Diario las Américas Newspaper, September 19, 1956, Page 10

Inter-American News for English- Speaking people 4th 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 Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advertising and Circulation Mgr. Antonio Ruiz Managing Editor | Published daily except Monday — Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miami Springs. Fla. on February & 1956. | EEE EEE EDITORIAL A CRITICAL TEST FOR THE INTERAMERICAN | SYSTEM IN THE ECONOMIC FIELD With regard to the meeting which the represen- tatives of the Presidents of the twenty-one American | Republics are holding in Washington, to study and recommend measures for the collective solution of the most urgent economic problems of the continent, all the people of this hemisphere, constituting the Regional System, are anxiously expecting the results of that transcendental meeting. They know that we are facing a critical test for the Interamerican sys- tem in the field of economic cooperation. | If this effort does not bring in due time the! necessary benefits to solve the crisis which has) brought the meeting; if, unfortunately, the only re-| sult would be vague statements; if categoric con- clusions are not reached for the establishment of} definite means to solve the problem, the peoples of | the Americas would lose faith in Panamericanism, | at least regarding what this doctrine should imply | in the vast and transcendental field of economic co- operation. , It is well-known that from the current meeting no definite formula should be expected, and that it is necessary to hold future consultations among the twenty-one governments to put into practice what- ever is approved at the next meeting. However, within two days, when work is done in the present meeting, an idea will be had, whether by official re-| ports or by indirect means, if there are any hopes of) economic redemption, or if the whole thing is going to be drowned in the sea of time and to be diluted in conventional and empty statements, more lyric than} practical. The economic problenis of Latin America require quick and satisfactory solution; at least these are demanded by many of the problems affecting the economic wellbeing of millions of human beings. There is a need, besides technical assistance, of fi- nancial resources which are indispensable to convert into tangible realities everything that is conceived in the light of that technical aid. If means are not found to put into motion the machinery of a credit institution which facilitates the realization of all the production projects, for example, all the plans of scientists, no matter how alluring, will be nothing but dreams. The solution of those economic problems is of fundamental importance, because it is closely con- nected to the equilibrium of social peace in the Latin American countries, and that social peace, it is well- known, has a close relation with political stability in the continent regarding the fierce struggle between democracy and communism, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN BRAZIL _ For ban consahemencnemrsres oo me Daily a better understanding between the Americas Rojas Pinilla to Include Liberals in new Cabinet to be Announced Today BOGOTA, Sept. 18—(UP) Ac- cording to information published | by two important dailies of Medel- lin and Manizales, the Liberal Par- ty could have representation in the new Cabinet of President Rojas Pinilla. “El Colombiano”, of Medellin and “La Patria,” of Manizales, have been giving information about the reorganization of the Cabinet caus- ed by the colective resignation of the Ministers last Tuesday. Twelve of the thirteen Ministers resigned that day and it was an- KNOW THY NEIGHBOR | By ANTONIO RUIZ VENEZUELA (Continued) — As a result of research by the govern- ment in the rich iron region of | Guayana, the State has declared as | reserve zones several portions con-| taining rich deposits, in order to have them exploited mostly by Venezuelan capital and technicians. | As a result, the Sideriigica Vene-| zolana (Venezuelan Steel Com- pany) was established, and work has been going on for some time. In 1952, the Venezuelan Iron Syndicate was established as a private organization in eharge of studying the possibilities for the establishment of a national steel industry in the country, Later the | matter went to the Office of Spe- cial Studies of the Presidency of the Republic, which, with the co- operation of outstanding scientists, technicians, and organizations of world wide reputation, decided the best way to establish the steel enterprise. The