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Evening star., 1953-05-04
Bliss Alumni Choose
). A. Smith as President

S. A. Smith, telephone engi-
neer, was elected president Of
the Bliss Alumni Association at
the annual banquet of the WASH
ington Section on Saturday
night.
Joseph Forti. of the class Of
1929. was named vice president
and Donald r. Christie, class Of
1920, an instructor at Montgom-
cry Junior College. was elected
secretary-treaSurer.
Among the 222 members at
tending were F. G. Boswell Of
the class of 1900 and G. c. COL
lison of the 1901 class.
Prof. Louis D. Bliss, of Ia
korna Park, who headed the Bliss
Electrical School for half CEN
tury, sent a message of greeting.
He was unable to be present be-
cause of illness.
Evening star., 1953-05-04

ters would get home faster if
they praised the treatment they
were getting. Naturally they in
serted the praise.
The Reds kept after the men
to sign peace" petitions or
stories of germ warfare. Most
men in at least one camp signed
peace petition. They signed
to avoid harsher treatment, but
found that all prisoners were
treated about the same anyhow.
In camps where the men did not
sign there were threats and lee
lures but no puniShments.
Corpl. Marvin L. Brown, %,
Oklahoma City, Okla, said he
signed a statement describing
germ" bombings. He signed be-
cause his captors threatened to
kill him, and he had no reason
to doubt their word. The state
ment was composed by Chinese
officers.
The men held their own reli-
gious services in small groups.
The Reds banned large meetings,
because. the Chinese said they
would only lead to escape plots.
Several men did try to break
out. Apparently all were caught
and returned to the camps.
Punishment varied from a few
extra work details to sentences
of 18 months imprisonment.
When the day of liberation
same, most of the men did not
believe it. when they told me
I was going home" M/Sergt.
Robert w. Shaw, Vancouver,
Wash. said. II refused to pack.
They had done nothing but lie
since I had been there. and I
thought they were taking me to
a worse camp"
All are happy to be back, how
ever, and it seemed likely that
about "a hours at home would
provide all the adjustment to
civilian life they would need.
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Indignant Coast Guardsmen
wondered today why the Chinese
Communists singled out their
post Office box in Washington for
the latest Red propaganda gim-
mick in Korea.
Saturday a Red loud-speaker
blared out an invitation to Amer
lean troops to tell the folks
back home to write Post Office
Box STA, Washington, D. c." and
appeal for peace.
The broadcast got q prompt
response, but it wasn't very
peaceful. Daniel Ring, attorney
for the Chief Warrant and War;
rant Officers Association, United
States Coast Guard, said the
organization has held Box STA,
Benjamin Franklin Station, for
many years.
Evening star., 1953-05-04
Vote Backs Strike
Al Printing Shops
II Talks COLLAPSE

Union printers in So CONNER
eial printing shops here have
voted to strike if further negotia-
tions fail to result in a settle
ment of their contract demands.
The strike vote was taken at a
session of Columbia Topographic
cal Union No. 101, American Fed
Grafton of Labor, at Pythian
Temple yesterday. The vote was
S16 to 26 in favor of strike.
In affect, the vote was a petit
tion to the executive council Of
the International Typographical
Union to permit a strike in case
Of q breakdown of negotiations.
Strike As Last Resort.
E. A. Sinnig. international rep
reSentative who negotiated for
the union at a bargaining session
with the Graphic Arts Associa-
ton last week, said no strike
would begin until all possibility
of settlement disappeared.
Jesse B. Manbeck, president of
the local union. said the en-
ployers had offered SIS raise
IN the first year and a 81 raise
and disqualification benefits or a
$3.50 raise without hospitaliza-
tion in the second year of the
contract.
The union, he said, found the
S. raise satisfactory, but wanted
So in the second year. He added,
however, that vacation benefits
rather than money constituted
the chief bone of contention.
Vacation Demands.
Union men. he said. want the
vacation benefits of newspaper
contracts-tWo weeks vacation
after one years employment and
three-week vacations for five
year men. Printers in the COM
mercial shops, he said. now get
one-week vacations after years
employment and two-week vaca-
tions after three years employ
ment.
Further negotiation sessions
were expected later this week.
The old contract expired in Feb
ruarY,
Evening star., 1953-05-04

