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The article reports on the new mining law in Mexico. It mentions that the law requires foreign-owned mining companies, mostly U.S., to sell controlling interest to Mexicans. It notes that the government is buying or investing in the sectors that need government participation through tax incentives, import licenses, and political pressure. It aims to push private Mexican capital into industrial investment.

The article focuses on the popularity of land in the west coast of Mexico among U.S. investors and speculators in 1959. It notes that beach fronts are selling at a bargain price of 16 dollars and U.S. investors are quietly purchasing choice sites either for personal use or future resort development. It notes the emergence of de luxe hotels and motels, new paved roads and airstrips as a result of the land boom. It details the legal aspect of foreign ownership of land along the beach or frontier.

The article reports on Celanese Mexicana SA de CV, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Celanese Corp. in Mexico. Recently, the company had to face tough times in Mexico due to the economic downturn in the country, increasing competition, and the end of tax breaks. Celanese Mexicana is expected to go through a reorganization and is expanding into new products currently.

Despite the advent of Pierre Laval, full collaboration between Vichy France and the Axis is proving a slow growth. The underground resistance of French patriots is spreading in direct proportion to the intensity of the terror tactics designed to stamp it out. For all his tremendous paper power the Chief of Government can do nothing to quell it. With Mexico's entry into the war the United Nations have won an ally whose opposition to fascist aggression, from Ethiopia to Spain, has been admirably consistent. The administration's policy on wages became somewhat clearer last week when the President openly opposed the granting of voluntary wage increases by three West Coast aircraft corporations. The action was taken on the ground that the proposed increase would unsettle wage scales throughout the industry and might contribute to general labor unrest.

This article focuses on the visit of French President Charles de Gaulle to Mexico. Whether or not the General is wholly sincere, he has built himself up as a champion of "national independence" and has been praised for it by men as different as Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru. De Gaulle certainly has a way of getting `both himself and France talked about. The papers in the U.S. have been full of press quotes about his Mexican visit-quotes from China, Japan, India, England, Latin America and, above all, the U.S.

The article reports on the outcome of the enactment of Public Law 229, which is designed to facilitate the importation of foreign workers to the U.S. The law aims to restrict labor piracy in the fields. In March 1944, foreign workers provoked the police into counteraction after forcing to enter Mexico City, where registration for enlistment and transportation to the U.S. was being arranged. Mexican President Avila Camacho, in response, issued a proclamation or easement absolving Mexican agrarians in the U.S. from farming their land grants.

The article reports that Emilio Azcarraga, a radio and film personality in Mexico, has made two moves that have brought him to the forefront of television in the country. In the beginning of January 1953, Azcarraga officially opened the new 3-million dollars Televicentro at Mexico City, and also finalized a deal with his biggest video competitor, Romulo O'Farrill. The deal is said to pull Mexican television out of its initial stage.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Response to the political conditions in Mexico criticizing the stand of the journal for armed intervention for Mexico's redemption; Response to the article "Beclouding the Minimum Wage," by Professor Taussig in the July 22, 1916 issue citing the impact of the minimum wage on the number of people for employment; Response to the article "The Feminist's Age," by Hester A. Hopkins in the July 22 issue regarding the relationship between feminism and chivalry;.

The article offers information on the Seventh World Petroleum Congress held in Mexico City in April 1967. It is stated that the scientists and technicians of the oil industry from 80 different countries attended the conference. Among the subjects discussed at the conference were kinetics of high-sulfur distillate hydrotracting and ozonolysis of olefins in reactive nucleophiles.

Focuses on various socio-political developments that took place in the world. Information on the Germans' attack on a newly opened recruiting office of the world-citizenship movement launched in Paris, France; Reference to a special press conference called by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur in Japan; Announcement made by Daniel F. Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa, about the voting rights of colored people in the country; Complaint of the British newspaper owners about rations of newsprint; Spread of foot and mouth disease among cattle in a village in Mexico; History of the Arch of Titus which stands at the far end of the Roman Forum.

The article offers information on the expansion of Ferro Enamel Corp. to Mexico, where it will be building its eighth foreign subsidiary in Mexico City. It states that Ferro has been well received offshores since it constantly stimulates new enameling business locally. Ferro expects that in Mexico U.S. manufacturers of refrigerators, stoves and other enameled products will set up that will provide a healthy market for the company's Mexican frit.

