Word: mcgann
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Assistant Professor Thomas F. McGann '41 yesterday attacked United States policy toward Latin America as unprincipled support of dictatorial governments. McGann was elaborating on a letter he wrote to the New York Times in which he criticized several Latin American governments...
...McGann asserted that the United States should not sacrifice its democratic ideals to satisfy the present demands of subduing communism and preserving trade...
...United States has already subverted its democratic principles, according to McGann, by supporting Peron in Argentina with a 125 million dollar loan, in order to secure better trade relations. "Peron's philosophy is essentially fascist and it is questionable whether the interests of democracy are best served by supporting him and other dictators who are imitating his methods even if they are as anti-communist...
This incident is the closest that McGann has been to active political and diplomatic involvement with Person. He feels that foreign service work is too hectic for a family life, and he is content to work from the scholarly angle. On his window sill are several boxes filled with notes for a book he plans to write...
Working with Professor Clarence H. Haring, the only other Harvard teacher in the field, McGann hopes to introduce a General Education course on Latin America. "I am sure there is a lot of latent interest in the area," he points out, "it just needs a little stirring up." JONATHAN O. SWAN