closing Of the zone borders,
Berlin has provided the only es-
cape-hatch in the Iron Curtain.
The refugees come into Ber-
lin often carrying little more
than the clothes on their backs.
They are herded into scores Of
camps-unused factories, bar
racks or warehouses. They are
given a few feet of space, a straw
mattress to lie on, and two meals
a day, carefully calculated to
supply minimum physical needs.
They get a certain amount Of
medical attention. The children
get a milk ration but little else.
Instead of games, they cut out
little bits of paper and spend
hours carefully re-arranging
them in patterns on the floor.
The great hope of all the ref
ugees is to be flown out Of Ber-
lin on what is known as the
little airlift" and reSettled in
free Germany. To do this, they
must qualify before a board Of
West German inspectors. The
main requirement is that their
lives were in danger when they
left their homes. This is hard
thing to prove sometimes. At
present, only about half can be
rated as qualified refugees"
The others are urged to go back
to their homes. The overwheln.-
ing majority stay in the camps,
where they are denied the right
to work or travel. Some of them
have been there two years, with
no prospects unless the rules
are changed.
You see the lucky ones on
the way out. The huge termi-
Evening star., 1953-05-04

nal building at Tempelhof is
jammed with them-old men
carrying small. shabby suitcases,
young couples. mothers with
small children. They mob the
ticket counters, each clutching
in his hand a bit of pasteboard
that entities him to a flight
west. More than 1000 Of them
are being flown out each day.
They wander up and down the
shop-lined corridors of the air.
drome. The small children
stare for long minutes at the
displays Of fruit-oranges and
grapes and bananas in the fan
cy boxes. Their mothers and
fathers stand looking at toasters
and vacuum cleaners, the clothes
and jewelry.
There are no empty seats on
the plane. AS it takes out for
the takeof. no one makes a
sound. Even the smallest chill
dren are suddenly very still.
Then the engines open up and
the ground falls away. The
lights go on again.
And suddenly, every one is
talking to his neighbor. laugh
ing and peering out Of the win
douS of Hha 1i0htS ~ fha rif1,
below.
The American visitor may
leave Berlin with a sober ap-
probation of the troubles that
the West faces in holding its
island of freedom inside the
Iron Curtain. But for these
people, who have seen the other
side Of the coin, it is the begin
ming Of a new life.
Tomorrow: Italy.)
Evening star., 1953-05-04

