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o o FOURTEEN MTT5FORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, March 6, 1958 I I I I I 1 l I 1 1 1 1 1 I M III III) II " i n PHB1TTTT1 o f" ' '''.'- ; I Q. SUFFERING CRITICAL BURNS. 9-mnntTi.nlrl RnWt ri 7 ivuwn i. VUic of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is denied blood transfusions by his Jehovah's Witness parents despite doctors' warnings of baby's low blood count. Blood transfusions violate laws of Je hovah. Burns are left uncovered by nurse Shirley Harris as bandages might aggravate' baby's condition, (lntemationg.1) Return of Mexican Commie Leader Becomes 'X' Factor Mexico City (U.P.) The 3 mysterious return of a former Mexican Communist leader after 20 vears behind the Iron Curtain hag become the "X" factor in Mexican and. Latin American Communist activities. Evelio Vadllo, who was a member of the central commit tee of the Mexican Communist Party when he went to Russia "for one year" in 1935, denies he came back t direct a Latin American Communist network. ? He insists he was a "prisoner" o the Soviets. : Vadillo was back in Mexico a ,sno9th before rumors of his presence started circulating, some saying that he had been a prisoner of the Reds and others that he had been sent back by Moscow. ''The one-time Red firebrand, now soft-spoken and subdued -at 49, tells a confusing story of his 20-year absence but maintains he has no "present" intention of entering into any political or union activities. Vague on Charges i He said he was jailed four times and spent 12, years in dif ferent Soviet prisons but con sidered himself a prisoner the entire" 20 years because he was kept in Russia "against my will." When asked to spell out the charges on which he was impris oned he was vS?gue. ''You have to understand the Soviet regime," he said. "If you ate, a Communist any disobedi ence is punishable." Whether or not Vadillo is still ' Communist remains in doubt. '"I'm neither an anti-Communist or a pro-Communist," is the closest he has come to answering theT.often-phrased question. The bespectacled Vadillo is hardly recognizable to veteran Mexico City newsmen who re member that he once was cred ited with taking over a radio station at gunpoint to broadcast Communist propaganda. How ever, this activity was never proven. Accused of Spying Vadillo refuses to discuss his political attitudes or his opinion of the success of the Communist program within Russia, plead ing that he is "a little behind" after 20 years behind the Iron Curtain. He said he served prison terms in Russia on vague charges, in cluding his portest at the refusal of a, visa to return to Mexico, and breaking a "work contract" he had in an isolated Siberian village. In 1948, Vadillo said, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison without trial for "spying for the Mexican government." He cred ited the Mexican government and the Mexican embassy in Moscow with obtaining his free dom with apologies from the Russian government. Before being sent directly to Mexico City in a special plane, Vadillo said he was hospitably treated by the Russians who took him on a tour of Moscow's huge new University and mod ern industrial, plants. The Rus sians extracted no promises from him and made no threats, he added. He says he has not been con tacted by any of his former Com munist friends since his return, but Red circles here have been circulating the rumor that his "Communist . convictions are firmer than ever." Segregation Ban in Tax Schools Block Reversal Raleigh,'N. C. (U.R) The U.S. Supreme Court's extension of segregation bans to tax-supported colleges blocked a major at tempt to reverse the earlier rul ing ordering segregation in pub lic schools, state officials said to day. North Carolina officials said the court, by refusing to hear oral arguments in a collegiate integration case decided Monday, thwarted a planned attack on the historic decision of May 17, 1954. State Attorney General Wil liam B. Rodman Jr. said North Carolina had invited other south ern states to join in a major effort to persuade the Supreme Court to reverse itself. Affirmed Lower Order The court, without permitting any attempt to reopen the Issue of its decision outlawing public school segregation, held Monday that the decision also applies to tax-supported colleges. In handing down this ruling the Supreme Court affirmed the order of a lower federal tribunal that the University of North Georgian Warns on Forced Segregation In Southern Schools Chicago (U.R) College of- "Democracy is the rule of the ficials from the South warned will of the majority and the ma northern educators Monday night hority in the south do now want iu Vy oiw v vviwi uiuoiiuj ivi ciiu j ing racial schools. Supported Attempt Carolina must admit three Negro applicants. The state had appeal ed the order. Rodman said he was "keenly disappointed." More Time Wanted "We may try it some other way, in some other case," Rod man said. Louisiana and South Carolina had shown an interest in joining in the case, he said, but other southern states had not yet made any decision. Their officials "wanted more time" to decide, he said. Other attacks by southern states have been confined to leg islative action such as interposi tion resolutions declaring the 'decisions null and void, or enact ment of laws intended to evade the decisions. A Virginia constitutional con vention today began revising that state's basic law to allow tuition grants from tax money for private education as a means of side-stepping enforced integration. segregation in the ! Red China Objects To Plan For Celebration by Macao .Washington Plans to cel ebrate' the forthcoming 