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During the ill-starred attempt to swap 500 U.S. tractors for 1,214 Cuban prisoners held by Fidel Castro, many a U.S. citizen wondered just how such a deal could possibly benefit the U.S. But last week it seemed that the unsuccessful effort might show a curious profit after all. As a result of fund appeals by the Tractors for Freedom Committee, the Detroit post office was showered with 60,000 pieces of mail. When negotiations bogged down (TIME, June 30), the committee ordered the letters returned. So far, 56,000 that bore return addresses have been sent back unopened...
Buenos Aires School of Law and Social Sciences. A left-wing student group invited her to lecture on Yankee imperialism. She had barely opened her mouth before students outside the hall began whistling and catcalling, "Let's swap Che's mother for a tractor!" A tear-gas bomb popped in the auditorium, rocks smashed through windows and doors. The battle raged for more than two hours until a Molotov cocktail set the place afire...
...difference between the tantrum-tossing Piersall of 1960 and today's tame Indian is crotchety, dry-witted Manager Jimmie Dykes, 64, who came to the Indians last year in a mid-season managerial swap that sent Joe Gordon to Detroit. Says Indian General Manager Gabe Paul: "You can't ever expect Pier-sail to be a Little Lord Fauntleroy. He has his moments. But with Dykes around, he's under control at all times...
...engineers and farm experts to complete negotiations. And, following a proposal that had been made the day before by former U.S. Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce, the committee suggested that the International Red Cross "handle the details relating to the release of the prisoners." Mrs. Luce opposed the swap, but she felt that bringing in the Red Cross might clear up some U.S. official confusion and mismanagement...
Exploiting the troubled hearts of the Yanquis, Castro has cynically led the U.S. down a twisting road-and the end is nowhere in sight. Many an expert on Latin America suspects that, in the end, Castro will never permit the men-for-machines swap to be consummated. But if he does, the U.S. and its citizens must soon find a method for serving humanitarian instincts while at the same time preserving national honor. Such a method has so far been elusive...