The Coolidge examiner., 1938-06-09
WHO'S
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By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-President Getulio
Vargas of Brazil was a far
western frOntiersman in his youth,
stin wearing 'bombachos, or
gaucho trousers,
FTes. vargas for informal dress,
Handy With and quite in char
SIr-Shoofer acter pumping a
siX-gun at the pal
ace, and putting down a Graustark-
ian revolt.
A swarthy. stocky little man.
quick on the draw, he has never been
gun-shy, and impromptu 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 Sr. Vargas
seems to be an answer to that, even
II he had not previously made it
clear that his authoritarian state
was not Of the European model.
Brazil has a complex racial make
up which provides no prescribed
group or racial
Home GIent myth, the first re-
Expert at quirement in fas-
Strong Arm cist technique, and
furthermore, when
ii comes to strong-arm government,
all South American countries have
plenty Of home talent and indigo
nous skill.
Sr. Vargas recruited his political
following as 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
a fluent and flowery Portuguese, US
ing the radio 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 a 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
i the eastern seaboard was de-
Tended against BLACK" expedition
ary forces from overseas was the
first large-scale
AT ForceS workout of our
Defend u. S. flying fortresses"
IN Mock War under a unified
command. Major
General Frank NJ. 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 swivel-chair
officer. He warns the country
against a shortage of fliers and
urges civilian training. He was
not an A. f. F. fiier.
In 1884 he made the unusual jump
from ieutenant-colonelt to brigadier-
general and was made major-gen-
eral in 1885. He was graduated from
West Point in 1906 and was with the
cavalry on the Mexican border, be-
fore he found his wings
G Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
New York, Empire State"
New York appropriated the title
Empire state" when it surpassed
all other states in population, COM
merce and wealth. New York, N.
Y, is sometimes known as the EN-