PARTNERS OF THE ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS

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• Publication Date: July 27, 1964
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blade by imaginatlv`e, resourceful people--
dreamersyou like-who live on the fron-
tiers of business and the professions.
The coal industry of today was made by
-the people who devised and lnttodiiced those
giant continuous coal-cutting machines,
those great shovels, draglines, 'augers, and all
the marvelous' handling equipment that are
now aval1able.
Imaginative and wise Wien will be able to
preserve''the peace, and, with the tools pro-
vided by the technological progress, main-
tain' a high rate of economic activity which
Will redound to the 'benefit of all Americans
and our friends abroad.
The Cavi ,Rights Act anil Negro rogress
HO VA1~C HARM
IN THE SED7ATi,* O! TlIE IiNt'I'E'D S4ATES
Monday July 27, 1964
HAt'i 1GIr President, ex-
pressions reltmg 'to the acceptance of
the Negro on an equal basis with the
rest of the Nation will be voiced for
many years: `ew articles have encour-
aged the public to face the bad dream
which lead existed prior to the passage
of, the o ivil 1g 'Ills Aot as :does the edi-
torial ,written inthe Oharlestown" Cou-
rier, Charlestown,"Ind., on-July 9, 1964.
In an 'editorial "appropriately entitled
"At the Crossroads f the editor, Jack
Hester, realizes that the legislative ac-
tion does not change a mans heart, but ., 11 it does provide a framework` for action
that At, pill no q11---r tolerate muddled
thinking.
L ask unanimous consent that the edi-
torial be printed in-the Appendix of the
RECQRn
There hQ ng no objection, #tie editorial
Was oi'derec 'to be printed in the RECORD,
as foAows,'
T, TFsi CRQSSROADS
Our Nation standi, at the crossroads today.
We have arch racily trued to avoid this mo-
ment for 100 wears. But no riiO e.' Lincoln 11 said it best, 'How long can` this Nation, or
any nation, remain half 'slave; half free."
If we examine "closely our intellects, our
hearts, and search ou't` truth from' under the
layers of bigotry, intolerance, and general
'cussedness,' we realize all too well that this
day had to come.
The Negro has been granted equal oppor-
tunity of education, -job Opportunities, and
'equal access to public accommodations.
When we stop to think about it, we won-
der why this has beeri'so' long coming? Why
has it taken us so long' to accept the black
man on equal' footing, as` a man of supreme
worth in the eyes of God, as a man of dignity,
and as an equal, ftts almost like a bad dream
that we are' emerging from. No one doubts the, problems ahead. Legis-
lative action does not change men's hearts,
but it does provide a framework for action
that will no longer tolerate the muddled
thinking that has-held sway for much too
long.
Now we are forced to deal with it. We
can no longer attempt to sweep it under
the rug.
Have you ever' stopped" 'to wonder what
the Negro must think of the white man
after all these years of suppression and see-
'ond-class citizenship. Recent newspaper
accounts of the rising tide of Black Muslim-
ism indicate that many Negroes hate the
white man's guts. We hate to admit it, but
he has excellent reasons for his hatreds.
One hundred years of almost no progress
leave him with little to love the white man
for. Yet we will expect him to be Christian
and forgive us our many transgressions
against his race.
The Negro is swiftly emerging from his
days of darkness. He has seen a light shin-
ing across the valley of darkness and he
hastens to warm himself beside the fires of
-Partners of the Alliance for Progress
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
HON. DANTE B. FASCELL
OF FLORIDA
IN THE ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, July 27, 1964
Mr. FASCELL Mr. Speaker, it is a
common misconception in the United
States today that the Alliance for Prog
ress ' is a program between the United
States and the Latin American Govern-
ments. This misconception should be
corrected, since the Alliance is designed
as a partnership not only between the
governments of the Western Hemisphere,
but also between the peoples of the West-
ern Hemishpere. The partners of the
Alliance is a program under the Alliance
for Progress which is designed to aid and
promote participation of American citi-
zens in aiding Latin American communi-
ties to help themselves. The partners of
the Alliance program presents a chal-
lenge to those who are concerned about
the dangers of communism in this hemi-
sphere; the challenge is simply to help
do something about it rather than being
merely shocked and alarmed.
