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EDITORIAL
A CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
OR FOREING MINISTERS
Distinguished statesmen and outstanding figures of
some of the Governments oi America have suggested con
vocation to a conference of Presidents or Foreign Ministers
of America, in order to discuss Inter American problems
which at present affect the twenty one countries of our
Hemisphere, and in particular regarding the tension that
to certain extent exists, or seems to exist, between the
United States and Latin America. As stated, this confer
ence would have as its objective to discuss political and
economic problems.
Regarding this plan, it is convenient to warn that the
results of any conference of that nature, will depend on the
greater or lesser degree of sincerity and decision of the
Governments, in particular those which, for reasons of their
good judgment and democratic origin are in a condition
to speak with greater moral authority and with stronger
support by their respective peoples.
If that state of mind prevails, it can be stated in advance
that the conference, no matter at what level it is held,
would be a success, at least in finding out exactly which
is really the cause of the crisis, and which are the possible
and immediate solutions. But if, unfortunately, the meet
ing is held only to make speeches of an elegant literary
pattern, of magnificent historical contents, and beautiful
words are said, even regarding Inter American democracy
and economic cooperation, without arriving at any tangible
agreements, the effort would be lost, and a conference of
that nature would be clearly harmful.
The different peoples of the Americas are used already
to hear those beautiful spechees and acclamations for
freedom and democracy, about understanding and coopera
tion, without the reality of cold facts demonstrating the
sincerity of those statements. This does not mean that
bo progress has been achieved, but one has to point out,
perhaps regretfully, that much more has been said than
done.
It would be very serious for the prestige of the Inter
American System to hold a conference of that kind, if the
problems of the continent are not going to be discussed
with the clearness and decision which circumstances de
mand, because it would provoke greater popular resent
ment and, above all, it would impair the prestige of any
meetings of that nature in the future.
★ ★★★★★
Latin American Finance
and Trade News Reports
BUENOS AIRES PLANS
NEW PASSENGER PIER
WASHINGTON A new pas
senger pier is to be built in the
Port of Buenos Aires work to be
gin this year, according to a re
cent announcement of the Argen
tine Ministry of Public Works.
The pier will be in the southern
end of the North Basin and will
cover a 3,200 square meters sur
face. including car parking space,
waiting rooms, a restaurant, and
rooms for officials of Customs,
Maritime Prefecture. Ports, exam
ination ot baggage, etc. The dock
side will measure 370 meters in
length to allow for docking opera
tions of two oceangoing vessels at
the same time.
Construction of the new pier
will be the first step in a port
improvement project estimated to
cost between 300 and 400 million
pesos. Part of the project will be
financed by Export-Import Bank
credits. Two of five bids forte
fees included in this financing
have already been opened for the
supply of 30 moiur-driven loading
equipment units and 20 tractors
amounting to a total of $450,000.
A cail for bids was to be made
among U S firms lor (fee supply of
35 cranes special cleanly equip
ment and trucks, and transporta
tion oelfs for use in loading and
unloading cargo in bulk.
AIRPORT INAUGURATED
AT RECIFE, BRAIL
WASHINGTON - A large, mod
ern airport was officially opened
at Recife Brazil on January 19.
The airport considered to be the
finest : o South America, is open
to both national and international
traffic. Four international lines
now use Recife a.‘ a stopping place
and it is believed the new airport
will attract other international
lines.
It is understood the old terminal
will be turned over tp the Brazil
ian Air f orce.
NEW PERUVIAN
AIR SERVICES
WASHINGTON The Peruvian
Government has authorized Com
pany de Aviacion Faucett to es
tabiisn scheduled passenger and
cargo service between Lim and
Guayaquil, and permission from
the Ecuadorean Government is
practically assured.
The AmeiHas Daily
Peril has also authorized Com
pania Ecuatoriana de Aviacion to
initiate r wo weekly passenger and
cargo round-trip flights between
Lima anti Miami, with stops at
Guayaquil, Quito and Cali.
A one-way fare of $4O between
Lima and Guayaquil has been ap
proved by the Peruvian Govern
ment for both airlines, and around
trip fare of $72 has been approved
for the f aucett airlines and a $65
round-trip fare for the Ecuadorean
airline.
The Faucett airline will use DC
-4 planes on its weekly flights to
Guayaquil and will service Talara
on its north and south bound
flights.
U.S.- PUERTO RICO
LINK PLANNED
WASHINGTON Internation
al leleDhone and Telegraph Corp
oration and the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company
will join in the construction of a
direct submarine telephone cable
between the United States main
land ana Puerto Rico At present,
the island's telephone service to
the United States is provided by
radio. Cost of the project is es
timated at $17,000,000 to be sub
scribed equally by both companies.
