Diario las Américas Newspaper, December 11, 1957, Page 10

Inter + American News for English - Speaking people @. & SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managing Editor Cc. Vice wW. SMITR THE AMERICAS DAILY Fer @ better uncderstending between the Americas MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., Wednesday, DECEMBER 11, 1957 8 SMITB President Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President Editor and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advt. & Cire Mer. Published daily except Monaay — Entered as second class matter at the Post Office ot Miami Springs Fla on February & 1956 seers ena ACR EPR EEE SAE A SET EDITORIAL POLITICAL ERRORS THAT ARE NOT USED AS EXAMPLES FOR HISTORY In the agitated Latin American politics, many errors and mistakes have been made, which have caused great poli- tical tragedies and several eclipses in democracy. Among these erros it is necessary to distinguish those that were committed on purpose and those committed in good faith. If, slowly, with a more « or less serene judgment those episodes of political life in our Latin American countries were revised, in order to anal vze the events and try to find -a way to avoid future errors, much good would be achieved for the people and, as a consequence, for democratic insti- tutions. Unfortunately, in most cases those errors are not care- fully judged by those who are in a position to do so, and new generations do not have the be may orientate them in the future. nefit of learning a lesson that Of course, everyone without exception, has to pay the consequences of those mistakes, when they have tra: life. gic repercussions in national Special interests, false concepts of party solidarity, in- transigence of some and indifference in offers, considera- tions of personal type, as well as many other factors maintain in secret, in the field of group speculations, what should be the object of public debate, so that the mistakes made by political leaders, by those who govern or by the people in general, are brought to light with the healthy purpose of restification. Not wanting to make opportune historical declarations, great errors in judgment have been made by politicians and those in a position to lead, and also by citizens who didn’t achieve an outstanding position. However, in order not to make the analysis of certain events public, acts which should be a sad reminder for the people, are the object of demagogical exaltations, because conventional lies smother them: in words without a historical- meaning. "In the same way that these injustices have been com- mitted by not giving credit to those who deserve it, it has also absurdly happened that persons who have been raised to a high catagory, have walke d the road of polities only for personal gain, without any feeling for their country, and without the least sense of hon Calmly, then, one should or and ability. step back from the feelings which confuse systematic defense and accusation of the facts and the individuals of some importance, good or bad, in the life of the people, and which should be carefully atialized, in order to avoid repeated errors wor which the country has been sacrificed on more tran a few occasions. ee, Te. < Latin American Finance and Trade News Reports Mexican Coton Production Showns 13 Percent Increase WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (UP) —Mexican cutton production is ealculated at present in 1.014.000 bales. This is from a report issued by the: Department of Agriculture, in. which it is stated that this total shows a 13 per cent increase over that of the previous year and will be the second most important eotton crop in Mexico,s story. The Department also reported that there was a notable increase in U.S. cotton imports in Sept. 1957, compared to those of Augu- st. Cotton imports for use during Sept. were 31,000 bales, while tho- se of August were 8.000 bales. Those of Sept 1956 were 22.000 bales. i U.S. cotton imports during Au- gust and September, 1957, were 39.000 bales, while those of the same months during 1956 were. 26.000 bales. “The largest increase of this year was in Egyptian cotton im- ports, which returned to the high level of previous years”, said the Department. Foreign Oil Companies May Get Concessions in Brazil NEW YORK, (UP)—The maga- zine “Petroleum Week”, says that it is possible that five foreign oil companies will participate in the sales and distribution operations af oil in Brazil, when this country publishes, through her national oil organization her first oil re- gulations,, during this month. Ac- cording to a report from Rio de! Janeiro, this will be the first in a! series of regulations about the sa-! le ‘and distribution of oil. The five companies which will) possibly enter into these opera- les