REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DECLASSIFIED Authority Stateletter Inhz ay me NART Date 2498 UTIOT OTIPY OJ STAN 2657 368 DIVISION OF LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS de JUN 14 1932 DEPARTMENT OF STATEIL 2700.
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DIVISION AND EASTERN EPSORIAT AFFAIRS.
JUN 1932 DEPARTMENT STATE Subject: Publio Order and Saraty.
Commiat Meetings.
DAPAT fire Reference is made to the third paragraph of report Wo. 2641, Mey 27th, fran this of Moo. Apter tio olovo of the 11 the indersigned mot Colonel Bella, Comunnding Orficer of the and Section of Police of San Jose on the afternoon of May 27th. col.
Donilla stated that the Government was considerably worried about these mootingo. That the Prosidont felt that as long as the metings were orderly and held within tho continos of private meeting places, little could be done to prevent thom provided no doctrinas o violonce were preached. At the same time, the Government had deoided not to issue any pornito (required by leon) for meetings or parades in pullo thoroughrards.
818. 00B 39 Colonel Bonilla further stated that sa vo of the 11 so of the hell where the zootings were held, more than one half of thoso attending. mostly curious were forced to remain outaide in the street. He also romarked that the fire department was being held in roadinosa to cooperate with the poliov in quellins disturbances, should necessity arise.
Saturday evening. May wuth the things which had beua fomrod happened. The attendance of ourdous was so great that there were many more people in the stroot than in the hall. With this as an excuso, the speakers stand was moved from within the building to just outoide of it, in the street. Colonel Gonzales ullon, chief of Police, informed those in charco of the wating that this could not be allowed and requested the speakers to move buck ixto the building. His requost, politely mado, was not hooded, as a matter of fact it was greetod with joors from the crowd. After several minutos endeavor to have the spoakers withdraw from the wtroot without succone, orders ware given to break up the meeting and clear the stroot. The result was a bear riot in which clubs voro frsely used and the police was forced to Mre their cus in the air. Bricks and bottles were thrown and a treo for all fight ongued. The police were only victors after considerable reinforcements had arrived. Tha Director of Polico received a scalp wound and a policeman had to be sont to the hospital, having been sovered out by a bottle thrown at him.
37 1932 Some sixty porsoms were arrested and order was reatored after about halt an hour. The police, taking advantage of the opportunity. confiscatod all the los ad literature which were found.
From: Mol. Costa Rios Roport No. 1643 Ito June 3, 1932.