400th an niversary of Portugal's China colony, tiny Macau, have ground to an abrupt end. Red Ehina said "no." Such festivies, Peiping made known, would affront the Chinese-people. Thusthe anniver sary promises to pass unmarked at;' the place where Europe and Christianity first found foothold in China. Macau perches on a hilly peninsula on the south China coast facing Hong Kong across the broad Pearl river estuary. High grim hills of Red China loom across its inner harbor. Tear in Curtain The colony's peephole location and traditional neutrality in international controversies have tagged it the "Hole in the Bamboo Curtain." A reputed stamping ground of foreign agents, smugglers, gol$ dealers and .gamblers, Macau admits swarms of Chinese from the communist mainland. . The traf fic is. overwhelmingly one way. Frequently, Chinese officials arrive for gambling and other amusement. Ferries transport hundreds from Canton. Many come in junks and sampans. These bearers of news from "the other-side" are eyed curiously by crowds at the pires. Many of the newcomers dissolve into the - colony's 3,000,000 inhab itants. About 99 per cent of the pop ulation is Chinese, packed into an 'area three miles long and a mile wide. TheGfew thousand Portuguese are - mostly of fam ilies generations old in the col ony. They have a profound attachment for Macau, once, called "Gem of the Orient Earth." Many feel, however, the weight of the Bamboo Curtain. They remember yesteryear pic nics on the mainland, trips to Canton and boat rides on West River (Si KiangX. A squeeze attributed to embar goes on strategic goods to China is likewise felt by the present economy. Macau now relies on fisheries and making fire crackers, matches, sauces, Chinese slippers and textiles. Many Chinese inhabitants eke a livelihood as coolies or low-paid piece workers. Dog racing and bull fighting have been sug gested as possible ways to at tract new revenue. Mixed Features , However pinched it may feel, Macau still retains a bustling atmosphere of mixed Oriental nd Portuguese manners and customs. A modern metropolis with traffic lights and neon signs, it has shops displaying United States and British-made goods. Bicycles and pedicabs weave along Avenida Almeida Ribeiro, the business center where the splashed colorings of store signs attest to Chinese dominance of - retail trade. But for the . 300,000 lurks a never-forgotten fact: most of their- food comes from the Chinese mainland. Though less important, the city's firewood also comes from China. Above the now precariously .situated colony, Portugal's flag has flown longer Jthan any other over a . European settlement in the Far East. It was raised in 1557, a year before the first Elizabeth came to the British PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED It your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can b restored to original brightness at only a fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL , Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 A Georgian warned that "some one is going to get hurt" if racial integration is forced upon schools in his state. The dispute broke out at a spirited session of the 11th na tional conference on higher edu cation. Two hundred of more than 1,000 educators attending the conference turned out to hear the conflicting views on racial integration. Call for Compliance Northern college officials and represntatives of Negro schools called in varying degrees for compliance with U. S. Supreme Court rulings against segregation in elementary schools and its de cision Monday against segrega tion in tax-supported colleges and universities. But they ran up against re sistance from L. E. Roberts, pres ident of Middle Georgia Junior College at Cochran, and Lyman Jones, professor of education at Southeastern Louisiana Univer sity and College. "You can't force integration down the throats of Georgia peo ple," Roberts said. "Someone's going to get hurt if you don't take it easy." Keep NAAC (National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People) out of the South for a while and let the white and colored people talk things over," he pleaded. Roberts predicted that racial1 integration will first take hold in northern southern states and will move down slowly into the deep South. . Jones said demands for immed iate recial integration are not in accord with the principles of democracy. Youth Finds. Liquid; Dies After Drink , : Milton-Freewater (U.R) Au thorities today investigated the death of a" 20-year-old Milton Freewater youth who died after drinking liquid taken from a' bot tle found in an abandoned truck on a farm near here. James H. Bolar died shortly after drinking part of the con tents of a bottle he and a com panion had found. The compan ion, Ronald L. Diggins, said Bo lac thought the bottle contained wine. An autopsy failed to deter mine cause of death. The state crime laboratory in Portland was to make further investiga tion. . . Western Air Lines Negotiations Continue Los Angeles 'tU.R) An air line spokesman said today that negotiations between striking members of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and "Western Air Lines officials were continuing. Negotiators met yesterday but failed to reach a settlement. The strike has shut down operations of the air line in 12 states and Canada since Jan. 9. Federal Mediator, Leverett Edwards has been meeting with the negotiators in an effort to reach a settlement. Edwards said yesterday that "some prog ress" had been made. throne. Neighbors have included Ming, Manchu, Nationalist and now, for whatever awaits, Red China. F10 Per. Mo. 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