. The Cuba review. 10 THE CUBA REVIEW There are now fourteen Averse to murderers in Principe pen- Capital itentiary, Havana, but as Punishment President Gomez has scru- ples against capital punish- ment there have been no executions under his administration, for he refuses to set a date when they are to die. If present plans are carried out Cuba will lead the United States and others of the more civilized nations by abolishing capital punishment. Dr. Manuel Secades, consulting attorney of the Interior Depart- ment of Cuba, was in the United States studying the modern prisons in this country.
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. The Cuba review. 10 THE CUBA REVIEW There are now fourteen Averse to murderers in Principe pen- Capital itentiary, Havana, but as Punishment President Gomez has scru- ples against capital punish- ment there have been no executions under his administration, for he_ refuses to set a date when they are to die. If present plans are carried out Cuba will lead the United States and others of the more civilized nations by abolishing capital punishment. Dr. Manuel Secades, consulting attorney of the Interior Depart- ment of Cuba, was in the United States studying the modern prisons in this country. He has no thought of recoin- mending the substitution of the electric chair for the garrote. "We want no capital punishment at all, " he said while in New York. "The most enlightened people of the community are oDposed to it. We believe in reforming convicts. That's why we are going to build a modern prison. Those now in use are for the most part old Spanish castles. Ihere men, women and children are herded together. There are no cells, but the un- fortunate ones congregate in the long halls, the worst with the best. "We want a separate place of detention for the women and children. In addition, we are going to provide labor for the con- victs. Shops are to be built so mechanics may work at their trade. We have already introduced this scheme in a small way and have established a few cigar and cigarette factories. The prisoners enjoy the work and, I'm sure, leave their place of con- finement when their sentence is up better men." The Perez bill was passed Government unanimously by the House to July 3d. This measure Control was introduced in the Sen- ate some months ago and approved by that body. It provides that all public services referring to water supply, street cleaning, garbage removing and other health services shall be carried out by the government. The bill also effectively kills the Heydrich project to obtain a lease for a number of years of the