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EDITORIAL
CIVILIZATION AND POLITICAL CULTURE
IN GUATEMALA
As it is well known, the political crisis put before the
Guatemalan people with the results of the last elections,
has been solved, at least in its first phase, because of the
patriotic attitude of the two principal rivals in the campaign:
Gen. Miguel Ydigoras Fuenfes and Col. Jose Luis Cruz
Salazar.
In a historical gesture which must be recognized by
Guatemala and America, the candidates to the Presidency
of the Republic have signed a pact of political peace which,
it is sure, will determine that Gen. Ydigoras, the candidate
who received the greatest number of votes, be the next Chief
Executive. In this manner they have avoided, or are trying
to avoid, a conflict of electoral technicality which the Na
tional Congress must decide, since Gen. Ydigoras did not
get enough votes for an absolute majority, being followed
by Col. Cruz Salazar.
It is to be hoped, therefore, that the members of Con
gress, putting aside their personal sympathies or political
interest, both those supporting Ydigoras and-Cruz Salazar,
will accept the civic and patriotic formula resulting from
the pact of the two candidates. If in Congress the spirit
which inspired the noble attitude of the two prevails, Gua
temala would have solved in a decorous manner, with a sense
of responsibility, a serious political problem in favor of
democracy, national progress and the prestige of America.
THE INTERNATIONAL COFFEE ORGANIZATION
January 27 is in 1958 a memorable date for the eco
nomic future of the Western Hemisphere. At Rio de Ja
neiro, beautiful Capital of Brazil, the International Coffee
Organization was born, symbolizing a positive defensive
movement which, however, does not involve a threat to
anyone. The purpose is to unify the thoughts of the pro
ducers in order to defend their points of view and, conse
quently, the interests of millions of Latin Americans.
It is extraordinarilv encouraging to note the enormous
spirit of understanding which reigned at the meetings
preceeding the actual birth of the Organization. A series
of illustrious men could be mentioned as principal authors
of this Accord which unifies all the coffee producing
nations; however, due to space ilimitations, we will only
mention those figures who, because of their active parti
cipation, could be considered the basic pillars of this great
movement: The Brazilian Minister of the Treasury, Jose
Marfa Alkmin, who contributed all the resources of his
Ministry toward the realization of this important project;
Paulo Guzzo. Director of the Coffee Bureau, whose enthu
siasm and organization are largely responsible for the
success achieved: Manuel Mejia, delegate of Colombia, who
personifies the efforts of many years: and, finally, the re
presentatives of the four member Nations of the Coordinat
ing Commission who, in their preparatory work, assured
the success of this most interesting meeting.
Perhaps, what most assures the success of the Inter
national Coffee Organization is the friendly attitude assum
ed by the coffee consumer representatives. Special mention
should be given to the cooperation afforded by Mr. George
Robbins, representative of General Foods, largest green
coffee buyer in the world.
The ICO is born at a supreme moment of the world,
when the economic anguishes of Latin America require
more and more a positive program of development as a
defense against the plottings of communism. The big step
just taken in Rio de Janeiro is what could be called Latin
America’s self-defense against the problem presented by
the lack of an accelerated economic development, a lack
which might lead to communism as a result of the low
standards of living in a majority of the Latin American
nations.
x x x x x x
Latin American Finance
and Trade News Reports
Colombian Government I
Helps Popular Bank
BOGOTA. (UP) The Nationalj
Government came to the aid of
the Popular Bank and destined j
92-1/2 million pesos to it to gua
rantee the deposits of the clients j
of this organization whose liqui
dation was, rumored in usually
well informed circles.
Day before yesterday hundreds
of persons rushed the tellers
windows of the bank, taking out
their deposits as a result of a
period of panic.
The government also authorized
the Bank of the Republic to carry
out all necessary operations to
completely guarantee the opera
tions of this organizations, which
will be re-organized.
The amount destined to refi
nance the Popular Bank was taken
from the current national budget |
as ?r a special conference attend-;
ed by members of the Military
Junta, Ministers, and ex-Presidents
Alfonso L6pez, and Mariano Ospi
na P£rez, and Carlos Lleras Res
trepo. Restrepo is an exMinister
of Finance and present director
ol the Liberal Partv
The Daily
I PUBLIC WORKS
PROGRAM IN CUBA
WASHINGTON Total cons
truction activity in Cuba declined
during the past two months and,
except for residential construction,
the longsustained building boom
appears to be losing momentum.
