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, 1958-05-12
r. Baldwin Suggests
Legis. Contact Secy
Section on Org. Act

Roger Baldwin, head of the
American Civil Liberties
Union, has written to Senator
Aubrey Anduze, President Of
the Virgin Islands Senate as
follows:
Judge Maris and l had a
talk the other day with the
Assistant Secretary of the IN
terror, who is in charge of ter
ritorial matters for Mr.. Seaton.
He was entirely sympathetic
personally, but said that, of
course, policy matters had to
be decided by the Secretary
after comforting with his col
Continued on page A.
, 1958-05-12
Peruvian Government
Stdrts Curb
On Communists

AS a direct result of the at
tack on Vice President Rich
ard Nixon recently, the Peru
Wan Government began a
breakdown on Communists.
Herman Guerrinino, Govern
ment security director, an
nounced that a full ~investiga-
ton is under way and said it
probably will be followed by
measures necessary to quell
the Communist menace.
The four morning news
papers at Lima, pro-govern-
ment and opposition alike,
Joined in denouncing those
who staged the antiNixon de-
monstration, W h e n stones
were thrown and the US. Vice
President was spat upon.
The students federation at
San Marcos University also is
sued a statement c~ondemning
the violence and rejecting re-
ports that the students them
selves engaged in the "bar-
barrie" acts.
, 1958-05-12
WILLIAM SEEtEY SUBMITS 1O-YEAR
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM

A ten-year Essential Public Works Program in which the
insular government recommends an expenditure of $8,604 400
was released by Coordinator for Essential Public Works Pro
iects, William Seeley. Depending on the availability Of funds
the program might be boosted to $13O00,000
, 1958-05-12

the program ml9nC De DoCSLeQ
Tn proposed plan, offered as
a guide, is designed to provide
an orderly development pro
gram for essential projects on
the islands Mr.. Seeley said. In
writing this program the fu-
ture emergencies and changes
cannot be foreseen and it is
realized that some projects
will need changes and some
others will be discarded en-
tirely as future developments
warrant, he added.
The basic So million dollars
will include airport repairs
and improvements, waterfront
improvements, re-surfacing
existing roads and building
new roads and streets, extern
sion of sewer and salt water
E- t
and potable water system,
maintenance t Q historical
buildings, schools and office
buildings and the improve
ment of recreation parks.
An intensive program of
road development and street
improvement is recommended
throughout the Virgin Islands.
$412 million is recommended
to be spent on new streets
and roads and $2A million on
1esurfacing existing ones.
If sufficient funds are avail
able above the Eight Million
Dollar Program it is recon-
mended that a series Of pro-
jects be created or improved.
Types of projects listed for ST.
Thomas to cost an additional
$4,87O,OOO, thus boosting the
entire program proposed to
$13,474,4OO.
The types of projects for St.
Thomas in this secondary pro-
, 1958-05-12
Caribbean Tourist
Association Convenes
In Cubd MdY IL

gram include airport improve Twenty : sever
ments $500, 900, incinerator countries of the
$4,000 abbatoir 100000, fire will be Representa-
fighting improvements $40, 1000, ish Guiana official!
dock$3O, 900 schools $500, 900 Constitution and
and recreation Fairgrounds new Member {
S275,0 OO. Colombia will par
Proposed expenditure for year and it is hoE
St. Croix projects in the sec as a member.
ondary program include air Air France, Brit
port improvement $500, 900, dian Anyways, anc
Christiansted dock $1,000 200, Line will this yea
incinerator 100000, abbatoir as Active Member
$4,000, recreation p + a y The Association
grounds $15O,OOo, fire fighting sent time has |
improvements 5000, 900, schools among Governm
$3.50, 900. p~ortation Compar
Less projects are listed for Shops, Restaural
st. John. However the plan Agents, etc.
e~nvisions air travel direct to Orencio Nodarse
that island and for this posi- for Cuba, will in
bility the sum of $780, 900 is re- Cuban Governm'
commended to be spent in who will official
1862 for building an airport Meeting.
there with the help Of CAA AS a result OF
matching funds; dock improve changes last year
ment $40, 900, incinerator $685. Board of Officers,
600, fire fighting facilities $780, tez earle OF Puer
900, and schools 100000. President OF GA,
. -
, 1958-05-12

