Diario las Américas Newspaper, June 16, 1957, Page 14

1 Inter - American News for English - Speaking people 4th YEAR @. A. SAN ROMAN c. President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managing Editor Fred . Ww Vice President M. Shaver Business Manager SMITH 8. SMIRG Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President. Editor and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advt. & Cire. Mgr. Published daily except Monday — Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miami Sprmgs. Fla.. on February 8. 1956. EDITORIAL ene REE AY FATHER’S DAY In just homage of love and gratitude, deeply rooted in the heart of human beings, FATHER’S DAY, the day in which tribute is paid to him, who, in our lives, has re- presented kindness, orientation and sacrifice, was establish- ed. His love, his counsel and his efforts are essential factors in the moulding of any person, facts which places the son under obligation—generous obligation—to respect and love his father and to see in him—as in his mother— God's representative for the noble mission of giving us life and direct us through paths tanding of it. jieadiag to a better unders- This day invites to serious meditation. The son has to think about how much a father signifies, in his duty not to defraud his hopes, honoring and reacting always in accor- dance with his efforts and abnegation. Those who have the good fortune of having their fathers alive, give them, with their prayers for their well being, a kiss in the forehead as token of their gratitude and affec- tion; and those who have gone through the painful expe- rience of losing them, bring into the prayer they direct to heaven for the peaceful rest of their fathers souls, the deep remembrance of gratefulness in memory of those who gave them their name, their example, their sacrifice and the nobleness of their hearts. All sons, with their fathers alive or dead, feel today, in the depth of their spirits, in the innermost of their souls, the emotion of this day that is a day of love, gratefulness and reverential remembrances. neem POLITICO-MILITARY CRISIS IN HAITI As it is well known, a military rebellion against the Provisional President of the Republic of Haiti left the Government of that country in the hands of a Military Junta composed by three high ranking Army officers. This is the sixth Government Haiti has in the last six months. It is regrettable in extreme that in that time Haiti has not been able to find the way leading to democratic normalcy. The civic regime resulting from the popular revolutionary movement of May 25 has disappeared, and according to the reports of news agencies, the Army in open rebellion, expelled the Chief Executive from the country and arrested the ministers of his cabinet. That Haiti is suffering a political as well as a military crisis is demonstrated, without doubt, by the fact that for half a year it has not been possible that political leaders reach an agreement for the even though it could be of chance to the groups seeking realization of a plan which, partisan type, would give a power to develop their activi- ties in a democratic and normal manner. In reality there was unity of the civilians only in preventing the armed forces affairs. declared several times, from interfering in political It should be remembered that general strikes, acted as a brake to several attempts of military imposition. However, everything seems to in- dicate that now that the coup d’etat has been carried on in such a drastic manner, it will not leave any immediate opportunity for citizens reaction to come out in defense of Civil Power. Lets hope that the Haitian people soon will be able to come out of the crisis in which they are, and that the armed forces’s men who have now assumed the responsibilities of Government make good in good faith the promise of celebra- ting free elections, made to done as soon as possible, if the nation, which should be in reality there is an honest purpose of reinstating republican life in Haiti. Latin ‘American Trade Assistance Offered by Commerce Department A firm in Cuba wishes to export to the United States fancy grocer- ies and candies. . . A Brazilian manufacturer of in- dustrial steel shelving seeks expan- sion capital. : . An importer from Ecuador will visit the United States for the pur-} pose of purchasing construction materials and to contact construc- tion firms interested in building seaports, pipelines and hotels in Ecuador. . . “The