Diario las Américas., 1958-05-16

l don't think either of US have
ever been as moved as today.
He said there be mo greater
experience than to return home
and see our friends, and to realize
how blessed this country isl,
He said America is blessed with
freedom, economic opportunity.
and c%ivility in its government.
whether by one of the great par.
ties or the other,'.
After the airport welcome. the
President, the Nixons and the two
Nixon children drove together 70
the White House for lunch. Thous.
ands more in lunch-hour crowds
cheered them on the route plas the
Lincoln Memorial and along Con.
stitution Avenue.
The President. in his ~forceful
and obviously deeply-felt message
OF welcome to Nixon at the air.
port, took the occasion to a that
the unfrlendly treatment accord
ed Nixon "has in no way impaired
the friendship of the United States
with any of VI sister nations to
the south.
He said there was mo greater
proof" of this friendship than the
presence this morning at the air.
port of the full Latin American
Diplomatic Corps.
And so l repeat" the Presk
dent said, "that Americas aztec.
ton for the peoples of those coun-
tries and government relationships
with them are as close as ever.
Then, pinning on communists
the blame for master-minding the
antl-Nixon Incidents, the president
said:
AS one Ambassador said
to me this morning, our whole
situation of cooperation and bro.
therhood is strengthened because
OF the fact that we stand together
in condemning any kind of com.
munist leadership of such Incl.
dents as endangered our beloved
Vice President and his wife,.
When Nixon responded, the pre-
sadent stood bare-headed at the
rear of the tiny speakers stand,
leaning against n of the brass
poles around the platform, and
staring pensilyely down at the red
rug.
Mrs. Nixon, standing by her
husband, appeared to be tired.
But she smiled broadly when she
spotted friends in the crowd.
Nixon spoke with deep emotion
as he recounted his experiences
and asked his listeners to please
remember "what a privilege it is
to be an American" and how era.
tefM he was to be back home with
his friends.
Nixon said the incidents which
marred his trip were pooked by
"a very small, vocal minority who
were able to enlist the support of
some innocent people who were
misled about U. S. motives.
my observation in each eoun.
try was that the great majority Of
people in all walks of life are
friendly to the United States, me
said.
But he added that "this doesn't
mean that all the people Of these
countries agree with all the poll
cies of the United States.
"In country after country I
found many areas where people
disagreed with what we are doing,
he said.
Nixon said the United States
has never taken our friends in
Latin America for granted, but
some of them may have gotten
the impression that we did,.
Nixon described Latin America
as ian area in a state Of evolu.
ton.
"Its people are concerned about
the poverty, misery and disease
which exist in so many places, and
they r determined to do someth-
ing about these things, he said.
"The United States should be
proud to work with them as part
nerS'.
There is no area of the would
more important to the United
States than these countries, cur
closest neighbors. One rule we
must never forget: we never take
our friends for granted.
Nixon said he told people throug-
out Latin America that "the only
war the people Of the United
States want to wage is against po-
verify, misery and disease, wher-
ever it exists in the world.
Nixon drew a big laugh from
the crowd at the outset of his
speech. He recalled with a wry
smile that when he left for South
America, one of is friends told him
that II was fortunate to be getting
from the Senate for q nice wss