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University Daily Kansan Thursday. March 16, 1961
JFK Answers Cuba's Challenge
Issues Drawn in Latin America
By Phil Newsom UPI Foreign News Analyst
Two events, widely separated but almost simultaneous, vividly illustrated this week both the challenge and the promise for the future of Latin America.
With Castro beaming approval nearby, the Cuban Ambassador to Moscow set forth the challenge in a speech at Havana University.
The Castro Revolution, he said, is "loyal to Communism." And he added:
"THE STUDENTS of tomorrow will recall how the people of Cuba became Communist, and they will see how all the peoples of Latin America will become Communist."
At almost the same moment, in the more restrained atmosphere of the White House, President Kennedy was outlining a 10-point, 10-year economic and social program for Latin America to meet a "future full" of peril but bright with hope."
At the outset, the President intends to utilize the $500 million originally earmarked by the Eisenhower administration for a similar program.
BUT ALSO to be brought into play are other resources.
"We will immediately step up our food for peace emergency program . . . hungry men and women cannot wait for economic discussions or diplomatic meetings."
". . We must rapidly expand the training of those needed to man the economies of rapidly developing countries . . . the peace corps will be available."
This was the United States' reply to Communist Cuba's boast that it is to serve as the springboard for the communization of all of Latin America.
The President's announcement scarcely could have been more timely.
This correspondent recently completed a tour which included stops in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and the West Indian Federation.
He also noted the boundless hope placed in the new administration by these peoples — hope which if allowed to grow without a clear United States definition of its limits only could lead to disappointments and new bitterness.
HE HAS WITNESSED the imbalance of wealth which plagues Latin American nations, has seen the poverty which invites Communism and the disaster which can befall nations dependent on a single crop or mineral for their economy.
South America is a vast continent of 200 million persons about whom the people of the United States traditionally know little.
In Colombia, there is a desperate need for doctors to halt the tragedy which now sees six out of every 10 children die before reaching the age of 10 years.
Meant for Each Other
But it is the next great target of international Communism, from the drought and poverty-stricken plains of northern Brazil to the southern tip of Chile.
BRIGHTON, England —(UPI)— A 70-year-old retired waiter has again married the woman he first wed in 1915.
IN VENEZUELA there is a need for loans to help a nation which has an income of $1 million a day
from oil but which needs help to restore democracy after more than 10 years of dictatorship.
Anton Aichinger left his wife Martha, now 72, in 1936 when his work took him to hotels throughout England. A divorce followed. But Martha traced Anton through the Salvation Army.
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NEW YORK — (UPI) The same tin-plated steel which keeps food fresh in the pantry now is an essential ingredient in many telephone cables.
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. reports that the tin plate, used the world over in tin cans, provides the barrier which protects cables from moisture infiltration.
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