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...form of a visit to the U. S. to promote the idea of advancing the date of Philippine independence from 1946 to 1938 or 1939. Advantage of this move from the point of view of President Quezon was that it would bring independence before the end of his six-year term. Disadvantage was that, by disrupting island economy even more thoroughly than it will probably be disrupted by independence in 1946, it might react greatly to the discredit of its sponsor. President Roosevelt appointed a committee to investigate the islands, determine how the transition to economic self-control should...
Little El Salvador is admittedly hard up for money, so Benefactor Martínez is hailed by virtually all 1,600,000 Salvadorians for his tightfisted economies during his six-year regime. He led off with a martyrlike 50% slash in his salary, has closed some foreign consulates temporarily, quit, the League of Nations in the struggle to balance the budget (TIME, Aug. 23). With coffee about 80% of her exports, agricultural El Salvador depends for its revenues on a favorable foreign trade balance. Chief coffee customer is Germany. While crying for cash, El Salvador has instead been stuffed with...
With the "revolution" admittedly only 30% complete, President Cardenas set out the accomplishments of the first three years of his six-year term: 1) the Government has nationalized 7,000 miles of railroad; 2) the National Petroleum Administration, in competition with foreign-owned companies, has strengthened the nation's oil economy, may lead to eventual nationalization of the industry; 3) agricultural production has increased. The land-division among the peons will be pushed to a conclusion; 4) the Government now has 40 tons of gold in reserve, a coverage of almost 40% on outstanding banknotes. This was the first...
Cheering peons, in their dirty overalls, folded serapes over their shoulders, sailed their huge white sombreros into the air last week in Merida as President Lazaro Cárdenas, taking another step in the Agrarian reforms under his Six-Year Plan, announced he would break up Yucatán's great henequen* estates, giving the land to the peasants...
...Sikorsky had come up from Santiago, making a land stop at Guayaquil (Ecuador), a water stop at Tumaco (Colombia), heading for its final land stop at Cristobal in the Canal Zone. Pilot Stephen Dunn, Wartime Navy flyer and six-year veteran on P.A.G. runs, approached the field through thick cloud and heavy rain, passed over the zone of silence extending straight up from the field's radio beacon, radioed that he was backtracking to make a landing. It seemed most likely that while he was spiraling down, the sea loomed up at him too suddenly through the murk...