IN TERN ATONAL PACKERS
SEEKS TO ACQUIRE ARMOUR
PLANTS ABROAD
WASHINGTON International
Packers Ltd., oi Chicago, are ne
gotiating for the acquisition of
several Armour and Company for
eign meatpacking plants and sales
units in exchange for 885,000
shares ot international Packers
common stock. The announcement
was made in Chicago by A. Tho
mas Taylor, board chairman, and
H. H. Luning, president of Inter
national Packers.
The main Armour plants Inter
national would acquire include
those in Argentina and Brazil. Fri
gorifico Artigas, an Armour Uru
guayan subsidiary in process of
liquidation, is not included. Sales
units to be acquired by Interna
tional Packers would include those
in the United Kingdom, Belgium,
Spain, Germany, the Philippine Is
land, and the Union of South
Africa.
Know thy
Neighbor
By ANTONIO RUIZ
BOLIVIA The temperature j
in La Paz, capital of Bolivia as
well as the principal city oi the
“altiplano” and the country, ran
ges from twenty-six degrees Fa
hrenheit in June, to 76 degrees
in November. From these ex
tremes in temperature, it is easy
to see that the seasons in Bolivia
are the reverse of those in North
America. That is because the coun
try lies in the south of the tem
perate zone between the Equator
and the Tropic of Capricorn.
The altiplano or high pleateau,
presents in general a bleak ap
pearance, although the deepest val
leys are covered with vegetation.
The hardier cereals make up the
major part of what agricultural
production there is. The principal
representatives of the animal king
dom are alpacas and llamas, as
well as the famous vicunas. It is in
this section also that abundant
mineral deposits, the backbone of
the Bolivian economy, are found.
Here, too, are most of the coun
try’s inhabitants and its industrial
centers, in the departments of
Oruro and Potosi.
In the departments of La Paz
and Cochabamba, the “yungas,”
consisting of deep valleys covered
with semi-tropical forests, separ
ate the altiplano from the low
land plains. Further south, in the
Departments of Chuquisaca, Tari
ja and Western Santa Cruz, the
yungas flatten out somewhat. This
is the valley district, charaterized
by a cooler temperature. It des
cends gradually toward the Chaco
plains in the southeast. The yun
gas vary in altitude from 1,600 to
5,000 feet above sea level. The
mean temperature is around 70 de
grees Farhenheit, and the atmo
sphere is charged with humidity.
In the valleys the altitude is from
5,000 to 8.000 feet, the temperature
is lower, about 64 degrees, and the
atmosphere is drier. In agriculture,
the jungas of Bolivia are more de
veloped than any other region of
the country. The principal crops
are corn, wheat, barley, oats, cof
fee, cacao and sugar cane.
The Llanos, or lowland plains
districts of Bolivia, contain the de
partments of El Beni, Pando and
Santa Cruz. In the northeastern
part of Bolivia, these plains are
part of the Amazon River Basin.
There are tropical forests and
dense vegetation. Further south,
on the other hand, the plains form
part of the La Plata River basin
and constitute a northward exten
sion of the Argentine pampas. !
This part of Bolivia is the most j
sparsely populated and least de- ;
veloped, notwithstanding its large,
tracts of fertile land and the fact
that it contains more than one
half of the area of the entire coun
try.
In addition to the drainage sy
stems formed by the Amazon and
La Plata rivters and their tributa
ries, there is a third correspond
ing to the altiplano or plateau re
gion. It consists of Lake Titicaca
and the Desaguadero River. Lake
Titicaca is the largest South Ame
rican lake and the highest one in
the world in which steamships
operate. It is located at an altitude
of 12.513 feet above sea level, cov
ering an area of 3,220 square miles.
It is 139 miles long and a maxi
mum width of 69 miles. It con
tains several islands, the most im
portant being those of the Sun and
the Moon.
The boundary of Bolivia and Pe
ru runs through Lake Titicaca,
near its middle. The Desaguadero
River, which is navigable, con
nects Lake Titicaca with Lake
Poopo, which is 185 miles to the
southeast and lies several hundred
feet below Lake Titicaca.
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Trujillo Junior
Now Full General
CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican
Republica (UPI) — The promotion
of Rafael Trujillo Jr., 29 to the
rank of full general in the Do
minican Republic’s army and air
force was announced Monday by
his father, Geheralissimo Rafael
Trujillo.
