Diario las Américas Newspaper, April 4, 1958, Page 10

tater - American News for English - 5th YEAR @ 4 SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUMRRR id Publisher Vice President Antonio Managine Publishea dally except Monday — Gntered as second class matter at the Post Office ot Miami Springs Fla. op February 8 1950 Whee” 5 Cents—Outside Metropolitan area, 10 eents, SMITR 8. sMITB President Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Viee eresident Editor and Manager Ruis Editor ee ee ree ( THE AMERIPAS DAILY For @ better understanding between the Americas MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1958) Guatemalan, British Delegates Clash at Geneva Conference on BRAZILIAN RED LEADER MAY RUN FOR CONGRESS IN NEXT ELECTIONS ER a REE TER Member Inter American Press Association e For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 230 U.S. Govt. Will Not Allow Arms Shipments to Batista Ownership of British Hondura s RIO DE JANEIRO. —(UP).— EDITORIAL GOOD FRIDAY Humanity commemorates today a new anniversary of the death of Jesus Christ, the Son of God become Man, ot that supernatural Being sent by Heaven to this earth to oN the seed of goodness and to preach the doctrine of ‘ With His sublime example of rectitude and sacrifice, with the immense-light of His intelligence and the divine inspiration of His soul, Christ realized on earth His re- deeming work, pointing out to humanity the road to eternal salvation, leaving as immortal legacy the wise and holy formula of coexistence under the noble sign of fraternity. Accomplishing His mission from Heaven, the Sweet Rabbi of Galilee transformed with his thought and his heart the meaning of life, opening ways for well-understood peace and happiness, for those who have the good fortune to GENEVA, April 3. (UP). — The old claims of Guatemala on British Honduras appeared in the confer- ence on right of territorial waters sponsored by the United Nations in this city. The case came to the floor when the head of the British delegation, Sir Reginald Manningham Buller, General Fiscal of the Kingdom, in the course of a British defense on territorial waters, mentioned maps showing what could occur Know’ thy r to the international seas routes in | Brazilian Communist leader Luis the case the territorial waters|Carlos Prestes, who recently e- | were extended to 12 miles off the| merged from a 10-year period of| coast. | hiding, said he may run for elec- As soon as Sir Reginald finished | tion to congress next October. his speech, Luis Aycinena Sala-| Prestes is now awaiting trial for ‘zar, the Guatemalan delegate | sedition, the charge that made him |didn’t hesitate to prove that two|8o underground a decade ago. He} | of those maps “have not been ap-| came out of hiding when criminal proved by the Guatemalan govern-|Judge Luis Monjardin invalidated | ment” because they were showing | police orders. for his arrest and |some territories to appear as Bri- | granted him freedom until the} |tish when really they were Gua- | trial. | temalan. The chief of the Communist Mexican Alfonso Garcia Robles, | Party, ‘which is outlawed here, | on his part, declared that his gov- signed a Party Manifesto in 1947 | ernment wanted to maintain its|that urged the violent overthrow | viewpoints in regard to British) of the government and brought Honduras. jon the accusation of sedition. Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice, another! In a, two-hour hearing before Briton, declared that, his govern-|Monjardin yesterday, Prestes said ment also wanted to maintain its | the language of the manifesto may seek inspiration in the doctrine of the Master. When humanity is faced threatened by the storms of passion and hate, when every- thing is adverse to universal coexistence, the only thing thet can light the route is the message of Jesus, saturated with truth, nobleness, holy heroism, and eternal love and hope. For that reason, in anguish in the world, closing the horizon of peace and human understanding, it is necessary to tufn our eyes in an imploring attitude, with cross where the sacred image of Christ ‘is, from which, through twenty centuries, He has taught men the meaning of life, and reminds them of the greatness of the Martyrdom of the Golgotha for incomparable blessings to humanity, In the philosophical conception of His doctrine, in the supernatural power of His simplicity of His first years, in the glories of His public life, in the manner in which He died, in the greatness without equal of His abnegation, Jess left for humanity the greatest spiritual treasure of all times, because in thirty-three years of extraordinary existence He created a culture and a civilization for He created also —above everything else— the redeeming formula which permits humanity to realize its destiny of immortality