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...Time article, summing up seven years of Bolivian history in a column, pointed out that despite the "world's most comprehensive social security," Boliving standards remained quite low. The U.S. has benevolently chipped in $129 million Yankee dollars in aid during the past six years, but the same, still unidentified diplomouthpiece made a wry face, and said, "we don't have a damn thing to show for it; we're wasting money...
...burned, the American embassy got attacked. Summoned from Secretary Dulles' cloud chamber at Walter Reed Army Hospital, temporarisecretary Chris Herter, a genially proper Bostonian, expressed hope that "a magazine would not be permitted to disturb the traditionally good relations that have existed between our two countries and that the Bolivian Government officials would take all steps to avoid further incidents...
...comprehensive social security, illiterate Indians got the vote and land, the coup-prone army got abolished, and the mines that enriched tin barons of old got taken over by the government. The U.S. chipped in $129 million in aid during the next six years-more Yankee aid dollars per Bolivian than for any other people on earth...
...that it owns the mines and runs things, Bolivian labor toils hardly at all. Workers get a 13th month's pay as a holiday bonus, a 14th month's pay as profitsharing, full pay while striking, fixed weekly overtime whether worked or not, a law prohibiting firings and layoffs. Private employers must allocate a sum equal to 60% of their payroll to social security. Said a desperate glass manufacturer: 'I've offered many times to give my plant to the union...
Starting in 1953 with $1,300,000, the U.S. taxpayer now pours in an average of $25 million yearly, more than Bolivian income tax payers themselves contribute to their treasury. Washington's remittance is now expected on a regular basis. Said Finance Minister Eufronio Hinojosa last week: "The 1959 budget will be perfectly balanced." Then he added hastily: "Including, of course, American aid to cover the 30% deficit...