Joint NEC-ICA transportation survey project

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Joint NEC-ICA transportation survey project
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Philippine Armed Forces Journal Volume IX (No. 6) May 1956
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...,...,IUU'.''""' a Washington dis· program while $7,600,000 will be patch 23 April 1956, the Ma- used to aid in various programs to 11ila Daily Bulletin published the foJ. st1·engthen the economy of the na. l, lowing news item :-"The villagers tion, including rural road construe and small farmers of the Philippines tion, port and harbor improvements, will receive the largest benefit from water supply and land development the aid program which the United projects, and rural health units." States is providing to that nation Since July, 1951, the United States during the Jlresent fiscal year, the In- has had an aid program in tfre Philternational Cooperation Administra- ippines which hltS amounted to over tion (ICA) announced yesterday. The $137 million, in non-military aid. amount of aid for 1956 fiseal year is The Philippine Government for its $29,100,000, the ICA said. Of this part has appropriated funds to match ,. total, $4,200,000 will be used to sup- this aid, with the over-all objective \. port an expanded rural development of this Joint US Philippine effort being the improvement of the living Survey Ter;m to conduct an economic conditions and earning capacity of survey and provide a comprehensive _.}he rural population. One of the im. report and recommendations on Phil. ~ ' portant projects in the U.S. aid pro- ippine domestic transportation, both ~· gmm, designed to assist President passenger and freight, but not inclMagsaysa-y's comprehensive economic uding local transportation except development program is the JOINT where, as in the case of certain cargo NEC-ICA TRANSPORT AT ION SUJt. facilities in Manila and other large VEY PROJECT which is conducting cities, a real national interest is ina comprehensive survey of the trans- volved. On the basis of such sut·vey portation problems of the entire Phil- report, a program of necessary legisippines. Fot·mer NEC chail·man Fi- lative, administrative and financing lemon Rodt·iguez first proposed the measures will be formulated by the survey in 1953, but it took months NEC designed to enable domestic of negotiations, conferences and con tt·ansportation to make the greatest sultations between ICA in Washing. possible contribution to economic de. ton, and the NEC in Manila, before velopment in the Philippines. Fo1· the plans for the complex undertaking the put·pose of this survey, local were finally presented to the Cabinet transportation is defined as transporand the President who approved it tation moving solely or primat·ily in 1955. within the confines of individual muObjective and Scope nicipalities, towns, or metropolitan The Joint NEC-ICA Philippine areas or cities. Transportation Survey Project has B. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: The for its objective and scope, the fol- survey report and recommendations lowing, as outlined by NEC: will touch on the following points: A. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: The I. The need for and the means of Phili]ipine Government employs th!' improving the a-vailability and effici. folopmoo OM~ Am<mcon> ore r<><nllf vndedo~mg o honoporlolion rur~e1 pro1•ct !/trough the NfC and rite ICA. Plloro <how• the author, briefing Prof /1. Shre .. , le<>dtt of lr<>nsp<>rrotion Suru1 Group, on the route ol the proied 'l>oto •l>ow• lh• m•mb•" of '"• Surver Parly at Sorangoni 8oy From fell Ia rigl>l or• o~ NOC ••P••••nt<rll••, PC commond•r, I l:rousle, Col. Afe1ondre, II Gor(iO, • Shreve, E "'"old, Prof Ullman, and f •ob .. on ency of inter-island water tt·anspor- Panay between road transportation, tation and of reducing its cost, in- railways and coa-stwise shipping; al~o eluding the need for the means of the comparative economic advantage improving shipping ports (Int,n·.is. of reorganization, re-financing, and land or combined inter island and in- rehabilititlion and possibly expansion ter-national), including the compara- of existing