Diario las Américas Newspaper, December 13, 1957, Page 14

Inter - Americon News for English - Speaking people 5th YEAR THE AMERICAS DAILY For @ better understanding between the Americas eee ERE 1 SS ES G@ 4 SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managine Fditor Cc. W. Viee 8. SMITR Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President Editor and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advt. & Cire Mer . SMITH President Publishea daily except Monday - ntered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miami Springs fla) om February 8 1950 EDITORIAL POLITICAL LEADERS AND THEIR MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES Persons who, by tenacity, aptitude or other reasons, become political leaders, assume, by doing so, certain mo- ral responsibilities with regards to the country and their fellow citizens. The heads of political parties and individuals that, without being leaders, directly exercise orientating influen- ce in determined political sectors of the country, are under the unavoidable duty of channeling national life through paths of order, honesty and work. As members of the Government, or in the opposition, such persons should carefully observe good conduct, both in their private activities and in those of public character. Some times there are persons who believe that political leaders have to give account only of their public acts, with- out their private lives reflecting on their political prestige. In reality, it is very difficult that a person of shady repu- tation in his or her personal conduct may be a good citizen, and above all, that such person may be a good leader of groups or parties aspiring to govern a Republic. The voters should demand good conditions of moral type from each and every one of the candidates for public office, as well as from all political leaders. It is necessary to strengthen the consciousness of | every citizen regarding the exercise of the right to vote and to back up political leaders, in the sense that they should not support anyone who lacks merits of a moral order, besides the other merits inherent to political activities. The life of the republic can be guaranteed by leaders with a clean moral record, at least in its basic aspects, sin- | ce the activities of the nation, no matter what their nature may be, revolve around politics. With the constant effort of everyone concerned, it is not hard to raise the moral standards of politics for the benefit of all citizens and for the satisfaction of those who do everything in their power to achieve such a noble ob- jective. Rio ere Latin American Finance and Trade News Reports Meat Commissioners From Argentina in a Visit to Italy ZURICH, Switzerland (UP) — Argentina’s Meat Commissioners Horacio Pueyredén and Victor Ur- quiza arrived here tonight from a business tour in Germany which, Pueyredon said, was “very inter- esting — just that.” Pueyredén and Urquiza will spend three or four days in urich and Bern and then proceed to Mi- lan, Italy. They are on a tour of Europe trying to boost Argentine meat sales. After two days in the German capital Bonn they travelled to this country with a German Govern- ment promise to resume chilled meat imports as soon as feasi- ble. But a German Government spokesman said that no immediate German orders were in sight. Asked on the results of their business parleys with German Government experts and private meate importers Pueyredén said with a big smile and a determina- tion not to elaborate: “Well, the results were very interesting, very interesting — just that.” CHILEAN PORT AUTHORITY PROPOSED A measure that would create an autonomous National Ports Auth- erity in Chile to control adminis- tration and improvement of Chil- ean ports, was sent to the Congress last month The proposed agency. Empresa Nacional de Puertos, would incor- porate the functions of the present “Direccién de Obras de Puertos” and would be in charge of activities related to planning, studies, con- struction, upkeep. administration and exploitation of all commercial ports. The agency would also take over the functions of the present Servicio de Explotacién de Puer- tos, The directing body of the Port Authority would be composed of eight members the Minister of Economy as chairman; the Di- rector Generai of the Authority, vice-chairman, the Chiet of the De- partment of Sea, River, and Lake Transport Sub-secretariat of Transportation the Superintend- ent of Customs a representative of the Central Chamber of Com- merce; the Director of the Mer- chant Marine and Coastal Regions; ® representative of the Maritime Association of Chile, and a repre- sentative of the National Associa- tion of Shippers The Director General of the Au- thority would be an engineer with at least ten years experience in maritime commerce He would be appointed for a period