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The article reports on the document released by the U.S.-Bolivian Labor Commission which recommends solutions to economic problems that have slowed production of war materials. The document revealed the low wages of workers in the mining, agriculture and manufacturing industries, squalid living conditions, overlong hours of works, unhealthy working conditions, child labor, inadequate schooling and subsistence diet levels. Proposed solutions include the enforcement of labor rights laws, government employment service, and funds for reforms.

Presents news related to recent political and economic developments around the world with a focus on political and economic issues in the U.S. Entry of U.S. Special Drawing Rights, the so-called paper gold, into the international ledgers; Furiousness of the journal "Publishers Weekly," with U.S. President Richard Nixon's plans to spend money on military weapons which menace the security of mankind instead of on food for the hungry, slum clearance and education; Popularity of the generals' coup in Bolivia as a revolutionary government defending the rights of the peasants; Reaffirmation by Pope Paul VI regarding the authority and security of Papal teaching and discipline while recognizing the exigencies of theological study and respecting the freedom of expression of theological science.

The article discusses the move of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower to ask the U.S. Congress to close the tin smelter plant in Texas City, Texas in February 1954. It suggests that the plan can affect the steel industry of the U.S. since Eisenhower wants to pursue an agreement with Bolivia to import 10,000 tons of ore. According to the author, the President sees little reason for keeping the plant with the surplus of tin in the country.

The article discusses the important economic elements in the war between Bolivia and Paraguay for the possession over Chaco island. The boundary dispute over the possession of the Chaco is coveted by Bolivia because gives access to the navigable part of Paraguay to the Atlantic. Bolivia was an ideal object for imperialist penetration due to its richness in indispensable raw materials which includes Tin, a vital factor in the U.S. industry.

The article reports on the repression of the South American press. It states that censorship in all forms is spreading through South America, incidents in Peru and Bolivia where newspapers are forcefully taken over by military and press staffs are forcefully told to take days off work are all proof of the increasing censorship in South America. It further states that freedom of press now only exists in some parts of South America including in Colombia, Chile and Ecuador.

The article profiles Irving Florman, U.S. ambassador in La Paz, Bolivia, who resigned his post in September 1951. He maintained good relations with the government of Bolivia and he was described by the author as an odd individualist. It mentions that he claimed credit for having encouraged a petroleum law in 1950 that allows foreign oil firms to resume prospecting in Bolivia.

The article discusses the development of the sugar industry worldwide. It states that every sugar nation is planting new cane and beet sugar to increase production and an estimated 65.7 million tons of sugar is expected which is a new record for world sugar production. It notes that sugar consumption reached 38 pounds annually per person. It mentions Ethiopia, Turkey and Bolivia are the main exporters of sugar.

The article reports on the establishment by the Bolivian government of Bolivian Mining Corp. in December 1952. Its establishment was considered an act of nationalization in Latin America, strengthening the nationalist government of Bolivian President Victor Paz Estenssoro. According to the article, the tin industry had a significance to the economic development in Bolivia.

The article discusses the international conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia. The war between these two countries began for the possession of the Gran Chaco Boreal. Both countries became members of the League of Nations and the Pan-American community, and the neutral committee serve as the voice of a peace-loving world. According to the author, one possible remedy for the chaos could be the abolition of economic rivalries.

This article focuses on the association of the guerrilla leader Che guevara with Bolivia. Exactly when Che became involved is not clear. According to what Marxist philosopher Regis Debray said in prison, the Bolivians asked him to be their leader. He did not come here by his own choice. He came because the Bolivians called him. In the early fifties he had been for a year or more a doctor in the Alto Beni, but he apparently spent most of 1966 traveling all over southeast Bolivia. The Bolivian authorities tried to put over the notion that the guerrifias were a bunch of bandits from abroad, messing about in Bolivia's internal affairs. But in fact there seem to have been no more than seventeen Cubans with the guerrillas-who probably originally numbered about 200. Debray has said that approximately 10 per cent of the guerrillas were Cubans, and this figure looks substantially correct.

