Diario las Américas Newspaper, September 8, 1956, Page 10

aaeees 3 ee ee Inter-American News for English- Speaking people ith YEAR S. SMITH Vice President Cc. W. SMITH Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President, Editor and Manager G. A. SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managing Editor Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advertising and Circulation Mgr. er TET hed except Monday — Emsered as second class matter at the Post Ae mn o Miami Springs. Fla.. on February & 1956, a TS EDITORIAL OAS AND THE AMERICAN NATIONS For the twenty one nations comprising the| Organization of American States to have absolute confidence in the present and future of that institu- tion, it is necessary that the representatives of those peoples have them in mind and try to do as much as possible so that this international body will respond in all aspects, including the political one, to the ideals sustained by the twenty one American} nations. It is logical that the representatives before the OAS Council should act according to instructions of their respective governments, which are, or should be, the result of the will of the majority of the people. But this does not mean in any way that, the collective attitudes of the Organization of American States must be adjusted to the individual situation of each government, in particular when the legit- imate aspirations of the peoples of America may be hurt, directly or indirectly. : | In some sectors of continental opinion there are people who believe that the Organization of American States (OAS) is something similar to a| simple association of Governments, within which | only the specific interests of | these Governments, whatever the conditions may be are taken into cons- ideration. Precisely, to erase such concept, as dan- gerous as inappropriated because it would weaken the philosophic power of the OAS, it is necessary to struggle in all fronts to avoid that the genuine in- terests of the people be overlooked in the resolutions of this international body, the importance of which is rooted, fundamentally, in the backing it has in those countries. 5 The Charter of the Organization of American States in a significative form, with doctrinary sense, says in its preamble: { “In the name of their peoples, the States re- presented at the Ninth International Conference of American States, Convinced that the historical mission of Amer- ica is to offer to man a land of liberty, and favor- able environment for the development of his per- sonality and the realization of his just aspirations, etc., etc, it was agreed to subscribe the Charter of the OAS. It must be remembered that before, and not so long ago, as it happened with the document of the League of Nations in Geneva, the name of the gov- erment was the only one invoked, but now, by virtue of new conceptions, the San Francisco Charter of the Organization of American States has been draft- ed in the name of the peoples of the United Nations and of America, respectively. It is, therefore, an obligation for those direct- ing the OAS to act always in a manner which res- ponds to the feelings of the American peoples, consulting their aspirations and interests. GUEST EDITORIAL Gov. Mufioz Marin Merits This Honor Freedom House will honor Governor Luis Muftoz Marin of Puerto Rico with a special anniversary plaque at ceremonies next month in-New York. Freedom House was founded in 1941 to serve as a center advancing the goals of a free society and opposed to all forms of totalitarianism. Over the years the awards have been made to distinguished persons of our times. None is more worthy of the honor than Governor Mufioz. The award is made him because “under his guidance the people of a free Commonwealth have demonstrated the effectiveness of democracy in an underdeveloped country. His dynamic leadership and creative techniques which his jovernment has devised are in a great measure responsible ‘or the striking progress of the Puerta Rican people toward @ better life.” No community is in.a better position to know what Gov- ernor Mufioz has achieved against great odds than Greater Miami whose citizens visit Puerto Rico in great numbers every year. For a better understanding between the Americes Mexican Governor Denies man Arrested for Murder of Newsma MEXICALI, México —(UP) Gov. Braulio Maldonado denied that a man arrested in the second murder of a Lower California mewspaper publisher in two months is his aide, and said he had’ order- ed a thorough investigation to clear up the slayings. Maldonado said police “mis- takenly” identified J. Trinidad Hernandez as his aid, “since the assassin is completely unknown in my government.” The governor said he would take every action necessary to bring to justice the killer of Fernando Marquez Sanchez, founder and pub- lisher of the newspaper La Voz del Pueblo, who was shot and killed in-a Mexicali restaurant. Macquez had led a newspaper crusade against Lower California vice and