Diario las Américas Newspaper, October 4, 1956, Page 10

Inter-American News for English- Speaking people 4th YEAR G. A. SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managing Editor Cc. W SMITH Vice President 8. SMITB Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President. Editor and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advertising and Circulation Mgr. EE TTS | Published daily except Monday — Bntered as second class attr at the Post of ffice of Miami Springs EDITORIAL Fla. on February & 1! TWENTY YEARS OF THE FRANCO REGIME Without trying to pass historical judgment on the revolution which brought General Francisco) ment of Harry S. Truman in Ar- Franco to power in Spain; without trying to analize his administration, nor the Political character of his system, nor the conditions in which it has been dey- | Dulles he added, has done nothing ~ eloping, which could or co uld not justify or explain| its existence; before the fact of the twenty years of government, we want to point out the importance that the Spanish Chief of State finds, soon a for- mula to reorganize the institutional life of Spain on a permanent basis, beneficial to the interests of the Spanish people. It has always been said, and lately with certain insistence, that Generalissimo Franco is leaning to} the solution of the proble constitutional monarchy. It is convenient for the Spanish people, as ial m through restoration of as for the present Chief of State, that the transition to another régime be made in orderly manner, to) avoid administrative and, above all political, confu-| sion in the Spanish national life. Talent and organizing spirit are not lacking in) the Caudillo to plan the p establishment of a system the present one, and responding to the high interests | That would be something and ideals of Spain. which, depending on the realizes it, may constitute greatest achievement as rocess culminating in the that is not transitory, as manner in which Franco his greatest error or his a statesman. Little by little, according to circumstances, but with method, Franco could start transferring the powers, more or less total he has today, to society, represented by well defined juridical and political institutions, with democratic inspiration an d roots. If Spain achieves the change from this emer- gency period which has lasted twenty years to in- stitulional normalcy, without sterile violence nor ad- ministrative confusion, it would derive great bene- fits for the whole country from the new situation, disregarding purely partisan interests. Venezuela Spending Millions in a Great Scientific UNITED NATIONS, New York City — Dr. Humberto Fernandez Moran, °M. D., Ph. D., originator and director of the new Venezuel-| an Institute for Neurology and| Brain Research, has expressed the| belief. that the Institute, first of | its kind in Latin America, would) eventually become an international research and training center. “The Venezuelan Government,” he said, dollars in this project in the con- viction that it will not only benefit humanity but will contribute to the western nations’ pool of scientists by developing Latin American tal- | ent.” Set in a man - made plateau, earved out of a 5,000 foot mount- ain top in a high jungle area only seven miles from Caracas, Vene- zuela, and therefore within a few flying hours of world centers, the Institute has been termed a scienti- fic paradise where research can be conducted in a kind of monastic tranquility virtually unknown else- where. Twenty - six buildings, constitut- | ing the recently completed “pilot unit” of the Institute are now com- pletely equipped and finished, ac-} cording to Dr. Fernandez Moran, who points out that the most ad- vanced ideas in the design and construction of research laborator- ies, derived from the pooled ex- perience of institutions in the United States, Sweden, England and Switzerland are incorporated. “The pilot unit is a self -suffi- cient community,” stated Dr. Fer- nandez Moran, “‘as indeed will be the entire project when completed. Our present water supply system includes an artificial lake of some six million litres capacity plus a 1,000 KW electric power station which is being increased to 10,000 KW with specially controlled volt- - age and all other facilities.” “To date the Venezuelan Govern- ment has spent about $5,000,000 on the Institute but an investment of about ten times this amount is planned for expansion,” said Dr. Fernandez Moran. “This will be} spent to build additional units in-| eluding a large building for a} neurotropic virus research unit, a| large radiation laboratory to be| equip) with a nuclear reactor of | “is investing millions of | Research Center 5000 KW capacity for medical re- search, uranium for which is to be supplied by