Diario las Américas Newspaper, August 6, 1954, Page 8

Inter-American News for English- Speaking people 2nd Year She f Daily For a better understanding between the Americas ML AMI, FLA., FRID/ AY, _ AUGUST 6th, 1954, 9 EDITORIAL A_CONGRESSMAN WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED POSITIVELY TO HEMISPHE ISPHERIC UNITY Several days back this paper published an edi-| torial in connection with a congressman whose in-| to say the least, negative. The gentleman we had in mind at the time is one of West Virginia’s repre- sentatives in Washington who addressed appeals to! both the President of the U.S .and the chief executive of the Export-Import Bank in an effort to secure unfavorable action on a request by Brazil for a $37,- 000,000 loan which would be used to expand that country’s steel industry. The congre: nan from West Virginia said that any expansion in Brazilian steel output would directly curtail steel production in West Virginia and would harm that state econo- mically. Consistent with our policy of advocating the} hanaywor cause of genuine inter-Americanism as is to be found} such inmorta in the existence or close cooperation among the! various hemispheric nations, we pointed out that if! pena B fluence on the cause of inter-Americanism has been, |= C KNOW THY NEIGHBOR | By ANTONIO RUIZ COLOMBIA.— It would require many times the space available to do futl justice to the culture of |; Columbia and to the talents of its creators —from the humblest ie , whose devoted la- bors rned colonial chirches with k of enduring beauty, to | as Camilo Torres ino, whose intel- fired the inde- nent. Nor is it pos- oa Anténio For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity ASTILLO CLAIMED AS SOLE BOSS Y ANGRY ANTI-COMMUNIST MOBS FOA GROUP WILL DEMANDS PRESENTED BY BY POWERFUL Washington Circles! ‘60 TO BOLIVIA ‘GROUPS UNDER THREAT OF “/STRIKE” | WASHINGTON — (UP) — The} Foreign Operations Administra |tion disclosed that it intends to | nd to Bolivia a commission which | ll make recommendations as to how 40 million hectares of sparse- |ly populated. improductive land the neighborhood of Santa Cruz }can be put to use. The FOA issue a statement say- ing that “around 5 million hecta- | res of the region are believed to be suitable for large scale farm: ction The land consists of rs with sparse vegetation which | the U.S. were to predicate its inter-/ American pol-|: ible to describe in detail, or even | could easity be cleared off and icies on a dollars and cents basis alone, this could Be aa produce most unfortunate consequences. Today, however, we are happy to note that there are others in the halls of Congress who have a true, appreciation of the worth of Latin American friend-| ship. Last week, Sen. George Smathers of Fla., a man who has unflinchingly labored in behalf of strong inter-American solidarity, made a stirring address on the floor of the Senate, telling his colleagues, who| at the time were considering the F oreign Aid bill,| that the appropriation for technical aid in the Latin| American area should be increased. In response to the feelings of his home state toward the need for closer relations with Latin) America, Sen. Smathers persuaded the upper house of Congress to raise by 10 milion dollars the value of technical aid meant for Latin America. Senator Smathers is only one of a number of Florida congressmen who have spoken ably and convincingly on behalf of close ties with Latin America. The speech which the senator delivered to substantiate his request evidently swayed his,au-| dience for the final, favorable vote on the amend-| ment introduced by Sen. Smathers was recorded as 82 to 2. The success of George Smathers’ activity is but | another in a long line of contributions to the cause} of inter-American unity which have been made by |. citizens of Florida, a state which has so many historic ties linking it to the nations of Latin Amer ica. That same success gives reason for optimism and hope on the part of those of us who are anticipating the day when the Inter-American Trade and Cul- ~ tural Center i in Miami will become a palpable reality | and an instrument for tightening bonds of friend-) °, ship and understanding between the U.S. and Latin) America. And closer relations in the fields of cul-| tural and commercial activities will mean closer po-| litical relations as well. This paper is happy to join in congratulating Sen. Smathers on the success of his amendment to the Foreign Aid bill. We are sure that his efforts | directed toward a strong hemisphere have not been in vain and that they have effectively contributed to he se of this