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Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16

TEMPORARY POLITICAL PACTs FOR
PATRIOTIC ENDS

When the political circumstances of a country force
several parties or groups to unite and try to solve a crisis
of democracy, the pactS which determine that union must
be carefully considered and sincerely signed, so that they
may accomplish their high patriotic mission.
1t must be taken into consideration that such union
OF efforts is to realize a determined end and that, by its
own nature, is OF temporary character. 1t is not necessary,
therefore, to include in the political agreement exaggerated
nOrmS and to go into details going beyond the temporary
effort and covering more than the immediate objective of
the union. To incur in demands of multiple nOrmS and to
try to cover everything in an agreement which necessarily
works better the simpler it is, would be a serious error.
In the measure of the increase i'm the provisions of a
pact OF that kind, or In the measure in which the concepts,
even In good faith, are extended beyond the immediate
objective, the risk increases that the unity functions de.
fectively, or that it is completely destroyed. 1t must be
taken into consideration that, if it is difficult, or at least
not SO easy, to maintain uniformity of opinion within one
party or group, much more difficult is to maintain that
uniformity when it must be a rule for several diSsimilar
parties or groups.
1t Is very serious, and that it would be an illusion to pretend
eliminating it completely, in its different aspects, in a short
time or with a single political pact. What must be tried is
to coordinate the civic efforts to save the Republic from
the greatest ills which determine the crisis. After eliminat-
ing the root, and when party activities are back to normal,
each group, on the basis of democratic guarantees, can and
must struggle to erase from the country all the cOnSe-
quenceS of such political crisis, and must fight also to
avoid that the Republic has to face such a situation again
IN the future.
To have the concept of patriotic simplicity prevailing
In that kind of political agreements, it is good to remember
shat 1t Is not a permanent coalition but a temporary union,
with the only and generous purpose of restoring democracy
where 1t has been the victim of OutrageS.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
Mexican Professor to Lecture Under
Readers biggest Award in St. Paul

ST. PAUL, MINI. = Creation of
a Readers Digest Chair of Interna-
tional Studies at Manchester Col
lege here was announced today by
the college president, Charles j.
Turck. The Chair, to be financed
by a grant from The Readers Di-
gest Foundation, will bring to Ma.
calester each year an outstanding
foreign scholar.
The first lecturer under the new
program will be DR.. Luis Alcanta-
ra y Garcia, 40, of the University
of Mexico, who will teach Latin
American Literature and related
subjects, He will receive a full pro-
feSsor's salary plus a travel allow
ance The college will supply a re-
Sidence.
The new Chair represents the
first time a Digest Foundation
grant has brought an information.
al scholar to an American school.
A reverse program, under which
American lecturers get teaching
fellowShips at lion University,
France, has veen in effect since
1852.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16

DR.. Alcantara was selected from
among % University Of Mexico
professors, after a month of tests.
The competition was judged by
three Mexico University Depart
ment heads, the Mexican Minister
of Culture and the Director of In.
ternational Interchange of the
Mexican Ministry of Foreign AT.
fairs. ,
DR.. Alcantara will be accompa.
MED to Manchester by his bride,
whom he married last month. 81
simply never had time to marry
before now" he said.
The Digest Chair professor for
1959-69 will be DR.. Tatsuji Takeu-
chi of Japan, dean of the faculty
of law and political science at
Kwansei University.
The Readers Digest Foundation
was established in 1949. Sterling
W. Fisher of Sleepy Hollow Ma
nor, North Tarrytown, NY. was
named its Executive Director last
February.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
ITALIAN RADIO HAM
ACTION SAVES LIFE
OF ARGENTINE CHILD

MILAN, Italy, July IA. (UPI).-
An urgent radio appeal to save
an Argentine child was m%onitored
here just in time, Italian police
revealed here tonight.
A number of phials containing
"Wassermann lecitine" were flown
to Buenos Aires July 6 after an
Italian radio amateur, DR.. Alfonso
COrpo, had monitored an appeal
launched by a Spanish radio anna
teur who in his turn had picked up
the appeal from an Argentine col
league.
The phials were badly needed to
save the life of an Argentine z.
year-old child living in Gale Ro-
sas, 8, Santandil. Radio-equipped
police jeeps secured Milan and
Brescia area until the valuable
phials were found. Escorted by ST.
ren-screaming po1ice cars, the
phials were brought to Malpensa
Airport, 80 miles northwest of here,
lust in time to be loaded on q
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
GUATEMALA BUILDS
HIGHWAYS, HOTELS

