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Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06

1t In an arbitrary manner, by unilateral action, a foreign
government tries to impose supervision of the elections
being held in a country, it would be a violation of the SOW.
ereIgnty OF that State, whose internal affairs cannot be
SubOrdinated to any action of that nature, no matter what
reasons the intervening government may put forward.
1t is different when the supervision is the result of
agreement between the Government of a State and an
international agency worthy of the confidence of all the
other States in the world.
A supervision exercised in accordance with all modern
nOrmS OF civilization by the United Nations Organization, or
the Organization of American States, in agreement with
an American Government, for example, does not violate
in the least the sovereignty of the State where the elections
are supervised. of course, the UNO and the GAS exercise
multiple functions that could not be accepted within a
closed and Outdated sense Of classic sovereignty.
Collective Action tending to encourage development
of democracy is as necessary, or at least as iuStniable, as
any other collective action in the part of a community of
states to help any of its members to achieve benefits in
the economic, cultural or any other field of endeavOr con.
nected with the ~wellbeing of the people.
Collective Action agreed upon among the States,
adjusted to the spirit and the letter of international Con.
VentiOnS in favor of any of the members of a community,
is convenient for the country which receives ii and, on
last analysis, is also healthy for all the peoples united by
the juridical Instruments which made collective action
possible. s-esa
This Collective Action is completely different from
that which historically has been defined as Intervention.
of nOn-interventiOn, it is possible to practice, and should
noble ideals and sober dOctrinal concepts which have e-
tabliShed themselves during the last decades by the gene
rOsity of their purposes and their convenience for humanity.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
Charged With Murder in Sale Of
Poisoned Alcohol 10 Puerto Ricdns

Police were at first stymied in
their search for the alcohol source
because the early victims reached
hospitals unconscious and died
without being able to tell where
they bought the vicious drink.
Bronx detectives said they re-
ceived information Rodriguez had
supplied some Of the wood alcohol
to neighborhood bootleggers, who
mixed it with fruit juice or soda
pop before peddling it to their
slum customers. .
QUICK PROFIT
With Hoboken officers, they
went to his home Tuesday night
and waited for him to return. He
implicated Padin, they said, who
was taken into custody at his home.
Police said Psdin was a machine
operator for a chemical company
at Carlsbad, N. j., from which he
stole the poison alcohol for a
quick $420 profit.
Most of the victims of the poi
son bootleg were Puerto Rican re-
sidents of Spanish Harlem, a sec-
ton where illegal but usually
harmless, liquor is widely distribut
ed. A door by-door search of the
section netted police gallons of
bootleg and moonshine alcohol and
at least one flourishing still, but
most of it was non-poisonous. =
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06

at least three persons were killed
and two injured in scattered rebel
violence in the past "a hours.
v Mar. 5. CUP. - The
Catholic Church is strictly neutral
in the political conflict Of the
country, but considers that the
formation of a national unity 60
vernment, representative of all in
terests, can smooth the way for
a return to normally.
This statement was made by
Mons. Alberto Martin Villaverde,
Bishop of Matanzas, spokesman for
the Episcopate.
Meanwhile, at the headquarters
Of His Eminence Manuel Cardinal
Arteaga, Archbishop of Cub a,
denial was made of a rumor that
the Episcopate will issue another
statement as soon as the new ca
binet of President Batista is an
nounced. 1t was pointed out that
the signers of the first document
returned already to their diOceSeS.
To clear up the rumor, Mons. vi
llaverde said:
when in the ~exhortation Of the
Episcopate to all Cubans strug-
Cling in different opposing groups,
the urgency of effective solutions
is pointed out, later it is indicated
that, with sacrifices in the part
of those who truly love Cuba, inte-
grafton of a Government of Ma
tional Union could be achieved; it
is then being said, without doubt,
that this may be the most effec-
tive, the soundest way, that
which has most virtue in the
search for peace, to cease this fra
tricidal struggle,
"The Episcopate maintains STRIFE
thy the position corresponding to
it: to watch for the common well
fare; to eXhort to peace, 10 felte-
rate the creedS and general prin-
cipleS of the Church, which are
we'll known, and in pointing out
the possible establishment OF a
national union government, a
simple principle is applied. In case
such a government is established,
as a result of agreement among
the opposing parts in the strug-
gle, that body could prepare the
return to cour country of a peace
full and normal political life.
The EpiSeopate's explanation
was made in view of efforts by the
press to get more details on the
ecclesiastical peace formula.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
Opposes Plan for
Arms Limitation in Latin
America at OAS Council
Disarmament is World Problem That
Can't be Treated on Regional Basis
Mexico Will Support Any Measure Applied
TO all Nations, QUinfoniIIo Declares

