Though tuis possible solution now awaits confirmation it is considered logical and practical in high official circles here. It would have the further advantage of removing the Chamizal issue as a bone of contention between Mexico and the United States That the foreign oil companies, in maintaining their insistence upon the return of their properties. are removed from all touch with political realities is also pointed out. It was, in fact, this failure to grasp the political significance of the liberal movement here which led up to the expropriation The third anniversary of the expropriation wes celebrated here from March 16 to 18 and to all observers it is clearly rppareni that this is one issue on w the entire Mexican nation is united. President Avila Camacho witnessed the celebration. praised the Mexican people for "remaining firm in their determination to defend their interests" and said in a recent interview that. if faced the same set of circumstances as President Cardenas was in March, 1938. he would have acted the same.
A Constitutional Reform to the bill governing oil has already passed the Chamber of Deputies and will soon po to the Senate. This reform. contrary to original reports. will prohibit a y participation by foreigners in the domestic production or distribution of the oil industry. That the 1 will soon pass the Senate is expected and when it Goes it will write the final chapter in the exploitation by foreigners of Mexico's oil wealth.
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