Diario las Américas Newspaper, January 17, 1957, Page 10

Inter - American News for English- Speaking people 4th YEAR @. A. SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advertising and Circulation Mgr. Cc, W. SMITH Vice President 8. SMITH Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE P Vice President. Editor and Manager Antonio Ruiz Managing Editor Published daily except Monday — Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miami Springs, Fla., on February 8, 1956. EDITORIAL each FET STE SERS STRESS For a better understanding between the Americas MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1%, 1957 NEIGHBOR || By ANTONIO RUIZ | | COSTA RICA — The ranges of DECORUM AND SOBRIETY IN GOVERNMENT the Andean cordillera cut across pede heed A EE Me SAE) EP ae The administrative life of the State, as well as} the general progress of a country, suffer great backs when there is no decorum nor sobriety Government. draw- in the Costa Rica a little to the west of the center of the country. The range attains altitudes of 13,000 feet above sea level and thus gives a variety of climates to a country entirely within the tropics. There |are three more or less distinct re- That decorum and that sobriety are necessary | gions, each of them contributing for the good functioning of public Administration; | to obtain from the people faith in the authorities and the necessary respect for them. To govern with those indispensable requirements is not only to comply with certain laws or decrees regulating the functioning of any of the State organisms. To indispensable requirements govern with those inplies that the laws and regulations should be conceived in terms of national convenience and ideo- logical dignity. There are laws and regulations, enacted within normal procedures, which constitute a monstruos agregation of regulations, which do not | serve any purpose for the benefit of the community, | nor they favor the good name of democratic institu-| tions. Besides, to govern with decorum and sobriety not only implies to submit to laws and regulations, but also to act, in anything not contemplated in those instruments, in accordance with the sane suggestions of logic, having always in consideration the obliga-| tions to the Fatherland. In England there are numerous gubernatorial norms that are strictly observed, without having been enacted into laws or decrees. Simply, they just govern with a sense of responsibility, with respect for the moral values that the English people con- secrate regarding their way of government. Tradi- tion, supported by logic, in which is not harmful to) the interests of the people, has the power of law, and nobody dares to take advantage of the fact that it is only a tradition, to obtain undue benefit, When those who govern fear an adverse judg- ment in history, or when they are conscious, as it should be, of their civic responsibilities and obliga- tions as officials, they adopt norms in which morality, sobriety and decorum prevail, all of which benefits the country and If it is a transgression to violate traditions of! dignifies the authorities. healthy moral inspiration, it is more so, of course, to violate good laws, or to create bad laws in con- tradiction with those traditions, which rests weight to the purposes of the State. Evidently, England, in its internal regime, has the merit of knowing how to govern itself with authorities, including the Queen, who respect with decorum and sobriety not only the English Jaws, but the same traditions which regulate the system of government. That, naturally, gives an extra- ordinary moral power to those in whose hands are the destinies of the Nation. All is Well, at Least Temporarily, Between Caribbean “Strong Men” By Francis L, Mc Carthy HAVANA, Jan. 16. (UP)— The| fection for the Dominican Republic two “strong men” of the Caribbean seem to have mended, at least for the time being, their political dif- ferences. © President Fulgencio Batista, of Cuba and Generalissimo Rafael Leo nidas Trujillo, of the Dominican Republic, seemingly by initiative of the first, are on the verge of | starting a political honeymoon, after a year and a half of not| speaking diplomatically, and ac- cusing each othee of entertaining extraterritorial ambitions. Now, not even two weeks after the last public interchange of ac- cusations, in the columns of “Vi- sion” magazine, the Cuban Minis- ter of Agriculture, Fidel Barreto, returned to this city, after four days of visiting Ciudad Trujillo, with a “Special Message” from the generalissimo to Batista, in which the former says that “the Domi- nican people feel great esteem and deep admiration” for the Cuban President, Last Saturday, Barreto assured Trujillo, during ceremonies at a Live Stock Exhibition, in Ciudad BRAZILIAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN NAPLES NAPLES, Italy, Jan. 16 (UP)— The first contingent of Brazilian troops for the Middle East Police force arrived in Naples this after- noon, 