Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-25
GOAL Of MORONES
MAY Be DISTRICT.
Mexican Labor Chief Has Of
flee Here--Reported En-
Route to u. S.

BY the Associated Press
Ell, PASO, Texas, July 25.-A dispatch
to FL Continental from Mexico City
saws Luis N. Morones, the Mexican sec
retary of labor. has disappeared so Tar
as the public is concerned. Rumors
preyail that he is en- route to the United
states. his resignation having been ac-
cepted,
Luis NJ Morones, Mexican labor
leader. who has been thrown prom
inently into the spotlight by the Staying
of Gen. Obregon, may come to wash
ington. AS vice chairman of the Pan
American Federation of Labor, of which
William Green, the American labor
leader is chairman, Morones has an
Office in the building of the American
Federation of Labor, at Ninth street
and Massachusetts avenue. Morones
has been in Washington frequently
conferring with American labor Leaders
on questions of interest TO the working
men of both nations.
From July l0 to % OF last year,
Morones was in washington deliberat-
1925. he was here on similar mission.
One of the principal questions discussed
on those occasions was that OF restrict
ed immigration and involved the cross
ing into Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
and other States of Mexican labor, TO
the ectriment of the American workers.
Often in Danger.
Morones. described in dispatches
from Mexico City as being at present
In hiding, has faced danger TO his life
on several occasions and once he spent
II days In military Jail. waiting TO be
executed by Carranza. MoroneSas ~ aasa
was formerly an electrician's helper.
has had colorful and exciting career
fighting his way up through the labor
TO a post in the cabinet OF
President Plutarco Elias Gales, TO bee
come secretary Of industry, commerce
and labor
This heayy-set. black-haired man,
who until a few days ago was one of
the powers In Mexico politics, Is only
SO years old. He was born in Tlalpanl,
a suburb of Mexico City in 1890. the
only child Of poor parents. He ace
Quired practically all his education
through his own efforts. At an early
age he became an electricians ap-
prentice and when about Is he listened
TO fiery political speeches in one OF the
poorest sections of Mexico City--the
slaughter -house district-and made up
his mind that he. too, would become
an orator.
For several year Morones was en-
ployed by the Light &s Fower Co. Of
Mexico City and rose in a few years
from mechanic TO foreman in the repair
shop OF the company. He later was
elected by his co-workers TO the post
OF manager Of the Mexican Telephone
Co. At this time he devoted his en-
lens and policy of his country and the
workers. He devoted his leisure hours
10 reading and studying labor prob
lens.
Organized Electricians Union.
About 1915 he organized the Union
Of Electricians and Workers In the
Mexican Telephone Co. and was elected
its first ~eneral secretary. He was one
of the most prominent leaders In the
attempt 10 organize general strike in
Mexico and for his efforts was impris-
oned In military jail and waited II
days TO ) shot He was appointed
secretary Of the municipality of Pachu-
ca, noted silver mining town, and from
1915 to 1918 he was active In the COM
munitv's labor government.
His friends say that Morones has
gift for organization and his ideas have
been given the name of ''Moronismo.
He was the first general secretary Of
G. r.. 0. M.-the big Mexican labor
organization Reconsideration Regional
Obrera Mexicana. He was one OF the
founders of the Pan-American Fedora
ton OF Labor. which came into being
in 1918. Santiago Iglesias, the secre-
tary Of the federation, Is a close friend
OF Morones, as is Mr.. Green, the Ameri-
can labor chief The late Samuel Com
pers is yet another American who
formed a close friendship with Morones.
Studied Conditions in Europe.
Morones went TO Europe to study the
labor movement there first hand, and in
1919 came TO the International Labor
Conference In Washington. He par
ticipated in the Hague Congress OF
1922 on labor matters.
Under the Obregon government Mo-
rones was appointed chief OF the ma
tional factories and general purchasing
agent. In 1922, his friends say, his
friend Rosas. an engineer, was killed
on the road To Puebla, having been
mistaken for Morones. In 1924 Mo-
rones., then a deputy In the Mexican
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