REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. DECLASSIFIEDS Authority Statele ter lahz by ME, NARA Date 2498. 15 large will accept him due to the factors suggested above.
In fact, from present indications it appears that of all the candidates now in the field, Don Julio Acosta has perhaps the best chance of any of being the next President, not due to the fact that he is outstanding but because he has been chief executive already, is a man of mature years and falls more or less into the elder statesmen category. He will not arouse the bitter antagonisms that candidates such as the Volios, León Cortés, Raúl Gurdián, Mora, and Manuel Trancisco Jiménez are almost certain to ran up. In the event anything happens to interfere with Mr.
Acosta candidacy, Raúl Gurdián is apt to be next in line. Despite his drawbacks, there appears to be a better chance of concentrating on Señor Gurdián than on any of the other available men.
Whoever the successful candidate may prove to be, he will doubtless have to continue the liberal tendencies which have been a rather surprising characteristic of Don Ricardo present term. In large measure, the many emergency and other laws that have been adopted during the past three years have been the result of congressional action and initiative. Don Ricardo has proved a disappointment to many of his supporters by his failure to take more part in the elaboration of a social economic legislative program designed to correct and ease points of stress and injustice that have developed under the pressure of depression conditions. While he