National Affairs, Jun. 17, 1940

mural to do for the Golden Gate Exposition.

The adventures of Diego Rivera were of more than passing interest to the U. S.

last week. So was everything else which indicated intensified Communazi penetration in Latin America. Reason for this concern was bluntly put by T'.e United States News: "The Germans even now are invading Latin America." So were the Italians. In much of Latin America, they and their commercial interests outweigh the Germans in potency and numbers.

Washington acted. At the State Department's instance, the Navy dispatched a second cruiser (the new, 10,000-ton Wichita) to Latin-American waters in the wake of the Quincy....

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