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Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27

Ambassador Julio Lacarte, Uru.
guay's representative to the White
House and the Organization of
American States, declared in a
speech before the Committee of
One Hundred at Miami Beach,
that zone of the fields of endeavor
in which we must strive for rev
progress. is connected with the
due observance of what is known
as human rights.
"The American regional system
he said was the first to actual
ly draft and approve a Declare
ton of the Rights and Duties of
Man, which was one of the great
achievements of the Bogota Con-
ference, in 1913. Within a few
weeks, we shall commemorate the
tenth anniversary of this docu-
ment, which preceded by some
eight months the Universal De-
clc ltion of Human Rights ap-
proved on December 10, 1948, by
the United Nations.
"Since then, the world organiza-
ton has been studying the text of
two proposed Conventions, one on
Civil and Political Rights and the
other on Economic, Social and Cul-
tural Rights, which have still to
be concluded and are intended
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
UNITED STATES

Although there are reasons of temperament, there Is
no doubt that the political culture of the people in. the
United States determines, as fundamental factor, the res
pectful manner in which political debates are held in this
are heard, no matter to what political party they may
belong.
This degree of culture has made possible the existence
of a Republic which carries this title on the solid fOunda-
ton of its institutional and democratic meaning. The
refOre, practicing republican life, the opposition parties
do not consider those in power as enemies, and viceverSa.
On the contrary, both know that they are united by the
ideal of the Fatherland and their love of freedom.
When between those governing and those who are
governed there is hate and arbitrarineSS, it is practically
that regulating relations among all the citizens in the
United States, without membership in the two historical
parties being a reason for divisions extending further than
the political programs of those parties.
1t is to be hoped that the example of political CO.
existence of the. United States reflects throughout the
pect, in all the sister republics, among which there are
many that already constitute an example of republican
dignity.
HOMAGE TO THE DOMINICAN PEOPLE
On the occasion of tOdays cOmmemOratiOn of a new
anniversary of the proclamation of independence in the
Dominican Republic, THE AMERICAS DAILY sends
cordial greetings to the people of that sister Nation, with
sincere wishes for their wellbeing and progress, in the
widest and nOblest sense of the word.
Important center of MANY of the aspects of colonial
history of America, the Dominican Republic is looked upon
with sympathy by all the Latin American countries, which
see in the monuments and the outline of that nation a good
reason for membranes, interesting and full of emotion,
for all the countries to which Spain brought civilization.
On this day we express our best wishes that the Do
minican people achieve in full their aspirations and ideals,
and send congratulations to the sons of Quarts Father
land residing in the United States of America, in particu-
lar the Hon. Ambassador to the White House, General Ma
nuel A. de MOya, and the Hon. GabinO Vega, Consul Ge-
neral in Miami.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
pAA Sets New Record for
Traffic 10 Latin America

Miami was again Pan American
World Anyways busiest U. S. gate
way to Latin America in 1857, top.
ping all records in passenger, car
go and mail volume.
Clipper passengers flying to and
from Latin America through Mia.
mi totaled 567, $40; cargo weighed
ir at 40, 324,273 pounds, and mail
amouted to 3,l37,7 46 pounds.
Despite this increased business,
however, the airline reported that
profits are not commensurate with
the greater volume because of ris-
ing costs in all phases of opera
tons.
The 1857 passenger volum e
through Miami was z per cent
more than the $50, 566 travellers
handled in 1856.
Cargo showed an even lustier
gain - 20 per cent above the 1856
total of 81, sos, 591 pounds. Mail
was 2 per cent over the previous
years 1882, TAP pounds.
Running second to Miami in
Latin American 1857 traffic was
New York's idlevild Airport which
recorded 364,914 Clipper passen-
gers, 10, 23' 1925 pounds of cargo
and 2,272,166 pounds of mail
flown to and from Latin America
during the year.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
Latin American Finance
and Trade News Reports

