Diario las Américas Newspaper, May 2, 1954, Page 11

Inter-American News for English- Speaking people She For a better understanding between the Americas MIAMI, FLA. SUNDAY, MAY 2, 19 54. SEN. COLLINS STRONGLY FAVORS D OF INTER-AMERICAN TRADE Clear Picture of American Given By Dr. Chiriboga In His Lecture — He made a magnificent exposition of the topics debated at Problems Is the Caracas conference and their importance for America At the special invitation of The Improvising his address, Dr. Americas Daily, Dr. José R. Chi- | Chiriboga undertook, with the riboga, the Ecuadorean ambas- sador in Washington, made a trip eo Miami in order to deliver a Friday night lecture on the to- pic of “The Caracas Conferen- ce in the Light of Actual Con- ditions in the Americ Dr. Chiriboga delivered his address in the auditorium of the Ameri- eas Daily plant. The ambassador, who was in- troduced by Mr. Horacio Aguir- re, Americas Daily editor, dealt with the positive accomplish- ments of the Tenth Inter-Ameri- can Conference, delving inte the various facets of its debates. & : Pest Left to right: Ambassador Chiriboga, Mrs. Horacio Aguirre, Mrs. Charles W. Smith and Mr. Charles W. Smith, > support of well thought out ide as, to show how the peoples | of the Americas had expressed | themselves at Caracas through | | | their respective delegations. As for the parley’s political as- pects, Dr. Chiriboga expounded on the two contrasting trends in regard to the Communist is- sue in evidence at the Caracas debates, explaining the content | of the Dulles doctrine and that of Guatemala, which was oppos- | ed to the American position. Af- ter an analysis of the two stands in respect to their philosophical basis, Chiriboga came out in PUP LEADERS TO COLONIAL GOVERNMENT IN BELIZE They will not, however, retard the party’s campaign against “the evils of colonialism” » BELIZE, B. H. —(UP)— Lead- ers' of the anti British Peoples United Party PUP, swept into of- fice in Wednesday's elections, pledged themselves yesterday to rid the British Honduras of “the evils of colonialism.” The PUP leaders accepted an offer of cooperation by Govern- or Patrick Renison but said they would cooperate with the colo- nial government only so far as the cooperation would not re- tard the party’s campaign against colonialism and for a new program of social welfare. The PUP advocates full inde- pendence from Britain. . WASHINGTON SEES ~ MODERATE ATTITUDE WASHINGTON —(UP)— Sour- ces familiar with domestic affairs in British Honduras said there was hope that recent demonstrations of cooperation shown by the vic- torious People’s United party in that colony would continue to pre- vail, with the result that intra- government relations in the colo- ny would remain harmonious. In accordance with its tradition- al custom of refraining from com- menting on election results in other countries, the State Depart- ment has remained silent in re- gard to the outcome of the recent British Honduras voting. However informed sources pointed out that the PUP re- cently made it known that it wanted the new colonial consti- tution to work successfully, and this has been indicated as a sign of moderation. Results of the voting came as a surprise to no one who was ‘amiliar with the internal situa- i of British Honduras. Those people realize that the outcome of the elections followed the same general pattern of anti-colonial feeling that is being shown the ‘world over. i Informed sources maintain that the PUP isdecidedly anti-colonial- ist, anti-British and ultra-nationa- listic, although there is, no ‘evid- ence that the party has Communist affiliations, as was the case in Bri- tish Guiana of another party last year after a new constitution had been put into effect and elections 0————- COOPERATE WITH | held in conformity with it. | NO SURPRISE FOR | | LONDON CIRCLES LONDON —(UP)— The elect- oral victory of the People’s united Party in British Honduras came | as a surprise to no one here, where | \if was generally expected that the | party would garner at least eighth} |of the nine seats at stake on the | colony’s new legislative council. | No official declarations have | |been forthcoming and no com- ments are expected, for the Colo- nial Office never indulges in of- |ficial statements on the normal development of any British colo- ny’s political life. However, private satisfaction has been expressed in regard to the apparently harmonious be- ginnings shown by political demo- cracy in the British Caribbean co- lony. The fact that such enthus- iasm and such a large number of | voters participating were attend- | ant features of elections in a colo- | ny which has. generally been known for apathy and _ indiffer- ence toward public affairs was re- ceived here more with satisfaction | than -astonishment. It was pointed out here that once it had won an electoral triumph, the victorious People’s United party dropped its anti- British