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Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19

The United States abandoned
her attitude Of many years, and
agreed to participate in an institu.
ton of regional development.
President Eisenhower, ia his
speech about the Near East crisis
before the General Assembly Of
the United Nations, took the op.
p%ortunity to reaffirm his decision
to strengthen the machinery of
the Organization of American
States.
The US. agreed to use her
good offices to persuade African
coffee producers to join Latin
American in the sterilization
agreement approved last Thursday,
The President, while receiving
the credentials of a new Venezue-
Ian Ambassador, made the strong.
est statement against dictatorial
regimes made in the last few years
by a prominent American official.
These facts have awakened so
much interest, that the GAS Coun-
Gil has the intention of holding a
special meeting this week.
US. officials have pointed out
that these initiatives have been the
result of a revision of Inter Ameri-
can policies began last February,
but recognizing, at the same time,
that the stormy tour of Vice Presi.
dent Nixon added a note of ursen-
cy to the revision.
The deterioration of Inter Anne.
rican relations has been one of the
principal themes of discussion dur
ing recent meetings of the Ma.
tional Security Council, the agency
which decides on the country's DO.
licieS, which has been considering
recommendations made by Nixon,
DR.. Milton Eisenhower and Secret
airy OF State Dulles, after his visit
t0 Brazil.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
CREOLE FOUNDATION
ESTABLISHES AWARD

CARACAS, Venezuela. CUPID. -
The Creole Foundation announced
the establishment of an Interna
honal $40 900 Prize to be awarded
every two years for the best writ.
ten work about Venezuela, on any
branch of the natural, social and
physical sciences.
Both Venezuelans and foreigners
are eligible to enter the contest
and their entries can be written
in English, Spanish, French, Ger
man, Italian or Portuguese.
The first award will be made
in October 1850.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
About Latin America
Red Newspaper in Brazil Suspends Publication

circulation of more than Is, 900. 1t
was reported in Rio that financial
difficulties led to the closing of
the paper, but observers we're in
clined to believe there YER other
unexplained reasons. Whether the
paper will be reopened now is a
matter of speculation.
Brazilians and other observers
also are wondering about the sig
nificance of Alexander P. Volkov.
vlcepresident of the Russian Par
Lament, being in Rio when the
appaper closed its doors. Volkov
headed the Soviet delegation to
the Interparliamentary Union con.
ference in the Brazilian capital.
Although the Communist Party
in Brazil was outlawed more than
~ years ago and is considered leg
ally to be nonexistent, its news
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19

paper closed its doors. Volkov
been seriously molested by the
government or police.
Occasional attempts by police in
past years to crack down on Red
newspapers met with unanimous
protests by other Brazilian news.
papers in general, and by Brazil's
influential press association (ABD
headed by the famous Herbert Mo.
ses in particular. They defended the
freedom of the Communist press
not out of sympathy with Com
munism, but on the principle that
freedom of the press should be sa-
cred in all circumstances. It was
argued that if this freedom was
violated in one case, a precedent
would be created that might be ap-
piled later to other newspapers.
Thus, through the years the out
lawed Communist Party has had a
mouthpiece that has been able to
spout subversive ideas and preach
the cause of Moscow virtually un-
hindered. By the same token, exist
ence of the Red press permitted
outsiders to watch various contor-
tons of the underground party.
Since the anti-Stalin report
from the Kremlin in November,
1856, the party organization in
Brazil seems to have been shaken
by one internal crisis after anoth-
er. Pedro Motta, publisher and
chief editor of Imprensa Popular,
said in an editorial on the front
page of the last issue that the pap
er had "lost contact with the mas
ses and became narrowly sectari-
an"
To observers in Brazil, this self
criticism was interpreted as an
awareness among Red leaders in
Brazil of their shortcomings in the
press field Of the Brazilian capt.
al. Apparently their efforts are 10
be devoted to other activities for
the time being.
(Reprinted ~ courtesy q 4,
The Miaani Nsvs9
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
Mexico Building
Huge Pipeline

MEXICO CITY. CUPID. - Cons.
truction of a 475-mile gas pipeline
from Ciudad Pemex, in Southern
Mexico, to the capital, is already
underway, officials of the govern.
ment-run petroleum industry an.
nounced today.
The $42, 400, 900 pipeline, which
Pemex officials called "Mexico's
number one project, is expected
to be finished completely by 1860.
Officials said the pipeline will
be able to transport 800 million
cubic feet of gas a day. They ad-
ded the project will place the
great gas wealth of Tabasco State
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19

