Diario las Américas Newspaper, April 11, 1958, Page 10

Inter - American News for English - Speaking people 5th YEAR @ A SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Publisher Antonio Ruiz Manacine Rditer Publishea dally except Monday — Entered as secona class matier at the Post Office of Miamt Springs Fla. op February § 195+. _ EDITORIAL THE MORAL PRESTIGE OF AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC ORDER If those in the Government do not enjoy a minimum of support from the community for reasons of their moral prestige, everything connected with maintenance of pub- lie order constitutes a serious problem for’ the authorities and for the country in general. If public order is to be maintained on the basis of civic zeal, of civilization and of what public order really in charge of preserving it are worthy of the respect of all citizens. It is very difficult to the Constitution and Laws of the Republic, and that they observe good conduct in all their activities affecting public interest, if those who field of action, adequate example. When the authorities know how to surround them- Selves with dignity in the exercise of their functions, and when they exercise Public Power with due regard for the mandates of democracy, it is in society, because this becomes, as it should be in the light of civilization, a matter of normal observance. those cases, exaggerated supervision by the authorities and the adoption of extreme measures are left for emergencies only. If the people receives from above the lessons in civic virtue, of straightforwardness and respect for the institu- tions of the State, when they are a faithful reflexion of a true democratic life, their examples, nor only because tion available to the authorities, but for the effect in the mind of the citizens of the go exercising Public Power or those who are agents of authority. If those in high positions lack prestige, those under them accept their mandates only when there is no possible manner to evade them. In force of Power falls on the people to force them to obey Government rules and the norms regulating enforcement In that case the people act, not because of civic consciousness, or political discipline, but because of terror or fear, and either of those elements serves only to break the equilibrium that should exist in the relations between those in the Government and governed. which the authorities achieve through compulsion or threats is transitory and incompatible with the dignity of of public order. the people. ne a \Latin American Firance _and Trade News Reports | sonage, the Apostle Saint James, | U. 5. Dollars Reach Record High in Colombian Markets BOGOTA, Colombia (UP)— The . W. SMITA at) 5 Cents—Outside Metropolitan area, 10 cents, 8. SMITB President Vice President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice resident Editor and Manager understanding by the citizens is, it is necessary that those to ask the citizens to live up preach it do not set, from the easier for them to keep order In conduct will adjust to those of the resources for imposi- od republican quality of those HA HAVANA, (UP). Police stopped| a rebel—called general strike in its tracks today and carried out a bloody house—to—house purge} of known Communists and rebel sympathizers throughout greatet Havana. | Unofficial estimates placed at 50 to,60 the number killed so far by police who prowled the city) through the night in cars carry- ing groups of three to five men each searching out the hiding places of all suspects Outwardly, the city had almost returned to normal after Wednes- day’s initial outbreak in which a} fire bomb exploded across the street from the prime minister’s office and bullets splanttered the walls of buildings along the Pra- Know thy Neighbor By ANTONIO RUIZ MEXICO (Continued) — As a result of the changes in- the In- | | do, Havana’s main street. | dian dances, adapting them some what to Moorish and Spanish themes, the costumes of the dan- | cers were altered, thereby destroy- other words, only when the That x *& 8 threatens to break the normal! commercial relations of Latin America with United States. He) added that the Latin American | countries producing raw materials, | use US. dollar sold today at 7:65 Co-| such as wool, copper, zine, lead Jombian pesos each, its highest le-| and coffee, had suffered to such vel in recent times, and a .35 point | an extent with the economic de-| rise since last week, Financial observers attributed the drop in the Colombian cur- rency to the current shortage of dollar exchange resulting from decreased Colombian coffee sales and the country’s growing import needs. ' The Colombia government last June abolished the official ex- change rate of 2.50 pesos per dol- lar and allowed