Diario las Américas Newspaper, January 24, 1958, Page 12

Inter - American News for English - Speaking people ss nerastememnia rane ees cteromsntciomnaanta! THE AMERIDAS DAILY — 5th YEAR G@ A SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Managine @ditor Cc. W. Vice . SMITH 8. SMITH President Vtee President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President Editor and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advt. & Cire Mer. ng eeeeEe——————— EDITORIAL WOMEN SHOULD BE , POLITICAL RESPECTED DURING VIOLENCE ‘ Yesterday we published a report given to us by Dr. Fe- lipe Pazos, outstanding Cuban economist and statesman, which said that his wife had been arrested in Santiago de Cuba, after she visited her son Javier, who was jailed by Government forces a few days ago, Miami as a political exile, ad Dr. Pazos, who is in ded that some friends of his have told him that “his wife will be sent in a military plane to Havana, at the request Service”’. of the Military Intelligence It is very regrettable, to say the least, that this dis- tinguished Cuban lady, wife national life who is by the n of an outstanding figure in ature of his professional and temperamental activities opposed to all outbursts of politi- cal passion, has been the victi m of an outrage that not only hurts the person receiving the offense, but also’ is harmful to Cuban womanhood. in general. It could be that the order of arrest originated with minor officials who in that manner wanted to win the good graces of those more powerful in Havana. If that is the case, these powerful ones, particularly the President of the Republie, should punish those who have committed such an arbitrary act. If, unfortunately, the order was given by persons of high official position; in Havana, they should have realized the scope of their error, and mediate release of Mrs. de P: should have ordered the im- 'aZ0S. Events of this nature are not beneficial at all to the government and, to the contrary, they discredit it in the eyes of national and internat! ional public opinion. Politi- cal violence, which should not even exist, and should even less have anything to do with what is essential to civilian rights, especially regarding women, any woman who, no matter what social and cultural plane she may belong to, what social or economic position she may have, knows how to dignify her race. Our protest for the arrest which has been reported by the eminent Cuban citizen, Dr. Felipe Pazos, which falls on the person of his di we are sure, the feelings of istinguished wife, interprets, all Cubans and friends and admirers of that country who, above any purely political reason, hope to maintain womanhood away from violence and arbitrariness. Ko we: * 1 Prio Says, Batista Will Yield fo Popular Pressure” | * Former President of Cuba, Carlos Prio Socarras, who resides in Miami, gave the follow- ing statements to the press in connection with the overthrow of President Pérez Jiménez, of Ve- nezuela. The heroic action of the Vene- zuelan people, backed by the Ve-| nezuelan Armed Forces, has put an end to the blood-bath in which dictator Pérez Jiménez tried to plunge the country, in his despera- te effort to stem the tide of the popular demand for freedom. It is now to be expected that this event will lead to the calling of fruly free elections, in which the Vene- zuelan people will again be able to elect a government of their own choosing, through a democra- thundreds, tie process. This resolute and successful po- pular uprising, occurring in a coun- try which was regarded as riding 2 ED. Cm prosperity to be found in the | Western Hemisphere, proves once again that the peoples do not revolt only when their economic | condition is wretched, or unsatis- factory, but that they are also ready to shed their blood when they are denied their freedoms, and | oppressed by despotic goverments. On their part, the Venezuelan | Armed Forces refused to continue | to shed the blood of their fellow- citizens to maintain a corrupt and brutal dictator in power. Having this dramatic event in mind, it is | impossible to believe that in near | by Cuba, where the struggle of} the Cuban people against the| equally corrupt and bloody Batis- ta dictatorship has resulted not in but in thousands of deaths, the Cuban Army will con- tinue to back a government which they know will eventualiy fall the crest of the highest economic sistance. Latin Ameri can Financ and Trade News Reports Cuban American Nickel Co. Expands Facilities in Cuba NEW YORK, Jan. 23. (UP). =| Cuban American Nickel Co. an-| gress for two additional appro- priations for the Panama Canal iZone during the current fiscal year. They were $320,400 as an aa.