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Rudolph had HE last word

NUo0tpn moo "sS i0Sb W0so
Rudolph Mozoltoff was walking
down a Moscow street with two
friends - a man and his wife -
when a drop of moisture settled
on his blouse. 'It's raining" he
announced through his beard.
you're wrong" said the wife.
Its showing" ''Oh, no." in
sisted her husband. Rudolph,
the Red, knows rain, dear" -.
From DOdO Washburne,
Northampton, Mass: 81 had
an interesting conversation
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the same result with a quarter.
Now" proposed the de-
lighted scientist, ''let's see if you
can score another bull's-eye on
this ten-cent piece" The chief
demurred. These tired old eyes
of mine aren't what they used to
be-" he confessed. Mind if I let
my kid brother try it!"
With that he cupped his
lips and beloved. Brother,
can you spear a dinner"
RAYMOND OTTO, of Chicago.
knows a disk jockey who lives on
spins and needles. He won an
academy award with his old
plaque magic. :.
From Allen Duckworth,
Dallas: John Rosenfield. distin-
guished critic of the News"
after attending an Indifferent
performance of Moussorgski's
opera, was heard to mutter,
This is calculated to Boris in
Texas - though it may be God
unov for New York"
Carl Friedrich, of Balti-
moro, Md, admitted to his
wife that he had taken his
secretary for several rounds
of liquid refreshment, but
assured her, 'sI have been
faithful to thee, dear, in my
old fashioneds."
Anyhow, the days are growing
longer!' BENNETT CERF
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PUN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Eighth Session NOsU O-Plsvl!

with my Williams College
date last week. He asked,
May l kith yOu?' l an
swered, You kim
FROM WALTER JACOBS.
Miami Beach: An anthropolo-
gist in darkest Africa encoun-
tered one tribe whose dexterity
with spears astounded him. The
chiefs aim was particularly un-
erring. When the anthropologist
produced a half dollar from his
tunic, the chief speared it from a
distance of so yards. He achieved
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APPLAUSE
"A from the
last session of
t h e p u n :
A m e ric a N
Conference
scarcely had.
died aw ay
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when 2.477 en- tn IL siasts
Chats the actual COUNT air
mailed, wired and delivered
in person contributions for
the next meeting. And my
compliments go to all 2, ATT; their
puns were more groan-provok-
ing than ever. It is the pun-sensus
of the Board of Directors (mean-
ing mel that the following were
most horrendous, and as such,
deserving of the $40 awards -
hush-money, if you will - for
every contribution printed.
From w. ]. Stone, Los
Angeles: A relative and name
sake of Syngman Rhee. President
of South Korea, came to America
to learn the magazine business
and enlisted under the banner of
Mr.. Luce's Life Magazine" OF
on his very first assignment, he
succeeded in getting lost COM
pletely, and it took New York's
best private eyes to track him
down.
When they finally spotted
him in a Third Avenue cafe,
one cried in relief, ''Ah, sweet
MIR. Rhee, of Life at last
Eve found yOu."
FROM THOMAS r. HILL. of
the Birmingham (Ala.) News:
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Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

says Dakotas Garrison Dam that "too much
is concentrated in Washington And yetmost
of it's in the Senate.
committee slashes funds for foreign aid It's
little dcult vote for friends this
many Of them vacation.
Mccarthy Democratic Senator Lehman OF
trying mail 100000 Mccarthy letters postageee Joe
outraged right call him unless he
hires haI-or joins the Republican Party.
Senator Knowland California Republican leader
shows he has the couny interest at hear-he he's going
to get Congress out Of town by July 81
backs demands it made Turkey. It's
lucky the Reds have quit fighting the aeweve got enough
to do fighting ourselves.
The House Appropriations Committee wdens its budget
cutting billion The idea trim the Government down
size where bunch of Republicans run it,
Representative Arenda the A-bomb has the blast
effect of 12500 Bits bombing raid In fact the
Abomb is out of this wordwhch pretty smart place for
almost anybody to be these days.
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be successful. It not. then the
intellectuals of this country de-
serve nothing better than the
slavery which is intended for
them" -
Advocates Ghandi Method.
DR.. EnStein said he could seS
only one course forrintellectuals;
"the revolutionary way of non.
cooperation in the sense Of
Ghandi's." .