of six years and subject to removal by the Pre- sident omy with the concurrence of a majority of the directing body. COLOMBIAN COTTON TAX REGULATION WASHINGTON, D. C — The Government of Colombia has an- nounced a new procedure for pay- ment of the tax on consumption ef raw cotton snd cotton yarn. Effective January 1, 195, pay- ments will be made to the semi- oficial Instituto de Fomento Algo- donero (Cotton Development In- stitute) instead of to the Govern- ment, as heretofore. The Institute will use the proceeds to promote production of cotton in Colombia. The Institute will collect taxes on locally grown cotton at the time of purchase. On imported cotton, the tax must be paid by the im- ported to the Bank of the Republic for account of {FA as a prerequi- site for approva: of the import re- gistry or ‘icense. The new procedure establishes no exemption from payment of the tax, hut the tax rate will remain the same — 0.03 peso per kilogram of cotton fiber and 0.10 peso per kilogram of cotton yarn. Under the old or current . egulations, quanti- ties valued at 200,000 pesos or less were exempted from payment of the tax. BRAZIL ENTICING TO U. S. INVESTORS U. S. investment in Brazil con- tinue to prosper from a wave of industrialization and the potential for expansion is great, although the shortages of dollars and oil still represent stumbling blocks, according to a report on Latin American economies to be publish- ed next month by the Office of Business Economics, U. 8. Depart- ment of Commerce. American investments in Brazil now total $1.2 billion, more than in any other country except Cana- da, the United Kingdom, and Ve- nezuela. Of that total, 80 per cent are investments by manufacturers. Sales of U. S. companies in Brazil amounted to $350 million in 1955, about a third of it in food pro- ducts. Although the Commerce report expects inflation and the acute shortage of oil to continue, it sees some bright signs for the future. Among these are the expansion of utilities (with a higher rate strue- ture in prospect through new leg- islation), more automobiles, and more processed raw materials. All in all, the climate for for- eign investments should continue to be good. Foreign investors and financiers meeting in Minas Gerais next Dec. 412 should have more to say on this subject. Government BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 12. (UP) The meeting convoked by 62 unions, took on serious con- sequences when it assumed Pe- ronist characteristics, and seems to be leading to very bad labor and political consequences. The union situation was con- sidered in a prologed meeting held at the government House, at- tended by General Aramburu, the Ministers of the Armed Forces, a government liason official to the General Labor Confederation, Captain Carlos Augusto Abalo, and the Minister of Interior, Carlos Al- conada Aramburu. Carlos Alco- nada Aramburu said: “The gov- ernment will adopt all necessary measures to assure the authentici- ty of the Argentine workers mo- wement which, on different oc- Know thy Neighbor By ANTONIO RUIZ |_ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC \Perhaps no other city in the | Western Hemisphere can claim as many historic “firsts” as the capit- al of the Dominican Republic. Ori- | ginally called Santo Domingo, the name was changed some years ago to Ciudad Trujillo. The city takes pride in having the first cathedral, the first ukniversity, the first hos- pital, the first battlements, the first mint in the New World, the place where Christopher Columbus landed during his first trip, and his followers founded the first set- tlement in the Americas. The visitor to the Dominican Re- public can see all these historical landmarks, which evoke memories of the beginning of European ci- vilization in the Western Hemi- sphere, either as a whole, as is the case of the Cathedral, or in highly interesting ruins. The ancient walls of the castle built by Diego Columbus, the Great Admiral’s son, still stand. Once can see the outline of the garden, next to the Ozama River, Sections of the walls gates and forts of the old battle- ments are still erect, dotted with cannons set there many genera- tions ago. Ciudad Trujillo is a city of con- trast of the new and the old, with Spanish colonial streets, and the modern, beautiful Avenida Wash- ington, called by many people “The Riviera of the Caribbean.” The Cathedral of Santa Maria, the oldest in this hemisphere, has the bones of Christopher Columbus buried in a bronze urn. Construc- tion of this historic building be- gan around 1514, but it took about a century to complete it. The Uni- versity of Santo Domingo, built in 1538, the first hospital, San Nicolas de Bari, and the first con- vent, that of San Francisco, re- mind the visitor of the early times of the Conquest. On the other hand, there are beautiful, modern