▁organization , ▁e . g . ▁setting ▁up ▁Trib unal ▁Es pe cial ▁para ▁la ▁Re pres ión ▁de ▁la ▁Mason er ía ▁y ▁el ▁Comun ismo . ▁As ▁minister ▁he ▁contributed ▁to ▁legal ▁ground work ▁for ▁the ▁so - called ▁ni ños ▁rob ados , ▁for ▁Pat ron ato ▁Central ▁de ▁Red en ción ▁de ▁Pen as ▁por ▁el ▁Tra b ajo , ▁with ▁some ▁ 1 0 , 5 ▁thousand ▁children ▁covered ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁and ▁for ▁Pat ron ato ▁de ▁Prote cción ▁a ▁la ▁Mu jer . ▁Under ▁his ▁guidance ▁the ▁divor ce ▁and ▁marriage ▁legisl ation ▁of ▁the ▁Republic ▁was ▁retro act ively ▁revers ed . ▁Though ▁extremely ▁repr ess ive , ▁unlike ▁the ▁Soviet ▁system ▁the ▁Franco ist ▁mach in ery ▁under ▁Bil ba o ▁recognized ▁limits ▁and ▁normally ▁respect ed ▁its ▁own ▁rules . ▁ ▁While ▁during ▁Pr imo ' s ▁dict ator ship ▁Bil ba o ▁as ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁B isc ay ▁Di put ación ▁def ended ▁local ▁fuer os , ▁nothing ▁is ▁known ▁about ▁his ▁st ance ▁on ▁Franco ist ▁political ▁penalty ▁applied ▁to ▁B isc ay ▁and ▁G ip uz ko a , ▁considered ▁" prov inci as ▁tra idor as " ▁and ▁stri pped ▁off ▁any ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁separate ▁local ▁establish ments , ▁especially ▁the ▁con cier to ▁econom ico . ▁However , ▁Bil ba o ▁claims ▁to ▁have ▁def ended ▁Navar res e ▁fuer os ▁and ▁to ▁have ▁prevent ed ▁hom ogen ization ▁designs ▁against