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Latins Take Precautions to Bar
May Day Repetition of Bogota
By the Associated Frees
Many Latin American countries,
forewarned by the riotous events at
Bogota, are taking extensive security
precautions to prevent a repetition
on May Day of the disorders which
swept the Colombian capital two
weeks ago.
Police and troops have been
ordered to watch for signs of Com
munist outbreaks, dispatches from
cities south of the Rio Grande said
yesterday. Reinforced guards will
be posted around public utilities,
communications centers and govern
ment buildings.
The Bogota uprising, which the
Communists are accused of exploit
ing for their own ends, has caused
concern in many countries in South
and Central America.
Authorities in Brazil, Gjhile and
Paraguay have reported Communist
plots for uprisings May 1. Many
Communists have been arrested in
those nations and the roundups are
continuing.
Jvlay Day is a legal holiday in a
number of Latin American coun
tries. Where such is the case the
authorities generally have approved
official celebrations by anti-Com
munist workers’ organzations.
Roundup or hituatjon. *
Dispatches gave this picture of
the situation in some of the key
countries:
Colombia—For perhaps the first
May Day in modern Colombian his
tory steel helmeted troops with fixed
bayonets will be posted in Bogota
and other major cities. The national
police force has ceased to exist
since the outbreak of April 9 and
the army maintains order under
martial latfc May Day demonstra
tions and parades have been for
bidden this year.
Chile—Troops have been ordered1
to stop any Communist attempts to
disturb May Day celebrations. Pres
ident Gabriel Gonzalez Videla is j
scheduled to address a mass meeting
of non-Communist labor groups in
front of the presidential palace.
Brazil—Police, who claim to have
smashed a Communist plot for a
"second Bogota” in Rio de Janeiro,1
have been ordered to prevent May
Day celebrations.. ' Greater precau
tions are being taken this year than j
last when the observances also were i
banned. Army troops will help police;
guard vital areas. Special police
numbering over 2,000 will be on the i
alert from noon April 30 to noon 1
May 2.
Brazilian authorities have attri
buted recent disasters, including an
explosion at an army arsenal costing
more than a score of lives, to Com
munists. President Eurico Gaspar i
Dutra has asked Congress for spe- j
clal powers to combat sabotage by;
Communists. The Communist party
has been outlawed in Brazil.
Paraguay Watching Reas.
Paraguay—The Republican Work
ers’ Organization, the country’s chief
labor union, will hold an anti-Com- j
munist demonstration. The union I
was formed by supporters of Presi
dent Higinio Morinigo.
A special watch against Com
munists is being established by the
police. The government has an
nounced the frustia.tJoru.of the thfrd
Communist plot iirthree weeks. The
headquarters of the latest movement
was in the northern city of Concep
tion, seat of the rebel regime during
last year’s civil war.
Uruguay—May Day will be cele
brated by the country’s Communist
dominated labor union and the
Socialist Party. It was indicated
unofficially that all army leaves will .
be' cancelled and reinforced police
guards will be placed around public
utilities. There will be special army
patrols in the streets of Montevideo.
Authorities said the precautions
were taken in fear of some sort of
subversive outbreak.
Argentina—No special arrange
ments have been made to control
possible Communist demonstrations. :
It appears likely the 40,000 Com- :
munists in Buenos Aires Will be
swallowed up in the demonstration i
of the 300,000 or more workers who '
support President Juan D. Peron. :
Officially Argentina is not against
Communism any more than she is ]
against capitalism since the country i
holds what Peron described as a
‘'third position” between the two.
Mexico—Police and military units
have been alerted. The commu
I nists said a parade through Mexico
City’s business district would be a
protest against “the 60,000 Mexican
businessmen and Yankee imperial
ists who have enriched themselves
at the expense of the people’s hung
er.”
Electrical workers plan a nation
wide strike at midnight April 30
unless the Mexican Light and
Power Co. meets their demand for a
60 per cent wage increase.
One Parade in Cuba.
Panama — Government officials
said they expected the May Day
celebrations to be orderly. No spe
cial precautions are being taken.
Cuba — Government authorities
have announced that permission
will be given for only one parade,
that of members of the Cuban Con
federation of Workers. Communist
unions may parade If they wish, but
must do so as part of the confedera
tion. The government some months
ago removed Communist leaders
from the confederation.
Peru—The Interior Ministry has
granted labor syndicates permission
to parade. Measures have been
taken to prevent disorders.
Ecuador—Street parades will not
be permitted because of reports that
the Communists might try to pro
voke disorders. All celebrations
must be held in enclosed places. The
largest will take place at the Guay
aquil bull ring where Social Wel
fare Minister Alfredo Perez Guer
rero will speak. Ecuadorean marines
have been posted as guards in vital
areas.
Bolivia—Labor groups will hold
celebrations paying tribute to pro
letarians of all the world.
Venezuela — The Federation of
Workers, which supports the gov
ernment of President Romulo Gal
legos, will celebrate the holiday.
