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...things for Brazil." Few of his countrymen dare or care to quibble; one Brazilian industrialist who balked found himself labeled in Chatô's press as "a bandit, looter, pachyderm, hippopotamus, Berber filibuster, Barbary pirate." Typical contributors: Coffee King Geremia Lunardelli, Banker (and former Ambassador to Washington) Walther Moreira Salles, Industrialist Francisco ("Baby") Pignatari (occasional playmate of Linda Christian). Chatô himself is the most generous giver, but seems almost ashamed to admit that he ever had to reach into his own pocket. Says Director Bardi: "This is the first museum created by publicity...
...design a building for Brazil's Ministry of Education, Architect Costa summoned Le Corbusier from France, surrounded "the greatest man in modern architecture" with a group of students who have since become Brazil's best. Among them: Afonso (Museum of Modern Art) Reidy, Jorge (University City) Moreira, Niemeyer. Then Costa pulled out of the project after a series of disagreements. The others elected Novice Niemeyer as their leader, and their building, faced with blue, louver-like sun-breakers, became a famed architectural milestone...
...initiative and resourcefulness of the individual working through the institutions of private enterprise. A few of the men who share this belief: Canada's Gordon Graham, India's G. D. Birla, Belgium's Paul Van Zeeland, Iran's A. H. Ebtehaj, Brazil's Walther Moreira Salles. Conference chairman will be TIME'S Editor-in-Chief Henry R. Luce...
...Lunardelli is the donor of a Goya, a Manet, two Renoirs, a Rodin bronze, two Toulouse-Lautrecs, a Degas and a Ceézanne; the Jafet family (iron) has come through with a Tintoretto, a Renoir and a Gobelin tapestry; Bank President (and former Ambassador to the U.S.) Walther Moreira Salles is donor of a Picasso, a Degas and a Modigliani; Sugar Magnate Fulvio Morganti is down for a Utrillo; Financier Adriano Seabra gave a Titian. In all, persuasive Chato has roped in 381 donors, including nine banks, 38 industrial companies and Sao Paulo's Jockey Club...
...week's end Washington had relented somewhat. Though most of the technicians were already heading for home, the U.S. agreed to prolong the life of the joint commission for another three or four months. Brazilian Ambassador Walther Moreira Salles also got word that another $48 million worth of electric-power loans would probably be granted before the end of June, and that the World Bank would open a special office in Rio to keep the bank up to date on the backlog of $226 million worth of pending loan projects after the commission folds...