Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-22
BY JACK S~TARR-HUNT

tn congressional elections that are
to be held on the first Sunday In
july. when the term Of half the
members Of the Senate and Cham
ber Of Deputies expires.
First blood has been drawn. at
Gladalajara. with a political as
sassination in broad daylight. that
claimed two politically ambitious,
ore OF them Professor Manuel Bar
ron Duran. a young and prominent
educator, partisan OF a candidate
20 the Lower House. President Or
tiz Rubio. who mas pledged himself
70 a policy OF free suffrage took
sorous action by ordering a thor
'odEh investigation Of the murder.
Between nov and the first Sunday
in July there may be other similar
violences, but politicians in Mexico
kill only their competitors. Out
siders and the public in general
lave little TO fear.
Feud Revived
But there is an u~ndercurrent Of
.estlessness in Mexico as a result
OF the approaching elections, due 70
The recent revival IN an intensive
fo.m Of the two year dormant poll
ti:al feud between two Of the most
prominent figures in national poll
ticg IL Mexico-one an in, the
other a former "in", now an out
seeking to get in. They are, re-
spectively, ex-President Emilio Por-
ties Gil, and Luis N. Morones, X
Secretary OF Industry. Commerce
and Labor in the cabinet q former
President Plutarco Elias Gales.
The battle royal that the Portes
Gil Morones factions are engaged
IN is not particularly inviting TO
future political tranquility. While
the physical victims. If any. In
such Disbursements in Mexico. are
usually confined to the ranks OF
those within the politically OPP
rcsite camps. the reaction, on bus
mess. and on the country as a
whole OF a disturbed political situa-
ton is not especially inducive TO
prosperity and business acumen.
TIRE element in Mexico earning It's
livelihood from a non-polltlcai
source is hopeful that an armistlce
vii. be ~signed-with a definite
political reconciliation between the
two men too much 10 be expected
because political instability has a
deterrent effect in Mexico. as else
where, on business prosperity.
MOrones Ousted
The Portes Gil-Morones feua
gates back 70 early 1929, when Po--
ties Gin as provisional president un-
seated Morones ana IN no uncer-
t3il. manner from the powerful
position Morones held as the coun-
rry's chief labor leader, and as the
ucminant figure in the Mexican
Rsgionla Confederation OF Labor,
allied with, ane equivalent IN Mex
leo to the American Federation OF
Labor in the United States. The
organization is know locally as the
CIR ON. Confederation Region
al Obrera Mexlcana). The GROIN.
therefore. which during the ad-
rniristration of President Gales
vas the dominant labor organiza-
t:on, lost its strength, and while
t still remains in force. many OF
TIE affiliated unions separated. and
the c. o. r. NJ became n three,
instead OF the principal, labor union
control bodies. Prior TO Portes CHS
attack and during the latter part
OF the Gales administration, the
beginning Of the end OF Morones
four year reign as the labor leader
n the country neared with his re-
signation from the Gales cabinet,
but there has never been any out
-vard sign indicating animosity be-
tween Gales. still a dominant fact
or in Mexican politics, and Nor
ol.es.
During the president-elect period
OF Ortiz Rubio. Mexico gossiped
about a plot alleged 10 be backed
by those interested in keeping Por-
tes Gil in power. 10 prevent Ortiz
RUbio from assuming the presi-
fency But this was more or less
idle gossip. until the tongues wag-
geo more vigorously when two hours
aftel his Inauguration February 5
OF this year, an attempt was made
on the life OF the new president.
However no. until now has a pub
&c statement BY any man Of prom-
inence been made charging Portes
Ci. with participation in such a
conspiracy.
Daring Speech
Morones, two weeks ago. follow
Ing hi return 10 the country from
what was declared TO have been an
enforced stay in Europe. made one
Of the most daring public announce
mtnts IN recent Mexican political
history. During the course Of a
spcech az the formation Of a poll
rical party known as the National
Revolutionary Alliance (Alianza
Revolucionaria Nacionalista) COM
posed OF the remnants OF the G. r..
c M. and Of labor parties not az
ffiated with the incumbent M
ticnal Revolutionary Party that
elected Ortiz Ruhio and OF which
rcrtes Gil IS now president. Nor
o. es CHARGED Pcrtes Gil was the
intellectual director Of the alleged
plot against the life OF Ortiz Rubio.
which was planned to be carried
o. thrnueh communist activities
during Ortiz Rubio's proposed visit
10 Los Angeles in the course of his
pre-inauguratson trip TO the United
States.
President Ortiz Rubio has ex-
~cnerated Portes Oil Of the Morones
charges in a letter written 70 HIS
. -eSe~esso- a weak after the charges
rad been made hv Nor0nes. In
v-l.irh he assured the head Of the
National Revolutionary Party that
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