Argentina Set to Force U. S.
OLIVER, BRYCE
Argentina Set to Force U. S. Into Action if Allied Fleet Falls By Bryce Oliver WJ.Y.D. News Commutator WTHEN SOVIET RUSSIA Uniwbed^its atv " tack on Finland, it was Argentina that demanded...
...Finally, to meet the argument that will be used as a stepping stone for HitrndHJ^ into this country, the system of spedel has been devised, with federal saperrlafrl * the affairs of the corporations, to make P"5r* a more effective control over immigrant than is possible with respect to any oth« d0 of immigrants or non-immigrant abed ^|*J under existing law...
...Such a basis would provide a secondary place for agriculture, its development synchronizing with,.that of industry in order to keep down the cost of living...
...With an intelligent resettlement program, it xan become the great hope of millions.—refugees from U. S. dust bowls and Hitler's horror machine...
...In the light of this solemn declaration, which should serve as clarion summons to all labor to forget its differences and unite to save not only itself but all the ¦precious values of culture and human existence, the appeal of the general executive board for the termination of the labor split in this country gains added significance...
...concrete action to follow to the ~ discretion of the general exec-: utive board...
...close ranks in this hour of grave danger to democracy and civilization...
...CHOULD Congress open Alaska to the ^hundreds of thousands of refugees whose homes have been permanently destroyed by Germany's arson fleet, the task of sheltering them will be simplified by the United States Housing Authority, which has already built homes for 9,437 families throughout this country...
...JIN the forefront of the prob, lems placed by the general ^executive board before the delegates is the following call to co-operation with others in the largier tasks confronting the people: < j "Nor can we at this convention think and live in terms of a separate entity, of a group apart j ffom the rest of our fellow wage...
...According to information reaching roe, the United States would be forced to act ("for Hemisphere defense") in case of an incident involving any "one of...
...They charged that United States and Great Britain had inspired the Argentine Government to a course of action inimical to German interests...
...As he made this statement, Nazi mobs and their innocent sympathizers in Buenos Aires were demonstrating in front of the foreign office and demanding the resignation of Foreign Minister Cantilo...
...He avoided all mention of the possibility,^) fervently discussed these days, of Britain being forced to deliver the fleet to Germany...
...the mining,'smelting, and processing of tin, platinum, gold and other minerals...
...the procedure to be followed in the selection of the settlers...
...In addition, there is the expectation that many American citizens who are at present sending substantial sums abroad for the relief of victims of war and persecution, would prefer to invest the money in permanent sources of livelihood in a territory where some of these victims might utilize their abilities and become self-supporting...
...Before issuing the statement, Argentina's foreign minister, Jose Maria Cantilo, conferred with the American ambassador, Norman Armour, and with the'Brazilian ambassador, whose government would support any objections which might be advanced by Washington...
...Further, it is exmtHtd ta> immigrants with guaranteed employateat WJ^ tunities in Alaska are not likely to west come deportable aliens in the United -Those desiring illegal entry are mote choose approaches closer to the United J"** such as Canada, Mexico, West Indies...
...And well might the entire labor movement take to heart the ;following statement of the general executive board: "The world is in the throes of a titanic crisis and we in America are daily and keenly reacting to the impacts and repercussions of ¦this tragedy...
...Stunned by the evidence of the strength of the Fifth Column, the police in both countries have been raiding homes, and on Sunday the Argentine authorities discovered the location of a hidden radio station which has been sending out the German propaganda...
...mm attitude of the United States toward the immigrant when this country was sparsely settled, and welcome him...
...and the program for development of enterprises in connection with the project, etc...
...The typical colored migmt worker occupies a 10x10 statfe...
...and (3) non-quota immigrants,-who are between the ages of 16-and 45 or the Jpouse or child of such persons, who are physically and mentally fit, and certified as such by the Public Health Service, who are not within the classes excluded from the United States, and who undertake to engage only in such occupations as are prescribed in the bill, for a period of at least five years after admission to Alaska and so long thereafter as status of a non-quota immigrant is retained...
...it involves appraisal of general and special situations and a searching of hearts and minds ihat may lead to guidance ' and decision with regard to our own place and role in the perilous uncertainties of the days to come...
...A«ei*ai" Secretary Ickes no major, far-reaching' development plan has ever received sock «^ spread and comprehensive endorsement total of 338 newspapers that editoraJft"" *| the subject, 84H per cent approved...
...With...
