Word: velez
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Shortly before the Cuban Senate passed the Tarafa Bill, General Carlos Garcia-Velez (son of the General Garcia of " message-to-Garcia " fame), President of the Veterans' and Patriots' Association, departed hastily from Havana into the lesser known parts of Cuba. With him disappeared General Manuel Despaigne, Treasurer of the organization, who was Secretary of the Treasury in the reform Cabinet until he was expelled last Spring by President Zayas. Dr. Oscar Soto, Secretary of the Veterans' Organization, also went into hiding...