However, the new public works
programa scheduled to get under
way in the near future is expected
to support the demand for cons
truction materials.
For the continuance of the pu
blic Works projects during the
remainder of fiscal 1958 and in
fiscal 1959, an appropriation of up
to $3O million has recently been
approved by the President of the.
Republic. These expenditures will
be financed in part by a general
increase in most transportation
taxes, such as license fees for
private cars, trucks, and buses.
Moreover, retirement funds are
required to invest 40 per cent of
their loanable assets in govern
ment public debt bonds and 20
per cent in national public securi
' ties issued by the Cuban Govern
ment development banks.
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U. S, Oil Import Restrictions
Are "Explosive" in Venezuela
the Journal of Commerce Says
NEW YORK; Jan. 31 —(UP).—
U.S. restrictions on the import of
oil at this time, constitutes, in Ve
nezuela, a question so very ex
plosive that “The Wall Street
Journal” classifies it as “incen
diary”.
The paper, on its first page,
publishes a reporf from its corres
pondent in Caracas, Ray Vicker,
that in the “recently liberated
country” there is a general feel
ing of illwill against the U. S. oil
import restrictions, and he cites,
in effect, the opinions of politi
cians, capitalists, and workers.
Know thy
Neighbor
By ANTONIO RUIZ
CUBA More than 120 years
ago, when Spain, the Mother Coun
try, did not have any railways as
yet, King Ferdinand VII, on Oct
ober 12, 1834, authorized the De
velopment Bureau, of which the
Count of Villanueva was President,
to negotiate a loan from England
for two million pesos, which would
bfc invested in the construction of
a railroad between Havana and
Guines. On November 19, 1837, the
first section, between Havana and
Bejucal, was inaugurated, and on
its first anniversary, November 19,
1838, the second section, from Be
jucal to Guines, was put into ser
vice. The name of Havana-Guines
Railroad was given to this line.
On January 11, 1842, the Hava
na-Guines Railroad was sold in
public auction, and was purchased
by the Havana Railway Company.
One of the conditions of the sale
was the construction of a branch
from Rincon to San Antonio, an
other one from San Felipe to Ba
tabano, and a third one from Gui
nes to La Union. On December
8, 1843, the first train arrived in
Batabano; on December 8, 1844,
the first one reached San Antonio,
and finally on November 26, 1848,
another one arrived in La Union
and in Guanabajay on October 15.
1849.
On March 18, 1857, a conces
sion was given for the construc
tion of a branch from Guines to
Matanzas, and the first section,
from Guines to Catalina, was in
augurated on October 4, 1859, and
on October 15, 1861, the first train
arrived at the station of San Luis,
Matanzas. Alston March 18, 1857,
a concession was given to the Bay
Railway Company for the construc
tion of a railroad from Regia to
Matanzas, and the first section,
from Regia to Minas, was inau
gurated on April 4, 1859 and in
May, 1853, the first train arrived
in Matanzas.
On November 1, 1857 the same
company was authorized to build
a branch from Regia to Guanaba
coa and this service was inaugurat
ed on July 26, 1858. The branch
from Matanzas to Jovellanos was
built in sections by different com
panies and the branches they
built were joined together, be
tween Guanabaeoa and Matanzas,
on February 26, 1861.
On the Cardenas Railraod, a con
cession was granted on May 23,
1837, for the construction of a line
from Cardenas to Jovellanos, and
the first section, to Contreras, was
inaugurated in June of 1840. The
first train arrived in Jovellanos in
December of the same year. In Jan
uary, 1844, this line was extended
to Navajas. The same company was
granted a concession to construct
a line from Jovellanos to Aguica,
and little by little it was extended
arriving in Santo Domingo in Dec
ember, 1871. In 1885 it was ex
tended from Santo Domingo to La
Esperanza.
