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s e r u s n e C Senate Issue San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, April 12, 1960.
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e OveF-Mr DeferralIkParty-Line
ulia
Vote Hits Senator's ‘Sun’ Letter
Makes 1960 Action Slim WASHINGTON the fate of the bill was deferred by
the
House
By
— Decision on Fernos-Murray here yesterday Territories
late
Sub-
this session of Congress.
Discussion of the measure took Place at a. closed-door session of the subcommiitte yesterday morning, which was scheduled to continue
today.
.
+ the Baltimore Sun, April 2. - The letter charged that the Legislative censure of President Bisenhower was not an expression of the Puerto Rican people, but “represents the views of Gov. Luis Munoz Marin, whose puppets, the Popular party members of
the
Chairman Leo W. O’Brien (DN.Y.) said that today’s- session may decide ‘whether or not to hold hearings and when,” but that “we will defer on whether to go
By a straight party line vote, the Senate approved a imotion Jast night presented by Popular Party Sen. Luis A. Negron
Lopez, protesting a letter written by Sen. Julia and published
committee until after Easter. Deferral was taken as a sign by some observers that the bill is all but dead in its present form
during
A. W. MALDONADO
The Commonwealth Senate yesterday censured Republican Sen. Charles H. Julia for belittling ‘the dignity and good name of the Legislature.”
Legislature,
constitute
in
The Negron motion stated that the
letter
is “highly
the dignity members.”
a. ma-
jority in the body.”
A
out
offensive
of this Body f
heated
floor
debate
as Independence
to
and
iis
broke
Party
Sen.
Gilberto Concepcion de Gracia joined the Republican ranks to (See .CENSURE, Page‘ 25)
any decision all the way
until later.” He said that if prospects indicate that the bill would
THEY CAME TO CITY HALL—The old people of San Juan visited Mayoress Dofia Felisd Rincon de Gautier dur-
die
halfway
“we
will defer action until Jan.”
through
Congress,
~ O’Brien doubted that sufficient ing the annual Day of the Aged, celebrated yesterday at time remained for the bill to win City Hall. Rosa Ruiz, age 102,, at right, was one of the es- full House and Senate approval timated 10,000 senior citizens to receive gift package from before this session of Congress Dona Felisa. See story, page 17. (STAR photo by Gunt- ‘adjourns. He insisted that the]: er Hett.) Interior Committee will control
Candidate Chardon
‘the fate of the it clear that he to
risk
defeat
bill. He made does not wish
of
the
bill
before
the Rules Committee or on the House floor, which might spark political controversy in Puerto | Rico. O’Brien said, “I don’t want it te Department will not be re- said that we killed the bill.’ He newed. added, “we are not going to send The scientist and public plan- out a bill-just to say we sent ner éarned $16,125 as a consul- one out.” He said that there had tant for the Department from {See FERNOS BILL, Page 20) July, 1958, to March, 1960. Most of his work for the Commonwealth was evaluation of the (See CHARDON, Page 10)
Loses Point Four Job By HAROLD The
J. LIDING
role of famed
Carlos
Chardon
as
agronomist Democratic
Party candidate for Governor is “incompatible” with service as a
Point
Four
consultant,
said
Undersecretary of State Arturo Morales Carrion yesterday, and Chardon’s contract with the Sta-
The Church's Role In Young Lives
Campos Quits As President Of Campocrat Dem Faction Enrique signed
the
Campos
yesterday
Campocrats,
cratic cently
del as
Toro
president
the-local
reof
Demo-
Party faction formed reto combat the Benicrats,
led by statehood advocate Jose A. _ Benitez. “T believe I should resign... and
thus put an end to a disagreeable
incident in my life,’ Campos del Toro said in a statement. | Campos
the
Loan
del
Toro,
president
.First . Federal,. Savings)
Assn.,
reaffirmed
his
of
and
sup-
| port of Commonwealth status, the | main plank of the off-shoot Demo-
Bees i
a
cratic
committee,
that
he
room
for
within
thinks
the
but
there
repeated)
should
discussion
of
Popular
be
statehood
Democratic’
Party.
If was
members
of
that
party
who were behind the formation of the
mew
group
at
an
assembly
“The
Body
of
church,
must
know,
do
not
hold
young
churches City’s
visited
me
I:now
repeat
°
(See 2
and
I told it,
CAMPOS, —
Jyan
that
STAR,
him, and there
Page
10)
are
to
Puerto
|ingto page
| stallment of
help
(STAR
New
Ricans
by
York turn-
21 for today’s
“Island
in-
in the
| City” by Dan Wakefield. :
Fortaleza
of La
old kitchen
photo
by
Bob
John Stevenson, 24, tries oue' a “pilon,” or Stevenson
which
dates
was
back
the
in
to 1533.
Bone.)
Adlai's Son Says Dad Would Run If Drafted By John
a
ans in Spanish Harlem. You'll learn more about the efforts
a
San
says
youngest son of Adlai Stevenson, coffee grinder, here yesterday.
minister
_ of the Catholic and Pretestant
Harold-Lidin,
for the
So
who works among Puerto Ric-
a
reporter
jobs.”
Protestant
friend
mine,
his
accept
and share in the life of young people who drink, use narcotics, steal, have out-of-wedlock sex experience, dance the, ‘fish’ and the ‘grind, carry guns and knives, are truants or have quit school, and who
March 27. . Many Believe In Statehood “Following the assembly, of
Christ,
—
VISITS
STEVENSON
OF
SON
A. W. MALDONADO Fell Stevenson, son
Presidential
two-time
Stevenson,
Adlai
who of
candidate
yes-
said here
terday that if his father were drafted by the Democratic Party “he will run again.” The 24year old Stevenson accompanied
month
ica. co
his
father
trip through
He late
arrived Sunday
on
a
two-
Latin Amer-
in Puerto with
his
Ri-
father
continued
Speaking
terday,
at
young
that his father tion whatsoever Presidential
on
to
La
the
States.
Fortaleza
Stevenson
yes-
said
“has no intenof seeking the
nomination.”
“Since he has been defeated twice he feels that the Party should be perfectly free to choose
however (See
its
candidate.
-I
think
would consiSTEVENSON, Page 3) that
he