hemisphere. mention, ali the masterpieces and the literary and scien vif © works which constitute the | } golden treasure of Colombian cul- | ture. Colombia is outstanding be-| cause of the consistency with which it has maintained a high cultural level throvghout its history, and for the unusually large number of | cultured and professiongl men who e devoted themselves to public . It is noteworthy that the in- ual contributions of Colom- bian intellectuals to the arts, let- ters. and science have not always | been limited exclusively to their | respective academic fields, but | have in many es atended to na- | ticnal and international affairs. | Colombia’s cultural contributions, especially in the field of letters | and language, have long been} recognized by all Hispanic Ameri- can countries and by Spain itself. Colombian literature and writing | as well as speech, are noted for their classic purity. The history of | Colombian culture spans more than four centuries, its cor being that ot the mother ccuntry, Spain. The remrants of the aboriginal cultu- res of the Indians whom the Spa-} niards conquerea, consist chiefly of manual arts —jewelry, masks, | battle armor, ceremonial and other objects of metal. The famous col- lecticn of some 5.000 hand-wrought gold and silver articles in the Museo del Oro ‘Museum of Gold), | in the Bank of the Republic at! Bogota, is evidence of a high de-| gree of artistic design and crafts- ianship. The most advanced In- mn civilization in -what is now Columbia were those of the Quim- bayas and Chibchas. Several hun- dred huge monoliths of carved stone, excavatec years ago in San | Agustin, Department of Huila, con- tinue to baffle archeologists, since no remains of any town or burial grounds have yet been found to} st in solving the mystery of their origin. The Spaniards found | i Indian temples encrusted with gold | jute being cultvated,.as well as and precious stones and warriors whose breastplates were of ham- mered gold. ake THE CULTURE of Sapin was} transplanted to New Granada by | | 46th. century Svaniards, notably | onzalo Jimenez de Quesada, a scholar as well as an. adventurer, whose descriptive writings and hi torical works were the first major | contribution to rational literature. | With the conquerors and col nizers came Dominican, Franc can and Jesuit priest who laid the foundations of cvlonial culture and | established the colony’s first scho- ois and universities in their con- vents. The Spanish Crown promot- ed eaucation by issuing royal de- | crees for the establishment of schools and universities. Santa Fé | de Bogota and Popayan became the cultural centers of the colony | at an early date. As early as 1560 | 1@ Dominican Seminary at Popa-| y was teaching theology, the arts, and the humanitiés, the tra-| ditional curriculum of higher edu-} cation in the church schools. In Santa Fé, the most important cen- ters of learning were the col- lleges of Santo Tomas and El Ro- serio. founded by the Dominican fathers; San Bartolomé, founded in | 1605, oy Archbishop Bartolomé Lo- bo Guerrero, who placed the Je- suits in charge of it; and the Uni- versidad Javeriana, founded by the Jesuits in 1622. The educators of the religious orders also opened | colleges in different towns throughout New Granada and to- } ok the initiative in educating the | Indians. (Continued tomorrow).— Spanist Version Pag. 3 TWO-WAY DROP RECORDED FOR US.-L.A. TRADE The Department of Commerce has published statistics showing that there was a falling off in trade in both directions between the U.S, and the Latin American |dear of the University of Colora- |9,000 JAP FAMILIES | the Zone government. |pital at Coco Solo to the |which contain water supplies at a short distance beneath the sur- | race or the earth. “Bolivia's economy is based | mainly on the exploitation of tin | depusits, while farm production has never beer sufficient to take care of domestic food needs. Now that tin prices have dropped, Bo- | livia has less foreign exchange than ever to cope with the need for | importing foodstuffs. “In order to stave off famine, durnig the fiscal year which end- jed last June 30 the United States | allotted Bolivia the sum of $12. 500 000 and at the same time the | Bolivian government began studies | beating on the utilization of lands lying in the neighborhood of San- ta Cruz”. The commission will be headed | by Dr. Homer Henney, former | do’s school of agriculture, who once headed a similar commission | to Peru. WILL MIGRATE TO-S.A.) 0. RIO DE JANEIRO.