Washington and the Nation
Washington and the Nation The Story of Bolivia and Quinine Front The Ntm Leader Washington Humm WASHINGTON, I). (' There arc some strange facets to this Bolivian business. There is, for instance,...
...The pluvious !'• ii.1i ,u.,i.i government, which was the creatine of the Bolivian tin triumvirate, permitted persons and linns named on the United .States ufuck-lisb to-go on ikiing business us usual...
...Marshall's blast against lnlior New Year's Evo the Navy had hung buck...
...When Congress reconvenes on Monday the Navy's admiral* will present Capitol Hill with a memorandum strongly backing thu Austin-Wnalsworth labor draft ¦ ¦ill The Army has Immiii opon in its support of the bill for a long time, but until (Sen...
...The Bolivian quinine market is largely controlled by Mauricio Hochschild who also, with two others, Patiuo and A ray am o, is a controlling factor in Bolivian tin...
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...Typical of this attitude is what occurred when the militia took over the Capitol Park Hotel which faces the legislative halls of Congress, the sent of American democracy...
...The facts arc simple...
...these two solid, testimonials in deeds« not merely in words, when the new Villaroel government asked I lie republics, of Ibe two Americas for recognition, the democracies of the western hemisphere, lieiunied and hawed and permitted Argentina te> become the first to step forward and extend the friendly hand of recognition to the new Bolivian government...
...But only officers may enter tl r ¦ j...
...It put an effecthw stop lo this channel for the -.preadhig of Nazi propaganda in South America...
...or rather they were under the Penaranda regime which was recently ousted in the revolution that elevated Villaroel to the presidency...
...Its spacious lobby is decked with potted palms and comfortable upholstered iKm- for the weary...
...The Capitol is familiar with the traditional military attitude toward a democratic citizen's army as distinguished from its nun elite corps...
...Ever since Pearl Harbor, the American government has been trying to obtain Bolivian quinine...
...What Argentina wants with all that quinine is something else to .speculate about, since liy this tinn-it is estimated according to it* purchases to have an eight-year slnckpile of quinine- unless it has quietly dispmed of if in ways it's not talking about...
...u" During I he IVnar^iln ttgime, for some strange res son, America was unable to obtain a Single ounce of Bolivian quinine...
...This, despite the I act that it was known that they utilized this means loc in-.ii.< h>i- Nazi propaganda in South A.oei a a. Tlui first thing the new Villaroel government did following it.H successful revolt against the economic royally of liocliseliild, Patino and Arayiunn was to eizo all the properly of persons and firms named in lhe United States blacklist...
...The first thing the new Villaroel government did was to offer the entire Itohvian output of the much- 1 needed quinine to the I! nit erf Stater" government at our own price...
...Bolivia produces the richest quinine...
...The entrance for enlisted personnel is through the basement...
...the ample main entrance, drape their will-tailic i uniforms in the overstuffed (hairs and rest their superior eyes on the beautiful lolling lawns and the charming fountains that sweep away from the hotel front up to the steps of the Capitol building...
...The Pcunrandn (iovernment permit -lex] Argentine agents >¦> come in to Bolivia and outdid the United States...
...The admirals have now swung into line and, in addition to the Austtn-Wndsworth bill, will demand a complete clump-down on lnl..»i . * ¦J k ¦> The revelation of (ien...
...There is, for instance, the question of Bolivian quinine...
...I' H. And the reaetleaary mcamuawt press in the United States ami Oils have taken the lead m d< noun, ing this revolt of the workers end S«es-anht vi Bolivia—the mrst ana in half ¦ eejttnsy^as Alexander I hi observed in PM last Tuesday, that did not come from the mine owners...
...It is an essential requirement of thcAmerican forces lighting in tropical places, particularly in the Pacific area...
...At each bidding, whatever price was offered l>y the United States, the Argentines ¦opped the hid and carried off the quinine...
...These Ihree, in fact, are the economic overlords of Bolivia...
...Marshall's true attitude towards labor did not come as a surprise to Wasliing-lonians...
...There is also the matter of Smith American axis agents named mi the United States official blacklist...
...The Capitol Park Hotel is now the United Nations' Sei vice Outer for me: m the aimed services...
Vol. 27 • May 1944 • No. 2
