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...chance to tell Mexico's radical President how very loyal they were to him. Even those hitherto considered cool to Cárdenas' policies swore undying fealty, branded rebellious General Saturnino Cedillo "the most ungrateful traitor alive." In Mexico City, 27 State Governors assured Señor Cárdenas of their devotion. The Governors went so far as to assert, without offering evidence, that Cedillo was receiving support from foreigners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Band Wagon | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...shouldered, multichinned General Cedillo, onetime Mexican bandit who rode with famed Pancho Villa, has been Strong-man in San Luis Potosí for some 20 years. His private agrarian army, which he maintains on his extensive Potosí landholdings, helped boost Señor Cárdenas into the Presidency in 1934 and Señor Cedillo became Minister of Agriculture. The General, however, opposed the land expropriation Cárdenas program. Nine months ago he resigned in a huff. With cries of "Fascist" from Mexican Laborites and left-wingers ringing in his ears, the old "Bull of Potos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Cedillo Squeeze | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

...sake of a mere exhibition did Artist Campos come to the U. S. Landing in Manhattan in November, he and shy Señora Campos bought a small car and proceeded to jaunt over 17,000 miles of the Southwest, the West and Mexico, stopping off in Hollywood for two months. There Artist Campos and Cine-martist Walt Disney talked over the possibilities for bigger & better animated cartoons. Most fun Artist Campos has yet had in the U. S. was in Los Angeles, Calif., where he rode as a gaucho in the rodeo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Gaucho Artist | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...much as $400,000,000 in compensation, but the British Government take a much sterner view, and Mexico needs to borrow heavily to finance Government operation of her oil lands. Best argument to use on prospective lenders is evidence of a desire to pay and thus last week Señora Cárdenas and other politicos' wives donated table silver and trinkets (see cut). Wealthy Mexicans took almost no part, since they hate and fear Cárdenas. Poor Mexican women were snapped bringing in chickens-worth in Mexico about one peso (25?)-as their contribution, while banners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: The Women | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

...Combining sentiment with institutional advertising in good California fashion, 50 of them will start off on a 16-day pilgrimage promoted by the California Avocado Association, which carefully labels itself "a Cultural (non-marketing) Society." The pilgrims will go by train (price of upper berth: $205) to see Señor LeBlanc's parent avocado tree in Atlixco. There, on Easter, they will gather round the tree and listen to numerous complimentary speeches from U. S. Ambassador Josephus Daniels and Mexican dignitaries. They will present a gold medal to Señor LeBlanc, a gold medal to Mr. Schmidt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Sturdy Avocado | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

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