Milford chronicle., 1939-03-24
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leaders returning this week to
Washington from the meeting of the
Executive Council of that organiza-
tion that was held at Miami indi-
cate mo progress" in the long dis
cussed movement to reunite with
the John l.. Lewis Committee on
Industrial Organization.
The report of Vice President Mat
thew Woll with reference to labor
movements south of the Rio Grande
stated that in his recent visit to
Mexico City to study the Mexican
condition he had found that the Car
denas regime was "Communistic in
character and leadership" and that
it was allied to the Latin-American
labor movement led by Toledano.
He found the latter to be wholly
political, and extremely radical.
with its leaders considered to be of
a piece with the Stalinites."
The Federation gave serious con-
sideratiOn to the report by MIR.
Woll, and finally decided to revital-
ize the Pan-American Federation OF
Labor, and to move directly towards
the ''right-wing affairs of Latin
America. In accepting the WOll re-
port, 1t was declared that the Left
Wing labor movement south of the
Rio Grande is being supported by
President Cardenas and it is def
niteIy political in its operations. An
example of how this political con-
troll effects legitimate American bus
iness and creates additional unem-
ployment in our own country is
shown in the tangled affairs of Mex
leo.
The seizure of lands, public utili-
ties and oil properties is the Car
denas-Toledano political method by
which these properties have been
cOnfiscated. A plan was agreed upon 1
in Mexico at the September Labor
Congress to divide the labor move
ment OF the Western Hemisphere
between English speaking North |
and Spanish and Portu-
guese-speaking nations south of the
Rio Grande, Mr.. Woll charged at the
Miami meeting. He added his fears
that the activities of John l.. Lewis
in Mexico City last fall might lead
TO a cleavage, with the labor forces
Of Canada and the United States di-
Vided fro mthose of South and Cen
iral America. This practically ex-
plains the reason why the American
Federation Of Labor decided to fight
he extension of what is, to a large
iegree, an invasion of the American
10 south of the Rio Grande. =
The federation shown by the De-
)artment of State in Washington
,ver the seizures of millions of dol
ars worth of American-owned prop !
rites by Mexico is being taken ad-
'antage of by the Cardenas-Toleda
10 arrangement which is playing up !
control of all Mexican 5
abor in behalf of what they call
own there their broad program of a
economy embracing sociali- Y
alton of schools" and the Mexican
.ation of all industry. 1
Under the Communistic plan the {
ourts have been frustrated In their
forts to bring order out of chaos, S
nd there is feeling in Washing "
IN that Ambassador Daniels is
'aning too closely to the policy of 2
waiting" which he learn I
l in Washington nearly a genera
on ago. ol
Actual conditions in Mexico, when r
with Secretary of State "
ull's recent radio address upon
irm defense Of our Nations vital p
I'd cherished interests" is very m
ard to understand. If the deeds of -
e Government of Mexico had been h,
'mmitted by a revolutionary party eli
lch as villa headed prior to the -
orld War. 1t would be called "ban- m
"" and thievery. The mystery is: NJ
wv we can continue. as a Govern ~
ent, on good terms with Mexico.
The American Federation of Ia ia
II is entering upon a campaign of d,
which might seem en- =
ely unnecessary II Mexico were c.
sated like a bad neighbor, instead ali
permitting its scheming coterIe OF FL
lders. 10 flourish at the expense OF
p American taxpayers. and OF Am co
lean business. interests that have an
tensive investments in Mexico. m