the foreign officials interviewed
believe the United States is not
paying the necessary attention to
Latin American countries in her
Foreign Aid program.
"The Committee perfectly agrees
that assistance with we'll trained
technical Americans is essential for
the maintenance of strong ties with
these countries.
Argentine is the only possible.
exception. Our Ambassador there
intends to initiate there the first
work of Point Four in civil avia'
ton. There are some doubhtS
whether we must bring the Point
Four there, although Argentina has
asked for it. Argentina is well
prepared and capable, and feels
some pride. Cannot be considered
a under-developed country, and il
is doubtful the United States may
obtain any benefit with Point -Four
in Argentina"
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
Ydfgoras Views Political
.Continuism> Dynasties in
Latin American Countries
Will Guarantee and Encourage all
Foreign investments, he Declares
Economic Stability Brings Political
Stability as Well as Democracy, he says

an unwritten one which can be
summed up in co~nspiration from
within and outside the palace, in
Guiding the painful circumstance
of magnicide".
Referring to his tour of Central
America, he declared that through
it he was trying to cement an eco
nomic unity which could be trans
lated into a common market.
Economic stability is what GER
tainly assures political stability
and with it the functioning of a
positive democracy.
Concerning the coffee problem,
the President-elect talked about
the enormous importance of main
tanning fair prices for this product
on which depends not only Guate-
mala's' economy but that of the
majority of the nations of Latin
America.
About relations with the United
States, he was enthusiastically
friendly and stated that the basic
points of his interview with Pre-
Sident Eisenhower centered around
the health of the Guatemalan
people since, as he expressed, a
sick people cannot progress in a
dignified manner, and around
United States economic aid
through the International Coope-
ration Administration (ICA).
Concerning investments of for
eign and native capital, he was
very definite declaring himself
without doubt in favor of not only
guaranteeing them but also of
encouraging them.
In answer to a specific question
concerning the United Fruit Com
pany, he said: "She was a pro-
blem in the past, but at present
she is not, and l expect that re-
lations between her and my 60
vernment will be carried out in a
justified cordial manner.
Concerning the question of Ia
Dor organizations, the President
elect expressed his belief of res
pecting them as such and only
observed that he considered that
for the better benefit of the labor
movement there should be esta-
blished in the leadership of those
organizations a necessary and
healthful alternativeness of their
leaders since, just as in politics,
that is a basic principle, consider
ing that in the labor organizations
there also should exist a renova-
ton of leadership, which would
guarantee against their corruption
and the constant improvement of
them.
The interview undoubtedly de-
veloped in a climate of cordially
and frankness which honors the
President-elect and its organizers,
the Charge d. Affaires of Guate-
mala. in Washington, Mr.. Julio
Asensio- Wunderlich, and Mr.. Cur
tbs J. Hoxter.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
Kvbitschek Orders
Invitation Sent
to Dr.. Frondizi.

RIO DE JANEIRO. = Brazilian
President Juscelino Kubitschek
has given instructions to the Mi
nistry of Foreign Relations to in
vite the Argentine President-elect
DR.. Arturo Frondizi, to visit this
country before assuming the Pre-.
sideney.
At the same time, he instructed
the Foreign Office to send con.
gratulationS both to the winning
candidate and the President of the
Provisional Government, General
Pedro E. Aramburu, for ':the
magnificent show of democracy
demonstrated with Sundays cleo
tons"
Meanwhile, Brazilian press sreets
the elections as a victory for free.
dom in Latin America, but some
express doubt about Argentina's
future under Frondizi.
The press is unanimous in its
praise of the role of the Provisional
Government during the elections.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
TEMPERATURE
..e1 @@mf8gF@de
Three Latin American Armies
Have Well Fulfilled a Historic
RESPONSIBILITY

