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EDITORIAL
THE WHITE HOUSE AND LATIN AMERICA
Two events of the last week indicate a change in the
policies of the White Hou.e, which, no doubt, will be of
great help to eliminate resentment caused by hemispheric
policies. We refer to the manner in which President
Eisenhower answered the letter of Brazilian President
Kubitscliek, sending Assistant Secretary of State for Latin
American Affairs, Roy R. Rubottom, to Rio, and the inter
view he granted to Ecuadorean Ambassador in Washington,
Dr. Jose R. Chiriboga. and to the Minister of Public Works
of that country, Architect Sixto Duran Ballen.
Internationa] relation: of a great country like the
United States cannot possible develop exclusively around
the Latin American Division of the State Department.
They must, necessarily, have the support and understand
ing of the other numerous agencies of the Government and
to enter, as other regions of the world, White House circles.
Within the world panorama, the note of dictator
Khrushchev is as important as the message sent by Presi
dent Kubitschek. Each one, within its orbit, represents
an authorized voice, in one case because of brute force,
and in the other because of the vigor of democratic elec
tions. The fact that one of them could start an atomic
war and the other couldn’t, does not change in any manner
the danger there is in dis egarding the opinion of a Chief
Executive of our Hemisphere, in particular in the case
of one who, we repeat, has reached Power by democratic
means.
The visit of a Minister of Public Works of a country
like Ecuador, which is representative of democratic culture,
cannot be disregarded in Washington either. Allies should
get better attention than enemies do, so that what seems
to be a fatal watch word that more can be accomplished
being on the other side of the international scene, may
not be confirmed.
Both events assume historic character for Brazil,
Ecuador and the United States. Each and every one of
the men who have participated in that effort, are linking
their names to the readjustment of Inter American policies.
For the officials of the American Republic Affairs Di
vision of the U. S. Department of State, these reactions
of the White House must be considered as gestures of
encouragement, which certainly those devoted men who
serve the cause of our Hemisphere will receive with sincere
enthusiasm, because it must be recalled, on this propitious
occasion, that they, together with the Latin American coun
tries, have been put, to certain extent, in a secondary place,
in comparison with other regions of the world.
Gaest Editorial
IT'S OUR OPINION
Supporters of the private power’
industry in this nation are a bit
wed-headed today over a recent
ruling by the Internal Revenue
Service, and we can’t blame them
for getting their hackles raised.
The ruling, which undoubtedly j
was inspired by liberals in Wa
shington who want the govern- j
ment to take over in the power
field, hit the private power com-1
panics a hard blow in the pocket
book by refusing them the vight
to deduct the cost of some of their
advertising as a legitimate busi- i
ness expense.
The advertising in question was
of the type that is commonly term
ed institutional advertising. in
this particular case it took the
form of a well-planned series of
ads designed to impress the Amer
ican public with the advantages
there are in permitting a nation's
power needs to be met by private
industry instead of relying upon
taxpayer-supported power installa
tions to do the job.
The issue in question here is a
rather old and a rather basic one
It boils down in essence to whether
the American people prefer to
stand by our free enterprise sys
tem to get what they want and
need, or whether they prefer the
socialistic system of having the
government compete with private
business to satisfy their wants and
needs.
The private power industry quite
naturally believes it can do the
job of meeting our power needs
better and at less cost than the fe
deral government can do it. That’s
all the private power companies
have been setting forth before the
American people in their advertis
ing campaign.
But now the Internal Revenue
Service comes along and says the
cost of this advertising campaign
isn’t a legitimate business expense
which the power companies can
use as a tax deduction. Supposedly,
the power companies are engag
ing in a propaganda campaign de
signed to influence the course of
legislation rather than selling their
own product, and thus this adver
tising cannot be considered as a
tax-deductible business expense.
Since when, we’d like to know,
has any private business in this
country lost the right to protect
itself from.competition? And since
when has it become an illegitimate
business practice for any private
business concern to uphold the
principles of our free enterprise
system through the medium of
advertising?
