Show NEWS THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON EW YORK president getulio evargas NV 1 I X 11 vargas argas of brazil was a tar far western frontiersman fion in his youth still wearing bombacho bom bachos bacho s 00 or I 1 gaucho trousers pres vargas for informal dress handy with and quite in char six shooter acter pumping a six gun at the palace a e and putting down dawn 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 bis totalitarian state stale on november 10 of last year there were those who said he was dealing in the dark of the moon with the green shirts i that here was where germany and fascism got a toehold toe hold on this continent the green shirt revolt and its vi vigorous 9 suppression by sr vargas seems to be an answer to that even if he had not previously made it clear that his authoritarian state 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 to in fas strong arm cist technique and furthermore when it comes to strong arm government all south american countries have plenty ot of home talent and indigenous skill sr vargas recruited his political following as a liberal he denounced monopoly and promised the overthrow ot of the coffee plantation kings he seized power in 1930 by the overthrow of president ident washington lutz luiz with the aid of i his lifetime friend old general aurelio monteiro Mon lutz had won the election against him but I 1 vargas raised a cry of fraud from the first he ruled partially by decree now entirely since the adoption of the x j r constitution denies all constitution of no rights of vember 10 his re free speech organization of the country followed established dictatorial practice in the formation of labor syndicates the fixing of maximum and minimum bazes and the dental denial of all rights of free press and free assemblage he is a famous orator speaking a fluent 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 legislature and au all the rest of it THE rhe make in which JL 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 a unified ed command major general frank M andrews running the show is one of the few flying generals he gathered up the strands of 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 handsomest man in the service he is quietly effective and the last man in the world to be called a swivel chair officer he warns the country against a shortage of fliers and urges civilian training he be was not an A E F flier in 1934 he be made the unusual jump from lieutenant colonel to brigadier general grid and was made a major gen eral in 1935 he was graduated from west point in 1906 and was with the th cavalry on the mexican border be fore he found his wings 0 consolidated news features feature service |