In the 1960's the land disputes had settled down to a certain degree, but issues regarding the bases continued to weigh heavily on Okinawans. The residents of Okinawa came to the recognition that these problems were derived from rule by a foreign country and the desire developed to abolish this domination, and return to Japan under it's constitution of peace. This spurred the movement toward reversion. Through this movement the struggle to force withdrawal of the "Twin Education Bills" and the establishment of direct election for the office of Chief Executive of the Government of the Ryukyus developed. The "Twin Education Bills" were aimed at controlling the civic activism of teachers.
The bills were entitled the "Regional Education District Public Employee Law" and the "Special Law for Public Employees in Education." Similar laws had already been effected in the mainland of Japan. They included the enactment of regulations on the political activity of educators and were taken as an attempt to smash the reversion movement that included the teaching unions. Resistance to these measures sprung up.
However, the power of the conservative Democratic Party was squarely behind passage of the bills and the debate split the unity of the Okinawans into two.
After numerous attempts to have the bill brought to a vote the conservatives forced a vote during the February Plenary session of the legislature. Over twenty thousand attended a demonstration in front of the Legislature building in support of the teachers and the bill was withdrawn. With the backdrop of the mass demonstration outside the Legislature, the minority party of the Legislature got withdrawal of the bill and received great praise from all quarters.