The letter ended with a post
script saying the communication
need not be considered conf
Dental"
Mr.. Frauenglass said the Elm
stein letter was a reply to one
he wrote to the scientist asking
for a statement to help "in
rallying educators and the public
to meet this new obscurantist at
tack" ''
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job because he refused to testify
before the Senate Internal
Security subcommittee.
The Times said that DR.. Elm
stein. reached at his Princeton
IN. J.) home by telephone, con-
firmed he had written the letter
and told the newspaper that he,
himself, would refuse to testify
If called before a congressional
committee.
Prepare for Ruin"
The worlds foremost physicist
wrote. in part:
Every intellectual who is
called before one Of the COM
mittees ought to refuse to testify,
i.e., he must be prepared for jail
and economic ruin, in short, for
the sacrifice of his personal well
fare in the interest Of the cul-
tural welfare Of his country"
DR.. Einstein added:
This refusal to testify must
be based on the assertion that
it is shameful for a blameless
citizen to submit to such an iii
QUESTION and that this kind OF
inquisition violates the spirit OF
the Constitution.
If enough people are ready
to take this grave step they will
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Constantine Brown:
Constantine Brown
Red Cunning Doonns Adenouer
Liberuzno Of Strict Laws in East Germany Torpedoes
Chancellor Choncesi in Crucial August Elections

The skillful diplomatic ma
nipulators in the Kremlin
achieved a spectacular success
when they ordered the East
German puppet government to
put into effect Immediately a
set Of measures liberalizing the
heretofore strict Communist
edictS.
BY a stroke Of the pen, Mos
cow has torpedoed the pro-
American Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer's chances in the
summer elections in West Ger
many.
Western Europe is fully con-
vinced that the U. s. S. r. no
longer harbors any aggressive
intentions and that a confer
ence with Moscow will def
nitely end the cold war. Amer
ica'S SkepticiSm over these cal
culated Soviet moves is not
shared in Western Europe ex-
cept by the Western German
government headed by Chan
cellor Adenauer, who continues
to consider the triumvirate in
the Kremlin as wolves in
Sleeps clothing.
The German opposition par
ties, and especially the power
full Socialist Party headed by
DR.. Ollenauer. are willing,
however. to take a chance.
All of Germany is Of one mind
about the unity Of the Reich.
Adenauer had hopes that this
might eventually be achieved
by close cooperation with the
Western nations, especially the
United States.
The refusal of the French
National Assembly and of the
other Western European par
liamentS to consider the rati-
fication of the Paris peace con-
tract and the EDO agreement
has poured cold water on Ger
many's hopes that it will be
accepted as a partner by the
free nations of the West. Ade-
nauer returned to Bonn from
his visit to America last spring
with the feeling that while
the allies across the Rhine
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Doris FIeeson:

NEW YORK, June 12.-New
York City on the eve of its i'm
portant mayoral election pre-
sents a problem and a puzzle
to both major parties.
Neither Democrats nor Re-
publicans have been able to
Ak upon a candidate that they
are sure will win. Into the
midst of their calculations,
the New York Daily News has
unkindly thrust a straw poll
showing in it's initial stages
that Rudolph HALEY, presi-
dent of the City Council, is
the voters favorite.
In achieving this standing,
Mr.. HALEY has shown his
heels to the supposedly magic
name of Franklin D. Roose-
velt, jr., incumbent Mayor
vincent 1mpelllterl, and the
longtime District Attorney,
Frank Hogan. This adds in
suit to the injury felt by the
organization politicians when
Mr.. HALEY got his City Coun-
Gil post as a result of just one
public-service activity as
counsel to the Kefauver COM
mittee.
The HALEY victory indi-
Gated a certain disenchantment
with organization politics. If
he can parlay it into the may
orally, proof Of that disen-
chantment will seem almost
overwhelming.
New York, Of course, is not
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when and by whom, may /
ask. shall we expect through
peaceful means to expel the
Chinese from Korean soil? -.
