The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-29
Observations
Falangists May
Cause Disturbance
For United States
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lick them We have Fascists, who
have to be licked also, though not
necessarily as numerically as the
Nazi aggregation. We have been
pestered By Communists likewise,
bit today they are brothers in arms
with US. even II We still consider
them as trifle different than US.
r " have ceased, anyway, to try
10 force US into being imitators of
their Pecularities.
The Falangists though, are a less
known outfit
Yet they may presently begin
bothering US worse than all the
rest Of the ismatics because there
is prospect that We will have
them closer al hand.
Sax Mradford is just out with a
book on the subjeCt-a volume cali
ed The Battle for Buenos Aires
II is city which chronically is the
scene Of more anti.lankee activity
than any other corresponding area
in Latin America. This was true
during World War T. when ! cover
ed il for the United States Com.
mittee on Public lnformation-the
"Compub as II was known.
sax Bradford is Just out with
pa7erman. in the Navy al present
held a similar assignment teF-euF
intelligence service a bit earlier in
the current conflict.
Nazism aVd Fascism we're IN
known terms in my area al mouth
Of the Rio de la Plata, OF course,
German agents were active, how
ever. and pretty effective. Russia
was recognized as an anarchistic
country, but Communism had not
evolved itself. Nazism and Fas.
cism had not been born. Falans.
ism was an infant yet but SaX's
story is that it is growing up at
an extraordinary rate.
There ia no use in repeating
What Communism Nazism and Fas-
cism signify. Every body krews
their meanings
Falangism may not be so well
understood.
General (nos Generalisslmo)
Francisco Franco rather inconse-
ouential Spanish officer helped Gre
ate il at a time OF extreme eco
uomic stress His country IS Com
munistic instead of Nazi or Fascist
but Fuehrer Hitler and Duce Mus
solini gave him a boost and nobody
else helped his opposition Probab.
~ the others. at that stage OF the
game. were too busy elsewhere to
notice what they considered that
smaltcaliber little scrap.
Franco, once in, proclaimed HIM
self "caudillo' and christened
his followers "Falangists -adher-
ents of a phalanx.
The Falangists do not signify
much in Europe or Africa.
They have some military
strength but no unity.
Where there is a risk Is that their
missionaries will raise heck is IN
the Spanish new world.
Argentina is the place for them
to dig In.
OF course. their program won t
work in the long run, but it may
cause trouble for long time.
Communism obviously is peter
ing out. II is taken for granted that
NaZism is on the ultimate side.
Fascism's slide is much more than
ultimate-it is imminent.
But suppose We have Falangist
element planted in our own west
ern hemispherical dooryard down
into indefinite futurity?
II won't make any difference that
It will be tomfoolish. II II strings
along for a generation, II will be
decided bother.
The little southern counties won't
be a danger, but their policies
may be an internal nuisance. It
won't be to THEIR advantage. but
1t won't be to OURS. either.
Sax disregards Communism He
is correct 1t does not figure in
our neighborhood He disregards
German and Italian local influence.
The southern Americas disregard
them. They disregard Russia; it
is too remote.
But we may have lot OF Falang-
ism on our doorsteps presently
1t isn't entirely Sax Bradford S
surmise, either.
Sax quotes the report OF the
Argentine chamber Of deputies,
headed by Dr. Raul Toborda. and
from the lnter-American Defense
committees record, meeting in
Montevideo.
The issue will be more postwar
than the present-War. in its COM
plications.
To the present generation it Is
immaterial..