Diario las Américas Newspaper, January 19, 1958, Page 14

Inter - American News for English - Speaking people -seocteaeumno eminence 5th YEAR eet a ee @ A SAN ROMAN ¢. W. SMITR 8. SMITA President Vice President Vice President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managine Editor HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President Editer and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advt & Cire Mer Published daily except Monday — €ntered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miami Springs fla. on February & 1950. EDITORIAL ELECTIONS IN GUATEM Guatemala is trying to solve today a serious political problem, which is to choose a successor for the assassinated President, Colonel elections. Serious, very serious is the political situation in that Central American country, in particular because of the communist infiltration there Besides, there have been recently political unrest and violence, encouraged mainly right and the left, which complicates the situation even more. To put aside these extr malan democracy, emerged the nomination as candidate for President of Colonel José L sador of Guatemala in Washington, who was an important figure in the work for restor: by the Castillo Armas regime. Cruz Salazar was a very communist crusade in Guatemala and gave close coopera- tion to the government, espec by his ability and partriotism, the foreign aid which helped Castillo Armas remake the country which the com- munists had left in such a serious crisis. By his sense of responsibility, his connection with de- mocratic movements and his resistance to communist infiltration, large sectors of the Guatemalan voters support the candidacy of Colonel Jos this candidacy are placed all Guatemala, from abroad, wh return to constitutional normaley and progress; freedom, and anti-communism. It is very convenient, both for Guatemala and Ame- rica, that victory in today’s person who more guarantees of democracy in the above strengthen also, within an ad understanding, Inter American relations. lazar has all the qualification: may accomplish her democratic destiny, as well as her mis- sion within the family of American Republics. . e Latin Ameri and Trade News Reports |problems on the interstate system BRAZIL 1S LIFTING SOME INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS WASHINGTON. —(UP). The State Department told the House Foreign Relations Committee that there are indications that Brazil is lifting some restrictions on ca- pital investment. Brazil, nevertheless, has reject- ed all efforts that the U.S. has) made to convince her that she should allow U.S. capital to part- icipate in oil exploitation. Roy R. Rubottom, Assistant Se- eretary of State for Inter Ameri- can Affairs, described the Brazi- lian situation in a session of the Latin American Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee. The meeting was held in order for Rubottom to explain the most recent events in Latin America to the members of the Subcom: | mittee, which is presided by De-| mocratie representative, Robert C.) Byrd. It was, nevertheless, attended) not only by members of the Sub- committee but also by many of the. full Foreign Relations Com- mittee. Carlos Castillo Armas, in popular during the last two years. by extremists both of the emes, dangerous for Guate- uis Cruz Salazar, ex-Ambas- ation of democracy achieved important factor in the anti- ially in regards to obtaining, é Luis Cruz Salazar, and in the hopes of the friends of o want to see this country elections corresponds to the offers for the strengthening mentioned Republic, and to equate line of solidarity and And Cruz Sa- s needed, so that Guatemala eee a can Finance For a better understanding between the Americas a Guatemalans to Decide in Crucial GUATEMALA CITY, —(UP).— Guatemala will hold Sunday its }second presidential election in three months to try once again to choose the man who for the next six years will fill the place of assassinated Castillo Armas. The assassination of the anti- President Carlos WIN PENDLETON SIKES’ TEAM VS IKE’S TEAM Everybody has heard of President} Eisenhower's “team”. Last week, | Congressman Bob Sikes, dean of} Nations Future Today Elections Communist leader by a Commu-| |nist member of his palace guard last July 26 was followed by a| | series of political events which led | the country to the brink of chaos.) On Oct. 20, Guatemalans went | to the polls to elect their presi- | dent but extremists of both the right and left joined in street riot- ing and other acts of violence. They succeeded in having the election declared null, in ousting the provisional government of Luis Arturo Gonzalez, and in having po- litical forees which had supported Castillo Armas dismissed