Show History oral Power History Tells About A cail refal I i as I I on display at vividly history duration of the 1 1 I I J I By C. Gregory Crampton Professor of History Last month the ministers of foreign affairs of the Latin American nations and the United States met at Punta del Este in Uruguay to consider measures to be taken against Castro and Communism in the One group of nations at the meeting favored punitive measures against Cuba while another argued a softer It i- apparent that at Punta del Este we are witnessing another aspect of the contest between Cuba and the United struggle that already has badly shaken the inter-American The interested citizen of the United States may indeed find it to explain the bewildering developments in Latin America recently and to know wh American relations have gotten so badly out of Not So Had Though serious e n 0 u g h. certainly things do not seem Bo bad if the present turmoil is approached through historical Prophets of doom might take note of the will to peace in the the record nearly always has been a force superior to the will to war Indeed the history of the new world since 1 77 i has been distinguished by motion in the direction of international cooperation and characterized by the acceptance the lofty ideals of Pan Parallel historical geographical and the absence of profound of the kind that have plagued other have contributed to this i bounds Examples of international cooperation in the Americas are The first congress of the American called by Simon met at Panama in 1826 just after Spanish America threw off the yoke of In the 50 years following the formation of the Pan-American Union in 12 inter-American general conferences were arranged and during the same time at least a hundred special conferences were held dealing with and agricultural and with civil child traffic customs codification of international law and other Through the years of World War II and since this cooperation has been many more international meetings have been held on an increasing number of The greatest international achievement of the Western Hemisphere nations in the post-war era was the formation of the Organization of American States in a regional agency operating within the framework Of the United include- in its membership the 21 sov republics of the New Broad Organization Successive conferences have adopted resolutions broadening the function of the Organization and as a result its work touches a number of significant aspects of international It strives to preserve territorial integrity and and it has the responsibility of furthering so juridical and cultural relations among all the American The Organization of American States holds the promise of becoming one of the most effective international mechanisms yet devised by Vet with all this achievement In living it may be argued that hemispheric is still a Serious national problems exist nearly everywhere in Latin America as have in the and they tend to impinge on international affairs A social revolution is under Changes On the Way Profound change- in economic political life and social Continued on Page M if Mr V C. HAMPTON sensitive poli i i Says jt So Bad UH from Page 5 1 I taken place since ii and these will A neu middle to pig from y rapid h is of most of these uv The middle bound by are j hurry to make more j in land the I of I j j i-apparent in the recent at Punta del I there are wide of opinion between Uin American peoples how their national I an be The Cuban has its adherents Amenta and if the United States and the Alliance for Progress may have carried the day in the global ideological battle has been brought to Latin Future Mirrors Conflict V u t u r e relationships between the United States and Latin America are sure to reflect the world Vet it would probably be a mistaken policy for the United States to make its Latin American policy into a crusade against for this will force the Latin nations to make a choice between the two world or to remain a position that is strongly appealing to some of What 1 wanted is sincere assistance in the solution of vital and this appears to be the purpose of the Alliance for A sensitive policy of this attuned to the revolution under way in Latin will fall on receptive |