railway li11fS on Luzon tive economic advantages of the use and Panliy or any pat·t of them, as of a large number of ports as against against abandonment of any part of concentnrtion of intet·-island services present operations. in a smaller number of ports ser- 3. Need fot· and means of improvviced by improved feeder road trans- ing the availability and efficiency of portation. domestic air transportation and re 2. Need fo1· and means of improv- ducing its present cost. ing the availability and efficiency of 4. The comparative economic ad transportation {other than local) on vantages of enlarging the number of all majo1· islands and of reducing its customs ports especially for''loading cost, including the proper and most of export cargo<>s, as against im. economical relationship between road provement of domestic transportatranspot·tation and coastwise ship- tion serving a restricted number 'Of ~~~~ :.~~re r:~;::t at:e ~;:;:t~it~~: po~~s ;;Cf:it~:~a~i:~a~:~~~\r modi f 1 areas on the islands of Luzon and fying go\'ernment organization in the field of tt·ansportation. to 1965, respectively, including anti (i. The development of an inte- cipated effe<:ts of the Philippine Eco· _ grated transportation improvement nomic Development Program. Spe. '1 • ~~;::~~;:~i~~·ogram ove1· at least a ~:.:~s~~~:t:t;i:: r~~~~!d i~e r~i::i~n ~ Projed Operations areas of increased economic activity C. SCOPE OF PROJECT OPERA· such as Mindanao. TIONS WHICH SURVEY REPORT 2. FACILITIES AND OPERA SHOULD COVER: Within the TIONS - Transportation facilitit•s framework of the objective enumera· now available, including transporta. ted, the survey report should cover lion services and industrial and com common carrier, contract and pro. mercia\ proprietary transportation; prietary commercial passenger and vessels, vehicles, rolling stock; ports, freight transpo1·tation as: airports, railway lines and terminul 1. TRAFFIC - Direction, vo\- roads, aids to navigation; construcume, types, and other characteristics lion, servicing and repair facilities of existing traffic; traffic trends dur· and practices; labor force including ing 1952 through 1954; estimates of managerial, professional, skilled, untraffic potentials for the years 1956 skilled; terminal construction, serviciwru, por11 hoo ,..,,,.,d 01 lor 01 Molo,boloy, Sukidnon. Pltoto ollowo '"'"' witlt •A·Congr•uwomon forlicl! .,fto w•/comed m<>mbe,. ond broef•d '"""' on tile n••d• ol NAJIIIA prorecto on Svkidnon ond othe• porto of Mindonao PHILIPPINES ARMED FORCES JOURNAL ing and repair labor force; corpor. f'Xisting legislation affecting transate organization, management and portation, law enforcement; subsidoperating practices; present scope ies and othet· forms of promotion;"-..., and practices of financing of trans. tmmtion; government service~ to · portation services; carriers' associa- transportation expenditures for tra-nslions. shipfJers' associations, forwar portation purposes; government own: den•, bt·oket·s, and other auxiliary ership or pat·t ownership in the do. servtces, etc., etc. mestic transportation field; etc., etc. 3. COST -- Transportation costs; :;.. ANALYSIS - Suitability and cost elements; tnrnsportation rates, adequacy of existing domestic transincluding rate-making procedures and portation facilities (including servi practices; also competitive practices ccs and types of conveyances) for (a) and abuses; competition between va- existing tt·affic and presently existl'ious modes of transportation, com. ing potentials, and (b) estimated petitive trer.ds during 1952 through traffic potentials for the years 195&-1954; effects of competition; also 1960 and 1965, respectively, transportation companies's financial 6. RECOMMENDATIONS- Heresults. commendations for government ac4. REGULATION AND PUBLIC tion and other appropriate recomSUPPORT - Govemment regula- mendations . . lion of domestic tt·ansportation; re Survey Group gulatory bodies !lTld rractices; other The Survey Team selected for this O•ero/1 objecti~e of toint U S.