Focuses on issue related to world politics. Information on the tour of reparations zones, made by the U.S. representative to the Allied Reparations Committee, Edwin W. Pauley with reference to Potsdam agreement; Revolution in Bolivia that turned out the assassination governments headed by President Gualberto Villaroel and murdered hopes of Argentine President Juan Peron to create in South America a bloc of states; Selection of James E. Webb as the new Director of the Budget, by U.S. President Harry S. Truman; Proposal made by Senator Wayne Morse which would require Senators to report annually on all of their income, regardless of source, together with any transactions in securities; Details of the study conducted by the Federal Reserve Board and the Bureau of Agricultural Economics on the impact of inflation on the U.S. families; Denial to the minimum wage bill by four million worker; Victory of Labor Party candidates in by-elections held in Bexley, Pontypool and North Battersea; Decision of the U.S. War Department to close doors on Negro enlistments in the Army; Appointment of Leon H. Keyserling, general counsel of the National Housing Agency and John D. Clark of Wyoming, to the Council of Economic Advisers established by the Full Employment Act.

The article presents news briefs for the week of October 18, 1969. Particular attention is given to the foreign and domestic policies of the United States. Article topics include the administration of U.S. president Richard Nixon, the political and social problems faced by Vietnamese peoples living in the U.S., information on the successful military coup in Bolivia, a study of the Federal Trade Commission by the American Bar Association, and America's involvement in the Vietnam War.

Several, not joint, is to be the form of the Pan-American appeal to the warring Mexicans. The effect will be much the same. If Brazil and Argentina and Chili, Uruguay and Bolivia and Guatemala, make their representations to Carranza and the others separately, the result will be very like dispatching an identical note. At the same time, the South American Governments could avoid the appearance of making themselves a mere tall to the United States kite. They could allege their own initiative and their entire independence.

The article discusses American foreign policy. The U.S. State Department is on the defensive in the Bolivian affair. Two weeks ago, the American ambassador to Bolivia had sought to prevent the enactment of a new labor code in that country. This code guarantees to Bolivian workers rights as standard as collective bargaining and as elementary as regular payment of wages. Last week, this report from Bolivia was twice denied by the U.S. State Department, publicly rebuking Ernesto Galana, Mexican-born thief of the Division of Labor and Social Information of the Pan-American Union.

The article focuses on the acquisition of three big foreign-owned tin mining companies in Bolivia by President Victor Paz Estenssoro's government in 1952 and the reaction of the U.S. At issue is whether Bolivia has the capacity to maintain a steady flow of tin and provide compensation to Aramayo, Patino and Hochschild. Reconstruction Finance Corp. is reluctant to sign a long-term buying contract with the tin companies unless the government settle the compensation issue. Others are concerned that the nationalization will close the mines for a long period.

Recounts events leading to the revolt against Bolivian dictator Gualberto Villaroel, who was assassinated and hanged in public. Uprising that was led by liberal students, workers and professors invoking democracy; Takeover by absentee tin magnates and their foreign business associates, led by mining firm owner Simon I. Patiño; Dictators German Busch and pro-Nazi General Carlos Quintanilla; Situation in Bolivia under the control of the tin barons.

The article discusses international politics. The U.S. government has announced sending of a com- mission to Bolivia, while one from Bolivia has al- ready arrived in Washington. The purpose of their visit may be succinctly summarized as higher prices for themselves and lower wages for their workers. They may or may not find a friend in Joseph T. Rovensky, former vice-president of the chase National Bank and former vice-president and director of the Patino mines. Rovensky says he has kept hands off the delegates since arriving in Washington in the middle of 1940 as right-hand man of U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller.

