Diario las Américas Newspaper, July 3, 1957, Page 10

Inter - American News for English - Speaking people i] THE AMERICAS DAILY - For @ better understanding between the Americas 4th YEAR MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1957 @. A SAN ROMAN Cc. W. SMITH Ss. SMIRA President Vice President Vice President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managing Editor Business Fred M. Shaver HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President Editor and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gémez Manager Advt. & Circ. Mer. "enema nS RSE TS ESE Published daily except Monday — Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miami Sprmgs. Fla. on February 8. 1956. eee eer errer coins Tere EDITORIAL THE BIGINNING OF A FIFTH YEAR — Tomorrow, July 4th, THE AMERICAS DAILY ends four years of uninterrupted journalistic work. During that period of time, this independent newspaper has had to Struggle with great intensity to win the appreciation and support of the public, of that public who has displayed a great generosity to overlook natural errors and to encourage us in the difficult work implied in the daily publication of a newspaper. At the beginning of our’ fifth year of existence, we want to express our most sincere thanks to all the readers of THE AMERICAS DAILY of different cities both in United States and Latin America, as well as to the commer- cial enterprises which have used the pages of this newspaper to bring to the public the message advertising their business. In this anniversary of tomorrow, the fourth for THE AMERICAS DAILY, we reiterate our promise to serve with loyalty the ideals of the democratic press of the Americas, those ideals which imply responsibilities of moral and ideolo- gical order, the accomplishment of which constitutes a guarantee for society. In spite of the hard knocks brought always by the different tasks of journalism, especially regarding the dif- ficulty of trying to please everybody at the same time, we have the satisfaction to know that in four years of hard test, THE AMERICAS DAILY has multiplied its circulation to a considerable extent, much more than what we had expected, which constitutes for us a new encouragement as well as an obligation: an encouragement to continue the struggle and a moral obligation with our readers in the sense of serving them, within our possibilities, with the loyalty and the efficiency they deserve. LATIN AMERICANS ON THE EVE OF THE FOURTH OF JULY Because of the warm hospitality the people of the United States offer the Latin Americans residing in this country, and in particular for the meaning of the Fourth of July for this Nation, all persons of Latin American origin have the duty to join these great people in a magnificent communion of ideals, in the celebration of the glorious anniversary of tomorrow. Besides, we should remember what the emancipation movement in the United States represented for all of Latin America, as moral encouragement for the political freedom of the Latin American nations. May the citizens of the United States feel very close to their hearts the enthusiasm arid good will of all Latin Americans in this glorious and trascendental date in their history. Creater Economic, Technical Aid To Colombia Advocated by Rep. Porter WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP)— Representative Charles Porter stressed the urgent need that the United States affirms its moral in- fluence in Latin America giving prompt support to the new Gov- ernment of Colombia, through greater economic and technical aid. Porter returned Sunday to Washington from a visit to Bogota. He said he was impressed with the manner in which the Military Jun- ta is taking the country from the “low road” of dictatorship to the “high road” of democracy. sg The congressman reiterated his intention, announced for the first time in Panam4, to sponsor an amendment to the Mutual Security Law (foreign aid), by which milit- ary aid to nations considered “die- tatorships” would be reduced by the Department of State. His conversations with Latin American statesmen have convinc- ed him that the democratic na- tions do not want charity, but on- ly the moral suppoyt of the United States, Porter declared to the Unit- ed Press. Colombia needs technical aid to develop her natural resources and to help in stabilizing the shaky eco- nomy that the regime of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla left to the country, with a debt of $400,000,000 he added. In conclusion, Porter said he is convinced the gains obtained by the United States in rejecting dic- tatorial governments would count- eract any adverse effect on milit- ary considerations. FOUR