Diario las Américas Newspaper, January 5, 1957, Page 10

Inter - American News for English- Speaking people 4th YEAR G. A SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advertising and Circulation Mgr. c. W. SMITH Vice President 8. SMITH Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President, Editor and Manager Antonio Ruiz Managing Editor Deen ene ne UE EE IEEE Published daily except Monday — Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miami Springs, Fla., on February 8, 1956. a EDITORIAL LATIN AMERICA NEEDS BETTER RS PUBLICITY Should everything that is good in Latin Amer- ica get the same publicity that bad things happening in those countries get, much greater would be the prestige before the world, especially before the; United States, of that formidable group of peoples | whose virtues surpass their defects in a considerable} degree It is evident that in the political field the majority of those countries have not reached the level of convenient and decorous stability. Multiple factors determine that bitter reality, which so much publicity gets outside Latin American circles. It is well that those things, because they are true, are said and known abroad. But it is not so good, because it is unfair, that the same amount of publicity is not dedicated to point out the great progress achieved in those countries, what they mean in the fields of culture and history, in economic and commercial relations, as well as what they really represent, in practical and positive terms, in the equilibrium of international affairs and, in parti- cular, what they are worth as countries where a true and firm solidarity with the United States exists. The greatest international support the Govern- ment and the people of the United States have is, without doubt, that of the twenty Latin American nations, a support which to this great country of the north is of immense political significance and extraordinary military importance. The security of the people in the United States is closely linked to those countries of the Hemisphere, as much as the security of all of them is with relation to the United States. To give publicity in this nation to the real values of Latin America is very convenient for both. In the United States, outside of certain limited circles interested in Inter American activities, very little is known about Latin America, although it has to be admitted that, during the last few years, there has been an increased desire to known better those countries which jointly constitute more than one hundred and seventy million. human beings. The task of making the Latin American coun- tries better known in the United States concerns both the leaders of those nations and those in the United States. And not only government leaders, but all those who, in any manner, have any influence for orientation in all fields of human activity. “El Comandante’ New Puerto Rican Race Track, Among the World's Best SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. (UP) —Horse racing is ready today to go modern in Puerto Rico after 30 years of horse and buggy opera- tion, ; A syndicate of New York, Phila- delphia and Washington business- men has moved in and erected one of the world’s most beautiful and modern racing plants. Snuggled in the shadow of El Yunque, Puerto Rico’s highest mountain, it is an eye-catching masterpiece. But this is one shot not aimed at the “turista.” For the new track, El Coman- dante, has a gimmick going for it which is going to do things for its stock on the Wall Street boards. This is off-track betting, long a bone of contention in the United States, through which the most isolated islander will be able to MEXICAN SUGAR BUYING COSTLY IN SUBSIDIES MEXICO, Jan. 4 —(UP)— Pub- lic officials reported ‘that the im- port of 50,000 tons of Cuban sugar hast cost the national government the equivalent of $2,400,000 in sub- sidies. The cost of the Cuban sugar is calculated at two pesos _per kilo- gram, but is sold to the consumer for 1.40 Peso per kilogram. On account of this, the officials said, there is a loss of 60 Mexican cents that the national government has to shoulder. It is expected that, within a few days, the last shipment of 15,000 tons of sugar, which will complete the 50,000 tons imported to cover the shortage of the national pro- duction for the needs of the coun- ry, will arrive at Tampico on the rman freighter “Kate Grammer place a bet and for as little as 25 cents. EVERYONE CAN BET All across Puerto Rico’s length and breath, there have been scat- tered 300 agents who will take bets for the pool. These bets are on a six-race parlay and everybody is hoping to get rich, from the track owners right down to the lowliest sugar cane worker with 25 itching pennies, Curly Byrd, the white -named former University of Maryland boss for El Comandante and the president, was the construction man who once turned out gridiron juggernauts for the Terrapins has done his usual masterful job. Be- cause El Comandatne is as mod- ern as tomorrow’s automobiles and as scenic as a picture postcard. The one-mile track, with a seat- ing capacity of 20,000, will operate three times weekly throughout the year and has stable room for 450 thoroughbreds. But this picture plant wasn’t brought about with- out difficulty. ORIGINATORS WENT BROKE It originally was the brainchild of a Florida investment group which went broke. The new group then took over and figured that $2,500,000 would do the job. They were half right. It cost them $5 million. Then there was opposition from the two ancient racing plants which held a three-decade lock on the sport in Puerto Rico. This, too, finally was overcome. ' But then the horsemen protested that the racing strip was unsafe and certain soft spots had to be dug up and replaced. And finally to top it all off, after the horse- men were satisfied, it developed that one of the old tracks had a corner on the horse vans and re- fused to let the horsemen use-them to shift their horses. , But El Comandante ‘finally is ready — and from now on the sharks are going to find slim pick- ings at the beaches, For a better understanding between ‘the Americas MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1957 U. S. Marine WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 —(UP)| The House Merchant Marine Com-| mittee recommended today the con-| tinued operation of the Panama Railroad, and suggested a number of changes in operations designed to eliminate its annual deficit. KNOW THY NEIGHBOR By ANTONIO RUIZ CUBA. (Continued)— The su-| gar produced in Cuban mills is called centrifuge or raw sugar, and | has an amber color due to the impurities it contains. Its grade of purity varies between 96 and 98 percent, percentages also called po- | larization grade because polarized light is used to measure them. The San Agustin mill also has a refine- ry, which refines three quarters of the raw sugar it produces. In the annex plant, the raw sugar is washed and then dissolved into wa- ter to go through a process of cla- rification, discoloration, filtration and re-crystallizing. Not far from the building where the machiney is, there are ware- houses used for the refined sugar, consisting of perfectly clean barns equipped with hermetic locks. They have a capacity of three hundred thousand hundred weights. The ex- port of refined sugar from. the is- land of Cuba is approximately 750.- 000 tons yearly and the national consumption some 120.000 tons, while the total capacity of the re- fining industry almost reache stwo million tons. The Cuban refining industry cannot work at full capa- city because of the artificial limita- tions established by import markets principally in the form of duty taxes created in many consuming countries to protect their local refining industries. The fundamental process in the refining of sugar is the discolora- tion, which was only achieved by means of charcoal till 20 years ago, when they started to use ac- tivated coal, the use of which allow- ed the installation and running of smaller refining plants, which could then be adapted to the sugar mills. At that time the Cuban refining industry, which was unable before to cover the needs of national can- sumption, started to develop. Once more it is fit to mention that the thing one must admire most is the marvelous process of development accomplished by Na- ture, which slowly and in a hidden way, accumulates in the cane, while it grows, the energy of the sun, distributed later under two forms, the burnig of the bagasse or thrash used as fuel in the sugar mills, and then the stored sugar or finished product, which is trans- formed into stamina and muscular energy after consumption. This great and fundamental agri- cultural industry, which occupies great areas of the Cuban fields, contributes to enhance the beauty of the Cuban landscape, as the colors change with the various sta- ges of growth of the cane: green while it starts growing, violet when in flower and ripe, and then golden and emerald, to start the eycle all over again. With the new quotas announe- ed recently by the U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture for the im- ports of sugar, the Cuban indus- try has brilliant prospects for this year, which perhaps is destined to break all records for quantity ex- ported and price of Cuban sugar during peace time. Spanish Version Page 3. SIXTEEN KILLED IN BUS ACCIDENT IN COLOMBIA BOGOTA, Jan. 4 —(UP)— Six- teen persons were killed and more than twenty injured when a pas- senger bus fell down a precipice between the towns of Tunja and Moniquiré. The occupants were pilgrims who had visited the Shrine of the Virgin at Chiquin- quira. A truck suffered a similar ac- cident in the Monterfa region, caus- ing six dead and eight injured, some of them seriously. These two accidents were the worse in the country’s highways during the New Year holiday per- iod, during which there were 24 Committee Recommends Keeping the Panama Railroad Running The report was prepared for. the Panama Canal Subcommittee by transportation expert John T. Rid- gely, who surveyed the transporta- tion situation in the Canal Zone last fall. His recommendations were ap- proved by the committee and the report was filed in the House yes- }terday by full committee chairman | Herbert Bonner. It recommended that “the Pana- | ma Railroad should be retained due to the fact that it does perform the most economical form of mass transportation, regardless of the fact that it showed a deficit of $281,000 in the fiscal year 1956.” “The importance of the rail- road in the event of a national emergency should not be under- estimated,” it added. Controversy over abandonment of the Trans-Isthmus Railroad arose two years ago when the Panama Canal Company informed Congress it had decided to abandon the line and build a new highway on the old railroad bed. Both House