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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948
The Editorial Page
The Bogota Conference
On March 30, in the Andean town of Bogota (pop. 450,000), the capital of Colombia, the ninth conference of the American States opened as the first full scale Pan-American meeting in 10 years. The United States has shown the importance of the meeting by sending Secretaries Marshall and Harriman.
Items to be taken up at the meeting include settlement of minor points of contention in the Inter-American system, the formalizing of action taken at the five small conferences during the war years since the last full scale convention in Lima in 1938, and enactment of a pact to provide solution of differences between American republics.
Other points include the United States proposals for easing travel conditions for tourists; united action to combat ignorance, poverty, malnutrition and disease; and the creation of an inter-American institute for exchange of technical information and research.
One point which the neighbor republics are insistent upon could be embarrassing for the United States. That is, the demand that European countries (England, France and the Netherlands) allow countries they control in South America to become free states. For the American statesmen to agree to such a demand could lead to serious diplomatic repercussions.
While those problems are important, one of the vital issues is the Latin-American's desire and need for outside economic aid to help raise the living standards by development of her resources and industries.
Regarding the latter point, we can say that the countries are merely seeking a handout or are jealous of our aid to Europe in the form of the Marshall plan. We can take the view that our intelligent aid to these countries would help them and also, from a selfish standpoint, agree that their prosperity could conceivably help us. Communism, another issue of the conference, is gaining a foothold in some of these countries but it is doubtful if it can survive among a prosperous and happy population.
The governments of some of the Latin American republics are themselves to blame for their present unhappy plight. In the past, there has been a decided lack of co-operation. Foreign investments have been hampered by high tariffs, senseless governmental restrictions, and defaults on loans. Exceptions are Chile, Peru, and Colombia, who have made arrangements to take care of defaulted interest payments on old loans. The situation in Latin-America differs from the situation in Europe in that the countries have not suffered physical devastation by war.
Difficult as agreement may be on the issues stated, and admittedly they are tough diplomatic nuts to crack. we have the picture of diplomats taking their place at a conference table that is not overshadowed by the spectre of the veto. Here is a chance for diplomats to plan some intelligent hemispheric understanding and co-operation. The success and harmony of such a convention could be the one bright spot in a world diplomacy that for many months has been quite bleak.-M. C. Lungren.
Driving is more hazardous in the spring when motorists get a glimpse of the season's first pair of shorts walking down the road.
In spite of the spring weather, a good many people are shivering since the President's last speech. They seem to feel a draft.
No Hurry-Ike
General Eisenhower's steadfast, and increasingly frantic, insistence that he will not be a presidential candidate, probably has nothing to do with his actual desire or lack of desire to be elected next November.
It is even possible that the general doesn't know for sure how he feels about being president. All he has ever been is a soldier and although he has a civilian administrative job awaiting him at Columbia, he hasn't even tried being a college president yet.
Eisenhower needs only to pick up the telephone, dial a few numbers, and thereby bring forth an unstoppable avalanche of public opinion which would sweep him onto the Democratic or Republican ticket—whichever one he chooses.
It is hardly conceivable that any American, no matter how important, would not like to see the headlines hailing him as the chief of state, but General Ike would have nothing to gain and everything to lose by allowing himself to be drawn into the race at this time.
By allowing his name to be placed in the competition now, he would give his opposition an opportunity to smear his name much as the names of the leading candidates are already being smeared.
General Eisenhower can avoid most of the dirty part of the campaign by waiting until nearer convention time to allow himself to be drafted. His strength, he knows, lies in his popularity with the voters. His is a popularity which the party heads cannot ignore. Democrats, led by two of Franklin D. Roosevelt's sons,
Ex-Army Officer Enters Politics
Tom B. Wilson, father of Tom Bayne Wilson, College sophomore of Williamstown, today announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for congress. The exarmy brigadier general will oppose Albert Cole, Horton, for the position of first district congressman.
are beginning a boom for the general to replace President Truman.
Since he has strong support within both major parties, General Eisenhower need only offer to run—any time before the conventions get around to nominating someone else.—Gene Vignery.
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