The Alliance for Progress is an alli-
ance among the peoples of Latin Amer-
ica `and the United States.' The direct
participation of the people of the United
States with the people of the various
Latin American countries is an essential
element to the success of the Alliance for
Progress. I have always supported a
people-to-people approach to foreign
aid, and I think that the partners of the
Alliance is a wonderful example of the
effectiveness of such an approach.
This program is not an "adoption"
program in which a city or a state
"adopts" a Latin American state or city.
It is not a patronizing or handout ap-
proach, rather it is a partnership pro-
gram that has as its base direct assist-
ance to help people help themselves.
By participating in the partners of
the Alliance, American citizens are con-
stantly demonstrating to the peoples of
Latin America the interest and concern
of the American people for the welfare
of their Latin American neighbors. The
partners of the Alliance also give the
people of Latin America a concrete ex-
ample of the values and principles which
have made this Nation the greatest na-
tion in the history of the world.
James Boren, Special Assistant to the
U.S. Coordinator for the Alliance for
Progress, is the very able and energetic
head of this program. He has toured
the country ekteisively informing pri-
vate citizens of the role they can play
and activating them to take part in the
U.S. economic and ideological offen-
sive. Mr. Boren is particularly qualified
for his present position, because he has
been active in political affairs and has
worked for the State Department in the
past. Mr. Boren also speaks Spanish
fluently and has had had extensive ex-
perience with the U.S. Government in
Latin America. He has served as deputy
director of both the U.S. operations mis-
sion and the AID office in Lima, Peru.
He is well qualified to do a good job, and
he ls doing outstanding work.
At the present time Mr. Boren has ar-
ranged for the participation of private
grotl,P 111 22 States. These citizens are
not only learning more about the prob-
ie1? 2,nd. the viewpoints of their south-
ern neighbors, 'they are also providing
direct. economic assistance to Latin
Americans who have demonstrated an
interest in self-help. Such a person-to-
person approach has made Latin Amer-
icans aware of the fact that the Un'_ted
States is a nation of concerned and active
individuals.
The following article explains the op-
erations of the partners of the Alliance
and illustrates how the people of the
United States can aid in the winning of
the could war:
TWENTY-TWO STATES BECOME PARTNERS OF
THE ALLIANCE
The new "partners of the Alliance" pro-
gram uniting U.S. public and private re-
sources with the immediate needs of Latin
countries is rapidly picking up speed-and a
good deal of interest.
James Boren, Special Assistant to the U.S.
Coordinator for the Alliance, and head of
the Washington office for the program, says
he has had responses from 22 States during
the past 5 months, and even a few personal
contributions-such as a check covering
cost of roofing material for a school in north-
ern Peru, and a generator for. a village in
Conchayllo, Peru.
Many of U.S. groups are on the verge of
setting up full-fledged Alliance for Prog-
ress committees, and several are already act-
ively engaged in projects. One, in particu-
lar moved so fast that it had financed a plan
less than a week after the Alliance commit-
tee was formed.
Spearheaded by John Chapman, the new
Idaho Alliance Committee was formed Feb-
ruary 3. A few days later, the Boise Junior
Chamber of Commerce undertook one of the
suggested projects to assist theHogar Indi-
gena, an orphanage near Conocoto, Ecua-
dor. The Jaycees' first project was financing
four pedal-type sewing machines and a
typewriter. Now the local committee is
working on sending agricultural and auto
mechanic tools.
Another phase of the Idaho-Ecuador alli-
ance is assisting the people of Esmaraldas, a
north coast city, to obtain two U.S. sanita-
tion collection trucks. For their part, the
people of Esmaraldas have collected $6,000
to finance the trucks. The U.S. Banana
Supply Co. of Miami, Fla., has agreed to pro-
vide transportation to Ecuador. The Ida-
hoans are agreeing on financing the intra-
U.S. transportation and additional needed
costs.
Pensacola, Fla., is the U.S. source of a self-
help program in Peru, Capt. H. B. Grow,
U.S. Navy, retired, heads a people-to-people
council in Pensacola which just sent off the
final installment of $20,000 collected to
equip a medical center and help build a
sports area for youth activities outside
Chimbote, Peru-a seacoast city, whose pop-
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students who wanted to report that they
were organizing a week of fund-raising activ-
ities in early April to help the Rural In-
stitute of Education in a community of Hue-
ra, north of Lima, Peru.
