Word: argentina
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although the U. S. is the world's No. 2 wool producer (1938 total: Australia 938,000,000 lbs.; U. S. 436,500,000; Argentina 385,000,000) it is not self-sufficient. Relatively mild climate makes U. S. wool fine-fibred, usable only for apparel, draperies, upholstery, etc. Yet in the apparel class alone the U. S. produces only 70% of its consumption, had to import 94,000,000 lbs. in 1937. With the chief suppliers, Australia and New Zealand (1937 aggregate, 51,000,000 lbs.), now out of the market, wool producers today can see bright days...
Meanwhile U. S. Ambassador to Poland Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr. called in Paris upon new expatriate Polish President Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, this act confirming diplomatic recognition, which was also granted by France, Great Britain, Turkey, Sweden, Argentina, Mexico, the Vatican. Turks in Paris proudly recalled that during previous partitions of Poland, when the country appeared defunct for generations at a time, it was customary at the Sultan's Court for the Turkish majordomo, after announcing the names of all guests who had arrived, to shout "and unfortunately the Polish Ambassador is unavoidably absent...
...Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay proposed last week to patrol the shores of the east coast of South America lest they be used as bases for warring European sea rovers. It was a big order...
...Argentina's Foreign Minister Dr. José Maria Cantilo quickly called all American diplomatic representatives in Buenos Aires for consultations. Argentinian sympathy for Germany, which was supposed to be strong, disappeared overnight. A decree curtailing the barter deals with the Nazis restored to the U. S. many of the orders for fuels, electrical appliances, chemicals, drugs, newsprint which had been coming from Europe. The War Ministry discussed discharging the German military mission which had been instructing land forces. And Argentina heartily endorsed a proposal originated by El Hombre Roosevelt but officially put forward by Panama: that the signatories...
When the 21 independent countries of the Americas gathered at Lima last year to draw up an antitotalitarian pact, most of them were determined not to let El Hombre's delegate, Cordell Hull, run the show. Argentina in particular hemmed, took exception, offered substitute phrases. The final draft, a reluctant Argentine compromise, postulated the 21 countries' common interest, provided that in time of crisis the signatories would consult each other. When war broke out fortnight ago, Argentina did a complete about-face and put herself in the forefront of the rush to implement the Lima Declaration...