slogans and its threats of refusal to cooperate with the British government and instead swore allegiance to the queen. It has been reported that it will be impossible for PUP leaders to stage a situation similar to that caused by Dr. Cheddi Jagan and his pro-Communist People’s Pro- gressive party in British Guiana, where Jagan ‘and his party main- tained a Red-tinged régime for five months until his government was overthrown by British author- | ities The PUP’s power in British | Honduras will be limited because jit will be unable to dominate an | important executive council head- | ed by Gov. Patrick Renison. The government (executive council) can proclaim the legislative coun- |cil to be dissolved without the | |need of appealing first to the jsuch a step. favor of the Dulles stand —the | one which received the support of most of the delegations re- presented at Caracas. The ambassador said he was deeply gratified at the decisions of the Caracas gathering on the right to political asylum and at | its recommendations to countri- es to grant women suffrage where that right is still not gen- erally recognized. Showing his profound know- | ledge of the matter, Dr. Chiri- boga expounded on an Ecuadore- an draft resolution connected with continental shelf matters | —a draft which would have the American nations agree on stan- dard criteria for ascertaining how to determine a definition of the term “continental shelf”, including ways of deciding how much underwater land each mari- time nation is entitled to. The ambassador said that it is vital for every American republic to | have its economic rights assured over its respective bit of conti- nental shelf and that the deter- mination of each country’s share should be carried out in confor- mity with criteria agreed to by | all the hemisphere’s independent countries. The above matter was well cov- ered by the Ecuadorean diplom- at, who with some modesty ne- glected to mention that he him- self had been very instrumental in the drafting of the proposed Ecuadorean resolution. Both English and Spanish were employed by Dr. Chiriboga to emphasize his point when he touched upon the issue of econ- omic aid from the U. S. for as- sisting the Latin American na- tions in settling their pressing economic problems. According to Chiriboga, the fact that such vast differences exist between living standards in the U. S. and those in Latin America is one fraught with potential dangers. He came out enthusiastically in favor of advocating official aid on the part of the U. S. and more intense use by American investors of convenient terms and prospects for profitable transactions offered by markets in Latin American countries. Dr. Chiriboga stressed emphatic- ally that the lack of greater uniformity in living accommoda- tions in the Americas was a basic cause of many inter - American differences. The ambassador spoke quite forthrightly in con- junction with this issue, telling his audience that he felt that old style diplomacy, with its ambi- guous phrases and inflated lan- guage, was unworthy of demo- cratic nations which needed open discussion of their pressing prob- lems so as to solve those prob- lems with a minimum of difficul- ty. He said that such an approach to international affairs leads to better understanding and that to get along nations needn’t feel that they must always say “Yes” to one another. The parts of his lecture which he felt to be most important Am- bassador Chiriboga translated in- to English so that the many pro- minent Americans who were among the audience might bet- ter grasp his points. Ambassador Chiriboga had words of praise for the work be- ing carried on by The Americas Daily toward better inter-Amer- ican understanding, and he made it clear to the audience that such an effort was a most invaluable one at the present time. The ambassador was warmly applauded at the end of his ad- dress by the many outstanding members of the audience who came up to congratulate him per- sonally on his well received lec- ture. U. N. AGENCY TO MEET IN MEXICO- MEXICO CITY —(UP)— The United Nations office here _an- nounced that over two hundred delegates will attend the Seventh Regional Conference of non-offic- ial organizations associated with the U. N., which is to be held in Mexico on May 4. The delegates will hear about the U. N. technical aid program, the World Fund for Child Wel-| fare and the Commission on Hu- | man Rights. Left to righ' night. in Miami, Ecuadorean Ambassador Chiriboga while delivering his brilliant lecture in our auditorium Friday | Mr. Chiriboga, Ecuadorean consul sador José R. Chiriboga and Dr. Horacio Aguirre. Dr. Francisco Aguirre, Ambas- —_——_——__0. |MacArthur’s ex-aide, reti WASHINGTON. —(UP)— A se-| nate subcommittee on strategic minerals, materials and fuels re- ported that the Soviet Union and satellite countries are now estimat- ed to have 11,399,000 men under arms, while the figure for