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‘Mexico Backs Cuba: Castro: Cut Is ‘Insane’ \No Action Hits US
Benicrats ‘Band’ Together
Against Munocrats In L. A. Gag Yet On LOS ANGELES? Ten dozen nicrats, led by an eight piece Seizures.
Attitude On Cuba
By WALTER: PRIEST STAR
Conven
Bureau
band, invaded the swank Beverly Hilton Hotel yesterday. and turned a quiet Munoz faction press conference into an uproar.
By
For five minutes the high‘spirited
demon;sitrators
out-
shouted and out-tooted their
‘Jirked ‘opponentg while surprised television cameramen
scrambled to reyord the confusion. The Benicra A. Benitez,
crats
“by Jose aitling the Muno-
are
(a faction
e™mposed
He
i
as
the
oa
tion.
Rican’
mainly
to the
delega-
its
At one point in ¥#yesterday’s outburst an otherwise composed
In
By
DOUGLAS
LOS John
B:
F.
Kennedy
still
squabble
the
man to beat for the Democratic presidential nomination last night,
but
campaign
camps
of the chal-
lengers claimed they have staved off a first ballot Kennedy sweep. Pulling the fuse out of a firstreund Kennedy blitz is the imme-
diate goal in the preliminary battling roaring around the Democratic opens
national Monday.
One (See
of
the
convention
top
KENNEDY,
the
: delegation,
explaining®
which
their
side
will bezaired
today
be-
“Benitez,
rah,”
in
style
yell.
the
Benjtez,
very
They}
rah,
rah,
best
football
added:
‘Down
with the PPD.” Waving signs, thes elaborated: “We want Demgprat » Not Populares.”’
Benicrat’ Parade The
Benicrats ' pataded
lieutenants Page
(See
behind
ft-> tie benefit of few minutes
BENI
Page
4)
sas
in
their
shoes.”
disclosed
that
Cuba
industry
first
and
for
rice
supply.
LOS
statement
with
and _ boasted the
people
and
Felisa
ed
Rincon
arriv-~
at Sen.
de Gautier
John
headquarters
F.
here
wearing
two
buttens.
Another
Kennedy’s Wednesday
iarge
Kennedy
member
the P. R. Democrats monwealth, Franqui,
alse
of
for Com-
Victer
was
Gutierrez wearing
votes
were
ful.
uncom-
require
Charged
with
felonious
speech
Sunday
of
The
his
assault
an-
tonight
before
a mass
Confederation
appearances
crisis. The speaker chez Piedra, speaking for
lutionary which
‘has
jority
in
Both
were ed
in
was
Emilio
San-
who said the party
he was of revo-
institutions
(PRI),
an
overwhelming
ma-
congress. senators
present
and
at
explain
deputies
the
congressional
to
Cuba
S-Cuban
extraordt-
meetfng
the
call-
policies
of
are
of
draw faith-
expect-
berty
and
President
economic
indepen-
dence.
He said the Mexican congress, representing the Mexican people, offers it’s friendship to the
Cuban
people.
Mexico will stand solidly with Castro’s island republic, the PRI
probably
spokesman
Sunday.
There was a new flood of applieants for visas at the U. S. Em-
bassy after Castro’s bitter speech, as more and more Cubans sought (See
CASTRO,
Page
20)
His
declared.
remarks
ovation.
touched
Mexican
off
an
newspaper
re-
porters said it was they remembered gressmen.
the greatest among con-
4 Dead, 21 Injured In Italy Riots; Civil War Threatens By
hospitalization.
with
U.
ed to be climaxed by some new Move against American property,
mitted.
not
he will make
television
appear
a
Kennedy button. She told everyone “I like Kennedy.”’ However, a spokesman for the group, Earl Parker Hanson, said the Commonwealth
faction’s
States.’’
announced
Cuban Workers expected to a million and a half of his
Dojfia
side
growing
nary
Words
public
Washington, Cuba,
meeting
ANGELES—Mayor
to
the
Sanchez Piedra said the United States apparently has shut its doors to friendship and understanding despite desires of the Cuban public to live in li-
and
Kennedy Button
have
about
other
less altercation with members of| allegedly struck. Pa Molinelli of and possession of dangerous weathe SIU. in front of the building|the STU with pickefs and stones pons were Mario Torres Yumet of the strikebound Et Imparcial. prsaeged in 0h fees Malinnll 288 (See THAMSTERS, Page 20) —
the
RUTLEDGE
the government of Adolfo Lopez Mateos.
He
6 Teamters Arrestdd in Brief Battle With Seafarers Over El Imparcial Six Teamsters were arrested The battle breke put at about yesterday after a brief and blood-|5 p.m. when the -Teamster pickets
for
JACK
MEXICO CITY (AP)—A spokesman for Mexico’s ruling political party told cheering Mexican congressmen yesterday that Mexico would
after the Eisenhower action, Castro limited himself to harsh words
United
C. DURHAM
Felisa Sports
be-
of
fore the credenti committee. The Benicrats ‘plunged through the door chanting:
the Mufocrats of photographers
4)
RICHARD
seating squabble {o the press. The
(Senator was
gan
OF the M
CORNELL
ANGELES
two
By
right on its side, is ‘‘really stronger than the oligarchy of the
Yersailles . Room ard Durham
and Victor Gutierer Franqui,
least
its food
his
that
her feet and another kind
people.”
into the Hilton shortly after
MILKS
threat to seize all S. holders ‘‘down
Harsh
Squabble Aired Today The sign-carrying invaders burst
1st Bailot Kennedy Sweep Seen Halted
poultry
(See. Mufocrat wi nclion Page 4)
of
at
it was
4 | to bolster
leaped fo ‘‘We are
K.
had turned to the U. S. this week for needed supplies of corn for
-
delegate, snapped:
A. BENITEZ
nails
And
Dona Felisa Ringon de Gautier, San Juan mayor and Munocrat
JOSE
delayed,
time being, his property of U.
of Popular Demogratic Partyites) —for recognition ‘by the conven-
tion
HAROLD
-HAVANA (AP)—Prime Minister Fidel Castro rallied his supporters yesterday for a continuing battle against what he called the insane and stupid action of President Eisenhower in slicing /|Cuba’s sugar quota.
EUGENE
ROME
LEVIN
(AP)—Police
munist-led
demonstrators
ed in the Communist city
of
parliament,
and Com
Reggio
Emilia
clashnorth-
ern Italy yesterday. At least four persons were killed there and 21 wounded as machine gun fire clattered in the streets. Word
of
the
new
threatened
Italy
civil
stronghold in
rioting
and
death in the north set off fresh tumult and fist fights here in
where
leadership into
The ration
the
leftist
to
plunge
war.
Communist-led of
Italian
Confede-
Labor
called
a
10-hour general strike, beginning at 2 p.m. today to protest Reggio Emilia killings.
The gio
worst
rioting
Emilia
in
at industrial
appeared
two
weeks
to
be
the
Regthe
of Commu-
(See ITALY, Page 20)