The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-06-09
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-President Getulio
~ Vargas of Brazil was a far
western frontiersman in his youth,
still wearing ''bombachos," or
gaucho trousers,
Pres. vargas for informal dress,
Handy With and quite in char
Sir.Sboofer acter pumping
six-gm at the pal
ace, and putting down Graustark-
ian revolt.
A swarthy, stocky little man,
quick on the draw, he has never been
gun-shy, and inpromptu shooting
has been an occasional obligato In
his rise to supreme power.
When he established his totali-
tartan state on November 10 Of
last year, there were those who
said he was dealing in the dark
of the moon with the green shirts
that here was where Germany
and fascism got toe-hOld on
this continent.
The green shirt revolt and its Wig
orous suppression by ST.. Vargas
seems to be an answer to that, even
if he had not previously made it
clear that his authoritarian state
was not of the European model.
Brazil has complex racial make
up which provides no prescribed
group or racial
Home Talent myth, the first re-
Expert at quirement in fas-
| Strong Arm cist technique, and
furthermore, when
it comes to strong-arm government,
all South American countries have
plenty of home talent and indigo
nous skill.
ST.. Vargas recruited his political
following as a liberal. He denounced
monopoly and promised the over
throw of the "coffee plantation
kings"
He seized power in 1880 by
the overthrow of President
Washington Luiz, with the aid of
his lifetime friend, old General
Aurelio Monteiri. Luiz had won
the election against him, but
Vargas raised a cry of fraud.
From the first he ruled partially
by decree, now entirely, since the
-, adoption of the
DenIes All constitution of No
Rights of vember 10. His re-
Free Speech organization Of
the country fol-
lowed established dictatorial prac-
tice in the formation of labor
"syndicates," the fixing of maxi
mum and minimum wages, and
the denial of all rights of free press
and free assemblage.
He is a famous orator, speaking
fluent and fiowery Portuguese, US
ing the radio a great deal in ma
tional appeals. He is credited with
just about the shrewdest political
intelligence in South America. In
his prairie town, he attended pri-
vate college, later enrolled in a
military college, but was diverted to
the law.
His rise through minor offices to
the national congress parallels the
standard career chart of our con-
gressional record biographies-dis-
trict attorney, state legislature and
all the rest of it.
THE make-believe war in which
the eastern seaboard was de-
Tended against "black" expedition
airy forces from overseas was the
a. first large-scale
Atr rorces workout of our
Defend u. S. ''fying fortresses'
in Mock War under a unified
command. Major
General Frank M. Andrews, run
ming the show, is one of the few
flying generals.
He gathered up the strands of the
unified service when the GHQ air
force, which he commands, moved
into the huge air base at Langley
field, March l, 1885.
Called the "handsomest man
in the SERVICE" he is quietly eff
fective and the last man in the
world to be called a swiveLchair
officer. He warns the country
against shortage Of fiiers and
urges civilian training. He was
not an A E. F. fiier