When Calvin Coolidge became President of the U. S. it was known that he had been an attorney and the governor of a state and was a man of abstemious habits. The same things are known about Senor Emilio Portes Gil (pronounced "Heel"), who became President of Mexico last week. Moreover Emilio Portes Gil, like Calvin Coolidge, was enabled to reach highest office by Death.-But there the resemblance ends.
People who watched the pompous inaugural ceremonies of last week saw that President Portes Gil is a stocky man of sturdy frame and strong, squarish face. Vigorous and athletic, he either...
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