Diario las Américas Newspaper, February 3, 1954, Page 8

Clear to partly cloudy. Slightly warmer MIAMI, FLA., WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1954. EDITORIAL HOW COMMUNIST INFILTRATORS ACHIEVE THEIR POLITICAL AIMS The leaders of Soviet Russia who are primarily concerned with the task of promoting Sovietization of other countries not yet under the Communist yoke find their goal realized for them through utilization of given social elements in the areas to be penetrated. Achievement of this purpose can be laid to the ample flexibility with which Soviet propaganda ma- neuvers are caried on. Whenever Soviet agents are occupied with the problem of effecting one of their programs, whether mild or violent in nature, they * habitually resort to use of practices designed to fit every situation imaginable. This approach by Communist propagandists to 4 solution of their problems results in duping of indi- viduals, groups and even whole governments as to Red purposes, and this effect is achieved without the propagandists having to sacrifice the essential part of Communist doctrine. In most cases Soviet agents have been able to dissimulate their plans for forwarding Russian aims through the adoption of positions well prepared in advance so as to give the appearance that such pesi- tions have no connection with traditional Commu- nist philosophy. The highly organized minorities that are work- ing under cover for the Moscow régime accomplish -their labors in such diverse ways and with such te- nacity that they have succeeded in carrying forward their program of penetration to degrees yet unsu- spected, particulary in the Latin American countries here frequent changes in the Communist “line” have caused consternation among people in general, who are uncertain as to whether these propagandists are in the service of imperialistic Russia after all. The very fact that Communists are everywhere im the minority has given rise to the widespread belief that because of their small numbers, Com- munists are far from being able to seize control of the state. Such a naive idea has enabled Red propag- andists to fool the unsuspecting majorities which surround them so that their work of conspiracy has been proceeding apace. The organized minorities which follow doctrines of violence and materialistic philosophy are liable to cause serious harm to the social fabric of democratic countries within which these minorities are well entrenched, and at the game time they manage to promote Soviet impe- rialism. It is to be hoped that the majority parties of Latin America will realize that they must unite and advance a positive program in order to forestall \further penetration by Communist infiltrators. In a like manner it is also to be hoped that the peoples of our hemisphere will soon take note of the work —both open and undercover—being carried on here . by Soviet agents. SPANISH LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS By G. B. Palacin Professor of the University of Miami, Fla. LESSON 40 (c) Note the difference between the following words: donde where (in which) ~dénde? where? como like, as, since ~cémo? how? Mmahana tomorrow la mafiana the morning Give’ a word of opposite meaning (antonym) of the following 1 Permanent Labor Agreement With | Mexico Advocated CHICAGO. —(UP)— A spokes- man representing employers who hire Mexican “braceros” has ad- THE A CONGRESS Guatemaia in a recent official no- projected “invasion” of country were busy denying such | met in a hastily convened session to approve a government decree which held as “traitors to their te of having been involved in aj charges, the Guatemalan congress | MERICAS DAILY Participation In Guatemalan Plot ANTI-COMMUNIST LEADERS ACCUSED AS “TRAITORS” BY GUATEMALA Whiie governments accused by |wish to conspire against the roale ‘ort: mu stration of President Arbenz, | +t an end to a situa-} for so long by lack | “He said that bis yovermment | jis very willing to collaborate with \t | that of this republic.” | ' Following his talk with Toriello, | For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 177 Salvadorean Government Denies Any REP. HILL HIGHLY IMPRESSED BY CUBAN EFFORTS TO SOLVE THEIR FARM PROBLEMS WASHINGTON. —(UP)— Rep. William S. Hill of Colorado re turned from Havani ic bout Cuban agri and “impressed forts to ove! The chairman of the house agriculture committee group| melatonin Ubetweeiel ich toured Cuba last week re-j elat! betwe | Nicaragua and Guatemala. 