Evening star., 1946-03-20
Writer Sees Way Out
In Argentine BIunder
Urges Big Three to Take Stand
Against Peron Regime
BY David Laurence

Dy N0tt0 LUS1SE EbLC
Though warned on all sides by those
familiar with Latin-American affairs
that the United States must not take
unilateral action In this hempishere, the
State Department is revealed as having
made major blunder by acting alone
in respect to the Argentine situation.
Associated Press dispatches from Ar
gentina now tell of the disappointment
felt by observers there, including many
of the anti-Fascist groups, that the
United States has been placed in the
position of having been defeated at the
Argentine polls through the election of
Peron
There can be no doubt that Peron Is
Fascist and that he should not re-
ceive the recognition of other govern
ments, even though his election has
been brought about theoretically by
democratic processes The fact that for
months preceding the election Peron
conducted a reign of tyranny and de-
prived the people of their liberties
would seem to indicate that it was
simple matter for him to engineer the
election result on the basis of terror
and reprisals.
Needed by Left Wing"
The State Department unwittingly
helped Peron to be elected. Most patri-
otic nationals resent interference in in
ternal affairs from outside their coun-
try. The State Department actually car
rico on for while, through our Am
bassador there, a public campaign
against the Peron groups and then
brought the Ambassador to Washington
and made him Assistant Secretary of
State. Then came the BLUE Book"
which, while justified as to contents,
placed the United States alone as back
OF the denunciation of Peron.
1t is most unfortunate that so-called
liberals and left wingers" in this coun-
try needed the State Department after
the San Francisco Conference and
made it appear that a mistake had
been made in dealing with the Farrell
regime. Actually the policy of admit
ting Argentina to the United Nations
was decided upon by the late President
Mexico City or San Francisco. Docu-'
ments on this point have never been
made public, though almost everybody
who is familiar with Latin-A American
affairs in Washington has seen the
memorandum outlining such a policy
which was initiated by "FDR."
The left wing" raised fuss about
what the American delegation did at
San Francisco and misled Secretary
Byrnes into an ill-advised reputation
OF the policies of those who had been
endeavoring to accomplish the same
objective-the downfall of the Peron
group-but through the united action
OF the pan-American republics.
Difficult Way Out.
Now the United States Government
| Is in deeper water than ever before.
| There is way out, but it will be
difficult one to pursue. The United
| States considers Peron a tool of Nazi
| power in this hemisphere. Do the other
Latln-American governments who were
cobelligerents with us in the war feel
| the same way? If so, a statement should
be made by all that no government,
whether assuming power through cleo
tions or otherwise, will be recognized
If 1t harbors NaN and Fascist groups
and permits a threat to democracy to
be fostered in its borders
The fact that Peron won an election
cannot be viewed as a basis for recoe-
milton. 1t is not who acquires power
by constitutional methods, but what
the record shows as to how he uses the
| power Hitler observed all the forms
OF the German constitution when he
acquired the post of Chancellor in Ger
many in 1888 Fascism can use con-
stltutional processes. too, but that
doesn't make fascism any more eligible
for the support of democratic nations.
The Argentine people in due time will
f1nd their own means of dealing with
Peron, but it is more than ever i'm
portant that the United States and
Great Britain and Russia take a stand
together against the Peron regime and
that as many governments in this hem
isphere as possible join in the declara-
tion of policy
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