Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-31
MANY RIOTS OCCUR
AS MEXICO SEXES
CHURCH PROPERTY

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the people and successfully perform
ing their mission of closing the an
neXes. the officials proceeded to other
churches, Senior Ortega personally
supervising their work.
Committees Form Problem.
one knotty problem for solution
today was the turning over of the
churches by priests to committees
Of laymen. The government refuses
to recognize the committee appoint
ed by the priests and ordered com
mittees named by the mayor OF each
town to take over the church.
The last day of services in the
churches of Mexico witnessed
extraordinary scenes of religious
emotions on the part of participants.
In the capital thousands of Cath
olics visited their churches or
Shrines. The cathedral here and the
shrine of the Lady of Guadalupe
were overwhelmed with worshippers.
Barefoot men, women and children
trod the sun baked road to Quad
alupe. Gentle women
rubbed shoulders with sturdy IN
dian women, under the broiling sun.
Combinations, baptisms and the mar
rage services were performed for
thousands. In one church priest
performed q marriages with only
one ceremony-aH the couples kheel-
ing simultaneously.
Tanpico Bishop Faints.
In Tampico, Bishop Armora tainted
from exhaustion after hours of con-
firmation, baptisms and marriages, but
he resumed work when revived and
did not cease until midnight, when
the chief of police took over the cathe-
dral to deliver it to the mayors COM
mittee.
The state legislature at Puebla. after
a stormy session, has decided to sup
port the religious policy Of President
Gales and to order the dismissal of
any state employee who does not sup
port it or who belongs to any religious
association opposing the policy. Three
thousand women walked barefoot to
shrines in Puebla yesterday, starting
at 3 am.
A monster demonstration as evidence
of support of the governments policy
is to be held tomorrow by the Regional
Confederation of Labor and the
Socialists and Labor parties in the
congress which controls the Chamber
of Deputies; some senatorial groups
and government employees.
The confederation, which claims
membership of 1850, 900, is the strong
est group of Mexican organized labor.
1t always has maintained close rela-
lions with the American Federation
of Labor. The confederation claims
that it's membership includes two
thirds of all Mexican labor that at
present is in a position to be uncon-
cerned
Other Organizations Exist
The rivals of the Crom, as the Re.
gional Confederation of Labor is
called, are the General Confederation
of Labor, embodying the self-styled
red" group, and the railroad workers
unions, which maintain an independ-
ent organization.
Neither of these has taken
partisan stand on the religious stu
alton, but the Crom has gone mill
family into the field, organizing Sun
days parade, conducting propaganda
among the. soldiers and sailors, and
sending f1ocks of speakers over the
country to take the stump for the
government.
The Croms greatest strength is in
Mexico City, the federal district, the
seaports and the industrial centers
In Mexico City the Crom's word is
law: 1t is impossible for a worker to
get or keep a job unless he belongs to
the organization, as Ii will declare a
strike and close any establishment,
whether workshop, store, factory or
business. employing 3 non .Crofak IMAM
Thus the Crom Is very potsAlt In