De Hostos had served in the Army and as military aide to Gov. Arthur Yeager before his appointment by Gov. Blanton Winship.
Luchetti tries to take advantage of this federal initiative, but encountered the opposition to this plan when the US-appointed Governor of Puerto Rico Blanton Winship vetoed the project in 1938 on the grounds that it was incompatible with the 1917 Jones-Shafroth Act.
In 1937 he gained fame as a lawyer when he defended the members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party who were accused of breaking the law after permits issued by the Mayor of Ponce for a peaceful march in Ponce (see the Ponce Massacre) were withdrawn by the colonial governor of Puerto Rico at the time, General Blanton Winship.
Concurrent with this increased sentiment for nationalism and independence, U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt assigned a new governor for the Island, General Blanton Winship.
An investigation by the Hays Commission put the blame squarely on the U.S.-appointed Governor of Puerto Rico, Blanton Winship.
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However, upon learning about the march, the US-appointed governor of Puerto Rico, General Blanton Winship, ordered the new Insular Police Chief, Colonel Enrique de Orbeta, to contact Mayor Tormos and have him cancel the parade permit.
Blanton Winship | Ray Blanton | Joe Blanton | Brad Blanton | Blanton Collier | Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr. | The Blanton–Webster Band | Richard Blanton | Jimmy Blanton |