in Brazi] are: Petrofina, Bri- tish Petroleum, Caltex Union Oil, and Pure Oil. | The foreign companies which are at this time operating in sales | in Brazil are: Esso, Shell, Atlan-| *tie, Gulf and lexaco. There are} also three Brazi::an companies, and the report predicts that there will be more once the rules for opera- tions are made known. The article from “Tre Petro- feum Week” adds: “Oil is a -tnational matter of a difficult po- ‘pational matter of a difficult po- to sell it being from abroad, is no an easy task But, in the long Tun, some companies can prove that to do business with Brazil is a good investment for the future, |if the laws which restrict the ex- |ploration and production of oil jare modified, Mexico Hopes fo Increase Cattle Exports to U.S.A. WASHINGTON. (UP)— The De- partment of Agriculture said that Mexican cattlemen and freezing plant owners hope to increase the sales of Mexican beef: in U.S.mar- kets. The Department stated that in northern M*~'-> Mexican cattle- | men have adopted modern methods |for cattle feeding, following the sys ;tems used in the U.S. It added | that with the recent increase of Mexican cotton production, there is more than enough surplus of cot- ton seed cakes for feeding the cag- tle. The Department says it is still a risky operation and a long-time operation to develop the Mexican cattle feeding industry in México, but that, nevertheless, the Méxi- cans seem as if they wei!l be suc- cessful. The shipments of Mexican beef to U.S. border markets continues even with the fall in export prices and it is being planned to ship fresh meat from western México to the large cities of the west of the United States, MERCHANT FLEET FOR PARAGUAY A special Japunese mission head- ed by the president of the Osaka Chamber uf Commerce has arrived in Asuncién to conduct studies pre- liminary to the conclusion of an agreement for the construction of a Paraguayan merchant fleet. Under the proposed agreement, Japan will construct a number of river and oceangoing vessels for the State fleet, as well as under- take the construction of various tiver and oceangoing vessels for the State fleet, as well as under- take the construction of various river ports. In exchange, Paraguay would au- thorize concessions of land for Ja- panese colonization and conclude a suitable bilateral agreement pro- moting Japanese agricultural im- migration into Paraguay. 13 Honeyemoon Couples Among Those Killed in Argentine Plane Crash BOLIVAR, Argentina, Dec. 10. Thirteen honeymooners were found among the bodies taken! from the remains of the Argentine | Airlines DC-4 plane which crashed near this town. | The honeymooners, whose bodies were taken to Buenos Airs today in a special train, planned to spend their honeymoon near the lakes in | the San Carlos de Bariloche zone. | Identified so far are: Navy Lieu- tenant Oscar Fontanetto and his wife, Gladys, Alfredo and Maria Amara, Vicente and Irma Acques- ta, Juan and Norma'Clemente, Al- bino and Maria Barrios, Moisés and Elisa Sucri, Nubar and Estrella Chokak!ion. Humberto and Hosefi- na Pasquini, Aldo and Gladys Amo- rosi, Jacobo and Nita Benhabid, Jacobo and Raquel Acrich, Abra- Know thy Neighbor By ANTONIO RUIZ VENEUELA | In the western part of Los Caobos Par, in Cara-| cas, are the Museum of Natural| Sciences, and the Museum of Fine Arts, the former being characteriz ed by a curved colonnade of doric columns. The Museum of Natural Sciences was dedicated in July, 19- 40, and was intended as a modest building to display Venezuelan spe- cimens of minerals, plants and ani- mals.Gradually, however, it has turned into what every institution of this kind is — a center of scien- tific research. The original collec- tions of rocks, insects and butter- flies, obtained from private sour- ces, were eventually replaced by more scientific collections gather- ed by the Museum itself. Improvisation gave way to a more technical attitude for the stu- dy of the country’s natural ele- ments. In time, the most essential departments of any museum of na- tural science were opened. At the present time the Museum is play- ing a decisive role in the educa- tion of youths as well as adults. Flocks of school children and col- lege young men and girls invade the hails of the museum every day to learn about the Orinoco flora, the Guajira Indians, or the way people lived in Venezuela centuries ago, as revealed by pottery un- earthed in various parts of the country, The Archaeology Section is, in fact, one of the richest in the Cara- |cas Museum of Sciences, as it con- tains large collections of clay dolls, vessels, statuettes, precious stone ornaments, and stone hierogly- Phics, some of which remain un- solved to date. Most of these ob- jects date from the pre-Colum- bian era and were found in many parts of the