—(UP)—The Brazitian Institute for Inmigration }and Colonization revealed that it | intends to bring 9.000 Japanese families to Brazil. | | The Institute reported that two Japarese concessionaires, Kotaro | Tujijuri and Hassutaro Matsubara, | have been authorized to bring in| 5.00€ and 4,000 families, respecti- | vely, The Institute disclosed that Tu- | jijuri has already brought in 136 | families made up of 783 persons) to work on farm colonies in the | states of Para and Amazonas where in the territory of Amapa. Two members of a Japanese congressional delegation currently | visiting Brazil are in the northern part of the country to study the | conditions in which Japanese emi- | grant families are now living. Matsubara has introduced 112 | families made up 645 persons for | ;work on the farm colony of Dou- | rados in the State of Mato Grosso and on another colony located in| the state of Bahia. The Institute announced that perm:ts for the entry of new fa- milies will be issued on a gradual | basis. It also disclosed that authori- zation has been given for the in- troduction of an additional 145 | |families for work on colonies in | the states of Amazonas, Para and 1€0 families for the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Rio de Ja- | neiro. CANAL HOSPITALS TO BE RUN BY ZONE GOV'T) SETS | a WASHINGTON—(UP)— The Defense Department announced here that Army and Navy hospi- tals in the Panama Canal Zone will be turned over to the Canal Zone goveinment on September 1. Congress ordered the action in a recent act which barred opera- tion of hospitais by the military in the Cana} Zcne and said such hospitals would be turned over to) The Navy will transfer its hos- Zone government. The Army’s Fort Clay- ton hospital will be inactivated and made a standby facility. The Deferse Deparment said that Army and Navy personnel will use hospital facilities of the Zone government which will be reim- bursed by the Defense Department area in May as compared to April. for services. _ SS | Castillo says 90% of the army is “loyal to duty, honor and GUATEMALA CITY, Strong threaten: 1 strike u t. government makes provisio- nal President Carlos Castillo Ar. mas the sole boss in Guatemala. Aug. anti-Communist yesterday to call ess the militar, The Farmers’ Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the Bank Workers’ Federation and other groups presented aa “ultima- tum” to the three-man junta ing that failure to jateiv on their de- mands will mean “a _ general strike with serious consequen- ces for the country’s economy The threat coincided with mass meeting outside Gov ment House tory in “the secend battle ainst communism” —this week’s regular army uprising against his libera- tion forces, Castillo cent troubles represented a Com- munist attempt to regain in Gua- temala, and assured them that the | offices responsible will be “severe- ly punished”. He said that, although the reds undoubtedly infiltrated the army during the administration, of ous- 5 to hail Castillo’s vic- | told the crowd the re- | di ted. ex-President Jacobo Arbenz, he is confident that 90 percent of tne regular torce ‘loyal to duty, honor and discipline” Col. Elfego H. Monzén, junta member populariy blamed for the |revolt said the army rebels sought his support but he refused to help them The anti-Communist tions demanded 1 “Unificaticn of power” tillo’s hanc rule never ha mala | 2. Dismissal ernurs whose able, and fo made up ex Communists. 3 funisnment of the bels “under the of the military code”, poration of “liberation” the regular army Groups supporting the demands included the Students’ Anti-Com- munist Committee, whi already | alled a “general strik niversity of Guatemal Committee of ers, which was in the forefront of agitation against ithe Arbenz regime. organiza- in Cas- yecause three-man succeced in Guate- of provincial gov- | loyalty is question- nation of a cabinet} irely of certified anti- army re and _ incor- units into severest provisions | at the | and the | Women Shopkeep- | Praise Smathers’ | Successful Step 0. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Exclu- sive to THE AMERICAS DAILY) A very favorable reaction was evident among diplomatic, po- litical figures and official circles here in connection with the re- cent congressional success of Sen. George Smathers (D.