from public office. The extremists alleged that the Gonzalez Lopez government had) thrown official resources behind the candidacy of Miguel Ortiz Pa- sarelli, a moderate who had pledged to continue the Castillo Armas polities. They coerced Congress, com-| prised chiefly of Ortiz Passarelli supporters, into voiding the elec- tion before the ballots were even counted. | Sunday’s election will be held under a new government which the Florida Delegation, called his “team” together to oppose some) of Ike’s programs. It speaks well) for Florida that all members met} in harmony. The meeting was bi-| partisan —and included Bill Cra-| mer, only Republican member| from Florida, It was a “blood is} thicker than water” meeting. Out- come: they agreed to present a solid front against the Administra- tion’s present austerity program affecting military bases and public works programs for Florida. “Stick together for Florida” was! the theme of the meeting. ROAD MEETING NEXT WEEK Here next week for the annual meeting of the American Road} Builders Association will be Wil- bur E. Jones, Chairman of the| State Road Department: his exe-| cutive director, Ralph Davis; and State Road Department Engineer, | A. C. Church. On their agenda is phase of the project. Plans for the! other are being prepared by the! Engineering Division. ARGENTINE PORT IMPROVEMENT PLANNED WASHINGTON — Studies are being carried out in Argentina by a Commission composed of repre- | sentatives of the Ministry of Trans- a meeting of the Florida Delegat- ion. To be discussed: highway as they apply to Florida; the pro- gress of the interstate system within Florida; how to meet addi- tional costs to complete the sys- tem in Florida; how to add ad- ditional mieleage to the Federal system in Florida (Tampa-Miami gap); Florida’s attitude toward billboards; the question of reim- bursements to the State for high- ways already completed that will port's National Bureau of Mer-| chant Marine and Ports, of the) area along the Upper Parana Riv-) er between the ports of Corrien- | tes and Iguazu, to determine the | be added to the Federal system; and how to prevent paying for the removal of utility poles along highway rights of way. BACK AGAIN — Joe Fuller, importance of its existing docking | former administrative assistant to facilities. |Congressman Jim Haley, was in Shipping interests in the area | Washington last week represent- have impressed upon the Commis- | ing the Florida Conference Group sion the importance of carrying |in a national committee meeting. out necessary work in connection| Fuller represents the Florida with transport by river of the re-| Citrus Commission on the Florida gion’s products especially in the | steering committee of the orga- ports of E] Dorado, Santa Ana, | nization. Purpose of the meeting has pledged absolute neutrality, under new electoral authorities, and under strict vigilance of the armed forces which have been di- rected to insure orderly and hon- est balloting. Four candidates are vying for the presidency: Col. Jose Luis Cruz Salazar, who resigned as| Ambassador to the United States to run; Gen. Miguel Idigoras Fuen- tes, right wing leader believed) generally to have promoted the| riots against the October election; | Mario Mendez Montenegro, lead- er of the left-wing revolutionary movement which on some occa- sions has accepted Communist support; and Col. Enrique Ar- don, nominee of a small party known as the National Union. U. S. Cannot ‘Allow, Hostile Cuban Gvt. Smathers Declares WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. (UP). Senator George A. Smathers said that “the U.S. cannot allow the establishment of a hostile govern- ment in Cuba”. He added that this statement should not be interpreted in the} sense that he is in favor of Pre- sident Fulgencio Batista. He also added that “it was very appropiate” that the U.S. Ambas- sador to Cuba, Earl E. T. Smith, had come to Washington for con- sulations. “It is convenient that Smith is here, he stated, because he will surely give us good advise’. Smathers recently returned from |a 16 day trip through Latin Ame- rica. According to him, the friendship thaf these countries feel towards the U.S. has not decreased. The Senator revealed that he Libertador General San Martin, | here was to present the views of and [guazu. It 1s hoped that con-|the fruit growers to the Depart- struction of roads leading to the}ment of Health, Education and docks will benefit greatly outlets Welfare regarding the Depart- for the area’s produce. Work on) ment’s attitude on the use of a {enlargement of port installations |“decay inhibitor” in boxed fruit. is already under way at Santa Ana, |The drug used is biphenyl. The |the Yerba Mate region. |HEW Department