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week with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Dudley.
A Christmas Cantanta, "a King
is Given" was presented at the
Methodist Church Christmas eve
night. Members of the Cast were
Roy Gray the Prophet. Mrs. De-
lores Burrus the Reader, Hal Gray,
Joseph, Roberta as Mary. Aldena
Midgette, Winona Peele, Elida
Stowe, Shelia Gibson as the An
gels. Leon Scarborough, Ernest Lee
Styron, joey Fagley as Shepherds.
Donald Oden, Frank Gaskins, Har-
old Midgette as the three wise
men. Cora Joan, Sharon Peele,
jeanne Midgette as the children.
The Primary, Jr. and informed
late also had a program before the
Cantanta. A Christmas Program
was given at the Pentacostal
Church Christmas night.
Caleb Stowe who has been a pa
tent in the Marine Hospital for
several months spent the Christ
mas holidays with his father.
Mrs. Virginia Austin and chill
dren of Ocracoke spent Christmas
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson Stowe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Burrus and
daughter, Daphne Lee have been
visiting Mr.. Burrus' parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Amy Burrus. Mr.. Burrus
has returned to Bermuda where
he is stationed.
Mrs. Kate Burrus left Sunday
for Norfolk for medical treatment.
She was accompanied by her son
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HATTERAS PERSONALS

! Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Basnight
and daughters spent Christmas
with Mrs. Lima Balance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Snead of
Maryland have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Irwin Stowe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Mitchell and
daughter, Patsy and Bobby, spent
the holidays with Mr.. and Mrs.
Amy Burrus.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jackson of
Hartford, N. c., spent Christmas
night with Mr.. and Mrs. Nacie
Austin.
Billy Willis, Ray Balance, Royce
Balance, Lindsay Gaskins, Ronald
Austin, all were home for Christ
mas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Eure and
children of Portsmouth were here
for couple of days.
Mrs. Robert Graham and sons,
Bobby, and Ricky, of Tennessee are
spending a couple of weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Oden.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Austin of
Elizabeth City have been spend
ing the holidays here in their cot
tage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Austin of
Norfolk were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edible Gaskins this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Wood
Austin, Mrs. Ruth Austin, Miss
Velma Austin, spent the holidays
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Aus
tin.
Misses Patricia Austin and Joyce
Midgette were home for Christ
mas.
Steve Burrus who is stationed at
Langley Field was home for the
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Styron and
family have been spending the hol-
iday with Mr.. and Mrs. Murray
Styron.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Taylor and
children of Washington, N. c.,
spent Christmas with Mr.. and
Mrs. Laura Lette.
Deryl Dudley who is with the
Air Force in Wyoming spent a
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MANTEo PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Burrus and
sosn visited relatives in Hatteras
during the Christmas holidays.
| N. F. Sapone spent Christmas
with Mrs. Sapone, who is patient
in the Eastern North Carolina San
atorium, Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Meekins are
visiting in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Meekins and
daughter, Susan, spent last week
end in Ahoskie with Mrs. Meekins'
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Hollo-
man, Jr.
Miss Effie Wescott of Hamlet
has been the roliday guest of her
sisters, Misses Holland and Het-
tie Wescott.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Long and
children spent Christmas in Rich
mond, Va.
Lieut.. Alvah H. Ward, Jr., of
Fort Benning, Ga, spent Christ
mas with his mother, Mrs. A. H.
Ward
Miss Shirley Harris and Charles
Harris of Elizabeth City spent last
week end in Manteo with their ia
Their, Walter Harris, and Mrs. Har-
ris.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Swindell and
children of Elizabeth City were
Christmas guests of Mrs. Swim
dell's father and sister, C. F. Mid
gett and Mrs. Camille Podolski.
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Bert who has been home for two
weeks. He will return to New Mex
leo for duty there.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. johnson and
children, Bonnie and Tommie have
been visiting Mrs. Johnson's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nacie Austin
for 10 days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom He'll have re-
turned from New York, where
they spent their honeymoon. They
were accompanied back by her
mother, and his four children, who
will make their home here.
Norman Dudley left this week
to go back to his job in Norfolk.
Carlos Peele of Glenolden, Pa,
spent Christmas holidays with his
relatives.
Rev. w. B. Gregory and family
are visiting with their relatives
for a couple of weeks. 49,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Mason of
Gettysburg, Pa, spent a few days
in their cottage here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Decatur Austin
and children visited Mrs. Kate Bur-
rus for a few days last week.
Donald Stowe and John Lette
spent the holidays with their fam
lily.
Fulton Scarborough is home for
a couple of weeks.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Stockton
Midgette, son, named Timothy
Wayne, Weight 91A lbs.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Dalton
Burrus, a daughter, named Donna
Cheryl, weight Z lbs.
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LEGALS
DARE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA

The undersigned, having quail
fed as Administrators of the estate
of John A. Meekins, deceased, late
of Dare County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against said estate to pee
sent them to the undersigned in
Rodanthe, North Carolina; on or
before the 10th day of December
1868, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All per-
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment
to the undersigned.
This 18th dav of December 1862.
RAE M. GREGORY AND AL
TON w. MEEKINS, ADMINS
TRAITORS, RODANTHE, NORTH
CAROLINA. T-12-19-6te
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STUMPY POINT NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Parker of Norfolk
spent the Christmas holidays here
with his daughter, Mrs. Mccoy
Hooper and family.
Friends of Mrs. A. M. Meekins
will be glad to hear she is now
home after spending several days
in the Belhaven hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vance Meekins and
children, Kay, Jerry and Mango,
of Norfolk spent the week end here
with the A. M. Meekins family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilton Meekins
and children of Norfolk have re-
turned home after visiting Mr..
and Mrs. A. M. Meekins.
Commander and Mrs. K. w. Wise
and son, Bob, of New London,
Conn.,, spent Christmas here with
Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Wise and were
accompanied home Saturday by
thier son, Cliff, who has been spen-
ding some time with his grand
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Hooper
and daughter, Betty 10, of Nor
folk spent the holidays here with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Brinn and
son, Larry, and Bernice Payne at
their home here during the holt
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Osborne and
daughter, Gloria, of Norfolk, Mr..
and Mrs. Calvin Watson of Engel-
hard and Rev. and Mrs. Earl R.
Meekins and daughter, Mary, of
Columbia visited Mr.. and Mrs. E.
M. Hooper during the week end.
Pvt. L. w. Hooper, Jr., of Camp
Gordon, Ca, is visiting his par
entsN at their home here. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Gaskill and children
Linda and Jack, Jr., of Elizabeth
City were also week end guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Meekins
and little daughter, Cooky, of
Ocean View have returned to their
home after spending some time
here.
Billy Hooper of A. C. College in
Wilson is spending the holidays
here with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. C. Hooper.
Mrs. Addie Gibbs of Gulrock
spent the Christmas holidays here
with her daughter, Mrs. Leland
Wise and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Bobbitt and
children, Molly, and Nancy, of Lit
Teton spent a few days here with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. L.
Meekins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Meekins of
Camden spent the week end here
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
G. E. Meekins.
w. A. Best, Jr., of Stokesdale,
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Open year round. ANDERSON'S
SUPER MARKET. For rental i'm
formation write ANDERSoN'S
BEACH COTTAGES, Kitty Hawk.
In North Cardinals Far-Famed
Mays Head Kitty Hawk Region.
12-19-tfc
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PANSY PLANTS now ready. AL
so, many other plants, shrubs
and trees for landscaping your
home. We welcome you to visit
our nursery. Roanoke Island Gar
dens, cor. Mother Vineyard Road
and Main Highway, Manteo, N. C.
Phone 210-J. T-11-2S-tfc
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THE BOY IN SERVICE, or ole
friends or relatives long way
from home, will appreciate the
gift of a years subscription to
this newspaper, only $3.50. 1t is
the cheapest, surest and best way
to send them a letter from home
each week. Don't delay; buy it to-
day. We mail it each week. If
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our appreci-
alton for the many thoughtful acts
and words of sympathy, the flow
ers and automobiles and for all the
fine things done by many good
friends during the recent illness of
our loved one, Leroy Midget.
WIFE, SISTER and BROTHERS
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LEGALS

