THE AMERICAS: Ike's Eyes & Ears

When President Eisenhower set up his special National Advisory Committee on Inter-American Affairs last November, Latin America greeted the news with tongue in cheek. Though the distinguished six-man group* was formed to be Ike's personal consultant on hemisphere problems, some Latins wondered out loud if it would ever be heard from. Last week, as the President headed home from his ten-day tour of the continent, no one doubted that the committee meant business.

At each stop the Americans split into two-and three-man teams of eyes and ears for Ike to confer with...

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