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Merriman pointed out that the present Mexican government is very unstable, and after having studied her past history of continued revolts, it is easy to see that the threat of another revolution is great in this uncertain period. On the other hand, Argentina and Brazil, the dominant states of South America, have not shown such a tendency toward revolt in the past and hence are not threatened as much by a revolution effected by the efficient Nazi political machine...
...tight little combination turns off the diamond supply like a kitchen tap. The supply: British and Belgian Africa, whose "pipes" (blue clay mines) and alluvial deposits yield 97% of the world's output. The other 3%, including black diamonds, is sifted haphazardly by natives from river alluvium in Brazil...
...Cossel, who as trainer of the Integralistas, skipped following their abortive coup against the Government, but immediately returned as a "Cultural Attache " of the German Embassy. He has disseminated aggressive culture among Brazil's 750,000 Germans, formed storm battalions to beat up those who would not go Nazi, smuggled arms and ammunition, distributed the usual films and literature...
...production (almost 500,000 long tons in 1939, of which 75% went into tires). No. 1 producer in 1939 was The Netherlands East Indies, which shipped 377,038 tons; No. 2 British Malaya shipped 375,441 tons. Cultivating seeds originally brought from South America, both have long since outstripped Brazil, whose "wild" trees last year furnished only 16,094 tons. All the "wild" trees in the world produced less than 40,000 tons last year, less than a month's supply if the motor-minded U. S. got it all. On hand in U. S. storehouses last week...
Mingling business with pleasure, a group of Summer Schoolers will head for Brazil, Argentina, and points South before June has breathed its final sigh. The lucky lads and lasses, not to mention any retired school teachers who may go along, will be officially credited with a year's work in economics. But the only real reading they need do will be the menu in the nearest sidewalk cafe...