The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-10

foreign Office heads and embassa-
dorial representatives are familiar
with its details, but they're not OF
a sort 10 have any considerable in
terest TO the average Individual
Professional negotiators are too
technical
These visiting newspapcrmen VIII
write up their experiences for the
home folk and put plenty OF popu-
lar ginger .nto their stuff. for
they'll have a corking good time
here, it's safe betting. They'll be
guests Of the National Press CLUB,
which can be depended on TO glad
hand EN- enthusiastically.
They'll number, all told, close to
100. hailing from 70 Of the u Pan
Americas. We Yankees are the
twentieth, and the delegation from
Chile. the twenty-first Of the col
lection. has been here already. The
rest will be strung along in parties
Of a dozen or so at time, 10 en-
able us to absorb EN- gradually.
Chance for Missionary Work
There are, as we know, several
OF the Latin Americas aligned with
US now against the Axis, and the
rest at least have broken relations
with the AXIS powers. excepting
only Argentina and China. Chile
ia friendly to us, but Is sDprehen-
sive OF Japanese air raids on its
coast. unless we guarantee IL pro-
lection, a subject we'll need TO dis
cuss with its scribes while here
with US. Argentina also generally
is anti-AXis, but its President Cas-
tillo. for some reason, has a strong
neutrality complex Thisll be a
frst-c!ass opportunity for a good
bit Of missionary work to counter
act il.
Now, the mex thing for us TO DO
IS TO arrange to return that Latin
newspapers visit as speedily and
thoroughly az possible.
The Lat.n-American press takes
to our journalistic style, provided
it's properly adapted 10 its re-
ouirements. II chances that, when
we entered the last war, was a
soiourner in Buenos Aires, as a
Yankee correspondent, with a news
alliance with one Of the city's lead
ing dailies. La Nacion. Being con-
veniently present, l was con-
scripted BY the L. s. Committee
on Public Information (the Com
publ to handle its service q hate
to call it propaganda to the South
American trans-continental area,
from Cape Horn up to the ANA
ION. The papers not only fell for
the stuff, they hollered for it.
The armistice being signed and
the COmpub abolished, they ceased
getting the service, but they ex-
pressed regret at the loss Of it.
II wasn't an overly opportune
iuncture for the thing 10 be es-
tablished, for we ''Yanquis' weren't
nationally in very good Latin
American standing just then.
Neither was / particularly eppro-
pirate editor Of the stuff. since my
linguistic Spanish was punk; had
to have every word translated.
Now. with Good Neighborliness
prevailing, would be a far more
favorable opportunity.
A Norte Americana to make
Latin hit. has got to be what's
locally known az sinpatico.
Darned II I don't think I was
simpatico. I had Latin-Ameri-
can baby daughter; I rated darned
nearly as a native.
Native Farm FlOpped
The Compub having blown up, l
/ tried, for awhile, to run an Argen-
4 tine farm but naturally il went
fooey. inasmuch as l hadn't the
sense even 20 run vegetable gar
den. Then I ran a Buenos Aires
weekly English-language news
paper (The River Plate Ameri-
cam