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Evening star., 1953-12-18
RudderIess Sea Liner
lis Safe in NORWAY
By the A.seeiosed Press

OSLO. Norway, Dec. ia
throng of 1000 persons lined
Oslo's waterfront last night to
cheer the liner Stavangerfjord
after her 2,O5O-mile Atlantic trip
without a rudder.
The big liner, whose captain
steered with the vessels twin
propellers after she lost her rud-
der in a hurricane December 8,
docked only two days late.
'The worst experience I've
ever had at sea-" said Capt. Olaf
Bjoernstad, the veteran skipper
who brought the ship of the
Norwegian America Lines through
wild mid-Atlantic gales.
Many of the Stavangerfjord's
644 passengers were Americans
of Scandinavian origin from
Minnesota and Wisconsin, going
to the old country for Christ
mas.
The liner was three days and
1000 miles out of New York
when the accident occurred. The
rest of the trip took nine days.
First another liner and then
q British tug escorted the Stav-
angerfjord, but not until she
reached the narrow Oslo fjord
was she taken in tow.
Evening star., 1953-12-18
Arlington Schools Plan
Holiday Dismissal Setup

Arlington schools will stagger
diSmisSals for the Christmas holi-
days next Wednesday.
jefferson, Stratford and Swan
son Junior High Schools and the
Wakefield Junior Senior High
School will close at II am.
All elementary schools will
close at IL AS am, and the Hoff-
man-Boston ior-Senior High
School and Washington-Lee
High School will close at 1915
pm.
The county schools will reopen
January 4.
Evening star., 1953-12-18
Choral Group in Pocific

TOKYO, Dec. 18 R.-The
all-Negro choral group, Wings
Over Jordan, arrived today to
sing in Japan and Korea for
! SerVicemen,
Evening star., 1953-10-09
| Collective Security
| In Pacific Favored
By Wiley in Speech
By J. A. O'LeoH

|
A collective security pact in
the Pacific like those already in
existence with Europe and Latin
America was urged today by
Chairman Wiley of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
In speech prepared for de-
livery before the Central Supply
Association in Chicago, the
Senator expressed confidence
another all-out war is not likely
in the near future. But he de-
Tended the policy of collective
security this country is follow
ing with other free nations and
insisted it has paid off by re-
ducing the threat of aggression.
Senator Wiley also defended
the U. N. against attacks by two
groups of extremists-those who
fear it is leading to world gov
ernment, and those who say it is
only debating society. He said
the U. N is neither of these
things, but has repeatedly shown
it Is an effective instrument for
collective action in behalf of
peace.
Four Alternatives Seen.
Senator Wiley said this country
has four choices from which to
pick in adopting its foreign
policy under present world con-
ditions. He listed them as ap-
peasement, go-it-alone, preven-
tive war and the one that is
being followed, collective security.
He said appeasement is the
one with the cheapest down pay
ment, but the United States tried
it once and discovered that "the
upkeep is terribly expensive"
The go-it-alone policy would
have a higher down payment than
appeaSement, he said, but the
installments would average out
the same, and end with the same
result. "slow national suicide"
His strongest denunciation was
aimed at preventive war.
Hits Preventive War.
"The down payment is much
more expensive than any of the
others, but the upkeep is nil
because after one use, there isn't
anything to keep up" said the
Senator. 'It works much faster,
too. It would take quite while,
probably a number of years, for
us to manage to commit national
suicide by the appeasement or
go-it-alone process; but we could
do it in a matter of weeks with
preventive war.
"Still, some of the glibbest
statesmen in the business are
promoting preventive war. They
argue that war is inevitable and
we might as well get it over
with. The longer we wait, they
say, the stronger Russia will be-
come and the bigger stockp1le
of atomic and hydrogen bombs
it will accumulate. So, they con-
clude, let's do it now and go on
to other things"
Senator Wiley said he feels
outraged when he hears this
argument, because the next war
will be the kind you lose even
if you win"
He added his own belief that
another war is not inevitable,
and not even likely in the near
future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02
Big 3 Probably Will Draft
Favorable Reply To Russia

