Rafael Franco - Achievements of His Government

Achievements of His Government

• Claim the Ideals of the Revolution Communards and the Independence Revolution
• Proclamation to Mcal. Francisco Solano Lopez National Hero without exemplary
• Fixed the working day of 8 hours per day
• Sets Aguinaldo
• On Sunday rest makes it mandatory
• It establishes that the wage labor include holiday
• Declares National Hero to Tte. 2nd. Adolfo Rojas Silva, first official fallen into the Chaco War
• Provides access to the first Japanese settlers
• To carry out the first Agrarian Reform
• Declare part of the national heritage ruins and colonial art, the reservoir and archaeological objects.
• Establish rights hitherto unrecognized to the workers, their families and s Self Unionization
• It repeals the 1870 Constitution and parliament
• Call a National Constituent Assembly to draft a new and updated Magna Carta.
• Repealing duties on primary and secondary studies
• Make a restructuring and modernizing the FF.AA
• Selling weapons obsolete and worn
• We sought the acquisition of 60 Italian military aircraft, aware of several causes: the poor and poorly equipped army Pyo., A likely new Bolivian adventure, dangerous pretensions of neighbouring countries to Paraguay, which they considered too weak militarily speaking and the serious events that iban appearing in Europe. The order of these aircraft was later rejected by the liberal government that followed the Cnel. Franco, only very few units arrived, the original contract included:

-- 20 FIAT C.R.32 c (were purchased only 5)

-- 04 FIAT C.R.30B (It bought 2)

-- 04 Breda Ba.25 (We bought 3)

-- 03-Bred Ba.25Idro for the Naval Aviation- (was bought only 1)

-- 21 Caproni AP-1 (were purchased 7)

-- 05 Caproni AP-1Idro-for-Naval Aviation (There were not purchased)

-- 03 Caproni Ghibli (It bought 2)

• Delivery decorations and amounts to official army
• Wanted acquisition of the 60 Italian military aircraft, aware of several causes such as: what's wrong and poor equipment ejecito Pyo. A Bolivian provable new adventure, of the dangerous pretensions of countries bordering Paraguay, which they considered very weak militarily speaking, we must also consider the serious events that were appearing in Europe. This repertoire
• End the construction of the Oratory of Our Lady of the Assumption and established as the National Pantheon of Heroes.
• Rescue remnants of Mcal. Lopez and places them in that Pantheon
• Establishes the National Holiday every March 1
• Pension to the war wounded
• Entrego land to poor peasants
• Labour rights for women in special tape
• Payment of wages in cash (the pay was banned in "vouchers" or "silver white")
• Repatriation of hundreds of their compatriots
• Reorganization of the State Merchant Fleet
• Provides for a base price for cotton production
• Frozen for one year's time the prices of rents and leases
• Abolish entrance exams for National Schools
• Pension to Veterans
• Ferrea maintained a stance of not cede any territory conquered by the Paraguayan army in the Chaco War.
• Proposes the country's participation in any oil excavation.

'Creations:'

• Ministry of Public Health
• Ministry of Agriculture
• National Association of Indigenous
• National Labour Department
• National Central of Workers (CNT)
• National Union Feminist
• Development Commission and Labour
• Mobilization Committee Civilian
• Bank of the Republic of Paraguay
• Philatelic Section within the Directorate General of Post and Telegraph
• School of Dentistry
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
• New series of banknotes of 5, 10, 50, 100500 and 1000 heavy weights
• Foundations Colony and Ports
• Several hospitals in the country's Interior
• National Association of Ex-combatants (UPV current Chaco) where appoint Franco as his 1st. Pdte.
• Adult Education
• First Civilian Airport
• Hundreds of Schools and Colleges
• The School of Arts and Trades
• Farms-Rural school
• National Revolutionary Union