Diario las Américas Newspaper, December 25, 1957, Page 10

MERRY CHRISTMA * Inter - American News for English - Speaking people * * * * * * * THE AMERICAS DAILY Fer a better umcerstending between the Americas i 5th YEAR MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., Wednesday, DECEMBER 25, 1957 ee es oe encarta REA SSN AER G A SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managine Fditor GC Vice W. SMITH 8. SMITH President Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice resident Editor and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advt & Cire Mgr "nrc nt ASE ERE SR Se ARR Publishea daily except Monday — Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miam Sprin EDITORIAL gs Cla. on February 8 1950. THE TWENTY FIFTH OF DECEMBER There is no celebration in the world as beautiful, and with as much divine and human significance, as the anni- versary of the birth of Jesus, the immortal Child who came to this world twenty centuries ago, to leave to us an unfor- getable and sublime message The event commemorate of peace and love. d in the world today changed the path of world history. In accomplishing his Heavenly mission, Jesus brought to Earth the noble formula for a fraternal, human coexistence and the safest way to solve the mystery of eternal happiness. In extreme poverty, a symbol of humility, in a cold manger in Bethlehem, He was born, coming to the world preceded by the sweet songs of the Angels and the moving words of “Glory be to God in the Highest and Peace on Earth to Men of Good Will”. The greatness of Jesus, in his human appearances, was molded in His goodness without limits and His splendid humility. In that sacred hom the Son of God become Man e, in which by the Lord’s will was born, the light of a mar- velous star pointed to the world the triumphal arrival of He who in His childhood, His public life and His martyrdom —all that molded in a life of great significance— was to transform the conception of human life, creating a new opening new ways to the spirit, so that it would be able to achieve peace, the true peace of the soul, the one which can he achieved only through a perpetual vision of God. Now that humanity is facing great dangers; now that a doctrine which denies the false materialistic values, as spirit and pretends to exalt if they were man’s reason to he, it is important to meditate, perhaps more than ever, in the significance of the Twenty Fifth of December, to re- member which is the true destiny of humanity and which is the way that may lead it to well-understood happiness. , THE AMERICAS DAILY on this Holy Day invokes the name of Jesus on the aiiiiversdry of His birth, and takes advantage of this occasion, which is of deep spiritual sense, to extend to all its readers cordial greetings, on this day in which the memory of the Divine Child triumphs once more in the conscience and the hearts of all those who want peace, love and salvation. : ck ona § a a Latin American Firance and Trade News Reports ARGENTINA STUDIES PLAN TU USE TIDES FOR POWER WASHINGTON (UP) — The Commerce Department’s Foreign Commerce Weekly says that Ar- gentina has started investigations looking toward possible use of the rise and fall of the heavy Pata- gonian tides for the generation of electrical power. A study will be made at an esti- mated cost of $110,000 United States dollars ty the French So- cieté Grenoblivse D’Etudes et d’ Aplications Hydraulique under a contract with the Argentine Na- tiona) Power Administration. The study wii! relate to the fea- sibility of a 600,000-kilowatt elec- trie power plant in Valdés Penin- sula, Chubut Province. The penin- sula lies between the 42d and 43d Parallels and the 63d and 64th me-| ridians, south of San Matias Gulf. A report from the United States Embassy at Buenos Aires said that tides in Valdés Peninsula have a five-hour cycle oetween high and flow points on each side of the six- kilometer isthmus, High tide on one coast is almost simultaneous with low tide on the other. The Argentine National Pow- er Administration estimated that such hign tides almost in opposi- tion within a short distance offer exceptional possibilities for pow- @ utilization, CHILE TO RETIRE SCKIP CERTIFICATES WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Gov- ernment of Chile is planning to effect payment on the last of its non-interest bearing scrip certifi- tates in the very near future, The certificates, which had a total face value of $2,250.000, were is sued to bondholders in lieu of in- terest payments. The scrip certificates were de- livered in groups of five appro- ximately equal amounts to mature June 30, 1950, and each second year thereafter, with the fifth and final installment due June 30, 1958 The Chilean Government is now retiring all scrip, including that not due until 1958. After the retirement, $93.109.- #90 of the new 3 per cent dollar bonds will remain outstanding. Bondholders have exchanged 96.8 per cent of the Chilean dollar bond outstanding in 1948 for the new |3 per cent bonds, which are sub- | ject to a 1 per cent cumulative sinking fund until maturity in 1933 EXTENSIVE ROADWORK IN YUCATAN PENINSULA WASHINGTO, D. C.