The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-27


our anti-AXis associates other than
our western hemispherical neigh
bors to the south Of us That Di-
rector Rockefeller's organization
has been handling 1t very capably
is recognized and the notion evil
IDENTIFY vas that advice from
sources less familiar with that
part Of the-'Fefid-s psychology
would be likely to do more harm
than good
It may be sound reasoning, too.
Our people are pretty well &C
quainted with Europe. Plenty OF
news writers and broadcasters,
who know how TO express them
selves Interestingly and acceptably
to folk over there, are available in
the United States.
Orientals are more Of puzzle
10 US. Still. we realize that they
ARE a puzzle and take pains to be
tactful toward 'em, until we've
solved EN-, as such.
we TO Learning
Nearly all Of US hitherto have
taken it for granted, though, that
Latin Americans are the same
blunt, outspoken sort Of individuals
that We are ourselves, and while
they're beginning to like us moder-
ctely Of late, it decidedly is a re-
cent development No longer ago
than the time Of the last war, ham
ding Yankee publicity in their
midst was extremely ticklish bust
ness, TO avoid making EN- sore
with perfectly well meant stuff.
Having lived among EN- for sew
eral years before World Conflict
No. l involved us, I'd learned their
peculiarities quite thoroughly, and
being assigned from Washington
TO get our propaganda into their
press, I got on with them very
tremendously. but l had to be
nightly careful to modify lot of
the dope l received from home, too
crassly expressed for Latin-Ameri-
can consumption. You have, in
short, to be gol-darned polite to
be friends with those chaps. Well,
I was, and, almost alone among
my countrymen's journalistic rep
resentatives, I propagandized 'em
as pleasantly as could have
asked. Again and again I've had
one of 'em eXclaim to me, Ca
ramba! YOU a dam Yanqui? As
courteous a caballero as you are!"
They could scarcely believe II TO
be treated with what they consid-
cred civility by a newspaperman
from north Of the Rio Grande.
We were less and less popular
on up until the New Deal regime
and the Good Neighborly era,
which gradually got in its work.
Even that took quite awhile, TAX
ing effect.
Today Nelson Rockefeller's out
At has things on a middling salts
factory basis. as between ourselves
and the southern republics. Part
Of them are our actual allies
against the Axis. The rest have at
least broken diplomatic relations
with the AXIS group, Argentina
and Chile alone excepted - and
THEY'RE showing signs Of lining
up with the United Nations.
1t was fine piece Of missionary
ing.
Conversion
II isn't surprising that Britain,
Russia, China and the Germany
overrun countries are on our side.
It's automatic for THEM TO have
joined US, but the Latin Americans
had TO be WON by us-converted,
so TO speak, since not so far back.
The Rockefeller bunch certainly
have done their fair share Of the
converting. II not only is signif-
cant in the existing war situation.
II promises also 10 tie the Pan
Americas up permanently in peace
times to come-into a more or less
united hemisphere, maybe.
No wonder there's an inclination
TO keep it specializing on the job.
Some press releases are deemed
essential TO turn the trick.
Yet We Save several bitter critics
Of press releases. They say the
governments scattering EN- in