The times-news., 1938-11-08
PART w

e. Tr,i,ed States az much of the Inspiration of
tho Conyreeg as they could. Since Mexican labor
ooI;e, furnished great deal Of this inspiration,
s,ndy Of the actual operation Of the Mexican
Labor Law IS required.
Coyernmcnt and Labor in Mexico are two arms
or an octoous whose other tentaces include the
NstiopaI Revolutionary Party the Confederation
of MEXICAN Workers, the professional array the
ao.Aroerican Labor Confederationo the controlled
r,e,, of the unions and the Government, the nu-
l., of International exleS who live in Mexico
,rhno +be,, campaign abroad fostering wars and
ro,oIptions, and the campaign against War and
Easc;sm This extraordinary combination IS )neces-
,arv 70 maintain a military Labor dictatorship
A Revolutionary Program
To understand the fun, significance of the pres
ent and possible future cooperation OF the b.l:o'
Tho NLRB, and the International Industrial Re
.to,v Institute of the United States with the mill
,arist labor leaders of Mexicot We must examine
further the underlying policies of the Cardenas
,o,,;roe Tho main points Of its revolutionary pro-
gram are+r
cl,., Warfare. The Cardenas administration
holds that ,iTMexico has completed full dialectc
cycle of class warfare. The State taKes cog
nizance of existing inequalities and through ITS
action strives, in the class Struggle, to provide
ADEQUATE channels for the Development of reVolu-
tionary social factors.
Foreign investors, the churcn, the large land
holders, employers, concessionares, and corpo-
ra.ions engaged in any business which has a pub
lie utility value are singled out for punishment.
President Cardenas is quoted as saying; ANY
EMPLOYERS feeling weary Of the social struggle may
turn their industries to the workers or TO the
His rule is TO decide all doubtful
case. in favor Of labor, and apparently every case
is doubtful. .... 80. e. -,.:--' s
. r., Deny Property Rights
Mexico's doctrine on private property is officially
enunciated AS follows: Property constitutes no
private or individual right at all but IS wholly
social function and the office and duty OF govern
.ment is to regulate that function so as to favor
the interests of at least tho majority of the peo-
ple !" No one is absolute master of his property IN
Mexico today.
The churches, the schools and the press are held
by the CTM (Mexico's equivalent of the C.LOJ
to constitute "reactionary sectors allied to capital
st imperialism and eternal enemies of the mate
rial and moral betterment of the masses or the
people and partisans of foreign intervention in the
internal problems of Mexico" This description
shows why many observers believe that the words
of John L. Lewis and Edwin S. Smith merely para
uhrased the official doctrine of the Confederation
of Mexican Workers. g.. ... ..., lie ....
Armed Revolt Justified President Cardenas has
at his Command d larger body of armed and drilled
military forces than the entire standing army OF
the United States This includes armed communal
agrarians the Regular Mexican Army, and the
militarzed sections of the C.T.M, SHOULD any of
these factors fall" says the published platform of
the Cardenas administration, "then armed revolt
will be inevitable and justified. So long there
is revolutionary party In power, the revolution
shall carry on peacefully through political action.
But when such party is lacking, then the revolu-
ton shall manifest itself through violence in civil
war" This is our "Good Neighbor"-a true mill
tary dictatorship which commands a fully mtar-
zed and regimented population to follow it's revo-
utionary policies. ..-.,s..
Communal Ownership. The third basic policy Of
the Cardenas administration is rapid transfer of
ownership of the "means of production" to the
workers This point has been emphatcaIly reter-
ated in official statements. The theory is properly
labeled Communism" wherever found. .,.,.,.,.,
Workers Rights. workers rights are held to
be superior in every aspect to property rights"
and "the state either directly Or indirectly shall
interfere to the end that every individual in the
Republic may be enabled to exercise the right to
work"
World Revolution. The National Revolutionary
Party which shapes the policies of President Car
denas desires worldwide international agreement
to coordinate the economic activities of all nations
and "reorganize the world under system of re-
gional economic units designed to be not only non
competitive among themselves but to complement
one another.
Free Enterprise. Business initiative private en-
terprlse and competition shall be curbed. The gov
ernment holds that chronological progress has "noS
yet been accompanied by corresponding changes in
the ownership of the instruments of production
and in the distribution of wealth." and that 'the
Factors mainly to blame are the freedom of the
initiative of entrepreneurs and the freedom of
competition of merchants. Every form of in
dustrlal organization depending for profit on labor
contracted for wages inadequate to meet in thor
oughly satisfactory way the needs of its workers
and their dependents is to be Systematically con-
sldered undesirable and shall therefore be elinnat
ed" L. 80 80 ''S >'' ~,
Land Ownership. The Mexican Constitution says:
Only Mexicans have the right to acquire owner
ship Of lands or to obtain concessions for the, ex
ploltation of mines waters, or mineral fuels. The