Diario las Américas Newspaper, March 12, 1958, Page 12

Inter - American News for English - Speaking people 5th YEAR @ 4 SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Manaeine Editor c. Publishea daily except Monaay — Entered as second class matver at the Post Office of Miam! Springs Fla. on February §. 1950, EDITORIAL LATIN AMERICA BEFORE U. 8. PUBLIC OPINION During recent weeks, and in particular during the last few days, the internationally important theme of Latin Ame- rica is being debated in the United States, in a manner which probably will be beneficial for the people of this country and those of Latin America, because it is calling attention to strengthening of Inter ‘American relations. Here, in the United States, this is of capital importance, because the Public Power bodies — in this case of the Le- | gislative and Execytive — reflect, as it should be within the democratic system, the feelings of the community and it is, therefore, necessary to the basic support to bring to a happy conclusion any effort in favor of a greater approachment with Latin America, and of greater identification with: their democratic causes. In this country it is not for the conduct of international affairs a small group of officials, no matter how high their positions may be, because they, on last analysis, need a series of coordinations with Congress and with different agencies of the Executive, to discharge their duties. And if in Congress and the other branches of the Executive they don’t find adequate support for their plans of positive importance for Inter American solidarity, both in the political and the economic fields, no matter how great their enthusiasm may be, there is not much they can achieve. For this reason, the campaign now taking place in in- fluencial circles of the United States, will certainly bear fruit for the benefit of a better understanding between this great North American country and the twenty Latin Ameri- can nations, whose destiny is of immense significance for the present and future of the people of the United States. If knowledge is not spread here about the economic problems of the sister nations of this Hemisphere, if political crises faced by some of those countries are not made of public knowledge, in particular where democracy is sumitted te humiliating limitations or shameful negations, it is very difficult for the people of the United States, through their republican influence, to succeed in having the Federal Go- vernment assume an attitude more convenient for Inter American relations, in the sense of strengthening them on the basis of reciprocal cooperation in the economic field, and collective efforts to dignify and encourage democracy in America. Outrage Against Cuban Womanhood Brings Protest of Cuban Ladies A committee of distinguished Cuban ladies, visited yesterday THE AMERICAS DAILY, to del- iver to our Editor, Dr. Horacio Aguirre, the statement that follows, which constitutes energetic protest by Cuban womanhood against the inconceivable outrage by Govern- ment agents against Mrs. Esther Lina Milanés Dantin, a political repression act which has shocked the Cuban people. ‘The Committee is formed by Mrs. Mary Tarrero de Prio Socarras, wife of ex-President Carlos Prio Socarrés; Mrs. Emelina Ruiz-Sén- chez de Varona, wife of Dr. Ma- nuel Antonio de Varona, ex Prime Minister and ex President of the Cuban Senate; Mrs. Graciela Sua- rez de Bisbé, wife of Dr. Manuel Bisbé, President of the Cuban Or- thodox Party; Mrs. Maria Luisa de Cardona de Rod6én, wife of Dr. Lincoln Rod6n, ex-President of the Cuban House of Representatives, and Mrs. Carmen del Busto Fer- nandez. The statement says: “An abominable outrage, culm- inating a long series of indignities and atrocities inflicted upon re- spectable women by the Batista dic- tatorship in Cuba, has been per- petrated against another victim of the dictator's police — a mnuddle- aged teachér, the mother of three children, subjected to such un- speakable and degrading cruelties that the knowledge of this new instance of official brutality has shocked and sickened the Cuban people, as it must surely shock and sicken the conscience of every de- cent man and woman in the United States. “On February 24, Mrs, Esther Milanés Dantin, a 50-year-old tea- cher of English in the public schools, was arrested by a squad of policemen who broke into her home after midnight, conducted a rough search which yielded no re- sults, seized her, and took her to the 12th Police Station — all this, as is customary since Batista esta- blished his dictatorship, without a proper judicial warant, in spite of the dictator’s formal restoration of constitutional guarantees on Jan- uary 