Diario las Américas Newspaper, January 25, 1958, Page 12

| Inter) American News for English - Speaking people Stradi one aaa ie A 5th YEAR * THE AMERICAS DAILY For a better understanding between the Americas MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., SATUR eee oer G 4 SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President. and Publicher Antonio Ruiz Managine Sditor C. Vice LS EY a Published daily except Monday — Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Miami Sprines la EDITORIAL MORE VICTORY FOR IAPA | The Inter American Press Association has scored another victory in obtaining re-establishment of freedom of expression in Venezuela, for which high officials of that continental institution have struggled, in particular the committee in charge of those matters, which does not let up in its efforts to investigate any violation of freedom of the press, so essential for the existence and functioning of democracy. The vigilant attitude of IAPA must be, for sure, of great encouragement for the Venezuelan journalists in their struggle for the defense of their rights, since the new Government knows that supporting the journalists is an institution of continental scope, which accomplishes, without doubt, a high and democratic mission in America. Everything seems to indicate that in another country, |, Cuba, the Inter American Press Association will achieve a new victory, in having press censorship lifted, after w President SMITR 8 SMITH Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice President Rditor and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advt & Cire Mer op February 8 1956 WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UP). Republican Senator, George D. Aiken, reported to the Senate Fo- Relations Committee that disorders and bloodshed in Cuba. At the same time he expressed |the hope that rival factions in Cuba would “give much thought to the fact that this price would} be too much to pay. and if demo-| jcratic measures co | to cure the evils which now harass} |the country”. Aiken made a tour of the Carib- |bean in December and presented | a report of this trip to the Senate | Committee. i | In general, he said, the situation jof the Caribbean is good, at least jin respect to the U.S. He added: “the situation which} |superficially appears in the Cu- jban Republic —that which is for- |mal and evident— con- Id not be used |. Serious Disorders and "0! fo Mur Bloodshed are Brewing President Siles in Cuba, Sen. Aiken Says nal independence... Cuban agri- culture, which for so many years, depended on one product. sugar, is now beginning to be diversified. Labor conditions are peaceful | “Nevertheless, there is much) |disturbance under the surface of| |life in Cuba, Tyranny is great in all parts of Cuba. Many people be-} eve that a revolution is inevita- Cee The great tension in Cuba is partly due to the fact that the people are very angry about some| reported cases of police brutality | and upset about the violence of the opposition and, partly, because of some politicians, who have been| outside of the government, for} some time but want to return. “Luckily for the U.S., and due to the continuation of present at- titudes, if there were a change in the government of Cuba, it is dif- ficult to think of the possibility DAY, JANUARY 25, 1958 ‘Plot to Murder Uncovered by - Bolivian Govt. | LA PAZ, Jan. 24 —(UP).— Go- jvernment Minister José Cuadros Quiroga, sent to the office of the District Attorney a communication in which he reveals the existence of a conspiracy. The note was accompanied by testimony taken from Major Julio Aracena and Héctor Antezama, accused of par- ticipation in the plot. The Minis- ter requests that the District At- torney begins judicial procedures for that reason. i In their testimony, Aracena and Antezana affirm there is “an anti- comunist crusade by military of- ficers under the leadership of former, Chief of Staff, Gen. Cle- mente Inofuehtes”, adding that Falange elements were taking part in the conspiracy. They maintain that soldier Val- having been severely imposed for several months, since the Government suspended constitutional guarantees, Sooner or later, the efforts of IAPA succeed for the benefit of the peoples, more than for the benefit of the newspapers themselves, because the right to press freedom is a right of the people. When IAPA fights for the maintainence of freedom of the press, it is basically since the people are the ones who suffer most from this lack of freedom than Editors of vast ideological scope, the above mentioned Society carries out a democratic duty, very closely linked to their activities. greatly asts with what is underneath”, | “On