February 24, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3183 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS TIMES OF THE AMERICAS TURNS with Uncle Sam on the front cover in red, papers that did not accept subsidies from the 35 white and blue. Our sales force reported that Batista government. many U.S. companies refused to advertise And in 1961, it was the last independent fearing that to do so would anger Cuban au­ Cuban newspaper operating on the island be­ HON. DANTE B. FASCEI! thorities. Its last edition appeared in Novem­ fore being shut down by Castro's police. OF FLORIDA ber, 1960, when its print shop, cluttered with The Times of Havana was founded by Clar­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a Goss Flatbed press and rows of linotypes ence W. Moore, a native of Michigan, and his brother, the late Carl Moore. Both had spent Monday, February 24, 1992 (those were "hot lead" days), was surrounded by gun-carrying militia, and its editor, the years in the U.S. foreign service. At the time Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to late Carl E. Moore, was jailed for several of the paper's founding, Clarence Moore was bring to the attention of our colleagues the oc­ days. a partner in law firms in Havana and Miami, casion of the 35th anniversary of the publica­ After only a short vacuum it appeared in Florida. tion of the Times of the Americas. ·Miami as The Times of Havana (Caribbean Editor of the newspaper for much of its life in Cuba and responsible for its wide coverage Begun originally as the Times of Havana in Edition), often only four pages and with an erratic publishing schedule. apd witty style was Milton Guss, a highly February 1957, this excellent English-lan­ In those lean years it opened and operated skilled journalist from Omaha, Nebraska, guage weekly newspaper has provided thor­ a Spanish-language bookstore in downtown who later worked as an editor on The Miami ough, intelligent, and unbiased coverage of Miami. Herald, the Washington Daily News and the Cuba and Latin America. I know many of our Its back half was an art gallery, and its Pacific Stars and Stripes. colleagues rely on it as part of their own deci­ highly publicized show of Cuban caricatur­ In late 1957, the newspaper moved to its sionmaking process on issues affecting the ists earned a full page in The New York own editorial plant in a building which had Times Magazine, and was picked up by the formerly housed the Cuban magazine Bohe­ Western Hemisphere. mia at Galeano and Trocadero streets in The cofounders of the paper, brothers Clar­ U.S. government and toured South America. In the spring of 1966 it became The Times midtown Havana. ence and Carl Moore, saw the paper through of the Americas, "the only English-language It was published on a Goss Press imported the turmoil of the Cuban revolution, moved to paper in the world entirely dedicated to news from the United States, the copy set by lino­ Miami briefly, and then settled down in Wash­ of Latin_America." types operated by Cuban typographers. Bi­ ington to continue publishing. Carl passed That is a claim it still holds. weekly at the start, it expanded in 1958 to a away some years ago, but Clarence continues thrice-weekly schedule. to produce what has become, for him, a labor [From the Times of the Americas, Feb. 5, By 1959, with the triumph of Castro, The 1992] Times gained increased notoriety. of love. Carlos Todd, a Cuban contributor, pin­ TIMES OF THE AMERICAS TuRNS 35 I would like to bring to the attention of our pointed Castro's steady march toward total colleagues two items that appear in the Feb­ (By Henry Goethals) economic and political control and repres­ ruary 5 edition describing the history of the The first office of The Times of Havana, sion in a series of incisive columns before paper and offer my congratulations to Clar­ precursor of Times of the Americas, was a being forced into exile in 1960. ence W. Moore on this great occasion. small corner room in a print shop at the cor­ In November of that year, the Castro po­ ner of Luz and Compostela Streets in the lice seized The Times plant and briefly jailed A SPECIAL CELEBRATION heart of Old Havana. its editor Carl Moore. The paper resumed (By Clarence W. Moore) Four antique wooden desks holding bat­ publication in Miami in 1961 and moved to Thirty-five years ago this week (or on Feb. tered typewriters lined one wall. A secretary Washington in 1966, expanding its coverage 4, 1957, to be precise), the first edition of The sat in the corner, handling billing and cir­ to include all