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San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, May 20, 1960
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Crowds Greeti PresidentWith San Juan’s Post Office Warm Accord Working Conditions Hit +4
LISBON (AP)—President Eisenhower flew in yester-
day from the cold of a dead summit conference to a warm welcome from 250,000 Portuguese shouting “Viva Eisenhow-
er” and “we like Ike.”
The president of the National Postal Clerks Union
he rode in’ an open car through this capital’s streets in a downpour
of brightly
colored
ti
confet-
2
Once in his quarters in Queluz Palace, however, his mood soddened as he called for the
Western
powers to
harder
for
failure
of
peace,
‘the
work
even
despite
the
Paris. summit
meeting.
“Rather than being dismayed,” he
told
assembled
employes,
belts,
“we
keep
government
must
our
tighten
chins
our
up
and
each of us work a little harder for the great cause of peace with justice and freedom.” Discusses Summit Eisenhower discussed briefly the breakup of the summit
meeting kita
by
Soviet Premier
Khrushchey’s
he
demand
Nithat:
publicly apologize for the (See CROWDS, Page 21)
Soviet Leader Sees Another Summit Hence
said yesterday that “the Post
BERLIN
Office Department should hang its head in shame” for permitting San Juan postal workers to work under present conditions. He described sanitary facilities in the San Juan Post-Office as “deplorable,” and in general described the quarters as “antiquated, oe
unsanitary and substandard.” ‘Tt The president, John W..MacKay, inspected working condi-
The wave of affection rolling’ tions
over the President brought out the famous Eisenhower smile as
in
the
building,
situated Postwho,
union workers said, agreed to establish a labor-management committee to work out schedule agreements, new personnel appointments and improvement of facilities. ; Rain
Poured
such
Office
local
In
Department
hang its head mitting
in
its
such
in shame
employees
antiquated,
and.
sub-standard
exist
in
clerks to
this
were
prepare
should to
work
unsanitary,
master that
he
and
also
postmaster.
three
conferred In response
officers
make
“a
full
J
W.
MACKAY
report” in Washington to step up action on the improvement
program. “The
National
Postal
Clerks
the
Post
Office
De-
awaiting
Washington
appro-
val, he said, but the postmaster said he would put an urgent tag on a further request to renovate existing sanitary facilities in the present building, the union
leader
Legislature Asked By Mufioz To Create Dept. Of Commerce By
A.
W.
MALDONADO
Gov. Luis Mufioz Marin yesterday called for the establishment
of a Department of Commerce
in
@ message sent to the Legislature. The
Governor
“new
organism”
ponsible velopment
Rican The there.
for and
said
would
stimulating services
that
this
be
res-
the
de-
to Puerto
necessity
and
coexistence.”
arrived
at
Schoenfeld
Air-
1,300
functionaries.
Then
(See SOVIET, Page
he
21)
Nearly Ready; lke Drops U-2 RALF
ANGELES
DIGHTON —(AP)—
Presi-
will be
of
much
harder
to knock
have done a number of to lessen the vulnerability
Samos
satellites,’
a
U.
(See Spy, page 21)
S.
Air
.
Nude, Blue-Eyed Blonde
Com-
monwealth status and even explained why the Popular Party had introduced the plebiscite bill
Strolls lowa Streets
recently:
—What would you do if a blonde blue-eyed, nude girl tapped on
“Let’s
get
this
MARSHALLTOWN,
status
out~ of the. debate,” he said, adding “until the people themselves want to bring it back.”
your
bits
of
often
stateside
throwing
slang
with
in his
(See: Continentals, Page: 21)
Iowa
(AP)
door?
A Marshalitown man called police when it happened to him,
The governor spolte softly and methodically,
step-by-step off-the-cuff speech in commerce. message -indicates that English. Referring to the Republicans are now several agencies
(See Legislature, Page :4)
He
down. “We things
over
of
of seek-
of tension
But once more he accused the United States of wrecking the summit conference.
and
sons in attendance. Munoz proceeded to review -the and
our policy
dent! Eisenhower has ordered an -lend to U2 spy plane flights— but the United States’ Samos reconnaisance satellite is coming up, America is so far along with its Samos program that the first of a planned network of them should be circuling the earth within the next four months. , Experts say it wili do a far more effective job than the U2 could—~
in a quiet, often jovial to approximately 65 per-
history
peaceful
By
the rostrum for more than a halfhour voice
of
LOS
nspiring start at the Ateneo last night, when Gov. Luis chatted
a relaxation
said.
Mufioz Marin showed up for what was officially a surprise governor
renounce
ing
Spy Satellite |
to
By BOB BONE The newly organized club of continentals, called Supahead of Commonwealth Status (SOCS), got off to an The
not
mitted
Munoz Helps Launch Continentals’ Club visit.
divided and spoke
port, outside East Berlin, and was: greeted by top East German Communisis and about
still
Said:he. told the: post-
S.
from
to a complaint from union representatives, Varela outlined recommendations he had _ sub-
out-
and local union would
union,
members the
day, George of San Juan
best
morning,
above.”
MacKay
the
improve-
and
as
going mail dispatches while the rain was pouring in over their heads from open grates on the
sidewalks
of
their
incoming
arrived
Paris in worried, Berlin. yesterday
partment for the erection of a new Federal Building to modernize the island’s main post office. The building program ‘is
This
doing
program
of
staff. with
for per-
quarters
city.
a
ment.” Earlier in the Castro, president
_ MacKay’s charges were made in’ a news release after the inspection. It said in part, “the
Post
(AP)—wNikita
Khrushchev
Union and its top leadership soothingly about another summit in six to eight stand ready at any time to as- conference sist the postal workers of Puer- months, “It is clear,” said the solemn to Rico in their efforts to secure better working conditions,” Soviet premier, “that the Soviet and other freedom-lovMacKay said... “If necessary, our Union countries must analyze union’s. national officers will be ing but we do sent to the Island to further the consequences,
on Recinto Sur in old San Juan.
Later. he conferred with master Manuel Varela,
paid Bice
FIRESIDE
CHAT—Gov.
Luis
Mufioz
Marin
speaking
to
continentals last night during a surprise visit to the Supporters
Of
Commonwealth
Status
meeting.
At
Chairman Harry Fridman and José Trias Monge. photo by Bob: Bone.)
left
is
(STAR
and
added
“she’s about two years
old. Every time I ask where her parents are she answers ‘daddy’s home.’” A police sergeant suggested
(Seo. NUDE, Page 4)