buildings, such as the luxurious hotels — the Jaragua, Embajador, and others — which have the most modern conveniences the Banco de Reservas, the Maternity Hospit- al, the Workers Hospital, and ma- ny others. It is said that Santo Domingo was the birthplace of sports in the Americas. The modern city offers golf at the beautiful Santo Domin- go Country Club; tennis at the Hotel Jaragua courts, and in ma- ny other parts of the city; horse racing at the Pearl of the Antilles track; baseball, daily professional games, as well as professional box- ing, cock-fighting, swimming, and the annual event of the Jaragua Hotel, polo matches. Of special interest to visitors to Ciudad Trujillo is a tour of the underground caves, tropical gar- dens, and Haina sugar mill, which takes only three hours. This visit to the Tropical Gardens, Indian Caves, and the bird sanctuary at the Zoological Park, attracts thou- sands of tourists every month. Caverns with Indian carvings go deep into the rock and surround a virtual sunken tropical Garden of Eden. Also included is a visit to the Haina Sugar Mill; where the process of sugar manufacturing, from the cutting of the natural cane to the packing of the crystal- white table sugar variety are in- teresting operations for the visitor to watch. Proceeding from Ciudad Truji- No along the edge of the blue Car- ibbean, the visitor reaches the white sands of beautiful Boca Chi- Pro Perén Unions Cause Serious Difficulties to in Argentina casions, leaders have pretended | to place once more at the ser- | vice of party aims”, Alconada stated that the meeting had been called in order to cons- ider the meeting held in Luna Park Stadium, saying that this meeting had assumed the character of a “provocative demonstration”, and had distorted the “unions’ object- ives in which the corresponding permit had been based”. He also maintained that in order to keep the unions free from po- litical intervention, “the govern- ment will not hesitate to adopt all necessary measures to assure the authenticity of the Argentine Wor- kers Movement”. | Appearing among the immedia- | te measures which the government | will adopt, is that of new inter- vention of new workers unions, among which is included those of the meat industry, metalurgists, textiles, and public health workers, An authorized spokesman said the government’s aims of establish ing harmony in the country have been frustrated by the attitude of “open beligerance of the part of those in favor of the ousted dicta- torship”, which could cause the government to adopt “harsh mea- sures in order to protect the aims of the liberation revolution”. Other | spokesmen think that the govern- ment would be ready, inclusively, | to revise the adopted measures in | order to assure the success of the Revolutionary Movement”. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — President Francois Duvalier has created a ministry of tourism in a determined bid to regain Haiti’s mportance as a mountainous tro- pical vacationland. Removing tourism from the shel- tering wing of the ministry. of commerce, Dr. Duvalier added to his cabinet Jean A. Magloire, dis- tinguished editor and journalist, as minister of tourism. Magloire, who for four years was a political exile in New York, heads the first com- pletely independent department devoted exclusively to the promo- tion of tourism, which is the is- land republic’s second industry in importance. Taking a cue from the Presi- dent’s announced goal of 1,000,000 tourist days a year — 100,000 vis- itors staying an average of ten days — Minister Magloire drew up a budget of 2,50,000 gourdes, or $500,000, which is more than dou- ble previous appropriations. Travel to Haiti diminished greatly during the 10 months of political turmoil which preceded the inauguration in October of President Duvalier, an eminent physician who has the respect of both the city and mountain peo- ple. With the country now tran- quil and anxious to restore the im- portant tourist trade, some of the finest vacation and shopping bar- gains in the Caribbean are now available in Haiti. Magloire ‘told Pan American World Airways officials he hopes to advance tourism to the No. 1 place in Haitian economy. Coffee production is traditionally the most important money-maker for the island, with tourism second MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1957 ' Envoy's Brother Beaten, Robbed in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12. (UP) ~—Alvaro Facio, the brother of the Costa Rican Ambassador in Wash ington, Gonzalo Facio, accused the New Orleans police of paying no. attention to his complaints when he told them that he had been beaten in a night. club in the French section of the city and robbed of $600 cash and a $200 watch, Facio added, that “six or seven long-haired feen-agers a hacked him in a hall in front of the men’s