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tion Seen Unlikely Fernos Status Bill © Munoz Is A Breakfast iDecision On Measure Guest At Nixon’s Home’ Is Expected Tuesday’ . By WALTER
By
WALTER
‘parent political fence mending. A -$TAR Washington Correspondent few hours before leaving for New WASHINGTON—Gov.. Luis Mu. York, -Gov.. Mufioz | breakfasted fioz Marin wound “up*his-Washing- with -Vieé President Richard Nixton visit indulging in some “ }on at Nixon’s $75,000 Tudor house
in a swank
northwest
section
‘AR
After the visit, Mufioz left for New York where he is scheduled to speak to a Puerto Rican group in Central Park. He’ is expected back in San Juan by Tuesday.
PRIEST
of
Washington. Although Mufoz said that the conversation was general, observ-
er§
were
Mufioz
quick may
to speculate have
that
intended
door
to
easing
away
from
down
that
their
areas—Puerto
blems,
Cuba,
relations. Although
has
the
first
time
he
called
has
The
made
GOV. MUNOZ
a personal call on Nixon.
VICE PRESIDENT NIXON
~ By
‘HAROLD
Two
Dominican
caped
J.
LIDIN
exiles who
spectacularly
to
The
es-
Puerto
Rico last month will soon testify before Congress on the Trujillo ‘regime, it was reported yesterday.
Dominican Air Force pilot Otilio Mendez Aquino and Ciudad Trujillo btsinessman Guido
d’Alessandro day
for
nied
by
the
left
here
mainland,
lawyers
J.
Thurs-
him Jong. enough.” That’s the opinion of a second genera-
tion Puerto Rican living in. New York. Author Dan Wakecontinues a
his
spiritualist
by Rep. Charles Porter (D.-Ore.) Porter
has
been
descrip-— meeting
in today’s installment of “Island in the City,” am page 24.
a vocal
Tru-
Senate Okays Civil Rights Bill 71-18 Senate passed a last night after battling. The roll call The 18 were the
“3f you ever talk to-a Puerto Rican who says he doesn’t believe in the spirits, you know what that means? It means you haven’t talked to
Mendez
Congress was reportedly arranged
Toro-Naza-
Has A Host Of Fans
‘of
ors
who
step
fought
(AP)
—
The
the
bill
measure,
aimed
of
separate
Charles
American
States
a leader~of
anti-Trujillo underground, knowledge
Dominican during the
a
of
the
claims abuses
regime before abortive anti-
ing
the
headline
Governor
two
for
showed
But
issue
has
touchy
on
a
constitu-
which both tional ‘ramifications the House and Senate seem reluctant to tackle in the final hectic weeks of an election year session.
every
Trujillo
reyolt last January.
|
W's ‘On The House’-- Brink's, That Is!
Refusal
(See
to accept
FERNOS,
most
of which
are
relatively for questioning and a check on whether he had dipped into the bag for bar tabs.
Page
14)
Washington
Bureau
told the STAR
that the action
not designed as any test at and said that the statutes
governing the committee’s activity empower it to make such in-
14)
‘goes back to the House for action on Senate amendments. _ CHICAGO (A Brink’s Inc. driver walked off with a bag of - Congressional . leaders were money yesterday but was located in a saloon a little later, apparently hopeful the House, which passed before he could buy drinks for everyone in sight. substantially the same bill by When. he left the truck with the bag containing between $20,000 a 311-109 vote on March 24, would and $30,000, he scribbled a note reading: “I’m going on a good drunk.” accept the Senate changes. This A short time afterward other Brink’s employes located William would-make it unnnecessary tu Johnson, who had a perfect 26-year record with the armored express ‘Set up a Senate-House conference firm, in a saloon miles from where he deserted the truck. He still had the money bag. He was taken to Brink’s headquarters to compromise the differences, minor.
