Evening star., 1954-10-20
10 Puerto Rico Red Leaders
Seized on Charge Of Plotting
For Overthrow of Government
FBI Sees Island Party
Crippled by Roundup
Of Top Officials


Ten leaders in the Puerto
Rican Communist Party have
been arrested on charges of
seeking violent overthrow of the
government, the Justice Depart
ment announced today.
The newest roundup-the 18th
of top-level Communists since
1948-will be a crippling blow
to the Communist conspiracy in
Puerto Rico because all 10 lead
ers have held important posts
in the islands Communist Par
ty, FBI Director j. Edgar Hoover
said.
Nine of the arrests were made
in Puerto Rico and one in New
York. Two were women.
They bring to a total of 1913
the number of top-level Com
munists arrested in the United
States, Puerto Rico and Hawaii
since 1949 for violation of the
Smith Act.
Backed Nationalist Cause.
The Puerto Rican Communists
are not directly connected with
the American Reds, but they,
along with the Puerto Rican
Nationalists, have agitated for
independence of the island COM
monwealth.
The Puerto Rican Communists
have. on occasion, supported the
Nationalist cause when it served
their purpose.
Agents of the FBI filed COM
plants against the 10 and war;
rants were issued with specific
charges of "conSpiring to teach
and advocate the violent over
throw of the Government" All
are to be taken before the near
est United States Commissioner
as soon as possible, Mr.. Hoover
said.
Among those arrested were
Moscow-trained Juan Santos
Rivera and Juan Emmanuelli.
Emmanuelli, who has served as
liaison man between the Puerto
Rican and American Communist
Parties, is, among other things,
accused of urging in a New York
speech in 1948 that the traitor
GUS American flag" should be
torn out of Puerto Rico. q
List of Those Arrested.
The FBI gave the following as
the identities and addresses of
those in custody:
Emmznuelli, At, of Barrio
Obrero, Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Associated with the Communist
movement in New York City and
Puerto Rico since 1899. Ranking
party leader in New York City
until his return to Puerto Rico
in 1850.
Santos-Rivera, 81, Com
munist since 1882. President of
the party in Puerto Rico in the
early 1940s.
Eugenio Cuebas ARIZONA, "a,
of New York City. Associated
with the party since 1941. In
1858, was sent to New York to
maintain liaison with the Com
munist Party, U. S. A.
Jorge w. Maysonet- Hernandez,
40, of Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Has served as secretary of labor
of the Municipal Committee of
the party in San Juan, Puerto
Rico. A member of the party
since 1943.
Jane Speed de Andreu, A, of
Maricao. Puerto Rico. Has
served in the party as a men,
ber of the Executive and Central
committees. In 1852, was named
secretary of education of the
San Juan Municipal Committee
of the party.
Pablo Manuel Garcia Rod
riguez, 80, of Catano, Puerto
Rico. Joined the Communist
Party in France and became
associated with the party in
Puerto Rico in 1949. Has served
as treasurer of the party in
Puerto Rico and is a paid Of
fetal.
Consuelo Burgos de Saez Cor
ales, 36. of Hato Rey, Puerto
Rico. Has edited the party maga-
zine in Puerto Rico and served
as secretary of press and propa-
ganda.
Cesar Alberto Andreu Iglesias,
80, of Maricao. Puerto Rico. Has
been affiliated with the party
since the late 1930s. Has served
as president and general secre-
tary of the party.
Juan Saez Corales, 38, of San
Juan. Has served as secretary Of
labor of the party and attended
meetings of the central and
executive committees.
Cristino Perez Mendez, 81, of
Barrio Venezuela, Rio Piedras,
Puerto Rice. Active in the party
since 1949. Has worked as an
organizer and as president and
chairman of the municipal COM
mittee of the Communist Party