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...believed in things. There was music when they walked." Stony, resplendent in bow tie, watch chain and beret, writes Savannah's music. He admits it takes him two hours to press the crease in his pants, coordinate his colors and get his chains together. His pal, "SugarCoated" Andy Hernandez, 26, nods. "A lot of people think we dress like this only for performances," says Sugar-Coated, who plays vibes. In the '60s, he explains, society drifted further and further away from his dreams. So he turned the clock backward. While rock musicians continue to play in their undershirts...
...major response is an austerity campaign recently announced by Governor Hernandez Colon. Based on the findings of an economic commission, the 'Tobin Report', the proposed action would restore the government's credit ratings by a show of resolve: cutting spending and freezing wages. It would improve the private sector's competitive position by restraining or cutting industrial wages for at least three years...
...economy will be the basic issue in these elections, but the points of controversy will be trivial reforms--the "compact of permanent union" and Hernandez Colon's austerity plan--not the real question of how to create employment and economic growth without increasing inequality. The victory of either major candidate will mean four more years wasted attempting to resuscitate a bankrupt approach to development...
...Puerto Rican voters have consistently chosen some form of association, with the United States. In the gubernatorial elections this coming fall, Ruben Berrios of PIP and Juan Mari Bras of PSP will both run, but they will probably poll together less than 10 per cent of the vote. Governor Hernandez Colon of the Popular Democratic Party will run against Carlos Romero Barcelo, mayor of San Juan and head of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP). The PNP derives its support mainly from conservatives in the middle and upper classes, though it appeals to all those who want Puerto Rico...
...those Puerto Ricans who want U.S. statehood argue that the compact is a cosmetic means of perpetuating the island's present dependency and strengthening the Hernandez regime. Mean while, those who want full independence say that it is merely an other disguise for colonialism. The new compact will go to a referendum-if Congress acts by midsummer, then the vote will be later this year-and it is expected to pass overwhelmingly...