— Mexi- co’s Yucatan Peninsula is the scene | of extensive road work, especially on the highway between Coatza- | coaleos and Puerto Juarez. Coat- | zacoalcos is linked by a paved road | to the national highway network. | The Coatzacoalcos-Villahermosa section, 105 miles long, is being | paved, and is at present an all- weather road. From Villahermosa to Frontera, 47 miles, is a dry weather road with two small pro- | jects underway. The 55-mile section from Fron- | tera to Boca de Atasta is not now open to traffic, but the Mexican | public works Department has sched uled it for constuction during the first part of 1958. From Ciudad del Carmen to Pa- so Real, which runs the 23-mile length of Carmen Island in the Laguna de Terminos, there is an all-weather road for approximate- ly one-third of its length and the 193 miles from Champoton to Me- rida is entirely paved. From Me- rida to Chemax the road is paved with asphalt and is an all-weather road from there to Puerto Juarez at the tip of the Peninsula. Studies are underway by the Public Works Department for the construction of ferry boats to be used between Carmen Island and the peninsula. CARIBBEAN REFINING ELECTS PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D. C. — The election of Guillermo Rodriguez, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as Presi- dent and Director of the Carib bean Refining Company was an- nounced recentiy. Rodriguez wil) succeed Edwin Singer, who has been president since the vil refining company be- gan operations in Puerto Rico in 1953 Mr. Singer has been named Chairman of the Board. |the eastern Andean slopes philosophy which gave origin to a new. civilization, and |#!0"S the Pacific coast; the high | |peaks of the cordillera; and Tzvestia, Soviet government news- paper, attacks the President of Pe- ru, Dr. Manuel Prado, for his sug- gestion to the government heads of the North Atlantic Alliance, | which met in Paris, to establish | closer bonds between NATO and} th. Organization of American Sta- tes, (OAS): In an article signed by L. Ka- Know thy Neighbor By ANTONIO RUIZ PERU — Extending across the towering range of the Andes mountains, Pert is divided in all its length into three distinct geo- graphical regions: the dry desert | and cold plateau and ee the | “montafia,” or tropical forest of and | Amazonian lowlands. Each region | has its own peculiar climate and | way of life. Visitors to Peri are usually sur- prised to learn that the Peruvian coast. although :t is located within the tropics, from 5 to 17 degres south latitude, is neither hot nor damp The reason for this is the proximity of ‘the cold Humboldt Current, which swings up along the coast from the Antartic, It cools| the winds which blow across it, thus preventing their absorbing moisture trom the ocean, and from precipitating what moisture they contain when they reach land. Rain never falls, therefore, on the coast, except for rare years when the Humboldt Current, for reasons that nobody has been able to explain, becomes overlaid with a warm curent, causing rains along the coast. Furthermore, these| winds, forced to rise again the mountain range, become cool enough to reach condensation point, forming a heavy cloud which hangs over the coast throughout the winter months. At times the condensation is low enough to form a fine mist at ground level. Summer months, however, are} warm and sunny. Back of the coastal desert, the towering Andean ranges enclose a high pleateay from 10,000 to 15,000 feet above sea level. In this region the temperature is always | cool. The annual average at Cuzco, for instance, is 51 degrees Fahren- heit, with a variation of only seven degrees. This is at an altitude of 11,000 feet above sea level. In this zone the daily variation is wider than usual; freezing temperatures at night in the higher altitues are common throughout the year. The high ranges, some with peaks up to 20,000 feet nigh, are well above the snow line. The mountain area has definite wet and dry seasons, the rains comivg in the months of October and April. The Andes drop abruptly on the east side, down to the basin of the Amazon River. In this zone the tem peratures are high and the air hu- mid, Rain falls throughout the year and, at Iquitos, Peruvian port on the Amazon River, , 103 inches. but from April to November the rainfall is noticea- bly lighter The average annual | temperature is: in Lima 66.7; in| Arequipa, 56.8; in Cuzco, 51.3; and | in Iquitos, 76.6. In Lima and other cities along the Peruvian coast, clothing worn is the same as that in all mild temperate zones. . In the colder monihs, June to November, men wear woolen suits, although usual- ly a topcoat is not necessary. Wo- men wear woolen dresses with coats or warm suits. Fur coats are often used especially in the even- ings. In the warm summer-time, men wear palm beach or white duck suits women wear silk and cotton dresses. In the highlands, winter clothes are worn the year round. Though topeoats may not be neceBsary in the daytime, they are invariably needed after sundown. In the east- ern lowlands, the classic tropic- al climate makes