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Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22

LAW COMMISSION

For the second time, the eminent Panamanian juris-
consult, world renowned DIR. Ricardo J. AlfarO, has been
elected as member of the international Law Commission
or the United Nations, which is in charge OF watching
development of international law and its cCdificatiOn.
The iIlustrious ex-President of the Republic of Pana.
ma was, together with fourteen other juriStS, a member OF
that all important Commission, when it was created by
the U. n. in its General Assembly of 1948. On that 0c-
caSiOn, the delegates, meeting at the ChaiIIOt Palace in
Paris, elected DIR. AlfarO as a member, and he served the
period between l949 and 1853. During that time, Dr. Al
faro acted brilliantly, constantly working with a great
technical and democratic sense, in the drafting of the De-
claratiOn of the Rights and Duties of the States, the project
which served as fundame Atal basis for the Commission
adopted In Its greatest part by it. He also c~ooperated in
an effective manner in the Definition of Aggression and
10 the drafting Of the CO6e Of Crimes against Peace and
Security of Humanity.
Now, when another vacancy occurred in the Com.
mission which has twenty-One iurists- with the cleo
ton to the international Court of Justice of the great
Greek Jurist, Jean SpirOpoulos, according to the statutes,
the members OF the Commission voted in favor of replacing
the great Greek juriSt with DR.. AlfarO, who must complete
the term for which S%piropOulos was elected, which expires
In 1861.
A great honor is for Panama and for the Latin Ameri-
can nations in general that DR.. AlfarO, on two occasions,
has been called to contribute with his wide knowledge and
capabilities as a jurist and a thinker in the work of this
Commission of tranScendental importance for humanity,
o. B the one ON International Law.
Ricardo j. AlfarO is an outstanding representative of
democracy and intellect In the Americas. Besides being a
famous internationaliSt, of having contributed for three
decades to the Inter American development from different
positions, as delegate of his country to many conferences,
as lecturer ON the subject in well-knOwn universities of the
NOnuneh, as MINISTER OIL fOrelgn Relations OF his country
besides that, we repeat he is a man of solid humanist
culture. AS philolOgiSt and member of the Academy of
the Language, he has won great prestige throughout the
Spanish speaking world with his special Dictionary of An.
glicisms', of which THE AMERICAS DAILY has been
publishing an article in each edition, since 1853, for the
benefit of the readers who concern themselves with the
purity of the Spanish language.
In commenting this new triumph of the eminent Pana.
manian citizen, THE AMERICAS DAILY sincerely con.
graduates DIR. Ricardo ]. AlfarO, with the best wishes for
q participation i'm the International Law Commission as
brilliant as the one he had when, for the first time. that
important agency Of the United Nations began functioning.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
Perez Jimenez BIames Communist
Influence Over Venezuelan Govt.
Junta For Riots Against Nixon

WASHINGTON, (UP).-Ex-Dic-
tator Marcos Perez Jimenez of
Venezuela today blamed Com
munist influences" in Venezuela's
ruling junta for the recent stoning
of Vice President Richard M, Nix
on in Caracas.
Perez expressed this view in
an exclusive interview at Miami
Beach with Scripps-Howard re-
porter Jack Steele. His account OF
the interview appeared in today's
Scripps-Howard newspapers.
Perez told Steele he did not
mean that members of Venezue-
las ruling junta we're Commu-
nists themselves. But he said,
according to Steele, that they
were influenced and even took or
ders from Communists.
He said zone of the leaders OF
the Communist Party in Cara.
cas-, whom he identified as Ga.
llegos Mancera, was n OF those
who has much influence with the
present government.
The junta took control in Vene.
zuela after Perez was over
thrown in a bloody revolution and
fled last Jan. %. Anger over the
fact he was granted sanctuary in
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
TruiilIo Goes
Beck to School