and Senate felt the decision should not be made by the Company without Congressional authorization, and withheld the authorization until a study could be made of the situation. The report today is the result of the House Committee study. The lengthy report contained a detailed comparison of railroad and trucking costs of operation, and observed that the railroad has been poorly managed and that most of the deficit —perhaps all of it— could be eliminated through better operating procedures. Moreover, the report added, “a number of prominent Panamanians who would prefer to remain ano- nymous stated they would prefer to have the railroad remain; one of these is the president of the truck- ing firm “Terminales Panama, S. A” “They all claim it is a stabilizing influence on traffic rates,” it con- tinued. “Also, that they prefer using passenger service rather than using the highway because of its grades and curves which are ha- zardous during the rainy season, together with the added danger from fogs.” Argentina Offers BUENOS AIRES —(UP)— Ar- gentina has told Brazil and Chile that it will be in a position to sup- ply all the wheat they need this year, qualified sources said. The Argentine Government re- cently protested the sale of United States farm surpluses, payable in local currencies, to countries neigh- boring on Argentina which are tra- ditional buyers of Argentina wheat. However, some circles pointed out that Argentina had not always been in a position to supply those countries regularly, especially as regards wheat shipments to Brazil. Now, Argentina was said to have gone on record as offering Brazil 1,200,000 tons of wheat, to fulfill the agreement in force between the two countries, which expires by mid-year, plus 400,000 tons which were not shipped under the 1956 agreement. HEMISPHERIC EVENTS ARGENTINA PURCHASES 426 LOCOMOTIVES , BUENOS AIRES —(UP)— Ar- géentina will purchase 426 diesel- electric locomotives at a cost of about $100 million in the next 30 months, it was announced. Capt. Fausto Julian Ménica, Nat- ional Railroads Director, said the purchase will be made under the Government’s transportation reha- bilitation plan, which is being fi- nanced partly by a U. S. Export- Import Bank loan. The first of the new locomotives, built by the General Motors Corp. are expected to arrive next Feb- ruary. A total of 212 new units should arrive before the end of 1957, Monica said. , Orders for 150 locomotives have been placed in the United States, and for 25 each in Canada and France. Specialized missions from the Ministry of Transportation and the State Railroads are now in the United States and Britain. The dead and about one hundred injur- ed, — i latter mission is studying the ap- Plication of a $14 million credit and Chile all the Wheat They Need CHARTS DENIED TO RED SHIPS IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE BALBOA, Canal Zone —(UP)— The United States was reported to- day to have turned down a So- viet request for navigational charts of the Caribbean Sea for Russian ships forced to use the Panama Canal because of the blocking of the Suez Canal. Two Soviet freighters, the Ad- miral Senyavin and Nicolai Ost- rovsky, transited the Panama Ca- nal Thursday with armed guards of U. S. Marines.and sailors aboard. They were followed by a police launch. More than 15 other Russian ships are expected to use the canal with- in the next few days. They were diverted from their normal route through the blocked Suez. The skippers of the Senyavin and Ostrovsky were reported to have. been informed by the Rus- sian ambassador in Washington that a request for charts of the Caribbean had been rejected by. top-level State Department offi- cials. Both claimed they were un- familiar with the waters of the Caribbean. SWALLOWS OWN TEETH CHOKES TO DEATH MEXICO, Jan. 4—(UP)— Retired Army Major Alejandro Escobedo Guevara, was choked to death in this city, in a freak accident. The accident had the character- istic of being produced by his false teeth, which he swallowed while eating. Member Inter American Press Association For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 148 U. S. Economic, Strategic Destiny IS “Inexorably Linked to Latin America DECLARES THE NEW YORK TIMES IN EDITORIAL ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE Good Prospects for the Cuban Economy U. S. Embassy Says WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 —(UP) —The United States Embassy in Havana has reported encouraging prospects for the economy of Cuba in the immediate future. The report was contained in an article from the Embassy in “For- eign Commerce Weekly”, a period- ical published by the United States Commerce Department. The fore- cast was based on conditions as of last November. “Public attention was drawn par- ticularly to the elimination of Cu- ba’s surplus sugar. stocks, the suc- cessful working out of a new in- ternational sugar agreement, the unexpected jump in sugar prices, and the prospect of a larger 1957 sugar crop,” the Embassy reported, and added: “Business activity in November continued at a high level, consumer demand being strong for this time of year, although poltical unrest reported in various parts of the country. at the end of the month caused concern. “All indexes continued to indi- cate that the national income and gross national product levels were running near or slightly above the record high of 1952, with the trend steadily