Elections Promised

At the annual armed forces banquet last week, President Pedro Aramburu clamped his black-rimmed reading glasses firmly on his nose, then stood before a radio microphone to broadcast the answer to Argentina's biggest political puzzle. National, provincial and municipal elections, he promised, will be held late next year. Probable election month: October.

The question of a constituent convention, he explained, is still being studied. But before the elections a new voting law will be drawn "to replace the fraud" enacted under the regime of Juan Peron. To prove his impartiality, Aramburu emphasized that neither he nor any member of the present provisional government will be eligible to run for office.

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