MAIL TRIBUNE, Mdford, Oregon, Sunday, December 28, 1958
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ATLAS TRAII This is the 4Vfc-ton Atlas satellite guided into space by the Air
Force at Cape Canaveral, Fla., as it passed over Austin, Texas. The path of the
85-foot long intercontinental ballistic missile in this photo appears to be erratic, but
is caused by camera movement during time exposure.
Right Approach Needed To Solve
U. S. Problems With Latin America
("Good neighbor" rela
tions between the United
States and Latin American
countries are not always as
good or as neighborly as
they should be. In the fol
lowing dispatch, a disting
uished Latin American dip
lomat discusses the major
' problems that beset those
relations and ofers some so
lutions. It was written by
Dr. Jose A. Mora, for many
years Uruguay's ambassa
dor to the U.S. and since
1956 Secretary General of
the Organization of Ameri
can Stales.)
By DR. JOSE A-MORA
Secretary General, Organiza
tion of American States
(Written for United Press
International)
Washington -UIPD-The prob
lems that beset United States
relations with Latin Ameri
ca are complex and urgent.
But they can be solved if we
know what they are and ap
proach them in the right spir
it. Many of them are rooted in
the fact of one immensely
powerful and productive na
tion living next door to a
group of smaller nations of
greatly varying economies,
populations and stages of
progress.
- The disparity in U.S. and
Latin American living stand
ards was not so important 50
years ago. Travel was slow
and Latin Americans who
traveled usually went to Eu
rope. But the air age has
changed that. Thousands of
Latin Americans now visit the
United States every year, to
see at first hand the dazzling
results of technological econ
omy. They can never again be
content with the old ways.
Latin American countries
are usually classified as "un
derdeveloped," which is a
way of saying that their ma
jor products traditionally, are
farm produce and raw mate
rials. U.S. economic aid dur
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ing World War II gave most
Latin American people their
first taste of the benefits of
an industrial economy. It
whetted their appetite for
more.
But at the end of the war,
the United States found it
self involved in worldwide re
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detracted from the attention
given Latin America. There
were fluctuations in the prices
of some of Latin America's
basic products, such as cot
ton, sugar, coffee, copper, tin,
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companiel by serious inflation
in several countries. Latin
Americans began to fear that
their powerful neighbor had
lost interest in their econom
ic progress.
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the United States know that
this is not true. The economic
destinies of North and South
America are too closely link
ed for there to be any thought
of the United States' "aban
doning" Latin America. Wit
ness only two figures: the
United States sells 25 per
cent of its total exports to
Latin America. It buys nearly
half of Latin America's ex
ports. Latin America has made
some progress in its drive to
industrialize. During the past
17 years, industrial produc
tion has increased 175 per
cent. But the output of high
ly industrialized nations has
increased even faster, with
the result that each year sees
Latin America falling further
behind such nations in rela
tive living standards.
Another factor is the rap
id growth in Latin America's
population, which offsets in
creases in production, Latin
America's population growth
rate, about 2.7 per cent a year,
is the fastest of any major
area in the world. By the end
of the century, at the present
rate of growth, Latin Amer
ica's population will be 493 ,
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This population explosion
multiplies demands for facili
ties that do not exist, and puts
an intolerable overload on
those that do exist. The sim
plest necessities of life, such
as electricity and water be
come scarce. Shirtages also ex
ist in housing, schools, hos
pitals, railroads, telephones,
automobiles and textile mills,
to name only a few.
If Latin America is to gain
and keep a place in the indus
trialized world of the 20th
century, it must make in a
single generation the mate
rial progress that kept the
United States busy for a 100
years. I believe it can be
done. But to do it we must
use all kinds of capital and
technical assistance, where
ever we can get it.
We must also give urgent
attention to health and educa
tion. Sick people cannot be
productive, and a man who
cannot read can hardly be ex
pected to operate modern ma
chinery. The Pan American
Sanitary Organization, work
ing in cooperation with na
tional governments, has al
ready done much to curb the
great killer, malaria. Exten
sion of this program, estimat
ed to cost $150,000,000, can
completely eradicate malaria
in the western ' hemisphere
within five years. The hid
eous tropical affliction of
yaws also can be controlled
with pepicillin.
An estimated 40 per cent
of Latin America's adult pop
ulation is still illiterate. Al
though efforts are being made
to overcome this grave handi
cap, progress is spotty. The
efforts must be greatly in
creased. Solutions to our problems,
in the field of international
commerce are perhaps even
more complex. A number of
nations have found an econ
omic cushion in an expanded
tourist business. But a coun
try such as Chile, which de
pends almost entirely upon
copper, or Cuba, which de
pends on sugar, is like a man
walking on one leg. Anything
that happens to his single sup
port is likely to be disas
trous. Commodity agreements that
would prevent overly drastic
drops in the prices of import
ant products would enable
Laiin American countries to
make long-term plans with
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Pilots' Spokesmen
Call Early Ending
TaDEc Premature
Chicago - (UPD - Spokesmen
for 1,500 American Airlines
pilots yesterday indicated pre
dictions of an early end to the
strike that has grounded the
nation's largest fleet of air
lines may have been prema
ture. C. N. Sayen, president of
the Air Lines Pilots associa
tion, said that although he
spoke by telephone with Le
verett Edwards, chairman of
the National Mediation Board,
about a truce proposal, he had
"no idea" where Edwards had
got the impression a settle
ment was in the offing.
