Word: internationalists
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...economy and international prestige. At home, he quelled labor disputes to entice foreign investment capital and established profit sharing for industrial workers; he spurred agrarian reform by deeding 30 million acres to the peasants, and under his aegis tourism became a $500 million-a-year business. As an internationalist, López Mateos courted heads of state and led Mexico in the campaign for a nuclear-free Latin America; in 1963, he negotiated the return to Mexico of the 437 acres of El Chamizal strip near El Paso, Texas, ending a century-old border dispute with...
Nixon might lead the nation back into isolationist foreign policies and protectionist trade policies. In Asia, Latin America and Africa, many governments are concerned that the new Administration-or Congress-might cut back even further on foreign aid, despite Nixon's growing internationalist outlook...
Died. Scott Lucas, 76, longtime (1939-50) U.S. Senator from Illinois and Democratic majority leader under Harry Truman; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Rocky Mount, N.C. A confirmed New Dealer, Lucas backed an internationalist foreign policy, farm and social security legislation, proved so adept in cloakroom maneuvering that he was chosen majority leader in 1949, only to lose his seat to an even more adept Republican, Everett McKinley Dirksen...
...time President of Ecuador, Plaza himself served as his country's President from 1948 to 1952, becoming Ecuador's first chief of state in modern history to keep the army out of the palace. He also won a wide reputation as a shrewd internationalist while serving as a U.N. troubleshooter in Lebanon, the Congo and Cyprus and heading the hard-working United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America. What Latin America needs most, Plaza once said, is a "strong, dynamic, creative" OAS. Now he has the chance to see if he can create just that...
Died. Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr., 60, son of the Michigan Senator and Republican internationalist, who managed his father's campaigns and in 1952 headed the Citizens for Eisenhower Com mittee; of a heart attack; in Miami...