AS a result of constitutional
changes last year, creating a
Board of Officers, Rafael Benz
tez earle of Puerto Rico, the
President of CTA, will preside
and give a report on the As
ISOLATION.
Discussion will be held on
the Executive Directors Re
port of activities of CTA Office
and its Members during 1857.
Peter Grimm will speak. at
the closing banquet Of eta on
"Travel-A Medium of Inter
national Understanding"
He is President of Intercon-
tinental Hotels Corporation, a
major United States operator
of overseas hotels.
Continued on page ~
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
Popular Bank Of Colombia Considers
Reorganization After Serious Crisis

BOGOTA, Feb -(UP)- Gil
berto Arrange Londono, Manager
of Banco Popular, announced con-
fidence in the Bank was totally
re-established after getting go and
a half million pesos from National
Government. He said that two
days after this was done condi-
tionS in all Departments of the
Bank, in this country and abroad
especially in Ecuador, are normal
and that deposits are increasing
in some branches.
Arrange expressed that normali-
ty is up as shown by influx of de-
posts of current accounts and for
payments of pending accounts
with the Bank. He adds he feels
optimistic in regard to the imme-
dlate future of the Institution.
Meanwhile, the Directors of the
Bank began to think about its re-
organization, which was ordered
by the National Government after
depositing 90 and a half million
pesos to guarantee the term of de-
posts and savings of its depositors
The Government disposed that
the Banco Popular must exclusive
ly dedicate its activities in the fu-
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
Economic Showdown in
Cuba Reported by the
Journal of Commerce

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 -(UP)-
The Wall Street Journal in a sur
vey of Cuba says, the Castro re-
volt, foul weather, the us. recess
sion and the tourist slump have
caused a showdown.
The number of Havana's first
class hotel rooms has now risen
from 800 to 1850, the survey says.
The total new hotel construction
is estimated at $40 million.
However, because of bad wealth
err and the business recession in
the US, the new Havana Riviera
is only 70 percent full. Another
new hotel, the Capri which cost
six million dollars and has 10
stories has been running at so to
IS percent capacity.
The Hotel Nacional is go per-
cent filled against 80 percent of
last year. Two floors have been
closed.
However the article points out
that many us. companies are ex-
panding their Cuban operations.
These include Reynolds metals,
Goodyear Tires, 1T. and T., the
American and Foreign Power Co.,
The Texas Company, the Ovens
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04

ture to attend to the credit of Ia
borers, employees and small push
ness and induStrialists. Complying
with this order the Directors are
studying a readlustment of the
Institution, one of them declared.
The Directors of the Bank pub.
lished, ads in the newspapers of
the nation thanking their deposit
orS for the unlimited confidence
bestowed upon them in their diff
ficult emergency which is over.
Rumors were heard in financial
circles that the difficult situation
OF Banco Popular would force
them to take some measures. Fin.
ance Minister, JESUS Maria Maru-
landa initiated the revision of its
situation according to the balance
of last December, and submitted
a report to the Military Junta and
to the Council of Ministers.
The Government elected the ex-
IRENE way to refinance the Bank
alloting Z per cent of the Nation
present budget, excepting the al
location for education, imposing
upon the Directors the obligation
of a total reorganization.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
A TO
c CRANES

WASHINGTON Companhia
Nacional de Navegacao Costeira,
q aforementioned coastal ship
ping line, has requested bids for
the supply of three electric cranes,
completely equipped, having the
following specifications: On portal
type, for hosting 20 tons in a 80
meter radius and 80 tons in a 20
meter radius, height 25 meters,
gage $40 meters; one for hosting
$40 tons in a radius of 80 meters,
height Is meters, gage 5 meters;
and one for hosting S tons in a
radius of 20 meters, height Is
meters, gage 5 meters.
The electric current available
at the site where the cranes are
to be used is now 220 volts, direct
current, but will be converted
later to 22O-380 volts, so cycles,
alternating current. Prices are re.
quested for cranes using both d.
rect and alternating current.
Bids must be submitted through
authorized agents in Brazil on or
before March IS, 1858, at the fol-
lowing address: Divisao de Com
pras, Avenida Rodrigues Alves
BOB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04

