The Presidential campaign which will produce a successor to President General Lázaro Cardenaswho is barred by the Constitution from succeeding himself when his first term comes to an end in November 1940last week got off to an early but gentlemanly start. President Cardenas' Cabinet, three members of which recently resigned in order to become eligible for the Presidential race, pledged to "abstain radically" from political activities during the campaign in order "to keep the people from having barriers in the free expression of their will."
Testy, sour-pussed General Francisco J. Múgica, onetime Minister of Communications and Public Works, is an...
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