the surface, life in Cuba seems to be satisfactory. The coun- try is undoubtably prosperous. It jis doubtful if the standard of liv- ing of the Cubans has ever been | | higher. The Cuban people are evi-| dently very proud of their natio- Know thy defending popular interests, and newsmen. In this field, that the new regime would be hostile to the U.S.” “There is a large reserve of good feeling towards the US.... Constantly working in favor of good relations is the historical trade. mutually beneficial to the| two countries, CUBAN EXILES ARRIVE IN CHILE SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 24. — (UP), — Six Cuban exiles in the Embassies of Paraguay and Uru- guay in Havana, who left the coun- |dimiro Monz6n, of the Ballivian | Regiment, which belongs to the |Palace Guard, had agreed to kill President Hernan Siles. They) also said the crusade was aimed at fighting communism. Falange members say they are not conspiring, and that General Tnofuentes is an enemy of the Fa- lange. Inofuentes departed in a hurry for Arica last Wednesday, and there was a rumor that he had been exiled for subversive activities. At the Government Mi- nistry, however, they said: “Ino- try under safe conduct, arrived in| fuentes was honored by the Go- Brazilian Navy Ordered to Take Merchant Ships RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 24. — (UP). — The President of the Republic, Juscelino Kubitschek, ordered the Navy to take over and operate all government owned ships: of the National Oil Fleet, Lloyd of Brazil, and the National Costal Navigation Company, at the start of the third day of the strike of Merchant Marine radio operators, machinists, and offi. cials. The strike was called in order to make the government pay the salary increases which were pro- mised last week. The government has declared the strike illegal, but, up to this) time, it has not carried out the threat to declare military mobili- zation on the personnel of the {Merchant Marine. The government and union lea- ders are in disagreement about the effects of the strike. The {unions maintain that there are only 20 tankers paralized in Rio de Janeiro, but this statement was} CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan, 24 (UP)— A new cabinet took con- trol of this oil-rich South Ameri- can nation today to restore order jafter three weeks of riot and re- | volt in which more than 200 per- sons were killed. Colonels Abel and Roberto Casanova, of the Government Junta, resigned |today under popular pressure. Ca- |sanova commanded the Govern- ment forces against the Maracay garrison during the New. Year uprising. The city was quiet las night. Romero Villate was a mob attack on the headquart- ers of the hated Secret Police in | which at least 40 persons were kill- ed and 150 wounded. Many bodies |were believed to be still in the wreckage of the building. }percons had been killed in Cara- jeas. An undetermined number of others, believed to range into the dozens, had, been slain in provin- cial cities. A dispatch sent yesterday from members | The last violence reported here} headquarters | In earlier clashes, at least 145) The solidarity of more than 600 newspapers of the Western Hemisphere, which make up IAPA, give it a great power of a moral order, a power which is at the service of American democracy. In reality, IAPA, during the last few years, has represented a positive hope for the people who need its opportune action in order to defend their political rights, at least those regarding the free expression of thought. kkk kk Neighbor By ANTONIO RUIZ HONDURAS — Arriving in Hon- duras by ship, the northern coast appears on the horizon as a long, low range of purple mountains, emerging from the depths of a fathomless sea. It is difficult to believe that in the year 1502 Chris- topher Columbus, Great Admiral of the Ocean Sea, and Viceroy of the Indies, gazed at this lovely scene with eyes of a disappointed and discouraged man. Four times he had attempted to find passage leading to the Indies, and again Latin American Finance and Trade News Reports PROMOTION OF TOURISM IN GUATEMALA DISCUSSED At least 20 per cent of the land- | ing fees obtained from the airlines | should be allocated to the improve- ment of the airport and other tour- ist facilities. WASHINGTON — Representa- tives of the airline companies ope- he had failed. Columbus first set foot on the mainland of Central America near the site of present-day Trujillo, the port farthest east along the Ca- ribbean coast of Honduras. Most probably the ship in which the visitor travels will dock at Puer- to Cortés, Tela, or La Ceiba. Even before landing the rich tropical aromas of coffee, green bananas and