The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-09-17

whose qreen-shirted "Integrdli
hos returned from seven yeor
The impression is thot
Plinio Salgado, the man Musso-
lini predicted would one day rule
Brazil, as he stepped from tSle
plane that brought him back to
his native land, which he fled in
1899.
"Integralism as doctrine is
feternal. AS a party, it does not
exist l consider it as a generator
nf parties" he declared in answer
to a reporters question. A small
group, including some former In
| tegralists, welcomed him home.
Government Warns Him
At the same time, General Goes
Monteiro, Brazirs bulky, loqua-
cious War Minister, Numbered to
the press: 'If he (Salgado) takes
up Integralism again, he will be
considered outside of the demo-
cratic scene in this country!"
\ The political party which most
closely approaches Integralism,
Salgado told the press, is the Pop
ular Representation Party. This
group barely had the $4,000 votes
necessary to retain legality in the
elections of last December
1 The party, organized last year
with speeches acknowledging the
influence of "The Great Absent
One" gave its support to the So
cial Democratic Party which
elected President Dutra and al
lowed the small party one con-
gresham.
Undercover Operations
The organizer of the Popular
Representation Party is Raimun-
do Padilha, cited by the US. State
Departments Blue Book" as eff
fective leader of the Integralists
in Salgado's absence. Padilha de
MED Fifth Columnist" accusa-
tons.
While some observers predict
Salgado may become politically
active again and perhaps a con-
greSSional candidate, the former
Integralist chief said he was not
Immediately interested in the
underlined, confused political
scene"
Salgado added: Il have eight
deputies in the Congress. He
named only Godofredo Silva
Teles, elected on the Social DEM
ocratic ticket for the small Popu-
lar Representation Party, but
claimed to influence seven others
in various parties. ssp
His assertion that he favored
legality for the Communist Party
was widely noted because one Of
the first principles of eIntegrahst
organization was to combat Com
munism. Integralism started as a
Nationalist movement but later
lost that objective. Il
Thousands of green-Shirted en-
thusiastS, wearing armbandf with
the Greek Sigma" symbol, once
raised their arms in the fascist
salute in public parades and cere-
monies, embraced mystical
creed, and in 1888 tried to seize
the government.
Vargas Fought Them
President Getulio Vargas, who
had never openly opposed IN
tegralism as he had Communism
personally defended his palace
with rifle until the army came.
He had put down a Communist
revolt only three short years be-
fore this uprising.
Salgado. who was in hiding in
Sac Paulo, fled to Portugal. Some
Integralists We're imprisoned! The
general amnesty decree by.Vargas
last year pardoned all u1litical
prisoners.
Integralism, which once claim
ed to have a million disciples, lbs
few open adherents in Brazil to-
day. But within the memory of
present-day Brazilians who toll
erantly watched the return of
Plinio Salgado are words he ut
tered in 1885:
"On the day that we shall
march. all Brazil will march at
nllr side. That will be the nnani-