1 ted also that he f reopening of the United S ugar act before its 1956 exp -and, then, expects Cuban share of this m Hill said that he - | ment - | minister country” General Miguel Idigoras Fuentes, former Guatemaian pre- sidential candidate presently in vocated that Mexico and the Uni- ted States sign a permanent la- bor agreement. Jack Bias, from Salinas, Cali- fornia and president of the Mexi- can National Users Committee, said that such ‘an agreement,plus enactment of permanent - legisla- tion by Congress, would serve to prevent all the confusion that has seized Mexican laborers now mill- ing about along the Mexican bor- der with the United States. Bias added that he felt reports about the number of Mexican workers available at points such as Mexicali to be exaggerated, al- though that every time employers had placed a call for Mexican workers, more than the necessa- Ty number were always at hand. He also said that lack of a per- manent agreement between the United States and Mexico had aggravated the situation for both workers and employers. “We should be able to obtain additional labor whenever we| jneed it,” Bias said. He added) that such workers could be either Mexican or American but that experience had shown that the former “are more stable and adapt themselves more easily to the work that they must carry out.” Answering the charge that em- ployers in the United States want “cheap labor”, Bias said that Me- xican laborers should be paid sa- laries current in the states where they work. “We don’t want to be taking work from American laborers; we want workers, whether Mexican or American, when we want them, and they must meet all legal re- quirements,” Bias ended by say- ing. U. S. Senator Accused by Castillo Armas, aiso in exile in Honduras. Fuentes and Castillo were charged with “having sche- med an invasion with the back- Aurelio Montenegro, Nicara- guan ambassador to Guatemala, notified the Guatemalan govern- ment that his own government with the alleged conspiracy re- cently announced by Guatemalan authorities, and later he told newsmen that the matter had been completely cleared up, as far as the two governments were concerned, Montenegro returned to Guate- mala City from Managua, where he had gone for consultation with high Nicaraguan officials concern- ing the documents which had been “@élivered to him by the Guatemalan government, and ac- cording to which several Nica- raguan officials were involved in a plot aimed at an invasion of Guatemala. | Immediately following his re- turn, Montenegro had a talk with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Gui- llermo Toriello, and when the meeting was’ over, the foreign minister issued an announcement which said that the purpose of Montenegro's visit had been to “transmit ample explanations of | the documents handed him by the | Guatemalan government, in which | several high Nicaraguan officials | seem to be involved.” The note went on to say: “He araguan government these documents as the work of Guatemalan exiles who wanted El Salvador, snd Colonel Carlos | ing of foreign governments. | had had nothing whatsover to do | Monienegro cleared up.” aid, “Everything is | comitteemen woulo incorporate | their Cuban findings in a formal He added that the meeting had | ogy Prelate Be guy een very “cordial” and that “all snderstandi tad disappear- Sia ae s "| Increased Duties in “Relations between Nicaragua . “on Venezuela Causing j and Guatemala will continue on | the same cordial plane as betore, | |he ended by saying. | 74 ae : bee rofesis In Washington, the Salvadore- “WY ty es 4 an ambassador to the United Stat- aW YORK. —(UP)— Trade circles in this city have been re- es, Hector David Castro, describ: ed as “fantastic and absurd” the | ceiving copies of a letter of pro- to the State | charges leveled by the Guatemal- | test sent originally an government tar the effect that | Department by the Trade and In- the Salvadorean government had |@ustry Association of New York been mixed up in a conspiracy | Cit which pointed out that “last against the present authorities in |) Venezuela doubled import | Guatemala. dut on textile products such as |men’s suits, shirts, ete.,” and that | | Venezuela now plans to increase import duties on women’s cloth- ing,” which represents one of the main export items from the Unit ed States to that country.” In its protest letter the trade ociation indicated that it had rously opposed planned trictions on oil imports—restric- tions “which caused such a furor in Venezuela”— because it was) felt by the association that the| |adoption or such a step would se- | “El Salvador has been named |riously affect “one of the best | as one of these countries, and the | markets the United States has.” Ambassador wishes to say that} The assoviation added that in| these charges are not only base-| view of this fact it felt as though | less but fantastic and absurd. El|it was only using its right “in| Salvador has always stood up for | protesting against the action lb mis ed” Ambassador Castro, one-time Salvadorean foreign minister and {presently one of his country’s veteran diplomats, made the fol- {lowing official statement: “The Salvadorean ambassador | . |has the following to say regarding | }a statement from an official Gua- ;temalan source in connection 4vith an alleged conspiracy by four Lat- in American countries against the Guatemala government. tak- | n| FORMAL -REPORT TO U. S. CONGRESS WI He saic asso ti media c uban d apvropriate uben con S States invita ountry blican, a sug: if and re the largest con ssional beet di t in the na. jon, said he is anxious for Cub. ans to tour United : and farm equip: “And most particulari: should visit our growing areas. I think pick up some ideas might be of real value tion to visit this The Colorado re what Hill led “superficial servations” about the Cuban vi 1.