The private power, companies
have a real stake in this long
standing fight between those who
The Daily
5 Cents—Outside Metropolitan area, 10 cents.
advocate private power and those
who favor public power. In many
cases the very existence of some
of our private power companies
is being threatened by the spread
of public power facilities.
Are these private power compa-.
nies now to be denied the right
to take their case before the peo
ple through the medium of adver
tising? Is the Internal Revenue
Service now to become an advertis
ing censor in addition to all the
other arbitrary powers it has as
sumed?
These are important questions
for if the voice of those who seek
to defend our free enterprise sys
: tern can be stilled in this high
handed fashion then the objective
of those who are seeking to turn
! tis nation into a socialistic state
will be made that much easier to
: obtain.
1 •' This whole sorry business well
emphasizes to what lengths some
of our Washington bureaucrats
I will go to keep the people of this
nation in the dark on this vital
j issue of public power versus pri
vate power. These people are not
without means of getting their side
of the argument across to our peo
ple. Public power to them is just
another means of increasing the
influence of the federal govern
ment and giving it a bigger role in
| our economic system.
But let somebody start telling
the other side of the story and
immediately their efforts get stam
ped with a propaganda label and
put in the category of a non-deduc
tible business expense even though
; it concerns the very survival of
the business copcerns affected.
Newspaper publishers through
out the south have already draft
ed up a strong protest to this rul
ing. At a mid-winter meeting the
Southern Newspaper Publishers As
sociation approved a resolution
which reads:
"The principle of submitting to
such a ruling by a commission, or
anybody appointed or elected, is
a threat to freedom of speech,
freedom of the press, and freedom
to communicate, and this ruling
infringes upon the constitutional
rights of independent power com
panies. other businesses and indi
viduals, and is a violation of the
fundamental principles upon which
this country was founded and
which have made it flourish under
economic, political and social;
freedom”.
The SNPA is eminently correct
in its interpretation of this ruling.!
If the private power companies 1
can be penalized in this fashion
then any private industry, includ
ing the press, can be throttled in
Know thy
Neighbor
By ANTONIO RUIZ
GUATEMALA Chichicaste
nango is one of the real gems of
the Maya-Quiche region, as well
as a center or starting point for
manv interesting places in the
Guatemalan Highlands Native life
and color are found at their hight
there. Chichicastenango’s costu
mes are unique and highly pictur
esque. Men wear short trousers of
black wool, with shirts of the
same material highly embroidered
with tribal patterns in red and
yellow.
Groups of Indians may be seen
burning their incense and candles
on the high steps or the beautiful
interior of the little church, and
later they probably go to worship
at pagan altars on nearby hill
tops, several of which can be visit
ed on foot or horseback.
The “Popol Vuh,” perhaps the ]
most precious record of Mayan
mythology, in the Quiche dialect,
was written in the little church
of Chichicastenango shortly after
the conquest, and before the old
myths had disappeared from the
scene.
The Sunday and Thursday mar
kets at Chicfueastenango are real
spectacles, of which visitors never
tire, and are the most picturesque
marxet gatherings in all of Cen
tral America. About 5,000 natives
in their distinctive and colorful
tribal costumes aftend these mar
kets In a short time one gets to
recognize the typical dress of vari- I
ous districts. The diversity of local
coloi and of exotic products is
almost overwhelming. The collec
tion of 4mericar jade of the late
Father Rossbaek is celebrated
throughout the world. His Museum
of several visits, which become
more interesting all the time.
The town itself has a great
charm, with its picturesque streets
lined by white houses with bright
red tile roofs. Located in the cen
ter if a vast cup-shaped valley,
surrounded by high green mount
ains, it offers tne most beautiful
views from every str< orner
and is considered a Mec?; iur art
ists.
Chichicastenango is the logical
center of what are known as tjie
Maya-Quiche Highlands. From it,
short trips can be made into every
corner oi this colorful and in
teresting i-egion, comfortably, and j
at a minimum of time and expense, j
Automobiles and guides are al-'
ways available for these trips at
the Mayan Inn, and any combina
tion of routes and interesting vis
its to nearby Indian villages can
be arranged.
