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...hall from Perón's office, in the space recently vacated by the fallen Economic Czar Miguel Miranda, sat trim, cheerful Colonel Enrique P. González. A bitter and outspoken foe of Evita, he had been presidential secretary in the regime of Pedro Ramirez, who was overthrown by Perón in 1944 for planning to break relations with the Axis. González bore the brand-new title of Immigration Director, but few Argentines had to be told that his real job was to keep an eye on the President's office...
Last week Washington learned how Harry Truman had made up his mind. Shortly after the Gallegos government was overthrown, a White House secretary called the Simon Bolivar Memorial Foundation, which had arranged last summer's celebration in Bolivar. "The President," said the secretary, "would like to see your film on the Bolivar ceremony." Harry Truman sat silent through the half-hour, full-color documentary. Both his own speech and that of Gallegos were exhortations in praise of democracy. The movie over, the President said: "A fine picture. It says what we want to stress. It should be shown...
When the Peruvian government of President José Luis Bustamante was overthrown last October, Daniels lost little time in applying Resolution 35. When the U.S. recognized the military regime of General Manuel Odria, militarists up & down the hemisphere figured that they had a green light. Three days later, the Venezuelan army ousted President Rómulo Gallegos. Chile had already squelched a military plot; Costa Rica was now invaded from Nicaragua. Last week, Guatemala's liberal government was on the alert for a new move-the second in three weeks-by the military. In neighboring El Salvador, military...
...Tell Carlos Pasos that I know that twice last night at the home of Castro Wassmer he read the speech he has prepared, and if he insists on reading it at the convention, let him not forget to come armed. I am not the man to let myself be overthrown by speeches. There'll certainly be some gunplay there...
...place, Louisiana's Democratic Central Committee put the J. Strom. Thurmond-Fielding Wright Dixiecrat ticket and committed the state's ten Democratic electors to it. Unless the action is overthrown in the courts, a Louisiana voter who wants to vote for Harry Truman in November will have to write in the names of ten new Truman electors...