROONEY. Let us consider the request for the United States missions on special assignment. Mr. HALL. The figure on that is $316,000 in the 1952 column and the difference is minus $84,000. Mr. ROONEY. In other words there has been no adjustment since these justifications were prepared? Mr. HALL. That is right. For the third item, participation in temporary international organizations, the 1951 figure is $561,832; for 1952, $433,430, and the difference is a minus $128,402. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES Mr. ROONEY. Explain this item of participation in international conferences. Mr. HALL. That item is to cover the cost of meetings of the international organizations and other international conferences. The adjustments which I have just mentioned are due principally to the increased cost of holding the sixth session of the UN General Assembly over and above the amount required for the New York meeting. Mr. ROONEY. What will that cost the American taxpayers? Mr. HALL. The difference based upon our experience, is about $300,000. That is the difference between the 1949 session, which was held in Paris, and the 1950-51 sessions, which were held in York. We do not know that it will meet in Paris, but we assume that the cost would be roughly the same, no matter where held in Europe. That covers the added cost of transportation for Europe as against New York; the additional and somewhat longer per diem; the cost of setting up offices in some European city; and certain incidental costs in the hiring of local personnel, which we would not have in New York City. I have the detailed statement of conference costs which we have submitted for the committee's information in the past, as well as a copy of the abbreviated list, which we have submitted for the record in the past. You will notice from the list that the first subitem is meetings of international organizations, first, UN organ and subsidiary bodies; second, specialized agencies of UN, and, third, other international organizations, particularly those in the inter-American field. In addition, there are some ad hoc international conferences which are called by other governments in which we participate, as well as scientific and technical conferences in which it is in our interest to participate. Mr. ROONEY. At this point we shall insert in the record the tentative list of activities that are to be financed during the fiscal year 1952. (The list above referred to is as follows:) TENTATIVE LIST OF ACTIVITIES TO BE FINANCED DURING FISCAL YEAR 1952 I. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (a) Meetings of International Organizations: 1. United Nations organs and subsidiary bodies: General Assembly Economic and Social Council Trusteeship Council International Court of Justice 2. Specialized agencies of the United Nations: Food and Agriculture Organization: Sessions of the Conference: Sixth Session Council Meetings: Twelfth and Thirteenth Sessions Exploration of the Sea, Regional Council for Infestation of stored foodstuffs Nutrition conferences, Latin American International Civil Aviation Organization Accident Investigation Division Personnel Licensing Division Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control Division Search and Rescue Division Caribbean Regional, Third South American Regional South West Pacific Regional International Labor Organization Sessions of the Conference: Thirty-fifth Governing Body Sessions: One Hundred and Sixteenth, Indigenous Labor, Committee of Exports on Migration Committee, Permanent Petroleum Committee, Third Session Plantations, Committee on Work in, Second Session Textiles Committee, Fourth Session Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization Assembly, first session International Telecommunication Union Administrative Council: Seventh session Administrative Radio Conference, Extraordinary Preparatory, fifth Plenipotentiary, fifth Plenipotentiary Conference Radio Conference, International United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Sessions of the Conference: Seventh Public Education: Fifteenth International Executive Board Sessions: Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Regional Meeting European-Mediterranean or African Regional Meetings, Southwest Pacific 81707-51-33 |