The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-11
BRAZIL IS READY
 TO DECLARE WAR
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 Vargas was empowered to. take action against the Nationals of any country whicn endanger's Brazil's national security and may, if he finds 1t necessary, declare a state of emergency.
 The Brazilian action was in line with the record of the Vargas gov- ernment which has backed the United States in all measures of hemispheric defense.
 Leader in Maxi Break
 Brazil was leader in the move to sever diplomatic relations with the Axis. All South American na- tions with the exception of Argen- tina and Chile have now severed such relations.
 The new powers vested in Vargas permit him to declare war or 8 state of emergency without waiting for a vote of the Brazilian parlta- ment.
 "In case of a foreign threat or internal dangers or existence of a conspiracy aimed at upsetting the public peace or endangering in stitutions, the security of the state or of the citizens" said the new constitutional amendment, "the president of Ahe republic may de- clare in all national territory 8 state of emergency.
 "If the use of the armed forces is necessary the president of the re- public may declare in all national territory or any part thereof a state of war"
 Vargas was empowered to suspend constitutional guarantees of Ma tionals of any country which attacks Brazil.
 Approval of the new powers, fol- lowing closely upon the sinking or four Brazilian ships by submarines, was considered a clear indication that the government is about 10 act.
 59 Are Missing
 New York, March 11. = CUP) = Fifty-nine persons who got away In three lifeboats after the 5,152-ton Brazilian steamer Cayru was torpe- doed of the New Jersey coast Sum- day were missing today and 1t was feared they had perished in gales' sleet and rain.
 The sinking was revealed last night by four passengers and 22 members of the crew landed here' They were rescued after spending 16 hours in tossing nfeboat, con- stantly in peril of being swamped.
 A total of 77 united nations vessels have been reported attacked oil the east coat of North America, the lat est early yesterday when Subma- rine skulking three miles oil the New Jersey shore sank the 6,776-ton Gulf Oil Corporation tanker Gulf trade.
 Fifteen members of the crew brought to New York by rescue ves- sells said two lifeboats had capsized and they believed IS of their ship mates had been lost in them.
 The Cayru survivors said that the captain of the submarine which tor pedoed their ship-obviously Ger man-inquired, after firing one tor- pedo, whether all were in hfeboats before he fired a second torpedo which blew the ship apart.
 The surviving passengers are AL berto Jsegers, a former American citizen and World War veteran who now is Brazilian citizen; his wife; Mrs. Willie Desouza, formerly Miss Willie Saunders of Bedford, Va. and her daughter, June, 15.
 He said the passengers in the three missing boats were Capt. Mon- tero, Brazilian army officer and his wife; Miss Krueg, secretary tc the president of the Lloyd Brasil eiro Line; a MT. Olson, an employt iof Pan American Air Lines; Dennis Sheehan, East Cambridge, Mass. and Albano Leques, a Portuguese.
 The Cayru, formerly the Scan. mail of the Moore -McC Cormack Line! was operated by the Lloyd-BraSil. eiro Lines. It was the fourth Bra. Alian ship sunk by Axis submarines although Brazil is not a belhgerent