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Loud Cheers. The chief target was La Prensa, one of the world's great newspapers, and its editor & publisher, broadbrowed Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz. A delegate to the conference, Dr. Gainza Paz symbolized for the delegates the fight against censorship, and each time La Prensa's name was mentioned, the delegates cheered loudly...
...powerful as Juan Perón is in Argentina, he has not dared to shut down critical La Prensa (circ. 400,000) outright. But he has used the newsprint rationing to take paper from La Prensa and give it to his friends. He also exercises a censorship on outgoing cables, has delayed stories and even arrested U.S. newsmen. Fortnight ago, responding to U.S. criticism, Perón kicked out his press purger, José Emilio Visca (TIME, June 12) ; but it was too soon to say whether that represented a change of policy or just a change of faces...
...people in North America thought of his regime "Well, Mr. President," replied the visitor, "they are worried about the lack of freedom in the Argentine press." "What do you mean?" said Perón. "We have freedom of the press. Just look at La Nación and La Prensa. They attack me all the time. I read them every morning myself." The visitor answered: "This man Visca you have here has brought lots of bad publicity to Argentina. They say he goes around closing newspapers." Whereupon Perón pressed a button, barked an order through an interoffice microphone...
...Razoón's circulation rose a fat 40,000. But there was one frustration. Lest the heavy-handed authorities be offended, La Razoón's editors had prudently deleted some details. Days after La Razoón broke the story, the fearless, independent La Prensa reported: "Domingo Massolo was not a veterinarian, as previously announced. He was an army chaplain...
...Mexican press took a fine, impartial stand, applauding the government's expulsion order, but deploring the loss of a good shortstop. La Prensa's sport editor philosophically pointed out that, after all, everyone knows that Mexican umpires walk out on the field with "Jesús en la boca" (i.e., with a prayer on their lips...