15 hours late, after an un- scheduled overnight stop in the Azores caused by bad weather. The U. S. Air Force super-con- stellation bringing the Brazilian soldiers arrived just in time to di- sipate fears of a possible accident. The Brazilians-five officers, nine non-commissioned officers and 35 soldiers with rifles and sub- machineguns — arrived shivering from the cold, ; Trujillo, that “Cuba feel great af- and admiration and esteem for the Generalissimo, great citizen and stateman. The new era of political under- standing between the two leaders, both with military background, started last December while the government daily “Tiempo”, main- tained that “an expeditionary for- ce of 1.800 men, supported by.two “Mosquito” bombers, financed and aided by Trujillo, was ready to at- tack Cuba before Christmas”. According to unconfirmed re- ports, Washington decided that it was time for friendly mediation of the problems of both countries and without delay, Barreto received an official invitation to visit the Do- minican Republic. After that, the attacks of the press and radio against the gener- alissimo and also the Dominican Official insults against the Cuban authorities, stopped. The event do not have complete approval of all sectors of public opinion here as it is manifest in an editorial note in “Tiempo” writ- ten by Senator Rolando Masferrer —President of the Commission of the Armed Forces of the Senate— in which Barreto is accused of “placing Cuba in a ridiculous po- sition”, by his attitude during his visit to Ciudad Trujillo and for the “nonsensical remarks” he made. “To us, six millions Cubans, it seem an indignity of the kind that makes you vomit unexpectedly”, said Masferrer’s editorial. “Ataja”, another’ official organ, does not give any immediate hints of having abandoned the anti-Tru- jillist line and continues reproduc- ing paragraphs of the anti-Triji- llist book authored by Jesus de Ga- lindez, “The Trujillo Era”, which “Ataja” calls “The Book that caus- ed a death”, fundamentally to the country’s basic agricultural economy. The hot zone, those coastal lands under 3,200 feet, has a temperature range between 77 ard 100 degrees Fahrenheit. On the Atlantic side there is a great deal of rainfall, averaging about 300 “rainy’~days out of the year. On the Pacific side, however, the rainy season only lasts from May to November. The temperate zone ranges in altitude from 3,200 to 6,500 feet above sea level, and comprises the central plateau. With an alternat- ing wet and dry season, the tem- perature varies from 50 to 77 de- grees Fahrenheit. This tableland, 3,500 square miles in area, is the heart of the nation, containing the majority of the population and producing the finer grades of the principal agricultural crops. The area from 6,500 feet upward is called the cool zone and is the |least populated. Here, where the temperature ranges from 41 9 59 degrees Fahrenheit, the mountains attain their full height. This region is the best for cattle raising, al- though some agricultural products are cultivated. Costa Rica has a vast network of rivers, and because of the moun- tainous sources, water power is abundant. Of the sixteen rivers in Costa Rica, the most important is the San Juan River, which drains Lake. Nicaraguan into the Carib- jbean. Of its several tributaries coming from the Central Cordi- Tlera, the most important is the San Carlos River. On the Pacific coast, the most populous part of the country around San José is drained by the Rio Grande de Tarcoles, while the Guanacaste Peninsula is served by the Tempisque River and the southwestern plains by the Rio Grande de Terraba. Most of the rivers running into the Pacific are liable to sudden floods. Everywhere in the Valleys of Costa Rica the soil is unusually rich, as a result of enormous quan- tities of volcanic ash deposited there through the centuries. The Costa Rican volcanoes are practic- ally extinct now, although some are still mildly active, The principal mountains in the northern range are Irazu, which reaches an altitude of 11,200 feet above sea level, and Turrialba, with ten thousand feet, while in the southern range the highest is Chiropo Grande, which reaches an altitude of 12,447 feet. The Poas voleano, located near the city of Alajuela, is reputed to have the world’s largest crater, measuring more than a mile in diameter. Coffee, bananas and cacao are the principal crops of Costa Rica, and together they constitute 90 per cent of the total exoprts of the country. Sugar, corn, tobacco, beans, rice, and potatoes, as well as a large variety of fruits are also grown, principally for domestic consuvtion, Spanish Version Page 3 ARGENTINES IN CRUISE AROUND THE WORLD SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16 — (UP)— The Argentine cruise ship Yapeyu is due here Friday morn- ing with approximately 500 pas- sengers on a round-the-world voy- age. The 6,425-ton motorship, chart- ered by the Trio teamship Co. of Argentina, is en route back to Bue- nos