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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
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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
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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.
The Seventh Infantry Regi
ment of the Third Infantry div
ision is known as the "Cotton
balers" because of its part in the
defense of New Orleans behind j
a barricade of cotton bales in the
War of 1812. 1
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