planniag stage was ended re- cently, when a contract was signed with the Italian firms Innocente | and Fiat for the construction of the steel mills. The amount of the contract is over $150,000,000, which will be paid by the National Treas- ury in yearly quotas, during seven years. Taking into consideration the national income and the amor- tization system established, the cost is considered moderate. The invest- ment, besides, is fully. justified, not only because the counrty is an iron ore producer in large scale, but be- cause the steel production will bring great benefits, will attend to the demands of the country and will be a, great progress for na- tional industry. By 1958 the organization will] be in a condition to supply many | of the most important steel pro- ducts, such’ as light structural pie- ces, rails and accessories, bars, black, galvanized and barbed wire, BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 18 —(P) “La Prensa” comments on the seiz ures of newspapers and magazines in Brazil, and says that although Brazil “is a democratic country in which freedom of the press was recognized and has been maintain- ed in spite of the existence of dif ficult political situations and deep divisions in public opinion. . .at this moment the neighboring te- public is going through an unex- plainable moment in this regard.” After reviewing the cases of “Tribuna da Imprensa” and the magazine “Maquis,” the editorial continues: “All these episodes are cause of concern for all those who are mak- ing, at this moment, a balance on the fate of freedom of the press in America, in which so much weight is added by the closings, suspen sions, fines, replacements and other measures against publicity organs in Colombia that do not submit to official power. What is happening in Brazil is unexplainable, because her journalism, deep rooted and with great circulation, known as a traslation of an spirit open to pro- gress and of noted democratic leanings, had succeeded in weather- ing, except for unavoidable out- rages in a moment of political con- fusion, many bad times. There the press has been respected and lately it has merited, in official circles, words of recognition of the import- ance of its mission. “There is no. relation, however, with acts of persecution or excuses as the one made by a legislator when he declared that the press bill being considered does not at tack freedom of the press, but has the objective of prevent its “de- cadence.” There is no worse enemy for journalism than the alleged de- fenders against the ills it may suf- fer, since they put in the hands of officials the personal judgment of what is the greatest of democratic guarantees, as is the right to ex- press opinions against the exces- ses of the press there are two re medies in a democracy: public opinion and justice, if there has been a crime. For that reason we would like to assist in the complete elimination of those sorrowful epi- sodes that are occurring in Brazil and which are observed with great distaste in the continent”. CUBAN SURPLUS VANISHING WASHINGTON, Sept. 18—(UP) A two-year drought is rapidly eva- Porating the Cuban sugar surplus and seems likely to hold 1957 pro- duction below this year’s level even if the government eases controls. This was a consensus of reports published this weekend by the Agri culture and Commerce Depart- meats. Cuba thegan 1956 with a mount- ainous:tarryover of 1,786,000 short tons. Foreign and domestic market- ings this year are expected to ex- ceed production by perhaps 1,000,- 000 tons or more. “It is becoming more and more apparent”, the Agriculture Dept. said, “that the situation in the 30 or 40 sugar mills, which could not meet their 1956 sugar quota, has gotten worst and it is quite likely that an additional aumber of. sugar mills will not be able to meet their sugar quotas in 1957, even on a 5,225,000 short ton crop basis, let alone a 5,679,000 short ton crop which it is now believed the Cub- an Government will authorize for 1957, Continued disappearance’ of the big Cuban surplus, trade circles be- lieved, could have importance for both domestic and foreign sugar in- dustries elsewhere. Many have felt that foreign sugar prices, and to a somewhat lesser extent those in the U.S, have been| of this already this year. steel pipe, and many, other items. That, however, will be only the be- ginning, since planning has been made to include a vast capacity of production of the most needed steel products. . The works will be located at Matanzas, about six miles from Puerto Ordaz, and machinery and equipment weighing thousands