Fortnight ago, "the only man in the Western Hemisphere who could sabotage the war effort in 24 hours"* slipped into Washington. Last week, he departed. He climbed into his grey sedan and headed south—a man on a mission.
The man was Vicente Lombardo Toledano, Mexican labor leader. Vice President Wallace remarked: "Hitler would be glad to hand 15 million dollars over to Lombardo Toledano, if he could be bought."
But if Lombardo could be bought, he would lose the one source of his strength—the devotion and faith of the peons. For four years of...
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