well seasoned mahogany wood will be felt in the sea air. The pier will be bustling with activity, rating in Guatemala met recently to discuss the progress of tourism in Guatemala and means of pro- moting its development. The group made many suggestions to the Gua- temalan Tourist Bureau for mea- sures to be taken by both private enterprise and the Government to stimulate tourism, among them: Tourism in Guatemala should be declared by Government decree to be a basic national industry and thus granted all assistance needed for its development. Use of tourist cards should be abolished for U.S citizens and re- placed with landing cards, since the income obtained from the tourist card is insignificant in relation to benefits obtained form tourists’ ex- penditures in Guatemala. This spe- cial facility should also be extend- ed to other nationalities as rapidly as possible. Guatemalan consulates should promote the flow of tourists to Guatemala and, for this purpose, establish closer collaboration with the airlines. A publicity campaign should be undertaken and financed by con- tributions from private entitles as well as from the Government, All immigration and customs of- ficials at the airport should wear uniforms and be instructed as to the importance of tourism and the attention that shold be given to visitors to Guatemala. Travel agents affiliated with the International Air Transport Asso- ciation should be treated as spe- cial delegates of tourism and they should be requested to report on their activites upon their return from any trips undertaken in the capacity of travel agents. The Government of Guatemala, through the Guatemalan Tourist Bureau, should make known to the Guatemalan people the importance of increased tourism. , A discount of at least 50 per cent should be obtained from ho- tcis and surfa¢e transport com- panies in favor of special guests invited by the airlines and in favor of airline employees and their re- latives visiting Guatemala. An airmail stamp on the subject ot tourism should be issued. All publie and private entities in- jas strong, sun-tanned laborers terested in torrism should be re-| swiftly and skillfully load bananas quested to collaborate ‘in tourism | into conveor belts which carry the | development. green bunches to the refrigerated | holds of waiting ships. The Hotel Development Law| Other products indicative of Hon should be expanded, principally | quras wealth will be waiting to be | in regard to the period of exemp-|joaded aboard ship also, including | tions from payment of taxes, so as | the finest mahogany in the world, | to attract Guatemalan capital to gold, silver, coconuts, and coffee, | build and operate hotels of 300) but most of all bananas. All the rooms or more. ports on the northern coast are Santiago. Almost all of them plan to stay in Santiago. They are: ex-Deputy, Alberto Asumell and his son Alberto, 15, who belong to Fidel ‘ Castro’s group; the exAmbassador guay, Ambrosio Morales te; Alberto Arenal Del Marcos Arenal Calderén; né Marrero Camacho. Navarre- Castillo; and Re- in Para-; vernment with the post of Mili- tary Attaché to our Embassy in México”. At Inofuentes ‘residence, they said: “The General went to Arica. | We know nothing else”. The city appears completely , normal, and the report of the cons- piracy has caused great surprise. It appears in the morning paper “La Nacién” only. CARACAS —(UP)— Informed sources expressed belief today that ousted Argentine exPresident Juan D. Peréh is hiding some- where in Venezuela, waiting his chance to slip away to one of the island territories of the Caribbean —probably the Dominican Repub- lic or a Dutch colony. Official sources as well as mem- bers of the local Peronist colony discounted rumors that Peron has |fled to Colombia. They pointed out that he would be no more welcome there than in Venezuela. A government spokesman de- |nied Washington reports that the new junta regime’ has ordered the arrest of the deposed Argentine dictator, saying that “no decision” has been reached in his case. The official spokesman indicat- ed, however, that Venezuela hopes soon to resume diplomatic rela- tions with Argentina —a_ step which almost certainly would be accompanied by an order to Pe- |rén to get out of this country. The Government should under- | take to put into effect the propos- | als made by the Food and Agricul- tural Organization regarding the breeding of fish in Lakes Atitlan | and Amatilan for sport fishing purposes. Brazil Gels Fximbank Loan for Electric Power Plant WASHINGTON. —(UP).