The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-11

Castillo Makes
Poor Guess in
Argentina
BY Charles p. stswar,


a. establishments recent uprising
against President Castillo. driving
the southern republics chief exc.
cutive out OF ONCE in hot haste.
was a sudden affair even for a
Latin-American country. DR.. Cas-
tillo had breakfast an hour or two
ahead OF the revolution, apparent.
ly fairly secure in the Casa Rosa
da, Argentina's White House. The
following night he spent as a refu-
gee in the port OF Montetideo. CAPT
tai OF the neighboring little geogra-
phical patch OF Uruguay. There
had been a bit OF rioting in his
home city OF Buenos Aires. but ii
didn't amount TO much. Dispatches
mention that the civilian police
quickly broke It up without even
calling in the soldiery to restore
order.
Getting kicked out OF Office makes
little political difference to DR.. Cas-
tillo (every Latin-American, OF any
consequence. Is a doc" OF law or
some such thing, for his presi-
dental term was waxing speedily
TO its close, anyway However, he
had his successor picked and I'M
questionobly wanted to dictate him.
Besides being a matter of settle
ment win Castillo perhaps IL was
OF considerable material interest
10 him who was TO succeed him
He is richer than mud and prob.
ably had governmental policies
he would like to control
Now. Germans. financially are
tormidably entrenched in southern
Brazil and northern Argentina.
They are locally assimilated.
though, and can vote. DR.. Castillo
wanted their ballots, naturally
His mistake was in overly boosting
for them. They are powerful but
they aren't liked. They class with
the japanese.
We Yankees haven't been so
Internally well liked. but We are
getting to be-as witness recent
developments.
We have been solid everywhere ,
in Latin America except Argen-
tina. But now we have scooped in
the Argentine. The new ruler there
is Gen. Pedro Ramirez, head of the
"junta".
The nub is that Dr. Ramon Cas-
lilo OF Argentina made bad guess.
He gambled on the Germans to
make a quick cleanup.
He knew Germans from what he
had seen OF them on his own con-
.inent. He recognized them as
naximum-scrappy and super-effici-
INT. That is how he had seen them
n Latin America.
He knew his own folk. as slightly ,
Unreliable. 4
Only, it didn't work out thus I
except that his own bunch are un. ]
What clearly has embarrassed /;
Doc" Castillo is the fact that he '
8 left out on a Latin-American
limb alone. Argentina has scrap
Jed him and he has been picked
Nowhere else.
The doc" just naturally made
/ bad guess all around.
The Latin Americas are 20 in
number. The United States, be-
Ing counted, makes it 81. Canada.
Il reckoned-22. They are not all
Latin. but they are all American
This Is assuming that Argentina
Il one OF US.
II Argentina's included, we're
solid.
How about Argentina?
II Argentina's in, General Ram :
reL bosses his country's job.
He has taken general charge.
He hasn't got the biggest coun-
~. The biggest one is Brazil.
Argentina. however. is the critical
me We've DONE THE BUSINESS :
I we annex the Argentine
This revolution is the cruz OF the !
ituation.
From the standpoint OF bulk. Bra
II Is the main thing. Argentina J
s the next Now watch for later ]
evelopments.
What we want to be is ONE ]
america.