Aires from Australia via the Panama Canal and Havana. The passenger list includes Ar- gentine and Italian film troupes and travelers returning from the recent Olympic Games in Mel- bourne. The motion picture groups are reported producing travelogues based on the Yapeyu’s cruise. Officials of the Isbrandtsen Line, berthing agent for the Yapeyu here, said the cruise ship will re- main in San Francisco for three or four days. The Yapeyu’s operators have in- dicated they may schedule an an- nual round-the-world cruise if the present trip proves successful, Is- brandtsen officials said, Gort) WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UP)—, Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa has issued a state- ment to the press, which, he says, was also issued by the Ministry of Foreign Relations in Managua. It says: “The Ministry of Foreign Rela- ions (of Nicara- gua) wishes - to} hrefer to certain ‘publications ap-) pearing in the § foreign press, in} which it is pre-| tended to throw @ suspicion on the clean conduct of} the Nicaraguan con Government, re- Sevilla Sacasa garding an alleg- ed attempt against the lite of the President of El Salvador. Irish Party to Fly IRISH PARTYTO FLY DUBLIN, Jan, 16—(UP)— The} Trish-Argentine Cultural Society | has announced plans to fly a party of Irish visitors to Buenos Aires to join in the celebrations of the centenary of Admiral Brown, the local lad who founded the South American country’s Navy. The party will leave here March firet, arriving in Buenos Aires the following day All-in cost is 357 pounds sterling for first class air travel and accomodation with full | board in first class hotels. Normal fare is 469 pounds. The Society. under the patron- age of Argentine Ambassador Lo- HEMISPHERIC EVENTS ARGENTINE RACE CAR DRIVER TO MARRY U. S. SOCIALITE BUENOS AIRES (UP)— Argen- tine race driver Alejandro de To- masso switched signals“ today and confirmed reports he plans to mar- ry New York socialite racer Isa- bella Haskell. He complained to newsmen he was misquoted Tuesday when he was reported to have commer.ted on the engagement announcement, “It’s all news to me.” The engagement was formally announced Monday by Miss Has- kell’s father, Amory Lawrence Haskell of Red Bank, N. J., and Palm Beach, Fla. Both De Tomasso and the sta- tuesque. blonde are scheduled to drive Sunday’s 1,000-kilometer 621 mile classic race here. PUERTO RICAN SOLONS ASKING ALBIZU PARDON SAN JUAN, P. R. (UP)— In- dependence’ Party legislators sub- mitted to the legislature a bill for enactment of a resolution asking Sevilla - Sacasa Issues Statement on Controversy With El Salvador Foreign Office Rejects Charges of any Connection With Assassination Plot “The Nicaraguan Government, strongly rejecting any connection that may be attributed with acts contrary with the most elementary principles of International ethics, reaffirms adherence to the prin- ciples that are healthy and respec- ful norms of its foreign policy. “At the same time it points out the existence of an international endeavor supported by some elements of Salvadorean press and radio, furiously engaged in dis- crediting Nicaragua, raising. a curtain of libels to distract the attention from the request of this Foreign Office, based in three international treaties, for the pro- visional detention of a group of Nicaraguans residing in San Sal. vador, complicated in the assas- sination of General Anastasio So- moza, President’ of the Republic.” to Buenos Aires renzo McGovern, announced that the Aigentine Government has promised “special attemion” to the Trish visitors. During the stay the group will be invited to all events of national Admiral Brown Week, March 3 through 9. Trips will also be made to Mar de la Plata, where a statue of the Admiral born in Foxford, County Mayo, will be unveiled, The Society last year sent a spe- cial sod of turf dug from the gar- den of the house where Brown was born. fs On St. Patrick’s Day the party will be guests of honor at the Irish Community celebrations, absolute pardon for Nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, “whom, for the prestige of Puerto Rico should not die in prison,” they said. I Albizu Campos at present is a patient in a private hospital under judicial custody. Another group of Senators of the majority Popular Party,, sub- mitted a project ef resolution con- demning “the aggression of com- munist dictatorship against the Hungarian democracy, and expres- sing the desire of the Puerto Rican people to welcome Hungarias re- fugees in the island. Governor Luis Mufioz Marin will read his Annual Message/ to the Legislature on Thursday. REQUIEM MASS IN MEMORY OF GABRIELA MISTRAL BOGOTA (UP)— The Chilean Embassy in Bogota sent invitations for a Requiem Mass for the soul of the late poetess, Gabriela Mis- tral, which will take place in the Church of San Diego. The mass is offered by the Chilean Embassy and colony in the city, NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE WHITE HOUSE.