room of the establishment. Facio stated that the attack was plotted by a woman who sat at his table for a few .minutes. After the attack happened, he said, he called the police and ask- ed them to search the place, “They told me to go home and that they would see me in the morning”, he said. “I tried my best to get the police to go to the night club, but they wouldn’t do it”, Alvaro, 36, is the President of an Engineering firm in the capital of his country. He said that he had been in Washington for sev- eral days and had gone to New Orleans by plane to arrange ship- ment of a car, which he bought and sugar third. To succeed in re- legating coffee to second place, the PAA TO SERVE TURKEY DINNERS ON BOARD ITS PLANES ON CHRISTMAS Nearly 1,000 turkey dinners with all the fixin’s will be served high in the skies Christmas Day aboard Pan American World Air- ways’ Latin American Clippers. The dinners are prepared in Miami, frozen, packed and dis- patched in advance to key stations throughout Latin America. Load- ed aboard Clippers, they will be served piping hot with a cheerful “Merry Christmas.” On first class flights passengers will receive specially decorated menus signed by the Clipper cap- tains, and certain flights will serve cocktails, liqueurs and wine, Here’s the Christmas menu: Cocktails, tomato juice, assorted ca each where he can enjoy the| relishes, salted mixed nuts delights of swimming, boating and fishing under ideal conditions. Luxurious accommodations a found in the modern Hotel Hama- ca, where a cocktail is doubly en- Joyable at the longe over the sea. Spanish Version Page 3 Cream of asparagus soup Roast select Vermont turkey with giblet sauce Candied sweet potatoes, butter- ed fresh green peas, whole eran- berry sauce Chef salad, roquefort dressing recently, to Costa Rica. Haitian Govt. Creates New Ministry ‘in Effort to Increase Tourist Trade new minister has a herculean task, for coffee prices recently spurted to new highs and to meet the de- mand, Haiti is producing a record crop. His first task, said Magloire, is to convince the world that Haiti is now a serene yacationaland and to restore confidence in the country in the minds of tourists and travel agents. “First we must recoup our los- ses,” he said. “Then we must forge ahead to new prominence in the tourist field. We can entertain sev- eral hundred thousand visitors a year without crowding. “Little has been done to pro- mote Haiti abroad. Most of our visitors have come because others praised our fine tropical climate, the beauties of our mountains and the gay entertainment available here. “We have fine hotels which will be expanded if necessary to ac- commodate an increasing number of guests. As soon as the new tour- ry was opened we began or making plans for a new $10,000,- 000 hotel and a new race track,” he said. The new hotel is to be built at Cap Haitien by an American sy- ndicate. The race track will be near Port au Prince, the capital. ‘Magloire was secretary of the board of ministers for 12 years, congressman from Port au Prince for six years, and counselor for the department of taxes and com- merce. Banished by former Presi- dent Paul Magloire (no kin), he Argentine Ships Suffer Damages in Italian Port GENOVA, Italy, (UP)—Two Ar. gentine ships suffered damage in separate mishaps in this Italian port. Fire broke out on the Argentine liner Entre Rios, and was brought under contro] after a two-hour struggle. A few hours earlier, the Argentine freighter Salta suffered considerable damage in a colli- sion with a Swiss ship. There. were no casualties in etiher accident. The 7,604-ton Entre Rios, own- ed by the Dodero Company, was undergoing transformation work in the port of Genoa when the fire broke out in a small room adjoin- ing the ships laundry. The man on watch duty noticed the fire when he saw smoke come out of hatchway. Fire brigade cars and motor launches raced to the spot and attacked the fire from land and sea, It took them about two hours to bring it under con- trol. The firemen said a large amount of table linen in the small room caught fire when workers with a blowtorch overheated one of its steel plate walls. Loss of the linen was the only damage reported. The Entre Rios, formerly used to carry European emigrants to Argentina, was undergoing con- version into a freighter. CONCESSION GRANTED UNITED STATES FIRM BY PARAGUAY GOVT. Asuncién. (UP)— The Interna- tional Products Corporation, a U. S. firm with various industrial in- vestments in Paraguay, has been granted a three million hectares concession in the Paraguayan Cha- co, foor oil exploration ad exploita- tion. Charles Koons, President of the company, signed, with the Min- ister of Public Works, the con- tract by whieh the government grants them the consession. He announced that he will go to New York in order to start organizing the shipment of equipment for exploration and explotation. This is the second major con- session granted in the Chaco zone. Last month, The Pure Oil Com- pany, of Chicago, received the first of six million hectares. International Products, e¢onses- sion is in three separate zones: One near the Bolivian line; one in the Pilecomayo River, near the Argentine border; and the other in the far northeastern part of the country, near the Brazilian border. was in exile in New York from 1952 until 1956. 