U. S. Department of Com- merce, serving as the link between the local World Trade community and firms abroad, receives these announcements and makes them available for review by interested world traders,” declares Marion A. Leonard, Manager of the Miami Field Office. “We receive regularly from Latin America and other re- gions of the world reports which contain specific opportunities for engaging in world trade. In these} reports are included foreign gov- ernments’ invitations to bid on pro- jects such as construction of sub- ways, construction of a self-pro- pelled motor bucket dredger, and Purchase of wooden ties for rail- ways. Also included is information on foreign visitors who are coming to the United States — and to Mia- mi —.to buy, to sell, or to estab- lish agencies. These reports fur- nish new markets, new sources of supply, and opportunities to nego- tiate patent licensing agreements with foreign manufacturers or to establish new industries abroad through capital investments.” FOREIGN COMMERCE WEEK- LY, the official U. S. Department | of Commerce magazine, and the bi- weekly ~ bulletin, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD, list many of the foregoing trade op- portunities. * | Business firms interested in trad- ing with other countries may also \register their interest by filing an |application for listing in the EX- |PORTERS — IMPORTERS INDEX |The information supplied in this registration, treated as confiden- tial at all times, serves to pinpoint particular interests of individual |firms. With this as a guide( both the Department in Washington and the Miami Field Office are better able to bring to the attention of the registrants special items of particular interest to them. If you are listed on the EXPORTERS — IMPORTERS INDEX, it will help us to serve YOU better. All those interested in world trade will find it to their advantage to utilize the above-mentioned fac- ilities, as well as the many other services provided by the Miami Field Office of the U. S. Depart- ment of Commerce, located in Room 316 of the Main Post Office, 300 N. E. First Avenue, telephone FRanklin 9-5431, Extension 54. “A telephone call or a visit to this of- fice to discuss your specific prob- lems is all it takes to become ac- quainted with our functions,” states Mr. Leonard, SDAILY cas Riddled by his Office i BOGOTA, June 15 (UP)— Héc- tor Echeverry Cardenas, editor of the newspaper “Tribuna” of Iba- gué was assassinated in that city | last night, by unknown assailants | cAW. SEE by. THE OLD “He-COON” — Folks who know Florida polities general- jly agree that Congressman Bob Sikes has West Florida in the palm of his hand. But, if you are driving out that way and see a sign that says “Bob Sikes Highway” — remember this — he doesn’t own it. It’s just named after him. The Florida State Senate has given his name to State Road Number 85, running from the Alabama line to Fort Walton Beach. It so happens that this 50 mile stretch of road runs through Crestview, Sikes’ home town. No particular reason was given by the Senate for nam- ing the highway after Sikes they seem to like him, that’s alk. NEW OFFICERS — The Florida State Society — made up of any- body from Florida who works «in Washington — and has the $2.50 membership fee, held its annual election last week. Congressman Dante Fascell was named _presi- dent (first time a member of Con- gress has held the job). First Vice president is Brig. Gen, Chester R. Allen (gettiing to be a habit with the general. Two weeks ago he was elected vice president of the Washington Alumni Club of the University of Florida). Second Vice president is Mrs. Inez Sikes (another first). Secretary, Bill Norman, administrative assistant to Congressman Charlie Bennett (not the first time this job has been wished on a hard working staff member). And Treasurer is Mrs. Sarah Shiner who works for Senator Holland (this is un- doubtedly the first time any mo- ney was ever left in the treasury. Mrs. Shiner already has $517 to look after). A great new season is anticipated by all loyal members. Let’s have a party. GREAT DAY — While Congress- man Dante Fascell was getting elected President of the Florida State Society ‘in absentia,” he was winning ‘ the annual Congressional charity ball game for the Demo- erats. The men from Capitol Hill play this game once a year for the benefit of the crippled children of this area. To keep backache and sore muscles at a minimum, only five innings are played. It