Diario las Américas Newspaper, March 12, 1954, Page 8

THE WEATHER Slowly rising temper- atures through Friday, Scattered showers. MIAMI. FLA., FRIDAY MARCH 12, 1954. EDITORIAL MIAMI’S INTER-AMERICAN CENTER AND THE COMING STATE ELECTIONS r The various candidates for the post of state governor which was vacated by the death last year of Dan McCarty have been busy of late at campaign- ing, and their political platforms have been receiving publicity from one end of the state to the other. The atmosphere is charged with politics and the men run- ning for the office of governor are hopefully seeking to promote their candidacy. hi Congressman Bob Sikes from Crestview, Flor- ida recently told The Americas Daily in an exclusive interview that the proposed inter-American center jn Miami is something badly needed by the whole state. Sikes wants to see closer cultural and trade re- lations between Florida views of Mr. Sikes take and Latin America. The into consideration the fact ‘that his fellow Floridians have been missing a great opportunity to better their economic position because of the lack of a central agency for coordinating the efforts of various private concerns which are inter- ested in taking advantage of the area’s potentialities with Latin America. The fact that the state of Florida enjoys a privi- leged geographic position should not be cast aside lightly, nor can the state afford to pass over the fact that its businessmen, who aid so largely in contribut- ing to state income, have potential interests that lie in the Latin American area. Furthermore, candid- ates to public office shouldn’t fail to take into ac- count the weight of the voting strength held by thousands of Latin Americans presently residing in the state. These are people who wish to see their adopted state, undertake to strengthen the é natural manner with t! eg ‘ LON. \t where they have reared their families, tis which link it in such he nearby Latin American Although there has been talk for years now of --@eveloping an inter-American. program of activities here in Miami, we still have to see any positive results. Perhaps this is the time for candidates to the office of governor to realize how basic this pro- gram is to the state as a whole and how urgent the construction of an inter- American center in Miami is for everyone. By so doing they not only would be satisfying a large bloc of voters but they would also be contributing to the material development of their state. An administration during whose term of of- fice such an accomplishment took place would go down in the annals of state history as a worthy one. While we are touching on this topic of an inter- ‘American center, it seems appropriate to draw the attention of the various candidates to the enormous potentialities of the state in the field of cultural and trade exchange with the nations of Latin America and to the advantage of realizing such potentialities through the medium of an inter-American center located in Miami. We believe that realization of this project. would redound to everyone’s benefit. i ——— SPANISH LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS BY G. B. Palacin Professor of the University of Miami, Fis. i ge dirigen, of dirigirse to go toward; approach. eonduciria, of conducir to drive; eansado, -a tired dar un paseo to take a walk (ia) instalacién installation (la) fase phase, aspect recorrer to travel over LESSON 48 (d) a través de across de antemano beforehand, advance ferroviario, -a railroad se extiende, of extenderse to be extended . a lo largo along Nueva Orleans New Orleans En Toledo, el doctor Fernandez y Carlos fueron a comer a un restaurant y a las dos de la tarde se dirigieron a la estacién, en donde subieron al tren que les conduciria a Detroit. Después de un viaje de hora y media llegaron a esa Ciudad, y como no estaban cansados dejaron el equipaje en el hotel Ciudad hasta la hora de cenar. y se fueron a dar un paseo por la La primera impresién que les pro- dujo Detroit fué la que esperaban: la de una gran Ciudad indus- trial. Al dia siguiente, padre e hijo fueron a la fabrica Ford y alli vieron las grandes instalaciones y pudieron observar las distintas fases de la produccién de automéviles. Los dos dias siguientes los dedicaron a recorrer la Ciudad y a visitar algunas instituciones: cul- turales, como el Instituto de Arte, la Biblioteca Publica y el Museo Histérico. Al tercer dia, por la mafiana, padre e hijo salieron en tren para ‘Windsor, a donde llegaron apenas diez minutos después. Llevaron consigo el equipaje, pues habian decidido seguir a Chicago directa- mente desde Widsor. Esta Ciudad canadiense les gusté, y a las dos y veinte del dia siguiente salieron en tren para Chicago. Después de seis horas de agradable viaje a través del Estado de Michigan, el tren lieg4 a Chicago y nuestros amigos se dirigieron al hotel: En Chicago el doctor Fernandez y su hijo no podian quedar menos de tres o cuatro dias, y asi lo habian pensado de antemano; y como los puntos de interés son muchos en aquella gran Ciudad, hicieron lo mismo que habian hecho en Washington y en Nueva York; es decir, prepararon un programa para cada dia. De ese modo pudieron ver en poco tiempo las cosas mas importantes de toda la Ciudad. _Después de pasar en Chicago cuatro dias y poco antes de salir para Nueva Orleans, Carlos escribid en su cuaderno de notas lo que sigue: Chicago me ha gustado mucho. Es una gran Ciudad. Con su pobla- cién, que pasa de tres millones seiscientos mil habitantes, es la segunda Ciudad de los Estados Unidos. Es el primer centro ferroviario del pais, y también el principal puerto interior. Su industria y su comer- cio son muy importantes. Chicago se extiende mas de veinte