the San Juan Star
DAILY SUNDAY EXCEPT
Vol. I
No. 165
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 14, 1960
Tel. 3-8400
Second-class
pestage
paid
Peerte
Rico
San
Jaan.
|
Over Plebiscite Issue Solons See Challenge;
4
| Muitoz Hopes Sukarno Visit Is
Ferre Calls [t ‘Trick’
Fruitful By HAROLD
Gov.
By HAROLD J. LIDIN Republican legislators are planning a caucus Monday in an effort to bridge a rift between them and Luis A. Ferré over the plebiscite proposal. : Ferré, GOP gubernatorial candidate, yesterday termed the plebiscite legislation+
J. LIDIN
Luis Mufioz Marin
voiced
hope yesterday that the visit here this week-end of Indonesian Pres-
a “trick” of Gov.
ident Sukarno will prove a fruitful experience
for
emerging “third East Asia. Sukarno
at
Isla
is
the
force”
Verde
at
and
be
met
2:45
of
political
again
to-
status
eompanied by a sons, will arrive
—and
the
unless
the
referen-
sponsored by
Congress. His
ac-
colleagues
fioz seeks November
party of 36 perhere from Cuba
agree
that
WASHINGTON
Mu-
Virgin
to dull statehood as a vote lure. The rift be-
“Ferre
Sukarno, | 3
brought
the
Island
grams with the aid planning advances
plebiscite
down upon us—now we have to face it,’ muttered one ranking party member in the corridors of
$82,450, terday.
it
cial interest the Puerto Rican experience in “‘self-help’’ housing,
the. capitolio. The bulk of the GOP
The
Urban
tration
commented
believe
page
2)
Sukarno
ly
will
likely
the
find
of
spe-
Governor.
Mufioz suggested that the largeagrarian populace of Indone-
sia
poses
a housing
problem
simi-|
lar to that faced here with lowcost homes built with a combination of government borhood help.
aid
and
neigh-
Sukarno’s is an “‘unofficial”’ r visit, and he and his party: will be dodged at the San Juan Intercontinental hotel. , A
dinner
and
reception
is slated
for the Indonesians at La Fortaleza tonight and on Sunday morning the visitors will be the guests of San
Juan Mayor
Felisa
Rincon.
The small mention in official agendas on the Sukarno trip has triggered wide speculation in political circles. “4 Independence Party President Sen. Gilberto Concepcion de Gracia
has
suggested
that
behind
official quiet is uneasiness Sukarno’s recent visit to Castro
in
the
over Fidel
Havana.
In 1958, claims Concepcion, Indonesian ibassador to
U.N.
the the
told him ‘Indonesia stands
for independence.” Asked recently for
(See
SUKARNO,
his
stand
Page
on
20)
LITTLE
WOMEN—Rosita
Santiago,
OSLO«.(AP)—Norway protested
United
formally
States against. US.
story page 12.
(STAR
By STAR
WALTER Washington
which
PRIEST
to land his U2 plane
be
to
Norway,
. over
after
the
his
spy
flight
Soviet Union.
Foreign Minister Halvard Lange called U.S, Ambassador
Frances
E. Willis
4
to his office
delivered of the
the
protest
Norwegian
Leo
thought
the
“Pd
on
the
say,” people
vent
cans
made
hood,
(See PROTEST,
Page
then
an
{
he
a
said,
“that
that
they
jolly
added don’t
on
want
would
well
statehood,
REACTION,
up
Page
who
bet-
(St.
Croix).
yes-
Adminis-
the
cities
as
© will. receive advance for
“Barracks
Yard”
project,
Chris-
renewal
“Water
project,
Gut”
and
urban
renewal
Frederiksted
will
receive a $9,200 advance for its four-acre ‘Lagoon Street” ur-
proposal.