the }non-Communist world is around 12,563,000. The countries belonging to the |North Atlantic Pact have armed forces totalling 6,699,129 men. | In the Western Hemisphere, in- | cluding the U.S. and Canada, there are 4,155,929 men under arms. The subcommittee said that the | | above figures are only approximate ones and are based only on reports that have been made public. Data |for particular countries have been made available through military, newspaper, budget and other types of publications, The data were published by the subcommittee as an appendix to an enquiry carried out by the Sen- | ate group in regard to stockpilling | ofstrategic materials and means of access to critical or strategical | | goods. $ The documents feature the first | |compilation of military forces in Latin American nations since be- |fore the past world war. A warn- | ing, however, was given that the figures are not official ones. Some of the pertinent data follow below, with the figures representing men under arms: Argentina, army 50,000; navy 11,484; air force, no data available. Unofficial reports say that Argen- tina has 150 military planes, com- posed of three groups. Bolivia, army, between 8,000 and 10,000; air force, no data available. | Brazil, army, 118,000 (in 1948); navy, 26,300 (in 1952); air force, | 5,000 (in 1953). Chile, army, 24,545 (in 1949); navy, 13,000 (in 1952); air force, 3,330 (in 1953). Unofficially, Chile is said to have 111 military planes. Colombia, army, 12,500 (in 1953), navy, 2,260 (in 1952); air force, no data available; marine, 500. Costa Rica—no figures given. Cuba; armi, 14,946 (In 1953); navy, 5,064 (in 1952); air force, 410; air force planes, 44; - navy | planes, 16. Dominican Republic; army, 12,00 (in 1953); navy, 3,000 (in. 1952); air force, “eventually” 2.400, for 1953 estimates. The republic also had a national police force esti- mated in 1947 to total 6,800 men. Ecuador; army, 10,000 (in 1953); navy, 2,400 (in 1952); air force, no data available. Guatemala; army 21,148 (in 1944 navy, no data available. Guatemala | has a small air force, about which data alre lacking. Haiti; army, 3,400 (in 1953); navy, 220 (in 1953); air force, 106 men with 18 planes. | Honduras; army, somewhat few- | er than 2,400 (in 1954); navy and air force data lacking. The coun- | try has four small coast guard ves- | sels. Over Four Mill “The Caribbean is the most critical area’’, says red Gen. Bonner Fellers —_ 9 Mexico; army, around 55,000 (in 1951); navy 8,000 (in 1952); air no data available. It was unofficially reported that in 1953 Mexico had 270 military-type plan- es, composed of two squadrons trained in the U.S, Nicaragua; army, 3,220 (in 1953) navy and air force, no data avail- able. Panama; army, non-existent; na- vy and air force, no data available. Other armed forces: the national police force has an authorized strength of 3,370 men. 0 (in 1953); 2), air force, Paraguay; army navy, 1,900 (in data lacking. 1g Peru; army, “approximately” 32. 000 (in 1950); navy and air force, no data available. Other forces: around 10,000 policemen and civil guards, El Salvador; army, 3,000 (in 1953); navy and air force, no data available. Uruguay; army, 26,000 (in 1950) navy, 1,470 (im 1952); air force, no data available, although a 200 plane figure is mentioned. Other armed forces: there are around 5,500 policemen. Venezuela; army, 10,000 (in 1953 navy 2,200 (in 1952); air force, no data available. The subcommittee also publish- | ed some information which tended to show that communication lines between the Americas and in the | South Atlantic are of vital impor- tance in case of another war. Retired Vice Admiral C.A. Lock- wood said in a report that despite the present European defense pro- gram, the Communists would suc- ceed in conquering most of Europe and Asia, but that England, Nor- way, Sweden, Turkey, Greece and possibly Spain would resist and wouldn’t be invaded by land until after the Soviets had first achieved | their main objectives. He added that the Communists might try to secure submarine bases in the Bay of Bi y in order to attack ship- ping Janes in the Caribbean and along the Atlantic coast. / The vice admiral pointed out | the vital importance of protecting | supply lines to the U.S. from South America, the Panama Canal and the Gulf of Mexico, even before war might break out, with ships, submarines and planes. “At first, shipping from the Con- go region, South Aftica and At- lantic ports of South America won't need escorts, but once the enemy has safe submarine bases in the Bay of Biscay, ships will have to be assembied in convoys, perhaps \in Para (Belem), Brazil, and es- |eorted across the Caribbean and along the South Atlantic coast of the U.S.” Brigadier General Bonner Fel- lers, now retired, who served on General McArthur’s general staff in wartime, said that the U.S. must enjoy air superiority in order to ion Men Stand Ready for Defense of Western