Diario las Américas Newspaper, January 14, 1958, Page 12

Inter - American News for English - Speaking people THE AMERICAS DAILY Fer @ better understending between the Americas SO. 5th YEAR G. 4 SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managing Editor Cc. Ww. Vico 8. SMITR Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President Editor and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advt & Cire Mer. . SMITR President Published dally except Monday — Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miami Springs Fla. on February 8. 1956. EDITORIAL IGNORANCE OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE ON WORLD AFFAIRS In Russia, the press, radio and television are allowed to publish or comment only reports from Kremlin sources, and for that reason the Russian people are victims of the most regrettable ignorance, not only in matters connected with national politics, but also in international affairs. What the Russian people don’t know of world affairs is, without doubt, everything, without exception, that is not convenient to the high officials of the Soviet Government. | Any event in international life, no matter how unimp- ortant it may be, has to be presented, not at the convenien- ce of Russia, but of those who are subjugating her. News reports which prove the moral and material progress of other countries, in particular the most outst- anding within the democratic world, are twisted around or distorted before Soviet opinion, in order to avoid that the people find out how life in other nations really is, with political and economic systems completely opposed to communism. This darkness in which makes much easier for the government to plunge the the Russian people are kept, country into any adventure, no matter how rash it may be, because it does not have to face even passive resistance from the people, of psychological type, the only one that may possibly exist in Russia, since there is no atmosphere for the creation of such resistance. In the United States, the situation is totally different. Here the people, as a logical consequence of freedom, have access to all sources of information, and the press has no restriction, and can tell the truth, even when it may be harmful to the prestige of the Government. In the United States, as an authentic Republic, prest- ige has to be created by the government itself, with its achievements, and not by the press with planted reports or with confusing silences. Certainly the Russian people have no idea of how much the people of the U.S. know about their life, of their triumphs as much as their failures. And this is a fact, since the Russian cannot conceive that the press, radio, and television can inform the public, with complete demo- eracy, of what happens in the U.S., and also what happens in the rest of the world. The Russian people know so little about international events, that the Moscow government can, at any time, make them believe what they wish, because there is no possib- ility that popular opinion, in view of past events, can reach its own conclusions. All that has previously occured is unknown to these people, except the artificial fabrications which the Kremlin launches for determined political propaganda ends. — see eee ok * CO a ok oe f sents its mutual aid program to | ttee. | which could be recommended by | ‘Know th | 20 | Senator Mansfield Will Support Plans for More Aid to Latin America WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (UP) Senator Mike Mansfield made it | very plain that he would support a plan to give more aid.to Latin America when the government pre- | Congress. Mansfield is a majority leader and an influencial member of the Senate Foreign Relations Commi- The Senator told the U.P. that he would support any increase Senator George F. Smathers, Flo- rida, Democrat, and an expert on Latin American affairs. Previously, Smathers had asked for a 30 mil- lion dollar increase above that which the government had alloted for Latin America. It is well known that he is in favor of a similar | step during the next fisical period, | which starts July the 1st. —— Neighbor By ANTONIO RUIZ NICARAGUA — The Inter Ame- rican Highway, name given to the Central American portion of the Pan American Highway, runs from Managua, south through Diriamba, Jinotepe, Nandaime and Rivas, un- til it reaches the Costa Rican bor- der, or a total distance of 92 miles. The region around Diriamba and Jinotepe has a delightful cool cli- mate, and many Managuans have week-end homes there, in addition to those of a good number of plant- ation owners. Both towns are im- portant coffee centers. Diriamba, though small, has one of the best hotels in the country, the Hotel Majestic. Bathing beaches at Césares and La Boquita, on the Pacific, about.