On the Matanzas Railroad, a con
cession was granted by the Gov
ernor General of Cuba in 1839 for
the construction of a line from
Matanzas to Las Piedras, and on
November 1, 1843, the first section
was inaugurated from Matanzas to
Guanabana. The locomotive “La
Junta.” which carried the first
"train is on exhibition at the Hava
na Terminal. This Railroad was ex
tended to Union in 1848; to Gua
reiras, where the’ first rain arriv
ed on May 17, 1870 and to Colon,
in November 1872.
The Consolidated Railways of
Cuba have their services in the
provinces of Las Villas, Camagiiev
and Oriente. They have more than
one thousand miles of tracks, over
200 locomofives and several thou
sand passenger and freight cars.
There are other railroads in Cuba,
which is, in relation with its area
the country with the best distribu
tion of railroad services in all of
Latin America.
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For a better understanding between the Americas
MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1958
The journalist states that “the
politicians are in a struggle to see
which one will be able to get the
most advantage out of the resent
ment caused by the U. S. restric
tions”.
“They speak of two measures,
as a reprisal, which could greatly
affect U.S. businessmen, if the
threats of restrictions materalize,
says Vicker.
The threats mentioned are:
—Restrictions of Venezuelan
purchases from the U. S.
—More Venezuelan control over
the operations of oil companies.
The correspondent recalls that
Venezuela was the Latin American
country which bought more in the
U.S. last year, reaching a level
of more than one billion dollars.
He stressed the importance that
the second threat consists of that
the most part of the 3 million do
llars invested by U.S. capital in
Venezuela in is oil companies.
He cites the following statement
of Fabricio Ojeda, leader of the
Patriotic Junta which directed the
civilian movement against the go
vernment of Perez Jimenez.
“(The restrictions) constitute an
adverse' precedent regarding the
commercial relations between the
U.S. and Venezuela. A similiar
measure could be used by Vene
zuela against U.S. import pro
ducts.”
Jovito Villalba, leader of the
Republic-Democratic Union, who
recently returned from exile to Ca
racas says: “The Venezuelan go
vernment should take a more im
portant part in the sale of its oil”.
He adds that Villalba thinks
that his country’s oil is now being
sold “unilaterally”. and that the
“whims” of the U. S. are the deter
mining factor.
“I cannot be sure that if what
the Venezuelans say about repri
sals is concrete, but there is no
doubt about the depth of resent
ment, and this has a better op
portunity to find political expres
sion now than before the recent
revolution,” concludes the corres
pondent.
U. S. Imports From Latin America
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UP)— I
The Department of Commerce an
nounced that U S. imports from
the twenty Latin American Repub
blics reached last October the
amount of $2)7,400,000 against
$261,100,000 in September.
Imports in October were consid
erably higher than those‘of Octob
er, 1956, which were for $270,600,-
000 but somewhat lower than the
monthly average for 1956, which
was $303,300,000.
The main increases in October
corresponded to Guatemala, Mexi
co, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil,
Peru and Chile
U.S. imports from the whole
world In October reached $1,144,-
700,000, almost a record figure,
against $1,007,100,000 in Septemb
er. Increases were from Western
Europe, Canada and European de
pendencies, as well as Latin Ameri
ca.
U S. imports in October and
September from each of the Latin
American countries, in dollars,
were as follows:
Mexico, $31,600,000 against $28,-
000.000; Guatemala, $5,900,000 a
gainst $2,000,000: El Salvador, $l,-
900,000 against $1,100,000; Hon
duras, $1,200,000 against $BOO,-
000: Nicaragua, $700,000 against
$600,000; Costa Rica, $1,600,000
; against $1,800,000; Panama, $2,-
HEMISPHERIC EVENTS '
Latin American News in Brief
DR. RAFAEL CALDERA
RETURNS TO VENEZUELA
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. (UP).
Rafael Caldera, leader of Copei,
Venezuelan Christian Democratic
Partiy, left today for Curazao on
a KLM plane.
He will arrive this afternoon
and spend the night there. He will
then continue on Lineas Aereas
Venezolanas for Caracas, where he
will arrive tomorrow.
Argentina to Seek
Manufacture of U. S.