the Colombian currency to seek its natural level in a free market. A Colombian financial mission is now in Washington discussing the critical exchange situation with government and business leaders. The Bank of the Republic will hold an auction of certificates three times a week and during its first auction their price amount- ed to 7.16 Colombian pesos for each dollar. The average price for certificates was 6.60. During the auction, an increase of almost one peso was obtained over previous quotations of the certificates. This increase made an efect in the dollar market obtaining this foreign exchange a value of 6.75 against 7.30 last week. Jesis Maria Marulanda, Finance Minister, said the sudden increase of dollars and certificates, ‘s a transitory case while financial cir- cles attributed to the shortage of foreign exchange caused by the drop in the coffee export to con- front the increasing needs of the eountry’s imports. More Trade Freedom in This Hemisphere Urged by Diplomat WASHINGTON, (UP). — An ex President of the Inter American) Economic Social Council suggested _ more freedom in trade relations _ between Latin American and Unit- _ ed States, as a mean to accelerate the economical progress of the _ southern countries of the Hemis- phere destroying in this way the penetration efforts of the Soviet - Union. Washington P. Bermidez, Uru-) | Buay’s representative in the Coun- cil, warned the greatest activity of Soviet Union in Latin America, f bf i q i | pression, that they didn’t see other | alternative than enter into business | with the Soviet Union. | | “The progress attained by the | Russian business men in Latin | America, where so far they had+ |mot been successful, seems to show the importance of their ef- forts”, Bermudez said. “It would be very disgusting to see this kind of wedge pinned into the economic block formed by United States jand Latin America”. Bermudez considers that a solu- |tion for the Latin American eco- nomic problems could be found in the words of President Eisenho- wer: “free nations must trade in| order to live’. But he added} that the demands of the protec-| tionist people of the United States | for higher tariffs on raw materials }of Latin America “are constantly | affecting our relations”. “This inestability, he continued, | affects both volume and _ prices. | | And year after year, the repetition of this situation selling to United | States less than they import, re-| \flects in the economic progress | of Latin America”. | Referring to foreign aid by | United States, the Uruguayan di- plomat. said that in 1957, from a| | total of $4,000,000,000 Latin Amer- \iea only received $114,000,000. Bermudez made his statement to United Press short before a commission from the Council in- | terviewed Rollin Atwood, Director) of Latin American Affairs of the International Cooperative Depart- ment of the United States, who)! suggested that the Latin American | progress could be accelerated if local capital is used more ample in each of the countries of that! | region. MEXICO HOLDS COFFEE MEXICO CITY. (UP). — Méxi-| |co’s coffee. growers are holding a} | reserve of 200,000 bags of coffee! (of 60 kilos each) in keeping with international agreements, the Na- | tional Coffee Union sreported to- day. The report also said that the entire 1957-58 coffee production has been sold, mainly to the United States. | {ing the visual charm of most of them. What that charm was can be seen now in the work of many | of the younger Mexican artists who | have attempted to restore the early dances to their original splendor and put them into a new | in the theatre. Some of the features of the pre- sent Indian dances clearly show | their origin, as, for example, the dances named “Moros y Cristia- nos” (Moors and Christians), “Los Sonalej (The Rattlers), “E Gavilan” (The Hawk, “Los Vieji- | tos” (The Little Old Men), “Hue- | chenches”, and ‘“Tastoanes”. Of | these, the last two are the/ most | elaborate and interesting. It is of interest to note that they are some what similar to the Japanese dan- | ces. Huehuenches and Tastoanes | are the names for those who ap-| pear in the leading roles in the performance. Tastoanes, which as | a dance is of greater importance | than Huehuenches, is an allegoric- | al play having its dramatic per-| the Spanish Conquerors and the! primitive Lords of México. The dance in general, as inter- preted now, tells a disjointed story which is, at times almost incolie-| rent because of the spontaneous additions made by successive inter- | preters at various times in its long | history. It is danced with panto- mimic gestures, stylized in a vio- lent and exalted manner, and key- ed to a uniform dancing rhythm followed by a general movement | of the dancers in choral