The promotion presumably was
the result of the appointment by
his father of young Trujillo to the
newly-created post of chairman of
the Dominican joint chiefs of staff.
Young Trujillo’s appointment to
the staff post was announced on
the same day the U.S. Army an
nounced he had flunked out of its
general staff and command school
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The
Army announced last Friday that
Trujillo Jr. would receive only a
certificate of attendance because
he “did not successfully complete
the course.”
Trujillo Jr. previously was com
mander of the Air Force with the
rank of lieutenant general. He
currently is in Los Angeles, Calif.
For a better understanding between the Americas'
MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1958
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IN THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE ROOM, U.S. Senate, Guests honor dramatic troupe of Catholic Univer.
sity departing for tour of Latin America. Left to right: Congressman Emanuel Celler, Chairman, House
Committee on Judiciary; Senator Alexander Wiley, R. Wis. and Congressman Kenneth Keating, R.
N. Y Co-hosts of luncheon; Senator Theodore Francis Green, Chairman, Senate Committee on For
eign Relations; Father Gilbert Hartke, O. P., Director, Department of Speech and Drama; the Very
Rev. Msgr. John McClafferty, Assistant to the Rector of Catholic University; the Honorable James
Murray, Chairman, Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee.
Hundreds Killed or Injured in Brazil as
Fireworks Explode in Santo Amaro Market
Dr. Eisenhower
Going July 15 to
Central America
WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI)
Dr. Milton Eisenhower plans to
leave July 15 on his trip to Cen
tral America, officials said last
night.
Eisenhower, President of Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore
and a brother of the President,
had been scheduled to leave June
15 on the goodwill tour.
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But the trip was postponed be
cause, the State Department said,
“It has not been possible to sche
dule the visits at mutually con
venient dates for all the countries
concerned.
One of the factors in postponing
and revising the trip was because
of the anti-American violence
against ice President Richard M.
Nixon on his recent South Ame
rican tour, officials said.
They said they did not know
exactly how many countries Eisen
hower would visit on his revamped
schedule. He originally was to visit
Guatemala, El Salvador, Hondu
ras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Pa
anama.
HEMISPHERIC EVENTS
Latin American News in Brief
U. S. Must Try to
Lower Barriers on
Trade, Nixon Says
WASHINGTON (UPI)— The
ambassadors of the twenty Latin
American republics honored Vice-
President Richard M. Nixon with
a banquet, as a demonstration of
the friendship with the United
Suites and of vindicaiotn to Nixon
for the demonstrations against him
in his recent tour to South Ameri
ca.
The banquet took place in the
Pan American Union Bldg., and
John Foster Dulles, Secretary of
State, and Senorita Mercedes Ba
quero, “queen of the recent Festiv
al of Las Americas in Miami, and
her princesses Annabela Nebel,
from Ecuador, and Luisa M. Buri
llo, from Panama, also attended
the banquet.
Nixon took the floor and said
tl]at he returned from his tour
convinced that the “United States
must increase its efforts to reduce
commercial barriers existing for
the Latin American products,” and
added that this country must work
out programs to invest money to
contribute to the economic de-
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (U
PI) Fireworks collected for a
religious holiday exploded with a
blinding flash in the market place
of Santo Amaro in northeastern
Brazil Monday, killing at least 112
persons and injuring 400.
Twenty of the injured received
agonizin burns and were report
ed in critical condition. Doctors
and nurses on the scene sent ur
gent radio appeals today for’ blood
plasma in an effort to prevent the
death toll from rising toward the
100 mark.
One person was killed and 50
more injured in a similar tragedy
in the village of Feira Santana,
less than 20 miles away. There,
too, colorfully dressed Brazilians
had poured into the market place
to buy firecrackers for Wednes
day’s celebration of —the feast day
of San Juan.
Authorities blamed the Santo
Amaro disaster on a short circuit
in a high tension line that touch
ed off explosions in two fireworks
booths. The crowded market place
was ripped by the blast and wit
nesses said it resembled a battle
field.
Many of those who died later
were victims of the weather as
well. Torrential rains blocked high
ways and grounded planes, and
nurses, doctors and medicines be
eing rushed from nearby towns
were delayed for hours. Most of
them eventually arrived by train
to find many persons already dead
and others dying.
velopment of these Latin Ameri
can republics.
The Vice-President said it is
important to give some aid to Lat
in America, not because U.S. wish
es to exploit or control it, “but
because we all are members of the
family and that that helping one of
us helps us all, as well as that that
harms one of us harms us all.