the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and other buildings for biochemistry, biomathematics and experimental neuropharmacology.” “Tt is proposed ultimately,” Dr. Fernandez Moran said, “to have a hospital of 200 beds similar to the research hospital at the National Institutes of Health at Bethesda, Maryland. In fact, the Institute was founded by a decree of General Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela, as an autonomous government agency similar in stat- jus to the National Institutes of Health and in many respects to the National Institute for Medical Re- search in Great Britain. According to Dr. Fernandez Mo- jran, the international character of | the Institute has been emphasized | by the first staff appointments. These include Dr. Gunnar Svaeti- chin of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden who is now in charge of the Department of Neurophysiology, organized and equipped especially to work with the refined micro- electrode techniques with which Dr, Svaetichin carried out pioneer work in Sween. Another staff member is Profes- sor Pierre Denis of the University of Geneva who has organized the| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance De- partment at IVNIC which is con- ducting original research on the water content and the composition of the paracrystalline components of the nervous system. This de- partment works in close collabora- tion with the low temperature lab- oratories, equipped with a Collins cryostat for producing liquid’ he- lium. These extremely low temper- atures of four degrees above ab- solute zero are being used in freez- ing-drying experiments for preser- vation of living tissue and investi- gation of the effects of ionizing radiation. The most immediate major pro- ject in the expansion program ac- cording to Dr. Fernandez Moran, jis the Nuclear Research Center at the core of which will be a nuclear research reactor of the light: water moderated, contained swimming pool type. This reactor will be sur- rounded by the buildings for For MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1 4, 1956 NEW YORK, Oct. 3—(UP) — Spruille Braden, United States Ambassador in Argentina from May to October 1945, declared | that there was “absolutely no in- tervention” by him or the Govern- gentina, in the eve of the election of Juan D. Perén as President. Secretary of State John Foster else but “to repeat the Peronist propaganda” when he declared that the intervention of Truman’s gov- ernment in Argentina didn’t do anything but facilitate the enthron- ing of Peron, | KNOW THY NEIGHBOR By ANTONIO RUIZ ’ PERU — The Church and Con- | vent of La Merced, located near | the Plaza de Armas, is the oldest | religious institution in Cuzco, It | was founded in 1534 by Friar Se- bastian Trujillo who arrived with the first group, or vanguard, of | conquistadores. Since the “Merce- darios,” Fathers of Merey, accept- ed the hardships of the common soldier, they were the favorite monks of Francisco Pizarro, as well as Almagro. Francisco Pizarro aft- er the founding of Cuzco gave them a large plot of land, on which the convent was built. Later, one of | the Incas, Tito Yupanqui, donated | the vast Hacienda Korimarca, which they still possess and fron which they draw their revenues. There is ao description of the first church of the “Mercedarios,” which was totally destroyed in 16- 50. The present church, erected at the end of the 17th, century, is the most original in Cuzco, Al- though its basic style is baroque, it has many decorative elements which reflect indigenous culture, for the designers of the facades were Indian craftsmen. The great cloisters within the convent are erected in the style of the Renais- sance, embodying an austere clas- sicism, a fundamental characteris- tic of the period. The ceilings, carv- ed and heavily gilded, are excel- lent examples of the wood-carvers’ art, which in the 17th. century was almost wholly “mestizo.” On the walls, there are beautiful paintings, the work of Juan Osorio, an 18th. century mestizo artist. They depict the tomb, travels and sufferings of San Pedro Nolasco, founder | and patron saint of the Mercedarios. Many other valuable canvases can be found throughout the church and the cloisters. The real treasure of the church, however, is the beautiful gold monstrance, more valuable than all the paintings, more artistic .than the large canvas showing the coro- nation of the Virgin, for which La Merced is famed. The work of Juan de Olmos, who made it twen- tyfive years after the church was built, this wonderfl piece of gold- smithery was made in the tradition of Benvenuto Cellini. Its beauty is beyond description, and it is or- namented with large pearls, select- ed and placed in such way that they appear as nude sirens. The whole gigantic jewel is