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Evening star., 1953-10-04
BeizboI

THE RUSSIANS, who, by their
u own admission, invented every-
thing on earth, have been claiming
recently that beisbol, too, is Soviet
invention, bastardized by capitalist
imperialism into what Americans
call the Great National Game"
But there was nothing in Moscow
between the DynamoS and the Stains
last week to compare with what was
happening between the New York
Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers
in two of the five boroughs of New
York. Again, as predictably as
Christmas and about 80 days sooner,
World Series time rolled around.
1t was the fifth time in 13 years
that the New Yorks and the Brook
lyns had met to settle the baseball
championship of the world. And If
the Brooklyns were destined to win
this time, it would be their first
series victory over the Yanks.
In broadcaStS and telecastS of the
series, announcers persisted in re-
ferring to the current playoffs as
1.-The 50th World Series" Actually,
while it was the 5Oth since modern
World Series began, it was the 56th
played for the world championship.
Six Series were played between 1884
and 1889. Then came hiatus until
1903. The unbroken string of which
this is the latest began in 1905
When the 50th COR 56th) Series
began last Wednesday, much Of
Americas normal activity ceased.
At the Pentagon on Friday after
noon, 200 civil servants were OBJ
served enjoying a telecast of the
game in large auditorium. The
Army Signal Corps hastily explained
that it was an accident: Tech
nicians had been experimenting
with some communications equip
ment and what in the world did
they pick up but transmission
from EbbetS Field.
At the week end, with four games
played off, the series stood at:
New York, 2; Brooklyn. 2.
Evening star., 1953-10-04
Koreu POWs

A RRANGEMENTS FOR the EEK
4 n plantations" to Korean prison.
who have refused to be repatriated
were going about as smoothly as
could be expected in action involv-
ing fanatic Communists and anti
Communists. In other words, it was
one general Snafu all week.
United Nations observers pro-
tested the ground rules. Commu-
mist observers protested the facil-
tiles. The prisoners rioted and
demonstrated over anything or
nothing. And the Neutral Nations
Repatriation Commission protested
the organized agitation among the
prisoners and regretted the necessity
of shooting few.
The first U. N. protest of the week
was aimed at a letter circulated
among all prisoners by the neutral
commission. The letter assured the
POWs they could not be coerced in
their decision to return or not to
return to their homes, but it also,
according to the u. N, encouraged
the men to go home with such
phrases as: g. your peaceful
life and complete freedom upon your
returning home" The United States,
at least, is not considering itself
bound by this promise; we have
already announced that we will
prosecute returning POWs who
committed crimes under United
States law.
The U. N. also protested the rules
for the explanation" sessions, par
ticularly the decision that all pris-
oners must attend the lectures. This
would violate their freedom of
choice, the U. N. side said.
1t was noted, however, that the
original truce agreement read that
each side may explain to all the
prisoners of war depending upon
these nations their rights -
There were objections from the
U. N. also on the decision that lee
lures may be held for individuals.
The truce agreement said nothing
on that score.
Another protest was filed by the
u. N. over the commission suggestion
that the cutoff date for the "eX-
planation" period be extended be-
yond December %. Delays in getting
classes under way will make it i'm
possible to get in 80 days of work
as called for in the truce agreement
by that date.
BY the end of the week there was
no decision on a terminal date. All
other U. N. protests were rejected.
The Reds objected to lecture room
facilities. So we spent the week re-
Evening star., 1953-10-04
Atoms and World Peace
Many Uses Seen for Our fashionable Hoard
IF True Disarmament Ever MuteriuIizes
By BeryI S. Denzer


