Evening star., 1962-05-07
Alliance for Progress
Operation Plan Sought
By GEORGE SHERMAN
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By GEORGE SHERMAN
star staff writer
BY the end Of this year the
United states government
wants 3 type Of Marshall Plar
machinery in Latin Americs
to channel Alliance for Progress
aid.
Il am not afraid to say IT.
our aim is the economic inte-
grafton Of Latin America" !" said
Teodoro MoScoso, chief Of the
Alliance for Progress program
In the Agency for international
Development,
Mr.. Moscoso, q Puerto Ricar
and a former United States
Ambassador. to Venezuela, re-
acted strongly to growing criti-
c1sm that the Alliance for Pro-
gress has no shape and is toe
much q government t-to-govern.
ment program centered ir
Washington.
"It is q very serious mistake
to consider. the Alliance fol
Progress exclusively q United
States effort he said in ar
interview. 1T Is a cooperative
effort Of the hemisphere with
our Government giving onlJ
marginal assistance"
He said the establishment Of
Q co-ordinating body similar Il
the organization which oper.
ated the Marshall Plan ir
Europe is being studied.
{, W0uId Avoid Criticism
"such machinery for th,
Alliance for Progress could
have two possible functions, ;
he said. 'It would be an inter-
American body deciding how
foreign aid should be channeleC
to each country, and it woulc
also carry on continuous anal
yses and reports on how
each country Is carrying Out
promised economic and sociaI
reforms.
In each case, the United
States Government would still
actually dispense aid on q
cCuntry-by- basis, but
Il would rely heavily on the re-
eommendations Of this inter-
American body.
Such Fnultilateral machinery
would get us out from under
this criticism that the United
States is unilaterally interven-
ing In the domestic affairs Of
latin America" Mr.. Moscosc
said.
He admitted there is real diff
1Iculty in moving this machin-
cry outside Washington. All
United States and international
financial institutions are cen.
tered here. The Organization OF
American States and its Spe-
cfalists all have their head
quarters here. he pointed out
Wants No Bureaucracy
f"Agencies c congregate ir
Washington for the same reason
that United States firms crowd
into those silly skyscrapers in
New York" he said. "Work Il
more easily done where every
thing Is In one place"
Mr.. Moscoso Is wary about
piling new bureaucracy on Tor
of the considerable amou1i
which the hemisphere 4alfeads
has. avs sAA Z ,AE
we are thinking about put
tlng the co<ordinating powers
IN one Of the bodies which al
ready exists" " he said.
He mentioned two possible
ities:: The 1nter-American Eco
nomic and Social Council which
Is scheduled to hold its annual
meeting Of finance ministers in
August or September, or the
panel Of thine wisemen," an ad-
visory group on national plan
ming in the Alliance for Prog
reSs.
The United States Govern
ment wanted to give the mine
wisemen" just such powers as
Mr.. MoSocso outlined at the
Punta del Este conference
which set up the Alliance for
Progress last August. But Ar
gentina and other big powers
objected to what they regarded
as an infringement of their ma
tional sovereignty. Secretary OF
the Treasury Dillon settled al
the conference for an advisory
group Of technicians who would
be called in for advice as each
country desired.
Plans Are Submitted
I'VE are hoping that the So
called demonstration effect Of
what can be accomplished by
national planning and interna-
tional coordination has soft
ened this opposition" Mr.. Mos
coso said.
He noted that three countries
Bolivia, Colombia and Chile
already have submitted theil
plans to the mine wisemen" foi
approval, and that three more
Honduras, Panama, and Ven
ezuela-are expected to do 81
within the week.
I'VE are expecting that nine
more countries win have Their
plans completed and submitted
HEARING CAN Be