Evening star., 1933-02-25
TL TELEGRAPH, Guayaquil.-Dr.
- Tomas Ramirez Granada, G.,
the municipal secretary, has

~ Tomas Ramirez Granada, G.,
the municipal secretary, has
IL rendered us a statement with
reference to the decrease in the
number OF civil posts ard reductions
in the salaries pertaining to such en-
ployment as yet remain on the mu-
nicipal registry. There has been, as is
well known, much complaint on both
scores from the persons affected. and
from other citizens who benefited in
directly through these incumbencies as
formerly allotted. DR.. Granada clari-
fies the situation both tersely and rea-
sonably; though not in way, we
believe, which will find much favor with
any Of those affected. particularly that
contingent whose services have been
dispensed with completely.
DR.. Ramirez Granado's elucidation
follows:
THE Municipal Council has acted
faithfully in accordance with the limi-
tations of the new budget, which makes
necessary unprecedented economies. if
the services of the municipality are to
continue upon any satisfactory basis
through the current year. Employees of
the corporation have been discharged
in instances wherein their jobs were
not strictly necessary, or where there
was duplication or overlapping of 1e-
sponsibility and performance
Due to the abatement or discon-
tinuance of certain activities and serv-
ices formerly sponsored and financed
by the city, those hitherto employed in
the bureau which directed the various
urban programs Of entertainment, rec
reation and horticultural Establishment
no longer possess opportunities to eXer-
else their talents. Employees of other
departments which are still function
ing, such as the school teachers, police,
flremen and clerks In the various mu-
nicipal offices, particularly those of the
prefecture and municipal treasury, will
continue to occupy their positions and
carry on their duties, but at salaries
reduced by Is per cent. The payment
of these diminished stipends Is con-
tingent, moreover. upon the uninter-
rupted ability Of the city to fund suf-
f1cient amounts from taxes and revenue.
Deficiencies in such receipts will seri-
ously impair, and possibly preclude the
giving, temporarily at least, Of any
compensation"
Bolivians in u. s. Send
Cigars to War Front.
La Razon, La Paz-On board the
steamer Santa Barbara there have ar
rived at Antofagasta 10 boxes Of cigars
which are to be forwarded thence to
the Bolivian troops in the regions OF
El Chaco. These cigars were purchased
and shipped by the Bolivian colony
resident in New York City for the
qualification Of the heavier smokers
among our so!diery.
4 ~
Fake Inspector
Takes Italians' Money.
Corriere Della Sera, Milan.-Quite
q commotion was occasioned in No
yara Province, In the districts about
Bella, by the activities Of q man who
professed to be q government inspector
of industry and labor. 1t has turned
out that this person Is an imposter
who, for q period Of several months
past, has been successfully featherins
his own nest at the expense of farmers
and proprietors In the rural areas. He
Is known to the Biellese of his ac-
quaintance Is Calvatore Zurlo, but to
the country residents by variety OF
pseudonyms In the different sectors In
which he carried on his Vaccinations.
However, the beautiful automobile
which he drove was not SO readily
amenable to disguise, and those who
happened to encounter him driving 1t,
In widely separated portions OF the