Somber-eyed Luis Muñoz Marin arrived in Manhattan last week on his first visit to the U.S. mainland since his inauguration as Puerto Rico's first elected governor. With his handsome wife and two dark-eyed daughters, he went to the Hotel Plaza, where he had no sooner checked in than he headed for the kitchen. "New York kitchens," he explained, "are always full of Puerto Ricans. They make the salads, cut the meat, wash the dishes." The Plaza's kitchen help were appropriately enthusiastic; several elderly women fell on Muñoz' neck and wept for joy....
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