Evening star

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fire of a revolution However

distasteful if might be to

him, he might be taking less

chance by letting the sup

plies come into the island

than by refusing them.

It wasn’t Cuba alone, of

course, which got hurt by the

hurricane. Haiti’s loss of life

and property has been exten

sive. The United States

maintains friendly relations

with Haiti and will expedite

help to that country, for

which the American people

will be glad to contribute

through the Red Cross.

Again and again in recent

years, assistance along

humanitarian lines has been

given to peoples in Latin

America and elsewhere when

earthquakes and other dis

asters have occurred.

The question naturally

arises whether the export of

American wheat to the So

viet people wouldn’t come in

the same category of human

itarianism even though it is

a commercial sale. The Unit

ed States doesn't need the

money from the sale, and the

Government here could block

it. There is always the possi

bility. however, that the

United States could begin to

negotiate an agreement with

Moscow to end the "cold

war.” The prospect could be

held forth of an even larger

program of economic co-op

era t ion than the sale of

wheat.

Certainly diplomacy should

be busy these days at gov

ernmental levels, but the fa

vorable impressions created

by letting peoples everywhere

have food from America of

fer propaganda advantages

Inside other countries. And It

is, after all, the feeling of

friendship other peoples

come to, have toward the

United States which much In

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1963). Washington, D.C., 1963-10-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1963-10-09/ed-1/?sp=21

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1963-10-09.