millas a lo largo del Lago Michigan. For a better understanding between the Americ THE AMERICAS DAILY Daily ‘as H For Liberty, Culture and lemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 208 SPECIAL INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE MAY HEATED DEBATES BE CALLED TO SOLVE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS Dulles says “We shall seek friendly economic relations on the basis of mutual respect toward our economic and social beliefs, as well as our political beliefs” CARACAS —(UP)— United|which the people have faith and | terest in the relationship between jeussed preferably in the proper States Secretary John Foster Dul-| which seem best adapted to the} prices for raw materials and those les and Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs Samue, C. Waugh told the inter-American parley of their interest in Latin American economic problems, but warned that their solution would not be easy. They suggested call- ing a special economic conference for that purpose. The two Americans spoke be fore the commission on economic matters, some of whose members had expressed complaints about American economic policies, Dulles said. He added that he wasn’t an- gry, however, since here “we must talk frankly, like friends.” He ex- plained that although the difficul- ties seem “relatively small, they may give rise to precedents of a broad range and great consequen- ces.” Dulles felt that economic well- being should not be sought out as the best defense against Com- munism but because the people have a right to it. Acknowledging that some of the remarks by former speakers who urged a change in American eco- nomic policies might be right, he promised that the American go- vernment would study the sug- gestions faithfully but wouldn’t make any specific promises. The secretary made it clear that his government was more interest- ed in using private initiative than government aid in promoting eco- nomic progress, and went on to say: “None our countries should expect that the others will give up their economic beliefs in environment. Nevertheless, we} | must find better ways to cooper- | | ate.” | Stating that the United States | wants friendly economic relations, in addition to merely good politi- | cal relations in the hemisphere, | Dulles said that “we shall seek | them on the basis of mutual res- | pect toward our respective econo- mic and social beliefs, as well as our political beliefs.” He also said, contracting with you.” Like Dulles, Waugh emphasized the interest of the United States in hemispheric development, but | also underlined the importance of | individual enterprise, saying that | it is up to governments to encour- age but not supplant private in- itiative. Waugh asserted that the econo- | mie present and future of the United States are sound and he | quoted from statistics to support | his statement. Then he went on to say, “Your interest in our} country’s development and stabi-| lity is equaled by your strong in-| terest in the economic status of | your own countries.” According to Waugh, the Latin American countries will sign bi- lateral treaties with the United States to do away with double | taxation, such as 15 non-hemi- spheric countries have already | done. He said that the United | States was interested in conclud- ing treaties stipulating conditions | under which private capital could enter and operate in other nations. | The assistant secretary also ac- knowledged Latin American in- ECUADOR WILL PROTEST TO INTER- AMERICAN AGENCIES AGAINST PERU | Freedom of six Peruvian soldiers is requested) in official communication NEW YORK. —(UP)— Ecua- dor has decided to protest to inter- American agencies about the mo- vements of Peruvian troops along the common frontier of Ecuador and Peru. At the same time, Peru sent Ecuador a note in which the latter country was requested to free a corporal and five privates from Peru who were arrested by the Ecuadoreans in the Putumayo ri- ver area, Camilo Ponce, Ecuadorean min- ister of government and acting foreign minister, said that Peruvi an planes had flown over Ecuadore- an territory, and he added that he was preparing protest notes containing information which would be sent to guarantor na- tions of a peace pact between Ecu- ador and Pert, to member na- tions of the Organization of Ame- rican States and to the inter-Ame- rican conference meeting at Cara- cas. Ponce made the above state- ments before a group of newsmen, according to the United Press cor- respondent in Quito. A correspondent for the Unit- ed Press in Lima reported that the Peruvian ministry of foreign re- lations had handed the chargé d‘ | affaires of the Ecuadorean em- bassy in Lima a note informing |the Ecuadoren official that the Peruvian soldiers who were arrest- ed in the Putumayo region were being held “as if they were pri- soners of war”. The note added that the unarm- ed soldiers were arrested when they were traveling in a boat be- longing to a Colombian trader along a short stretch of the river for the purpose of buying some wood, as is the common neighbor- ly practice among civilians and military personnel of the two co- areas.” The Peruvian note also said that in view of the Ecuadorean attitude | toward the Peruvian soldiers, the | Peruvian government was study- ing thesuitability of considering the border with Ecuador “no lon- ger an area for trade and coope- ration but rather a rigid line of separation.” In Quito Ponce said ,that the Peruvians have continued to main- tain the border partly closed- the only interruption being February 26, when the border was opened for several hours. Mexican Amendments Would Weaken U. S. Resolution, Experts Say Idea is to hit