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n Ainnieirteo MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sundoy, March 1, 1959 5 ssyes Decisions Topic Stresses Crisis In Countries (Edilor'i note: Thu is ih fifth in a leriei of topics for discussion under th Great Decisions program. Today's topic is on a better neigh bor policy for Latin Amtr- Along with President Eisen hower's visit to Mexico, two other recent events relating to Latin America -the over throw of the Batista dictator ship in Cuba and the January visit of President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina to the United States - highlight two long-standing problems of our neighbors to the South. One is the economic crisis afflicting most of Latin Amer ica. The other is the unstable politics of the area, despite the fact that the number of Latin American dictators is dwindling. Both these problems have been given greater attention in Washington in the past half year than has been true at any time since the pre-war days when the United States adopted its "good neighbor" policy. policy uucmmu Both issues also pose for t TTIi 1 r..... t Ik. mc uixiicu oldies aumc ux uic same policy dilemmas Wash ington faces in other under developed areas of the world, where economic disorder and political instability are rife. - Mutual security is not per haps as pressing a problem in Latin America as it is in the Middle East, . for example. The inter-American military commitments of the Rio pact of 1947 are taken for granted by all 21 American republici Latin Americans generally, however, have become in creasingly concerned since the war about Washington's attitudes on trade and aid, and alleged U.S. support for dictatorships. Arms aid from this country, they point out, went to Batista in Cuba up to the very end of the successful revolution by Fidel Castro. Mo Marshall Plan It has likewise appeared to most Latin Americans that the United States has been far more concerned with Eu rope and the Far East since the war than with its closest neighbors. They complain that no Marshall Plan was ever offered for the economic development of the Americas. However, the often stormy receDtion Vice President Kicn- ard Nixon met on his trip to South America last year set ff several official efforts to review and improve United States-Latin American ties. Milton S. Eisenhower, in a Jan. 3 report on his fact-find ins triD to South America last July, recommends that the United States herealter adopt only the most formal relations with dictatorships. Following the September, 1958, meeting of the inter American economic confer ence, the United States also announced its intention of sig " nificantly stepping up eco nomic aid to Latin American countries. Forestall Bankruptcy In December the United States, the International Mon- A Convenient ir Provides . "A" Provides . k Provides . ic Provides . ir Provides . jc Provides . cVfc o r no 33 of aur diemicA dtmery, von (ftd sudsuil tipcrt etary Fund and private banks joined forces in loans totaling $329,000,000 to Argentina to help forestall national bank ruptcy. In recent months ne ogtiations have also gone for ward to establish an inter American development bank. In ADril members of the inter-American economic con ference will reconvene in Washington to study a com mon Latin American market and to discuss what can be done about commodities-like coffee-that are in surplus in world markets. The new U.S. aid program for Argentina-the largest granted to any Latin Ameri can country-is but a proto type of the kind of assistance needed... throughout Latin America, most experts feel. Not Wholly Typical The Argentine economic plight is not wholly typical of the trade and development problems faced by the other Latin American countries. Ar gentina is plagued, however, by the heritage of the 12-year dictatorship of Juan Peron. Although it has one of the highest living standards of any Latin American state, Argentina has also been sad dled with an onerous foreign exchange .deficit and rampant inflation.' As President Frondizi ex plained during his visit to the United States his government hopes to meet such problems through assistance from the United States but not through U.S. government "hand outs." Mainly he hopes this assist ance will come from private U.S. investment in Argentina. To facilitate this, he pledged on his trip a favorable politi cal and economic climate for such investment. In part as a result of. the new financial loan, his government has, m addition, adopted a program of austerity and simultaneous economic diversification. I ' ..i-- 1 17 I fuffoo4 Memory Gardens MEMORIAL SERVICE PLAN Deposit and Low Monthly Payments . Cash funds to cover Mortuary Expense. . 