Among the innumerable places
that can be reached easily from
Chichicastenango is Santa Cruz del
Quiche, a quaint native vallage,
with a colorful market twice a
week. Here the Spaniards destroy
ed the might of the powerful Qui
che nation, and levelled their mag
nificent capital, Utat'.an. Vestiges
of its stone palaces still remain.
Sacapulas is located at the foot of
the Cuchumatanes, highest mount
ain in Guatemala Fray Bartolome
de las Casas, friend of the Indians,
built a oridge across the Rio Ne
gro here The Indian women wear
a headdress resembling that of the
women ot Bali. Salt is extracted
from the mines by the most pri
mitive means. The market is held
under a large ceiba tree. Natural
mineral baths, where the Indians
bathe in the nude, line the banks
of the river
Also very interesting are Santo
Tomas Chiche, a most picturesque
village, where an animal market is
held on Saturdays; Zacualpa, chief
ly noted for the beautiful small
woolen bags woven by the In
dians. There are interesting arch
aeological ruins nearby, but these
must oe visited by mulebaek. The
church as a remarkable fine fa
cade. Joyabaj, a former important
stopping point for travelers en
route over the old Spanish Trail
from Mexico to Antigua. The wom
en weave beautiful “huipiles” in
fascinating designs.
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much the same way. In other
words, the federal government
can propagandize the people all it
wants to and even use our own
money against us to accomplish
its ends. But free enterprise,
threatened by government encro
achment into its field of business
endeavor, can’t take its case to the
people and treat the cost as a
legitimate business expense.
Such things as this well empha
size the character of the govern
ment we have today. Slowly but
surely we are losing even the
j right to defend ourselves from ar
: bitrary governmental actions, and
; if the cycle continues much longer
there won’t be much point to
1 arguing against ■ socialistic state
I for we will have one whether we
' like it or not.
JACK W. GORE
(Reprinted from the Fort Lau
derdale Daily News and Sentinel).
For a better understanding between the Americas
MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1958
Panama Well Represented at Festival of The Americas
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PANAMA QUEEN —Luchita Burillo will represent the Republic
of Panama at the Festival of the Americas, in the competition for
Queen of the Americas. The Panamanian beauty, who belongs to a
prominent family in the Isthmian Republic, graduated with honors
at the Balboa High School, Balboa, Canal Zone, on June 2. Among
her hobbies, she has special preference for Spanish dances, swim
ming and classical music.
Cuban Govt. Appeals to Rebels to
Give up end Needless Bloodshed
HAVANA (UPI)— The govern
ment has appealed to the rebels in
eastern Cuba to surrender, ending
‘‘useless killing” in a government
offensive in which 200 persons are
said to have been kiieled or wound
ed.
Sen. Rolando Masferrer, a lead
ing spokesman for President Ful
geneio Batista’s government, call
ed on the rebels Tuesday to lay
down their arms.
‘‘Your encampments are being
battered in such away that those
who fight die and those that lose
their arms surrender.” Masferrer
SOVIETS APPROACH
PANAMA ON RENEWAL
OF RELATIONS
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y„ June
11 (UPI)— Ambassador Kliment
Danilovich Levychkin, member of
the USSR permanent delegation
to the UN, yesterday paid a court
esy call to the Panamanin per
manent mission and in the course
of his talks he expressed to Am
bassadors Col. Alejandro Remon
and Jorge E. Illueca his personal
views regarding the convenience
of establishing diplomatic relations
between Panama and the USSR
inasmuch as the current world sit
uation calls for greater under
standing between peoples. The
meeting lasted 45 minutes,
said. “Why don’t you rebel leaders
. . .who are definitely losing, ar
range to surrender the arms and
HEMISPHERIC EVENTS
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Latin America n News in Brief
Jovito Vilialba Asks
for a National Union
Govt, for Venezuela
CARACAS. (UPI). Jovito Vi
lialba. leader of the Democratic
Republican Union party called bn
all political parties of the coun
try suggesting them to form a na
tional union government, denounc
ing the proposal of a single can
didate.