-P.I effort is the ompro•emenl of the fi~ing conditions onJ ...,,.,;,.g copocity of the"""' populotion Dev.,/oped tro.,sportolion contributetoeconom•corogreuofthecou<ll" Oevelopmenloii<Jndlronsporlotlon would bonk heoYilronthepresenceofroads,for • ,..hich the go•ernment hos oet oSide o big sum on form of public worh funds. Photo ohows hvgo mnchine cutlong through Mlndonoo forest complex unde1·taking is composed o! mittee, California Association of Stanford Research Institute special. Port Authorities, 1945-48; and the ists in water, air and land transpor- Ma1·ine Terminal Association of tation. Five of the seven-man team Central California. arrived durin(' March f1·om Menlo Rear Admiral John W. Landegran, Park, California, and immediately USN Retired, is the Shipping Expert opened joint offices at Manila - ICA of the Survey Group. He obtained and the NEC Buildings in Padre his early training with the U.S. MerFaura, Ermita. The Project Leader, chant Marine and Allied Industries Robert 0. Shreve, is a Master of Bu- (1908-1924); with the U.S.A. Quarsiness Administration, and holds the termaster Dept. (1925-26); and then position of Manager of Transport&- service in the U.S. Navy during WW tion Research and Senior Transpor- II (1941-1947). Admiral Landetation Economist, Standford Research gran is the only member of the team Institute. He is concurrently a Lee- who has previously served in the turer in Transportation at the Grad. Philippines, having been Port Captuate School of Business, Standford ain in the Philippines during the University, California, since 1949. Liberation. Another retired officer Professor Shreve was formerly an with the Group is Colonel H. Edwin active member of the Traffic Com- Robison, U.S.A., who served in tha PHILIPPINES ARMED FORCES JOUR~Al:. ~ .. , •• , 'I"""P membe'l, amo"g them !he ov!h01. 01e shown ""'" "A·Congreuwomon ~Od•d• ploriH>g poonh on mop wh"'" (OOds ote mo., need"d to conned th" Matomog staff of Gen. MacArthur in Tokyo, numt Roa1·d, in the Oepa1tment of Japan, as Deputy Chief and Execu. Defense (1949-51). tive Office!·, Govt. Section, SCAP. The alte1· ego and constant compa. Col. Robison is also a Ma-ste1· of Bu- nion of Dr. Ullman is Prof. Robert siness Administration, in arldition to K. Arnold, who submitted as his Ph. his A.B. degree in Histo1·y, from the D. Dissertation:- "The Eeonc>mic Stanford University. He is classifier] Development of the Philippines, I80U as Senior Economist, Area Develop to 1941". He is a product of th<' ment and Transportation, Stanford University of Cahfomia, wher~- hi! Research Institute, and is pre~ently has seJ·verl as Lecturer, Dept. of the Deputy Project Leader of the Economics and De]Jt. of Business Ad Su1·vey Team. ministration. Prof. Amolrl has been The "Doctor" of the Group, Ed an avid student of Philippine Eco ward L. Ullman, Ph. D. University nomy and HistoJ")', a'lthough this is of Chicago, is the Specialist in Eco- his first trip to out· Country, having nomy and GC<Igraphy. He is a Pro. written a Review of "American EcofessoJ· in GC<~graphy at the Univet·· mic Policy towards the Philippines" sity of Washini:"ton (1951 to pre- in 1954. He is classified as._a Trans sent), and Direetor of ONR Resean::h J)ortation Economist in the Stanford Project in TranSJlOJ'tation Geography Research Institute. and Regional Inter-relations. He had Significantly, the Stanford Hepreviously served as Transportation search Specialists requested to visit Specialist, with the U.S. Maritime Mindanao in theil· fit·st survey trip Commission (1946) ; and as Expert during April. Matching the strong COf!SUltant, Resell'rch anrl Develop· Standfonl Team; ICA, NEC. NAR. RA and the AFP assigned qualified RA Manager representatives to participate in the Mr. Ned Krause - ICA, Trans Transpo1·tation Survey, to coordinate portation Con . ..-·th<>ir work in their vaJ·ious fields in Mr. Rob Garcia - NEC, Trans-the over-all Rural Development Pro· portation Div. ··gram of President Mas;!;Saysay. ThP CoL B. A. Alejandre- GHQ, AF'P representatives who accompanied th<> Representative Survey Team on the inspC'ction trip Flying direct to Bukidnon, the N AR. to Mindanao on 6 Apl"il '51i aboard a: RA Base Camp for Mindanao Re· PAF Canier Plane which was furn settlement P1·ojects, the Survey Par i~hed by Gen. Cruz:- ty decided to land at Malaybalay and Mr. Ray Davis - ICA, NARRA make it as the pa1ty's base of opera Consultant tions. Ex-Congresswoman Remedios Mr. R. H. Reloso - Acting NAR- Fortich, the NARRA Director for _..