The Peruvian Institute is made up of rural
students who formed their own cooperative
and need seed stock. -
Purpose of these activities is to "buy time,"
says Boren-"time to carry out the longer
range, more impersonal Alliance programs;
and to let the people of Latin America know
1 that their North American neighbors will
stand behind their efforts of self-develop-
ment."
Tying the U.S. resources to needs Identi-
fied by AID also gives North Americans a
chance to know and to become personally In-
volved in Latin American development pro-
grams.
Illation rose from 10.000 to 120,000 In 10
years.
The medical center was constructed with
materials provided by AID, Peruvian volun-
teer lal24, staged with a Peace Corps nurse
and snot volunteer and equipped by the
Pensacola uncll-410,000 worth. The cen-
ter which last summer halted a polio epi-
4en3ic by Issuing Salk vaccine, and which
treats 36 to. 40 patients daily, is named "El
Milacro de Pensacola"-The Miracle of Pen-
cola, A 4readeer In a nearby barriada flies
the V.B. flag, a symbol of his gratitude and
friendship.
Now the Pensacola group is assisting with
recreation faciutles for children whose en-
tire lives could be spent minus clean, fresh
air and healthy surroundings. The wire of
the 'Chimbote mayor, Mrs. Jose Sarmiento,
raised $2,000 which built and equipped play-
grounds In each of the Ave barriadas. She
o organized a women's group "Angels of
Mercy" whose monthly dues pay for special
medical cases. A Chimbote citizen donated
land for the recreation center; International
Petroleum Co, was asked to build a tennis
f:f}tirt; Sears of Peru agreed to buy uniforms
for a soccer team, and the Chimbote Lions
Club` has -donated a basketball court. In
the Llnlted, States, Captain Grow's wife
or- sift center-a citywide project
to provide funds for the Peru program.
Three States are moving into action this
month:
Utahs new Alliance Committee Is sending
b team of four citizens Including Roy Der
tick, president of Western Steel and chair-
lASh of the Board of Regents for the Uni-
versity of Utah and Daryl Chase, president
ofUtah State University, are going to Bolivia
for 3 weeks to meet with AID and private
sector leaders to exchange notes on possible
development programs.
Southern Nevada's planning committee
was forme early this month with the help
of-Las Vegas civic leader Mrs, Eunice (Wil-
itam) Kellett, and students at the Univer-
sity of Nevada have indicated an Interest In
forming a committee.,
Texas has ,also responded, with citizens of
several cities forming a committee in Austin
with the collaboration of Glenn Garrett, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Texas Good Neighbor
Commission, a State office. A statewide con-
vention of Ilan American Student Forum
Clubs is scheduled for March 20. The Texas
residents are interested in assisting projects
in Peru.
Two other programs, Oakland County,
Mich., and Cauca Valley, Colombia; and
California-Chile, werethe first to be coordi-
nated with Boren's office in Washington, and
Were reported in the December 15 Issue of
Front Lines.
Doctors in Indiana are interested in ex-
panding their "Holidays for Humanity" pro-
gram. to a Coral Gables, Fla,, group
h sends vacationing doctors (mainly
dentists) to work with Latin American clin-
ics at their own expense.
Ohio Is interested in Brazil; and informa-
tion between Ohio and the State of Parana
describing the entire socioeconomic and
geographic complex of each is being ex-
changed. An Arizona group is meeting this
flioirth to discuss a project for El Salvador;
Illinois is eyeing work in Brazil; Oregon
school districts are looking toward Central
America; New Mexico 14 exploring a project
with an area of Colombia; Alabama may try
for statewide help for Guatemala; Massachu-
setts may have Interest In Colombia; Min-
nesota already has a people-to-people proj-
ect with Chile; Kentucky is exploring pos-
sible partnership work with a Latin coun-
try; and a northern Yfrginla group is in-
terested in lending a hand.
And the enthusiasm is growing. Boren
reports that on his way to work in the Die-
trict early this month, his oar was flagged
down by a group of Mt. Vernon High School
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
HON. OLIN D. JOHNSTON
OT SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Monday, July 27, 1964
Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, when
the tax bill of 1964, H.R. 8363, was being
considered by the Senate, I expressed
the conviction that the economy of the
Nation would be stimulated by a tax cut.
Now that the tax cut has been in effect
for 5 months, It is apparent that my view
was correct.
An article published in the Washing-
ton Post of Sunday, July 26, 1964, points
out that the tax cut has indeed had a
salutary effect on the Nation's economy.
