Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-20
IPORTES Gill
GIVEN PRAISE
BY n. Y.PAPER
Present President OF
Mexico Is Rrin ging
New Ideas OF Rule,
Fa Declares

Ism There has come into power in
: xico a sincere. earnest, ser IS,
Educated. viriIe chief executive who
understands public relations" writes
b Arthur Constantine in the New York
|vrs World.
mai he article continues:
Ger 'e breaks a long line of caudillos.
eneh military chieftains are called IN
men xico. He Il a civilian. By pro-
1fio' sion and training e is a lawyer.
seo' will serve until February 3, 1850.
- Every uttcrance he has made since
ne was designated PROVISIONAL presi-
| lent in September stree c word
responsibilities" This is some
4 thing novel in political thought in
Mexico. A public surfeiteu with CLIO
. promises Of "garantias" -guaran-
u %tees-turns hopefully TO an execu-
tive who assume office with a 20
found sense Of responsibility.
Emilio Portes Gil (talways TO be
referred to as Portes Gil. not Gill
is a comparatively younr man, who
has undertaken TO govern Mexico
with a sensitive respect or public
opinion. The night he gas desig-
mated provisional president OF tae
republic by the joint action OF the
senate and chamber of deputies he
received a delegation from the con-
gress. They had come TO the minis
try Of gobernacion (the ministry
which links the federal government
with those of the states and munich
h palities) to convey the result TO him
officially.
As the delegation filed into Min
lister Portes Gil's office a group Of
newspapermen followed OF their
N heels. This was a try-out. Wo1Id
n the press be thrust into q back seat
as usual? A Mortified attache Of
the ministry leaped forward to bar
4 them. w%hereupon Minister Portes OIL
uttered a peremptory command. Inc
press pushed into the n ofileS
triumphant.
In the bearing Of the newly elect
ed provisional president. as he hst-
ened to the official notice OF MS
election, there was dignity, atten-
J~.tiveness and understanding-all thar
Hand something more. lie gazsu
4 straight at his callers and through
IA out the brief ceremony quite DOM
n mated the scene. At the end the
senator's and deputies ~assed by 70
i've him the abraZo-the embrace 90
characteristic Of Latins ID Latin
Americans. But after he had ac-
k~nowledged their fluctuations, he
turned TO the newspapermen men
and received more abrazos. lie
quite dismissed from Lis mind the
4 existence Of the politicians and one
By one they struggled out. Senior
Portes Gil bent over his orderly
flat-top desk and picked up a shear
Of papers.
II have some declarations for the
. press" he said briskly.
II One typewriter sheet set forth
n t~ersely his concept Of the "respon-
|, sibility" which had come to him. in
1 four other sheets he fu! | he'd the
essential data Of his biography
thereby enabling the press TO let the
world kr row who the new provisional
president Of Mexico was, where he
had come from. who his people were
and what his preparation for. sad
record OF, public service had been.
Unlike Latin-American biographies
as a rule. IL was without a single
ord of comment or commentator.
Il was m unvarrishcd setting forth
OF the facts-such a biographical
! sketch rs a candidate for office IN
the United States might give out. SO
that the next morning every read
or OF newspapers in Mexico had be-
fore him "A condensed. impersonal
story Of the life Of the prospective
ruler OF the country. This adequate
Information was. Of course. given
the people Of Mexico because Senior