Guardar
Manuel Mora

REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 19871921. Tights gins UNALOGO GOUISS7930 there is a group of well to do persons here who are lukewarm about both Cortes and Picado and who are se reported to be willing to finance the campaign of a thira candidateNames suggested thus far include Señor Julio Pefia the banker, Senor Fernando Esquivel Bonfila a well to do business man with large agriculatural intere OrJorge Hine or Senor Luis Demetri drinoco a This group is optimistic that one of these persons with the backing of the Calderón Guardias and the financial resources of the wo álthy group, could defeat both Cortés and Picado. Other Observers believe that this is wishful thinking and that Cortés despite being somewhat antipatico to the electorate has surrias aient following to put him definitely in first place.
Man 32 33 KUVASSA ID AN See An unknown quantity in this picture, however, is what attitude might be taken toward the third candidate by tha Vanguardia party leader, congressman Manuel Mora, whose forces are nominally allied with Picado at the le present time. It may prove difficult to find a candidata who will at the same time be acceptable to the Union Club olique and tor Móra and his supporters, although the latter have vindicated that they consider Jorge Hine and one or two other capitalists as having an intelligent grasp of the problems of labor employer relationships.
The common tendency here, however, among well to do per sons is to regard Mora as a dangerous and unpredictable demagogue who is responsible for the growing labor moveament here, which in turn is regarded with suspicion and apprehensiome by most of the prosperous class. Persons with these ideas of course, resent President Calderóm Guardians association with Mora and Archbishop Sanabria tolerant attitude toward membership by Catholics in the Vanguardiáj party The problem of reconciling these divergent viewpoints however, has been made somewhat easier by an interview which Mora granted LA TRIBUNA on August 13.
1In this he took pains to correct the impression that this, formëristatements had in any way intimated that the laborers would take to the streets to prevent the election of a person whom the Costa Ricans desire to elacts even though he was a reactionary. It would dappear from this that cortés speech of August called Mora bluff and that ofthe Administration when it was insinuated that force would be used to prevent Cortes!
a selection. Manuel Mora continued, however, that if the a reactionary group. by which he refers to Cortés and his Be party wins the electiom by fraud, the laborers cannot it with arms crossed RE AC Since his party declared Mora had been defrauded of votes in previous elections and had protested such fraud. it would naturally be inconsistent to protest against any fair election, even though it would result in the election of a reactionary. He denied that his party was a shock brigade for President Calderón Guardia, but said that such a description fitted his party when it came to fighting against reaction, fifth columnists or in defense of the ideals of social justice. In the meantime it