Evening star., 1949-09-04

City. They have come from nearly
rs from Canada to Argentina to
leftist leaders of all Europe and
Latin America, make him an un-
surpassed interpreter of the party
line.
Another important consideration
in the selection of Mexico as the
sounding board for these discus
sions is the fact that former
President Lazaro Cardenas, the
father and mentor of leftist doc
trines in Mexico, is still consid-
cred, by outsiders at least. as the
most powerful single influence IN
the nation.
The 'hand-picked president, who
may or may not preside over the
sessions, is DR.. Enrique Gonzales
Martinez, an aged Mexican poet.
The secretary general, who, ex-
cept for having his name attached
to the official announcement OF
the congress, has hardly been
mentioned. is the former Chilean
Consul General in Mexico, Luis
Enrique Delano. whose family
likes to claim kin with our own
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Senor
Delano has not only been for
sometime out of his own country.
but for some reason out Of the
employment Of the present anti
Communist Chilean government.
South American Sponsors
But the individuals who got out
and beat the bushes and drummed
up attendance among Mexicans
and other Latin Americans. as
well as citizens and residents OF
the United States. are obvious and
we'll known for their leftist and
Communist affiliations. OF course.
there is Toledano himself, heading
the list of Mexican sponsors, a list
which contains other such we'll
known names as the famed RED
perennials, Diego Rivera and Al
faro Siqueros as we'll as other OUT
standing and unashamed fellow
travellers.
From Cuba comes Juan Mari
nello, former Vice President OF the
Cuban Senate, former cabinet
member and president Of the
Cuban Partido del Pueblo, or Com
munist, Party, Marinello has been
one of the principal figures in ar
ranging the assemblage. Former
Senator Pablo Neruda, Chilean
Communist exile, who has been on
a long tour of Europe, principally
in the iron curtain countries. ar
rived by plane in the Mexican cap
ital several days ago, and under an
assumed name, to put his shoulder
to the wheel. According to reports
from Guatemala and other Cen
tral American countries. another
former Chilean Communist Sen
ator, Cesar Godoy. spent several
days visiting leftist friends and
comforting with well-known Com
munists in that area as he made
his way to Mexico City.
Local Panamanian sponsors OF
the gathering, few OF whom are
likely to attend because OF what
one diplomat called the lack OF
affluence which characterizes tho
comrades on the Isthmus," include
Manuel Soils, most effective anti
United States rabble rouser, and
Celso Solano, secretary general
of the Panamanian Communist
Party, which also parades under
the name Of Partido del Pueblo.
Among the 81 Costa Ricans
who indossed the congress-. Is
are well-known Communists, or
fellow travellers, some Of them
in exile, because of their &C
tivities in recent subversive move
ments. In Guatemala, whose
President Juan Arevelo is known
for his leftist leanings, several
nation wide organizations have
sounded the gong for the con-
greSS.
Wallace on List
The long and imposing list OF
sponsors in the United States, as
published here by Toledano's FL
Popular, include practically all
those who engineered the recent
New York Cultural and Scien-
tific Conference for World Peace"
DR.. w. E. B. Du Bois, well-known
Negro professor and scientist. IL
scheduled to be one OF the vice
presidents of the gathering.
Among the others are DR.. Harlow
Shapley- of Harvard, who headed
the New York meeting: Henry
Wallace, Paul Robson. Waldo
Frank, the well-known author on
Latin American subjects; Clifford
Odets, Rockwell. Kent, Dorothy
Parker, Rabbi David Grauhart.
Congressman Victor Marcantonio
and scores of others too numerous
to mention.
But the moving spirit among
the workers from north Of the
border, in fact one Of the f1ve
persons who, along with Toledano,
issued the invitations to the
Mexico City gathering is Maxine
Wood of New York. leading
worker in the National Council OF
Arts, Sciences and Professions.
Miss Wood, who, according to offi-
cial sources in this capital, was
formerly known as Maxine Fin
sterwald, is also active in the In
ternational Workers Order and
educational director Of the same
outfit, which has been listed by
the Attorney General as q sub
versive organization.
Moscow itself has taken official
notice of the gathering. On July
23d Pravda and Izvestia both car
ried a dispatch from Tass, the
Russian news agency in New York.
giving an account Of the forth
coming meeting and saying that
"the progressive forces Of Latin
are actively preparing for
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