In Honduras, Colombia and
Argentina, countries that have
been ruled temporarily by pro-
visional military governments
the people went recently to the
polls in an atmosphere of democ-
raey, to lay down the founda-
lions for the constitutional re.
organization Of their respective
Republics. With only slight vari.
atlonS in procedure, Honduras.
Colombia and Argentina have
provided magnificent proofs of
earnestness, the first with cleo.
TONS that exalted Villeda Mora.
les to the Presidency; the Sec
ono, with a plebiscite of trans.
cendental meaning to determine
the new routes for national res
%toration; and the third, with
presidential elections that will
open a new chapter in Argen.
tlnlan life, when the constitu-
tlonal term of DR.. Arturo From.
dlzl gets started on May LIST.
10 this moment, there is no
reason to doubt of the integrity
OF the conduct of the armies of
these three Nations, and there
IS no reason either to think
That they may destroy their
moralizing job, by supporting OF
by performing actions harmful
to the dignity of the Republic.
These armies are conscious of
their historic responsibility; thew
were decisive forces, or impor-
tant determining factors. at
least, in the change from dicta.
torShip to democracy; and they
have already had ample time
and opportunity to prove their
patriotic intentions by returning
to the people, through an honest
ana oecorous process, their po-
lltieal sovereignty.
In the history of Honduras, Of
Colombia and of Argentina if
nothing darkens this chapter of
dignity the armed forces will
be accorded national and con-
tlnentalwide recognition, mas
much as they will have effec.
lively contributed to the pc.
establishment of the genuinely
institutional order, which neces.
sarily implies peaceful existence,
democracy, respect of human
rights and administrative integ-
rity.
For those who, for reasons Of
authority or for any other cir
cumstances, were determining
factors behind the actions of
these armies in the face of insti-
tutlonal crises in their respec-
tive countries, the judgment of
posterity will be the best re-
ward. AS of now, they must
already feel, perhaps in the mid
die of many passing ~hardships,
the moral qualification produced
by the knowledge that they have
been the artificers in the job
for the democratic reconstruc-
ton of their Republics.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPORT
TO LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a (UP)
The Agriculture Subcommittee
of the House reports that the best
possibilities for an increase of
exports to Latin America, seem to
be in Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela.
The report of the subcommittee,
on the records of public hearings,
was made public by the Budget
Committee of the House, in con-
nection with the consideration of
new funds for the Agriculture
Department.
The report reads: "The market
of South America for U. S. agri-
cultural products is very limited,
although in recent years some In
crease has been made of our own
agricultural products and some in
crease is in sight.
Presently Venezuela and Cuba
are our best Latin American Gus
toners, and there is a possibility
of a greater increase in the future.
Prospects of sales in Brazil are
good. Probably it will take from
five to ten years to expect a greater
expansion.
ION the other hand prospects in
Chile and Peru are not encourag-
ing in view of the foreign exchange
situation and our restrictions OF
the mineral imports of those coun'
tries and the low prices of their
minerals.
Argentine has neither dollars
nor need of u agricultural pro-
ducts, as she produces many OF
them. The few dollars available
she uses in the purchase of indus
trial imports. Future business with
Panama depends upon the help the
United States may give to improve
the standard of living there.
although Costa RIGA is a small
country prospects seem to be good.
If Costa RIGA is developed it will
be a good market for American
products, including a great part of
agricultural products.
"The visito Mexico was short
However some American products
were seen in the stores and oppor-
tunities seem attactive.'
The Committee declares that
American technical help to the
countries visited proved to be .
good investment Of American
dollars.
"The Committee believes the
help already given is enough for
the time being. However. some of
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
AMNESTY BY HAITIAN:
GOVT. BRINGS OUT
POLITICAL

PORT-Au-Prince - CUP - AS
a consequence o. the amnesty de-
creed by the President of the Re-
public, Francois Duvalier, politi-
clans of the opposition are being
released from prison, and coming
out from their hidings and from
other places where they had
sought asylum.
An estimate of one hundred per-
sons for political reasons were
jailed, and an approximate num-
Der were hiding for periods from
four to eight months.
The Government has not an
nounced the names of those re-
leased from prison, but some have
been seen in the streets, the ex-
Mayor Of this Capital among them.
Ex-Under Secretary of the In
terror Max Bolte left the asylum
in the V~enezuelan Embassy when
he received securities given to We
n~ezueian Ambassador by the For.
eign Relations Minister of Haiti.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27

