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Correspondents branded the results "a triumph of American diplomacy." President Vasquez, who has been a sick man for more than six months, resigned and entered a hospital. Resigned also without explanations, Vice President Jose Dolores Alfonseca, who for obscure reasons bore half the force of revolutionist animosity. To keep the revolution strictly constitutional, "Supreme Chief" Urena was appointed Secretary of the Interior. By Dominican law, the Secretary of the In- terior automatically becomes Provisional President in the absence of both President and Vice President. All parties agreed to a "free and fair" election in May.