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Tiburcio, the imaginary Mr. Everyman of Panama, who ordinarily dismisses a government economy drive as little more than whimsical propaganda, thoughtfully withdrew his tongue from his cheek last week. The first budget by Ernesto de la Guardia, the austerity-preaching new President...
...Abolished the job of collector of delinquent taxes, which in recent years paid the lucky incumbent anywhere from $3,000 to $14,000 a month in 20% commissions on the funds recovered. Salaried civil servants will take over the collecting. The big loser: Carlos de la Guardia, the President's brother, who got the job under the last administration...
...Slapped a $1,000-a-month limit on the amount of consular fees (for ship registrations, invoices, etc.) that consuls are entitled to pocket, ordered anything over that sum to be turned in to the treasury. Prospective loser: newly appointed New York Consul Roberto de la Guardia, the President's brother-in-law and distant kinsman, who could have collected as much as $5,000 a month as his legal cut of consular fees...
...Docked official expense allowances. One loser: President de la Guardia himself, whose expense account went down from $750 a month...
...ruled Nicaragua for 22 years by king-of-the-hill toughness. "I'll give this country peace if I have to shoot every other man in Nicaragua to get it," he announced just after the U.S. Marines, ending their occupation in 1933, turned over the command of the Guardia to him. The Guardia shot scores -and brought peace. Meanwhile, by "buying from heirs" Somoza acquired coffee fincas and cattle ranches, parlayed them into a fortune estimated at $60 million-some $20 million more than Nicaragua's annual budget. He reputedly owned one-tenth of the country...