HOLLYWOOD (UP)- Dominic
an playboy-G General Rafael Truji-
lilo Jr. packed up his epaulets Tues
day night and went back to Army
school leaving Kim Novak agl0w
with his praise and lavish gifts.
The blonde actress refused to
speculate on the possibility of
marriage to the 29-year-old Tru-
jillo, whose Hollywood spending
spree rivaled that of the movie
greats before income taxes.
Trujillo publicly declared his
love for Miss Novak on a televi-
sion program and said he plans to
return to Hollywood after he COM
pletes his military studies at the
US. Army General Staff School at
TT. Leavenworth, Kans.
Answering Trujillo's public dec
laration Of love, Kim cooed that
she liked General Trujillo from
the first moment we met"
"At this time there is nothing !
can add except my gratitude for
the many nice things he has said
about me" said Miss Novak.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
PARAGUAY's CAPITAL
MUST REMAIN SECRET

WASHINGTON (UP)- A State
Department order prohibiting in
telligence agents from telling the
name of Paraguay's capital to re-
porters came to light today.
The order, issued in 1858 and
recently rewritten, told personnel
of the departments bureau of in
telligence and research they
should steer completely clear of
reporters no matter how ''innocu-
Gus" their questions might seem.
Suppose, the order said, a news
man asked the name of the capital
of Paraguay. The proper reply, ac-
cording to the directive, would be
something along these lines:
Il am not the appropriate per.
son to answer your question. Let
me refer you to the press office
Of the department on Ext. 5501."
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
BRAZILIAN MINISTER
AGAINST DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH REDS

SAC PAULo, (UP).-Jose Car.
los de Maceo Soares, Foreign Mi
mister, said that Sin the present
circumstances he does not see any
advantage" in the renewal of di.
plomatic relations with Russia.
The minister issued the state
ment after a conference in which
he explained the agreements re.
Gently signed by Brazil with Bo.
livia,. Paraguay, Peru and Ecua-
dor.
He affirmed that Brazil main.
tanned commercial relations with
all the nations, Russia inclusive,
but that the trade with Russia has
been small.
Russia is not interested in our
agricultural products, he said,
"and we are not interested in hers
either. The machinery we have
bought by tradition from the Unit
ed States, Great Britain and Ger.
many, and l don't see any reason
for a change.
He also said he was ready to sup
port the creation of a South Amer.
lean block within the United Ma.
: tons ito prevent sxcess Of the
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
Jose Miro cadena

AS one more proof of his In
tegrity and straightforward con
duct, the distinguished Dean of
the Cuban Bar Association, Doc
tor Jose Miro Cardona, sent a
few days ago a timely and deco
rous letter to the Editor of THE
AMERICAS DAILY, which ap-
peared in the May 10th edition
of this newspaper.
In said letter, the renowned
Cuban jurist and political leader
-exiled to Miami recently
made a correction to some state
ments published as his in a local
paper and afterwards reproduc-
ed by THE AMERICAS DAILY
in accordance with transmissions
made by the press agencies. The
mentioned statesman was con-
cerned by a regrettable and in.
nocent confusion through which
he was quoted as saying that in
the fight being waged by the
Cuban people against the dicta-
torship about three thousand
intellectuals" have persisted.
With all the respect merited
by every human being, regard
less of his intellectual hierarchy,
DR.. Miro Cardona corrected in
his letter, with generous words
for those who involuntarily
made the error, and even blam-
ig it to his deficiency in the
English language, that among
the three thousand fallen in the
fight for Cuban democracy in
the last six years there. were
"some intelectuals''.
As DR.. Miro Cardona rightfully
says, 'the quality of the victims
in no way alters the heinous
fact, because all are Cubans
fighting for liberty. One thing
is important, and that is that
three thousand lives have been
sacrificed.
The letter of Qualification sent
by the Cuban jurist and political
leader reveals once more the
earnestness Of his actions, the
respect he feels for himself, the
equilibrium of his intellectual
capacity, of all that has to a
great extent built, through the
years, his vigorous personality
in and outside his country. This
rectification shows that he ac-
cepts no error, not even when in
a certain way it could psyche
logically be beneficial to- his
cause. OF course, attitudes such
as his give more value to the
cause and enhance his prestige
throughout, in proving his re-
gard for the truth.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
Reias Pinilla TO
Return Jewels

