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trouble the deliberations of the Congress of for

eign ministers of the twenty-one American na

tions at Habana, beginning July 20th, such as mo

lested the proceedings of the 1928 conference in

Cuba’s beautiful capital city. The difficult pro

blems which led American marines and financial

experts to Dominican, Nicaraguan and Haitian in

tervention were allayed with the inauguration of

the “Good Neighbor Policy” by President Frank

lin Roosevelt. Launched in 1933 at Montevideo by

Secretary of State Hull before the Seventh Pan

American Congress it will dominate the delibera

tions of this important 1940 meeting.

The personnel of the American delegates have

been widely commented upon as index of the con

ference’s agenda. Six of the nine American dele

gates are economic experts. Judging, then, by this

predominance of authorities in matters of money

and business, the paramount consideration will

be the proposed economic cartel to ward off pres

sure by the axis powers against any one country

by a plan of mass action for the exchange of sur

plus goods and for the protection of the whole

against the strangulation of German and Japanese

low wage products with their attendant evils of

depression, unemployment and lowered standards

of living.

While there are no army aod qayy men rep

resented in the delegation from the United States

the press interprets what informed readers sur

mize that the conference will launch more than

words for the defense of the Monroe Doctrine.

While this conference is of interest to stu

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The West Virginia digest. (1940). Charleston, W. Va., 1940-07-20. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85059872/1940-07-20/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The West Virginia digest, 1940-07-20.