LOPEZ MATEOS, ADOLFO

born May 26, 1910, Atizapn de Zaragoza, Mex. died Sept. 22, 1969, Mexico City Mexican president (195864) who expanded industrial development and agrarian reform. A librarian and teacher of Spanish-American literature, Lpez began his public career with an assignment to the UN. He was elected federal senator (194652) and later appointed secretary-general of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). As minister of labour, he was skilled in mediating disputes and helped draft the U.S.Mexico migrant-labour treaty. Though accusations of corruption clouded his six-year term as president, Lpez increased industrialization, extended agrarian reform laws, and initiated a literacy campaign.