The article mentions the move of the Banco de Mexico to encourage hoarding by providing unlimited quantities of gold at 5,520 pesos a kilogram.

The article discusses the use of acrylic paint in art. It says that Mexican artists were among the first to experiment with the medium as a means of preserving their work, as acrylics are impervious to temperature, cracking aging. The other advantage of acrylics is that they can be applied on most surfaces, even ordinary paper such as those used for wrapping. A description of how the author works, which involves laying it out on a butcher's tray and treating the material like watercolors, is included.

The article features artist Bernard Pfriem. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1916. He taught night classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art while attending day sessions as a scholarship student. He won traveling fellowships from the Institute and Western Reserve University after graduation and worked on murals in Mexico. His style evolved from figurative expressionism to semi-cubistic abstractions and became obsessed with self-portraits after separating from his wife. Also mentioned is his preference for the mysterious, the provocative and the unknown.

On May 22, 1940, the Mexican President officially and flatly denied the existence of "fifth-column" activities in Mexico and declared that all such rumors were an invention of the country's enemies for obvious political ends. On the early morning of May 24, and as if to belie the president's categorical statement, came the attack on police guard Leon Trotsky. A score of men, disguised in police and regular-army uniforms and heavily armed with machine-guns and automatic pistols, overpowered Trotsky's permanent police guard of five and poured a barrage of machine-gun fire into his bedroom for several minutes. Trotsky's secretary, Sheldon Harte, either fled or was kidnapped-at any rate he has disappeared. Two cars were driven away from the garage and later abandoned. In spite of the hundreds of shots fired, no one, fortunately, was injured.

The article offers a look at the industrial development program of Mexico as of June 1944. The country's industrial rehabilitation and development is expected to bring a strong light industries which can compete for the domestic and export business and a substantial demand for heavy industrial equipment. The rapid shift of the economy toward manufacturing and service enterprises is seen to be balanced by mechanization and technical improvements in agriculture. INSETS: LATIN AMERICA III;TRENDS IN THE MEXICAN ECONOMY.

This article reports a long student strike in Mexico that has been initiated on July 26, 1968, involving over 100,000 students of the National University and twenty-nine affiliated schools. The army has invaded several campuses during when many students have been killed. A sequence of marches of students and their parents, teachers, college professors, and small business workers were reported every day. These groups could be identified by their banners and flags. This social movement was reportedly aimed to demand for the removal of Mexican Police Chief Cueto Ramirez and two of his officials; dissolution of the riot police; repeal of article 145 of the constitution; indemnification of the families of slain students, and freedom for all political prisoners.

The article focuses on the economic prosperity and growth in Mexico.

This article presents information on Diego Rivera's mural in the dining-room of the Hotel del Prado in Mexico. The archbishop of Mexico refused to bless the hotel on its opening ceremony as the mural contains the inscription "Dios no existe," which means that god does not exist. There has been widespread criticism of the mural. The Del Prado mural is Diego's first serious large-scale painting in some time. Entitled "Sunday in the Alameda"--the Alameda is an ancient park facing the hotel, and the scene of many historical events--it depicts Mexican history.

The Empress of Mexico has been staying very quietly at the Hotel du Louvre, which establishment, from the elegance of its appointments and its proximity to the Tuileries, has come to be the usual stopping-place of majesties, royal and serene highnesses, and members of other exalted classes of humanity who may chance to visit Paris incog. It is said that the Empress, who possesses great energy of will, surprised her husband one day lately in the act of writing a formal act of abdication; that she seized the pen from his hand and tore up the paper, promising him at the same time that she would go to Paris and make a last attempt to procure from Napoleon the aid which should enable the new empire to maintain its ground against the anarchists.

Focuses on political debate on Sinarquismo, Mexico's brand of fascism, in the U.S. Possibility on involvement of the Sinarquistas in the Los Angeles riots; Importance of Sinarquismo to underpriviledged Mexican minority; Opposition by the Sinarquistas to Mexico's entry in to the war on the side of the United Nations; Interference of the Sinarquistas in American-Mexican relations; Reason for the social and economic deprivation of Mexican population in the U.S.; Estimation on total number of American Sinarquistas in the U.S.; Establishment of local committees by the Sinarquistas in areas where Mexicans are concentrated; Organization of the committees on lines laid down by the National Committee in Mexico; Reason for growth of Sinarquismo in Mexico.

