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 I told you about commerce and the difficulty of its development, about transport and communication facilities, and about the increase of friendly relations. I am convinced that the obstacles of time and distance will be removed. The exiled cities of South America will come into direct contact with today's world. Distant countries will meet, despite the barriers of mountains, rivers and forests. The United States and the South American countries will know each other as well as England and France know each other. The distance from New York to Rio de Janeiro, which is now more than twenty days by sea, will be reduced to two or three days. With time and distance annulled, trade relations, for so long delayed, will develop spontaneously. We will have facilities for rapid communications. We will reach a more intimate contact. We will be stronger in our bonds of understanding and friendship.

All of this, gentlemen, will be accomplished by the airplane.

I don't think the time is far off when airplane service will be established between the cities of the United States and the South American capitals. With a postal service in an air-