NORTH CAROLINA
DARE COUNTY
E. r. WHITEHURST, GER
TRUDE w. CASON, AGNES w.
ROBINETTE, MYRTLE w. ROB-
INETTE, AND E. L. CASON,
PLAINTIFFS, VS..
LAWRENCE WALES AND M.
EARLE WOODHOUSE, TRUS-
TEE, DEFENDANTS.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
The D e n d a n t S, Lawrence
Wales and M. Earl Woodhouse,
Trustee, will hereby take notice
that an action entitled as above
has been commenced and instituted
in the Superior Court of Dare
County, North Carolina, the pur-
pose of which is to declare null
and void and to have cancelled and
removed, as clouds upon title of
the Plaintiffs, to the lands herein
after described, a deed of trust
from George w. Whitehurst ct us
to M. Earl Woodhouse, Trustee,
dated August l, 1927, and duly
recorded in Book 8, page 284, Dare
County Registry, and to declare
null and void asserted claims Of the
Defendant, Lawrence Wales to a
purported deed embracing the
lands hereinafter described, and
to remove said deed as a cloud
upon the title of the Plaintiffs to
the following described real estate:
All that certain tract, piece
or parcel of land, situate, lying
and being in Dare County, N. G.,
particularly described as fol-
lows:
Beginning at stake in the
! Currituck Sound at the dividing
line between the lands of T. ID.
Beals, and the said Carrie Baum
WhitsOn; thence in an Easterly
direction along the dividing line
between the lands now or for
merly owned by Theodore Beals
and others, $3.50 feet to the At
lantic Ocean; thence in a South
erly direction along the Atlantic
Ocean 36S feet; thence in a
Westerly direction along the di-
viding line of the said Carrie
Baum WhitsOn and the property
now or formerly owned by A.
/ Bunch heirs, Beasley and others
1926 feet to the Currituck
Sound; thence in NOrtherly di-
rectiOn following the meander-
ings of the said Currituck sound
to the point of beginning, as
shown on plat, dated July II,
1926, made by J. ID. Nelson,
County Surveyor, Dare County,
North Carolina, and is the same
property that was conveyed by
Carrie Baum WhitsOn, nee, Car
rie Baum, by Theodore Beals
and conveyed by Carrie Baum
Whitson to George w. White
hurst, by deed dated August l,
1927, and duly recorded in Book
8, page ESQ, office of the Regis
ter of Deeds of Dare County,
N. C.
There is excepted from this
conveyance four certain tracts as
designated on the said plat, one
of which is marked school lot,
another marked I'D. WhitsOn",
another marked "A", and other
marked "B".
And the said Defendants will
further take notice that they arr
required to appear at the office o.
the Clerk of the Superior Court o.
Dare County in the Courthouse a.
Manteo, North Carolina, within
twenty (2O) days after the It'll
day of january 1868, and answel
or demur to the Complain filed il
said action or the Plaintiffs will
apply to the Court for the relic.
demanded in the said Complaint.
This the 10th day of Decembe,
1862.
c. s.. MEEKINS, Clerk Super
Tor Court, Dare County, N. G.
\ T-12-19-4t
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Gold embossed THANK YOU
notes with envelopes. Perfect for
acknowledging gifts. Also plain
white informals with envelopes.
Times Printing Co., Manteo. tt
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GRATEFUL APPRECIATION

For the kind words, the help and
the flowers; for the helpful express
sions of hope and encouragement;
for all that good friends did to
help US in our sorrow in the loss
of Mrs. Rosa Drinkwater, we wish
to express our sincere apprecia-
ton.
A. w. DRINKWATER,
DAUGHTERS, and BILL COX
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Female Help Wanted: Women to
sew for spring business. Easy
to sew product, good pay. Sewing
machine not essential. Write, Ken
roe Mrf. Co., Yorktown, Indiana.
P-1-1-53-1tp
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NOTICE

