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Show Aleman OlPmen Proves A 'Good Good ' leighbor Neighbor ' Mexican Presidents President's ' VisitBoosts Visit VisitBoosts VisitBoosts Boosts Friendly Relations RelationsBy By BAUKHAGE BAUKIIAGE BAUKHAGEi BAUKIIAGENews , News i Analvit A.Jys AJys Analyst " . ' Ifnd fad * nd Commentator COmmtm/4/or COmmtm 4 or / / IVNU WNU WND Service 1616 Eye Street N W WRashington , . "ashtngton ashtngton washington " D C CWASHINGTON CWASHINGTONDespite WASillNGTONDespIte WASHINGTON-Despite WASHINGTON Despite WASHINGTON WASillNGTON -DespIte DespIte - Despite the hct fact hctthat factthat t-ictthat t ictthat - that relations between the tbe Umtcd United UmtcdSta UnitedStates UnitedStates Sta States tes and some of our sister republies repub republics republies lics lies to the south have degenerated degeneratedconsIderably degeneratedconsiderably degeneratedconsiderably consIderably since the inventor mventor of ofthe ofthe ofthe the good neighbor policy pol1cy dIed dIedthat diedthat diedthats that s $ not the case with v.Ith vIth . Mexico\ou Mexico ou MeXlco Mexico MexicoI I \ ou would realize tha that t if you had hadseen hadseen hadseen seen tt tl the e a all tune tlffie time high in m demonstra demonstratons demonstratons demonstrat tons ons that took place when Pres PresMIguel PresMiguel PresMiguel MIguel Aleman visited Washington Washmgton WashmgtonThe WashingtonThe _ The first meeting meetmg and greeting onConst onConst on Const tution tuUon avenue avenu had the insplra ospira tion ion of local pepc pepcampaign pep - c campaign amp a i g n butthere butti but ti there w \ was as no outsid outs out , sid s side i d e stImulanti stimulantinjected stimulant , L Linjected i injected n j e c t e d mtowhat intowhat into mto " R ' what was areally areally a really rip roarmg roarlug roar roaring ing mg lug response tothe tothe to the lanky andsmlhng andsmiling and andsmiling smiling smlhng La Latin Latinwhen ti n nv Latinwhen Latin v . when hen he be vISItedcongress visitedcongress visited visitedcongress congress on MayDay MayDay May MayDay Day More thana than thana a few of his hearers hearers hear t ers could followhIm followhim follow him in m the SpanIshand Spanishand Span ish Ish-and Ish and - and every BAUKHAGE BAUKHAGEbody BAUKHAGEbody BAUKHAGEbody body couldmatch couldmatch could couldmatch match up his liquid phrases . with v'lth vlth ' the thetranslatIOn tb tbtranslation thetranslation < translation they held m In their laps lapsThe lapsThe lapsThe The speech was short and snappy snappyWhen snappyWhen snappyWhen When he . was v.as vas through tbrougb senators senatorsrepresentatIves senatorsrepresentatives senatorsrepresentatives representatIves and the packed gal galler galher galler ler her es couldn coudn ] t t stop applauding applaudmg even evenafter evenafter evenafter after el Presidente Presldente had disappeared dlsap disap dlsappeared disappeared peared Applause burst out agam again agamand againand againand and again agam for almost everybody as asthey asthey asthey they passed up the tbe aisle Senator SenatorVandenberg SenatorVandenberg SenatorVandenberg Vandenberg who usually is assoelated as also alsocrated so soclated clated crated with foreign relations of an another another another other sort sort , , got a generous share sharealong sharealong sharealong along with the cabinet cabmet members membersand membersand membersand and d plomatic corpsFrom corpsFrom corps corpsFrom OIlrepresentatIves From the rostrum of the house ol of OIl ofrepresentatives olrepresemaiives | represemaiives representatIves representatives "rueman rueman " Aleman saId son , that nr- nr - nearly 300 mill on people hvmg hvmgsIde livinside living livingside sIde by side in lD Bus thIs hem sphere are areconcerned areconcerned arconcerned concerned not only w th ass stance stanceto stanceto stancto to ward oS off foreign aggression but butalso butalso bialso also with the efforts to overcome overcomethe overcomethe overcomthe the dangers of poierty POerty poverty PO\ PO \ erty and despaIr despaIrin despalin in the difficult years of 01 peace A Al1ttle Alittle ilittle l1ttle little bit earlier that day a 30 JO nt ntstatement ntstatement rstatement statement had been issued s gneby gned gnedby gnedby by both Pres dent Truman and andPresIdent andPresident amPresident PresIdent Aleman stating statmg that thatagreements thatagreements thaagreements agreements had bad been reached lor for lorthe forthe tothe the U S to grant credits to Mexici MexIco MexIcocredIts Mexicocredits -credIts credIts - - credits to make the greatest and andearlIest andearliest an anearhest < earhest earlIest contribution contnbutIon to