Show a w v vv v d R BE N Nt t- t Washington D D. D C. C GOOD NEIGHBOR OPERATION CO The United States is getting muc much h better operation co-operation from some of oui out r South American neighbors than has ha S leaked out to the public When Portugal protested to th the e United States against Roosevelt Roosevelt's fireside chat hinting the seizure o othe ol 01 the Azores the Brazilian government government govern govern- ment immediately got in touch with the U. U S S. S state department The Portuguese had sent the Brazilians Brazilian a copy of their protest and Brazil Braz J asked us what reply we were going to make Ambassador Caffrey in Rio de Janeiro Janeiro Janeiro Ja Ja- immediately showed Foreign Minister Aranha a summary of our proposed reply and Aranha volunteered volunteered volun volun- to send Portugal exactly the same answer telling answer telling them it was vital to the safety of the Western hemisphere that the Azores be in friendly hands and that Brazil could not afford to see the islands taken by the Axis This message was sent which means that Brazil will operate co-operate with the United States if and when the time comes to occupy the Azores Argentina also has been more cooperative cooperative co co- operative than ever despite the diehard diehard diehard die die- hard efforts of our Rocky Mountain congressmen to prevent the importation importation importation tation of Argentine canned beef Argentine Argentine Argentine Ar Ar- gentine sentiment is overwhelmingly Hitler anti-Hitler and pro The Argentines are much stronger for Roosevelt than for the United States and have their fingers crossed as to what may happen after Roosevelt leaves office Dakar and Robin Moor For approximately one month however all White House advisers have lave agreed that the Azores were far ar less important than Dakar and the coast of West Africa That is what makes the sinking of the Robin Moor by a Nazi submarine so doubly doubly dou- dou bly aly significant Despite the menace of Dakar presidential advisers have been worried worried worried wor wor- ried as to what we should do about it t. t To take Dakar from the French and to hold it against all comers would require more men than the in the U. U S. S marine corps It would require an expeditionary force orce from the regular army And while such troops troop are available avail avail- available able the bottoms to transport them are something else again Once before before be- be fore bre the British urged us not to get mixed up in the South Atlantic because because because be be- cause it would divert our navy from the he important all-important North Atlantic The sinking of the Robin Moor however has played directly into the hands of those who have been urging the President to adopt the strongest policy in the South Atlantic Atlan- Atlan tic ic and if necessary land troops on the bulge of Africa CATHEDRAL OF AGRICULTURE Paul H. H Appleby diminutive didactic di didactic di- di undersecretary of agriculture agriculture ture ure made a flying trip to Nebraska the he other day which had some interesting interesting in- in inside background Purpose of the trip was to set setup setup up what some agricultural hands call a Cathedral of Agriculture in Lincoln Neb What Appleby was working on was a plan to pool all aU of the he different federal agricultural agencies under one roof and under one director at Lincoln I These were to include the AAA I Rural Electrification administration soil conservation farm security extension extension ex- ex tension service farm debt adjustment adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- ment and so on The plan was to tomake tomake tomake make the state of Nebraska a guinea i pig to test the idea All of these different farm representatives would then hen report to one director in Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coIn rather than to Washington However the proposed Nebraska director was Cal CaI Ward regional supervisor of farm security And although although al- al though hough working for a Democratic administration he is branded as a staunch Republican His selection therefore caused opposition from various various various va va- rious federal farm representatives in n Nebraska who didn't want to join any Cathedral of Agriculture under under under un un- der Cal CaI Ward I I Chief objector was Fred Wallace WaUa chairman of the Nebraska AAA and it was to bring him into line that Appleby flew out to Nebraska Appleby had first ordered Wallace i ito to Washington But Wallace refused Even after Appleby flew out to see him he could not make Wallace budge Im interested in an agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural program not a lot of bureaucracy bu bu- bureaucracy Wallace said bU 1 Appleby stayed an extra day finally flew back to Washington His Cathedral of Agriculture for Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- braska definitely side Note Secretary of Agriculture has been looking around to find a new berth for his undersecretary tary outside tary-outside outside of the agriculture de de- e i a Army Movies Movies are the top amusement of the boys in camp and the army gives them all they want at want at bargain bargain bargain bar bar- gain prices For this purpose the war department department department depart depart- ment has organized the Army Motion Motion Motion Mo Mo- tion Picture service which in a afew afew afew few months has become one of the largest theater chains in the country country country coun coun- try with about theaters in op op- There is at least one movie theater in every army camp with shows seven nights a week plus Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- and Sunday matinees |