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MEXIC.tiN
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Ma r ch 20 t h , 1941.
Tb3LE OF CONTENTS :
CTM HI TS P~ OV OCA TE UBS ;
PROFOSLS POPULrlR UNI TY.
T~XT I LE WOiif~ERS FE~R
M~S S LAYOFFS SHORTLY
II STUDENTS II GO ON R.hMP.tJ.GE ,·
fB OVOKE D ~ Y iVrlZI - FASCI STS.
MEXICO CELEBR~TE S
OIL EXPROPiUr..TION.
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CTM HIT S
PRO VOC~ TEU3S;
PRO POSES POPULhR UNI TY.
MEX ICO CI TY (ML N) -- In c s t c. t crvc vi t: give n Me ;:;i ccm end fo re ign
news pape rmen Mc rch 16th, th e Uonjeac; r a t to n oj Me .';tce:, n Wo r he r s deno unce d f or c e s II s e r c; t ng t h e t nt e rc st s of the Fa s c i st ~ xis, wh i ch s e e~s to
u s e Mexic o _a s a s pr i ngboar d fo r act ion against th e Un i t ed St~te s , 1I
and call e d f or rec i aroc v zu cme a po l icy of mutua l r e spe ct in authe. ntic good nei ghbo r r e l a ti ons bet we en the Unit ed S tat e s and Mex i c o .
Fo ll o:"in g i s t he statemen t :
IIIn t h i s h our i n l'i n i,c ;" the i n t e r ruit i crui): s itucti on i s grav e in
the e xt r eme , wt t h con s e quen ces fo r Me x iC O wh i c h canno t be i gnored,
the Co n f e L~er ation of M3 x i c (~n Wo rl'~ e Ts (;Jdi..~ r e s s e s t he l'(fex i ce n ~) e o p l e :
IIIn t he Urii t ci: SL~t e s t h e L crus-L e ae e Bi l l ha s become law" gran t in g to P r esi~ent Roos ev e lt almos t un l i mi t ed powe rs t o conduc t th e destin i es of his na t ion du ri ng the pe r i od oj the p re se n t war . Thi s f act
has i nc clc ul a ble i mpo rt ance t h ruou t the wo r l d . It has s peci al i mportanc e fo r th e .tJ.rncri can Goi1t i ne n t e.- nc jo r our count ry ~
li To bli ;d, ou rse l ves to real i t y l.Doul d be dc ng e roL:Js f o r the na t i on
and f ar the wo r ~ e r s whom t hi s CO;lfe~e ra t i o n r ep res ents .
IIThcre i s a st a te oj ala rm i n a l l the 1;J or l d" an alarm al r eady
be i ng_f e lt in al l i t s manife st ct ions i n Mexic o .
"rl ~e c i s i v e p ro blem conf ront s ou r na t i on : to c on t inue to exis t ~
a s an_au t onomous e n t i t y ~ i nj e ~ e n d a nt and mas te r o f t he democ ra t i c
insti t u t i ons de ve l ope d i n ou r s t ru]g l e s ; o r t o pe r i s h bene at h the
f or ce oj for ~ ign in t e re sts a n~ p r ovoca t i on host i le t o our pu r el y
na ti onal c, i :;" s a
aTM REnFFliUi:S ss»: D.
li The COil.fe de rat ion of M.:; ;,;i can "o rr. e re c lea r l y reo f f vrme it s
nat i ona l a nd au t hen t i cal l y r evo l u t i o ncr y s tand . We sha l l f i ght
u nt irin gly in a c co r d uri th ou r p rog ram to cons e rv e t h e sove r e ign t y
o f Me x ico e nG the un i t c rrul:;t ea mc r ctv of ou r pe opl e to ward a bette r
1 ife. No t h i ng c;.nd nob od y c em mali-e us de s i « t: f rom t hi s pu rp os e .
