The San Juan Star (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)


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