Even as the first United States
atomic artillery battalion prepared
to embark for Europe, the Soviet's
chief delegate to the United Nations.
Andrei ViShinsky, renewed his ap-
peal for global ban on atomic
weapons.
On the surface it was a hopeful
sign. But the West was not really
taken in by the proposal, recalling
that Russia since 1946 has been
urging an A-bomb ban without rec
ommending any workable system Of
controls.
Still, discussion of atomic controls
raises one pertinent question: If the
day ever comes that hydrogen and
atomic bombs are tabooed. what will
happen to the worlds atomic stock
piles?
Aces Answer
Marion w. Boyer has one answer.
Mr. Boyer is general manager of
the Atomic Energy Commission,
whose resignation November / was
announced last week.
"Our product doesn't deteriorate,"
ne emphasizes. IF there should be
international agreement on 6isarm-
ament, all the fashionable material
we have stockpiled for destructive
purposes can be converted for peace
time USE"
The Acc, of course, is not wait
ing for U. N. action to start peacetime
atomic research. While nearly 80
per cent of Aces funds today go
into atomic weapons, millions are
being spent to turn up other secrets
of the atom and to discover in what
ways it may be harnesSed by man
for his peacetime benefit.
Already experiments have shown
that atomic energy can be used to
power submarines. The keel for the
Navy's second nuclear U-boat was
laid at Groton, Conn. last month.
At the same time, research is con-
tinuing on atomic-poWered aircraft.
There appears to be little doubt
that in the future atomic energy will
provide communities with power, but
it may take 20 years to build an
atomic power plant which can COM
pete commercially with conventional
steam-electric or hydroelectric sta
tions. One Of the difficulties is find-
ing component materials for the
nuclear reactor, or atomic stove"
in which the atom is converted TO
heat. The problem here is getting
substances that will withstand the
consuming temperature corrision :
radiation combination of the reac-
ton. Meanwhile, scientists are
studying dual-purpose reactor
which would make plutonium for
A-bombs while generating heat as a
byproduct.
In a radio interview last week,
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
of India said atomic energy for
power would be particularly useful
to his country, where large sup
plies of electric energy are lacking
at present.
But the greatest peacetime prod
uet Of the atomic age" Mr.. Boyer
claims, y the radioactive isotope,
Evening star., 1953-10-04

French German cooperation. is 81.
Two others who should probably
make the team are relative young
sters. Jean Monnet, who heads the
infant European Coal-Steel Com
munity, is 65. Belgium's Paul Henri
Spaak, Socialist president of the
Council Of Europe, turned 81 last
January. Until last week, Ernst
Reuter-, "a, would have been named
with the others.
PersonoI LeoderS
These men are great in no theo-
retical sense. In Europe, where
politics is often matter of confused
fragmentary parties and govern
ment is often matter of coalition,
personal leadership is of tremendous
Importance. This handful of men
can take credit in q very personal
way for much that has happened
in Western Europe since the war.
AS matter of more than incidental
Importance, they are also the best
friends of the United States and its
foreign policy that Europe has pro-
duced
In them lies the heart and the
brain of the movement toward Euro
pean unity which holds out the
brightest long-range hope of the
anti-Communist powers today. 1t
is a curious and encouraging fact
that some of the best men-De Gas
peri, Schuman, Spaak and Monnet-
are conspicuous primarily for their
very considerable political power
within particular national frame
works.
The problem which the death of
Mayor Reuter- has brought home to
the free world is where to find re-
placements for these indispensable
titanS when Gas in the normal course
Of events some Of them soon wild
they make their exits. And here
again, the situation in Berlin pro-
Evening star., 1953-10-04
Leadership Vocuum-
Tough Berlin Mayor Was Truly Greet Man;
Is There Successor to Fill His Shoes?
By Crosby S. Moves

The free world is going to miss
the little man with the sad, hui
n1oroNs eyes and the mind az tough
as case-hardened steel.
The death Of Ernst Reuter- in Ber-
lin last week was the first major
victory for the Communists in West
ern Europe in many months. Ev-
erything about Berlin symbolizes
the successful resistance of the free
world against Red imperialism. AS
Berlin's Mayor, Ernst Reuter- con-
centrated the spirit of millions in
one unf1inching, articulate person.
It will be desperately important to
replace him, and desperately hard
In very real sense, Mayor Reu-
ter's death has brought into focus
one Of the most acute problems of
Western Europe today. Authenti-
cally great men don't grow on trees.
West Europe can boast perhaps q
half H-dozen-and this, from the
worldwide point of view is more
than Europe's share. Unfortunately,
the great ones are old. Their av-
orage age Is SO.
Run down the list. In top place,
many would put Winston Churchill,
whose stature as a statesman in
world sense has no need for elabora-
tion. Sir Winston, who still holds
the reins of political power in Brit
ain, is 79. Germany's Chancellor,
Konrad Adenauer, the most potent
single force for European integra-
ton today, is II. Alcide de Gasperi,
still the biggest political figure in
Italy, is 72. Frances Robert Schu-
man, father of European economic
unity and a powerful advocate OF
Evening star., 1953-10-04

