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cern for the LDCs is "extremely shortsighted," It is not feasible, he 

 said, "to develop a peaceful order for an interdependent world while 

 ignoring one-half of it." "The urgent necessity," he continued, "is to 

 reappraise U.S. interests in the developing nations and its relations 

 with them." ^^^ 



A similar urgency was evident in the Overseas Development Coun- 

 cil's study, "The United States and the Developing World: Agenda 

 for Action," published in 1973. In an introduction the Rev. Theodore 

 M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame, emphasized the im- 

 peratives of self-interest that were to be achieved in a world of grow- 

 ing interdependence of nations. Stressing the moral approach that 

 permeates the entire study, and the value of interdependence. Father 

 Hesburgh wrote : 



. . . the United States has a new and broader self-interest that can be secured 

 only if it is merged with growing regard for a global interest. This global inter- 

 est must also include a greater concern for social justice among nations an,d 

 peoples. There are practical reasons for this, based on the desire of rich countries 

 to secure more cooperation from the poor in meeting common problems. But there 

 is also our membership in one human family. We now have greater awareness 

 of the problems facing people everywhere, especially people who are poor ; and 

 there is increasing opportunity for people rich and poor to do something about 

 these problems.** 



Nearly a decade ago Senator Mondale in a speech on the floor of the 

 Senate made much the same appeal for a reappraisal of policy, but 

 with one significant difference : he correlated the problem of develop- 

 ment directly with brain drain. ^^^ The United States may gain in the 

 short run, he said, but the brain drain to the United States "threatens 

 one of the paramount longrun objectives of American foreign policy — 

 progress in underdeveloped lands." Quoting from the Montreal speech 

 of Secretary of Defense McNamara that world security and U.S. 

 security depended upon development of the LDCs, the Senator stated 

 that, "Since the brain drain threatens development, it is ultimately a 

 threat to the security of our own land." He was "troubled" by the 

 one-way flow of brains from the poorest nations of the world to the 

 richest, some having the finest educational institutions. He was also 

 concerned that this country was "following a continuing policy of 

 draining professional manpower from countries whose rapid develop- 

 ment is strongly in our national interest." Laying out a program for 

 corrective action, the Senator went on to urge the importance of bal- 

 ance. He emphasized the valuable contribution of immigrants from 

 all continents to the Nation's life. But he warned that "if we would 

 build a world where our children can live in peace and freedom, devel- 

 opment of poor nations must likewise receive high priority in our 

 national policies." The Senator concluded with a prediction of what 

 he hoped could be avoided : "The gap between rich and poor will con- 

 tinue to widen, and hopes for lasting peace will vanish for our 

 century." 



«« The Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 1973, p. 14. 



820 Robert E. Hunter, project director. The United States and the Developing World: 

 Agenda for Action, 1973, Washington, D.C., Overseas Development Council, February 

 1973, pp. 2-3. Harry B. Ellis summarizes some of the main points In the study. See, "Rich 

 Nations Warned Poor Must Catch Up," The Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 22, 1973, p. 11. 

 Mr. Ellis concludes : "Much of this has been said before. What is new is the stress on self- 

 interest on the part of the United States, caught up in a world of growing Interdependence. 



^ Sen. Walter F. Mondale. "The Brain Drain from Developing Countries," Remarks In the 

 Senate, Congressional Record, Aug. 31, 1966, pp. 21477-21480. 