Hemisphere Wester Hemisphere. ! He added that if the forces of Communism conquer Europe and lines open for receipt of strategic “The Caribbean is the most cri- | lishment of an air base in South Africa for such a purpose. supplies from Africa and South | America. He suggested the estab- tical area”, the general said. “How- ever, if we enjoy air power there, |I believe that our shipping could {cross the South Atlantic, proceed along the coast of South America and cross the Caribbean without prohibitive losses.” } Fine Business Outlook for ‘54 0. WASHINGTON —(UP)— U. S. Chamber of Commerce leaders be- lieve 1954 will be a good business | year, possibly the second or third best in the nation’s history. | | This was the general opinion expressed by 30 top officers and directors in United Press inter- | views during the chamber’s just | concluded annual meeting here. A representative group of busi- nessmen from throughout the country, the 30 included bankers, |farmers, merchants, top executi- | ves of life insurance, large diversi- | fied manufacturing and other com- | panies. A majority are connected with moderate-sized or large busi- nesses. They expected a general upturn | in business by next fall or sooner. Some believe the upswing already has started. A commerce department report lent support to this view. It said manufacturing activity picked up substantially in March with sales |climbing by more tha $4,000,000, | 000 compared to February and in- | ventories dropping more than $1, | 000,000,000. New orders rose nearly $5,000, |000, compared to February and | unfilled orders increased sharply. | Even so, the overall business of manufactures was still below a year ago. Among the chamber executives, |the best business outlook was re- ported for the southeastern states. The least favorable prospects were foreseen for drought-stricken farm areas. And in many of them, things have been looking up since recent rains. However, the national farm in- come was expected to be down, regardless. Richard L. Bowditch, Boston, retiring president and new chair- man of. the chamber board, sum- med up the optimism generally expressed in the 3 interviews. “All indications are that we will have a good year, approaching 1953 overall,” Bowditch said. “I look for a general upturn in the autum. We can’t go from a war- time into a peacetime economy without some adjustments, and we now are going through a per- fectly normal adjustment period.” ‘attested by concrete in my public life’’ “Florida’s economy and Senator LeRoy Collins, who is one of three gubernatorial candida tes in state-wide elections next | week, told The Americas Daily in an exclusive interview: “My inter. American feelings are attested by concrete antecedents in my public life. I feel it to be a sacred cause that shouldn’t be made the object of temporary election considera tions.” In accordance with our policy of | serving the cause of inter-Amer. | icanism, we have afforded any gu- | bernatorial candidate who might wish to do so the chance to speak |out on that topic —one which is | so closely tied up with the presen jce in the state of Flotida of thousands of voters of Hispanic American background. We are pub | lishing below some of Senator Col atements in regard to the interests of Florida's Spanish speaking population. Senator Collins stated in con | junction with an editorial article| ie A “T have} { protect communication lines in the | read with great interest an Amer. March | vecently published by us: as Daily editorial dated | 12 on the topic of ‘Miami's Inter: | American Center and the Coming | Asia, .it will still be possible for | State Elections.’ I hadn't referred |the U.S. to keep communication | to this project before in the cur-| rent campaign because by endorse- ment of it is well known to my fellow citizens and to my fellow legislators in Tallahassee, where I actively campaigned in favor of the center. My inter-American feelings are attested by concrete antecedents in my public life. I |feel it to be a sacred cause that shouldn’t be made the object of temporary election considerations. can’t understand, for example, how a man could have been at the head of this state for six months without even having lifted his pen in favor of such a magnificent pro- ject, as is the duty of a governor.” The very antecedents and the history of Senator Collins’ past actions indicate that Mr. Collins is firmly convinced of the urgent need for closer ties among the American peoples through the Pope Pius Planning to Resign, Buenos Aires Paper Says BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — | (UP)— The afternoon newspaper dispatch that Pope Pius XII is planning to resign because of ill- ness and retire to a monastery _ The dispatch, credited to a spe- cial Rome correspondent, said the Pope knows there is no medical aid for his long illn and he plans to place his scepter in | stronger hands. | La Razon said