~oto oUuotrateo ... ~at peaple o/ ~ariauo cammunilieo can rio lo ~elp achie~e obreclioe, of tronoportol•on '"'""T Wooden brorl9e •~own wao built wif~ l~e ~elp of •n~obilonlo. lr building roods throug~ loruls ond mounloins, rt.e .,.od undueloped rego'on• wo'IJ linollr be opened ond rt.•ir ogricullurol ond minerol produd' lronsporled economicollr to rile dilf~renl morhl• in lt.e country. Bukidnon, briefed the survey team proved the feasibility of establishing on the problems and needs of the "feeder" ail· routes to serve this re· MARAMAG - WAO Settlements, gion, which is bound to progress with especially the need for roads. the construction of more roads. Of Air Survey the three Provinces, Davao was first Adhering to its purpose of inte- in the total acreage it had under cuL grating all the transportation needs tivation, the longest and best roads, of a region, the survey party again and the busiest seaport and airport. took to the air for a "bird's-eye.view" But there is still room for improve of the roads, rivers and ports of Su- ment. rigao, Agusan, and Davao. The ex· Cotabato was the next province in pert flying and navigational ability the survey team's itinerary.,_ Buayan of the PAF pilots ferrying the group, Airport, in General Santos which adenabled the members to observe close joins Dadiangas on Sarangani Bay, ly the existing road, and mo1·e im- constitutes a- veritable hive of rural portant the need for more roads in development activities. The ACCF A the fertile regions of these provinces. and the NDC both are busy propag f. The speed of the "aerial survey" and ating cotton in the Lagao area, which its comparative safety, convincingly will soon be put under irrigation. Artesian wells which were du~ by other parts of the Philippine!< or sent AFP Engir.ee1·s on orders of the Prf' to foreign lands. The AFP for its .,.. sident are now supplying water. part also has a large stake in IV NARRA has a homesite development MA, taking into consideration its •in Dadiangas, whilt NARIC is util- EDCOR Projects in Cotabato, and izing the crude port facilities for AFP participation and suppo1t of shipping out the Rice and Corn crops various Presidential Rural Developha,·vested in Cotabato Valley. Tak ment Projects. The southern bastion ing to the air again, to Sef' better the to foreign lands. The AFP for its vast fertile regions of Alah and Ko. own, at last! ronadal, the Survey group flew from Buayan to Tacurong. The Kenram airstrip furnished a convenient landing spot in the midst of th(' lush Cotabato region. Ramie plantations a'lld the two Ramie fiber plants of Kenram and Araneta corporations are eloquent proof of the agJ·icultural and industrial potential of Cota bato. This indeed is an auspicious beginning for the ultimate realizto. tion of that oft--repeated paen; MIN DANAO IS THE LAND OF PRO· MISE! This is only the beginnin~~:, echoed the Su1·vey Group upon completion of the ;i1·st inspection t l"ip to Mindanao. · Plans are now shaping up for the second "leg" of th(' su1-vey, to take in the, western part of Mindanao, comprisin£" th., Provinces of Misamis 01·iental and Occiclental, Lanao, Zamboanga, Basilan and Jolo. Thus, for the fh·st time, Mindamro and Su· lu, the vast undeveloptd rell:ion of yester-yea1·s, will finally he sun·cyed in a manner which will littJ•a\ly "open it U!J", by means of a inte. grated system of roads, airports and seaports. Then, and only then, can the agricultural a11d mineral pre>ducts of this fabulous t·eJO:"ion b., transpo1·t. ed *1.Conomically ovct the J'I"eat land masses of Mindanao, and exporte1l to About The Author Colo~el Bl~s A. Alejandre. until recMIIy the AFP Chief. Ordnance end Chemicel Service. who ~ed direct cherqe of the dis lribution, repair end m~intenence of ell AFP vehicles. is presently the Project Of ficer for lr~nsportetior. support of th NARRA. ih~> ACCFA ~nd the 8c,,d ot liquidetoi'S. A c;reduele of Mech~~ice! En9ineerinq end of the U.S. Army Ord· nence Service, he is now beinq reccm m~nded by erned force> evthorities to the Ste · ford Group, National Economic Council. r">r melfers concernonq lron<porle lion problems of the Hmed Ioree>.