A group of thirty Jews called on Argentine President Juan Peron over the week-end to express their solidarity with his administration. None of the members of the group were effiliated with or represented organized Jewish groups or institutions in the country.
The Jews praised the government’s policy, particularly the five-year economic plan. They emphasized that they were all born in Argentina and said that they wished to form a Jewish branch within the Peronist nationalist party.
Peron answered that he was aware that many Jews were opposed to his administration, but that he had no racial prejudices and desired the cooperation of all citizens. He added that he had just authorized the landing of a number of Jewish refugees who had arrived in Brazil as immigrants but had not been permitted to land by the authorities there. The DAIA, central representative body of Argentine Jewry, announced that Peron’s action had followed a petition submitted by it.
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