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Gunther has a long section on the rights & wrongs and possible solutions for the U.S.Argentine beef problem. He also discusses such things as why Buenos Aires busses are called mata gent es (man-killers) and their drivers, asesinos (assassins); why Argentina has two Presidents (Roberto Marcelino Ortiz, Dr. Ramon Castillo); why Buenos Aires has two of the world's best newspapers (La Prensa and La Nation); what Argentines think about World War II; what they are doing about their "powerful and dangerous" Fifth Column; why they say: "When the United States talks about bases it is like stamping...
...gave signs of high satisfaction with the progress of the New Order. > Adolf Hitler's own Völkischer Beobachter announced that a Portuguese military mission would shortly be the guest of the German High Command. > In the French Fascist weekly Gringoire Spain's Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner, brother-in-law of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, went much further than mere expression of Spain's own contentment. Wrote he: "I think that all Europe -continental Europe and overseas Europe as well, although this may seem paradoxical-will stand or fall with the Axis." Vichyfrance, said Minister Serrano...
Hope of a tregua (political truce) for politically torn Argentina died aborning last week. In a huff the Chamber of Deputies cold-shouldered Acting President Ramon S. Castillo's plea of "urgent necessity" and adjourned without approving either a budget or a $110,000,000 loan from the U.S. This left the Government budgetless for its second consecutive year...
...guarantee that November and December provincial elections be conducted honestly, i.e., under Federal rather than potentially fraudulent provincial supervision. The Radicals' objective was to force an extraordinary session for another try at ratification of the sorely needed loan, then to use the meeting to air these complaints. Ramon Castillo said flatly that no extraordinary session would be called...
...retains significant strength (especially among brass hats) in the Army, is said to have masterminded the suppression of last fortnight's aviation-branch "revolt" (TIME, Oct. 6). He can count on support from Ramon Castillo. He remains in the good graces of the U.S. State Department. But the Radical Party, mindful of his strong-arm treatment of its leaders when he was last in power, will be out to nail him. Consensus: dark horse he may be, but not too dark to wind up atop the Conservative Party's ticket. If so, he will probably be elected, although...