- “Regardl of the employ ment impl ns, the Cuban sug- start mechanizing its harvesting industry. is going to have to zhty quick 2.- “Leaving aside the fine machinery at the disposal of sugar workers in Hawaii, sugar in Cuba appears better off than in either Hawaii or Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican labor is in the worst shape.” 3... “On the basis of my ex- perience in the agricultural ex- tension service, I would say that Cuba is taking very good care of its sugar land, but not very good care of, its pastures and dO | Se “lly impor » _r | cultural future ». | _“Speaki labor | ne of Cui farming iggest po- | isions- could owing. I believe e ot triple their , with proper ir- end encouragement ‘of saw during 1is dry sesSon were of very poor rade. But I beileve they could be improved considerably by re latively little attention to this probit : ‘ 6- “Cubans have gone much faster and further in the fieids of rotatiag-crovs aud diversify- ing then than I had expected, Such efforts seem te mc, extreme nt to the Cuban agri- ing generally”, Hill sate, “T bave never seen men , more determined to solve their farm problems or .more willing to. sit {down with men of another Ma tion to work out those - problems, with complete respect for the other fellow’s point of view. _ I notice this specially ig Cuba. But I also noticed it at the recent FAO (United Nations |Food and Agriculture Organiza. tion) meeting in Rome. It isa good sign. That is the only way for the world to approach its ‘farm problems. I was most im- pressed by the Cuban demonstra- tion of being in step with this ‘trend. I could not pay them, a higher complement.” “High Coffee Prices Help to Raise. Living Standards in our Countries’ Says spokesman of Central American Federation of Coffee Growers SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador. —(UP)— Roberto Canessa, pre- sident of the Central American published an article in La Pren- sa Grafica, Salvadorean daily pa- per, in which article he denied the principle of non-intervention, the corner stone of its foreign lieve in using force for settling differences between countries. “At the coming inter-American en by Venezuela, which the spirit of reciprocity | between the United States Venezuela.” The letter ended by saying that ignored that policy. El Salvador does not be-|should prevail in trade relations| speculation, saying that if Ame- | and | iesir (Montenegro) said that the Nic-| describes | conference at Caracas El Salva-|the way Venezuela had proceeded dor will introduce a resolution | 4S also unwise, when it was al \for creation of an inter-American most certain that Congress would |once more be concerning itself \that recent hikes in coffee pri- ces were due to stock market ricans were desirous of paying less for a cup of coffee, it was like-wise true that coffee-growing countries of Latin America want- ed to pay less for American auto- mobiles, ‘refrigerators and other goods. Guatemalan Congress GUATEMALA CITY. (UP) — The Guatemalan congress accused the chairman of the U. S. Senate foreign relations committee of “preparing a unilateral action based on force against Guatemala”, make it appear as if they had the support of the Nicaraguan govern- ment, “He stated emphatically that the Nicaraguan government has consistently observed a policy of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other countries and that his government could hardly court of justice for legal settle- {sies arising in this hemisphere “Far from undertaking hostile maneuvers against Guatemala or any other country, El Salvador is ready to promote the cause of peace in cooperation with all the other countries of this hemis- phere.” ment of international controver- | this year with proposed legisla-| |tion for resiricitng imports of Ve- nezuelan petroleum. “A large number of manufac- turing and exporting firms which |last year opposedt his legislation | will hardly be willing this time to take up cudgels in Venezuela’s | defense so as to prevent such res- | trictions,” the letter said. WASHINGTON. —(UP)— The first phase of the investigation into coffee prices being made at present by the Federal Trade Commission will concern only do- mestic dealers, although it may be extended to foreign areas if it should prove necessary to look there for information and perti- nent facts. This is what Edward F. Howrey, head of the commission, had to say about the matter in a Press conference. _ “You never can tell where an investigation may lead, “Howrey said after announcing that a com- mittee appointed by the commis- sion had begun its work in New York City. ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES. —(UP)—Ven- ezuelan Ambassador Joaquin Diaz Gonzalez and Paraguayan Ambas- sador Ramon Mendez Payva, both . |of whom are completing their di- plomatic missions in Argentina, _| have been honored by Foreign Make interrogative the following sentences. 