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Now, as part of the Frondizi's govern ment's development scheme, Argentina has asked foreign petroleum companies to help the country become self-sufficient in oil within three years. Frondizi has also pledged that Buenos Aires will pro mote a common market in southern South America, with the hope that it may eventual ly be extended to include all the Latin American repub lics. A similar common, trade zone to effect lower trade bar riers was formed by the Cen tral American states Jan. 8. In Venezuela, another country now embarked on a new democratic regime with the inauguration of President Romulo Betancourt on Feb. 13, an unbalanced economy has arisen with the extensive development of its petroleum resources. The new govern ment, as in Argentina, also favors greater diversity of in dustry and a common Latin American market as well. Barriers Lowered Many economists have long felt that Latin American economies must be diversi fied and hemisphere trade barriers must be .lowered if the basic economic problems of the region are to be over come. At present internal trade among Latin American na tion is of minor importance to most of the separate, na tional economies of the re gion. But foreign trade out side Latin America is of the utmost importance. Nearly 50 per cent of Latin America's imports come from the Unit ed States, and about 45 per For your peace of mind ... Phone SP 3-7338 er writ or in quire at MEMORY GARDENS MEMORIAL PARK 1395 Arnold Lane Complete information will be pro vided without cost or obligation. USEE E S 40 of their pe troleum exports 50 of their raw wool exports cent of all their exports come to this country. This trade is in one or two commodities from each coun try for the most part. Thus Brazilian coffee, Venezuelan oil and Bolivian tin represent from about 60 per cent to 95 per cent of all the exports of these countries. Such , econo mies, over-dependent on one or two commodities, are in turn subject to the price fluc tuations of the world market where coffee, tin and the like are often in over supply. In most cases Latin Ameri can economic problems are tied both to trade and to the United States, with which the area's trade is greatest. For this reason Latin American experts , are encouraged by the recent shift in U.S. policy. It now appears that inter American consultations will take account of the need to diversify industries in Latin America, promote trade with in the region and attempt to stabilize prices of commodi ties on which it is so depend ent. New Political Directions Democratic leaders in Latin America welcomed particu larly Milton S. Eisenhower's recommendation that the United States make- a clear distinction between dictators and democratic regimes. The President's brother favors recognition of such regimes only in order to keep lines of communications open to the people under dictatorial rule. Such a' shift in policy may be easier to make in Latin America than in other under developed areas of the world since the hemisphere's secu rity agreements appear so sol idly based. In tne JViiaaie East, for example, military and economic aid for dicta torial or even feudal regimes may be necessary in the anti- Communist struggle, some ex perts insist. Few observers believe the Communist movement poses serious immediate danger in Latin America, although the Soviet bloc's trade offensive has met with unexpected suc cess in recent years. By the end of 1958 it is estimated that Soviet bloc trade with Latin America was five times what it was in 1953, though admittedly starting from low levels. Illegal Activities Communist activities are il legal in most Latin American countries. They have posed problems for the govern ments of Chile, Venezuela and Argentina, where the Communist party is legal, and where Communists have dom inated sections of the labor movement. Only in Guate mala have the Communists temporarily achieved politi cal power. Elsewhere Com munist influence, at times on the increase immediately aft er the war, has waned in re cent years. What concerns the student of Latin American politics; most are the very great prob- j lems democratic regimes must grapple with in thej years ahead. Latin America shows the fastest population growth of any area in the( world. Social problems of growing urbanization havel greatly intensified since thej war. Without a better eco-i nomic and social base, demo-i cratic government may be difficult to sustain in many Latin-American countries. 