before God. THE AMERICAS DAILY pays renewed homage of respect to Jesus Christ on this Good Friday in which we commemorate His martyrdom and death at the Calvary, from the summit of which, nailed to a cross, among thunder and lightning, passed away the Supreme Being who always had a word of love and always carried in His heart the light of divinity, ~*~ Latin American Firance and Trade News Reports NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPERIMENTS IM AGRICULTURE PLANTED AT INTER AMERICAN INSTITUTE WASHINGTON, D. C. (PAU). What happens to coffee if the plant gets a shot of gamma rays while the bean is still growing on the bush? Farmer scientists of the Inter- American Institute of Agricultu- Tal Sciences, an agency of the Or- ganization ef American States, will attempt ‘to answer this question in forthcoming nuclear energy expe- riments to be conducted at the unique OAS farm at Turrialba, Costa Rica, The Institute —known to far- mers and scientists throughout the Western Hemisphere simply as “Turrialba”— has set aside a plot of ground and built a laboraty te measure the effects produced by bombarding growing crops with gamma rays, The program is being carried | out as part of an agreement be-| tween the Atomic Energy Commis- sion and the Institute. Atomic operations at Turrialba will be conducted on a two-acre plot sunk in a natural hollow in which cof- fee, cocoa, bananas, vegetables and grasses will be planted. All these will be subjected to bombardment of gamma rays radiating from co- balt bars operated by remote con- trol from a laboratory on the out- skirts of the field. The labora- tory will also serve as a radiation counting room and for studying the after effects of the atomic shots. Here also scientists will work | en problems of metabolism, the growth and nutrition of plants, ef- fects of fertilizers and rainwater, transmutations and pollen disper- sion, . A more likely place than Tu- trialba in which to explore the re- lation of atoms to human appeti- tes would bc hard to find. Because of the topography of its 2,500 acres, ranging from tropical sea | level to temperate climate altitu- des, almost every known farm and forest product ean be eultivated successfully, with serious crises, when it is view of the dangers causing sincere humility, toward the word and His soul, in the the benefit of the world, and Neighbo By ANTONIO RUIZ ECUADOR — The first social se- curity institution in Ecuador was the Pension Fund (Caja de Pen- siones), established in 1928, ‘The present compulsory system of so-| cial insurance, created by law in| its territorial sea within reasona- 1935, and subsequently expanded | ble limits. The Peruvian proposi- by additional legislation, is ad-| tion is the most flexible among the viewpoints on British Honduras. He added that the maps referred to were maps of the British Admi- ralty and that the “only authoriza- tion needed for its publication is ment”. state should be competent to fix Pension Fund and the Social In-| Colombia proposed, too, a 12 mi- The former is the social security |an adjacent zone of some other agency for public, bank and in-| miles, the coastal state having the that from her Majesty's govern- | Meanwhile Pert held that each | ministerea by the National So|large number presented in the} cial Security ‘nstitute (Instituto | commission on territorial seas of Nacional de Previsién Social), | the conference, and does not spe- | through its two agencies: The cify extension. surance Fund (Caja del Seguro). | les limit for territorial waters, plus | surance company employes, its own personnel, the military and | any voluntary affiliates; the lat-| ter is the agency for private em- | ployes and all workers not cover- ed by the Pension Fund; disabili- | ty and old age insurance; widow- | hood and orphans’ insurance, Social Security benefits include | sickness and maternity insurance, and insurance against occupation- al accidents and sisease. The funds | of the “Caja de! Seguro” are deriv- | ed from three main sources: 1) in- eke Argentine Glycerin Imports Reviewed by Commerce Dept. | WASHINGTON. (UP)— The Commerce Department reviewed | the glycerin situation in its month- ly chemicals bulletin, with special | attention to Argentina. | Gylcerin trade has continuing international interest because of competition of glycerin made from | vegetable and animal fats with syn- thetic glycerin from petroleum. | United States imports of gly- | |cerin in January-November 1957 were 50 per cent above the same | period in 1956, but by November | United States inventories were | nine per cent Above November 19- | 56 and the second largest on re- | cord. | | United States imports of crude glycerin in January-November 19- 57 included: From Philippines, 1,281,000 lbs.; | Indonesia, 641,000; Argentina, | 441,000; Cuba, 