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Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
Published danS except MONDAY = Entered as second class matter 81 the
POST Of1ce OF MANI Springs fla o. February S 1850
EDITORIAL
NAMES AND POLITICAL DEoLoGIEs

1t is only natural that during political campaigns,
leaders win p-esige il .aey deserve ii, or that they are
the object O. dascredit il their conduct determines it. In
those cases, around the name Of the political leader or the
Government official, praise or attacks and insults cOncen.
trate. However, one should be careful not to go to eX-
tremeS with The reasons for liking or diSliking, in the sense
of pOlari2ing one and The other on persons, because the
tranScendent things are the causes, whether they are good
or bad.
Personalities are generally confusing, and may result
In that a greater or lesser degree of temperamental attrac'
ton of a leader become factors in the development of
public opinion, outside the real issue OF the political pro-
blem. For that reason, without falling into the absurd
which would be to completely omit names of persons, the
most convenient, the most important, is to defend or com.
bat, in the light of theological principles, each cause.
No defense can be better for democracy than that
which implicitly carries the divulgatiOn of its authentic
values, defining them with simple words and with sincerity
above suspicion. At the same time, no defense can be
better for democracy than to point out its multiple good
points, as well as the dangers that threaten, limit or
destroy its functions.
On the other hand, nothing can be stronger in the
struggle against everything that is anti-demOcratic than
to reveal its enormous harm for the individual and for
the community. Nothing can be more convenient in the
struggle against any dictatOrial regime or against any
political tendency of absOlutist type, than the analysis of
what q tOtalitiarian Government means or what a move
ment with purposes and ideas, which deny individual
freedom and the political sovereignty of the people, repre-
sents. That analysis, necessarily, will bring categorical
condemnation of everything referring, directly or indirectly,
to anti-demOcratic systems.
In the case of exaltatiOn of democratic merits, and in
that of rigid condemnation of everything antidemOcratic
one and the other expressed in terms of patriotism and
logical reasoning encourages the citizens to vehemently
defend the republican system and to combat with enthu-
siasm all tOtalitarian regimes, or the groups which in their
political struggles are against ideals of freedom.
When the thing discussed is baScally an idea, a con.
cept of political life, a system of government, the most i'm
pOrtant is to limit the efforts to categorical explanations of
the theological content of each program, or what a determin-
ed situation means, the latter for eases of situations lacking
theological sense.
For the peoples, for the Republics, that is more i'm.
pOrtant than the defense or attack blindly directed in favor
or against a man or a group of men. The individuals, includ.
ing the leaders, are transitory. On the other hand, the ideas,
the dOctrina programs, the institutions, are permanent.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
U. S. Trode With
Lotin America
Increased in 81

WASHINGTON. (UP). The
Commerce Dept. figured that the
exports and services paid to the
us. by Latin American countries
in 1857 amounted to $6,624,000,-
900 against SIS, 645, OOO, 900 last
year.
1t added that the exports and
services from those twenty repu-
blics to the us. in 1857 amounted
to $4,913,0 00, 900, against 50, 787,-
600 in 1856.
These figures appear in an an
nual statement of the international
payments balance published by
the Commerce Dept. in an analy-
sis on the present status of blu.
siness. The stament mentions the
total of business between US. and
Latin America, but does not ana.
lyze the business of each country
The total figures include mer-
ehandise, transportation and ira.
yelling expenses, investments, mi
litary agreements and others.
The American exports to those
20 countries in 1857 amounted to
$4,631, 900, DOC, against $3,830,0OO
in 1856.
The total imports amounted to
$3,913, 000,0 900 last year as against
1887 ,000 600 the previous year.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
PASSENGER LIST
IN PLANE CRASH