bad there. I think it should be
brought together with the rest of
Germany. But not by war. War
should be last resort"
Stond on Foreigners
on his feelings toWard France
Il don't have any special attitude. I
had some French prisoners of war
working for me. They were very
good and I liked them. But they
don't feel that way about U.S."
On the United States-"We have
had great deal Of help from Amer
ica." Blue shields on the rebuilt
walls of the steel plants in Bochum
bear the device: THE Marshall Plan
is helping here" But can't forget
that some American soldiers came
into my house after the war and
took my watch and pair of binocu-
lars"
on q European Economic Union
"It's a good idea in principle. But
believe the other countries would
take more from Germany than we
would get from them"
On general conditions-"It's hard
to believe that after losing two wars
we should be living so well in Ger
many"
Thus, one man. Let's see how his
ideas coincide with some other
thoughts in the Ruhr.
Evening star., 1953-10-04
A Cross-Section

Josef Schweinsberg, 48, lives in
another part of Bochum. He is q
puddler in the steel mill. He has
been working there since 1919.
He has four children, son, 25, who
is a bricklayer; a daughter, %, who
is housemaid; son, 16, who works
in coal mine, and the youngest
daughter, 10.
IF the balance stays as 1t is
between wages and prices" he says,
''I'll be quite happy"
Unlike his neighbor, Schweins-
berg is worried about another war.
He believes the best way to avoid
it is in union of European ma
tions.
However, he is opposed to Gre
ating a new German Army.
He. too wants to see Germany
reunited, but not at the price of
another war. "No parent wants to
see his son have to go to war"
He had not heard of the Russian
peace offensive" The term meant
nothing to him.
He neither likes nor dislikes the
French. He is afraid of the Rus
slams because of stories of things
that happened in the occupation"
Americans? 1--WE wouldn't be
working if it weren't for America"
Ex-Luftwoffe Man
Capt. Ludwig Bergenthum was a
member of the Luftwaffe general
staff in the last war. He is now with
a Dusseldorf steel exporting firm.
These are his views:
I'VE are strongly interested in a
unified Europe. But our history
proves it can only be done when
economic factors are working to-
gether.
Nobody wants another war, not
even to get the East Zone back as a
part of Germany.
THE Russians are only about 80
miles from the Ruhr. They would
be here in hurry because they need
it. Then-atomic bombs on us!"
Evening star., 1953-10-04

ton to the human body. Since
radioisotopes concentrate in tumor-
Gus tissue, they have been used sue
cessfully to locate brain tumors.
They may even prove to be, accord
ing to the Acc, among the most
effective means yet devised for the
treatment of cancer" Ironically,
cancer is considered "a specific in
dustrial hazard of the atomic en-
ergy business"
The market for tagged" atoms
is steadily increasing Through
May 80, 1923 United States medical
and research institutions, colleges
and industrial firms had received
more than $4,000 shipments OF
radioisotopeS, while shipments to
foreign countries totaled 1852.
There may be potential industrial
uses for waste fission products, the
so-called atomic garbage" now ex-
pensively stored by the Acc in huge
underground tanks. Research in
oicates that such waste may be
valuable in cold sterilization Of
drugs, hormones, antibiotics and
even food. or it may develop as q
catalyst in accelerating chemical
reactions. ~
Evening star., 1953-10-04

European Defense Community Plan
to create joint SiX-nation army
(Which is dragging, NATO, slowly
building a bulwark defense, the
European Payments Union, the
shrinking strength of the Commu-
mist Parties, the detection of Tito,
the June uprisings in East Berlin.
These events, in time, may assume
even greater Importance.
But how does all this relate to
the Ruhr workman, Hans Sauer?
How do the food on his table and
the shirt on his back tie in with the
developments of tomorrow?
Germany is one OF the great power
levers of Europe.
1t is now, since last months elec-
tionS, in position to rearm and to
take it's place in the community of
nations. A tidal wave of votes car
ried Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
back into Office.
Adenouer's Stond
Adenauer believes in European
unity. He backed the Schuman plan,
even though 1t gives five other ma
tionS voice in the disposition of
Ruhr coal and steel. He is for the
EDO, which he predicts will be real
lied before the end of 1853. He says
he will take steps to allay French
fears about a rearmed Germany, and
to bring these ancient enemies closer
together.
He campaigned on these issues.
The people approved. Moreover,
times are good by their standards.
But suppose Hans Sauer'S stand
ard of living deteriorates? Would
he then be inclined to place his des-
tiny in the hands of an extremist
government? Another dictator? A
Communists?
Nobody can say now. But the
story of Germany after the First
World War is still fresh: Fan
tastic imitation, massive unemploy-
ment, savings wiped out, hard times,
near starvation. Bread-and-butter
problems may not have been the
sole reason for the rise of Adolf
Hitler. But they helped him.
So here is man in the Ruhr to-
day, at the very focal point of some
of the factors and movements in
Europe. How does he live? And
what does he think of the outlook?
Evening star., 1953-10-04
Hopes and Fears

