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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-12-30
West Germany Budget Provides
$l5O Million for Jewish Claims

taking advantage of an escape
clause in the PREPARATIONS pact per-
hitting her, to hold payments for
PREPARATIONS deliveries to rock
bottom minimum of $50 million
per year. The PREPARATIONS agree
ment sets $74 million as the ''nor-
NAL" rate.
With respect to indemnification
and restitution. ALLEGATIONS have
been substantially increased. Spe-
officially. SIS million is set aside
for disbursements under the Fed
eral Indemnification Law for in
dividual victims of Nazism. COM
pared to $38 million in this year
and SIG million in l954-55. Since
the law dealing with the restitu-
ton of identifiable Jewish prop
ertY confiscated by the former
German Reich is now about to be
introduced in Parliament after
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-12-30

.... BONN. (JTA) - The sum of
$50 million is allocated for Israel
separations in the Federal budget
for 1857 submitted by Finance
Minister Fritz Schaeffer TO the
West German Parliament for ap-
prevail. The same amount was in
cluded in the budget for the cur
rent year. but nearly three times
as much as this year is asked for
indemnification and restitution
payments in the new budget.
which would enter into effect
next April.
Despite an unprecedented eco
nomic boom, West Germany is,
for the third year in succession,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-12-30

keenan, Wynn told us about a
friend of his who tried to convince
his girl: It'll be perfectly simple
for us to get married. My fathers
a rabbi" And the girl, replied:
''Well, let's give it a try anyway.
Mines a lawyer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Some Political Facts of Life

Stevenson sentiment which has
given birth to a boom for
Senator Lyndon johnson Of
Texas-who, like Ike. has a
heart ailment. 1t is generally
regarded as q device to hold
together the South's delega-
tons behind a man who thinks
as the South does on most
questions.
1t will be recalled that on the
issue Of the tidelands oil. the
Democrats in the North. led by
Stevenson, refused to recog-
nize the position taken by the
Democratic leaders In Texas
and Louisiana. 1t will be re-
called also that Candidate
Eisenhower gave a better an
swer from the Texas viewpoint
than did Stevenson on the
question Of protecting States
rights on the problem of tide
lands oil. Actually on becom-
ing President, Mr.. Eisenhower
signed a bill safeguarding the
tidelands oil rights Of the
Southern States while leading
Democrats in the North con-
tinued to cry "giveaway."
Although segregation is q
live issue In the South and,
like many another emotional
question. will not soon subside
politically. the South is much
more antiradical today on
questions Of taxation and eco
nomic issues generally than It
has ever been. 1t will vote as
many Northern Republicans do
on these questions. 1t will not
vote solidly Democratic next
time. because many voters will
not want to vote against O
party under which pros
perity" has flourished.
What the Republican Party
hasn't taken to heart as yet is
that an organizing Job has to
be done in the South and that
the folks who liked Ike"
worked with an enthusiasm
which, underneath the surface,
was based on a determination
to repudiate "Trumanism" in
every form. Stevenson and
Trumanism" still mean the
same thing in the South.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Scientists Say ACC Head Explored
Possibility in Talks With President

Scientific circles report to
Washington that Chairman
Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic
Energy Com mission has
thought of way out of all his
troubles with the f1ve-man
commission and the close, sus-
picious control exercised over
1t by the congressional Joint
Committee on Atomic Energy.
They believe that in his long
pre-Christmas social" visit
with President Eisenhower at
Gettysburg. Strauss proposed
that atomic energy be grad
uated into a cabinet depart
ment. its Secretary Of course
to be you-know-who. If such
a proposal shows up in the
Presidents state-of the Union
message, the scientists at least
will not be surprised.
Certainly Chairman Strauss
has been having a rough go on
Capitol Hill and there are no
signs that Chairman Anderson
of the Joint committee pro-
poses to let him of the ground
any time soon. In fact Ander-
son has advertised his suspi-
cion that the chairman is not
preparing an aggressive de-
Tense of the Government
against the claims of the
Dixon-Yates syndicate for costs
1t incurred in the now can
celed project. So there will be
more hearings soon in which
Strauss again will be put on
the defensive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28

Early in his tenure as chair
man. Strauss asked the joint
committee to designate the
chairman principal officer Of
the commission. His explana-
ton was that this would not
give him special powers but
would facilitate commission
business. The Joint committee
did not take to the idea.
At the time Strauss was the
Presidents adviser on atomic
energy as he is now, an extra
hat which gives him ready
access to the famous oval
study in the White House
which is not shared by his
fellow commissioners. 1t is
one Of the many irritants that
have produced friction between
Strauss and the veteran COM
missioner. TnomaS Z. Murray.
A brilliant business career
and important service to the
U. S. Navy testify to Strauss
inventive genius. II he Is
looking for ways to improve his
lot which would not include
leaving Washington he can
hardly be blamed.
Perhaps a good case might
be made for an atomic energy
department with cabinet
status. The present commits
sion, its status and duties, have
been evolving steadily since the
war and there is no ban on
change.
The joint committee under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
DORIS FLEEsoN
Cabinet Rank for Strauss?