of tons will be installed there. Work of construction of the main build- ings has begun, and other build- ings will be started later for stor- age of ore and coal. An army of | engineers and workers are there, engaged also in the construction | of the necessary piers, while a re-| sidential section which, in a few years will be a city of more than 30,000 is beginning to rise in the neighborhood. Already work is well advanced to supply’all the public services-neces- sary, as well as schools, hospitals, airfield, entertainment center for the workers and their families, etc. All the technical advances are being used to speed up completion of this, for Venezuela, gigantic pro- ject. It is estimated that during the first few years production will be about 425,000 tons per year. Since for many years the nation- al fuel has been petroleum, coal mining had been neglected in Ve- nezuela. However, with’ the estab- lishment of the steel industry, both government and private or- ganizations are taking steps to speed up its production. Plans are underway for adequate exploitation of the coal deposits of Anzoategui, Zulia, Guarico and Tachira states, to cope with the demands of the steel industry. Spanish Version Page 3 held down by the existence of the huge unsold Cuban surplus hang- ing over the market. Cuba has a world sugar quota of 2,853,000 tons from the Internation- al Sugar Council. She is reported to have sold all but 249,000 tons nounced officially afterwards, that nounce in person, on Wednesday, the new composition of his Cabinet. The Minister of Mines and Oils, Félix Garcia Ramirez, was critic- ally ill when his colleagues resign- ed and passed away last Saturday. The Cabinet was integrated by four Armed Forces men and nine con- servative civilians. Rojas Pinilla Government political ideology is pure conservative. The information of the dailies, principally “El Colombiano,” which published the version first, indie: ate that, according to sources clo s to the Government, some of the liberals not identified with the small dissident group now back- ing the present Government; or not closely tied to the majority sec- tor followers of the Supreme Lead- er of the party, Ex-President Al- berto Lleras Camargo, could be jealled upon to collaborate. The published version says that President Rojas Pinill# has been holding conferences with some well known liberals, among them Ma- nuel Mejia, General Manager of the National Federation of Coffee Pro- ducers; Martin del Corral, former President of Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia (Avianca), and Carlos Sanz de Santamaria, ex-Minister of Foreign Relations and diplomat. These gentlemen could occupy posts in the new Cabinet if this political combination materializes, no” understands, this combination would have as objective to anticip- ate and frustrate the possible re- sults of the anti-government pact, signed in Spain, by ex-President Laureano Gémez, a conservative, and Alberto Lleras Camargo, a lib- eral, This pact of the two most im- portant political leaders of the moment. visualize the union of the two parties in search of a modifica- tion of the country present circum- stances. Some observers believe that the Government now has a good oppor- tunity to take rectifying steps in its policies, which awaken strong resistance in a vast sector of the Conservative party and in a great majority of the Liberal party. Others believe that the minis- terial crisis could offer a pretext to strengthen the participation of Armed Forces men in the Cabinet, without any substantial changes in general trend. “La Patria”, of Manizales, says in the subtitles of its information: “The proportion of Armed Forces members (in the Cabinet) will be increased, Conservative collabora- tion a question mark.” It affirms that “It is known that the Minister of Interior, Pabén Niifiez, defini- tively will retire from the Cabinet.” The crisis does not seem to be of a grave nature. The Minister of Foreign Relations, Evaristo Sourdi resigned for personal reasons, Min- ister of the Treasury, Carlos Villa- veces, resigned on account of his health. In view that a third Min- ister, Mines and Oils, was ill (he died shortly after) the other Cab- inet members resigned to give the President freedom in the reorgan- ization of the group of close colla- borators. HEMISPHERIC EVENTS COLOMBIA TO FINE DRUNK PEDESTRIANS BOGOTA, Colombia —(UP) Drunken pedestrians who endanger their own lives and those of motor- ists are liable to fines and im- prisonment under State Traffic Regulations issued today. Persons under the influence