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Nobody can say that Marshal Josip Broz, known these days as Tito, President and dictator of Yugoslavia, does not hold elections. Last week Tito held elections. The country's 10 million-odd voters swarmed to 25,000 polling places and elected 282 parliamentary deputies. For 265 of the parliamentary posts there was only one candidate. Tito himself was unopposed...
...select a President in line with the nation's new constitutional reforms. Sounding for all the world like a Balkan Alben Barkley, old Yugoslav Communist Jovan Vesilinov rose to his feet to place in nomination the name of that great statesman, that friend of the people-Marshal Josip Broz Tito. The Parliament cheered. Were there any other nominations? asked Speaker Josip Vidmar. The Parliament roared with laughter...
...Marshal Josip Broz. alias Tito, is one of the world's leading anti-Stalinists, but he is still a Communist in spirit and practice. Last week Tito, who plans a friendly visit to Britain in March, was trying to curry favor with Roman Catholics while continuing to attack the Vatican; and he was being downright gracious to a former enemy, Germany...
...lieutenant. Last spring the dictator put aside his dictation long enough to get married. The wedding was held in deepest secrecy. The Yugoslav press has still made no official announcement of it, but invitations to the diplomatic reception for Eden last week were issued in the names of "Marshal Josip Broz Tito and Mme. Jovanka Broz." At the reception itself, Major Jovanka played the part of hostess with poise and charm. One of the 400 guests present complimented her with the remark: "You are attracting more attention even than Mr. Eden." "No," gasped Yugoslavia's new first lady...
Marriage Revealed. Marshal Josip Broz Tito, 60, Premier of Yugoslavia; and Jovanka Budisavljevic, 28, former partisan fighter, now a major in the Yugoslav army; he for the third time, she for the first; in Belgrade (see FOREIGN NEWS...