| | wild horses and cattle they hunt- jed with their “boleadoras”, a type | of laso originated by the Indians, with two weighted ends. under the pressure of popular re-| nounced a plan today for the cons-| ditional amount for operating ex-| truction of a hydrogen sulphide|Penses and an increase from $15,-| unit for its ore reduction plant | 900 to $30,000 in the limitations at Mao Bay, Cyba. |in a section of the 1958 Appropria- The new facility will be a key | tions Act for the Commerce De- unit in Cuban American’s $119 Partment and other related agen- | million nickel-cobalt project under | construction in Cuba and Loui-| | siana. Cuban American, which is a sub- sidiary of Freeport Sulphur Co., | said it has authorized the girdler construction division of National | Cylinder Gas Co., Chicago, to én- gineer and equip an automatic plant to produce 60 tons of liquid hydrogen sulphide a day for its) ore-concentrating facilities at Mao | Bay. cies. The requests were contained in| a supplemental appropriations re-| quest of $3,000,000,000 which the President sent today to speaker! Sam Rayburn of the House of Re-| presentatives. | The $320,400 request is to pro-| vide additional personnel and es-| sential supplies to intensify a ma-| laria control program which was made necessary by a recent in- The company said the new fa-|crease in the carrier mosquito po- ' cility will be part of an unusual process developed by Cuban Ame- Tican to produce defense-critical nickel from limonite ore. Cuban American’s nickel refine- ry will be at Port Nickel, La., near New Orleans. It will have a yearly capacity of 50 million pounds of} | nickel and 4,400,000 pounds of co- balt when production begins in mid-1959. Limonite ore will be mined near. ' the Cuban plant at Moa Bay, where the ore will be concentrat- ed by chemical means to produce} a nickel-cobalt sulphide, to be shipped to the port nickel refinery. Appropriations Requested For Panama Canal Zone WASHINGTON. —(UP).— Pre-| pulation in the Canal Zone and a rapid rise in the number of ma- laria cases. | The request also provided for increased expenses caused princi-| pally by a heavy influenza out- break, a higher than usual rate of sickness in the Zone, and greater costs of medical supplies. The request also included funds for an increase in the rate of bo- nus pay for firefighters, called for) under an amendment to the fede-| ral employes pay regulations which became effective July 14,| 1957, The requested increase from | $15,000 to $30,000 -was to permit the employment of a hospital con- sultant to conduct space study .of hospital requirements in the Ca- sident Eisenhower asked the Con- nal Zone, Know thy Neighbor By ANTONIO RUIZ ARGENTINA —(Continued)— Speeding over the pampa from Buenos Aires to Mendoza in a} |luxurious express train, today’s} travelers find it hard to believe that less than a century ago this same journey~was an ardous and dangerous trek of more than two| weeks, made in high-wheeled “ga-| leras” or covered wagons, in cons- tant danger of attacks from In- |dians and bandits. About all that remains unchanged on the pampa today, are the squat “ombtes”, |purple thistle, and the “pampero”, wild wind which whips the gras- slarfds into turbulent motion. Gone are the old-time gauchos, those nomadic plainsmen of Spa- nish or mestizo blood, who rode like the wind, untamed, like the Theirs was a hard life, as well as a lonely one; their-only bed the wide “re- cado” or saddle, and their blanket the inseparable poncho. Their daily fare was “carne asada” (gri- lled fresh beef) and “mate”, Pa- raguayan tea which is sipped through a silver tube from a hol- lowed gourd. More “at home” in the saddle than out of it, they could ride 100 miles in twelve hourse on their small but strong horses. These trail blazers of the plain, bronco busters and rangers, were also courageous fighters. In the war of Independence, gaucho ca- valry helped to. defeat the Spa- niards. They fought off* Indians also, and made the pampa their domain, With a passion for liberty and in defiance of authority, they fought on to preserve their own freedom against the civilizing and unifying influences of Buenos Aires and other cities. But the proud plainsmen fought a losing battle, against the division of free land into immense “estancias”, against barbed wire fences and railroads, hords of farm im- migrants from Europe, and the po- litical authority of the Nation. The gaucho has passed into a legend, but his martial and romantic spi- rit is immortalized in literature, dances, and music comprising Ar- | gentina’s most fascinating folklore. The modern gauchos, or cowboys, one sees on the