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nee any move it makes is suspectede.i-0 8 joe” The administration has now announced that it will take over the. entire 1943 rice crop at fixed prices, the southern provinces excepted. -. A working class.reaction to this was: "prices will go up if the Banco Popular (controlled by Prado) obtains a monopoly.” In other words, if this opinion is typical, the administration seems to be headed for trouble, and mere is a good deal of justification for this, because the friends and femily of President Prado have been permitted to establish food monopolies, especially in meat, fish, and rice, until they have become scarcer and more — expensive probably than in the United States. The price of fish is obviously unjustified in view of the great supply available. Further information was received tron B= on the night +r) of April 14th, 1943, the Berlin radio announced WALLACE had made an unescorted tour of Lima in the early morning of that date. B ca .- 1 «...+. ne American Society of Peru, the British Commonwealth Society, the Phoenix Club, and numerous other organizations in Lima expressed to the U. Se Embassy their desire to assist in the entertainment of Mr. WALLACE during his visit to Lima. Owing to the brevity of his visit, however, it was not possible to take advantage of these offers. eT Ty oes aude A 7 oe setae COMMENTS _ During’ the stay of Vice-President WALLACE in Peru, he was almost constantly surrounded by a crowd of enthusiastic people. These were not only the diplomatic and military persons of Peru but likewise the common man on the street, of the working class. It is the feeling of this office that Vice-President WALLACE was received enthusiastically without exception. es, I. 6 fact that Vice-President Oe) ie? eed