mases. In | the first episode, the Spaniards are the victors, but in the second and final, the Indians not only rally and rout the Iberians, but under the furious spell of an inexorable Nemesis behead the Apostle him- self. The dance of “Los Viejitos” is touching and melancholy. It is per- | formed by a chorus of men clad in| white, who have rosy complexions, silvery wigs and whiskers. Shak- ing with age and stuttering an al- most forgotten song, they walk, beating ‘time with their staffs and with the stumbling of their tired | feet. When seen on the white san-| dy shore of Lake Patzcuaro under | canopies of blossoming trees, the MIAMI SPRi For a better understanding between the Americas VANA POLICE KILLS DOZENS IN HOUSE TO HOUSE PURGE, AS REBEL GENERAL STRIKE FAILS A portion of the old city still was without light. The Hotel Se- villa Biltmore, where the United Press offices are located, also was without watgr, presumably be- cause the power failure also had affected pumping stations. Along the Prado, traffic was rerouted to one side to permit electric conduits damaged by a fire bomb Wednesday. Traffic was light but shops were open and public transportation was about normal. Business firms reported only scattered absentee- ism, Fourteen bodies lay in the city morgue as a result of yesterday's gun fights. (GS, FLA., FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1958 | Argentina Breaks | Relations With | Dominican Govt. | PERON’S ACTIVITIES GIVEN AS A REASON BUENOS AIRES, (UP). — It was officially announced That Ar- gentina has suspended diplomatic relations with the Dominican Re- public, | The corresponding decree sign- ed by President Pedro Aramburu and his Ministers, discloses that attitude was taken in view of “the | inconsiderate attitude” of the Do- minican government to various re- quests made by Argentina in con- nection “with the interference. in the potical Argentine affairs from Ciudad Trujillo by ex-Dietator Juan Domingo Perén, who fled there from Venezuella”. \ Twelve rebels or their sym- | Immaculate Conception | Women’s Club, Hialeah, to Hold Breakfast The Immaculate Conception | Women’s Club of Hialeah will hold jits Annual Hatzapoppin Breakfast |for our Church Expansion Pro- gram at the Hialeah Auditorium, 4700 Palm Avenue, on April 16, }ing was reported continuing show is a poem in itself. In vivid contrast with this dance, | which is so well attuned to the serene spirit of the fishermen who | execute it, are the pugnacious dan- | ces of the indomitable Yaqui tribe, | | which is always on the warpath. | “The Pascola” and “El Venado” | (The Deer), their most remarkable | dances, have to do with battle and | hunt. Both of them are accom- | plished by the primitive music of high-pitched flutes and the beat- ing of diminutive drums, and send terror into the souls of their ene- mies. ‘In the hunting dance, one of the performers is wrapped in skins. With his head covered by antlers, he crouches or jumps, imitating the deer. The other performers dance around, suggesting the | various episodes of the hunt and tracing its actions from the ambush’ to the final kill, The beat of ‘ne drums leads the general movement and a song as savage as a yell marks the clash of the hunters, while the actual steps of the dance are accompanied by the sound of rattles tied around the dancers’ knees and ankles. This ance has a really savage grandeur. Strong, pic- turesque and spectacular, it is one of the best preserved dances of na- tive Mexicans. Spanish Version Page 3 pathizers were reported killed in the village of Arroyo Apollo out- side Havana during Wednesday night’s purge. Police carrying the names of all known sympathizers were or. dered to shoot first and make no arrests. In Mariel, another town outside Havana, five men were reported to have seized a church and at- tempted to use it as a headquart- ers until routed out by police. Most Havana newspapers were able to publish today, although with reduced editions Police and army forces stood guard around the newspaper plants throughout the night to pre- vent sabotage and a possible walk- out by workers. Despite the coldly efficient po- lice methods which smashed their first attempt, rebel sources insist- ed they were not defeated. They claimed 2,000 to 3,000 militant members in greater Havana and claimed they had distributed 2,- 000 tommy guns in the Hvana area alone. In the provinces, sporadic shoot- m Santiago. A rebel attempt to force a gen- eral strike there Wednesday failed. Schools were open but were with out students. OPPRESION, MISE DRIVING PARAGUAYANS TO REVOLT BUENOS AIRES (UP)— Op- pression, misery and hinger are driving the Paraguayan people to popular uprisings and military up- heavals ‘against the Government of President Alfredo