calls it a pre- Rubottom briefly spoke about the economic and political situat- ion of each of the Latin American countries. Many of the questions put to him by the Senators, never- theless, were about the Brazilian oil policy. ; He said that one encouraging fact was the permit which was recently granted to a U. S. com- pany, which makes automobiles, for constructing a factory in Rio de Janeiro, in which they will invest 20 million dollars. PANAMA CANAL BUILDING “TO BE MODERNIZED WASHINGTON — The first change of any extensive nature to be made in the Panama Canal’s Administrative Building since it was built 43 years ago will be started in the very near future, ac- cording to the Panama Canal Re- view. Modernization plans for the three-story masonry structure are nearmg compleiion and bids for the project whieh will cost about $1 million will be invited within the next few weeks. No structural changes are in- volved in che plans and the build- ing will present much the same! outward appearance. The interior, however, will be vastly different. Among the changes included are air-conditioning, modern lighting, a new elevator, and some office changes, Architect-engineering plans for air-conditioning, elevator and light ing have been submitted. by the Panama firm of Sander, Duffer and Associates, contractors for this The Commission also is studying \servative, Fruit growers (not just \the problem of the rapids of Api-|citrus growers) claim it is only pe and Caraya, which are obstacles |a decay inhibitor. This argument |to navigation in the Parana River | has been going on for years—will because they only permit passage | jof raft of 100 tons, Two plans! jare being considered — construc: | tion of a canal or leveling of the | rapids. Once a free passage is as- jsured in that area, the Parana| River will be navigable at all times | up to Iguazu and will thereby be-| \nefit the entire area as well as| travel and the national economy | because of the difference between | railway and river freight rates, GUATEMALAN OIL GRANTS UP WASHINGTON — The six new} oil exploration concessions grant- ed by the Guatemalan Govern-| ment since August 1957 have} brought the total area allowed for | oil exploration to more-than 10, 270,000 acres. The Government has granted a total of 45 oil explora- tion rights since last May, all for a period of six years renewable for two additional periods of two years each, The new concessions are in the northernmost provinces of Guate- mala. The rights were granted un- der the 1955 Petroleum Code, et Ged Subscribe to the probably continue. SOCIETY NOTE — The annual reception for members of the Flo- rida Delegation went off smoothly last Friday night’ in the Caucus Room of the Senate Office Build- ing. This year, three group teamed together, to sponsor this gala affair — the Florida State Society, Congressman Dante Fascell, pre- sident; the University of Florida Washington Alumi Club, Robert L. Weadock, Palm Beach, presi- dent; and the University of Miami Alumni Club of Washington, 1. Rick Richman, Miami, president. HONORED AGAIN, — For the second straight year, Senator and Mrs. Holland have been placed on the honor roll of Washington so- ciety. Spessard and Mary Holland were again named by one of Was- hington’s leading society writers as “Washington’s friendliest couple”. Besides being a mark of distinction for the Hollands, this honor will reflect much eredit to the State of Florida — which they represent. NEW FACE—Newest Floridian to come to Capitol Hill is Bill McHale, of Miami, who has been appointed press secretary to Se- nator George Smathers. McHale was: formerly a member of the editorial staff of the Miami Daily nected with the firm of Gilbert ions consultants. Americas Daily - | proposes to ask for the establish- |ment of a special fund for direct economic aid to ‘Latin America, | for sanitary, educative, and civic works, through the foreign aid MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., SUNDAY, JANUARY, 19 1958 CORRECTION In the interesting in- terview with Assistant Secretary of State Roy R. Rubottom we published yesterday, a regrettable typographical error com- pletely changes the meaning of a statement. In the eighth paragraph,, referring to Mr. Dulles, it said: “and the Secretary made it clear that he was thinking of one regional group meddling...” It should read: “and the Secretary made it: clear that he was NOT thinking of one regional gfoup meddling in the affairs of || the others.” We are very sorry, and apologize, for this unfor- tunate error. Argentine Trade Mission Leaves Paris for Moscow PARIS, Jan. 18. —(UP).