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...even before the fiesta was over, the general had begun to indicate that a new austerity was in order for Chile. In a characteristically frosty radio address to the nation he said: "I assume the government of the republic in a state of near collapse . . ." By week's end, his ministers were talking of whacking the budget and freezing wages. The first job to which the general had pledged himself was to lower the cost of living; it was clear from Ibanez' opening words that deflation was already under...
...recalled in her newspaper column recently that Franklin Delano Roosevelt "used to say with amusement that he thought there were more Delanos in Chile than in the U.S. . . . One of his earliest sea-captain relatives once sailed into port in Chile, found the country at war, joined their navy and stayed to become a citizen." Best known of the dozen Delanos Mrs. Roosevelt met: Caricaturist Jorge ("Coke") Delano...
Heading the group of U.S. officials who will attend the inauguration next week of Chile's President, General Carlos Ibafiez del Campo: Eleanor Roosevelt, who goes as special ambassador and chief of the American delegation...
...Mexico. In Phoenix he complained that Republicans would not debate some of "the solemn questions" facing the U.S. "Their whole campaign," he gibed, "reminds me of a phonograph record that monotonously repeats 'I love you, I love you, I love you' -and adds 'honey chile' and a rebel yell when the caravan moves South." In Albuquerque he warned against "the Communist conspiracy within the U.S.," and promised: "Under me as President of the United States, federal agencies will deal sternly . . . with all who would betray their country and their freedom...
...runners-up: Switzerland, 16 per 1,000 adults; Chile, 15; the U.S., 10; Australia, 6.7. Soberest of all: England...