MORE MEMORIES

I do not remember things that happened in 1924 since I was not born until 1925 but the story begins at that time when Plutarco Elias Calles seized the presidency of Mexico, an office he held until 1928. He then appointed Alvaro Obregon to be his successor but he was assassinated before he even took office.
Calles then appointed a succession of presidents during the next 3 or 4 years.
These were , in no particular order,Ortiz Rubio, Abelardo Rodrigez, and Emilio PorteS Gil. Finally ,in 1934, he selected Lazaro Cardenas, his friend and protege.
Cardenas served the constitutionally allowed 6 year term. He turned on Calles and had him and many of his cohorts exiled. Cardenas is principally remembered for having expropriated all foreign oil companies.
Calles, during his presidency and through 1935 is largely remembered for his ruthless persecution of the Catholic Church. All church properties were seized, Catholic schools ( The only schools in Mexico at the time) weRe closed, and priests and nuns were hunted and often actually killed. The Cristeros revolt, centered in Guadalajara was ruthlessly put down. When Calles took office, there were about 3000 priests. When the persecution was largely over there were scarcely 300. (About 1939 ). At that time masses were allowed to be held in the now government owned churches.( Suggested reading,THE POWER AND THE GLORY by Graham Greene)
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