He
was all,
a compromise
Page
to
WASHINGTON—Rep. Francis E. Walter (D.-Pa.), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee, denied yesterday that the committee’s recommendation of contempt citations against witnesses in Puerto Rico hearings last November is an attempt to force a testcase of his committee’s jurisdictional authority.
bilateral “compact,” the terms of which can be changed only with the consent of Puerto Rico‘ péople.
.The
a lengthy. letter
STAR
enactment of the entire bill. In particular, Mufioz has made it clear he wants Congress to reaffirm his coritention that the rests
Chi-
in
Any Test Case In | Contempt Citations |)
the
no sign of back-
status
this
view
Rep. Walter Denies
ing away from his stand favoring
Commonwealth
vernment policy,” he said. Eisenhower expressed
‘(See IKE-CUBA,
the
Issue
weeks.
opinions with go-
or lean students who criticized U.S.
election.
last
Cu-
and equal rights under
anyone there to voice which do not conform
the
debate
ammunition
Pre-
“Unfortunately, recent incidents in Cuba make it quite clear that it is dangerous for
Warnings along these lines; reportedly went out to Mufoz dur-
on the political persecution reportedly rampant in Santo Domingo.
D’Alessandro,
in
Floor
A Touchy
It was further reported here that exiles Mendez Aquino and d’Alessandro will contact the of
bits
—
accused
law.
legis-
watching
(AP)
Eisenhower
ba’s Castro government yesterday of betrayal of the ideals of
by committee vote. This give Mufioz statehood foes
November
Murphy.
Organization
to
is
sent and
primarily
sident
a freedom
see:
71-18. senat-
at enforcing Negro voting rights,
WASHINGTON
in this
to accept
would
House
considerable
allegedly committedby the pre-
of the way.
The
killed would
jillo foe since the notorious Galindez ,case, which allegedly involved an Oregon pilot named
civil rights bill -first-hand eight weeks of vote was Southern
asked that
alternative
making
Congress
and: d’Alessandro before
WASHINGTON
The World Of Spirits
tion of
appearance
Aquino
accompa-
rio and Charles Festa.
‘field
Before
be
bill jShot
MARIN
Two D.R. Escapees To Island To Testify
floor
lation allowing ‘Puerto Rico to fix its own debt limit and send cases from the Commonwealth Supreme Court to the U. §. Supreme Court. -2.-Action onthe remainder of the Fernos-Murray bill. deferred until the next Congress.
on the Vice President in his Capitol offices, it is believed that this was
House
1. Enactment
pro-
often
the
‘|compromise
and Latin American
Munoz
House
Present indications are that Mu-
breakfast
Rican
on
fioz may
conversation touched on three gen-|eral
the
session.
2
said
of
Subcommittee.
fairs Committee will risk a show-
Eisen-
. | hower policies and striking out on his own as the prime Republican presidential candidate. Nixon
Correspondent
Ike: Castro Rule Betrays Rights, Ideals
Unless members voice almost unanimous support for the’ bill, it is considered unlikely the full House Interior and Insular Af
taleza rift caused by the recent}. -f{eensure of President Eisenhower “by the Puerto Rican legislature. -Mujioz’s call on Nixon also came at a time when Nixon is reported be
session
Territories
smooth out any White House-For-
to
PRIEST
Washington
WASHINGTON_—Congress today appeared on the verge of burying Puerto Rico’s biggest piece of legislation in eight years unless Governor Luis Mufioz Marin’ modifies Commonwealth demands, . The fate of the contro-+ versial Ferndés-Murray bill is expected to be decided Tuesday. (April 12) at a closed
|
vestigations and vest in it the right to proceed against balky witnesses. Meanwhile,
the
STAR
learned
that Commonwealth supporters are expected to attempt to avert any adverse reaction in Congress which might) be caused by contempt proceedings. They will point out that the witnesses do not represent
the
majority
of Puerto
Ri-
cans and that Communism is not a threat on the island. This statement is expected when the House is' asked to approve the contempt recommendations wean the next few weeks...