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intervene in the internal politics of the latin dnerican countries. . Memo for the file whe | b= 583 Remember too that besides the trust @ there is another. source ef totelitarianim. The tyrants who rule in Latin American: and who ere backed ‘There ere many despots recognized by everybody whe carry the name of democrats with the aprobation of the diplomatic representatives of the govern ment of the States. Perhaps you may reply to us thet your. country does not oo You may be right but you eannct. Gany that the people of any country where liberty ie an empty word and erime 4s the formula which solves social problens will never understand the meaning of democracy especially when the | tyrants and the high class thieves whom they know are those who flaunt the stan dards of liberty, ; Allow us, Mr. WALLACK, to return to the effatis of our ow countrys We are awaré of the fact that you are going to the United Fruit Companys We hope that you profit by this visit, but we foar that you may not be able te do it. Several years ago a kind hearted Costa Rican President teok pity on the laborers and went to pay than a visit, but the United Fruit Company suo- Geeded in putting up a show "Ad hec” in order te ‘Bive the President an entirely different viewpoint concerning the reality that he should have faced. ‘St 4s well that you know thet in the Banana Zone, Costa Rica docs not have full control of the people who live there. ‘The Gévermment of Costes Rica pays the authorities a very lew salary to which the Company adds an almost equal encunt in order to make use of their services in the interest ef the Company. Whenever it pleases the coupany, it threws out a Costa Rican farmer and confiscates his land or takes a group of leborers and sends them to the interior just as Hitler would do when he thinks that a man is undesirable, but Goes not deserve death, The Goverment of Costa Rica could hardly fight a company Iike the United because in doing so it would find itself opposing the Amorican Legation. Mir, WALLACE, you have no idea of the way in which human beings ef the white race live in the dominion of the United Fruit Company, We assure you that this company deals better with the mules than with our laborers. Zf you had been accompanied by a werking man im your visit te the Zone of the United Fruit Company, perhdps you would have been able te see sane of the things which otherwiee will be completely concealed from you. -4e