WASHINGTON. The Presi
dent-elect of Guatemala, General
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes, during
his press conference here, gave
signs of a deep political sagacity
and of a democratic conviction
undoubtedly the result of his years
Of exile and his long stay in
Europe.
He surprised some with certain
assertions which, indisputably,
save him from what was said about
him during the electoral campaign.
We point out, particularly, the fol
lowing statements made by him:
81 will live in my own home
leaving the Presidential Palace va.
cant. My greatest desire as ruler
is to live close to my people with
out separations by the guards who
make of the Chief of State a pa
lace prisoner. AS a family man,
l want to preserve my daily home
life".
Later, the President-elect en-
phasized the manner in which
President Lemus of FL Salvador,
and President Villeda- Morales of
Honduras, live, saying that he no.
ticed they only had one or two
guards, and then he mentioned
President Figures of Costa RIGA,
who, he said, did not even have
that.
Referring to the magnicide of
which the late President Castillo
ArmaS was victim, the President
elect assured that because of a
spirit of justice and to comply
with the majority position of his
people, he would not rest until
discovering who was or were the
authors of the crime which ended
the life of the chief of the Anti
Communist Liberation Movement
of Guatemala. Up to now, the
name of the soldier who shot the
bullet is known, but Guatemala
wants to know and to punish those
who inspired that hideous crime.
Referring to he democratic
process, he affirmed he was great
ly impressed by the fact that in
England the opposition party re-
ceiveS a subsidy in order to carry
out its activities as such, and he
added, unfortunately in Guatema-
la the people will pay IS cents
or a dollar to go to the movies,
it reduces its aims when it goes
to church, and spends nothing to
maintain the democratic activity
of the parties until the moment
the electoral campaigns actually
start. This encourages political
continusm which later, inclusively,
degenerates not only into the i'm.
position of a candidate if CONT
nuation is not possible, but that
in other circumstances leads also
to the establishment Of dynas-
ties.
"The electoral law in Guatemala
has II chapters contained in writ
ing in a pamphlet, but also it has
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
Latin America News in Brief

BOGOTA -(UP).- Colombia,
Brazil and the Central American
coffee growers, agreed upon a mu-
tual system of controls in order to
totally comply with the interna-
tional agreement about Withholding
of part of the production OF those
countries.
The agreement was reached dur
ing the meeting in this city by re-
representatives. of the coffee grow
ers countries. Central American
countries and Colombia will carry
the control on the Brazilian with
holdings. On the other hand, Bra
I'll will maintain the same control
upon the Central American and
Colombian Jwithholdings, in order
to prevent excessive exports from
causing price drops.
"MONSTER" TERRORIZES
COLOMBIAN FARMERS
P.)- Some groups of farm work
ers say they have been threatened
by a savage in the wilderness, who
they hope to attract with food
placed in spots which they think
the monster will reach. The work
ers say he is completely naked and
that he only speaks cultural sounds
They have described him as com.
pletely covered with hair and with
enormous teeth. However, they
think he must be some child aban-
doned in the forest some years
past, probably during the violent
political struggle in those regions
and that he grew up without con
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
MvnOz Marin Will
Testify on Latin
American Relations

SAN JUAN, PR, Feb. 26-
(UP)- The Governor of Puerto
Rico, Luis Mufoz Marin, has ac-
cepted an invitation of Senator
Theodore Frances Green, Chair
man of the Senate Foreign Rela-
lions Committee, to testify in
Washington about Inter American
relations.
Governor Munoz Marin said he
he expects to leave for Washing
ton for that purpose on March 10.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
Cuban Gunner Attack
Finance Agency In
the Heart Of Havana

HAVANA, Feb. rs - (UP) -
Revolutionary gunner this morn
ing attacked the offices of the Ma.
tional Financing Agency at Amar.
gura and Cuba Streets in the heart
of Old Havana, and burned several
files, after disarming the guards.
The attackers quickly got away
taking several employees with
them.
The initial reports do not say
exactly what files were destroyed.
The National Financing Agency
(Financiera Nacional) houses sew
eral divisions of Cuba's National
Bank.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
We Must Strive for More
Rights Protection
Uruguayan Diplomat Says

