ARGENTINA: The Things They Say

In Buenos Aires, with its docile press, rumors are often the apėritifs and canapės that come before a feast of news. Last week Argentines were enjoying the headiest, spiciest assortment of rumors since last April, when President Juan Perón survived a crisis of bomb-throwing by his enemies. The choicest tidbits:

¶ Before the month is out, Peron may declare an amnesty, free 120 political prisoners and let 300 exiles come home.

¶ The electoral law will be overhauled so that opponents of the regime can share one-third of the seats in Congress. Then elections will be called for April 1954. ¶ At the same time, a Vice President, to replace Hortensio Quijano (who died more than a year ago), will be elected. Likely candidates: Foreign Minister Jernóimo Remorino, Minister of Labor and Welfare Alejandro Giavarini, Minister of Technical Affairs Raūl Mende.

¶ After that, Perón may visit the U.S.