THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF COAL 

 SUPPLIES 



Control of all coal supplies throughout 

 Cuba was taken over by the Government 

 on December oil, in accordance with a de- 

 cree issued by President Menocal. Coal 

 owned by individuals, companies or so- 

 cieties may not be sold without authority 

 from the Government. 



All individuals or ((niiiiaMics having coal 

 in their possession tor coiiuuercial pur- 

 poses nnist connnunicate with the Secre- 

 tary of Commerce and Lal)or within ten 

 days, and Mayors nuist furnish a list of 

 public service corporations and industries 

 in their respective jurisdictions which de- 

 pend on coal for continuing operations. 

 Data as to the amount of coal on hand, 

 actual monthly fuel requirement and the 

 manner and source of suiii>ly must also be 

 given. 



Immediate exportation of 2T,<XlO tons of 

 coal to Cuba has been allowed by the 

 United States Goverinnent to relieve 

 Cuba's fast disappearing supplies. 



DISINFECTION BUILDING FOR SANITARY 

 DEPARTMENT 



The facilities of the Sanitary Depart- 

 ment for safeguarding the public health 

 will be considerably inii)roved by the ad- 

 dition of a disinfection building, the con- 

 struction of which has been authorized by 

 presidential decree. 



The disinfection building is to be built 

 near Las Anhnas. 



LIVE STOCK 



Dr. Bernardo Crespo, Chief of the Vet- 

 erinary Section of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, has been connnissioned by Presi- 

 dent Menocal to purchase a large number 

 of live stock to be transported to Cuba. 



The stock, which will cost $18,000, will 

 be selected with great care, and will be 

 taken to the breeding farms at Ciego de 

 Avila and Bayamo. 



AIRCRAFT MEET • 



The following information has been an- 

 nounced through the Aero Club of America 

 and the Aerial League of America by Vic- 

 tor Hugo Barranco, the special represen- 

 tative of Cuba in the United States : 



"To meet the increasing demand for 

 landing and garage facilities for airplanes 

 and dirigibles, and realizing tiiat Cuba 

 will be the stopping place for tlic large 

 transatlantic :uid transi)a<-ific airplanes of 

 the near future and for aircraft i (lying be- 

 twtvii the United States and South and 

 Central America, General Mario G. Meno- 

 cal, President of Cuba, has ai»i»roved the 

 creation of a huge airport at Havana, and 

 the Cuban Government has appropriated 

 land for that ]iurpose. 



"Work on ])ivparing the new airport 

 will I)e rushed so as to have the airjiort 

 ready for the aircraft contests which are 

 to take place at Havana from February 21 

 to March 1, 1020, inclusive, during the 

 Third Pan-American Aeronautic Congress, 

 which is to be held at Havana at that time 

 under the auspices of the Aero League of 

 Cuba, the Aero Club of America, the Aerial 

 League of America, and the Pan-American 

 Aeronautic Federation. 



"Over .$2.".000 has already l)een offered 

 in prizes foi- llie coiitesis. which are to 

 be international in character and will have 

 among the competitors the world's most 

 famous aviators and the best airplanes 

 liroduced in the different covmtries since 

 the armistice. 



"P.elieving that Cuba is to be a perma- 

 nent aeronautical centre, the Cuban Gov- 

 ernment is approjiriating $15,000,000 for 

 the development of aei'onautics and to es- 

 tablish aerial mail lines from Cuba to the 

 United States and to other countries, and 

 steps have already been taken to hold a 

 huge international aircraft exposition at 

 Havana during the Aeronautic Congress, 

 where the world's best aircraft will be ex- 

 hibited and from which the Cuban Govern- 

 ment will select the aircraft needed to de- 

 velop aeronautics and to establish the 

 aei'ial transportation lines." 



