Supported by an overwhelming majority of the Cuban people. who seek peace and an opportunity to earn a livelihood. he has in the short span of 6 months introduced reforms in the public interest. For the first time in years all government employees are receiving a living wage. and they have even received their back pay. The pay of the sugar workers under the present administration has increased materiallyin some instances more than doubled. No longer will cheap contract labor be permitted to be imported into Cuba. Now. by government decree. 75 percent of people employed must be Cubans. Already its import duties have increased from about $500.000 per month to approximately $2.000.000 for the month of When the present administration came into power there were only 23 sugar mills in operation.
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