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...rally" in Santiago's Plaza Artesanos drew a skimpy crowd. Miners in helmets and packs marched listlessly to a drum and bugle corps; a few busloads of young girls chanted: "If the government continues like this, we will cut off its nose." Not even chunky Communist Councilwoman Mireya Baltra, berating the "imperialists" between swigs from a bottle of Pepsi, could generate much enthusiasm. "This government stained its hands with blood," exulted another speaker. "We have our martyrs." Then everybody went home...
...other International editions, is bringing us a multitude of interesting visitors. Last month 30 members of the Brazilian press turned up at the TIME & LIFE Building for a look behind the scenes and conversations with members of our editorial staff. A fortnight ago Chilean Economy and Commerce Minister Alberto Baltra came to town and was entertained at dinner by TIME Senior Editor Francis Brown. These visits are a most agreeable and advantageous way of helping keep us here at the home office in touch with our readers'outside...
Long-distance Call. González Videla put in a call to Manhattan, where Economics Minister Alberto Baltra, after attending a U.N. economic conference in Havana, was waiting to ship out for home. Acting on instructions, Baltra this week asked President Harry Truman to do what he could to scotch revival of the copper tariff. He also asked for a U.S. loan of $45 million for foreign exchange...
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