l, John A. Midget, will not be
responsible for any debts contract
ed by Betty Midget from this
date, Dec. 26, 1862.
D-26-4tp. JOHN A.MIDGETT
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DARE COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NOTICE OF RESALE
w. CLARENCE MORSE, Jr.,
Administrator Estate of SARAH
CALLIE KNIGHT, Deceased, Pc
titiOner
w. r. KNIGHT AND WIFE,
LENA HI. KNIGHT. WILLIAM
WOODROW KNIGHT AND
WIFE, DORIS BUTL E r
KNIGHT, MATTHEW NOR
FLEET KNIGHT AND WIFE,
NELLIE GRAY KNIGHT, DAN
TEL v. KNIGHT, UNMARRIED,
MARGARET NAOMI KNIGHT,
LINDSEY WARREN KNIGHT
and DORIS EILEEN KNIGHT,
minors, MARTIN KELLOGG, JR.,
Guardian ad Litem of said MAR
GARET NAOMI KNIGHT, LIND
SEY WARREN KNIGHT and
DORIS EILEEN KNIGHT, De-
PENDANTS
Under and by virtue of the or
der of the Superior Court of Dare
County, made in the above entitled
proceeding and under and by vir-
tue of an order of resale, upon an
advanced bid made to the Clerk OF
the Superior Court of said County,
said order being dated December
80, 1862, the undersigned Commits
sioner will on the 18th day of jan
uary, 1858, at II o'clock, Noon, at
the Courthouse Door in Manteo, N.
c., offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash a one third "a
undivided interest in that certain
tract of land located on Roanoke
Island in Mays Head Township,
Dare County, N. c., more particu-
larly described as follows:
Beginning at stone on the
South side of the main road lead
ing from the town of ManteO,
N. c., to the North end of said
Roanoke Island, said stone be-
ing near the Baptist Church,
running thence S. 521z West, a
distance of so chains to a point;
thence North 450 North 1888
chains; thence North 53X,0 East,
a distance of 81 chains to point
on the said road, along the said
road South 100 East 14.2S chains
to the point of beginning, and
being the same land heretofore
conveyed by w. HI. Knight and
wife, Sarah c. Knight, by deed
from b. III. Greet and wife, said
deed dated June rs, 1901, and
recorded in Book "H", page 566,
4 in the Public Registry of Dare
n punty.
Where is excepted from the
Shove described tract or parcel
: of land, the following small par
eel conveyed by deed from w. H.
Knight and wife, Sarah c.
knight by deed recorded in Book
s, page 497, said Public Regis
try. said tract of property now
owned by said w r.. Knight;
see this deed for greater GER
tainty of description.
The opening bid on said trac
of land will be Seventeen Hun
dred and Thirty ($1730.00) dol
lars, subject to confirmation by
the Court. A deposit of ten per cen
of the high bid will be required a
the time of said sale. All taxes
due prior to the 31st day OF De
cember, 1852, will be paid from tn
proceeds of said sale.
This 3Oth day of December
1852.
W. CLARENCE MORSE, Ir.
Commissioner. LIEU
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WANTED, pair good used light
weight cart-wheels. Write a
postcard what you have to offer.
P. o. Box 265, Belhaven, N. C. 1t
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FOR SALE: hand concrete block
machine, in good condition. Com
plete with electric motor and pal
let's. All for $500. Kellogg Supply
Co., Manteo, N. C. 12-19-3tc
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WOMEN to sew for spring bust
ness. Easy to sew product, good
pay. Sewing machine not essential.
Write, Kenroe Mfg. Co., Yorktown,
Indiana. T-1-2-1tp
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For your insurance needs see
w. R. PEARCE, Manteo, N. C.
All kinds of insurance
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UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER for
sale at a bargain. Apply at
Times office, Manteo.
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LOST: Turquoise rim glasses. Be-
tween Church st. and Tarking-
toms in Manteo. Reward. Return
to George Greet, Manteo 1-2-1tc
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FOUR-ROOM HOUSE and lot for
sale at bargain at Cape Halter
as; Write in care of the Coastland
Times, Box 428, Manteo, N. c., for
information. D-18-3tc
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SEE A. w. DRINKWATER if you
want to buy some good land or
a good house. Lots on Beach. In
surance and Bonds. Manteo. N. C.
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SEE NE FIRST, before Buying or
Selling any Property. / can save
you money. E. E. MEEKINS, Real
tor, Phone 101, Manteo, N. C.
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; WANTED AT ONCE: Men to sell
consumers everyday household
and farm necessities under our
factory-to-home plan. Real oppor-
tunity. Earnings based on Sales.
Write Rawleigh's, Dept NCA-48O-
728, Richmond, Va.
H1-1-53-5tp
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WANTED TO BUY - House and
lot on ocean. Write me what
you have. A. w. Drinkwater,
Phone 26, Manteo, N. C. tt
f-22-tfc
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LEGALS

NORTH CAROLINA
DARE COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NOTICE OF RESALE
w. CLARENCE MORSE, Jr.,
Administrator Estate of SARAH
CALLIE KNIGHT, Deceased, Pc
titiOner
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Review Of The Week

agree with her. For those two
reasons the United States
would like to oppose her candi-
dacy. But the Russians think
her nomination would embar-
rass the United States and pos
sibly this country's friends in
the Arab-Asian bloc. This
would be reason enough by
itself for Red support of Nine.
Pandit.
Interrupting Russian at
tempts to propagandize the
American dilemma, the United
States demanded, and got, an
immediate vote on Nine. Pan
dit. The count was secret, but
it was believed that the Soviet
Union and Lebanon voted for
her; Nationalist China voted
against her, and the other
eight nations declined to vote.
Russia had more Indians in
her bag of tricks. however.
and was expected to pull
another one out next week.
The United States delegation,
in the meantime, was trying to
interest the Security Council
in its original choice: Brig.
Gen. Carlos P. Romulo of the
Philippines.
Evening star., 1953-03-22
u. N. Struggle

