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0 f 'Neutralist1 Leanings of Tito Result in Criticism of West ft 'fffi By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent President Tito of Yugoslavia evidently is trying to build him self ud as the "neutralist" lead er of Europe. In the proc ess, he is go ing out of his way to criti cize the poli c i e s of the United States and its allies. X ? f coome Charles MrCann aS Decom 1 n g what Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has become in Asia and what Egyptian President-Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser is becoming in Africa. His aim appears to be to seek close cooperation with Nehru and Nasser in the neutralist field. Like Nehru and Nasser, Tito is denouncing Western "coloni alism" and Western defense alliances. Like them, he is indulging in no corresponding criticism of the colonialism of the Soviet Union. Nor is he saying any thing about the aggressive poli ces of the Kremlin which make Western alliances essential. Attacks Treaty In two recent statements Tito has vigorously attacked the so called Baghdad treaty which allies Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Paki stan and Great Britain. If any alliance ever was pure ly defensive, this one surely is. It is aimed simply at discour aging any Russian aggression '.n Southwestern Asia. It offers no treaty to any country. Rfrssia naturally does not like the Baghdad alliance. Nehru doesn't like it because he op poses the whole system of allied f & - ' Pass- f , A negation Factor In Louisiana Voting Baton Rouge, La. CU.R) Lou isiana Democrats voted today in a.primary election in which seg regation and a big Negro voting registration were significant factors. Segregation has a key issue in the primary because of the claims of some candidates that their opponents have made deals with Negro groups and are se cretly inefavor of integration-. Early Long, former governor and brother of the late senator Huey Long, headed the field of five candidates for the gover nor's chair. All the candidates have pledged themselves to up hold segregation in Louisiana, which has so far defied the United States . supreme court ruling banning segregation in public schools. Victory in the primary means election in Louisiana, where the GOP didn't even bother to put up a canddate. But to win, a can didate must poll more than 50 per cent of the combined vote received by his opponents. A run-off primary,- if necessary, will be held Feb. 12. defensive treaties. Nasser doesn't like it because it con flicts with his Arab League of which Iraq is a member. Britain is so disturbed by Tito's criticisms of the Baghdad pact that it is reported to have protested officially through its ambassadors in Belgrade, the Yugoslav capital. Tito developed his neutralist views during his recent visit to Nasser. While he was in Egypt, he tried to include himself in the Nehru-Nasser neutralist bloc of Asian and African countries. Nasser was cold to that bid. But at least Tito can put himself up as the No. 1 neutralist lead er in Europe and cooperate in the neutralist movement with Nehru and Nasser. , Unique Political Figure i Tito is a unique political fig ure. As politicians used to say of themselves, he wears no man's collar. A Communist from boyhood, he rebelled against Kremlin dictation. To every body's surprise, he got away with it the only Communist leader who ever has. His relations with the West ern democracies became increas ingly good. He even entered a defensive alliance with Turkey and Greece, which belong to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion. But Tito's increasingly strong neutralism in recent months can only help the Kremlin. Nothing would please the Russians more than to see neutralist policies spread through the world. The more neutralism there is in free countries, the more chance So viet Russia has to strengthen its own Red imperialism. PHOENIX Tuesday, January 17, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FITS A Nichol's Worth of Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United 9mm F Witr ii V-1 Washington (U.R) Basket ball is 65 years old, and Old Dof Naismith, who" thought it up, would whirl in his d u st if he heard what has been go ing on in Ar gentina. According to the best infor mation the Na t i o n a 1 Geo graphic So2ie- Harmon Nichol. ty can get, the young down that way are playing the game aboard a horse. That wasn't what the good doctor had in mind when he nailed up a couple of peach baskets in the YMCA training school at Springfield, Mass., in the winter of 1891-2. Jim's only thought was to keep the boys in some kind of shape. Come of Age