174,000, and Egypt, | 141,000. “Argentina’s well established meat + packing industry furnishes glycerin producers with animal fats,” the Department said. “Glycerin is a by - product of soap processing. There is no pro- duction of synthetic glycerin from petroleum in Argentina. “Output of crude glycerin in Ar- gentina amounted to 12,546 metric | | tons in 1956. Exports in 1956 were: crude glycerin, 7,531 metric tons; chemically pure glycerin, 80 me- trie tons; and insutrial glycerin, 842 metric tons.” RICH OIL. DEPOSITS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA MEXICO CITY (UP)— Rich oil | deposits are believed to exist in the lower half of Baja California and Pemex officials are planning | to intensify drilling operations in that area this year. | Pemex Director Bermudez and | engineer Federico Mina made the | statement during the inaugural | session of the second national con- vention of the Mexican Associa- tion of Petroleum Geologists at the mining palace The zonference was formally in- augurated by President Adolfo! | Ruiz Cortines and official addres. | ses were given by Bermudez; | Eduardo Chavez President of the | Geologists association and by Car- | los Castillo Tejero president of the convention, |The National Institute has been | ters, | The Central dividual contributions of 5 per cent of the wages of insured work- | ers; 2) seven per cent of the same wages contributed by the employ- er, and 3) contributions by the Government, derived from real estate and other taxes and reve- | nues specifically earmarked for | the Fund, | The Social Security System em- | braces all private employes and workers in general with the power to broaden its scope to all workers — farm workers, independent | workers and artisants, workers domestic servants, ete. | extending social security benefits | to all these workers as rapidly as facilities permit. The Ministry of | Social Welfare and Labor has a So- | cial Service Section which di- | rects its activities toward improv- | ing home life, protecting infants | and minors, and assisting in ma- ternity cases. The National School of Social | Service and the Mariana de Jests | Social’ Service School, both in Quito, train social workers who are assigned to a variety of public! institutions, including infant and | maternity centers, juvenile courts, | orphanages and re-education cen- | dispensaries and hosp Public Assistance Boards. in addition to running hos- pitals and welfare institutions, are actively engaged in social service work. With the exception of compul- sory social security, all matters re- | lating to labor are regulated by | the Labor Code enacted| | 5, 1938, and subsequent amend- ments, the basic principles of which are contained in Article 185 | of the Constitution. The Code re-| gulates hours, wages, and working | conditions, individual and collec- tive contracts, trade unions, strikes and settlement of labor disputes. Minimum wages are revised every | two years by the Minimum Wage | | Commission in each province, | The maximum working day in Ecuador is eight hours, and for underground work six hours. Work ing periods may not exceed 44 hours a week, except for overtime work as provided by the Code, In addition to compulsory days of rest and civic holidays, all workers and employes are entitled to a va- cation of fifteen consecutive work- ing days with pay per year, The right of workers to or- ganize trade unions and federa- tions is guaranteed by the Consti- tution and by the Labor Code, as is the right to strike, subject to certain regulations, The Labor Ad- ministration (Direccién' y Subdi- reccién del Trabajo) and the La- bor Commissions (Comisarias del Trabajo) are responsible for the enforcement of the Labor Code, together with the Supreme Courts and the Boards of Conciliation and Arbitration. There are labor in- spectors for each province, each with a number of assistants accord- ing to the needs of the region, Spanish Version Page 3 om ive control of right to the exc fishing in its limits. On the other hand Great Britain presented a proposition limiting the territorial sea to six miles. The delicate and complicate sub- ject of the jurisdictional and ad- jacent zones of the coastal coun- tries will not be defined until after the Holy Week. The final voting of the commis- sion will not be definite, until the conference takes the matter up. Each article needs two thirds of the votes of the assembly in order to be finally approved. | have been “strong” but it was not | his intention to incite violence. He also announced that he plans | |to fight for the legalization of the | Communist Party. Prestes des-| | drjbed himself as an “unemployed | | military engineer”. The date for | his trial has not yet been set. GOULART MAY ATTEND FRONDIZI’S INAUGURAL RIO DE JANEIRO. —(UP).