DALLAS, Tex, March IS. (UP).
The following is the list of nine
victims and is survivors of the
Braniff Always airplane crash in
Miami, Fla, as released by Braniff
headquarters here:
DEAD: Capt. Davis S. Leake, AZ,
Fort Lauderdale; Capt. Royal H.
King, "A, Coral Gables; Capt. Geer-
ge w. Hogan, AZ, Dallas; Donald
Snowman, Dallas.
(Braniff said Leake. King,
Hogan and Snowman were Bra
milf crewmen flying deadhead to
pick UP other planes).
PASSENGERS: Rosario Rodri-
guez, Panama City; Paul Reed,
Paducah, KY; Miss Adrienne Du-
kas, New York City; Ricardo Sal
zedo, Lima, PERT; Mrs. Vera Rex,
Minneapolis.
SURVIVORS: Pilot, Capt. Tho.
mas Donald George, 5O, Coral Ca
bles; LIST Officer, John Cooper
Winthrop, Jr., 81, South Miami;
End Officer, Capt. Charles Frank
Fink, rs, Hialeah; Purser, Albert
Zadetero, 81, Lima, Peru; Hostess,
Madeline Champion, rs, m a,
Peru.
PASSENGERS: Pietro Digna,
Coral Gables; Aura Centeno, Pr
ne Bluff, Ark; Philip Addabbo,
East Islip, Long Island; William
]. O'Brien, Easton, Conn; Maurice
Berg, New York City; Hilton Soa-
res, New York City (Rio de ia
neiro); Emilio Ganut, Sac Paolo,
Brazil; Garlnad Monk, Pine Bluff,
Ark. Husband of Aura Centeno);
Charles Rex, Minneapolis; Hirscta-
lyuk Wolf, BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
Change in cobine+
Requested TO Jvnta
by Venezuela Perry

CARACAS, Mar. rs. -(UP).-
The Supreme Council of the Repu-
blican Democratic Union Party
(URD), requested today from the
Government Junta the reorganiza-
ton of the cabinet under a norm
of national Indignation represent
ing all the political, economic and
social sectors OF the country.
URD said that "the cabinet, in
spite of the honesty and good
name of its members and the fact
that it has ministers well prepar-
ed and capable, does not respond
completely to the present climate
OF unity, nor to the national scope
that the revolutionary movement
gave it at the beginning, nor to
the majority support the nation
is offering to the Government
Junta".
URD reiterates its support to
the Junta, but points out that it
is absolutely indispensable that a
new cabinet be formed. more in
proportion with the different
groups OF national opinion.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
O
IN X

MEXICO CITY. (UP). - Cons
truction work in new and old irri-
cation projects costing millions of
dollars are underway in eight Me-
xican states, authoritative sources
reported today.
Main projects are the Humaya
dam in the State of Sinaloa, the
Atopula dam in Guerrero, and the
la Joya dam in Jalisco. Other work
includes drilling Of irrigation wells
and cleaning of irrigation canals
in Coahuila, Aguascalientes, Ma
yarit, San Luis Potosi and Du-
range.
, Sources said the Humaya dam
will supply water for a hydro
electrical unit that will deliver
$4,000 kilowatts of electricity and
irrigate 5000 acres in the rich
valley near Culiacan, Sinaloa.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
Latin America Needs More Aid Now
International Fund Official Saws

WASHINGTON, March rs. (UP)
A high official of the Information
al Monetary Fund declared thai
Latin America will need more
economic aid to countercheck the
two setbacks caused by the de
crease in prices of their raw ma
terials and the crisis in us.
DR.. Rodolfo Corominas Segura
Executive Director of the Fund
has proposed to allow the Latin
American countries the use OF
their gold quotas and foreign ex.
change in order to face the in.
creasing shortage of foreign ex.
change.
Corominas, who just returned
from q trip to South America
said to United Press that the
greatest part of the countries Of
that region are facing unfavorable
economic consequences created by
the drop in the world prices OF
raw materials.
Latin America fundamentally
depends on the export of agricul
tural and mineral products to OBJ.
tain foreign exchange. "The US
crisis he added has reduced
the demand for raw materials.
Corominas, representing Argen.
tina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and
Uruguay in the Fund, declared he
will recommend to the interna.
tional agency to offer these coun,
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26

tries more convenient conditions
to obtain funds needed to face
the present situation.
He expressed hope that the
Fund will act with the same de.
termination and energy" as when
it helped the industrial countries
OF Western Europe with the pur.
pose to bolster the shortage OF
oil caused by the Suez Canal
blockade in 1856.
There r eleven Latin Ameri.
can countries who have temporal
agreements with the Fund and
deposits in the amount of $780,.
100000 used to maintain their
business with a view to extend
for one more year their respective
agreements with the Fund.
Corominas remarked that a grea-
ter aid will be necessary as raw
materials prices continue to de-
crease.
He explained, as an example,
that Argentina is selling more
meat now than ever, but that her
income is very low.
Chile is facing the same situa-
ton due to the decrease in the
prices of copper.
Per Jackson, Manager and Di,
rector of the Fund, it is said fully
understands the difficult situa-
ton which the raw materials pro-
ducing countries are facing.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
Businessmen in
Santos Support
Pres. Kubitschek
Coffee Policies

