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At this point Senora Peron chimed in: "And what about social justice? But excuse me, I know it isn't my job to ask questions." "Senora Peron's question is most appropriate," fawned the reporter. "Senora Peron is also a journalist. It is just the question we reporters should have asked." "I am thankful to Mr. Miller for his words praising our foundation's work," said Evita. Recovering blandly, Miller replied: "I am charmed to have come here and seen this with my own eyes." Change the Press. Before he left Buenos Aires, Miller gave Evita a nylon petticoat (his wife had picked it out in Washington). For Peron there was a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter. Whatever early coolness had existed at Government House soon vanished. The newspaper Epoca's series on "the new Wall Street imperialism" ended abruptly; Democracies front-paged an editorial saying: "Mr. Miller has the extraordinary gift of being authentically North American at the same time that he seems also very Argentine."