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Prospect for Latin America
Is More—Not Less—Revolt
BY PETER EDSON : :
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON-The neat and easy explanation
for recent wuprisings in Colombia, Costa Rica,
Guatemala and Panama ig to blame it on the Com-~
munists. Latin-American experts in Washington
say it isn’t that simple. 4
They do not dismiss the fact that communism is
at work below the Rio Grande. A quick summary
reveals these highlights:
The center of activity is Cuba, which has an esti
mated 150,000 members in its Popular Socialist
(Communist) Party. This party has elected three
senators and seven deputies to the Cuban Congress.
The party also runs a training school for Latin-
American Communists.
With* the exception of one Polish immigrant,
Fabio Grobart, who came to Cuba 25 years ago and
has since become a Cuban citizen, Communist lead
ers in Latin America are all natives. President of
the party is Juan Marinello, a poet. The active
leader is Secretary General Blas Roca, who has
traveled all over Latin America.
Links between Soviet Russia and the Latin-
American Commies are concealed as much as possi—l
ble. It became a matter of important news when
Fabio Grobart was recently seen entering the Soviet I
Embassy in ilavaua, early one morning. This em
bassy has no high-ranking ambassador openly di
recting the movement in the way Constantin
Oumansky did from Mexico City for a number of
years before the war. Russian financing is not ap
parent. AT
A GREATER THREAT THAN NAZISM
Mexico’s Communist Party is now believed to
number from 10,000 to 25,000. Its status is subordi
nated by the active labor union movement under
Vicente Lombardo Toledano, who says he is not a
Communist. Colombia has less than 8000 Com
munists, Costa Rica from 3000 to, 6000, Panama less
than 1000.
Paraguay, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and
El Salvador have practically no Communists as-the
party has never been recognized in those countries.
Brazil and Chile have outlawed the party.
Total Communist Party membership in all 20
Latin-American countries is believed to be less than
500,000, with perhaps a million followers. But be
cause it is a native-led movement, communism in
Latin America today offers a far greater threat
than Geérman nazism, Italian fascism and Spanish
falangism ever did.
Communist leaders have seized every opportunity
to further their cause. They have capitalized on
traditional anti-U. S. feeling and Yankee im
perialism. They have no hold on the Indians, but
they have fed on every other element of native
discontent. :
So there is no even pattern of Communist in«
filtration throughout Latin America. What is hap
pening, American officials believe, is that native
populations in all Central and South American
countries are on their own acecount showing signs of
unrest as a result of their first social gains.
REVOLUTION AGAINST POVERTY
The condition of the common Americano is not
as low as it was before World War 1, Wage levels
are higher. A beginning labor uniorr movement has
improved working conditions. World War II pump
ed a lot of U. S. dollars into Latin America. The
standard of living is a little better. The people have
a little more eduvation. And from their improved
learning they are finding a means to rebel against
the terrible poverty that has held them down since
the original Spanish exploitation of the 16th Cen
tury.
Viewed from this light, the prospect ahead is for
more Z-not less—revolt. In a sentence, Central and
South America may now be said to be going through
the social and industrial revolution that the U. S.
has experienced in the past 80 to 100 years.
If you believe social revolution in the U. S. has
not yet reached its ultimate goal-—as evidenced by
the recent coal strike over miners’ pensions—then
the outlook is for 80 or 100 years of unrest in Latin
Ainerica, untii the underdogs get a better break.
That puts up an interesting double challenge.
" It puts up to the Latin American governments the
challenge to effect some sweeping social reforms on
w account. If this isn’t done through a
J 7 liberalism, it may be done by communisni.
BESETTING PROBLEMS DON'T l
SEEM TO TROUBLE TRUMAN
When President Truman took office on
April 12, 1945, theré was no'general feel
ing that he would seek -election after
President Roosevelt’s unexpired term was
finished. If the domestic political scene
three years hence could have been envis
ioned, it would have seemed almost cer
tain that he would not be a candidate
in 1948, Yet the third anniversary of Mr.
Truman’s administration found him in the
race for his party’s nomination. i
~ Mr. Truman took office in the midst of
‘war, but also in the midst of high hope.
‘The leadership' of Mr. Roosevelt, which
the country had known so long, was re
moved. But the Nazis were clearly beaten,
and the énd of war in the Pacific was a
question of time, not outcome.
