Evening star., 1949-06-05

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ca! OaA3ewxte VgllKrcsa . panli
ai TIE German military kaktTus.
sogs. IN pcwvg ValaAruss- ere -
The most egassl aessesa Ia i&un
American history, instituted q
reign ut terror
Durtng tlae Nti4Agx~i 6AetascFaislp
TIE TN sngneTs ssefw Nelsce snsa
powerful osganEsA tsgsa kYsuNn 81 gsss
National Mine Woskess FeSaetatson
as Eolis4a Tlhx leaasr et thls
organization xs4ieG thr sAts ftrs
man of lhF mira sas .tWaa
lst hin wlaazs ayIvsi Aod Sxplassea
touched ofT thu Tsega a seek ASA
While the NltlaTrel rec ilns did not
disturb the tiow oi TAN te tha
country II aaS not bcesuss eE any
ft1enalsarSs CT Kcsd wgjl tssA ard
the Allies or The United stAteA.
There SIMPLY waA no~ here else io
scll TN
The Nat Over II NaA Ntla neres-
nary 20 sell tn 10 TIE K2Eas eas-
toFnets, there being no others In
position 10 buy But agitation Ia
the mines and against The foreign
engineers ard managers continued.
Hardly WAS one demand granted
before another WAs asked
Exports Fall on
Eventually TN experts began
falling of Economic conditions
grew wofse. and ViliAruel lass sup
port. principally among the mil
isary Finally the population of
the city ui La rAz Foae UP and
almost With their bare hands over.
threw une government and hanged
the dictator V!liaroelx principal
henchmea fed or took refuge In
various Latin American legations
and embassies. from which they
eventually received kate conduct
into exile, Most Of thetn sesm 10
have ended up In Argentina
Meantime elections were hsld
and the country restored In con-
stitutionai government under the
leadership Of President Enrique
Hertzog, q hard working physician.
who has made the bFaeest effnFt
in recent years 10 maintain and
10 develop democratic Institutions.
But one important individual
Of the vlliaroel regime, Hstchst
Man" Luis Lechin. remained be-
hind. Some kay he waA such a
powerful force and had such .
grip on The mine unions thai the
government did not dare touch
him His domination Of the miners
became even more complete
Lechin was evidently . eioss
follower al the Inflated Colombian
demoGoeie leader. Elecer 0aitan.
whose assassination provoked Tho
mas uprising In Boeota las, year.
Lake the Colombian leader. Lechin
played upon the pFeIudicea and
misiortunes Of the Bolivian miners
and large numbers Of other iAbcf-
ing elements lie famed the hAtret.
Of the workers against the govern
ment and against foreigners
Leitist Parties Gain
In the Congressional elections
on May /. there we're riota and
killing The Hert1ov government
won q eleaf-cui majority In both
houses. but the vliIAfoel fnilo@ef@.
through their old political party.
the Movimlsnso Saclonalista REV.
olucionArio. populafly known 80
the MNR. gained . bloc Of ssaia IN
the Chamber Of Deputies. T'he
extreme ieftikt and pro- Communist
elements. through the Partldo de-
Ia fEquierda RsYniucionAria. OF tho
PR. did even better. Together ths
two groups wegs able 10 muster
30 votes 10 The Government
Party's 30.
ENCOURAGED by their victories,
Lechin and the extremist oppoaa-
ton became more vocsseroas In
their demands on the tin com
panieS and in their criticisms %
the government
Although ofsleiala In Washington
do not say 10 publicly. privately
they make no prst2nse Of their
belief that the Communists havs
been . nstor. II carefully con.
ccaied. fores IN The whole eatas-
trophe. Bolivia hsd no diplsanatar
relations with Moscow ard. asnee
the days of viilarorl the Reaa had
had no distinct political party or
open organization Of thsir own.
In any caae, since ths extensive
drive against tise Communist pas-
taes In the principal South Ax.eFt-
can countries, the comrades I'm
most cases have internationally
worked from behind the scenes.
Tfaey have fT1fisItrated ether en-
trsuaiFt parties and in1usnaed
others 70 Do thetr bidding. Ia
trerne natsonsissm Ia 0 perfect
shield for them.
Communists Helped
State Department ofsesaia hare
been extremely worried. They
weTs afraid Bolivian csfscaais might
have ~hattsn Oh more than ahey
could eaeN~ In depostanx LsxaAa.
the poweTfal labor ieader. Aa enc
of siaen put u. II wsll be fnarseas
II the government sets away with
IL II the present. admanlEiFalson
weYs TO be overthrow tbs enemies
of Western democracy and of peMes
would have gained ecnsgos af enc
OF the mast sfxmsexle Rsess ss wssl
10 oxae of the naaes essential lndam~
tries tn al Of the wefs<su Hsxa~
ssptsere
n IL admitted. both Ia ctr ewa
pfAraAi circles as vel ~ asnon&
Latin AnseFsean dtgaefnmss. fhss
s#~n M ske cuTnfnunaNsa as sssem