The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-08-14
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtched Out
The Truth
0 LATIN AMERICA
9 HEMISPHERE SOLIDARITY .
o WELFARE BOARD
o MEXICO IMPORTANT

Suppose for today we give little
thought to Latin America affairs.
What happens in Latin America is
extremely important to every citizen
of the United States-and plenty is
happening.
There has been much change in the
Latin American attitude toward the
United States in the last ten years
and that is why something approach
ing hemisphere solidarity is fact
today.
But hemisphere solidarity is not
complete Some of the nations of
South America find it difficult to make
up their minds. They want to be a
little more certain as to who will win
this war. They want to be with the
winner-or be neutral, because after
the war they must find trade with the
winner.
Thus, as means of filling the gap
pending decision, we find in Brazil
and the Argentine, for example, a
fierce nationalism, which takes the
place Of partisanship toward either
side in the war.
The pendulum probably swings to-
ward the democracies, but it hasn't
by any means completed the swing at
this hour The Rockefeller Commit
tee, by seeking to swing United
States purchasing power into such
countries, is doing much good.
Brazil and the Argentine, to st z
to our examples, live by selling r -
materials. Someone has to buy them
not just today but on into the period
after the war.
The new Economic Welfare Board,
headed by Vice President Wallace, is
expected to continue this job and to
enlarge it, probably taking the lead
away from the Rockefeller Commit
tee as time goes on.
But whatever may be the state of
affairs in some of the nations, of one
there is no doubt. That one is Mexico.
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There have been times when some
of our own citizens thought little of
Mexico. But TO-DAY Mexico is of vital
importance. And Mexico stands there
like a rock.
The President of Mexico pledges to
the President of the United States
full and complete support. Mexico
goes with the United States all the
way. And he who does not know what
that means has but to look back to
| the nightmare Of 1917-1S.
Today in Avila Camacho, Mexico
has a real President.
Mexico has risen out of the fog of
distractions which, during previous
years, was generated fror,- the COM
munist tanned intellectualism of Lom-
bardo Toledano.
Toledano is by no means out of the
picture, but he is by all means in
eclipse and his partnership with JcII.-
! l.. Lewis is a waning thing These
brighter days.
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And another great friend of the
United States is rising to new and
delayed Importance. That is Luis N.
Morones, head of the GROIN, ally Of
the AFofL.
There have been those who have
been willing to write Morones off as
finished. They saw the rise of Tole-
dano as the end Of Morones. But they
were short-sighted.
The GROIN has just finished a great
convention. At the conclusion there
was great parade, in which the
Mexican and United States flags were
carried side by side by beautiful Mex
lean girls. 1t was such spectacle as
Mexico never saw before 1t was more
than gesture. 1t was a pledge.
Matthew Woll, there as AFofL dele
gate, must have been thrilled by the
sight.
1t is good to find good news in at
least one spot in sadly battered
world. Let citizens of the United
States, and especially union members,
appreciate to the full what it means.
I-CMW.