Happened”

He’s “The Best king That Ever

American Samoa’s Gov mor H. Rex Lee is “the

sst thing that ever hap

sned in Samoa”, according

> Mr. Raymond C. Tum uli, president of the Pacific

'oconut Processing Cor

oration, which is opening a

2 million plant in Pago

ago.

EL TURNBULL said this recently in a letter to the Honolulu Ad ser in which he stated that Gov r Lee had been wrongly criticised “railroading” through a new in b tax law for American Samoa 4, March, p. 125). lie vociferous criticism has been lirected in that the Congress and ite of American Samoa voted the and not Governor Lee,” Mr. ibull said. lie time to attack an unwanted measure is prior to its enactment, r a bill is passed and becomes opponents should ‘secure the hes’ and line up with the Ad stration.

Ve (Mr. Turnbull’s corporation) ed against the proposed tax law he Senate Committee hearings, arguments were in the form of tions put to the Senate, section lection.

"No Better Champion" fhese questions were asked in iish and then translated into oan. The final vote on this bill one vote shy of unanimity, f the Senators and Congressmen American Samoa hadn’t even read proposed bill or known what they : approving, then they should ; deferred their vote until the lar session of Congress began in ch, giving themselves ample time ead and understand the new bill.” [r. Turnbull said American Samoa never had a better champion for Samoans than Governor Lee. e results under Governor Lee are irent,” he said. “His long-range ming for the betterment of erican Samoa indicates even iter accomplishments, rhe least any of us could do, that lie Samoans and the businessmen.

is to help him accomplish his future goals in making Samoa more inde pendent in business and education, as well as politically.”

FOOTNOTE: On February 25, Governor Lee made the first long distance telephone call from Pago to the United States. On March 6, ground-breaking ceremonies were held at Nua village to mark the start of the erection of the first of 27 new public schools in American Samoa.

Acting Post for Mr. Leydin

Mr. R. S. Leydin has been ap pointed Acting Administrator of the Northern Territory for about six weeks from March 26 while the Ad ministrator, Mr. Roger Nott, is ab sent on recreation leave.

Mr. Leydin, a former Government Secretary in the Northern Territory, is at present Administrator of Nauru.

He will return to Nauru after his acting appointment in Darwin.