of liquor found walking along unlight- ed highways will be fined $10 for a first offense and kept under de- tention until they sober up. ARGENTINA’S EX-PRESIDENT WIDOW LIKES SPAIN MADRID (UP) — Mrs. Mercedes Villada Lonardi, widow of General Eduardo Lonardi, first President of the Argentinian regime succesor to the Peronist dictadure, made the following declarations to an editor of the evening paper “Informacio- nes”: ‘ “I do not wish to make any man- ifestation of political character, I believe that the proper place for a woman is the home. This does not signify that I am against modern trends which place women in the same level with men in the per- sonal and social aspects.” Lonardi’s widow added that she knew her husband was the Presid- ent of Argentina at the last mo- ment. “I was pleased with his nomina- Miami Springs, Fla., Wednesday, September 19, 1956 President Rojas Pinilla would an- According to what “El Colombia- | I pre er Reema dee ig ct ae Hy te For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity Member Inter American Press Association One Dead, 23 Injured in Chile During Strike Riot SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 18 (UP) Two thousand workers faced with stones and shots a group of | policemen who tried to arrest. the leaders of a strike of the Anglo Lautaro Nitrate Company, in Anto- fagasta Province, which has lasted 80 days. The Chief of Carabineers report- ed that there was one dead and several injured. The clash between workers and policemen took place at the “Pedro Valdivia” plant, which is under military rule since last week, when the government ordered the 8.500 workers to return to work, an or- der which has been disregarded. According to reports reaching Santiago, after the riot one worker died, four were seriously injured, 10 were less seriously injured, and nine policemen had bullet and stone wounds, Following court instructions, the policemen tried to arrest the union Jeaders, but they were prevented by the two thousand workers, who attacked them with stones, bottles and bullets. After the riot, the workers en- gaged in sabotage, cutting electric power. Army troops were sént to restore order . Kind Letter From Hon. Colmar Daltro Brazilian Consul With regard to an editorial published in THE AMERICAS DAILY on the occasion of Brazil- ian Independence Day, the Hon. Colmar Daltro, Consul of that progressive South American na- tion, sent a kind letter to our Editor, Dr. Horacio Aguirre, as follows: “My esteemed Dr. Aguirre: “Tt has been, indeed, with a great sense of pride and much.. pleasure that I have read your excellent editorial on the occa- sion of the commemoration of the independence of Brazil. “Your written homage to the nation which I represent here in the city of Miami is highly appreciated for your thoughtful- ness as an additional manifesta- tion of the magnificent work to which you have dedicated your- self through the pages of the Americas Daily. . truly a journal of the present and of the future. “To you and your esteemed staff, I express a sincere vote of appreciation and thanks. “Permit me to reiterate the sentiments of my highest person- al consideration and to ‘wish THE AMERICAS DAILY all pos- sible success in its noble efforts to advance Pan-Americanism to the highest zenith.” “Most sincerely and cordially yours,” (signed) Colmar Dal- tro Consul sen eaal, ¢ tion, because I saw that my hus- band was the proper choice, due to his purified honesty and his gentlemanship. I am delighted in having known my ancestors father land and of being able to appre- ciate first hand the human quali- ties of the Spaniards, which are not contaminated by foreign in- fluence.” BRAZILIAN CUSTOM GUARDS SHOOT AT URUGUAYAN POLICE MONTEVIDEO —(UP) — Re- ports from Melo said that a group of Uruguayan policemen were at- tacked by Brazilian Custom Guards who opened fire on them when they were returning from Bage, after in- vestigating the smuggling of live- stock to the neighboring country; but the reports added that the in- cident did mot have consequences and that everything was cleared out. According to dispatches, the Uruguayan officers, among. them Commissary of Investigations, Ro- meo de Marco and Cerro Largo’s Custom House Inspector Catulo Eiz mendi, visited Bage with the pur- pose of asking the Uruguayan au-. thorities to arrest Roman Cunha, ,Custom House employee who was seen in the locality and to col- laborate in the arrest of another in its first meeting, an exposition by his country. 