Diario las Américas Newspaper, January 18, 1958, Page 10

inter - American News for English - Speaking people THE AMERICAS DAILY Fer a better understanding between the Americas ee 5th YEAR ENE G A SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managine Fditor Vice c. W. SMITR 8 SMITH Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice @resident Editor and Manage’ Eliseo Riera-Gome2 Advt & Cire Mer President | acme neesernmnente te SSA RE SE AH SLA SESSLER NAA Publisheo datly except Monday — fntered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miam} Springs Fla. op February 8. 195». EDITORIAL THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIkS VISITS DIARIO LAS AMERICAS The Honorable Roy R. Rubottom, Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, in his usual display of human cordiality, of Pan Americanist feelings, and of de- mocratie friendship towards the press, visited the offices of DIARIO LAS AMERICAS, where this high official of the Government of the United States is highly respected and admired. During his friendly and Rubottom confirmed to us his faith and his enthu interesting conversation, Mr. asm regarding the present and the future of the Inter-American System, and in the relations between the United States and each and all the Republics that form that System. Fully aware of the realities of our Continent, inspired by his friendship towards Latin America, which is easily adverted in him even to the detail of the correctness with which he speaks the Spanish language, the Assistant Secre- tary of State wins confidence ideological sincerity. with his friendliness and-his In his statements made on the occasion of his visit to DIARIO LAS AMERICAS, Mr. Rubottom expressed ge- nerous concepts with respect to the job being done by this newspaper in the field of Inter-American relations, which we greatly appreciate in all their meaning. Undoubtedly, the Latin Mr. Rubottom an excellent American countries have in friend, a U.S. Government official who from his high office does everything within his power to strengthen the ties of Inter-American solidarity and to orient the relations among the twenty-one Republics through a course of cordiality and international coordi- nation. We have been greatly honored by this visit of the Assistant Secretary of State as well as by his generous eoncepts regarding our Editors and the job being done by our paper, and take this opportunity to express our wishes that Mr. Rubottom may keep on being, within the State Department in Washington, a factor of Inter-American cooperation and friendship. x * * Latin American Firance and Trade News Reports VENEZUELA BUILDING GREAT HARBOR AT PUERTO CABELLO WASHINGTON, D. C, (PAU) — Venezuela will have one of the most complete maritime installa- tions in the entire Caribbean area when construction now underway at Puerto Cabeilo, the country’s second largest port, is completed. A huge concrete dry dock, cap- able of handling ships up to 30,000 tons, is being rushed to comple- tion in a valley two miles east of | Puerto Cabello. The dry dock is the first step of a project that includes two shipyards, 15 wharves numerous workshops and an access canal to an artificial bay. The Min istry of Public Works of Venezue- la is investing $12,000,000 in the project. The access canal, 2,300 yards long will permit vessels to navi- gate from the sea through a valley to the drydock which has been sunk into the ground, its top level with the earth’s surface. Operating on the same principle as a ship lock, the dry deck will receive a vessel as it floats in. When gates are closed, water is pumped out at the cate of 186,000 gallons per minute. 4 The dry dock will accomoodate tankers with a length up to 759 feet, » beam ot 111 feet and a depth of 40 feet. It will be of major importance both to Venezuela’s Navy and Mer- ehant Marine. Nine new destroy- ers aave recently been added to the nation’s fleet, and the Gov- ernment-owned Venezuelan Navi- gation Company has acquired ten new cargo ships for its United States and European runs. At pre- sent. all such vessels must seek dry ‘dock service in U.S. ports or at nearby Dutch-owned Curacao. Venezuelan heavy industry also plans to take advantage of the new Puerto Cabello installations. A $300,000,000 petrochemical plant t. produce fertilizers, explosives, plastics, syntheti. rubber and gaso- lene is now under construction ten miles from the port, A new 20-inch oil pipeline, stretching 210 miles. from Bari- Das, has its terminal near the port. The first section of the