sional committees to stamp out
dlsloyalty: commended the work
of national patriotic societies for
upholding Americanism, and de-
clared that civil employment in
Government and public utilities
is public trust.
These workers, the resolution
said, should renounce any right
to strike, but adequate pro-
visions should be made for ad-
juStment of labor disputes.
Recommendations of the Hoo
yer Commission for re-organi-
zation Of the Federal Govern
ment received the associations
stamp of approval. The asso-
citation also voted to oppose any
compulsory, "Socialistic" health
insurance programs.
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have signs on them put up by
the propaganda boys. One OF
them urges all good Berliners to
send kilograms to President
Eisenhower demanding the re-
lease Of the RosenbergS. An
other billboard shows a bunch of
bugs about to be squashed under
a hob-nailed boot. Underneath,
in big letters, is the familiar
slogan: Ami, Go Home" It is
all quite commonplace and un-
terrifying.
Back in the Western sector,
things are very gay. The student
houses are throwing a f1ve-day
series of costume parties, and
everyone is whooping it up at a
great rate.
On the surface, Berlin is
normal and solid. It isn't until
you are told the facts that you
can realize the tension that
these people live under. It isn't
until then that you can under
stand why Berlin has the high
est-known suicide rate of any
city in the world.
AS in other places, there is a
wide gap between the official line
and the private estimate of con-
ditionS in Berlin today. ThTof1-
cial line, military and civilian,
is one of determined cheerful
ness. It is pointed out what a
terrible thorn in the side of the
Russians Berlin is. Your attention
is drawn to the extraordinary
spirit of resistance to Russian
pressures displayed by the West
Berliner. Predictions of Russian
intentions are optimistic. Unoffi-
cial observers are not nearly SO
sure.
Blockade Fears Abated.
Before the start of the latest
Russian peace offensive, open
predictions that Berlin would be
blockaded again were not un-
common. The guess was that this
would be the real thing-quite
different from the half-hearted
effort in 1948 and 1949 when the
city received at least half its
supplies across the sector boun-
daries and the airlift operated
only because the Russians did
not choose to stop it by the
simple device of jamming the
directional radio signals. Many
people-and they were not pro-
fessional calamity howlers-fore-
saw the possibility that the
Western powers would soon be
forced into a position of risking
a full-scale war to fulfill their
promises to the people of Berlin
Or of clearing out.
Other observers offer a less
drastic prediction that seems to
square better with present Rus
sian policy. Unfortunately. it is
only slightly less sinister, so far
as Berlin is concerned. The Rus
slams. they say, will avoid the
risk of war and the inevitable
Stiffening of European resolve
that a new blockade would
create. Instead, they will try to
destroy the city by an unspec-
tacular economic strangulation.
The process, in fact has
already begun. For months, the
Russians have been painstak-
ingly sealing off the Western Sec
tors Of the city from their own.
Today, roadblocks cover the
whole % miles of border between
the eastern and western parts
of the city. At points where cars
can still pass through the inof-
fensive showdown check points.
Evening star., 1953-05-04
Valley Forge
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cal attention. The food-mostly
rice, some beans and potatoes
was terrible.
After a year the suffering was
eased. They were given straw
mats for floors and issued quilts
and blankets - but no bed.
Enough toilet articles were dis
tributed to take care Of mini
mum needs, but food remained
bad.
Their days were occupied with
sports and political lectures in
the summer and reading and
political lectures in the winter.
Almost all reading matter was
Communicative New York Daily
Worker and other Red magazines
and newspapers were distributed
three or four months late.
Saw Jets Battling.
Dog fights overhead between
MICS and American jets pro-
vided entertainment for the pris-
oners, but the planes were so
far away they couldn't tell who
was winning.
Almost all of their news of
the world came from Communist
sources. Some of it was accurate
they were told about the stale
mate in the fighting, for instance
but much was slanted. The
Valley Forge men said they could
not say just how far of the
Communist news had been. be-
cause they had not yet caught
up on real news. They were per-
mitted little contact with new
groups of prisoners.
The prisoners received thor
oughly censored letters from
home, but no packages. They
were permitted to write, but
were given to believe their let
Evening star., 1953-05-04

| German civilians are being sub
jected to increasingly severe re-
strictions and border inspections.
Systematic Isolation.
There is little doubt that the
Russian plan eventually is to
stop all traffic between the two
parts of the city. The prospect
is for the same kind of depopu-
lated no-man's land around the
western city as has been set up
around the entire zonal bound
ary of Eastern Germany. Today.
there are only eight strictly con-
trolled exits from the city. Ber-
Inns transportation system has
been divided. Recently-completed
rail and water bypasses around
the allied-occupied portion Of the
city complete the picture of pro-
gressive systematic isolation.
All this activity points to one
simple conclusion. The Russians
are banking on the idea that no
city can survive indefinitely
sealed off from its hinterland. It
Is a slow, creeping kind of at
tack. of a kind that seems to suit
the Russian temperament. It is
not the kind of dramatic assault
that provokes heroic measures of
resistance. But the Russians
have found this sort of thing
very effective in the long run.
Fighting against it, unfortun-
ately, is not only a question of
will. The Berliners. on many oc-
casions since the war. have
shown that they have that. Under
the bold leadership of Mayor
Reuter-. Berlin still breathes de-
fiance at the Russians and un-
derlines at every opportunity its
determination to stay free. The
Western allies have backed them
up at every turn.
The trouble is that courage
can't change cold economic
facts. Berlin. once the head
quarters for a huge government
bureaucracy. is in grave danger
of whitening on the economic
vine. The government has moved
west, taking with it the financial
and industrial headquarters that
were once major elements of the
city'S lifeblood. The effect on
other business enterprises in
Berlin is about what it would be
in Washington if our Federal
Government moved away.
Hotel owners, Storekeepers,
theater managers and the whole
complex of service activities are
in desperate shape, despite the
bold front they put up. Industry
in Western Berlin is running at
less than SIS per cent of 1896
levels, compared to an average
of 160 per cent in the Federal
Republic. The situation is not
one that encourages private in
vestment. The city carries a
permanent unemployment bur-
den of between 100000 to 30O,O
at least 10 per cent of its en-
tire population.
Support Costs Are High.
Berlin has been-and perhaps
can continue to be-directly
supported by the rest of Ger
many and the allies in some
semblance of prosperity. But
the already-heavy price is bound
to increase. The cost this year
came to more than $48O million,
of which less than one-fourth
was put up by the Federal Re-
public. To put the finishing
touches on this gloomy economic
picture, some 1900 refugees
have been struggling into the
city every day from the Russian
zone of Germany. Since the
Evening star., 1953-05-04
Louisiana Storm Kills 7,
Leaves SIS Million Loss
By the As.eeiatsd Prass


