Evening star., 1961-08-29
BroziIions Still Split Over New Ruler,
But Odds Rise in GouIort's Favor
BY GEORGE SHERMAN
Star staff Writer

The Stalemate deepenS with
each passing day over who is to
rule Brazil in place Of the re-
signed President Janio Quadros.
While the army keeps a pro-
tective Gordon around Con-
gress, which meets around the
clock in the half-completed
capital of Brazilia some 600
miles through the jungle will
derneSs from her, other troops
and police put down a rally of
students and workers, who
gathered in the heart of Rio
last night backing leftist Vice
President Jaoa Goulart for the
presidency.
They shouted slogans, burned
signs, threw rocks at lamp
lights and generally tied up
traffic.
1t followed the usual pattern
of such Latin American rallies,
while some of the demonStra-
tors harrangued byStanders,
the more daring surreptitiouSly
hurled rocks when no police
man was near. Pistol shots in
the air, billyclubS and repeated
tear gas attacks finally broke
up the show.
U. S. Embassy Stoned
The demonstration followed
the Stoning OF the nearby
American Embassy - also by
students and workers - last
Friday after Mr.. Quadros sud-
denly left the presidency.
The Chamber of Deputies in
Brazilia is hotly debating a
constitutional amendment to
bar Mr.. Goulart from success
sion.
Marshal Odylio Denys, pow
erful minister of war, and his
colleagues in naval and air
force ministries. oppose Mr. .
Goulart for what they claim
are leftist, extremist tenden-
cies. But Sergio Magazines,
new president of the Chamber
of Deputies, is leftist nation
aliSt who opposes tinkering
with the constitution to bar
the Vice President from office.
Seek to Keep Record
Any constitutional amend
ment must have a two-thirds
majority in both the Senate
and the Chamber, a feat which
has not been accomplished
since the constitution went
into effect in 1916. The dem
onStrators last night here were
loudly in favor of maintaining
that record.
Constitution and Jango,"
and "Goulart Is Our Legitimate
President" we're two of their
slogans.
Leaders of the absent Gou-
lart'S Brazilian Labor Party
predict he will return to the
country in the next few days,
but disagree on what he will do
once here. Some say he will go
to the far south of Brazil, to
Porto Allegro, in order to estab-
lish a base of operations for his
fight for the presidency. Others
say he will bluntly test the in
tentions of the military by
going straight to Brazilia for
Inauguration.
Indications are mounting
that Mr.. Goulart may indeed
become President. The princi-
pal reason is the deep respect
in all parts of the literate popu-l
lation-including the military
for constitutional government.
Governors Back GOulart :
The governors of several lead
ing Brazilian States-such as
Bahia and Sac Paulo-and5 the
responsible city press have come
out for a constitutional solu-
ton. The reasoning is that
Mr.. Goulart's succession would
be a lesser evil than arbitrary
government. y
This reasoning becomes more.
important as the obstacles to-
bypaSsing Mr.. Goulart legally
become more apparent. The
hopeless division of Congress
into undisciplined parties, plus
a general diStaSte for tinkering
with the constitution in time of
crisis, are hampering the drive
for an amendment to allow I'm
scheduled elections.
Even should Mr.. Goulart re-
sign and elections be held in
60 days as required, there is
strong possibility he might be
elected. For under the present
constitution many leading con-
tenders would be eliminated.
Mr.. Quadros could not run, nor
could Juscelino Kubitschek, the
popular predecessor of Mr..
Quadros. State governors and
federal ministers also would be
prohibited, since constitution
ally they must resign their Of
ficeS three months before
presidential election. All Of
which adds up, in the eyes of
many observers, to tricky legal
questions and more wrangle
over amendments which could
not possibly be resolved in 60
days before new elections.
"LeftiSm" Discounted
These observers also say Mr..
Goularts "leftism" has been
exaggerated - mostly through
his own demagoguery and op-
portunism. They point out he
comes from a fundamentally
conservative background. He
is a big ranch owner in south
of country. He is on good
terms with the powerful Roman
Catholic church here. Further
more, his own party is roughly