Argentine President Juan Peron was asked in a memorandum submitted today by the DAIA, central representative body of Argentine Jewry, to institute measures against anti-Semitic publications in this country which “instigate hatred against the Jews.”
The DAIA memorandum said these papers “constitute an attack against the constitutional and democratic institutions of Argentina and are contrary to the government’s policy of tolerance.” The Yiddishe Zeitung, leading Jewish daily here, said in an editorial that “this dangerous agitation will bring only harm to Argentina, if measures are not adopted soon.” Argentine Jewry, the Yiddish paper added, expects action on the part of the government, which “has proven its desire to maintain harmony among all sections of the population.”
The DAIA has also asked Jews in this country to have nothing to do with “rep-resentatives of either German Republic.” A statement to this effect was issued following the arrival here of Minister Karl Spicker of the West German Federal Republic, who is touring Latin America. The statement pointed out that “there is no reason to change our attitude towards the people who are responsible for the murder of 6,000,000 Jews. No Jew should contact any representative of either German Republic.” A press conference for Spicker was avoided by all representatives of the Jewish pross.
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