upward.” SEARCH FOR U. S. PILOT IN PANAMA JUNGLE PANAMA CITY, Panama (UP) —A bush pilot planned another at- tempt to fly today to a remote jungle village to obtain further de- tails of the death of David Lee Stewart of Winston-Salem, N.C. He was turned back by bad weath- er Thursday. Reports received over the lone radio-telegraph circuit, the area’s only contact with the outside, said Stewart was killed Monday when a truck overturned near the tiny town of El Real in Darién Prov- to Supply Brazil Besides, Argentina was said to have offered to supply Chile any amount of wheat it may require. Chile’s purchases of Argentine wheat average about 200,000 tons a year. At the same time, the Buenos Aires morning newspaper “Demo- cracia” took the United States to task for contracting to sell surplus wheat to Brazil for less than the world price. “Democracia” charged the U. S. with dumping grain on the Brazil- ian market to the damage of the Argentine trade. It endorsed the Argentine formal protest to Wash- ington as being wholly justified. In addition, Democracia urged the United States to discontinue its present surplus grain selling policy for the sake of international understanding. from a British banking group for railway equipment. SEVILLA SACASA MAY BE WASHINGTON DEAN WASHINGTON —(UP)— There is a possibility that the New Year 1957 may see an Ambassador from Latin America inherit the post of Dean of the Washington Diplomat- ic Corps. 1 The likely candidate is Ambas- sador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa of Nicaragua. He now is dean of Latin American diplomats here and vice dean of the entire corps. He has been acting dean on many oc- casions when the dean, Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne of Norway, has been absent from the capital. Rumors have increased recently that Morgenstierne may soon re- tire from the ambassadorship which he has held since May 13, 1942, Next November he will attain the age which will make him eligible for retirement under the laws of ince. He was buried in the town cemetery that same nigth in ac- cordance with local custom. Stewart arrived in Panama aboard’a yacht with two compan- ions and went to Darién Province with an amateur photographer who wanted some pictures of the Inter- American Highway. The reports reaching here indicated Stewart hitched a ride on a timber truck on the incompleted road between the jungle towns of Pino Gana and El Real. Stewart was killed, the reports said, when the driver lost control and the truck overturned. He was the only casualty. ARGENTINA TO TRY TO PAY DAMAGES TO U. S. POWER COMPANY —Treasury Minister Eugenio Blan- co declared to the press today that the Government will do everything in its power to compensate the American and Foreign Power Com- pany for damages suffered during the Peronist regime. Minister Blanco stated he knows nothing of the alleged decission of that company to invest 89 mil- lions pesos in Argentina if the problems it has pending are solv- ed. However, thy Minister said the Argentine Government “looks with sympathy” the position of the company and “recognizes the damages it suffered under the former (Peronist) Government.’ his. Government regarding any re- tirement plans. CIRCUS OWNER RUNS INTO BAD LUCK BUENOS AIRES —(UP)— Cir- cus owner Juan Estevanovich and his wife were walking home last night carrying packages with the gate receipts of about $3,000 when NEW YORK, Jan, 4 —(UP)— “The New York Times” dedicates a special section of today’s edition to a Review of the Financial and Commercial Situation of the Amer- icas, which includes messages about economic conditions of the dif- ferent countries and’ photos illus- trating different aspects of their development. At the same time, it publishes an editorial note on “The Western Hemisphere’, in which it emphasi- zes that “The economic destiny, as well as the strategic, of the United States, is inexorably linked to Lat- in America and Canada.” In its special section, under a general title, the daily says: “Lat- in America progress—trade at its maximum point; but the lack of planning on regional basis is ad- verse factor.” The editorial continues: “Any- body doubting that declaration needs only to read the articles published in the special section of finances and trade of the Western Hemisphere. In . statistical terms and in raw material sources, with- out which we cannot advance, Lat- in America and*Canada are, for us, the two ‘more important re- gions of the world.” “On our part —the editorial adds— we are also in a great de- gree the most important region for them. Those countries had a pros- perous 1956 and have good pros- pects; but this has been, literally a reflexion of the great prosper- ity of the United States. Due to the demand of our, industry and people, the oil and coffee of Latin America; the iron, uranium and aluminum of Canada (only to ment- ion some of the principals) found open and advantageous markets. And as this signified dollars ready to be spent, our exports to the Hemisphere were, in comparison, high. “There is no reason to show com- placency. Latin America as well as Canada have their problems of inflation, specially the first. Boli- via has the bigger inflation spiral in the world and Chile still con- tinues in dangerous situation. Ar- gentina is starting to recuperate from the ruin left behind by Pe- rén’s regime. Brazil have incurred in excessive obligations and the poison