The article provides world news briefs. The U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt has warned the country against overconfidence concerning the war. The country of Mexico wanting to go to war with Germany is discussed. The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives has made progress in the tax bill by lowering exemptions and increasing the normal rate.

Reports global developments related to politics and government. Profile of Yuan Shih Kai from China; Conventions of the Republican and Progressive parties; Grievances of Tampico oil producers against the Mexican military authorities.

Analyzes various political and social developments worldwide. Resignation of William Jennings Bryan from his position as U.S. Secretary of State in the government of President Woodrow Wilson; Bryan's attitude toward diplomatic negotiations with Germany found in his treaties of arbitration; Bryan's proposal to apply the principle of his peace treaties in the controversy with Germany; Task of political and social reconstruction in Mexico under American tutelage; Means that can be taken by submarines to distinguish between ships that carry innocent and inviolable private property and ships which carry military supplies; Author's criticism of the "New York Times" newspaper's coverage of the trial of Steel Corp.; Factors considered in the appointment of the Postmaster-General; Constitutional change in Denmark which enfranchises women and makes them eligible to all offices and which abolishes the property qualifications.

The article presents information on the country of Mexico. The followers of Avila Camacho and Almazan were equally emphatic that they won the election by large majorities. In a country which is in process of revolution, and in which democracy is not yet the universal habit of mind, election results are not, and should not be, the basis of judgment. Whatever may be the volume of public support that Almazan possesses, it is certain that he has large funds, great propaganda resources, and powerful friends in the army, and that he himself is an able man. His followers hope to profit by the present severe economic crisis in Mexico, which they attribute to the revolutionary policy of the government.

The article discusses the Mexican presidential elections. All presidential elections in Mexico are overshadowed by the question: Will the transfer of power be effected by peaceful means, or will the candidate counted out try to seize by force of arms what he was unable to win at the polls? As July 7, 1940, approaches, Mexico begins to hold its breath in anxiety about what the immediate future may bring. The difference between the coming contest and the numerous putsches since 1920 is that the previous upheavals, although of varying severity, were hardly more than quarrels over the spoils between members of the ruling clique; only incidentally if at all were genuine social antagonisms involved.

Focuses on profound changes that Mexico has undergone during the past three years. Mention of the agrarian policy proposed by Mexico's President Lazaro Cárdenas; Discussion on the distribution of the land to landless peasants; Foresight of a program of far reaching economic and social development. Transformation of Mexico into a country of efficient, highly productive and cooperative farms. Struggle against foreign capitalists; Focus on Mexico's national and industrial revolution; Threat to the economic position of Mexico; Transformation of Mexican army into a people's army; Defense by Mexican people against their own reactionaries allied with foreign fascism.

The Mexican colonization law of December 15, 1883, conferred upon the President of the Republic power to dispose of national lands to foreign immigrants and Mexicans desiring to settle on them, but this law was suspended on December 18, 1909, as it was found that the demarcation of the lands was not accurate. The Department of Agriculture of the Mexican Government is now disposing of national lands. It is putting them in the hands of colonization companies, but the contracts covering these grants specifically state that the right of ownership and possession is not conferred upon the companies, and the titles are not issued in their favor but in the name of the settlers. The demarcation of the land is effected by engineers appointed by the Government, which pays their salaries and transportation, any other expenses to be for account of the colonization companies.

Aboriginally locus La Louisiane was a body of water, a geological sea. More late, a prehistoric dwelling-place for amphibious brutes, where primitive peoples built shell mounds to climb upon in high-water time. These mounds excavated today betray a certain native art, evidenced in rude bowls, earthen vases, stone implements. Later the Indians: some indigenous, like the Attakapas; some nomadic, probably from Mexico, like the sun-worshiping Natchez tribe; in all five or six groups, living each a community life. The early roads of La Louisiane were waterways. The pirogue, a sort of canoe built for four, was means of transit from bayou to river and river to bayou.

The legal facts regarding the oil situation in Mexico should be clearly understood by the American people if the true meaning of the rather vague newspaper accounts of the dispute between the Mexican Government and foreign oil producers is to be grasped. The dispute is not a local question which can be settled by the Mexican authorities alone. Already protests have been made by the American, British, French, and Dutch Governments against legislation proposed by Mexico, on the ground that it is confiscatory of the property of their citizens.