NEW ORLEANS, May 1.-Two
drownings and an estimated crop
damage of SIS million are
counted in the wake of heavy
rain, wind and hail in Southeast
Louisiana, principally in the
Baton Rouge area.
The dead are Mrs. Edna Bou-
dreaux, IS, and his 6-year-old
grandson, Jack Boudreaux, who
were swept away yesterday in
their car by the floodwaters of
Wards Greek, six miles south
of Baton Rouge.
ThunderstormS poured 9.6
inches of rain on the Baton
Rouge area. Nearly 100 persons
were rescued by boat as water
in some residential areas rose
to a pth of six feet.
Evening star., 1953-05-04
Gen. Hardin Nominated

President Eisenhower today
nominated Brig. Gen. John R.
Hardin, of the Corps of En-
gineers, to be a member and
president of the Mississippi River
Commission, with headquarters
in St. Louis.
Evening star., 1953-05-04

WASHINGTON: l326l346 Florida Avenue, NV.
ARLINGTON: 1880 Columbia Pike at South Adams St.
Evening star., 1953-03-03
Trial Of Weinberg
|Nedrs Conclusion as
Defense Rests Case
By Jock Jonos

The perjury trial of DR.. Joseph
w. Weinberg entered its final
stages today following a defense
decision to rest its case without
calling DR.. Weinberg to the wit
ness stand.
Assistant. United States At
torney william TIitz called re-
buttal witnesses in an attempt
to refute testimony given by
those who appeared for DR..
Weinberg. 4
The atomic physicist is ac-
cused of lying about former
Communist connections when he
appeared before. the House I'm
American Activities Committee
during that groups inquiry into
wartime atomic spying.
The trial was sparked yester-
day by an angry defense of a
witness views on communism.
Mr.. Hitz used the present tense
in questioning DR.. Kenneth O.
May. a defense witness, about his
former membership in the Com
munist Party in Alameda, Calf.
May, States Position.
1T want to make it clear that
I am not a Communist and I
have no connection with the
Communist Party" DR.. May re-
piled. Il am not in sympathy
with the Communist Party. .
I have-and miStakenly-in the
past thought that the Commu-
mist Party had something to offer
in the United States. But now
I don't think so."
Testimony during the trial has
centered around whether DR..
Weinberg was a member of the
Communist Party while he was
working in the University of
California'S radiation laboratory
in 1889, 1910 and 194l. The lab
oratory at that time was doing
preliminary research leading to
development of the atom bomb.
DR.. May admitted on the wit
ness stand that he was a Com
munist Party member that pc
riod.
Minutes Not Kept.
Judge Alexander Holtzoff of
the U. S. District Court for
the District of Columbia al
lowed the trial to continue yes
terday despite absense of min
utes of the House committees
meeting on May IS, 1948, when
DR.. Weinberg testified.
Lyle o. Schnader, clerk of the
House, said he had examined
closely the records of that hear
ing, and had learned that min
utes were not kept. The defense
brought up the question of the
minutes book in efforts to learn
If a quorum of the committee
were present when DR.. Weinberg
testified.
The defense concluded its case
yesterday afternoon by, calling
two character witnesses-Dean
j. William Buchta, head of the
University Of Minnesota physics
department, and DR.. Alfred Q. c.
Nier, q physicist there. DR..
Weinberg was with the Univer-
Sity of Minnesota physics depart
ment until his dismissal in 1851
for what university Officials
termed refusing to cooperate"
with a District grand jury.
Evening star., 1953-03-03
Trouser Alterations Free

Britain's prison commissioners
have decided to alter q prison
guards trousers free of charge
II his figure changes so much
that he cannot wear them, Lon
don reports.
Evening star., 1953-03-03
Two Brothers Arrested
In Gas Station Break In