" On r (&u t y to t he lw r h,e r s in t h e ae i en ee of t;~ Gi r po l i t i cal "
soci al a nd economi c i n t e r e s ts and ou r p romis es t o the pe op l e and t he
natio n that we shal l alwa y s wo r~ .as G p rog ress i v e fo rce a r e i nalt era bl e .
II rVe (.~e n o u, n c e t ho :3 e [c r ce s ope ra t i ng wi thi n ou r co un t ry in an
atte m~t to des t r oy ou r na t i onal s ove r e i gn ty and pea ce ••• We denounce
tho s e elemen t s wh i ch und er p ret ex t of pe ac e and neut r ali ty a r e in
re ality se rv i ng int e re sts of the Fas ci s t ~ x i s, see~ ing to use Mexi c o
as a s Dri ngb oc rd f or ac tio n a gain s t t h e Unit e j States .
nWe r e f er to t ho s e or gan iza t ions , Whi ch , und er the gu is e of
being_"n~;,ti o i ~ cll1 eund I1 pc t r i o t i c ll e re in real i t y Fasc t s t s und e r t he
dir ect ~ i njlue:1ca of Ge rmer; Nazis. , S ~ a n ~ s h Fal c ngist s and I t el Lan
Fascists who act a s po l itical lead e ~ s o r te chnical inst ruc to r s .
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11 The se 0 r [) l1i)' i z c· tt Or ..5, so me sen~ i-<i 1 i ti: rbl, :.t cd i ca· t e ~ i'1.C:i:S c 1vc s
to taks of provo cation and s abota Ge pro pos ec by t he Fascist powers.
2"'r~ ey [ o r r», mo r eo v e r , t he moe t a ggr e s sive s ector of the e nemi e s oj
the Mexic un Rev olution.
ASSUME FALSE GUISES.
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t ;~em j'~ ow ;ass t hems el v es oj f a s lI.cl. nti-i mp eri al ·ists l1 )
r a bi~ an t i - Ya ~~ee s J defende r s of our so v e re i gn t y , but in realitu
co mpromis ~ n g ou r des i r e jor peac e and i nde pendence) the be st legacy
of ou r pa t ri o t i c stru ggl es an d the mos t s acr ed s tanda rd f or any
Me.x:ican .
"The Confe Scration oj Me xic an W ~r~ers Jeno un c c s t h es e g roups as
enemies of genu ine peac e , as an o lJst ac le in th e mai nten an c e of our
soverei gnty) wh i ch t oc'i,ay mo r e tha ~ e ve r shoul d be base d on good relati ons and mu tual r e s pe ct wi t h all nati ons and espc3 c i al l y wi t h t he
Unit ed &tct c.c: of .tl.ineric a.
IITi"is is an emer gency sitL~ ation bc cc,us e a t ttve p rese n t su ch actions~have all th e c h ~r cct eri stics of p ro voca t ion ) wi t h whi ch no patri ot~ no r evoluti onary, no s i nc ere lov er of nati onal ~e a c e can agre e .
liThe Co nfed eration deno unces t he de v iou s maneuve r s to plac e us
in a ~ com1J rom is ing s i tuctt j,on be f or e OU T nei gh bor t o the no r t h . and it
de n ounces c ertain conse rvat iv e po litical f orc es, Wh i ch , t akihg advant a ge Jf th e p resen t s i tua t io n, are onc e aga i n tr y i ng to bre ak the
rev ol uti onary unity of th e country and d rag us along an an t i -democ ratic pa t h .
liThe Co nf ederation calls upon al l wo r~ e Ts and a l l hon e st citizens
of t~ e Re public to be ener ge t i call y vi gil ant of these e l~nen ts and
their or gan iz ati ons, j,enounc i ng ea ch one o f the i r ill e gal ac ts to
pr ev ent ou r co u~t ry be ing used by p rov oca te u rs a t the se r v ic e of for eign powe rs .