| miles from Diriamba, are very popular among the residents of that section. The pleasant town of | Jinotepe is well-known for its| beautiful church — a replica, on a small scale, of the famous Cathe- dral of Leén. Many of the exqui- site images which adorn its inter- ior were brought from Spain. In honor-of its Patron Saint, “Santia- go el Mayor,” Jinotepe holds an Latin American Finance i and Trade News Reports NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA WASHINGTON.— The seventh supplement to the investment pro- posals submitted during the Inter- American Invesiment Conference, which met in New Orleans in Fe- bruary 1955 has been released by the Inter-American Investment Op- portunity Service, International House, 607 Grevier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. The Investment Opportunity Ser- vice, established at International House to carry on the work of the conference. offers assistance to the U.S. investor in developing the increasing number of opportu- nitiesin Latin America. A few of the propesals contained in sup- plement 7 are a partnership in a New México. City hotel for which a capital investment of $1.6 mi- ion is requited a tanning plant in Brazil; a tractor plant for Mé- xico; and a solubre coffee plant in Haiti. ; The supplement also includes projects from Cuba, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Guatemala, and Panama, U.S. FIRM BUYS MEXICAN CONCERN WASHINGTON.— McNeil Lab- oratories, 78-year old Philadeiphia | pharmaceutical ouse, has purchas- ed she Mexican firm, Gerbermex 8. A., in México City. Purchase pri- te was not revealed. Henry S, MeNeil, president of the U.S. firm, who made the an- aouncement, said that Gerbermex, $. A is staffed and equipped for both the manufacture and distri- bution of ethica) drug products, and that its name will’ be changed | to McNeil de Mexico. S. A> Gerbermex, established in 1939, had been sales agents for Me- Nei) Laboratories for the past two years, W. R. GRACE PLANT IN PUERTO RICO, WASHINGTON.— W R. Grace and Company recently announced the formation of International Me- tallyids, Ine, for the production | ia Puerto Rieo of elemental sili- | con, A majority of the stock will | be held by Grace Internacional S, |A. and the remainder by the) |French Pechiney interests, whose , processes will be used. SWEDEN ‘CUBA TRADE AGREEMENT WASHINGTON A three year | trade agreemen! between Cuba and Sweden became effective on De- |cember 27 Hencetorth, Sweden will receive preferential customs treat- ment on a number of commodities | among which are included paper, cardboard, railway and telephone | material, bicycles, motor vehicles, | pumps, tools anc other metal pro-| ducts, glass, chemicals and por- celain INTERNATIONAL MANAGE. | MENT CONFERENCE IN NOV, WASHINGTON.— The Council International Progress in Manage- ment, with headquarters at 350 | Madison Avenue, New York City, has announced that the Second In- ter American Management (on ference will be held during the/| week of November 16-21, at White Sulphur Springs Va. The Management _representativ- es from all of the Latin American nations are expected to attend. ARGENTINA PROVIDES AIRPORT FINANCING WASHINGTON The Argentine Government. acting upun. recom- mendation ot the Ministry of Aero- nautics, will issue a decree author- ! izing the financing of new air- ports with a special credit of 2s villion pesos. This action is a part of the Ar- |gentine Aeronautics Authorities’s plan to provide the country with a chain of airports to meet the needs of modern airplanes, A decree signed last year gov- erning the Argentine air policy provieded for the construction and maintenance of public airports to be erected by provincial, munici« pal, and private enterprises, es: pecially in the Provinces of Co- rrientes, Misiones, Chaco, Tucu- iman, Neuquen, and San Luis, [which he once lived, and two other | windows. annual fair from July 24 to 26,| which draws many visitors. | Granada may be reached from | | the Pan American Highway by tak- | |ing a branch road running north- } east through San Marcos and Masa- | ya, or another road which runs north from Nandaime. Rivas was the scene of stormy battles in the war precipitated by William Walker and of his final capitulation to a coalition of Cen- tral American forces in 1857. The visitor can still see the house in buildings, from which he and his men were routed by fire. In 1855, | Walker and his filibusters were | driven from the “Casa del Mesén de Don Francisco Guerra”, after the heroic act of Costa Rican Juan} Santamaria, who lost his life