Evening star., 1950-07-23

us without serious thought and
deliberation. Nor, if his friends
are correctly informed, has he
abandoned his doctrine" of what
he has called "the third position.
AS interpreted by responsible Pc
ronistas. this doctrine" simply
means that he accepts neither
what one of them describes az
''the reactionary theories of or
thodox capitalism nor the revolu-
tionary dogmas of communism"
A Peronista diplomat explains
that, 1--WE look upon old-line cap
italism and out-and-out commu-
nism as the two extremes in social
and political philosophy. We be-
lieve our third position which we
call social justice is the happy
medium. At any rate" he goes
on, I'VE now realize that we can
trade and do business on profitable
if not completely equal terms with
capitalistic governments. But we
cannot live or do business with
the communistic system. In Short ~
he added, I'VE find ourselves much
nearer to the systems in vogue in
the Western World, and therefore
we are willing to go all out in
the present conflict between the
two, in order to preserve our in
dependence and way Of life"
The same gentleman reminds us
that in the Second World War, So
called democratic" governments
In Argentina failed to support us,
They remained neutral" But
today 1--WE find," he said. ''the
government of Peron. which has
often been termed 'non-demo-
cratic offering you all possible
assistance.
But forgetting the past, the i'm
portant fact of the moment is
not whether any of these countries
will actually send troops to Korea,
but that for the first time in his
tory the American nations face
an international crisis with COM
plete unanimity. All the key, or
strategic, countries are on the
bandwagon at the very beginning
Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile
Peru, Colombia and Panama
f1anking the vital Panama Canal
Material Important
OF course, there will be spies
and saboteurs, enemies within the
gates, subversive forces attempt
ing to make trouble, to create con-
fusion in mines, oil fields and
shipping centers, in these neigh
Dor countries. just as there will
be, and have been, in our own
There are Communist influences
in all of them. But officially there
will be no government on the
fence, from behind which the en-
Iemy may operate with impunity,
as there was in the last war when
neutral" Argentina was base of
operation for Nazi-Fascist agents.
We need fear no treachery at our
back. %fsE . @@ %f' |
The second and no less i'm
portant contribution the other
Americas can and will make will
be the full cooperation of every
government in the production of
indispensable raw materials and
foods. Once more we shall have
to look to our neighbors for enor-
nous quantities Of the hundred
and one products necessary for
the manufacture of equipment and
machines of war. as well as many
of the food products required by
our Armies and civilians.
II the conflict spreads many
of the products we have been ac-
customed to import from the Near
and Far East will be denied us
The tin mines and the rubber
plantations of Malaga and the
East Indies, the oil of Saudi Arabia
and the vegetable oils and fibers
Of the Philippines and Pakistar
are already rnenaced by commu-
nism. Already there are reports
from heavy industry that there Is
a critical shortage of basic metals
such as zinc. lead. copper and
others. The tire manufacturers
are so worried over the possibility
Of Asiatic rubber being cut of
from us they have urged the
Government to reopen several
synthetic rubber plants.
Oil Available
Fortunately, most of these anc
nearly every other product we
shall need is found, often in
enormous quantities, here within
our own hemisphere fortress
Here at our door is the largest
single and easily accessible store
house of raw materials in exist
ence, a fabulous arsenal of foods
and f1bers, minerals and metals
and other wartime necessities
If the Communists overrun, al
the Japs did, the tin mines anc
the quinine forests of Southeast
Asia, then we could turn to Bolivis
which has half the tin ore in the
world, with the mines already ir
operation.
If we need more soil, Venezuels
already turns out nearly a million
and half barrels a day. Mexico
Colombia, Peru and now Canada
have vast reserves. We have
seriously depleted our own iror
mines, but now new ones in East
tern Canada, in Venezuela ane
Brazil are ready to be exploited
More than half of all the copper
in the world is in this country
Chile and Peru, most of it being
mined by United States COM
panies.
In World War II Brazil alone
supplied us with the greater por.
tion of four of the most critical
minerals. She sent us 80 per cent
! nf tho n,1or+1 o,.x,r+o1 Fon ~aI.r