Page
Renewal
eight-acre
acre
ban renewal project. Families living in the areas will be offered suitable relocation. The land, after clearance, will be used for commercial and residential
20)
then
some
department
a of
business paid off,
Gov. Luis Mufoz a press conference
“the
received moment
Legislature
purposes.
by has
him come”
could
take
Commerce Department of York State, visited Puerto
New Rico
on a study trip. Their report apparently is one that has con-
(See COMMERCE,
Page
20)
Employe And $2,600
Payroll Are Missing Police yesterday were mocking Arturo Rivera Figueroa, 22, the St. Just section, Rio Piedras, after
his
plaint
employer
that
Rivera
filed
a
had
com-
disap-
Last April, C. G.’ Judkins, chief of trades associations of
peared during the morning with $2,600 in company funds. Armando Valle Toledo, manager of the Quintana Furniture
the
Co.
maining
.
Ri-
20)
RIFT,
federal totalling
tiansted will receive a $4,000 planning advance for its 39-
action on the proposed department during the two weeks re-
make
if Puerto
“clear
busy
a
Congress.”
that
its
to take the first steps toward setting up the department. ‘But he voiced doubt that the
state-
a plebiscite-and
Mufioz
reports
indicate
if
Rico,
want
the
Yesterday Marin told
N.
logical
Puerto
them,
impression
He (See
20) i
(D.,
Congress
of
of
ter have
for landing espionage planes in a vote
A eae
plebiscite
Impress
govern-
being
O’Brien
of
of
announced
‘ Charlotte Amalie a $25,250 planning
statehood
commerce by local groups has apparently
idea.
majority
plans
W.
believe—that
Commonwealth
added
Y.), chairman of the: House Territories Subcommittee, said ,he
ment. : | “At the same time I asked the American government to take all necessary steps to presimilar
but
“it must be made clear the action is not binding on Congress.” Rep.
ed
ac-
By HAROLD J. LIDIN Years of campaigning for
author of the Fernos-Murray bill, said he endorsed ‘the “prin-
the status question” from issues
men
begin
In Offing, Munoz Discloses
retiring chairman of the Senate Interior Committee and co-
a plebiscite
the
was
identified
urban of
Three
P.R. Commerce Department
backing.
of
to
(See
Endorses ‘Principle’ Sen. James Murray (D., Mont.),
“separate
to
The Governor-backed bill now pending action in the insular leto gislature would outlaw a_plebis-
ciple”
and
at Bodoe,
rules
proposal
would
him
—
will
Charlotte Amalie (St. Thomas) and Christiansted and Frederikst-
Popu-
has a better than fighting chance to win a referendum in 1961, the earliest year in which a plebiscite could be held under the ground
Fernos saw the plebiscite as offering Statehood exponents a chance to show if they have real
oblige
from elections. Besides, most
WASHINGTON Official reaction here yesterday to Gov. Luis Mufioz Marin’s call for a Puerto Rico plebiscite seemed to be that the idea is a good one in principle. Resident Commissioner Antonio Fernos-Isern said that the “most important” result of the
any
status
claim
belong
“normally”
that
would force Ferre to accept the plebiscite challenge — believe—or
elections.
Correspondent
claim
cept a referendum, now that Muhoz has agreed to divorce status
photo by Dino.)
Good In Washington
behalf
Francis J. Powers’ reported plan
Teresa
Plebiscite Reaction
yester-
pilot
and
Barrios, 7, put their dolls to bed so they will be well-rested
to
the
5, left,
. legislator
Party election victories are an endorsement of Common-
wealth
for tomorrow’s first Open House at the Deborah Home See for orphaned and abandoned children, Rio Piedras.
| Plan For Norway Landing Of Spy Plane Protésted day
lar not
se
Ferre’s
(AP)
cities
survey and planning activities for their urban. renewal pro-
came apparent when they insisted that the challenge must be met.
plane.
also Newsmaker
from
elections
opposed
dum
high-rankin
neutralist,
3 VI. Cities Voted Planning Advances For Urban Renewal
Luis Mu-
fioz Marin to pluck the issue
:
Indonesian
(See
the
in South
to
airport
in a chartered
of
November
scheduled
day by. Munoz island officials.
The
leader
'
~
TS
fe
ss
|GOP Rift Uncovered at
U.S.
merce, deputy.
of
the
present
Department
and
Donald
session.
of
Com-
Davenport,
commissioner
of | the
of
Hato
Rey,
said
he
sent
Rivera to the Royal Bank of Ca(See MISSING, Page 20)