the eco economIc economic economic nomIc development of the land ecoI be below below below I low the Rio Grande The two chieexecutives chIef chIefexecutIves chiefexecutives executIves agreed that their respec respechve respective respeclive hve tive administrations admmistratIons roust must exert exertevery exertevery exerevery every effort to raise the standard standards standardsof : of living livmg in lD their countries countnes increasing mcreas increas mcreasmg increasing mg ing productivity and consequently consequentlypurchasmg consequentlypurchasing consequentlypurchasing purchasmg purchasing powerConfusion power Confusion PrevaIl Prevails PrevailsAt PrevailsAt , At News Conference ConferenceWe We newsmen ne\\smen ne smen \ had our own hasta hastala hastala hast ; la vista later that afternoon lD in lDBlaIr inBlair nBlair BlaIr Lee house bouse a part of the tWlD twin tWlDresIdences twuresidences twinresidences resIdences turned over to Vlsitmg visiting visitmdignitaries , VlsitmgdIgnItarIes visitingdignitaries dIgnItarIes for a press and radiconference radIO radIOconference radioconference conference which whlch came near bemg being bemgchIefly beingchiefly beinichiefly chIefly a photographic contest It Itwas I " , was as a struggle unseemly unseem1v unseem1vIndeed ; Indeed Indeedm indeedin indeedin m in that somewhat pre leuse ieuse settinof settmg setting settmgof settingof , of antique furniture furmture pale green greenwalls greewalls greenwalls ] walls wide mirrors and not very ver ; verylarge large early American roomsRot rooms roomsr r Rot < ot large enough anyway tor for thmob the themob themob mob betweenthe which surged about betwee between ; the httle lIttle bar the battery of cam cameras cameras cameras eras and the doorway into mto the gar gaiden garden den through which whichel el e1 Presidentwas Presldente Presidente Presldentewas Presidentewas was to appear Dogwood in m the gar gaiden garden den looked over the brick bnck wall wallsome wallsome wallsome some vhat startled at the nOIsy nois : nOIsygathermg noisygathering gathering gathermg gatheringAt figureflanked At last the tall smiling smIlmg figure flanked by secret service men menappearcd menappeared menappeared tableThe appearcd appeared He Be sat satat at ata a table The newsmen crowded around aroundturn aroundhIm hIm thecameras completely complctely cuttIng cuttle ? off oft the thecamcras thecameras camcras cameras The newswomen newswornen s shuge huge hats completely screened screenedthe the Uieg 1illeg lights hghts A controversy controversyit controversyqf controversyof qf of qfno ofno no 1 I ttle beat heat ensued and no bttle little nolittle nobttle heatexuded heat exuded highcandle from the high candle power bulbs and the nor mal malradiatIon normal radiation ofa of a hundred or orso so energetic human beingsFinally beings Fin Finally Finally IIY the newsmen were pushed pusheback back and worlSome orkSome workSome the cameras set to work . ork Some of o1 the reporters were pushed pusheclear pushedclear clear out of range and I saw one 01helpless onehepless onehelpless hepless helpless ] hapless gentleman wedgedt wedg wedged < t tghtly ghtly between the bar an4 anq the tlbacks thebacks backs MexIcanpressmen of three husky MexIcan Mexic ; pressmen The righand righthand poor fellow s right it hand takuwas takingwas was pinioned so note taku takmg taking g itg . was .as as imposs unposs ble Only his left arm arwas armwas t'middle tmiddle theIDlddle themiddle was free and that was deep in m the ' IDlddle middle of a nest of scotch and ansodas andsodas sodas What else could he do about it aboit ? ( Salud Saud ] y pesetos pesetosi ! ) ! ) ) The photographing Photographlng continued The Tphotographers Thephotographers photographers in front wouldn t wouldistop tstop stop stopThe The newsmen cried Enough One EnoughOne reporter reversing the ancIent ancieproverb ancIentproverb proverb sighed One word is worth woia wortha a thousand picturesThe pictures The photographer yieldedDo yielded . . Do they do this thus in MeXICo asked Mexicoasked ? ? an American reporter archThey archiy archly 'They They archiy'They archlyThey ' do this In Mexico answered swered a Mexican an ; reporter in per ; r pfeet perfeet feet English white teeth gleammg gleaming gleamii Little news was brought out out be beyond oe oeyond yond what Aleman had said to congress con congress congress gress or what was In the joint state statement statement statement ment concerning loans for Me'tican Metican Medcan Me'ticanmdustrial Medcanindustrial Mexicanindustrial ' mdustrial industrial and agricultural develop development development development developmentBut ment mentBut But there was one last