SANTOS, BRAZIL. - The most
important segment of BraziPs cot.
fee industry has denounced as an.
tI-patriotic the rumor campaign
initiated by those who would
bring out economic chaos in the
coffee industry.
The Associacao Commercial de
Santos in a public statement Thurs.
day called upon all Brazilians to
support the economic policies OF
President Kubitschek and Finance
Minister Jose Maria Alkmin. The
Association called those policies
the only possible course of Bra,
I'll is to continue on the road to
progress and prosperity. 1t added
that the rumorS that Brazil is
about to modify its policy of eco
nomic sterilization and coffee
prices could only cause unlimit.
ed damages to the national econo.
my and the export market.
The statement of the Santos cot.
fee producers and exporters was
transmitted to New York where it
has received wide support from
coffee interests in that great me-
tropolis.
Brazil's economy is so closely
tied in with coffee that any unset
tlement in the coffe market would
have a disastrous effect not only
upon Brazil but also upon those
nations of the Hemisphere who,
like the United States, for exam
pie, have SO much commerce with
this country.
Special Correspondent
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26

be serious, Hilton Soares, of Rio
de Janeiro, was injured. Emilio
Ganut, of Sac Paulo, Brazil, was
said to be the only passenger who
suffered no injuries.
The big four-engined DC-7,
roared off the runway here a
few minutes after midnight, climb
ed to almost 1000 feet with a ball
of fire shooting from its right
side and then plummeted earth
ward.
An explosion racked the plane,
cutting off the flaming right wing
and sending the fuselage and tail
sections in different directions.
The explosion may have saved
those who lived through the
crash, for the fuselage and tail
sections did not burn.
The gasoline-fed flames from
the right wing lighted the clear,
dark night while rescue workers
a few yards away fought in oozy,
black muck to get the survivors
aboard helicopters and ambulan-
ees.
Most Of the survivors -as well
as the bodies of the victims
were covered with the smelly
muck when they reached hospi-
tails.
A company spokesman said the
flight was actually delayed "a
hours because the airplane sehe-
duled to make the flight did not
arrive in Miami in time.
The original flight had been
booked to neal capacity but the
delay caused several passengers
either to cancel or to take other
lines to South America.
Emilio Ganut of Sac Paulo, Bra
iii, son of a Brazilian textile ma.
nufacturer, who walked away from
the crash unhurt, said the plane
had just left the ground when 81
looked out and saw the Hght
engine on fire..
Il told him (Hilton Soares Of
Rio de Janeiro) to fasten his seat
belt and then we hit. and / don't
know what happened.
Soares was taken TO a hospital
on a stretcher suffering undeter-
mined injuries.
Pete Vigna, a CAA employee In
Bogota, Colombia, said he MOTTO
ed a fire in the No 8 engine on
the right side.
eat first l thought it was just
a big backfire but then it got
worse and the plane went down."
Vigna said, ~gesturing excitedly.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26

/ materlallze, relations with
Chile and Peru will certainly de-
teriorate.
Mexico and Canada have also
protested against the tariff increa-
Sc on lead and zinc).
Fortune" states that US. has
its best customers in Latin Amer
lea, and that the commercial res.
trictions cause frequent Difficult
ties to US. in those countries.
"To illustrate, it adds, "in 1851
the American wool producers sue
ceeded in getting an increase in
the tariff for Uruguayan wool.
Russia took advantage of this and
now she is one of the best buyers
of the Uruguayan wool doing bu-
siness through Dutch brokers'.
This situation has enabled the So
Wet Embassy at Montevideo to ia
c~ilitate its economic penetration,
1t further adds that the Soviets
are struggling for the domination
of Latin American business and
that last year they offered to sell
arms to Ecuador, sign a coffee
agreement with Colombia and to
furnish Argentina oil machinery,
which she badly needs.
Immediately, a few weeks ago."
it continues, ''the worse came. a
commercial agreement for $780,
OO0, 900 was offered to Brazil.
Russia could buy coffee, sugar,
hides, etc. from Brazil, and sell
her machinery for drilling and for
oil refinery withouth any political
restriction, and to furnish Rio Ja-
metro government technical aid
and nuclear knowledge. All this
for the re-establishment Of the di-
plomatic relations which Brazil
broke in 1947 with Moscu'.
Fortune" says that Washington
does not care whether the Latin
American countries bite the bait
the Reds put to them.
Latin American countries in
general", Fortune" continues,
"know perfectly we'll by past ex-
perience that the Russian products
are of a low quality, deliveries
take a long time and their ship
ments contain surprises as in the
case Of a shipment Of blue glass
eyes which recently was sent -
Brazilian importers instead Of tie
merchandise ordered
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
Seven Latin Americans on
Board Plane That Crashed
Here Yesterday Killing 9
Rosario Rodriguez, Of Panama City,
Ricardo SuIcedo, Lima, Among Dead

