ARGENTINA: Peace Plebiscites

In Argentina's pro-Government press, ranging from pontifical La Nación to the Naziphile Pampero, there burgeoned last week a crop of paid advertisements announcing a "Plebiscite of Peace." Its 120 founder-signers, among whom patriotic Nacionalistas were sinisterly mingled with notorious Nazionalistas, invited all-&-sundry to sign a monster "Album of Peace" to be ceremoniously presented to shrewd old Vice-President-in-the-Exercise-of-the-Executive-Power Ramón S. Castillo. Doubtless these publicity shenanigans amused that dry-humored politico; but what really pleased him was the more genuine peace plebiscite of recent congressional elections.

Although ballots were still being counted last week...

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