4116 I INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Sterling, representative of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs of the United States, was in our capital city and that in accordance with steps initiated at the opportune time by Dr. Mattiauda, the former Minister, and continued by the Ministry at present under his direc- tion, he was proposing the continuation for another year of the pro- gram of preventive medicine which is being carried out in Uruguay in collaboration with that Institute and which will expire December 31 next. Dr. Forteza added that although even before the said agree- ment was signed that campaign had been started in our country, its results have been much more positive since we had the cooperation of the aforementioned agency, not because there is a lack of technicians here, for we have very able professionals in this field, but because of the orientation of methods that is being put into practice. He con- tinued saying that the agreement, aside from its scientific character, embodies a symbolic aim, as he had opportunity to point out in the Senate when the original project was approved, because it constitutes another manifestation of the Good Neighbor Policy initiated by Presi- dent Roosevelt. Therefore Dr. Forteza proposed that the Council declare that the work accomplished through this agreement has been beneficial to the country and that it is desired to continue to main- tain this link with the Inter-American Cooperative Service; this pro- posal was unanimously accepted and consequently the said extension was approved and the Minister was authorized to sign the respective document with Mr. Sterling." The foregoing is a true and faithful copy of the original that appears in the Minutes of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Uruguay. JULIAN F ALVAREZ C Dr. Julian F. Alvarez Cort6s Secretary of the Council of Ministers
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