HUNDRED PUBLIC PROJECTS DEDICATED IN GUATEMALA TODAY GUATEMALA — As part of the eelebrations marking the third an- niversary of the Liberation Move- ment, the Government will dedic- ate tomorrow 400 projects through- out the country which have been completed at a total cost of $25,- 000,000. Among these is the 150- bed regional hospital at Jutiapa, built at a cost of almost one mil- lion dollars, Also among the public works projects are 17 schools, a hvdroelectric plant, several sections of highways, ete. The homestead Program will be boosted by ‘the granting of 3,000 titles to land. Meanwhile 400 teachers in Guate- mala City will receive title to city lots in the new teachers” housing , @evelopment, LETTER TO BATISTA SURPRISES OFFICIALS WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP)— Government officials received with surprise, although they abstained from making comments about it, the letter that Congressman. Chas. Porter, from Oregon, sent to Presi- dent Fulgencio Batista, of Cuba, asking him to authorize a Com- mittee of the United Nations or the Organization of American States (OAS) to supervise the next elections in that country. Porter, who has launched a cru- sade to “free the countries of Lat- in America of dictators” sent his letter to Batista on June 22nd, with a copy submitted te Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. It is known that Porter first con- sulted with Roy Rubottom, Under Secretary of State for Latin Ame- rican Affairs, before he sent the letter to Batista. Rubottom, how- ever, did not give advise to Port- er about sending or not sending the letter. Porter told the UP that, up to this date, there has not been any reaction from the Cuban Govern- ment or the State Department. He added he did not believe his act to constitute “interference in the in- ternal affairs of other countries.” It is not customary, however, that members of Congress intimate or insinuate to oth@ governments how to conduct their elections. For this reason the authorities frowned. A top Cuban diplomat suggested in vrivate that Porter “should mind his own business.” In his letter, Porter tells Batista that “in this desperate hour” only free elections can bring Cuba back to “the path of peace.” Batista Gov- ernment has announced elections to be held on June Ist. next year. Porter asked Batista “to save Cu- ban youth and, at the same time, to uvoid that the country spills a lot of blood.” He affirmed that the Cupan authorities, aware of the sit- uation, and also the Cuban exiles, told him that “if Cuba did not have free elections soon, it will become a tragic sea of blood.” Pointing out that the Govern- the opposition were anxious to have free elections in Cuba, Porter in- sinuated that some Committee of the United Nations or the Organiza- tion of American States “with blue uniforms,” supervises the elections. He added that the United Nations have already supervised other elec- tions, although he admitted that there is not similar precedent in the OAS, ment parties as well as those of | Know thy Neighbor By ANTONIO RUIZ HONDURAS — where the Rosario silver mines are located, is about twenty miles northeast of Tegucigalpa, the capit- al of the Republic, and the visitor goes there through a thrilling and tortuous mountain road, in a trip of two hours of the most glorious scenery which such a road will af- ford. The mine is located on the mountain side, and it looks, as one approaches, as if it were about to slip down at any moment from its precarious hold on the mountain. Visitors can stay and watch the mining operations, and can have lunch at the clubhouse. For those who like horseback riding, there are beautiful bridle trails through the mountain forest. At Zamorano, about 24 miles from the capital, is the Pan Ameri- ean School of Agriculture, which opened in 1943 with a North Ame- rican director, Dr. Wilson Popenoe, who recently announced his retire- | ment. The boys are all scholarship jstudents chosen from the differ- ent Spanish speaking American Re- publics, Further east, is the branch {road to Yucaran, once a colonial mining center of great importance, Farther still is Danli, in a farming district near the border with Ni- caragua, Driving through some of the most beautiful sections of the Honduran mountains, the visitor can descend to the hot banana lands of the the northeast. It takes about three hours to drive the seventy-five miles of winding, curving road from Tegucigalpa to Comayagua. This town, set in a rich agricultur- al valley, was in earlier days a riv- al of Tegucigalpa and for a time the capital of the country. It is now a small, quiet, provincial town, which has preserved the charm of colonial times and its elaborate