If an Army Of 100000 Chinese
Communist aggressors is per-
mitted to remain in North
Korea. where none at all ex-
iSted 18 months ago, We believe
that fact will be interpreted on
both sides of the Iron Curtain
as a Communist success"
August Is. 1852 = President
Rhee stated in a speech: $50
long as the armed and agres-
sive enemy remains entrenched
on our soil and the Z million
anti Communist Koreans In
the north are still struggling
and suffering, the goal pro-
claimed four years ago by both
our people and the United Ma
tions remains unachieved."
September Is, 1852 - Presi-
dent Rhee made a speech de-
claring that there can be mo
rest until reunification has
been achieved"
Coincident with all these
speeches came communica-
tions to the American Govern
ment outlining the same point
of view.
The truce talks were broken
off in October, 1852, and ne
gotiation of an agreement was
not resumed until April 5. 1858.
President Rhee demanded a
voice in the negotiations and
finally. on May Is. 1853, his
observer" boycotted the talks
in protest at the effort to
silence his government from
making public protest. That's
the chronology Of how an ally
that contributed most Of thu
troops and most Of the soldier
casualties and who suffered the
loss of many millions Of its
citizens was treated by the
United Nations when the issue
of life and death for this small
country was at stake.
Reproduction Rishts ReservedD
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praise what he has done or
contend. that he Is right. They
only say: Hes honest. He says
what he thinks. We like him.
This point Of view has it's
dangers. 1t is invaluable to
demagogues: it is part of the
strength of Senator Mccarthy.
who is at the opposite pole
from Senator Morse in his ac-
tions and principles.
Nevertheless, it seems in
creaSingly to exist. Certainly
it represents a challenge to
the major parties. If the can
didates are going to be bigger
than the parties which nomi-
nate them. the ordinary proc
esses of choosing themes
pecially in the big cities-have
sbroken down.
In a sense, President EiSen-
hower'S victory was personal
and suggested the same ques-
tions now posed here. He prac-
tically had to- be forced into
his declaration that he was a
Republican; it is generally
conceded that he and not the
G. o. p. won last November.
Since his election to this
city council presidency, Mr..
HALEY has fought principally
on the issues of crime and COR
ruption. with great stress on
the problems that vex New
Workers.. He has also kept up
the television appearances
which have made his name a
household word.
(Released BY The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
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standing than we have shown.
On March 3. 1852. the Soviet
government offered the unity
Of Germany and what ap-
peared to be an unrestricted
rearmament program on con-
dition that 1t declare itself
strictly neutral in the East
West conflict.
Adenauer refused the Soviet
offer because he could detect
some strings which the Mus
covites thought they had care
fully concealed. The Socialists
went along reluctantly with
the chancellor because at that
time the Communists eco
nomic and political controls
and the persecution of the,
Protestant churches In Eastern
Germany were applied as
stringently as in the rest of
the U.S.S.R. and her satellites.
Wednesday night Moscow
struck indirectly at Adenauer
when 1t ordered the liberaliza-
ton of the most irksome COM
munist edicts. The Kremlin
tells the Germans in effect that
it is from the u. S. S. r. that
they must expect the realiza-
ton of Germany's unity.
The position of Adenauer
who must face the electorate
early in August has now be-
come critical. The reforms
ordered by the U.S.S.R. in
Eastern Germany may spell
his political doom even more
than the elections in Italy
rendered Premier de, Gasperi
a mere f1gurehead. Thus the
only two pro-American polit-
ical leaders in Western Europe
may soon be thrown into po-
litical discard.
Apparently. American cash
no longer has the same lure as
in the past. American diplo-
mats do not conceal their con-
Germ over the rapid growth Of
RusSia's prestige at the ex-
pense of that Of America,
Prestige by itself is inconse-
quential. In these days. how
ever. it strongly affects our
security.
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somewhere they must-the
neutral nations commission
will always stand ready to as
sist them to return to that
part of their fatherland which
is Communist.
The precedent is set. If a
prisoner defies communism his
anti-Communist guardians will
give him the choice of re-
turning to the Communist fold
or becoming an outcast from
his nation.
It is we'll if hostilities cease
in Korea.
But let us not call surrender
a compromise, or the dena-
tionalization of a man a tri-
umph for his dignity and self
respect.
