United front for Brazil coffee

Abstract

São Paulo, August 19, 1933. – Major Juarez Tavora, eminent revolutionary and Minister for Agriculture at Rio, has again brought forward his proposal that all services connect with coffee, reference, and propaganda should be placed under his jurisdiction. He further proposes that the 15 shilling tax, „now collected at 48 milreis‟ (45$332 is the actual figure) be reduced to milreis, of which „25 milreis to the maintenance of technical, propaganda, and defence services, and 3 milreis for the maintenance of the Institute, which is to be reformed into a National Council, composed of members from the Ministry of Finance, Ministries of Labor, Exterior, Agriculture, and delegates of coffee states.‟ In furtherance of this plan, he will come to São Paulo, „to preside over the elections at the Coffee Institute.‟ It is said that the Minister for Finances has stated that he did not perceive in the plan, the national salvation._Paulista.