Evening star., 1939-07-08
'Pan-American
Unity Holds
Institute
Necessary to Peace,
Dr.. Efron Declares
At U. of Va.
By the Associated Press.

At y. OF Va.
By the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July 8.
DIR. David Efron, executive secre-
tary Of the Council for Pan-Amer-
ican Democracy, said today PAN
American unity and unity of the
democratic countries of the world
was essential If bloody war of
democracy defending itself against
Fascists mercenaries is to be avoided
IN America"
DR.. Efron was one of three speak
ers before the University of Wiz
ginia's Institute of Public Affairs to-
day who discussed peace in the West
ern world as related to the good
neighbor policy and the political, eco
nomic and cultural interchange
among the Americas.
Graham Stuart, professor of po-
htical science in Stanford Univer-
sity, and delegate to the third Pam
American Scientific Congress, de-
scribed the good neighbor policy as
"a new world policy based soundly
upon mutual benefits and equal
rights"
Charles A. Thomson, assistant
chief of the Division Of Cultural
Relations, which was established In
the Department of State less than a
year ago, said that the time was ripe
as never before for cultural in
terchange between the Americas
that would be profitable to peoples
Of both North and South.
Unity Not idle Dream"
DR.. Efron expressed the belief
that unity of the Americas against
Fascism was not an idle dream 80
but a potential reality of world i'm
portance essential if this hem
isphere is to be saved from the fate
of Spain.
1T is the imminence of this dan
ger" he added, that gives special
significance to a consistent appli-
cation Of the good neighbor policy
OF President Roosevelt and his warn
ing to the aggressor nations to keep
hands off the New World.
I'VE of Latin America Welcome the
neighborliness expressed by Presi-
| dent Roosevelt in his concern over
the inviolability of the sovereignties
OF the Latin American republics.
The new developments of the good
neighbor policy give us a long
looked-for basis for real pan -Ameri-
can democracy, in itself a powerful
weapon for the freedom and peace
of the world
DR.. Efron, serving as an exchange
professor from Argentina at Sarah
Lawrence College. said that although
the long period of democratic prog
ress of his native Argentina was
temporarily interrupted" by "the
relationships" of Gen. Jose Uriburu
and Augustin P. Justo, "the demo-
cratic forces of the country have
rallied together again and have
again secured for themselves free
speech, free press and freedom of
assembly"
Nazi Force a Menace.
However, he said, lit is sad to
note that as New Jersey has its
Hague mayor Frank Hague of Jer-
sey City, N. j.. the state of Buenos
Aires has its Fresco. Symbolic Of
the growing strength of the people
of Argentina is the waning power
of the pro-Fascist Fresco. But the
local menace of Fresco is insig-
nif1cant compared to the menace
OF the emboldened Nazi forces.
1T is significant that the most
popular single act of the Vargas
/ government in Brazil was the put
ting down of the brazen attempt to
deliver the country to Hitler in an
imported, and fortunately abortive,
putsch. Without the aid of the
forces for democracy that are grow
ing stronger daily in Brazil, Vargas
would not have been able to cope
with the problem of this Nazi-
integralist uprising"
McNutt Predicts Trouble.
Paul v. McNutt, high commits
sioner to the Philippines, predicted
last night that if the United States
withdraws political and military aid
| from the islands trouble will fol-
low for at least a generation"
Our flag and sovereignty should
remain" he said, allowing to the
Philippines every ounce of domestic
autonomy they can absorb" On the
economic side. I'VE should, from time
to time, give the Philippines the best
trade deal we can without injurins
our domestic producers"
In discussing the problem of mil
itary protection for the Philippines,
the former Governor of Indiana told
the institute that so long as our
flag flies over the island no foreign
power will trespass, irrespective of
the military forces stationed there.
so long as our flag flies there,
the Philippines will be the corner
stone of peaceful reconstruction in
the Far East. I further venture
that If our flag comes down, trouble
will follow for at least a genera
ton"
William L. Leiserson. newest
member of the National Labor Re-
lations Board, told the institute that
seizure of owners property by sit
down strikers could not be permitted
and that I'VE must feel outraged at
such acts"
Mr.. Leiserson predicted labor
struggles would continue until en-
ployers and the public recognized
that the workingman's right to bar
gain collectively was as much a
property right as his right to own
property.
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