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Show U. S. Offers Cooperation -Ji)Jjatin?Americaii-States PANAMA, Sept 25 W Undersecretary Under-secretary of State Sumner Welles today offered United States' economic eco-nomic cooperation with Latin-America Latin-America and aid of the United States merchant marine as ways of helping cushion the effect of war on the western hemisphere. Welles spoke at the first plenary session of the 21 American republics repub-lics gathered here to study the problems which European war creates for the Americas. The head of the United State delegation asserted that the western west-ern republics were determined to "defend themselves" and their rights. He called on the republics to state emphatically they "cannot agree that the security of their nationals na-tionals or their legitimate commercial com-mercial Interests should be Jeopardized Jeopar-dized by belligerent activities In close proximity to shores of the new world." "The declaration of this principle princi-ple must be regarded as constitut-make constitut-make possible," Welles said. The conference opened after an Informal session which outlined procedure on western hemisphere problems during the war. |