Seven Latin Americans were on
board the i'll fated Braniff Airlines
plane which crashed early yester-
day, minutes after taking off
from the international Airport of
this city, in route to Rio de ia
metro, via Panama, Lima and Sac
PaulO.
Rosario Rodriguez, of Panama
City, and Ricardo Salcedo, of Ii
ma, Peru, are among the dead. AL
berto Z~adetero, steward of the
plane, and Madeline Champion,
s~tewardess, are among the injured.
Zadetero's condition was said to
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26

but that the United States could
do nothing to overcome that tend
ency.
He also said it would be "un-
desirable" that the us. reduces
military aid to Latin Americans,
not so much because it is impor-
tant that they receive it, but be-
cause it is important for them
to feel as a part of the general
structure of things.
Dulles made the statements to
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, speaking in defense of the
foreign aid program proposed by
President Eisenhower.
Democratic Senator William j.
Fulbright- expressed fear that the
military aspect of the program has
been exaggerated, and, among
other things, asked for Dulles
opinion on the disarmament pro-
posed by Costa RIGA to the Latin
American countries.
81 doubt that the idea, in its
literal sense, may be practical
Dulles said l consider that
the tendency in some Latin Anne
rican countries to strengthen their
military institutions is unfortuna-
tie, but it is not a tendency that
we can completely overcome and
there would be much resentment
if we tried to overcome it,.
The Secretary affirmed also
that, even if the us. stopped
shipments of military equipment,
the Latin Americans could easily
get them in other parts of the
world.
"In a good part of the world
there is excessive emphasis on the
military Dulles said. Many
countries believe they must have
modern military equipment, such
as jet planes, simply to follow the
march of things, whether they
really need the jet planes or not.
"We may deplore that psyche
logy, but we cannot ignore it,.
When Fulbright said from that
he assumed that Dulles would not
object to a Senate reduction of
the amounts specified for military
aid to Latin America, Dulles in
terrupted him, saying:
ION the contrary, l believe
that to reduce the aid is undesi-
rable".
Fullbright mentioned military
aid to Cuba, and Dulles admitted
the US. has supplied arms to that
country, but added that, if it were
suspended, "the military may point
out that Cuba has been assigned
certain military responsibilities in
cast of a general war;.
Dulles admitted that 1--WE all
wish more roads, schools and work
for reclamation of lands and other
things" but that 1--WE will gain
very little and will lose much if,
in our endeavor to obtain them,
we destroy the structure of the
free world that now allows us to
onioU tho m~atorio1 hlncsinoe uyo
have. i
Pan American Day is observed
yearly on April 14th by all 21th
of the American Republics. On
this day in 1890 the Pan American
Union, now the secretariat of the
Organization of American States,
was founded. The first Pan Amer
lean Day was celebrated in 1891.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
Fortune Warns US. Against High
Cooper, Lead, Zinc Import Tariffs

NEW YORK, Mar. Is. (UP). =
Fortune, in an editorial on us.
Customs tariff policy, calls it "the
Customs Tariffs of the Bad Neigh
bor," adding that if the demands
that the Government increases
import tariffs on lead, copper and
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
Secretary Dulles Doubts That
Costa Rica's Disarmament Plan
for Latin America is Practical"

WASHINGTON, Mar. 25, (UP).
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles declared that he doubted
the disarmament proposal made
by Costa Rica to the Latin Ameri-
can countries was practical.
Dulles added that, in his opinion,
some Latin American countries
will show an Unfortunate" tenden-
cy to strengthen their military ma
chine, even with modern arma-
ments probably they don't need,
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
Central American Railroads
Continue determination plan

and
modernization of its facilities by
the International Railways of Cen
trail America (IRCA), in Guate-
mala is continuing as scheduled,
even though the United Fruit
Company must divest itself, of its
IRCA stock within the next eight
years. The five-year program cal
ling for tens of millions of dollars
in capital expenditures was start,
ed last year in Bananera and Tt
quisante in Izabal province with
about $40 million scheduled to be
expended in Bananera alone.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
Latin American News in Brief

The flow of American money in
Latin America for investments in
1857 exceeded the $1,008, 0OO, 900
against $612, 900 900 in 1856. The
figure of 1857 established a new
record.
The Commerce Dept. does not
make an official estimate of the
total amount Of US. private invest
ments at the end of 1857, but the
Department officials privately say
the estimate is near So, SOC, 00O, 900.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
AIRLINE APPLIES FOR
ROUTE TO X

