Evening star., 1948-10-03
|Areentina Suspends
Credentials Of 4 j. ),
WRITERS for 12Hours
BY the Associated Press

6UENOS A1HES, OCT. Zine
Peron government temporarily re-
stored to five foreign correspondents
tonight their right to send news
messages. Their privileges had
been lifted IL hours earlier. The
government explained neither &C.
ton.
Cable companies said the govern
ment told them to accept and trans
init news until Monday when a
definite decision would be made.
The decision could be either a con-
lflrmation of the restoration of
filing privileges or a new suspension.
The correspondents involved were
Joseph F. McEvoy of the Associated
Press; Milton Bracker and Virginia
Lee Warren Of the New York Times
Herbert M. Clark, who represents
the Chicago Sun-Times, Buffalo
Courier Express, London Telegraph
and the ABC broadcasting chain; !;
and Jose Arrieta, Uruguayan who
| Is news manager here for Reuters
the British news agency. Mr.. Clark
also is part time representative OF
the New York Daily News.
Notified ut Homes.
Telegraph companies were in
structed in mid-morning by the di-
rector of communications to refuse
dispatches from all of them. Around
1890 pm. an individual identifying
himself as an official of the govern
ment press Office telephoned the
homes of the correspondents and
told them their filing privileges had
been restored. He hung up before
he could be questioned further.
Gable and wireless companies said
they had government orders to ac-
tcept dispatches from the five fol-
transmission.
The United States Embassy was
asked by the State Department in
Washington for full details and tc
do whatever it could.
An embassy spokesman said:
Before the cable was received
from Washington, the correspond
ents infromed us of the situation
and due steps were taken"
There are about IL United States
correspondents in Argentina. Aside
from the four affected, the cables
of the others were accepted and
transmitted normally. A number OF
these stories dealt with the suspen-
sions.
The order came eight days after
President Juan D. Peron assailed
foreign correspondents as "spies and
saboteurs" in a speech in which
he gave details of police charges
that plot was afoot to assassinate
him and his wife next october II
Not Accused in Plot.
Gen. Peron did not imply that any
correspondents were involved in the
alleged plot, but he has frequently
accused foreign neWsmen in gen.
eral Of misrepresenting his policies
Antonio Navatta, director of tele-
communications. said the orders to
the cable companies originated in
the subsecretariat of information,
a branch of the presidents Office.
Inquiries directed at the SUBJ
secretariat were met with the state
ment that all responsible officials
were absent.
Credentials to correspondents are
issued annually by the subsecretar-
lat. They are required before a
correspondent can file dispatches or
engage in journalistic activities",n.
Miss Warren was detained by po-
lice last April but was released to
the custody of the United States
Embassy without being held in jail
She was questioned the following
day in connection with police
charges that, various correspondents
were involved IN fomenting a bank
employees strike. She was cleared
that same day. Miss Warren is
married to Mr.. Bracker.
At the time of her detention three
correspondents were expelled. They