Arizona republican., 1916-09-06
R0vA[O CALLS REPUBLICAN
 LIAR BUT FAILS TO DENY
 ATTEMPTED INTIMIDATION


 dictaphone report on a conversation he had with Dr. L. Boido and Deputy Sheriff J. T. Murphy in the doctors of flee last Saturday night, because he did not want to go into detail" Alfon- so Revalo, self-styled confidential agent of Gov. A. De la Huerta of So- nora, has prepared statement for The Republican. In it, he goes into plenty of detail about the falsehoods this paper has been printing about him, but on the count of his attempted in- timidation of Dr. Boido, he remains carefully silent.
 His denial of having been in Phoe- nix during the Clifton strike, may have some basis in truth, as The Republican has been unable to find in it's files. a copy of the interview alluded to, al though Rovalo's name is very clear in the memory of reporter, who believes he is the same man who gave him the statements last fall
 Rovalo's statement is as follows:
 Monday there was printed in the morning paper of this city three col Imn report about some alleged coarse work" that MT. Rovalo was intending to do by mixing the International Road Race between Hermosillo and Phoenix with the political campaign of Ari- Zona. They state that l am a labor agitator of Sonora; that l was vis-
 tor of this city during the Clifton strike; that l was interviewed at length on that affair by the Republi- can, and that I declared myself as the bearer of messages from labor leaders of Mexico to Samuel Gompers, and be- tween Governor Hunt and Governor de la Huerta. They also state a lot of things which surely have been pub- lished with no other idea than to get me mixed in the politics of this state, and to compel me to give out some kind of a declaration which they hope to use for the benefit of some political candidates. The interested parties, however, will not succeed in doing this. have never been labor agitator. l never had the honor of being a visitor If Phoenix or of any other place in the State of Arizona until the last days of the past month of August. The Repub- lican is earnestly requested to show he number of that issue wherein that | llleged Hong interview" was printed. | All of that is false, and if I should nave to deal here with everything from | hat long report which is not true, | should certainly have to refer to all most every word of it. Anyway, this | thing has no connection with the one l hat brought me here. I absolutely re- | fuse, once and for all to get mixed in | politics, yet there are two points that | wish to make clear to the people of | Arizona. At the very climax of the | 'ecent strained relations between the l United States and Mexico, on the 26th l of last June I left the State of Sonora, | representing the organized workers of | hat state, who sent me to this coun- xls- .l.I l he American Labor bodies of the real, | rue feeling of the Mexican people re- | sarding the international trouble. That
 ceiling was entirely friendly to the
 American people, and entirely against
 var. The president of the Chicago l Federation of Labor gave me the priv
 lege of appearing before that organ | Zation and address five hundred dele 1 gates. representing a quarter of a mill | ion American citizens, who, as a re-
 suit of my speech, passed unanimously
 l resolution to send by me a fraternal
 message to the Mexican workers Of- | icial copies of my message to the | American workers and of the resolution | sent to the Mexican workers from the l Chicago Federation of Labor, and also
 'opies from all the Labor papers of 1 Chicago quoting all my steps on that |
 the Jefferson Hotel in this city to any
 body interested therein. All this work
 was done not only to prevent the
 trouble between the two countries, but
 vas also an effort. good and honest in- l deed, to create and cement better un-
 lerstanding between the workers of the | United States and Mexico Afterward, l
 went to Atlantic City to meet Presi-
 lent Gompers and the Executive Coun cil of the American Federation of La
 DOT, who were holding meetings there
 The Mexican situation was one of the
 matters considered by that body, and il
 may be said that the American Feder-
 ation of Labor has been one of the
 most powerful factors in the bringing of the American Mexican crisis Wher
 went to say goodbye to President
 Gompers to make my way to my coun- l, try. he said to me MT. Rovalo, vol
 know that one of the best friends O
 Labor in this country is Governor Hunt, of Arizona. Perhaps you know that he has a splendid humanitarian . attitude toward all the working classe : In his state. MeXicans have always hat justice from Governor Hunt. If pos sible, you should go to Phoenix on you way to Sonora and give him my re gards, for I feel it will be beneficial il promoting a better feeling between ! your country and the United States r better understanding between the peo :, pie of Arizona and Sonora" So I die
 had the honor to be received b a Governor Hunt. who gave me quite V, cordial letter to be taken to the Gov :. ernor of Sonora. Three days ago Z | came back with an answer to Governo Hunts letter from the Governor ( Q Sonora Neither of these letters re V ferred in any way, directly or indi f rectly, to politics. Both of them ar 70 open to anyone's inspection at Cover !, nor Hunts office The chief object ( d the correspondence was to promote " peaceful relationship between two aC
 joining states. In neither letter wa l. there any mention of the proposed Ir l. .ernational motorcycle race Offici ~ nual address to the Sunday scho ss association He tock three points f, lu his discussion.
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