question question'What question'What question"What questionWhat 'What What ' " Impressed you } : > ou most on your yourVISIt yourvisit yourvisit VISIt , , Mr President ? Arlington and Mount Iount Ver Vernon Vernon Vernon non he replied repUed The endnrlng enduring endnrlnglessons enduringlessons enduringlessons lessons of George Washington Washingtonthe Washingtonthe Washingtonthe the great father of your coun coon country coontry country try , must be constantly taughtand taughtand taught J and rehearsed In your country , ' And so the Truman gesture at atChapuItepec atChapultepec aChapultepec ChapuItepec Chapultepec was reciprocatedMexico reciprocated reciprocatedMexico Mexico Embarking EmbarkingOn On Six-Year Six Year Sx-Year Sx , - PlanMexico Plan PlanMexico Mexico still has some cred t pre prevlousy previously previously vlousy viously ] approved by the Export- Export ExportImport ExportImport Export-Import Export Import - - - ' Import bank which she hasn t used used.She usedShe . . . Sbe She has borrowed 68 millions m1ll1ons large largely largeIy largely ly Iy used for highway hlghway construction constructiontransporta constructiontransportation constructiontransportation transporta transportation tlOn and Industry she shehas shehas shehas has repaid 13 millions m1ll1ons still sWI has 30mIllions 30millions 30 mIllions in the bank More will be needed to carry out outAleman outAleman ouAleman Aleman s six year plan which ineludes In Ineludes ineludes eludes increased mcreased irrigation and andpower andpower ampower power facIlItIes-two facIlItIes two facilities - two TVA s will be beconstructed beconstructed biconstructed constructed Mexican styleMeXIco styleMexico style styleMexico Mexico is an agricultural country countrywIthout countrywithout countrywithout wIthout too much arable soil so11 she sheneeds sheneeds sh shneeds < needs io to fo raise more to feed herself herselfproperly herselfproperly hersel1properly properly To do this V . will ill require SIX SIXtimes sutimes sixtimes times as many irrigated acres as at atpresent atpresent a ; present presentThe The joint statement also mdlcated indicated mdlcatedthat indicatedthat indicatecthat that the two presidents were working work workmg working mg ing out an arrangement to stabIlIze stabIlIzeexchange stabilizeexchange stabilizeexchange exchange which would permit Mex MexICO Mexico Mexico ICO to buy American dollars when whenshe whenshe wheishe she needs them to buy Amencar AmerIcan AmerIcangoods Americangoods goods and sell them back hack when she sh ( - - - - - - : / Mw MwrS J I rS * .4 4 . - I JI r " ' 'r r 'rb 'rw 'rr ' b w r \ s sGOOD t I GOOD NEIGHBOR ' Warns Warm Aggressors Aggressorscan can spare them In wartime when whenshe whenshe wheishe she was selling us more than she shewas shewas shiwas > was buying buymg she built up a supply of ofdollars ofdollars odoUars dollars But now she s buying buymg more morefrom morefrom monfrom , from us than she s selling sellmg to us By Byallowmg Byallowing B ; \ allowing allowmg her to buy dollars at the therate therate thirate , rate of five pesos to the dollar dollarMexIco dollarMexico dollarMexico MexIco s money will be kept stable stabli- stabli stabliotherw , - otherw se md end viduals vlduals might start startb startb starb b dding up the dollar which woul wouldecrease would woulddecrease woulddecrease < . decrease the value of o1 the pesoWhat peso pesoWhat What did itadd it add up to ? Good Goodsense Goodsense Goodsense sense between good neighborswho neighbors neighborswho neighborswho who want to contmue continue to be good goodcustomers goodcustomers goodcustomers customers 1\le 1 le \ Mexico co is farther to tothe tothe tothe the left leU } ) politically lil1tIcally than we are arebut arebut arebut but it is by no means one hun bun hundred bundred hundred dred per cent socialistAs socialist socialistAs As for Aleman s political ph philoso philosophy philoscphy oso osophy thoughabout thoughtabout phy it was plain pam ] what he thought t about the one party totahtana totalItanan totalitarian totalItananstates totalitarianstates ; 1 states when he said before con congress COEgress COEgressCivilization congress gress gressClv gressCivilization Clv Civilization lZatlon wanes . when .hen hen the thestate thestate thstate B state freedomto curta Is individual freedom to impose its will or that of a apol1lical apolitical , * pohtical pol1lical political party on its cit clt zensIt zens zensIt zensIt It appears that Aleman s brand brandof brandof branof of tour toOur democracy is near enough to Our neighbor to make him the good neIgh bor v ve v e Washmgtomans Washingtonians who met mehim methIm hIm think thlnk he is _ _ _ _ |