Evening star., 1948-04-13
Non-Communist Labor Ooths Cuban Supports
Constitutional, 3-Judge Court Marshall Charge
Rules. J to |. in Taft Law Case On Red Revolt
Delegates to Decide
Today on Continuing
Porley at Bogoto
BY the Associoted Press

The army is in complete control
today and delegates to the 81
nation Pan-American Confer
ence appear ready to resume
the deliberations cut short by a
bloody revolt.
Secretary of State Marshall
blamed the revolt, which flared sud-
denly Friday, on international COM
munism. Cuba's delegate, Guillermo
Belt, said he believes and Secretary
Marshall agrees that the revolt was
not aimed at the Colombian gov
ernment, but at disrupting the con-
ference and discrediting American
democracies.
Il told the delegates suspension
or postponement of the conference
would have a fatal influence on the
Italian elections Mr.. Belt said
last night.
The Italian elections are sched-
uled Sunday and Monday.
Economic Matters SheIved.
The delegates may resume their
conference tomorrow. Delegates are
said to have agreed to shelve eco
nomic matters scheduled for discus
sion before the revolt struck, in
Guiding the matter of United States
aid to Latin America. These would
come up, under this plan, at later
conference, possibly in Argentina.
The conference still has before it
a Chilean resolution condemning
world Communism.
The government called up public
works engineers for the herculean
task of cleaning up the capital
Many people were returning to their
normal activities and quiet pre-
vailed. Reports from other parts of
the country indicated complete
calm. The shooting phase of the
abortive revolution appeared at an
end.
France and Italy Cited.
Gen. Marshall told newsmen and
conference delegates last night that
the revolt followed the same pattern
as outbreaks which have provoked
labor troubles in France and pre-
election unrest in Italy.
Delegates are expected to ratify
today their determination to con-
tinue the conference here, despite
the riots which have destroyed much
of the city and killed 300 persons.
Earlier, sources close to Gen. Mar
shall said the United States had
taken the position that the confer
ence must remain in Bogota. Final
decision on the future of the con-
ference is expected after a meeting
set for 2 pm.
Gen. Marshall was the first con-
ference delegate, outside the Colom-
bian government, publicly to attrib-
ute the revolution to world COM
munism and indirectly to Russia.
Soviet Relations Cut.
The Colombian government an
nounced yesterday that it had sew
cred diplomatic relations with the
Soviet Union Two Russians, de-
scribed as Communist agents, were
among persons taken into custody
on charges of having stirred the
riots.
representative Jackson, Repub-
lican, of California, a member of
the United States delegation, told
newsmen last night that he was
returning to Washington today to
report to Congress on the revolu-
ton.
Gn San Francisco, Antonio j.
Gaitan, brother of Jorge Eliecer
Gaitan, Liberal leader, whose
Staying Friday touched off the
revolt, said the assassination was
the opening move in a plot in
tended to reach" Gen. Marshall.
Communists in Panama City
circulated flysheets last night
saying Gen Marshall had fed
Bogota and taken refuge in
Panama This was an obvious
falsehood)
pattern of France, Italy"
"This situation (the revolt" Gen.
Marshall told newsmen, must not
be judged on a local basis, however
tragic the immediate results to the
Colombian people. The occurrence
goes far beyond Colombia.
1T is the same definite pattern
as occurrences which have provoked
strikes in France and Italy and
that is endeavoring to prejudice the
situation in Italy where elections
will be held on April 18. In actions
we take here regarding the present
situation. we must keep clearly in
mind the fact that this is world
affair-not merely Colombian or
Latin American.
Gen. Marshall made his state
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