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= ee ee nee te oy on - 2 ak tg catherine meee erin strat tind aap —taad a ade oy me th eee tee atonement adalat aes: NO LASTING EFFECT Reports that the hurricane damsze had been extensive evzith to have a lenzrange ezfect on the Cuban economy—| and possibly topple the Castro , _ Pegime—vere csmed emphatc- ¥ ally bs otie men. Hoover. a farmer member of! the Foreizn Service who livedi in Cuba in the mid-3%s. said: “J think we had a very thar- ouzh chance to odserve the scene. V2 hed a yours eitiver with us from the Protocol Ser- ivice ard he was also guided by the local official of the Red Cross.” While the feeiings of the peo- ple were “warm” toward the AFSC and American add, Hoover said, “they took an ex- ception toward the American Governmen:.* FLOURISHING NALION Heover said they had ob- served rice and sugar cane fiel@s returning to normal, . jbridses being repaired and : . “ i “stronger type homes being a onstructed.’’ He said the coun- try was “flourishing.” In a cadre cautious note, Hilty! told of the many shortages that| still ex.st in the country. He. said, “The stores are not well-) stocked and there are waiting lines for fcod and clothing... there are rations.” . Hunt said there was no ques-| tion about the people knowing the source of the supplies. He added, “There was no attempt te hold out. There was no ques- - tion that we were identified as: ° the source of food and drugs in the minds of the Cuban peo- it We were all convinced taat his was a very important sés- ture not ouly for AFSC but aso +r the Anerican people.” | oe Need