This is the double-talk OF
George Orwell's 1894"
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1953-06-12
Puzzle to Both Major Parties
HoIIey's Apparent Lead in New York MoyoroI Contest
Raises Question of Breakdown in Candidate System

America and it has certain
special political problems. 1t
will always be Of prime i'm
portance in the national pic
ture because it is the largest
city in the largest State and
therefore can play a vital role
in national conventions and
the electoral college.
Still, if an independent.
whose strength solely stems
from his position as a symbol
of the fight against crime, can
carry New York against the
choice of the major parties,
the parties nationally must
take notice.
Washington has egenerally
tended to feel that the two
major partieS-which, like
Topsy. "just growed" and can
not claim constitutional or
statutory sponsorship - were
divinely ordained and repre-
sent the best solution of po-
litical problems in q democ-
racy. Only last week Senator
Morse. the Oregon Independ-
ent. was denied committee
assignments on the ground
that the seniority system un-
der which committee posts are
assigned was a party preroga-
tive, not a constitutional right.
incidentally, recent visitors
to the mountain States and
the West report that Senator
Morse is the most-talked-about
personality of Washington.
They say that people do not
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Poland, and Czechoslovakia.
Only the two Western states
are neutral. India, which would
have the decisive vote, Is an
appeaser of Red China.
Then. for 90 days. teams Of
Red Chinese and Red Korean
agentS-five to seven for every
thousand men-are to enter
the camps protected by this
neutral commission to "ex-
plain" to the prisoners why
they should cease to resist re-
patriation to Communist areas.
In another assault on the
meaning Of words and conces-
sion to Communist jargon,
these teams, trained experts in
Communist indoctrination, are
called explaining representa-
tives."
They may bring with them
radio facilities and communi-
cations personnel and the
world press and television will
view their operation on $4,000
human guinea pigs.
If q prisoner applies to 60
back. a majority vote Of the
neutral commission will pass
on the validity" Of his appli-
cation.
If. after 80 days of this,
there are still stubborn anti
Communists, their fate will be
submitted to a U. N. political
conference. Meanwhile. their
status will be changed from
prisoner of war to civilian
refugee and the neutral COM
mission and Indian Red Cross
shall assist their rehabilita-
ton in neutral countries.
They may not seek refuge in
the United States. or the coun-
tries of the British Common
wealth. or the Philippines. or
Turkey. for these have been
belligerents. Presumably they
would prefer to repatriate to
Communist Korea or China
than to seek refuge In neutral
Communist Poland. CzechoSlo-
vakia or Hungaria. viii Swift
zerland or Sweden take them
and make them equal citizens?
Do they want to be Indians?
Wherever they go-and 60
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might take their time to accept
Germany into the fold. the
United States would take steps
to prove to the German people
its genuine interest in the res
toration Of the Reich as an
associate in the struggle
against Communist aggres-
sion.
Adenauer had gathered from
military and political men at
the highest level that they
firmly believed that the NATO
could not survive unless Ger
many's manpower and techni-
cal knoW-how were added to
the allied forces. But appar-
emily our allies in Western Eu-
rope evince only an academic
interest in that coalition. =
The parties opposing Ade-
nauer were at one time will
ing to go along with his poll
cies of intimate cooperation
with the West. But ever since
France used high = handed
methods in regard to the Saar
question and also showed
clearly its lack Of interest in
the edo pact. the opposition
to Adenauer'S policies within
Germany has grown consider
ably. He offered no solution to
the unification Of the Reich. a
subject on which there is full
agreement among all Germans
from the extreme right to the
extreme left. Most political
parties have also lost faith in
Americas ability to do any
thing for them, except in the
field of economic and financial
assistance. And this Germany
needs less than any other
country in Europe.
The rank and file Of Ger
mans say that America has
shown herself too anxious not
to hurt the feelings Of the
French and too concerned over
Britain's interests to pay more
than lip service to aims for
the political rebirth of the
Reich.
On the other hand, Moscow
has been watching develop
ments in the Western German
republic with more under
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Dorothy Thompson:
Dorothy Thompson:
These Men Without q Country
he Denotono!zotion Of q Korean or Chinese Is Not

Paragraph three of the
agreement on prisoners of war,
signed by 1t. Gen. Nam II and
1t. Gen. William K. Harrison,
says:
mo force or threat of force
shall be used against prisoners
to prevent their repatriation
and no violence to their per-
sons or affront to their dignity
o. self-respect shall be per-
mitted :. for any purpose
whatsoever. >
Here again idealistic words
cover brutal realities.