direct at International Communism CARACAS. —(UP)— The Unit- ed States delegation is understood to be at variance with several of the amendments suggested by Mexico for the U.S. -sponsored anti-Communist draft resolution. According to observers, the am- endments tend to water down the resolution against activities by in- ternational cummunism in the Western Hemisphere and steps to combat these activities. The American delegation, for example, is opposed to use of the phrase “the agents of internatio- nal Communism abroad “in place of the words “international Com- munism” which appear in the ori- ginal draft. Informants believe that the Ame- rican delegates are opposed to this change because the latter feel that there is fundamentally no diferen- ce between the international Com- munist conspiracy and its agents. The United States is also oppos- ed to the draft’s saying that in- ternational Communism “may cons- titute* a threat to hemispheric peace and security, since it feels that the threat already exists in fact. The United States also is oppos- ed to adding the words “or any other form of totalitarianism” af- ter the word “Communism”, inas- much as the intent of the United States is to focus the attention of the conference on international Communism. Sources close to the American delegation said that delegations members want Communism to be condemned in the most vigorous manner possible and that they “won’t be turned aside from their aim”. The sources feel that the juridical-political commission will report the draft resolution out for voting by Saturday. The United States was unders- tood to have tried not to single out Guatemala in order to whow that its only concern is about the over-all threat posed by interna- | tional Communism to the hemis- phere. ae ‘i : untries” in those distant jungle | for manufactured goods, as well as in the fact that raw material prices tend to be unstable. “We are in agreement as to the im- portance of these problems. How- ever, they are technical problems difficult to deal with in this sort of deliberation. I feel that they are matters that should be dis- commission.” Waugh ended by assuring the delegates that his government was | | taking precautions so as to avoid jas far as possible any interfer- ence in the normal there are huge agriculturai sur- pluses in the United States. Moscow dts Fuel to Fire a ae LONDON,—(UP)— + The Mos- cow radio charged that the only purpose the United States had in attacking Communism at the inter- American conference was that of “distracting” the attention of La- tin American nations from several “vital problems, mainly the inva- sion of the Latin American econo- my by American monopolies.” The radio went on to say, “Du- les’ behavior at Caracas merely confirms that the United States | is trying to turn the struggle aga- | inst Communism into an excuse | for the narrow, selfish interests | of the United States. “As for the appeals being made | by government leaders in the Unit- | ed States for more effective mea-| sures against democratic move- ments, broad sectors of public opi- nion in Latin American feel that America. “It is evident that the bulk of American diplomatic efforts has been directed at Guatemala, whose | government has taken end the domination of that coun- try by American monopolistic in- terests. “American diplomacy would like | to obtain results at Caracas which would give it the right to under- take armed intervention in order to crush the national liberation movement of the Guatemalan pe- ople. The openly colonialistie pol- icy of American monopolies is en- countering increasing resistance among the peoples of the Ameri- cas, who are demanding that their governments refuse to bow down to American monopolies and fol- such a policy constitutes a shame- low independent policies. distribution | of goods inside friendly countries | as far as concerned the fact that | less intervention by Washington | in the internal affairs of Latin | steps to} CARACAS —(UP)— Ecuador- ean Foreign Minister Luis A. Pe- naherrera said that the incident which took place in the political- juridical commission between the delegates from Peru and Ecuador revolving around the frontier si- tuation of both countries just “had to happen.” The foreign minister pointed out that if the border of any American nation were violated, immediate invocation of the mu- the incident would cause the immediate invocation of the mu- tual assistance pact signed Rio de Janeiro in 1947. The pact provides for the type of ac- tion to be taken against ag- gression, either from abroad or from within the hemisphere. Ecuadorean delegate Jose Chi- riboga, who clashed in a verbal duel with Peruvian delegate Vic- tor Andres Belaunde when the de bate on anti-Communist measures | suddenly switched to the border ssue pending between Peru and Ecuador, later confirmed to news- men what he had siad during the |commission debate. “I didn’t cause the scandal,” he said; “it was caused by the Peru- vian foreign office note accusing | |the nations of the Americas of | supplying arms to Ecuador. The only effective arm we have is the “J.” It stands for Justice.” Rep. Bob Sikes (right) talks with Dr. Francisco Aguirre (left) in Washington, Rep. Sikes Talks of Important Economic and Cultural Inter-American Relations He urges the completio n of the Inter-American center in Miami In an exclusive interview today with the Americas Daily, Florida’s Congressman Bob Sikes said, “No one should overlook the importan- ce, either economically or cultur- ally, of sound “Inter-American” relations. I prefer to use the term “Inter-American” instead of “Latin-American” because we in this hemisphere really should con- sider ourselves as