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...Labor (CTM) is virtually certain to be nominated by the Party. Last week, although President Cárdenas still has 21 months to serve and the election is more than a year away, the CTM put its seal of approval on square-faced, bullnecked, 43-year-old General Manuel Avila Camacho, until recently Minister of National Defense in the Cárdenas Cabinet. Official nomination by the PRM is expected to follow in a few months...
Another plug for General Avila came from the National Peasants Federation, which claims 2,000,000 members. A one-time cavalry officer who has always taken care of the Army's wants while in office, General Avila already has the backing of a large share of Mexico's military men, who compose the third largest voting bloc...
...selection of General Avila by the Leftist workers' and peasant organizations was something of a surprise, since he is generally regarded as a moderate in Mexican politics. Leftist money was expected to go down on General Francisco Múgica, an ardent Left-winger and Cardenas follower. The expropriation of the foreign-owned oil properties year ago, however, caused a terrific loss of Government revenue, cut down production in many industries, led to sky-high prices, and, in some cases, lower wages. Ever since there has been a growing desire among many Mexicans for a more moderate policy than...
Testy, sour-pussed General Francisco J. Múgica, onetime Minister of Communications and Public Works, is an ardent Leftist and widely regarded as the man who will wear the Cardenas silks in the race. He offered to hold a banquet for his two leading rivals, conservative General Manuel Avila Camacho, who resigned as Minister of National Defense, and moderate General Rafael Sánchez Tapia, resigned commander of the Federal Military Zone. The feast would show the country that the three could be political rivals and still good friends. Unfortunately, his opponents did not feel the same way about...
Queen Katherine Avila Brooks, 17 year old high school student from Tulsa, Oklahoma, held a snowless court in the hills of New Hampshire this week-end as 1200 girls from as far away as Mexico City converged on Dartmouth to dance and skate, but not to ski, at the twenty-eighth annual mid-winter extravaganza...