. "An' yet," replied his friend Mr. Dooley, " 'tis not more than two months ago since ye learned whether they were islands or canned goods." Today, the Commonwealth's 3.3 million Spanish-speaking inhabitants are U.S. citizens who do not vote in U.S. elections or pay federal taxes. Operation Boot- strap-the promising drive for economic growth launched in the 1950s-stalled during the '70s. Unemployment now hovers around 20 percent; only massive subsidies from Washington prevented...