WASHINGTON, March S. (UP).
Mexico opposed today a Costa Ri
can disarmament plan on the
grounds that it would threaten the
sovereignty of the Latin American
nations and conflict with United
Nations disarmament efforts.
Discussion of the issue took
place in the Council of the Orga-
nization of American States.
Mexican Ambassador Luis Quin-
tanilla told the Council that disar-
mament is a universal problem
that cannot be treated on an re-
gional basis.
A Costa Rican proposal offered
by Ambassador Gonzalo Facio
calls on Latin America to limit
conventional weapons and devote
more money to economic and So
cial projects.
Quintanilla charged in a prepar-
ed text that the Costa Rican pro-
posal had not been adequately
studied and that a debate could
only by premature and cratic.
He suggested that the Costa Ri.
can Foreign Ministry should have
sounded out the other Latin
American countries first before Of
fering the proposal to the Coun-
ell.
Quintanilla made clear that his
Government is opposed to any ar
mament restriction in Latin Amer
lea that excludes the United States
and other world powers.
The envoy commended that such
a step was contrary to the prin-
ciple of collective security enun-
ciated in the Rio Treaty.
Quintanilla began his remarks
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
WORLD BANK LOANS TO FOUR
LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

The World Bank released a
statement of its principal activities
from July l, 1857 to January 81,
1858, supplementing the Twelfth
Annual Report.
Latin American countries receiv-
ing loans within that period, were:
BRAZIL = Electric Power Loan
of $13.4 million 20-year 5 SO
per cent loan of January %, 1858
to the USinas Electricas do Para
napanema S. A. (USELPA).
The loan will help to finance
the construction of q dam
Jurumirim on the Paranapanema
River, an IS, O0O-kilowatt power sta
ton, and 100 miles of transmission
lines with associated installations.
The area served by USELPA is
in south-central Brazil where eco
nomic development has been ham
pered in recent years by lack OF
sufficient power. USELPA will sell
the power from its plants to five
private utilities which serve a large
area in the State of Sac Paulo,
and to the electrified Sorocabana
Railroad, one of the principal
freight links between the agri-
cultural area inland and the in
dustrial center of Sac Paulo City.
Amy surplus power will be sold
to the system which supplies pow
er to the city of Sac Paulo.
CHILE - Loans for Coal Pro
duction: $12.2 million 15-year 5
"a per cent loan of July "a, 1857
to the Compania Carbonifera y de
Fundicion Schwager and Corpora
ci6n de Fomento de la Production.
S9.6 million 15-year 5 "a per cent
loan of July "a, 1857 to the Com
pania Carbonifera e Industrial de
Lota and Corporation de Fomen-
to de la Production.
The two loans will be used to
modernize and expand the mining
operations of Schwager and Lota,
two privately-owned Chilean COM
panies. Chilean coal now accounts
for about one-fourth of the coun-
try's total energy supply. The
Schwager and Lota companies pro-
duce about 90 per cent of all the
coal mined in Chile, and the mod
e~rnization and expansion of their
operations is essential if Chile is
to continue to produce most of its
own coal requirements.
ECUADOR - Highway Loan:
$14.5 million 20-year S "a per
cent loan of September 20, 1857
to Ecuador.
The loan is for the construc-
ton of four key roads and a four
year road maintenance program.
Improved transportation is a prere-
quisite to Ecuador's further eco
nomic growth, and the measures
pow being taken to improve the
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
Law TO Have Direct
Service TO Mexico

MEXICO, (UP). - A Venezue-
Ian Airline claw pilot said that
negotiations for the establishment
of a direct service between Mexico
and Venezuela have started.
Captain Joffre Wales said that
negotiations between the Venezue-
Ian and the Mexican COM
pany have progressed and that
probably before the end of the
year" the service between this Ca
pitaI and Caracas will be inaugu-
rated.
For a long time, he said, we
have been interested in the pos
sibility to extend our flights to
Mexico. The Venezuelan Air Pos
tai company extends its service TO
the United States and Europe and
only Mexico remains to include In
our routes. &
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
Latin American Finance
and Trade News Reports

