REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. DECLASSIFIED Authority Stateletter Mhz öy me NARA 02:2 2418 him to the forces of snobbery that have their headquarters in Cartago and San José, in who se eyes he is and always will be a concho (yokel. and will be voted against for that reason and no other.
Arturo Volio, a typical hand shaking, baok slapping type of politician, has managed to have himself elected to the Congress for some years past and has been President of that body since May, 1932.
He belongs to the Cartago wing of the so called Ricardista party, has been a faithful supporter of President Ricardo Jiménez, and would have an excellent chance of becoming chief executive were his personal reputation not quite so questionable.
He and León Cortés are political enemies, which is a factor that complicates the selection of a candidate from the ranks of the Ricardistas.
His brother, General Jorge Volio, is easily the most colorful personage in present day Costa Rican politics. Ex priest, soldier, parliamentarian, social reformer, literary dilettante. he is more like a character out of the Renaissance than a Twentieth Century Costa Rican Congressman farmer.
Unfortunately, the mad streak in the Volio family the result of inbreeding, too much intelligence and too little common sense. has cropped out openly in General Jorge Volio. One must seek the real explanation for the vagaries and inconsistencies of his bizarre career, and they have been many, in the fluctuating