Stroessner, the opposition Paraguayan Liberal Party charged today. The charge was contained in a statement issied by the Liberal leadership through their represent- atives in Argentina. Most of the leaders of the outlawed Liberal Party are in exile here and in | Uruguay. Stroessner meanwhile arrived in La Paz, Bolivia on a state visit of se 1 days. The Paraguayan Embassy denied | the liberal charges in another statement. It described reports of popular uprisings and military up- heavals as “entirely false.” It said that outside of last Tues- day’s attack on the police head- quarters in the town of Coronel Bogado “there has been no distur- bance of the public order.” Two soldiers and two rebels were killed when Paraguayan ar- my troops crushed the abortive revolt at Coronel Bogado, a town on the Argentine-Paraguayn por- der. The Paraguayan Embassy state- ment said the Coronel Bogado as- sailants had entred Paraguay from Argentina, that some of tem The decree does not make-any | 1958 from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon, nention of the Dominican Ambas-| Mrs Sarita Guerrero Special sador in Asuncién, who received) Chairman for the breakfast an- in the airport to the Peronist leader John William Cooke upon! his arrival from Ciudad Trujillo} taking him to the hotel. | The Dominican Ambassador at, Buenos Aires, Joaquin Merino In- | chaustegui has been notified about | the decisjon, and has received his passaport with the request to leave the country within forty eight | | hours. | | Rodolfo Fitte, Foreign Under-) Secretary, said that instructions | have also been sent to the Argen-| tine Embassy Staff at Ciudad Tru: | jillo to leave the Dominican Re-| public, Fitte said that representation of Argentine interests in Domini- can Republic has not been entrust-| ed to anybody so far, although ex: | traofficially it is known it will be} Nicaragua. The Dominican Republic is the second nation with which Argen- | tina breaks diplomatic relations due to Peron’s political activites in her territory. Last year she took same steps with the Venezuelan government when Marcos Pérez Ji- ménez was in power, and diploma- ie relations, were re-established | after that regime was ousted. RY AND HUNGER | | | were arrested and others dispersed | and that those taken carried au- tomatie weapons made in Argen- tina. The Liberal Party statement, signed by Justo Prieto, the Par-| ty’s delegate here, denied any par- ticipation by the Party in the abor- tive Coronel ‘Bogado attack. PABLO ANTONIO CUADRA VISITING WASHINGTON Pablo Antonio Cuadra, oustand- ling Latin American writer and Editor of “La Prensa” of Mana- gua, Nicaragua, is in Washington accompanied by his distinguished wife. He is touring this country | by special invitation of the U. §.! Department of State. Pablo Antonio Cuadra is one of the young Latin American figures | most prominent in the field of | letters and thought. His name is | well known in all Spanish speaking | | cultural circles, and his works have | ‘been always highly praised, as a | just recognition of his excellent | \literary style and quality. ‘THE AMERICAS DAILY extends | cordial greetings to the illustrious | | Nicaraguan colleague, with best | wishes for a pleasant stay in the nounced yesterday. There will be many prizes for those attending, including a 3 day week-end cruise, all expenses paid, to Nassau for two, donated by P & O Steamship Company. Prizes will also be awarded for our Hat Parade of 1958. There will be a Fashion Show by Mary Lee of Hialeah. Among the entertainers will be “The Fountain of Youth Dancers’ under the direction of Mr. Carle Fogle. Mr. Jack Murphy; pantomine artist, will appear by courtesy of the Marlin Beach Ho-! tel in Ft, Lauderdale. Miss Iris of Romper Room will be there also to greet all her little friends. Plus Latin Folk Dances under spe- cial presentation of Miss Julie Ledee’s Channel 2 “Speaking| Spanish” Program. Flowers will be donated by Bill Fischer’s Flor- ist of Flamingo Way. Channel 7 announcer Don Bar- ber will be the Master of Ceremo-} nies. Donation will be $1.00 for adults and $0.25 for children. PARAGUAY AND BOLIVIA 10 SIGN AGREEMENTS LA PAZ (UP)—It was announc- | ed that during the three days visit | to this capital by General Arturo Stroesnner, president of Paraguay and his Foreign Minister, Raul Sapena Pastor, the following agree- ments will be formalized: 1—Establishment of an aerial commercial service between Asun- cién and La Paz by the by Loyd) Bolivian Air Line. 2.—Establishment of radio-tele- graphic direct communications bet- ween both capitals. 3.