Evening star., 1942-10-25
Goodwin Visitors
Stress Bolivia S Need
OF i. 5. Machinery
Four Lutin Journalists
First Of Group Of IS
Here to View War Effort

Bolivia is in need OF machinery
from the United States to help her
produce more tin, minerals, and
other exports needed by the United
Nations, in the opinion of four Bo-
livian journalists now visiting this
country.
The four South Americans are the
first OF a group of IS editors and
publishers from the good neighbor
countries who are coming to the
United States to see it's war effort.
They are guests of the National
Press Club and the Office of Co.
ordinator Of Inter American Affairs
Sure U. S. Will Win.
Speaking for the Bolivians at a
press conference at the National
Press Club yesterday, Luis de Zavala,
OF La Razon, daily paper in La Paz,
said that before they came here I'VE
hoped you would win the war,-now
we are sure you will win" Bolivia
broke relations with the Axis shortly
after the Rio de Janeiro conference
of foreign ministers of the Ameri-
can Republics last January.
Bolivians have been impressed
greatly, said Senor de Zavala, not
only with the material war produc-
ton, but also with the fine spirit
of the American people.
Luis Suaznabar, assistant secre-
tary of the Ministry of Economy of
Bolivia, who is also owner and pub
Usher of the daily paper Noticias in
Oruro, said that in conference
here with Nelson Rockefeller, Co.
ordinator of Inter-American Affairs,
the Bolivians had stressed not only
the present needs of their country,
but also the postwar needs. Mr..
Rockefeller, he said, had "clear
vision of the problems of the Amer
icas and magnificent disposition
to do all possible to help solve
them"
Stresses Nations Needs.
The needs of Bolivia now are
more roads, machinery and trucks
for further development of mining
and agriculture, particularly sugar
and rice. With a supply of native
rubber, Senor Suaznabar said, Bo-
livia hopes to have plants for manu-
facture of rubber products.
Senor de Zavala said he had been
surprised agreeably on his first visit
here and was eager to correct the
mistaken idea which many Bolivians
have of people in the United States
as being hard to deal with, rough,
not educated, not cultured"
ION the contrary" he said, I'VE
have found the people here just the
opposite-very hospitable, cultured,
and educated. You are really sin
cere and frank-we like that-and
friendly too" Senor de Zavala, who
speaks English f1uently was educated
in the American Institute. which
together with the American Clinic in
Bolivia, he said. has been advancing
the good neighbor policy for about
Is years.
Explaining he had been taught
not only the English language, but
also to learn to love English and
American history, literature and
great men, Senor de Zavala said he
was impressed particularly with the
character of Lincoln and the Lin
coin Memorial one of the first places
he visited when he arrived here.
Surprised at Lack of News.
Bolivian newspapers print more
news from the United States than
the papers here print news of South
America, said Senor de zavala He
was surprised at finding nothing
about South America in the first few
papers he read in this country. Out
of 80 news stories in his own paper.
when he left. he said so were from
the United States. Before the wa.
German business firms advertised
extensively in Bolivian papers, but
this has all been eliminated, he said.
The other two journalists from
Bolivia are Arturo Otero, director
of the daily Ultima Hora in La Paz,
and former Minister of Economy
of Bolivia, and Federico Gutierrez,
editor of the daily TERRA in La Paz.
The four leave tomorrow for New
York, together with a group of
Mexican editors, will tour war plant
cities. They will be in this country
five or six weeks.