DECLASSIFIED Authority Statele Her Mohr y me NARS Date 2498 ICEST bu RENAULT 1PUBLE AFTS DEPARTMENT OF STATE MERICA SEA ARTMENT ON ON OF CULITE CNT OF STS TOF STATE DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS ISION OF GULTURAL RELIA Agnil 10, 1944.
Costa Rica, APR 51944 28, 1944. Ceny Mr. Cabot STUDENT STRIKE AND BOND ISSUE IN COSTA RICA APR 15 1944 The attached despatch reports further and PMENT OF STATY in more detail concerning the strike against vet appointment. the naming of an allegedly communist teacher as professor of English in the Colegio Superior de Señoritas. Developments have embar ssue arouses opporassed the administration, feeling is high aking community.
and the students continue on strike. The solution is not yet in sight but will probably be reached by peaceful means.
yes The Administration suddenly presented to the Congress a project authorizing a bond issue of 5, 000, 000 colones. The method of its presentation, with no advance notice, and the attempt to push it through without debate aroused widespread opposition. The various banks were unanimous in disapproval and had an extremely stormy session with the President at which they declared that they would int latent against refuse to subscribe to the loan. The disilderón Guardia, a coth cussion was apparently extremely acrimonious. 11 be inherited by a plan was eventually worked out whereby the o report two dereiNational Bank would lend the Government le first concerns the 300, 000 colones to meet current payrolls, es here by the appointand arrangements were discussed for further to a teaching post, a dvances in the immediate future. The compro orato situation of the mise proposal is now receiving attention of 183 or March 21, 10 Superior do Sokoritas Lk on the atomi The naming of Sokora 880r of English the tormur Institution. Señora de odia, who formerly taught o at the Cologio and who is admittedly a capabi. teachers has been much is the limelight latoly, having taon an active part in tho campaign to oloot teodoro Pioado, speaking and writing articles 11 opposing her charge her with being a comunist sympathizes whether this is the case of not, there is no doubt that she is a militant and outspoken Lartist, with a consider able flair for publicity, The nomination of Sofiora de oal was an urortuhata hoice on the part of the Administration, for it awateemad an immediato and violent reaction among those who had opposed the Administration at election time, and then can be no doubt that the issue of her suitability as a teacher was soon forgotten in the effort to enbarrass.
President Calderón Guardia, on the one hand, and those attempt to vindicate him on the other.
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