WASHINGTON Guatemala
had one of its best tourist years
in 1857, earning over S. million
in foreign exchange. The largest
number of tourists came from the
United States.
Anticipating another good year
for 1858, the Republic is planning
to open three hotels in Guatemala
City.
Guatemala completed 1876 miles
OF new roads last year, including
three projects on the Interoceanic
Highway totaling 1875 miles, two
miles between Elgin and Hincapie,
six miles betweengDon Justo and
San Jose Pinula, SIS miles be-
tween Siguinala and La Democra-
cia and rs miles on Project 13-B,
FL Trebol.
Under construction are 233
miles of Pan American Highway,
$50 miles of the In%teroceanic
Highway, 10 miles of the Pacific
Highway and 81 miles of Project
1s-A, for q total of 504 miles.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
RAIN BLAMED FOR
RELEASE L

HAVANA, July Is. (UPD.-The
chief American negotiator to the
rebels was reported confident that
the delayed release of 20 kidnapped
U. S. sailors and marines would
begin today.
U. S. Vice Consul Park Wollam
blamed the failure of the rebels
to make good on promises to begin
the operation yesterday on "tor.
rental rainfall in the hills". A spo-
kesman at the Guantanamo Naval
Base quoted Wollam as saying he
was most certain some enlisted
men would be released today
(Tuesday)".
Wollam was further quoted as
saying that all Is sailors and II
marines, held captive since June
%, would be evacuated from the
rebel hideouts within the next few
days.
Preparations had been made yes
terday at Guantanamo to receive
the first of the servicemen on the
basis of a message from wollam
who went into the hills two weeks
ago to negotiate for the release
Of so kidnapped north americans.
The rebels already released II
American and 8 Canadian civilians
and n Navy man.
A helicopter went out from the
Naval Base yesterday but returned
empty after waiting at an appoint
ed spot in the hills for the rebels
to free the marines and sailors as
promised.
While Wollam blamed bad wealth,
er for the delay, Navy and State
Department sources at Guantana.
mo felt the rebels had broken a
definite promise and were stalling
to wiring as much publicity as pos
sible from the situation. n
Informed sources said Raul Cas-.
tro, brother of rebel chief Fidel
Castro and leader of the kidnap
raiders, still was holding out for
some sort of recognition from the
United States without specifically
detailing what he wanted.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
By r HOUSEMAN
United Press international

MEXICO CITY. CUPID. - In the
adobe village of Venta Prieta near
Pachica in the Mexican state of
Hidalgo there is a synagogue. The
ethnic makeup of its 40-family
congregations is Mestizo and Me-
xican Indian. How did they become
Jews? No one seems to know.
Their religion is described as a
primitive sort of Judaism. Ortho-
dox Jews do not recognize them.
Their knowledge of Hebrew is Ii.
mited to a few hymns.
However, they keep Saturday as
the sabbath, separate men from
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
FideI Castro Asks Dr.. Grau
Not to Participate in the
November General Election
new GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST THE
BATISTA GOVT. PLANNED BY REBELS

HAVANA. (UPI).-Cuban rebel
leader Fidel Castro b~roadcasted
an order, cancelling Immediately
Order No. 30", by which his
brother Raul authorized the cap
ture of foreigners.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
Castro, to indicate there has been
no let up in his determination to
fight against the Government of
President Fulgencio Batista until
death, sent a note to ex-President
Ramon Grau San Martin, request
ing him not to participate in the
general elections scheduled for No.
vember 3, 1858.
Grau, President of the Cuban
Revolutionary Party (Authentic),
has said several times that ballots
not bullets" will decide the Cuban
political problems.
Reliable sources said Castro's
note to Grau is drafted in the most
respectful terms and in accord
ance with the position of the ex-
President in the political history
OF the country.
In revolutionary circles, on the
other hand, there are rumors of
"a general political strike" in
spite of the failure of previous at.
temptS.
Castro has maintained for some
time that such political weapon
will give the coup de grace to the
Batista Government.
The rumors of a third attempt to
declare a general strike mentioned
Castro again as the propelling
force, but this time with total sup
port of the whole subyersive move
ment, Of the communists and of
all revolutionary groups in exile.
1t was reported, meanwhile, that
the University of Havana will open
its doors in September, after two
years of inactivity.
The Government eliminated last
week from the official payroll 300
professors of the University and
hundreds of employees of the old
institution. 1t was reported that
some 80 professors plan to resign,
but about 200 will return to their
jobs.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16