country, especially in the Lake Valencia area. Some show real artistic taste and even a sense of humor. | In the Geology Section is a fine | collection of precious stones found in Venezuela, and collections of practically all minerals netive to) the country. The Paleonthology Di- vision of this section displays fos- sils of prehistoric fish and mam- mals of the Pleistocene age, in- cluding the jaw and bones of a Venezuelan megatherium, Of parti- cular interest is the butterfly col- lection in the entomology section, which comprises also all kinds of insects found in Venezuela. Among these, the visitor may see the poi- sonous monkey spider (arafia mo- na), a giant tarantula, and as an intruder, a centipede eight inches long. The colorful plumage of tropical birds gives a gay atmosphere to the zoology section. One can see there from the tiger crane of. Gua- rico State, so called because of the dark stripes on the breast and neck to the booby gannet of Los Ro- ques Island, and from a tiny mon- ey to a fearful boa constrictor, which can easily crush a bull. Two halls are devoted to Indian culture. The Indian population in Venezuela is about 100,000, but some of the tribes are fascinating enough to merit close study. In one of the halls, their lives are por- trayed in settings showing gar- ments, artifacts, arrows, utensils and ornaments used by the Kamo- rokotos of the Gran Sabana, the ariquitares of Guayana, the Qui- ricoas of Apure, or the Guajiros of Zulia. The other hall show cul- tural traces of North America, Me- xican, Colombian and Peruvian In- dians. Museum authorities are quite proud of the African Hall, whose collection was gathered by Mr. and Mrs. Armando Planchart during se- veral hunting expeditions to the African Continent, and present- ed to the Museum in 1951. Spanish Version Page 3 ham and Marta Grinblatt, and Car- los and Ilda Piatti, Several of the couples had been Married last Friday or Saturday. The impact of the worst tragedy | in the history of Argentine avia- tion kept everyone awake last night in the small town, whose in- habitants voluntarily offered to help remove the mangled and} burned remains of the 61 passen- gers and crew of the DC-4. The inhabitans of Bolivar used horses, tractors, and “sulkies”, to reach the isolated and swampy re- gion where the vlane fell. Others | walked to the plane. Many bodies were burned or ho- | tribly mutilated by the force of | the impact when the plane crashed. TERRORISTS TRY TO BROW UP R. R. BRIDGE BUENOS AIRES, Dee. 10. (UP) Terrorists tried to blow up the | Roca Railroad bridge and a factory | last night. A bomb blew up on the bridge of the Roca Railroad in Avellane- da. when a train had just passed over it. The bomb made a hole in the bridge, but didn’t cause any other damage. Fiying debris wound- ed a man who was pasting signs on a billboard at Avellaneda sta- tion. The act brought about a tem- porary stop in operations of the railroad to Temperley. It is be- lieved that the bomb was thrown from the train. Almost an hour later, another | bomb exploded in the electric subs- tation of the Pratti, Velasquez and Iglesias Metal Plant in ,anus. Angel Martinez, 41, was wound- ed when he passed in his caracter at the time of the explosion, by flying debris, ° Meanwhile, police are investigat- ing last night’s explosion of an oil tank at the Mitre Station in San Martin. More than 1.670 tons of | Frank to Appeal Conviction as Trujillo Agent in the U. S.A. WASHINGTON, (UP)—Former FBI agent John J. Frank prepared today to appeal his conviction for serving as an unregistered agent of the Dominican Republic and its “strong man” leader Rafael Trujillo. A federal court jury of nine women and three men, after 19 hours of deliberations, found Frank guilty Monday on four co- unts. On each count, Frank faces 8 maximum possible sentence’ of of five years in prison and $10,000 in fines The defense contended Frank, was a victim of government “en- trampment.” It said the govern- ment had full knowledge of his activities as a security adviser to Trujillo, Frank, 41, now a lawyer in Washington, showed no apparent sign of emotion when the verdict was announced. Shortly before the jury filed into the court-room he appeared’ to be uttering a brief prayer. . STUDENTS TO VISIT VENEZUELA TO SEE MINING PROGRESS PUERTO LA CRUZ (SICO) — Young students from various South American countries will visit Vene- zuela around the middle of next year to study mining and the pro- gress which Venezuela has made in the different aspects of this branch, These reports were issued by United Nations officials who co- laborate with the Venezuelan gov- ernment in exploiting the Niricual coal mines. “Venezuela has left many Latin American industrial nations behind during the last few years in technical knowledge of how to exploit her