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...House Inter-American Affairs Subcommittee before which Dantas pleaded Brazil's case. Said Iowa Republican Harold R. Gross: "It comes close to a betrayal of the American taxpayer.'' Realistically, Dantas accepted the results as "satisfactory," and flew home to report to President Goulart in Brasilia. Then he started planning missions to Western Europe and Japan in a rush attempt to meet the June deadline set by the U.S. for financial assistance from "other sources...
Another Parliament? Kubitschek-the man who started Brasilia in the wilds, and mortgaged his country's present to its future-favors an emphasis on developing basic industries, with only a nod to immediate attempts to lift the standard of living for Latin America's masses. That, he argued, should come later, after the industrial base is secure. Lleras believes the reverse, argues for priority to short-term social projects such as housing, public health, roads and schools. "Our purposes are the same," said Kubitschek tactfully, "but our ways of looking at problems are sometimes different...
...balloting Goulart was so convinced that he would win that he described his plans for the future, once power was his, to TIME Correspondent John Blashill. In need of a shave, with his tie loosened, Goulart talked aboard his government-provided Viscount as he flew from Rio to Brasilia...
...Must Help." Goulart's leftist labor allies still attack foreign businessmen, and Brazil's government still pursues its let's-be-nice-to-Communism foreign policy. Only a month ago. President Kennedy sent his brother Bobby to Brasilia to tell Goulart in no uncertain terms that the U.S. could not forever continue to support a nation seemingly unable to help itself out of political and economic chaos. The message seems to have gone home. In economics, at least, Goulart talks like a man trying to control Brazil's reckless course...
David Brinkley's Journal (NBC, 10-10:30 p.m.). A look at Brasilia, Brazil's new capital...