LAS PALMAS (UP)- Ex-Go-
lombian Dictator General Gustayo
Rojas Pinilla said here today that
he took away Colombia's Presi-
dental decorations when he was
ousted from power, but did it on
ly because of the hurry in which
he fled the country.
He said he planned to return
the jewelry, including the Great
Collar of San Carlos, when his Of
fetal term of office expires on
August Z.
Rejas Pinilla said he carried off
the jewels only because of my
hurried packing when l left the
country"
He gave no further details.
According to reports reaching
here the loss of the presidents de-
corations were not noted in Co.
lombia until the eve Of the inau-
guration of the nations new presi-
dent, Alberto Lleras.
It is customary, the reports said,
for an outgoing President to. hand
them over to his successor.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
DR.. Allure Gets
British Empires
High Decoration

PANAMA. The Government
Of Her Majesty, the Queen of
Englad, has bestowed one of the
highest decorations of Great Bri.
tain upon the ex-President Of the
Republic of Panama, DIR. Ricardo
]. Alfar0. In q ceremony at the
British Embassy, DR.. Alfaro re.
ceived the insignia of knight, Ho.
nOrary Commander of the Order
of the British Empire, a degree
next to the highest, which cor
responds to heads of State. That
order, according to reports from
London, is granted in q very limit.
ed form by tie British Crown.
Doctor AlfarO was recently elect.
ed as a member Of the Interna.
tional Law Committee of the Unit
ed Nations. Ha has been Presi-
dent of the Republic, Minister of
Foreign Relations, Head of the Pa
mammalian Diplomatic Mission in
Washington for several years, and
is a highly respected citizen in
his country.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
Latin American Finance
and Trade News Reports

to one point higher with sales of
II contracts.
Domestic No. 6 sugar closed one
point higher to one point lower
with sales of Is contracts.
Both markets ruled quiet and
mixed. Traders in the No. 4 con.
tract awaited raw market develop
ments and the unfolding of for
eign political news. Traders recall
ed that French housewives, at the
time of the Suez upset, absorbed
more than 100000 tons of sugar
on a boarding spree.
But other traders today felt pos.
sibility of world consumers build
ing up inventories seemed to be
discounted in face of the market
action.
Domestic futures continued in
active while traders awaited de.
velopments in the strike of Hawai-
ian sugar workers under way
since Feb. /. The overnight in
crease of 100000 tons in the do
mestic import quota also blunted
new buying interest.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
Dictatorship Of someza Brothers
Tries TO Bride Henduran Official

6, the Military Attache of the Nj
caraguan Embassy went to the air.
port, and requested the comman-
der, Reynaldo Oqueli, daily delive-
ry of the passenger lists, both in
and out, between Honduras and
Nicaragua, offering him 200 lem
piras a month, for the service,
which was rejected by the Hondu-
raj official.
Eel Dia" says that the Honduran
Government has ~photostatic copies
of documents and checks, in
amounts as high as $50 dollars,
given to persons in payment for
services as spies. of the dictator
ship of the Somoza brothers. , q
This attempt to bride an official,
as well as the activities of the EN-
bassy official, have nothing to do
with the problems connected with
the border dispute betwwn Mica
ragua and Honduras. They are the
exclusive result OF the fear of the
dynastic dictatorship that a revolu-
tionary movement of Nicaraguans
against the Somoza regime may
chrystalize.
This attempt by the Somoza
brothers, in the sense of bribing
H0nduran authorities and to estab-
fish activities tending to extend
ton against. the Managua Govern
ment, a reaction that, in a discreet
but categorical manner, is felt in
high Government circles. In no
time the Honduran attitude has
been against the Nicaraguan peo-
plo
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
U. S. ENVOY cORREcTS
STATEMENTS MADE BY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY

QUITO, (UP). Christian Ravn-
nal, United States ambassador, re
ported to have sent a cable to the.
Department Of State correcting the
statement of Assistant Secretary OF
State, Robert Murphy that "secu-
rity measures of we're responsible
for the failure of demonstrations
against Nixon.
Ravndal says that the principal
cause is that the Ecuadoreans are
civilized people and that when they
have to offer a reception to a
prominent man they forget all pc.
iitical differences or rivalries
showing their hospitality and nobi-
lity.n
"El Concrete" Ia an editorial
about the same subject expressing
its regret for the declarations Of
Murphy, calls tnese declarations
"far from reality" The most ex-
tense and strict defense would not
have been enough to prevent the
demonstrations against Nixon II
the people had been anxious 10
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
MEXICO
IN RURAL WELFARE

