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Costa Rica, alone among the American republics, boycotted the Tenth Inter-American Conference at Caracas as a form of protest against the jailing of political prisoners by the Venezuelan government. But when he announced Costa Rica's decision, President Jose Figueres made a promise that his country would "adhere to any inter-American resolutions taken there for the betterment of democracy...
...through governments, insists that equipment be bought where cheapest.) Capehart's recommendation collides with the policy of Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey, who has cut Export-Import Bank loans to a minimum for reasons of general economy. When this issue comes up for settlement, probably before the Inter-American Economic Conference in Rio next fall, Businessman Humphrey may well find Businessman Capehart's reasoning even more persuasive than the State Department's diplomatic reasons...
High point of the Tenth Inter-American Conference at Caracas was unquestionably the battle over the U.S. resolution for joint action to stop Communist infiltration in the hemisphere. Even after the U.S. had carried the day, and Secretary John Foster Dulles had returned to Washington, the conference kept on talking about it. One morning last week delegates rose one after another to offer "explanations" of their votes. Several sounded almost as though they were feeling pangs of conscience for having supported the resolution...
...such breast-beating session Henry Holland, the U.S.'s new Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American affairs, finally managed to get a laugh from the glum Latins. Their responsibility, he reminded them, was not very different from that of the suitor who was asked by his beloved's father whether his intentions were honorable or dishonorable, and countered: "Do I have a choice...
...Condemned racial discrimination and called for laws to end it. 1$ Decided to hold a full-dress conference on hemisphere economic problems in Rio (rather than Washington) next fall. Debated questions of human rights, the right of asylum, and revision of the Bogota pact for obligatory settlement of inter-American disputes, and agreed to act on all items in time to adjourn next week...