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Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
Rockefeller Foundation to
Enlarge Agricultural aid
Program in Latin America
Nine Latin American Countries TO
Benefit With Donations Announced

NEW YORK, Feb. II. (UP). -
The Rockefeller Foundation has
announced allotment of 1872, SOC
to continue in 1858 its programs OF
agricultural technical aid to Ne.
xico, Colombia, Chile and India.
It added that with this, the amount
spent by the Foundation in that
agricultural program, started in
1913, totals $40, 142, 248.
The Foundation did not reveal
the amount allotted to each coun.
try in 1858. It announces, in a
bulletin issued yesterday, the it
also has made the following spe-
cial donations:
To the Ministry of Agriculture
of Chile, $55, 200, to help in the
establishment of an agricultural
library in a lew center the Minis
try is building near Santiago to
~centralize the various research de-
partments, to be spent in 3 years.
To the Veterinary School of Mi.
mas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Bra
I'll $4,200,000 to help in the sutdies
OF veterinary science during the
next five years.
To the Getulio Vargas Founda-
ton, Rio de Janeiro, $500 900, to
help during the next seven years
the program Of sending promis-
ing Brazilian graduates in econo.
mic sciences abroad for advanced
studies.
The Foundation announced also
a long list of donations to institu-
tions and persons in Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Costa RIGA, Guatemala, Mexico,
and PERU.
The Foundation pointed out that
the programs of agricultural tech
nical aid to Mexico, Colombia and
Chile r made through research
bodies created by the respective
Agriculture Ministries and are
jointly financed by the Foundation
and the Governments of those
countries.
1t also pointed out that Foun-
dation personnel residing in Me-
xico and Colombia are also coun-
selors in a cooperative plan for
the Improvement of wheat in
Ecuador, as well as in programs
of Improvement of corn in Pana-
ma, Costa RIGA, Nicaragua, Hon
duras, Ell Salvador and Guatemala.
Among the special donations an
nounced today are:
Argentina $4,000 for medical
research, and $4,000 for biochemi-
cal sutudies; Bolivia, $4,000 for
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
Laureano Gomez Studies
a Formula for Union of
Colombian Conservatives

BOGOTA, Feb. II (UP)- Elk
President Laureano Gomez reveal
ed today he is tudying a formula
that may result in union Of the
Conservative Party after the con-
gressional elections of March Is.
Gomez said the formula would
be for the establishment of a sin
gle executive board, in which a |
the tendencies of the party would
be proportionally represented, in
accordance with the number of
votes they obtain in the elections.
Gomez has been holding confer
ences with liberal ex President
Alberto LleraS Camargo, in search
of formulas to consolidate the BIZ
partisan front. Lleras has also in
terviewed Jose Antonio Moltal-
vo, head of the conservative group
opposed to Gomez.
Meanwhile, the Government Mi
litary Junta ordered about 1900
people with their children to i'm
mediately evacuate a prosperous
farm occupied last week in Alta
mira section about 100 kilometerS
from this city.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
Fighting Reported
in oriente, Cuba

HAVANA, febrero IL (UP) =
Travellers arriving here by plane
from Santiago de Cuba said fight,
ing is going on in the Province Of
oriente, betweenR ayamo and Man
zanillo cities.
They said the planes did not
land in these two cities, apparently
due to the great movement of
troops, although it was informed
it was due to bad weather.
Armored ears are seen and pas
senger cars between Bayamo and
Manzanillo are carefully inspected,
they said.
Sabotage has extended to all the
Province of Oriente, mainly in
the south, where great fires are
visible from Barre and Santa Rita,
towns east of BayamO.
Roads have been blocked bet
ween Bayamo and M~anzanillo and
all cars are searched. Passengers
are lined and searched with the
exception of residents of the zone.
Government troops in Manzani-
Ito are under the command of Col.
Jose Maria Salas Canizares.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
Per6n Ordered
70 GET Out by
Dominican Gvt.
Asylum Violated When
he Sent Instructions