The Secretary General Of
the United Nations, in theory,
is a man without national
loyalties who manages the
U. N. in an impartial way and
makes himself available as an
informal conciliator between
feuding factions. Such a para
gon is hard to find. The pres
ent Secretary General, Trygve
Lie. who angered the Russians
by his stand on Korea. decided
he was not such a person and
asked to be allowed to quit.
Two weeks ago the Ameri-
can, British and Russian first
choices for a successor to Mr..
Lie all were rejected by the
Security Council. Last week
Russia offered a compromise:
Nine. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit,
sister of Prime Minister Nehru
of India and U. N. delegate.
In offering Nine. Pandit's
name, Russia apparently was
following this chain of thought:
The United States is eager not
to offend India, leader of the
cold-war "neutrals. But In
dia is friendly to Communist
China, a country now at war
with United Nations forces in
Korea. Nine. Pandit is not re-
nowned for her ability to get
along with persons who dis
Evening star., 1953-03-22

not so fortunate. Piercing the
heavily guarded borders of the
Peoples DemocracieS" of the
Communist empire is so dit-
ficult that in recent months
the known number of escapes
has averaged only about $50
persons a month. exclusive of
Berlin. Refugees report that
the number who actually at
tempt to escape and fail is
much greater. Nevertheless,
even at the risk of losing their
lives, the escapes continue to
arrive.
Unlike the problem in
Berlin. which the United
States views as an internal
German problem, the refugees
from East Europe present Ger
tain practical and political diff
flculties. Usually they cross
the border leaving all their
personal possessions behind,
arriving only with the clothes
on their backs. Sometimes, if
a refugee has had the bad luck
to trip on a land mine or set
of a flare while negotiating
the ploughed strip near the
barbed-Wire entanglements, he
needs immediate medical at
tention. Most of the refugees
escape either into Western
Germany or Austria, although
there are some, who cross into
Greece and Turkey. The
United States has set up a So
called escapee program to aid
in this work.
interference Choree
From the political point of
view the difficulties encoun-
tered by the escapee program
center about the old charge of
interference in the internal
affairs Of a foreign country.
(This charge Is item S on the
agenda of the current U. N.
SESSION. The Communist.
controlled countries are espe-
cially touchy on any move
that may possibly be construed
as interference" State De-
partment officials, however,
point to the humanitarian
necessity Of aiding~ all people
who are victims of oppression.
ut would be counter to all the
principles on which our coun-
try was built" said one State
Department official in intimate
touch with the whole escapee
program, IF we refused aid to
these unfortunate people"
East European escapes ar
irving in Germany, for ex-
ample, are initially received at
United States Army installa-
tions where they are provided
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Foreign News
TN APPARENT contrast

IN APPARENT contrast to
l. last weeks demonstration
of Americas atomic might,
the new Communist boss,
Georgi M. Malenkov, held up
an olive branch. At least it
looked like an olive branch,
but quick second look re-
vealed a closer resemblance to
poison ivy.
Still. the mere gesture by the
new Red dictator raised again
this question: Does Russia
really want peace?
From past actions and state
ments of the Red rulers, it
seems likely that they do want
something they term peace"
But peace" to the Russians
has meant the absence of re-
sistance to the Soviet Union.
Russia wants the free world to
give her what she demands
and quit struggling. This is
hardly the Western idea of
peace.
So Malenkov'S olive branch
was not accepted on blind faith
last week. President Eisen-
hover, in conciliatory tones.
said he would be glad to go at
least halfway in any honest
effort to reach an East-West
understanding. But he indi-
Gated he was waiting for the
Russians to make their inten-
tons known.
While he waited last week,
the Communists made these
moves:
. Rejected as artificial" an
American challenge in the
United Nations to join in a
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world disarmament plan which
would require international in
spection of arms.
. Expressed regret that a Brit
ish plane had been shot down
over Germany with the loss
of seven lives. but refused to
take the blame for the in
cident.
Q Resumed the ''hate Amer
lea" propaganda drive in Rus
sia which had been allowed to
abate after the death Of Stain.
It all added up to less than
q convincing change Of heart
on the part of the Russians.
But it was widely speculated
that the Communists would
dicker quietly for some sort of
talk with President Eisen-
hover.