—Dr. Ramén Villeda Morales, outstanding Central American statesman and newly appointed Ambassador of Honduras to the White House and the Orga- nization of American States, was welcomed at the Miami International Airport by representatitves of the State Department, the Consular Corps, the press, etc. In the photo, from left to right, are: Mr. Walter Walters, Director of the Office of the Department of State in Miami; Ambassador Villeda Morales, and the Hon. Francisco Aleman, Consul of Honduras in this city, — (Photo THE AMERICAS DAILY, by Nicaragua Requests Revision of Treaty With El Salvador MANAGUA, Jan. 16 (UP) — The Ministry of Economy has received instructions to request revision of the Treaty of Com- merce between Nicaragua and El Salvador, which has been in effect for five years. Thetreaty has resulted unfa- vorable for this country in the last two years, because of the impossibility of exporting ce- reals to El Salvador. WILL INVITE NEWSMEN TO WATCH ELECTIONS MANAGUA, Jan. 16 (UP)—Pre- sident Luis Somoza announced he will invite Central American and U. S. newspapermen to watch the presidential elections on February 3, reiterating that there will be complete freedom at the polls. OIL PERFORATION MANAGUA, Jan. 16 (UP)— U. S. Company Water Ford Oil start- ed perforations in the basin of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, in search for oil .In the exploration work, the company will invest ten million dollars. Cuban Honored by Rome University ROME, Jan. 16—(UP)— The Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Rome has an- nounced the appointment of Cu- ban writer and intellectual Dr. Dolores Marti de Cid as professor of Latin American Literature. It is the first time that a for- eigner has been made a professor of the faculty. Dr. Marti de Cid is expected to start her lectures on January 23. The Cali school teachers, accord- ing to a press dispatch, in a recent general assembly, accorded to ask for the erection of a bust of the Chilean poetess in one of the edu- cational establishment of that city, The Department of Humanities, of the University of America, is preparing an act to honor the me; mory of Gabriela Mistral. ARGENTINA TO CONSTRUCT ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS BUENOS AIRES. (UP)— The government announced it will in- vest 3,940 million pesos in im- mediate construction of Electric Power Centrals, Dams, irrigation projects, etc, to end the increasing scarcity of Argentine electric energy. During the time in which the work is to be done many electric power transmission lines will be installed. The project comprises hydro- electric centrals in Rio Tercero (Cérdoba), El Nihuil (Mendoza), Pueblo Viejo (Tucuman), Ullut (San Juan), Huelches (Rio Negro y La Pampa), Rio Hondo (Santiago del Estero) and Cabra Corral (Sal- Member Inter American Press Association For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UP)— President Eisenhower requested today from Congress 12,000,000 dollars to aid in the completion of the Inter American Highway in Central America. He also asked for two million dollars for survey and construction of the highway to Rama, in Nicara- gua, which connects the Atlantic with the Pacific. Both requests are part of his message to Congress on the na- tional budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. The message explains the re- quest of the 12 million dollars as follows: “The Inter American Highway, or Central American section of the Pan American Highway, is being built in cooperation with the re- publics of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. “These republics pay one third of the cost of the highway through their territories. The section will be approximately 1,573 miles of all weather road, and will connect with the Mexican section to allow travel- ing in motor vehicles without in- terruption from the United States to Panama.” Regarding the request of two million dollars, the message says: “When surveys now being made are completed, a decision will be taken to find out if the two mil- lion dollars requested for 1958 are sufficient to comply with the obli- gation of the United States regard- HAVANA, Jan. 16 (UP) exactly in 45 days. By FRANCIS L, MCCARTHY HAVANA, Jan. 16 (UP)—The government of Fulgencio Batista is, for the first time since he seiz- ed power in March 1952, on the defensive. Facing the increasing wave of terrorism, carried on by some of his political enemies, abetted by a clandestine commun- ist movement, the President has suspended constitutional guaran- tees and imposed censorship to the Press, for 45. days. The announcement explains that the suspension is necessary on ac- count of “acts of terrorism in the nation and the meed to protect sugar production and private pro- perty.”” Later Minister of the Interior, Ji- ménez Maceda announced censor- ship of the Press was~established. For printed newspapers censors were appointed by the Ministry of , the Interior and by the Minister of 1Commumnications