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...Program. One man with a program is President Pedro Aramburu, who pushed through the assembly plan in hopes that the group will be elected in orderly fashion July 28 and get to work Sept. 1 on an overhaul of the constitution. The Aramburu regime wants 1) a one-term limit for Presidents, 2) curbs on the President's power to legislate by decree when the Congress is adjourned, 3) repeal of the President's right to replace provincial governors at will, and 4) a stronger civil service system. Such a document, says he, would be "a death certificate...
...blank ballots. Meanwhile, the powerful Radicals faction, headed by Lawyer Arturo Frondizi, is hoping to gain control of the assembly, vote its immediate dissolution and call for general elections. The People's Radical Party, which split off from the Frondizi group last winter, is the biggest party backing Aramburu on constitutional reform...
Early in the life of the regime, many Argentines suspected that Admiral Rojas was the strongman, the brain and nerve behind Aramburu. Since then, the President has shown abundant forcefulness and leadership, and Rojas has proved willing to remain the loyal subordinate. One reason is that the two men are personal friends, dedicated to the same ideals. Another is that the army (100,000 men) and the air force (20,000) might become ominously restive if an admiral of the navy (20,000) were made President. "Between the admiral and me," says Aramburu, "there is great understanding. He is always...
...gravely formal, sparing of speech. He is a professional soldier, a graduate of Argentina's Prussian-style Military Academy. He is not one of the generals Perón used to corrupt with favors, and he lives frugally and simply. "I don't like social affairs," says Aramburu. "Never did. I am one of those men who do not fear to be alone." His only hobby, dropped for now, is attending auctions of household goods with his wife Sara-and they have never had enough money for serious bidding. The Aramburus have two grown children, Sara Elena...
...something about having to leave "for urgent reasons," went to a side door of the Casa Rosada and hailed a taxi. He rode to a teashop, had a leisurely dish of ice cream, taxied back to the office, gravely rejoined the session. Junta meetings seem more natural to him. Aramburu greets his high military counselors casually: "Hello, Rojas. Afternoon, Admiral. General, how are you?" To them he remains "Senor Presidente." There is always some banter and small talk before the junta gets down to running Argentina...