The article, entitled "Report on Great
Tax Cut," notes that business investment
spending, as well as consumer spending,
has been stimulated, more people have
work, earnings are up, and profits con-
tinue to rise.
I ask unanimous consent that the arti-
cle be printed in the Appendix of the
RECORD.
There being no objection, the article
was ordered to be printed in the Racoan,
as follows:
REPORT ON GREAT TAx CUT-IT'S STILL EARLY
BUT ECONOMIC VERDICT PROVES VERY
FAVORABLE
(By Paul A. Samuelson)
Five months have passed since the great
tax cut took place. What have been the re-
suits? Has that hotly debated measure per-
formed miracles for the economy? Or has it
been a failure and something of an anti-
climax?
While it is too soon to give a definitive
answer to so complicated a question, we have
had enough experience this spring and sum-
mer to give a tentative jury verdict.
The economic verdict is a very favorable
one. The tax cut is working out just about
as favorably as the experts had hoped for.
Indeed I would say that we have even been a
little bit on the lucky side.
Not only has prosperity for 1964 and 1965
been helped by this important measure, In
addition, the stock of knowledge about what
any modern mixed economy can do to im-
prove its stability and growth has been en-
riched by recent experience. At some future
date, historians Will feel grateful to the
memory of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson,
and to congressional leaders, for venturing
upon what was after all something of an ex-
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perinient in American fiscal policy-namely,
deliberately undertaking budget deficits in
the Interest of sustained growth with price
stability.
When the tax cut first went Into effect in
March, there were two opposing schools of
thought. Both were foolish.
One held that the cut would give the econ-
omy a shot in the arm that would cure all its
ills. Like the nostrums of the traveling
medicine men, which cure everything from
boils to dandruff, a massive reduction in
taxes was expected to add to consumer pur-
chasing power, create jobs, expand produc-
tion. and bring us in short time to a condi-
tion of permanent full employment.
The pessimistic view was equally extreme.
It claimed that the tax savings would have a
zero or negligible effect on people's spending.
"What difference does a few dollars per week
make to anyone? Besides, people will use
the money to pay back on their debts." So
went the arguments.
Actually, the Kennedy-Johnson tax cut
was across the board, helping corporations
as well as individuals and families. The top
corporate tax rate dropped from 52 percent
to 50 percent, with another drop In the off-
ing. The investment tax credit, which re-
wards businessmen for any investments they
make and therefore effectively increases the
profit from new Investment, was also In-
creased. Finally, the Treasury has begun
to be more generous in allowing business
firms to take faster depreciation.
To the pessimists all this was expected to
be of little avail. "Business already is flush
with cash. If they won't invest now, why
should a greater cash flow motivate them.
Besides, there is excess capacity in many
lines. With investment weak, it will not
respond favorably to public stimulus."
Well, let us turn to the facts. There is con-
siderable evidence that families have, since
March, been spending their tax savings about
as earlier statistics had suggested they would.
The rise in people's disposable Incomes has
been well matched by the upswing in their
purchases of clothing, cars, and personal
services. Only a normal amount has piled
up in their savings accounts or been used to
repay debts. (Since it takes time for people
to adjust their living standards to newly
raised income levels, it is normal for them
to spend as little as half of their most re-
cent increases In take-home pay on con-
sumption.)
All this is reflected in good retail sales.
We continue to break records every year,
which is par for the course in a growing
economy.
As every new survey shows, businessmen
are definitely stepping up their investments
in plant and equipment. After many years
of soft business, the machine trades are
having lively sales. Even decaying Indus-
tries, like the railroads, have been purchas-
ing new roiling equipment.
Thus, it would appear that the tax cut
has had a favorable stimulus on business
investment spending as well as on consumer
spending. And in economics, 2 and 2 makes
more than 4. Good cash register sales
to Consumers will naturally make business-
men- want to buy new equipment and to
build new plants. At the same time; build-
tug the new plants and producing the new
equipment has helped to reduce unemploy-
ment and to add to wage earners' spendable
income.
Hence, one of those delightful virtuous
circles of expansion is currently going on.
All of us are the beneficiaries. More people
have work. Real earnings are up. Profits
continue to rise, as Wall Street keeps
noticing.
if the tax cut is working out so well, why
don't more people know about it? I think
the answer to this must be found in the
quaint expectation many people had that
somehow the day after the tax bill was signed
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