1—El libro esté aqui. 2—aAyer llegé el padre de Juan. 3.—José tiene pocos amigos. 4.—La lengua espafiola es facil de aprender. 5.—La casa de Maria esta cerca de aqui. i ‘ Make interrogative and negative the following sentence, 1.—Luis esta en su casa. 2.—Ana ha ido a la playa. 3.—Todos estamos con- temtos. 4—El dia esta nublado. 5.—Usted va siempre por alli, ent bed mattres sheet pillow blanket towel handkerchief looking-glass, mirror comb va soap F sissors (la) cama (el) colchén (la) s4bana (la) almohada (la) manta (la) toalla (el) paiuelo (el) espejo (el) peine jabén (el) Gas) tijeras o Minister Dr. Jerénimo Remorino with the decoration of the Order of San Martin the Liberator. Official dinners will be tender- ed to the diplomats at the Plaza Hotel to mark the occasion. Dr. Mendez Payva is leaving Buenos Aires to become the Par- aguayan finance minister. COLOMBIA MEDELLIN. —(UP)— A group of 35 U.S. industrialists and bank- ers arrived here from Lima on an inspection tour being made by them through several Latin Ameri- can countries. The men intend to foster commercial relations bet- ween Latin America and the Unit- ed States. The American delegation is vis- iting Colombia at the invitation of Peter Grace, president of the The investigation will primarily be concerned with operations of the Coffee and Sugar Stock Mar- ket of New York, but it will also reach as far as the National Cof- ee Association and the various coffee roasters in the U.S. posi- tions from coffee-growing coun- tries but that it still hasn’t been determined whether they will be allowed to testify. There has been no decision made yet’either as to whether American investigators will be sent abroad. A federal law, Howrey explain- ed, confers authorization upon the FTC to investigate international trade dealings which may have an effect on inter-state commerce |in the United States. Coffee Investigation by Federal Trade Commission Sta Extensive Survey Announced by Howrey extend to investigation of other | governments or other dealers out- | Side the U.S,” According to the announcement, one of the primary purpose of of coffee. “This would require an inves- tigation of inventories of “cap- tive” coffee in the hands o Am- {erican roasters who maintain their own purchasing agencies abroad | jand who have fixed contracts for direct delivery,” Howrey said. | A reporter specifically asked‘ rts in N.Y. Howrey replied: “You never can tell where an investigation may lead. Right now the have obtainable When we and evidence United States. in He pointed out that trade in |entire amount traded- are subject | in some form or another to stock market prices. Grace Line. The travellers visited , manufaciuring plants in this city | and talked with leading Coloni- an industrialists. After their vis- it here they departed for Panama. CHILE SANTIAGO. —(UP)— The gov- ernment has accepted the appoirt- ment of Rene Naville as new Swiss minister plenipotentiary to Chile. This is the first time that Swit- zerland has named a minister to Chile. Formerly it was represent- ed only by a chargé d’affaires. SANTIAGO. —(UP)— Over 50, 000 bags of cement were taken over by the State Superintenden- cy of Supplies and Prices because of price regulations violations. It was ruled that the cement is to be sold directly by the Super- intendency to interested buyers. CUBA HAVANA. —(UP)— The Cub- an Institute of Sugar Stabilization recommended to the government that Cuban sugar crops totalling 4,750,000 tons be distributed as follows: To the United States, 1,575,321 tons free market and 562,965 re-! tained; to other countries, 850,706 , free market; to the United King- dom, 286,571; reserved for other countries (free market), 584,860; special quota in accordance with the London Agreement, 371,215; compulsory reserve in accordance with the London agreement, 218, 362; local consumption, 200,000 tons. The quota assigned to Great Britain is part of the 1,000,000 tons that Cuba is to sell Britain over a three-year period. It is considered that the dis- tribution rates will be appréved officially, inasmuch as the recom- mendations from the Cuban Ins- titute of Sugar Stabilization have always been taken into account by the government. PERU LIMA. —(UP)—- New cabinet members appointed last week-end were sworn in today. The cabinet | CURRENT EVENTS IN THE AMERICAS. was formed by Primer Minister General Zenon Noriega Aguero, who is also war minister. The ceremony took place at the Great Golden Hall of the govern- ment house. The new cabinet has retained most of its old members. New men were appointed for the ministries of finance, education and aeronautics. LIMA, —(UP)— The newly- formed enterprise “Helios S. A”, which will develop Peruvian oil and its by-products, announced that it will soon start on the construction of a refinery at Pis- co Bay to cost a total of 160 million pesos. The firm was organized last August 26 and it holds the first oil concession to have been grant- ed following the recent enactment of a petroleum law in Peru. The company will produce all kinds of | campaign oil lubricants, asphalt and paraf- | increasing ine, It is estimated that the “Helios S.A.” will produce 60,000 tons of oil lubricants per year; 10,000 tons of paraffine; 10,000 tons of asphalt and 20,000 tons of fuel. Senator Gillette want to I agree with and his colleagues who see their constituents paying only | cinco cents for a cup of coffee, but as a citizens of one of the fourteen coffee-growing countries of Latin America, I would also be happy if for every automobile we buy from the United States we | LANTAFF OPPOSES 15 PER CENT TICKET TAX WASHINGTON.