estancias today, |preserve the typical costume of |their predecessors, the baggy “bombachas” or wide pants, short boots and spurs, black felt som-} brero and poncho, Likewise, they |are magnificent riders, skillful | with the lasso and in the handling of cattle. They have their -“asa-| ” or barbecues and their fies- ‘tas, where one may hear the tango, the “vidalita” and the “triste”,| those melancholy love songs which) long ago took their melody an rhythm from the loneliness of the pampa andethe loping gait of the) gaucho, Argentina’s domestic transporta-| tion facilities, ‘including airlines, | railroads, buses and steamship lines, are the most extensive in Fer @ better MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1958 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 23. —(UP).— The Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis .Mufoz Marin, said that the island needs to in- crease its education plan in order to continue economic and cultu- ral progress, He made this statement in his annual message to Congress. The Governor said that Puerto Rico needs 60,000 specialized wor- 200,000 unskilled workers in 1975 if they do not increase their plan of education, especially that of adults. The Governor also added: “Puer- to Rico expepts to have an. ave- rage income of $2,000 dollars an- nualy fer every person in 1975”. At this-time nine new factories Puerto Rico Needs Expansion of Education Plan, Mufioz Marin Says | dustrial companies was 15% more kers and will have an excess of| {177 million dollars in the purchase |of equipment. {1957, respectively, and 40% dur- in Puerto Rico. Only one a month is being dismantled. The capital invested in Puerto Rico last year was 262 million dol- lars, which is 48 million more than in 1956. The income of Puerto Rican in- than in 1956. Agricultural income, less, was reduced 7%. Industrial companies neverthe- invested This sum is 37% over that of 1956. Thirty seven different companies have a minimum wage of one dol- lar an hour. The minimum wage has increas- ed from 13 to 15% in 1956- and are being established every month Coffee Conference RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 23. (UP). The majority of the delegates to the “International Coffee Confe- rence made a plane trip to Sao Paulo, glad of having prevented a rift by regional interests. In_a_ secret, mid-night meeting held by the Coordination Com- mittee, the last obstacles which held up the presentation of a pro- posed agreement were settled. The delegation from Portugal was the one most opposed to the agreement. . The representative of the African Coffee Growers final- ly agreed to give the International Coffee Organization, at least, the right to propose measures in any future crisis of the industry, al- though such measures will remain subject to approval of the mem- bers. The Portuguese agreed to the plan after receiving a message from the government which ac- cepted a reform which lessens the scope of the organization’s activi- ties. Although the activities of this organization are more of investi- gation and propaganda, world in- dustry could, in effect, fix export quotas if all producers. agreed that Sao Paulo After lroning Differences | chaser of not only Latin America, | but Africa. | accept the quota system, except in| | was time, and that fair U.S. com- |few years. they were necessary. WASHINGTON, D, C. (PAU)— México will spend close to $50,- 000.000 in national highway con- struction in 1958. The road bud- get of the Ministry of Communi- cations and Public Works calls for expenditures at the rate of $160,- 000 a doy throughout the year. The road program to be carried out ‘throughout the country will be part of a public works schedule which has as its objective the com- pletion” of all principal projects planned during the six-year ad- ministration gf President. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines. Almost $5 billion, have been spent on public works in México in the period under consideration. Mexican Government Will Increase Highway Construction During 1958 ing the last three years. Delegates Go to The African delegation, never- theless, said that they reserve the right. to reject the proposed mea- sure of quotas, which the’ U.S. energetically opposes, the country which uses more coffee than any other in the world and is, at the same time, the best coffee pur- Harry Turkel, U.S. observer, stated that this country, can not} mercial policies prevent acceptance of import agreements which harm some producers and are favorable to others. The Latin American countries, for some time, have lamented U'S. policies to buy African coffee, which has increased in the last Last