country’s national railroad building program a 110-mile line from Puerto Cabe- llo to the important agricultural center of Barquisimeto is nearing completion, as is a superhighway from the port to Valencia, 34 miles away MEXICAN LIGHT Co. GETS EXIMBANK LOAN TORONTO (UP)— The Mexican Light and Power Company, which has its headquarters ip Toronto and operates in México, received @n 11 million dollar loan from the xe Oe World Bank to increase their elec- trie power in México. An official of the company re- vealea that the total cost of the expansion program which the com- any is now carrying out, will reach 28 million dollars. The World Bank's loan will cover the cost 0 equipment which the company will import. This loan, a 20 year loan, will pay » and 5-8 per cent interest. The payments will start on the 15th of September, next year. The MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1958 Know th Neighbo By ANTONIO RUIZ BRAZIL — The raising of live- stock is a basic factor of the Bra- zilian economy and represents the ; mair source of wealth in certain regions, Extensive areas of grass- land provide good natural pasture, | in particular the rolling prairies of Rio Grande do Sul, with their fine herds of Hereford and Polled An- gus In the uplends of the states jof Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, | Sao Paulo and Parana Dutch and | Jersey cattle supply the cities with |dairy produce. The humped Bra hama or Zebu is widely bred and crossbred ell over the country. The Ministry of Agriculture im- ports animals of pure breeds. which are sold to cattlemen for crossing with native stock. Gov- ernment assistance is provided by the National Department of Ani- mal Production, which employs a large staff of skitled veterinarians | with well equipped laboratories for research in the fields of_im- munology, pathology, and pest control, as well as the practical ap- plication and dissemination of new and more efficient techniques. Re- cent statistics enumerated the head of livestock as follows: cat- tle, 55 million; swine, 26 million; sheep, 16,million; goats, 10 mil- lion, horses, 9 million; asses and mules, & million The forests of Brazil are among the richest in the world in oil- |bearing fruits, gums, resins, essen- |tial oils, waxes, timber, cellulose, fibers and other products. It is re- |ported than move than 50,000, or about one fourth of the known species of plants. can be found in Brazil, This prodigious variety of | plants, together with resources of | the vast area under forest (about | 865 million acres or 1,350,000 square miles), gives some idea of the extent of the country’s natural resources, and the role Brazil plays as one of the world’s great sup- pliers of vegetat!e raw materials. The babasti palm alone, it is be- lieved, could meet the require- ments of the world as regards laur- ic acid. The Brazil nut tree, whose fruit is so popular in the United States, Canada and England, is a native of the Amazon Besin. Throughout the country, oil-bearing plants are cultivated, yielding peanut, castor, cottonseed, linseed, tung (china- |wood) and the: oils. The car- natiba palm yields carnatiba wax, the uses of which range from pho- y f | | rograph records to explosives. Co-| paiba oil is widely used in me- | dicine. The demand and production of |rubber is having considerable in- |erease, to the point where produc- ers cannot keep up with the de- mand of the manufacturers, Brazilian timber is of fine quali- ty and ranges from wood so light DISTINGUISHED VISITOR—Mr. Roy R. Rubottom, U. 4 A rican Affairs (left) appears in this photo with our Editor, Dr. Horacio Aguirre, at the entrance to our building, during a courtesy visit the distinguished friend of Latin America paid us. To strengthen the Inter American System,” he declared, common objective: Daily by Gort). Declares Assistant Secretary of State Rubottom During a Visit to THE AMERICAS DAILY “It is for me a great pleasure to quainted with the staff of this great newspaper as I already knew its Publisher, Dr Francisco Agui- tre, and its Editor, Dr. Horacio Aguirre, for whom I have great yet achieved its mission complete- |be here at DIARIO LAS AMERI-/ly due to the abuse of the veto |CAS, in the first place to get ac-| power by the Soviet Union. In the| |second place, the condition deter- mined by this other reality. The present day situation is such that |any disturbance in the world, es- | pecially of a small or large scale {admiration and friendship; and in|war more than ever constitutes a |the second place because DIARIO | threat