nounced in New York it has re-
ceived an order for SO million of
equipment for three rolling mills
in Venezuela's first integrated
steel plant, now being built near
Puerto Ordaz.
The $343 million Orinoco steel
mill is now under construction by
Innocent Sc, of Milan, Italy.
HOPPE TO REPRESENT
"MOMENTO" OF CARACAS
WASHINGTON - S. S. Hopper
and Company, of New York City,
have been appointed exclusive ad-
vertising representatives in the U.
S. for the publication "Momento,"
a national home magazine pub
lished and distributed in Venezue.
la.
Momento's present circulation is
$4,000 copies, but with the own.
ers of tht Maracaibo magazine,
Panorama" Joining in its owner.
ship and management, "Momento'
expects to soon have q circulation
Of $4,000.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
PERU'S LIVING COST
CONTINUES TO RISE

LIMA. opp According to
data of the National Bureau of
Statistics, the cost of living in
Lima rose 6.87% in 1857, above
that of 1855.
Foodstuffs contributed the most
part to the increase, with $3.50
Rents rose 2.9%; clothing APO;
and varied expenses 4.9%.
1t is estimated that a working
family of the middle class of that
OF a laborer spends around $50
OF their income on food. {.
Living costs have been increas-
ed mainly due to the increased
cost of some imported construction
materials.
The clothing increase is attribut-
ed, for the most part, to the re-
establishment of strong p~rotectio.
nistic custom tariffs.
Among varied expenses, the
most important increases have
been in medicine, national as well
as that from abroad, travel and
movie prices, as well as other
amusement events.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
Latin American News IN Brief

erations when the new school year
opens Feb. 6, Education Minister
Jose Angel Cericeros said today.
This is an increase of 26 schools
and more than 1000 teachers over
the figures for last year, when the
number of pupils was about 675,
900.
Education officials said all chill
dren will be taken care of and cal.
led on parents not to stand in
long lines to- register their chill.
dren as "there will be room for
everybody.
In past years, many parents
stood in lines for many hours be.
fore registration time for fear of
not finding room for their chill.
dren.
Registration will start JAN. 81
and end Feb. 8
An estimated $4,000 children
were unable to attend schools last
year for lack Of facilities, but edu-
cation officials said today that the
construction of new schools by the
Federal District Government, the
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
COSTA RTCAN ELECTIONS, A TRIUMPH
FOR DEMOCRACY

Although at this writing we do not have as yet complete
official results of last Sundays elections in Costa RIGA,
there is enough reason to consider them as a triumph for
democracy, both because of the clean electoral process in
which they were held, and the order which prevailed dur
ing the voting.
AS 1t is well known, a committee of observers recon.
mended by the United Nations Organization, at the request
OF the costa Rican Government, supervised the elections,
ana the opposition party-which appears to have won
always admitted that the Government was impartial in
everything related to the electoral campaign.
II, as expected the result is to faithfully reflect the
will of the Costa Rican people, and President Figueres'
successor is the citizen favored by the majority of his
fellow citizens, this will represent an encouraging example
OF political maturity not only for Costa RIGA, where it is
q common and natural occurrence, but for some others
OF the Latin American countries, where return to de-
mOcracy and republican presidential succession are ur-
gently needed.
No matter who wins in the Costa Rican elections, the
fact that they were held with the order and SObriety
corresponding to a freedom loving people, can be scored
as a victory for the people.
necessary that the opposition candidate wins in order not
to question the honesty of the elections. And the only
one with the right to say If there was fraud or not are
not the interested parties themselves, but the people, whose
only interest should be that their will be respected. And
In Costa Rica, so far, nobody has expressed doubt about
the honesty of the Electoral Tribunal and the Impair
TALLY of the Government.
For the political prestige of Central America which
has been partly hurt-the events in Costa Rica are highly
significant, in particular If the Guatemalan problem is
solved once and for all in the civilized and democratic
manner indicated in the pact signed by Ydfgoras Fuentes
of the Honduran people, which resulted in the inaugu-
ration of DIR. Ramon Vileda Morales as President. In
Ell Salvador there is no reason to doubt that democracy is
fuctioning there, which no doubt, will be demonstrated
when the moment comes to choose a new President at
the polls.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04