there is a pre cedent for such a course in the action of Pope Celestine V in the 13th Century who resigned the | Papal throne to enter a Campagna monastery. It said despite the apparent tranquility of the Vatican, the Pope quietly is pressing the pro- ject. “The Holy Father’s sickness is very serious and he not una- ware of it”, the newspaper said. “He knows he has only a_ few months to live, wherein he will be unable directly to occupy him- self ith affairs of the Church. La Razon said that while no- thing publicly is known of his in- tention it is known that he has told persons in his closest confid- ence of his plan. After completing delivery of auditorium, Dr. Jose Chiriboga, been notified by the Ecuadorean gram from Ecuadorean President Merit upon Horacio Aguirre an Both Francisco and Horacio bestowed upon them, La Razon said Friday in a Rome | eR For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 251 EVELOPMEN CENTER IN MIAMI “My _ inter-American feelings are antecedents , Collins says culture call for closer ties with our Latin American sister republics’ 0. agency of concrete measures of practical type. In this connection Sen. Collins told us: “Florida’s economy and cultural future re- quire renewed efforts on our part to effect closer links with our neighbors in the Latin American sister republic. If I am elected Governor of Florida, I shall bend every efort to achieve that goal, firmly convinced as I am that by so doing I shall be serving the best interests of the State. I shall undertake to set aside on ap- propriate dates a day for honor- ing each of our hem ere’s Va- rious repusiic, extending official and cooperation to any ations that may be held in conjunction with those holidays. Furthermore, | would be willing to head a good will mission com- posed of businessmen and school and government offi Is for a tour of our American nations with the aim in mind of promot- ing bonds that would eventuate in greater trade, to their benefit and to ours, and in fuller spirit- | ual understanding through the promotion of scholarship prog- rams for deserving students, par- ticularly at the university level.” In regard to the presence of large Latin elements in the com- munities of Florida, Sen. Collins id: “They are a part of our life. Many of them have invested milli- ons of dollars in our state, while practically all of them -have come well endowed with moral and in- telectual qualities. We should all acknowledge the vita! importance to us implicit in the role to be played in our state’s present and future development by the thou- ands of people of Latir origin who are our fellow citizens.” The senat- or was no less enthusiastic about a projected inter-American ter at Miami, in regard to which he stated: “If I am elected governor, I shall spare no effort to encourage wider teaching of Spanish in our public schools, and I shall advocate construction at the earliest possible date of an inter-American trade and cultural center at Miami. As a senator, I have in the past given my sincere and full support to a bill that would have achieved just such a purpose.” (Editor’s note: In ja bill introduced by the Dade co- | unty delegation advocating cons- | truction of the inter-American cen- cen 1951, when ter was under discussion, Senator Collins lent his backing to the measure. ) “In my own home I have been able to experience the favorable re- action that results from closer inter-American relations. While a cadet at the Naval Academy in An- napolis, Maryland, my ‘son LeRoy Jr. visited the Latin. American countries while on a tour sponsored by the Academy. As a consequence of the enthusiasm which the tour awakened in him, he undertook to learn Spanish and he now can speak it quite fluently. In any cons- ervations about our future as a state in which he takes part, my son necessarily brings up the fact that an important factor to be considered consists of fuller under- standi petween Florida and Latin America Senator Collins ended in- terview by saying: “I wish to thank the Diario Las Americas for the chan s through it, in Span arge \Latin | American colony residént in Flo- rida. I feel that that colony is one of our state’s greatest assets, not only for the present but also for the future of our cultural and * economic growth.” Ecuadorean Decoration Awarded to Editors of The Americas Daily —— lecture in The Americas Daily the Ecuadorean ambassador in Washington, told his audience that upon arriving in Miami he had consul here of receipt of a radio- Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra saying that the chief executive of that country was conferring the Order of d Francisco Aguirre, editor and publisher respectively of The Americas Daily. The ambassador announced that he personally would bestow the decorations in appropriate ceremonies at a later date. Aguirre thanked the ambassador for the honor which the Ecuadorean people and government had