...Finally, there would have to be federal supervision, through the use of such a device as the public purpose corporation, widely recognized as a mechanism that utilizes the advantages of private capitalization under safeguards designed in the public interest...
...He stated that invasion of the Western Hemisphere by air was out of the question for the time being because air invasion must be followed by land invasion, carried out by shipping...
...Under Dutra stands the chief of staff, Goes Monteiro, who was summoned to the United States a short time before the war broke out in Europe in order to prevent him from accepting certain honors at Berlin...
...The world's most precious cultural heritage and the attainments of age-old human progress are being ruthlessly attacked by a barbaric force whose destructive momentum is Still rising in many lands...
...At the World's Fair and at Washington, where many of the Latin statesmen have been attending the Pan-American Scientific Congress, there is a quite general belief that Lindbergh was making a deliberate attempt to obscure the dangers—for the Americas—of an Allied defeat...
...Others "have seen the trend...
...Florida Migrant Squalor Equals Nation's Lowest . WASHINGTON, D. C _» large number of migriatjfi workers in Florida are wSm "the absolute low in ?sfi2 rural slums," John BcacfcaWS the Farm Security Adanaaa& tion, told the Senate Civil Lfo^ ties Committee...
...ent but has not abated its struggle for the unification of American ' trade unionism.' It is con-[ sidered likely that the return of the union to tittf fold of the A. F| of L. will not be long delayed...
...Such corporations may engage in specified industries, based primarily upon the unused resources of Alaska, such as: "Agricultural and livestock operations...
...Vargas himself hopes to keep himself in office through the concealed but powerful support of Washington, and in return play Washington's game...
...processing of forest products including wood pulp and paper...
...v' cent were non-committal, and only 8 1*5'disapproved in whole or in part...
...It is expected that ¦ the convention will approve re-1 affiliation in principle, leavkig the...
...1*0 guard against the danger that tidd* * might become a dumping ground for less refugees there are the provisions f^d* ing capital requirements, prior scrutiny porate enterprises, limitation of the special visas granted for each settleaMat|Pj ect, and requirements that sponsoring mwf[ tions g«ve adequate guarantees that BO will become a public charge...
...War Minister Dutra, now wear the Order of the German Eagle...
...Settlers admitted under special visa wfll Wt be eligible to citizenship until they have ledta1 continuously in the territory for five ymttdd" lowing admission, and have been redaAdAtt ¦ quota immigrants...
...Ickes recently expressed in a special statement that the program has attracted the attention of business people throughout the United States who would form the nucleus of business pioneers...
...barracks-like shed, he reported, with rent running from "fill 51.50 a week...
...In such a delicate South American balance, the see-saw position of the present Vargas government of Brazil is worth keeping an eye on...
...The fact that the United States (Brazil) did not object to the international proposal by Dr...
...sWithin its own ranks the I.L.G.W.U., as shown in the re-i, port of the executive board and ,will undoubtedly be demonstrated} at the convention, the organization Enjoys the greatest solidarity* and cohesion it has ever had...
...There is room for American technicians displaced by the contraction of our foreign trade and the slowing down of our population growth, for boat builders and fishermen from the shores of the Mediterranean, for trained toy-makers and machinists, skilled leather workers and cabinet makers from Central Europe, and workers in wood from north Europe, who can transplant to Alaska the industries of their native lands...
...Its, progress in the past seven years...
...Peru, I have learned, is also alarmed, believing that if qnce the flag is changed on the British fleet, the Japanese will attempt to make a Norway out of Peru—because Peru would offer the best base for air and naval attack on the Panama Canal...
...There is ample precedent for this in the China Trade Act enacted by Congress in 1922...
...than one b*X per cent were critical...
...I am informed that Argentina and Brazil are keenly concerned with the possibility, and it may be this that has driven the Argentine Government to a new position of leadership, from which the United States might be forced into active measures...
...Cantilo therefore left no doubt that Washington welcomed Argentina's lead in the direction of war...
...Bone, and Bennett Chan-.p Clark...
...The native Eskimos called Alaska the "Great Country...
...There is circumstantial proof of this...
...Particularly at present, when the dtestiny of the entire world, our own country not excluded, is in the balance, when not even the wisest can predict with any degree of accuracy what the next day will bring...
...Once again, the Brazilian ambassador, was called in for conference before the demand was made...
...withdrew^ from that organization a year and a half ago after it| formed a permanent federation in...
...from a membership of 40,000 has;7 been in deed phenomenal...
...IT is the conviction of those sponsoring the bill, * as expressed in the report already cited that: "In the Alaska of the future there is room for men of many talents and of many lands...