with the Soviets for the space con.
quest, attention must be paid in.
tead to the most vital problems
confronting many nations of the
Western Hemisphere. The ambas-
sador made these statements to
theUnited Prtss.
Puga said that the launching of
a satellite by the United States a
few months after the Soviets shows
a lack OF competitive scientific
sense. "We must know that it is
useless trying 10 win a scientific
race; the future welfare of man.
kind is based only in the mutual
cooperation and not in COMPETE
tom.
"The real strength of the United
States rests In the admirable
standard of living achieved within
liberty and democracy for its peo-
pie This is not endangered by a
chronological show of the Soviets,
realized through hardships and mis-
cry of millions Of people,.
Puga said the United States
must double its efforts for a bet
ter living Of lis southern neigh.
bors.
This could pc accomplished in.
creasing the economic help under
a bilateral basis through the Or.
ganization of American States 20.
A.S.)
He expressed hopes the United
States will do with Latin America
as it did with the four Arab coun-
tries of the Bagdad Pact to which
a promise of $4,000, 10000 10. was
made.
He said that amount offered by
Secretary of Safes Dulles last week
at Angora is about twice the an
nual budget Of the GAS. He also
expressed hopes the United States
will take the initiative in the par.
tial disarmament of Latin America
with the same arguments used
with the Near East Nations.
Puga referred also to Dulles
statement in Angora that great
military bases r not compatible
with the economic welfare.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
Echandi Leading in Costa RIGA

SAN JOSE, Costa RIGA -(UP)
= Conservative Mario Echandi,
who would reverse the welfare
state policies of President Jose FL
gueres, took a strong lead today
in mounting returns from Sun
days presidential elections.
Incomplete official returns gave
Echandi 34,308 votes to 8,158 for
government candidate Francisco
Orlich and 7.027 for Jorge Rossi,
an independent. The returns rep
resented about 20 per cent of the
total vote.
Teen-aged supporters of Echan-
di tangled traffic with an election
eering demonstration in down.
town San Jose Sunday, but no
serious violence married the cleo
ton.
The Government, evidently, did
everything possible to insure clean
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04

two projects, signed by the Presi-
dent of the Republic, increasing
import duties OH merchandise.
One of the projects adds to the
tariff duties fifty per cent for the
needed merchandise but not indis-
pensable, and one hundred per-
cent for the rest of the merchan-
disc, except ~foodstuffs, medicines,
articles indispensable for educa-
tional purposes and those free of
dutits
The other project extends for
two years the effects of the the
article of the law that raises the
tax of the textile industry twenty
per cent of the original value of
the installations and equipments,
1t also authorizes the Executive to
establish an ad valorem tax up to
fifty per cent or the price FOB.
of various items on textiles goods,
imported and establishes a duty
of twelve soles for each kilo of the
artificial textile fibres and wastes
of those eibres
Both plans snow that the great
est income obtained with the pro-
jected increase in specific impor-
tation duties, will be applied to
cover the deficits of the budgets
of 1856 and 1857.
Later on, a deposit will be made
in the Reserve Bank to establish
a special fund uf monetary estabi-
lization.
Both projects after having been
discussed, were turned over to the
Finance Committees for their ap
proval.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04

elections. Three neutral observers
recommended by the United Ma
lions, started working early, OBJ
serving voting procedures.
Voting took place in 1913
granted to them in 1858.
voting place had to mark his left
Guiding 247 in the capital, which
were mostly in the schools.
Each voter HAD to leave a print
of his or her right thumb in the
ballot, and before leaving the
voting place had to mark his lift.
hand forefinger with violet indeli-
BILE ink.
Fhere were about the same
number of men and women voters
The great number of women was
an indication that they were exer.
cising with enthusiasm the right
granted to them in 1853.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
Constitutional Guarantees
Suspended in Peru; Army
Civil Guard Hats.
CIVIL GUARD STRIKE IN 3 CITIES
CALLED "MUTINY" BY GOVERNMENT