MEXICO CITY (UP)-- Mexico
could give lessons to al the world
in the terrain of rural social wei.
fare, Sushil X. Dey, special assist
ant to the director of the UN's
Food and Agriculture unit (FAO)
said today
Dey said the work of the Ma
tional Institute of nutrition was
without par, and praised efforts
made by the National Indian In
stitute to raise the standard Of
living of rural peoples Both CO.
operated to make Mexico a rural
welfare example he said, through
programs of distribution of select
ed seeds for crops, agricultural
development, and supervised cred.
it.
Dey is accompanying DR.. Her
nan Santa Cruz, of Chile, on an
inspection tour Of FAC rural vel
fare programs.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22

Florida has been blamed in part
for the attack on Nixon in Ca
racas.
"The same forces that helped
overthrow my government acted
against Vice President Nixon,
Perez told Steele.
when I was there the Commu-
mist Party was very active but
was a minority, Perez was quot
ed. Nov the Communist have
liberty to act and have their own
people in official capacities.
Steele said he interviewed the
ex-dictator Sin a small but hand
somely appointed office in the
swank home he recently bought
for a reputed $400, 000".
GAS we chatted. his bodyguards
-~off-duty Miami Beach policemen
with ass strapped to their belts
strolled unobtrusiyely outside the
door,, Steele said.
"What happened in Caracas was
the work not only of Venezuelan
communists, but of others who
were brought in from Peru and
other south American countries,
he said.
Steele asked if Perez had any
evidence to back up his charge
that communists were responsible
for the anti-Nixon riots in Ca
racas.
"You can tell the purpose of
the demonstrations by reading the
commentaries in communist and
Russian newspapers, he replied.
'"They were staged to show that
the United States is losing the
public opinion in South America.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22

SENATE COMMITTEE SEEKING CLOSER
COOPERATION WITH LATIN AMERICA

dents during the recent visit of
Vice President Nixon to South
America. Aiken is one of the seven
members of the Subcommittee for
Latin America
Aiken insisted that the Commit
tee is interested in "an extensive
study of our relations, not an in
vestigation of the incidents only.
He deplored the term "investiga-
ton given to the projected work
of the Committee, because ut i'm
plies we r trying to blame some
body for the incidents, when it
is possible that we all have some
responsibility, in allowing our po-
licies toward Latin America be
missinterpreted".
Other members of the Commit
tee said that, contrary to the case
of previous studies about Latin
America, the Committee has now
a program of wide scope, in which
a careful survey will be. made of
political, economic and cultural re.
lations, with special Importance
given to new forms for explain
ing U. S. policies to the Latin
American countries.
Senator Wayne Morse declared
that the investigation may take
months, and expressed great fear
of the Russian economic penetra-
ton in South America, adding
that it is evident that the Monroe
Doctrine cannot be applied against
it.
Fhe Subcommittee to investigate
u. S. Latin American relations in.
cludes Morse, republican senators
Bourke H ic k e n 10 OPP n, George
Aiken and Homer Capehart, and
democrats John Sparkmen and
John Kennedy.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
Treasures Of Per0
Exhibited in Parfs

PARIS tUP). The exposition OF
Treasures Of PERU, showing mo
re than two thousand objects Of
Incaic art, was inaugurated in the
Petit Palais, with a ceremony pre-
sided by the Peruvian ambassador
Hector Boza.
ALI the Latin American arnba-
ssadors and the Spanish ambassa.
dol Condo de Casa Rojas, atten-
ded and about 400 more specially
invited.
Eduardo Dibos, president of the
Lima Touring Club, opened the
act, the Education Minister Folio
wing. He praised the exhibition,
and later ambassador Boza repre-
senting president Manuel Prado
spoke thanking the French autho.
rites for having facilitated the
means for exhibition.
President Prado expressed rec
for not having been able TO attend
personally as he had in mind.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
II EMpERATURE
.-4g e~em08gF@dle
Continental Expectancy

Throughout the Hemisphere,
particularly in Latin America,
and there, mainly in those coun-
tries where there is an absence
of authentic republicanism, there
is marked anxiety to. know the
degree of the more or less an.
nounced turn of the Inter-Amer-
lean policy of the United States,
as refers to the future of con.
tinentaI democracy.
The debates taking place ia
the U. S. Congress and the
statements made by Vice-Presi-
dent Nixon regarding his con-
t%roversial tour through South
America have created this con-
tinental expectancy.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22

