Evening star., 1949-04-07
To the Dditor Of Ihs star:

Your editorial In The Star for March 10
moves me to say. Three cheers for the House
for It's vote on Daylight-Sa Time! There
should be such time for the entire country,
or none II the District and other large cities
want fast time" they can get 1t by the
simple expedient OF going TO work an hour
earlier This would avoid the confusion OF .
'two-t timing" system.
HARRY T. RATCLIFFE.
Disputes Mr.. Tomlinson on His Facts
To the Editor Of The star:
On Thursday. March 10, La Nacion. one
Of the chief daily papers Of Santiago. pub
lished q translation. The President OF Chile
Fights Reds and Reactionaries." the original
Of which appeared In your paper on Feb
ruary 20.
Two days later La Nacion published
letter OF mine refuting some Of the allega-
tions made by Mr.. Tomlinson against some
of my fellow countrymen who have held oih-
cial diplomatic positions In Chile In the past.
Ihope. sir, that in the interest Of truth and
of free speech and In accordance with the
well-known tradition Of your paper. you VIII
kindly nnd space In your columns TO puoliSn
this letter q translation OF which attach:
Il was unpieasantly surprised by certain
allegations Tin the Tomlinson article which
u
that, In spite of his 26 tours OF South Amer
lea Mr.. Tomlinson has not yet succeeded In
becoming well informed.
IT refer particularly TO his statement that
certain officers Of the Argentine Army nave
cultivated relations and even plotted with
several groups of the Chilean Armed Forces
and that shortly before the Second World
War broke out the present President OF Ar
gentina. Juan Domingo Peron. who was tnen
H. L.. Ca IN N q
persona non grata by the Government OF
Chile for trying to influence certain members
OF the countrys armed forces. and that on
account of this relation with the conspsrators
the Argentine Military Attache was forced
to leave the country.
There is not q word Of truth. except In
one particular. namely that certain Argen-
tine officers cultivated relations with mem
bers of the Chilean Armed Forces mot. how
ever. with groups. as alleged by the writer
with what purpose do not know. an
proud to acclaim that these relations. and
also sincere friendships. are cultivated and
viii always continue to be cultivated. not
only with the distinguished chiefs and on
cials Of the armed forces Of this country.
but also with those Of the rest Of the cont
nent and especially. II possible. with the
United States Of America
But repeat that 1t 10 not true that there
has ever been any plot Of any kind: or tnat
the Military Attache who last year was Col
onel d. Eneas Colombo. who returned tosthe
Argentine at the end Of his mission. deco
rated by the Supreme Governor o! Chile. had
anything to do with the recent military plot
discovered here. or that during his mission
the present President Of the Argentine Ma
tion was declared persona non grata oy the
Governor of this Country.
1T Is not necessary TO prove my statement:
IL is enough for me 10 refer 70 the uneQuiyo-
cal terms Of the Judgment pronounced ~
Decembev. le4e. by the Military Tribunal.
Tire highest military court In Chile. which
Mr.. Tomiinson calmly overlooked"
JULIO A. LOPEZ NUM-.
Ayreuttne Ambassador fn Cini1s.