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...vote was a victory for Puerto Rico's first popularly elected governor, Luis Munoz Marin, who has preached to the islanders that independence is an "obsolescent idea," that their future lies in continuing association with the U.S. Overpopulated Puerto Rico, he maintains, can not afford to cut loose from the U.S., can not survive and rehabilitate itself without protection of U.S. tariffs and subsidies...
Under the new constitution, which will be written by a constituent assembly still to be elected, Munoz expects that Puerto Rico will form a new kind of political entity under the U.S. flag. It will be neither a territory nor a state; the tax burdens of statehood would be far too heavy. A fertile maker of political phrases, the governor has not yet found the exact word to describe the system under which Puerto Rico will eventually live. "If the U.S. were the British Empire," he once said, "you might call it dominion status...
...regional breakdown, Region II, which includes New York and New Jersey, totaled over $14,800. Region I, including New England and Puerto Rico, was second with over $9,700. Region V, made up of Maryland and the Washington, D.C., area, was third with over...
...best stories was the Art section's cover on Diego Rivera, the only man ever to paint his own cover portrait on commission from TIME. Some of the other cover stories along the way: Puerto Rico's Governor Muñoz Marín, Nicaragua's Boss Somoza, Mexico's President Alemán, Brazil's President Vargas...
Mason said that he had recently received a letter through the Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico, cancelling Marin's talks...