In a few'days the c¢onferénce to estab
lish the UN would begin, Russia was still
a strong and co-operative ally. Though
the nation could not look far beyond vic
tory, the future promised a just and rea-
SONBMID Dhece, "" 0 L
Mr. Truman, assuming the presidency,
pledged himself to those ends. He gave
the pledge ‘in humblenéss. And his coun
trymen gave him a generous wish of good
BN v - b 4
The American ‘people” knew Mr. Tru
man was ill-prepared for his task, if only
because the office of Vice President
hasn’t the importance its high-sounding
title implies. They wished him well, and
80 did his colleagues in Congress. The
prospect was for harmony. )
Mr. Roosevelt, through his ideals,
practical political experience and per
sonality, had assembled a strange coali
tion under the Democratic banner. He
inspired adulation. He also inspired bitter
personal animosity, not only in the oppo
site party but even in his own. On the
other hand, everybody seemed to like
Harry Truman.
' Even today Mr. Truman does hot seem
’to ba disliked personally. Yet he has not
‘kept the Roosevelt coalition together.
There are many reasons why.
World affairs are much more complex
than they were three years ago, when the
great, clear goal was to win a shooting
war. Today’s cold war offers more
chances for diplomatic errors. And Harry
S. Truman is not Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Others may guess what Mr. Roosevelt
would have done in a given circumstance,
but Mr. Truman’s decisions must be his
own. .
There has been little leisure from for
eign problems to make many domestic
reforms. Here again Mr. Truman has had
to make his own decisions. He is still
pledged to the New Deal.
‘The congressional honeymoon is over.}
Harry Truman, a genial and popular col
league, is now President. That makes a
lot of difference, especially now that his
party does not hold the congressional
majority. One difference is that he can
not take full credit for some of his most‘
popular decisions on foreign policy. For it
is the Republican Congress which must
approve such things as ERP.
In short, Mr. Truman is beset by
enough problems to tempt a man to turn
over the job to someone else. But he wants
to be elected on his own and serve again.
The wish to have the office by election
rather than inheritance is natural. Yet he
knows that the presidency is a killing job,
and one that pays a lot of money tc the
man that holds it without making him
rich. Why does he want it, then, after
some bitter experiences?
Fourth of July orators have been say
ing for generations that the presidency is
the highest honor in the nation. That
statement may have suffered from over
usage, but it is still true. For those who
lfeel themselves capable of accepting that
honor, or who have heid it, the risks, re
buffs and tribulations don’t seem to mat
ter, ¥ ookl
The United States couldn’t fight its way
out of a paper bag. It is making no mili
tary preparations, - either. — Senator
George Malone (R) of Nevada, assert
ing ERP amounts practically to a declara
tion of war,
Unless a woman can earn $4,000 a year
—or maybe $5,000—1 think it is absurd,
anti-social and uneconomic for her to
work outside the home. — Frances Per
kins, former Secretary of Labor.
_Those who think the time has come
when we can be appeased and chivvied
and kicked around with impunity are
making the mistake of their lives.—~Lord
Pakenham, government 'spokesman in
the House of Lords.
We're not accepting the President’s
offer of S4O income tax reduction — S4O
won’t buy anything.—Mrs. Joseph R. Far
rington, president, League ‘of Republican
Women of D. C.
There are today in the arsenals of the
great powers weapons — chemical, bio
logical, and climatological — more devas
tating than the atom bomb, capable of
exterminating the last vestige of human,
animal and vegetable life from the earth.
—Rear Admirzl Ellis M. Zacharias, U. S.
Navy, retired. i
If T am one of the weakest links in the
nation’s atomie Security this is gratifving
Infarmation, because I'm absolutely relia
ble and therefore we have nothing to
worry about. The nation can relax.—Dr.
Edward U. Condon, director, National
Bureau of e, - i
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Btreamlineds elegance and maximum comfort are achieved in the 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan
Town Sedan. Completely new from roof to road, it features a new 152-horsepower 8-cylin-)
der V-type engine and completely new suspension, chassis and body.
NEW LINCOLNS TO BE DISPLAYED
THURSDAY AT TRUSSELL MOTORS
First 1949 cars in the automo
tive industry —the completely
new Lincoln and Lincoln Cosmo
politan models—were announced
today by Benson Ford, vice-pres
ident of Ford Motor Company
and director of the Lincoln- Mer
cury Division. :
The new cars will be shown at
Trussell Motor Co. showrooms
Thursday, April 22.
Fleetness, elegance, comfort
and performance keynote the two
Lincolns which . are offered in
eight body styles and two sepa
rate price ranges.
Speaking of the Lincoln Cos
mopoplitan, Mr. Ford said:
““We Pelieve the Lincoln Cos
mopolitan represents a new con
cept in luxurious motoring.
Prime objeétive of our engineers
and stylists was the creation of
a finer motor car worthy of the
discriminating buyer’s taste.