He said that his party favors the
signature of an agreement by
means of which the president elect-1
ed in the next polls, will be com
mitted to constitute a “national
union government” which is the
expression of the Venezuelans’
will.
The document reads that the
duty of the armed Torces “will
only be that of solemn defense
of the democratic order”.
Finally it says that not party
alone will constitute absolute ma
jority in a future government.
In previous declarations, the
DRU party said that, “For national
democratic convenience”, the gen
eral elections should not be heid
before next February. The provi
sional government has the purpose
to convoke them for November or
December of this year.
On its own initiative a group
equipment remaining to your men
. . .and avoid useless killings?”
The senator’s statement .was re
garded as a reference to the gov
ernment “drive to the sea” which
authoritative quarters say has been
under way in the Maestra Mount
ains for 10 days.
The presidential press office al
so published an appeal which it
said was directed to the rebels
by members of the Rotary and
Lions’ clubs and similar grouos
in the eastern city of Bayamo.
The service clubs urged the in
surgents to “return to your famil
ies and reestablish necessary nor
mality.”
Unconfirmed reports said the
army has moved in 1,000 fresh
troops from east-central Cuba to
join the forces trying to drive the
rebels out of their mountain
stronghold.
It was not learned if the new
troop assignments are reinforce
ments, or if they are destined to
replace some of the units partici
pating in the general offensive be
gan by the Government on June 1,
Other reports from Oriente Pro
vince say that there have been hea
vy casualties during the last week,
mostly in the ?ones of Santiago and
Guantanamo.
ENVOY APPOINTED
Havana, june 11 —(UPI)—The
Cuban Ministry of State has ap
pointed Orlando Daumy as Amba
ssador to Venezuela
Daumy, who was Ambassador to
Peru, will replace Antonio Iraizos,
who will join the Ministry’s staff.
of representatives of all sectors
of the national activities, made
here “a committee pro candidacy
of Real-Admiral Larrazabal”, pre
sident of the Government Junta.
The members of the group said
that they intend to convert the
movement into a campaign of na
tional character.
Argentine Ambassador
Visits Pres. Nasser
CAIRO (UPI)— Argentine Am
bassador Donato Latella Frias call
ed on President Gamal Abdel Nas
ser today.
The Ambassador was paying a
farewell visit at the close of his
assignment to Cairo. He will leave
for Argentina on Saturday.
Seventeen Killed in
Mexico as Bus Burns
MAZATLAN. (UPI). In the
town of Pozole, 20 kilometers from
this city a bus caught fire, caus
ing 17 deads.
The bus was of the “Tropical”
type. It had 35 passengers, and
two drums of gasoline on the step
board. When one of the rings of
the wheels collided with the edge
of the bridge the impact produced
a spark which ignited the gasoline
producing the fire which caused
the casualties.
Eisenhower Announces
Dulles Will pay Visit
to Brazil This Year
TO BE FIRST STEP IN EFFORTS TO
IMPROVE HEMISPHERIC RELATIONS
WASHINGTON, June 11. (UPI).
Presidente Eisenhower announced
that John Foster Dulles, Secreta
ry of State, will visit Brazil this
year, as a first step to improve
the relations between United States
and Latin American countries.
In his letter to President Jus
celino Kubitschek, President Ei
senhower asks him to discuss with
Roy R. Rubottom, who brought
the letter to Kubitschek, Dulles’
visit. Rubottom is Assistant Se
cretary of State for Latin Ameri
can Affairs.
Dulles had expressed his desire
to visit Brazil, but no announce
ment on this had been previously
said to have been killed or wound-
Eisenhower replied to a perso
nal letter written to him by Ku
bitschek, which was delivered by
the Brazilian ambassador here, Er -
nani do Amaral Peixoto.
Kubitschek expressed that
“something had to be done for the
continental unity”, after the de-j
monstrations aga in s t Vice-Presi- ;
dent Richad M. Nixon, during his
tour to some South American j
countries.
Brazil was not included iti that
tour.
“The moment has come to jointly
start an ample revision of the mu
tual understanding policy in this
continent,” Kubitschek said.