Condon
(Continued From First Page.)
referring the question to the Presi
dent.
Mr. Martin told newsmen:
"I can see no reason that the
(FBI) paper should not be made
public. If there is nothing in it, it
would be to the advantage of Dr.
Condon to have the contents dis
closed.
“If it is damaging, then the coun
try should know it. There has been
■to much discussion about it that
the public is entitled to know what
is in it.”
Representative Hebert, Democrat,
of Louisiana, said the next step, in
his opinion, should be adoption of
a resolution to authorize congres
sional committees to get the in
formation they want from Govern
ment agencies.
Thinks “People Will Win.”
“The question now is: Who is
bigger, the President or Congress?”
Mr. Hebert said. "Ultimately, I
think the people and not the Presi
dent will win.”
Represenative Nixon, Republican,
of California, said the Commerce
Department has indicated clearly
that "it does not want all the facts
on the Condon case to come out.”
•Both- Mr. HefeePt and Mr. Nixon
ai*e mdlnbers fif ihe [JufP’American
Activities Committee.”
Representative Rankin, Democrat,
of Mississippi, called the Commerce
Department's action "an outrage.”
He. too. is on the un-American Ac
tivities Committee.
Loyalty
(Continued From First Page.)
dered, the official said, It will also
make a study of procedures to be
followed and decide on the scope
of the inquiry.
Meanwhile, the Americans for
Democratic Action announced late
yesterday it has sent a letter to the
Commissioners urging that a pub
lic hearing be held on the proposed
loyalty investigations so that Dis
trict residents and organizations
will be given a chance to express
their views. The letter, .signed by
Bejamin C. Sigal, president of the
Washington chapter, declared, “This
proposal raises many serious ques
tions which deserve thorough ex
ploration before any investigation
is launched.
“There are many individuals and
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COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT GOES INTO EXILE—President Teodoro Picado Michalskl (center,
nearest plane, in white *uit), whose government was overthrown by revolution, as he prepared
for flight to Nicaragua as -rebels took over San Jose. With him (unidentified) are government
officials who left the country with him and diplomats who arranged peace terms with rebel
leader Jose Figueres._ . WirePhoto
civic organizations in the District
who are deeply concerned, not only
about the desirability of such a
probe, but also about the methods,
standards and procedures to be
used.”
Hearings Not Discussed.
District officials said there has
been no discussion among the Com
missioners about the possibility of
holding public hearings on the
loyalty check.
Commissioner John Russell
Young’s proposal that the District
imitate the Federal Government’s
loyalty program first was revealed
last week. Commissioner Young
announced after last Tuesday that
the 'loyalty committee would be com
posed of: A chairman to be chosen
from the ranks of the corporation
counsel’s office (Mr. Maher); a mem
ber of the Police Department; a
representative from the personnel
office; a representative of the exec
utive department (secretary to the
Commissioners, Geoffrey M. Thor
nett’s office), and one man from the
offices of Commissioner John Russell
Young, Guy Mason and Gordon R.
Young.
Stofberg May be Member.
Speculation has been that Special
Assistant Charles Stofberg will
represent Commissioner John Rus
sell Young and that Lt. Col. Ken
neth E. Madsen will be on the com
mittee for the engineer commis
sioner. Lt. Harry Blackman, head
of the Police Department’s Special
Investigations Squad, is considered
the most likely candidate from the
office of Police Supt. Robert J. Bar
rett.
Mr. Maher, a former Assistant
United States Attorney, was ap
pointed to Corporation Counsel
West's stall by the Commissioners
last October 31 for the specific pur
pose of carrying out special investi
gations assigned to that office.
His first assignment as the Com
missioners’ trouble-shooter was the
job of prosecuting Fire Chief Clem
ent Murphy on charges by his fel
low firemen that the chief contrib
uted nothing but demoralization to
that department. The case was
tried before a special three-man
civilian trial board early this year
and, after a series of stormy ses
sions, Chief Murphy was acquitted
on all counts.
Brazilian's Aid to Girl
Costs Him $5, Punch
A Brazilian who rallied to the
cries of a damsel in distress yester
day paid for his gallantry with a
*5 collateral forfeiture on a dis
orderly charge, to say nothing of
the punch on the nose he got in the
course of the “rescue."
Carlos A. A. Santos, 24, assistant
to an official of the International
Monetary Fund, reported he was
about to enter a hamburger shop
at 2:30 a.m. when he saw a man
scuffling with a girl at Wisconsin
avenue and N street N.W.
Mr. Santos added he brought a
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fait to this by "holding the man
y the neck/’ whereupon a fourth
party intervened by delivering a
hard right to Santos’ nose.
Seventh Precinct police arrested
both the Brazilian and Richard Ed
ward Jones, 22, of the 3000 block of
M street N.W. Jones, whose police
record shows he is well known in
the precinct, was fined $50 on drunk
and disorderly charges in Municipal
Court.