to world peace and no coun- | LAS AMERICAS has at its princi-|try would remain outside the rea- | pal goal a better understanding be-|ches of a war.” |tween the United States and the} “In view of these two conditions ‘Latin American countries, which | — The Agsistant Secretary of State |coincides, precisely, with one of|for Latin American Affairs added jthe most important objectives of |— the strengthening of the re- \the foreign policy of the United | giona associations of countries of States,” said the Hon. Roy R. Ru- | the free world have great priority bottom, Assistant Secretary of }and importance. Secretary of State for Latin American Af-| State Dulles advanced this idea |fairs, during a friendly visit to our | und now it is up to the American joffiees last Tuesday, when he|States to decide if it is or not came to Miami to deliver a most |to their advantage to implement interesting speech at the monthly | his proposition.” meeting of the Miami Chamber of} “What Secretary of State Dulles Commerce and the United Nations|had in mind was the exchange of Association of Greater Miami. information, of know how, of the “We have as a main objective|kind of experience in which the jthe strengthening of the Inter-| OAS occupies the first place among |American System, which is the| the regional groups of the world, |most advanced and the oldest as-'and the Secretary made it clear | sociation of nations among the re-|that he was thinking of one re- {gional international organizations | gional group meddling in the af- | of the world — stated our illustri-| fairs of the others.” jous visitor — and the better the| Did you read, Mr. Rubottem, the |understanding is among the na-/statements made in Tegucigalpa |tions forming the Inter American|to the Publisher of DIARIO LAS | System, that is the OAS the bet-| AMERICAS by the President of Mexican government guarantees the loan. that it can replace cork, to the| Brazilian pepper-tree with a den- The company says that it will en-|sity one and a half times that of | large transmission systems and water. The greatest demand, how- powe: outpu and increase power)eyer is for Parana pine, which) capacity by more or less 95,000\ grows in the southedstern states | kilowatts which is about 20 per in stands that comprise about two cent hundred million trees. VENEZUELAN FIRM TO To provide sacking for farm pro- | When Mr. Rubottom speaks on the subject of Inter American rela- tions, his sincere enthusiasm and his ideological convictions of the importance of these relations are quite evident. With his diplomatic background in the fidld of Inter American affairs he can talk with assurance on these matters, which GET U. S. CONTRACT PORT-AU-PRINCE (UP)— A Venezuelan company, it was learn- {ed oy the UP., presented a lower {bid tnan its compeditor a U. S. |Company, for the contract of con- | structing the new U.S. Foreign and | Capitai. The project wll make it possible for the U. S. dip!omatic mission to |vacate the antiquated building in which it is now located. Travelers consider it the worst U.S. office in the Western Hemisphere. The Anderson Constructing Company. of Caracas, offered to finish the new Foreign Office in 300 days for $531,000 which was $168,000 less thin the bid made by Lessen. Lankton, Ziegle and Marhoffer, of Oak Park, Illinois, which was the other compeditor. CHILEAN AIRLINES TO GET HEARING WASHINGTON (UP)— The 13th of February has been set as the date for a hearing regarding the Chilean National Airline’s request for authorization to operate in the We 8: , The date was set in a conference neld by representatives of the South American company with Herbert K. Bryau, Examinor of the Civil Aeronautics Board. who will conduct the eonference and later give his recommendations to the full Board. The Chilean fine has requested | Diplomatic Office building in this | ducts, Brazil used to import 25,- 000 tons of Indian jute every year, until a careful study of the pro- | perties of native fiber plants led'to their intensive exploitation. As ‘a | resuit, Brazil has been producing | enough fiber for more than 15| years to supply its rope and bur- lap factories, and has a surplus for | export. Spanish Version Page 3 | Red Infiltration Plans Revealed | “Diario O Jornal,” which says that ihe report was prepared by the |chief of the Poiitical Police, Co- |lone: Danilo Nunez. | According to this document, com- |munist leader Luis Carlos Prestes | attended the Moscow meeting aft- |er escaping from Brazil with a So- | viet visa which he obtained in Mon- | tevideo, | The newspaper