crime. He was the second publisher assassinated in the state in recent weeks. Manuel Acosta Meza, publisher of El Imparcial, of after Tijuana, was killed earlier KNOW THY NEIGHBOR By ANTONIO RUIZ ECUADOR — The mineral re- sources of Ecuador include petro- leum, gold, silver, copper, lead, sulphur, coal, iron ore, manganese, Platinum, zine and salt. Of these, the most highly developed are petroleum and gold, both of which contribute substantially to the na- tional economy as producers of foreign exchange. Copper and lead rank next in importance. Gold mining has been carried on since the colonial era; . the principal mines, near Portobelo, in El Oro Province, are now being operated by the National Government. Recent discoveries of substantial new deposits of coal, manganese and sulphur have led to plans for their exploitation on a large scale, The Tixtén sulphur mines, located in the Andes near the Quito-Gua- yaquil Railroad, are producing over 7,000 tons of refined sulphur per month. Petroleum has been pro- duced in Ecuador since 1917, but the oil industry did not become im- portant until the discovery of the Anc6n field, on the Santa Elena Peninsula, in Guayas Province, in 1923, Today the Ecuadorean petroleum industry provides for all the domestic needs, including gaso- line, kerosene, fuel oils, and lubricants; high grade lubricants and aviation gasoline are import- ed. Daily production is over ten thousand barrels, of which about sixty per cent is consumed within the country, More than 95 per cent of all the oil comes from the prin- cipal producing fields of Ancén, Ti- gre and Santo Tomas, on the Santa Elena Peninsula, about 90 miles from Guayaquil. More than 1,200 wells have been drilled by the five principal eom- panies operating in the country. Large refineries are operated by _ two of the largest com- panies, the Manabi Exploration Company, which is a United States concern, and the Anglo-Ecuador- ean Oilfields, Ltd. a British com- Pany. Despite the lack of heavy indus- tries and the need of importing most industrial raw materials, the manufacturing industries in Ecua- dor have progressively expanded during the last two decades to the point where a large proportion of consumer goods and processed foods is supplied by domestic plants, The principal industries, in addition to petroleum refining, are He is the first governor to be elected by the people. His “Operation Bootstrap’ has been effectively directed at freeing more than two million islanders from illiteracy, poverty, dis-| gar, toquilla straw hats, flour, ce- ease and lack of employment. textiles, cotton, wool and rayon, food processing, beer and bever- ages, tobacco products, refined su- ment, shoes and leather goods, Governor Mufoz has written a brilliant page in modern | Pharmaceutical preparations, lum- government history, patriots are made. (Reprinted from “The Miami Herald’), |Scale manufacture Prominent Dentist Meeting at Ciudad Trujillo CIUDAD TRUJILLO 8 (TRANS: CAB) — All the American coun- tries will be represented at the Panamerican Congress of Odonto- logy meeting here Oct. 9-11. It is estimated that the number of specialits attending will be over applications received by the Sec- Tetariat of the Organizing Commit- tee. In that office it was reported that every day new reports are re- ceived from prominent dentists of numerous universities and dental Societies, announcing their inten- tion to attend. To the Latin Americans must be added a dozen of prominent U. S. dentists who enjoy world prestige, most of them authors of text and technical books known all over the world. The well known Cuban oral sur- geon Héctor Funcia Cornell, pro- fessor of Oral Surgery at the Uni- versity of Havana, will present an interesting work on his specialty. The University of San Andrés, of La Paz, Bolivia, will be represented by well known dentists, according to announcement made by the Rec- tor, Dr. Gastén Araoz, His achievement is the stuff of which |ber and furniture. Industries operating on a small hosiery, jute sacks, soap, candles, vegetable oils, rubber products,,carpets, buttons, light iron products and nails, al- cohol, caustic soda, and chocolate, Cotton manufacturing, a major industry in Ecuador, dates from 1840, when an enterprising Ecuad- orean built the first cotton mill the country ever had, in Otavalo, after learning the textile business work- ing and studying in Paterson, New Jersey. The machinery for this original factory had to be carried by muleback up and over the Andes mountains, Today, Ecuador’s pros- Perous textile industry has more than 25 cotton mills, as well as several woolen and rayon mills. Spanish Version Page 3 MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1956 is his Aid publishing a series of attacks on Lower California’s “political crim- inals.” Joaquin Aguilar Robles, special investigator in the Acosta Meza slaying, charged the assassination was committed by a huge vice ring active in the Pacific coast state. He said Acosta Meza had