28th, “Once within the Precinct, she was confronted by the officer in charge, who insulted and struck her down, hitting her in the face with his fists, Thereafter, through- out three days, of agony, she was subjected to excruciating tortures and unpublishable physical indig- nities by her captors, who kept insisting that she knew about a cache of arms, and told her they Would force her to reveal the loca- pt Viee President Editor and Manager THE AMERIPAS DAILY For a better understanding between the Americas 8. SMITH Vice President ORACIO AGUIRRE Riera-Gomez Mer. Bliseo Aévt. & Cire obtain from that community possible to make responsible tion of this supposed cache of weapons for the rebels. The nature of those atrocities is so revolting that we cannot bear to describe them in this statement; the victim, however, and the physician who treated her after she ‘had been saved from further abominations and certain death by the energetic intervention of the Colombian Em- bassy in Havana, have publicly done so in Cuba, risking terrible reprisals, and we are accompanying clippings from the Havana news- papers which contain their state- ments. “Mrs. Milanés Dantin shared these horrors with Enrique Mazo-| rano, a young man likewise arrest- ed under suspicion of collaborating with the rebels, who was beaten and tortured with such savagery that his tormentors tore off one of his ears in her presence. But for the fact that this other victim was a foreigner and that the Colom- bian Embassy in Havana acted promptly and vigorously to obtain| his release, both would have simply | “disappeared” after their arrest, as has happened with other less fortunate prisoners whose maimed} bodies the Batista police did not want to present alive because such a presentation would constitute a testimony of the methods through which Batista hopes to maintain himself in power against the oppo- sition of an aroused and indignant nation. “Since Mrs. Milanés’ statement is addressed to the Inter-American Press Association, of which all important American newspapers are members, we have taken this step to reveal to the American pu- blic — and, particularly, to the women of this country — the cruel- ties and indignities to which Cuban women are exposed under the Ba- tista dictatorship, hoping that they may take some action to protest against these outrages, and there- by help to stop them. We appcal also to the Americans of Catholic faith, who will be appalled by the fact that when Mrs, Milanés re- futed the accusations of her tor- mentors telling her that she was a Communist, aried again and again that she was a practising Catholic,’to be told only: “Catholics are worse than Communists to us”. These are the events which have prompted the Catholic’ Church in Cuba to take a decided stand to put an end to the tragedy of the Cuban people under Batista.” * ee | the National Highway, in the east- 5 Cents—Outside Metropolitan area, 10 cents, — ce RR A I NT W. SMITR Vice President HAVANA, March 11 —(UP)—] The last hope of reconciliation be- tween the Government and the re- bels, apparently disappeared today after rebel Fidel Castro rejected mediations by the Catholic Church Castro indicated today he plans to fight to the bitter end in his ef- forts to overthrow the regime of President Fulgencio Batista. He rejected mediation efforts by the Roman C.ATHOLIC Chure and called on the nation to be “alert and tense from this instant on because your chains are about to» break”. Castro’s statement was contain- ed in a nine-point letter to a San- tiago radio station. A member of the church “peace comission” said after reading it that the four-man group considers its usefulness at an end and its work finished, . “After six years of shameful and repugnant oppression.. we can Know thy Neighbor By ANTONIO RUIZ PANAMA — In the western- most part of the Republic of Pa- nama lie the two provinces of Chi- riqui and Boas del Toro, the former on the Pacific coast, and the latter on the Caribbean, Chi- riqui is one of the most favored provinces of the country, with its tremendous forest tracts, its soil rich in volcanic matter, and its fine grasslands, which are ideal pasturage for cattle. Agriculture is well established in this area, where coffee, sugar cane, grapefruit, ba- nanas, oranges, and numerous oth- er fruits, grow abundantly, with but little cultivation. The mountains in this section are the highest in the Republic, and offer a vast potential timber wealth, with a complex river sy- stem ready to provide hydroelec- trie power and“easy transportation for a great lumber industry David, the capital, is the third city of the Republic in size and import- ance. It was founded during