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Authority on Inter-American Relations Speaks in Med ford "If United States needed a slogan it would be 'Look southward, Uncle,' the Ameri cas need one another." So stated Edward Tomlin son, feature writer for the Washington, D.C., Daily News and one of the nation's auth orities on inter-American af fairs, before the Rogue River Valley Knife and Fork club last night at the Rogue Valley Country club. Prior to his talk Benjamin Franklin, Topeka, Kan., presi dent of Knife and Fork Club International, greeted the members. Franklin brought the greet ings of the more than 300 clubs throughout the country. He mentioned that this .was his second visit to the valley, and stressed the importance of early selection of speakers. He mentioned that many of the better speeches are made fcy persons many have never heard of before. . Claim to Knowledge In commenting on Central and South America, Tomlin son said that his only claim to knowledge of the peoples of the countries to the south was that he had been exposed to them over a period of 30 years. -' He compared the various Latin countries in size to states of the U. S., concluding that these 20 countries cover a vast area of the globe. Persons . are constantly amazed at the size of Russia, he said, but added, Russia is mainly in the cold regions of ine world. Latin America has all climates of the world, ly ,ing from, the North Temper ate zone to the Antarctic. He said that no crop is being grown that can't be grown somewhere in Latin America. Population Increasing. .' The 175,000,000 population of those countries is increas ing much more rapidly than in the Orient, Tomlinson ex plained, , with a prediction that they will exceed 500 mil lion by the year 2000. - The speaker reviewed the history of the various coun tries, describing them as a melting pot of many nationali ties. He mentioned that it is the cosmopolitan part of the world, each country contrib uting to the total. . Many of the countries have advanced economically, Tom linson explained. Brazil pre viously imported all of its jute needed for coffee bean bags, now within a five-year period, they produce it themselves alojpg the banks of the Ama zon. He also mentioned that the countries were now in dustrializing, processing the ores they previously sold" raw, and discovering new mineral- With the advent of indus trialization which makes the countries more important to the U.S., the demand by resi dents of those countries for consumer goods has also in creased. Tomlinson mentioned that many U. S. companies have built plants in Latin America to supply goods for the local population. U. S. Not Alone "The United States is not alone in the setting up of plants and factories in these countries," the speaker stress ed. "While the Uniteji States was still rebuilding Europe after World War II other countries had started on this program in countries to the south." The United States is up against the, biggest competi tion of all' times, including Communist competition which trades for propaganda, he said. : The speaker mentioned that in the political field in Latin America 10 powerful dicta tors have risen to power since World War II. Of these, eight have been overthrown in bloody rebellions. 4 Tomlinson reviewed the history of these countries, older than the United States, lelling how the first settlers represented the Spanish crown which was both law and religion. During the early days countries could not trade with each other due to rules of the crown, he con tinued. ; Because of the strict rulings it took a long time for the residents to find freedom of thought. In their attempts to set up free institutions, Tom linson said, the government still falls into the hands of the wrong kind of people. ' . Reviews Background " He cited the rule of Juan Peron of Argentina which was overthrown after 12 years. He reviewed the dictator's back ground through his military trainings in Italy and Ger many in early World War LT when Mussolini and Hitler were at the height of their power. i He described Fidel Castro as a despostic aavemurer, who, if he is not a Commu nist, is doing all the things they would like for him to do. Tomlinson told of incidents during the past 12 years where Castro has tried to em barrass the United States and how he bragged to the press in 1948 of the number of buildings he personally had burned in Bogota, Colombia, during the revolt there when 3,000 persons were killed. Has No Plan The journalist stressed that Castro does not know what he will do next, he has no plan of government, and no knowl edge of economy. He called the Cuban pre mier a fanatic saying that he may not know what he is do ing, but those around him, especially his brother, Raul, his foreign minister and land reform director, do know what they want. " The speaker added that the Communist governments have spent more than two million dollars on propaganda in Cu ba in recent months. In commenting on the cul tural exchange program be tween the U. S. and Commu nist countries, Tomlinson said, have been doing this for years before the United States thought of it. He stated that in foreign countries the troupes are greeted by the heads of state and are given the "red carpet treatment" during their tour. He added that "we are doing our propaganda clumsi ly." - - The speaker concluded that the Western nations are mak ing progress in the Latin American countries political ly and economically.. J , More people are voting in these countries than before, that Communist countrieshe said. During the last elec tion in Mexico twice as many voted as in previous elections while in Brazil the turn-out tripled. Women are impor tant, too, he said except in Paraguay. Women are hold ing public offices and are serving as supreme court judges, senators and similar posts. Women are a powerful part of politics in the south ern countries, iie said. ' ' The Latin American coun tries are still the most impor tant countries in the world to the United States. The U.S. is doing more business with them than all other countries of the . world combined. For once the U. S. is now buying more from them than they are selling. The seven billion dol lars worth of trade that the Latin American countries do is needed by the U. S. more today than ever before. Following Tomlinson's talk a question and answer period was held. The speaker was introduced by Archie C. Pierce, presi dent of the local club. Other guests at the speakers table were Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Goldy, Mrs. Pierce, and Franklin. Introduced were 31 new members in the club and guests. 16 MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Or. Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1 959 SMALL, SMALL WORLD Djakarta-(IIPD-An Indonesi an newspaper, noting reports from Singapore that the gov ernment there is planning to force husbands to turn over their salaries to their wives, said this would not mean much here. "In Indonesia," the paper said, "the husband's pay en velope too often contains only loan tickets, coffee checks and cigarette receipts." 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