Automotive Products
Washington >up)— The Com
merce Department’s investment op
portunities section announced that
Manfredo Hause of Buenos Aires
plans an early visit to New York,
Chicago and Detroit to seek licens
Rojas Pinilla's
Fortune Increased
Several Millions
While in Power
BOGOTA, Jan. 31. —(UP).—
Several tax law experts agree in
holding ex-General Gustavo Rojas
Pinilla and all the members of
his family responsible for crimes
of falsehood and perjury for om
miting facts in their income tax
statements.
The experts made their -state
ments after reviewing the income
tax statements of Rojas and his
family, according to which, they
had a capital of more than 8.1/2
million pesos in 1956, while it was
less than 200,000 1952, or six
months before Rojas took over
the power in a military coup.
In 1952 Rojas Pinilla stated that
he had assets of 50 thousand pe
sos and an income of less than
26 thousand pesos, while in 1956
he declared assets of 2,820.000 pe
sos and an income of 125 thous
and pesos.
Statements of his wife. sons, and
brother - in - law increased accord
ingly.
The tax law experts maintain,
nevetheless, that they ommited
income in these statements which
can be used to sentence Rojas and
his family for the crimes of
falsehood and perjury.
These documents are the first
proof that has been -published
about the increase of wealth of
Rojas and his family during the
time he held the dictatorial go
vernment in his country.
Nicaragua • Honduras
Commission Returns
MANAGUA.—(UP).—The Nica
ragua-Honduras Committee, which
visited the Mocoron border in order
to investigate the complaint that
there were Honduran troops there,
returned to this capital.
It is believed that the two coun
tries, in conformity with the Or
vanization of American States, will
agree to' declare the zone “No
man’s land”, while the litigation
is being solved.
30,000 against $2,100,000; Cuba,
$37,400,000 against $4,900,0000;
Haiti, $2,100,000 against $1,300,-
000; Dominican Republic, $2,400,-
000 against $2,700,000; Colombia,
$26,500,000 against $24,700,000;
Venezuela. $72,100,000 agalinst
$65,600,000: Ecuador $8,200,000
against $7,300,000; Peru, $12,900,-
000 against $9400,000; Bolivia,
$1,600,000 against $1,000,000;
Chile, $14,700,000 against $ll,.
400,000; Brasil, $64,100,000 against
$48,600,000; Paraguay, $600,000
against $200,000; Uruguay, $BOO
- against $600,000; Argentina,
8,800.000 agains! $8,800,000.
Brazilian Production
Records New Increase
RIO DE JANEIRO. (UP).—Bra
zilian national gross production,
in 1957, was 1,040,000,000 crucei
ros more than in 1956.
Part of this increase was dimi
nished by the depreciation of the
cruceiro due to inflation, accord
ing to the monthly economic bul
letin.
But at the same time, says the
publication, national production
increased 5.6% over that of 1956,
while the increase in per capita
production was 3%.
ing arrangements or investment
for manufacture of American au
tomotive products in Argentina.
The announcement said that
Hause is particularly interested in
obtaining technical know-how for
production of automobile spare
parts.
“It is understood that he is in a
position to negotiate on behalf
of a well-established Argentine
manufacturer oc related items for
a possible joint-venture operation
if the United States manufactur
ers expresses an interest in capital
participation,” the Department
said.
HAITI PRESSURED ON
AMERICAN’S DEATH
WASHINGTON (IB—Mrs. Shibly
Talamas, Ashtabula, Ohio, widow
of an American who died in cus
tody of Haitian police last Septem
ber, said she is “determined that
those responsible tor my husband’s
Cuban Soldier Killed by
Masked men Trying to set
Fire to bus in Highway
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Red Publicity in
Latin America to
be increased Soon
NEW YORK, Jan 31. —(UP).—
The magazine, “Vision”, which is
published here in Spanish for La
tin America, says, in its latest is
sue that the Soviet Union is going
to start soon a publicity campaign
in Argentina and Brazil in support
of offers made of oil refining and
drilling in those countries.
According to the magazine, an
assortment of public relations ma
terial received in Montevideo in
cludes photographs of factory ma
chinery for oil and sugar refining
which Czechoslovakian, Rumanian,
and Russian technicians are erect
ing in India, Punjab, and Syria.
The information on the photo
graphs say that all of the Soviet
block is ready to aid in the deve
lopment of Latin America.
