Rejection of Subic Bay Treaty
Your editorial “Total Pullout Would Be Off Base” (Sept. 10) was on the mark--with a 17% unemployment rate, and an even higher rate in central Luzon where Subic Naval Base is located, the Philippines can hardly afford to reject the millions the United States is offering. But the Philippines Senate is composed of Filipino millionaires who live in posh suburban villages, and they will not be affected.
The Philippine senate thinks that by rejecting the pact they will punish the United States for perceived past grievances. The main reason for the sad state of the Philippine economy is the lack of investors. The Philippine senate needs to ask itself whether this situation will improve or worsen once the Americans have left.
The really tragic aspect of all this is that a mere 23 Philippine senators have the power to increase the agony of more than 60 million largely impoverished countrymen.
GEORGE RAYMOND TYNDALL
Los Angeles
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