The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-10

Among those who received an invitation to sponsor the concert was James A. Farley, 8 presiden- tial candidate. Jim ignored the telegram.
 Another who received an invi- tation was John Nance Garner, most active of presidential can- didates. Ickes sent Garner one wire asking him to sponsor the concert. Getting no reply and fearing 1t had gone astray, Ickes sent another. Still Garner did not answer.
 Another presidential candi- date asked to be a sponsor was young Senator Robert P. Taft of Ohio. Taft did not reply at first. Then on the day Chief Justice Hughes announced he would be a sponsor, Taft wrote to Ickes that he would like to have two tickets.
 NOTE-The OARS action in barring Marian Anderson from Constitution Hall probably was the best break the singer ever got. Her concert fees have doubled and she is now booked solid for "A months in advance. Tickets for her concerts month or two hence are already at premium. ARGENTINE NAZIS
 Inside reports indicate that Nazi penetration of Argentina goes even further than the rather sen- sational news cabled from that country recently. These reports are that Nazi sympathizers in clude Argentine government offi- cials in high places.
 Not yet published, but extreme ly important, are Nazi activities in connection with the Argentine Government oil wells. These are located at Comodoro Rivadavia, along the Atlantic coastal plain of Patagonia, Southernmost (and coldest) part of Argentina.
 In the same neighborhO0d and guarding the Straits of Ma gellan through the tip of South America are the Falkland Is- lands. Because of their strategic location in wartime, the British long ago seized these islands, now hold them as 8 naval base. The international importance of this key spot was illustrated in the World War, when a part of the German fleet fought one of the most important naval battles of the entire war off the Falk- lands and was defeated by the British. Reason the battle took place near the Falkland Islands was that control of the Straits of Magellan was at stake. A decid- ing factor in the battle was the German distance from a base and and fuel.
 PANAMA'S RIVAL
 All of this fits into the present picture of Nazi penetration in Patagonia, near the Falkland Is- lands. If the Nazis can control the Argentine national oil fields at Comodoro Rivadavia, they could control the Straits of Magellan and the only route save Panama between Atlantic and Pacific.
 In view of this the following confidential developments are considered important:
 1. Riccardo Silveyra, director
 of the Argentine Govern
 ment oil wells, is one of the
 leading Argentine pro-Nazis.
 His nephew, Carlos Silveyra,
 is editor of Clarinda, chief
 NaM magazine, which car-
 ries a surprising amount of
 advertising from the nation
 al petroleum administration. 2. Alfred Jonitza, German vice
 vice consul at Comodoro
 Rivadavia, recently was
 caught landing private
 plane just after flying over
 the government oil fields
 He had photograph films in his possession. Even Argen-
 tine citizens are not permit ted to go near or fly over the oil fields.
 3. Most important of all Is the fact that just as the world was expecting Hitler to bring about another war crisis ir Europe two weeks ago, bands of Chilean Nazis of German descent began moving acros: the border into Patagonia
 Simultaneously Brazilian Ma zis, also of German descent,