The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 12, 1946, Page 5

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1946 Global Clamor For Liberation! Affecting Little Puerto Rico By LESLIE HIGHLEY AP Newsfeatures ASHINGTON.—An increasing trend in favor of independ- ence is taking place in Puerto Rico as a result of the end ot World War II and the clamor for liberation voiced by de- pendent peoples around the globe. Puerto Rico was a colony of Spain for some 400 years and has been an island possession of *——gs———_-_ the United States since 1898. It ites atronge® aban those; of the has 2,000,0000 people. The increasing independence sentiment jas been reported by other minority parties. This is what happened: sult of the recent formation of a political party in the Caribbean Island to seek independence on the basis of: 1. Friendly negotiations the United States. 2. Security for the Puerto Ric- an people under a liberal social and economic domestic policy when independence is achieved. Showdown In 1948 This is the first time a political} party with a platform based on independence has ‘been organized| in the island. Its strength will be tested in the 1948 elections. Independence parties* had been formed previously. They when they preached hostility or terrorism against the United States, or when they forgot their pledges after coming into power. The new Independence Party of Puerto Rico has been organized|; hae Bee to offer evidence to the U. S. Con-|/s!and government. : gress and the federal admini: U. S. Relies On Marin tion that the island wants its free- dom. Party House. dependence, but the with the same time. ture. leaders say President political future but that they 0 | its Gaicraetional weiemare not expect Congress to authorize; . this plebiscite. These leaders do not blame Congress. They feel the prob- clusive problem of the United speedy and conscientious solu-|time comes. tion. Puerto Rico got its first native Since they believe that a pleb- governor in 450 years of Spanish | Congress! and American colonial rule last August. This step, the people were was in line with both the party’s and the federal policies toward iseite, authorized by would be hard to obtain, Inde- pendentistas want to have their} tojq, own referendum. Popular The Popular party, in control} aqministration’s in Puerto Rico, does not advocate | self-government. any particular form of govern- ment. It is committed not to seek It elected several assem- blymen strongly in favor of in- executive body of the party decreed that none of its members could belong ot any organization supporting independence and to the party at The three legislators belonged to the Congress of Puerto Rican Independence, a non-partisan or- ganization ardently in favor of liberation. When the alternatives were put up to them, they resign- ed from the party, joined the new Independence party but did not} tailed resign their seats in the legisla- Washington officials who deal with Puerto Rican affairs feel that the United States may be embarrassed if the independence movement takes control of the Meanwhile they are relying on Luis Munoz Marin, Senate presi- dent and leader of the Popular a z party, who has advised the people perce ee aaa iC that the new party will create allow Puerto Rico to choose Is! p,oblems to the United Statd’ in He has told the people that the jisland’s political future is the ex- EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE SOUTHAMPTON, Eng.—Twen- ty-four American teachers of a group of 74 have arrived to teach a‘ year in British schools. A sim- ilar group of British teachers will spend a year in the United States schools under an exchange pro- gram developed by the English- speaking Union. IDEA GETS $50 HAT CHICAGO. — Last fall Mrs. Mildred Franks, 42, shot a pheas- {ant and, with uncanny foresight, saved the feathers until last week. Then she made a_ hat, fashioning it with the feathers from the pheasant, and had a hat, which, she estimates, would have cost her around $50 if she had bought it in a store. SIREN CURFEW GOOD, BAD | SALT LAKE CITY. — Parents think the curfew, sending youths | of the community home to bed! at a reasonable hour is all right, but they are demanding that the siren which sounds the curfew be toned down a bit. It scares the wits out of their younger i dren. | (ee | His Guess | Mr. Softy: You know, I am! very fond of birds. Yesterday one | sweet little thing actually set-j| tled on my head. i Mr. Tuffguy: It must have! been a woodpecker. { conceded no importance to the ap-/ pointment. They say it does not solve any of the fundamental political, social or economic prob- lems of the island. chil- GEORGE’S ee 1500 Newton Street One Block From Phone 714 THE KEY ,WEST CITIZEN ELECTROCUTED HARLEYVILLE, Ont.—Doug- las Davidson, 26, was electrocut- ed when he attempted. to re- move a light bulb from his chicken house at the rear of his home. Investigators said that the vic. tim had apparently walked } through wet grass on his way to get the bulb, The word “Commando” is of Portuguese origin, though first generally used by the Dutch- descended Boers. The new Reclosure Top fits back on, and helps keep Dixie Crystals package sugars fresh longer. North Beach Inn ee States and Puerto Rico and that lems to be considered are of such} jt. wil} be up to him and his party magnitude that they prevent ali solve the problem when the Charles L. Moody, Jr., Owner K.W. Transit Co. Bus No. 3 Passes Our Door Phone Orders Accepted with PROMPT FREE DELIVERY Independentistas, however, have any. The Republican and Social- ist minority parties advocate statehood. The Liberal party, al- so @ minority, wants a plebiscite. Indépendentista leader vis- h ecentl id. th ° ine erste us int power, it wi| @fter=dinner talk, mean a majority of the voters are across the walnuts and the wine in favor of independence.” Lord Tennyson, 1809-1898 Could Embarrass Congress With this support from the vot- ers, the party could ask Congress to grant Puerto Rico its inde- pendence on the ground that the people want it. They give consid- erable importance to the fact that the party, if voted into power, would have a resident commis- sioner speaking for independence in the U.S. House of Represen- tatives. An interesting development in the formation of the new party is that it found itself with a three- vote minority in ‘the Legislative Assembly without ever going to the polls. 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