churches and colonial houses. With their thick walls and iron-barred windows, the houses present a for- bidding aspect to the street, but the flower-filled patios inside are the very essence of graciousness and hospitality. The three hundred-year Cathedral contains priceless re- lics of bygone days. Its clocks once stood in the Alhambra of Gra- nada, Spain; its tabernacle and can delabra were a gift of Philip IV of Spain, and are made of solid silver and among its many fine paintings is the “Martyrdom of Saint Bartho- lomew,” painted by Murillo. San Pedro Sula, second city of Honduras, is a thriving metropolis in the heart of the banana coun- try. The town, with a population of 60,000 is modern and active, with good hotels and restaurants. Eight miles to the east is La Lima, where the United Fruit Company has its Honduran and Central Ame- rican headquarters. A short dis- tance from La Lima are the beau- tiful ruins of the pre-Spanish city of Travesia, old El Progreso is another banana town a few miles from La Lima. A good road was built to the south- west, leading to Santa Rosa de Co- pan, situated near the Maya ruins of Copan, The trip from Santa Ro- sa to the ruins is made by plane. Railroads connect San Pedro Sula and these banana towns with the banana ports of Puerto Cortés, Te- la and La Ceiba. From Tegucigalpa a road goes north and east into the cattle-rais- ing Department of Olancho. So rich is the department in natural re- sources, that it has been called a reservoir for the economic future of the country. The climate is wholesome, and the soil amazing- ly fertile. Juticalpa and Catacamas are the principal cities in this vast region. Spanish Version Page 3 CANAL ZONE TEACHERS AUTHORIZED TO HOLD TWO DIFFERENT JOBS WASHINGTON (UP)— The House passed today and sent to the Senate a bill authorizing Pana- ma Canal Zone teachers to hold two jobs and receive double salar- ies. Sponsors of the bill said its pur- pose is to facilitate the operation of night and vacation schools in the zone by exempting teachers from the law banning employes from holding dual government of- fices. The House also pased and sent to the Senate a bill to conform the law with regard to unpaid Canal Zone money orders to that af- fecting U. S. Post Office Money Or- ders. The general law bars the.pay- ment of unpaid money orders aft- er 20 years from the date of issue. Finally, the House also approved a bill making it a felony to injure or destroy communications lines. The new law would extend and broaden existing law against. wil- full or malicious interference with public utility installations in the Zone, San Juancito, | | | A Catholic Priest, member of a prominent Cuban family, was sub- mitted to tortures by Havana po- lice because ha helped some politic- | al opponents to the Batista Govern- ment to hide, according to state- ments made in an exclusive inter- view with René Viera, staff writer of THE AMERICAS DAALY. Reverend Ram6én O’Farrill a grandson of the first Mayor of Ha- vana, Dr. Juan Ramon O’Farrill, prominent physician and President of the Revolutionary Emigree Com- mittee in Key West during the Cuban Survivor Of Ship Wreck .Returns Home KEY WEST, Fla. (UP)— A gaunt, 48-year-old Cuban, who clung to an oil drum bobbing in the Gulf of México for more than eight days without food or water, flew to his home in Havana for reunion with his family. A Public Health Service doctor who examined Prudencio Anguelo Perdomo when he was brought a- shore said the Cuban was in “sur- prisingly good condition in view of his ordeal.” Perdomo apparently was the on- ly survivor of the sinking of the 142-foot Cuban motor vessel Tropi- cal in the Yucatan Channel about 11:30 P. M. June 21, Eight days and 4 1-2 hours later — about 4 A. M. Sunday — he was found floating in the gulf some 340 miles southwest of St. Petersburg, Fla., by the tank- er S. S. Mobilgas. Ten men still are missing and are presumed dead. In an exclusive interview with Hank Day, Key West newspaper- man who files for United Press, Perdomo told. in Spanish of his or- deal. “I had truly given up hope, but my prayers must have been an- swered,” he said. “Al I did from the time our ship sank was cling to an oil drum and pray. I also thought of my wife and four chil- jent, and also from the French Mi- | dren.” HEALTH CENTERS IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY (UP.