Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-11

Letters of the deposed Are
Ut the opening meeting yesterd
Associations Committee on
Freedom Of the Press. The
committee is meeting at the
Mayflower Hotel.
Today the committee will,
among other subjects. take up
press freedom in Cuba. 1t is
understood that an effort will
be made on the part Of Presi-
dent Batista of Cuba to obtain
modification of a report de-
nouncing the Batista govern
ment as undemocratic because
1t does not permit freedom Of
the press.
The Peron letters presented
yesterday. in photoStat. were
written from Caracas. Vene-
zuela, where Peron has sought
asylum. One. to DR.. Geraldo
Rocha at Rio de Janeiro. en-
closed confidential directives
for the Peron Commands" in
exile about measures to regain
power in Argentina. The letter
also said;
MY main interest is to de-
fend Generalissimo Trujillo.
who is now working with us to-
ward the same goal and from
whom have received effective
help in my personal affairs. l
wish to return the favors he
has done me-"
Dubois Named as Target
Peron also asked that a cam
paign be focused against Jules
Dubois and the mob he leads"
Mr.. Dubois, Latin American
correspondent Of the Chicago
Tribune. is chairman Of the
committee. referred to as the
mob"
A second letter was signed
"PECINCO" - otherwise PES.
This was said to be a cloak
and-dagger code designation
for the displaced dictator. II
was addressed to Perons last
minister Of education. Ar
mando Mendez San Martin. at
Rio.
The letter said a pamphlet
was being sent containing three
editorials from the Dominican
Republic press attacking the
IAPA and referring to Mr.. Du-
bots as the Black Beast" The
writer said he had told the Gen.
eralisSimo that the former min
lister would get in touch with
the Dominican ambassador at
Rio.
The letter said that the help
Of labor organizations and stu
dents bodies should be re-
cruited. All should be done in
the greatest secrecy. 1t was
stated.
Mr.. Dubois reaction was,
For us this is a great honor,
coming as it does from the
man who stole La Prensa ia
nous Buenos Aires newspaper
and who shut down more than
100 papers. He has not been
able to forget the Inter Ameri-
can Press Association"
Report Heard
The meeting also heard a
report on efforts. so far I'M
successful, to obtain a revival
of the newspaper La Razon. Of
La Paz. Bolivia. shut down in
1852. Similarly unsuccessful ef-
forts have been made in behalf
Of Demetrio Canelas. whose
paper. Los Tiempos. Of CO
chamba. Bolivia, was sacked
and who was banished and is
unable to return to his coun-
try.
Mr.. Dubois reported on a
visit last May to Bogota. Co.
lombia. where four secret
agents called on him led by
Agent 1888" An order to
quit the country was later re-
scinded. He also said the Do
minican Republic issued a de-
cree in April banning him from
that country and later issued
q statement calling him an
undesirable adventurer."
Present at the meeting yes.
terday were Guillermo Martinez
Marquee Of La Pals. Havana
president of the association
John 7. ORourke of the Wash
ington Daily News. first vice
president. and these committee
members: Raoul Alfonso Gonse.
FL Mundo. Havana. committee
secretary: Julio de Mesouita
Neto, o Estado de Sac Paulo.
Brazil. Pedro O. Beltran. La
Prensa, Lima. Peru: Augustin
Edwards. jr. FL Mercurio. San
tiago. Chile; Juan S. VAL
maggia. La Nacion. Bucnos
Aires, Pedro Joaquin Cha
moro. La Prensa. Managua.
Nicaragua; Max Chauvet, lie
Nouvelliste. Port au Prince.
Haiti, and Rodolfo Junco de la
Vega FL Norte. Monterrey,
Mexico
Hailed as Hero
Mr. Beltran. Peru's ambas-
sador here in l944-45. was
hailed as a hero of freedom of
the press" In February, 1866.
police raided La Prensa, of