Evening star., 1927-05-01
MEXICO GAINING,
GALES DECLARES
Says Policy of LeglSIating for
Labor and Agriculture Aids
Government.
ny JACOB0 DALEVUELTA.
Special Dispatch 20 The star and the Nor
American Newspaper Alliance.

American Newspaper Alliance.
MENICO CITY. Mexico, April so
President rlutarco Elias Gales in an
exclusive interview for The star and
North American Newspaper Alliance
expressed his conviction that the po-
ljtical future Of Mexico is to be a
peaceful one, both Us regards internal
affairs and in it's foreign relations.
The president also selected what
he regards as the most important ac-
complishments Of the first two years
OF mis- four-year term Of office begun
IN 1924.
First. he places the establishment
by he federal government alone Of
2 600 elementary schools educating
more than 1000, 600 children and
adults The increasing capacity Of
the national government to deal with
turbulent opposition was another
item, also the building of 1,500 miles
of motor highways and the establish
ment of a $4,000, 000 fund for the
construction of irrigation projects
which viii make tillable nearly Loco,
600 acres of arid lands.
Had Humble Beginning.
The president of Mexico inspires re-
Epect. He is tall of great physical
strength and with the deliberate
movements and slow, simple speech
of men who recoGpize their strength
and the effects of their speech and
deeds
Gales leads q simple life. he in
clines TO no ornaments or luNuries
He wears plain business suit and
soft hat. displaying starChed shirt
only when the duties of his office re-
Guire IL.
Six years ago Died Borquez. his
best hiographer, asked him for the
details of his early life.
How could my childhood interest
any one?' Gen. Gales replied rs it
worth While 10 say that as a boy |
used 10 carry two pals of water on
vheebarrow:
Simplicity is not pose with this
man-it is the central sinew Of his
personality and his power
Half an hour after he had been
sworn in as President before 100 600
people. he left the National Assembly
with no other escort than former
President Obregon. Manuel Acosta
and myself. At his home he gave us
glass of champagne. seated himself
on the sofa, and said smiling Now
I am President Of the republic. Let s
have a picture taken"
Is 40 Years Old.
4 few months ago he acted as Wit
ness at civil ceremony and when the
clerk Of the court read the minutes
he mentioned that one Of the wit
nesses was Plutarco Elias Gales. SO
years old.
The President interrupted him, say
ing:
"Your honor. only 40. If you please.
At this time it is a serious affair to
add four years to the President s age.
Gales sits at a great desk with
telephones. crystal inkstand, an APP
pointment case and the varied office
apparatus of busy and powerful
man.
1t has not always been so. In 1912,
when | became acquainted with him.
he was commissioner at Aqua Prieta
My first glimpse of him was in a lit
tie. somber room. lighted from low
doorway. Two rough boards nailed
on four logs were his desk. Six car
blnes leaned against the wall.
! was impressed by him then as q
man OF straightforward strength, per-
haps, but capable Of tranScending its
own crudties. II has
Gales does not look the pea asant
now-he is not the dirt farmer of
Aqua Prjeta. but he has the force of
that big man, and the force is now
trained and directed.
South Feels Inferior.
He is a Northerner and they always
win the admiration of us Southerners.
It is because we feel that we are less
capable than they. The slavery i'm
posed upon US by. the Spanish cap
tain general, first, and afterward by
various administrators Of ignorance
and oppression has given us q strong
inferiority complex.
President Gales lighted a cigarette
end listened attentiyely to my first
question
will Mexico continue TO farm out
Its resources. or is the nation com
petent to develop them itself?"
"Ihe government, said Gales, has,