was in the top half of the fifth inning — the Democrats were leading by |10 to 9. The bases were loaded. A jtense moment. Two out. The De- mocrats could blow this one!. Then a hard line drive to short-stop. A quick high leap for a sensational one-handded catch by Fascell — and the game was won. GETTING READY FOR 1960? — Never underestimate the power of a woman. And this may be the key to strengthening the Demo- cratic party within the State; look- ing to the 1960 presidential elec- tions. Mrs. Aubrey Haley, wife of Congressman Jim, from Sarasota, last week was named president of the Democratic Women’s Clubs | of Florida at a meeting in St. Pet-) ersburg. For some time there have | been several county clubs scattered | around the State, but this is the first time that a statewide organiza- tion has been set up. Mrs. Haley will cover Florida, speaking and setting up local units of the new state organization. TUNG OIL PROBLEM — The problem hasn’t really developed yet — but Senator Holland does not want it to, either. He has pro- tested to the Interstate Commerce Commission about their recom- mendation that a 3 cents per pound tariff be placed on imports of tung oil. Holland thinks definite quotas should be set up instead. He says that if unlimited imports con- tinue, the domestic market will soon fall to the point where price supports will be necessary — some- thing that has not happened up to this time. Holland has asked the | Department of Agriculture (secret- ly in agreement with him) to ask the President to intervene and back up his demands to the Inter- state Commerce Commission. Flo- rida is this country’s biggest pro- Liberal Newspaper Editor Bullets Near n Colombia who shot him and fled. First reports from Ibagué said that he was shot in the back three times and that Echeverry died in- stantly, The crime took place in the cen- | ter of the city, a few steps from ihe newspaper offices, Echeverry was a member of the Liberal Party and editor of the on- ly liberal newspaper in the Depart- ment of Tolima, which has been the most seriously affected by vio- lence in the last few years. At the end of last March, Eche- verry traveled through the zones | of the guerrilla fighters, interview- | ing some of their leaders, and ne- gotiating a truce. The crime has shocked Ibagué | as well as journalistic and political circles in Bogota. A “Tribuna” staff writer told United Press over the telephone that Echeverry was killed by six shots in the back of his head, fired by one or two unknown persons | who got out from a jeep and then fled in the same vehcile. He added that political leaders and a group of industrialists and merchants, meeting at the news- E. DE LA GUARDIA No Communists in Panamanian Govt. President De La Guardia Declares PANAMA, June 15 (UP)— Pre- sident Ernesto de la Guardia, Jr., defended last night his Govern- ments of charges that there are communists in it, made by the First Vice Prrsident, Temistocles Diaz, who last month resigned from the National Patriotic Coalition. Speaking at the resort of Taboga Island, during a reception in his paper’s office, decided ta start a| general strike in Ibagué, which is to last until the Intelligence Sei | vice in that city is eliminated. Th newsman said that while he was | talking on the telphone. public de- monstrations were taking place in the cener of the city and in the front of newspaper offices. In Bogota, over the telephone, | shouts of the crowds in front of | “Tribuna” could be heard. The | newsman said no new incidents | have taken place in the city. He said he had no details ori the | investigation started by authorities | to find the criminals, nor if they | had been arrested or not. GEN. CARLOS PASOS ARRIVES IN MIAMI General Carlos Pasos, outstand- ing Nicaraguan statemsna, ar- rived in this city from San José, Costa Riga, accompanied by his distin, ed wife, Mrs. Soledad Abatinza de Pasos. They will leave tomorrow for Baltimore, .where they go for health reasons, and then to Washington, where they have numerous and valuable friends. THE AMERICAS DAILY cor- dially greets the distinguished v sitors, wishing them a very pleas- honor given by Coalition legis- lators, the Chief Executive accus- ed the group led by Diaz of harm- ig the chances that Congress ap- proves the necessary laws to put into effect the Treaty of 1955 with | the United States. Diaz, who broke with de la Guar- dia and the Coaliton and formed his own group called National Li- beration