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Memo for the file : -56 4-543 In Costa Rica, Mr. WALLACE, all the business enterprises of the country have been‘ cempelled by law to raise the salaries of the laborers and yet the United Fruit Company and the Electric Light Company have refused to obey and have even made fun of the government. A short ¢ime ego a strike broke out on the Pacific side, the strikers demanding better living conditions. The United Fruit. blamed the Communists for. 4t and the President of the Republic, Dre CAIDERON GUARDIA, whom everybody respects and loves because of his sympathy of the poor, went to the Banana Zone and inter viewed the leaders in order to settle the mattere He begged then to stop the movement and. promised them to appeal to the Oompany so that the leaders would take into consideration the demands of the laborers. _ Shortly after the company dignissed all the leaders and demanded that they leave the Zone immediately. They were then plased on a black list and the simple minded ones of the group were terrorized and intimidated. However, the President of the country did obtain from the Manager of the Company @ promise to better the living conditions of the laborers; but time has past and the promise has not yet been fulfilled. Knowing that you are a man of great integrity, who sincercly wishes for a better understanding between Costa Rica and the U. 5. As, we are bringing these facts to your attention in the hope that you will use your influence in behalf of these people whose only hope of saivation is through the demceratic way of lifes a7 Nat Truly yours, Manual Mora”