Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-14
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

/ questions OF setting strategic ma
terialS from South America and Of
sendins priority Consienments of
goods to South America boil down
TO the problem OF ships. No ships
no shipments.
So tor tie i3st tew weeks the
/ problem OF ae-tns cargo space for
I South American commerce las
been eet;mg tougher and tougher
For obvious reasons. tonnage has
been withdrawn from hemisphere
runs III LARGE amounts and on both
coasts. Fir. The passenger LINERS
were called in. Nobody wanted to
travel en- cruises jn War times and
the cargo carrying capacity Of the
luxury liners iSut SO great THen
scme Of The fIui. boats. the re-
frlstr0los S.GpE We're called III.
And graduaEs the tankers and
the cargo boats beean to opera,e
on irregular schedules. Service W2S
disrupted and delays were fire.
qUent. Car1oes bee n to pile up on
the wharves. including stuff for
the government priority shipments
and stock piles.
All these sore points are to be
taken up by the economic eX-
perts who sit in on the meeting
of u American republics for
eign ministers, opening i'll Rio de
Janeiro Jan. Is. aud the United
States delegation headed by Tn
derSeCrctarv Of state Summer
WellcS IS probably in for some
sharp questioning. In general,
the South ard Central Ameri-
cans understand what the United
States is up against. They have
grumbled. but UNDERSTANDINGS
and hoping that matters could
be improved upon.
In the frs place. much Of the
goods the United States is now
shipping to the LatinS is new car
60 We did not handle before. News
| print. which used to come from
Denmark and Sweden and Finland.
Coal which came f"1m Europe.
The Maritime Commission has put
on ships for this emergency cargo
and fc:, petroleum to keep the
railroads and public utilities Of the
east coast countries going Thus
/ far none has been shut fow0 ''''
/ IT timos tie reserves love Yur lev
/ o,Nd cauSnd % ~caro
FASTFR AND fuller
Loading bcae f3!!ar and speeding
up unloading oH-rofiaas tava help-
cd considerably ard wlu,o the
| total tcaage Of 49,, t~aGe with
! South America Will break ell rec
ords, it still i5ut enough, for the
demands a. both ends Ct the runs
are greater than ever before.
Another factor that has helped
has been putting in service of the
approximately 100 axis ships tied
up in South and Central Aferican
ports at the outbreak of the war.
|
and l8 were tankers. About half
tae,e ships have been taken over
.or service between the Americas
aaG sToQuaIy OLnCYs Viii be mo-
y4.ilea 90 reeOmMis5iOa'd 10 re-
eve the .aftlc JAM. 5cmo. now
.onlng will BE- almos; impossible.
e"cr were 50 badly sabo,agcd by
heir c.a%5 that their reesnmis-
Eh5 pas ror the re2a.rs aad who
convoy these ships mn,t be de-
| .ernIncd.
Even if there were enough
ships to haul everything tbat lad
to be hauled, there would ,till
be the proh;"n Of Tnitcl States
priorities and the question OF
whether our var prediction nrO-
gram can spart enoug! materials
to keep South America going.
There Just isn't any aluminum
for south Amciica and that's
understood. But > per cent of
! the United states iron and steel
production would l., ep South
Am"ricaa railroads and factor
rs ard mines and plantations
going enough to get by on on
Il Wc cGl SPARE i.
o. proposal which he other
i4"r.29n republic. arr l,:al" tc
ire "at 10 tne UM'"a &.a'c dole
anon j, u dc ava VIA the
.s.Grit.cs .ystcm Of b".... e:c,v-
.lra III fhe ;nd.;i&ua: s,"es and
r, .@"n country ~ &i...'.sn Of
sch ana ,ucn GgaI'l T.. this
ad ~ ma.cr.al TIA j., the
,9v"...L-n d.riao - =. a..cca-
.>n 9Ae@e :. vii ~ re most
-aoG.
my QUEsTlG>
For instance, the UI.'ca States
Hec"5 the output Of Chue4n mines.
"ay uD III tie AnGra. La' ali the
food for the miner ma.' ~ TO
+ 'he-c h!caE rc2.1a. III -. ERGO,
Cnlie .ho1.1 Ls.;, c.r.9. tin
plat" for enough 'M c.t. ~ hold
enough food 70 k'E ". a,sers
/ 2ClEt. And CnIlc WIuiC als1 D,o To
k9bT VII, If l. t0"nislc. '.e init
I'd Sta''@ Win thru.aLG. II iona
=. ',ppcr It ran, haze = few
ns""-c5a toHs bacE - .Ia .q.lu of
/ copper ".rc 70 carr more p1Ycr to
WORK more InIAc. 10 pI'r 'uc init
4 % G'a,o. Mo!c &c. In =. .r... rs
r." rlbper and cal 1nc@.tand
"3y I g'l - t.sc.
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