The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-07
Observations
Inter-American
Trust is Beacon
in Fog of War
BY Charles p. Stewart

Quite a few OF the comparative
ly minor countries look like they
may be very dificWt TO systema-
tie after the war.
That little Balkan bunch. even
II they free themselves from the
Nazi clutch, do not promise.
among themselves, TO harmonic
very satisfactorily. The Seandi-
nayias have their mutual iealou.
sizes. Even the big nations threat
On TO have their own, Some OF
them certainly will
Anyway. this pre-peace talk Of
postwar conditions on a world
basis is middling confusing and
dangerous, in fact
Yet there is one chunk OF the
world that promises, very hopeful
". 10 get together with itself.
II is or Western Hemisphere
The United States and Canada
are solid. Of course There are 20
Latins OF Us, though-independ.
encies
or this total OF % (the L. $,
Canada, and the 20 Latins) there
is only one bit balky-Argen-
tina. Just why that one hangs
ont is problematic Economical
ly. however. the Argentinos can
not hold out long against such
majority.
Vice President Henry A. Wal
laces Latin-American trip tells
the story. Most OF the Latins
have recognized how closely they
are tied to us-and want TO be
| do not like TO speak OF any
one country as the main thipg
Nevertheless, Brazil is the prin-
cipal one-blgger in area than he
United States.
Wallace forecasts a union OF
the Psn-Americsn republics. O.
X, They can be approximately
sffiliatedi
President Eric A. Johnston OF
The United States Chamber OF
Commerce has just outlined to
President Roosevelt a program OF
inter American commerce to fol-
low the war period. The United
States is TO furn sh the huge de-
velopment capital required; the
oIheES-sEs- te-eough- up the LAW
material 70 il.
President Johnston's suggestion
Ia based on a $3.50 inter-contineu.
tal development.
That is, he calls for so per
cent development of raw stun
and 80 per cent cash 10 pay for
it. A balance is what he re-
quires.
President Johnston's point is
that we have in the United States
he raw materials, but not the
manpower TO develop them in
these war-times.
His aim is 10 create manpoWer
from the South Americas.
And our half OF the hemisphere
has not enough available.
Now, sll-around relations,
among the whole % OF US. are
everything that could be desired.
The European nationalities. even
IL upon nominally friendly terms,
regard each other with consider
able suspicion. Consequently,
when some Sort Of grouping of
few OF them Is proposed; it is OBJ
vious in advance that efectlng 1t
will be a matter OF extreme diff
Guilty
Here in the Americas. though
no country is apprehensiye OF the
ultimate intentions OF its west
ern hemispherical neighbors. II
a couple or more OF them can
agree on a good business bargain,
such as the one suggested by
Johnston. all hands are not only
willing but anxious TO take adj
vantage of it,
Conditions were not always
thus. Time was when our new
world Latins regarded the Yam
kee government with grave mis-
givings, as predatorily-inclined
power. with the strength to grab
anything it took fancy TO from
the Rio Grande TO TERRA del Fue-
20. Maybe there was more or
less justification for this feeling.
We had considerable friction with
them at various times They
likewise had several wars among
themselves extremely vicious
ones.
But that is all past, never. We
have reason to hope, to occur
again.
The southern folk live harmoni-
ously together and no longer see
us as monstrous threat against
their independence.
Good neighborliness OF the last
decade is entitled TO the bulk OF
the credit for H. Outright bitter.
ness had largely worn OF before
the current Washington admins
tration's advent, but it was not
replaced by real kindness In
inter-American contacts until Tn
Gle Sam began. through the Of
forts OF President Rooseyelts
State Secretary Cordell Hull to