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LATIN AMERICANS

NEARLY ALL ROOSEVELT ENTHUSIASTS OPINION BEFORE RECENT ELECTION. INTEREST IN PRESIDENT'S j FOREIGN POLICY. ' 'By Gwendolyn T. Barrows, in the' "Christian Science Monitor." on J October 30.) Aboard the S.S. Flora ' In the Caribbean Sea. ' With the United States it may take; Gallup polls and Democratic polls. Independent polls and personal polls, to measure the day-by-day strength and weakness of the two candidates for; President of the United States. But; scratch a Latin American and it's ten’ to one you discover a Roosevelt enthu-. South of Key West. Florida, political j thermometer readings run high, are! easily read, and arc largely in favour; of continuing the "beneficent" rule ofj Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In Haiti, for instance: Just four days] by boat from New York, one reaches I the capital of the “mountainous coun-| try." In Port-au-Prince there is great) respect for Roosevelt. People admit! there is not much knowledge of Hai-I tian problems in the Haitian-American' relations as administered from Washington. But they say. Roosevelt is "for the people." Didn't Roosevelt “change the Constitution” to fit his needs i indicating his "progressiveness")?

Furthermore, didn’t their own Haitian President pattern his course after Roosevelt’s, changing the Constitution to fit his needs. They point out that since the President of the "States" announced his candidacy for a third term their own president has indicated that he will be President for the third time. Haitians admit that elections are a little different in the States. In Haiti the President remains in office, it is freely admitted, by virtue of his ability to pay the Guard. The press

is not free. Shall we ask the man in the Street? Most of the men of Haiti are in the street, but we'll ask him. He's short sturdy, and dark-complectioned. In Creole he replies —Roosevelt is great man, sort of a Great White Father. Naturally Roosevelt will be re-elected. These are difficult times, he says,

But to go further south, Stop in at La Guaira at the top of South America. The Spanish dons settled here almost a hundred years before the Pilgrims jumped onto Plymouth Rock. Take a ride up into the precipitous hills overlooking Caracas. The road is good; it was built by students, political prisoners of Juan Vicente Gomez, dictator until his death in 1935. Talk with the driver. He has lived in Paris. Barbados

—and Brooklyn. America's next President? Roosevelt, of course’ His attitude obviously is. Who is Willkic? In Caracas, the capital, the attitude is similar. In this old city the shops have a two-hour siesta, some even longer. But talk continues, whether in the cafes, the homes or the streets. Venezuelans are glad to share their views. This is a city of wealth, of education of beauty, and of slums. Prices are;

amazing, sometimes twice what one would expect. Everything has to be imported. even bread is imported from the United States. And Roosevelt is a gr-great man. say this Spanish-speak-ing people.

Of course the inhabitants of "Little Venice" (Venezuela) are used to dictatorial governments. Gomez was one of the strongest dictators the world has known. He put \ r enezuelan affairs into better shape than they had ever been economically. At the time of his passing it was one of the few countries in the world without a public debt Bui politically? The rights of the individual were reduced to nil. Part of the unanimity of opinion among Latin Americans can bo traced to this Administration's friendly attitude toward Americans south of the Border But of even more immediate interest is Roosevelt's foreign policy Latin Americans have seen it in action Willkic's remains a question murk. to them, although he has made n dear in the U.S.A. Nor are they .sun* Willkie would be permitted to carry out hrs enlightened policy. Roosevelt’s attitude, on the other hand. is well known to them Translated e.Miy they read it a.- "We American.- ham; together<«r el-v ' A> d in Latin An.eta*, war is more than a theoretical problem The unprints are t wry where Each vi entry lias to battle pre-■■•ore . within. action fifth columnist-' But interesting as forecastm;; is : body-nut even ,i l,:i'.:ri American m the comparative clarity of 100 degreein tile shade-- van accurately •.ell whir will happen next Tursd.i.v That will! Je decided by individuals, citizetm • ' Tie United State 1 f America.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1941, Page 6

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LATIN AMERICANS Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1941, Page 6

LATIN AMERICANS Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1941, Page 6

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