Many diplomats are in favor of
the informal preparatory meeting
because they believe that more can
be accomplished by secret negocia-
ton than in public.
Once the 81 representatives have
taken a stand, they will make it
formal through the Council of the
Organization of American States,
(OAS), and it will be up to GAS
to convoke the Summit meeting.
1t is understood that the note of
KubitSchek enumerateS seven main
points which should be considered
by the Ambassadors in their Wash
ington discussions. They are:
l. Increase loans and other
means of direct assistance to Latin
America, including the possible
creation of an Inter American De-
velopment Bank, supported by the
US.
2. The S of private capital for
aid to the underdeveloped areas
OF Latin America.
3. Strengthen the economies of
the Latin American countries so
that they will be in a better posi-
ton to fight initiation.
4. Consider the impact that the
European common market can
cause in Latin America.
5. A program to stabilize prices
and commerce of the Latin Ameri-
can raw materials.
6. Technical assistance to the
Latin American area.
Z. Possible establishment of a
Latin American common market
and regional trade agreements such
as the Trade Treaty signed in b.
gotta by Colombia, Ecuador, and We
neZuela.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
Land Slide Kills
Thirty CoIombions

BOGOTA, August IA. CUPID. -
1t is estimated that no less than
80 persons were buried in a land.
slide when it roared down a noun.
tain and covered several cars which
we're travelling along a highway, in
a lonely section of the Andes Cor.
dillera.
The disaster happened in Caldas
Department. Army troops and fire.
men began to dig into the land
slide in order to remove the vic.
Tins.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
u. S. Pushing Revision Of
Inter American Relations.
Creation of Regional Bank
'OAS COUNCIL TO HOLD MEETING TO
CONSIDER new AMERICAN ATTITUDE

WASHINGTON, Aug. IS CUPID
- US. officials said today that
Government circles are discussing
details of the type and proportions
of an liner American Bank, which
will be supported by the United
States.
Last week it was announced that
the United States is ready to join
the Latin American countries for
the creation of such agency of
regional development. Officials,
however, pointed out that the US.
Government has not decided any
thing yet on the different matters
that must be solved before such
bank can be established.
Among those important matters
are:
- The capital of the Bank and
the contribution with which the
United States is to participate.
CA committee of experts on central
banks, meeting in Chile two years
ago, drafted a text of Engagement
for a bank with a capital of $685.
100000 of which about half would
be contributed by the United
States, which did not participate
in the meeting.)
If the bank will negotiate only
in dollar loans, or if it will negoti-
ate also in local currencieS.
What will be the relation of
the new fund with existing institu-
tons, such as the World Bank, the
Export-Import Bank, the Interna-
tional Financial Corporation and
the Economic Development Fund.
If the Inter American Bank
will make loans in "hard curren-
cies" or if it will negotiate also
in soft currencies." According to
the draft prepared by the central
banks experts, an Inter American
Fund would make only loans of
public or semi-public character, but
would give preference to enter
priseS which do not have easy ac-
cess to other sources of capital.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
v. S. 10 Help Lutins
TO Achieve q Better
Standard of Livinq

UNITED NATIONS, August IS
= CUPID - The Assistant Secret
airy Of State for Latin American
Affairs, Roy R. Rubottom, in an
exclusive statement to a Chilean
newspaper, said that the US is
planning to aid Latin America in
achieving a better standard of liV-
ing for its people.
The Chilean correspondent Ami
bal Valdes Larrain, of Gel Diario
Ilustrado" of Santiago, who inter
viewed Rubottom, visited the Unit
ed Nations on Saturday.
Rubottom, in written answers
to the questions of Valdes Larrain,
says, in part of his statements:
Undoubtedly, when the people
are dissatisfied or feel frustrated
because they have not reached the
standard of living that they hope
for, it is difficult for them to de-
dictate all their attention or give
their support to any cause which,
for them, involves only abstract
principles not linked to their i'm.
mediate problems"
1--WE recognize - adds Rubottom
- that there remains much to do,
for and by, the people of the re-
gion SO that they may acquire a
better standard of living. The
us. sympathizes with the hopes of
the Latin American people, and is
ready to cooperate in all sincerity
with the governments and people
of the Hemisphere in order that
these hopes may be realized"
"At the same time - states Ru.
bottom = the US. believes that it
is imperative that all of us Tin the
Hemisphere recognize the evil
and malignent forces of commun-
ism which face us and threaten u.s."
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
ECHANDIA NOMINATED
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
BY cOLOMBIANs