— An Argentine Trade Mission to the communist countries left this morning for Moscow. The group, headed by Undersecretary of In- dustry Raul A. Ondarts, arrived last night from Buenos Aires and left today for Prague, where they will change to a plane scheduled to arrive in Moscow at 8:45 tonight. The Mission, was met here at Orly Airport by the Argentine Embassy’s Minister Counsellor, Luis Castells, and other Embassy staffers including Counsellor Ra- mon Oliveira Cesar, the Chief of the Economie Section of the Em- bassy, José Goitia, and the Pro- tocol Adviser Lorenzo Genta. Last night they were received by Ar- gentine Ambassador Juan Carlos} Rebora. Ondarts said that their further | itinerary has not been set yet. After remaining eight or ten! days in Moscow the Mission plans to go to Prague, then visit Bu- charest, Warsaw, Belgrade and perhaps Sofia. The duration of the whole mis-| sion will be about 40 days. He confirmed that the mission intend to buy railroad, electrical and perhaps petroleum equipment | as well as metallurgical products) from Russia and other countries behind the iron curtain, using the} 40 million dollar trade balances between the Argentine and half | a dozen of those countries. The balance with Russia alone reaches about 20 million dollars. Rojas Pinilla Buys Las Palmas House | LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, Jan. 18. —(UP)— Former Co- lombian President General Gusta- vo Rojas Pinilla has bought a! house here and will definitely make this Island capital his home well informed sources said today. _ Rojas Pinilla’s house, for which he paid 700,000 pesetas ($14,000), | is located in the elegant “Ciudad Jardin” residential district. The sources said the exdictator | | would move into the new house as soon as extensive alterations HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Dr. Mora Will Visit Rio and Buenos Aires WASHINGTON (UP)— Dr. Jo- sé A, Mora, the Secretary General ‘of the Organization of American States, has aceepted an invitation |to attend>the International Coffee |Conference which will be held next week in Rio de Janeiro, | Mora also discicsed he would al- |so go to Buenos Aires for two or ‘ment with the Argentine Govern- ment about establishing an infor- |mation center of the OAS in that | The OAS Secretary said that the Argentine government has shown “great interest” in the new center. | Similiar offices have been estab- | lished in other world capitals. | Besides distributing information about OAS, the center could also \be used for printing publications \in Spanish, for example, the Span- News and more recently was con-|ish edition of the “Americas,” a monthly magazine of the Pan Ame- | and Tormey. Miami public relat-|riean Union He assumed his | new. duties. the first of January.. end, \three days to conclude an agree-| Mora reported that he plans “i and repairs have been completed, Latin American News | ARGENTINE DOCTOR IS TRAINING SPECIALISTS ON LEPROSY IN CHINA TOKYO (UP)— An Argentine specialist has started a course in the Southern Chinese city of Can- ton to train specialists i nthe fight against one of the world’s dread- ed diseases — leprosy. The New China News Agency reported today that Dr. Shunjman (no first name given), “a well- known Argentine specialist in this disease,” opened the special course as chief instructor in Canton on Tuesday. “More than 30 qualified lepro- logists from various parts of China are enrolled in the training class which is affiliated with the China Shan Medical College in the city of Canton,” the Agency said. “Medical workers and people in Latin America had been looking forward to the opening of this training class which would pro- mote the friendship between the people of China, and Argentina,” Dr. Shujman was reported as say- ing in his inaugural address; The Argentine doctor is in Chi- na on an invitation from the Chi- nese Medical Association. Dr. Schujman-also said that he THE AMERIEAS DAILY Western Di | | | | plomats Against Soviet at (OFFICIALS ALARMED BY COMMUNIST | United Press Staff Correspondent | By HENRY RAYMONT WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. (UP). | Western diplomats are warning Brazil and other Latin American} countries against falling into the| same kind of snare that the Soviet Union set for Middle East na-| tions — seemingly attractive eco-| nomic offers. Diplomatic officials said today that they are alarmed by evidence! that Moscow has started an eco- nomic drivé in Latin America similar to the one which has} spread Soviet influence deep into} the. Middle East. ‘ s Although there is general agree-| ment that it will not succeed, the United States and other Western} powers have nevertheless taken seriously the challenge of econo-| mic warfare voiced by Commu- nist Party chief Nikita $. Khrush- chevy: “We declare wa¥ upon you in the peaceful field of trade