necessary light- weight cotton or linen clothing at Red Newspaper Attacks Peruvian President for his Suggestion to NATO minin, Izvestia says: “Judging from the contents of Prado’s message, he is very worried about the en- largement of the North Atlantic Block, whose agressive character is once again demonstrated in the recently ended meeting of the NA- TO Council in Paris. “But, to whose expenses? Maybe Perti’s? The commentary adds that “The scope of what Prado wants is much broader. He asks the Secretary General of Nato to consider the proposition of including all of the Latin American countries in the North Atlantic Pact. “Upon what basis does the Pres- ident of Per speak for all of the Latin American countries? It is Positive answer to this question.” “No one —adds the commenta- ry— has authorized Prado to speak in the name of all of the Latin American countries. “Another thing is clear: Prado’s telegram to the Secretary General of NATO, Paul Henri Spaak, is in no way the result of ‘Private iniciative’, nor is it the personal political inspiration of Prado. “Tt shows very clearly the hand | of Washington, where is a very | common habit to speak in the} name of the Latin American coun- tries without asking their consent. “There is another detail which should be brought to attention. | “Prado, had just presented this | proposition when the U.S. del-| egate to the November session of | the council of the countries of | Nato, urged the ‘acceptance of) the proposition”. Neither Prado or his Washing- ton protector can hide the fact of wanting to intimidate the Latin American countries into forming an autocratic block, which was born in the heart of the State useless to talk without having a) Colonialism in Our Hemisphere Must Disappear Diplomat Says WASHINGTON, Dee. 24 (UP)— The Ecuadorean Ambassador to the Orgenization of American States (OAS), Gonzalo Escudero, said that all forms of colonialism shouid be eliminated from the Western Hemisphere. In an OAS council meeting he expressed that. in the next Inter American conference, which should be held in his country in 1959, a resvlution along these lines should be appreved. The Mexican Ambassador, Luis Quintanilla, and Bolivian delegate, Mario Guzmn Galarza, supported Escudero, The proposal is directed against Great Britain, France, and Hol- land, who have possessions in South America, Central America and the Caribbean islands, The theme was discussed during | the lest meeting of the year of the Council, when OAS Secretary Gen- eral, José A. Mora, presented the 1956-57 annual report. A part of the report, about vital statistics, contains the phrase “ex- cluding territories and _posses- sions” in referring to the total zones of the U. S. The Guatemalan delegate, Julio Colombia Wi Refinance Her Foreign Debts BOGOTA, Dee. 24. (UP)— The new Finance Minister, Jesés Ma- ria Marulanda, announced that Co- lombia will negociate the refinane- in his first press statements af- ter taking over the post as Minis- ter. Marulanda said that this ope- ration would be necessary and: that the country is now in a favorable Position to negociate in this re- |spect, since having reached an agreement with all of her foreign creditors and having started a new import and exchange policy. The new Finance Minister’s sta- tement is the first public indica- Asensio Wunderlich, asked the President of the Council, Eduardo | commercial debt, which means that A. Garcia, of Argentina, to include this same phrase after the data| about Guatemala. He said that the territory known as Belize (British Honduras) is a part of Guatemalan territory. Subscribe to the Americas Daily Department”. NEUQUEN, Argentina (UP) — —One of Latin America,s lar- gest mining combines was set up here when the Federal Govern- ment, the army and three pro- ploit large iron’ mines in Rio Negro Province. A billion pesos ($27,000,000) steel industry will be established by the army,s industrial organi- nization——Direceién de Fabrica- ciones Militares——which already operates Argentina,s largest iron and steel mill at Zapala and played a leading role in the erection of the 1,000,000—ton a year mill now being finished at San Nicolas. The three provinces partici- pating in the new combine are Neuquén, Rio Negro and Chubut. Rio Negro,s iron ore deposits, described as “phenomenal” are lo- cated in the Sierras Grandes, some 20 miles from the Atlantic Sea- board and 80 miles from the deep- water port of Madryn, in Chubut. Three surface outcrops show a HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Bank Liquidated by Colombians BOGOTA. (UP)— The National Small Loans Bank was liquidated by its Stockholders Assembly after a report was issued, showing that it had registered losses for more than half of its capital and re- serves, The bank was created by Luis Morales Gémez, the exMinister of Finance under th edictatorial government of ex Gen. Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, as a link in the chain which he created from thé Managership of the Popular Bank. The aim of the bank was to make easy loans to employees and work- ers who left personal articles as all times. Spanish Version Pase 3 guarantees. Nevertheless the report given to the stockholders showed Huge Mining Combine Established by Argentine Government Agencies mixture of haematite and magna- tite. The deposits were discovered about 12 years ago, The army | purchased them from the Bank vincial governments signed an/of the Nation and after proper agreement establishing the cor-| surveys estimated its reserves at poration Nord Patagénica to ex-| 100 million tons. Because coal deposits in nearby areas are not of sufficiently high coking quality for smelting, a hydro-electrie plant is planned as | a solution. Deposits of limestone-the third ingredient for the production of steel-exist in both Chubut and Rio Negro provinces. Today,s agreement guaranteed the three provinces concerned adequate protection of their mi- neral rights and royalties. The Provinces, the Federal Govern- ment and the Army will have representation in the board of Directors of the corporation Nord Patagénica. The corporation also acquired rights to manganese; sodium chlo- ride and bauxite deposits. Latin American that very few of these loans were made by the bank. The creation of this-bank which has just been li- quidated, was presented by Rojas Pinilla’s government as one of its works to aid the people. GERMAN UNIONS GIVE SHOP FOR INDIANS DUSSELDORF, Dec, 24 (UP)— The Federation of West German Unions has donated a shop to teach wood working to Indians of the Andean vegion of Taraco, on the border between Pert and Bolivia, it was announced here today. The shop will be part of the In- struction Center built under the auspices of the International La- bor Organization an agency of the United Nations. Two years ago, the German unions donated a shop for welders and metal workers in the same center. tion made by government spokes- men on the “refinancing” of the they will try to get longer limits than the present three year periods for the balances owed by Colom- bian importers to their suppliers abroad, The former Minister, Antonio Alvarez ‘Restrepo, announced, be- fore retiring that Colombia had a total of 460 million dollars in foreign debts, of which she cancel- led more than 243 million during this year. The rest should be paid within three years, if the negociations for refinancing this debt which was announced by the new Minister ing of her foreign commercial debt | are not successful. Mufioz Marin toresees unparallel- ed economic expansion in Puerto Rico during the current fiscal year. The Governor bases his out- look on a recent Planning Board report which predicted a 13 per cent increase in net income here for the fiscal year 1957-1958, He cited two major reasons for the strong position of the Com- monwealth economy — unusually high rates of investment in Puer- to Rico over the past two years, and the continuing success of the Puerto Rieo Economie Develop- ment Administration’s plant pro- motion program, The annual rate of investment in capital goods in Puerto Rico rose to $262,000,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957. This of Workers Orga S! Pee ; Member Inter American Press Association e For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity * NUMBER 146 Chilean Workers Refute Charges Against his Govt. President Batista States 1 | Alberto Monje, Secretary General nization, Attacked ORIT Secretary Accused of Connection With International HAVANA, Dec. 24. (Special to THE AMERICAS DAILY)— The President of the Republic, General Batista, received through the For- eign Office, a communication from the Federation of Chilean workers, refuting — the.. accusations made against the Cuban government by the Inter American Regional Work- ers Organization. The documen: contains a letter circulated by the organization’s Se- cretary General, Luis Alberto Mon- je, sent from México to all the} Union organizations of the conti- nent which are affiliated with this | organization, showing that, in Oc- tober, the organization refuted all totalitarian regimes and that its statements against Latin American dictators have never excluded Gen- eral Batista, and that it could even less do so now when hundred of Cubans are sacrificing their lives for freedom. Monjes statement ends by saying that the Inter Ame- rican Regional Workers Organiza- tion expresses confidence in a ra- pid restoration of democracy in Cu- ba and reiterates its solidarity to all Cubans who wish for the same thing After transcribing this document the Chilean workers say that Luis Alberto Monje snd the executives of the Regional Organization lack character and know nothing about the Inter American union | movement to judge the conduct or actions of any American govern- ment. and, what makes it even worse. they are connected, direct- ly or indirectly, to international comunism. The Chilean workers document is signed by Carlos Diaz, Public Re- Communist Forces j lations Secretary, and Pedro Ca | brera, Provisional Under Secreta« |ry, and states that this union or- | ganization considers Batista’s po- |licies as deeply humanitarian and | that the campaign against him is a jsilent fight by interests created by egotistical and petty elements and is treason to the