BoGOTA, CUPID. - The EXPIRE.
sldent OF the Republic Dario
Echandia, was nominated for Vice.
President, by the two parties, after
a series OF discussions by spokes-
men OF the Liberal and Conserva-
tive parties, which ended in a con.
ference OF their leaders, Laureano
Gomez and Carlos Lleras Restrepo
The agreement means that
Echandia, Liberal, will be elected
for this position by the full Com
gress, thus developing the bi.par.
tisan policy according to which the
President and the designee should
belong to the same party.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19

LIdctlOL VI duulliOHdl lOfelBn cap
ital into the country, he said.
CORNELL GRADUATE HEADS
CUBAN DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON = A Cornell
graduate, Dionisio Suarez, recent.
ly was appointed President and Di-
rector of the National Develop
ment Commission, one of the Of
ficial organizations in Cuba de.
voted to the construction of high.
ways, farm-to-market roads, brid.
ges and other structures.
Before assuming his new duties,
Mr.. Suarez directed the technical
work of the National Development
Commission
Under his leadership, the organ.
ization constructed the new $36
million tunnel under the bay of
Havana which has brought into
being a whole new city and the
Via Monumental Highway, which
connects with the tunnel.
Other works for which the Com
mission was responsible were the
$40 million Habanilla Hydroelec-
trio Plant and the Miramar Tun-
mel under the Almendares River.
The Commission was also respon-
sible for the work done on the
Pan American Highway link in Gu,
ba, which runs from Havana to
Puerto La Fee, where connections
will be made by ferry boat to the
rest of the Pan American system
at Key West, Florida, and the Yu-
catan Peninsula in Mexico. The Gu.
yaguateje Bridge, on the Pan Anne
rican route, was built by the Com
mission.
The Development Commission
has been credited with "contribut-
ing enormously to the economic
Development of Cuba through the
reconstruction of the Central High
way, building Puentes Grandes
Avenue, the Buey River Irrigation
system and the development of oil
resources.
During Cuba's Nv Highway Week
last May, Nh. Suarez, as president
OF the National Development Com
mission, sponsored many of the
activities offered to visitors, in
Guiding many of the field trips to
road works and the Havana Tun.
mel.
Mr.. Suarez holds the Grand
Cross of Cuba's Order of Highway
Merit, the only official decoration
given by a nation for outstanding
work in the highway field,
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
Argentina, Chile
Reach Agreement
Regarding snipe
Island Incident

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, August
18 (UPI The Chilean Ministry
announced that an agreement has
been reached with the Argentine
government regarding the Snipe
Island incident.
Minister S~epulveda spoke about
the joint communique signed by
the governments of Chile and Ar
gentina, which was announced at
the same time in Buenos Aires.
At the time when the communi-
que was announced to the press,
the Argentine Charge d'Affaires,
ErneSto Nogues, the Chilean Am
bassador in Buenos Aires, Jose Ma
"a, the Assistant Secretary of For
eign Relations, Alvaro Brogeutt,
and the Political Director of the
Ministry, Luis Melo, were present.
The communique says that the
TWO countries agreed to retroact
the Snipe Island situation, in fact
and right, to as it was on the 18th
OF January, 1858, and that Argen-
tina for her part, will withdraw
the Naval forces which she had
sent to the island.
Both countries also reafirmed
their intentions of peacefully and
quickly arriving at an agreement
OF the pending territorial disputes.
Later, Minister Sepulveda an
nounced that he would return to
Buenos Aires on Tuesday with Am
bassador Maza.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
About Latin America
By HAL HENDRIX
Latin America Editor Of the
Miami News

On the eve of the arrival of Sec
rotary of State John Foster Dull
less arrival in Rio de Janeiro last
week an event occurred which was
noteworthy but overshadowed by
the news of the visit of the chief
architect of us. foreign policy.
The daily newspaper Imprensa
Popular, central organ of the Com.
munist Party of Brazil, suspended
publication. The last issue of the
bitterly anti-American paper was
published Aug. 8. simultaneously,
the Communist Party's labor union
mouthpiece, Voz Operaria, died a
quiet death.
1mprensa Popular had claimed a
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
UNITED STATES
STARTS MOVING

Meanwhile the United States be.
gan to move more rapidly to
strengthen the bonds of friend
ship with Latin America.
Concrete economic measures, to-
gether with new emphasis in the
friendly relations with the repub,
lies to the South, were the first re-
suits OF a political revision in the
highest Government circles. The
following events gave during last
week historical importance to In
ter American relations:
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
japanese to Study
Possibilities Of
Factory in Brazil

