John Kennedy and Dean Rusk really believed the OAS could be effective. They helped to found it. I’d like to see the OAS put its charter (and character) to the test; our part in it should be to observe and see what happens. They all habla 3rd-worldese; we, not so much.
Correction: Kennedy initiated Alliance for Progress, which was to have been more economic, as an adjunct to the OAS, which had been founded a few years prior.