co- lonial times and while it has kept the tradtios of that period, it has many modern features. It has good stores and schools, a well-equip- ped hospital, motion picture. thea- tres and in the outskirts, beautiful homes. The colorful public market brings together farmers from the outlying rural districts, who come to seel a great variety of produce. The local industries are tanning, soap making, and distilleries. The National Railway connects David with its port, Pedregal, which plays an important part in the coast-wise shipping between this section of the country and Pa- nama City. A branch of the rail- road also connects David, through Concepcién, with Armuelles, a thriving maritime port and cen- ter of operations of the Chiriqui Land Company. This subsidiary of the United Fruit Company oper- ates a line of fruit boats, with pas- senger accomodations, making runs between Panama City and Armuelles. Remedios, a town on ern part of the Province, is the center of the country’s livestock industry, for in its environs cat- tle raising has attained a notable development. From David northward, the rail- road climbs into the Cordillera to the town of Boquete, which at 4,000 feet above sea level enjoys a springs climate all year round, and offers many attractions to the tra- veler or vacationist. Besides good board and lodging, and other ser- vices to be had at Boquete, the locality provides excellent river bathing, fishing, horse back rid- ing, and hunting, as well as rugged mountain peaks to challenge the climber. The countryside in general pre- sents a beautiful panorama of co- ffee plantations and orange gro- ves. Another region of great na- tural beauty in this section of the Province is that known as El Vol- ean. The inactive Bart volcano, towering to 11,300 feet, dominates this land of densely forested mountains, high clear lakes and a network of rivers well stocked with trout and other game fish. Coffee is the chief product here. La Concepceién, west of David, is also on the National Highway. One of the principal trade cen- ters of the Province of Chiriqui, Concepcién derives its importance from the agricultural wealth of the adjacent area, which produces some of the best coffee, bananas, and sugar cane of the Republic. Subscribe to the Americas Daily Te This produce is collected at Con- cepcién, and from there shipped to Armuelles, a. Spanish Version Page 3 | |six civilians were MIAMI SPRID Hope of Conciliation in|Nixon, Dulles Cuba Wanes as Rebels Reject Church Mediation announce to the country that the chains are about to bréak.. the ansioux desire of these hours is on the horizon”, the rebel leader said. Castro’s documento says the “26 of July Movement rejects all con- tact with the Church group” and adds that the “Government wants to use the peace efforts of the Church for its own benefit”. “The rebels —it says— will ex- press its viewpoints to the Cuban people through a Committee of Cuban journalists”, The rebel chief gave the Govern ment_until tonight to make this possible or, in other words, to give safeconducts to the newsmen to yisit rebel territory. Meanwhile, President Fulgencio Batista told the people of Cuba in a special broadcast today that the polls provide the only solution to national problems. ° He pledged that the presidential elections would be held in June, as scheduled, that they would be conducted honestly and that the government would step down if it lost. The Cuban “strongman’s” an- nouncement marked the sixth an- niversary of his seizure of power in a pre-dawn coup d'etat that ousted President Carlos Prio So- carras March 10 1952. Batista, although he has ‘taken no direct action to a call by Cu- ban Toman Catholic leaders for a truce with Fidel Castro’s rebel} movement, chided Castro for not halting his “cruel campaign of death and destruction” despite the church hierarchy’s plea for peace. He charged that Castro’s “revo- lutionary war” was Communist-in- spired and quoted from an article in a U.S. publication U.S. Military Review on Communist tactics to draw a parallel with the Cuban re- bels’ sabotage and terrorist cam- paign. MEXICAN FRIENDLY TO BATISTA BEATEN MEXICO —(UP)— A Mexican engineer, said to ave good friends in the Cuban government, is hos- pitalized with a wound in_ his breast saying he was attacked “probably by Cuban terrorists”. The engineer Cristobal Martinez Zorrilla, 45, said he returned last Saturday from Cuba being attack-- ed by two men with Cuban accent when he was going home late at night. Martinez Zorrilla said they shot at him many times,-but was wound ed with one shot only. The attac- kers ran away. The attending physician said Martinez Zorrilla is not in danger of dying. PERUVIANS