...A.FX...
...Political and sincere isolationism could be overcome only if some nation of the Hemisphere should be involved...
...While the report makes no^iiirect recommendation on the question of reaffiliation with the' A. i F. of L. by the IX-.G.W.U., it j contains a detailed and document- ! ed account of the issues affecting the labor split and leaves the ; action to be taken by the [ •I.LG.W.U .with respect to re- |] joining the A. F. of L. to the s delegates...
...the army than throw out the government, and take the field on behalf of the Nazis...
...more ;and more are we becoming aware ;of the close bond which unites us with the moral ,spiritual and material forces which the tides of this barbaric crusade would engulf and destroy...
...i The I.L.G.W.U., one of the;: original founders of the C.I.O...
...the other, twenty republics...
...influx of huge' masses of newjj members and the infusion of new| faith and enthusiasm, the unionfc now faces another era of achieve...
...This would explain the strange reports of recent weeks that Argentina has reinforced her military establishment opposite two of Brazil's southern states...
...The experiences of Metlakatla indicate that a group of settlers, bound together by a common tragic experience and common ideals, whose migration grows out of their own felt needs, will assume responsibilities of -a self-supporting community...
...Since Argentina made this stand and won her point, thus looming as a world power, the center of diplomatic force has crept gradually from Washington southward...
...More and I more are we becoming conscious of the dangers and far-reaching implications of this anti-human and anti-social invasion...
...The King-Havernier bill follows closely the suggested mode of procedure outlined in the report...
...The primary basis of settlement,* however, would be adequately financed industries based for the present at least, upon wood, minerals, fish and fur...
...SITUATION throughout the leading na* tions of South America is shaping rapidly now toward a policy of resistance to'a growing menace, and it would not be surprising if the worst that Colonel Lindbergh could visualize— an incident leading to "war—should be undertaken in the hope of driving the United States to save herself—and the others...
...Waldman's remarks were made at a, meeting at Manhattan Center called to discuss the social and economic consequences of the Department of Justice's anti-trust drive against trade unions...
...a total membership of 250,0001 and a balance in the treasury oft more than $1,000,000, with the...
...Alaskan Colonization Would Open Now Industries for Americans «v 1 s By Emily Brown Head of the Washington Research Bureau if The New Leader Part II...
...When then is bo spigot, workgrs must buy drinking- water at a penny a pail a the nearest store, he stated...
...Monteiro came to the United States instead of going to Berlin, but both he and his superior...
...Wyoming...
...And through Brazil, Uruguay (and Argentina) were made aware that they were following the proper course so far as the United States was concerned...
...Scientists who have learned to extract all possible resources from each square foot of European soil may discover Alaskan resources greater than any which we now know...
...It can be said without any fear of contradiction that the policy makers of the Washington Government were thankful to Argentina for the suggestion...
...VPS ALL very complicated—very "diplomatic" * —but it all sums up to the feeling in Washington that since stupidity, fifth columnites and political hypocrisy have tied the hands of the Washington Government, it may be just as well to "go along" quietly with any move Argentina amy make to involve the Hemisphere in war...
...No union in the country is governed by a higher sense of responsibility to its members and all the common people of the land...
...pRIVATE capital in America would have to *^ do the job, since the funds in Alaska (the total capital of Alaskan banks is about $900,000) are small...
...the taking, processing, and canning of shellfish and fish other than salmon...
...Hi...
...The most recent, and most publicized, Matanuska, a frankly experimental project, created within a limited time and with many of the amenities of civilized life, at considerable initial cost, has demonstrated the practicability of farming for the local market...
...Upon approval of the specific settlement plans, the Secretary of Labor is empowered to pass on ithe qualifications of prospective immigrant Settlers, and to issue special visas from the appropriate consular offices, similar to Ma dent or visitor visas, and entitling the reripiot to travel to Alaska and engage in the occflj* tions authorized...
...Its economic life is built around the fishing industry...
...MtmJi The Alaskans themselves share the ttsdH*^ . n___n . it...
...Customarily, Washington makes known its wishes in the larger nations of South America through the Brazilian foreign office, thus sidestepping any outward appearance of pressure...
...for bringing this into effect will be mapped at the convention, tor gether with a program for polici ing and controlling the fields al* ready organized and enlarging the scope of the union's activi-t . ties with respect to economic problems confronting the industry...
...What has been the public responwto * proposed colonization of Alaska...