— The newspaper Ultima Hora said | \that Vice President Joao Goulart probably will represent President Juscelino Bubitschek at the May 1 |inauguration of Argentine Presi- dent-elect Arturo Frondizi in Bue- nos Aires. Kubitschevy has “virgually’ de- | cided to send Goulart because the | United States is sending Vice Pre- sident Richard M. Nixon, the news- | paper said. NOTICE Today being Good Friday THE AMERICAS DAILY Will not appear tomorrow, We will be back Sunday. Panama fo Protest Against Speech Made by Rep. Flood as “Offensive” WASHINGTON, April 3. (UP). Panama is expected to reject re- presentative Daniel J. Flood’s home | charges that radical elements|on December 16. “high up in the Government of Panama” are plotting to interna- tionalize the canal, it was learned today. Rejection of Flood’s remarks on the floor of the House last week | will come out shortly in the form of an official statement informed sources told the United Press. They said that the full test of the speech was forwarded to the Panamanian Government with a strong recommendation by Pana- manian Ambassador Ricardo M. Arias that it be answered. Arias was known to regard Flood’s speech as offensive not only to Panama but to all of La- tin America. Particular exception. was taken at the strong hint that the United States held maneuvers in the Isthmus last year to discourage any move on the part of Latin America to internationalize the Canal following the seizure of the Suez waterway by Egypt. Flood accused Vice-Minister of | | with the shipping unions if the! ling was within the city limits, or} Foreign Affairs Ernesto Castille- ro of using communist arguments in attacking the jurisdictional ba- HEMISPHERIC EVENTS FORESTRY SCHOOL SOON TO OPEN GUATEMALA. — The first School of Forestry in Central America will soon open on the shores of Lake Amatitlan, near Guatemala City. The institution is being put into operation with |the help of ICA, and is to be | headed up by Jay H. Hardy, fores- | try expert of the Inter American Cooperative Agricultural Service (SCIDA), PERON’S GIRL FRIEND TO MARRY SUNDAY BUENOS AIRES, (UP).—-Nelly Rivas, ex-President Juan D. Pe- rén’s former teen-age girl friend, will marrry a young Argentine bookkeeper Sunday, friends of her family said today. They said the prospective bride- groom who they identified only as “Carlos”, works for one of the )sis of U.S. control of the Canal jin a speech before the second | |Congress of Students in Panama He cited the Congress as a high- | light in a campaign “directed to- ward the total liquidation of United States sovereignty and con- trool of the Panama Canal”. FOREIGN FLAG BANNING MAY AFFECT PANAMA NEW YORK, April 3. (UP). — The American Merchant Marine | Institute, comprising 70 companies | which operate three fourths of | U.S. ships, yesterday postponed a| decision on whether to defend the | practice of American ships flying under foreign flags. Nine million tons of U.S. ship- tons operates under foreign flags. Most such ships are tankers. A | special committee had been pro- posed by some members of the | institute to deal with the problems of these ship-owners. Other members of the institute, | however, who confine their opera- tions to U.S.-flag vessels had op- |posed any action on the ground that’ it would lead to difficulties organization attempted to defend} | ping out of a total of 24,000,000 | Nor to Revolution Forces Ministers Resign From Peruvian Gvt.| LIMA (UP). — United Press was informed by Ministerial source that the government Ministers and Police, Jorge Fernandez Stoll, and Foreign Minister, Victor Andrés Belatinde, presented their resigna- tions to President Prado, who must decide Saturday or Sunday about | them. The Daily “El Comercio” says that Manuel Cisneros, President | of the Ministers Council, accept- ed Belatnde’s resignation, and that | Fernandez Stool will resign “as a scapegoat in behalf of the Pre- mier”. At the same time “La Prensa” says that the Executive accepted | the resignations of Fernandez | Stoll and Belatnde. The announcement of the resig- | nations has not been officially made, nor who will be the new} appointees, The resignation of the two mi- nisters constitutes the second cri- | sis of the 1958 Cabinet and coin- | cides with a growing criticism of | the opposition due in part to the} economic depression. Fernandez Stoll, who defeated | in a saber duel March 9 to Colonel | Sologuren, member of the Senate, | has been the traget of frequent | criticism from the opposition for making labor and political demons: trations. FRENCH OFFICIALS DECORATED BY PERU PARIS, (UP). — Héctor Boza, Peruvian ambassador, in a recep- tion offered by him, decorated the folliwing persons: General Jean Ganeval, Comman- der of The Military Order of Aya- cucho; Max Hymans, Grand Of- ficial of the Order of the Sun; Louis Hermet, Commander