0 1 ar St m Ju n e S e h “ 8 “ San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, September 2, 1960
Grabs
U.S. fore
86th Congress Ended: P.R. Gets Jobless Aid By
WALTER
STAR
WASHINGTON—Congress
?
S. PRIEST
Washingten
Correspondent
extended
Federal-state jobless and benefits to Puerto Rico and passed a bill to end discr imina employees before calling it quits yesterday. iminattion against island-born Federal The session of the 86th
Congress
now
is his.
tory. The 87th Congress will convene Jan. 3.
Adjournment left stranded a bill permitting President Eisenhower
to slash sugar imports from the Dominican Republic. The House
DR.
FERNOS-ISERN ..-end of a busy
had refused to accept the Senate’s version of the measure. year
The
omnibus
social
security
death and disability benefits for Castro’s regime seized Cumajniand-born Americans as for ban. plants of three big U.S. tem to Puerto Rico, assures is- those born in Puerto Rico. The rubber companies yesterday landers of retention of their pro- Presid ent is expected to sign the in new anti-American econotection while seeking employment measure. on the mainland. Other Congressional actions in mic offensive that may reach The proposal has been introduced review: at a mammoth people's rally three times during the past six today. MINIMUM WAGE LEGIS LAyears by Puerto Rico’s Resident There were rumors Fidel CasTION: Congress failed to pass a Commissioner Dr. Antonio Fer- minimum wage law, but tro might use the mass meeting liberal nos-Isern. Since Jan. 1, has had
Commonwealth
1959, the its own
Democrats
headed
by
Presidential
benefit program outside the nation-
system. The bill designed to end discrimination would provide the same
An official wealth State
of the CommonDepartment said
yesterday that “it nably certain” that
seems reasothe Christian
Action Party will be officially registered and thus qualified to
participate
in this
year’s’
government
possible sions in
with
This
to
discuss
amendments to provithe new transit law
dealing tation.
general
officials
trailer
action
transpor-
follows
an
ur-
elections. gent appeal to Gov. Munoz to Jose sections Iglesias in the La law Cruz, legal ; review advisor to the State Department, which, if is claimed, wil} adSaid that so far only about affect the sugar and 12 versely per cent of the CAP transportation induspetitions! industrial!
have been rejected. The State Department,
try.
he said,
has already certified a total of 8,244 petitions from 13 electoral precincts. The Department still
has
to
certify
or
reject
the pe-
titions from the 56 other cincts filed by the CAP. The. CAP; Iglesias said,
filed
a total
of
82,474
If the rejection mains at 12 per
percentage recent, he said,
party
than
the 69,223 certified
(See
still
CAP,
have
Page
nesday
more
petitions
21)
of
try not
the
“serious
conse-
trailer
indus-
the
to
quences”
has
petitions.
the
will
pre-
a
of
owner
Canales,
Julio
large Ponce fleet of trailers, warned at La Fortaleza Wed-
if changes in the law made. Called to the meeting
Superintendent Ramon Braschi, Secretary of
Works Francisco Lizardi, Secretary of Agriculture Rivera The
Santos. meeting
of
the
are are
Torres Public
and Luis
that
chev to
Premier
would
Nikita
head
the | United
Assembly in within hours that
all
the
Khrush-
delegation
Nations
General
New York and it was earned
government
Communist
S.
its
Soviet night
chiefs
countries
of
except
China
would
Communist ces said that
also
sourminis-
ters of all the countries of the Soviet block except China had held a secret meeting in BuCharest
had
early
decided
in
to
August
send
(See KHRUSHCHEY,
Hiram nor’s
lation, will
all,
and their
‘Page 21)
Torres
aide
in
said
the
the
law
He
in
which
the
that
he
governor
longer
at
public.
of
transit
transportation
trailers
Canales, who trailer fleet Rico, claims trailers are
to
feet.
owns the largest in south Puerto that most of his wider because
otherwise they would be to transport industrial clause
requiring
rail-
ings on both sides of all trailers. It is urged that in some cases this railing would make ship-
Producer
Yellen
relations
with
the
without
endangering
have escaped nationalzatioa be taken over. There was
speculation announce
Fidel
such
Castro
action
would
at the ral-
ly. Familiar
50 feet. could be
ed
unable equip-
ment.