while | hurling flaming fagots through the Just south of Rivas a dry-weath- er road branches of the Inter Ame- | rican Highway and runs to the} Pacific port of San Juan del Sur. | This road is joined farther south by another unimproved branch road from the village of La Virgen, | on the highway near the shore of | Lake Nicaragua Together those| roads originally formed the fam- ous Old Transit Route, also known as Vanderbilt Road, an overland link between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific, over which many of| the ‘forty niners’ traveled on their | way to California during the gold rush. Commodore Cornelius Vander- bilt was the man responsible -for providing the “short-cut” via the Nicaraguan isthmus, as an_alter- native to the arduous and danger- ous overland route across the Unit: ed States, and to the long sea} route around Cape Horn. After | transporting the gold prospectors | by ship from New York and New| Orleans to San Juan del Norte on) the Caribbean, Vanderbilt transfer- red them to river boats for the} trip up the San Juan River and| across Lake Nicaragua to its west- ern shore, Here they weré met by stage coaches which carried them | over the Transit Road to San Juan | del Sur, where they boarded the ships for the last lap of the trip up the West Coast. Although underdeveloped as a} tourist resort, San Juan del Sur is located in a circle of green hills overlooking the beautiful bay and beach, which offer excellent swim- ming and fishing, as well as beauti- ful scenery and very nice points for excursions. ° Spanish Version Page 3 | ganization Mansfield said that he thinks that it would be very favorable, in view of the effectiveness of In- ter American cooperation, to in- crease the avaible funds of the Or- of American States. He added that this organization should “recieve all possible aid “from the U.S. government. The Senator stated that he fs in favor, in principle of the pro- posal of the Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, that OAS should establish tighter bonds with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other. regional organizations of the free world. He added that he hopes that Con- gress will be able to count on| more details from Dulles’ sugges- tion. Mansfield ended by saying that. in his opinion, the experience OAS in the fields of economic, technical and cultural coopeiation would be of great advantage to the other organization.s Storm Isolates East Cuba City HAVANA, Jan. 13. (Special to THE AMERICAS DAILY)— Ba- racoa, the most Eastern part of Cuba, has been completely isolated for more than 72 hours, due to a severe storm which is lashing the region, and which as has produced many floods in several parts of the city, with the result that the peo- ple living there have had to be evacuated. Due to the constant rain, the rivers have overflowed their banks and the airport has been unusable and sinee some railroad tail beds have slipped. The ‘line is the only communication for the city, and all of Oriente Province. The Communist Threat in Guatemala NEW YORK (UP)— In an edi- torial entitled “A New test in Gua- temala” the newspaper, “World Telegram and Sun,” of this city, says that the atmosphere in this Central American Republic is “{deal” for 4 communist blow and that they have the hope that the U.S. will once again support “Gua- temalan stability”, as they did in 1954, “A proof of the crisis of the cold war in our own Hemisphere, said ihe article — is taking form |in our own hemisphere, in Guate- | mala, where an election will be} held on the 19th of this month| to decide the return of a semi- communist regime ” “This is the product of what seems to be a suicidal split in the Uruguayan Reds ‘Deny Kidnapping MONTEVIDEO, Van. 11 (UP). Communist leaders denied the kidnapping of an Agricultural Union worker by the communists. “La Mafana” reported that’ the police of Paysandu, on the re- quest of a brother of the man kidnapped, had made investigations in order to locate Luis Penaloza. According to the newspaper, he has been held for five days in a camp of the Rural Workers Union, which has declared a strike. HEMISPHERIC EVENTS MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1958 U. 5. Will Not Participate in a Coffee Pact Rubottom Says |(UP)—The Assistant Secretary of State, for Latin American Affairs, | Roy R. Rubottom. said that the U.S. | will probably continue to abstain | from having any participation in jany International coffee agree- | ment. Rubottom stressed the view }point of the US, in a speech |which he prepared for the 47th | |annual Assembly’ of the National | Coffee Association, which is being | held’ in this city. His statement