national road network can be ex-
pected to have ~far-reaching effects.
The four roads to be built will
have a total length of $50 miles.
Power Loan: SIS million 20-year
5 "a per cent loan of September
20, 1857 to the Empresa Electrica,
Quito, S. A.
This is the second S. million
loan made by the Bank to Empresa
to help finance a project for the
expansion of facilities to overcome
an acute shortage of electric pow
er in Quito and its suburban area.
The project for which the earlier
loan was made has now been re-
vised to provide more power both
for immediate needs and for the
future.
Railway Loan: $500, 900 4-year
6 per cent loan of November l,
1857 to Ecuador.
The loan will be used by the
Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Es-
tado Estate Railways to improve
the services on the Quito-D Duran
railway line, the most important
railway link in Ecuador. This line
carries most of the grain, petro.
leum and other bulk goods need
ed in the interior, and provides
an outlet to the tropical coastal
plain for agricultural produce from
the Sierra.
MEXICO Electric Power
Loan: $11 million 20-year 5 SO
per cent loan of January IA, 1858
to the Mexican Light and Power
Company Limited (Mexlight).
The loan will finance the cost Of
imported equipment required by
Mcknight to increase the general
ing capacity of its power plants by
about $4,000 kilowatts, or about
one-sixth, and to extend its trans
mission and distribution systems.
The expansion being undertaken
includes the addition of an 80 ,4OO-
kilowatt unit to the sc, 000-kilo-
watt Lecheria thermal plant
(Which was built with the help of
an earlier Bank loan); the addi-
ton of 1880 kilowatts to the cap
acity of the Nonoalco thermal
plant; and the further extension of
Mexlight's transmission and distri-
button networks.
The area served by Mcknight is
the chief governmental, industrial
and commercial center of Mexico
City and three other important
cities, and about 400 towns and
villages.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
C0L0MBlANs INJURED IN
POLITICAL RIOTS

BOGOTA CP) In a clash
between rival political parties and
the Police eight persons were in
jured.
Three demonstrators were bullet
wounded and five policemen ston.
ed.
The riot began when . group
cheering GuiIlermo Leon Valencia,
the Presidential candidate, clashed
with another cheering his op.
ponent, ex-President Laureano Go.
meg.
When policemen arrived 70 esta-
blish order after three hours II
riot in the streets, the opposine
groups attacked thssR..
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
BOOK r N PROBED
IN VENEZUELA

CARACAS (CP) = The Vene-
zuelan Chamber of the Book open
ed an investigation about the sta
tus of the 5000 volumes Of the
work of professor JESUS de Calm.
DEE named La Era de Trujillo,"
which were conf;scated in the post
office by the Government.
1t is presumed that the work OF
Galindez and others of Colombian
German Arciniegas, R6mulo Be-
~tancourt and OF other Venezuelan
writers were burned.
TORTURER SURRENDERED
TO CARACAS POLICE
CARACAS (uP)- The Domini-
can Republic Ambassador, Rafael
Bonehy, surrendered Manuel Del
sado Diaz. alias EEL Mochos" to
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
Bolivian Economic Crisis Worsens
Political Tension in The Nation

81 will hold conversations with
different group of the (MNR). /
feel hopeful that we will come to
a satisfactory agreement to per-
nit Siles continue his office.
The left wing, whose directors
are Juan Lechfn, ex-President of
the Senate, and Jose Felman, un-
derstands they must wait for the
arrival of ex-Presidente Victor Paz
Estenssoro to take a definite &C.
ton.
The right wing of the MIR has
just asked the expulsion of Lechin
from the Party, and says that Paz
Estenssoro must publicly demons
'trate his support to Siles Suazo
to rescue the country from the
great difficulties it lives.
Some directors of the MIR were
seen last night entering into the
Municipal building. One of them
declared they were armed wait
ing for the events. Mayor, Jorge
Rios, is a firm supporter of the
President.
Meanwhile a small crowd walked
through the streets cheering Paz
Estenssoro as President.
On the other hand, the official
daily LA Nacion'', reported that
10000 country men assembled in
Urucrena sent a telegram to SileS
Suaso, declaring their support and
decision to march to La Paz in
case he insist to resign.
The mining groups of Catavi, &C.
cording to the same daily, protest
ed against the mining directors
who are creating difficulties to the
Executive. !
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
Kubitschek Sees
Hopeful Spirit
Of Cooperation
in Hemisphere

