Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04

nut professional men will be admitted
being that the applicant for passport
S.
\ The agreement and regulations
referring 10 this subject were trans
lated and published in the Weekly
News Bulletin, publication of the
American Chamber of Commerce OF
Mexico.
The terms of the agreement. as
Translated from Dario Official,
Mexican ~enacting publication. are:
In view Of the fact that the eco
nomic crisis through which the
country Is passing has caused a
considerable number OF Mexican
workmen to be without employment
and their families TO be in misery:
that until the favorable results
which are expected from the Gov
lernment's efforts for the rehabilita-
ton Of the country's industries ma
terialize. offering Mexican work
men new opportunities for obtaining
employment, IL is the imperative
duty Of the Department OF State to
exercise the right conceded to 1t by
Article 65 Of the Migration Law to
mitigate the condition Of unem-
ployment by temporarily prohibiting
the entrance into Mexican territory
OF foreign immigrants to engage in
manual labor (trababs corporales)
in consideration OF a salary or wage.
the Department Of State, reServing
TO itself the right to make such Sc
lections as it may consider desirable
in connection with technicians Ctra-
bajoS tecnicos) o. specialists which
may be necessary for improving the
technique of our national industries
by agreement with the President Of
the Republic. 1t is resolved that:
Labor Agreements
From the date on Which Mexi-
can Consuls abroad are notified.
said Consuls shall decline to enter in
the Register Of Foreigners. those
pretending to immigrate to Mexico
to engage in manual labor Ctrabajos
corporSes) in consideration of a
salary or wage. and said Consuls
shall therefore refrain from issuing
the usual individual Identification
card.
IMMIGRATION officials shall not
permit the entrance from Mexico Of
the workmen referred to in the pre-
ceding paragraph. shall prohibH
their entrance and shall proceed to
deport them in accordance with the
provisions OF paragraph three. In
case Of doubt and in the case OF ex-
ceptions covered by paragraph w,
instructions must be requested d.
rectly from the Department OF
State: informing said official OF all
antecedents in the workman's case.
name Of Consul visaing the papers
and the name of the vessel trans
porting the immigrant.
III.-Foreign workmen who, in
any manner, shall violate the pres
ent agreement. employers for whose
service they r intended and the
navigation companies transporting
them TO Mexico shall be punished by
a fine of from n hundred to one
thousand pesos or to the correspond
ing imprisonment in lieu thereof,
this without prejudice TO the depor-
tation Of said foreign workman. In
the ship in which he arrived or in
another vessel of the same line.
CArticles "a and IS of the Migration
Law).
IV-The Department reserves TO
itself the right to determine in
each case the exceptions it consid-
ers desirable in connection with
workmen whose skill or technical
knowledge cannot be supplied by
laborers residing within the coun-
try.
V.-This agreement shall be en-
forced without prejudice TO the au-
thorizations granted by Consuls prior
to the date Of publication in Diario
Official.
Mexico. d. r. April goth. 1929.
The Sub-Secretary Of the Depart
ment Of State in Charge Of Bureau.
CSigned) Felipe Canales.
Agreement Provisions
The regulations Of the agreement
provide that.
First: For the effects OF the first
paragraph Of the Agreement OF 10th
Of April last. it Is necessary that
workmen who receive a salary or
wage in compensation Of their mus
cular efforts on behalf OF an in
dustry or business. be not confused
with professional workmen who en-
ter into contracts to render intel
lectual services. who. in order TO en-
ter Mexican territory must possess
at least 5000 pesos so that they shall
not become public charges in case
their services are not used immedi-
ately.