TOXIC. CUPID. - The Chairman
OF the Japanese Manufacturing AS.
ISOLATION, Harushige Inoue, will
leave tomorrow for Rio de Janeiro,
in order to study the possibilities
of establishing a Chemical Ferti-
lizer factory in Bahia State.
lonue will carry out negotiations
with the Brazilian firm of Nitroge-
MO, S. A.
According to plans announced
here, the factory will be construct
ed in Aratu, 20 kilometers to the
south of Salvador, at an estimated
cost of $13,000,0 900, Of which six
million will be Japanese capital. It
will have a daily production capa.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
Know thy
Nei9hbofI
By ANTONIO RUIZ

GUATEMALA - This pictures
que Central American country
produces over 100, 900, 900 pounds
of coffee annually. The interesting
fact is that very seldom there has
been overproduction of coffee in
the country. Prices of the grain
have fallen many times through
out the world, but Guatemalan
coffee is of such quality that it has
sold every pound produced each
year.
Coffee grown in Guatemala is
grown in attitudes from 1900 to
5000 feet above sea level, always
under the shade of larger trees.
The coffee grown on the higher
levels is the best, and the rugged
mountain slopes of Guatemala,
which run up to much higher le-
wells, lend themselves particularly
to its cultivation.
A visit to one of the large cof-
fee plantations within easy reach
of Guatemala City is a real ex
perience for the tourist. In May
and June, the sunlight trickles
through the overhanging shade
trees onto bushes just higher
than than ones head, which are a
solid mass of pinkish white flow
ers. In September, some of the
green berries lining the branches
of the trees as thickly as peas in
a pod, turn deep %claret, and pick
ing begins. Coffee does not ripen
uniformly. A grove has to be pick
ed and repicked, and it will be late
in the year before the crop has
been dried, hulled, and prepared
for the market.
Guatemala is a land of fruit
and flowers. Over seventy diff
ferent fruits are grown in the Re-
public. Whole shiploadS of bananas
are exported from Puerto Barrios
weekly. The methods employed in
handling over six million punches
OF this fruit yearly, and the load
ing OF a banana steamer during
the few hours in port is very in.
teresting.
Pineapples, mangoes and avoca-
dos are superb. Many of the other
tropical fruits have no English
names, and are completely new to
the visitors from the United States.
OF flowers, among the favori-
ties in the north are the larkspur,
s~napdragon, zinnias, and many
others which seem to grow more
luxuriantly here. Homes and gar.
den walls are hidden under man.
ties of purple and red bouganvil.
lea, of delicate pink "lllovizna"
(drizzle) of fiery 'flor de fuego"
(fire flower). During the whole
year there r camelias and or
chids of every color.
A delicate white orchid, the
"MonJa Blanca" or white Nun"
grows nowhere else, and has be.
come the Flower of Guatemala"
Its snowy white clusters of flow.
ers that are almost ethereal, are
as beautiful in their way, as the
glorious plumage of the "Quetzal,'
the national bird and symbol Of
Guatemala, which never lives in
captivity. Both are equally rare,
and will probably not be seen by
the casual visitor to the country.
Guatemala has been repeatedly
called the Tropical Switzerland"
because of the magnificence of its
scenery. Its monuments
of a past civilization, and a CON
temporary native life more color.
full than anywhere in the world to.
day, have given it the name of
Egypt of the Americas" Its re.
markable agreeable climate has
caused others to call 1t Land of
Eternal Spring"
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Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19

within the reach of the industrial
centers of Puebla, Orizaba, Cordo.
ba, Veracruz Minatitlan, and CT
llamer, Villahermosa.
The pipeline, which is being built
in the steel center of Monterrey.
will be laid across high mountains,
desert areas, rivers and swamps.
Officials said preparatory work
has started in various stretches
through which the pipeline will
cross.
Industrial gas presently used in
Mexico City is supplied from the
Poza Rica (Veracruz) gas fields,
with a daily output of over 80 mil
lion cubic feet.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
Latin American Finance
and Trade News Reports
MEXICAN
PRODUCTION DOWN