year, the US. spent $1,500,000;000 on coffee, 20% which was invested in Afri- ca. The Latin Americans complain that the U.S. makes African com- merce easy, while the European countries discriminate against this continent with their common mar- ket. agricultural improvement, indus-| trialization, communications, pub-) lie education, rehabilitation of | ports and railroads, and public | health facilities. The sum was} greater than was spent in the pre-| vious 18 years of México’s history. Priority in the 1958 road pro gram will be given to work on the | Central Highway which forms the) backbone of México’s interestate | transportation system and runs the | length of the country from North | to South, Also slated for completion is the | | Christian Democratic parties ‘co Central” bought and sold fo- wndertending kebveen the Anvevicns Christian Democrats in New York Honor Dr. Rafael Caldera NEW YIORK, Jan. 23—(UP)— Representatives of the two stron- gest Christian Democratic parties of America —those of Chile and Venezuela— occypied places of ho- nor at a banquet-conference given by representatives of the Christian Democrat movement of Central Europe. The act was organized in honor of Dr. Rafael Caldera, leader of the Christian Democrat movement in Venezuela and head of the Catholic Party of that country, Copei. The Chilean movement was re- presented by Roberto Marchant, head of the Independent Commit- tee supporting Senator Eduardo Frey for President. Janusz Sleszynski, of the Chris- tian Democratic Union of Central) Europe, declared: | “This conference will lead to greater understanding and coope- ration with the two strongest of the Continent”. He recalled that the same group meeting~at the conference was the center of the protest against the Venezuelan Government when it jailed Dr. Cal- dera. He took asylum in the Apostolic Nunciature in Caracas later and arrived in New York Sunday before last. The act in honor of Dr. Caldera was organized by Professor Adolf Prochazka, U.S. representative for the Christian Democrat Movement of Central Europe, and the edi- tors if publications of that ten- dency, Bohomir Bunza, Czechoslo- vakian ex-deputy; Polish exile Sleszynski; V. T., Horany, Hunga- rian ex-deputy and representative} of the Hungarian Christian Demo-| cratic Movement. They said the conference has also “established a closer bond between the Christian Democratic Movement of Venezuela, where it is the force working with greatest dynamism for freedom and demo-| cracy, and the leaders of the Cen- tral Europe movement”. ~ Perd Returns to Free Market for Foreign Exchange LIMA, Jan. 23 —(UP).— The “Banco Central del Pert”, (Peru- vian Central Bank) re-established a free market for all foreign ex change transactions, subjected to operations exclusively regarding the law or supply and demand. Since the end of 1954, the “Ban- reign exchange certificates which| were necessary to maintain the} exchange of 19 soles for each dol- lar. At the closing of yesterday’s activities, the bank announced the suspension of this measure. This measure means the turning over of the certificate system to the free market, which offers several advantages to exports and importers. In today’s market opening, there were indications that the exchange junite the fraternal feelings bet- Southeast Highway, vital to the would reach 19.10 soles per dol- agricultural and industrial eco-| lar, while the free exchange, with- nomy of a vast region, and the! out certificates, reached, approx- link connecting Sonora with Bajajimately, 19.20 from 19.10 pre- CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 13. (UP), — A’ patriotic junta over- threw. the nine-year-old dictator- ship of President Marcos Pérez Jiménez today and sent him flee- ing the country, to the Dominican Republic. Caracas radio announced the fall of the Government at 2:30 a.m, after two days of bloody re- bellion that flashed into a nation- wide civil war and cost scores, perhaps hundreds of lives. The overthrow was carried out by a civilian-military committee which said it had the complete backing of the nation’s armed for- ces. It quickly set up a Junta headed by Rear Admiral Wolfgang Larrazabal to run the country. The situation in Caracas was outlined to the nation by a series New Government Junta, Cabinet in Venezuela CARACAS, Jan. 23. —(UP).