Evening star., 1961-05-17
KENNEDY
Effort to Hormonize u. S.-Conodion
Policy on Lotins Faces Difficulty
Continued From First Page

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States Embassy employees and
told them they served not only
their country but the cause Of
freedom.
ssAbout 200 members Of the
Embassy staff and their fam
Mes packed the small marble
vailed lobby of the Embassy
office building opposite Otta-
vas Parliament Building to
hear the Chief Executive.
In these every difficult haz-
erdouS days" Mr.. Kennedy
Said. diplomatic personnel are
fulfilling their duties as citi-
zens to the utmost degree.
4ssAnyone who has that op-
portunity is fortunate" he said.
Not only are they working
for their own country, he
added. "but the cause Of free
dom"
80 Cite Mutual Service
canadians, who comprise
4bout 40 per cent of the staff
OF the 102 working for the
United States here, are serving
their own nation as we'll as the
United States, Mr.. Kennedy
Said. Thu, he said, is because
Of the intimate and long-stand-
ing relations between the two
countries.
They are performing "mu-
tllAl service to the cause Of
the North American continent"
Mr.. Kennedy said.
Mr.. Kennedy drove from gov
ernment house, where he and
mrs. Kennedy are staying, to
the embassy building in an
open car. He wore a black top
coat and carried a hat, but did
not put the hat on for the 10
minute ride.
Groups of school children
waved and cheered as the Pres |
ident and United States Am
hsssador Livingston T. Mer-
chant drove by.
Cheered at Memorial
From the embassy building,
Mr.. Kennedy drove short |
block to the war memorial in
Confederation Square. A throng
Of applauding Canadians-es-
Inmates ranged around 1900
greeted the President.
Mr.. Kennedy stood with
Prime Minister Diefenbaker
facing the colorfully uniformed
guard of honor as it played the
Star Spangled Banner. Walk
ing briskly, Mr.. Kennedy in
spected the battalion Of Cana
dian Guards and the company
Of Capt. r. G. Edwards.
At the foot Of the bronze and
granite World War I memorial, 4
MI. Kennedy placed a wreath
Of natural lycopodium, inter-
Spersed with poppy leaves. He
stood solemnly with Mr.. DEF
erIbaker and top Canadian Of (
fieialS as the band played
Abide With Me-"
Warmly Received
Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. DEF
e1baker strolled between two
thick walls Of Canadians who
lined the route across the
street to the east block Of the {
Parliament center. The crowd {
OF. civil servants and Ottawa i
citizens - mostly made up Of l
enthusiastically appla d ing l
women - gave the visitor a
warm reception.
Those talks and Mr.. Ken
nedy's address to Parliament
this afternoon formed the main
business of the visit.
The United States already
has launched a $500 million {
program Of aid, keyed to ad-
justing social and economic {
systems of Latin American
lands to the needs Of their {
people. t
Canada's assistance to those
nations has been small. It's
efforts have been directed pri-
mArily toward ASia-India, for
example-and to a lesser extent s
toward Africa. 1t was under I
stood that Mr.. Diefenbaker 7
would rather continue to devote I
the bulk Of what aid Canada S
is able to render to those areas
where its helping hand is now t
recognized. S
Differ on Castro 7
The Canadians may be more S
willing to contribute their voice {
ana moral support to the Or !
gaaization of American States. J
Mr.. Kennedy is believed to T
want Canada's participation in T
that grouping of nations which
eXtends from the United States t
to- the south. o
But the visiting President F
may find resistance to his at Z
tempt to line up Canada with F
U1ited States policy toward il
Cuba. t
Ottawa is far from happy g
with the Castro dictatorship
but has not shared Washing r
tons concern over Mr.. Castro F
asa Communist menace to the Il
entire hemisphere. Mr.. Difen- s
baker commented recently that c
it as not Canada's place to say
how other countries should
manage their internal affairs.
Mr.. Kennedy also was likely c
to seek information from Mr.. S
Diefenbaker on Canada's stand c
toward membership for Red
China in the United Nations.
Canada Is exporting millions .
of dollars worth of grain to
Communist China and re-
pottedly may switch the next
time the question comes up
and vote to put the question Of