Movement, was not men- tioned by name by the Presideni, but his words left no doubt that he was referring to him. In his newspaper “La Naci6n”, Diaz has engaged in a campaign against “Communists at the Presi- dential Palace.” , De la Guardia reaffirmed his de- mocratic ideology, and said: “JT will not hesitate in applying the law to any Government em- ployee affiliated to Communism or that is receiving instructions or orders from Soviet sources.” He added he consideres the charges of communism as “a trick to achieve victory with cheap political maneu- vers.” Diaz’ charges originate from the fact thatthe ex head of the Social- ist Party, Diégenes de la Rosa, is collaborator and close friend of the Chief Executive. The presi- dent declared that in spite of “the open invitation to revolt” by Diaz group, he will continue to enjoy complete freedom to engage ant stay in the United States. in his campaign. Resolutions Approved to Reinforce Women’s Position WASHINGTON, June 15 (UP)— The Inter American Women Com- mision’s General © Assembly ap- proved ten resolutions aimed to | reinforce the economic positon of | women in the Western Hemisphere | countries, | The resolutions will be sumbit- ted to the 21 Governments of the Organization of American States (OAS). The Delegates will meet again today and Monday before official- ly adjourning the sessions. On Monday’s meeting the Am- bassador of Brazil and President of the OAS, Fernando Lobo and the Mayoress of San Juan, Puerto Ri- co, Felisa Rincoén de Gautier, will address the Delegates, in our Hemisphere Among the approved resolutions are those which direct: 1 Creation or enlargement of of- ficial Employment Agencies to procure work, gratuitously, to all kind of persons without any dis- crimination. 2. To adopt pertinent measures for the creation or improvement, according to the case, of Women Labor Offices, entrusted to put in- to practice a coordinate policy to investigate, promote and direct the position of women in the ranks of labor. 3. That the member States lend preferential attention to the speci- fie’ problems of women working in the fields (agriculture). HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Latin American News in Brief FIGNOLE LANDS IN MIAMI Deposed Provisional President of Haiti, Daniel Fignole, arrived here about 1:00 P. M. today, aboard a plane of the Haitian Air Force. He was greeted at the airport by Walter Wallers, of the State Department. It is not known yet if Fignole will remain here. He was expelled from his country by the military authorities. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY UNIT PROPOSED MEXICO, D.F. (UP)— The Me- xican industrial combine has pro- posed creation of an international monetary unit to facilitate trade among the Latin American coun- tries. The combine, which is carrying on a campaign in favor of a Me- xico-Centro America-Panamé Eco- nomic bloc (MEXCAP), said that ducer of tung oil. the lack of a monetary pact among the different countries is an obs- tacle for import and export ac- tivities. The President of the combine, Antonio Arellano, declared: “One of the most important aspects of the economic collaboration bet- ween México, Central America and Panama is the one regarding finan- tial relations. “In this case there is a good opportunity for expansion of pri- vate initative though creation of a mixed capital. To viz: capital from each country and from the member countries jointly. This mixed capital should have, of cour- se, the protection of the laws of each country exactly similar to the protection given by each one to their own national investments”, PRIZE WON BY YOUNG URUGUAYAN MUSICIAN - NEW YORK (UP) — Nineteen years old José Serebrier, Urugua- Weary Haitians Calmly Accept Military Coup PORT AU PRINCE, June 15 — (UP) Haitians, tired of six months of government turmoil, today calm- ly accepted the military coup which overthrew Provisional President Daniel Fignole. Three presidential candidates said they were confident Gen. An- tonio Kebreau, Army Chief of Staff who engineered the bloodless coup, would carry out his promise for an early presidential election, One candidate, Dr. Francois Du- valier, said the Army “acted pro- perly” in overturning Fignole’s provisional government. “Fignole was appointed by a gentleman’s agreement (among the presidential candidates) to carry out the elections,” Duvallier said. “But he never mentioned a date for the elections and talked as if he were installed in the