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Impasse in Puerto Rico

Roberts, W. Adolphe | January 30, 1943 issue

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The economic life of Puerto Rico is at a standstill and starvation threatens a large part of the population. The situation has been brought to its present acute stage by the Second World War, but its underlying causes must be sought in evil conditions that existed long prior to the war. The problem calls for realism and for harmony among the various elements seeking a solution. Instead, one find confusion in the U.S. and political feuds dividing the island. The House Committee on Agriculture in the last Congress was actually persuaded by Boilvar Pagán, Puerto Rican Resident Commissioner, to tack on to a bill appropriating $15,000,000 to overcome the island's food shortage.

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PUERTO Rico -- Economic conditions; WORLD War, 1939-1945; PUERTO Rico -- Politics & government; UNITED States. Congress; PUERTO Rico; UNITED States

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