Lleras Trip to
Rio Cancelled
After Surgery
BOGOTA, June 24 (UPI)— Can
cellation of the official visit of
President-elect Alberto Lleras Ca
margo to Brazil, before his inau
guration of August 7, seems to be
a sure thing today, after he un
derwent surgery for a hernia.
Lleras Camargo was recovering
satisfactorily, according to the
physicians’ bulletin, of an emer
gency operation he underwent .in
Sunday morning. He was schedul
ed to leave today for Rio,, in the
company of 15 persons, in a visit
of ten days. On Saturday evening
when it was learned about Lleras
Camargo’s illness, Foreign Minister
Carlos Sanz de Santamaria cabled
Santa Amaro is about 35 miles
northwest of Salvador, seaport
capital of the state of Bahia on
the Brazilian “bulge.” Feira San
tana is some 50 miles north of
Salvador.
The explosions shook the area
and reverberated through the
town like the boom of cannon
and the chatter of rifle fire. Rocket
bombs flared in all directions.
A reporter said the market place
looked like a “scene from Dante’s
Inferno.”
The market place itself was
turned into a hospital. Injured
were rushed to a hospital and pub
lic buildings and private homes
were pressed into emergency ser
vice to take care of the overflow.
Firework accidents are not un
common in Brazil, especially
around this time of the year. Last
year 60 persons were killed and
more than 100 injured when a
fireworks factory blew up at Gra
macho, near Rio de Janeiro.
Development i
Discussed by 1
WASHINGTON, D. C. (PAU) -
Incentives for the development of
the hotel industry, together with
investment possibilities for do
mestic and foreign capital in
building or expanding hotel es-
the Brazilian Government,- an
nouncing postponment of the vis
it. Today, however, they believe
that a definite cancellation of the
visit is in order.
The President-elect will be in
the hospital until Friday, and aft
er he will have to follow a special
regime of diet and rest for three
or four weeks more.
MEXICAN EXPERTS
GO TO CHICAGO
MEXICO CITY. (UPl)—Twenty
Mexican experts are going to ins
truct employes of tne Chicago
stockyards, world’s largest, how
to slaughter cattle, the National
Union of Meatcutters announced
here.
But union President Manuel Al
varez hastened to explain that it
would not be a case of carrying
coals to newcastle.
He said the Mexicans were con
tracted for a two-year period be
cause they are familigr with every
step of the butchering process,
from slaughterhouse to showcase.
They will teach their overall
skills to American meatcutters at
the stockyards who, because of spe
cialization, know only one particu
lar phase of the job, Alvarez
added.
Colombia Threatens to Denounce
Agreement on Political Asylum
Regarding Army Men in Service
WASHINGTON. (UPI). Co
lombia has warned she will de
nounce the present conventions on
diplomatic asylum if an Inter Ame
rican council disposes that the
army officers in active service
committing acts of rebellion have
the right of asylum.
The Organization of American
States published a summary of the
remarks made by Jose Gutierrez
Gomez, Colombian Ambassador, be
fore the Central Committee. The
ambassador said that Colombia will
accept the juridic ruling, but could
denounce the treaty to be discus
sed in a future meeting.
The summary contains the fol
lowing words of the Ambassador:
“As the foreign minister has
stated, Colombia’s government
-would consider the opinion of the
Inter American Council of jurists
or of the Inter American Judicial
Committee, to solve the inmediate
subject under consideration, with
out prejudice that in case such
concept would be contrary to the
Peruvian Union Leaders Connected
With Mine Strike Regain Freedom
WASHINGTON The Confed
eration of Labor of Peru (CTP)
has announced that all the labor
leaders who were arrested in con
nections with the mine workers’
strike against the “Utah Company”
in Toquepala, southern Peru, have
been set free, some of them under
bond pending trial. The Toquepala
strike, which was marred by vio
lent outbursts which cost one
death and 26 wounded, was caus
ed by the reactionary attitude of
the local company management.
The CTP sent a detailed docu
mentation to the Government of
Peru concerning the ill tratment
of the Toquepala miners. The
same documentation was sent by
the AFL-CIO to the United States
Department of State, in view of the
fact that the Utah Company is
a subsidiary of the American
Smelting and Refining Company,
with main offices in the United
States.
Among the strike leaders who
have regained their freedom is
Abel Yauri Urdanivia of Arequipa,
secretary of foieign relations of
the Miners’ Union of Toquepala.
He had been fired by the com
pany under the charge of having
of Hemisphere
Travel Congress
• tablishments in the Americas, will
E be among the topics to be studied
i by the meeting in Washington of
- the Technical Committee on Tra
i vel Plant of the Inter-American
- Travel Congresses, which began
MEATLESS FRIDAYS
IN ARGENTINA
BUENOS AIRES. (UPI). Ar
gentines, who consume more beef
annually than any other people
in the world, will soon be asked
to observe meatless Fridays, in
formed sources' said.