palace for a full term.” Sen. Louis Dejoie, another pre- sidential candidate, said he is against army coups in principle but in this case he thinks the military government is an improvement over Fignole. Clemeno Jumelle, a third can- didate, told friends he hopes the Military Junta will answer Haiti’s needs for political and economic stability in the interim before the presidential elections. Observers attributed aceeptance of the Junta to: —The attitudes of the leading to be members of HAVANA, June 15 (Special to THE AMERICAS DAILY) — The Director of the Santiago de Cuba Civil Hospital, Dr. Norberto Mar- tiran Ortiz, was shot twice -yes- terday’s morning, According to the report from the Oriente’s capital, he was attacked, when leaving his residence in the Santa Maria sub-division by a group of men who opened fire on him and ihen es- caped. He was taken to his own hospital for treatment and observation. Police and army authorities are looking for the authors of the. at- tempt on the life of Dr. Martiran Ortiz. Many searchs and arrests were made in Santiago as consequence of the assassination of a soldier young men, The driver of the bus was also superficially wounded by one of the bullets. Although it is said some persons have been ar- rested, their names have not been released. Also killed by bullets in Santia- go de Cuba was the proprietor of a night club, 50 years old Pedro Luis Rodriguez who was a candid- ate to Alderman by the “Authen- tic’ party. inscribed in the last elections. The dead man’s wife de- clared that while she was in the club, three men who claimed to be members of the Regimental Intel- ligence Service, came to arrest him and that one of them pulled out a gun and shot him in the head when she and other persons present op- presidential candidates. —The Army’s efficiency in carry- ing out the coup. posed his arrest. After the shoot- ing they left. Member Inter American Press Associ¢¢ion _ @ For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 282 Three Shot as Terrorism Persists in Cuban Rebel Stronghold of Oriente HOSPITAL DIRECTOR SHOT AS HE LEFT HIS RESIDENCE IN SANTIAGO, DE CUBA Night Club owner killed by men claiming Intelligence Service men who were trying to join the rebels in Sierra Maestra were ar- rested. A revolver was taken away from one of them. In the farm “La Tarzana”, near the Army arsenal in Santiago, the body of an unindentifiea dead man was found. The coroner ex- amination did not find any marks of violence’ and an autopsy was ordered to find the cause of death, SANTIAGO STREETS PATROLLED BY ARMY HAVANA, June 15 (UP)— Rur- al Guard soldiers are today patrol- ling the’streets of Santiago de Cu- ba with the police, due to the day- light assassination of a soldier tra- velling in a bus, only two blocks away from Army Headquarters in that capital of Oriente Province. The police said that two uni- dentified young men’ slew the soldier, Domingo Bauza Soto, shoot- ing him in the back and forcing the driver to stop the vehicle, escap- ed. ‘ In Havana, the police arrested eleven persons who were accussed of plotting to kill outstanding po- liteal figures and to attack the mi- litary garrison of La Palma in Pix nar del Rio Province, The police affirmed that ex-Con- gtessman, Teodoro Tejeda Setien, intimate friend of ex President Carlos Prio Socarras, was entrust- ed to pay the perpetrators of the assassinations. It also adds that $500 were offered to the conspirat- ors if they would kill Minister of At Contramaestre, seven young We have received two letters from the outstanding Miami physician of Latin American origin, Dr. Manuel Lores, which follow: Editor THE AMERICAS DAILY Miami, Fla. I am enclosing an open letter that I have written to President. Eisenhower, in the hope that you will be kind enough to publish it in THE AMERICAS ‘DAILY. I am well aware, that Presi- dent Eisenhower may never get to read it. However, in this nation, public opinion has such a great influence on the decisions of its elected officials, that this letter will have served its-purpo- se if it focuses the attention of the American public on the fact that Democracy is not faring so well in some Latin American countries. With thanks and best wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, (signed) Manuel Lores, M. D. The Letter to the President says: Dear Mr. President: It is with a great deal of trepida- yan musician, won one of the pri- zes granted to young composers by the Broadcast Music Inc. The $500 prize 1s the second ‘won by the Uruguayan youngster. stnce he came to the U. S. with a scholarship’ from the State De- partment. Last year, shortly after he arrived in the United States, he won the Serge Koussevitzky vrize. Among the members of the ju- ry were William Schuman, of the Julliard School Music and Henry Cowel: MEXICO TO BUY MERCHANT SHIPS TAMPICO, México (UP)— An undertermined number of mer- chant vessels over 5,000.tons will be purchased in the United States an official said. Company official René Ferreira by the Mexican shipping firm TMM | Duré; tion and sorrow in my heart that I write you these lines. I well realize that as an Ameri- can citizen, I cannot take part di- rectly in the internal affairs of other fhations, but on the other hand, this citizenship endows me with the right’ to think and express my thoughts freely. He is not a man, who turns his back on his parents when he takes a wife, and in the long run, he will prove himself unworthy of both his parents and his wife. Likewise, he is not a man, who forgets his native land when he becomes the adopted son of another country. He too, will prove in the long run, to be unworthy of his new citizen- ship. . No Cuban can help but be ap- palled by the recent events in Cu- ba. The press reports ofthe con- stant acts of terrorism against the government and that the Cuban army is ready to, or is using, nap- alm, incendiary bombs against the Cuban rebels. A case of brother burning brother alive, in the Cen- tury of Enlightenment and at cock’s crow from our shores. A way must be found to have said he has just reutrned from New Orleans, where he made ar- rangements for the purchase. He did not specify the amount ef the investment or the number of vessels involved. OLDEST MAN SAO PAULO, Brazil (UP)— The newspaper Diario da Noite report- ed that the oldest man in the world lives in Sao Paulo province, out- side this southern industrial metro- polis, . The newspaper identified the super-oldster as Manoel Rodrt- gues Coutinho, who says he was born Jan. 10, 1801. NEW MINISTER TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (UP) The Military Junta Government ap-" the Interior, Santiago Rey. Open Letter to Pres. Eisenhower DR. MANUEL LORES COMMENTS CUBAN POLITICAL SITUATION free, impartial elections. No one in his right mind would expect the present government of Cuba to be willing, or capable of the task. His- tory and tradition teach us, that fascist, oligarchie governments cannot be trusted in these matters — political ‘honesty is against their own nature. A government should be formed of impartial Cubans, whose sole re- sponsibility must be to hold free, democratic elections. If such a group of Cubans does not exist, then it'is the duty of the U. N. to supervise those elections. It is inconceivable, that the U. N. would be so ready to jump into the fire when a few shots are exchanged in the Gaza strip and yet stand idle while a fratricidal conflict rages on the soil of one of its members. # It is well to point out, that this great Democracy has chastised Russia very severely because of the terror and opression that exist in’ some of the nations located be- hind the Iron Curtain, while in its own area of influence there are nations whose citizens are no bet- ter off than those in some of the Russian satelites. While American Statesmen com- .. plain of our failure to gain the friendship of the world, they seem to be unaware of the fact that in Latin America, our present poli- cies may continue to hold the dub- ious friendship of the dictators, but only at the risk of Josing the more reliable one of those Latin Ameri- cans who desire freedom, justice and the preservation of their hu- man rights. The Godd Neighbor policy has failed because it is neither good nor neighborly, except for the dit: tators, as it encourages instead of abating them. We still havé a product which is unsurpassed on its appeal to the human’ mind — it is called demo- eracy. Since all lights are brighter and clearer, the’closer we are to their source, let us direct first the Spot Light of Democracy towards the Caribbean area. To do less could be construed as meaning that we are sworn to Democracy on the lips but unsworn in our minds. More Democracy and less Neo Fascism in Latin America must be pointed Hernan Corrales Educa- tion Minister in place of Jorge F. on, Durén was promoted to Foreign Minister several weeks ago, our Motto, Respectfully yours, (Signed) Manuel Le ves, M. D,