Evening star., 1939-12-07
|nter-American
Session 10 Take Up
Radio, Press, Movies
Three Day Discussions
Sponsored by 6. W. U.
Unit Close Tonight

The press, radio and movies will
provide the topic for discussion to-
night at the closing meeting of a
three-day conference on inter-
American cooperation at 8 o'clock
in the United States Chamber of
Commerce.
Sessions have been under the
auspices of the Inter-American
Center at George Washington Uni
versity, which for the past three
years has sponsored similar discus
Sions.
Championing woman's role in
inter-American relations, Senorita
Mercedes Guerra told the audience
that "the mental inferiority Of
women Is but myth
Senorita Guerra, a Cuban, who
has just returned from a coed will
tour of 80 cities with a group of
Latin American women, traced the
increased participation of Latin
American women in other than do
mestic affairs, following the lead OF
the women of the United States.
Likes Americans Better.
II like people of the United
States q lot better than I did be-
fore I took the trip" she said
frankly in answer to a question as
to the reaction of the good will tour
to this country.
Asked if people from the United
States were judged in Cuba by the
crowd in Sloppy Joe's at Havana,
Senorita Guerra put in a good word
for Sloppy Joe and reiterated her
statement that she liked the
United States better now. She is
the first woman to speak on the
programs of the center.
William T. Moran, assistant vice
president Of the National City Bank
of New York, told the group the
United States would not be able to
expand its trade with Latin Amer
lea until the Latin Americans,
through exports or investment of
foreign capital within them, could
build up dollar exchange to pay
for imports.
Sees Uneasiness on Investments.
In response to a question from the
audience, he said that as result of
the recent decision of the Mexican
Supreme Court on the appropriated
oil, businesses with investments in
other Latin American countries are
uneasy.
DR.. Lloyd E. Blauch of the United
States Office Of Education reviewed
at length what is being done in the
educational institutions of the
United States to teach the people
about Latin America.
The total amount of instruction
on Latin America in the schools of
the United States" he declared, "is
not something about which we can
be particularly proud"
He stressed the value of interna-
tional houses and Latin American
clubs, the interchange of students
and professors and the work done by
the Government through the PAN
American Union, the Office of Edu-
cation and the Cultural Relations
Division Of the State Department.
1t was indicated there are more
Latin Americans studying in this
country than vice versa.
Dean Johnstene Presides.
The panel included Dean Henry
Grattan Doyle, James Christopher
Corliss and Antonio Alfonso, all of
the university faculty, and Dean
William Crane Johnstone, also of
the faculty, presided.
Tonight the conference will hear
Guy c. Hickok, director of inter-
national short-wave broadcasting of
the National Broadcasting Co.;
James H. Furay, vice president of
the United Press, and Francis S.
Harmon, executive assistant to the
president Of the Motion Picture
Producers and Distributors of
America, Inc.
The panel will consist of Profs.
Wood Gray and Elmer Louis Kayser
OF the university history depart
ment, and Joshua Evans, jr., vice
president of the Hamilton National
Bank.