"The ConJ ederGtion believ es t hat the re i s grea t dif f er ence between
p rov Qc at io n cont ra r y t o the na t io nal i n t ere st, hi di ng bene a t h the
M c xic : ~rl- i:.eople ' s c;c s i r c jo r P C 0,C ;; and i nce perui sric e , and t he ac tiv ity
of popu la r or gani z a ti ons and l a bor g r oups whic h w o r ~ sinc e re l y to
kee p Me::ico otlt t oj ~a.r o,nd [o r t he p r og r e s s o j i t s nati ona.l irz,stituti on s.
UNION WI TH
I N TEnN~TI ONAL
LABOR.
lIThe Coni ec ertst i oti oj Me :~ic an Wo r~~e Ts c~oe s no t ho ld wi t h t h e vie w
th at~ t h e wor ke rs of one coun tr y shoul d not have r el ati ons wi t h th ose
of anothe r . The Con ;ed8 T ~ t iQn co nside rs suc h inte r- r e lat i on t o be a
pri mar y ri :; h t of th e ·wor k i 71r-c l.a.s s oj i tv e wo r l d .
"Secret ary Gene ra l Fi del Ve la zque z ) in h i s spee ch be f ore t he rccen t ~ 2 n d NCvti onal Conc re s s of t h e CTM" st at ed ou r wi s h to con t i nue
unit ed in a spira ti ons wi t h ~o rld l a bor.
"In t h e s e c i r cums t anc e s , grave beyond p r e c e d e n t ~ ou r int ere st
1 i es~in p r e oe ti t i ru), on th e one hand , itve p rov oca t i on whic h we have
d en ou nced; (lnd ) on the oth e r , u'e mus t no t c onfuse t hos e o rgan ~ zaJ t io n s
aut he nti cal ly made up of Mexica n )Gt r to t s and wo rke rs wi t h t hose who
call t hems el v es pat r io ts and pac ifists bu t in r eality a r e i ns truments
of the .tl.xis.
II For t his r dc;,son •. 'inc Co ri j e ce r,..d j,o n t.r opoe c e tha t all mass a,nd
labo~ organ i zat ions of the count ry who hav e give n p ro of of t heir loyalty and cons ci ou s ne s s oj t he situa t io n be i n t e gra t e d wi t hi n the
Partu of th e Mc .): i c c,n Re oo i u t t on , mu,1f, tn.;; t hi s Lne ti t u i i or; a 'Uni on of
all popu l a r se c to rs un d er the p ro qrcut; of the PitM and t he Se cond Six
Ye c,r Pl an" a p rog ram wh ich we be l ieve sCLttsfac to r y in the p r ese n t revoluti onary s t a ge f o r al l popu.]a r oroup s .
PROPOSE POPUL':1R UNITY.
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na t i o n a l i s t s " ) se rvants of Nc..v zi -Fo-sci s t dic ta to r sh ips ) th e Cm7tfed e r a- t i o n, also PfQ OOS CS to el l 1i:·.. . SS c r:;0, :;, i .:c t ir))'"s tl~ e sL~ s )ensio n of bo nd s
of j rie r"ashij") ~ r ideo l ogy which t;;,ey ma y inI..vi n ta i n.. wi t h L Tl ro ptJc n i n stituti o ns ) an d t he ex c lusi ve ma i n t ena n c e and r e i n f o r c eme n t oj r el at i ons T i t h t he ~ e op l e a n~ l a bo r o r Janization s of the nmer i c an con tine nt .
