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...pretty but sad-eyed teen-age girl hobbled on crutches into the office of the President of Brazil one day last week. President Joāo Café Filho greeted her with a smile, pointed to a chair beside his ornate jacaranda-wood desk. Lucilla Carvalho sat down and told her story. Her leg had been amputated in an effort to halt cancer, and doctors had told her she would die unless she went to the U.S. for treatment. Could the President help...
Sympathy for a Poetess. Lucilla was one of more than 100 visitors who streamed into the President's office that day. Keeping up a practice he began while he was Brazil's Vice President. Café Filho opens his door to the public one day every week. Any Brazilian who wants to talk to the President simply goes to Cattete Palace in Rio and writes his name and address in a book. When his name comes up, a presidential aide summons him to the palace by telegram...
Most of the visitors are favor-seekers. Café Filho says no oftener than yes, but when he says no he usually manages to soothe the petitioner with a friendly smile or a tactful explanation...
...poetess seeking a job as a postmistress complained that poetry does not pay in Brazil. "Poetry does not pay in any country," said the President sympathetically. A former Senator asked for a special permit to bring in a U.S. automobile. Said Café Filho: "A man of your political standing is well aware that Brazil is starving for dollars. I know you, and I am sure you'll be happy to give up a pleasure in order to help Brazil." The Senator departed with the virtuous air of a man who had just made a sacrifice for his country...
...slump in U.S. buying (down 50% from last year to 2,000,000 sacks for the July-September quarter), may prompt economic retaliation against the U.S. In three months Brazil's monthly dollar surplus has tumbled from $40 to $14 million, forced President João Café Filho to consider import curbs on U.S. products...