4 Most of Haiti’s tourist traffic is carried by Pan American, which has served the country since Jan- uary 9, 1929. HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Latin American News in Brief Hot rolls, butter, coffee eee cake, assorted hard een- es. Turkey dinners also will be ser- ved on New Year's Day. NEW JERSEY VISITORS SEE MEXICAN PLANTS MEXICO CITY. (UP)— A group of 34 members of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce inspected the Miguel Aleman Hydroelectric System some 75 miles west of Mé- xico City, as guests of the Federal Electricity Commission. The visitors, 20 of whom are ac- companied by their wives, were impressed with the project which is nearing completion and praised the work of the Federal Electricity Commission in bringing light and power to many mexican communi- ties, Using the waters of half a dozen small rivers, the Commission has built five plants generating a to- tal of 350.000 kilowatts which are distributed ower highs tension wires to industrial enterprises and homes in México City dhd the sur- rounding Federal District. The Commission, a $200 million government corporation, operates Subscribe to the Americas Daily plants in almost every Mexican state. ’ IBANEZ INVITATION RENEWED BY IKE SANTIAGO, Chile. (UP)— Am- bassador Cecil Lyon delivered to President Carlos Ibafiez a personal letter from President Eisenhower reitering his invitation to Ibafiez to visit the United States as an official guest. Originally, Thafiezz was schedul- ed to arrive in Washington Dec. 12 on a four-day visit but the trip was cancelled when President Ei- senhower suffered his recent mild stroke, A spokesman for Tbafiez said the president feels the present time is not opportune for, his visit to the United States because of the world problems faced by that country and the need for Eisenhower's full recovery. MEXICO TO HAVE A GREAT PORT MEXICO CITY, (UP)— The Pa- cific port of Topolobampo (Sina- More Aid to Latin ; Member Inter American Press Association e For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 136 Central America of Vital Importance for Hemisphere Defense, Morano Declares Will Fight in U. S. A. Congress for America, he Says U. S. Congressman Sees Honduran Progress Under Wise Leadership of Villeda Morales TEGUCIGALPA, “Central Ame- rica is of vital importance for the solidarity and security of the West- ern Hemisphere’, said U.S. Con- gressman Albert P, Morano, mem- ber of the Latin American Affairs Subcommittee, of the Foreign Af- fairs Committee, U.S. House of Representatives. He was speaking before the Honduran National Constituent Assembly, during a friendship visit to this country. “I feel very proud with the pri- vilege granted me of appearing before this National Constituent As sembly of Honduras under the able teadershiov of your President-el- ect, Dr. Ramén Villeda Morales. I had the great pleasure of meeting him while he was Ambassador in Washington: We, in the United Sta- tes, will always remember with a high feeling of friendship the en- thuasiasm, and understanding he brought to his high post during his stay in Washington”, Morano de- clared. “We, in the Congress of the United States, and in particular in the Foreign Affairs Committee — Morano continued— realize the tremendous importance of our re- lations with Latin America. I am convinced that Central America, although it has an extension relat- ively smal). is of great importance and influence, in culture, and in the viewpoint of Hemispheric so- lidarity, of security, and for general wellbeing. Honduras plays a very important part in that role of Central America”. He said he felt at home in the Honduran Assembly, “because we are all legislators, we are near the people, we know their reac- tions. their impulses, their needs and aspiretions. For that reason, visits of legislators of our two countries are very important, be- cause they are suitable means to promote mutual understanding of our problems im the interchange of ideas” “Speeches alone are not enough” Morano said, adding that he has de- dicated his work in the U.S. Con- gress to promote a tangible imp- rovement of relations of his coun- try with Latin America, and he added: “T have always advocated an in- crease in U.S. economic aid to Latin America, in particular to Central America. The object of my visit is not only the inter- change of ideas but