Basketball has come of age. It is played by thousands of kids and, athletically, has kept a lot of schools alive. But to get back to Argentina, a so-called "pato" league down here plays the game on horse back. Their version was dream ed up in the land of the gaucho by the hard-riding boys of the Pampas. - In Spanish, "pato" means duck. The original "ball" was a dead duck stitched, into a leath er bag with its head . sticking out. This funny contraption, duck and all, had handles attached. Each player, straddled aboard a pony, had to offer the duck at Arm's length to another play er could grasp it. The idea was to pitch the duck into a basket like net at each of a field. There are eight riders, four to a side. All of them circle the "pato" on the 230 by 90-yard playing field. Ball Has Handles The dead duck is a dodo now. It has been replaced - by an official ball with six leather handles. There also are new safe ty rules to prevent the cracking of skulls. One Argentina sports writer once described the game as a "combination of lacrosse, ice hockey, polo, dueling and going over Niagra Falls with nothing but water wings." ' But if the Argentines think their game is rough they should have been around the basketball circuit when I was a kid. On account of feet that blis tered, I wasn't much good. But my pals always had an advant age on our basketball court in Fanner City, 111. The opponents always complained they had to compete against five boys, four posts in the middle of the floor, a pot-bellied .stove and the ref eree who was local hired. Siskiyou Hospital Lists 1955 Deficit Yreka The deficit for Ssikk you County General hospital last year was 8320,059, according to figure from findings of the 1955 grand jury's hospital committee. The total operating cost was $548,835, of which $215,712 came from pay patients and $13, 059 from federal funds from old age pensions, according to the finding. . Jurors reported that book keeping system at the hospital was inadequate and that no audit has been made for at least three years. PEBBLE PRIMER Chicago (U.R) "Rock hounds" are looking after "peb ble pups" at the Chicago Nat ural History Museum. The insti tution is publishing a book by geologist Mrs. Delia Cox, enti tled "For Pebble Pups A Col lecting Guide for Junior Geol ogists." By MRS. LILLIAN KNIGHT Fhoenix Phoenix Neighbors of Woodcraft will hold a social meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Guy Cobleigh with Mrs. George Bourne assisting. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Dudley went to Sacramento, Calif., Sun day on a business trip. Mrs. Raymond Furry has been home from her duty as postmis tress for the last two weeks with virus pneumonia, but Is now on the road to recovery. Sharon Miller celebrated her Kth birthday Jan. 7 at her home on Alley Mill rd. with a party to which eight guests were in vited. They were Other and Rickey Richey, Wally Reed, Mary Lou Lawrence, Joyce Stockstell, Marian Troxell, Fran ces Kevett, and from Medford, Roy Silvey Jr. They played games and enjoyed cake, ice cream and pop. Girl Scout leaders of the Phoe nix district will start a first aid class with the first meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. to be held in the grade school library. The classes will be held for nine successive weeks with Mrs. O. J. Miller teaching. Any one interested in taking this course may contact Mrs. Jack James. j Airieeee9 a Grange Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange met Jan. 10 with Master Melvin Lattie pre siding. Reports of 1955 standing committees were read by all the chairmen present. Lecturer Dee Hendrickson in troduced Barney Lewin, who en tertained with card tricks. It was announced that the HEC will have charge of the program for next meeting, Jan. 24. HEC Chairman Velma John- j son, announced that the club would meet Jan, 18 for a pot luck dinner at the Grange hall. Everyone was urged to be there by 10 a.m. for the kitchen clean up. Edith Poe told the history of some of the buttons in her collection on the HEC display table. Supper committee consisted of the Bringles and ' the Barne-burgs. Yreka Mayor Not Seeking Reelection Yreka Mayor Adair Wilson and Councilman Jack Meamber announced recently they would not be candidates for reelection. Wilson has served the city for 12 years in various offices and said he felt he step aside and j let another assume the duties. Meamber decided not to seek reelection because his business requires that he make frequent trips out of town, especially during summer months. Meamber was elected in 1952, and Wilson has been serving as mayor since May, 1951. 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