...In line with his cleverly conceived effort to prevent the United States from taking any step until too late, he seemed to be suggesting that strong-arm methods be used to prevent ope of these nations from dragging us in...
...x The convention is expected to remain in session two weeks...
...The Committee submitted its evidence to Frank P. Graves,-N...
...Beecher, supervisor of t>ifi)|i camps for migratory workers is Florida, declared that beta sJJB and colored families ttoeaJaW the state's vegetable belt at living in squalor in tents, Ma)a, tarpaper shacks and even tree houses...
...Plan...
...To all observers of South American, affairs, the fact that the Brazilian ambassador did not object to the Argentine suggestion was circumstantial evidence that the United States did not object...
...CCF Seas Public Schools Exempt from New BUI The New York State McLaughlin-Coudert bill to permit absence of pupils during school hours for religious instruction applies only to private and not to the public schools, the Committee for Cultural Freedom declared this week, on the basis of an opinion of the act rendered by Professor Paul Hays of the Columbia University Law Fafulty...
...Reports 300,000 Increase Since August WASHINGTON, - D.~ C.-l* up membership of the Aimdni Federation of Labor ¦; hsj 'if creased about 300,000 since hi August, bringing the .total am bership to approximately 4m 000, a report submitted'to 4n F. of L. 'Executive peane&fl Labor Unity Plea Keynote Of ILG Convention Call A MAGNIFICENT record off progress will be presented by officers of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union when delegates frofijits 277 local unions scattered over 26 states and four Canadian provinces assemble for the organization's twenty-fourth convention in New York City on Monday...
...The three-year period since the last convention of the organiza-s ' tion has been an era of struggle^ to improve and preserve stand-j ards and extend the sphere of in-t fiuence far beyond the original confines...
...The other, Metlakatla, a settlement established in 1887 by a group of some 800 religious refugees on islands ceded by our government, was built from the grass roots without benefit of government subsidy...
...and in the knitted underweai and underwear industries...
...opposition to the A. F. of L. andr thus intensified the civil-war within organized labor...
...Hie Housing Authority is now pushing its program in exactly half ,of...
...This involves for us matters of general policy...
...Corporations set up must as a basis for certification Of settlers prepare a plan of settlement for each project, detailing the number and qualifications of settlers needed...
...work | ers to be organized in the cottori garment trades, children's wear...
...There are still, bowl ever, tens of thousands of...
...Waldman charged that Thurman Arnold's drive against labor under the so-called antitrust laws seriously threatens national unity in the face of the European situation...
...IATTO-AMERICANS with whom I talked were astounded by the Lindbergh speech...
...Those who made the mountains, forests and mineral springs of Europe world centers for health seekers, sport lovers and travelers can help to develop the recreational areas of - Alaska, its mineral springs and its tourist facilities...
...In Argentina and Uruguay, conditions now are analogous to those in Romania...
...npHIS STEP appeared -first two weeks ago in * the Argentine suggestion to the twenty-one nations of the Pan-American Union that the Panama Declaration of Neutrality be dropped as a dead letter, and in its place the nations of the Union adopt a policy of non-belligerence, favoring the Allies and democracy...
...Those who have a genius for organizing trade can help Alaska to improve its markets both in" the United States and abroad and to solve its domestic problem of the highest cost of living in the world...
...What goes on there may well mark the opening of a new period in American expansion, tbe beginning of a planned colonization that will have far-reaching effects not only on the economy of Alaska but on that of the United States...
...Violation of the conditimsrf the visa is made a punishable and deportsi offense...
...Very soon the hearings will commence before a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs, cwnnriiing Senators Gerald P. Nye, Homer T...
...Y. Commissioner ' of Education...
...The report to be presented to the delegates by President David Dubinsky and the general executive board- is a document replfte with vital data and observations on the life and problems of the union, of the labor movement as a whole, and of the nation...
...Of some 4,000 letters received by the 3Jh tary on the subject, les...
...There is hot an easy heart on the American continent todayrand the labor movement, of which we are an inseparable part, certainly cannot crawl into a shell or dig its head into sand' hoping for the storms to blow over...
...Few -»——-i— labor organizations in America or elsewhere can offer a more kispirjng story of struggle and achievement...
...Argentina Set to Force U. S. Into Action if Allied Fleet Falls By Bryce Oliver WJ.Y.D...
...He put the number of mifnat workers, with their families, a a minimum of 50,000...
...the 'states in the Union, states in which the Supreme Courts have approved local slum-clearance and low-rent public housing programs...