1, Interamerican cooperation the continent. and cooperation in the campaign of technical personnel. Establishment, | a double function of guiding and | vernments: centralized by the OAS, specially in the crusade diseases. Panamanian Government States Its Position in Suez Canal Controversy 9. Government co-operation in the struggle Chiriboga Submits: Ecuadorean Proposals fo Ike's Commission Nine points for economic cooperation presented by distinguished diplomat WASHINGTON, D. C. — Ecuador’s representative to the Eisen- hower Commission, Dr. José Ricardo Chiriboga Villagomez presented, in regard to the themes proposed to assure enough shipping space for the transportation of natural products from the production centers to the different markets of the Hemisphere. 2. Establishment of methods tending to assure an equitable corre- lation between raw material prices and those of the articles made in 3. Government co-ordination and cooperation through the OAS for the solution of the‘popular housing problem, Same coordination against illiteracy. . Utilization of atomic energy for peaceful ends. Establishment of an Interamerican Center dedicated to atomic research and training 5. Centralization and unification, through the OAS of technical co-operation programs which, at present, are being given by different official and international agencies. with permanent character, diction of the OAS, of the following organisms, which will discharge and under juris- serving as consultants to the Go- a. Interamerican Electrification Institute. b. Interamerican Industrial Development Institute. ¢. Interamerican Institute of the Banana, d. Interamerican Cocoa Institute. 1. Economic reinforcement of the OAS and technical reinforce- ment of the Interamerican Economic and Social Council. . 8. Interchange of workers and artisans between the countries of the Hemisphere, through a system of scholarships, regulated and against disease, against malaria, poliomielitis and skin NUMBER 61 SUPPORTS SOLUTION BY PEACEFUL MEANS PANAMA, Sept. 18 — (UP)— The Presidency of the Republic is- sued yesterday the following com- muniqué: “The Government of Panama has received from the Egyptian Gov- ernment, through our Embassy in Washington, a request for its opin- ion on the peaceful solution of the crisis in the Suez Canal through creation of a negotiating agency representative of the different viewpoints among the states whose ships use the Suez Canal, and on | this date it has given an answer to that request, establishing that the Government of Panama con- siders that peaceful means should be used to solve, without impair- ing the sovereignty of Egypt, the following points: a) Freedom and security of na- vigation through the Suez Canal; b) Enlargement and _ develop- ment of the Suez Canal to prepare for future needs of navigation through the Canal itself; and c) Establishment of just and equitable fees and charges. “That the Government of Pana- ma is in agreement with the Egypt- ian Government on the establish- ment, immediately, of a negotiating agency representing the different viewpoints of states whose ships cross the Canal, and to initiate im- mediately discussions regarding the composition, place and date of meeting of this negotiating agen- ey; “That the Government of Pana- ma is favorably inclined to have the same negotiating agency make a study of the Constantinopla Con- vention, and, “That the Government of Pana- ma takes'this opportunity to reite- rate its adhession to the irrevocable principle of solution of internation- al controversies by peaceful means.” WASHINGTON — “Venezuela considers very fortunate the es- sential concurrence between the idea of President Eisenhower to establish and set in motion this commission charged with reviewing the problems related to the well- being for the peoples of America which still await solution and that of the President of Venezuela, General Marcos Pérez Jiménez, to present a practical concept which in itself implies an outline of or? ganization to put into practice the recommendations coming from this committee as well as the studies al- ready undertaken by the Organiza- tion of American States and other international agencies, after being approved by the governments,” de- suspect, Luis Samsever Vicente. PERU’S VICEPRESIDENT VISIT CUBAN AUTHORITIES HAVANA, (UP) — The Vice- President of Peru, Engineer Carlos Moreira Paz Soldan, who is in Cu- ba on a pleasure trip, visited Min- ister of State, Gonzalo Guell. The Peruvian Vice - President’ was ac- companied by the Ambassador Teo- dosio Cabada and by Carlos Pala- cios Villacampa. Moreyra declared that after the presidential campaign which ended with the election of President