The Press: In Name Only

It is one thing to shut down and seize a great daily, Argentina's Juan Peron has found, but quite another thing to publish it. Since last May Day, when he gave Buenos Aires' La Prensa to "the workers," the General Confederation of Labor (C.G.T.) has struggled to get another edition of the daily on the stands. Twice C.G.T. has set publication dates, but no papers have come out, in part because the government let printing machinery become clogged with rust and dust.

This week the Peronistas finally published their new La Prensa. It looked,...

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