-Fla.) labored on behalf of in- cooperation between and the Latin American countries Sen. Smathers introduced an amendment to the foreign aid bill and asked Congress to in- crease the appropriation for Latin America by ‘10 million | dollars as far as the item of | technical assistance was con- cerned. Se mathers’ proposal was accompanied by persuasive, well documented arguments | which guaranteed overwhelming | approval of the measure by a | vote of 82-2. The success of this important measure has evoked words of praise from members of the Latin American corps stationed in the U.S capital, and officials of the Organization of American States have warmly welcomed this far reaching contribution to the cause of inter-Americanism by the senator from Florida, FORE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAS LIES IN| Huge Oil Deposits THIS HEMISPHERE, OR ASIA, REP. NOT IN EUROPE SIKES WRITES “| don't feel that any any other paper has done so much in so little time as has The Americas Daily,” he says ——0. Sikes says trip to South A oO merica a great experience |} “JT have always maintained that the future of the Amer- icas lies in the Western Hemisphere and not in Europe or Asia,” Rep. Bob Sikes writes us from Washington. Below is the text of a letter from the Florida congress- man who reaffirms in it his faith in the processes of inter- Americanism. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, D.C. Dear Horacio: July 28, 1954. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the very fine coverage which you gave in your newspaper of my activities in South America. It was a wonderful privilege to visit this important part of the world, and I feel that my trip contributed more important knowledge of benefit to me in my work in Congress than any previous one I have taken. I have long held that the future for all of the Americas lies in the Western Hemisphere and not in Europe or Avia. We should work much more closely together for the realization of our mutual aims and for our continued mutual development. I note that The Americas Daily has recently celebrated its first anniversary. I don’t feel that any newspaper could have been of greater service in the short period of one year than yours has. I wish for you continuation of this fine record and constant growth. With kindest regards, I Mr. Horacie Aguirre, Editor, The Americas Daily 4349 36th Street, Miami Springs, Florida. BRAZILIAN PUBLISHER LACERDA WOUNDED IN CRIMINAL ATTEMPT am Sincerely, Bob Sikes. Air force major killed 4 unidentified gunman RIG DE JANEIRO—(UP)—An air force major was killed and a prominent publisher and a police- | man wounded here in a pre-dawn gun battle touched off by an at- tempt to assassinate the news- paperman, An unidentified gunman am bushed Carlos Lacerda, publisher of the opposition newspaper Tri- buna da Imprensa, outside his apartment ir the Copacabana dis- trict about 1 A.M. Thursday. He fired six shots at the publisher, who returned his fire. Lacerda was hit in the left foot, but Maj. Rubens Vaz, who had driven him home, was fatally in- | jurea by a bullet in the chest. The killer. whe flec in a waiting car, is not known to have been in- | jured. Lacerda’s condition was reported to be “good”. A policeman attracted to the scene by the sound of shots suf- |fered unspecified injuries. Lacerda, a congressional can- didate of the opposition UDN party is well knewn for his fiery attacks on members of President Getulio Vargas’ go- vernment, A libel suit filed against him by the president's son, Lutero, is pending im the cuurts, 4 . ‘in Magellan | Areas | SANTIAGO —(UP)— Surveys carried out by the Chilean govern- ment petroleum monopoly show that there may be 100 million cubie meters of oil in the Strait of Magellan area of the country. At present prices this deposit would amount te around 2 billion |dollars in value. | Up to now the monopoly has | surveyed 20,000 square kilometers lof land by geological methods and another 100,000 sq. kilometers by | geophysical methods. Estimates say that around 55,000 sq. kilometers are calculated to have oil lying beneuth their surface. In 1953 the national petroleum |monopoly produced 200,065 cubic |meters of oil and expects to pro- duce around 280,000 meters during | the course of the present year. The vil is coming from 56 of the 122 wells that have been drilled since 1945 when the first well was brought in on Isla Grande in the Tierra del Fuego region. Anether 25 wells produce only gas, while 44 were duds. The monopoly has continued to j intensify its drilling of wells in | recent years. While it drilled only | 1840 meters in 1945, in 1950 it dril- led 37,000 and in 1953 the figure was 70,900. Officials of the monopoly have | said, however, that despite grow- ing activity on the part of the {company, many years will have |passed and many millions of dol- lars will be required to place into preduction all the oil riches which }are thought to be located in the | Magellan area. |SPANISH AIRLINE |TO FLY TO P. R. | O- —— WASHINGTON.