CIUDAD TRUJILLo, II. (UP).
The Government of the Domini,
can Republic notified the Argen-
tine exDictador, Juan Per6n, that
he must leave the country as soon
as possible if reports that he has
sent to his partisans in Argentine
by special mail, signed and writ
ten instructions, are confirmed.
The notification to Peron was
sent by the Secretary of the Int
rior, DR., Virgilio Alvarez Pima,
who told him that if reports trans
mitted by International news agen-
cieS, that he made use of a spe-
cial courier in Ciudad Trujillo to
send these instructions to his par
tisans, are confirmed, he must
leave the Dominican Republic.
The report received today says
that DR.. Alvarez Pima told Per6n
that this act constitutes a ma
nifest violation to asylum priv
legeS granted to him in this coun-
try, and because of this he must
leave this national territory as
soon as possible.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
soeony to Build
New Oil Refinery
in Venezuela

NEW YORK, Feb. II (UP)-
Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc,
announced that its Venezuelan
branch, Socony Mobil Oil Com
pany of Venezuela, will build an
oil refinery for $28, 600, 10000 in
BarinaS del Palito, terminal of the
the pipeline the Company complet-
ed last November.
Work will begin this year and
will be finished by the end Of
1859. The terminal is located IL
kilometers west of Puerto Cabe-
Ito.
A high official of the Company
said the refinery was the logical
complement of the pipeline and a
sign Of the firms future in Vene-
Zuela.
The initial capacity of the re-
finery will be 10000 barrels daily,
but plans are on the way for future
increases. Special gasoline viii be
produced, regular, and kerosene,
diesel oil and heavy fuel oils for
industry. A part of these products
will be sold in Venezuela, and the
rest for expectation.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
HOMAGE TO LINCOLN

In concentrating today the anniversary of the birth
of the outstanding U. S. statesman, thinker and public
servant of world fame, Abraham Lincoln, H AMERICAS
DAILY pays renewed homage of respect to the memory
of the ilustrious and great ex President, champion of
world democracy.
In the life and work of the highly eminent US. citizen,
who set an example of civic virtue and political honesty,
inspiration can be found by all those who struggle for
freedom, social justice in the most generous manifeSta-
tons of human equality.
May the enlightened thoughts of Lincoln be always a
guide for the great United States democracy, and for all
the peoples identified with the theology so dignified by the
man whose memory is exalted today, on the occasion of
the anniversary of his birth.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
Argentine Named
Bruniff Manager
For Ecuador

DALLAS = Harry MARBLES, a is
year veteran of commercial air
transport in Latin America, has
been named Manager for Ecuador
for Braniff International Always,
J.W. Miller, Executive Vice Presi-
dent, has announced.
Until his association with Bra
milf in January, MARBLES was Cen
eral Manager for the United States
for Aerolineas Argentinas. His ten
years experience with the interna-
tional carrier included both opera
tions and traffic assignments.
From 1949 until 1855 he was traf-
fic and sales manager in Rome,
Italy, and then returned to South
America attached to the CONNER
cial Directors office in BuenoS All
res. Prior to his employment with
Aerolineas, MARBLES was a~ssociat-
ed with British South American
Always and Pan American Air
ways.
A native of Argentina, MARBLES
speaks five foreign languages. He
vas the Argentine back stroke
swimming champion for three
years and held the South Ameri-
can record for two years. He is a
member of the Belgrano Athletic
Club and the Club Nautico in Bue-
nos Aires, Skal international
and is an associate member
of the American Society of Travel
Agents. In 1857 he attended the
Inter American Tourist Con-
ference in Washington as a mem
Der of the Argentine delegation.
MARBLES will be stationed in
Guayaquil, Ecuador, where Mrs.
Marp es and their two children
will join him from Argentina.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
MEXICAN UNIVERSITIES
IN NEED OF HELP

MEXICO CITY (UP)- DR.. Ma
Dor Carrillo Flores, Rector of the
National University of Mexico CT
ty called again for more federal
help to state universities to stop
the exodus Of students from all
over the country to Mexico City.
Carrillo Flores also said this
years budget for the National
University, whose monumental
buildings and extensive campus
are the wonder of residents and
visitors alike, will probably amount
to $4,000, 900 He added however
that the University needs at least
another $1,000 600 to adequately
fulfill all its functions. Carrillo
Flores has repeatedly asked for
more Government and private aid
to State universities. He has said
that aid is necessary to improve
and expand facilities in the states
to keep thousands of students from
flocking to the national university
bulging now with over 10000 stud
ents.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
DR.. {. Suluzur's
Death Deeply Felt