suprised no one. |It was only a reiteration of, this country’s government policies. The .S. gave her position about this matter in the Inter American So- cial and Economie Council of the Organization of American States over two years ago, when the Co- uncil started to study the con- venience of an International co- ffee agreement. Nevertheless, the statement is considered as especially significant at this time, since the Latin American coffee producing coun- | tries will meet in Rio de Janiero on the 20th of this month to dis- |cuss an International coffee agree- ; ment. | The U.S. will have observers at | jthe Rio Conference and Rubotton | said that he was confident what the meeting will produce good results, He added nevertheless, that the | U.S. will maintain her same posi- | |tion as in 1956, although he stated | that the U.S. government has not | | studied this matter during the last few months. anticommunist elements of a coun- try which has been unfavorably |divided since the assination of |President Carlos Castillo Armas. | Since the period for the presenta-| tion of Presidential candidates has ended, all hope for Conservative |factors uniting has disappeared. There wil’ be a triple rivalry be-| tween the two Right Wing Candid- ates and another which is headed by a party which is called the Re- volutionary Party, “Dozens of. repatriated com- munists or sympathizers have been very active in Guatemala during the last few weeks. And, certainly, | they have been going around| through Latin America and hoping to take advantage of the position and prestige lost by the U. S. since the first, Sputnick, “The atmosphere is ideal in Gua- temala, the perfect moment for) another daring communist adven- ture. The disturbances caused by last October’s elections, (which | were’ annuled by evident frauds), the incertainties about the next} elections, and a serous economic upset has contributed to form an atmosphere of fear and lack of confidence among the Guate- malans in general. “Tt is to be hoped that the U. S. will take positive measures and the same vigilance which she took |in 1954 will be’ quick and efficient, |when the Reds are réady to make Ten Million for Inter American Highway Needed WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (UP) —President Eisenhower told Con- gress today that later he will re- quest an appropriation of ten mil- lion dollars to help in the com- pletion of the Inter American Highway. Congress had approiated 12 million dollars for the same high- way during the current fiscal year. to Congress: The Central American section of the Pan American Highway is being built in coopration with the Republics of Guatemala, El Sal- vador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panamé. These republics pay one third of the cost of the highway through their territories. The section will have approximate- ly 2.520 kilometers and will con- nect the already completed Mex- ican section, to allow automobile travel, without interruption, from the U. S. to Panama. With the closing of the 25 miles gap in northern Guatemala in 1958, the highway will be opened to San Isidro, Costa Rica. “It is estimated that an addition- al appropriation of ten million dollars will be necessary to pave this section of the highway. The funds must be avaidable in 1959, and a new appropriation will be requested from Congress later. THE RAMA HIGHWAY The President also mentions the Rama Highway, saying that funds will be necessary later, but he does not make any request. The President said: “The Rama Highway, which is being built in accordance with a treaty signed in 1942 between the United States and Nicaragua, will connect the eastern city of Rama, in Nicaragua, with the Inter Ame- rican Highway. at San Benito, Ni- caragua, 250 kilometers away. Funds from past years are availa- ble for 1959. 172 kilometers are completed. LATIN AMERICA TO HAVE WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (UP) —Latin America has the possibili- ty of a major part in the foreign policicy of the U.S. and in the main councils of the free world this year, The increased. prestige of the 20 Latin’ American countries has been reflected in the recent ‘ro- posals to link the organization of American States with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and other regonal “alliances. The President of Pera, Dr. Ma- nuel Prado, made the proposal of tighter bonds between OAS and NA TO to the meeting of the NATO heads in Paris, last December. He Guatemala a communist State.” was supported by the Secretary of In his message, the President said | and Funds for R WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UP)—~ President Eisenhower