— The Military Junta which took over the Government. was first formed by Rear-Admiral Wolfgang Larrazabal, who was loyal to Pérez Jiménez until the abortive upris- ing on the Ist of January; Colonel Roberto Casanova, Army Com- mander of the Maracay region until the uprising; Col. Abel Ro- mero Villarte, Air Force; Col. Pe- dro José Quevedo, National Guard | Commander; and Colonel Carlos Luis Araque, Chief of the Military Academy. At noon, after discussions with civilian elements, the Military Jun- ta became a Government Junta, with the participation of the out- standing industrialist, Eugenio Mendoza, and Dr. Blas Lamberti. UNITY STRESSED The President of the Government Junta, Vice-Admiral Wolfgang La- rrazabal, said, during a ceremony in Miraflores Palace, that a Civilian -Military Junta had been formed with the double purpose of uniting the people and the Army in all sectors of the Republic. He expressed the desire for all of the Armed Forces to dedicate themselves to specific missions and ween soldiers and civilians. When the deep division which existed in the country during the ousted regime was refered to, he said; “Venezuelan is a country divided between persecutors and victims. For. this reason we should solve our presents problems in a patriotic manner. “The destiny of Venezuela is to find the right road for the expres- sion of internal solidarity.” NEW MINISTERS At the same time the following appointments were announced: In- terior Minister, Col. Abdel Romero Villate; Junta Secretary, Dr. Re- nato Esteva Rios; Governor of the Federal District (Caracas); with rank of Minister, Col. Adrian de la Rosa; Minister of Education, Ju- lio De Armas Chitty, Professor, ) journalist, and a man of letters Major appropriations went for South America. Modern equip- ment is being bought now to res- tore comfortable transportation to} any part of the country. All main routes radiate from Buenos’ Aires. | The five principal railroads, go- vernment owned, connect the chief cities and resorts of each Province with Buenos Aires. Totalling about | 32,000 milles of track, the coun-) try’s railway netwerk is mainly) concentrated in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Cérdoba, and Santa Fe. Southern Patagonia, the terri- tories of Chubut and Santa Cruz are the only ones in the c6untry not connected by rail to the natio- nal capital. ‘Spanish Version Page 3 CUBAN ARMY ARRESTS 13 IN PINAR DEL RIO PINAR DEL RIO, (Cuba)—The Army announced the arrest of'13 persons and the seizure of a large quantity of weapons and material destined for sabotage. They added that the cache covered rifles, pistols, machine guns and ammunition for these weapons, as well as many “Molotov Cocktails”, 26th of July Movement uniforms, and several flags. An ex-Police Major and an enlist. ed Marine were among those arrested, 5 nan it HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Latin American News in Brief OFFICIAL FOR VENEZUELA APPOINTED BY BANK MONTREAL (UP)— The Royal Bank of Canada announced the nomination of J.R. Peet as Super- visor of the Venezuelan branches, a post created for the first time in a South American country. Peet’s offices will be in Caracas. Peet entered the organization in 1929, with the Rayal Bank of Ca- nada of Buenos Aires, where he held different posts for nine years. He was later named as Administra- tor of the Montevideo branch and, since 1954, has been a resident in- spector of the branches in Vene- zuela and Administrator of the Ca- racas Bank. MIGRATION. MEETING IN PUERTO RICO. SAN. JUAN, P, R. —(UP)— Gov. Luis Mufoz Marin opened the third Annual Migration Con-| ference’ which will discuss the problems of, Puerto Rican mi- Vgrats in New York, _ — Le = eae ar California, | viously. ' 1 A group of 22 New York State and New York City officials are attending the conference with) their counterparts in Puerto ‘Rico. | In welcoming the New York de- legates Mufioz Marin said that by 1975 Puerto Rico expects to reach a standard of living equal to that enjoyed “by the United States as| a whole”. Reviewing briefly Puerto. Rico’s economic and political develop- ment in the past 15 years, the Governor said that while the Puer- to Rican population has increased by 20 per cent to 2,300,000 since 1940, its real income has more than doubled. Stanley H. Lowell, assistant to New York’s Mayor Robert Wagner, and acting conference Chairman ‘until Wagner's arrival, expressed confidence of New York City’s ability to absorb the Puerto Rican migration but said that the mi- rants themselves gould ease the — ae eee, em thoes adjustment “if they broaden their American heritage by mastering the English language and other cultural elements”. SHARP INCREASE IN MEXICAN STUDENTS MEXICO CITY. —(UP).