“Luxury and unsurpassed per
formance are also features of the
Lincoln for 1949. It combines
Lincoln’s traditional quality and
distinctive styling with tops in
comfort and performance.
The Lincoln Cosmopolitan has
a wheelbase of 125 inches; the
Lincoln 121 inches. Both are
powered by a new 152 horse
power 8-cylinder engine, largest
automobile engine ever produced
by Ford and the culmination of
16 years experience with V-8
engines. . )
Outstanding in the new Cos
mopolitan and Lincoln are their
long, sweeping lines, low overall
height, “picture window” visibil
ity and increased roominess for
six passengers and luggage.
Bodies are of reinforced all
steel construction with box sec
tion sills for maximum rigidity.
Upper and rear portions of the
rear fenders on the Cosmopolitan
are integral with the body. Ad
ditional width, with no increase
in overall dimensions, has been
obtained by building the bodies
to nearly full fender width. All
doors are triple-sealed against
body gir leaks. . ’
Also outstanding is the luxury
and quality reflected in the wide
selection of colors and fabrics
available in all models with har
monius blending of exterior and
interior styling.
~ Passenger comfort was a para
mount consideration in the de
sign of the Lincoln and the Lin
coln Cosmopolitan. By moving
the dash panel and passenger
compartment four ihches for
ward, passengers are cradled in
a “comfort zone” between the
front and rear axles. -
Seats are wider and more
comfortable, with coil spring
construction in cushions and seat
backs. Added comfort was se
cured by lining the cushions
with foam rubber.
Seat adjustment to suit the
driver’s taste is simplified and
easy to operate on both models.
Seat movement is hydraulically
controlled on the Lincoin con
vertible and all Cosmopolitan
models.
A one-piece curved glass wind
shield is used on the Cosmopoli
tan;, while the Lincoln wind
shield is of the two-pane, V
type. Both are nearly six inches
wider than the windshields on
any previous model.
Windows in all Lincoln Cos
mopolitan models are operated
by hydraulic push-button me
chanism. A master control for all
‘windows is located on the driv
er's door and an individual con
trol at each window is provided
for passengers. Similar equip=
ment is optional on the Lincoln.
Curved instrument panels are
designed for maximum safety
and visibility. There are no sharp
{)rojections. All instruments are
ocated directly in front of the
driver for easy reference. They
are lighted at night by the new
eye-resting “blacklight’ type of
illumination. \
A three-way, fresh air heater
of the pressurized type is ther
mostically controlled. It provides
al-weather utility. Fresh air is
scooped up under the grille and
carried to the heating unit inside
the car.
The combined effect of the
motor-driven blower and for
ward speed of the car push fresh
air into the car and creates:a
pressurized effect when the win
dows are closed. This minimizes
window fogging and eliminates
drafts. In addition, uniformly ef
ficient heating in both front and
rear compartments is obtained
under all conditions.
The heater may be operated as
a fresh air ventilator during
warm weather or if desired, as
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@ recarcuiaiiig Yype aacawei in
cold weather.
Coil springs in fiont and long
itudinal, semi-elliptic perma
nently lubricated springs at the
rear, coupled with Hotchkiss
drive, provide an improved new
ride. The low-frequency spring
action is controlled closely _by
four direct action shock absorb
ers.
Both the Lincoln and the Lin
coln Cosmopolitan feature a
cushioned - ride on- new type
'THE MIRACLE OF THE BELLS'
HAILED AS STIRRING PICTURE
Fred Mac Murray, Valli, Frank Sinatra
Star In Screen Version Of Janney. Novel
Eagerly awaited by film-goers,
the Jesse L. Lasky-Walter Mac-
Ewen productionn of Russell Jan
ney’s “The Miracle of the Bells,”
comes to the Palace Wednesday,
with Fred Mac Murray, Valli and
Frank Sinatra co-starring in the
appealing story of an actress’ pa
thetic last wish and its surprising
fulfillment.
Russell Janney’s popular no
vel, still high on the best-seller
lists, is produced as an absorbing
piece of entertainfment. Mac Mu
rray has the role of the Holly
wood press agent who brings an
obscure actress to short-lived
fame and after her death takes
her body back to her native
Pennsylvania coal-mining town
for a sensational burial. Sinatra
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portrays the sympathetic priest
lof the litle church there.
Valli, the talented Italian ac
tress, makes her second Ameri
lcan appearance, as the Polish
| heroine whose: dying request has
; startling - results. Lee J. Cobb
'and Harold Vermilyea are fea
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The press agent’s effort to get
the girl nation-wide recognition
by tolling all the church bells in
town for three days, leads to the
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