Evening star., 1949-05-21
Dutra Hears Efforts
For Peace Praised;
To Visit New York

10 vlSH new IOk
President Dutra of Brazil,
spending his last hours in Wash
tngton before departing this after
noon for New York, was honored
today at a special meeting of the
Council of American States.
He heard Enrique v. Corominas,
Argentine's Ambassador to the
council and chairman OF the
group, extol Brazil's efforts in the
name of peace and in the forma-
ton of a permanent Pan Amer
ican organization of nations.
Mr.. Corominas said that Brazil
was lone of the first to go any
where at the call of the demo-
cratic solidarity Of the Western
Hemisphere, its people supporting
the liberating and sacred efforts
to carry out the eternal formulas
of human dignity"
To Return to Brazil Friday.
President Truman, who was a
dinner guest of the visiting Presi-
dent at the Brazilian Embassy last
night, made arrangements to see
President Dutra off to New York
at Union Station. Mr.. Dutra will
depart at 4:10 pm.
Wednesday he will fly to Nash
vile, Tenn, for an inspection of
the Tennessee Valley area before
returning to Brazil by airplane
Friday.
Earlier, President Truman and
President Dutra agreed to start
work on three treaties designed
to strengthen those relations.
In addition, the Chief Execu-
tives agreed to pursue the question
of joint steps toward the economic
development of Brazil, and Presi-
dent Dutra was assured the United
States will do its best to supply
the trained technicians and spe-
cialists Brazil needs.
The agreements were made pub
lie today in a statement approved
by the two Presidents.
Would Stimulate Investments.
The three treaties for which it
was decided to set the machinery
in motion are designed to stimu-
late the flow of private invest
ment from the United States to
Brazil, to eliminate tax discrep-
encies between the two countries
which now result in double taxa
ton and to step up mutual cul-
tural exchanges.
The statement said the two
leaders discussed recent report
by Brazilian-American technical
mission, outlining a program of
technical development for Brazil.
It, continued:
.'In reply to the expression of
appreciation by President Dutra
for services given by North Amer
ican experts with this report,
President Truman emphasized the
past record of interdependence of
the two countries in times of
peace and war. and assured the
Brazilian President that the
United States is now and will con-
tinue to be most interested in the
further development of his coun-
try, either through the implement
tation of the recommendations
made in the joint report or in
other fields of related endeavor.
Touch on Public Loans.
In addition to recognizing the
important role of private invest
ment in economic development
and social progress" Presidents
Dutra and Truman also discussed
the feasibility of public loans, the
statement indicated. It said:
The two Presidents recognize
the possibility of financing,
through public lending agencies,
appropriate development projects
not suited to private financing,
such as those projects which have
already been accepted for f1nanc-
ing by the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development
and the Export-Import Bank.
President Truman assured Presi-
dent Dutra that requests from
Brazil would, in the future as in
the past, receive the most atten-
tive consideration of the United
States Government"