been conducting a blistering campaign against prostitution, dope, liquor smuggling, gambling and “all sorts” of illicit activities which he said were flourishing in the border area, Acosta Meza’s murder took place SEVILLA SACASA Sevilla Sacasa shortly after he published, despite threats from men he identified as agents of the “vice kings”, a list of 40 houses of prostitution which he claimed were operating openly under police protection. Acosta Meza who was also United Press correspondent in the area, charged that at least half of the 200,000 population of Tijuana was engaged in illicit activities feeding off American tourists. Aguilar Robles and Carlos Orte- ga, who succeeded Acosta Meza as editor of El Imparcial, both claim- }ed Ortega’s life had been threaten- |ed if he carries on the anti-vice | crusade. Police thus far have not linked the investigations of the slayings of Acosta Meza and Marquez San- chez but Lower Californians feel that both newspapermen were kill- ed to silence them. Plane Donated to Peruvians SANTA ANA, Cal., Sept. 7 — (UP) The Peruvian Ambassador, Fernando, Berckemeyer, took de- livery of an aeroplane donated to the government of his country by the inhabitants of Orange County, in a ceremony attended by the Vicepresident Richard M. Nixon, a native of the county. Nixon, visibly affected yet by his father’s death, Gelivered a short address in which he praised the ef- forts made by the inhabitants of the state to develop the friendship between the U. S. and Peri. The plane is of modified heli- copter type, and will be used by Pert’s Summer Institute of Lan- guages. Appointed ‘to Ike Commision WASHINGTON, D. C. — The President of Nicaragua has ap- pointed as his personal repre- sentative before the Eisenhower Commission, Dr. Guillermo Sevi- Ha Sacasa, Ambassador to the White House and to the Organ- ization of American States, as well as Dean of the Latin Amer- ican Diplomatic Corps in the United States, Sevilla Sacasa is a prominent jurist and diplomat of wide ex- perience in Interamerican rela- tions. FOREIGN MINISTER WILL REPRESENT SILES SAZO LA PAZ, Bolivia, Sept. 7—(UP) President Hernan Siles Suazo ap- pointed Foreign Minister Manuel Barrau to represent Bolivia at the commission suggested by President Eisenhower at the Panama Confer- ence, which will meet in Washing- ton on the 17th of this month. In making the appointment, Pre- sident Siles Suazo said that he be- lieves it is more useful to have a Minister of State, well informed about the official policy as his spokesman in the commission. Siles Suazo and Barrau belong to the same party, as founders, and have been good friends since they went to school at the American Institute, Chilean Companie WASHINTGON —(UP) The Ex- port Import Bank announced that it has approved credits totaling $27,800,000 to help Chilean nitrate companies obtain equipment and services for modernization and ex- pansion programs. The bank’s announcement said that its board of directors had voted to authorize a $16,000,000 credit for Anglo - Lautaro nitrate corporation and $11,800,000 to Cia. Salitrera de Tarapacd to tofagasta (CSTA). “The main purpose of the pro- grams of both companies is to im- prove the efficiency of operations and to reduce costs,” the an- nouncement said. Anglo - Lautaro producers about HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Weldy Released by Police in Ciudad Trujillo CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican Republic —(UP) Big game hunter Richard Weldy was released by police today in the “accidental shooting” of Robert Harrison, New York publisher of Confidential magazine. Weldy had been in custody since Tuesday, when Harrison was hit in the shoulder with a blast from a shotgun owned by Weldy. But everyone concerned said the shooting was “accidental,” and oc- curred when Weldy dropped the weapon on a rock in a Dominican jungle and it discharged. “I hold no grudge for Weidy,” Harrison told United Press. “He cannot be blamed for what happen- ed,” Weldy himself told authorities he accidentally shot Harrison dur- ing an argument over an article in the expose magazine allegedly telling how actor John Wayne won and married Pilar Palette, Weldy’s former wife. s to Get Credits two thirds of the nitrate sold from Chile, while the Tarapacd com- pany is the second largest nitrate producer in that country, accord- ing to the bank. The announcement also said in part: “Overall costs for the two expan- sions, including the Export Import Bank's credits, are estimated at $25,000,000 for Anglo-Lautaro and $14,800,000 for Tarapaca. “The companies will purchase in the United States equipment ‘to crush, process and refine nitrate ores; power plants; construction and railroad equipment; -and relat- ed engineering and technical ser- vices. BOLIVIA HAS FREE PRESS, SAY PAZ SANTIAGO, Sept. 7—(UP) Ex- President Victor Paz Estenssoro said that Bolivia enjoys complete freedom of the press and that the daily “La Raz6n,” of La Paz; and “Los Tiempos,” of