Red China and Eastern Germany
and Austria are widely separated
places. but the principle running
through these contradictory propo-
sitions is the same. There is pres
sently 10 evidence of any room
for compromise between the Soviet
determination to expand its power
and the determination expressed
by the United States at least on
the Western side to force that pow
er to pull back.
Hence, authorities here believe
the problem in any four-power
melting win be to fix responsible
ity for failure to reach agreement.
One initial but Widespread reac-
ton on this point was that II would
be wise to try to naIl the Russians
down to a precise agenda for the
conference. This may be at
tempted. However, the present
feeling is that ii would be unwise
for the Western nations to get in.
volved In any long discussions with
the Soviets over an agenda since
the US. government believes that
the best thing to do with the meet.
ing is to get it held as quickly al
possible.
Nevertheless, II was said some
further effort must be made te
find out what the Russians have
in mind and 10 make clear to the
Soviets what the United States has
in mind which is to talk about
Germany and Austria. These mat.
ters may be handled either by ad.
dressing some direct questions 70
Molotov or by stating Western in.
tentions and letting him react.
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Admiral Crawford
Makes Seyen-Day
Inspection Tour

Rear Admiral George c. craw.
ford, USN, Commander Subma-
rine Force, Atlantic Fleet, viii
stop briefly In Key West Saturday
morning, Dec. S. enroute TO in
stallations in the Caribbean area.
Admiral Crawford is making a
seven day inspection tour Of At
lantic Submarine Units.
Admiral Crawford VII be ac-
eompanied to Key West by men,
bers of his New London staff who
viii remain here during the en-
suing week to conduct Operational
Readiness Inspections of Key West
based submarines. During the in
spection week. problems concern
ing the two local squadrons will
be discussed by the various com.
manding officers and staff mem.
lbers.
Captain Charles c. Henderson,
USN, and Captain Karl r. Whe,
land, USN, viii head the orr
group. captain Henderson is the
former Executive Officer of tbs
Key West Naval Station. 1t is his
second ''isit to the area since he
was relieved by Commander Har
ry ]. Gallagher. USN, last March
Returning to Key West on Dec
10, after visiting Naval activities il
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BY TOM hoeE

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. e.
Son-Communist u. n. delegates
appeared generally agreed tod y
against debating the explosive Ko-
rean question at this delicate stage
in negotiations fer q peace con-
ference.
Only the Soviet o.oc. smarting
under the denunciation its Red col
leagues In Korea and China are
receiving in the bitter atrocities
debate, was reported pressing for
immediate discussion of the gen
leral Korean issue, despite the As
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02
Nv John N. 4IcHToWER

WASHINGTON R-The United
States, Britain and France prob
ably win agree quickly 1t Bermuda
on a terSe, favorable but question
Ing reply 10 Rnssla's proposal for
q Big -Four meeting.
Indications strongly suggest,
however, that even though q four
power session is held, probably
at Berlin In about two months, ii
win simply be . conference table
continuation oil the deadlock be.
tween Moscow and the West which
has been pointed up Ia the recent
exchange Of notes with Russia.
Two sets Of facts stand out In
this regard:
]. Secretary Of State Dulles told
q news conference yesterday the
only real issue in East-West rela-
tons Is > fresh breath OF free
dom" behind the Iron Curtain. In
ether words, Dulles says, the West
ern Powers purpose in meeting
with Soviet Foreign Minister Molo-
toy viii be to try o. reduce the
area OF the Kremlin's control
through agreements covering East
ern Germany and Eastern Austria.
z. MOlotov said In his note last
Thursday proposing the meeting
In Berlin that the one big thing
Russia wants to talk about Is a
place for Red China In the councils
Of the great powers. In other
words, Molotov has made clear he
win demand agreements from the
three Western Powers recognizing
an enlarged area OF Soviet influ-
ence, II not domination.
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Asia was paradise compared to 1t.
1t was one of hundreds, set at S to
10 kilometers (about 3 to 8 miles)
distance along the Baikal-Amur
Railway. Many of these were oc-
cupied by Russian political prison
lers and German war criminals.
"Our work was logging. In the
summer the gnais were so thick
you couldn't see y foot ahead.
When we ate lunch our soup would
be black with dead gnats floating
on the surface In few minutes.
AT first we used to pick out the in
sects but il was hopeless. And be-
sides we were losing too much of
the precious soup. We soon were
drinking soup and gnats together.
The insects could bite too. We
wore nets while we worked, but If
there was a small tear In the net
ting the gnats would get in and
a mans face would change shape
completely in a matter of minutes,
from the bites.
I'm the winter it was utterly
cold, That part Of Russia is the
coolest place in the world. Almost
every day we worked in weather
IS to SO degrees below zero cent?.
grade tdown to So below Fahren.
heit).
Many of us died.
"Our food was unmilled rye, cold
dried herring, tough as leather,
and dehydrated carrots. We were
forever hungry. When we got to
work we peeled off the bark of
pine trees and ate the inside lining.
| 1t was sweet and tasted wonder.
full. We also ate iichens.
"The guards we're brutal. They
kicked and abused us.
I'VE could not talk. smoke, fall
out Of step, pick up anything from
the ground or change ranks in our
march to work--over difficult cor.
duroy roads for distances of five
to six miles.
There was no medicine, no doc
tors. Once you got sick you were
as good as dead. You had to 90
to work just the same"
Ivan Ivanoviteh looked at me
and smiled wanly: you sure were
lucky to get back when you did,"
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On shINoRu hIoAshI

