Evening star., 1939-07-31
Congress Seems Cool
To Good Neighbor
Policy Of Roosevelt
Several Of Presidents
Suggestions Meet
DisopprovoI
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By the Associated Press.
Congress has given evidence this
session of tagging some distance be-
hind the President in the promotion
of what administration offcials call
his good neighbor policy.
Of vast administration program
submitted to Congress for collahora-
ton with Latin America, some of the
projects have been turned down,
some accepted. some of the remain
der pruned and some not acted upon.
Congress, whose ideas on good
neiehborliness now appear to differ
somewhat from those of the Presi-
dent and State Department, Just as
in the case of neutrality legislation,
recently:
Refused an appropriation for
translating American technical pub
lications into Spanish and Portu-
guese for distribution in Latin
America.
Bibliography Funds Refused.
Rejected a request for money to
finance a study and publication Of a
photography Of documents relating
to Latin American boundaries.
practically all of which have been
in dispute.
Cut the annual foreign buildings
appropriation from 100000 to
s750,000. Almost all the money was
to have been used for embassies. le.
cations and consular buildings In
Latin America.
Overruled the Presidents desire
to purchase Argentine corned beef
for the Navy.
Moreover. the Senate is stub
oornly refusing its consent to the
sanitary convention negotiated with
Argentina which would permit the
importation into the United States
OF Argentine beef. The convention
has been before the Senate for thre.
years and still shows no chance Of
oe.ig acted upon. Administration
olnclals say no other action by the
United States could be so usefu, IN
promoting good relations between
eillS country and Argentina. but
senators from the cattle-raisins
| sent. DAo'A COLL
shipbuilding Plan Pends.
recently the Senate consented N
raelncatlon of the new treatiAs r,tth
ranema fma involving questions Of d..
lense. and increased payment IN
paper dollars for the lease OF IN.
ranama Canal Zone (the original
contract had called for eold dol
,sis,, .a 81 out 1t waited about three wears
Congress has taken no final sc,;or
thus far on the administrator. i w..
quest for permission to constr,,ct
"arsnips and military equipment
LOT Latin American republic, In
government arsenals. The sam. is
true of the Presidents project n
put into effect a broad program
OF cooperation with Latin Amer,ca
recommended by an interden.r,'
mental mental committee and ranging from
special motion pictures to the de-.
veiopment OF raw materials In
Latin America that would not com .
pete with United States products
Inc chief measures approved by
congress this session for furtherins
United States-Latin American reIa .
tlons were for the exchange of st,I.
oents and professors, and enabline
legislation to send civilian experts
OF the Government to other Amer.
lcan republics to help them with
such problems as tariff. financ.
sanitation and highways.
Mexico's appropriation of Am.ri-
can OIL properties and steps in other
Latin American nations in the ssna
direction account in part for Con.
gress' reluctance to 20 as far as
the President along the good neiph.
Dor road. Some congressman think
the best way to win Latin American
cooperation is with the big stick
Some others are afraid that hv
teachlng the Latin Americans how
70 90 things we are unwisely train
ing them to compete with us.