the age of eighteen and register in accord with the law governing registration of electors. Suffrage is universal and direct, the ballot is secret and proportional representation of political parties assured. Suffrage is denied only to the following: illiterates, those who cannot express themselves in Portuguese, those who have lost their political rights, and privates in the Army not in training for officer's rank.

All are equal before the law and none can be forced to act or prevented from acting without due process of law. Freedom of religion, thought, speech, and press is guaranteed. The only prohibitions along these lines are bans against war propaganda, subversive works, and works preaching race or class prejudices. The privacy of correspondence, the right of peaceful assembly and association, and the right of petition for redress of grievances are all assured.

Political parties opposed to democracy, to the plural party system, or to fundamental human rights are prohibited.

The sanctity of the home and the right to own property are affirmed. Property may only be expropriated by the government in the public interest and then only when proper indemnity is paid.

Authors' rights to their works shall be protected. Unlawful arrests are prohibited and the right of habeas corpus is affirmed.

Jury trials shall be the right of the accused and only the persons of those found guilty shall be punished. No death sentence, banishment, or perpetual confiscation of properties shall be allowed. The death penalty may be inflicted only by military. tribunals during time of war. There must be no imprisonment for debt and no extradition for political crime or opinion.

Free peacetime entry, residence, and exit from national territory is guaranteed to all. But the Federal Government may expel any foreigner who menaces the public order unless he is married to a Brazilian or has a Brazilian child dependent on him for support.

National Economic Council

Article 205 establishes the National Economic Council whose members are named by the President with Senate approval. This Council is empowered to study economic life and recommend measures for improvement to the proper authorities.

Amendment

The final proviso of the new charter is that amendment may be considered on the suggestion of one-fourth of the Chamber or the Senate, or by more than one-half of the state legislatures within the next two years.

IN 1946 in shipyards of the east and south coasts of the United States, the bottle of champagne traditional at launchings cracked with happy frequency over the gleaming bows of new liners to ply routes to South America. Nine ships of the famous Grace Line Santa fleet and three luxury passenger vessels for the Delta Line slid down the ways. After outfitting and their maiden voyages, these ships offer to cruise-making Americans accommodations even more inviting than those of prewar years, and at the same time they provide much needed freight space.

Staterooms aboard the new Santas have private baths and telephones. There is dancing under the stars in the main dining room, two decks high with a dome that rolls back leaving only the sky above. Air-conditioning keeps the staterooms and public rooms at a comfortable temperature, and wide picture windows replace

Outdoor tiled

the usual usual portholes. swimming pools and generous space for deck sports give variety to daytime relaxation. On a breeze-swept veranda new motion pictures are shown by means of special sound projection machines.

Six Santas, the Luisa, Barbara, Cecilia, Margarita, Isabel, and Maria, travel the west coast of South America to Valparaíso, Chile, via the Panama Canal from New York, with stops at ports in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Three Santas, the Monica, Sofia, and Clara, are in Caribbean service to ports in Colombia and Venezuela. Only the Santa Rosa and Santa Paula of the prewar 225-passenger Santas survived war duty. Once again the smokestacks of these two are the gay black, white, and green of peacetime, and they are being refitted and redecorated to join their sister ships on the Caribbean route early this year.

With their full complement of 52 pas

sengers and holds jammed with cargo, the new Santas will soon begin weekly roundtrip sailings from New York to the west coast of South America, and twice-a-week service from New York to the Caribbean. Already their reservation offices are swamped with requests for space for

months far in the future.

The Delta Line's Del Norte, launched on January 11, 1946, made her maiden voyage in November 1946, and then began her run along the east coast of South America. Early this year, when her two sister ships, the Del Sud and Del Mar, join her, the three will begin 47-day luxury cruises from New Orleans to Buenos Aires and return, allowing a week in Argentina, three days in Rio de Janeiro, and sightseeing in Santos and Montevideo.

The 120 passengers on these trips may walk in a glass-enclosed promenade, swim in an outdoor swimming pool, or relax on

the broad sundeck. Glass partitions create an air of spaciousness in the lounges and clubrooms; murals and paintings depicting old New Orleans decorate the café, bar, grand salon, and library. A midship passenger elevator and a modern shopping center add to comfort and convenience. The ships are air-conditioned throughout.

The 17,000-ton Delta Line vessels carry 7,500 tons of cargo, in a cargo space of which approximately 60,000 cubic feet will be refrigerated and the remainder equipped with cargo-caire system to control humidity. The 15,000-ton Santas have a cargo-carrying capacity of 9,000 tons, which includes ample refrigerated

space.

Americans, landbound for five years, can once again take a holiday amid soothing sea breezes and see the Americas first from beautifully appointed, hospitable accommodations.

"Nor ever has a king by force subdued This haughty people to his vassalage, Nor has the foot of an invading foe Left shameful print upon Arauco's soil." THUS wrote Alonso Ercilla in his famous epic poem Los Araucanos, published in 1569. The poem tells the story of the bitter struggle between the proud and powerful Araucanians of Chile under their famous chieftain Caupolicán, and the Spaniards. These Araucanian Indians, who to this day are still living on their own lands south of the Bío Bío River, are among the most self-reliant and industrious of all South American tribes.

Primarily an agricultural race, they specialize in sheep raising. In addition, they raise cattle and horses and cultivate large areas of wheat and other crops. Among them are many skilled craftsmen who weave fine blankets, make handsome saddles and other leather articles, and mold attractive pottery. As silver workers they have considerable skill.

Many still live in typical Araucanian houses or rucas of brush and thatch. However, during the past half century there has been a marked tendency to replace the rucas with more substantial and roomy frame dwellings. If you went inside a ruca you would see a number of smoldering fires on the floor, for several families usually occupy the same dwelling. Bunches of corn and bundles of herbs would be hanging from the rafters. Along the sides would be low beds covered with choapinos, or rugs, soft skins of vicuña, and heavy blankets. The gleaming silver ornaments of the women would be hanging from pegs on the walls,

and a primitive loom would probably occupy a large portion of the interior.

The men wear a coarse woolen shirt or blouse and gaucho trousers, a broad silver-studded belt or a woolen sash, rawhide sandals, and a poncho. On their heads they wear bright-colored silk or woolen turbans or soft felt hats. The women wear a simple blouse held in place by enormous silver pins with intricately fashioned heads, and as a skirt a square of cloth, often bordered with an ornamental design, wrapped about the waist and reaching to the ankles. Over the blouse is worn a soft shawl of the finest wool or guanaco hair. Ornaments include