lI I'h e s(J _O)r o -;J o::; ~ls " i) h ic h Loe d i re c t to a l l f r a te rnll.. l ma s s o r~/an i z­
at ious , ~ith out d is t in c t i o n of i 6colo gy , would mak e eVid e n t "as a r esu l t , th at th er e is no r <.w ::J.TJ t i Oi1.n r y o r l a bor o rgc1n iz a t i on le hich ';'oe s
n o t cc i in ~Je rje c t ho>nnon y :" i t h n a t i o na l i n t er e s t s ; an d wou l d a u t l.. . o r i : e us to demand " a s we a re 1.J,e:'~(1 nJ. i ng " th at t h ere be i ron r e p r e s s i on
o f the c:c.m·l1ff ing l a bo r being (~one" ev an by me cne oj c e r t a i n tveue po.pe re
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1I 0 u r ) r o p osul th at el l th e r c v a l u t t onar y secto rs ) of whate ve r
i d e o~ o QY ) unite in th e Party oj Mvo.y.i Gcrv icevc I u t i or» is a p ropo sc), l wh ic h
we believe to be a st ep jo rw ard in achievin g th e nat ional u n i fic ation
asi-5ed by P res ic:en t n vil a Ccnuictio ;
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MEXI CO CI TY t MLN) G' o n j ed er o,ti o n of j 'j c : :·i LJ :":.r;, l'Vn r i;; ers :.)f the uc t iv i t y of Nuz i -Fascis t p r ov o c a t eu r s , l o c a l jc"sois t g 1' O-"',,~: s MO,TC h ]9 mc n eu v e r eii a demonst ra t i on b1/
seve ra l hund r ed M~~iGO Ci ty II s t ~ ~ e n t s ll ost en s ib ly to p rotes t th e r ecent c p e ecti by Sec r c t c ru of ~~o rc iJn H~la t i ons Fo, c., °~ ll a i n wh i c h h e adv oc a t e d c lose r e l u t i o ne wi t h th:; L~;-. i ; e d St c tcs fo r CC i~tine nta l de fens e .
Fa s c i s t o r o ups " 11..'ho on ly a en o r t wh t l e ba c k. »e r e su p p o rting nl mazan i n h i s a t temp t to se l l Qu t Mc :::ic o t o j o r e i pn pet 7'olcum c omp a n i e s "
s ent ou t a J e ~ts t o p ro v o k e t he dmncnst r atton" ta k i n g adv anta ge o f th e
hone st oppo s i tio n by the s t . .Hi-en t s to enc ro achments of ;'0 r ei gn i mp eri .
a l ism .
1'17,;; c:eliwnst r J.t io n wa s a (; l ea r -cu t ex cmp ).e of th e t yp e of Mc. z t Fa e c i e t ~rov oc ation c~, e n o u,r;, c e a by tl"ve CI;,f • The g rou ps wh i c h jos t e r eti
i t " havinr; ja i le d t o s e i u p Fe . c i sr."/' i-n l: e:x:ico th ru t'n ei r p r 3v iou s
a lliance Li.: i t h WC1-l l S' t r .i c t , e re ; ~OI ) edIi ed ixi U l, th <3 h xis .-Jowe rs in the
tvo tre th a·t t lv ;'s i~ ew a,l l i GT;,ce n'i l l aso, is t th em i n t ahing o v er M c:~ico .
~ The o n l~ ob jective oj the Jemon s t ra t i o n wa s to cause tro ~ bl e in
, t »c e tv ~·/l,e u rn i- c a u-'t.l.
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the j a ct th a t fascis ts s ca tte r ed t h ru the crowd i ni t i a t ed attack s on
V(l, ri. C'J,S b lJs t a nc: e re who 1 0 0 i-5e d l i ke e m c r i ccn s •
Th e bas ic Nc zi Pa ec i e t TL.C, t E T 3 :)j t ;1, C a emon e i r .i i t o t» was a l s o i l l u s tra t ed by th e fac t t ha t scatt Jr ed ri ngle ad er~ c all e d ou t " v £ v ~ s" fo r
Na z i- Ge muiruj a1'l.. r...:. Feosei st I i ll ~/ , (. : 7,(1, by the f act t h c;,t th es~ s ali;,e ~ in­
d i v idu al s " ~hc n w e l l - s c r ee n e ~ au th e c ro ud" l i j t e d t ~ ei r ha nd s i n
Fasc i s t salut e •
.ri;:'i-cren t i n s ti pGt or oj t h e: g roup u'as L eoti Oe eo r i o , kn oIt n t o be
a f a s c i s t and a l l ege d to be )~ t d ~ ~ rc c t l U by th e S_Gntsh !~lGnge . Os sorio has a c hi eved rr..uch noto ri e ty a s Q, r tJ su l t o j h i s em t i - Semi r. i c ccur-:
pa ig n s .