RIO DE JANEIRo, March s. -
~(UP).-Speaking in the opening
ceremonies the War College elias
SEES, the President Juscelino Ku'
bistchek, after referring to in
ternal economic and military at.
fairs, switched to the interna'
tional field, saying:
Brazilian policies are based in
peace maintenance followed by
wishes for understanding and good
will among nations and for the
respect and convictions and ideas
of others.
"We defend the liberty and dig.
nifty of humans and our sover-
eighty, he added. We categorical
ly condemn the imposition of
ideas, irrespective of nature
violence and cruelty. Our opposi-
ton is firm and definite regard
ing any race struggles. 1t is timely
to repeat that is our position.
After having admired the tech
nical progress cutting distances
and familiarizing nations, Kubits
chek declared:
"If so far hopes of a possible CO.
existence among people OF differ
ent ideologies have not been va
nished, it is reasonable to acknow-
ledge that security of nations and
peoples is of a paramount prlorl-
ty".
The President mentioned the
"new and promising spirit aim
ing the relations of the coun-
tries of the part of this continent
and to the efforts of his govern
ment in behalf of the understand
ing among the South and Central
American countries.
"The most united we are the
less poor we will be. The more we
understand and help each other,
the better we will be to confront
crises. The creation of a feeling
of South American union is a So
cial political and economic event
that we happily acknowledge"
Kubitscheck said.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
Batista Agrees to U.N.
Elections Supervision
Diplomatic Sources Saw

HAVANA, Cuba. (UP). Foreign
diplomatic sources said today the
government has agreed to United
Nations supervision of Cuba's gen.
eral elections scheduled for June
l..
The sources told the United
Press that the regime of Presi-
dent Fulgencio Batista also is will
ling to grant immediate general
amnesty to all political prisoners.
They said disclosure of these
concessions will be made at the
same time that BatiSta announces
the composition of his new cabin
ct. This is expected tonight.
It was announced earlier that
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06

saying that Mexico devotes only
sever percent of her 1858 budget
to defense expenditures, and there
fore, the argument that the budget
is loaded with unnecessary military
expenditures does not apply to his
country, he declared.
Regarding the Mexican attitude
toward peace and disarmament,
Quintanilla declared:
"Mexico has maintained as a
norm in her foreign policy a tradi-
ton which is eminently pacifist.
Mexico does not represent the least
danger of aggression against other
countries, nor fears aggression by
others. Moreover, in all interna-
tional meetings in which peace has
been discussed, Mexico has always
been noted for her active defense
of international peace and. her
desire to search for, as she did last
year at the UN, universal formu-
las, compatible with national SOW
ereignty, that may, relieve the
heavy load or ornaments in all
countries of the world. Therefore,
the prestige of Mexico on this mat
ter cannot possible be better. Me"
xico'S attitude in the peaceful So
luton of all conflicts among GAS
members speaks for itself, on the
same after.
Mexico will always support any
motion, whether in favor of pea
ce or disarmament, that is equally
applied to all the countries of the
world, without any discrimination
and without any loss, therefore, of
sovereignty and dignity of any
State or group of states.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06

..a@ G@mG8gE@@e
The Serious Situation IN Cuba

1t is notable that the Govern
ment of Cuba, through its Of
fetal and semi-official mouth.
pieces, has tried to minimize
the Importance of the serious
political crisis being faced by
the country, and whenever some
thing happens that causes justi-
fled alarm, it is pinned on the
activities of a reduced number
OF people who are interested in
regaining the reins of power.
That is, the move has been to-
create the impression that COM
plete tranquility would prevail
in the Republic if it were not
for the whims of a few.
Basically, it has been attempt
ed to prove that all revolves
around the exiles living in Miami,
particularly around former Pres
ident Carlos PRO Socorras. And
in making these assertions, the
attacks Of the regime against its
opponents have not been mis-.
sing.
OF course, the Cuban people
know that what goes on in the
country cannot be attributed
only to the activities Of certain
group, or parties, as the situation
is one that could not exist, much
less for such a long time, were
it not for the hidden machina-
tons and the serious political
disagreement between the Gov
eminent and the people.
Should there be any doubts
about this fact, the statements
of the Cuban Bishops, holding
impressive significance, prove to
a maximum extent the existence =
of a situation in the country,
created by a political crisis,
which determined an unprece-
denied appeal of the Cuban
EpiScopate suggesting that a
Government based on National
Unity take over the responsible.
ity Of restoring the peace and
the democratic way of life in the
Republic.
That is, from now on, in view
of the high moral prestige of the
Bishops and the extraordinary
prudence in which they move,
and because of the careful way
in which they expressed their
opinion and their concern, de
scribing the sad reality of the
national situation with touching
words, the Government can no
longer ignore the great Cuban
tragedy, or at least it can no
longer insist that all is due to
ill-intended propaganda and to
clandestine activities of certain
groups, against which bitter
political accusations have been
made. $50
The grave situation being now
uncovered, the only thing to do
is to face it properly, and for
this end the illustrious Bishops
have indicated the course that
could lead to democratic restora-
ton. gs1
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
Moro Appointed
Advisor to The
Aviution Show

