The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-25
RY FRED \. FERGUSON President of NEA Service

6nOr0ukNly IKKlLAbGU uAld GAhSPcEab~ cd by the British censorship exer- ciged at Trinidad. This is due, not only to the fact that the British examine and hold up mall, and question friendly travellers in tram Tlt, but to the way in which they do it.
 For instance, correspondence from an Amerlca-. branch in Rio required three or four months to reach the main office in New York because lt happened to be detoured nt Trtni- dad for delivery to New York via London,
 Brazilian business correspondence k examined and handled in the same way, and all this plays direct ly Into the hands of the German propagandi'ts, who make the most of what they term British inter~ ference with efforts Of the nations of the two hemlspheres to get clos- er together.
 Although tactlessness Is often evident, the British diselaiIn any unfair business practices, declar- Ing they are searching only for enc emy information. There is also n feeling tha' some Of the annoying bungling is due to the ignorance Of the provincial administrators Ill Trinidad,
 BRITISH STAKES HEAVY
 IN THE UTILITIES FIELD
 However, the interest of the Brit lch and Canadians in the develop ment of American business In Brazil Is easily understandable, when you take look at the Brit. ish stake here. In addition to gold mines and minor industries, and the City Improvement, Company which handles the sewers m q streets of Rio, Canadian and Brit ish interests control the big Rio dc Jane!ro Tramway Light and Power,
 To E3radlians this company is known as Light" It operates in Tllo and Sac Paulo and furnishes to these two principal cities of the country, telephone service, light, power, gas, and runs the street ears and buses. Light" is said to represent an investment of $500,- Oo0 and lt employs 10000 peo- pie. Its grosB income Is $50 ,000,- GOO annually. Beside this inyest- ment and Income any American operation In Brazil represents pea nuts.
 On th!s s0O,oo0,oO0 gross, how ever "LIght' makes about IF per cent after the various constantly rising government taxes are paid, including bigger and better social security taxes. Then It's man's- sized job to get as much as Q quar- ter million of this "take" out of the country to help 10 support the homo offices in Toronto and Lon- don. It is, therefore, obvious that doing business in Brazil b not all strawberries and cream.
 Light" is sometimes called Q "Stats within a state." That Sug- gestg that 1t must, of necessity, be in politics up to its ears. It maln- tains Q big public relations de- partment. It wields plenty of in- fluence with the newspapers, and can swing It's great weight with considerable effectiveness this way or that.
 The newspapers of Rio do not bother to "cover" any traffic aeei- dents in the city, All such accidents are reported for them by the pup- lie relations department of Light" Such accidents have been reduced in number, but no one in Rio Is just accidentally run over by bus
 Light" built one of the largest dently stepped in front Of c huS," or "carelegSly got in the way Of a tram" and all good citizens should remember to look in all directions before crossing q street.
 ";Light" built ore Of the largest and best equipped factories it could think up for the production of !ts own material in Rio and was do- ing fine until the government mad an Idea. This idea was that Light" must also furnish all of the little Brazilian companies scattered around with material manufactured In the new factory.
 American coal Is needed by Light" 10 keep going effectively. 0AASA WASS hiSJ hS Ah PASbvJ bSOA shape. They must buy 8 certain percentage of low grade Brazilian coal to maintain their standing. The Brazilian boom has cramped the style of the telephone end of Light" The American type of French" telephone has been used to date, but the supply Is now eX- hausted. Owing to this shortage, they are practically discouraging new telephone subscribers. The de- mand persists, along with the boom, however, so all officials Of Light" have just been ordered to surren- der the French" type phones in use in their offices for the bene- lgit of clamoring customers. The of- ficials will return to use of the old type standing phone with the re- ceiver dangling from a hook.
 On the American side, three or ganizations dominate the scene in three of the most important fields. They are the United Press, in news dissemination; Pan American Air. s1Ssys in speedy transportation to ts9 inaccessible, as well as access lnle, points; and Standard oil, in gas and oil, which keeps the Brit ish buses going, as well as the Brazilian's private cars and taxi cabs.
 THE UNITED PRESS
 LEADS IN NEWS
 The United Press delivers the news of the world, all of 1t com- nag from American channels to 51 dally newspapers in Brazil, includ- ing 1e of the 20 papers in Rio and q of the 12 in Sac Paulo. Its staffs A Sac Paulo and Rio total 55 men. 6 produces two daily radio pro- graSs Of news. Other agencies, British, American and the German Trans Ocean operate, but their output and clientele is insignificant as compared with U. P. The aver rage daily output of news by the United Press is abuut 10000 words, all delivered in Portuguese,