AREQUIPA, Feb. 8 up Ar.
my soldiers stormed this morning
the barracks il which policemen
of the Civil Guard had entrenched
themselves, after declaring a
strike last Saturday, in support of
their demand of salary increases.
This movemtnt was supported
later by the Civil Guard in Cuzco
and Trujillo, and for that reason
the Government last night dcreed
suspension of constitutional qua
rantees in the country for 80 days,
considering that these movements
constitute "acts of insubordina-
ton affecting public order which
are an, attempt against the state
of rights enjoyed by the country.
The Arequipa strikers offered
no resistance, hut about two hun
dred of them sought refuge in the
Church OF Santo Domingo.
The political counselor of the
Arequipa strikers was arrested.
A chief of the Civil Guard in
Lima said the movement in the 3
southern cities could not be con-
sidered as a strike, which cannot
be accepted in any police force,
but a mutiny.
The General Command of the
Civil Guard has exhorted the strik-
ing guards to change their atti-
tude, and the Government reor-
gained the Arequipa Command
since the beginning of the strike.
INCREASE DECREED
ON IMPORT DUTIES
LIMA, Feb. -(UP)- The Fl.
nance Minister sent to the Senate
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
More U. S. Attention to Hemisphere
Economic Needs Suggested by Envoy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -(UP)
= Chilean Ambassador, Mariana
Puga, has suggested to the United
States to keep busy in the solu.
ton of the economic needs of the
Western Hemisphere instead of
competing in the conquest of
space with the Soviets.
Puga declared that the real dan
ger of United States consists in
the commercial and theological Of
fensive the Soviets have started in
Latin America and in other under
developed regions of the world.
Il am firmly convinced he
said = that instead of concentrate
ing their attention in competing
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04

Illinois Glass Company and the
FireStone Tire and Rubber Co.
SNS&INsESES SsSS3
Returning again to the hotel
subject, the Wall Street Journal
says that the Havana Hilton which
will open in March 81 the most
spectacular. Its 80 stories have $50
rooms. This is being financed by a
Cuban labor union, the "Gastron6-
micoS", which put up SO million
and borrowed $13 million from
the Government to complete the
financing.
On the gambling in the hotel ca
sinos the article says it has made
a "splashy if not oversuccessful
start. The gambling rooms are
described as the equal of those at
Las Vegas, Nevada, but returns so
far have not been up to expecta-
tons.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
MEXICO'S COTTON
PRODUCTION UP

WASHINGTON -Mexico's cot
ION production during 1888 is
currently estimated at 2,014,000
bales $500 pounds gross), up 10
per cent from the 1867 crop of
100000, and the second highest
crop on record, according to the
Foreign Agricultural Service, us.
Department of Agriculture.
Production in 1856 was $3.50,
600 bales. Cotton acreage for 1857
SO is estimated at $3.50, 900 acres,
up Z per cent from the 1867
area of 2,096, 900 acres.
Diario las Américas., 1958-02-04
Brazil Now in
"a Period Of
Tranquility,
KUbitschek Says

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 8 (UP)
President Juscelino Kubitschek
told his cabinet Brazil has enter
ed a period of unprecedented
tranquility" in which the violence
of the past has become merely
an unpleasant memory of forces
which threatened to turn the peo-
Piles despair into a blood bath"
In a review o. his first two years
in office, Kubitschek said 81 can
say without boasting that / have
dedicated myself unswervingly to
peace within the Brazilian family"
He said that political struggles are
natural.
"There can be no democracy
without politica struggle, without
can clash of ideas and interests.
But the struggle is now contained
within the just limits of coexist-
ence of all forces within the coun-
try the President declared. He
said consolidation of Brazilian de-
mocracy was due primarily to the
peoples desire for peace and the
priceless collaboration of the arm
ed forces"
He declared that one of the main
causes of disorder in the past was
interference of government auth.
critics in local election campaigns
and promised that during the com
ing congressional voting he would
keep hands off.
"It is not the function of Govern
ment to intervene in elections or
favor one party against another"
he said. After reviewing the ac-
compliShments of his administra-
ton, Kubistchek said: much re-
mains to be corrected or revised
but the essentials are being mex
orably carried forward. Our pro-
gram will change the face of Bra.
Kubitschek said "and you may
be assured that within a short time
Brazil will cease to be a land of the
future and become a land of the
present" the President who as
sembled his cabinet at 7 A.. M. in
his summer residence in Petropo-
lis apologized fol- the early time
but added I'VE cannot enter
through the doors of tomorrow
sleeping"