WOUNDED IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT RIOT LIMA (UP)—Ten policemen and injured and several with contusions in the riots occured after the demonstrations against the Government in the San Martin square. The Christian Democrat leaders, Dr. Enrique Cipriani, suffered a bullet wound. A captain and a lieutenent were among the wound- ed. ° ’ GS, FLA. WEDNESDAY, MA Plan Visits to Latin America NIXON MAY ATTEND FRONDIZI INAUGURAL WASHINGTON, March 11. (UP) —The State Department is planning to have Vice-President, Richard M. Nixon, visit Argentina. and other countries of South America during April and May. A decision has not been made yet, but it is hoped that in a few days an agreement will be reached. It was also reported that the Secretary of State, John Foster. Dulles, hopes to go to South Ame- rica later in the year, to visit those countries that are not in Nixon’s itinerary. The Under Secretary of State, Christian A. Herter, and Assistant Secretary of State for Latin Ame- rican Affairs, Roy R. Buttom, met with the Vive-President to arrdnge the itinerary of his trip. Nixon may stop in Buenos Aires to attend to the inauguration of President elect of Argentina, Dr. Arturo Frondizi. Nixon didn’t make any mention of the trip, but it was known that it may start at the end of April, if he is not too busy; otherwise, he would postpone it for the end of May. In case the Vice-President is not able to attend the inauguration of} Frondizi, the United States will appoint another high official. As the Congress is in session (Nixon is President of the Senate) the informants said the trip could not last more than ten days and would have to be limited to a few} countries, Venezuela being one of them. Meanwhile, a decision has not} been reached either in connection with Nixon’s trip to. Europe. It might include Soviet Union by the end of the year. Anyway, the Vice-President will | not go to Europe until Congress recesses. Argentine Govt. Invites Ike to Inauguration WASHINGTON, March 11. (UP) —The Argentine Government for- mally invited President Eisenhower and his wife to the inauguration of President elect Arturo Frondizi, May 1. The invitation was extended through the Argentine Ambas- sador, Mauricio Yadarola, to the Assistant Secretary for the Latin American Affairs, Ray R. Rubot- tom, in a short interview held in the State Department. Yadarola said later to United Press that the inauguration cere- monies of Argentina’s President coincided with a official vi- sit of Chilean President, General Carlos Ibafiez del Campo to Presi- dent Eisenhower, which might up- set Eisenhower’s plan to attend unless some change in the plans is made. The Ambassador emphasized he was acting according to his Gov- ernment’s instructions. Rumors say that General Ibafiez is willing to attend to the inaugu- ration of Argentina’s President and that he intends to ask for postpone- ment of his visit to United States, but official confirmation of this has not been received, HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Latin American News in Brief Bolivia Insists on Safeconduct for Colombian LA PAZ. (UP). — Bolivia not only will not surrender Luis Mo- rales Gomez, ex-Minister of Fi- nance, who is now a refugee at the Embassy, to Colombia, but will grant him permanent asylum. The Foreign Ministry issued a communiqué, saying that on Fe- bruary 17, the Bolivian Ambas- sador in Bogoté, Eduardo Arce, granted asylum to Morales, and later requested a safeconduct, so that he could leave the country. The communiqué adds that the Colombian Foreign Ministry, on Feb. 20, gave Arce documents of the indictment against Morales, in order that Bolivia studies the ac- cusations against Gémez, and the situation of the refugee before justice, Arce sent the documents to La Paz for study by the For- eign Ministry, . The communiqué ends saying that the Ministry sent instructions to Arce, explaining Morales’ si- tuation, Although the communiqué does not say it, the U.P. learned from reliable sources that Bolivia will insist that safeconduct be granted to Morales. Bolivia, it seems, does not pre-judge the right Colombia may have in requesting Morales’ extradition once he is at La Paz, but insists he must’ leave Bogota. MARTERIAL AVAILABLE FOR CELEBRATION OF PAN AMERICAN WEEK WASHINGTON, D. @. (PAU) — Material to aid teachers in con ducting observances commenorat ing Pan American Day, April 14, and Pan American Week, April 14-20 is available from the Pan American Union. The week will mark the 68th anniversary of the founding of the modern inter American system in itiated by the American Republics in 1890. Pan American Day has been celebrated throughout the 12, 1958 Aid to Latin America Must not be Tied up to Economic Creeds, Mufioz Marin States Distinction Must be Made Between Democracies And Dictators, He Says Importance of Latin WASHINGTON, Mar. 11. (UP) —The Governor of Puerto* Rico, Luis Mufioz Marin, warned the United States must avoid giving the impression of trying to impose doctrines on free enterprise on |Latin American countries receiy- ing, U. S. economic aid. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mu- hoz Marin affirmed that “the im- portance of Latin America for the U. S. is out of proportion with the comparative aid and attention it receives’. The Governor declared that the hope of many people in the U. S. and Latin America is “that the U. S. drafts vital policies, different from just a friendship and good will be served making “some dis- ca, to which the latter will respond with enthusiasm”. He suggested that U. S. interests will be served makeing “some dis- tinction, greater than in the’ past, between the U. S. attitude toward friendly governments with demo- cratic governments and friendly countries with tyrannical govern- ments that find convenient for their interests to follow the U. S. bandwagon”. Mufioz Marin pointed out, how- ever, that he does not favor U. S. intervention in the internal af- fairs of ahy Latin American coun- try, adding that “nobody can deny this country the right to exercise her liberty to determine and de- monstrate which are the neighbors for which it feels enthusiasm and which are those subject to a mi- nimum of cordiality. When you give the same consideration to and dictators, you cannot avoid discouraging democracy”, he said. Mufioz Marin declared that com- BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 11 (UP) —The serious plane crash yester- day in nearby Castelar, which left a balance of ten killed and many injured, has motivated a- strong movement tending to have the mi- litary base of Morén moved to a place further away from the capi- tal. The zone of the accident, which only a few years ago had very lit- tle population, is densely populat- ed now, and its feared that another similar accident may be even more serious, The Intendent-elect of the Muni- cipality of Morén, which includes Castelar, visited the zone of the accident and declared that the base Out of Proportion with Attention given proven democrats than to tyrants) “must be moved far from the ca- Inciuded in this year’s packet is a three color poster in the four official languagues — English, Spa nish, Portuguese and French — of the Organization of American States. A pictorial folder furnishes ideas for classroom and communi ty celebration of the inter Ameri ean holiday. “Thais is the OAS,” another bro chure in the packet, furnishes a vi sual explanation of the aims and activities of the 2ination organi zation, useful as a teaching aid. Pan American Day packets are available without charge on appli cation to the Office of Public Re lations, Pan American Union, Washington 6, D. C. MONGE RESIGNS MEXICO CITY. (UP). — Luis Alberto Monge, Secretary General of the Inter-American’ Labor Or- ganization with headquarters here, resigned his post to occupy a seat in the Costa Rican Congress. Monge was named head ‘of the America for U. S.A. plaints are heard that the United States pays more attention to other underveloped zones than to Latin America, adding that he doubts it is due to U. S. considering the region as of less: importance for U. S. security. He affirmed then that both in peace and in war, the economy of this country could not prosper without the natural re- sources of Latin America. The Governor’ maintained that the impression that the U. S. ne- glects the Latin American nations, may have its origin in the impres- sion that this country takes its “friends and neighbors” for grant- ed. Mujfioz Marin affirmed that in- sistence on development through private enterprise may cause miss- givings against it, because they may consider it “a hostile trick for local justice and interests.” He added that, therefore, it is “of vital importance that the U. S. or the developed Western Powers avoid giving the impresion that they are imposing a doctrine on those wishing to receive their aid”. The United States, he added, must “avoid the appearance of lin- king aid with the insistance on any dogma”, He declared that the program of} development in Puerto Rico has} been achieved without any political obligation, giving capital investors “other than fair treatment” and protection of their investors rights. He added that Puerto Rico had no obligation and reached the conclu- sion that a great part of her strug- gle for a better standard of living “must be fought through private