for the news Latin American News in Brief ta). Steam Centrals will be erected in Mar del Plata, Barranqueras (Chaco), Concepcién del Uruguay (Entre Rios), Rio Gallegos (Santa Cruz), Tucumén, Rosario, Santa Fe and other cities. CREOLE PETROLEUM CORP. INCREASES OIL PRICES —~ NEW YORK (UP)— The Creole Petroleum Corporation announced an increase of from five to thirty five cents in the prices of its crude oils. i The Venezuelan subsidiary of the Standard , Oil Company, of New Jersey, says in its announcement that the measure reflects the re- cent general increase of thirty five cents per barrel made in the North-American crudes. The company says that the heavy grades have been increased from five to eight cents per bar- rel. These grades were increased at the end of last year, after increases in the prices of heavy fuels from the gulf and the Caribbean. The present increases are the result of the sustained increases of the heavy oils, said the announcement, _ NUMBER 157 > Ike Asks Congress for : $12,000,000 to Complete Inter American Highway ing the construction of that road, or if it will be necessary to request a law authorizing additional funds since with this one the present authority ends.” President Eisenhower also re- quested to Congress approval for a “moderate” increase in the eco- nomic aid to underdevelop coun- tries in Latin America, Asia, the Near East, and Africa. He said such aid will assist those nations which recently ac- quired their independence, to achieve stability in their institu: tions. PANAMA PAYMENT ALSO REQUESTED President Eisenhower also asked the congress to appropriate $16,- 548,000 for the operation of the Panam&é Canal Zone government during the fiscal year 1958 which begins next July 1. The sum compares with $15, 410,000 appropriated for the cur- rent fiscal. year and $14,948,000 actually spent during the fiscal year 1956. He also asked congress to ap- propriate $1,939,000 for the an- nual payment to the Government of Panama as provided in the re- vised treaty between the two gov- ernments concerning the Panama Canal Zone. The President pointed out, in the 1958 budget submitted to the Congress today, that $430,000 of this sum is reimbursed to the United States treasury by the Pa- nama Canal Company. IAPA PRESIDENT RESIGNS FROM "EL PAIS” — The newspaper “El Pafs” published in its front page a notice as follows: i “Dr. Guillermo Martinez Marquez, Editor of “El Pais” and President of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), has submitted his resignation as editor of this newspaper. The publi- shers of “El Pais” have decided not to accept the resignation of Dr. Martinez Marquez, granting him instead a 45-days leave.” In newspaper circles it is pointed out that the suspension of constitutional guarantees ordered by the Government will expire Bafista's Government Said to be “In the Defensive” for First Time broadcasted by radio. Up to now, constitutional guar- antees were never suspended un- less there was an armed revolt as, for example, the attack on July 1953 to the Santiago garrison with an estimated 200 persons dead or wounded. d It should be pointed out that the government does not seem to bein danger of being overthrown by its enemies, here or abroad, or by a coup by the communists, How- ever, the scope of the terrorist movement being developed, which seems to be, in some aspects, simi- lar to that which preceded Macha- do’s fall in 1933, seems to have convinced the authorities that only absolute freedom of action against terrorists. will end the acts of vio- lence, arson and bomb’s explosions which have caused loss of almost 70 lives and more than 20 injured. The suspension of these guaran- tees curtails personal rights, as _li- berty of speech, press and meet- ings; inviolability of the home and correspondence; the habeas corpus writ, ete. The acts of terrorism have not been of great importance, separ- ately; but in a whole, the placing of bombs, the use of “Molotov cocktails” and other acts of sabot age, without discrimination, had some effect on the Nation’s eco- nomy. ¥ In Oriente Province, for example trade is practically paralized in the principal cities as people remain indoors after sunset. The same is happening in Havana, where movie houses, cabarets and other places of night recreation begin to feel the effects. On the other hand, and it is a curious thing, tourists traffic, an important source of exchange, has not been greatly affected by the terrorist wave. For Christmas and New Years it established new re cords. a du “Different to previous. guaranties suspension, this step of the gov- ernment probably will be given considerable popular backing, -~ outside of the Press and Radio cir. cles of course. The people are tired of being frightened. Acts of vio. lence against the government may or may not have won backing for the government and its policies; but it is evident that the Sonat of the revolution have lost more than they have won with the walk ton violence,