— Congressman | Bill Lantaff is fighting hard for {the repeal of the 15 per cent “I do not for one moment dare | Howrey whether the FTC would transportation tax on tickets to | jto suggest that our activities wili | send investigators to Brazil. Mr. Latin American Countries. His for this action is now e. In his first speech Lantaff pointed out bill callin jin comn on his bi Mr. Howrey said. ;we are investigating corporations | that a ticket could be bought to ron curtain countries any of the but without payment of this ta) jthe investigation is to find out) gleaned our information, we'll see ja ticket to one of our friendly U | whether there has been hoarding just where we go from there.” | Latin Amer an countries requires ithe tax. Latest move by Lantaff lcoffee futures at New York com-| was a letter te President Eisen- | prise about 30 percent of ail deal-| hower calling (his ‘ings in coffee and that the in-| paris of the newly released | vestigation will try to determine | dall Report which urged increase! | whether prices for ther remaining! {rayel between all countries, and butin coffee -about 70 percent of the! attention to Ran- d king for the President’s help. :had to pay only one thousand dollars, at the most; for refri jrators, much less than We : ; Paying nowadays, and so on. so forth for all the various arti- cles from the United States that |we are continually purchasing,” |Canessa said in his article. | He went on to add: “Present coffee prices in the |United States are is no way due to stock market manipulations, but rather to the simple natural phenomenon which controls trade dealings all over the world; na. mely, supply and demand. ‘The present price for coffee is the base of our claims that our prov ducts receive fair prices:and com- pete under equal conditions with |those from other countries. The rise in the price of coffee -this |year is due to the fact that crops have been smaller because of frosts in Brazil and climatic occur jrences in other coffee-growing |countries, in addition to: which is {the fact that consumption is pre- sently greater in the United Sta- tes and Europe, the latter of which areas is once more becom- ing an important market for cof- fee, now that it has fully recupe rated from the recent world war. | “Senators Gillette and company |must realize that the higher the price goes for coffee on. world markets, the greater will be the dollar purchasing power of Latin American countries, which repre- |sent the best customers for indus- ‘trial goods manufactured in the nited States. “Our stand in Caracas will. be to ask for fair prices for our pro-~ | ducts and ‘raw materials, because |we understand that when ‘they are fairly valued in world markets, we are effectively contri- ng to raising the living stan- of our countries.” x dard. . N.Y. Times Correspondent Expelled From Guatem FOREIGN MINISTER TORIELLO TERMS GRUSON | “UNDESIRABLE” iho GUATEMALA CITY. —(UP)— The foreign istry announced that it had ordered the expulsion as “undesirable” of Sydney Gr son, New York Times correspond- ent who had just arrived from Mexico City. _The decree, which was signed by Foreign Minister Guillermo To- riello and undersecretary Ramon Cadena reads as follows: “Inasmuch as our country is presently sheltering Mr. Sydney | Gruson, a New York Times cor- | respondent who has systematical- ly defamed and insulted our coun- try and its government in the press, his being one of the most active agents of a disreputable being maliciously and ly waged by certain United States newspapers against Guatemala for the purpose of pre- judicing good relations between our two countries, for reasons of national dignity and with the au- {lative act 337, dated March. 12, 1947, the Minister of Foreign Re- |lations has resolved to expel Mr, vdney Gruson from’ the country’ /] | Leaders’ release asked = NEW YORK. ‘—(UP)— The | Free Labor Union Movernent Com. | mittee has sent Guatemalan. Pres- ident Jacobe Arbenz the follow- ing cablegram: may “We are requesting the imme- diate release of labor leaders as sociated with the National Union of Free Workers. A government which says that it is favorably disposed towards organized labor . cannot in all fairness keep ls ; leaders in prison. The Free Labor Union Moyement is awaiting ac- tion by the Guatemalan . govern- ment in this case, We shall sincer- ely appreciate your reply.” The cablegram was Si. Matthew Woll, first vice .presid- ent of the American Federation thority invested in him by legis- of Labor.