COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WAYNE N. ASPINALL, Colorado, Chairman

WILLIAM G. THOMAS, Consultant on Territorial and Insular Affairs

NOTE. The chairman, Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, and the ranking minority member, Hon. John P. Saylor, are ex officio members of this subcommittee.

Ala'ilima, Vaiinup J. (plus attachments)-

Letter-Knox, P. C., Attorney General, to Secretary of the

Treasury, dated February 17, 1902__.

Proposed amendments to H.R. 11523 and H.R. 12493_

Aumoeualogo, Hon. Salanoa S. P., Senator, Legislature of American

Samoa..

Fuimaono, Hon A. U., Washington Delegate for American Samoa..

Haydon, Hon. John M., Governor of American Samoa...

Loesch, Hon. Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Public

Land Management-

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Lowe, Hon. Richard Barrett, late Governor of American Samoa and

Guam

Matsunaga, Hon. Spark M., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Hawaii_

Mink, Hon. Patsy T., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Hawaii...

Mulitauaopele, Leviifiloa Suiava, also known as Ivi S. Pele, J.D.,
Pago Pago, American Samoa

Reed, Hon. Le'aeno W., president of the Senate, American Samoa..

Reed, Mrs. Liugalua Le'aeno W.

Tiapula, Fia T. S., educator, Holt public schools, Lansing School

District, Lansing, Mich_---

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Tima, Hon. Ma'o, member, House of Representatives, American

Samoa

Utu, Fainuulelei S., of American Samoa..

Wohlfeld, William, former assistant to Governor Haydon.......

Letters:

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Tuiolosega, Tagaloa M., District No. 2, Legislature, American Samoa,

Pago Pago---

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Knox, P. C., Attorney General, to Secretary of the Treasury, dated

February 17, 1902_.

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Laolagi, T. F., paramount chief, Sili, Manu'a, American Samoa, to

Hon. Phillip Burton, dated March 17, 1972...

Loesch, Hon. Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to Hon.

Wayne N. Aspinall, dated March 22, 1972 (report).

Masaniai, S. I., International Trader & Importer, World Trade

Business Department, IBS-7, Fagatogo, Pago Pago, American

Samoa, to Hon. Phillip Burton, dated February 25, 1972__

Ofisa, Asoau, paramount chief, Faleasao District, Manu'a, American

Samoa, to Hon. Phillip Burton, dated March 9, 1972---

Tamotu, Mulitauaopele (Pele), high chief orator and traditional

leader, county of SUA, Pago Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa, to

Hon. Phillip Burton, dated March 17, 1972__

Tuitele, M. T., District Governor and others, office of the District

Governor, western district, to Hon. Phillip Burton, dated March 8,

1972_.

Tuitelelapaga, Napoleone A., High Court of American Samoa, to
Hon. Phillip Burton, dated March 7, 1972___

Tuufuli, Leatulua K., mayor of Fagatogo Town, American Samoa, to

Hon. Phillip Burton, dated March 10, 1972..

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Additional information:

Tuumamao, Tuiolosega, paramount chief, Olosega County, American
Samoa, to Hon. Phillip Burton, dated March 17, 1972.
Va'a, Mr. Fleise, Samoa Times newspaper, Apia, Western Samoa, to
Congressman Burton, dated February 28, 1972__

Amendment No. 1, 11th Legislature, Second Regular Session, Senate

Joint Resolution No. 3, approved by Harrison Loesch, Assistant

Secretary of the Interior, dated March 19, 1971___.

Amendment No. 2, 11th Legislature, Second Regular Session, Senate

Joint Resolution No. 5, approved by Harrison Loesch, Assistant

Secretary of the Interior, dated March 19, 1971_.

Amendment No. 3, 11th Legislature, Second Regular Session, Senate

Joint Resolution No. 4, approved by Harrison Loesch, Assistant

Secretary of the Interior, dated March 19, 1971.

Amendments on H.R. 11523 and H.R. 12493, proposed by Vaiinupo J.
Alailima__.

American Samoa Public Law 12-9, section 2.1304- -Functions of the
Delegate-at-Large-

American Samoa Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 39 dated February
1972__

Chapter XI. Declaration regarding non-selfgoverning territories –
Constitution of American Samoa, revised, Federal Register Document
51-10665, filed September 5, 1951.
Amendments___

Convention between the United States, Germany, and Great Britain

relating to settlement of Samoan claims, concluded November 7,

1899_

Convention of 1899 proclaimed by U.S. President William McKinley,

February 16, 1900-

Democratic Party of American Samoa resolution endorsed December 7,
1971_

Executive Order 10264, transfer of the administration of American

Samoa from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the
Interior, dated June 29, 1951, signed by President Harry S. Truman

Fiscal affairs material provided for the record by Governor Haydon

at the request of Congressman Don Clausen, of California:

Government of American Samoa, tax revenues.

Federal funding for American Samoa__.

Federal grants to the Government of American Samoa..

Administrative manual.

Order No. 2657, to delimit the extent and nature of the authority of

the U.S. civil government of American Samoa, pursuant to Execu-

tive Order No. 10264.

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General act providing for the neutrality and autonomous government

of the Samoan Islands, concluded at Berlin, June 14, 1889.

History of the various forms of government in American Samoa, by

William R. Tansill, Library of Congress, dated March 13, 1972-

Instruments of cession, April 17, 1900; and July 14, 1904 and succeed-

ing legal opinions__

Navy Department General Order No. 540, taking control of Samoa,

dated February 19, 1900-

Preliminary deed of cession, April 2, 1900, from a History of American

Samoa and its U.S. Naval Administration, by Capt. J. A. C. Gray,

MC, U.S. Navy, 1960-

Ratification of cessions, 70th Congress, session II, chapter 281, 1929.

Report from the Future Political Status Study Commission of Ameri-

can Samoa to the 11th Legislature, Second Regular Session, dated

February 9, 1970.

Samoan claims decision, 1902, given by His Majesty Oscar II, King of

Sweden and Norway, as arbitrator under convention of November 7,

1899, between Germany, Great Britain, and the United States-

Senate bill No. 59-Public Law 11-39, the 11th Legislature of Ameri-

can Samoa, dated July 1, 1969_.

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Swains Island accession, 68th Congress, session II, chapter 563, 1925_-

Tenth Legislature of American Samoa, May 22, 1967--

Treaty-Samoan Islands, January 17, 1878, between the United States

of America and the Government of the Samoan Islands__

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