Many o f the cemo ne t r ct o r » ue r c st uc:ell t s a t t h .:; Ur. i:» . . r :.i t y of Mc :d c o ) membe r z of a bJ u rge ois tY ~ ) ·3 c orni::o n i n l ur ge ly i l l i t e r c.t e c o l on-.
i al c o u n tr i c D" ea g e r t o c o r" si:~ .:;r t;"'"eT~~ c l vc s lI i n t ,; ll e c t ~~ al o r i e t c c r a t e "
becaus e the y c u n r ea d an~ ~ rite ~ i t h o u t g rea t C i jft cu l t y ~ and a s a
r e s u l t an eas'J p r e y i o r lic:.z i -.?c1scis t c~ :.:.: t t c~tors •
.tit t h e S ( Uil-C tL~e ma n y of °th e Get.'lOr.. . e i r .i t o r c a c tua l l y be l i eve d a t
f i rs t t ha t theu we r e taki ij,o oc. r i in a L e c i t i nui t e nr o t e s i again s t i miJe r i a l i sm; wh ic h "" a go,in il l l! ~; t r~ t e s t h e ca:'7,;ujl age tac t i cs o f fas c is t agent s in Mc;;.;i c o .
Jill M d xic ~ n p ro~ r 3ss t~ e and )c;,bo r g r o~p s i n ~l e di at e ly den ou n c ed
the p ro v o ca t i on ; a l'tho in ttve r eoc t i o n c. r u p r ess i t WG, S t r eo t ea sl,:7npat he t i c alI y) Stme ro, l of these ~J;1,e 0 ts havL),] oee n " i nj' o nnc c"1,. " oj t h. e
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SEORTLY.
'JEXI CO CI TY (MLN) - - vJo r e tha n t h i r t u t h ous an d wo r ke rs in Mex i c o 1s
t e 'ti1 e i nd u str i e s a re i n d cnge r of l o s i n g th ei r jobs a s a r esu lt of
t he l.ac l.rv oj woo l ., impo rts c o.u s ed by the Eu r opean Wc- r .
The Textil e Wo r ~~c r s Union has sen t an ur gent me s s ag e to t he Secr e~ ary oj lf ati onal Economy r eque s t i ng that measu re s be tak en to
sti mul a t e t h e i ndustry an d p re v e n t ma s s fir i ng.
Mc.:.:ico 's textile t i7,.l.~ :- . stry is eSiJec i a l 1y s u b j ec t to c r t s e s , as it
h as but r ece ntly been est ab l is h ed and is ) es ,e c i a l l y tn woo l ) depende n t i,n g rea t part on f oreign i mports of raw riz,a te r ta 1 .
~itu ction in th e i nd ustry is es pe c i al l y d i f j t cu l t in th e stat e of
Pu cc l c , luhere in 'a c~ d it ion to t h e c ri s i s in t i" e i n,dustry ) l ow wag es
have mad e liv ing coml, 'i tio ns u, l ?ivos t i mDos [:,ib1 e fo r t he 1Oo r ke rs o
Workers in th e San Mart in ) Pue bla - jactories ar e thr eat ening to
st rike unless wag e i ncT ca s eb c r e g ran t ed i nir:1c 6,i c1;tely by t he f a ctory
own ers ) who so j ar ha vtJ pa i ":- no a t t -uvii o r; wha tsoe ve r to the wo r kc: r s
de man ds ) incl u d in g some wh ic h a r3 alr ea dy r equired by law .
ME XICO
OIL
CE1 EERA ~ES
~XPROP:;I~TIOli.
