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...first week of his U.S. good-will visit, Chile's energetic President Gabriel González Videla lived up to all his advance notices. Flashing a smile reminiscent of F.D.R.'s, he raced from ceremony to celebration with a headlong pace that recalled the late Fiorello La Guardia...
...first night in Washington, González, with his handsome wife Mitty and his pretty daughter Sylvia, stayed with the Trumans at Blair House. After dinner, host Harry played the piano and Margaret sang. Then the President called on González, who likes to dabble in Debussy and Brahms, to take over. "I never play for anybody who plays better than I do," smiled Don Gabriel...
...then, González, worn and haggard, was showing signs of panic. He charged the strikers with seeking "the overthrow of the government," threatened to form a military cabinet. Meanwhile, Maass had been pressuring González' own Radical Party. Finally, the Radicals agreed to oppose the wage-freeze bill and leave the government coalition. In return, CEPCH ordered the strikers back to their jobs...
Next morning, González accepted the resignations of his entire cabinet, and Santiago's torrid pavements echoed to the tramping feet of the telephone and light-company employees marching, cold-eyed and silent, back to their jobs. It was the only demonstration in twelve days of dangerous unrest...
This week, González was expected to name a new cabinet of career public servants. It was still too early to tell how seriously the "chain" had weakened his grip on the government. But the week's events had made one thing clear: González could no longer pull himself through by crying "Red plot!" He would have to find some immediate way of easing the burden of inflation for the working classes. If he failed, González' government-and Chile's democracy-would be in danger...