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...Seek to Assist." In the round of tours and state dinners and in the four hours of private talks with López Mateos, a Kennedy recently buffeted at home obviously enjoyed the tonic of adulation...
Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos never says a word against Fidel Castro, and insists that in politics he is a leftist "within the constitution." Yet López Mateos has not hesitated to come down hard on troublesome leftists at home. Last week his regime came down hard on Mexico's No. 1 leftist (and No. 1 artist), David Alfaro Siqueiros. 65. The Communist painter, who has already been behind bars for 20 months, was sentenced to eight years in the federal penitentiary for "social dissolution"-i.e., troublemaking during student demonstrations in August...
...lovers, leftists and believers in the rule of law both inside Mexico and from around the world protested; the López Mateos regime finally brought Siqueiros to trial in January. In a tiny, dingy courtroom the artist stole the show with a three-hour speech ranging from his youthful years in politics to the present panorama of Mexican art, to the endless betrayal of the 1910 Mexican revolution by every regime down to and including the present. It was a stirring offense, but not much of a defense, especially considering several personal insults Siqueiros aimed at the presiding judge...
Painting away in jail, Siqueiros seemed to be enjoying the martyrdom of it all. Asked about his chances for a presidential pardon, he took another dig at President López Mateos: "I suppose the President will have to ask the U.S. before he acts...
Tampa cigarmen are predicting that when their own six-month to one-year stockpile of Havana leaf runs out, their $50 million-per-year business will go up in smoke. "I don't know what these people are going to do." said Pedro López, a cigar union official. Looking around a large, pungent room full of hand cigar makers, he added: "Their average age is between 45 and 60; they're not entitled to a pension, and they're too old to find jobs. I think that if they're going to let tobacco...