0 New Kinds Rated Top Corvallis-New kinds of in dustries for Oregon, plus ex pansion of present type in dustries, are rated as top needs for the state by Great Decisions discussion groups voting recently on "What Frontiers in Oregon's Fu ture?" Discussion groups in 20 Oregon counties cast indi vidual opinion ballots in an attempt to list "most impor tant needs calling for public or private action." Voting fol lowed group study of Ore gon's historical growth and potential for future economic growth. Ballots from adults and high school students, meeting in discussion groups or vot ing through newspaper bal lots, were tabulated last week by Oregon State college ex tension service. New Industries Development of new kinds of industries rated first among 15 alternatives such as for eign trade, tourism, city plan ning, and development of atomic power; Second -rated alternative was expansion of traditional industries based on Oregon farm and forest prod ucts. Forest conservation and further development of irriga tion and hydroelectric power were ranked third and fourth, respectively. With water pow- er giving Oregon the cheap est electricity in the nation, many planning experts see ex pansion of light industry as the answer to job-needs for In the Day's News By FRANK In Moscow Britain's prime minister, Mr. Macmillan, in forms Russia's prime minister, Mr. Khrushchev (in blunt terms, the dispatches report) that "unilateral Russian ac tion in Berlin can only lead to a dangerous situation." Whereupon Mr. Macmillan takes off ALONE oh a tourist circuit of Kiev and Leningrad.. Mr. Khrushchev, who was to have accompanied him, STAYED HOME. A spokesman explains that it wasn't a peeve with Macmillan that kept Mr. K at home. It was a BAD TOOTH, the spokesman says. W HAT'S wrong with his tooth? Let's hope he broke it bit ing off more than he will be a Die 10 cnew. i SPEAKING seriously -The situation in Berlin is tense because the free enter prise Germans in West Berlin are happier and more prosper ous than the communist-ruled Germans in East Berlin and all of East Germany. So the East Germans tend to pour in to happier West Berlin. That's a bitter pill for the communists to swallow. I N WASHINGTON the sen ate gets a bill proposing special federal aid to commun ities that are hard hit by com petition from FOREIGN IM PORTS. That suggests a question: ,Why are these communities hard hit by foreign competi tion? THE ANSWER: We're beginning to price ourselves out of the mar ket. So - To fix that - We're proposing to LEVY MORE TAXES to SPUR HOME INFLATION to MAKE PRICES HIGHER STILL and thus price ourselves out of MORE markets. DOES that make sense? It doesn't seem to. It sounds too much like -trying to lift ourselves by our own boot straps. NO CONFIDENCE Yamaguchi, Japan - (DPD -Mayor Akiho Nagai ordered dissolved yesterday the city assembly which passed a vote of non-confidence against him. Nagai is being held in jail on charges of swindling the city of S278.000. VETERINARY PENICILLIN 300,000 units per c.c. 10 c.c. vial 39 Ask for Free Veterinary Booklet S&H 5REEN STAMPS CENTRAL REXALL DRUG Main and Central of Industry in State by Decisions Group the state's growing popula tion. Water conservation rated fifth priority and sixth place went to improvement of pub lic educational facilities. Next in order of "needs" were more foreign trade and con servation of Oregon's natural beauty. Other Alternatives Other alternatives ranking lower in priority were ex pansion of domestic com merce and trade, promotion of tourism, development of atomic power, and improve ment of highway and trans port facilities. Problems or needs that ranked lowest on the ballots were revision of county and state tax base to finance ex panded public works and de velopment projects; better city planning and develop ment; and, in last place, limi tations on further expansion of Oregon industry. The discussion ballot also gave the voter a choice of 11 steps that might contribute to desirable economic growth for Oregon. Expanding Industries Top vote went to further study by state agencies and institutions on possibilities for expanding Oregon forest, farm, and manufacturing in dustries. Second preference was for joint study and plan ning with other Northwest states on water and power development for the region. U.S. Army engineers esti mate that the Northwest will reach the limit of its poten tial for -hydroelectric power JENKINS Nobody has ever yet able to make that work. been ORE on this modern world: Researchers at Detroit uni versity are going to try to solve the mystery of gravity, They have a grant from the Army Transportation Corps that will enable them to fi nance the study. Dr. Donald J. Kennedy, who will direct the project, says: Everybody knows gravity is a force exerted by large mass es, but nobody knows much more than that about it. Sci entists are divided on the idea that gravity might turn out to be the result of some type of radiation not yet detected." TTMMMMMmmmmm. Let's hope they don't find a way to TURN OFF the force of gravity. In that event, we'd be floating around in the air even more aimlessly than the politicians who are trying to find a way to turn off the law of supply and demand. CASH DURING OUR ANNUAL STORE-WIDE PRE-SPRING 20 to 50 OFF! STEREO CAMERAS REG. 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