encrusted with thousands of diamonds, ame- thysts, emeralds, and rubies, mak- ing it one of the most valuable pieces of jewelry in the world. The remains of Diego de Alma- gro, partner of Pizarro in the con- quest of Peru, are kept under the ancient stones of the main chapel. After they broke, mostly over the division of the spoils in Cuzco, Die- go de Almagro’s forces were de- feated and he was put to death by the Pizarros. He was followed to the erypt by his son, whose faction assassinated Francisco Pizarro in Lima. Later, in 1548, they were joined in death by the headless bo- dy of Gonzalo Pizarro. Defeated near Cuzco by the forces of the Viceroy, Gonzalo Pizarro was tried, sentenced and beheaded in the Pla- za de Armas. His head was carried on a pike to Lima, but his body, respecting his last wish, was buried in the crypt of the Fathers of Mercy in Cuzco, Spanish Version Page 3 radio-chemical research, radiogen- etics and radiobiological work and a hospital where malignant tumors of the brain will be treated by neutron capture therapy and re- lated techniques. “Construction has already start- ed and a 5,000 KW reactor is ex- pected to be in opeation early in 1958 powered by uranium supplied by the U. S. A, Atomic Commis- sion,” stated Dr. Fernandez Morén. a better understanding Daik between the Americas Braden Declares There was no US Intervention in Argentine Politics “tt veals a total ignorance of the facts not know what he is talking about.” Although Dulles refused to say the exact scope of the interven- tion of the Truman Government; he said that it was very well known. The general impression was that the Secretary was referring to Braden actions as Ambassador at Buenos Aires before the election of Perén in February 1946. The Peronists carried on their elector- al campaign under the motto of “Peron or Braden.” “There was absolutely no inter- vention, mine or of the United States Government in Argentinian jaffairs, Braden said when com- |menting Dulles’ declaration. This has been repeatedly said by Dr. | Alberto Gainza Paz, Director of “La Prensa,” of Buenos Aires and by |many other responsible persons ir | Argentina. “The intervention was an inven- tion’ of Peron; and Mr. Dulles has done nothing else than to repeat the Peronists propaganda, when talking about the same subject.” “During my Ambassadorship in Buenos Aires I did nothing clse than to defend the Constitution and the Government of the United States, and I. believe it would be a sad day that in which an Ambas- sador of the United States would not be able to defend, in the dis- charge of his duties, our mode of life and our liberty.” is utterly absurd and re- |} — added Braden. Mr. Dulles. does Mexican Leader Denies he is a Comunist MEXICO CITY, Oct. 3—(UP.— Student leader Nicandro Mendoza |denied today that he is a com- munist and complained he was “unjustly” jailed after riots during the strike of 25,000 students. Last week Mendoza and. four more students were arrested, ac- cused of being the instigators of the student riots which during the last four months have maintained in a state of uneasiness the princip- al Mexican cities. Mendoza, who made a quick trip to Moscow .after failure of the strike of 66 days, during which students marehed through the streets causing great ‘damages, de- clared he is only a “poor student” trying to “save” his school, the Na- tional Polytechnic Institute. Two weeks ago the Government inflicted’ a serious defeat to the striking students, when it sent arm- ed forces to eject “200 agitators | and loafers” who were living at the students’ dormitories. Mendoza, who for eight years had been in the first year of medicine, was accused, together with his fol- lowers, of destroying public pro- perty, death threats, repeated theft, assault, celebrating public meetings | without proper authorization, and lereating an state of unrest and fear among the neighbors of the school. Meanwhile, after two weeks vaca- tion, the students of the Poly- technie have returned to their classes and school authorities de- clared “all is in peace.” QUITO — “I am leaving with the impression that the Ecuadorean Government will fulfill the wishes of the Organization of American States (OAS) in the preparations for the XI Interamerican Confer- ence,” declared Dr. César Tulio Del- gado, President of the OAS at the end of his visit here. Before leaving Ecuador I wish to thank the Government, social and cultural entities and the press, for the attentions they had the kind- ness of showing. me. After talks with the President of the Republic, His Excellency Dr. Camilo Ponce, and with the highest Ecuadorean officials, I hope that a special section for the exclusive at- tention of all matters regarding the preparation of the 1959 Conference, will be established soon . PLEASANT