—Transit and tourism facilities WASHINGTON, (UP). — The | Assistant Secretary of State for ;Latin American Affairs, Roy R. | Rubottom, declared that the U. S. Government will give “highest | Priority” to Latin America in the |resulting from the depression. The high government official spoke during a luncheon of the Governing Board of the) Interna- | tional Federation, which is holding j its annual assembly here. Many Latin American ambassadors _at- tended. Rubottom said the United States | wants to avoid disastrous drops in |prices and recognized that they |will have repercussions in the | budgets, economic development, |payments and other characteris- | American countries. Referring to his recent atten- dance to a meeting of the Busines- smen Consulting Committee on La- tin America, the Secretary said he found businessmen unanimous in the opinion that the problem of price drops must be faced squa- the Latin American countries must be found. “We cannot hope to prosper iu the United States —he said— if also. Our happiness and our well- being depend on the happiness and the wellbeing of our Latin America friends. Those of us in Government are giving, and plan to continue giving, highest priori- ty to Latin America in our efforts to jointly solve our common pro- blems”’, Reviewing the main aspects of Inter American cooperation in the past, he declared that economic relations of the U. S. with Latin America are based mainly on trade, and that in 1957 export- import trade of the U..S. with La- tin America exceeded 8 billion dollars, just short of that with Western Europe. Rubottom pointed out that 40 percent of U.S. private capital in- between both countries. WASHINGTON (UP)— Vice President Richard Nixon’s attend- ance at the Argentine presidential inaugural and his South American tour are expected to be followed here by critical governmental re- examination of United States eco- nomic policies as they affect Latin American countries, He is expected to visit all the countries south of Panama ex- cept Brazil and Chile. He previous- ly visited Brazil, and Chilean af- fairs will get the fullest official attention during the prospective visit of Chilean President here at the end of April. Government * offices will thor- | oughly prepare Nixon on all cur- vestments abroad are in Latin | efforts to solve economic problems | |ties of the economy in the Latin| rely and solutions satisfactory to} |Latin America does not prosper | ; Member Inter American Press Associction e For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 235 Latin America Will Get U.S. Priority to Solve its Depression Problems We Cannot Prosper if Latin America Does Not Prosper, Rubottom States | America, and. estimated that aflu- ence of that capital to that region |in 1957 exceeded one billion +dol- |lars, which brought total invest- |ments' there to more than eight |billion dollars. He estimated that financial cooperation of the United States in Latin America from 1953 to |1957 in more than two billion | dollars, not including U. S. partici- |pation in transactions of the | World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and other agen+ cies, According to the Secretary, Ex- | Port-Import ‘Bank credits to that zone since 1953 reached $1,345,- | 000,000, and added that the bank wants to increase credits there | that may show a profit. | After mentioning the sales of | agricultural Surplus and stabiliza- }tion credits, as well as $81 million | contributed to the construction of |the Pan American highway, the Secretary said the United States is giving active consideration to the program of the Development Loan Fund. Referring to the population of | Latin America, he said it already {surpassed that of the U.S. and to- day totals 183,000,000, and for the ‘end of this century it will be | double that of this country, or ap- | proximately, 500 million, against | 250 million here. He said that ten- |denecy has enormous economic and | social implications that must be |takén into consideration in any | future plans. ORb,aearrdouble i} BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR IN TWO WEEK VISIT 10 RIO WASHINGTON (UP)—Brazilian Ambassador Ernani do Amaral Peixoto left for Rio by plane and Embassy officials said he would participate in “consultations on foreign policy.” The envoy, who is slated to be the social democratic candidate for Governor of Rio, is expected to remain in Brazil from two to three weeks, CHANGE IN U. S. ECONOMIC POLICIES TOWARD The attitudes in governmental circles indicate the. keen difficul- ties confronting South America until the United States general business takes an upturn, Business- men are pressing the government here for more attention to the problems, particularly the coffee stabilization program. Although it is considered too early to predict the form and di- rection in which the views of the United States government may cry- stallize well-informed sources in- dicate