The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-24

Nelson Atell dblN AOA NAAN
Rockefeller benefit Of the
few who, pos
sibly, have neglected to analyze
'em. Well, current emergency de-
mands on our industries produc-
tive capacities and our transporta-
ton facilities are so enormous that
they're behindhand on orders for
goods and deliveries. So, when
Uncle Sam feels that a would-be
customers requirements are espe-
cially urgent, the government
grants him a priority and he gets
his stuff in a hurry. Some other
customer, whose need isn't consid-
cred so pressing and who, conse-
quentlye hasn't got priority man.
date, has TO wait awhile-perhaps
Indefinitely
Co-ordinator Rockefeller inclines
to think that we're liable to overdo
priorities in the interest of Euro
pean, African and Asiatic demo-
cratic belligerent countries, to the
prejudice Of our now non-belliger-
ent New World neighbors.
Now, II those southern republics
don't get their essential processed
supplies, says the co-ordinator,
their internal economies will be
knocked skyhigh. They have
enough Of their own raw materials,
but they're not manufacturers. For
example, their agriculture will be
shot full of holes If they can't get
farm machinery-and, with Europe
at war, here's the only source Of
supply for EN-.
Rise for Nazis
The result will be, points out
Nelson Rockefeller, that they'll be
distressed frightfully. It will be a
situation calculated to precipitate
revolutions among EN-. And Nazis
and Fascists will be alert to take
advantage Of such revolutions. TIN
be an ideal state Of affairs for
Herr Hitler. -
Not only do the Latln-American
imperatively need manufactured
stuff, the co-ordinator reminds US;
our ships have got to carry it to
'em. They haven't any merchant
fleets Of their own. He warns US
against diverting too many Of our
cargo craft frop their trade, in our
enthusiasm for turning over bot
toms to Britain and Britishly as
ISOLATED democracies.
Having been a. South American
resident lin Argentina during
most of the last World war, have
an inkling Of the situation Co.
ordinator Rockefeller discusses.
Those republics are raw mate
rally prolific, but they're not pro-
cessers. Prior to that war they'd
been mainly dependent upon Europe
for their finished products Our
International Harvester company,
our Singer Sewing Machine COM
pany, our Ford Motor COM
pany and our Remington Type
writer company had found 'em a
good market, but, generally speak
ing. We hadn't discovered the
southern continent
World war No. /, by shutting of
their European source Of supplies,
forcibly turned the Latin-Ameri-
cans attention in our direction.
They simply forced US to sell our
stuff to EN-.
Then we also got into the world
rumpus and they couldn't get much
from US. either. on account of
what, in that day, amounted to our
present system of priorities. It
got so you couldn't buy the most
ridiculously ordinary things, like
Irvine and pins and nails and wire.
Uncle Sam Muffs
In due course the war ended.
Then was our chance to horn in
for keeps, and grab that market.
But we muffed OF opportunity.
1t was purely because we weren't
in any true sense, aware that there
was any such place as Latin Amer
lea. Our fatheadedness was fairly
unbelievable. Illustratively. we
couldn't get It through our nuts
that our summer is winter and
that our winter is summer south
oof the Equator. So our exporters
would try TO load up the Argen-
tine and Uruguay and Chile with
Palm Beach suits at winters be-