Evening star., 1961-08-27
BRAZIL
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cause any trouble to the new
president of the republic, Joao
Gouart, a person I deeply
respect"
The ex-president said he had
nots decided what country he
was. going to but added: "You
%illsbe able to find me in three
or four months at the most
working in the law tribunals of
saosPaulo."
1nformants in Brasilia said
thes military might ask Mr.,
Goulart to resign to pave the
way for elections within so
days, or take over the reins of
government on the military's
terms.
The terms would include
breaking relations with Prime
Minister Fidel Castro's Cuban
regime and halting moves to
re-s6tablish diplomatic rela-
tiolls with the Soviet Union.
sources said.
: Friends Back GOuIart
Also under consideration by
the military, the informants
SAID, was a plan to put Mr..
Goulart on a leave of absence
until legal solution to Brazil's
quandry could be found.
Mr.. Goulart's supporters
rushed to his defense, warning
there would be serious trouble
If the military tries to keep
HIM from the presidency when
he .returns from a Far East
tour.
In Sac Paulo, labor leaders
repeatedly called for a general
strike to begin Monday and
continue until Mr.. Goulart
takes office as president. Sec
ondary and college students,
often the explosive agent in
Latin politics, were asked to
join the strike, the privately
owned meridional news agency
said.
Raineri MaZzilli, speaker of
the chamber Of deputies and
third-ranking government Off
cial into whose laps the presi-
deracy dropped because Mr..
Goulart was out of the country,
set up a cabinet meanwhile.
Hes named Mr.. Quandros fl
nance minister, and perhaps
significantly, kept Gen. Denys
on as war minister.
The unrest that has been
suddenly quit broke into the
open after three federal depu-
ties told the National Congress
Gen. Denys had lined up
against Mr.. Goulart.
Ruy Ramos, Labor Party dep
uty, said he talked personally
with Gen. Denys and the War
Minister told him be was Veto
ing Mr.. Goulart as president.
Socialist Aurelio Viana and
Mario Comes, a Social Demo-
crat, took the floor to back up
Mr.. Ramos story.
Hours before Mr.. Quadros
resigned yesterday, Gen. Denys
told the army-often a decisive
factor in Latin American poll
tics-that its duty rested in
defending the existing social
and political order of the coun-
try" Army leaders toasted Mr..
Quadros.
Congressional sources in
Brasilia said there was talk of
amending the Constitution to
provide for almost immediate
election of a new President by
Congress.
= Two Rivals Proposed
1nformants said one plan
that had gained heavy sup
port, including that of the mil
itary, would pit two Quadros
supporters in the election
Gov. Juracy Magazines of Ba-
hia State and member of the
Democratic Union against Gov.
Carlos Carvalho Pinto of Sac
Paulo and a conservative
Christian Democrat.
AS Mr.. Quadros slipped off
into obscurity, at least for the
present, the Communist press
ana Ffdel Castro'S Cuba &C.
cused the United States of en-
gineering his departure. Mr..
QuadroS had come under fire
both at home and aboard for
seeking closer trade and diplo-
matte ties with the Red bloc.
He had announced inten-
tions to re-eStablish relations
with the Soviet Union, broken
since 1947, and last week be-
slowed BraZil's highest award
on. Cuban economic boss Err
nesto (Che) Guevara.
Mr.. QuadroS quit after only
seven months in office and flew
to sSao Paulo yesterday after
declaring that unnamed domes-
tic and foreign forces had
forced him out. Congress
promptly accepted the resig-
nation and named Ranieri
Mazzilli, speaker of the Cham
ber of Deputies, as interim
President.
Little could be learned of
Mr.. Quadros' overnight stay at
the Cumbica military airfield,
10 miles outside of Sac Paulo,
and whether it was voluntary.
Troops surrounded the airport
ana refused to allow newsmen
to get within five miles.
"Retained" at Air Base
The newspaper Diario da
Note said it had been in
foflned that Mr.. Quadros had
been retained" at the air base.
Labor and student leaders
threatened general nation
wide strikes as protest meas
ures. The army and police,
however, appeared to retain a
file.a