— The World Bank loaned $13.400,000 to the Sao Paulo State for aiding the development of electric power to that territory, including the cons- truction of an electric plant in Jurumirim, of an 85,000 kilowatt capacity. The money will be given to the “Empresa Usinas Electricas do Pa- ranapanema, Sociedad Andonima (USELPA), an organization creat- ed by Sao Paulo State. The Jurumirim plant will be on the banks of the Paranapanema River. It will service the south- central zone of Brazil, a region which has had little economic de- velopment due to the lack of in- dustrial electric power. This loan is the second which the World Bank has given to USELPA. In 1953, the Bank loan- ed this same organization $10,000,- 000 for financing the construction of a power plant of 68,000 kilo- watts in Salto Grande. This plant will begain operation this year. The Jurumirim plant is the se- cond in a series of installations which the company hopes to cons- truct on the Paranapanema River. The total production capacity of this series of electric plants is ex- pected to reach one million kilo- watts, according to the announce- ment of the World Bank connected with Tegucigalpa, the capital, by air, and to the principal banana producing centers by rail- | Argentina broke relations with | road. |! Tela, east of Puerto Cortés, is a |neat little town where the Unit- ed Fruit Company has built homes for its employees, a clubhouse, and a fine hospital. The green and white painted buildings bordering the glistering white beaches are shaded by waving palm trees twist- | ed by the sea breezes, by flaming red hibiscus shrubs and yellow |frangipani trees, and by bougan- | villea ranging in color from royal | purple to pale yellow. Near Tela | is the experimental farm of the United Fruit Company, where crop species are brought from all parts of the world for research, Still farther East along the coast | is La Ceiba, another attractive ba- nana port where the Standard. F. | Company has its headquarters. La | Ceiba is the starting point for a most unusual trip of about twenty |miles provided by the Standard Fruit Company for tourists. It be- | gins with a train trip of about 20 miles to the bridge spanning the Salado River, where passengers | transfer to a self-propelled barge. As the barge glides lazily down- river to the sea, passengers may either rest contentedly, perhaps | seeing how many monkeys they lean count swinging from trees | along the shore, or, if they feel more energetic, they can also fish. At noon the barge stops at a palm-thatched beach house where | a pienic-lunch is served to the mus- | ic of a marimba band. The beach- | house is situated on a narrow sand bar which has the salt water of the Caribbean on one side and the fresh water of the Salado River on the other, either -of which may ‘be used for swimming. The re- {turn trip to La Ceiba is made over the same route. Spanish Version Page $ Peron Hiding in Venezuela, Waiting for Chance to Slip Out of Country Venezuela some time ago, charg- ing that the now-ousted regime of President Marcos Pérez Jiménez | was allowing Argentina’s chief re- fugee to use Caracas as a base |for anti-Argentine activities. Unconfirmed reports said that the Pérez regime had recruited a number of Peronist “bullies” for service in the hated secret police. A newspaperman who spent | some time in the secret police pri- |son here said he saw Guillermo |P. Kelly, former head of Peron’s shock troops, working as a tor- turer of political prisoners. Kelly escaped last year from a jail in Chile where he was being held for extradition to Argentina. His whereabouts have not been of- ficially determined since his es- cape. The prevailing belief here was that Perért would either follow Pérez to the Dominican Republic or would flee to Curacao or Aruba |—the two Dutch Islands that lie |just off the Venezuelan coast. HEMISPHERIC EVENTS deneid by the Minister of Labor,| Maracaibo. Venezuela’s “oil capi- who called the strike a “fiasco”. jtal” told of a street demonstra- tion and a prison riot celebrating the fall of Pérez. CUBAN GOVT. CONSIDERS More than one thousand prisio- RESTORING GUARANTEES ners of the Pérez regime had heen released from Venezuela’s political HAVANA, Jan, 24 (UP)-—It was | Prisons, but their places were being learned today that the government ee by prisoners of the new re- is studying the possibility of re-/8!me. establishing Constitutional guaran-| At least 150 secret policemen tees immediately, including free-|had already been taken into cus- dom of the press. tody. Government sources said the Well informed sources said that | Junta has ordered the arrest of an the special meeting which will be | unspecified number of army, navy held tonight by the Council of|and air force officers who “colla- Ministers will probably decide on |borated” with Pérez. an agreement