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...Constitution prohibiting "political organizations of an international or foreign character." With Gutiérrez' followers in the fold on orders from Moscow, Guatemala's Communist Party was doubled in size and more foreign-dominated than ever. But at week's end President Jacobo Arbenz had not even replied to the petition...
...election fund and hundreds of campaign workers, plus the warm support of President Jacobo Arbenz, the pro-government leftist parties and the Communists. He did have one worry: his house might be too small for a proper post-election celebration...
Instead of talking about new taxes, Unifruit felt that it needed assurance against extra tax burdens now, and an end to Moscow-wired union squabbles, before it could safely invest the millions necessary to rebuild wrecked Tiquisate. Last week company officials, received by Guatemala's young President Jacobo Arbenz, tried to get such assurance. They did not. Arbenz bounced the issue down to the "ministerial level," where it remained deadlocked...
Guatemala's Communist-coddling, capitalist-baiting left-wing regime has shown Guatemalans time & again that an avowedly pro-labor government can be a harsh employer. Since Jacobo Arbenz, hand-picked successor of fuzzy "Spiritual Socialist" Juan José Arévalo, took over as President last March, five groups of government employees have gone out on strike for a fairer deal...
While the government was dickering with farm-strike leaders, Guatemala's customs workers walked out for higher wages. President Arbenz ordered them to go back to their jobs or be fired without severance pay or other indemnification. That broke the strike...