THE MEXICAN VOICE
TOL, ?	NOVEl-PER-DECEMBER 163Í	NO. 5
THE MEXICAN PEOPLE OF EL-PASO SHQVA..,UA^
THE WAY - - -
Those of ns rzlio have had the opportunity to observe the changes that have taken place amongst our Mexican people residing in El Paso during'the past ten years'can not help but marvel and feol proud of ■the tremendous advances made by them. The great progress along economic, noíitical, social and cultural lines that our people^have maoe in El Paso is of thn utmost significance to each and every
I	exicah whether he be in i'l2::ico or in gI'Is country.
It is significant to note that behind th? elevation of the status of" our people in El Paso hi-.s b- m the Education of the younger gon-eratTon Tc^TTcan-Ar'ericans. Today these young educated and /ell trained HnalsanosM are the loaders in the movement to improve ti e c/u--ditions of the Mexican people living there. The wonderful prepress of our people in this region offers the strongest proof that by taking advantage of the unlimited educa-' tional opportunities offered to u‘s by this great nation we can effectively overcone the many obstacles that arc keeping us from obtai.ning a fuller and happier existence for us and our fellow Mexicans. T*-e following article is taken from, the Los Angeles Trves.'—
--feature editor:
IL	PASO (Tex.) Ocl.14--
Thc. population of thJ s city is undergoing a racial and social experiment that sure to r,o hpve an important effect in the 'Jos\, if not the whole United States. It is a fusion of An; lo-Saxon A-'orv-can and Indo-Spanish Tia^ican races and cultures to a hitherto unkro/n extent. It; so far has been ignored by sociologists, and by the press. Yet in "3 Paso everybody talks about 1 .
ISOLATED CITY
El Paso's isolation makes pos slble the experiment. This always has been a unique town. It is located in the furthermost tip of ■ To xas, s. t the juxtaposition of Texas, Hew -Mexico, Arizona, and Chihuahua, Mexico.
It is the metropolis of that vast interior desert country--bui a rich desert--with the nearest bi¿ cities Loo Ar, eles, D-nwr, San Antonio, and Chihuahua City. Mining, cattle raising and the r — cartly Imvortant egrici’lture mid o up its basic economy.
T’ms, then is the arresting fact: T/enty-five years ago 1 Paso was a city of 50,000 with a basic Ar lo-Saxon American population and a working class iiexican elemont with a few old local Mexican fanilles and some /ell-to-do imr'igrarcs from " oxi co. Today El Paso is a city oí 1- 0,000 /hich 1; approximately t/o-thirds iexican in its race and culture.
MEXICAN'S ADVAfC-;
T! e migration of Mexicans t-. due primarily to the revolution, political and economic refugees. But the diff;rene1 in the positio of thu HcxiCiirs today srd 25 ; v" ago is that -h-y form i sizeeb] ■ middle-class.
Them, are in : ,ho vhite-cuJ Itm.-jobs, where before the;.- "ére the drawers of water and the hewers o v/ood. That's what burns up the A mericans, especially the Texans.
The Mexican Influx natural], has kept down ar s, and lowered the price level of uhe town hJc: (con11. nue d on page 2)