asked the Congress today to appropriate $19, 250,000 for the cunstruction of the | high level bridge over the Panama Canal at Balboa. The President requested the ap- propriation unde: authority of the bill which Congress passed on Ju- ly 23, 1956 authorizing construction of the bridge. Eisenhower signed that bill into law at a special ce- mony in the United States Embas- sy in Panam City while he was there to attend the Assembly of the American Presidents. in July, President of Panama and host to the Presidential Assembly and now attended the signing ceremony. The request for the appropria- tion was made in the annual Unit- year 1959 which begins next July 1, Eisenhower asked that the Con- | gress appropriate the funds and | allow them to remain available un- | til expended thereby avoiding sub- | Sequent appropriations as the work | progresses. Last year Congress appropriated | $750,090 for work preliminary to |construction of the bridge. Construction of the bridge was one of the prov:sions of the latest | States which was signed by the | two governments in 1955, | President Eisenhower also re- guested an appropriation of $17,- 597,000 for the operation of the Panamé Canal Zone Government during the fiscal year which be- gins next July 1, The request, made to the Con- | gress, compared with $15,765,600 that the Congress appropriated for |the current fiseal year, In addition, the President asked Congress to appropriate $1,930,- State, John Foster Dulles, who in- cluded all of the organizations of the free world in the plan for tigh- ter cooperation The Costa Rica Ambassador to the U.S., Gonzalo Facio, told the U. P. that these bonds between NATO and OAS “will considerdbly strengthen the unity of those who are opposed to despotism”, But at the same time he recommended that the nations of Western Euro- pe should first broaden their mi- litary alliance to include political and economic fields, stating that OAS is essentially an organization for political and economic coopera- tion President Eisenhower and Dulles have called OAS the best regional ‘Latin America n News in Brief PAU Publishes New Tourist Pamphlet About Venezuela WASHINGTON — (UP) — The Panamerican Union announced the publication of a new pamphlet about Venezuela destined to be of great help to tourists and other travelers to that country. The phamphlet is 40 pages long and is titled “Visit Venezuela”, and is the last in a series titled “Travel through America”, which the travel division of the Panam- erican Union publishes, The Cover has a photograph of the statue of Sim6n Bolivar in Ca- racas, and there is a map of the country on the central pages. The publication has information as to how to go sto Venezuela and travel throughout the republic, and practical information for tra- velers, such as entry requirements, income, and clothing appropriate for the climate. fusely illustrated, also shows points of interest in the Venezue- lan Capital and the rest of the country. TRAVEL MEETING ENDS -IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY, Jan. 11. (UP) —An international travel organiza- tion ended a three-day meeting today with the election of new of- ficers for 1958 Irvin M. Frankel of Atlanta, of Allied Travel. He succeeds the late Paul M. Basbagil' of Chicago, who, with Mrs. Basbagill, was killed in a plane accident in Spain last November. Allied Travei‘s membership is made up of agents from the Unit- ed States, México and Canada, EX VICE CONSUL IN MIAMI IS DEAD MEXICO CITY. (UP)— Enrique Valenzuela. Gonzalez, 65, former Vice-Cénsul in a number of cities in the United States, died at his home were yesterday. His last consular post was at Miami, Flo- rida. EXPOSITION position of oils and gold and sil- ver, water colors, tapestries, and ceramics by the American Mare Bellaire opened here in the Galle- ty of the Institute of Mexican Art. ELEVEN KILLED IN PERU PLANE CRASH LIMA, Pert. :‘UP)— A military transport plane missin since Jan. |8 has been found smashed on a |mountain peak in the Amazonas Province, the Air Force announc- jed yesterday. The eleven persons aboard, se- ven passengers, and four crew- men, were killed. NEW AMBASSADOR IN RIO- DE JANEIRO LISBON. (UP)— Dr. Manuel Ro- cheta will be the new Portuguese Ambassador in Rio de Janeiro, the Foreign Ministry here announced today Dr. Rocheta is a law gra- duate of Lisbon University. He has occupied various consular end diplomatic posts in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Spain and the United States and also, served in the State Secretariat, He accompa- The pamphlet, which is pro-} MEXICO CITY. (UP)— An ex-!nied the Chief of State in visits to Spain and England. Dr. Rocheta