The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-13
LABORDE, MEXICAN COMMUNIST
DEPUTY, IN FIERY CHALLENGE
TO The AMERICAN lDlPERIALISTS
Dares Hoover Tool of Yankee Exploiters, to
Step on Mexican Soil
Daily Worker in This Issue Gives Full Text OF
Speech Against Wall Street

The Daily Worker gives here
with the speech of Herman La
borde, a member of the Mexican
Chamber of Deputies, delivered to
that chamber on November 26,
1928. The speech is a historic
document, spoken by Communist,
with words that cut like whips in
the faces of the imperialists of
America and their agents at the
heads of various Latin-American
puppet governments.
Following correctly parliament
tary Communist practice, Laborde
did not speak so much to those
who sat around him in the cham
Der, but spoke over their heads
and issued a call to action to the
masses of Latin America to de-
fend, with arms in hand, their
countries from the .thralldCm of
Yankee imperialism.
1t is a speech that should be
read also by every worlcr in the
United States and arouse the
working class to join hands with
the Latin Americans in a common
fight to destroy American imperi-
alism.-EDITOR.
"I have asked to speak to expose
some facts that | consider import
ant for the future of Mexico anC
all Latin-American countries.
wish to expose them now because th'
moment is opportune and because
have thus been instructed by some
organizations, repre-
sentative of popular opinion: th'
All America Anti Imperialis
League, the Hands Off Nicaragua
Committee, the Unitary Railway
mems Party, and others.
"The president-elect of the Unite'
States, Mr.. Hoover, arrives just nov
on the coast of Central America
Mr.. Hoover travels around the con
tinent aboard the dreadnought Mary
land, one of the most powerful ship
of the war fleet of his country. Bu
this does not stop him from Stain,
in his speeches and declarations, tina
his is a voyage of goodwill
eve will soon see what is at tn
bottom of that phrase, made tn
fashion by the evangelical addresse
of Mr.. Coolidge, the present presi
dent. The English papers, recalling
the voyage of the Prince of Vale
to South America, state that tina
of Mr.. Hoover is a voyage of com
mercial propaganda and has as it
object to counteract the excellen
results obtained by the prince il
reference to the commercial opera
;ions of England with Argentina
Brazil and Chile. According to tn
English papers, Hoover is a com
mercial agent for the United States
as the Prince of Wales is com
mercial agent for England.
Anglo-American Conflict.
at is nothing. then, other thai
one aspect of the economic war be
tween the United States and Eng
land in the Latin-American coun
tries. Until 1910, England controlle
the economy Of those countries, wit
an investment of $4,000, 100000
against $1,0o0,0OO,Oo0 invested b.
North American capital. Today, i
1928, the economic force of both i'm
perialisms is balanced, around Sc
200,000,000 for each one. That i
to say, that England has increase
only S20O,000,000, compared to 81,
200,000,000 by the United States
This rapid advance of North Amer
lean capital threatens to drive Eng
lish capital from the continent. Thi
explains the goodwill of president
and princes converted into CONNER
cial agents.
Brutal Yankee Imperialism.
"But what interests us, revolution
ary Mexicans, revolutionary Latil
Americans is the history nf th