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...Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico was formed in 1928, with a violent anti-American policy asserting that the U.S. has no legal claim to the island. Pedro Albizu Campos, a Harvard graduate and the present leader of the party, first drew attention to himself in 1931 by virtue of his revolutionary activities...
Since President Truman took office, Puerto Rico has been moving toward self-government with increasing speed. In 1945, the President suggested to Congress that the island be allowed to choose its own form of government. He followed this up by appointing the first native governor, Jesus T. Pinero, in 1946. Luis Munoz Barin, the present governor, is the first one to have been elected, his moderate Popular Democratic Party having gained 61 percent of the vote...
...been forced out prematurely by government discovery of arms in the Nationalists' possession, has not interfered with registration and may even have served to boost it. The greatest damage done is that more than 25 people died in the two-day war, and that the political maturity of Puerto Rico is now doubtful...
...Puerto Rico's internal troubles are not expected to prevent Luis Muno`s Marin, governor of the island, from delivering the Godkin lectures in April, Dean Mason said last night...
...wife sent a letter to the secretary in 1941, explaining her husband's activities and mentioning the "hopeless tragedy of his countrymen's life." Speaking of the violence in Puerto Rico, she said "the burying yards and jails have been filled with Puerto Rican patriots and unjust indictments are daily occurrences...