holds Spanish, Bri- tish and Domestic decorations, “HERCULFAN TASK” FOR ARGENTINA WASHINGTON. (UP)— The Un- ited States Commerce Department says that the provisional govern- ment of Argentina has tackled the “herculean task” of improving the Argentine railway transportation situation, but that yome years may elapse before complete rehabili- tation is accomplished. Favorable progress in the past year was re- viewed, The Department’s Bureau of For- eign Commerce issued a printed report on “Raitiway Developments in- Argentina”, giving detailed in- formation about traffic, financial and constructioual aspects of the Argentine railway situation. An introductory paragraph said that vailways play a very import- ant part in Argentine economy be- cause of necessary transportation of agricultural and livestock pro- ducts to coastal ports by rail. 1956 Ricardo Arias, who then was | is Ambassador to the United States! led States budget for the fiscal | revised Threaty between the Re- | public of Panama and the United « Member Inter American Press Association e For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 161 isenhower Requests From ongress $19,250,000 for ridge Over Panama Canal Payment to Panama Also Requested io Grande Project 000 with which to make the an. nual payment to the Panamanian Government. He pointed out to the Congress that that payment was provided for in the 1955 re vised treaty between the two coun- tries and that the Panamé Canal {Company would reimburse to the | United States Treasury $430,000 of RIO GRANDE PROJECTS The President also requestee from Congress a million dollars jfro the Rfo Grande Projects in- jcluded in treaties with México, | The request says: “The appropriation of one mil- lion dollars will provide additional funds for the construction of the Anzalduas Dam as part of the Froject of cortrol of waters of the Rio Grande. The dam is aim- ed at a fair distribution of the waters for each side of the river”. The construction of the dam waa started in 1956 and U.S. partici. pation in the total cost of the project and related works is es- timated in $6.720.354, The budget ulso estimated that during the 12-month period beg- jinning next June, some 450,000 agricultural workers from México | will be hired to work in this coun- | try. It says: “In 1957, 450.162 workers were hired. It is estimated that in 1959 some 450.00 wil be needed. The | general cost, which includes ex- penses of contract with agricultural workers, averaged $12.56 per per- son in 1957 and it is estimated that it will be about $13.68 in! 1968 due to the general increase in the expenses”. It says that during the fiscal year which ended last June 30, there were 4.235 investigations of complaints of contract violations, as well as 8.006 inspections of liv- ing quarters and other installations for workers, Latin America to Have a Major Part in World Councils During. This Year organization in the world. Some Europeen countries, with traditional cultural bonds with La- tin America, have given enthusias- tie support to the idea of uniting OAS and NATO Their interest, which also thinks of wider markets, was demonstrated during recent visits made by first, the Foreign Minister of France, Christian Pi- , neau, and later, by Italian Foreign Minister, Ciuseppe Pella, and by the visits of several trade missions from different western Europe countries to Latin America. The Latin American diplomats in this capital, who, for some time have asked the U.S. government to put more emplasis on her relations with the American Republics, seem to feel a slow, but real, advance is peing made. Aside from trying to strengthen OAS it is hoped that the U.S., will give more attention to increasing economic and financial relations with each one of these Republics. Ambassador Facio, in urging tight- er bonds between OAS and NATO, said that “reciprocal contacts, with- out any of the organizations los- ing their independence, reaffirms the aims, and considerably strengt- hens, those who are opposed to despotism” “And, at the same time there will be more economic, .so- cial and cultural progress. The Cos- ta Rican dipiomat denied the claims which some Latin American circles made, that closer bonds with NATO woud deprive the Am- erican Republics of their traditional independence, “It is absurd to think that the Americas can isolate themselves in the ramparts of OAS. “The progress of Argentina hag depended so largely on the ef- ficiency of its railways system (44.858 kilometers in total length) that a marked parallel is shown be- tween the development of railways and the economic development the country”, the publication stat ed. Subscribe to the Americus Daily | ;