| Show whose news THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON EW YORK president getulio evargas NEW vargas ot of brazil was a tar far western frontiersman tron in his you youth still wearing bom bachos or gaucho trousers pres vargas for informal dress handy with and quite in char six shooter acter ter pumping a six gun at the palace and putting down a graustark ian revolt A swarthy stocky little man quick on the draw he has never been gun shy and impromptu shooting has been an occasional obligate in his rise to supreme power when he established his totalitarian state on november 10 of 0 last year there were those who said he be was dealing in the dark of the moon with the green shirts that here bere was where germany and fascism got a toehold toe hold bold on this continent the green shirt revolt and its vigorous suppression by sr vargas seems to be an answer to that even it if he had not previously made it clear that his authoritarian state wis was not of the european model brazil has a complex racial makeup which provides no proscribed group or racial home talent myth the first re expert at qui rement in fas as strong arm cist technique and furthermore when it comes to strong arm government all south american countries have plenty of home talent and indigenous skill sr vargas recruited his bis political following as a liberal he denounced monopoly and promised the overthrow of the coffee plantation kings lie he seized power in 1930 by the overthrow of president washington luiz with the aid ot of his lifetime friend old gener general aurelio monteiro Mon luiz had won the election against him but vargas raised a cry of fraud I 1 from the first he ruled partially by decree now entirely since the adoption ot of the denies all constitution of 0 no rights of vember 10 ills his re free speech organization of the country followed established dictatorial practice in the formation of labor syndicates the fixing of maximum and minimum wages and the denial of all rights of free press and free assemblage he is a famous orator speaking a fluent affluent and flowery portuguese using the radio a great deal in national appeals he is credited with just about the shrewdest political intelligence in south america in his prairie town he attended a private college later enrolled in a military college but was diverted to the law his rise through minor offices to the national congress parallels the standard career chart of our congressional record biographies district attorney state ae legislature i slature and au all the rest of it 0 0 0 THE I 1 IE make believe war in which the eastern seaboard was defended against black expeditionary forces from overseas was the first large scale air forces workout work out of our defend U S flying fortresses in in mock war under der a unified command major general frank M andrews running the show Is one of the few flying generals he gathered up the strands of tile the unified service when the GHQ air force which he commands moved into the huge air base at langley field march 1 1935 called the hands handsomest ornest man in the service lie is quietly effective and the last man in the world to be called a swivel chair of fleer lie he warns the country against a shortage of fliers and urges civilian training ile he was not an A E F hier flier in 1934 he made the unusual jump from lieutenant colonel to brigadier general and was made a major gen eral in 1935 he was graduated from west point in 1906 and was with the cavalry on the mexican border be fore he found his wings 0 consolidated news features service |
