Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-12

SESSION OF the organization O
with an almost anguished pl
economic and social problems I
II ask whether America is
being a continent to which
promise of better days for man
kind" he said.
I'VE must and can give i'm
mediate solutions" he con-
tinued. Either we attack and
defeat the regressive elements
still containe din the reality of
our America, or we abandon the
destiny of the hemisphere by
removing perhaps forever the
possibility that our countries
will continue to live in democ-
racy and freedom"
New Stage for OAS
He said the GAS had moved
into q new stage-away from a
purely political system to a
system to solve collectively "the
very grave economic and social
problems that beset our people,"
While praiSing the visionary
initiative" Of President Ken
nedy in promoting the Alliance
Of Progress. President Alessan-
dri noted that no coordination
for that alliance has yet been
worked out within the GAS.
He particularly attacked the
lack of indignation between
Latin American economies
which now are overly depend
ent on single commodity ex-
ports Of raw materials.
Chile's Progress Cited
In other parts of the speech,
the Chilean President returned
to the constant theme of his
visit here-the progress Chile
has made in carrying out basic
reforms under the Alliance for
Progress.
He spent a good part of his
two hours alone with President
Kennedy yesterday proving
that, in his view, Chile leads
the field in enacting reforms
in Latin America under the
Alliance for Progress.
Informed sources say that in
the extremely frank confer
ence at the White House, Presi-
dent Alessandri's exposition of
Chilean problems shared more
than equal time with Mr..
Kennedys exposition on the
Cuban problem.
Chile is one Of the five Latin
American countries which still
have diplomatic relations with
Castro Cuba. And at a press
conference after his talk with
Mr.. Kennedy yesterday, the
Chilean President made 1t
clear that this juridical ap-
proach to self-determination
and non intervention over
Cuba would not change.
Pressure Not Applied
United States officials also
made 1t clear that Mr.. Ken
nedy is bringing no pressure
during this two-day visit of Mr..
'Alessandri to obtain a radical
change in the Chilean position.
In policy-making circles here
1t is generally considered that
the coalition Of right and GEN.
ter parties making up the Ales-
sandri government Is too wob-
bly, for any further firm action
on Cuba at the moment.
For that reason the focus on
all discussions with the visiting
President here Is on what can
be done from inside and out
side to stabilize the Chilean
situation.
Plans for Reforms
Every official from President
Kennedy down is trying to
impress Mr.. Alessandri with
United States concern that
passing reform laws is not
enough. Informed sources say
the aim is to push their fast !
EXPERIMENTATION.
For his part. Mr.. Allesandri |
is losing no opportunity to i'm
press upon his hosts the giant !
strides his government has
made in passing reforms, called
for in the Charter Of Punta del
Este for the Alliance for Prog
ress.
Informants say that he spent
more than one hour Of his meet
ing with Mr.. Kennedy yesterday