— New rur- al social welfare centers will be established during August in 30 areas of the country bringing to 70 the number of areas served by such centers, the Public Health De- partment announced. The centers are manned by doc- tors, nurses and social workers who advise the rural population on sani- tation methods, child-care, preven- tive medicine and other social and sanitary activities. MEXICAN WORKERS GET SALARY RAISE MEXICO CITY (UP)— Labor Se- eretary Adolfo Lépez Mateos said Mexican workers have received a 10 to 12 per cent wage increase during recent revision of labor con- tracts and that there is a “feeling of harmony hetween workers and empployers” throughout the coun- try. Lépez Mateos said employers have adopted an attitude of under- standing and have satisfied most of the demands of the nation’s 10 million workers. He added that in keeping with the policy of the present adminis- struggle for Cuban independence, | was the victim of the above men- | tioned depredation. His father the | late Ramén O’Farrill, Major in the | Cubam Army, was graduated from the War College of the United States, where the late General George Patton was his fellow stud- litary Academy of St. Cyr. | According to Father O’Farrill, | he was acting as a guest at El Ve- | dado Parochial Church in Havana, | where he had come from Cienfue- | gos and “in accordance with the| precepts of the Church had given | aid to some people suffering per- secution from the authorities’, helping to hide some of them in the | homes of friends, so they could es- | cape from the persecution. The Police discovered his activi- ties and on June 24, 1956, when he was leaving his house to go to the church, he was arrested and taken to Police Headquarters. There he was submitted to questioning and to personal tortures by the late Chief of Police Rafael Salas Cafiiza- res and Lt. Esteban Ventura. Be- tween the two police officers they gave him an unmerciful beating, in which three of his ribs were fractured. Salas Cafizares him- self hit him in the left side of the face with a rifle butt, and as a consequence, he has lost complete- ly hearing in the left ear. After four days in jail, he was released by intervention of the Church, on condition that he aban- don the country, and on July 6, 1956, he left for Montreal, Cana- da, where he stayed for one year with the “fraternité Sacerdotale”, in Lake Superior. Father O’Farril arrived in Mia- mi last Sunday, and is waiting here for permission from the Florida Church officials to stay in this ci- ty, where, he says; “I could be of great help to the thousands of Cub- ans, among them many political re- fugees, who are in need of spiritual guidance.” He adds that, knowing as he does, the great suffering of these refugges, he considers him- self particularly qualified to lend’ them the spiritual support they need. . HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Latin American News in Brief tration, preference is given to be- nefits of a social rather than a monetary nature. He said that in addition to wage hikes workers received the benefit of low food prices and drug stores which have been established to sell goods at low prices to workers and their families. Also special funds have*been created for the construction of workers’ homes, he said. \ MEXICAN MD TO STUDY INFLUENZA IN TOKIO MEXICO CITY (UP)— A Mexic- en doctor of the Public Health Min- istry is on his way to Tokyo.to study the influenza epidemic in the Far East and prevent the sprad of the disease to México. Dr. Joaquin Alvarez, who left for the Japanese capital, said this three week trip will also take him to Korea, the Philippines and other Far East points. He said he will confer with health officials in Japan, to obtain information on the measures tak- en by the Japanese health authorit- ies to check the spread of the disease which originated in Com- munist China and has been sweep- ing the Far East for the past few family, revealed yesterday at the Auditorium of THE AMERICAS DAILY, that three of his ribs were fractured while the Havana Chief of Police and one of his lieutenants tortured him because he helped sobre people escape from Government persecusion.—(Photo AMERICAS DAILY, by Gort) Catholic Priest Reveals Tortures Inflicted On Him By Havana Police Father Ramén O*Farrill, Of Prominent Cuban Family, Had 3 Ribs Fractured psa aot ne en STR REREAD DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OFFICIAL WILL NOT TESTIFY IN US COURT WASHINGTON, July 2 —(UP)— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today that the Domi- nican Republic has refused to let General Arturo Espaillat face ju- dicial action in the United States concerning the disappearance of Gerald L. Murphy and Jests de Galindez. The Secretary disclosed at a news conference that in a diplo- matic note delivered last week, the Dominican Government took the position that it would not be pro- per for a Cabinet officer to face judicial procedure in another coun- try. The note was in reply to two | United States requests that Espai- llat waive