Two brothers were arrested
early yesterday in a gas station
at 1901 Bladensburg road NE.
when an open window drew the
attention of Pvt. George Benton
of the Ninth Precinct, police re-
ported.
A 16-year-old boy with the two
men also was picked up. He was
turned over to juvenile author
tiles. Police said a cigarette ma
chine had been looted.
Arrested were Paul Lambert,
81, and Lewis Lambert, %. both
colored, who gave their address
as in the 800 block of Twelfth
street Sc.
Police said the younger brother
admitted holding UP a liquor
store at 1148 Eighth street Sc.
three W, ego. The loot there
was $50.
Police charged Paul Lambert
with robbery and housebreaking,
He was held in SIS, 900 bond. His
brother, also charged with house
breaking, was held in $4,000
bond.
Evening star., 1953-03-03
Civil War Veteran
loses Leg al III
by the Associated Press

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Mar. s.
James A. Hard, at Ill the oldest
veteran of the Civil War, clung
'tenaciously to life today after
losing his right leg in surgery.
Mr.. Hard. who fought with the
Union Infantry at Bull Run, suf-
fered a circulatory disorder in
his right foot. Surgeons ampu-
tated the leg just above the knee
last night.
General Hospital early today
reported his condition as good
and said he had good chance
OF recovery" A surgeon called
che amputation very salts
factory"
The operation was Mr.. Hard's
second in 13 days. He was ad-
mitted to the hospital February
13, and surgeons cut a spinal
nerve February 18 in an effort to
ease the foot ailment.
The cigar smoking veteran
vigorous and alert despite his
years, has a habit of pulling
through. He survived a siege of
pneumonia in each Of the last
two years.
Evening star., 1953-03-03
Woman Has Baby Despite
Snow and Traffic Mishap

Despite snow, slush, a slow
moving auto and an accident
Mrs. Marion Gammache had q
bouncing, 7-pound baby boy last
night.
Mrs. Gammache of 5000
Adams drive, Wheaton, Md,
headed for George Washington
Hospital and its maternity ward
yesterday. BY the time she ar
rived, she had been through
enough to turn a mothers hair
gray.
Her first means of transporta-
ton was too slow. She then
transferred to a KenSington
Volunteer Fire Department am
bulance which wound up in an
accident at Connecticut avenue
and California street NV.
Mrs. Gammache finally arrived
at George Washington Hospital
in an Emergency Hospital ambu-
lance. The baby arrived after
her arrival at the hospital.
Evening star., 1953-03-03
Calcutta Red Mob Burns
Eisenhower in EffiqY
BY the Associated Press

CALCUTTA. India, Mar. "a
Communist mob burned Presi-
dent Eisenhower in. effigy yester-
day as four United States de-
Stroyers lay in Calcutta harbor
Carrying the flaming effigy to
the water front, some 1000 Reds
shouted at the ships: American
destroyers quit India! Hands of
Korea! Yanks go home!"
The demonstration apparently
was spanked by the mistaken be-
lief that the destroyers were
Korea-bound. Actually the ships
the MCGOWAN. McNair, HALEY
and Bickox Of the United States
7th Fleet-are homeward bound
from Far Eastern waters.
Evening star., 1953-03-03
Paper Reports Reign
Of Terror in Florida
BY the Assoeioted Press

MIAMI, Fla, March 3.-The
Miami Herald said today "a
reign of terror perhaps unprece-
dented in Florida's history" is
being investigated by a Federal
grand jury.
According to the Herald, the
"reign of terror" involves "nu-
merous acts of violence in the
central part of the state" some
OF which never have been pub
licized.
These incidents include beat
ings of whites and Negroes, men
and women, deaths in some cases
resulting from injuries received
in beatings, and dynamiting of
an Orlando store" the Herald
reported.
The newspaper said the Jury
is probing the activities of two
Ku Klux Klan Klaverns in Or
lando, one in Apopka and one in
Winter Garden.
One of the Orlando Klaverns is
affiliated with the Southern
Knights Of the xxx. The other
three belong to the Association
of Georgia Klans.
The grand jury has been in
vestigating the bomb killings of
a Negro couple at Minis. Fla
dynamiting Of the Carver Village
Negro housing project in Miami,
and attempted dynamitings OF
synagogueS and a Catholic
church in Miami. These have
been publicized.
During the earlier phases of
the Carver investigation" the
Herald reported, "the Jurors
heard testimony from more than
rs former or present members
OF a Klan Klavern in Hialeah."