What are they? Reduced to es-
sentials, they present themselves as
two great fears and two great hopes:
Q The fear of Russia, which seems
to be decreasing.
OT'he fear of rearming Germany,
which elsewhere in Europe undoubt-
edly is increasing.
OThe hope for European union, t"
with a common army, co-ordinated
trade practices and, ultimately, a
confederation of governments.
. The hope that American policy
in trade and tariffs, as we'll as
in soldiers and dollars-will be di-
rected toward mitigating both fears
and contributing toward the great
hopes.
These are basics. Much of what
is happening in Europe today is
direct reflection of them.
Red Divisive Moves
In the cold war they account In
part for Russian efforts to divide
the Western nations and to press
the peace offensive" They were
factors in the recent elections in
Italy and Germany. They are
elements in the queer and frighten-
ing paralysis that grips France. They
play, with varying degrees of effect,
on every country.
Meanwhile, more and more
patches Of blue are opening in the
skies above Europe. If the cold
war, as whole, has not yet been
won, some major battles have been.
Statesmen and diplomats with
whom this correspondent has talked
are optimistic, on the whole. So
are some of the leading soldiers and
economists. They believe the dan
ger of war has diminished. They
feel that the prospect of European
unity-and slightly astonished they
are, too-is increasing.
In short, as a broad generaliza-
ton, things look pretty good.
Impressive Record
The five-year record is quite i'm
pressive-the Berlin airlift, the
Marshall Plan, the Schuman plan
for joint control of European coal
and steel (Which y working, the
Evening star., 1953-10-04
Portrait of a Worker

Hans Sauer lives in q three-room
house which he hopes to own in a
few years. It was financed by the
steel company that employs him
and built-after hours in the mill
by steel workers. Sauer, who has
since become a construction fore
man, still builds houses.
His working day begins at Z am.
and he comes home at about 8 pm,
usually.
He has a radio, but no refrigera-
tor, no household machines, no auto
mobile. He lost his furniture in
the bombings so the pieces in this
house are all new. They cost him
the equivalent of about $1,000.
He has meat on the table every
day. But his wife uses more mar
garine than butter.
He takes one newspaper. The
news of politics and economics in
terest me most" For recreation he
works in his garden, walks and goes
to the movies twice month, or less.
FomiIy Budget
Discussing her budget, his wife
says food takes at least a quarter
of his total salary. "If we had chill
dren, of course, it would be much
more" Their only daughter Is mar
ried.
How does he see some Of the big
questions?
On another Udr-"I'm not very
worried. I don't think the Russians
are in position to start another one.
1t would be different If Germany
were alone" He favors some form
of Western alliance for Germany.
On EDC-"It would be a good
thing provided German troops were
on an equal basis with the Others"
He repeated a German wisecrack:
They want German infantry in
front, British planes overhead and
the French in the rear"
on organizing a new German
Grnry-"Oh. yes. We must have one
to defend ourselves"
On unifyino Gerntdny-"Al I
know about life in the east zone is
from reports. It seems to b very
Evening star., 1953-10-04

vides a significant, if not very re-
assuring, clue.
Ernst Reuter- was more than
magnificent symbol. He had such
personal popularity that, even in q
narrow political sense, he could do
things that no one else could do.
The problem of governing Ger
many'S beleaguered capital called for
more than heroics. It called also
for an ability to command-to
gather other able, strong minded
men and make them work together
in a common cause.
Unique Coalition
Since 1948 Mayor Reuter- headed
a coalition government that is
unique in German politics. While
Christian Democratic Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer fought bitter bat
ties with his Socialist opposition in
Bonn, Berlin's Socialist Mayor, by
sheer force Of personality, held to-
gether Smooth-running team COM
posed Of all major groups-including
the Christian Democrats and Free
Democrats.
This governmental solidarity has
been Q Ms-sav1ng boon tn . city
Evening star., 1953-10-04
Germans Generally Back Western Unity