The Government, concerned over
the nation’s diminshing cattle
herds, is preparing to urge increas
ed consumption of fish in general
and a complete abstention from
meat on Fridays, they said.
■ Argentina, still the biggest beef
exporter in the world, was forced
to observe two meatless days for
a while during the regime of ex
dictator Juan D. Per6n.
CHILEANS PROTESTING
HUNGARIAN MURDERS
SANTIAGO, Chile (UPI)— The
Chamber of Deputies, acting on the
petition of several deputies, agreed
to send a note to the United Na
tions protesting for the execution
of Imre Nagy and other Hungar
ian leaders, and asking for an in
ternational investigation.
Christian Democrat Tom6s Pa
blo called the executions “ a faith
ful expression of the regime which
exists behind the iron curtain
where the universally-accepted
rights of human beings are violat
ed."
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Press Association
For Liberty, Culture amt
Hemispheric Solidarity
NUMBER 298
thesis that my government now
defends, and held with marked in
terest since 1940, it will proceed to
denounce the conventions in force
to revise a point that it considers
of vital importance”.
The ambassador said when ask
ing for the verdict, a petition that
came out because a group of of
ficers sought asylum in three Latin
American embassies after the fail
ure of the plot of May 2, Colom
bia tried to enforce the asylum
right.
He further said: “For the tradi
tional position Colombia occupies
in connection with asylum, the gov
ernment gives special importance
to this case, which meaning is evi
dent for all Latin American coun
tries, with reference to the effec
tiveness of a noble institution that
in its structure would remain se
riously impotent if it could ba
useful to honor the transgressions
committed by men to whom the Re
publics entrust their institutional
stability”.
engaged in “acts of sabotage and
attacks against the armed forces
of the country.” When he was visit
ed in the jail of Arequina by re
presentatives of the CTP, ha
strongly disclaimed any connec
tion with the Communist Party.
The statement issued by the
CTP in announcing the release of
the strike leaders acknowledged
the solidarity received from the
International Federation oi Min
ers, the United Mine Workers of
America, the AFL-CIO, the ORIT
and the ICFTU. Particular men
tion was made of the support re
ceived from Paul K. Reed of the
UMW George Meany, president
of the AFL-CIO; and Charles H.
Millard, director of organization
of the ICFTU.
The Peruvian Confederation of
Labor has announced that the
work tor the reorganization of
the Mine Workers Union in To
quepala will start immediately. At
the same time it warned against
the activities of demagogues and
trouble-makers who took advant
age of legitimate economic grie
vances to stir up political hatreds
for the exclusive benefit of the
Communist Party.
Hotel Industry
in Washington
yesterday and will last until June
27.
Special importance is attached
to the work of this Committee and
the Inter-American Travel Con
gresses in view of the message re
cently addressed to Congress by
President Eisenhower on ways and
means of promoting international
travel. ____
The Committee, headed by Hen
ry H. Kelly, Director of Interna
tional Travel of the U.S. Depart
ment of Commerce, includes Ar
gentina Colombia, Cuba, Guate
mala Honduras and Mexico among
its members. However, Brazil and
other American nations are also
expected to send representatives,
Private organizations taking
part in the Washington meeting
are the Inter-American Hotel As
sociation the Intcr-Ameriean Fed
eration of Automobile Clubs, the
International Road Federation,
the Air Transport Association of
America Inter-Continental Hotels
, Corporation. Hilton Hotels Inter
, Rational and the American Motor
Hotel Association.
[ The Committee will hear re
, suits of a survey on inducements
provided by the American gov
* ernmenti-- to the hotel industry
I through customs facilities hotel
, credit, subsidies and the exchange
of specialized personnel. A report
of the Tiavel Congresses’ Perman
ent Secretariat will deal with ap*
cial problems connected with the
Pan American Highway.
Also on the agenda is a report
t of (he Pan American Sanitary Bu<
! reau on a draft manual of mini-
I mum standards of sanitation tot
■ hotels, restaurants, transportation
i and other tourist and travel equip
- ment and installations. Possibili
- ties for the establishment of mot
tels and trailer camps i n Latin
- America will be examined.
- Findings of the Technical Com
l mittee will be submitted to the
i Seventh Inter-American Travel
1 Congress tentatively scheduled te
- meet in Montevideo, Uruguay, k ■
December.