Edwards announced Friday
that the results of a conversa
tion between the three -man
mediation board in Washing-
Food Store Men '
Get Criticism
Los Anseles -(UPD- The exe
cutive secretary of Retail
Clerks Union local 77u yester
day accused the Food Employ
es council of "stalling in or
der to create a crisis" in nego
tiations to avert a threatened
strike at most supermarkets
in the greater Los Angeles
area New Year's day.
JoseDh T. DeSilvia, spokes
man for nine southern Cali
fornia locals representing
snmp 36.000 clerks, said em
ployer representatives left the
negotiating table for a caucus
and then did not return.
"This is a strange negotia
tion, where the employers
leave for a caucus and never
come back," DeSilvia said.
"The time is very short and
we still have not received any
counter proposal from the em
ployers." confidence. In addition, there
might be an Inter-American
Payments Union which could
extend to member countries
credits to be repaid during
periods of high export earn
ings.: This wouldalso simpli
fy the exchange of currencies
and tend to stimulate trade
through the entire hemi.
sphere. : :f
Perhaps the basis of all
such foreign trade reforms
should be 'a system of region
al cpmmon markets or free
trade zones similar to those
now being planned among the
Central American countries.
This would be a first step to
ward economic intergration
of the hemisphere.1 It would
rest on the Slow but steady
reduction of tariffs and other
trade barriers. ;
These are our chief mutual
problems in the ' Western
Hemisphere. All are difficult,
and all are inextricably interlocked.-
Some are closer to so
lution than others,' but I be
lieve remedies exist for them
all. Reaching the . solutions
presuppose a high degree of
international cooperation; it
also presupposes the will to
change established policies.
In this period of rapid tran
sition our problems can be
solved only through a deep
understanding of common in
terests, on the basis of imag
inative and far reaching pro
posals. Tribune
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ton and the ALPA in Chicago
made him "hopeful the strike
may be resolved within the
next few days."
"Clarification"
"The only thing discussed
was the proposal forwarded
earlier by Mr. Edwards,"
Sayen said. "There were some
points on that proposal that
needed clarification."
Neither Edwards nor Sayen
said which of the 12 points
in the package proposal were
discussed.
American Airlines, which
has been strikebound since
Dec. 21, accepted Edwards'
proposal shortly after it was
proffered but the union has
held out for further clarifica
tion of the terms.
The strike against Ameri
can, coupled with twin strikes
by flight engineers and ma
chanics at Eastern Airlines,
had idled one third of the
nation's air carriers at the
height of the Christmas holi
day travel rush.
Although . machinists have
accepted a new contract, a
spokesman said they will not
cross picket lines still main
tained by the striking engi
neers, now in the 34th day.
Should the engineers settle
their differences with EAL,
the airline has still another
problem - the Flight Attend
ants Union is threatening to
strike if an agreement is nol
reached in its negotiations
with the company.
FBI Investigates
Jewelry Theft
Palm Springs - (UPD - FBI
agents and Riverside county
sheriffs deputies yesterday
investigated the theft of some
$6,000 in jewelry from the
wife of land developer Walter
Boltz. "
Mrs. Pauline Boltz, whose
husband developed an area
known as Palm Springs Coun
try Club Estates, told sher
iff's deputies that the theft
apparently occurred sometime
over the Christmas holiday
but was not discovered until
this morning.
Mrs. Boltz said a platinum
bracelet and a wristwatch,
both diamond studded, were
among the missing items.
U.N. Official
To Talk in L. A.
Los Angeles-fUPD-Charles E.
Ducommun, executive chair
man of the 1959 Business Out
look conference here Jan. 13,
yesterday announced that Dr.
Charles, Malik of Lebanon will
be a principal speaker at the
conference.
Dr. Malik, president of the
United Nations' General As
sembly, will address the din
ner session of the 11th annual
conference, which will be
held at the Ambassador hotel
under the sponsorship of 'the
Chamber of Commerce and
21 other community groups.
Ducommun said Dr. Malik
would speak on "Some Prob
lems Facing Business" - an
analysis of international trad
ing conditions under "cold
war" conditions. , -
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pick the first day when the
temperature would reach 90
degrees. David is three years
old.
Science
Chicago -(UPD- A five-year
study has been started by the
Cancer Prevention Center to
determine what physical
changes women undergo be
tween the ages of 35 and 50.
Dr. F. Lee Stone, director,
said more than 5,000 women
are examined each year at the
center.
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- Los Angeles -(UPD- Railroad
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The child suffered fatal in
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