Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
BY the Associated Press

RreSloent h6nneoyS HOpco
for success of his Alliance for
Progress were buoyed today by
his second personal diplomatic
venture into Latin America
smashing triumph in Mexico
City.
Millions of Mexicans in gay
fiesta spirit poured into the
squares and esplanades Of their
capital and packed the streets
to cheer the President and Mrs.
Kennedy on their weekend
visit.
That outpouring of human
ity, which all but engulfed the
presidential bubble-top limou-
sine as it inched its way yes
terday from Mexico's most ia
NOUS shrine, the basilica Of
Our Lady Of Guadalupe, alone
marked the trip a success.
Loans, Grants Not All
Mr.. Kennedy's Alliance for
Progress in Latin America, a
multi billion dollar interna-
tional aid program spearheaded
by the United States, is keyed
to- peaceful revolution" to
benefit the little people Of the
hemisphere. He obviously i:
working on the theory that
loans and grants aren't enough
that the job can't be done with
out enthusiasm Of both gov
ernments and people. .s,,-
From that standpoint the
President and First Lady scored
heavily on their trip to Vene-
zuela and Colombia last De-
cember. Their week end In
Mexico City was even more
spectacular.
Never before had Mexico
City turned out in such masses
to greet a visiting dignitary-
and Government personnel who
have been travelling with Presi-
dents for years say the pulsat-
ing reception exceeded any they
> had witnessed.
Fears Unfounded
Fears that anti United States
elements would cause trouble
proved unfounded. Mexican
authorities had taken whatever
precautionary measures were
needed, or the leftiSts figured
they were in a hopeless posi-
tion.. There were no disorders,
not a placard of protest visible,
through the week end.
And yesterday, the shirt
sleeved and humbly dressed
throngs of the Mexican cap
ital's old city surged into the
streets to cheer the Kennedys
off in a demonstration that
equalled in fervor the recep'
ton they had received down.
town on their arrival Friday.
Wherever he spoke, at Official
luncheons or at the Mexican
governments big housing
projects outside the city, Mr.
Kennedy talked of revolution
in-the peaceful sense. He as.
ISOLATED political and economic
progress in the 1960s with thu
revolutions that had advanced
both the United States anC
Mexico in the past.
To Work Together
The Joint communique issuet
Saturday by Mr.. Kennedy ant
President Adolfo Lopez Mateo
of Mexico bound the two coun
tries to work side by side il
promoting the fell-being of a
inhabitants IF the hemisphere
1t also joined them in recognize
ing the independence of eacl
nation and to oppose interven
ton, whether from Castro
Cuba or Khrushchev's Moscow
Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. Lope
Mateos went beyond the gen
eral problems of the hemis
phere and attacked particuls
points of difference.
On the major dispute be
tween the two governments, til
United States agreed to tai
such measures as may be i'm
mediately feasible" to reduC
the salt content of the watt
flowing from the Colorac
River into northern Mexic
Farmers in the Mexicah are
have complained too much sa
in the water has ruined the
land.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Kel
nedy laid wreaths at the mon'
ments of two heroes of Mexico
1910 revolution. Mrs. Kel
needy, smilingly radiant in
white silk coat and matchlI
white turban hat, was with h
husband during the ceremony
Greeted by Archbishop
From there the Americ;