IMPRESSIONS The high Latinamerican official continued, saying: “After staying two days in Quito I have pleasant and unforgettable impressions. I am very grateful to the President, His Excellency Dr. Ponce Enriquez, for offering me the opportunity to visit Ecuador. Upon my arrival I know and admire the architectonic wealth of this city of Quito, which makes it comparable with Toledo, dias, but to get in contact with the Ecuadorean people through the newspapermen with whom I have had the opportunity of conversing. ence will be held under the best illustrious people. HEMISPHERIC EVENT. $ HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON STRIKE AT LA PAZ LA PAZ—(UP)— Some high school students went on strike at this city in protest for the arrest started fires at the daily “La‘Na- cién” and the Government Radio Station. The majority of the schools and ing. Interviewed by the Press, the Minister of Education, tend classes, due to the strike, will loose the school year.” EL SALVADOR POPULATION INCREASES EVERY YEAR. . SAN SALVADOR—(UP) El Sal- vador’s population increases in more than 70,000 inhabitants per annum, according to the Direction of Statistics and Census. Up to the last day of June of this year there were in El Salva- dor 2,139,124 inhabitants. El Sal- vador occupies second place in the have not only dedicated myself to or Florence, or Cartagena de In- “I expect that the Quito Confer- conditions and within the frame of generous hopitality inherent to this of students on Saturday the 22nd of September, after unruly crowds the University continue function- United Fernando Diez Medina, declared that “the students who fail to at- continent, after the Haitian Repub- OAS President Pleased With Results of His Visit to Ecuadorean Capital OAS WILL LEND BACKING Dr. Delgado, at the close of his conversation with the newspaper- men, reiterated the decision of the Organization he presides to lend the necessary aid for the preparation and execution of the Quito Con- ference. “Once more, my thanks to the Government, Préss, Quito Muni- cipality, entities and other persons and the rest of the citizens of Ecuador .Their demonstrations of friendship won my gratitude. I hope that, at some time, I will be able. to reciprocate in some man- ner.” U. S. “PIRATES” ORDERED SEIZED BY MEXICANS TAMPICO, México, Oct, 3 — (UP)— The Coast Guard Service gave an urgent order today to seize “about one hundred” shrimp fishing boats of the Unit- ed States, which it is said were seen fishing in waters near Tam- pico, port in the Gulf of México. Officials said the North Ameri- can “pirates” were seen by a group of Mexican fishermen, who immediately notified Feder- al authorities. The fishermen said the U. S. boats were fishing in Mexican waters and did not pay any at- tention to the Mexicans working near them, URUGUAYS DEPUTIES PAY HOMAGE TO SOMOZA’S KILLER MONTEVIDEO, Oct. 3—(UP)— The Chamber of Deputies paid un- animous homage today to Rigober- to Lépez Pérez, the author of the attempt against the life of Presi- dent Somoza of Nicaragua, who died a few days later from the wounds. The Uruguayan chamber paid the homage after a debate in which de- puties of all parties praised Lépez Pérez for his “sacrifice.” Lopez Pé- rez was killed on the spot in which he shot Somoza. Air Cargo Imports Are Made Easier A new U. S. Customs service to provide speedier clearance of air cargo imports was inaugurated at Miami International Airport Octo- ber 1, The airport branch entry and cashier division, with a fulltime ap- praising officer in charge, is avail- able for shippers, importers, brok- ers, carriers and freight forward- ers, Peruvians May Drin LIMA, Peri —(UP)— The alpa- ea, hardy Peruvian mountain anim- al long famed for its silky wool, may some day soon yield another product for humans — milk. Peruvian scientists have dis- covered alpaca milk is sweeter and more nutricious than cow milk. And in case junior has any qualms, it looks just like the bovine variety. The alpaca thrives in barren mountain country 12,000 feet or more above sea level. That is too high for dairy cattle. The alpaca could provide fresh milk for thou- sands of children who might: never taste the cow kind. Dr. Manuel Moro Sommo of San Marcos University of Lima conduct- ed the research during the past year. His findings have been published in a technical bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture. lic, in density of population. BRAZIL’S NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE RIO DE JANEIRO —(UP) Pre- sident Juscelino Kubitschek ap- pointed Mario Meneghetti, a broth- er of ido Meneghetti, Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, as Minister of Agriculture. Meneghetti replaces General Er- nesto Dornelles, who resigned the post last week. Meneghetti at present is a