diplomatic immunity for questioning in connection with the disappearance in the Dominfean Republic of Murphy, a young United States pilot who worked for the Dominican Airlines. United Fruit To Appeal Decision Favoring Central American Railroad: NEW YORK, July 2 (UP)—The United Fruit Co. said through a spokesman today it probalby would appeal a Court decision requiring it to pay millions of-dollars in re- troactive higher freight rates to a Central American railroad. Supreme Court referee Ernest E. L. Hammer ruled in favor of 28 minority stockholders in the In- ternational Railways:of Central America who had sued United Fruit. The stockholders charged the fruit company, which owns 42.8 per cent of the railraod, with pay- ing a lower rate for its shipments of bananas than was charged other railroad users. Hammer said United paid $60 a carload and should have paid $75 a carload during 1946 and 1947. Each year after that the fruit com- pany should have had its rate in- creased by $5 a year until it paid a top of $115 in 1955. The public rate established in 1946 was $130 a carload. < weeks. Dr. Alvarez said the Mexican Pub lic Health Ministry already has taken some precautionary measu- res to keep’ the epidemic from these shores. ° “All travelers coming from the Orient are given a through check by health officials at the Central Airport,” he said. ‘ TAXCO FESTIVAL JUDGES DRAW STRONG PROTESTS TAXCO, México (UP)— Judges at the annual Taxco silver festival have drawn widespread protests be- cause they refused to award the three top prizes for silver design this year. Amerticarr William Spratling, founding father of the Taxco silver industry whose birthday is also ce- lebrated during the festival, took sharp issue with the judges who ruled there were no entries worthy of the prizes — one of which is named after Spratling. “The works should be judged for what they are, their value is not static but comparative”, ‘said Sprat- ling who entered a tea service in this year’s competition, wired Taxco silversmiths a HAVANA, July 2 (Special to THE AMERICAS DAILY) — Luis Sanchez Zamora, a soldier of Rur- al Guard Squadron 57, was wound- ed in a leg, at Avenue of the Tun- nel and the road to Santa Maria del Rosario, municipality close to this city when, while on patrol in a jeep accompanied by a Lieutenant of the Rural Guard Post at Coto- tro, they stopped a ear occupied by three men, which rouse their suspicions. When the soldier de- manded from the driver his license and identification the other two opened fire with pistols and one of the bullets hit him. The Lieuten- ant returned the fire but the car sped away. Later it was said that the car was probably hit and would have a few holes In its body. The soldier was taken to Columbia’s Army Hospital, BATISTA SUPPORTERS HAILING “VICTORY” | HAVANA. (UP) — Supporters |of President Fulgencio “Batista are hailing “victories” over the re- volutionary opposition in both the political and military fields. Member Inter American Press Association _@ For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 296 Cuban Soldier Wounded © in Attack on Army Jeep by Rebels Near Havana A successful “invasion” of the re- bel stronghold of Santiago de Cuba for a, mass government rally wag régarded as an impessive psycho- logical triumph while the capture of a major rebel arsenal at Palma Soriano. was considered to have dealth a serious blow to rebel for- ces in the field. Attendance at Sunday’s . “Peace Rally” in Santiago’s Cespedes Park was far below the 100,000 mark its organizers had aimed at. However, government sources claimed the fact they were able to muster an estimated 30,000 to hear a dozen chosen speakers eulogize the re- gime without any major bloodshed was a substantial moral victory. » Army troops killed one man and captured 15 others in a skirm- ish during a surprise raid on a country farm at Palmiro, near Palma Soriano where they seized a revolutionary supply depot. The “loot” included a field ma- chine gun, three sub-machine guns 30 rifles of various make and cali- bers, 15,000 rounds of ammunition and a large stockpile of field cloth- ing, medicines and canned food, NEW YORK, July 2 (UP)—tThe newspaper “The New York Times”, commenting the pro-Government meeting in Santiago de Cuba last Sunday, in an editorial entitled “The Cuban Rally,” says: The attempted rally of four small pro-Batista political parties in Santiago de Cuba on Sunday was a fizzle. Everyone, especially President Batista, can be thankful it was nothing worse. The citizens of Santiago de Cuba, the second largest city on the is- land are anti-Batista. The only ex- ceptions would be some Govern- ment workers and officials who would in any event, have been