—(UP). The Ci- vil Aeronautics Board revealed that one of its examiners has re- jcommended approving a_ petition | by the Spanish airline Iberia which has asked permission to use New | York and San Juan, P. R. as in- jvermediate stops on a route to {the other Latin American coun- tries. The recommendation of the ex- aminer is felt to be a mere for- mality, since the governments of Spain and the United States have already agreed to establishment ef the requested service. Iberia said that it is all set to inaugurate the service and that the first flight will be marked by the arrival of a group of prominent | Spaniards who will take part in | inaugural ceremonies. In addition ts the use of San | Juan, P.R. as an intermediate stop, the examiner also recommended that Iberis be permitted to in- augurate two flight services emanating from San Juan. One of |these would end at Caracas while |the other would make stops at points in the Dominican Republic |and would serve Haiti, Cuba, Ja- |maica, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Chile, with the terminal point being Santiago, ny MIAMI’S SOCIAL SPOTLIGHT By MARTHA LUMMUS “Most exciting thing that has ever happened to me”; That’s how Miami author Harriet (Mrs. T.J.) Blackwell describes publica- tion of her first book. The popu- lar Miamian, who has written | enumerous feature articles and poems for newspapers and maga- zines. has now authored a book | of poems which has been accept- | ed for publication by Dietz | Press, Richmond, Va., and which | will soon be available locally. Name of the book is “The Light- ning Tree”, and when this news scribe spied Mrs. Blackwell the other day in the new Miami Shores post office, which just opened for business this week, she was mailing advance copies of “The Lightning Tree” to re- latives and friends, A member ot a writing group which takes writing seriously and meets regularly to study and criticise each other’s work, Mrs, | Blackwell devotes much of her | time to practicing what instruc- | tors preach about writing —and successfully, too! At the present time the Miamian is taking spe- tial work in fiction writing at the University of Miami. She also has studied with Florida’s Poet Laureate, Vivian Laramore Rader of Miami, The Edwin L. Hubbards of Coral Gables will head north- ward today in their air-con- ditioned car, with North Carol- ina their destination. They will visit Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ward of Coral Gables at their Hender- sonville, N. C. home and spend some time in Waynesville, N. C. before returning to South Flori- da, eee American violonist Joan Field, | who made her debut with the New York Philharmonie Sym- phony Orchestra and in recital | at Town Hall, is guest soloist for | the Eighth Pop Concert of the summer series. to be held at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in Miami Beach Auditorium. Dr. Modeste Alloo, associate conductor of the Uni- versity of Miami symphony or- chestra and professorvof brass instruments will be on the po- dium. Miss Field became first wo- man concert master of the Bal- let Russe de Monte Carlo and in 1944, solo violinist at New York’s serious- music radio station W@XR. While there, she wrote, produced and played more than | 200 broadcasts which carried the title “Notes and Quotes”. She has appeared im recitat-at the White House and numbers six performances with the New York. Philharmonic, Symphony orchestra under the Batons of Sir John Barbirolli, Efrem Kurtz, William Steinberg, Alexander Smallers and others. Miss Field, who has made important. contri- butions to contemporary music, has also appeared with the or- chetras of Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco and ma- ny others. In 1950 the violinist won the Kaufman Memorial Award Recital in New York City, an award given to just one artist each year. Dr. Alloo conducted the Uni- versity of Miami Symphony or- chestra during the absence of conductor John Bitter from 1941 to 1950. The associate conductor is a graduate of the Royal Con- servatory of Music in Brussels and of the Verviere Conserva- tory. He has served as profes- sor of Music at the Bruges Con- servatory, Belgium, and has taught at the University of Cali- fornia, University of Iowa and the Cincinnati Conservatory. On the program for the Sym- phony Orchestra Sunday eve- ning are, “Overture to the opera, Tannhauser”, by Richard Wag- ner; Symphony in B Minor, No. 6 (Pathetique), Tschaikowsky; South Pacific, Symphony~scena- vio by Richard Rodgers and Sec- ond Hungarian Rhapsody of Franz Liszt. Miss Field will play “Sympho- nie Espagnole”, for violin and or- chestra, Op 21 by’ Lalo. SUBSCRIBE TO THE AMERICAS DAILY | STE