BRAZIL: Which Conservative?

Twelve million Brazilian voters next week will choose one of two conservatives —São Paulo's former Governor Jânio Quadros, 43, or retired Field Marshal Henrique Baptista Duffles Teixeira Lott, 65—as President of Brazil. Such are the ground rules of Brazilian politics that hardly a voter will realize that he is casting his ballot for a conservative; ever since the campaign began early this year, each camp has spent close to $5,000,000 convincing Brazil that its man is an ardent leftist, a welfare statist and a Brazil-firster.

Switch Talker. On his own behalf, Jânio Quadros...

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