says that Brazil- jian authorities were informed of the meeting and plans by the U. | tions the Board’s permission to work the|§. Secret Service and that the do- Santiago de Chile-Miami route,|cument says that the Secret Po- with stop overs in Lima, Guaya-/|lice has irrefutaple proofs that the guil and Panama. Czechoslovakian, Polish, and Hun- The only other line which, up.to|garian Legations are the center of now has intervened in the proce-|communist espionage here. dure if the Compafiia Nacional de| This is the last report which the Turismo Aéreo which, for more|Minister will study before con- than two years, has had authoriza-|voking a Security Council Assem- tion for the Santiago de Chile-Mia-|bly to make a decision about re- mi-New York route, with stop overs|newing relationg with the Soviet in Lima, Panama. and Havana, Union, | due also to his high position in the |U. S, Federal ‘Government, con- cern him most. What is the scope of Secretary of State Dulles’ garding the liaison between OAS and NATO and other regional organizations? we asked Mr. Rubottom. “L believe that when he made that suggestion, the Secretary of State was thinking of two condi- now prevailing in the said Mi. Rubottom. “In world,” | the first place, tne one determined by this reality: The UN, despite \its great moral strength and its |well earned importance, h RIO DE JANEIRO (UP) —The| Pon pan head of the Federal Police, Amau- | ry Kruel, presented a final and secret report to the Government and Justice Minister, Enrico Sa- lles, in which he points out that during the conference held in Mos- cow the Communist Party prepar- ed. plans for communist infiltra- \tion in Brazil. The announcement is made by HEMISPHERIC EVENTS suggestion re- | ter it wil: function.” the Honduras, Doctor Ramon Vi- lleda Morales, regarding the sub- jJect of the liaison between the |OAS and NATO? “Yes, I read with great interest ithe statements given to the Pub- | lisher of DIARIO LAS AMERICAS, | Dr. Francisco Aguirre, by the Pre- |sident of Honduras, Doctor Raman | Villeda Morales, who, like some of his other colleagues Chiefs of State accepted in principle Secretary Du- Iles’ idea, After a brief tour of our dif- ferent departments and through | the composing and press rooms of |this newspaper which, according |to Mr. Rubottom’s own words, he reads daily in Washington with utmost interest, the high U. S. Gov- ernment official Jeft with our Edit- or for the Miami International Air. |port, where he took a plane back |to Washington. He had won, a few jhours before, the applause of all those who heard him deliver his magnificent speech on the subject of communism in the Americas, “We have a (Photo Americas Strengthening Inter American System Important Objective of U. S. Policy Chiriboga to Receive From Truman a Plane, Gift of Kansas City WASHINGTON Jan. 17 (UP)— |Ex President Harry S, Truman | will present the Ecuadorean Goy- }ernment with a plane bought with |contributions from the people of | Kansas City The announcement, says that Ecuadorean Ambassador José R. Chiriboga will ge to Kansas City, Mo., to receive the plane, which is a combination of propeller plane and helicopter, during a ceremony |next Sunday. The idea of the gift was of Kan- sas City mayor Roe Bartle, who works with commendable enthu- siasm for the strengthening of re- lations between the U.S. Middle West and Latin America. Chiriboga said that after his trip to Kansas City he will go to Milwaukee, where he has been in- vited to lecture at Marquette Uni- versity. His visit will coincide with the opening at the University of an exhibition of Ecuadorean co- lonial art, Foreign Experts to Watch Voting in Costa Rica UNITED NATIONS (UP) — Three foreign electoral experts will go to Costa Rica, at the request of the’San José government to observe the Pfesidential elections the 2nd of February. The Costa Rican Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Alberto Canas, announced that his govern- ment, some time ago, asked the Secretary Generel, Dag Hammar- skjold, to suggest names of possi- ble observers, “Hammarskjold — said Caflas — gave us a list of some 30 or 35 experts on electoral questions in all parts of the world.” “Recently, the Foreign Minister of my country met with the dif- ferent Presidential candidates and with them made the selection of three possible observers: A* Chil- ~ Ambassador Cuban Govt. Guarantees WASHINGTON, Jan, 17 (UP)— | Sarl E. T. Smith U. S. Ambassador to Cuba, said that “we hope the Cuban government will re-estab- lish constitutiona. guarantees” be- fore