MAIZURU, Japan B - | was
shocked when | saw Ivan Ivano-
Witch" Nishio. He haG come home
at last-one Of S11 prisoners OF war
and civilians released from eight
narrowing years Of captivity in
Siberia.
We had parted FIVE years ago In
. desolate prison camp In central
Asia. ! came home tc freedom. He
was kept behind.
Five long years Of hardship were
etched deeply into every feature of
his once handsome face. His eyes
were sunken. His face was lined
from the raw cold OF the Siberian
winter. His jaws were set in a
mold OF premature old age.
Five years ago we slept side by
side on thin straw mattress in
our prison hunks. Five years ago
We ate the same tasteless millet
mush and the same sour prison
soup from 3 single kettle set be-
tween US.
Now he had returned.
I'm May Is49, they finally got
me-" he said. II was tried and
sentenced to rs years imprison-
ment.
They sent me to q prison camp
near Taishet, That's the junction
of the new Baikal-Amur Railway
at its western end with the Trans
Siberian line.
This was a camp for political
prisoners. Our old camp in central
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OF attempting to cloud the atrocisy
issue with . rehaSh Of old Com
muniSt charges.
The United States and Britain
have declared their firm oppoSi-
ton TO any debate on Korea while
Special Ambassador Arthur Dean
is talking with the Communists at
Panmunlom about arranging a
peace parley.
India recently vas reported in
favor of debate on the Korean Is.
sue as soon as possible but was
said to have swung around to the
Western view.
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Atrocity Debate May Be Deferred Till Later Date

the United States scheduled TO lash
back a RuSSia's denial Of Ameri-
can charges that the Reds mas
sacred thousands of captured sol
diers and civilians in Korea.
American Chief Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr,, who has ehal-
lenged the Russians t. permit an
impartial commission access to al
Of Korea to probe the charges. was
expected TO accuse the Soviet bloc
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.sembly's Dec. s target date To re-
cess or adjourn.
India was said TO be seeking 2
recess rather than adjournment
las vas done last year--so the
Assembly could be On tap if need
ed 10 discuss the Korean issue.
The United States ard other pow
ers repeatedly oppose this on
grounds that il might inspire the
Reds to stir things up in Korea
for the express purpose OF bring
ing the Assembly back into SEES
sion.
The atrocity debate continued in
the e0-nation Assembly today with
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02
Japanese Newsman Tells OF
Life In Siberia Slave Camp