The propaganda also affirms
that U.S. dollars have “aided” the
dictators of Venezuela and Colom
bia to development their natural
resources, but were denied to aid
the “democracies such as Argen
titina and Brazil” from establish
ing their own state oil corpora
tions.
“The material says the maga
zine— is destined to widen the
existing divisions in the govern
ments about the question of if they
should obtain Russian aid for oil
development”.
RIO BUILDIN6 COLLAPSES
FLATTENS THREE OTHERS
RIO DE JANEIRO (UP)—A ten
story apartment building, in the
Copacabana section, crashed down
with a tremendous noise, and
partly destroyed three near by
buildings.
Reports received up to date say
that there were no victims, since
engineers noted last week that the
building was starting to sink and
predicted the crash. As a result,
the police condemned the zone
and evacuated the building and
neighboring ones.
Reciprocal Trade act Endangered by
Possible Negative Congress Action
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. (UP).
Key lawmakers said today there
is no chance that Congress will
give President Eisenhower all the
tariff-cutting power he is demand
ing to combat Russia’s “intensifi
ed” trade offensive#
They figured that after a long
and stormy battle Congress would
approve some extension of the
24-year- old Reciprocal Trade Pro
gram which will otherwise expires
June 30. The President asked for
a five-year extension. Lawmakers
said he’ll be lucky to get three.
Some supporters of the program
felt there was a real danger that
the bill would be so drastically
death be brought to justice.”
Mrs. Talamas met with her con
gressman, Rep. David S. Dennison
Jr. (R-Ohio) and Rep. Donald L.
Jackson (R-Calif.) to discuss the
case. Both congressmen conferred
with U.S. Embassy officials in Hai
ti last year about it.
Talamas, merchant in Haiti, died
after a beating.
In a statement issued through
Dennison’s office Mrs. Talamas
said she believes the U.S. Govern
ment is doing everything possible
to press its demands upon the
Haitian Government for a full in
quiry into Talamas’ death and dam
ages for his family.
“No one who knew my late hus
band and the respect in which he
was held in Haiti can credit the
claim of some Haitian officials that
he met his death by natural eau
ses,” she said.
DISAPPEARANCE OF EX LIEUTENANT
BELIEVED TO BE IN JAIL REPORTED
Mysterious Plane Burns 7,000 Tons of
Sugarcane in Camagiiey Province Fields
HAVANA, Jan. 31 (UP)..— Two
masked men killed Ramon Gros,
a 28 year old soldier, when he
tried to keep them from setting
fire to a bus in the nearby town
of Madruga.
The soldier was riding in the
bus when it was stopped by the
two masked men, who ordered the
passengers to get off so that they
could set fire to the bus.
When Gros resisted them, they
shot him and fled without setting
pire to the bus.
It was also reported that ex-Lt.
Dionisio San Roman Toledo chief
of the naval uprising in Cienfuegos
on the sth of September, who had
been taken prisoner by the go
vernment forces when the rebel
lion failed, has disappeared.
The court, upon suspending
their decision about a Habeas Cor
pus presented in favor of San Ro
man Toledo, announced that they
had been informed by the Com
mander of La Cabana Fort, that,
in the list of arrested persons, no
such name appeared.
Meanwhile, taking advantage, .of
the lift of censorship, the news
paper, “El Comercio”, of Cienfue
gos, says that 71 perons died in
this uprising. It adds that 20 were
not identified and were buried in
a common grave. According to the
newspaper, among the dead were
15 civilians, one a 13 year old
youth.
SUGAR CANE BURNED
BY MISTERIOUS PLANE
HAVANA, Jan. 31 —(Special to
THE AMERICAS DIALY).— Colo
nel Victor Duenas, Chief of the
Camagiiey Military District, report
ed that the amount of the sugar
cane burned by the mysterious
plane which flew over the nor
thern region of this Province drop
ping inflamable materials, reach
ed 7 thousand ton. He added
that the Cane can be ground, since
all of the sugar mills are working,
but that the yield instead of being
12% will only be 8%. The sugar
cane which was affected the most
was in the central colonies of
Adelaida and Punta Alegre. Re
i ports issued by the Military Chief
amended before passage as to be
come in substance more of a ta
riff-boosting bill than one to pro
vide fCr lower import duties.