WASHINGTON, Feb. II (UP)-
The Inter American Lawyers AS
ISOLATION expressed its regret for
the death of DR.. Eduardo Salazar
Gomez and extended its condol-
ence to the widow of the distin-
guiShed Ecuadorean lawyer.
During the last four years, DR..
Salazar had been chairman of the
Executive Committee of the AS
ISOLATION, during which he render
ed valuable services to the Organi-
cation as informed to the press by
this Executive Committee.
Among the important positions
he held in the service of his coun-
try, was that of Finance Counsellor
Of the Ecuadorean Embassy in
Washington.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
OAS Advanced Studies Scholarship
Program Will Begin Next September

$780, O0 to provide for approx
mately ITO fel:owships this year.
When fully established, the GAS
will award a minimum of 500 scho-
larships annually
Purpose of the fellowship pro-
gram is to contribute to the eco
nomic, social, scientific and cultur-
al development of the 81 GAS
member countries. The program Is
the first of the recommendations
to be put into practice of the Inter
American Committee of Presiden-
tial Representatives, which met
last year in Washington.
Fellowships Will be granted for
study only in institutions outside
the applicants country of perman-
ent residence. To be eligible for a
fellowship, an applicant must give
evidence of having had advanced
training in his specially, although
not necessarily a university degree
in his field. Also, after completing
his tudles on the fellowship, the
applicant must agree to work at
his specialization in his home coun-
try for a specified time set by the
sponsoring government.
Financial grants to individual
applicants will vary, depending on
where and for how long he pur-
sues his course of study.
Application forms for fellow
ships will be made available direct
ly from the Pan American Union
in Washington, its brach offices
throughout Latin American spe-
cialized agence3 of the Organiza-
tion Of American States through
out the 81 American republics.
TO acquire a fellowship an ap-
plicant will first submit date on
ground and an outline of what he
expects to accomplish, together
with references from his supervis.
ors.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
ANOTHER ARMY PLOT
is NOW

BOGOTA, Feb. II. (UP). - A
young politician who supported
the regime of ex-General Gustavo
RojaS Pinilla, ousted last year, de-
clared that shortly before his Gust.
ing a plot among army officers
was being framed up, whose
leader, Brigadier General Gustavo
Sierra Ochoa, died in a plane
crash.
fernando Jaramillo Arbelaez re-
vealed in a letter to the press in
which he says that 'the techni-
cal official causes" of the accident
in which Sierra Ochoa persisted are
not known, so far.
He also adds that a meeting had
been agreed to be held at Mede-
Hin by the Governors and Military
Officers Of the departments of the
western part of the country,
which it was called off by order
of RojaS Pinilla.
He further adds that Sierra
Ochoa was asked to come to Bogo-
ia where he was offered the Go.
vernment Ministry and that three
days after, Brigadier General Sic
ira Ochoa died in a plane crash.
In his letter Jaramillo affirms:
"a new rebellion might bring
bloodshed and even divisions in
the army, to which General Sierra
was opposed, as he understood
this meant civil war;.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
SALARIES AND WAGES
IN CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile (UP)- Wa
ges and salaries of every public
and private worker and employee
in Chile were raised by a blanket
20 per cent.
But, at the same time, the price
of milk was raised by 20 per cent
and that of gasoline by IL per
cent.
Recently, the Government au-
thorized prices rises in bread, COT
fee, edible oils and telephone
rates. Higher urban t%ransporta-
ton fares and gas and electric
rates were expected shortly.
The same law which granted the
20 per cent cost of living" pay
increase effective, authorized the
Government to boost taxes by
about sixty million dollars a year
to meet the treasury deficit.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12

The Mayor of Silvania, principal
town Of the section, issued the or
der demanding the evacuation of
the farm. He added he would
make use of the army if necessary.
The order reads the occupation
of the farm by the farm workers
was not justified and that the
workers were wrongly advised by
irresponsible agitators," adding he
is informed of some other inva-
Sions of farms.
The farm workers occupying the
farm maintain they are short of
land to till and that the farm has
very fertile soil that their owners
abandoned.
The order has a promise for
those who leave the farm they will
be considered in the distribution
of parcels of land after they have
been divided according to technic-
al studies being made now.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12

plant cultivation studies; Brazil,
$4,000 for the Agronomy Insti-
tute of Sac Paulo, $4,000 for the
Medicine School of Niteroi, $4,000
for Minas GeraiS University, 3d.
O. for agricultural research by
the National Agricultural Research
Service, $1,000 to DR.. Miguel Ro-
lando Covian to visit research cen
tiers in the United States, $1,000
for equipment for the Agricultu-
raj School of Pelotas, and $500
for publications in English for the
Brazilian Institute of Economy;
Chile gets three donations total
ling 25,85O dollars, for the Uni
versity of Chile, for ardiobiology
studies and for a visit to the
United States by Herman Diaz
Arrista, literary critic, to put the
works of Gabriela MistraI in
mychro-film.
Other special donations are
made to Colombia, Costa RIGA,
Mexico and Peru.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12