Rising tourist and commercial
traffic between the United States
and Guatemala has led Aviateca,
the Guatemalan National Airline,
to request from the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board in Washington, authori-
zation for a direct route between
Guatemala and Houston, Texas.
The request has been backed by
the Mayor and Chamber of Com
MERGE of Houston and by the oil,
mining and manufacturing compa-
MES doing business in Guatemala.
Presently, Aviateca flies only to
Latin-American countries, and SER
vices the Mamie Guatemala route.
COFFEE PICTURE BRIGHTENS
Coffee prices in the New York
market last week held firm and
even showed signs of rising, lead
ing Guatemalan coffee producers
to feel confident that the coffee
price slump will not worsen. At
the same time, the Latin-American
countries bound by the 1858 Rio
Agreement, whereby all members
agreed to cut coffee exports by
1879, authorized Guatemala to ex-
port an additional 8 $4,000 bags of
conee during the month of March,
cutting into the surplus built up
by the coffee industry, Guatema-
las biggest money-maker. To help
reduce this surplus further a Co.
vernment agency, INFOP has al.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
pAMAMANIAN SHIP AGROUND
NEAR THE COAST OF CUBA

HAVANA. (UP)-Reports from
Nuevitas, Province of Camagiey,
say that the Panamanian ship Mar
sella" ran aground near that port,
and it is feared that due to the
strong winds and high waves the
ship may overturn.
Some ships have left to rescue
the Panamanian ship carrying a
cargo of 1900 bags Of chemical
fertilizer.
ROCKEFELLER VISITS
CARACAS OFFICIALS
CARACAS, Venezuela. - (UP)
Nelson Rockefeller paid a call or
the members of the ruling mill
tary junta and said he is i"opti
mistic' about their efforts to res
tore democracy in this country.
The New Yorker came here or
a private visit. His Internationa.
Basic Economic Corp. has business
interests in Venezuela and h
owns several ranches here.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26

labor agreement Of seven thou
sand employees and copper mine
workers Of Chuquicamata, a branch
of Anaconda Co., expecting the
personnel starts next Thursday
to vote in order to decide whether
they 90 to a legal strike.
The negotiations were interrupt
ed when the workers asked for an
increase in their wages higher than
those fixed by law. Z
AvIATECA AIRLINE
HAS NEW PRESIDENT
GUATEMALA - Col. Oscar Mo-
rales Lopez. was designated Presi-
dent of the governments airline,
AvIATECA IN SUBSTITUTION Q
Alfredo Gemmel, who moves to the
us. On taking over the post, he
announced the line would add
new routes to its schedules in the
near future. II was also announced
that AVIATECA would lease a Jet
propulsion plane from the Nicara-
guam Air Line to put into service
on its routes to the us.
G~UATEMALAN BALLET
GUATEMALA - The Guatema.
Ian Ballet opened a short run at
the Capitol Theatre in Guatemala
City. Featured on the program
were lei Pajaro Blanco", Magyar
Ballet, Fiestas y Nubes, and other
ballets written by Guatemalar
composers with choreography done
by Guatemalans.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
HUGE STONE HEAD
TO BE MOVED

VERACRUZ, Mexico. -(UP).-
State Archeologists reported they
have theoretically overcome major,
engineering obstacles in transport
ing the Bottom, two-thousand-year-
old carved stone head of the Popo-
loca culture from Texistepec where
it was found to Jalapa, where it is
destined to be the centerpiece of
a new museum. No attempt has
been made to move the head yet.
RIO HOSPITAL FIRE
PANICS MOTHERS
RIO DE JANEIRO (UP) A fire
in the laundry of the Nossa Sch
bora Da Penha hospital, caused
panic among expectant mothers
who attend the hospital.
The fire broke after midnight
and destroyed the linen. The fire
men controlled the fire before it
developed to reach the hospital,
but the alarm caused panic among
the patients.
Eight of them were transferred
to other rooms
A baby, was born during the fire,
whose mother, Alice Moreira, was
in the operating room. It was a
normal birth and both mother and
child r well.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
MEXICAN
SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS

MEXICO CITY. (UP). The
states of Tamaulipas, San Luis Po-
tosi, Jalisco and Chiapas suffered
agricultural losses estimated in
the millions of dollars during the
recent cold spells in the north
and high winds in the south.
Agricultural sources here said
an estimated go per cent of the
~Tamaulipas bean crop was killed
and the damage to the corn crops
there is expected to reach ST.
6OO.O 900.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-26
LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
FAILING IN CHILE

SANTIAGO (UP)- Labor lead
.ers considered their work practic-
ally failed in connection with the