Editors note: A Germany
1Uhich has lost t1Uo WGrS is
climbing again to1OGrd DON'T
nance i'm Europe. What kind OF
Germany is this one? Will its
people once more be led into
1Dar? or is this democracy built
on a sturdier foundation than
the one 1Dhich tolloWed World
War /? To find out, top ASSo-
ciated Press reporter tDent into
the homes of the German people.
Here Is his story of t0hGt they
think.)
By ReTmon NORM
BOCHUM, Gemany.-"It is hard
to believe that after losing two wars
we should be living so well today"
The living room in Hans Sauer's
home is new. cheerful and shiny
clean. The furniture CLEANS with
high polish. Through the window,
he can see his garden, blazing with
purple and yellow flowers. He said
again, "It is hard to believe"
Hans Sauer is a German brick
layer. He is short and hard-muscled.
He is So, and his working day, he
says. averages about 13 hours, al
though he is paid for only the usual
eight.
He has lived all his life in the
Ruhr Valley, the great coal and steel
center of Germany. Most Of the
steel for the German war machines
that twice overran Europe in this
century came from the Ruhr.
Hans Sauer, bombed out of three
houses, saw nearly three-quarters of
Bochum destroyed.
Yet today he says, eve are living
better than we were before the war"
He is aware of the implications
of this, not alone in terms of his
own creature comforts, but for Eu-
rope as a whole.
He knows about some of the great
common denominators in Europe,
the fundamentals of the problems
confronting many nations, includ-
ing the United States and Soviet
Russia.
Evening star., 1953-10-04

better known as the tagged" or
hot" atom. Tagged" atoms send
out signals in the form of radiation
which can be detected and meas
ured by relatively simple instru-
ments. In the petroleum industry,
for example, they are useful in fol-
lowing the flow of oil through
pipeline. Tracer atoms are utilized
in thickness gauges" by manufac-
turers to detect unevenness in sheet
rubber and plastic. And farm ex-
perts have mixed them with fer
tilizer to discover for the first time
exactly when, where and how plants
should be fertilized for maximum
effectiveness.
Disease Fighter
But perhaps the tagged" atoms
greatest promise is in its applica-
Evening star., 1953-10-04
Continued From Page A-25O

had been decided by the U. N. in
August and should not be reopened
now.
The committee voted 48 to 6, to
take up world political problems in
this order: Moroccan independence,
Tunisian independence, bacteriolog-
ical warfare, withdrawal of Chinese
Nationalist troops from Burma, dis
armament. measures to avert the
threat of a new world war" "a Rus
sian item) and then Korea.
Evening star., 1953-04-19
Photo,

Miss Sue Darby Mcguire,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
F. Mcguire, became the bride on
April 18 Of Mr.. John Keely Cliff
ford. Mr.. Clifford is the son of
the late DR.. and Mrs. John Cliff
ford of Charlotte. N. c., and
Rochester, N. Y. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Ray
mond Cahill at the Church of
the Blessed Sacrament. A re-
ception was held at the Con-
gressional Country Club.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, was attended by
her sister, Miss Sheila Darby Ma
guire and the bridegroom sister
Mrs. Paul V. Costello. Other at
tendantS were Mrs. Edwin White,
Mrs. Jack Matthews, Miss Amy
Schaum, Miss Sue Wallworth and
Miss jeanette Bartlett. Ushers
were the Messrs. Paul Costello,
Jack Goodsitt, John Withers,
Arthur Frazer, Albert Ahern and
Malcolm Carey. Mr.. Kenneth
Wydler served as best man.
The former Miss Mcguire was
graduated from ST. Agnes School
in Alexandria. She attended the
University of Geneva, Pierce
American College in Athens,
Smith College and is a graduate
Of the George Washington Uni
versity. Mr.. Clifford studied at
the Peddie School and is an
alumnus of Yale University and
Georgetown University Law
School.
After a Bermuda wedding trip,
the couple will reside in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1953-04-19
Announcement


Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan M,
Schumacher announce the en-
gagement of their daughter,
Rachel, to Mr.. Gerald A. Burke.
He is the son of Mrs. Pauline
Burke and the late Mr.. Murray
Burke.
The bride-elect attended Ben
jamin Franklin University and
is now employed by the govern
ment printing Office. Mr.. Burke
studied at Lehigh University and
the University of Maryland.
The wedding will take place in
August.
Evening star., 1953-04-19
Luncheon Hostess

A luncheon was given yester-
day at noon by Mrs. Hollis L.
lines in honor of Mrs. Laurie
Battle and Mrs. George Andrews,
wives of Representatives from
Alabama. It was held at the
Kennedy-Warren.
Evening star., 1953-04-19
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