initiative”. “In other words — he added — we did not make of private enter- : Member Inter American Press Association e For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 210 woe LUIS MUNOZ MARIN Regarding military aid, the Go- vernor declared he agreed with the idea of limiting excessive expend- itures.in the Western Hemisphere, but expressed the opinion that ini- tiative should come from Latin America, not the U. S. A. Once Latin America has expres- sed her wish to.spend her money ia peaceful ends instead of military ones, he added, the United States will feel encouraged to support the idea. “ Senator William Fullbright, a democrat, declared that the U. S$. could aid Latin America reducing military assistance and increasing the economic. But republican Senator Burke Hickenlooper affirmed that no La- tin American country will stop buying military equipment “while its neighbor has one more jet plane that they have”. The desire in those countries “to maintain prestige”, he added, is prise a sacred cow, but a product- ive and contented cow.” pital, where there is no danger as it exists here”. The Intendent, Abel Acosta, a member of the Radical Intransi- gent Party, said he will consult the matter with President-elect Ar- turo Frondizi. Ten persons, at least half of them. children, were killed. Ele- ven others were badly injured and horribly burned. The plane, a_ British Meteor twin-jet, skidded four blocks be- fore it came to a halt. The air- craft, which was traveling at high speed when it hit, chopped down everything in its path-trees, tel- egraph poles, lamp posts-and set at least seven fires in homes. Several other residences were damaged. BRAZIL, ECUADOR PLEDGE RIGHT AGAINST UN VETO QUITO, Ecuador. (UP). — Bra- zil and Ecuador have pledged themselves to strive for the quali- ty of all nations, in a formal de- claration which was seen as presag- ing a new Latin American drive for the elimination of the big power veto in the United Nations. The document, to be known as the “Declaration of Quito”, was signed by Brazilian Foreign Min- ister José C. Macedo Soares and Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Car- los Tobar Zaldumbide. Paragraph three of the declara- tion states that “since no perman- ent progress is to be attained in international relations without ac- ceptance of the principle of juri- dical equality, Brazil and Ecuador will right for recognition of the principle of eventual revision of the United Nations charter”. As leader of the Latin American bloc in the U. N. Brazil was expect- ed to continue spriving to have the big, powers accept cancellation of labor group at the 1952 conference western hemisohere since April 14, 1930, in Rio de Janeiro. He was reelect- Jed “in 1955, the veto. 2 the greatest difficulty encounter- ed by any effort for disarmament”. Argentines ask Air Base be Moved far From Capital After Fatal Plane Crash GIRL LOSES LEG Officials said the pilot, who was killed, had just taken from, a military airfield. They said he apparently made a des- perate effort to land in the street and avoid hitting the homes in the area. The careening plane sheared off one leg o a 6-year old. girl. A street sweeper, broom in hand, was killed in an instant. A yo girl walking home with her year old brother disappeared be- neath the onrushing flaming wreck. A mother, with a baby in her arms was scooped up by the rushing jet and both died. One of the engines crashed through the roof of a house and one of the wheels went through another. Te disaster occurred in subur- ban Castelar on a street crowded with children from a nearby school. Today was the first day sf sehool after the summer holi- lays, : MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE The casualty toll might have been much greater if it had oc curred a few minutes later. Many more children from the school would have been playing in the area during recess. af Authorities said the plane, pil- oted by Lt, César Pinon, took off from nearby Moron Airfield of 7th Air Brigade at 11:30 am, om a routine flight. KUBITSCHEK INVITED 10 ~ FRONDIZI'S INAUGURAL RIO DE JANEIRO (UP) - President Juscelino Kubi ec was officially invited by the ident-elect of Argentina, to inaugural in Buenos Aire: x Argentine Ambassador, Dr, F pe Espil, visited Itamaraty Pi where he held a conference the General Secretary of Foreij Office, Ambassador Moura, in- vitation was left in suspense to be considered by Foreign Office Minis- ter Macedo Soares, when he turns. : On the other hand it ported that Kubitscheck attend ‘persnoally to capital, and that he will Tobar Zaldumbide said Ecuador had always opposed the veto, i 3 \ President Marshall Eurico }Dutra. to represent him,