The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31

ASh 0hPyOA tSA0 III CAAS SOaLAtA
 Under particular scrutiny is Juan de Cardenas. who resigned as ambassador to the United States following the outbreak of the fascist revolt. Cerdanas heads a group of Spaniards who call themselves the "Junta de Defensa NacionaP. They maintain head quarters in a ritzy New York hotel and carry on an extensive cor- respondence with American fascist clements.
 Two of Cardenas' chief lieuten- ants are Jose de dregario, former second secretary of the Spanish embassy in Washington, and Manuel Alonso, Spanish tennis star.
 The Junta works in close co. operation with the Casa de Es- pana," another pro.Franco or- ganizat ton. which also has offices in fashionable New York hotel and displays the old Spanish monarchist colorS as It's emblem. U. s. Pro.Loyalist
 Reason for the State Depart. ments special interest in Car denaS and his Junta Is the fact that they proclaim themselves to be the representatives of Franco in the United States. What the State Department wants to know IS exactly what this representa- tive amounts to.
 The. U. S. government docs not recognize Franco and his rebel regime. It does have official rec lations with the Loyalist govern inent, whose duly accredited ans basSador is Fernando de Ia Rios.
 The United States code pro- vides heavy penalties for repre- scnting a foreign government. in this country without the author ization of the State Department. Title 22 of the Code states, Any one who represents himself as an agent of . foreign government without prior notification of the secretary of state shall be fined not more than S5,O0O, or im- prisoned not more than five years, or both." .... .t,, ..A.t 'l.' Franco Ambassador
 What makes the inquiry seri- ous Is the fact that the State Department is in possession Of evidence that might be grounds for action against Cardenas oii the charge of violating this law.
 The evidence consists of a let- ter from Spaniard named Di. oniSio Trigo describing his activl- ties by the State Department, TYigo calls himself Consul Of the Franco regime in Puerto Rico. The portion of Trigo's letter that made the State Department sit Up and take notice reads as follows:
 T am receiving every day
 registrations and lists of hun.
 dreds of Spanlards who wish
 the establishment of . registry
 book. To that effect am wait.
 ing for news from our Am-
 bassador Extraordinary In New
 York, Mr. Cardenas. From thlB
 item alone I expect to collect In
 one or two months from twenty
 to thirty thousand dollars, which
 amount ! shall send to our gOv-
 erDment."
 The State Department recog- nizes only one Spanish Afmbassa. dor Extraordinary, Senor de los Rios. If Cardenas Is making such pretensions 1t wants to know how come and why. '',
 Court Packers
 Senator Henry AShurst, jest loving New Deal chairman of tho Senate Judiciary Committee pulled fast one on q group oi anti-administration colleagues.
 Two of the five members of tho Supreme Court of Puerto Rico are totally. incapacitated: one { blind and the other seriously il in a Baltimore hospital. Despite their inability to attend to their duties, they have refused to re- sien. This has greatly Impaired