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Even so, the opposition had no chance. Six years of systematic destruction of Argentine civil rights took care of that. Harassed by police, barred from access to Dress and radio, the opposition was alowed only to hold open-air meetings. Balbin, the leading anti-Peronista, was arrested twice during the campaign for 'disrespect" to the President. To top things off, Peron imposed virtual martial law after last September's abortive army revolt. This lasted throughout the campaign, and was lifted only on election...
...though she was, the President's wife played a key role in the election. Before going to the hospital for a major operation, she recorded a speech, broadcast on the night marking the end of the campaign. "I would gladly give my life for a Peronista vote," said Evita. "Place in the ballot box your mark of love and faith . . . to our leader." The operation, reportedly for removal of a uterine growth, was successful, according to a palace communique...
...elections, Juan Perón finally started his leave of absence, ostensibly to be free to campaign for reelection. Because Vice President Hortensio Quijano is ailing, the President handed over his powers to Admiral Alberto Teisaire, 60, president of the Senate, who also happens to be head of the Peronista Party...
...suffering from leukemia, was taken to the hospital for treatment and possibly to undergo surgery for a condition variously rumored in Buenos Aires to be an ulceration or a tumor. Perón announced that he would cancel all public appearances to be at his wife's bedside. Peronista Party branches in the capital also suspended public meetings...
...second thought, the "popular" demand for a Perón-Perón ticket seemed less than overwhelming. Only 250,000, instead of the expected 2,000,000, had turned out for last fortnight's monster meeting at which the Peróns said yes. Some Peronista chieftains began to complain that too many traditions were being broken too fast and that the Sefiora had better restrain her ambitions for a while. At the last minute, moreover, Argentina's soldiers were reported bridling at the unspeakable thought that if Perón should die, a woman would...