of the Order of the Sun; Bertrand Flon- noy, Commander of the Order of Merit for distinguished ser vices; Michel Dondenne, official of the Order of the Sun; Louis Roudier, official of the Order of the Sun; and Michel Berveiller, Knight of the Order of the Sun. PATRICIO KELLY SAID TO HAVE KIDNAPPED HIS OWN CHILDREN BUENOS AIRES, (UP)—Uncon- firmed reports say that the Pe- ronist Patricio Kelly, Head of the Nationalist Liberating Alliance until the ousting of Juan D. Pe- rén, returned to Buenos Aires, kidnapping his two shildren, a 14 yrs. old girl and a 9 yrs. old boy. The children were under Mrs. Kelly custody pending divorce, Both left from their mother’s room on way to school, but did not at- tend to classes and later Mrs. Kelly reported to the police they had disappeared. The janitor of the apartment house said that a man who said WASHINGTON, Apr. 3. (UP). spokesman, declared today U.S. policy forbids shipments of the Cuban Government revolutionary forces gainst it. White made the statement in answer to a question at a press conference on the fighting - a- of 1,950 Garand rifles for the Cu- ban Government of President Ful- gencio Batista. White repeated statements made before by the State Department, that is, that the United States care- fully studies arms shipments to the zones where political tension exists. He continued saying that con- sultations are being held with Cu- ban officials on the matter. It is believed they are taking place in| Havana. Asked if this means lifting of the suspension is probable and arms may be shipped to Batista, | he said the possibility exists. How- ever, in answer to other questions, | he said present U.S. policy is con- | trary to permit arms shipments | for both the government and the) rebels. | Asked if~this means that the} United States does not want to ‘send arms to Cuba to be used a- gainst the revolutionaries, White| said: - “That is not the purpose of the mutual security assistance pro- gram.” Stiff Measures Against Strike HAVANA, April 3. —(UP).— |The Cuban cabinet met in emer- | gency session most of Ahe night and drafted a series of stiff de-| crees to avert a rebel- threatened | general strike aimed at overthrow-| ing the Government. It also moved to end a run on} Cuban banks and prevent a finan-| cial crisis. The cabinet session, from mid- night until after 4 a.m., came as the Dominican Republic rushed five planeloads of arms and am- munition to Cuba to help in what government sources called “its greatest hour of peril”. Dominican strongman Rafael |Le6nidas Trujillo acted on an| “emergency request” from Presi- j}dent Fulgencio Batista as rebel |forces tightened a stranglehold on Oriente Province and called for) new “ambushes” of pro-govern- | ment persons in threatened towns. Batista and Joaquin Martinez Saenz, president of the Cuban Na-/| | tional Bank, issued a joint state- |ment assuring Cubans there is no) truth to “unfounded rumors’ the | government is planning to com- mandeer bank deposits. The rumors spread earlier this |week the cabinet proclaimed a) Lincoln White, State Department | that | arms from this country both for| and for} cancellation | —two weeks ago— of a shipment} | Seaboard Air Use Against Rebels Not Purpose. of Military Assistance, White States phrase to “appropriate funds” is traditionally used in emergency proclamations and that it refers only to the Government’s right to divert funds from some govern- ment agencies to the Army. WIDESPREAD ARRESTS IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA Widespread arrests were report- ed in Santiago, the rebel-infested |eapital of Oriente Province that has been virgually cut off from the rest of Cuba. No reasons were | given, At least 19 rebels and their weapons were reported seized in | Havana itself. The Dominican Republic wea- pons were intended to strengthen the government’s hand against the swelling revolt in Oriente Pro- vince where 30 to 50 persons have been reported killed in two days, They .would replace 1,950 Garan rifles whose shipment from the United States was blocked March 14 by the State Department. (In Washington, Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore) said the Depart- ment has assured him that the Cuban Government will get no more U. S. arms until the situa- tion in that country returns to normal. Porter is an outspoken critic of the Batista regime). Informed quarters said Trujillo assented at once to the request for aid, and five commandeeree Cuban airliners flew to Ciudad Trujillo to pick up the arms. They flew their loads directly to Camp Columbia, an army base outside Havana. Censorship and communications difficulties made it difficult to de- termine the exact situation in Oriente, but the best information available indicates that public transportation and most other ac- tivity are paralyzed. Although both sides agreed there had been scattered military clas- hes, rival estimates of casualties varied widely. The Army said it had killed 28 rebels in clashes in which two soldiers were wounded. The rebel radio said the insurgents had killed 25 soldiers while losing only two dead and 11 wounded. Twenty Two Cubans go on Trial Today By UNITED PRESS | Some 22 Cuban revolutionaries arrested in a demonstration at a railroad station here Tuesday will be tried here today. Nearly 100 Cubans stormed- the Line Railroad sta- |tion Tuesday night when word got around that 15 Cuban govern- ment emissaries were coming through en route to Washington to seek renewal of U. S.