Cochabamba; can be published again as soon as their proprietors so wants. Paz Estenssoro also denied, at a press conference, that there are political prisoners in his country. The ex-President was in Valpa- raiso and Vifia del Mar. He also visited the oil refinery in Concon. The Commission of Foreign Re- lations of the Senate have approved already a bill for the construction of an oleoduct from the Bolivian Chaco to Arica, a Chilean port on the Pacific, COSTLY EMBALMING OF EVITA PERON BUENOS AIRES —(UP) Admir- ers of the late. Eva Perén paid a Spanish specialist $100 thousand to embalm her body when she died of cancer July 16, 1952, government investigators said. They identified the embalmer as the noted Spanish physician Dr. Pedro Ara Sarria, now cultural at- tache to the Spanish Embassy here. 4. For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity Member Inter American Press Association NUMBER 52 México Takes Defensive Measures Against Cotton Surplus Puerto Rico to Get $4 Million Loan to Build Student Houses WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—(UP)— The Federal Government will lend over $4,000,000 to the University of Puerto Rico and the Polytech- nic Institute in San German for construction of student housing, it was announced. Approval of the two loans was made public by Commissioner John C. Hazeltine of the Commun- ity Facilities Administration (C FA). The CFA will lend the Univer- sity $3,558,000 and the Institute, $622,000. Both will be 40 year loans at two and three quarters per cent interest. The money for the university is earmarked for construction at both the Rio Piedras and Mayagiiez campuses. At the Rio Piedras branch, the University will build a dormitory capable of housing 348 women and a service building. The service building will be designed to include a dining room and rooms for 40 graduate students. At Mayagiiez, the University will build a pair of identical dormitor- ies, with rooms for 144 male stud- ents each, and a student services building. That building will contain dining facilities and rooms for 14 graduate students. Perén Wants to go to Colombia BOGOTA, Sept. 7—(UP) Argen- tina’s ex-President Juan D. Perén is interested in the purchase vf several plantations and farms in Colombia and to make his home in this country, according to a dis- patch to the pro-government daily “La Paz.” The correspondent of the daily in Lorica, Department of Cérdoba, says that Perén, at present exiled in Venezuela, addressed a letter to fhe well known businessman In- dulfo Zapata, a resident of that ‘re- gion, asking for his help in se- curing several farms and lands at reasonable opsices, which he is ready to buy immediately. The dispatch says that Perén has in- formed Zapata that, in the case of succeding in his quest, he would settle permanently in- the region of the banks of the Sinu river. He adds that many owners have writ- ten to Perén, offering properties. At the time of Eva Perén’s death he was staff doctor at the Embassy and member of the Medicine of the University of Cér- doba. . The body of “Evita”, as his fer- vent admirers called her, taken to the headquarters of the General Labor Confederation (CG- T) shortly after her death where it was placed in a temporary grave. From there it was to have been transferred to a huge monument which Eva herself envisioned as eclipsing the Statue of Liberty and emulating Les Invalides of Paris where Napoleon Bonaparte is bur- ied. Her grave, like Napoleon’s, was to have been placed in such a way that those visiting it would have to bow their heads, FRAY JOSE MOJICA TO PUBLISH BOOK LIMA, Peri —(UP) Fray José de Guadalupe Mojica, former Me- xican picture star, who joined the Franciscan Order several years ago, divides his time between prayer, painting and writing. An announcement said on Oct- ober 1st. Fray José will publish a book entitled “Yo, Pecador” (I, Sinner) and that an exposition of 24 of his oil paintings on the ap- paration of the Virgin of Gua- dalupe in Méxieo will open shortly ' Faculty of was Sales by Regarding the problem created by the abnormal drop in the price of cotton in the international market, because of the sale of surplus of this product by the Unit- ed States, and knowing that Mé- xico is one of the countries more seriously affected by this meas- ure, and that the Government of that country has adopted tempo- rary preventive measures to coun- teract this situation, THE AMER. ICAS DAILY requested a state- ment of opinion on the matter from the Mexican Ambassador to the White House, who in brief and clear manner has answered the different questions asked, an an- swer which is, no doubt, of great public interest. The illustrious Mexican states- man and diplomat, His Excellency Manuel Tello, expressed his opinion as follows: “In view of the problem of ¢ot- ton sales at auction and at a max- imum price which by force: limits all possibilities of competition, made by the Commodity Credit Corporation, in accordance with the Agricultural