ARGENTINA: By June 20, 1958

ARGENTINA By June 20, 1958 A general who seized presidential power by force promised flatly last week that he would freely set it aside, and put a deadline on his promise. Said President Pedro Aramburu, on a speechmaking tour of southern Argentina: "This government expects to deliver power to legally constituted authorities by June 20, 1958 at the latest."

Next July, said Aramburu, his regime will hold elections for constituent assemblies, which are supposed to revise the national and provincial constitutions, chiefly strengthening Congress and the courts at the expense of the executive branch. In about one year a civilian...

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