Word: insurrectionism
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Mr. David Ratner concluded his column, "Brass Tacks," in your November 9 issue with the assertion that "the political maturity of Puerto Rico is now doubtful." On first reading this piece I felt strongly inclined to take issue with him. Further reflection has persuaded me that it would be fruitless...
The use of words like "insurrection" and "rebels" is justified only by the lack of more appropriate ones, but your readers must be warned of their inadequacy to convey a truly accurate picture of what took place. They tend to give the impression that there was a large popular movement...
The success of the registration of new voters is very significant, and the registration of the new women voters on Saturday (the men registered on Sunday) especially so. It must be kept in mind that women in a country with a Spanish tradition lead far more sheltered lives than women...
Roused to a mood of political insurrection after one of the noisiest and dirtiest campaigns in decades, New York City elected the first independent mayor* in the history of its five boroughs: beaming, Sicilian-born Acting Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri, 50. His margin was almost a quarter of a million...
But the show was over. Mufioz Marin soberly took note of the "tragic and useless" death of 31 Puerto Ricans. Said he: "A government founded on votes cannot be destroyed." Albizu Campos and his diehards had been joined, he said, only by the island's Communists, ready as always...