Word: barcelo
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...trouble began last August when Governor Gore was quoted as saying that all officials whom he might appoint would have to present undated resignations in advance (TIME, Aug. 28). This the Liberals considered an unprecedented insult to Puerto Rican dignity. Antonio R. Barcelo, politically ambitious president of the Liberal Party, promptly withdrew his list of suggested candidates, went into full opposition to the Gore regime. Governor Gore said he had never actually requested any undated resignations, accused Dr. Barcelo of circulating the story as a poli ical subterfuge. Dr. Barcelo's answer was an editorial in his La Democracia...
Puerto Rico, reputedly at the instigation of Dr. Barcelo's Liberals, protested Governor Gore's appointment of Rafael Alonzo Torres, Socialist, to the University Board of Trustees. Student delegations twice called on the Governor, were twice refused admittance. Incensed, they presented the Governor with a Manual of Manners, then went on strike, demanding the removal of Socialist Torres...