to re-establish the] Refugees were flocking back to rights of the citizens in five of the {Venezuela to join the celebrations six Provinces of the Island. of Pérez’ downfall and to find out These sources stated that it is;what the country’s future pros- probable that the suspension of | pects are. guarantees will continue in Oriente Province, where rebel forces of | tical parties outlawed by Pérez — Fidel Castro continue fighting the! Romulo Betancourt, of the leftist government of President Fulgen |AD Party, Rafael Caldera of the cio Batista, moderate rightist Copei, and Jévi- The leaders of three major poli-| ; Member Inter American Press Association e : For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity iu NUMBER 171 $e New Venezuelan Cabinet Restoring Order, After 2 Days of Bloody Riots All New Ministers Are Civilians Except Col. Castro Leon, Defense to Villalba, of the middle-of-the ;toad URD — were expected to ar- |rive from New York today. | The new Junta, set up by the |armed forces, was made up origin- ally of five officers from the three armed services. Two civilians were |added to its ranks yesterday. Rear Adm. Wolfgang Larrazabal, |the Junta Chief swore in the new cabinet last night. * THE NEW MINISTERS ARE: Interigre Virgilio Torrealba Silva. Foreign Affairs — Oscar Gar- cia Velutini. Finance — Arturo Sosa, Defense — Col. Jestis M. Cas tro Leon. Development — Oscar Palacios Herrera. Public Works — Victor M. Ro- tundaro. Education —- Julio de Armas Chitty. Agriculture — Carlos Galdif, Labor — Victor Alvarez, Communications — Oscar Ma- chado Zuloaga Justice — René de Sola. Mines and Oil — José Lorenzo Prado. PETROLEUM POLICY CHANGE UNLIKELY CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 24 (UP)— Petroleum experts said |today the change of Government jin Venezuela is unlikely to have |much effect on the big U. §. and British companies which operate this country’s rich oilfields. | They said the 50-50 basis on jwhich Venezuelan oil concessions |are operated has been accepted as |reasonable by all concerned. ‘The appointment of José Loren: zo Prado as Oil and Mines Minist- ler in the new cabinet indicated |that the Junta which overthrew President: Marcos Pérez Jiménez intends to continue his policy of entrusting oil control to scientists rather than soldiers or politicians, | Rear Adm. Wolfgang Larrazabal, |head of the new Junta, has had | nothing to say so far about the oil ‘policy of his regime. GUATEMALA CITY, Jan. 24 — (UP)— Congress, meeting behind |to Guatemala’s interim govern- ment last night for protection in its ticklish task of choosing the na- tion’s next president. Most members of the National | At least 50 soidiers armed with submachine guns stood guard out- a screen of tommy guns, appealed | side the capitol during last night’s | cause no meeting. The legislators, continually har- assed by heckling from the visitors’ gallery, chose a 15-member com- mittee to verify the vote count and Legislature received anonymous | investigate chatges of fraud in| death threats in yesterday’s mail. | Sunday’s election. | Latin American News in Brief MEXICAN AUTO WORKERS TO JOIN WITH U.S. MEN MEXICO CITY. —(UP).— A |committee of Mexican automobile | industry workers, representing the Confederation of Mexican Wor- |kers, left for Washington, D. C., and Detroit, Mich. where they will attempt to consolidate into an In- jternational Automovible Workers’ Union with workers from the United States and Canada. Led by Luis M. Quijano, the committee went to attend the Na- tional Convention of the United Auto Workers in Detroit, ‘they ,were invited by. UAW president Walter P. Reuther when he was here negotiating with the Mexican workers over the merger possibil- ities last month. TOURIST BOOM Mexican Tourism Association re- ported that 41,692 tourists spent $46,200,000 in México during ‘the month on November, 1957. Of the sum, $37,027,760 was spent in bor- der towns and $9,172,240 in the in- terior. Figures have not yet been compiled for December. BEAN PRODUCTION MEXICO CITY. (UP). Ceimsa, the Governmental food distribut- ing, agency, said Mexico was second to the United States among MEXICO CITY. —(UP).