Wanted: an Anti-Fascist

Fiery, Fascist-hating Raul Damonte Taborda was really in a pickle last week. The man who as chairman of Argentina's "Dies Committee" exposed the Fascist fifth column in his country (TIME, Sept. 22, 1941), who later, as editor of the pro-Allied Critica, pounded the neutrality policy of the Castillo Government and its successor, was wanted by the police of President Pedro Ramirez and wanted badly. For a week he had not slept at home. Now, with an order out for his arrest, he had found temporary sanctuary in the Uruguayan embassy in Buenos Aires. How long he could stay there, none knew.

Damonte was not sure why he was wanted, but he had a pretty good idea. Two weeks ago he was called up for questioning about his investigating committee. His case was clear; he was released. Now the Government was trying another tack: in its current "cleanup" campaign (TIME, Sept. 13), it got around to looking into certain iron deals in which Damonte had participated. If Critica's hard-hitting editor could not be got one way, another way might serve.

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