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o FRIDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Execution by Television Marked Path To Be Followed by Castroites President Heard Self Denounced By Premier last of a series Fidel Castro from ' revolutionary Idealist to die tator. , By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Nwi Analyt Havana's Sports Palace was Jammed that hot night of July 17. 1959. On the speaker's platform, in army fatigues i and with cigar in hand, stood Fidel Castro, washed over by wave after wave of cheers from frenzied Cubans. In Cuba's presidential pal ace, surrounded by his family President Manuel Urrutia sat before a television set. Both he and the crowd soon were to witness history's first political execution by tele vision. Amid shocked disbelief, Castro announced he was re signing as premier because of "moral differences" with Urrutia. Then, grey-faced, stunned Urrutia heard himself do nounced for acts with "border on treason," of joining in an "elaborate plan" to defame the revolutionary govern- ment. of delaying land re form and failing to sign rcg- ulations providing death pen alties for convicted counter revolutionaries. Urrutia called the televi sion station and demanded the right to reply. He was ignored. By midnight the crowd, roused to fever pitch, was threatening to march on the presidential palace. At 2 a.m., an automobile carried Urru tia into political oblivion. Signed Death Warrant There would be other such political executions in high places of the revolutionary government, but this was the first clearly to mark the road down which the Castro re gime soon would be tearing pell-mell. . w unout even Knowing mat he had committed a crime, Urrutia had signed his own political death warrant less than three weeks earlier. At a television press conference he had said: - I1T 1 . ll,. 1 1 1. j reject uie support ui uie Communists, and 1 believe that any real Cuban revolu tionary should reject it open Jy." For whether Castro, a rev olutionary but never on ad ministrator, knew it or not, the Communists were taking over. On July 18, 1859, Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado tpok over in Urrutia's place. As a stu dent at Havana university, Dorticos had been known as a leftist. As an attorney he had represented the Commu nist faction in his native Ci enfucgos. He had once been arrested as a Communist In his own right. Castro, of course, rescind- IN REBEL STRONGHOLD-Fidel Castro, center, is shown in his rebel stronghold of Sierra Maestra in April of 1958 with his revolutionary leaders, brother Raul Castro, left, Juan Almieda; Ramiro Valdez and Ciro Redondo. (UPI Telephoto) cd his resignation and re turned as premier. Roa Was a Founder The foreign minister was Raul Roa. Roa was one of the founders of the Communist party in Cuba many years ago. He is violently a n 1 1- American and is regarded as one of the most dangerous Reds in this hemisphere. Raul Castro, brother of Fi del, is defense minister. The more quiet of the two broth ers, he also is regarded as a better Marxist. He has trav eled and studied behind the Iron Curtain. On Nov. 28, 1959, Ernesto Che Guevara took over as president of the National Bank of Cuba. He has denied he' is a Communist but gen erally is accepted as an en thusiastic one. He took over his present Job without pre vious economic experience but has been a spokesman for Cuba In Moscow and Peiping and recently negotiated a $60 million loan from Red China - Among close observers of Cuba, it is believed that Gue vara, Roa and Raul Castro are the real rulers or luwi, having been designated by Moscow as a triumvirate. Olhor Members Named Today it may be said that every key post in the Cuban government either is Red-occupied or Red-controlled. Other members include: Dr. Vicentina Antuna de Ca- rone, an avowed Red who is general director of culture. She has helped to rewrite Cu ban history books to eliminate the United States' part in the liberation of Cuba from Spain and she has banned the selling of U. S. Christmas cards with their Christian scenes from Cuba. Antonio Nunez Jimenez, di rector of the National Insti tute of Agrarian Reform. He was a leader oi tne Young Communist league at the Uni versity of Havana. Mai. Augosto Martinez San chez, one-time minister of de fense and now labor minister. He is another noted for his violent anti-American views and his deep respect for communism. Under Cuba's agrarian and urban reform laws, Nunez Ji menez and Martinez Sanchez control every waking moment of most of Cuban labor and even may dictate the places where they may sleep. The labor ministry's power is such that no worker can get a Job without ministry ap proval. An employer cannot hire without ministry approv al. t Associated with Communists' Hand in hand has been the development of the "single union" aimed at forcing all of Cuban labor into one vast organiation headed by the 'right" people. Additionally, no worker can refuse to go into the militia and hope to keep his job. Whether or not Castro con siders himself a Communist, a man of peace or a man of violence, his life has been closely associated with both Communists and violence. He participated in a n 1 1- Amcrican demonstrations in Bogota, and in an Ill-starred attack on the Dominican Re public. In Mexico where he and his followers trained for their invasion of Cuba, his mentor was Alberto Bayo, a highly professional Spanish Communist. Dream of Liberator The details of government are not for Castro. His habitat is the mountains of Oriente Province. His is the broad horizon. "In my heart," he once said, I would like to see the whole Three Fined for Illegal Possession Three young Medford men received fines of $35 apiece in Medford's municipal court yesterday after pleading guil ty to charges of illegal pos session of alcoholic beverages, They were arrested by city police early yesterday morn ing. They are Wayne Lee Ellis, 18, of 211 Summit st.j Law rence Richard Wilson, 20, of 895 Casino rd and Dennis Lee Strauss, 18, of 2948 Sandy terrace. Strauss also received a two-day jail sentence in ad dition to the fine. The youths were arrested in the downtown area after a routine check of their car dis closed that they had a quanti ty of beer in their possession. All three boys spent the night in the city jail. They refused to toll police where they ob tained the beer. of America united from north to south. That is the dream of the liberator. We had paid too little attention to the ideas of Simon Bolivar." This is the appeal to youth which has spread throughout much of Latin America. It is the reason why in Chile President Eisenhower heard the shouts: "Cuba si, Yankee no." In Chile, in Venezuela, Bra zil, Mexico, El Salvador, Guat emala, Nicaragua and Panama there are the "Fidelistas," a combination of poverty, of life without hope and exploi tation by the Communists. Castro would export his rev olution to all of them. UN Committee Votes Payment United Nations, N.Y. fOPD The General Assembly's budg etary committee voted Thurs day over Soviet opposition to make all of its members con tribute to the cost of the U.N. Congo operation as part of the world organization's budget. A fight appeared certain, however, when the commit tee's resolution is put before the assembly where a two thirds vote is required for approval. The vote-on the resolution as a whole was 45-15 with 25 abstentions. 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