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THE MEXICAN PROBLEM

pany terminal that, when in April the I.W.W. workers stirred up revolt in four oil refineries at Tampico, there was not a whisper of trouble among his men. They told me at the Tampico terminal that under proper direction, with good food and care, the Mexican workers could be relied upon for anything, and in an emergency would work thirty-six hours or forty-eight hours on a stretch with their meals brought to them, and that, they were loyal and true.

What troubles Doheny is how these good people of Mexico, speaking one hundred and fifty-three tongues, can be merged into a nation, with soul life, prosperity, and family and national happiness.

That is the Doheny problem! That is the United States problem! That is the Mexican problem!

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