a disposition to reconsider the earlier viewpoints on the fol- lowing topics: 4 1. The practicability of financial or other assistance helpful to the | rent Inter American economic pro- | United States. HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Latin American News in Brief ARGENTINE AMNESTY FOR POLITICAL CRIMES BUENOS AIRES (UP)— The first bill presented in the newly elected chamber of deputies calls for the granting of complete am nesty for persons guilty of any “plitical crimes.” Although Presidentelect Artu ro Frondizi promised before the elections that such a measure would be passed, it was present ed by the rival People’s Radical LAN AMBASSADOR TS CREDENTIALS MADRID, (UP). — General Jo- sé Ratil Guerrero Rosales, the new Venezuelan Ambassador. has pre- sented his credentials to the For- eign Minister, Don Fernando Ma- ria de Castiella, Generalisimo Fran- named next Thursday as the day for the presentation of eredentials of the Ambassador in the Palacio de Oriente. PROMINENT JOURNALIST DIES IN EL SALVADOR SAN SALVADOR. (UP). — Ma- nuel Andino, prominent Salvador- ean writer and nmewspaperman, died here. He was president of the Association of El Salvador News- papermen and the author of sey- | eral books. | “MEXICO BUYS FIFTY U. 8. PULLMAN CARS “MEXICO CITY. (UP).—Nation- al Railway$-of México announced the purchase of 50 Pullman coaches from the United States to replace present rolling stock. The company also said it now has 430 diesel locomotives operat- ing in the republic. POLIO CASES DROP MEXICO CITY. (UP). — In- fantile paralysis cases dropped 80 iper eent in México last year as | blems. compared with 1956 thanks to the Salk polio vaccine, a Mexican me- dical authority reported. j Dr. Luis Gutiérrez Villegas, di- rector of the Virus Laboraty of the National: Pharmacy Industry which produces the vaccine in Mé- xico, reported that 688,000 chil- dren received the full Salk treat- ment in this country in 1957. REQUEST ELIMINATION OF TAXES ON TV SETS “MEXICO CITY, (UP). — The Department of Communications is- sued a bulletin saying it will ask the elimination of import taxes on television sets, in the national in- terest. % The Department said a televi- sion network, uniting the farthest corners of the Republic, could help a great deal in reducing il- literacy in the country. Communications, which has es- timated there are 350,000 televi- success of the international coffee stabilization program. Such coop- sion sets in’ México, said itis conducting a count to determine the exact number, and added it will watch investments in the in- dustry to assure that they are channeled to serve the national economy best. ‘ The bulletin said the request to remove import taxes would be made to the treasury department "So that this modern means of cultural diffusion might reach all of the inhabited areas of the na- tional territory”. HOLY WEEK, TOURISM VERACRUZ, México, (UP). — The local office of the Federal Tourist Bureau said that Holy Week visitors left ,000 in this gulf port tourist Mecca, surpas- LATIN AMERICA EXPECTED AFTER NIXON TOUR eration would offer practicable means to improve the outlook of the 14 coffee-producing countries. 2. Some influential circles think the United States should reconsid- er policies affecting petroleum de- velopment and public utilities in South America, including Argen- tina. Such re-examination would take into account the ineradicable nationalistic views in several countries, and enlist both public and private credit aid to such de- velopment. One possibility would be to assist development by “oper- ating contracts” rather than con- cessions. 3. There are indications that the United States will be disposed to employ a larger share of the in: ternational development fund for Latin Ameriean economic develop- ment than was originally eontem- plated. " 4, If the Latin American coun- tries wish to go ahead with the evolution of a “Latin American common market, the United States would not present obstacles, even though such a program might in- volve some future difficulties for United States Inter American trade. 5. There is a feeling in some governmental circles that the United States must find some new means to counteract the Soviet Union’s trade drive in Latin Ame- rica and this problem is certain to receive increasing official atten- tion, 6. There is also an opinion in some governmental circles eon-. cerning more liberal lending poli- cies by Export Import Bank. The foregoing tentative policy opinions in some governmental circles would be accelerated if Vice President Nixon’s trip and report have the expected effect of inspiring a major effort to improve Inter-American relations. Kee Ie te sing the amount spent during the city’s famous pre-Lenten carnival.