Judge Thomas Dewey Quinn, who
imposed the fines, is the same judge
who last September fined Jones
$35 for disorderly conduct after
castigating him at length from the
bench. At the time Jones said po
lice had mistreated him, but he
dropped the charge later.
Bomb From Soviet Plane
Injures Austrian Child
By the Associated Press
VIENNA, April 24.—The Ministry
of Interior announced a 13-year-old
Austrian child was seriously in
jured today when an explosive mis
sile was dropped from a Russian
airplane near Matzen.
It was the second time within
recent weeks a child has been re
ported injured in this manner near
the same town.
Mexico Warns U. S.
Against One-Sided
Proposal at Bogota
■y Hy Auscwtcd PrM
BOGOTA, Colombia, April 34.—
Mexico told the United States dele
gation today not to try to obtain
advantages from Latin American
nations which it was unwilling to
grant.
The warning came during a dis
cussion in the Pan-American Con
ference of a United States proposal
that Latin American nations agree
to give prompt and adequate com
pensation for property expropriated
from foreign investors.
Several Latin American countries,
including Mexico and Venezuela,
opposed acceptance of the wording
of the United States proposal on
the grounds that it conflicted with
their constitutions. ,
Working Group Writing Treaty.
The discussion was held in a spe
cial working group of the con
ference’s Economic Committee,
which is charged with writing a
treaty to improve economic co-op
eration among the republics of the
Western Hemisphere.
Mexican Delegate Antonio Car
rillo Flores said:
"I insist it would be convenient if
the United States delegation does'
not press for this proposal. A few
days ago the United States delega
tion called attention here that this
treaty could not amend regulations
of the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, but now it
insists we adopt measures which are
openly in conflict with several of our
constitutions."
Venezuelan Delegate Luis Lander
advocated a general statement on
expropriation leaving the procedure
of compensation to special two-na
tion agreements. He said: "We
cannot go further than our consti
tution. We cannot because our
Congress would reject the treaty.”
United States Rejects Proposal.
The United States delegation said
it would be better to eliminate the
part of the treaty dealing with ex
propriation than to draft a watered
down text. A Mexican proposal that
expropriation payments be made
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ance with the constitution and laws
of each country was not accepted by
the United'States.
A Cuban project condemning eco
nomic aggression was approved by
a working committee and will be
sent to the Steering Committee
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settled, the entire conference re
turned today to Colombia’s national
capitol building from which it was
driven in the April 9 uprising.
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32 Million Pounds
Reaching for their next million
pounds in paper collections, Wash
ington Pijptttroopers last week
passed the halfway mark. The total
in The Eevenjng Star-PTA salvage
campaign now is 33,678.495 pounds.
Individual schools and their totals
through April 23 are as follows:
Takoma Park, 147Jjji pounds;
Congress Heights, 145,800j Buchanan,
112,074; Stoddert, 109202: Stanton,
95,931; H. D. Cooke, 94,106; Wood
ridge, 93300: Kimball, 93,553; Shep
herd, 84,049; Beers, 78,126; Lafa
yette, 76,970; Randle Highlands, 76,
715; Bancroft, 69,400; Barnard, 57,
038; Hearst, 56360; West, 50,625;
Whittier, 46,651; Bryan, 41.665;
Rudolph, 41.445; Murch. 40356;
Jefferson, 38,667; Keene, 37365.
Raymond, 36,908; Langdon, 32,019;
Burroughs, 31,006; Orr, 30,808: Davis,
29,889; Benning, 28,540; Bladens
burg, 28,093; Brightwood, 27339;
Mann, 26,642; Randall, 25,182; Mott,
22,431; Park View, 22,003; Emery,
21,472; Wallach, 21332; Thomson,
20,479; Noyes, 19.678; Maury, 19,162;
Adams, 17,709; Blair, 17,653; Eck
ington, 17,547; Gage, 17,415; Ed
monds, 18,581: Seaton, 15,328; Sher
wood Elementary, 15460; Neval
Thomas, 14420; Ludlow, 14490.
Hardy, 14,472f Giddings, l3,49&t
St. Bernadette, 13,109; Smothers,
12485; Westbrook, 11,777; Pinecrest
11,670; St. Gabriels, 11,630; Ketchaaa,
10,754; Bradley El.. 10,635: Bunkff
Hill, 10,170; W. B. Powell, 9,700;
Morse 9448; Brookland, 9096; Burry
•ville, 8789; Steveps, 8,016; 8umner«
Magruder, 7,128; Key, 7,044; St.
Thomas, 7,039; Madison, 6,725; Mer
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Glenmont, 3,644; Central High
School, 3,190; H. Wilson, 2,637;
Kenilworth, 2,391; Our Lady of
Lourdes, 2,323; Wheatley, 1,850; St.
Martin, 1440; E. Silver Spring El*
1400; Gwynn Park, 850; Bethesda
Chevy-Chase, 850; Phillips, 610;
Corcoran, 378; Washington, 300.
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