Foreign News: Not Radical

Arrived in Manhattan, Plutarco Elias Calles, President-elect of Mexico, en route for Mexico City from travels in Europe (TIME, Aug. 18).

On Dec. 1, he will sit on them Presidential chair of Mexico which President Obregon has kept warm these past few years. At a dinner given to him by the Chamber of Commerce, SeƱor Calles, having eaten "busily of filet, partridge, salad and mousse," stood up to indicate the policy that his administration would follow. Enthusiastic applause greeted him. Standing with his back to the Stars and Stripes, his bulging shirtfront "full of...

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