REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. DECLASSIFIED Aghority Stateletter lahz öy ME, NARA 02:0 24981 A8 soon as the extent of the Communist successes was known, the press was filled with articles disoussing the possibility of alabarring the Partyle candidates.
It was pointed out that the boat exound for acocxiplishing this objective involved the application of a law passed in Jatober, 1982, which prombited Communists from participating as a group 10 elections. wis based on this law to doolare null and void.
the election of communist onndidates in the San José distriot was in fact presented to the Provincial Elect ion Board, but the Board declared on February 17, 1934 that the subject was outside of its furtadietion. The suggestion was made that in the last anakyata, the question wes one for Gangresa to decide. Bu on the decision of the Board mae carried even further by Judga Gutiérrez, who in a atatement made to the local press, anserted that it was absolutely impossible legally to rule out the Communiata since they had been allowed, prior to the almotona, 1neeribe their party and to regiator their 2020x8. Pae time to have noted, he said, was before and not after the electlona.
The attitude of President Jinenes on the normalled Corumuniat probkou as expreesed on several maganions is bx18y that as long as the Communiste behave themselves and endeavor to reach the 1x objeatives by pacifio anda.
not by violent methods, there io no constitutional way of preventing them from participating 18 govexnnent. Barring unforeseen developments therefore, the succesatal Comuniat candidates will take their seats in the near future ia the Congress and in severa) of