2. The
the
eight
off
the
Following of seizure, moved in Goodyear
after
on the U. S. Rubber, and Firestone plants
workers
panies
Pattern
the familiar pattera armed militiamer
of
accused
trying
to
the com-
cut
produc
4. The clause prohibiting the tion to sabotage Castro’s revoleshipment of sugar cane in loads tion, the U. S. embassy reported. Company spokesmen, after exeeter than 12% feet. It is claimed that with the new me- cutives of the firms were ordered thod of automatie loading the to get out of the plants, denied there had been any slowdownof cane is stacked much looser than by hand and this clause production. U. S. Rubber investments ia seriously hampers the moveCuba total $10 million, Goodyear ment of cane. $8 million and Firestone $7 milTorres Rigual stress
these
new
industry is objecting to: 1. The clause limiting
width
length of trailers to It ig claimed that they
legis-
outlined
the
break
that may
ment of some items impossible. 3. The clause limiting the
gover-
of
yesterday
meeting.
provisions
Rigual, charge
represent
that
the meeting Tuesday is only to study if these objections are valid
and
tion. works
certain
Talks
to
study
possible
The secretary is authorized
ac-
of public to amend
clauses, he said.
lion,
The embassy said it was informed a fourth company, Goodrich, escaped becouse -80 per cent of its stock is held by a Mexican subsidiary of the Amecan company. (See NATIONALIZED, Page 21)
Back
Show Biz Is Everybody's Biz By AL DINHOFER
a
(Second
conclusions.
of
Producer;
fellow
with
a
Series)
Barry
an
Yellen,
impressive
like
that show
there’s business
no for
a
thea-
trical background for all 24 years, has reconfirmed
tenet
attend.
diplomatic the foreign
officials is set for 10 a. m.
Tuesday.
govern-
Khrushchev Leads All Red Bosses Except Mao To U.N.
MOSCOW, (AP)—The Union announced last
ment
to
nominee Sen. John F. Kennedy in- United States. But the bearded dicate they will try again for a prime minister is not tipping broad coverage bill next year. This his hand. In a bristling speech, Raul Cas Presumably means they will attro, the prime minister’s younger (See CONGRESS, Page 21) brother, hinted yesterday that all 600 U. S. businesses in Cuba
CAP Expected Officials Agree To Consid er To Be Cleared Changes In New Road La w For Elections By A. W. MALDONADO | La Fortaleza issued a call yesterday for a meeting of top
(AP)—Fidel
extending the jobless aid sys-
wide
bill
K. MILKS
HAVANA
which Congress sent to the Presithe dent
when
House adjourned early last night. Unless the President calls a special session, the
86th
By HAROLD
isnot
ended
Relations At Rally
Scat
Congress
May End
+
his the
business becom-
le of ideas In one
leased
the
week
news
and
since
erroneous Yellen
of the
re-
forma-
tion of a Fomento-backed Theater Development Corp., rumors,
half-truths, have
and
|ricecheted
misconceptions about
‘town,
ing everyone’s business. Just about everyone has something to say about what theater
gree where a theater
is, and result.
than a promoter-producer. | Most of the misconceptions,
what ig a
it should be. The grapevine string
of misconceptions
that leads to
according
ing
to
Yellen,
to
a
de-
he has become more answering service
the theater project!
which extends over eight months, Yellen
day,
told
the
in
two
are
1. The tural due
alleged
loss
of
local
aspects to
STAR
his
yester-
areas:
project's
of
cul-
theater commer-
cial necessities for survi 2. The proposed financial structure of the Theater Devel-
opment
Corp.,
the three-year-old Drama Festival by
firm, and erations.
Yellen’s
absorbtion
San the total
of
Juan new remun-
(See YELLEN Page ,18)
ete
Castro
Second-class postage paid Rice at Sam Juan. Puorte