wealth, and for this reason other nations have wanted to receive instructions here,” said the technicians, who added that these studies would con- oil were lost. Pres. Lemus Opens Coffee Meefing SAN SALVADOR, Dec. 10, (UP) President Lemus inaugurated the conference of the American Co- ffee Federation (AFC), which is attended by 16 producing countr- ies, Brazil and Colombia, being the two main producers. Some of the delegates expres- sed the hope that the nations which did not sign the Mexican agreement will sign this time. The agreement obliges the coun- tries which sign to regulate coffee exports until Sept., 1958, keeping an established percentage, so that there will not be a sharp drop in prices, sist of work in oil, coal, steel, and other mineral exploitations, México, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicara- gua. There will also be a meeting held in this city of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Agree- ment, an organization which has the duty of observing the fulfill- ment of the agreement and to establish a system of control, which includes the verification of exports and existing reserves, The Brazi!ion representative, Pa- ulo Guzzo, stated that the situation is now favorable for reaching the signing of a world agreement. The agreement was signed in Mexico by seven countries: Brazil, The ACF meeting will end to- Lleras Camargo Asks For Parties Unified Command BOGOTA, Dec. 10. (UP)— Ex- President Alberto Lleras Camargo head of the Liberal Party, has called on the conservatives to form a unified command of the bipart- isan coalition which was approved in the plebiscite of Dec. 1, and which now proposes to submit a candidate for the Presidency. BOGOTA, Dec. 10. (UP)— .Ex- President Alberto Lleras Camargo head of the Liberal Party, has called on the conservatives to form a unified command of the bipart- isan coalition which was approved in the plebiscite of Dec. 1, and which now proposes to submit a candidate for the Presidency. Lle- ras said, however, that the need of a unified command for the bi- partisan front may be difficult, due to the division among conser- vatives. According to the liberal leader, the command would coordinate po- litical action of the two parties in the Congress and the Government to be elected next year, but with equal participation of the two Co- lombian parties Ecuador to Limit Foreign Credits QUITO (SICO) — At the re- quest of the Foreign Minister, the Cabinet Council, meeting under the Presidency of the Chief Executive, Dr. Camilo Ponce Enriquez, ap- proved a decisive statement reaf- firming the previous viewpoints which explained the necessity of limiting the amount of foreign cre- dit, so that foreign loans would not indefinitely continue increasing. The Minister explained that this resolution was convenient and ne- cessary for the country’s credit. Meanwhile, the Public “Works Minister, Dr. Sixto Duran Ballén, in instructions sent to this office’s engineers, asks that they take all necessary measures to enlarge and perfect the Santo Domingo de los Colorados Airport. The Minister explains that this airport will be very important because it will be the center of great air activity in the future once the colonization plan which the government has con- morrow. HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Latin American N NEW PLANT TO GIVE VENEZUELA MORE OIL BY-PRODUCTS CARACAS, (SICO)— According to statements made by Mr. H. A. Jarvis, Executive President of the Creole Petroleum Corporation, this company will increase its line of oil by-products with new types of diesel oils, of high quality and low sulphur content, in the new “hy- dro-refining” unit which will be inaugurated soon and which will have a 13.400 barrel a day capacity. The Amuay refinery, property of this same company, has become a first ranking plant in the 11 years since it has been constructed, since 329.000 barrels a day are now pro- duced there, The same company is constructing, in Ulé, Tia Juana, a liquid gas plant, which will go in- to operation next March, and which wit be one of the largest in Ame- rica. Ecuador to Limit Foreign Credits QUITO, (SICO)—The model of the building which will serve as the headquarters of the 11th Pan- american conference, which will meet in 1959, and which will then be dedicated as the Legislative Pal- ace, will be shown all through America according to an agree- ment between the architects and the Public Works Minister. The Legislative Chambers are now operating in a section of the Government Palace, which is con- sidered completely inadequate and improper. It was for this reason that it was agreed upon to con- struct the Legislative Palace, which will be used for the comming ses- sions of the next Panamerican Conference. The work was divided into two stages; first, the zone in which it will be erected had to be urbanized, streets, avenues, and parks had to be built; the second part consisted of planning the cons- truction of the building accord- ing to all the latest developments in science. For the first step it was necessary to widen several av- enues such as La Colombia and the 12 de Octubre. Thousands Attend Opening of Swank New Havana Hotel HAVANA, (UP).