EdiseFs Nefe- -Sbinobu Higashi,
former correspondent for the Japa-
nese In Manchuria, was captured
BY the Russians In 1916 and was
held q prisoner for more than three
years. Now q member Of the
Associated Press staff In Tokyo,
Higashl was sent to Maizuru to
cover the return Of 81 japanese
war prisoners. There he met a
bunkmate from bis captive days.
"Ivan Ivanovitch" Nishio. Nishio
got nicknamed because he was well
versed In the Russian language.
Here for the first time a Japanese
war prisoner tells what 1t was
like In q Siberian slave camp.
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. San Juan,
r. R., and Saint Thomas, Virgin
Islands, Admiral Crawford viii re-
join his staff for a conference on
board the USS Bushnell.
The Admiral and his party will
depart for their New London head
quarters Dec. IL.
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TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK R-The stock mar
ket was quiet and prices were
mixed in early dealings today.
Showing small gains were the
steel, motor and utility shares.
Chemicals, oils and coppers were
mostly lower while televisions,
electrical equipments and rails
were mixed.
There were a few wide gamers.
international Business Machines
opened at 228--up A points. REQ
Motors rose rs to 22A and Eastern
Air Lines gained VI to "a.
Fractional gains were shown by
U. S. Steel, Republic Steel, Chrys-
Ter, Montgomery Ward, Interna-
tional Harvester, Radio Corp, Con-
soiidated Edison, Southern Cali
fornia Edison, General Electric,
Central and ohns-Manville.
OFF slightly were u. S. Rubber,
Boeing, Admiral, Kennecott, Amer
lean Smelling, American Cyana-
mid, Union Carbide, Westinghouse,
Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific
and Paramount.
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Daley, Hayer
Star In "The
Girl Next Door"