The article examines whether Bolivian Gulf Oil Co., which has a U.S. investment of nearly 160 million U.S. dollars, can deal with its abrupt nationalization. The facilities of the firm in Santa Cruz were taken over by police and soldiers in October 1969. The event led other U.S. firms, including South American Placers Inc. and U.S. Steel Corp., to consider possible moves against their operations in Bolivia. The threat of the Hickenlooper Amendment to the Foreign Aid Act is anticipated to affect Peru and Bolivia if Bolivia fails to compensate Gulf Oil.

The Argentine movement has needed only six and a half months to spread to Bolivia, as with every epidemic, its germs found a propitious field in a country whose resistance was low. Bolivia was one of whose "democracies" to which we have become accustomed pro democratic in foreign policy, dictatorial in internal policy. It was a clear target for local fascists. Just as Napoleon after his death was still winning battles, so German Nazism advances in Latin America at the very moment it is bleeding to death in Europe. Make no mistake about it what has happened in Bolivia has been a triumph for Hitler and a defeat for the puerile policy of "non-intervention" of the U.S. State Department.

The article discusses the launch of Bolivian revolt following the U.S. policy in the price deadlock with Bolivian tin producers. Tin has brought Victor Paz Entenssoro's National Revolutionary Movement to power. A 1.50 U.S. dollars a pound was demanded by Bolivia for its tin but the U.S. refused to pay the price. According to the Bolivians, their tin is hard to get at and costly to produce. The possible role of Argentine dictator Juan Peron in the revolt is explained, as well as the revolt's impact on U.S. prestige.

Argues that although General Juan José Torres and Communist colleagues have been ousted, there is not a chance that Gulf Oil Co. will get back its oil fields in Bolivia. Background on the city of Santa Cruz; Impact of the nationalization of Gulf Oil on Bolivians; Percentage of oil used by Gulf Oil for export, according to Bolivian students.

The article provides information about the U.S. policy on other American republics issued by John Moors Cabot, the top Latin American hand by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. His announcement suggests that the U.S. is willing to cooperate with and assist any established Red government. Cabot also described the relations of the U.S. with countries like Argentina where President Juan Peron expressed his desire to build good relations with the U.S, Guatemala, and Bolivia.

Presents information on the economic relations of Argentina with Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay. Focus on the terms of the recent Argentine-Chilean loan agreement; Fact that Bolivia and Uruguay are also being wedged into Argentine President Juan Peron's growing economic bloc; Report that Argentina has proposed to both nations agreements similar to those in the Chilean pact; View of opposition spokesmen in Santiago that the Chilean government gave public opinion no hearing before signing the agreement.

The article focuses on a five-year trade and economic collaboration agreement between Argentina and Bolivia.

The author reflects on the horrors of war that was wrought upon Bolivia and Paraguay as the two countries ended their violent dispute over the oil-rich Chaco region in South America.

The article profiles Rene Barrientos, who became president of Bolivia in 1964 after he toppled Victor Paz Estenssoro in a coup. It states that Barrientos led the government troops who cornered and killed Che Guevarra. In addition, he wants to improve the economy of Bolivia by developing the forest, the agriculture sector and hydroelectric power. He believes that there are no more investors who are interested in exploitation.

The article offers information on the private marriage service of French intellectual Régis Debray, who was sentenced to thirty years in jail after helping Che Guevara's guerrillas in their abortive effort to topple the Bolivian government. It mentions that a few weeks after he was convicted, he approached the army about getting married and was granted, provided that no reporters cover the ceremony. It further cites that the only witnesses were the French consul and his mother.

The article focuses on the case of French philosophy professor Jules Regis Debray who was one of the three foreign men found on their way coming from the camp of guerillas in Bolivia and was arrested. It states that the three men were photographer George Andrew Roth, painter Giro Robert, and Debray. According to Debray, he was with the guerillas because of his assignment for a Mexican magazine. It says that he was charged with crimes including murder, conspiracy, and illegal entry in Bolivia.