Evening star., 1961-08-31
BRAZIL
Military Action Ordered in South
Against Supporters of GouIort

COHLAHueu FEOm EIEst rage
called to arms. Porto Allegro,
the state capital. was reported
surrounded by trenches and
barricades.
Rio Grande do Suls Cover
nor, Leonel Brizzola, is Mr..
Goulart's brother-in-law. Gov.
Brizzola and Gen. Jose Ma
chado Lopes, head of the Sd
Army in the state, have pro-
claimed their support of the
Vice President.
Gen. Machado Lopes yester-
day defied an order from Act
ing President Ranieri Mazzilli
relieving him of command of
the 60,000-man Sd Army. The
Sd Army is considered one of
the best trained and equipped
of Brazil's four armies. Only
the 1st Army in Rio de Janeiro
is larger.
Apparently the only air force
unit-or most of it-deSerted
Gov. Brizzola and Gen. Ma
chado LopeS, however. Eight
cen jet planes flew from their
base near Porto Allegro two
days ago to Cumbica, near Sac
Paulo.
The southern state has no
navy. But Gov. Brizzola sank
three bargeS in LagaS dos Patos
ducks lagoon, the entrance
to Porto Alegre's inland harbor,
temporarily blocking it, when
Brazilian warShipS were re-
ported en- route there four days
ago.
Porto Allegro has a popula-
ton of about 100000 and the
state has about three million
people. 1t has few industries,
but in a civil war might draw
supplies from neighboring
Argentina and Uruguay.
Gen. Cordeiro de Farias was
reported appointed chief of the
combined armed forces ordered
into military action against
Rio Grande do Sui. He pre-
viously was named commander
of the Sd Army to replace Gen.
Machado LopeS but has not
been able to take over that
command.
An Air Ministry source said
some Air Force officers termed
disloyal to the Mazzilli interim
government were arrested in
Rio de Janeiro. This informant
said it was believed about 20
military aircraft remained at
Gravatay air base near Porto
Allegro after the departure of
18 jets. but he said he did not
know what kind of planes re-
manned.
Governors Summoned
Gov. Celso Pecanha of the
state of Rio de Janeiro called
for a meeting here of all the
governors of Brazil's 81 states
to seek a political solution of
the crisis.
The governor also called on
state departments to rush state
military police to their barracks.
A run by women on food
stores virtually stripped the
shelves of Rio de Janeiro stores.
Some shops were forced to-
close their doors when long
lines of shoppers appeared at
dawn.
A three-day bank holiday
was declared in Rio de Janeiro.
The publishers association,
in a communication signed by
13 Rio de Janeiro publishers,
accused Gov. Carlos Lacerda
of Guanabara State (the fed
eral district of Rio de Janeiro),
of illegal, intolerant censor
ship" and called on the Inter
American Press Association to
expel him from its member
ship.
Lott Release Demanded
An appeal for a writ of ha-
beas corpus for the release of
Marshal Henrique Teixeira
Lott, former war minister, was
scheduled in court here today.
Marshal Lott was arrested and
put in a fortress when he came
out for Mr.. Goulart.
Gen. Antonio Carlos da Silva
Muricy, head of the general
staff of the Sd Army, was re-
ported arrested yesterday when
he returned from Brasilia, the
inland capital, to the Goulart
stronghold at Porto Allegro.
While in Brasilia Gen. Muricy
conferred with War Minister
Denys and declared the Sd
Army was standing by the War
Minister.