...WASHINGTON, D. C—There have been, the Department of Interior report points out, two examples of planned migration in Alaska...
...ment which, it is hoped, will add materially to the record...
...Since then,: the union has remained independ...
...Hemmed in on all sides by blind stupidity and "fifth colomnites," the Washington Government has been unable to take steps clearly necessary to jnSure the safety of the United States itself...
...1JL7ITH the approval of the Secretary of the " Interior, the corporation may certify as settlers (1) citizens of the United States...
...In conclusion, the report states that if the proper basis for settlement is selected, there is no reason why Alaska cannot be successfully developed...
...earners in America or the fate oif our fellow citizens in general...
...their ties with" the past act, they will face the problems of pioneering in a new world...
...The first step to be taken under bill, if enacted,.would be the organization of Alaska development corporations, to be chartered by the Secretary of the Interior upon a finding that the articles of incorporation conformed to all the requirements of the law, and that provision is made for capital stock of at least ten million dollars, with $2,500,000 already subscribed to in good faith...
...T IS REGARDED as likely, both in Buenos * Aires and in Washington,' that in the event of a German break through the British fleet, the Brazilian Government would declare war on -Germany...
...by diversifying their industrial occupations, they provide for themselves a sound economic base...
...News Commutator WTHEN SOVIET RUSSIA Uniwbed^its atv " tack on Finland, it was Argentina that demanded the expulsion of the Soviet from the League of Nations and at that time I wrote in The New Leader: "Washington's governmental and economic experts are beginning to wonder what the role of the Western Hemisphere will be m the bright new-world' to be born- o? -warV^w:;-,«-~.f The picture of "a bright new world" does not appear, but the design of the Western Hemisphere does begin to emerge from the evidence, so clear at the time of the Russian invasion, that Argentina was aiming at Hispanje-Araerican leadership...
...The bill further provides that in the dth) of non-quota settlers, the apportions***dqualified settlers among the various coustrie of origin, so far as the number of qasHW applicants from such countries permits, shsB to in proportion to existing national quotas wit the Immigration Act of 1924...
...This was followed by the demand of Uruguay, presumably inspired by Argentina, for a Hemisphere protest against the German invasion of the Low Countries...
...Such reclassification m*" authorized by the Secretary of Labor Is mT year when the quota assigned to the country d the settler's origin is not otherwise rlfleA The possible objection that Americans deprived of jobs by the plan has been ¦** ¦ providing in Section 8 (b) that any soeasmW' ment plan shall with respect to at least Wf* cent of the number of settlers to_ be ates*m "'accord a preference to citizens of tht Vdtd States who are qualified and who may ajefcrftf certification as settlers...
...Louis Waldman Urges FD To Act Against Arnold Louis Waldman, noted labor attorney, last night called upon President Roosevelt to "direct the Department of Justice immediately to abandon its drive against organized labor under the Sherman anti-trust law as the first s^ep towards national mobilization-" Mr...
...It does not fail to include a fervent plea for the restoration of peace between the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, calling the workers of the United States...
...1 The action of the convention on this and other problems will unquestionably have wide repercussions, and may be expected to contribute in a positive manner to the consolidation of the forces j of labor and democracy in America...
...But at his right hand is a man who can—and does—keep the Nazis informed that Brazil will act for them in an emergency...
...This man is the war minister, Eurica Dutra...
...They are tolerant as those in a pioneer community are tolerant, judging the settlers not by their creed, race or color, but by the contribution they will make toward the building up of the country...
...This unbroken string of favorable decisions ' has been attained in the highest tribunals of 24 of' the 38 states -having public housing laws...
...In his radio speech Sunday night, Colonel Charles A. Lindberghy.'carefully concealing the Nazi decoration on his breast, protested that we would" be unable to keep out if some nation of the Hemisphere declared war...
...It will hold its business sessions in Carnegie Hall...
...The convention will mark a)so the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the union...
...It is up to Buenos Aires to take the step and Buenos Aires proceeds to do it...
...If there is a water spigot use of all the families in tatekei rentals arc increased 25 cento i week, he said...
...And then they could be overcome quickly because a picture of our own danger would be created...
...His resignation cannot be forced because of the danger of a new Nazi uprising...
...j_^ torials represented newspapers of all P°*fT creeds from every state in the Unioa e...
...2) quota immigrants and persons lawfully admitted to, the United States for perma'hent residence...
...fur-farming'and the processing of furs, etc...
...It is the conviction of Mr...
...Today, it is a prospering municipality, with a highly successful town salmon cannery...
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