nntr, January 7. 1954
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Orjrm
Part 11
Savage Election Fight
Boiling Up in Honduras
Editor1! NaU At 77, former work and working condition! for
President Tiburclo Cartas Aaduw i women and children tnj been eo
ef Honduras, still bolds tight rein acted.
on his country. But his former Galvei also began a road-build-
prwcue, rramni u nmnuei ing program to open up new sec
Gal vex. has pushed a reform pro- tions of the country, and carried
gram in the least developed of all on public health, education, and
the Central American republics too
fast for the old strong man s
liking. Here's the story of the sub
sequent split and what it por
tends for the future.
Bjr PAUL SANDERS
agricultural improvement projects
wun u.3. aia.
- When the Calves packer the
reform wing of the National party
came out for further and sweep
ing advances. Cartas solit with
TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras W them. The old strong man. robust
Honduras, the least-developed of j and looking 10 years younger than
the Central American republics, is nis age. thought tne Reformists
i working up to its hottest election were moving too fast, and had
fight in JO years if a coup doesn't allowed Communists to infiltrate
- prevent the balloting set for next I the country.
October. i Carias is one of Central Ameri-
Chareee of Mirtatnr.hln" nHl s outstanding foes of the left
: " i w i. - i win" ni an anaoei. K-ieciea rresi.
' forth dozens of times each day. ifat he Ju,1 " J
... ... lone nenod of turhulenc and rulM
The hir iaiue la wheihea th - ' . .:. . . .
. ZTZ. "" Z " .7. , T 1933 to 1MB,
vi its buuiik man. (fycaruiu lur-
tner President Tiburcio Carias An-
" Deal reforms pushed by moder
.; ate!, the Liberal oartv. and the
left-wingers.
The Conservative followers
Without relinquishing his grip on
tne National party, be left the
presidency in 1MI and has di
rected the campaign against con
stitutional reforms sponsored by
. Carias in his National party see
- the Liberals as heaviy infiltrated
with Communists. These charges
' bring angry denials from Liberal
. leaders, woo say they want only
' the same tvne of social welfare
and labor legislation in effect in 1
the United States. The Liberals
. also want revision of the conces
sion held by the United Fruit Co.,
the country s bluest concern. '
ine i mi i company pays tne
company's highest wages for farm
labor, but the Liberals contend
that Honduras isn't getting enough
financial return from the firm's
operations.
In this situation the charge In
evitably arose that the Liberals
- whose Red-dominated government
' enDronriated thousands of acres of
. fruit ..wn.nv lanH Mil hv Pjvcta
: nun hv.....wu - J --
, Rica, whose government has asked
revision of the company concession
in that country.
In answer to this, the Liberals
: reply "our program is 100 per cent
Honduran."
Split with Carias on the reform
issue la President Juan Manuel
Galvez, a National who was the
. strong man s hand-picked candi
'both Galvei'
of ! Liberals.
Reformisas and the
The Liberals went out of power
in 1932, and haven't made much of
a showing against the Carias ma
chine since then. But this year they
are well organized, ably led by
young leaders, and nope to win
the 1954 elections, either for them
selves or teamed up with the Re
formistas. Poverty and backwardness not
only background the political situa
tion here, but make the country
the tareet for underground Com
munist activity. Much of this ac-Rfjndol
workers, because they make up
Honduras' only large labor force.
The country is slightly smaller
than Pennsylvania, has a popu
lation of a little more than Wt
million, about 60 per cent of it
illiterate. Living standards are low
and wages for farm workers run
around a dollar a day in most of
the country, and somewhat higher
in the fruit company operations.
The way things stand now Carias
or one of his close friends is
likely to be the National candi
date for President next year. Car
ias seems td have a strong grip on
the one-house Congress, which
would make a new constitution be-
tfam. They art Abraham Williams,
a prominent cat' niaar, ana
Marcos A. Batrea,. tha present
minister of finance. Williams was
vice president for time under
Carias.
Either Williams or Batres might
ge Liberal party support And tha 1
Heformutaa combinea wun ma
Liberals claim to outnumber the
Carias farces. That was indicated
in municipal elections Nor. M in
the country's rural districts. Tha
National party got a total ot 4,
334. votes, the Reformistaa 37,021
and the Liberals 35,218. Teguci
galpa and the pther clues eua
not vote a that election.
If the Liberals decide to go
their own way, they have a long
list of aspirants lor tha nomina
tion. The two strongest possibili
ties at present include Dr. Ram
on Villa da Morales, a surgeon,
and Rafael Medina Raudalea,
president of the party executive
council.
Polk County Group
Awaiting Induction -
DALLAS Billy Allen Gill of
Grand Ronde and Thomas Ed
ward Strange of Dallas, will re
port to the Dallas armory at
3:30 p. m. Monday, Jaa 11, from
where they will go to roruana
to be inducted into the army on
the following day and then re
port to Ft. Ord.
Paul Edwin Riha. Wallace
Boyd Stone, and Dewey Dean
Johnson all of Independence and
Raymond Lester Jones of Dallas,
will report to the Dallas armory
Jan. 12, from where they will be
sent to Portland the next day for
physical examinations. They will
return to Dallas the same day,
according to Mrs. Nona Ford,
secretary of the Selective Serv
ice board.
date in the 1948 elections. Galvez fore the 1934 elections unlikely.
has given the country its most i That would rule out Galvez as a
progressive administration in 20
. years. A high degree of press free
dom has been established. The first
labor legislation covering com
pensation for accidents while at
candidate for re-election since the
present constitution forbids re-election.
Two possibilities have been men
tioned for the Ref jrmisla nomina-
Keith Brack
Wins 1954 Baby Derby
WOODBURN Randal Keith
Brack, son ot Mr. and Mrs.
Robert A. Brack of Woodburn,
route 1; was born at 3:15 p.m.
January 1, 1954, at the Silver
ton hospital, weight 10 pounds,
Vt ounce, and thereby becomes
winner of the group of awards
given by Woodburn merchants
for the first baby born in 1954
in Woodburn No. II area.
No baby was reported in
area I which includes the par
ents residing in the city limits
of Woodburn served by the
city mail service. The time
limit for Area I has been
moved up one week and in or
der to receive the awards the
birth of a baby must be re
ported to the Independent of
fice by Tuesday noon, Jan. 12.
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