Ma- nuel Prado, he was in need of a rest and medical treatment, which he will get in the United States, where he will go on Thursday. Tomorrow Moreyra and his com- panions will visit President Fulgen- cio Batista. ARGENTINIAN POLICE ORDER SUSPENSION OF NEWSPAPER RESISTENCIA, Arg (UP) —Col- laborating with orders of the Fed- eral Police, the Provincial Police ordered the Editor of the daily “Tribuna Chaquefia,” which is pub- lished in the city of Saenz Pefia, in this Chaco Province, to suspend its publication immediately. The Committee of the Radical Civie Union in Saenz Pefa sent a protesting telegram to the Govern- or of the Province and affirms that clared Dr. César Gonzalez, personal representative of Venezuelan Pre- sident Pérez Jiménez, during the opening session of the Special In- teramerican Commission, convoked at the suggestion of President Ei- senhower. The Venezuelan representative continued: “The Eisenhower proposal and that of Pérez Jiménez compliment each other and are manifesia- tions of the same ideal of ,Inter- american solidarity. “The President of Venezuela comes, then, to this meeting inspir- ed by the same Venezuelan ideal, which at all times in its history has demonstrated the generous inten- tion of sharing with its sister Latin American News in Brief the order violate the press free- dom, The Minister of the Interior told newspapermen that he was ig- norant of the reason for the claus- ure. By order of the Ministry of the Interior, the Federal Police has been waging in the last days a campaign in the whole country against the Communist- Shade or- ganizations and seized propaganda material, after making numerous searches, 4 At Tucumén and Cordoba the homes of several radical leader were enterede illegally by the po- lice. In a case, the wife of the Secretary of the Radical Party Con- vention was identified as _amem- ber of the Argentinian Women Union, Communist-Shade Organiza- tion. APRIST PARTY CALLED |. “PERUVIAN IDEOLOGY” LIMA (UP) — The Communist Party continues being ilegal in Pe- ru and its organization will not be permitted. On the other hand “the People Party or Aprist, founded by Victor Haya de la Torre, is a po- litical party of “Peruvian ideo- logy which suffered proscription.” It was thus established by an of- ficial letter addressed to the Cham- ber of Deputies by the Minister of the Interior and Police, Dr. Jorge Fernandez Stoll. Eisenhower, Pérez Jiménez, and the ‘Development of True P anamericanism republics of the continent the spirit to act in resolving problems com- mon to the peoples of ‘America. The close relation between the study of these problems and the direct approach which must be tak- en in the practical field was not obscure to the alert mind of the Venezuelan statesman. Through the experience attained with such suc- cess in the vital human laboratory which is Venezuela, where the First Magistrate has been finding a solu- tion to domestic problems in that struggle against misery, back- wardness and ignorance, President Pérez Jiménez wished to colaborate on a continental scale through the medium financial aid without which as is obvious, the best ideas veget- ate and end by disappearing. This financial assistance, indispensable as it is, must go hand in hand with the moral and spiritual contribu- tions which are part of the con conscience of all America. “The prosperity which Venezuela enjoys today is, then, not a reason for egoistic satisfaction or for ig- noring the problems which even now afflict certain other countries of America. The eloquent gesture of the First Magistrate ofVenezue- la show, on the contrary, that this prosperity is but a greater incentive to contribute with its assistance to the struggie against existing neces- sities in other brother countries by means of an Economic Fund as pro- posed by him at Panama. Venezuela does not consider itself to be pros- perous while there exist situations which cause anguish in other sister republics, “In note No. 3922 of August 29, 1956, from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, doctor José General of the Organization of American States, Venezuela con- firmed the proposal formulated in Panama by the President of Vene- zuela, General Marcos Pérez, Ji- ménez, which was considered in special session of the Council of the Organization on September 13, of this year. In a resolution of the Council of the same day, it was decided to trasmit to the Govern- ments of Member States, through their Representatives in the Coun- cil, the proposition contained in the above-mentiozed note, Loreto Arismendi, to the Secretary _