from Poland, took an interest In
the congregation and taught them
the Hebrew hymns they know. Viii
lage Oldsters, however, said their
grandparents praeticed the print
tive Judaism long before any con-
tact was made with modern Jews.
Some members of the congrega-
ton, who read the Old Testament
assiduously in Spanish, claim they
r descendants of one Of the Ten
Lost Tribes. More plausible, but
equally undocumented, is the claim
of others that they r descendants
of Disciples of Marranos or Nuevos
Cristianos who arrived among the
conquistadOres.
Marranos is the Spanish word
for Swine" and was applied to the
New Christians" of Spain around
1912 who pretended to become
Christians in order to circumyent
an expulsion decree by Queen Isa-
bella. The Marranos continued to
practice their Jewish faith secretly.
Mexican inquisition documents
show that the 'New Christians
were purged in Mexico around the
end of the 18th century.
The Venta Prieta colony is not
Mexico's only settlement of native
Jews. Near Toluca, the capital of
the state of Mexico, there is ano-
ther whose members practice in
termarriage with those of Venta
Prieta. In Guerrero there also is
a sizeable colony, and others are
to be found in Chihuahua and Nue..
vo Leon.
Mexico City also has at least two
synagOgues serving native Jews.
Rabbi of the larger, with a con-
~gregation of 100, is Baltasar Ra-
mirez, a Mexican lawyer who claims
he can trace his lineage to the
"New Christians.
Members of the Venta Prieta
Jewish community said there are
no reprisals against them, other
than "petty harrasment", by some
of their Christian neighbors.
They do feel, however, that they
are being neglected by the large
Jewish colony of Mexico City,
which has given them no encour
-agement toward incorporation into
orthodox or reformed Jewry.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
BRAZIL'S PARANA
BRIDGE LARGEST
in LATIN

WASHINGTON - Brazil's plan
Aed new bridge across the Parana
River between Sac Paulo and Ma
to Crosse will be the largest in
South America.
The bridge, part of the National
Highway Plan, will be 5000 feet
long, have a roadway width of 27
feet and will cost about S33 mil
lion. 1t will be located about six
miles from Presidente Epitacio
just below the mouth of the Pardo
River.
When completed, the structure
will form a vital economic link for
the regions southwest of Goias,
Mato Crosse, the Minas Triangle,
southwest of Sac Paulo and north
west Of Parana.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
Dr.. Eisenhower
Continues Talks
With Punumuniun
Chief Executive

PANAMA CITY. CUPID. - DR..
Milton S. Eisenhower and Presi.
dent Ernesto de la Guardia of
Panama mixed fishing and fl
nances on Panama Bay today.
The two men and their aids
began the financial discussions
on Sunday. The y also are dis
cussing economic and social pro-
blemS.
Eisenhower arrived here Satur-
day to begin a 21-day fact-finding
tour of Central America as the
p ersonal representative of his
brother, President Eisenhower.
Unusual precautions were taken
to avoid the possibility of violent
demonstrations such as t h 0 S e
which married the Latin Ameri-
car tour of Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon this spring.
Monday, some IS high : school
students picketed in front of the
U. S. m b a ssy. They carried
sings with such slogans as mil
ton, The Canal Is Ours and
Fifty Per Cent Canal. The
latter was a reference to recent
demands that Panama should get
a $3.50 split of the Canals gross
revenue.
DR.. Eisenhower and his party
took a three-hour tour on the Pa
mama Canal, favored by a beautiful,
cr1nnxy I0ry xya1%1.lA-
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
MEXICAN MISSION


THE HAGUE. CUPID. - A Me.
xican mission of economic coope.
ration, formed by IA persons and
headed by Finance Minister, DR..
Gilberto Logo, arrived in this ca.
pital, in a good will mission of five
days, invited by the Dutch Govern,
ment.
The visitors, among whom there
are members of the Mexican Cham
Der of Commerce and prominent
industrialists, will discuss with the
authorities and industrial leaders
different matters of interest for
both countries in the economic
field.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
Answer Sought for Mysterious Origin Of
Colony Of Indian Jews Living in Mexico

women in the synagogue, observe
the dietary laws and don't eat pork,
celebrate Jewish Holidays, parti-
cularly the Feast Of the Passover
and the "Day of Atonement", and
offer prayers in Spanish which are
extracts from accepted Jewish
prayers. They also practice cir
cumcision.
Apparently no serious research
has been done to determine the
new world source of their religion.
Eastern European Jews who mi
grated to Mexico at the turn of
the century were told of the "In-
dios Judios" or Indian Jews.
1t is known that one of these
immigrants, Samuel Chudnovsky
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
U. S. CARRIER IN
Visit TO Brozil