labor- ist. Previously he was affiliated to Kubitschek’s Socialist - Progresist Party. BOLIVIAN POLITICAL EXILES ARRIVED AT ARICA ARICA, Chile 8(UP)— Fourteen political exiles arrived from La Paz. Thirteen are members of Bolivian Socialist Falange. They declined to comment on the recent events in Bolivia not to violate the right of asylum granted them. ‘ Another thirteen persons, refug- ed at the Chilean Embassy in the Bolivian Capital, are waiting safe- conduct in order to leave the k Alpaca Milk Soon Selective breeding would be necessary to put the alpaca in the milk business, Dr. Moro found, In- dividual alpacas at present vary widely in the amount of milk they give. Only “pedigreed” dairy alpa- cas could be depended upon to fill the milk pail. “Some alpacas give half: a liter in 12 hours,” Dr. Moro said. “Others give only a few cubic centimeters in the same period. Dr. Moro reported alpaca milk compares favorably with cow milk in amounts of butterfat and pro- tein. “Selective breding could produce a strain of alpaca capable of giving apprecialbe quantities of milk,” the report said. “Compared in equal volume with cow milk, this would be very superior in terms of energy.” | Latin American News in Brief country. ECUADOREAN CUSTOMS SEIZE NAVY SHIP CARGO QUITO —(UP) —The Guayaquil Custom House seized 2,500 bundles brought in by the Navy. patrol boat. “Guayas,” destined to the warehouse of the Army Commis- sary. Major Edgardo de la Torre, who was in charge of the load, explain- ed ‘to the authorities that the mer- chandise was not covered by con- sular or import documents “be- cause such legal requisites were not required in the past. The procedure followed was simply to travel a- broad, buy and bring anything that was needed.” The cargo, said to be destined for the Army Warehouse, was radios, women and children’s un- dergarments, 700 cases of whiskey, 200 cases of cigarretes, etc, and has a calulated value of several million sucres, This method of imports, the cor- respondent of “El Comercio” said was “discovered by the government change. The Custom House confis- i" A A VITAL SECTION OF THE PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY WILL COST $70,000,000 ‘TOMAS GUARDIA For Liberty, Culture and. Hemispheric Solidarity Member Inter American Press Association Ne te ee ere ee Oe eee 74 SAYS IT COULD BE ‘COMPLETED IN ABOUT THREE YEARS WASHINGTON, Oct. 3—(UP)— Tomas Guardia, Jr., Executive Di-| rector of the Special Commission created by the Pan American High- way Congress to study the con- struction of the section through the Darién mountain ridge, said today that at least $70,000,000 will be needed to finish the 300 kilometers link on the Hemispheric Highway. Guardia and his father, Tomas Guardia, Sr., have been entrusted with preparation of a report for the Permanent Executive Commit- tee of the Pan American Highway Congress. Guardia Jr. told the United Press that the Darién section could be concluded in three years once the $70,000,000 are ready to be used. In his report to the Permanent Committee, which is meeting here for the second time since its crea- tion at the 1954 Conference of Ca- racas, Guardia, Jr., declared that up to this date nine countries have contributed with $73,000 to initiate the studies. These countries are: Dominican Republic, Venezuela, México, Panama, Pert, Haiti, Ni- caragua, Colombia and Guatemala, plus the Interamerican Automobile Club. The United States has co- operated supplying technicians and engineers, Guardia’s Report said that “the data gathered up to this date, about the Darien job, is only superficial and the recopilation and assess- ing of all the factors that enter in the project will be costly and lenghty work. high officials of the Ministry of Public Works of Panama, where the |Committee in charge of the pro- ject, has its headquarters. PANAMERICAN HIGHWAYS CONGRESS IN SESSION The Permanent Executive Com- mittee of the Panamerican High- ways Congress held its second day of sessions, during which it heard Reports from the Secretary of the Permanent Executive Committee. The Permanent Executive Com- mittee, presided by Rémulo O’Far- rill, President of the Mexican Roads Association, is meeting now for the second time since it was created, two years ago, at the Cara- cas Interamerican Conference. The information received and re- solutions adopted during the course of the present Washington Meet- ing, will be submitted to the VII Panamerican Highway Congress, which will be held at Panama in August or September of next year. Francisco J, Hernandez, Per- manent Secretary of the Paname- rican Highways Congress, submit- ted a report of activites of the Per- manent Organisms of the Pana. merican Haighway Congress, Which principal points are: ‘ 1, Probability that the VII Pan- american Highway