▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁Vice ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Instituto ▁de ▁Investig aciones ▁Histor icas ▁' J uan ▁Manuel ▁de ▁Ros as '. ▁The ▁latter ▁group , ▁which ▁came ▁to ▁special ise ▁in ▁historical ▁revision ism ▁about ▁Argentina , ▁had ▁been ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁by ▁G ál vez , ▁Roberto ▁de ▁La fer r ère , ▁Carlos ▁Ib arg uren , ▁Ern esto ▁Pala cio ▁and ▁Rod ol fo ▁and ▁Jul io ▁I raz usta . ▁ ▁Although ▁seeking ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁and ▁stronger ▁national ▁identity , ▁G ál vez ▁had ▁initially ▁stopped ▁short ▁of ▁supporting ▁any ▁major ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁country ' s ▁political ▁system . ▁However , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁G ál vez ▁adopted ▁Italian ▁fasc ism ▁as ▁his ▁preferred ▁mode ▁of ▁government , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁way ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁weak ▁government ▁that ▁he ▁felt ▁was ▁a iding ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁his ▁declared ▁enemies ▁of ▁commun ism , ▁imm igration ▁and ▁American ▁imperial ism . ▁He ▁would ▁also ▁look ▁to ▁the ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁Fal ange , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁these ▁fasc ist ▁groups ▁were ▁the ▁only ▁ones ▁capable ▁of ▁def ending ▁religion ▁and ▁tradition ▁from ▁" S atan ic " ▁commun ism . ▁ ▁He ▁denied ▁charges ▁of ▁anti - S emit ism , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁he ▁opposed ▁Jewish ▁imm igration ▁to ▁Argentina ▁simply ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁anti - imm igration ▁rather ▁than ▁anti - J ew ish , ▁although ▁he ▁regularly ▁critic ised ▁perce ived ▁Jewish