the elections convoked for June. The diplomat stated, in a press conference that the U. S. hopes that the Cuban government car- ries out its December 14th an- nouncement which promises to re- store constitutional guarantees before the 27th of January, “Afterwards — he added — we hope that the elections which will be held will be acceptable to the Cuban people.” Smith explained that he was in Batista to Blame for Cuban Tragedy Dr. Hevia Declares “The blame of what is happening in Cuba; corruption, destruction of human rights, tortures, and mys’ terious deaths, should be placed on the dictatorship of Batista”, said Engineer Carlos Hevia, ex- President of Cuba, and ex-Foreign minister of his country, in a short interview with THE AMERICAS DAILY, “For this reason—added Hevia —the persons which make up the parties and organizations of the revolutionists do not want to waste their efforts, unless all Cuba fights against the dictatorship. Al! of are now suffering, the Cuban tragedy and most of those who have fallen have families, friends, and companions in more than one group, since this is the bond of the Cuban family.” “Recently we have read —said in conclusion our distinguished guest—about the feats of the courageous forces headed by Fidel Castro, and I am sure that all the organizations yearning for freedom in Cuba, each one of them within its own possibilities, will make efforts of joint action, to bring back to Cuba, in one way or janother, respect for human life, freedom and peace.” PANAMA, Jan. 17 (UP)— The U.S. Army established several emergency kitchens in the Pan- amanian Olympic Stadium to feed some 2,000 persons who were left homeless yesterday. as the re- sult of a fire which razed three blocks of wooden homes. It is estimated that some 800 persons slept on the Stadium ben- ches and in tents which were ra- pidly installed by the Army. It is believed that today some 1,000 per- sons will take advantage of these places, with the arrival of the homeless which spent last night in parks and other public places. of the Panama Canal tore down the buildings which were serously af- fected by the fire in order to pre- vent new cave-ins and possible victims, as there has been none up to now. It was announced that the de- fense system of the Panama Ca- nal would be able to supply the needs of the victims using its own food and cooks, The fire caused damages estimat- ed at $350,000 and some 20 per- ean, a Canadian and a Swiss. sons were hospitalized. Latin American News in Brief MIAMI PAPERS ARE THANKED BY CUBAN ° HAVANA (UP)— The English language newspaper “Times of Ha- vana” thanked Miami, Fla., news- papers and New York District At- torney Frank Hogan “for all you have done” to attract tourists to Cuba. “Labelling our fair city as ‘notor- |ious’ has done more for the tour- ist business than anything since Esquire’s (magazine) on the ‘Sexiest City in the World,” the newspaper said in an editorial. “Let's face it — very few peo- ple come down here to see Morro Castle and the Capitol building. . . glamovizing Havana as ‘another Tangiers makes people flock down here. . .keep up the good work,” Times of Havana said. At the same time, it reported editorially that it had sent Hogan as a belated Christmas present a “compass and map. . .as we un- derstand you have been having a little trouble -locating people.” Hogan announced last week he had sent out a 48-state alarm for big-time gamblers Joseph Silesi and Santo Trafficante for question- ing about the murder of Alberto dents and can be seen nightly at the local plush casinos, TRAILER CARAVAN GOING TO MEXICO MEXICO CITY (UP)— The Tourist Bureau said it had been advised that the annual “Wally Byam Trailer Tour” from Califor- nia would enter the Republic through Nogales, (Sonora) the first week in February. The three-year-old annual house- Anastasia. Both are Havana resi- |- trailer caravan carries around 300 people from various California cit- ies, the Bureau said. The convoy maker a yearly trek down México’s westcoast to Mazatlan, but plans to extend to Acapulco. this year if time permits, the Bureau said, AMBASSADOR HILL ON INSPECTION TOUR MEXICO CITY (UP)— U. 8. Ambassador Robert .C. Hill is on an inspection tour of American consulates in Northern México. The Ambassador, accompanied by his wife and eight Embassy of- ficials, left yesterday for his six- day tour. His tour will include the con- sulates in Ciudad Judrez, Piedras Negras, Nueva Laredo and Mon- terre; ‘y. While in Monterrey, the Ambas- sador and his group will attend a concert by the San