A:EXICO CI TY . (fL11) - - (lith a oG ra c; e MCh rc h 16 and s ;);;;cial ceremoni es M(;T c h 1 8) Mc:;tco c e1.e()}' Ultcc t ~~ e th,irc'., ann i ve rs (~ r y of the le ga l exp r01~ rtGtio n of fo reig n o i l compo,nie s 'yLrch 18 ) 19 380
Tho Es anJs of nem b3Ts of 1..,00 r o.,nd popu, la r or ganiz ati o ns p a r ad ed
f arch 16 f or t ~o an ~ o n e- ha l j h o ~r s ) j t nally ga the r t ng in t he Zocalo ,
ma i n s quare ) whe re Pr esi ~ 2 nt Avil a C ~ u Geho g r ca te d th em j r om the
Na tion al Pc..l cce .
The _i ght ojMcuT"ch 1 8 ) r e ~)r e s e i),t a ti '\) es o f mas s a r ganizati o ns ga ther ed in t h e Pi,;it e Arts Pc Ltic e , w;], e r e t h ey he rd comnie mo r ti i v u e spr:e c h e.
by v Q.ri ous po l i tica l and La bo r L e cuie r s , inc1u':;.i ng -"d e j an d r o Co r ri 110 )
la bo r deputy an,d edi to r o j El Popul ar , who sp o he in the name of the
Confed eration of Mexi can {~·rj r ifJ .; r s .
Carrillo p o i n te d ou t tha t the Pet r o l eum :£x pr opri cuti on was the firs
big st ep t a k, en by 1v.ig;·.:i c o in the a cr;, i ev':;''1...:n t oj her eco nomi c in de p end ence , r e c a l l i n g th a, t the o i L c omJ;)an ie s we r e r e;,re s en ta tiv es of fo r e i gn i mperi al i sm 1s I1 s p i r i t of c onques t l1 •
IIThis .::.. r. rl.iv er s ary ~ II he sllid ) "is a"s yn;,bol of the continuing s i riu; «
gle of t he M c ~i c an p e o~ le fo r its_t ru e lib erty and au then t i c in de p ~n­
d ence .'1
He~ a c"6., e j, the. t im'.1: e ria l i sm, mus t no t be: c on fuse d l1lith the .pe op l e
oj th~, c our:-try f ro li1 wh,ich the i ';:p eri alist s c ');nc .
I1 we cl early disti n gu t sh the p eop l e of
the ea r t h f rom c er t ain ele m e i'"t ~ in itv c e e co u n, tr i es wh ic h sL~ b juG'ate othe r p eop l ee , "
Carrillo wa rned o,g a ii~st faseis t age/ds who us e t h e d<i s gui se of
anti -imperi altsm in o r de r t o p rovo ~e d i jfic u ltte s wi t h t he Unit ed
Stat es .
lI ~e wish ge od ne ighjo r 1 iness ~ i t h th e Un it ed St u t es; a u t hen t i c
and r ecipro c al goo d ncig hbo r l i ness ••• l~ e xi c an r e eic c t fo r the United
States ) but a l s o r c so ec t by ilie U: :,~ t ..: d, 0 t ates f o r us ) 11 he s a i d .
Cts r r v l l o defi iw d t his n~utua,l r es p e c i in s of('/. r as it c o nce rns Muxico
as a r e s pec i for t h e p rin ci ple s of th e Mexican ii evo lution ) includir.. .J.
such p reviouslU disp u te d qu esti o n,s a s th e ag ra r ia n p r o bl em ) and accepto.nce of the Mexic an Qov ernn~e nt as l e oally COm) et3 nt to exe rt l e g i slative c o n t r o l O1).:r T o rei gn i nv cst:'wnts in MexiCO .
. . .5He ac~.:~ed, that Mexicc, n r c::.;p cc t j o r the Ui.; t e : S 7;t:,tcs wo:..:.lc, i ncl ude
aI I necess a r y c.c t io n ja r swee t: , i nJ tde xi c o c l :..a. n ']j a n y FC;, sci st or Na zi,
r rov'oc ct eu rs who mi:; h t ho)e to m.il: « ~1 .]xico 0, st::j,m~;ing ; round f or
the i r ac t i ons a gai ns t the Uu i t cc: StVJtcs .
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