Talk:Luis Muñoz Marín

Predecesor
Muñoz officially should not a have a predecesor on the info table, because the info table is only for DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNORS. Jesús T. Piñero was appointed by President Harry Truman, therefore he is not technically the predecesor of Muñoz Marín in the Order of Elected Governors User: Coburnpharr04 November 7, 2004 02:59 AM


 * I have included Jesús T. Piñero as the "predecessor", but with the clarifying notation that he was the last Presidentially-appointed Governor. As a matter of fact, Muñoz was the last person to hold the title of "Governor of Puerto Rico" and the first to hold the title used in the infobox of "Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico".Pr4ever (talk) 21:30, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

--- I expanded the section on Operation Bootstrap. The article still needs to trace the emergence of Muñoz Marín's PDP (and his New Deal-style politics) in the context of both the independence movement and the Great Depression. The Great Depression underscored the vulnerability of the island's economy to fluctuations in the world price of sugar; and the Nationalists and the Socialists posed the first strong challenges to Puerto Rico's monocultural plantation model of development. More needs to be added on the relationship between the rise of Muñoz Marín and the PDP and these challenges. 172 07:28, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

The Gag law was passed in 1948 a year before Muñoz came to power!
I've been looking it up and it turns out that the Gag law was passed in 1948 a full 6 months before Muñoz became Governor...--PunkMaister (talk) 05:58, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Muñoz Marín was already IN power in 1948
In June 1948 (when Law 53 was passed) Muñoz Marín was President of the Puerto Rican Senate, leader of the controlling political party (the PPD), and owner of the influential newspaper La Democracia.

By 1948 he was the most powerful Puerto Rican politician on the island, more powerful than the "temporary" governor Piñero. Any and all legislation had to be sanctioned and shepherded through the legislature by Muñoz Marín.

Muñoz Marín engineered the passage of Law 53 through his legislature.Nelsondenis248  (talk) 15:47, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Date of Presidential Medal of Freedom?
This page says, "On December 6, 1962, Muñoz Marín was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President John F. Kennedy." I have no special knowledge of this, but If this is correct, then LBJ was actually president at the official date of the award, of course. I note that the other two recipients listed for 1963 at List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients show LBJ as the president making the award. Just for what it's worth. It would be nice if someone who really knows, or has better information, would resolve this. Davecat4 (talk) 16:45, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
 * the Wikipedia page List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients says that it was in 1963, and
 * our personal (paper) copy of the 1975 Britannica says it was December, 1963

Edits by WikiSoldier86 seeking to specify "U.S." after place of birth
This subject is under discussion at. Please go THERE if you wish to join the discussion. Mercy11 (talk) 15:11, 23 June 2014 (UTC)