Eisenhower said Kubitschek had
“correctly described the present
situation as well as the means to
obviate it”.
In his letter the President sug
gests that Brazil and United
States “meet as soon as possible,
with the purpose to meet with
a Demonstration
Police Prevents
Against Rubottom
RIO DE JANEIRO (UPl).—The
police prevented the realization of
a demonstration by leftist and na
tionalist students against the as
sistant Secretary of State for Latin
American Affairs, Roy Rubottom.
According to police reports, the
students intended to appear at the
front of the Laranjeiras Palace to
realize a protesting march when
Rubotton was going to deliver the
answer of President Eisenhower to
President Juscelino Kubitschek‘s
message sugggesting a total revi
sion of (nterAmerican relations.
The informant? say that the stu
dentts were prepared with signs
reading: “Rubottom, go back to
your country” and were to scrib
ble on the wall of the neigh
boring buildings to the Presiden
tial residence anti-American signs.
Rubottom delivered the answer
to Kubitschek and discussed with
him its contents for some time.
15 passengers died instantly and
14 were taken to the hospital in
serious condition. The driver and
5 passengers survived the catas
trophe. One half of the dead are
children.
PEKUNIST BANNED FROM
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
BUENOS AIRES (UPI)— The
Dominican Governmem has can
celled permission to return to San
to Domingo for one of ex-Presi
dent Juan Perons chief aides, the
tormer Argentine army major, Pa
blo Vicente, it was learned here.
The Security Department of
Ciudad Trujillo has notified air
lines to the effect Vicente’s entry
permit has been cancelled.
Vicente left the Island two
months ago and his present where
about are unknown
Vicente was second in command
of one of the Buenos Aires Gar
rison regiment* when Per6n fell
in September, 1955. He was one of
the i»w commanders to resist to
the lass. He came to Argentina
just before the Feb. 23 election
to see or himstli the position of
the various Peronista factions and
make a political report for Pe
r6n.
Naturally, he entered the coun
try clandestinely, aad although
[ other members of the Pan Amer
ican community in the future, in
order to put into practice without
delay the agreements, in all the
continent that tend to re-affirm
the devotion to Pan Americanism”.
The subjects to be discussed,
Eisenhower says, “cover a wide
scope”.
“As I deem this subject of a
high importance”, Eisenhower
says, he gave instructions to Rubot
tom to discuss the matter personal
ly with Kubitschek “in order to
know more fully his ideas. “His
ideas obtained at first sight, he
adds, may conduct to new consul
tations through normal diplomatic
channels, as a preparation for a
future visit to Brazil by the Se
cretary of State”.
James C. Hagerty, White House
Press Secretary, said that Dulles
will not go to Brazil before Con
gress, adjourns, which is expected
to be by Augus 15.
Hagerty said it was impossible
to say now whether a meeting of
the Executives or Foreign Minis
ters of the American countries to
this respect, is possible.
President Eisenhower met with
the Presidents of the American
republics in Panama, in 1956.
Civic Liberties Union
Asks for Asylum for
Exiled P6rez Jimenez
CIVIC LIBERTIES UNION Fran
NEW YORK (UPI)— The Ame
rican Civic Liberties Union sent'a
telegram to the Justice Depart
ment suggesting the approval of
asylum to Venezuelan ex-President
Marcos Perez Jimenez.
The organization notes that
the Inmigration and Naturaliza
tion Service of that Department is
oppossed to the State Department
decision to approve the asylum,
and says:
“The American Civic Liberties
Union hopes that the Justice De
partment will lift its opposition
permitting that the traditional de
mocratic principle of asylum in
this case (of Perez Jimenez) is put
into practice, this tradition inter
preting our democratic creed in
freedom of speech, irrespective of
people or cases.
“In this moment of world his
tory, when the democratic prin
ciples are the target of attacks, it
is paramount that we should de
monstrate that the U.S continues
to be the refuge for those forced
to abandon their fatherland.
