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CONTINUATION OFDISPATCHSECRETBOOK DISPATCH 5961courses) have been discouraging. In most instances the teachersshare identical biases with the students with the result thatmisconceptions are reinforced and no new horizons are opened up.Frei and Caldera have asked the German Institute for InternationalSolidarity to increase its support in the student training field,but the Germans, while recognizing the serious need, have thus fardeclined to increase their commitment. To accomplish anythingsignificant, the Germans believe a massive programmust be launched(which would tax their current resources), and they wonder whetherthe CD youth situation has been permitted to drift too long tosalvago.## III - THE IMPACT OF CLASC ON THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT9. CLASC Poses Sericus Danger for CD Movement. A KUMONK   study points out that "Organized labor could contribute substantially   to the development of well-organized CD political parties in the.   hemisphere, but it also offers the best chance for CD extremists   to cause harm to the movement." Few would argue that how the CD   movement fares and the image it projects depend in not insignificant   measure on the posture assumed and progress achieved by CLASC.   More often than not, the judgement of a mass movement is based on   the worst element comprising it -- and in this regard CLASC is   challenged only by the party youth and student wings. As an   organized labor force CLASC has been a dismal failure (with the   exception of its campesino arm); its only impact and sole raison   d'etre up to this time has been as a political action instrument   with primary appeal to the working classes. It is unlikely that   CLASC, under Maspero leadership, will mellow as do parties when   they achieve the responsibility of government.10. CLASC Has Maintained Posture of Independence. Despite its    "Christian" label, CLASC has consistently maintained that it is not    subservient to the Christian Democratic movement or any member    party. The statement cannot be disputed, for while CLASC is guilty    of most of the same aberrations as the least responsible of the CD    parties, it invariably commits its follies independently, (often,    in fact, setting an example that is cmulated by the parties). But    while CLASC can defend its claim of independence, it is also true    that CLASC does not discourage the belief that it is the chosen    labor instrument of the Christian Democratic movement, although    this label has never been formally bestowed.11. Closer Ties Between CLASC and CD Movement Appear Likely.    It appears likely that a more organic participation of CLASC in CD    affairs is in the offing. A Seminar was held in Montevideo from    11 - 23 April (sponsored by the Christian Democratic Formation    Institute -- IFEDEC) for officials of CLASC who are also officers    of Christian Democratic parties. The Seminar, called for the    specific purpose of arranging closer coordination between the CD    political movement and the Christian labor movement, resulted in    the signing of the "Carta de Montevideo" on 20 April. The Act    calls for formal representation of ODCA in both the Christian    labor organization and CD party labor departments. To this end,    a Coordinating Comittee was formed -- the Comite Relacionador Y    Coordinador De Organizaciones Laborales Y Funcionales De Los    Partidos Democrata Cristianos. The Act appeals to the CD parties