Evening star., 1960-12-15
Castro Says
US. Supplies
Foes Bombs

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HAVANA. Dec. is CAP).-|
Prime Minister Fidel Castro. in
lone Of his aneriest speeches.
charged today that enemies of
This revolution were being
Equipped by the United States
with a powerful new special
Explosive"
The Prime Minister made the
charge in a 2la-hour address
at a midnight meeting Of the
Electrical Workers Union that
was summoned to oust what
he called "traitorous" leader.
ship.
| Amaury Fraginals. booted out
as boss Of the union In absen-
tia, has been accused of black
ing out Havana for four days
with q well-placed bomb.
The whereabouts Of Mr.. Fra
ginals is not known. Diplo-
matte sources said he was not
among IL known members of
the Electrical Union who took
asylum in various embassies
yesterday.
Election Protested
Mr.. Fraginals was one Of the
leaders Of a march of his union
to the Presidential Palace last
week to protest what they
claimed was an attempt by the
Commissioned Cuban Con-
federation of Workers to die
tate a union election.
Some members of the union
claimed last night they were
not allowed to enter the meet
ing which paved the way for a
Red-line directorate to take
over. They claimed the hall
was packed with pro-Castro
and Communist followers,
Putting in a personal appear
ance at the meeting the Prime
Minister scathingly denounced
the union leaders as counter
lrevolutionaries. His unexpected
appearance appeared to UNDER
line the gravity with which the
regime viewed the first real
open defiance from the labor
front. ~
His face contorted with rage.
he seemed to grope for the
vilest words he could recall.
"Pentagon Bandits"
A new special type Of ex-
plosive of great power" used by
the United States Army, he
said, was being supplied to his
enemies by United States Cen
trail Intelligence Agency agents
and Yankee Pentagon bandits"
American-financed anti-gov-
ernment elements, he added,
included puppets garbed in
cassocks"-a reference to Ro-
man Catholic priests.
II propose to you," he said
to the meeting, that we shake
up the electrical industry so
that enemies will know the
gene :ouS revolution can also be
firm when circumstances die
Itate.
In an apparent hint at more
trou lie with union leaders, he
said 1t was possible "one seq
ment (of the unions) Is still
confused"
He did not elaborate but the
Food Handlers Union was the
Onig. Appe in the Cuban Con-
federation Of Workers TO vote
against condemnins the Elec-
ltrical Unions leadership for
fits open defiance Of the Castro
regime.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry, ;,
IN a note to the United States
Government, accused the
United States of protecting
anti-Castro exiles and under.
writing counter-revolutionary
activities and demanded that
washington put o stop to all
actions harmful to the Cuban
Government.
Leaflets Dropped
| The note followed showers
| Of anti Castro leaflets dropped
by planes earlier this week over
Havana and other places. Tony
lDevarona, head Of a Cuban
exile group in Miami. said the
planes came from airfields OUT
| side the United States.
Cuba charged that pirate
iplane" flights over Cuba were
being timed with the start of
the sugar harvest. The Castro
government claims large sugar
icane acreages were burned by
marauding planes last year.
| Fire Of unknown origin early
to-day ravaged the fourth and
lhfth floors of the government.
lcontrolled CMQ radio and tele.
vision station-a favorite Castro
outlet for anti-American blasts.
4 Three companies Of firemen,
with American equipment, were
summoned to the heart Of
Havana's former tourist belt to
lfight the fire. Low water pres
sure and the eager assistance
Of some Cuban photographers
seemed to prolong the fire.
fighting. and it was nearly three