“To deviate from this principle
because of the circumstances sur
rounding the case of Perez Ji
menez, would weaken its vigor
when it has to be applied to others
seeking asylum protection.”
here tor two weeks, was several
times on the point of capture. Lat
er he is reported to have parted
company with Per6n in a dispute
over election procedure.
OXIGEN TENTS FLOWN
TO CHILE BY U S.
WASHINGTON (UPI)— The
United States is flying 30 sma'l
oxygen tents to Chile to help
fight an outbreak of obstructive
laryngitis among children under
four /ears of age
The State Department said the
illness which "auses throat con
gestation and makes breathing dif
ficult if not impossible has result
ed thus far in a death rate of about
25 uei cent
Officials ot the Chilean National
Healtn Service have expressed
fears that the infectious disease
may become an epidemic.
According to a report from the
U.S Foreign Aid Mission in San
tiago June 4, most of the victims
of 'he disease have been children
under four years of age in the
cities ot Santiago and Valparaiso.
FUNDS APPROVED
WASHINGTON (UPI)— Presi
dent Eisenhower signed into law
a bill authorizing $lO 000.000 for
the conatruction ot the Inter-Ame
rican Highway.
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NUMBER 287
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Extraterritorial Effect of
Dictatorships
Public opinion in America waa
shocked a few days ago by the
reports that a Cuban exile resid
ing in Mexico had been abducted
for political reasons and taken
out of the country by agents
of the Government interested in
taking repressive measures
against the adversary.
The Mexican nation, hurt in
its sorvereign pride, was angered
by the fact that a foreign Gov
ernment had dared to violate its
territory by removing from it,
in away incompatible with ,all
rights and civilization, a person
who had been generously wel
comed in Mexico in his condition
of political exile. And the
Mexican Government, which is
of truly democratic extraction,
translating thg feelings of the
people of Mexico, and zealous
of its supreme duty to watch
for the majesty and decorum ot
the Republic, did not hesitate
to move actively until obtaining
the release by the Havana Gov
ernment of Candido de la Torre
Herrera, the exile who, in a
gangsterlike maneuver, was re
moved by force from Mexican
soil and transported by plane to
Cuba where, according to press
reports and, according also to
categoric statements made by
the victim, was subjected to
physical and moral tortures.
The great Latin American
statesman, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines,
is highly commended for the
attitude assumed by him and his
Government in this case, in de
manding the release of the ab
ducted political leader in such
way that had the results already
known. The President of Me
xico fulfilled a human duty in
defending a life and further
more, he fulfilled his obligation
—always sacred— of defending
the prestige and sovereignty ot
his country.
In all certainty this case is
going to put a stop to the race of
international abductions, thus
putting and end to what could
well be termed as the extraterri
torial effect of dictatorships.
Mexico’s dignified action will
serve at least to keep the bizarre
operations of the antidemocratic
regimes within the frontiers of
their respective countries,
instead of extending to other
lands the tragic message of per
secution and death.
Together with the loss of face
that this shameful action has
brought to the Government of
Cuba, a new wave of admiration
rises for the Mexican Govern
ment and the Mexican people. In
the confines of Eternity, Jos6
Marti and Benito Juarez must
feel closer through this instance
of replevying, that identifies
more, if such thing is possible,
their respective and generous
Nations.
TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE
STATES THAT MEXICAN
BRACEROS ARE NEEDED
WASHINGTON. (UPI). Rep
W. R. Page, Texas democract, said
be does not agree with the theory
that the economic depression makes
it unnecessary to hire Mexican
braceros for the United States
farm labor.
Page said he waits until the
bill extending the hiring of Me
xican braceros reaches the House
to hear arguments about it.
He added that testimony before
the Sub-Committee of the Farm
Committee, to which he belongs,
show that the struggles to hire
unemployed urban workers here
for farm labor, have been fruit
less.
“These declarations have clearly
proved that so far we cannot
j obtain in the American cities a
sufficient number of workers who
are able to do this kind of work”,
Page said to a newsman. “If we
want carpenter apprentices, there
will probably be an abundant num
ber of them, but if we want some
one to bend his back and take the
sun heat, he will not take tke
I job”.