- arms shipments. Police broke up the demonstra- tion, and arrested 22 on charges of disorderly conduct by unlawful assembly. Seven were charged additionally with trespassing. They will be tried before Muni- he was Kelly had called him from | state of national emergency which | cipal Judge Milton Friedman, an automatic telepone asking him for his children. The use of an automatic tele- phone shows that the person cal- in Buenos Aires, as out of the city the use of foreign registrations. | Latin American larger embassies here. Nelly, who is now 19, became Peron’s favorite after the death of his wife, Eva. She will be a relatively wealthy bride because the courts allowed her to keep the | $7,500 worth of jewels lavished on her by the deposed dictator. AUTOPSY ORDERED IN CUBAN BOY’S DEATH An autopsy was ordered Wed- nesday in the death of a 9-year-old boy who died: in a doctor’s office here after receiving an anti-tetanus shot. Police said young Néstor San- tiesteban of Havana, Cuba, cut his foot at a swimming pool, and |his mother took him to a physi- cian where he was given the anti- tetanus injection. The boy went into a coma and |died about an hour later, there are not phones of that kind. News in Brief | FLYING WATCHMAKER IN RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO. (UP). Peter Gluckman, San Francisco’s ‘“fly- ing watchmaker”, arrived here Wednesday in the single-engined plane in which he hopes to fly by way of Africa to London. Gluckman plans, with the aid of extra gas tanks, to fly his Bon- anza plane direct from London to New York on the return trip. RUBIROSA FINED FOR SPEEDING WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — (UP).—Playboy Porfirio Rubirosa paid a $25 fine Wednesday for speeding, making an improper turn, using an improper muffler on his Italian sports car — and speeding on the way to the police station after he had been stopped. Rubirosa denied the charges. {John William Cooke, empowered the government to “‘ap-| propriate funds”. | Cubans began withdrawing their | savings from the banks and there | were long lines at some of the tel- | ler windows yesterday. Batista explained that the for four months and this is the first time anyone said I did any- thing wrong”, he said. PERONIST LEADER ‘IN PARAGUAY VISIT ASUNCION, Paraguay. (UP).—| Argentine Peronista Party leader, arrived here from the Dominican Republic last saturday, it was learned today. Cooke and his wife, who is with him here, had been living with ex-Dictator Juan D, Perén in Ciu- dad Trujillo. Peréh left the Do- minican capital last week to “vaca- tion” in’ the central resort town of Jarabacoa, Cooke left the Ca- ribbean Island nation about the same time. The Peronista chieftain and. his wife came here by way of Miami, Fla, and after two days at the city’s main hotel moved to a “T’ve been driving in this eity private house, Meanwhile, nine other Cubans have ended their hunger’ strike in support of Cuban rebels jailed in Brownsville, Tex., on gun run- ning charges. The nine strikers decided to quit when they learned a similar sympathy strike in New York had ended, a spokesman for the group said. ? After nearly two days of en- campment in the lobby of tele- vision station WTVJ, the Cubans placed a wreath at the foot of Cuban patriot José Marti’s statue in Bayfront Park, then went to a nearby restaurant to eat, Hunger Strike Ends In Bronsville, Tex. BROWNSVILLE, Tex, April 3. (UP). — Thirty-five captured Cu- ban rebels called off their hunger strike in its eighth day last night on learning the United States has banned further arms shipments to the Cuban Government of Fulgen- cio Batista. The rebels, captured last Thurs- day as they attempted to sail in an arms laden ship to the aid of Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro, had originally vowed to starve “to the death if necessary” to protest their imprisonment. Seventeen had been taken to Mercy Hospital wheré they were fed intravenously while continuing the strike by re- fusing to take food by mouth, . Before breaking their fast last night, the 18 jailed rebels sang their “Victory Song” and later said a prayer and sang again, ——e