Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-07-29
Mrs. Maurice Howell
In Puerto Rico At
Leadership Institute

sponsibility in San Juan, Puer-
to, Rico. The institute, sponsor
ed by the Encampment for Cit
izenship through a grant from
the Ford Foundations Fund
For Adult Education, is being
held the entire month of JULY
Headquarters for the institute Ia
the Hotel San Juan Intercontin-
entail, San Juan's finest hotel sit
uated in a beautiful IS acre priv
ate world Of its own. All rooms
and suites are unconditional.
Young adults in the rs to IS age
range in attendance are from bus
mess, industry, labor, government
and politics-voluntary national
and local social welfare, religious,
civic and community organiza-
tons, education, agriculture and
the mass media. There are 40 in
number with five from Minnesota:
Misses Marjorie Toliver and Dol
ores Bantam from st. Paul and
another couple from elsewhere in
the state. Other states represent
ed are Washington, Nevada, Wis
consin, Pennsylvania, New York,
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Pu-
erto Rico and Brazil.
The objective Of the institute is
to help emerging leadership to
cope with fundamental, political
and social questions of Amtrican
democracy. 1t seeks to develop the
intellectual abilities which mark
the rare person who can work con-
structively with others in achiev-
ng solutions to the complex prob
lens Of a pluralistic society.
Participants will study a variety
Of ease" problems from three
aspects: why did the problem
arise? What ought to be done
about it? and how does one &c
about doing it? Problems such as
these are being approached in var
ious ways including field trips
study-discussion seminars, lee
lures, workshops and informal in
teraction.
Puerto Rico is being used as a
workshop since the country has
just become self supporting in the
last ten years and now the Puerto
Ricans are looking forward to the
day when the country will either
be the 51st state or an entirely In
dependent country. There are two
opposing political parties, the
Statehood Party and the Social
Democratic Party, which is for
independence.
Mrs. Howell, who is attending
the institute through a scholarship
received from the Encampment fol
Citizenship which she attended in
1913, reports it is wonderful to be
one of the majority group in a
country and not the minority"
She is amazed at the progress
made in the country in ten short
years: all slums have been pare
tically eliminated and replaced
with low cost government housing
with as many as 5000 units in
some projects renting for only $40
per month.
Mrs. Howell describes the coun-
try side as truly magnificent. The
hotel is located on the Atlantic
Ocean with 1900 feet Of private
ocean beach and its own private
swimming pool. The palm trees,
mountains and vegetation she re-
ports are beyond description and
the people both Puerto Ricans and
Americans are most hospitable.
The group has been invited to
many wonderful places including
the University of Puerto Rico, two
other universities on the Island,
visited industries, a cigar factory
Westinghouse plant and the Times
watch factory. They have been
wined and dined by many state Of
ficials, senators and attended a
reception July 21, in the home of
the governor of Puerto Rico.