Antonio (Te- xas) Symphony Orchestra, current- ly visiting the Nuevo Leén Capital. MEXICO TO DEPORT SEVEN HEMISPHERE NATIONALS MEXICO CITY (UP)— Seven nationals of six American Coun- tries will be deported within the next few days, Immigration Offi- cials announced, They, were arrested for illegal entry or for not having their doc- uments in order, officials said. They refused to give the names of the foreigners “to keep friends or relatives from interposing court injunctions to prevent their de- portation.” The arrested are from Colom- these persons have suffered and|, es : Member Inter American Press Association e For Liberty, Culture ard Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 165 Smith Hopes Will Restore Before June Washizgton to inform the State Department about the political and economic situation’ in the neigh- boring Island. He said that four Cuban opposi- tion parties have made steps to- wards participating in the electoral campaign with their sights pointed at the elections of June Ist. “The U.S. recognizes the present government of Cuba and her rela- tions with it are those which are maintained towards a sister Ame- rican republic, said the diplomat.” “We maintain a policy of non-par- ciality and non-intervention in the internal affairs of Cuba. The U.S. Embassy closely adheres to this policy.” “T am convinced that the Cuban government, as well as the opposi- tion fully understand that this is our policy and that they respect dt “Our ather hope it that the Cu- ban government will fully re-estab- lish constitutional guarantees,” said smith “On the 14th of Deec- ember the Cuban government pub- licly announced that it had the in- tentioa of lifting the suspension of constitutional guarantees at the end of the new 45 day period. This period will end on the 27th of January. After this, we hope that the elections will be acceptable to the Cuban people.” Rebels Killed by Cuban Army Force HAVANA, Jan. 17 (UP)— Gov- ernment forces battled about 200 insurgents in rebel-infested East- ern Cuba yesterday in a clash that left atleast four anti-government gunmen dead, it was reported to- day Semi-official sources said the re- bels were on the way back to hideouts in the Sierra Maestra mountains after attacking a 12- man army ° autpost at Veguitas when. they were intercepted by troops from Yara. Four rebels were killed in the clash, which occurred in Estrada Palma. Unconfirmed reports said “several” others were killed at Ve- bia, Cuba, Venezuela, Guatemala, Chile and Canada, officials said. guitas, Thousands Left Homeless in Panama by Devastating Fire Get U. S. Help 2 ee Chamorro’s Book Accuses Somozas of Cruelty Acts MEXICO, F.. D. — Now circulat- ing’ under the title of “Bloody Stock” is a book of a political category authored by Pedro Joa- quin Chamorro, in which he tells of the torture suffered by him and his jailmates at the Palacé occup- ed in Managua by the Somoza The U. S. Army Engineer Corps ; brothers, Luis and Anastasio, im- mediately after the death of the President of Nicaragua, General Anastasio Somoza. The front cover of the book has a photograph showing one of the torture victims at the moment he was going down into a pit, and the back cover shows Mr. Chamorro and his wife Violeta Barrios de Chamorro in a picture taken some- where across the Nicaraguan border in April 1957, right after the spectacular escapade of the author from the prison where he had been sent by a Military Tri- bunal. Mrs, Chamorro shared with her husband the risks of that adventure, The book has been described as of great human interest by all those who have read it, and contains accounts and details, in- cluding names of people and places _ as well as dates, which give the book, in the middle of the demo- cratic tragedy it describes, extra: ordinary importance not only for Nicaraguans, but for the people of other countries of America as well, Chamorro basically accuses the Chief of the Armed Forces, General Anastasio Somoza Debayle, of the tortures described in his book. Pedro Joaquin Chamorro now lives in Costa Rica, is the Editor in exile of La Prensa, and is also a member of the Board of Diree- tors of the Inter-American Press Association, During the annual meeting of the Association, held last October in Washington, D. C., when the case of the Government of Nicaragua came to the consideration of the eonference, Doctor Chamorro denounced many of the tortures” mentioned in his book. +: This book was printed recently by “Impresora Juan Pablos”, under supervision of Hernan Robleto and José Maria Lugo. ‘