and production. We are relentless in this. We will prove the superior- | ity of our system.” PRESSURE ON BRAZIL In Latin America, this pro- nouncement was followed by eco- nomie and political pressure on Brazil to establish diplomatic re- lations with Russia and by tempt- ing offers of economic opportuni- ties ‘to Argentina and Colombia. Some Latin Americans are argu-| ing that because of their tradition | of independence, the majority of) the 20 republics are so immune} to Communism that closer trade] relations with the Soviet bloc} would do no harm. There also are those who complain that by| BOGOTA, Jan. 18. —(UP)— A two member Russian official mis- sion arrived in Bogota and began conferences with governmental and economic leaders, to whom they formally proposed an annual 30 million dollar commercial exchange. , The officials are Boris Strieltsov and Leonid Bolshakov, who offer the sale of Russian agricultural machinery im exchange for Co- lombian ccffee. The machinery offered by the Russians would be cheaper, delivered in Colombian ports, that similar equipment from the U.S. : The officials interviewed the Mi- nisters of the Economy and Fo-} reing Relations, Jess Maria Maru- landa and Carlos Sanz de Santa- maria, and the directors ,of the Colombian Coffee Growers Fede- ration, a government organization through which the exchange which they propose would be made. Unofficial circles indicate the possibility of them interviewing Vice-Admiral Rubén Piedrahita, a member of the Military Junta Go- vernment. 1 was greatly interested in training leprologists and taking up research on leprosy in China. Fu Lien-Chun, Vice Minister of Public Health, told the same group that the advanced course was in- tended to train a group of speciai- ists on leprosy, a disease which China -hopes to eliminate “within a definite period” from its territor- ies, MEXICAN VOTERS ARE URGED TO REGISTER MEXICO CITY (UP)— The In- terior Department is planning an intensified drive to get every Me- xican voter to register for this year’s general elections before the middle of next month. Interior Minister Angel Carvajal plans call for registration to be completed by Feb. 15. More than 12,000,000 ‘voters are expected to cast bzallots in the pre- sidential and congressional elec- tions scheduled for July 6. So far, less than one million per- sons have registered in the thousands of registration places throughout the country. The press, the labor unions and many civic and political organizations are al- so urging voters to register. RIO POLICE BREAK SHIP’S WILD PARTY ECONOMIC DRIVE IN HEMISPHERE |friendship for the United States Red Trade Mission Reaches Bogota | against Liberal leader, Carlos Lle- n Brief | adopting a rigid attitude toward Moscow the United States is block- ing economic progress. The most widely accepted view, however, is that at this particular moment of renewed East — West tension it would be a display of poor judgment and even lack of for a Latin American country to develop new approaches to Mos- cow. PRINCIPAL TARGET Brazil is perhaps the principal target of the Soviet campaign. The immediate Russian objective| is diplomatic recognition which would be a major political victory in this hemisphere. Only Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay have formal relations with Moscow which date back to World War II years. But it is be- lieved that diplomatic recognition at this time by Brazil, the largest country in Latin America, could lead many others to revise their polices toward the Soviet bloc. Diplomatie ties with Moscow could also mean new _ internal problems for Brazil They could strengthen the small current of Communist sympathy which now feeds on the romanticized figure of leader Luiz Carlos Prestes. In the cases of ‘both Brazil and Argentina there are pressing eco- nomic factors that have led to re- newed interest in closer economic relations with Russia. Both coun- tries received Soviet offers of drills, equipment and refineries needed for their nationalized oil industry. POLICE INVESTIGATE ATTACK ON LIBERALS BOGOTA. —(UP).