Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-06
Brazil Troops
End Food Riot
Fatal 10 IS

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil.
July s (APl Tanks and troops
enforced calm on nearby Duque
de CaxiaS today after frenzied
mobs shouting I'VE want food"
plundered more than 100 stores
in a running fight with police
and Shopkeepers.
Mayor Adolfo Daci said IS
persons were killed and more
than 100 injured before units
OF the list army quelled the
rioting and Sacking in that city
of some 10000 about 10 miles
northwest of Rio.
Two others persons were re-
ported killed in similar but
less violent food riots in the
Rio suburbs of Sac .Joao do
Merritt and Nova Iguacu.
General Strike Called
The riots erupted during a
general strike called by union
leaders demanding the forma-
ton of a popular nationalist
government" to settle the gov
ernmental stalemate between
leftist President Joao Goulart
and the conservative dominated
Parliament.
After comforting with Mr..
Goulart, the national union
leaders called a halt to the
strike last midnight. But union
chiefs in Mr.. Goulart's home
state of Rio Grande do Sui re-
Jected a plea from Gov. Leonel
Brizola. Mr.. Goulart's brother
in-law, and declared a new
work stoppage today.
The food riots Stemmed from
the governments attempt to
control prices on such staples
as beans. flour, rice, sugar and
salt in the face of the nations
spiraling initiation. Storeown-
ers have been withholding their
ample supplies of these items
in hopes of getting higher
| prices later.
| Long lines of housewives
have formed in front of Rio
stores this week as food supplies
dwindled. Early this week 20
persons were injured in a food
riot in the suburb of Niteroi.
The transportation Gripping
strike set the stage for violence
in Duque de Caxias yesterday.
Thousands of workers unable
to reach work milled about in
the center OF town and store
owners fearing violence shut
tered their shops.
Angered, the workers marched
on the store shouting I'VE
want food" A guard drew a
pistol and fired two shots, hit
ting a child. a witness reported.
The mob became enraged, beat
the guard to death. stripped the
store and burned it.
Then the mob moved on down
the main street with clubs and
axes. Some rioters fired pistols,
the witness said. Police and
Shopkeepers fought the mob
for several hours as shop after
shop was sacked.
Governor Asks Tt oops
Gov. Celso Pecanha callec
for the federal troops, and RiC
Police Chief Milton Cruz ISSUED
a stern warning against any
plundering in this city. He
called the sackings in Duque
de Caxias "Spectacles OF
vandalism"
Army troops already had been
alerted for trouble during the
general strike, which virtually
shut down Rio. No planes,
buses, trains or ferries moved.
Most industries, banks, offices
and shops were shut tight. q.
The strike was less effective
in other cities. The Stoppage
originally had been called to
protest the naming of conserv-
alive Senator Auro de Moura
Andrade as prime minister in
stead of a member of Mr.. Gou-
lart's Brazilian Labor Party.
After only SO hours in office,
Mr.. Andrade quit on the eve of
the strike, repeatedly in a dis
pute with Mr.. Goulart over the
selection of navy and air force
ministers for the new cabinet.
Despite the resignation, the
union leaders went ahead with
the strike to try to pressure
parliament into naming a
member of Mr.. Goulart's Labor
Party to prime minister's job.
But the Labor Party is in the
minority in parliament, and
the two bigger conservative
parties are insisting the next
prime minister come from their
ranks.