one family of nations.” Congressman Sikes is from Crestview, Florida and represents the 3rd. Congressional District. “I am particularly interested,” he said, “in promoting closer busi- ness relations between the people of Florida and the people of the countries lying to our south, I have watched with much ecite- ment the increase in the num- ber of Spanish speaking people in the Miami area.” The Congressman said that this illustrates that much outside ca- pital is attracted to Florida as well as American capital going to the countries of Central and South America. “I believe that the greatest sin- gle thing that could be done to increase this activity would be the completion of the “Inter-Ameri- can Center” in Miami,” he said. “The Inter-American Center should be completed, ” he went on to say, “because through it we could have an easy exchange of economic and cultural ideas —wou. be a great fountain of mutual understanding. This of- course would result in better re- lations and prosperity for the en- tire hemisphere. I hope Miami will take the lead and see that the center is completed.” Congressman Sikes commetifed the Americas Daily on their stand for “Hemispheric solidarity” and said that he was so impressed with the editorial about the Export-Im- port Bank which appeared in the February 16th issue that he ob- tained permission to have it re- printed in the Congressional Re- cord. “The work you are doing,” he told the publisher of the Ameri- cas Daily, “is a great pioneering enterprise. Your efforts could re- sult in opening Inter-American trade and travel beyond our great- est dreams.” in | AT THE X PARLEY BORDER DISPUTES, VERBAL WARS, MARK DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL MATTERS AT THE CONFERENCE | Chiriboga said that he unexpec- tedly brought up the issue before the juridical-political commission studying the American-sponsored draft resolution against Commun- ist intervention in the Western | Hemisphere “because the Peru- ye note was made public that | day.” _ “Our purpose in being here | is to talk about the real dan- | gers affecting inter-American solidarity in an immediate and obvious manner” Chiriboga added. Commenting with newsmen on the incident which occurred Wed- |nesday in the juridical-political |commission, Dr. Victor Andres | Belaunde, the Peruvian delegate | who is a veteran of many inter- national assemblies, said: “His- torical precedents show that jus- tice is on our side. Any problem which we have with Ecuador is not the affair of this parley, but rather that of the nations guaranteeing our peace pact. Peru has request- ed them to act, and delegates from Brazil, the United States, | Argentina and Chile will soon reach the frontier area to see | that our stand is right and that there has been no mobilization of troops.” The Peruvian representative in- sisted that the problem was one or nations previously mentioned and that the issue had not been discussed by the Ecuadorean and Peruvian delegations at Caracas because it wasn’t up to them to do so. He said he regretted that the issue had come up in the course of a discussion that had nothing to do with the differencée- between Peru and Ecuador, and agreeing with what the Ecuador- ean delegate, Dr. Chiriboga, said earlier in the day, he said that the matter was closed as far as the Caracas parley was concerned. | GUATEMALA VS. THE DOMINI- CAN REPUBLIC The “war of words” between Guatemala and the Dominican Republic continued its course with a declaration issued by the latter |of the two countries as a reply to earlier charges made by Guate- malan Foreign Minister Guillermo Toriello. This give- and-take and the one between Peru and Ecuador are at- tracting more attention than are the debates taking place in al- most all the other commissions and certainly more than those at | the plenary sessions of the confer- ence. Caracas newspapers gave pro- minent treatment to Toriello’s words, also emphasizing the speech made by Balaguer, which \they published under huge head- lines. The Dominican delegation lat- er issued a statement in which it answered the charges made by Toriello. It said that the Do- .Minican Republic had come to. Caracas in a spirit of “sincere respect towards all the Ameri- can nations. However, it isn’t our fault if introduction of the issue of Communist interven- tion in the Americas proves un- pleasant to the Guatemalan de- legation. For that reason the viewpoints about this import- ant problem expressed here -the greatest problem confronting this hemisphere today- are lia- ble to provoke violent reactions from the representatives of cer- tain countries.” HONDURAS SUPPORTS ANTI- COMMUNIST DRIVE Honduran Foreign Minister J. Edgardo Valenzuela told the ple- nary session of the conference that “Communism must be fought by raising the social, economic and cultural standards” of the Am- erican peoples. He said first of all that “the Honduran government favors the creation of an inter-American co- urt of justice and will support the Salvadorean draft resolution aim- ing at this.” The foreign minister went on .to refer to the American draft. .resolution on anti-Communist. intervention. He said that his country”, every time the issue has been debated, has been at one with its sister republics of the hemisphere”, joining their efforts to combat Communist infiltration. “International Communism”, he went on to say, “is a threat sus- pended over the head of all free nations of the world and over those of the New World in par- ticular, where for certain reasons it could find a proper atmosphere |for transplanting and spreading | its teachings. To do away with |these reasons is a task at which the American nations are constam tly at work.”