Evening star., 1941-07-18
British Officials Greet
Pro-Axis Blacklist as
BuIwark Of Blockade
Representatives Here
Welcome Bon on Trode
With Re-exporters
(Tert Of Presidents Proclamation
on PAGE A-6.l
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

brltlSn olnCldlS mere lOQdy greet
ed President Roosevelt's proclama-
ton of the blacklist of 1888 pro-
Axis Latin American firms as a
bulwark of England's blockade OF
Europe and as long new step for
Germany and the German allies
The blackliSted firms and persons
are suspected of acting as trade
and fiscal agents for Germany and
Italy.
The Presidents action was de-
scribed in official quarters as hard
blow at German and Italian pen
etration of Latin America through
commercial activity Authorities
said the NaziS have been tryin gto
hold on to their Latin American
customers by supplying them with
products made in the United States
but packaged with 'made-ln-
Germany" label.
American goods also have been
exported TO Germany and Italy
through these firms.
Simultaneous with the publication
Of the list, Acting Secretary OF
State Welles informed the Inter-
American Financial and Economic
Advisory Committee that the United
States had an export policy under
which all American nations collabo-
rating with the United States will be
assured of defense goods and other
needed materials to the full extent
compatible with the requirements
of national and continental de-
fense.'
Cooperation Reported.
Mr.. WelleS said several Of the
American Republics already have
Co-operated in establishing export
control systems to prevent shipment
of strategic materials outside this
hemisphere. Argentina. Brazil,
Cuba, Mexico and Colombia are un-
Gerstood to have taken the lead in
this cooperation. Bolivia and Chile
have agreed to forbid extra -hemi-
sphere export of their strategic
materials and metals which the
United States is purchasing under
a s50O,000 900 program.
Regarded as of great practical
value to the English, the list was
welcomed in British circles as
strong additional evidence of the
American desire to cooperate with
England-aS valuable a form of
aid as the shipment of airplanes
1t cuts down on Axis sources of
supplies for urgently needed war
goods. The official title of the
blacklist is The Proclaimed List
Of Certain Blocked Nationals"
The proclamation puts a halt to
relations between firms in this
country and firms on the list. The
listed firms are to be treated as
German and Italian nationals and
suffer the freezing of their funds in
the United States and they are to
be denied the privilege of import
ing articles from the United States
that are subject to the Export Con-
troll Act. Those articles are war
essentials.
Britain TO Compare Lists.
The British intend to compare the
names in the American list with
their own statutory List and add
to the British list any names cata-
loeued in Washington and omitted
by London. The British issued their
list in accordance with their bel
llgerent rights. President Roose-
welt cited the unlimited national
emergency and the requirements Of
national defense as the roots of
his authority to issue the list.
1t is an unprecedented step for
A peaceful Nation. During the World
War, before our entrance into it,
the existence of the British black
list aroused some irritation in this
country.
Investigations TO Continue.
President Roosevelt proclaimed
the list yesterday afternoon after
long investigation by agents of Mel
son A. Rockefeller. co-ordinator for
the Office of Coordination OF Com
mercial and Cultural Relations be-
tween the American Republics, and
BY American consular agents.
Mr.. RockefeIler's Investigations
are to continue, because the Presl-
dent made provision for adding new
names to the list and for deleting
the names of those persons and
firms that mend their ways. The
British list also provides for addi-
tons and deletions.
The complete list is published to-
day in the Federal Register. 1t is
81 pages long. The longest list is
in Argentina, 288, and the next long
est in Brazil, 265. Names and ad-
dresses are given Each of the 20
Latin American republics has some
representatives Paraguay the few
est. 18.
Many of the companies are
branches of German and Italian
firms and have German and italian
names-such as Accumulatoren-
Fabrik A. G.. at Cangallo 1929,
Buenos Aires. or Banco Italiano
S. A., GuayaQuil and Manta, Ecua-
dor.
The agency of the Deutsche
Iufthansa. German airwayS, Is af-
fected in every country except Co
l0mbia, which has banned this COM
pany.
2l8 Listed in Colombia.
The distribution of the others on
the blacklist showed 2l8 in Colom-
bia. 18l in Mexico, 1853 in Chile, 10l
in Uruguay, 81 in Cuba, 80 in Peru,
So in Costa Rica, so in Venezuela,
56 in Guatemala, so in Nicaragua,
48 in Bolivia, 35 in Ecuador, "a in
FL Salvador. 80 in Haiti, % in Pan
anna, q in Honduras and 10 In the
Dominican Republic.
Included were chemical and phar-
maceutical manufacturers, electrical
and engineering firms, and optical,
Photographic and transportation or
Ranization - all, like Lufthansa,
with branches in one or more of
the American republics. Among
those listed are:
Laiti, the Italian airline, which
has maintained a service from Ar
gentina and Brazil to Italy across
the Atlantic.
Tho Ham mhIIrp- American Line