also to make sure which are the greatest needs of your great country, in the pro- cess of creating a decent and more promising future for the Hondu- ran people This is the most im: portant for me, and for that reason T am here as your guest”, After mentioning the great pe tentialities existing in Honduras, fo rthe development of which it is necessary to have “great courage, sacrifice, intense work and to elim- inate internal disputes to unite talent and human resources”, he said; “Under the wise leadership of Dr. R. Villeda Morales, who has dedicated himself with tenacity to the improvement of the fate and destiny of the Honduran people, to strengthen relations between the United States and Honuras, and to struggle against the forces of communism you -will achieve the greatness to which your coun- try is entitled and which it ie capable to attain” “When the U.S. Congress meets in January —Morano concluded— I plan to renew my activities in favor of Latin America, in favor of countries which, like Honduras, need cooperation and assistance from the United States. I will re- port on what I have seen, and I will struggle for the development of a program of assistance which will help you to help yourselves. 1 will fight for reduction and eli mination of unfair barriers to tra- de. I will fight to have the U.S, private companies work together with our Latin American brothers for mutual advantage instead of un ilateral advantages. I will fight to have Latin America considered as absolutely vital and indispensable for our best interests and our se- curity. I will insist that Latin Ame- rican countries be considered not only as our neighbors and as- sociates, but also as our allies in the cause of liberty. I am only asking you to help me in this crusade by solving your differences by democratic means, and uniting your forces for the common ben- efit of the Honduran people”, Inter American Music Festival fo be Held in Washington Next April WASHINGTON, D. €. (PAU)— The First Inter-American Music Festival, organized by the Pan American Union with the coopera- tion of distinguished musicians of the Western Hemisphere, will be held in Washington from April 16-20, 1958. New works by oustanding com- posers, written especially for the Festival, have been received by the next year the most important and modern Mexican port in the Paci- fie coast, Navy Secretary Vicead- miral Roberto Gémez Maqueo pre- dicted. He said the main dock will be more than 1,200 yards long and capable to accommodate the lar- gest ships. Plans call for the keeping of ® permanent dredging service and large warehouses and other faci- lities. The warehouses will really be the cargo terminal of the Chi- huahua-Pacific Railway now un- der construction up 0 Topolo- bampo, vémez Maqueo said. The bui'dings to house the Cus- tom offices, the Port Commander and the Fisheries Bureau are now under construction, as well as a number of sma) docks for fishing boats and smaller ships. Gémez Maqueo said the State of Chihuahua will be greatly bene- fitted by the rehabilitation and modernization of the port as Chi- huahua products, particularly co- tton, will then have a speedy and Commissions Committee of the In- ter-American Music Center. The Music Center, organized to prom- ote interest in the music of the Americas, has its headquarters at the Pan American Union, “* Composers who were commission- ed to write for the Festival in- clude Luis Sandi, of México; Vio let Archer, of Canadé; José Am devol of Cuba; Camargo Guarnie- ri of Brazil; Roberto Camano, of Argentina; Juan Orrego Sals, of Chile; Hector Tosar-Errecart, of Uruguay; And Quincy Porter, of the United States. The National Symphony Orches> gra of Washington, the Howard University Choir, and the National Symphony Orchestra of México will take part in the Festival, * First performances inthe United States will be given of several works by Latin American compos- ers, including Juan José Castro, of Argentina; Carlos Chavez of M& xico; Roque Cordero, of Panamés and Antonio Estevez, of Venezue- la, Also scneduled is a premier per- formance of Symphony N° 12, by Heitor Villa-Lobos, of Brazil; and compositions for quarters by Al- berto Ginastera. of Argentina; re William Bergsma, of the Unit States. Chamber works will be perfor- med at special concerts organized by the Elizabeth Sprangue Cool- idge Foundation in the Library of Congress, Orenestral and choral works will be performed in the Lis- ner Audioriun of the George Was- hington University by the National Symphony Orchestra under the di- rection of Dr. Howard Mitchell the National Sympony Orchestra of México, - Ch j Music critics and economical outlet to the sea, to be shipped to Far Hastern mar- loa), will become by the end of/| kets, composers from the Americas will be invited to attend the Festival ‘and parti cipate im round-table discussiong