Speech #980261728

To correct this oversight. this legislation merely restates the authority under which general headnote 3(a) applies to the territories: that is the respective organic acts of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. the joint resolution confirming the cession of American Samoa and the Northern Marianas covenant. That is H.R. 2995 merely restores the status quo. Enactment of H.R. 2955 does not necessarily mean that revision of territorial policy derived from general headnote 3(a) is entirely satisfactory. On the contrary. the practice of employing alien labor in some of the territories needs investigation. In order to stimulate the insular economies. I propose that enactment of this legislation constitutes a commitment by the U.S.