Youthful and refreshing musical
comedy, properly accented with
gaiety and romance, are promised
by 1.-THE Girl Next Door," opening
Wednesday, June IL at the Strand
Theatre. Dan Daley, June Haver
and Dennis Day are the stars of
this Technicolor production, which
has the added inducements of eight
catchy new tunes, colorful choreo-
graphic designs and some animat-
ed cartoons inserted as story poin.
tiers to the live action.
Unpretentious but sunny-Warm
entertainment is what the produc.
ers Of ''The Girl Next Door, say
they have in mind, and the cast
ing follows this appealing pattern.
The popular June Haver displays
her richly endowed talents OPP.
posite the likeable all-around mus
icomedy actor Dan Daley, and
radios engaging singing comedian,
Dennis Day, gets in his ticks as
a friend of 1.-THE Girl Next Door. +"
Featured are young Billy Gray,
the youDgster in the case and no
mean musical comedy entertainer
d his own right; Cara Williams,
Natalie Schafer, Clinton Sundberg,
Hayden Rorke and Mary Jane
Saunders.
'"The Girl Next Door" inte-
crates its musical numbers to FUR
Their progression of the main story
line. The songs, which are per-
formed by the three stars and
young Gray, have lyrics by Mack
Gordon and music by Josef N.Y.
row. Richard Barstow staged the
dances, and the brilliant cartoon
makers Of modern design, United
Productions of America, creators
Of Gerald McBoing- Bong" and
"Mr. Magoo," did the animation.
Richard Sale directed and Rob-
ert Bassler produced the IsobeI
Lennart screen play which is bas.
ed on a story by l.. Bush-Fekete
and Mary Helen Fay.
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LANTAFF SETS
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tween the ages Of II and % may
write to the Congressman that he
desires to compete for appoint
ment to Annapolis or West Point.
The young man is given the OPP
porlunity to compete In the Civil
Service academy designation ex-
animation, which Congressman
Lantah requests be conducted for
him a year in advance Of the class
starting date at the academies.
This test determines the mental
ability of the applicants.
When the results Of the written
examination are received. the
young men scoring an adequate
are requested to appear before a
board Of ten prominent South Flo
ridians for personal interview
Lantaff selected this board for the
purpose Of interviewing the appli.
cants TO Judge them On attitude.
personality and general all-around
qualifications.
The nominations for appoint
nlents are then routine. with Con
gresham LantaH naming the
young men. Who have compiled the
highest combined score Of the writ
ten tests and interview, as his nom
iness for academy appointment
The nominees need only then To
pass the academy entrance and
physical examinations to become
cadet or midShipnan,
LantaH announced he has tao
vacancies fer West Point and ore
for Annapolis for TIC class begin.
ning IN July. 1854. &c has sehednl.
ed bis preliminary written exam.
lnation for these appointment fer
July i3. 1915. Yeung men. phys
csIiy qualified ard hstweea II and
n. Who reside In tie Florida FUnr.
II Congressional District and de-
SsFes 10 eompese far theSc appoint
nests shouga write Co1xressntsa
Rfll I.aatats. Rocn ia2i New House
Office Baasang. NaShsngssa. p g.
praag 10 Jaas 20
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The President said they had had a
fair trial.
1t was upon this point that the
Supreme Court appeal was based.
Counsel for the condemned couple
argued new evidence had been
found and contended they were the
victims of false testimony at the
trial.
The White House demonstration
was arranged by THE National
Committee to Secure Justice in the
Rosenberg Case" which picketed
the White House on two other oc-
casions last winter, but in smaller
numbers.
Committee sponsors include some
persons prominent in organizations
cited by the attorney general as
SubverSive. The committee con-
tends its membership is on an in
dividual basis and, although it says
it has made no background checks,
assumes many members have no
such utilization.
The committee estimated yester-
days crowd at between 10000 to
Ii 900, most of them from out of
town. Deputy Chief Police Inspec-
tor George Wallrodt said an actual
count of the marehers came to
6,S32-the biggest crowd of its kind
he said he had ever seen here.
After the Rosenberg boys pre-
sented their letter to a White
House guard. the marchers moved
to the mall on Constitution Avenue.
There, in the shadow of the Justice
Department building, they held a
45-minute prayer meeting.
Shortly before midnight, the
throng had dwindled to 20 or so
who set up an all-night vigil out
side the White House. The commit
tee has pledged around-the-c clock
picketing until it halts the execu-
ton or the Rosenbergs die in the
electric chair.
The Rosenberg boys were &C.
companied by their grandmother.
Mrs. Sophie Rosenberg, who spoke
tearfulIy and hopefully at the open
air prayer meeting.
Michael's letter to Eisenhower.
who returned late yesterday from a
speaking tour. said:
Il wrote letter that hope you
got. am in Washington today
with my brother Robhy six years
old and my grandmother. She took
me to the White House and / am
bringing this letter to you. Then
we viii 20 home. | hope you got
my letter that sent because il is
a letter about not letting anything
happen to my mommy and daddy.
Very Truly Yours. Michael Rosen-
berg.
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Rosenberg in her modest S5i >,
month apartment in New York S
Knickerbocker Village, far down
town. A stenographer turned house
wife, she, like her husband and her
brother, was a product of Man
hattan's tenement area. She is now
ST. Rosenberg is 81.
The significance the government
attached to these arrests was first
revealed by Myles ]. Lane, then
as assistant U. s. attorney, He
said at Mrs. Rosenberg's arraign-
ment:
eff the crime with which she is
charged had not occurred, perhaps
we would not have had the present
situation in Korea. >
The crime alleged was as fas-
cinating in a cloak-and-dagger way
as anything ever dreamed up in
fiction. The Rosenbergs were ac-
cused of transmitting military Sc
crets to Soviet Russia themselves
and through GreengIass, who was
pictured as hero-worshipper of
his brother-in-law and a pliable
tool in the older mans hands.
Gold, it was alleged, picked up
A-bomb secrets from Fuchs and
Greenglass at Los Alamos. He
identified himself to GreenglasS
with a torn piece of a Jello box
top. 1t matched the other half in
Greenglass' possession. Greenglass
said his half was given to him for
just that reason by the Rosenbergs.
Informed Of these allegations,
Rosenberg repeatedly laughed out
loud"
Emanuel H. Bloch, a Manhattan
attorney who was to devote days
and months and years to Rosen-
berg's case, entered the picture at
this point as his defense counsel
and told reporters of the Jello top
plot:
"He called it fantastic-some-
thing like his kids hear over tele-
vision on the Lone Ranger pro-
gram"
Bloch. 50, is stacky Columbia
University law graduate.
On Aug. IL, 1850, the government
indicted Anatoli Yakovlev, former
Russian vice consul in New York.
But it was like indicting a shadow.
He had slipped back to Russia in
1916 and there was no way the
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der a 1917 statute ~ith 'eonSoiring
In time of war 20 transmit to the
SSsiet Union information concern
iLg the national defense of this
country"
The conspiracy was said to have
extended from June 6, 1914, to
June 16, 1950-which included the
tag end of World War II, when
Russia was an ally in the fight
against Germany. Nevertheless,
such a conspiracy in time of war.
even in behalf of an ally, carried
maximum penalty of 50 years
in prison or death. In time of
peace, the maximum penalty was
20 years.
Ruth GreenglasS, %. was named
not a defendant but co-conSpira.
tor, the government counting on