By Mid-1964

[?]Go Pago Round-Up

Governor Hopes To Build New Hotel

\bout 20 acres of land near

»o Pago’s Tafuna Airport will

ibably be the site of 50 two

m buildings, which American

noa’s Governor H. Rex Lee >es to erect as hotel accom dation by mid-1964. 3VERNOR LEE has already raised 250,000 dollars by Samoan scription for the erection of the dings, and he plans to borrow a her 250,000 dollars, probably n an American bank or lending poration. .abour for the construction of the [dings will be paid for in shares the hotel complex.

'he probable site of the hotel a flat, peaceful area about nine es from Pago Pago.

Vhen completed, the proposed dings will replace the Rainmaker :el in Pago. The Rainmaker will a be used as flats for Govern it employees.

'he Rainmaker, which has only it rooms, plus six in an annexe, occasionaly been unable to cope i visitors to American Samoa. $ Sjt ♦ he first post for the first of three ninal buildings to be erected at una airport was set up recently a traditional fa’atuga (causing to id upright) ceremony. The build-

ing will be an authentic thatch-roof fale. * * * Representatives of the American tuna canning company Star Kist, which has had an option on a building alongside the present Van Camp tuna factory, arrived in Pago in late March to start setting up a factory. Star Kist will probably start fishing operations about mid year with 25 to 30 Japanese ships, using long-line methods.

Meanwhile, another US company,

the American Canning Coy., has been setting up a canning plant to provide cans for both companies.

With the advent of Star Kist as a rival in the tuna-fishing field, it is understood that Van Camp plans to increase its Japanese fishing fleet from 40 ships to a much bigger number. The Japanese fleet works on six-monthly contracts. =s= * Governor Lee hopes that the TV educational programme for American Samoa will begin by February, 1964.

Fifty-five American technicians and teachers will be employed in the programme. To house these and other employees, 82 new Government houses are being built.

A transmitting tower will be built at Taputapu, on the western ex tremity of American Samoa. This is only 20 miles from Western Samoa, so that territory will be able to pick up the signal.

The station will have three chan nels—two purely for education, the other possibly for adult education and entertainment. * * * A US wage committee will con vene in Pago in July to make pro posals for wages per hour for wharf labourers, and employees in the fish ing industry and oil companies. The last agreed wage, a minimum of 90 cents an hour, was fixed about two years ago.

HE BEST EVER: "All-Time Vavau Champions" is the title won by the Hala Lupe asketball team, of Vavau, Tonga. They earned it because for the third successive ompetition the team won all three of the coveted Sanft Silver Cups, which are given one for each class.

The first post goes in at the Pago Pago airport for the new terminal buildings.

At present the inter national airport has only a small tem porary building. The chief here seen watching the cere mony with his back to the camera is holding a traditional staff and has a fly whisk (fue) over his shoulder.

American Gov ernment photo.