— The Department of Public Education said 7,000 more students than last year would enroll in the capital’s secondary schools in 1958. The Department said seven new secondary schools had been built in the Federal District since last year. Four are day schools, and three night schools, giving the city 67 secondary schools. Enrol- Iment is expected to-surpass 38,- 000 compared with last year’s 31,540, It was announced earlier that more than 700,000 children would attend primary schools. MINERAL ; RESOURCES | led. of great prestige. llermo Aguilar y Maya, President of the National Committee of Mi- neral Resources (Recursos Natu- rales no Renovables), said plans had been completed and would de put into effect immediately for a scientific investigation of the entire Mexican land mass for mi- neral resources as yet undiscover- ECTRIFICATION FUND RECOMMENDED GUATEMALA — A $20,000,000 fund for electrification purposes ‘ Member Inter American Press Association 6 For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 170 New Government Formed in Venezuela as Perez Jimenez Flees to Ciudad Trujillo |PROMINENT INDUSTRIALIST, DOCTOR, "ARE MEMBERS OF NEW GOVT. JUNTA of radio broadcasts in which all of the nation’s radio and television stations were hooked up into one network. One broadcast told the populace the 6 p.m, to 5 a.m. curfew impos- ed by Pérez Jiménez was in effect but the populace ignored this Within minutes cars raced through the city honking their horns: while people shouted “liberty” from their windows. Telephones were tied up by friends calling with the news. The broadcasts empasized that all units of the armed forces were in agreement. Journalist Fabricio Ojeda identified himself as Presi- dent of the Patriotic Junta and as- sured the fullest cooperation with the different army corps and other military groups. Newspapers which closed for the general strike prepared to pu- blish extras. Huge. crowds began collecting at the square of El Silencio which has been the center of anti-govern- ment manifestations in recent weeks.- Thousands arrived on foot and other thousands poured in by car. El Silencio is the traditional spot of national celebrations and there was tumult as the crowds shouted and waves flags and -ban- ners. Most of the crowd was made up of workers. Some persons were in their pajamas. Traffic was jammed for many blocks in all directions and was gettings steadily worse. Police made no effort to straighten it out but simply joined in the shouting. In some places the celebrants packed the walks so densely that people could not get out of their houses so they shouted through the windows or leaned out and waved flags. The loudest shouts were “The Tyrant has Fallen! The Tyrant has Fallen!” Exiles Arrive in- Ciudad Trujillo CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Jan. 23. (UP). — The ousted President of Venezuela, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, arrived today from Venezuela in a military plane, accompanied by his wife, Flor Chalbaud, his three sons, his mother-in-law, and other persons. Among the group were General Luis Felipe Llovera, who was Mi- nister of Communications; Pedro Gutiérrez Alfaro, who was Minis- ter of Sanitation; Dr. Antonio Pé- rez Vivas, who replaced Laureano Vallenilla Lanz as Government Mi- nister shortly after the New Year, Dr. Rat! Soulés, the ousted -Pre- sident’s secretary, and Fortunato Herrera. The plane was piloted by Lt. Co- lonel Paoli, Majar José Cota Rey nad Major Antonio Marquez Bello. The plane in which they arrived has been taken over by Dominican authorities for not giving previous warning of arrival and for carry- ing weapons. The decision of what to do with the plane will be made later. Reds Blame U. S. For Revolution in Venezuela LONDON. (UP) — “Tass”, the Soviet news agency, reported today by radio that “U.S. monopo- lies, with their plunder”, were the cause of the Venezuelan revolu- tion, “Tass” reports on the Venezue- lan events, based, it seems, on reports received’ before the fall of dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez, said: “the Venezuelan revolution is no doubt the result of the disgust felt by the people for the plunder of their country by U. S. monopa lies”. : ie It added that Pérez Jiménez is an instrument of these monopolies has been recommended by the Na- tional Economic Planning Council to the government. The project; has been submited to Congress for its consideration. Financing would be made through a special bond issue, Rural electrification is being and “has been making money through robbing the national wealth,” The report from “Tass”, dated from New York, says; “for a long time the U.S. has controlled Vene- zuelan oil resources, taking 130 given to priority by the govern- ment planning office, and its re- cently created electrification eom- MEXICO CITY. —(UP)— @ul- mision, — : oe o ati Scat a million tons of oil a year from the country. United States Steel, of Morgan, owns the Cerro Boliver .