The prisoners are those in
U. N. custody who have refused
repatriation to Communist
Korea or China. It was over the
issue of their protection that
truce negotiations stalled. Now
If they stubbornly persist in re-
Sisting repatriation. they are to
become men without q country
their fate determined by a
U. N. bureaucracy. If this is
mo affront to their dignity or
self-reSpect," it is because the
very meaning of the words has
all but vanished.
The prisoners are Koreans
and Chinese. They are just as
Korean as Gen. Nam or Syng-
man Rhee, and just as Chinese
as Mao Tse-tung or Chang
Kai-Shek. They are just as
Korean or Chinese as you or
I or President Eisenhower are
American. There is a Com
muniSt Korea and an anti
Communist Korea: a Commu-
mist China and an anti-Com-
muniSt China. In consideration
of dignity and Self-reSpect"
these men (they are men, not
robotS) naturally should be
given the choice to be freed to
return to Communist North
Korea or China or become
citizens of South Korea. or join
their fellow Chinese in For
moSa.
But no. The price they must
pay for resisting communism
Is to become nothing at all.
First. they are to be turned
over to a neutral" commission
of representatives Of five states:
Sweden. Switzerland, India.
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I7oVo LoWTs7ce - = - -
Rhee Gets Shoddy Treatment
Korean President Warned Free World Time and Again
He Could Not Accept Truce With Nation Divided
Dovid Lcwrence:

Administration suppo rters
are making a grave mistake in
asserting that President Rhee
of Korean has belatedly ex-
pressed his demands for a uni
fication of Korea and his pro-
test against an armiStice that
leaves Communist Chinese
troops in North Korea.
The record shows that the
Korean government consist
emily and constantly for the
last "a months has inveighed
against any truce that would
leave any Communist Chi
neSe soldiers in North Korea.
Again and again warning has
been given in public utter
ances by the Korean Presi-
dent that a truce would not be
approved If the Communist
Chinese were not ousted from
Korea.
It has not been generally
known that the Korean gov
eminent, although supplying
the bulk Of the troops. has
never been permitted to be a
party to the Panmunjom truce
negotiations, while. the North
Korean government was per-
lnitted to negotiate directly.
Here is a chronology which
gives a few of the many
statements by President Rhee
and his government concern
ing the very proposals for an
armistice that are now about
to be agreed to by the U. N:
June 10. 1851 Gust before
first truce overtllres began)-
President Rhee, in an interview
with the Associated Press.
said: I'VE will do something in
desperation If the United Ma
tions should make any decision
contrary to our national Sc
curity."
June IL. 1851 - President
Rhee was reported by the As
sociated Press as warning
against q "phony peace-any
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cease-flre order. negotiations.
cessation or settlement that
leave Korea divided by the ar
tificial and meaningless geo.
graphical line of the 38th
Parallel" DR.. Rhee said also:
'"The Yalu River is our objec-
tive"
June 26, 195l-An official
statement by President Rhee
demanded a voice in the truce
talks and said: ANY proposal
short of the complete reuni-
f1cation of the Korean penin-
sula will be unacceptable. This
Is our minimum requirement" ]"
June 90, 1951-The Korean
National Assembly unani-
mously adopted a resolution
opposing a ceaSe-fire until the
following four conditions are
met: "(1) Complete diSarma-
ment of Communist aggres-
sors: CO withdrawal of Chi
nese forces north Of the Yalu
and Tumen Rivers; 90 COM
plete political and territorial
unification under the govern
ment of the Republic of Korea.
and a. assurance of a perma-
nent security of the nation"
Jan. 20. 1952-Speech by
President Rhee, released over
television and radio to the
American people: I'VE are very
gravely concerned that the
original goal of the United
Nations to unity Korea will be
lost sight of during the hag-
Cling at Panmunjom. We fear
that too many concessions have
already been made"
March l, 1952-President
Rhee, in a speech in Korea.
said: "We want all our friends
and our enemies alike to know
that we must be permitted to
utilize every possible means to
survive as an independent,
unified. democratic nation
even if we have to carry on
the struggle alone"
May Is, 1852 - President
Rhee said in a speech: How.