fore- ed to attend the meeting on Sun- day. The rally was planned and or- ganized by Rolando Masferrer, edit- or of the Havana newspaper El Tiempo and head of an unimpurt- ant political party. It is a tribute to the civic disci- pline of the Santiagueros that they simply stayed home and made the Batista rally look foolish. Se- fior Masferrer had boasted in ad- vance that 70,000 Cubans would at- tend. The experienced newspaper men present estimated the crowd at 4,000 to 5,000 and when it is con- DUBLIN (UP)— The “Irish Times” in an editorial on Argen- tina says: “Some doubt is still be- ing felt, about the readiness of Ar- gentina for a liberal form of gov- ernment. It has been suggested, for instance, that the Constitutent As- sembly may abuse its powers, or so prolong its deliberations that it will prove impossible to hold elec- tions for a reconstituted parlia- Ruis Cortines asking him to or- der “an investigation of the jud- ges.” Most of Taxco’s silversmiths are trained by the American Spratling who came her in 1926 and made the city into a silver center. for tourists and Mexicans as well. The colorful artisan once flew a group of Eskimos here from Alaska to teach them the arts of silver- smithing. * ALPHABETIZATION IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY (UP)— The De- fense Department said it is in- tensifying its alphabetization cam- paign among enlisted men in co- operation with the Education De- partment drive to wipe out illiter- acy in México. Defense Secretary General Ma- tias Ramos Santos requested all military regions to prepara a list of all illiterate enlisted men and ordered all military command- ers to take appropriate measures to es their soldiers as soon as le. ASK FOR JUSTICE FOR LONE REFUGEE - Pro-Batista Rally Was '’A Fizzle” The New York Times Ediforial Says sidered that many of them would have been brought in from outside to make a showing this is a striking testimony to the opposition that General Batista faces in the em- battled Province of Oriente, Cu. ba’s richest and most Populated area. It is there, in the Sierra Maestra, that the young rebel Fi. del Castro and his guerrilla force have been successfully standing off a supposedly definitive drive by the cream of the Cuban Army and its best officers for many weeks, The political rally was one more proof that President Batista, like so many dictators before him, is be- ing misled and misinformed by hia followers. Dictators are rarely told the truth by their sycophantic or interested supporters..Anyone with the President’s interests truly at heart and with the courage to tell him unpleasant facts could hava warned him that Santiago de Cu ba was the last place to try to hold a political rally in favor of his regime or of elections that very few in Oriente Province want or would trust. The situation in Cuba obviously continues to deteriorate and it is moving inexorably toward a cli max, Argentinas Readiness for Liberal Govt. Doubtful, Irish Paper Says ment by next February, the time appointed for them by the Provi- , sional Government. That General Aramburu conscientiously desires to return Argentina to complete parliamentary democracy is unques- tionable: but even he has had to prohibit officials of the Peronist regime from running for the As- sembly. - “There is a danger, too, that fac+ tions within the present military government may attempt to cancel next year’s elections if the result should prove unfavorable to them. Much of the controversy concerng Dr. Frondizi, who is to stand as the Radical Party’s candidate for the Presidency and has left-wing opi- nions in conflict with powerful in. terests in the army. Although he was an active opponent of Sefior Pe: rén, he is alleged to be counting principally .on the former dicta- tors’s supporters. It seems clear that the political situation in Ar- gentina is still explosive: But events must be allowed to take their course, The two risings in 1958 were fought in the name ot free. dom. It would be wrong if the Te introduction of democratic govern. ment ,were to be postponed inde. - finitely.” er maine ——— to come to México after last year’s anticommunist revolt pro tested to the government that he ia being held in an immigration dé tention center although all of his papers are in order. +s The said Gyula Kajary is being held in the Interior Ministry’s De. tention Center for persons to be deported from the country. ‘ The attorneys, Jorge Prieto Law tens and. Arturo Amaya, said Kaj» ry had complied with all legal re quirements for entering the coum MEXICO CITY (UP)— Lawyers strong protest to President Adolfo for the only Hungarian refugee try and asked justice for the mm fugee, 2 2 a eR PRA wa iti te irae pa Attn cn