— The| American nations in the produe- tion of beans during 1958. The U.S. produced 866,000 tons and México 400,000 tons, However, |Ceimsa said, mexicans consumed 1,200,000 tons of beans during the year, necessitating importations, INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE TO BE BUILT GUATEMALA— Guatemala and ‘El Salvador signed a preliminary agreement for the construction of ian international bridge over the Paz river on the border separat- ing the two countries. The bridge will connect Guatemala’s Pacific Slope Highway with El Salvador’s coastal highway, to form an impor- tant link in communications be- tween the two countries. The ba- sic agreement will be formalized later by a treaty. SUMMER SYMPHONY SEASON STARTS GUATEMALA The annual Summer Symphony Season opened with works by Bizet, Listz, Saint- Seens and the Guatemalan compo- ser Julian Paniagua Martinez. The open-air concerts are given by the Guatemala National Symphony Or- chestra, under the direction of An- drés Archila, on the slopes of Ce- rrito del Carmen (Carmel Hill)), a park that rises above the city and that is a favorite spot for tourists both local and foreign. The season will consist of 15 con- certs, offered to the public free of; charge. TEXTILE MEN TO VISIT U.S. GUATEMALA.—A group of tex- tile manufacturers will visit the U.S. next March on a study tuor of U.S. textile mills, it was an-| ‘nounced last week by the Council jfor Private Initiative. Details of the trip are being worked out in cooperation with ICA. Meanwhile. cooperation with ICA. Meanwhile, today, a group of tanners and ma- nufacturers of footwear left for |the U.S. on a study tour of plants in various states of the Union. CULTURAL MISSION OF OAS GOING TO MEXICO WASHINGTON, —(UP)— The Panamerican Union announced in México City January 26 for a con- ference on Interamerican cultural affairs. Representatives from countries of the Organization of American States (OAS) will meet in México ito attend a meeting of The Inter- american Cultural Committee, a branch of the OAS. Dr, Marin and Crevenna, Assistant Director! of the Union’s Cultural Affairs Division, who will also attend, IKE’S INVITATION TO IBANEZ RENEWED SANTIAGO, Chile. —(UP).— President Eisenhower has reiterat- ed his invitation to president Car- los Ibdfiez to visit him in Wa- shington and Ibafiez has accepted in principle, the Foreign Minister said. Eisenhower’s . original invitation for the 80-year-old Ibafiez to be his guest last month was cancel- ed when the American President suffered his slight stroke. U.S. Ambassador Cecil Lyon left for Washington by plane’ carrying Ibafiez’ favorable reply. N. Y. MAYOR WAGNER IN PUERTO RICO SAN JUAN, P. R—(UP).— Mayor Robert Wagner of New York and his wife attended cere- monies at the new Catholie Action Center housing the, offices of the Catholic Emigrant Aide Service. Wagner is in San Juan in con- nection with the Third Annual Mi- gration Conference which is dis- cussing the problems of Puerto Ri- can migrants in New York. The Mayor spoke briefly, praising the action center for “effective help” to migrants, The. conference, which opened Monday, held individual meetings at which New York representa- tives discussed mutual problems with their Puerto Rican counter- expect to be in México about 10, days. Pi: parts, Guatemalan Congress Requests Army Protection to Elect New President It is up..to Congress to decide who won the presidential race be- candidate received the majority vote required for elec- tion by Guatemalan law. Rightist Gen. Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes polled the biggest vote, but the congressmen are lined up 5 to 1 in favor of José L. Cruz Salazar — who placed second or third, depending on whose fig- ures you accept. Supporters of Ydigoras and Cruz crowded the gellery last night, \frequently interrupting charged by prisoners of the new regime. threats came from Ydigoras’ PNR | Party. Supporters in the gallery started a storm of shouting that (drowned out everything else for 10 minutes. The leftist PR Party of Mario Méndez Montencgro — the third major candidate in the election — also was represented in the gal- lery but took no part in the heck- ling. YDIGORAS CLAIMS OVERWHELMING VOTE GUATEMALA. Jan, 24 (UP). — General Ydigoras Fuentes, right- wing candidate, said that he ob- tained “ an overwhelming number of votes” in last Sunday’s election, Since none of the candidates obtained a majority vote, which is required by the Constitution, | Congress will have to decide be- tween the two candidates who have the most votes as to who will take over the Presidency. The final figures reported by the Provisional government are: General Ydigoras, 177,198, Colonel José Luis Cruz Salazar, Chief of the National Democratic Move- ment, 132,087; Mario Méndez Mon- tenegro, Chief of the Left-wing Revolutionary Movement, 125,796; Colonel Enrique Ardén, Chief of the National Union, 5,330; annul- ed votes; 5,783. General Ydigoras stated that the elections were “free from sig- nificant fraud, and official pres- sure in favor of any candidate”, and said that he was convinced that Congress, dominated by the National Democratic Movement, will elect him as President of the Nation,