Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-28

Co. as expecting 100000 tons in 1914.
And this rubber will be necessary,
regardless OF the quantity Of syn
thetic rubber then available, Mr..
McClintock pointed out, since a Ger
tain amount of natural rubber is re-
quired to be mixed with synthetic in
the manufacture of tires.
But don't let anybody kid you
about the future of the Amazon, /"
he said. 1T will never come back
permanently as the rubber center of
the world. The whole area from
Manaos to the sea is flooded a great
part of each year, and the hinter-
land is SO wild that Brazilians carry
guns for protection against the In
dians."
Job Called Amazing.
And yet, he pointed out, an amaz-
ing and heroic job is being done by
American and Brazilian officials to-
gether, in getting out rubber for the
present emergency. The Rubber
Development Co. is building "a beau
tiful airport" at Manaos, 1900 miles
up the Amazon River, by which
planes can operate in. straight
line across the hump" of Brazil.
IN postwar flying Mr.. McClin-
took predicted, this route will bring
Buenos Aires within % hours OF
Miami. flying straight across from
Miami to Manaos to Rio de Janeiro
to Buenos Aires
He enumerated the new facilities
which the Rubber Development Co.
has brought into Manaos-sawmills
a brick works, blacksmith shop,
an aviation repair shop and even a
soil testing service to determine the
best location for airfields in the
Amazon Valley.
The air line from Miami to the
Amazon is operated as a special
freight service by Pan American
Anyways, and the interior lines, 60
ing to Amazonian rubber centers in
Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, are oper-
ated by American Republics Avia-
ton Co., division of Defense Sup
plies Corp acting for the Rubber
Development Co. Both Defense Sup
plies and Rubber Development are
subsidiaries of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp.
Have Equipment Of All Kinds.
On southbound trips, the planes
carry equipment of all kinds, in
Guiding machetes for the rubber
workers, tapping cups, atabrine
tablets, and even radio transmission
equipment Because of inadequate
communication facilities, Rubber
Development is setting up its own
radio stations in the outlying areas
On northbound trips the planes
carry rubber and other critical
materials.
The programs of supplying food
and health facilities in these areas
have been developed by the Co.
ordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
Mr.. McClintock Travelled through
the entire. Amazon basin, including
parts o: three countries-Brazil
Peru and Bolivia-to inspect these
activities. He declared that although
there had been delay in the ship
ment of supplies. the projects were
proceeding satisfactorily.
In one place on the Amazon, he
found floating dispensaries already
in operation, and one of these was
named the Nelson A. Rockefeller
and another the Gen. Durham,
after Brig. Gen. George C. Durham.
director of the Health and Santa
ton Division of the Co-ordinator's
Office.
The most impressive project in the
entire Amazon area, Mr.. McClintock
said, was the rehabilitation of the
Madeira -Mamore Railroad, on the
Madeira River, tributary of the
Amazon, in Brazil. This railroad had
been built by American engineers
during the rubber boom, between
1907 and 1911, but had been aban-
doned. One locomotive had stood
idle so long that tree was growing
through its smokestack.
This road, necessary for the ship
ment of all rubber from the upper
reaches of the Madeira, has been
put into service again by the heroic
efforts Of Brazilian workers, under
the direction of Maj Aloysio Fereira.
Six hundred rotted freight cars have
been brought back to a state of use
fulness and, in addition, two pas
senger trains and 16 woodworking
locomotives are operating.
Mr.. McClintock has been asso-
ciated with Mr.. Rockefeller since
shortly after the establishment of
the Co-ordinator Office. He resides
at 1881 Hoban road NV.