The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-18

nave operated more competently,
by translating into Spanish, or, in
Brazil, into Portuguese. The local,
native dailies take American news
services, and, in general, think
they like EN-. Still, they get Brit
aims Reuters, likewise, and
Frances Havas, and Germany's D.
N. B. and Transocean, which dilute
our Yankee dispatches consider
ably.
What newspapermen call spot
news" isn't so essential. The Latin
American press gets that anyway.
The dope that journalists refer TO as
features or special articles is what
I have in mind particularly.
And I wouldn't say that the es-
tablishment Of Yankee dailies to
the southwark would be desirable.
That's the Italian, English and
German system, but such issues
are more or less In competition
with the local sheets and conse-
quently tend to antatgonize the
latter Placing Of North Amert-
can stuff with the southern Amerf-
can papers would be preferable
plus a few weeklies; reviews rath-
er than newspapers, The dailies
don't mind weeklies. In fact, they
quote from EN-.
Ideal In Last War
In World War No. l days George
Creels Committee on Public Infor-
nation (the so-called Compub) in
stalled an ideal service. I ran 1t,
Latin Americanly, out Of Buenos
Aires, Argentine Republic. I got
no stuff to speak Of from Wash
ington, but piped up my yarns on
the spot, naturally giving 'em the
Yankee angle. The Spanish and
Portuguese American datiies fell
for those stories Il had 'em trans
lated) wholesale. Papers like La
Prensa and La Nacion devoted
whole departments to EN-. True
La Union didn't. That was Ger
man owned. La Patria Degh Ital-
lane did. though, for, at that time,
Italy was pro-Ally.
II that had gone on, I'll guaran-
tee that, by now, we'd have had
fine line OF publicity in operation
south OF the Rio Grande.
However, congress abolished the
Compuo shortly after the wars
end.
I'm not arguing in favor OF q
governmentally run news agency.
Far from 1t. But I do contend that
that particular outfit, in that par
ticular place, at that particular
juncture was the goods from Uncle
Sans standpoint.
Well, the Compub was chloro-
formed by congress, as related.
Being out on a limb. I had to
start my own review-the River
Plate Americana weekly, which
I've suggested as desirability.
But I had two weaknesses. One
was that I hadn't, deserted by the
Compub, money enough to continue
having my text translated, as a
result of which had to publish in
the Yankee language, limiting my
circulation TO the comparatively
few readers who were familiar with
it. Secondly, congress soon passed
the -Hawley tariff bill, which
knocked our Latin-American trade
rs per cent on the head and skinned
me out Of most Of my best adver-
tisers.
I quit and came home accord
ingly.
But II we'd show some sense
we'd have Pan-America that
would be a caution TO totalitarians.
Rubber to Burn
For instance, glance in the list
Of geographical names in Web
ster's dictionary and locate the city
Of Belem (also called Para), Bra
iii Note that it's described as for
merly a great rubber-exporting
port" Today we're halfway at war
with Japan, because Nippon's liable
TO grab the Dutch East Indies, and
the Dutch East Indies, are the
only place on earth that we can
get raw rubber from.
Why, there's rubber to burn, up
the Amazon, past Belem.
And, II we'd develop 1t, what a
corking good source it would pro-
vide for US, not only Of material
for automobile tires, but OF reci-
procal trade dickering with that
part Of Latin America
That's Just one Illustration,
among about ,o00, 900.
Isn't it obvious that, from here
TO Cape Horn and back again, we