ENEMIES OF PROMISE.

The nations of Latin America have made only halting progress toward recasting their social and economic structures since 1961 when, at the signing of the Charter of Punta del Este, they promised vigorous reform. As for the U S. role in land reform, a foreign policy flexible enough to distinguish between the pressing domestic problems confronting Latin America and the East-West, and private business issues, is needed. If the Latin American countries are not willing to devote considerable resources and planning to agriculture, once rights over the land are redistributed, the only concrete result of reform may be that those who participate in the reform will themselves eat better.