Fatherland, patriotism and an effort to des- | troy Western Hemisphere solida- | rity. It also states that the opponents are connected with communism | and asks Batista t6 make a cam: |paign to interest international or: ganizations in showing Americs |the causes which apparently pre- vail in Cuba which make armed uprisings occur, and especially the reasons for the intervention ‘of | foreign men or governments which cooperate with them or support them. It also asks that two delegates be appointed to the Federation -of Chilean Workers, to take charge of the campaign, who would re ceive some reports privately cok lected in México and the U. & which, they claim cannot be pub licized in the memorandum, due to their seriousness. NOTICE To give our cupleyors an opportunity to celebrate with their families the traditional |] Christmas Day, THE AMERI- CAS DAILY will not be publish- || ed tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 26. |] We will be with you again on Friday. Merry Christmas the preceding year. Approximate- ly 50 per cent of the increase came from Puerto Rican sources, the remainder from other coun- tries, mostly the United States. In- vestment in plant and industrial equipment rose 37 per cent to an annual rate of $177,000,000. “No other country in the West- ern hemisphere except possibly Ca- nada and Venezuela has been able to’ achieve such rates of invest- ment.” the Planning Board report stated. In both of these countries the capital investment is largely to exploit natural resources in oil and minerals which Puerto Rico does not have. Continuing high industrial in- vestments in Puerto Rico in the first half of the current fiscal year News in Brief DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEMANDS DENIED WASHINGTON (UP)— The Federal Communications Commis- sion (FCC) dismissed demands by the Dominican Republic for network radio time to answer a program dealing with the disap- pearance of Jests de Galindez. In a lefter to the Dominican In- formation Center in New York, the FCC said it found no reason to or- der the Columbia Broadcasting System to grant “free” or sponsor- ed time to a Dominican reply. The traget of the Dominican complaint was a May 20 , 1957 CBS radio documentary titled “The Galindez-Murphy Case.” The FCC quoted a CBS letter eaying the network had been un- able to obtain either a statement or interview of the Dominican position im the Galindez-Murphy case, Citing its rule on public interest broadcasting, the commission con- cluded it was unable to find that CBS “has failed to discharge its responsibilities as a broadcast li- censee.” It ordered the complaint dismissed as “not. . .warranted.” MODERN AIRPORT MEXICO CITY (UP)— The modern airport now under con- struction in the border city of Ma- tamoros will be inaugurated next month. the Department of Com- munications announced, The $1,040,000 air terminal will have the most modern installations and wide strips for the landing of the largest planes, Communications Department officials said. When the new airport begins operations, Mexican planes serving Matamoros land in the Brownsville, Texas, air- port, just across the border from Matamoros. no longer have to Unparalleled Economic Expansion in Puerto Rico Forecast by Mufioz Marin SAN JUAN. — Governor Luis} is an increase of $48,000,000 over have pushed its factory count to more than 500. The goal this year is to establish new plants at a rate, of 13 a month — 50 per cent more than in any preceding year. Through incentives offered by the Puerto Rico Economic Deve- lopment Administration 95 plants were established during the past fiscal year. A record 148 new plants were promoted — that is, signed up but not necessarily put in oroduction yet — during.the same period. About 20 more factor- ies already in existence under- went expansion, Plant closings in fiscal 1956-1957 numbered only 11, well below the figures for other recent years, Income from manufacturing in Puerto Rico increased by 23 per cent in non-agriculturally based industries. Manufacturing activity, increased by 21 per cent. Textile mill, chemical and metal products industries all reported rates of manufacturing increas: between 28 and 35 per cent. Ap- pare! manufacturing expanded by 19 per cent. Greater activity in the manu- facturing and supporting indus- tries was responsible for an over- all increase of $40,000,000 in wag- es and salaries. This is an average wage increase of almost $80 per worker. P i Better wages and more work boosted Puerto Rico’s personal “per capita income during fiscal 1956- 57 from $444 to $468. This is the second highest per capita income in South and Central America. Ve- nezuela is first. As income from employment mounted so did the quality of jobs, More people were employed on s full time basis during the last fis- cal year than at any previous time in Puerto Rico’s history. The cost of living here in fiscal 1956-57 rose less than that of the United States, Most of the Puerto Rican cost of living hike was at tributed to a crop failure of local jly grown foods which went up 5.9 per cent during the year. ed: food prices increased by only one per cent