The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-27
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leo which American labor leaders
and others will want to watch
closely. The Mexican labor move
ment is undergoing lot OF
change.
The place of Vicente Lombardo
Toledano is changing. His star is
evidently rolling down hill--if
stars roll down hill.
Time was when Toledano was a
figure with which to reckon. He
reached his heights during the
presidency of Lazaro Cardenas
Not only did he build, with the
backing of Cardenas, a big Mexi-
can labor movement, the CTM, but
he formed Latin American Fed
Grafton, the CTAL, as opposed to
a Pan American Federation.
Toledano is an ardent critic of
the United States and everything
within its borders and his CTAL
was of like hue. He wanted no
American participation and would
| tolerate none.
Conventions of the CTM, the
GROIN, the miners and the rail-
road workers are coming up in the
immediate future and these per-
haps will determine the course of
Mexican labor for some time to
come.
The best word is that Toledano's S
grip on CTM is definitely weaken
ing and that his coming conven-
tion may see him relegated to at
least a secondary position.
That he is trying to cuddle up
to the Aleman administration
seems clear, but that he can wrap
around him the presidential pro-
lection that he once enjoyed is at
least doubtful.
The point that is important to
Mexico and the United States is
that Toledano, definitely a leftist,
is slipping and that the force that
is now pushing him around is a
trend away from leftish policies
and ideologies.
AS a matter of fact, world af-
fairs being what they are, the
Mexican picture can fit Importantly
into the world scheme of things.
AS Toledano's sun goes in Mex
leo, so goes the Moscow sun in
Mexico.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is
highly important in this troublous
year of grace.
Not enough attention has been
given, generally, to trends and
fact developments in Mexico.
Time was when American inter-
ests generally regarded Mexico as,
their orange. That was before
World War l.
With World War l and the fa-
nous Zimmerman Note, laying out
a German plan for invasion of the
United States via Mexico, the
whole place of Mexico in the
American orbit changed with dra-
matte force and speed.
Mexican and United States labor
came together to form wall
against any common enemy and
FOR common route toward
progress.
The understanding then reached
has not been adhered to any too
well, but it has never done a COM
plete fade-out either.
It's Importance seems destined
for an immediate resurgence.
Any decrease in Toledano in
fluence will mean that the Mexi-
can workers themselves want an
end to the business of promoting
suspicion of the United States.
Business of hating the gringo in
Mexico is not too unlike the old
business of twisting the Lions tail
in the United States.
But every fallacious propaganda
in time wears itself out. In times
of greatest peril Americans have
found the Lion a pretty good egg
and the sincerity of the Good
Neighbor policy must build up it's
own proof that the United States,
for Mexico, likewise is pretty
good egg.
When the mass of the people
get a conviction it is time for po-
liticos to cease crossing up that
With the United States evidently
destined to assume the role of
world guardian of democracy, it is
of the greatest Importance to find
a growing support in our next
door neighbor nation to the South.
1t is a mighty good time for Mr..
Vicente Lombardo Toledano to be
found out in his own home coun-