of nationalism is always there, a factor of harm. Colombia’s economy has been mismanaged by the bad dictatorship of President Rojas Pinilla. Canada is commenc- ing the year badly with a railroad strike which may cause great harm if it last. “These are spots in what, other- wise, is a clear picture. But gen- erally, that picture is good. Great forces are collaborating in the movement, such as industrialization in all the Latin American coun- tries, the enviable fiscal situation of Canada, and the continuance of strong North American investments in the whole Hemisphere. This is not an easy period, economic and politically, in any part of the world. The Western Hemisphere has plen- ty to be thankful for and, at least, as much or more reason than any other region in the world, to wel- come a “Happy New Year.” Cuban Minister of Inferior in Washington in a Ten - Day Visif WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 —(UP) —Santiago Rey, Cuban Minister of the Interior, arrived at this capital in an official visit of 10 days. He informed newspapermen that the Cuban situation has been dominat- ed and that the Cuban Govern- ment and its President, Fulgencio Batista, guarantee the nation the right to enjoy peace and order. Interrogated by the reporters about the uprising and terrorism that have taken 29 lives in Cuba since Christmas, Rey said that they were the work of “small elements united with the Communist party”. He affirmed that the average Cuban citizen is not tied up with terrorism and added that right now the sugar cane crop is starting to be gathered and that the people seem disposed to initiate the work. Referring to his visit to the United States, Rey declared that he feels “elated notwithstanding the cold”. He arrived in fact in one of the coldest days of the year, with below zero temperature and strong winds. The Minister was accompanied Latin American News in Brief way and port facilities-built joint- ly by the Bethlehem Steel Co. and Brazil’s Industria e Comercio de Minerias to exploit large manga- nese deposits. Amapé, Brazil’s most northern state, bordering on the Amazon River, and a thinly populated area, is expected to derive considerable economic benefit from the new an unidentified man grabbed the}venture. money and fled. As the Estevanovichs ran after the thief a car-rode by and its oc- cupants offered the couple a lift to continue the chase. Once inside the car, the occupants robbed them of $300 in cash, and diamond ring valued at $4,000, beat them, threw them out of the car and rode off. BRAZIL GETTING NEW RAILROAD AND PORT RIO DE JANEIRO — (UP) —| President Juscelino Kubitschek will go to Macapa, Amapa State capital, Saturday to open a new chapter of Brazilian-United States econ- his country. But there have been no official indications from him or omic cooperation. Kubitscheek will inaugurate rail- The new. railway runs about 125. miles through. jungle territory, from the mine to Port Santana. Both the railway and the port were built by’ Bethlehem with a $65 mil- lion U. S. Export Import Bank loan. =~ The mine is estimated unofficial- ly to produce about 200 million tons of manganese ore per year, or one-tenth the U. S. annual needs. Little manganese is produced in the United States. Its largest sup- plier of the metal needed for mak- ing steel alloys, used to be Rus- sia, Since the “cold war,” Africa, Cuba and India have become the chief sellers, by Mrs. Rey, Enrique Pérez of the Cuban Foreign Service Division, John Topping of the U. S. Embas- sy in Havana, and other members of the Government Department. Arthur Gardner, U. S. Ambas- sador to Cuba who has been va- cationing in the United States, Cuban Ambassador Miguel -Angel Campa, Terrance G. Leon Hardy of the State Department’s Cuban desk, and other members of the Cuban Embassy, greeted ‘the Min- ister when he arrived at the station. During his visit here the Min- ister will visit with Secretary of State John Foster Duiles and As- sistant Secretary of State for Inter- American, Affairs, Roy R. Rubot- tom, Jr. ’ Shortly after his arrival he was honored by a reception at the home of Ambassador Gardner. The Am- bassador will also offer him a dinner Saturday night to which high officials of the Department of Defense and the State Department have been invited. Today, Rey visited the headquart- ers of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation (FBI) and met the Director of the Bureau, John Edgar Hoover. pits Next week Rubottom will give a luncheon for Rey at Blair House, the official guest house located across the street from the White House. It is there where heads of states stay while visiting the United States. It is also expected that Ambas- sador Campa will offer a reception at the Cuban Embassy for Rey and Mrs. Rey sometime before they re- turn to Cuba. NIGHT, CLUB FIRE INVESTIGATED BY HAITIAN POLICE: PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — (UP)— Authorities sought today to determine the cauise of the fire which destroyed Haiti’s swankiest night club at the height of the New Year's Eye celebration. No injuries were reported among . the tourists and socially prominent Haitians jammed in the Club Ca bane Choucoune to welcome 1957. The fire broke out as the band swung into the tune of “Auld Lang Syne” on the stroke of mid- night. It flared up at the entrance to the thatched-roofed, log-walled club and within minutes flames leaped more than'80°feet into the