—Hotel magna- tes, newspaper editors, newspaper- men, photographers, outstanding sport figures, and persons from the artistic world have arrived he- re for the inauguration of the Havana Riviera Hotel, construc- ted at a cost of 12 million dollars. The hotel’s inauguration beging the tourist season in Havana and all of Cuba, Hundreds of visitors from New ‘York, Washington, Miami, and Los Angeles have filled up all the hotels in Havana. The inaugural aet of the Havana- Riviera Hotel will present Ginger Rogers as the main attraction, an actress in more than 70 pictures cluded is put into effect. ews in Brief MEDICAL CONGRESS and the winner of an Osacar, in a musical spectacle in which she will make her debut as a va- riety revue artist. LECTURES IN PARIS ABOUT LATIN AMERICA PARIS. (UP)— A weekly course about Latin American Independ- ence, will start today in the Latin American Higher Learning Insti- tute, taught by Professor Raymond Ronze. This learned French historian will divide his course into two main parts, one about Latin Ameri- ca in the time of independence, and the other, about Francisco de Miranda and the first Republic of Venezuela. Professor Ronze is writing a book about “the Bolivian Problem”, “PEDESTRIANS DAY” INCREASES ACCIDENTS MEXICO CITY. (UP)— Police said six persons were killed, 11 injured seriously and 50 slightly in traffic accidents during “pedes- trians day” here. Several hundred traffic police- men aided by volunteers from the Military Academy and boy scouts were used by the Traffic Depart- ment to enforce regulations. However, a rash of accidents con- siderably higher than normal, threw officials into despair. They claimed both pedestrians and mo- torists gave less than their full cooperation tothe City’s drive against traffic accidents, RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 10 (UP) —‘Brazil is the number one tar- get of international communists among the Latin American coun- Botto, President of the Brazilian cruzade against communism, in an exclusive interview with the U. P. Admiral Penna Botto, who re- turned a short time ago to the country after a trip around the world, during which he studied the activities of the communists and the systems used in various parts of the world to combat the propaganda and penetration of red elements, said that he had obtain- ed confirmation of his suspicions that Mexico is the general head- quarters of the penetration and | propaganda of the communists in | the New World He added that, according to his reports, Russia has seven hundred employees in her Mexican Emba- Ssy, or an exagerated personnel, but that the financial headquarters of the red maneuvers was in Mon tevideo. He said that there were not. nine hundred employees, as was stated in a report from the US. Kh Penna Botto, a retired Admiral and also chief of the Inter-ame- rican Anti-Communist league, said that the strategy of the Latin| American communist elements was directed from Mexico, and that the communists have found that Montevideo is the best center for the distribution of large amounts of money for the communist par- ties of all of South America and to the secret red agents, since the laws of Uruguay make it practi- cally impossible to trace the ori- gin and destination of the funds that they receive and distribute in_ Montevideo. He recalled that the personnel of the Soviet Ebassy in Montevi- deo is made up of about 70 persons or much more than normal diplo- matic or commercial relations re- + Member Inter American Press Association e For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 134 Brazil is Main Target For Red Infiltration in Latin America, Penna Botto Says MEXICO IS CENTER OF CONSPIRACY, URUGUAY FINANCE CENTER, HE ADDS the number of communists in Bra- zil could be more than 400 thou- sand. distributed throughout di- |fferent points in the country. tries for their infiltration maneu-| vers,” said Admiral Carlos Penna | He said that for every 80 thou- sand registered members of the communist party, there were five sympathizers, who were ready to vote blindly for the party candi dates in any election, if the reds were recognized as a party in Bra- zil and -could, consequently, pre+ sent candidates and vote. The Communist Party has been outlawed in Brazil since 1947, but, on the other hand, there are no other restricions against it. The communists have some four hun- dred daily papers which are