MEXICO CITY. CUPID - The
Mexican Sulphur Institute reported
that Mexican sulphur production
for July totaled 96,507 long tons,
compared with 100,830 tons in June
and 110,556 tons in May.
Frasch extraction system plants
accounted for $4,000 tons of the
July production, with the rema-
inder being surface mined at Cerri-
tos, San Luis Potosi.
The Institute said the 7-month
total of sulphur production for
1858 totaled 726, 044 long tons for
a monthly coverage of 103, 720 long
tons.
GUATEMALAN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
WASHINGTON - Col. Carlos S.
Antillon, Guatemalan Ambassador
in Washington, announced recent.
ly that as a result of DR.. Milton
Eisenhower's visit to his country,
President Ydigoras' economic and
social program will go into effect
sooner than expected.
The program includes plans for
establishment of an urgently need
ed low and medium priced housing
development, an increase in essen
tial food production; expansion of
health facilities; encouragement of
new industries and industrial de-
velopment; essential enlargement
OF Guatemala City's water supply
system; electric power expansion;
continued highway construction;
establishment of a technical skillS
training center; the broadening of
work opportunities for the Guate.
malan worker, and a greater utili-
cation of Guatemala's natural re-
sources, especially the Peten area,
which holds brilliant prospects for
Guatemala's future.
At the same time, Guatemalan
Government plans are being aug
mented to provide a still more fav-
orable climate for the operations
Of private industry the Ambassa-
dor said.
The Ambassador stated that his
Government, with the assistance of
its economic advisors, has been
working very hard on a long
term economic program but has
%refrained from publicizing it until
lily to achieve it. The program
1t waseertain of the Nations abb
was discussed with DR.. Eisenhower
and State Department officials in
Guatemala City, and will require
some long term loan assistance
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
Latin American News in Brief

city Of l20 tons of ammonia, 1870
on a mission from Boca Chica air
mOnia and $50 tons of urea.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-19
WHEAT PRODUCTION IN
MEXICO INCREASING

MEXICO CITY. (UPI). = Mexi.
can wheat production has increas-
ed by ITS per cent in the past
ten years, the National Bank Of
Foreign Commerce disclosed.
Diario las Américas., 1958-09-20

MILWAUKEE,, Sept. 10 CUP
y = Joe Collins dijo que laa
derrota de los New York Yam
KEGS ante los Braves de Milwau-
kee en- la pasada Serie Mundial
servira como incentive a los
neoyorquinos este ano. Pero del
cuarto de vestir de Milwaukee,
resulta aparente que las decla-
raciones de Collins y Mickey
Mantle resultaran incentives a
los Braves.
Collins, ahora retirado de los
Yankees despues de jugar en-
siete Series Mundiales, ha Sc
leccionado a sus ex compane-
ros para ganar en- cinco iue-
COS. Mantle manifesto que Lew
Burdette no ganara nuevamente
tres juegos este aho e INDIGO
que este ano las cosas podrian
resultar completamente distin-
tas con Ell y Bill Skowron en-
forma.
"Ah, dejen que hablen TODD
10 que quieran" dijo Ell MANA
ger Fred Haney, de los Braves.
mo me importa 10 que digan
de nosotros. Hasta que no game
Diario las Américas., 1958-09-20

NEWPORT, Rhode Island,
Sept. 10. (UPI)-El elegante
balandro blanco que intentarS
frustrar ell decimosexto intento
de Gran Bretafa por reconquis-
tar ell trofeo de la s%upremacia
del deporte de los yates a vela,
concluyo hoy sus ~practicas con
una nota final de prestancia.
Los once tripulantes del ba-
landro Columbia, que defen-
dera ell trofeo ganado por Esta-
dos Unidos hace LOT amos, ves-
tran ropa interior de casimir
81 sopla viento fresco en- Ia pri-
mcra regatta contra Ell balandro
britinico "Sceptre", mahana.
Ell casimir es simb6lico del
amoiente de este fin de semana
en- este centre de veraneo no
solo para los participates en- Ia
competencia, sino tambien para
los espectadores de esta "Serie
Mundial" del deporte de la ma
vegaci6n
Ell Presidente Eisenhower v
su esposa presenciaran desde
el destructor Mitscher, ell mi
clio de la regatta por la Copa
America.
Diario las Américas., 1958-09-20
Ofreeen a Hutchinson
Cargo de Manager de
Bisonfes del BGfoIo

BUFFALO Sept. 19.-(UPD
Los Bisontes de Buffalo, de
la Liga International de Base
ball, of~recieron a Fred Hutchin-
son, Ell despedido manager de
los Cardenales de San Luis, ell
puesto vacante de manager del
Team, segun revel6 Ell gerente
general del club, Don Labbru-
Zzo.
Despues de tres amos renun-
clio recientemente al puesto de
manager de Buffalo ell ex juga-
dor Phil Cavarretta.
Labbruzzo dijo que Hutchin-
son lie prometio 'pensar en- ell
ofrecimiento y darle la res.
puesta en- Nueva York durante
la Serie Mundial y que entretan-
to no ofrecera ell puesto a ma,
die.