RIO DE JANEIRO - CUPID -
The United States aircraft carrier
Ranger is here for a three-day
visit and was besieged by curious
Brazilians anxious for a look at
her.
Six thousand invitations made
available by the American Embas-
sy were exhausted within 80 min.
utes after the Embassy opened
this morning.
President Juscelino Kubitschek
inspected the ship today, and
watched a special air show in his
honor.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16

NEW YORK. CUPID. - Accord
ing to a survey sponsored by Life,
Spanish edition, a surprising
tendency towards fundamental
changes in the relations between
the United States and Latin Amer
lea is noted.
According to this magazine the
contest revealed as SERIOUS" the
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
ARGENTINA AFFECTED
BY CRISIS IN A

BUENOS AIRES 8 CUPID -
The Minister Of Commerce, Jose
Carlos Orfila, presided today a
meeting of high officials, in which
they discussed the problem of sup.
ply of oil, in view of the events
in Iraq.
1t was said in official circles that
Argentina will have to find some
where else the oil she imports at
present from the Near East, if the
crisis in Iraq continues.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16

that without a Withholding scheme
the price of coffee over the me-
dunn term would drop precipi
tously and substantially.
How drastic this drop would be
without . Withholding scheme is
indicated by these words from the
report:
ut is generally considered that
the response of world coffee con.
sumption to short-run changes in
coffee prices is fairly weak.
at is estimated that in order
to clear the market of the antici-
pated surpluses,' the wholesale
price of coffee would have to drop
to 32-36cents per pound (Santos
4's>".
The study was prepared original,
ly for the Banks Internal use, but
subsequently was made available
to interested governments on a
restricted basis. Officials who
know the coffee situation say it
has become a basic handbook for
the international coffee study
group, meeting in Washington to
find ways to avert disaster.
BRAZILIANS KILLED
SAC PAULO, Brazil -(UPD-
A freight car loaded with stones
broke loose and smashed into 9
passenger train here, killing two
! persons and iniuring three others
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
PARAGUAY LIFTS
IMPORT DUTIES
ON FERTILIZERS

WASHINGTON - The Paragua
5an Government has put into exc
eutlon Law No. sos, which ex-
empts from payment of import
duties natural and prepared ferti-
nzers and raw materials for dom
este manufacture of fertilizers.
Raw materials contemplated are
not completely defined, but the
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
HEMISPHERE EVENTS


Fourteen persons have been ar.
rested so far; but the head of the
smugglers, who 1t. is supposed to
be a British subject fled from the
country,
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
Latin American Finance
and Trade News Reports

following chemicals are mention
ed specifically in the text Of the
law
Commercial potash, caustic so.
da, sodium nitrate, sodium sui
fate, and sodium carbonate.
These chemicals are exempt
from duty only when imported for
use as fertilizing materials or as
processing ingredients in the ma
n~ufacture of fertilizers.
1t is understood that in addition
to the chemicals listed exemption
would be allowed imports of all
minerals and chemicals destined
for use as fertilizers including,
most notably phosphate rock.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
PAN


WASHINGTON President Eli
senhower signed into law a $40
million appropriation for paving
the Pan American Highway last
month, and Guatemala was prepar
ing to officially announce the
highway was open all the way to
Costa RIGA when two large wash
outs occurred in the Selegua River
section of the Highway, closing it
to through traffic until the end of
the summer.
The $40 million appropriation
covers the two-thirds share the
United States pays for construc.
ton of the Highway in Central
America and will be matched by
one-third by the republics through
which the road passes.
Guatemala will get 81, 600;
Nicaragua $1,246, 900; Costa Rica
1852. 600; and Panama S2.728. 900
This finishes the STAB mil
lion authorized by Congress for
the Pan American Highway four
years ago.
Travellers had been driving
straight through on the Highway
from Mexico through the formerly
impossible Guatemalan stretch cal
led the "Tapon", or Plug, in the
Selegua River canyon. Landslides
and bridge washouts in this seven
mile section seemed to at an end
after years of backbreaking labor
by contractors, and the Guatemal.
an Government had planned to Of
ficially announce the section open
as soon as a radio-telephone sys-
TEN through the Tapon was install
led, probably this month.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16
COFFEE CRISIS TO
LAST TEN YEARS
MEXICAN
RIFT

WASHINGTON - CUPID - A
confidential World B k study
has told world coffee producers
they face a serious surplus situa-
ton over the next five to ten years
The coffee study, said to be the
best made IN recent years. warns
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16