WASHINGTON. May "a. (UP)
- Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles has invited the ENJOYS Of
the 20 Latin American nations tC
meet with him tomorrow for an in.
formal exchange of views on the
world situation, presumably with
special attention to recent develop.
ments in the Western Hemisphere
1t is believed that he will report
to them on the recent meeting of
Nato Council Ministrs at Copenha-
gen, and other international con-
situations he has undertaken in re-
cent months.
The unexpected m e e ii n g was
scheduled for tomorrow at Dull
les office at the State Depart
ment. Many ENJOYS were pleasant
ly surprised to receive the State
Department call asking them to
join the Secretary for an informal
exchange of views.
Thus Dulles was resuming the
practice of comforting with the
Latin diplomats in the wake of
attending an international confer
ence a practice he had suspend
ed for several months. The Secre-
tary, who returned last week from
a Nato Council meeting at Co.
penhagen, yesterday cited the
meetings with the Ambassadors as
an example of how he remains in
close tough with Latin American
matters.
The diplomats expected Dulles
to brief them on the Nato meeting
as well as on several other interna.
tioHal consultations in which he
has engaged in recent months
without AFTERWARDS giving them ac-
counts OF the events as he did
after other conferences last year.
The last time Dulles met with
the ENJOYS was after the Paris
Nato meeting in December where
he proposed closer contacts be-
tween Nato, the Organization of
American States and other free
world regional alliances.
In addition to- discussing the gen.
eral international picture, Dulles
is expected to concentrate on the
recent trip to South America of
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
and on various problems Of Inter
American relations focused by that
visit.
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
CLOSER COOPERATION
SOUGHT BY SENATE

Meanwhile, Republican Senator
George Aiken, prominent member
of the Senate's Foreign Relations
Committee, has expressed hope
that the study of U. S. relations
with the Latin American Repub-
lies by the Committee will lead
to a general Improvement of the
Government policies toward the
Latin American countries.
"Our real purpose is the pro-
motion of closer cooperation with
our Latin American friends,
Aiken declared in an interview
with the United Press, after the
Committee authorized a special
study of U. S. - Latin American
relations, as a result Of the Incl
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22

Tegucigalpa- The newspaper
Gel Dia" of this city, publishes a
report saying that espionage acti-
vities of the Nicaraguan Govern
ment in Honduras, in particular in
Tegucigalpa in the last few days,
has increased, and that in those
activities there are some Hon
durans participating, and calls
them anti-patriotjc.
The well-known newspaper, edit
ed by attorney Julian Lopez Pine
da, continues saying that on May
Diario las Américas., 1958-05-22
Construction Funds Approved
For Bridge Over Panama Canal

WASHINGTON (UP)- The
House Appropriations Committee
recommended SIG, $3.50, 900 for Can
al Zone Government operating ex-
penses for 1850. The a~ount is
$580,000 more than last year but
1891 900 less than requested.
The committee report said the
amount will provide increases of
$50, 900 for the assumption of
operating responsibility by the Ca
nal Zone Government for the Mi
raflores bridge, for repairs to That
cher Highway, for educational pro-
grams and for hospitals and clinics.
Also, in an unusual move, the
committee report paid the follow
ing high compliment to Gov. w. E.
Potter:
"The committee was impressed
with the excellent presentation of
the appropriation details by the
Governor at this years hearing
and the quality of the supporting
Notifications. 1t is obvious that
the Governor and his staff are
giving careful attention to the pro-
blems of administering the affairs
Of the Canal Zone"
The committee recommended
IS, 600, 900 for capital outlay -
an increase of So, 000,0 90 over 49,
So but 81, 300, 900 less than request
ed.
This fund will provide for con-
version Of a navy barracks into a
high school at Coco Solo, and con
version of another navy barracks
In the same vicinity for use as an
elementary school.
The full request of $685. 900
was approved for construction of
ne Panama Canal bridge, and an
amount of 81, 800, 900 was approved
for administrative expenses of the
Panama Canal Company.