Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-10

north has taken TO supporting
dictators.
The Latins are being reminded
that they themselves defeated. by
a 2-to-l margin. a Uruguayan
move In i945-46 10 pass moral
Judgment on dictatorial regimes.
The United States supported II.
Since then, II Is being frankly adj
mitted. Washington decorated a
couple OF dictators who should
not have been decorated.
These are the counter arguments
now going out to Americas friends
In Latin America.
To reach the leadership groups
In the area 10 a greater depth, the
INSTRUMENTATION plan calls for a
stable expansion in exchange
programs to bring labor leaders,
educators and students TO the
United States to see American
policy formulation for themselves.
The Administration wants TO
expand JSlh activities in Latin
America, to compete more effec-
lively against the Soviet output.
And in the economic field, the
plan is 10 be freer both with Amer
lean dollars and blunt advice.
Train more people in develop
ment economics. industry and
banking, the Latins are being
told Develop a common market
as Europe is doing.
In the meantime, officials are
looking for some suitable method
to provide the Latins with soft"
loans which the American array
Of lending agencies is still ILL
equipped to provide.
The World Bank gets rs per
cent of its money from the United
States but Washington has not
been able to persuade its admin
istrators to take the kind Of risks
in Latin America that are be-
lieved required. The Export-lm-
port Bark is restricted to helping
out cr.= where trade can be more
or less directly increased.
There are also the development
loan funds and private credit
sources available to Latins, but
these too fall short of what the
Administrative now believes is
necessary. Thinking is that credit
has to be co-ordinated better in
Washington-so that flve-year
shopping tours for loans are no
longer necessary.
New Institution?
Either the United States must
create a new lending institution,
or Washington must get the
means for the various credit
agencies to work more closely to-
gether. That is the trend of think
ing among Republicans now.
There is room. too. for paying
increased attention to the impact
of American loans. One device to
be recommended is Jumping to-
gether all Congressional appro-
priations for Latin America. Now
even the executive department
does not know how much aid goes
south of the border each year.
And there is not likely to be any
more decoration of Latin dictators.
American relations with them will
be proper, but never excessively
cordial, If the present Administra-
tons plans are carried through.
In sum, the emerging American
plan is to do more of what has
been done in the past, but to do it
with more enthusiasm-and more
money. Old State Department
hands in Latin America who re-
commended this long ago are be-
ing indicated.
1t is likely that a good bit of
the money will be sought from
existing lending agencies kitties,
with the least possible impact on
the rising national debt.
There will also be public en-
couragement of the common mar
ket idea and private encourage
ment for political movements adj
vocating unification like the one
developing in Central America.
Two moves toward unity in the
economic field are already in the
offing. A tire factory in Guate-
mala and a paper-pulp plant in
Honduras are to be given free
access to the entire Central Amer
lean market. Each nation Of the
area is looking to develop one in
dustry to share in this common
market idea.
The United States wants to give
this trend every support.