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Task Force End. At his press conference. President Kennedy announced that Berle "is completing the work of his task force"-a clear sign that the tough old liberal leftover of New Deal days was being phased out. Kennedy also received Puerto Rico's development-minded Governor Luis Muñoz Marin. As he left. Muñoz told the press that "the best way to solve the Cuban problem is to implement as firmly and as quickly as possible the Alliance for Progress." He added, "We are not against social revolution. We're only against Communism...
...system working, each state must pass enabling legislation and vote its share of the money. Eight have done so: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oklahoma. Washington, West Virginia, Maryland and New York, plus the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Kerr-Mills back ers say the law will eventually cover 2,500,000 old persons, cost the Federal Government $200 million a year...
...Democratic Congressman Adam Clayton Powell urged the ouster of A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany on an unexpected charge: absenteeism. Noting that Meany refused to "tear himself away from the Florida sunshine to testify on the important minimum-wage bill," Powell, who usually plays his own hooky in Puerto Rico, evaluated the onetime Bronx plumber as "stupid" and "absolutely zero as a lobbyist and leader...
Wide World of Sports (ABC, 5-7 p.m.). International Golf Championship (Canada Cup) Matches at Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico...
Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt took grim care to ensure the safety of Puerto Rico-born Moscoso. No arrival time was published in the press; inflammatory wall scribblings were quickly erased. The complement of 80 national guardsmen stationed along the superhighway from the airport to the capital was reinforced by 1,200 troops. Sirens screaming, 20 police cars escorted Moscoso to the embassy residence...