CUBA: Temper Trouble

Ever since his lieutenants projected the biggest legislative program in Cuba's history, swart Army Boss Colonel Fulgencio Batista has been trying to keep Cuba's Congress and Senate sitting in their chairs long enough to do something about it. Last month the Congress staged a stand-up strike over patronage, had to be bullied and cajoled back into the White Capitol. Last week Cuba's 36 Senators had stopped work to squabble in heated Cuban fashion over the strange behavior of Senate President Arturo Illas Hourruitinier.

Tall, tough President Illas, who had won a fearsome...

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