The San Juan Star (July 23, 1960)

Page 1

“pauy, ‘EXCEPT SUNDAY

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No. 197.

Hou se Group For Specia | Powers i} { | | {

To Protect Supply WASHINGTON

(AP) Secretary of State

Christian A. Herter yesterday won the support of his major opponent in Congress fora sugar act containing authority to cut Cuba’s sales in the United States.

Chairman Harold D. Coo-

ley

(D.-N. C.)

of the House

Japan-US. |

Agriculture Committee, who}, | © | had strenuously Supised any || «| special authority.to eut Cu-]) ba’s- quota, t old) reporters||

yesterday Secretaty Herter has convinced him such authority is necessary. WHAT'S

MY

LINE?.

Three ‘Cubans show

their

concern

over

the

DO

Fidel Castro might pick up a copy of the San Juan STAR this. morning. “faceless ones” arrived here yesterday (STAR Photo by Anthony Murad.)

following

an

escape

US Political | Asylum _

Cubans

while

first

arriving

in

escaping from

tionary regime, asylum at the

group. San

of

Juan

the revolu-

to ask for political Immigration and

One

.of .the young

men

told

Garcia,

both

Rafael

Montalvo

20.

daughter,

Marin

born

Teresa

to their

It

is

the

born

17 months

Here

We

imprisoned

by

the

lessly

in

the

Gulf

of

(See ESCAPEES, ‘Page

Mexico 21)

Amalia,

daughter

second

having

been

such

presidential’

authority

said would

be

of Hyde

The

girl

for

Vi-

Vi-

Luis Timm:

Park.

first, Victoria Ines,

sugar

was

ago.

Go Again,

exer-

supplies

in the United States because of “very uncertain conditions” | in Compromise

and

viana yesterday morning at Monteflores Hospital, Santurce. viana, who is Mrs.

office here. Fol- revolutionary _| government, lowing all-day interviews by. imHowever, all three stated yesmigration| officials the three -terday that they were-in danwere paroled _pending hearings ger of losing their lives should. to be set at a later date. they be returned to Cuba, and Immigration head Allan G. asked for political asylum: in Juhl identified the three Cu- US. bans as Graciliano Santa Maria, Found Drifting 24, a former lieutenant in ‘the Santa Maria, Perez and MonCastro army, Mariano Perez Ro- talvo were found drifting helpand

Mufioz

immigration: | official8he had served for a short time in the Cuban army. Another told of

Naturalization

ariguez,

Luis

grandchild. was

the

themselves today in a new’ mili-

of

Cuba.

ny, requested political asylum in the United-States

are

and stressed the “vital necessity”

A Grandpa Again A

They

pan and the United States bound

Governor Munoz ,

Th te Cuban youths, one a former off officer in Castro’s

high -seas.

secretary testified before coaimiithes in open session

cised to guarantee

Mrs. Mufioz Marin have another

yesterday, hours after being brought into San Juan by aJU.S. military transport: vessel which rescued them on the

land.

‘The the

which he

Gov.

D..

DOUGLAS

e three

their || home

from

that

4

Cuban Escapees Ask By

sibility.

(Cooley pre

Bill

icted a compromise

sugar bill would be approved, perhaps today, by his committee, and

that

it would

move

through

congress “without much trouble.” Cooley

said Herter

bill should include: 1. The extension sent

Sugar

Act,

Dec. 31,1960,

agreed: the

of the which

pre-

expires

for an additional

year.

‘2, A

_ - By HAROLD J. LIDIN

ding Puerto Rican political par-poli- ties. In the 1956 elections, 283 voters tical party headed. by Roman Catholic laymen; has filed its. first went to the polls in Culebra. Alregistration list with the. Com- miroty said that the 28 names ‘require. monwealth..Department of State. Satisfied the minimum Auxiliary ‘Secretary’ of State ment of 10 per cent of the voters. Nicolas Almiroty said yesterday required by law. that Accion Cristiana (Christian Checking Names Action) recently submitted: a list The names are still under. offiof } {names collected in Culébra, 'elal \ scrutiny as regards . éther traditional |starting point for bud- election law regulations covering

|

the

new

-TOKYO,

clause

that once

a deficit is declared in the quota (See » Page 21)

Thursday

tary alliance

(AP)—Ja-

against

Communism

with an exchange of | ratification documents

at

the

foreign

minis-

ter’s heavily guarded official |residence. 'The exchange makes immediately effective a new alliance linking

Asia’s_

most

powerful

coum

with the West. With the exchange the

bitterest

Japan

. one | “of

political

fights | in

passed through its

tie act,- but

the

issues

climac-

raisedi

month and three days of rioting undoubtely haunt the alliance. | The

eal

at pean

against

a background of month-long | . ist riots

special

pan

attempting

into

mediately

to

drive |

neutrality—makes effective

a treaty

(See PACT, Page 21)

con-

|

Boys :

S. J. Garbage Men Picket City Hall About 30. municipal garbage men appeared in a picket line in front of San Juan City Hall yesterday, protesting low wages and the lack of a contract between the municipal government

and the garbage men’s bargaining agent, the Seafarers’ International ‘Union. ' The sanitation department workers (popularly called Dofia Felisa’s

soldiers)

say

they

want

‘New Catholic Political Party Files First Registration List Accion Cristiana,

atify New Military Pact

authenticity, addresses, and eG legal, technicalities. Almiroty said he hopes to reach a decision on the iegality of the

registration

list

several

7

Gov.

Luis:

within

Mufioz

the

next

Marin - has

several times criticized the new Catholic Party as a “‘serious error. BAD

- Gubernatorial cankiblaté of the party is Dr. Jose Luis Porrata, *

their wages raised from the present 52 and 58 cents per hour ta $1 per have been

Rincon

hour. asking

ey say they |Mayor Felisa

de- Gautier

a; contract

with

to

the

negotiate SIU

since

they

joined the union last h, but'she has not _yet {ta en’ action. | ‘SIU organizer Angel Ramikez

a well-know physician and chest said yesterday if the specialist. But party spokesmen, not negotiate by and Porrata say his name appears “may be” a strike on affadavits only as a temporary bage workers, and device to meet election law regu-

Mayor does July 1, there

among garother

-city

clean-up men. Dofia Felisa is|in

lations.

Formation. of .the party was an- New York City at present. | Ramirez added that the union nounced last month after a strenuous church campaign, spear- will demand the mayor pay $2 headed by the Catholic bishops of per week per person for a union Ponce and San Juan failed to welfare fund) for families of the (See

CATHOLIC,

Page

21)

garbage workers, ° | |


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