— Police are investigating the terrorist attack ras Restrepo, in which an 18 year old youth was killed and 22 were wounded, 14 seriously. Terrorists elements threw two bombs into a group of one thous- and persons organized by the Li- berals, in the electoral campaign for Congressional elections. The meeting was held in a central part of the city. One of the bombs fell less than 50 méters from the platform where Lleras Restrepo was to speak. He is the director in charge of his party during the absence of Alber- to Lleras Camargo. Nevertheless, Lleras cancelled his appearence at the meeting since he had been _ previously warned of the terrorist plan. Special agents from Liberal Headquarters went to the place of the meeting in order to break it up, but they arrived just as the bombs were thrown. today broke up a wild party aboard the Swedish ship Ragunda and freed 14 girls who could not go ashore because the crew had hid- den their clothing. The girls said they were invited aboard by the crew while the ship was anchored out in the harbor and the captain was away. They told of participating in a drinking, strip tease orgy with the crew. Later, they said, when they wanted to leave they found their clothing had been spirited away. When liberated by the police the girls filled ashore half clad. They were held at the police station temporarily. None of the ship’s crew was held. ARGENTINE ACTOR PRAISED IN GERMANY "BERLIN (UP}— Actor Carlos Thompson, Argentine husband of film star Lilli Palmer, received praise in Berlin newspapers for his performance in the new German move “The Inn in the Spessart Mountains.” Thompson plays the part of the hero, the leader of a romantic 18th century robber gang in the film comedy. The movie had its premiere - Member Inter American Press Association ‘@ For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 166 Warning Latin American Countries d Offers TEMPERATURE aoc) eontigrade Ambassador Smith and Cuban Politics As soon as the interesting and revealing statemerits made in Washington by the U.S. Ambas- sador to Cuba during his recent “consultation” visit at the State Department were made known in Havana, in the course of which Ambassador Smith said: “we expect the Cuban. Govern- ment to restore completely the constitutional guarantees and hope that the elections to be held will be acceptable to the 4 Cuban people”, the Government press circles renewed their at- tacks against the aforemention- ed diplomat. So far, these attacks have not reached the proportions and the tones of the outbursts of the mouthpieces of the Batista re- gime directed at Smith when he stated his views in Oriente, favoring the democratic cause of the Cuban people and when, as a human being, he condemned the brutality of the police forces - against defenseless manifestants wo had come to greet the Am- bassador; yet, it is quite evident that those elements close to the Cuban regime are still quite resentful of the present head of the U.S. diplomatic mission and, more so, of the United States as a Nation. In commenting this, it is good to remember that at the time of the attacks, made with a fury that merited a better cause, ele- ments very close to the Cuban President expressed themselves in the most violent terms “against Ambassador Smith, against the Government of the United States, against the people this country and against its na- tional and international policies. To this moment, it seems that extremes are being avoided now in the attacks against the Am- bassador for his statements made in Washington. Political interests, rather than friendship towards the United States, die- tate this attitude. There is the possibility that the statements regarding the restoration of constitutional guarantees in Cuba and about elections “acceptable” to the Cu- ban people, may not have come as a surprise to General Batista, because he was Ambassador Smith’s guest in a more or less intimate dinner before the di- plomatic representative left for Washington in his ‘consultation’ visit. Cuban Army Kills 17 “Terrorists” HAVANA, UP — Interior Mini» ter Santiago Rey declared early today that loyal troops killed 17 “terrorists and saboteurs” in Thursday’s “battle of Veguitas”, while not a single soldier lost his life. Rey said U. §. press reports say: ing that 20 to 30 soldiers and “many” rebels were killed in the provincial. hamlet are “fantastical- ly false”. Cuban poliee announced they had frustrated a conspiracy to as- sassinate President Fulgencio Ba- tista and other government lead- ers and the heads of the armed forces. Agents raided an apartment house in suburban Marianao and arrested five leaders of the al- leged plot, police said. Three men escaped but the agents confiseated four submachine guns, nine rifles and other weapons. Peru’s Freak Flood Kills Forty — Three CUZCO, Perd, Jan. 18 — (UP). A freak flood in Calea Province washed away the Indian village of Puachace this week, drowning at least 43 persons, it was reported today. A landslide in the area dammed the Yanatile River Monday. When the pressure of the rising waters washed out the natural dam early the following day, a wall of water rushing down the riverbed swamp- ed Pachace. The accident had no apparent connection with the earthquake Wednasday in Berlin’s “Lgoria- RIO DE JANEIRO-(UP) ! Police Palast” movie theater, — which rocked the mountaing of | Southern Peru Wednesday, _ = « i