Evening star., 1961-08-06
CONFER ENCE
CONFERENCE
U.S.. Delegation Optimistic
; Over Hemisphere Planning
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political" and Mr.. Kenedy's al
liance for progress had led to
its being called.
In regard to the Peruvian
speech, Mr.. Guevara objected
to, among other things, the
statement that the hemisphere
is part Of Western Christian
civilization"
Mr.. Guevara repeatedly told
chief delegates in the closed
meeting that the Cuban consti-
tuition has nothing to do with
religion.
When Mr.. Guevara rose later
an the public session he was
brief and restrained.
Since his arrival here, the
be arded revolutionary" in
khakis and beret has been the
center Of attention. Delegates
and observers thought this first
intervention in debate might
indicate Cuban tactics at the
conference.
>Mr. Guevara, however, spoke
less than two minutes. He did
not harangue the delegates, but
said Cuba simply could not
'Fatify certain parts" Of Mr..
Beltran'S speech.
Silence on Alliance
.Mr. Guevara still has not
broken his silence on the Gu
ban attitude toward the con-
ference or proposals for the Al
lance for Progress. He has said
he will say nothing until his
speech early In the week.
Other delegates have made
no secret of their wish to have
Secretary Of Treasury Dillon,
head of the American delega-
tion, outline the minimum
amount the United States is
willing to provide during the
next decade.
But American officials firmly
assert Mr.. Dillon will be no
more specific than the PreSi-
dents letter. The field Of for
eign aid has become so COM
plicated by the ways in which
loans and grants are given
through American and interna-
tional organizations, they say,
that any comparison with the
set appropriations of the Mar
shall Plan era Is illusory.
Mr.. Kennedy's letter noted
that the 81 billion the United
States hopes to allocate this
year is more than three times
the amount provided for the
area last year.
: Today. Felipe Herrera, presi-
dent of the Inter- American
Development Bank-which is
administering 1894 million Of
that $500 million appropri-
ated earlier this year for the
Alliance for Progress - an
nounced the first loans here
under that new program. He
said $21 million Is being given
for low-cost housing in Pana-
ma and Venezuela, and for
credits to small farmers in El
Salvador.
The American delegation has
emerged from the first day of
the conference with the same
guarded optimism it has per-
sistently shown since leaving
Washington earlier in the
week.
The United States hopes to
keep this conference tech
aical," to exclude the politics
Of CaStroism, and limit dis
cussionS to concrete proposals
for working out the machinery
for a united hemisphere attack
on poverty and social injustice.
Mr.. Kennedy's letter touched
upon the detailed proposals the
United States delegation has
brought to launch what he
called new efforts of unpar-
alleled magnitude"
Two Of those proposals will
claim the central attention Of
the conference:
l. Working out machinery
for national planning and Or
derly priorities Of goals in each
country, and then coordinating
those plans with the whole
hemisphere.
q Guaranteeing stable mar
kets for such basic Latin Amer
lean exports as coffee, so that
dependent countries can be as
sured of necessary foreign
earnings for their large invest
ment plans.
Quadros Agreeable
>,
During a brief Stopover in
Brasilia on his way here, Mr..
Dillon reached general agree
ment with Brazilian President
Janio Quadros on a common
approach to these two major
problems, and Mr.. QuadroS'
acceptance of an invitation to
visit the United States in De-
cember seems to have sealed
the current mood of Brazilian
American good feeling.
Even the opening ceremonial
speeches by Latin American
dignitaries here hit hard at the
urgent need for reform If de-
fnocracy is to survive in the
hemisphere. This is generally
considered a good sign for con-
crete progress when the real
work Of the conference begins
in small meetings early in the
week.
DR.. Eduardo Victor Haedo,
President of Uruguay, was in
terrupted by applause re-