DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Vol. I No. 244
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, August 17, 1960
nl
at San
Juan. Fuerte
Bise
Cuban Aide Recalled: ected? Def Has Consul (Exiles Say Tension Mounts As OAS Meets By JACK
RUTLEDGE
Mrs. Cruz Says She Will Get New Post
Perdomo
‘
An air of tension preSAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) ministers met here for vailed today as hemispheric forei a conference that was sure to have far-reaching effects.
|Quit Post
By
U. S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter flew into
fected, Cuban ed yesterday.
sources
here
Cruz
report-
Costa Rica a few hours be-+ fore the opening of the conference, from which Cuba’s Rail Roa threatened to withdraw unless Costa Rican sec-
téld by Puerte Rican officials last week they would not recognize him
urity forces quit “molesting”
as
the Cuban.
charged Angelica
Roa’s
threat
was
made
over
the
they occupy. - Costa Rican
Foreign
Alfredo
said
the
Vargas
incident
but
said
in the
Vargas
By WALTER
studying the Communism]
from _
Cuban
had
moved
ing
it
delegation
anti-Castro A
earlier
not
getting
Cuban
Cuban
told
out of its hotel claim-
was
has
that
the
STAR,
government
arisen
in
adequate
protection. Several Cubans had been disarmed earlier by security (See MINISTERS, Page 20)
Es
aes
‘
exiles. that
considers
mo
its consular
the
Commonwealth.
his
Perdo-
representative
in
Both U. S. and Cuban officials (See CONSUL, Page 20)
SECRETARY HERTER ... arrived yesterday
al-
Mrs.
Cruz
that
“to of
defend
Puerto
the
Rico
is
to defend the Cuban revolution.” Calls Charge “Novel” But
while
feels
-an
the
Castro
“immense
regime
sympathy”
for Puerto Rican independence, added Mrs. Cruz, the “Cuban government does not export
revolutions.” She recent
ton
spokesman
however,
still
Havana,
independence
the would-
Embassy
from
position
be envoy may have flown to Miami to seek political asylum and join
security
forces before commenting further on Monday night’s incident. The
Puerto Rican
Correspondent
circles
for
deprives me of the immense honor of being deported by the agents of North American imper| ialism.” Moreover, Mrs. Cruz took the
aides, Mrs. charged her
speculation
diplomatic
island
said, “The order of Dr. Raul Roa
dis-
PRIEST
Washington
terday. Strong
;
report
he
WASHING TON—The whereabouts of Luis Perdomo, Cuba's consul designate te Puerto Rico, was providing U. S. officials with an intriguing diplomatic mystery yes-
said he was awaiting a
complete
one of his Cruz. They.
STAR
nation’s
Americas.
until
the
Commenting on the come-home
ses
main concern is te maintain a “climate of order and security” during the conference dangerous: spread of
consul
leave
order
affairs.
regretted
the
Cuban
; Pwith. meddling in
Minister
he
J. LIDIN
leged participation in Puerto Rican politics.
Immigration officials declined te comment on Perdomo, who was
radio after a crowd of about 150 - was. brdéken up while seeking to Serenade the Cubans in the home
HAROLD
The Cuban government has ordered Mrs. Angélica Cruz, its comely and controversial consular aide in San MIAMI (#—Cuban Consul Luis Juan—to return home to Havana for reassignment. The return home order came on the heels of a ComPerdomo, a veteran of 28 years iu the diplomatic service, has de- monwealth demand that Mrs.*
4
labeled as accusations
that
Castro
“novel” the by Washing-
plans
to
help
“a handful of Puerte Rican radicals” in their alleged efforts to overthrow the Commonwealth government. The purpose of the U-S. State
(See
MRS.
CRUZ,
Page
MRS.
ANGELICA
... revolutions
20)
CRUZ
not
exported
Martial Law CAP’s Flores: Vote For Munoz Is Declared Is Vote For Anti-Christian Laws By Lumumba By A. W. MALDONADO
A
leader of the Christian
votes for Gov. Munoz Popular
Action
Party
said
yesterday
that
any
Catholic
who
By ANDREW
is “an accomplice to the “anti-Christian laws supported by the
party.”
Eduardo
Flores,
after
a Speech
to the
San
Juan
Rotary
Club
yesterday
afternoon,
commented that “a sincere* government? It Flores strongly denied that it is a Christian Catholic cannot in conscience is compatible, as Gov. Munoz would be an error, they say. vote for Mr. Mufioz Marin. has repeated often, to be a “good Why? Is it that the teachings
He cannot give his vote sustaining anti-Christian laws.” Flores,
secretary
of
the
CAP,
said that it “followed” that if it is a sin to practice birth-control;
then
it
is
a
grave
matter
of conscience to vote for a political party that sustains birthcontrol laws. . Registered In 40 Towns
The CAP in
economist has
40
said
completed
towns
and
that. the
registration 16
more
will
be completed by early next week. The CAP, of
he added, is in process
checking
turning
each
them
petition
over
to
before
the
State
Catholic “Mr. who is
registered
deadline
for
by
filing
Aug.
28,
petitions.
the
Popular.”
of
Marin can say Popular,” Flores
Flores
a
said, “but he cannot a good Catholic.” In
his’
speech
say
who
before
is the
Rotary Club, Floresstressed that the purpose of the CAP is to fight against “anti-Christian laws” and against secularism
Christ are not The philosophy said
at
the
begining
tion
Be the
Party,”
they
Errer” Christian
Flores
fear
Christian
that
there
also
social
government?
a
That
everything will go wrong if there ~
vince in a column
reverence.
Mario Davila, CAP provisional president present at the luncheon, said that he has noticed
many
of the
farmers
to inscribe
Bayamon
Ac-
be
were spreading. Men, women and
children
were
long. A Belgian radio broadcast from Brussels said the arrival of U. N. troops had failed to stem
the
continued,
of six
but
helping
“Would “Many fear
a period
reported fleeing Luluabourg, capital of the strife-torn Kasai Pro-
Mufioz spoke to during his rural political campaign last week are
munism.”
for
his speech, is that “God exists” and that Man—“created by God” ——owes Him not only personal
“without are not
turn com-
Congo
: | months and reports indicated that violence and inter-tribal warfare
of
that
God” which in far away from
. =| entire
to be lived?” of the CAP,
which, he warned, leads to laws
and that a total of 64 towns will “Do be.
and Mufioz a good
BOROWIEC
LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo (AP)—The Congolese f 4)government last night de'?/creed martial law over the
Paid
These
the CAP
District Ne
CAP,
}.
Court.”
Davila
Page
20)
there.
martial
signed
by
savubu
and
decree
was
President
law
Joseph
Ka-
Premier
Patrice
Lu-
mumba. It gave “the gravity the situation” as the reasonThe
Attention
farmers,
violence
The
in
decree
was
seen
parate effort to restore
said,
told him that what Mufioz said (See
the
that
nearly 20 miles
EDUARDO
FLORES
...a matter of conscience
of
as a des-
peace
to
the Congo. * In
amother
(See
development,
CONGO,
Page
20)
Lu