Dutch airliner for a further tran.
shipment in Amsterdam.
Police said they we're informed
an Argentine military plane
brought the phials to Santandil
after they were flown to Buenos
Aires aboard an airliner, just in
time to save the kids life.
MEXICAN WORKERS
MENDING RIFT
MEXICO CITY -(UPD- The
new Executive Committee of the
National Union of Railway Work
ers met in emergency session in
an effort to mend internal riffs
that threatened to split the 10000
member labor organization.
The new committee headed by
Salvador Quesada Cortes as Secre'
tary General was appointed at a
stormy meeting last night. Mem
bers of the new committee report
eddy enjoy the confidence anc
trust of the bank and file.
Diario las Américas., 1958-07-16

Member Infer American
Press Association
For Liberty, Culture and
Hemisphere Solidarity
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-21
Hector Torres Permiti6 IN Ais|ado
Hit Para Derrotar a Pearl Harbor


ras en- el sexto monticulo, en- tan
to- que su compahero de bateria,
Carlos Trevin0 conect6 uno con
las bases vacias en- ell primero.
Ell unico incogible que permitio
Torres, que cuenta IL amos de
edad, Salio del bate de Pete, Qui-
ban, en- Ell tercer inning y llev6 a
este 4 primera base. Torres puso
out a los adversarios en- ell segun-
do, tercerO y quinto innings, re,
~quiriendo solo nueve lanzamien.
tos en- ell quinto Monterrey hizo
Seis carreras en- Ell segundo inning
y cuatro en- Ell sexto.
Ell unico p%elotero en- Monterrey
que viene de la novena del ano pa
sado es Ell primera base Ricardo
Trevino.
Los mexicanitoS fueron muy
oyacionados por la muchedumbre,
que los ha hecho sus f~avoritos. Hoy
Sc las veran con la novena de Da-
rien, Connecticut, en- semifinal.
Darien dobleg6 q Valley Field, de
Quebec. siete por dos, gracias a I'm
pitched de AL Siemering que cedio
solo cuatro hits, y dos jonrones.
A continuation Ell l~inescore de
Monterrey-Pea Harbor:
Monterrey $50 004 II
Pearl Harbor 900 900 013
Torres y C.. Trevino. johnson,
Clery (2) y NC Carly.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-21
Colombia vs..
Argentina en-
Basket Ball

QUITO agosto 20.-(UPD-En
la quinta rueda del c%ampeonato
sudamericano de basquet que sc
efectuara hoy, Ell seleccionado Va
llecuacano, de Colombia, Sc enfren-
tara al San Lorenzo Almagro, de
Argentina en- la primera bora. En-
la segunda jugaran la selection
Universitaria de Quito y Chile.
Argentina y los universitarios
quitenos son los unicos i~nVictos,
con posibilidades de alcanzar ell
campeonato, pero faltando ocho Sc
stones es dificil anticipar pronosti-
co.
FL Ease de Uruguay sigue pre-
sentando una ~incognita, pues ma
die Sc explica SUI fracaso en ell de-
but. Costa. ell captain del equipo
ostenta ell campeonato mundial de
tiros libres, pero fall6 cinco tiros
durante los segundos finales que
habrian sido suficientes para dar
la victoria a su equipo.
Dice Costa:
mo me reconocia nj reconoci al
desastroso sporting que perdio
frente a Oriente."
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-21
LIGA AMERICANA

RESULTADOS
Chicago 8; Cleveland 2
Boston 6; New York 5
Baltimore 2; Washington /
Kansas City 4; Detroit /
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-21
SoVietieos no Lograron Una
Sofa Victoria en- At|etiqno

Ell polaco Zdzilaw Krzyszkowiak
triunfo en- los 10000 metros en-
% minutes Sc segundos. Russia
conquistt el segundo y ell tercer
puesto
En- ell lanzamiento de la jabalina
para damas vencio la cheloeslovaca
Dana aZtopkova, esposa del extra
ordinarlo fondista Emil Zatopek,
va retirado con una marca de S.
OF metros nuevC record europeo.
Una rusa ohtuvo ell segundo pues-
to.
Sobre la base de siete puntos al
primero cinco al segundo, cuatro
al tercero tres al cuarto, dos a.
quinto Y uno al sexto, la Union
Sovietlca encabeza la classification
general extraoficial con % puntos
MERGED : sus tres segundos pues-
tos. lie sisuen POlonia con IL,
gran Bretafa con ii Sue:ia y Che
coeslovaquia con siete, Alemania
con cuatro Suiza con dos e Italia
11- r-
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-21
p OSItIO MES
.LlGA NAcI0NAL

RESJLTADOS
Cincinnati Al; Pittsburgh 3-5. &.
Cincinnati At; Pittsburgh 3-5
Milwaukee ga; Filadelfia IL
San Francisco 8. Chicago 6
San uis 1873; Los Angeles 40.
LIGA AMERICANA