MEXICO: 5. D. M.

It was the quietest night that anyone in Mexico's red light district could remember. Charros in from the ranches, generals and politicians in holiday mood strolled leisurely to their favorite bordellos, found the doors locked, turned impatiently to rival establishments, then beat frantically on doors up & down the street.

"Por Dios," explained a friendly policeman, "It's no use. The girls are having a meeting. That's right, they're forming a union!"

Next morning the story burgeoned on all the front pages of Mexico City. Mexico, most highly unionized country in America, was the...

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