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Three weeks in office had given President João Café Filho the inside details he needed to judge Brazil's economic plight. Last week, in an emotion-choked broadcast over all the country's radio stations, he laid the somber facts on the line. Brazil is in a "dreadful crisis," and the public has to face it. Revelations, all dated from the regime of Getulio Vargas, whose suicide brought Café Filho to power...
...blame? Generously-for he was not a Vargas man, and became Vargas' Vice President only through a whim of politics-Café Filho said that "it is not to the point now to investigate origins or guilt." But the disastrous errors were, in fact, made by Vargas to keep the political support of 1) electricity consumers, 2) planters who demanded the high fixed price that, as an unintended result, forced coffee revenues down, 3) credit-hungry businessmen, and 4) wage-boosting labor...
Though barred constitutionally from running for President in 1955, Café Filho well knows that the problems that toppled Getulio Vargas cannot wait until after elections. A moderate conservative and a warm friend of the U.S., he believes that Brazil cannot solve its tangle of economic problems without the help of the country's chief trading partner. Said the President to a TIME correspondent last week: "An improvement of Brazilian living standards can only be obtained through the economic development of the country. This development cannot be achieved without a policy of collaboration and exchange with other countries...
...Glass of Water. Last week President Café Filho went to the Chamber of Deputies to take his formal oath of office. As he stepped into the elaborate, gilded presidential elevator, he halted, and his eyes twinkled behind gold spectacles. "Just one moment, please," he said. "I must have a glass of water. I cannot go to Congress for the first time as President and start asking for water right off the bat. They'll think I shall never stop asking for things...
Moments later. President Café Filho made his first request of Congress-for "a few days to learn the new ropes of governing." This week he will hold his first Cabinet meeting to plan the recovery of troubled Brazil...