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President Getulio Dornelles Vargas, of Brazil awaited delivery of a new office for himself and staff: a transport plane, complete with desk, swivel chair and davenport...
...every finger of our two hands." Brazil, on the other hand, is overwhelmingly pro-American, "but there are strong pro-German influences. . . ." The Fifth Column (the expression is banned from Brazilian newspapers) centers in the German Embassy, "and its life blood, the L.A.T.I., Condor, and other Axis airlines." President Getulio Dornelles Vargas is reported to have said that if his local Germans make trouble, he "will eat them alive." But "the Nazis realize the extreme importance of Brazil, and devote tremendous energy to it. ... The Germans are reputed to spend $2,500,000 per month on propaganda...
...appointed day they had all filed into a Cabinet meeting and presented their resignations, to give Getulio Vargas "a free hand in the critical hour of Brazil's history." When all had offered their resignations but War Minister Dutra they all looked at him expectantly. Said...
...Getulio Vargas has always been our leader; him we have always followed. If it is necessary for our country's good that we all resign, I suggest that our Leader be the first to offer his resignation to the people. Then I will follow him, as I always have...
Harmonious but stern was Getulio Vargas' broadcast to his country : "Any aggression from whatever source will find us the greatest block of varied nationalities ever got together in any defensive alliance." In the same vein Franklin Roosevelt sent a message, read over the radio, to his good southern neighbor...