Congress will re- ceive a complete report on the route and cost of the Darien sec- tion. 2. The most important reccom- mendations on plans are: Uniform system of signals and traffic re- gulations and conventional system of posters for uniform identifica- The Guardias, father and son, are tion of the highways. Argentine Artist Wins Guggenheim PARIS, Oct, 3—(UP)— Argen- tine painter Emilio Peterutti con- firmed today that he has been awarded one of the one thousand U. S. dollars prizes of the Solomon R, Guggenheim foundation of New York. Interviewed ‘by the United Press in his studio in the Passy district, the grey - haired Argentine art- ist said that he had not yet been officially notified of the award by the Guggenheim Foundation peo- ple but news came two days ago through’ madame Gille - Delafon. She is the French Secretary Gener- al of the International Association of Art Critics. She received a cable from the Guggenheim headquart- ers in New York giving the good news. “This is practically all I know,” said Peterutti, and although I don’t doubt it is true, I will have to wait for the formal notification which may be-on its way by mail.” The Argentine painter was evid- ently happy and proud to have been selected among many artists from several American countries. So was his wife who is busy pre- paring their move at the end of this month to better quarters on the Left Bank, near the Saint cated the merchandise and also art- icles brought in by the crew of the boat, to open an investigation. HIGH OFFICER OF THE U. N. WITHOUT LODGING IN HAWAII HONOLULU—(UP)— The Pre- sident of the United Nations Gen- eral Assembly. José Maza, of Chile, is waging a personal battle with the famous Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Maza arrived here on Wednes- day in-stop over during his trip to Japan, where he will interview Em- peror Hirohito, but he did not find the tradicional Hawaiian welcome, The diplomat temper started to rise up when the employees of the Hotel denied that Maza has made a reservation in it. After lengthy conferences he was assigned a room with the advertence that the room had to be vacated not later The plane in ‘which Maza is traveling did not leave until ten hours later and the President of the General Assembly told ‘the press: than 10 o'clock the next morning. | Emilio Peterutti Foundation Award Germain Des Pres church. “My interpretation,” went on Sefor Peterutti, “is that the award I obtained through the Gug- genheim Foundation is one of the three so-called continental awards which it had been decided to give to painters from countries where the International Association of Art Critics, the International As- sociation of Plastic Arts, and In- ternational Council of Museums have no national sections. National awards were to be selected by jur- ies appointed by these three inter- national organizations in eighteen countries where they do have na- tional sections, and so far as I rembember they have such sections in four North and South American countries; Brasil, Canada, Colombia and the United States. ‘Therefore, and as the Secretary General of the International Association of Art Critics said, my award was a continental, one, covering North and South America, to a painter whose country is not covered by the three international organiza- tions. There is another continental award for Europe and Africa, and the third is for Asia, Oceania and Australia.” Asked which of his works he thought had been selected as win- ning entry, Peterutti said he had not the slightest idea. “It is difficult to guess,” he ex- plained, “because I have had so many exhibits not only in the Ar- gentine, but in the United States where I had been invited by- the Commission for Cultural Artistic Relations, and spent eight months visiting no less.than twenty-two ci- ties, showing my works in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Saint. Louis and other places. The only thing certain is that, according to the regulations of the Guggenheim Foundation, I did not submit any painting, and the “continental” ju- ry selected from among my paint- ings which were executed within the past three years and were publicly exhibited within the pre- vious two years.” Peterutti said he knew nothing about other national and continent- al awards, all of which were pre- liminary to the 10,000 dollar award for the best contemporary paint- ing in the world which is scheduled to be made at the end of Novem- ber. He heard that the French Na- tional Award had been won by French painter Marcel Gromaire. The present plan fs to bring the selected paintings to Paris where they will be gathered in the Mu- seum of Modern Art, for the inter- national jury to view privately and “I don’t think I will yield it. until than.” decide which wins the 10,000 Sy lar prize,