GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ Y SANCHEZ: Racial Discrimination Club Atenas speech 1939

Jurist Politician Diplomat Economist

Professor of International Law, School of Law, University of Havana-1919-1934.

Secretary/treasurer-Cuban Society of International Law, 1920.

Legal Counsel to Secretary of State-1925-29

Delegate- VI American International Conference, 1928

Delegate/Technical Counsel-Conference on Conciliation and Arbitrage, Washington-1928

Secretary General-First Pan-American Conference of Municipalities, 1928

Delegate Plenapotentiary-Conference on Trademarks, Washington, 1929

Director of the International American Office for the Protection of Trademarks and Commerce, 1930.

Liberal Party - President-Havana province, 1930

Delegate-IV Pan-American Commercial Conference, Washington, 1931

Secretary of Justice, 1933

Member-House of Representatives, 1938-1942

Technical Advisor-Commission on Foreign Relations for the Senate, 1937

Technical Advisor-Commission for the Study of the New Constitution, 193?

President of the Foreign Relations Commission for the House of Representatives, 1939

Technical Director -Pan-American Commission for Intermuncipalities Cooperation, Chicago-1939

Delegate- VIII American Scientific Congress, Washington-1940

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1940-1941

Cuban delegation head and Sub-Committee President, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Atlantic City, 1943, 1944 and 1945.

G.A.T.T. Chairman Legal Drafting Committee and Tech. Dir., Cuban Delegation) Geneva-1947; (Head of Cuban Delegation) Geneva, Petropolis-1950, 1954.

Head of Cuban delegation, (GATT) Havana Charter, 1948.

President-Junta de Economia de Guerra, 1942.

President-Cuban Maritime Commission, 1942-43.

Ambassador to the United Nations (Security Council)1948.

President-Cuban Delegation, General Assembly, 1949

Technical Director/Secretary/President-National Junta of Economy (Junta Nacional de Economia) 1948-1953.

President-United Nations Economic Committee, 1951.

Minister of Finance (Ministro de Hacienda) 1953-1955.

Special Envoy-O.A.S. Conference of the Presidents, Panama, 1956.

President-Cuban Nuclear Energy Commission, 1956.

President-Ministerial Commission for Tariff Reform, 1958.

Minister of Economy (a.k.a. Ministro Presidente-Consejo Nacional de Economia/National Board of Economy, 1955-1959.

November 29, 2011

Racial Discrimination Club Atenas speech 1939

In light of the preparations for the creation of a new national constitution for 1940, the Afro-Cuban professional association, Club Atenas invited the leaders of the major political parties to bring forth their political platforms and points of view regarding immigration, the economy, labor, public education and racial discrimination. This series of speeches took place between February 13 and May 15, 1939. A commission was created by the club to compile and publish a book from the combined speeches to be delivered by 15 speakers. This commission consisted of Dr. Benjamín Muñoz Ginarte (club president) , Dr. Angel Suárez Rocabruna (club secretary) and Dr. Juan Jerez Villareal (literary section president). Below is a list of speakers.

Partido Union Nacionalista: Presidente: Dr. Agustin Acosta. Disertante: (el mismo)

Partido Unionista Cubano: General Ernesto Asbert. Disertante: Dr. Arturo González Alfonso.

Partido ABC: Presidente: Dr. Joaquín Martínez Sáenz. Disertante: Dr. Francisco Ichaso.

Partido Socialista Independiente: Presidente: Elio Roselló. Disertante: Dr. Claudio E. Miranda del Pozo.

Partido Union Revolucionaria: Presidente: Juan Marinello. Disertante: (el mismo)

Partido Social Democrata: Presidente: Justo Luis del Pozo. Disertante: Dr. Carlos Portela.

Partido Liberal: Presidente: Comandante Enrique Recio. Disertante: Dr. Gustavo Gutiérrez.

Partido Democrata Republicano: Presidente: General Mario G. Menocal. Disertante: Dr. Alberto Boada Miquel.

Partido Agrario Nacional: Presidente: Alejandro Vergara. Disertante: Dr. Adriano G. Carmona.

Partido Comunista: Presidente: Sr. Blas Roca. Disertante: (el mismo).

Conjunto Nacional Democratico: Presidente: Dr. Santiago Verdeja. Disertante: Dr. Carlos Saladrigas.

Partido Revolucionario Cubano (Autentico): Presidente: Dr. Ramon Grau San Martín. Disertante: Dr. Guillermo Martínez Márquez.

Partido Popular Cubano. Presidente: Dr. Rafael Iturralde: Disertante: (el mismo).

Partido Nacional Revolucionario: Presidente: Sr. Sergio Carbó. Disertante: Dr. Pablo F. Lavín.

Partido Acción Republicano: Presidente: Dr. Miguel Mariano Gómez. Disertante: Dr. Ramón Zaydín.