WASHINGTON, D. C. (PAU) =
DR.. Jose A. Mora, Secretary Gen
eral of the Organization of Ameri-
can States has been named an
advisor for the First international
Aviation Show, to be held in the
New York Coliseum Sept. GA.
Serving with DR.. Mora will be
former Secretary of Defense Char
les E. Wilson, president on the
US. sponsored People to People
program, and Gen. Alberto Salinas
Carranza, pioneer Mexican pilot
and now Director of Civil Avia'
ton of Mexico.
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06

LA PAZ, March 5. (UP). - The
economic crisis the country suf-
ffers has aggravated the political
situation created within the Ma
tional Revolutionary Movement
(MNR), which left and right wings
have not settled their political and
economic difficulties, causing Pre-
sident, Herman Siles Suazo, to
resign.
Early this morning the Execu-
tive was firm in his resolution to
abandon the Presidency and leave
it in the hands of Federico Alva-
req Plata, President of the Senate.
Alvarez Plata declared to United
Press, early this morning:
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06

Venezuelan authorities. He is &C.
cused of torturing prisoners by the
dissolved national security.
The surrender of Delgad0 Diaz
was made secretely, in order to
prevent possible disturbances.
Delgado Diaz has asylum in the
Dominican Diplomatic Mission
since last January 30.
PUERTO RICANS BOYCOTT
US. STEAMSHIP LINE
SAN JUAN, p. 'R. (UP)-- Long
shoremen affiliated to the dock
workers union AFL-CI0 - voted
to boycott the Waterman Lines
leadership Bienville due here from
New York.
The Bienville's voyage marks the
inauguration Of "Sealand' service
in Puerto Rico by the use of the
"Ift-on,lift-off method" The ship
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06

brings freight loaded in vans which
are hitched on the motor trailers
at the dock and driven to their
final destination.
A resolution adopted by the
union said the boycott would last
until the steamship line agrees to
pay compensation for the long
shoremen displaced by the new
service.
The Waterman Lines conven-
ton shipping operations are not
affected by the boycott.
Longshoremen at Ponce, Puer-
to Rico's second largest seaport,
also voted to boycott the Bienville'
NEW OIL COMPANY
IN GUATEMALA
GUATEMALA. - The Govern
ment approved the articles Of in
corporation OF the Coastal Plains
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06
HEMISPHERE EVENTS
Latin American News in Brief

Oil Co. de Guatemala, 5. A. 1t
was announced last week. The
company has a stated capitalization
of Q. 200, 900, represented by two
million shares at 10 each. Coastal
Plains bought up the Story J.
Sloane interests late last year, and
is presently the only oil company
drilling in Guatemala today. lts
operations are in the area OF Ba
nanera, neal the north coast.
GOVERNMENTS INCOME
FROM IMPORT DUTIES
GUATEMALA. - The Govern
ment's take from import duties
rose by over two million dollars
in 1857 over 1856, the Ministry o
the Treasury announced. In 1885,
import duties brought in SAT, 573,
948. and in 1857 SAG, 975, 761. Their
has been no increase in duty rates
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06

NEW YORK (UP)- Two men
were arrested in Hoboken, N. j.,
today on murder charges in the
poison alcohol deaths of % New
York City persons, police announc-
ed.
Police said Francisco Padin, 81,
an employee of a chemical COM
pany, admitted he stole so gallons
of wood alcohol from his firm and
peddled it in Manhattan and the
Bronx for $35 per five-gallon can.
Arrested with him was Pedro
Rodriguez, 26, a tannery worker
who was said to have aided Pa.
din in distributing the lethal al
cohol.
The men, We're arrested at their
homes early today and booked by
Hoboken police as f%ugitives from
murder charges in New York CT
ty. They will have a hearing in
superior court, Jersey City, later
today.
20 DEAD
Twenty three persons In the
Bronx and the Puerto Rican Sec
ton of Manhattan's Harlem have
died of drinking the alcohol in
the last week. Several are still hos
pitalized, some in critical condi-
ton from the effects of the cheap
bootleg whisky"
Diario las Américas., 1958-03-06

For Liberfy, Culture end
Hemisphere Solidarity