The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-26
Observations
Argentina's Stand
Threat to Good
Neighbor' Policy
BY Helen Esssry

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The United States has spent mil
lions of dollars In its sister democ-
racies and has spent considerable
tina and effort through Nelson
Rockefeller's Inter-American Al
fairs ONCE and other channels TO
induce South America TO like US.
One sign last winter that all
was NOT going well despite our
best efforts was the charge of a
returning United States senator
who toured the continent that
South Americans were labelling our
Good Neighbor program the
"goody-goody program"
Part OF the present trouble In
South America has been Argen-
tinas. traditional dislike for the
United States and its feeling that
Argentina, NOT the United States,
should be the leading country on
the continent. Another part OF the
touble is the existence of rich and
powerful German colonies in Ar
gentina and Southern Brazil.
II all may add up TO this Good
Neighbor policy or NOT. South
America, led by Argentina, may
declare its independence of the
Colossus of the North. And II
Hitler and some of his henchmen
find refuge in Argentina, that may
prove the breaking point in United
States-South American relations.
WHO WILL HANDLE 100 Bill
LION DOLLARS? Criticism has
bobbed up among some members
of Congress over the decision OF
House-Senate conferees to compro-
mise the sisue as TO how and where
authority over the disposal of sur
plus war plants and property
should be vested.
The one big question before the
conference committee was whether
the power TO dispose OF surplus war
plants and property, which 1t is
estimated may be worth upwards
OF 100 billion dollars. should be re-
posed in a board or a single ad
ministrator
In the opinion OF some senator's
and representatives, this was a
clear-cut issue which should have
been decided one way or another.
Instead, the conferees chose 10
straddle II and to place in four
man board the power TO make
policies for disposal Of surplus pro-
perty and In single administrator
the power to dispose OF the proper
~.
A majority Of the conferees feel
that this arrangement should work
out satisfactorily. But in other
quarters II is pointed out that such
divisions OF authority have nearly
always resulted in conflicts.
Either the board will be under
the thump of the administrator, it
is said, or the administrator will
be messenger boy for the board,
depending on the personalities
named to these jobs and their inter
probation of the law.
TWO SIGNIFICANT DEVELOP
MENTS in Washington recently
indicated that consumer goods.
such as vacuum cleaners, automo-
biles, etc, may not be so sky high
as some people fear once they are
released TO sale.
First, the OPA announced that
most OF the manufacturers of such
goods will be asked to price them
at March, 1912, levels. Although
these prices are higher than those
before the war they are not consid-
cred exhorbitant.
Secondly, OPA Administrator
Chester Bowles said his agency
would price such consumer items
as low as possible TO insure volume
production and wide employment
THE ALLIED BLITZKRIEG has
all the earmarks or a race with
time between the Russians and the
American.British Armies.
Washington observers still re-
call high Soviet officials comment
to an Allied representative in Mos
cow when the subject was breach
ed OF what Russia would do IL she
got to Berlin first.
THE only way 10 answer that"
the Russian repeatedly replied, lis
for the Americans and British 10
get there first"
At the present ime, the Eastern
and Western Allies are about equi
distant from the German capital.
although the Americans and British
have the edge.