The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-13

ISL rulers somehow seem 70
have overlooked a number of
glaring realities.
In striking contrast to their
parroted propaganda bout the
joys ard achievements of the
Red regime are the following
grim and indisputable facts:
*After four years of despotic
Communist rule, Cuba is wind
ing up with a sugar crop con
siderably less than even the Of
ficially admitted record low out
put. Instead Of the eli aim e d
1888 900 tons, the actual total is
around 80 million tons.
SThat is less than half the six
million plus tons average be-
tween 1857 ard the Reds domi-
nation, and more than Is mil
lion tons less than last year 5
crop, which was one million tons
under the previous year. Even
on the basis Of patiently exag-
gerated official figures, the rec
ord shows an unbroken decline
in sugar production since the
Communists have been in con
troll
THE same is true of every
other important Cuban export
commodity.
Tobacco, second after sugar,
which brought Cuba around $58
million year prior to Castro,
is now netting less than half
that.
Similarly, citrus production
is at a record low. Although
Cuba is tropica island
oranges are so scarce that a
doctors prescription and the APP
prevail of the local Committee of
Defense are necessary to buy
five at a high price.
*The once-flourishing mining
industry is in an equally sad
state. Nickel production is less
than 40 per cent at the huge
Nicaro plant, built at a cost of
$500 million by the U. S. gov
eminent and confiscated BY Cas-
tro. The record is even worse at
the Moa Bay Mining Company
with nickel and cobalt produc-
ton running at less than 20 per
cent. At Minas deMatahambre
Cuba's largest copper mine. out
put is virtually at standstill
owing to sabotage, mismanage-
ment and neglect.
COMMUNIST BOOMERANG
~ The M ger sugar crop.
smallest in some 25 years, is
stark tragedy for the six million
Cubans. and a serious blow to
Russia and its European satel-
liteS.
For the Cuban people living
under iron-fisted Red domira-
ton. the record low sugar crop
is an economical disaster. II
means even more hardships and
privations than they already are
experiencing; less food, clothing,
medicines, transportation an d
other essentials, coupled wi h
more ratioring and tougher and
more ruthless controls.
For the Soviet bloc. the sugar
debacle means greater burdens
K eping Cuba economically
afloat.
Russia and its satellites are
pouring more than ST million a
day in economic aid alone into
Cuba. Without these vital sup
plies, Castro and his Red mas
tiers would collapse in a matter
Of weeks. The whole economy Of
Cuba would come to literal
StandStill.
Without Soviet supplied oil,
every wheel in Cuban industry.
transport and other mechanical
equipment would grind to halt
within a few days. Oil is the
only source of power in Cuba,
and Russia its principal source
Of supply. Che Guevara, hard
core Communist economic Car,
has publicly admitted there are
no oil or gasoline reserves, and
that Cuba is completely Deepen
dent or the Soviet for this in
dispensable commodity.
Graphically illustrative Of how
dependent Cuba is on Russia,
and the heavy cost of this aid to
the latter are the following:
Is per cent of all crude oil
exported by Russia goes to
Cuba.
&40 per cent of all Russia s
flour exports go to Cuba.
*50 per cent Of all Russia s
condensed milk exports 90 to
Cuba.
#87 per cent Of Russias meat
exports 60 to Cuba.
Much Of Czechoslovakia s
economic difficulties are due to
large-scale shipments of machin-
cry and other supplies to Cuba.
Rumiana's recent backstage
rowing with the Kremlin is di-
rectly the result of economic
strains brought on by heavy ex-
ports to Cuba virtually all
on the cuff, as in the case Of
Czechoslovakia and Russia, too.
That's why the record low
sugar crop Of around 80 million
tons is severe setback to