Way To Chaos In American Samoa
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A M si atlhnn.H SA !i! OA f y ready to receive independence, US Zt°% d ° r < the S l at , US j° f an or B anise d territory, according to the US U A n ff Secretary of the Interior, Mr. John A. Carver. said A “Tn eS r Smg J h fi Se c at€ Interior Committee on July 21, Mr. Carver T f regard the Samoans as ready for full self-government in the sense of independence or statehood would be irresponsible.
Ihe self-government status of an organised territory will come to S r Z°“ « "ff but a,this moment to accord the Guam would result in chaos and disservice to Samoa ” [On Guam, the people are United States citizens, and legislation S eXP^f Cted r t 0 be , passed soon to enable them to elect their own governor l Mr Carvers statement to the Interior Committee followed a tele vision interview in Pago Pago in June in which Ihe sa?d that the US n 7 ior ’ SteW S rt L * Udall > was determined tobring of AmeriTafsaZa m,i ° mli,y ° tke T In mme TV „ interview,American Samoa’s Governor H Rex L nZ rhL A™™™ Samoa "ouldprobably have an elected governor and citizenship in the not too distant future”.