pu- blished in various parts of the country, with the aid of funds which come from Montevideo, sa- id Admiral Penna Botto. He also said that many rich Brazilian merchants contribute to the so called Communist cause, fearing sabotage of their establis- ments. More or less the same thing happens with other indus trialists. He said thai the communists have concentrated theif - infiltra- tion inthe Army’ and Unions sin- ce they were outlawed by the gov- ernment. Two years ago a law was revoked which demanded the labor leaders to make statements that they did not belong to the communist party. He added that That up to now they have had little success in their infiltration of the Navy or Air Corps, but that they have gained many sym- pathizers among Army Officers and soldiers in the Army ranks, Communist teader, Luis Carlos Prestes, who asked for safe con: duct while being tried for. sedi- tion. is sure that his petition will be. granted. Brazilian communists have been deeply divided since the campaign against Stalin, whhich began in 1956, It 1s expected that Prestes quire. Admiral Penna Botto estimates Center of Peruvia FRANKFORT (UP)— In the heart of the Peruvain Amazon Ba- sin, racked by tuberculosis, a Ger- man doctor has built a small hos- pital in order to bring medical aid to the natives of that region. The wooden structure, with a 24 bed capacity, could well be another IN GUATEMALA GUATEMALA.— __ Guatemala’s Eight medical Congress opened in the School of Medicine of the University of San Carlos. The Con- gress has aroused special interest in the medical profession this year because closed-circuit TV will be used for the first time to de- monstrate some of the papers to be presented. NUTRITION CONFERENCE GUATEMALA.— Members of the Nutrition Institute for Central Am- erica and Panama (INCAP) held their eighth annual meeting at the Institute’s headquarters in Guate- mala City In addition to the six countries that maintain the Nu- trition Institute the meeting was attended by the Pan American Sa- nitary Bureau. One of the main subjects for discussion was the creation of a School of Nutrition and Dietetics to train personnel for the Central American area. TOURIST TRADE INCREASES GUATEMALA.— The National Tourist Bureau has estimated that ‘by December 31st, the tourist trade will have brought in $6.000.000 in foreign exchange during the cu- rrent year. The largest number of tourists comes from the United States, with México and Central America supplying the second and third largest yroups. With the opening of three new hotels presently being being built, an will concentrate his efforts to uni- te the red forces, when he can come out into the oopen. German M. D. Builds Hospital in the n Amazon Jungle mission like Lambarene, the Affi can mission of Dr. Albert Schweitz- er. This latter mission was con structed by Dr. Theodor Binder, of Baden, in the Amazon jungle re- gion near Pucallpa. As a part of the campaign going on here to make Binder’s work known, it has been pointed out that about two thirds of the in- habitants of this region suffer from tuberculosis. The natives live on bananas and manioc flour. They do " not raise potatos or know what bread is. Binder took special courses on tropical diseases-while he studied medicine and philosophy here, and chose the Amazon jungle for carry: ing out his profession, resolving to follow in the footsteps of Dr. Sch- weitzer his idol since childhood. After living for several years in Lima, Binder became a Peruvian citizen and without help, left for Pucallpa twelve years ago to build his hospital. : There he found that the natives suffered from tuberculosis, un- known skin diseases, and even le prosy. ; His task was not easy then and is not at all simple now. 4 The natives are still suspicious of the white man, even when Dr. Binder, with the few words that he has learned in their language and his evident desire to cure the sick, has managed to gain their confid- ence. 7 Binder has no one to help him in his work, and lacks a way of finane- ing his hospital and buying medi- cine and scientific equipment. ~~ The cost of the hospital, h Binder plans to enlarge to 100 beds, was financed by two cont#i- butions, one collected in Pert’ and another in Hamburg. eee Both were called “aid for the Amazonian Doctor Schweitzer Hos- pital.” int In the campaign which is under way here at the present. time, in.or- der to bring attention to this work, it is said that the money which has been collected is parely enough to build the hospital, buy equipment for an operating room and tory, and purchase one ambulance. Binder plans to not only enlarge installations to hold 100 beds, but to also teach the natives the ele- mental, principles about meine increase in tourist influl is expect- ed in 1958, 'so that they can help him ia hi rT