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...five of the Catholic labor leaders agreed in citing psychological understanding as a more critical need than massive doses of foreign aid. "We are tired of being treated like adolescents who make 'problems' for their 'sugar-daddy'," declared Leopoldo Garcia of Brazil. "You don't find out about psychological attitudes in statistics. Even those who most sincerely want to help us base their judgements only on statistics and end up making grave mistakes," he said...
While Fidel Castro has lost considerable prestige in Brazil because of his mass executions, ties with Russia, and suppression of trades unions, any U.S. action against him will fortify his support there, Garcia contended...
...People in my province are mostly farmers and tend to be rather suspicious," observed Garcia with a twinkle in his eye. "I can't see what contribution would be made there by a young fellow coming from abroad and speaking an in comprehensible language...
Faced with backing up his charges, Osmeňa hedged, claimed he had not attacked Garcia directly, had in fact only repeated criticisms he had heard second hand. Said Osmeňa: "I felt it my duty to air these grievances with a view of securing remedial legislation." Calling Osmeňa's attack the "most scurrilous, malicious, reckless, irresponsible ever delivered in the House," the committee recommended action against...
Last week the House, by overwhelming majority, decided that Osmeňa had "profaned the sanctity and degraded the dignity of the House," suspended him for 15 months. Delighted by his victory, Garcia used the occasion to push through a toothless anti-graft bill. But there were others who questioned Garcia's good intentions. Said loyal Nacionalista Arturo Modesto Tolentino: "When relatives of a President are able to construct mansions overnight after that President comes to power, can we prevent suspicion on the part of the people that such sudden opulence has been acquired through that President? The effect...