both to define the human rights
to be protected, and to devise
means for their application and
control.
at is interesting to note that
Uruguay proposed, some time ago,
the creation of the post of United
Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, as a way of ensur-
ing the utmost vigilance over the
due respect of the essential rights
of man..
A f t e r outlining progress al
ready made in Europe and other
parts of the world, the Uruguayan
diplomat said ''the Council of the
GAS should continue its studies
on the jurisdictional protection of
human rights, on the basis of the
plans already existing and in the
light of its own experience, analy-
zing as well the possibility that
an Inter-American Court for the
Protection of Human Rights be
established.
He declared that "thiS is a wor-
thy aim that should be reached
in spite of many obstacles, and
quoted the Preamble to the Char
ter of the Organization of Ameri-
can States, in which the signatories
are:
Confident that the true signifi-
canoe of American solidarity and
good neighborlinesS can only neal
the consolidation of this continent,
within the framework of democra.
tic institutions, of a system of in
dividual liberty and social justice
based on respect for the essential
rights of man..
within the field of economic
cooperation the distinguished di-
plomat said there is a conSide-
rable trend of thought to the eff
feet that trade and capital move
ments among the American repu-
blics remain below the level they
could attain. Already, about 23%
of your exports go to Latin Amer
lean, and one third of your invest
mentS are in the same area. Yet,
the potential strength of the re-
gion is so enormous that a wide
scopes remains for further pro-
'gresS".
He mentioned concern In Latin
America regarding the European
Common Market and the efforts
to create a Latin American Com
mon Market, and said:
"Of course, yours is the most
important commercial and finan-
cial nation in the world today, and
Latin American follows closely the
trends of this economy. The con-
Sideration by Congress of the rene
wal of the Trade Agreements Act,
constitutes a case in point.
He pointed out that the US. ex-
ports a great deal more than it
imports, making up for the deficit
with loans and grants, and quoted
Sen. Albert Gore, who recently
said:
"There is one simple rule in any
consideration of foreign trade that
cannot be avoided: if we sell, we
must buy. We were able, in 1855,
to sell about 10 billion worth of
merchandise abroad, while receiv-
ing $12.6 billion in imports. We
must face the fact that we can
not expect to continue to export
in this volume, much less expect
to expand our exports, unless we
are willing to permit imports.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-27
Know thv
Neighbor
-4.
By ANTONIO RUIZ

ARGENTINA - Development
of industry in Argentina between
1880 and 1880 was rapid and
somewhat paradoxical, considering
that the country lacked the main
requirements for induStrialization,
namely, coal, electric power, iron
ore, and metals. The country's
growing foreign trade brought in
the essential imports of fuel and
machinery from Great Britain,
which was, at the same time, the
country's chief market for grain
and beef exports.
European immigration supplied
the bulk of artisans, mechanics
and industrial workers and tech
nicians. The financing of the in
dustrial movement was provided
at the beginning by British capt.
al, until about 1870, when French,
German, Swiss, and Italian invest
ments became an important fac
tor.
The Argentine Industrial Cen
sus of 1895 listed 22,204 industrial
establishments; by 1914 the third
national census showed an increase
to 48,779 of which half were CLASH
fled as factory type" including
those engaged in the processing of
agricultural and livestock pro-
ducts.
A two-year slump, aggravated
briefly by the outbreak of World
War l, ended in 1915. The next
ten-year period was marked by an
even greater industrial expansion
than before, in which the chief
factors were: y the worldwide
demand for Argentine food pro-
ducts and wool, as the result of
wartime shortages; and q the ex-
banded domestic market for manu-
featured products, which the wal
prevented Argentina from pur-
chasing abroad.
United States industrial invest
mentS, which prior to the war con-
sisted chiefly in packing plants,
expanded greatly both during aft
er the war, in the form of branch
factories for the production OF ele-
vators, agricultural machinery, &C.
ment and petroleum products.
Although industrial progress was
checked by the worldwide depreS-
sion which began in 1929, it forg-
ed ahead after 1881. Domestic
manufacturing for the growing
home market was greatly stimulat-
ed in the decade after 1880, as was
the case during World War | and
again after World War II. BY the
end of the second war, the value
of industrial production had doubl-
ed and the volume had increased
by 81 per cent.
Industrial expansion during the
last quarter of a century has made
Argentina self-sufficient in the
lOllOWlllS llCiilo. ldyOh, WYNN oiiu
wooden textiles, and knit goods;
shoes and leather goods; mean
descent lamps and frniture; brass
and copper pipe, acetic acid and
hydrogen peroxide, as we'll as
others. The country is partially
self-sufficient in cement, caustic
soda, ammonia and other chemi-
Gals; paper pulp paper and car
board, rayon yarn, rolled iron and
steel, steel pipe and wire, electric
motors, dynamos, agricultural ma
chinery Except tractors), casks
and barrels.
During the past years, produc-
ton has increased substantially in
rubber manufactures, construction
materials and pharmaceutical pro-
ducts. Nylon factories have been
established, as well as laboratories
for the manufacture of penicillin.
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