In a special message to the
House and Senate yesterday, the
President insisted that further re
ductions in tariff wall separating
free world countries were neces
sary to strengthen their economies
and to meet the economic chal
lenge of communism.'
The President further stated
that the law “is essential for our
national economic interest, for our
security and for our foreign re
lations”.
MEXICO AIMING TO
END OIL IMPORTS
MEXICO CITY (UP)— Antonio
Bermudez, Director General of Pe
troeleos Mexicanos, said plans are
being completed for the erection
of a petroleum storage plant in En
senada, which would permit Mexi
can oil products to “recapture the
Lower California market."
“The success of the nationaliza
tion of the Mexican oil industry is
not complete as long as there are
places in the Mexican territory
where foreign petroleum products
are sold,” Bermfide’ said.
The petroelum chief said Lower
California uses 25 million liters
of gasoline monthly. He said the
Ensenada storage plant, served by
Mexico’s petroleum fleet, would
completely meet tbe State’* pe
troelum needs.
Member Inter American
Frees Association
•
For Liberty, Culture and
Hemispheric Solidarity
NUMBER 177
to the Emergency Court stated
the “phantom” plane, of a silver
color, had its registration number
covered with black paint and flew
over the zone for 25 or 30 minutes
in the afternoon and that military
planes had been sent after it
without results.
Meanwhile, from Santa Clara it
was reported that authorities think
that they have identified the rebel
killed in a recent encounter with
the Army in El Naranjo, in Fo
mento zone. According to docu
ments found on the body, the rebel
is E. Villegas, chief of the rebel
group which operated in that re
gion and a student living with his
family in Sancti Spiritus.
Fifteen year old Eduardo Mor
gado Contreras was wounded in
Santa Clara as he walked along
the street with Jose Grimal, 21, as
shots were fired.
A bomb was set off in the Com
mercial School of this city on the
2nd floor, causing some dammage.
In Cienfuegos, “El Comercio”, pu
blished a report that the name*
of those killed in the sth of Sep
tember uprising were inscribed in
the municipal courts. Among them
the names of 5 Navy officers, 17
sailors, an Army Lieutenant, se
veral soldiers, Navy police, a IS
year old girl, and 16 civilians. The
paper said that some 20 unident
ified bodies had been buried also.
Sears to Open New
Branch in Brazil
CHICAGO. —(UP).— Sears,
Roebuck, and Company will inau
gurate its ninth branch in Brazil,
in Campinas, 90 kilometers to the
northwest of Sao Paulo, next week,
The announcement was made to
day by Charles A. Meyer, Vice-
President in charge of Operations
in Latin America.
Meyer said that the new store
will be situated in the commercial
section of Campinas, an industrial
city of some 100 thousand inha
bitants.
“If our Government —he ad
ded— is to play a decisive role in
the protection and strengthening
of the free economy system against
the communist threat, the Reci
procal Trade Agreement requested
by the Executive must be ap
proved”.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE
REQUESTS RENEWAL PASSAGE
Here in Miami, the Miami-Dade
County Chamber of Commerce has
expressed great concern regard
ing the extension of the law, in
particular regarding the conse
quences it may have on the trade
of this region with the Latin Ame
rican countries.
The Board Directors of the In
ternational Affairs Department of
the Chamber, on January 15,
adopted the following resolution
on the matter:
WHEREAS the International Af
fairs Department of the Miami-
Dade County Chamber of Com
merce believes that the continued
expansion of world trade is of vital
importance to world peace, and
WHEREAS we recognize that a
greater exchange of goods will be
nefit the economy as a whole, and
WHEREAS the Reciprocal Tra
de Agreements Act has benefited
the people of our own country and
throughout the world, and
WHEREAS the Reciprocal Tra
de Agreements Act, is the only
means by which we can continue
to effectively trade with the world
with out raising tariff barriers,
and
WHEREAS it is our firm belief
that the United States of America
must accept the responsibility of
the free world leadership,
BE IT RESOLVED that the fol
lowing organizations recommend
to the Congress of the United
States passage of an eleven year
renewal of the Reciprocal Trad*
Agreement* Aet from June 80,
1958.