of the Americas. Times of Havana appeared on the streets of culation. Neon lights hanging from the high Today, thirty-five years later, The Times Cuba's capital city. Its headline read "Saud ceiling provided faint illumination. Linotype continues publishing as Times of the Ameri­ says Arabs will OK Ike's plan" and the story machines whirred and wheezed in the next cas, a twice-monthly newspaper dedicated began: "The plan to use U.S. arms if nec­ room. exclusively to news about Latin America and essary to prevent Communist penetration of A fan in one corner stirred the sluggish, the Caribbean. the Middle East would be agreed to by other tropical air. There was no air conditioning. It has served as a 'prime source of informa­ Arab leaders." As The Times was getting underway, a rev­ tion for hundreds of Latin Americanists in Editorially, it declared that "we will aim olutionary named Fidel Castro-virtually ig­ the United States and has helped train to present the news accurately. Intel­ nored by people in Havana and believed dead scores of journalists, many of whom con­ ligently, we hope. Entertainingly at times. by many-was hiding out in the Sierra tinue to make Latin America their main But always accurately." The first Easy Chair Maestra mountains of eastern Cuba, at­ sphere of interest and activity. noted that The Times intended to "muddle tempting to regroup his small invasion force Purchased from Clarence Moore in late 1990 along in the middle of the road with no point decimated by attack from the Cuban armed by Florida businessman Paul Pope, the news­ to prove, no slant, no preconceived notions forces. paper is currently produced in an office over­ of policy." And a boxed aside read: "Why is The first issue of the new newspaper, dated looking Farragut Square in downtown Wash­ it that Democrats and Republicans always Feb. 4, 1957, signalled the start of a brief but ington, D.C., using a modern desktop-pub­ talk about cutting taxes when they are out exciting experiment in English-language lishing system. Its circulation is now con­ and change their tune when they are in?" journalism at a moment of revolutionary fer­ centrated in the United States, but expand­ Its premise was that most English-lan­ vor and change in Cuba. ing steadily in Puerto Rico and Canada, as guage newspapers in Latin America were During its short 44-month life in Cuba, The well as in Latin America and the Caribbean, aimed solely at the American expatriate Times blossomed as a valuable source of with readers scattered in Europe, Africa and colonies. The Times started out with the world, U.S. and Cuban news, serving a wide Asia. idea that it would also reach out to all Eng­ range of English-speaking Cubans and busi­ Jon Basil Utley, a former associate editor lish-speaking Cubans. Readership grew rap­ nesses as well as members of Cuba's exten­ of The Times and now a commentator for the idly and after only two years it had pur­ sive American colony and tourists. Voice of America, observed that The Times chased machinery to become a daily when The 24-page tabloid quickly became the has made a major contribution to journalism Fidel Castro interrupted the process. most widely read English-language publica­ and to inter-American understanding. In the fall of 1960, with Fidel Castro in tion in Cuba as well as a scrappy defender of In 1967, on the occasion of the 10th anniver­ power, the paper was honored by the Inter­ press freedom under the government of sary of the newspaper, Vice President Hubert American Press Association for its "coura­ President Fulgencio Batista and-briefly, as H. Humphrey, an ardent supporter of U.S.­ geous stand in defiance of the Castro dicta­ it turned out-under the revolutionary Cas­ Latin American understanding, wrote to torship." tro regime which followed. publisher Clarence Moore: A sidelight: On July 4, 1960, well into the It was honored by the Inter-American "I know that in its early years in Havana Castro regime, it published a 76-page issue Press Association as one of two Cuban news- your paper demonstrated a rare and •This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 3184 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 24, 1992 courageous determination under the most ROBERT FOWLER, HONORED organization of, by, and for parents of public difficult circumstances. PRINCIPAL school children. "It is a tribute to you and to your staff In the fall of 1972 a group of parents from that your paper has not only survived all parts of Philadelphia bonded together in re­ confiscation by a regime that fears the free .