Law of 1956, the Gov- ernment of México has adopted several measures in defense of her economy in general and the coun- try’s cotton producers in particular. “Of- course, a price guarantee has been established in order that producers should not face the need to waste the fruit of their efforts. “On the other hand, and by virtue of the faculties that on economic matters is granted the Executive by the Economic Law of 1946, Mexican authorities have announced that importation of de- termined products can be made only if, at the same time —in ope- rations of compensation— exports of cotton are made for an equi- valent value. This rules apply to all the countries and cover a great number of products, such as auto- U.S. A: Ambassador Manuel Tello Explains Protective Stand of his Government ducts, alcoholic beverages, wire, artificial fibers, sewing machines, ete. ‘They are, and thus has been stated by the highest Mexican of- ficials, of eminently transitory character, and once the sales of Mexican cotton are normal and reach the level to which. Méx has a legitimate right, we will re- AMBASSADOR TELLO turn to the policy of multilateral commerce, which constitutes ‘he basis of our international trans- actions. Although the Mexican Govern- ment, in the application of the measures mentioned in the fore- going paragraph, has acted isolate- ly; in several occassions she has made known her good disposition, to cooperate in the solution of the problem of the international cot- ton trade in multilateral form and for the benefit of every one: ex- mobiles and trucks, chemical pro- porters and consumers. PANAMA, Sept. 7 —(UP) The strikes of bus and cab drivers tends to spread to other activities, which seems to confirm the de- clarations made by President elect Ernesto de la Guardia, last Sun- day, stating that the stoppage is a subversive movement backed , up by discontent politicians who want- ed to provoke disorders and pre- vent his ascension to the Presiden- cy of the Republic on October 1st. The strikes of bus and cab driv- Latin American News in Brief here. 5 Proceeds from the sale of the book will be contributed to the mis- sionary work conducted by the Franciscans in Peru. CAMPAIGN FOR LINGUIST FOR FOREIGN SERVICE WASHINGTON —(UP) A form- er government economist congrat- ulated the Washington Daily News on its editorial campaign to per- suade the U. S. to require its dip- lomats to learn foreign languages. In a letter to the editors, a form- er consultant to the Foreign Eco- nomic Administration contended that the U. S. increasingly sends “linguistic illiterates” to handle its diplomatic and technical assistance missions, especially in Latin Ame- rica, “Consular and diplomatic repre- sentatives in Latin America, es- pecially at the secretary and lower levels,” he contended, “used to be fairly well prepared as to language qualifications. They aren’t now.” “It is bad enough,” he said, “ to send businessmen, foreign aid tech- nicians, ete. etc., into foreign coun- Subversive Movement in Panama Strike of Bus Drivers Extending; it is Considered 80% Effective Drivers Take Refnuge at the University ers —who are demanding the re- duction of the 16 and a half cents tax on each gallon of gas, became aggravated today when printers resolved to start a 24 hours stop- page, starting at 3 P.M., as a token of solidarity with the bus and cab strikers. Thursday afternoon it was be- lieved that the drivers had reach- ed an accord with the Government Chief Negotiator, President elect Ernesto de la Guardia, aided by the Union of Panama’s newspaper- men. It was thought to appoint a negotiating commission to find bet- ter working conditions. Archbi- shop Francisco Beckman would have been included in it, besides two representatives of the drivers and two for the Government. The’ heads of the unions an- nounced today that the organizers of the strike moved to the campus of the Panama University, as this is autonomous and suppossed to be free from .intervention by other organisms of the Government, in- cluding the National Guard. Yesterday, the National Guard arrested Rodolfo St. Malo in the drivers headquarters ovwside of the University. He is the son of contractor Rodolfo St. Malo who, for the last 19 months, has been in jail pending the commencement of his trial for complicity in the assasination of President José An- tonio Remén. St. Malo, Jr., is charged with in- citing to the continuation of the strikes. It was announced that commun- ist leaders visited also the head- quarters of the strikes organizers. The strikes are also backed up by the liberal group that lost in the last presidential election and also by the members of the so-called Third Political Position. On the third day of the strikes it, tries without a real working know- ledge of the language; but it is un- forgivieable in my opinion to send linguistic illiterates on foreign mis- sions.” is considered that they are 80% effective, with the streets and roads connecting with the interior deserted.