The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-14

amos sOlqiy Alongside the United
States, against the Axis, for any
other reason than that they like
us. Nevertheless, it's whispered
by folk who were present az the
Rio gathering that we're consider
ably indebted TO Man burgling for
the so nearly urqualihsdly salts
factory results Of the meeting.
The mistake made by the Ger
mans. from all accounts. was IN
OVERRIDING the pressure they put
upon Latin American statesmen TO
keep EN- out OF any agreement
with Uncle Samuel, thereby an
t~agonizing and maybe alarming
'em.
Brazil was the nub Of the stu
alton at Rio.
state Undersecretary Sumner
Welles arrived there quite fully
assured OF the support Of Mexico,
Central and insular America and
most OF the smaller South Amer
lean republics. He must have been.
all along, doubtful of Argentina
and Chile-ot Argentina because
of its persistently neutral policy
and Of Chile, for the tine being.
because Of a very tricky presiden-
tial election II just had coming.
Naturally he hoped 10 get 'em
both. but could afford not to, and
didn't, Chile presumably only tenn
porarily. and Argentina perhaps
permanently-not that the Argen-
tinos aren't friendly toward US. but
that neutrality yerses on being a
regular passion with enh
Brazil Ali Important
TO have missed Brazil. though,
would have been a serious matter.
It's by IA The biggest Of the
Pan American aggregatiou-iarger
than the continental United States,
with a population exceeding So
600 It's strategically located.
with 4 view 10 inter-hemspherical
warfare. What's more, Of all u
southern neighbors. it's with the
Brazilians that we've been OF the
rlost consistently cordial terms.
Toward some Of EN-, in the past.
we've been rather bullyingly big
b~rotherly. but the kindliest rela-
tons between Brazil and ourselves
have been traditional, always. To
have had that particular country
turn down our overtures would
have been a downright kick in the
stats, that we couldn't have pre-
tended to ignore very conyincingiy.
Wei, while II decidedly wasn't
emphasized, since we hoped we
were mistaken, there was plenty Of
doubt about Brazil, as well as con-
corning Argentina and Chile, az
the time Undersecretary Welles
left Washington.
Brazilian President Getulio Var
gas hardly processes 70 be any
thing but a totalitarlan. He says
a dictators necessary in MS kind
OF an environment. The southern
part Of MS republics almost purely
German. n the state OF Rio
Grande do Sui. for example, you
can hardly get alcohol and tobacco
in any other language. Moreover.
when Herr Hitler had his last
birthday, Vargas cabled the warm
est congratulations TO him. Dis
patches indicated that he was Pan
Americanly balky aver after IN
d~ersecretary Welles had landed IN
RIO and the conference was start
Ing
And then. al a. once, right in
the midst Of the proceedings,
Senior Vargas Topped completely.
Nobody, from that juncture or.
was more heartily in favor Of
chucking AXE diplomats out OF the
new world than he vas
loo Much Bund
Now, as previously remarked,
southern Brazil's full Of Germans.
They're Industrious ard thrifty. and
economic assets On such grounds,
! suppose that Getulio approves OF
'em. But when they begin 10 start
bunds, with a view to bossing HIM
around. he didn't approve Of THAT
a little bit. Contrarlwise, he sup.
pressed en-. with some loss OF life
on THEIR side. 4 dictator evil
IDENTIFY objects 10 being dictated TO
by anyone.
Later, presumably taking it for
granted that he had the bunds
squelched. he sent those birthday
congratulations to Adolf.
The Fuehrer would have been
well advised, at that point. to have