RIO DE JANEIsO UP)- Bra
iii must increase and diversity its
foreign trade or watch its indus
tries grind TO q halt, Ambassador
to the United States Ernani do
Amara Peixoto said here.
In an address before the Rio
Commerce Association, Peixoto
outlined his Washington program
to supply information on unknown
Brazilian products to American
buyers, and listened to Rio mer.
chants complaints that the Govern.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12

ship line operating cargo service
between New York and the Carib-
bean and South American ports.
The lease is for a five-year
period, at an annual rental of
$480,000 or 7 IL per cent of the
cost of the pier, $6,4O0,000. 1t was
negotiated by DR.. Alvaro Diaz,
Grancolombiana's general manag-
er, during a recent visit to New
York.
Construction of the terminal will
start next June and is expected to
be completed BY the end of next
year. The pier will provide berth
ing space for two vessels.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12

ment's financial policies and bur-
eaucracy are hamstringing exports.
Peixoto said Brazil, which had a
$240 million foreign trade deficit
last year, cannot depend on loans
or other aid to furnish capital for
industrial expansion.
He stated that Brazil must sell
abroad in order to buy the ma
terials it needs. If exports are not
increased, he said, the country will
be plunged into a serious financial
crisis.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
Know thy
Neigh.borI
By ANTONIO RUIZ

GUATEMALA - A land with a
historic background that unite
dates the first English colony in
America by over a hundred years,
Guatemala was conquered by don
Pedro de Alvarado, a lieutenant of
Herman CorteS during the conquest
of Mexico, who invaded what today
is Guatemala in 1924. The march
of heavily armored men through
the impenetrable jungles of South
ern Mexico, then climbing into the
unknown highlands of Guatemala,
was an epic in itself.
Discussions among the three
chief Magyar nations, the CLUTCHES,
Zutuhiles and Cackchiqueles, en-
abled Alvarado to play one against
the other. . and to overthrow a
three within a year, although his
forces consisted of only 800 foot
soldiers, including 100 musketeerS,
and 100 horsemen.
The first Spanish settlement,
Ciudad Vieja, on the slope of the
"Volcan de Aqua" was founded
in 1927, only 35 years after the
discovery of America. The town
was destroyed by a flood Of mud
and water from the crater of the
volcano in 141. Alvarado'S widow,
who had herself proclaimed Cap
tain General on his death in Next
co the year before, persisted in
the cataclysm.
The next capital, christened
Santiago de los Caballeros de
Guatemala" was founded on the
Va ley of Panchoy, and is now
known as Antigua Guatemala. 1t
grew rapidly to a city of $4,000
people, exceeded in size and i'm
portance in the Americas only by
Lima and Mexico City. New York,
at that time, was a mere country
village. Antigua Guatemala was
partially destroyed by an earth
queake in 1773 and a new capital
was built in the Valley of La Err
mita, and is the Guatemala City of
today. The migration of the entire
population of a city of 10000 in
habitants, with all their personal
effects, across a high mountain
range by the rough mountain trails
of those days, was another epic.
independence of Central Ameri
ca from Spain was dec AIRED on
September Is, 1921. The Central
American Federation, Of which
Guatemala was a province, was
dissolved twenty years later, and
Guatemala became an independent
Republic. During the following
thirty years little progress was
made, but in 1871 a liberal revolu-
ton was successful, and General
Justo Rufiho Barrios, its leader,
known as "The Reformer," built
the first railraod, opened schools,
established ports, began road de-
We opment, and suppressed the mo
nastic institutions. The continent
al railways, giving access to both
oceans, were opened in 1908.
Guatemala is the real home of
the marimba with its musical at
times soft and eerie, at times thun-
derous, but always melodious.
Played by from six to nine play
ers, it is claimed that marinba
experts are born, not made. In the
interior of the country he cound-
ing boxes are made Of gourds of
different sizes. and these are
known as "marimbas de tecomate."
Those in the cities are marvels of
fine cabinet work, and may cost
up to a thousand dollars.
Marimba music has become
widely known through the excel.
lent programs of the radio stations
of Guatemala City and Quezalte.
mango. 1t is even more impress
sive when heard. at first hand, in
its real home.
Spanish Version Page 3
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
HONDURAS TO BEGIN
PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT

WASHINGTON - TIL Ministry
of Public Works of Honduras has
announced immediate plans for the
development of public works in
the country. The Ministry plans to
build 20 new water supply pro-
jects, 3 sewage systems and feed
er roads to the main highways to
continue paving the capital city,
Tegucigalpa, and to carry out
other projects begun by the pre-
vious administration, including
photographic studies.
The Honduran Government is
also considering extending the Ma
tional Railroad to the Sulaco River
Valley, to open what is consider
ed a potentially rich farming area.
This line would be a southeast
extension Of about 30 to go KIN.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
Latin American News in Brief

college of the University. DR.. Mar
tinez Duran will serve for a four
year term. Founded in 1876 San
Carlos is one O.: the oldest univer-
sites in the Hemisphere. DR.. Mar
tinez Duran, was rector from 49,
1850; during such time ne was
instrumental in the creation OF
the Union of Latin American Uni
YerSities.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12

WASHINGTON, D. C. (PAU) =
A new scholarship program of the
Organization Of American States
which will provide fellowships for
advanced study for qualified per-
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12

sons of all the republics of the
Western Hemisphere should be in
operation by next September the
Pan American Union estimates.
The program has been allocated
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
Perez Jirnenez
Gets u. S. Visa
cIUDAD RUJILLo. D. R. (UP).

CIUDAD RUJILLo, D. R. (UP).
-Ousted Venezuelan e~x-President
Marcos Perez Jimenez has been
issued a visa authorizing him to
60 to the United States, it was
announced today.
The deposed dictator is expect
ed to go from here to New York,
but it is believed that he will set.
tie eventually in Miami. The date
of his departure has not yet been
announced.
Perez fled to Ciudad Trujillo
with a handful of aides and mem,
bers of his family after he was
overthrow in last months Vene-
zuelan revolution.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
STRIKES 1T RICH
PAYS A FINE

MEXICO CITY (UP)- Jailed
three days ago because he could
not pay a $1,000 fine for stealing a
bicycle, German Hernandez receiv-
ed $1,000 he won in a lottery,
paid the fine, was released and
rushed to nearest shop to buy a
bicycle.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
r A TO
LEASE NEW YORK
TERMINAL

WASHINGTON - uThe Port of
New York Authority announced
recently in thai city that it will
soon start the construction of the
fifth of ten new piers in its $685.
DOC, 900 redeyelopment program in
Brooklyn The new terminal, to be
known as Pier 8. has been leased
to Flota Mercante Grancolombia-
ma a Colombian Ecuadorean steam
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-12
RECTOR OF

GUATEMALA DR.. Carlos
Martinez Duran was chosen to be
rector of San Carlos University in
an election held by the electoral
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-19
DiSERTARA Il DR..
AGRAMONTE EN- la
UNIV. De MIAMI

Ell DR.. Roberto Agramonte, uno
de los mas eminentes soci6logos de
America Latina esta visitando CO.
mo conferencista en- sociologia la
Universidad de Miami!
FL DR.. Agramonte es ell Director
de la Escuela de Verano y del pro-
grama de relaciones publicas in
ternacionales de la Universidad de
La Habana. Con anterioridad fue
Vice Rector de la misma Uni
versidad Guiana y ocho amos De-
cano de la Facultad de Filosofia.
Els una gra nautoridad en- su cam
pc academico, ha sido conferences.
ia en- muchas Universidades en-
Centre y Sur America. Ha escrito
numerosos libros sobre sicologia
general, SOCIOLOGICAL y b~iografia,
Algunos de sus mas leidos libros
son: Gel Origen de la Conscieneia
Guiana, "Varona, ell FIl6sofo del
Esceptisismo" y "Sociologia del
Mundo Rural, todos escritos en-
espanol.
Su vista aqui es parte del pro
grama universitario de invitar in
telectuales y educadores distingui-
dos de Latino-America para ofre.
Ger conferencias en- sus respectivas
materias.