The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

inican Republic way far back in
the Coolidge administration, per-
suaded Charles Evans Hughes,
then secretary of State, to with
draw the Marines. This was the
first step in getting U. S. troops
out Of the, Caribbean area, always
a source of suspicion to every
Latin American nation.
1t was Welles also who wrote
the famous Central American
treaties during the Coolidge adj
ministration by which revolution
airy governments were denied
recognition. His purpose was to
prevent upstart military leaders
from seizing control of the ba-
mana republics every few months.
However, neither the Central
Americans nor Calvin Coolidge
were quite ready for this advanced
stage of peace and good neighbour
Illness, with the result that Welles
resigned, and Coolidge sent the
Marines back into Nicaragua.
Wellcs waited patiently all
during the Hoover Administra-
ton toward, the end of which
he put in a lot of political
punches for the election Of his
boyhoOd friend Franklin Roose-
welt. And not generally known
is that Welles chiefly wrote the
foreign affairs planks in the
Democratic platform adopted at
the 1892 Chicago convention.
Welles' record for constantly
pounding the Good Neighbor pol
icy needs no further review here.
But this week at Rio de Janeiro
he reached the climax of his am
billions to attempt to create
united front against all the die
tators by all the Americas.
BEST FRIEND OF U. S. A.
Oswaldo Aranha, Welles' CO.
partner in this ambition, is the,
son of a wealthy cattle-rancher.
He was educated at a military
school, spent five years fighting
in Brazilian revolutions-most OF
the time in the saddle-and has a
heel partly shot away plus a bull
let still lodged in MS shoulder
to show for it.
Aranha was the military leader
Of the revolutionary army Of
1890 which made Getulio Vargas
president OF Brazil, and won for
Henry L. Stimson the nickname
Wrong Horse Harry. Stimson,
then Secretary of State, bet on
the wrong horse and sent U. S.
planes to support the regime which
Aranha defeated.
Aranha spent four years in
Washington, where as ambassador
he got to know the U S. A. as
few other ENJOYS. He took mo-
tor trip to the West Coast, went
to the Kentucky Derby with Jim
Farley where, incidentally, he
won $l,50O) visited with all sorts
of people from Herbert Hoover to
John l.. Lewis, and even at
tended the conventions of the
Democratic and Republican par
Ties.
One of his descriptions of the
conventions is still remembered In
Washington.
"At Cleveland" said Aranha,
"the Republicans promised
Santa Claus to both the rich
and the poor, while at Philadel-
phia, the Democrats promised
Santa Claus to the poor with
The rich mans money"
BUSTED NAZI AMBASSADOR
Ever since his four years III
Washington, Aranha has been
known as the chief friend OF the
U. s. A. below the Rio Grande. He
mas deserved that title; for some
lines in the face of tough poll
tical Shedding at home and rebuffs
even from his alleged friends in
Washington, he has stuck by the
United States.
Once when he was invited on
a special visit to Washington
President Roosevelt went Oft on a
fishing trip and kept Aranhs
waiting for fun month without
even inviting him to lunch. Roose-