either Republicans or Demo-
Gratis could be expected to de-
fend Its special position Of
trust and responsibility. In
Washington. no one in Gov
eminent gives up power
readily: the great and gaudy
fights have usually been over
power desired or power being
taken away.
1t is also difficult for changes
involving increase in power
and prestige to be made where
people who have become con-
troversial figures are concerned.
An authority on this subject
Is Oscar Ewing, the New York
lawyer who ran afoul Of the
American Medical Association
when. as head OF the Federal
Security Agency. he proposed
a medical aid program.
Labelling it socialized medi-
cine with the alert help Of the
public relations firm Just hired
by Gov. knight Of California
to push the knight presiden-
tial bid. the doctors trounced
Ewing. Indeed had he worked
for anyone less stubborn than
Harry Truman, Ewing would
have bit the dust.
Ewing's proposal for a cab
met department of health,
education and welfare was A
casualty. When the Eisen-
hover administration moved
in. a Republican Congress
handed 1t to him promptly on
q silver platter. He named Mrs.
Oveta Culp Hobby to head 1t,
who was a tyro in the field but
then noncontroyersial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL


claim the Eisenhower refuses to enforce
antitrust laws Every time little businessmen into
big business the country loses buness-and the Demo-
Gratis lose two votes
Ike works his stateof- the Union Expected
theme: Don't rock the boat Some farmer coming up the
second time for air might grab the gunwae and drown all
Cigarette companies this made 25 packs for every
person in the country Half consumed by smokers who
intend to quit tomorrow-and the rest by those who quit
yesterday
Democratic Senator Monroney says the Madison
advertising boys should help both parties year. Thatn
give each side its quota Of gray hannel-mouths
Government economists predict 1856 will be another boom
Everybody will have two Of everything complete with
service men who can't fix either of them.
Labor leaders prefer Chief Justice Warren the Repub
lcan presidential candidate Warrens safely
More liberal than his partyand conservative than the
Democrat the labor leaders would try beat him with
Democrats anxious to win in 1856 They've spent three
years ockpilng take
care OF all the problems Democratic victory will create
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Warren Boomers Admit 1t Would
Be Bod to Drag Court Into Campaign

which, 1t is now said, would
be most unfortunate.
But the same truth-the
danger Of putting the Supreme
Court into politics-was well
known the moment the name
Of Warren was mentioned in
the first instance. AS an emo
tional issue, few things COM
pare in intensity with the seq
regation question in the South.
It has its repercusSions in GER
tain sections Of the North and
especially In the border States
like Virginia. Maryland. Ken
lucky, Oklahoma, Missouri and
Tennessee.
Indeed, 1t is questionable
whether, because of his weak
ness in the South. Adlai
Stevenson, If nominated. can
be elected. Stevenson stands
In the South as the symbol Of
the Truman attitude on civil
rights" It was the Stevenson
group which antagonized
Southern leaders by launching
the fight over the so-called
loyalty test" in the Demo-
cratic National Convention of
1852.
It is often argued-rather
specifically. to be sure-that
it was mainly the popularity"
Of Eisenhower which enabled
him to win the South. It wasn't
Ike's popularity" however,
which caused Senator Byrd Of
Virginia to decline in 1852 to
announce what candidate he
would support or at the same
time to say fatty he wouldn't
support the party nominee,
Adlai Stevenson.
1t wasn't Ike's popularity"
which caused Gov. Shivers Of
Texas to bolt Stevenson in
1852. Even today Shivers is
against Stevenson at a time
when it is not known whether
Ike will run on the Republican
ticket.
Nor has Ike's popularity"
anything to do with the anti
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28

bronze" But the hay being
fed in the barns was mostly
timothy. contained little clo-
yer. much weed, and saw no
alfalfa.
Concentrates" are fed-one
pound for every two pounds Of
milk, which is high. But these
are only partly grain. Sun
flower seed. beets, turnips. even
cabbage are included. These,
apparently, are ensilage. They
are expensive Of labor to grow,
but labor is Russia's cheapest
commodity.
Insufficiency of fodder ex-
plains Russia's cattle dearth
that has SO engaged Mr.. Khru-
shchev. Cattle have died OF
starvation on collective farms,
due to assigning insufficient
land for their nourishment.
The state is rich - rich
enough for everything becom-
ing to a great power.
But food is expensive. and
the people are poor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28

.Brainwashing is the new
Soviet diploma attic weapon
which is now being applied to
nations In much the same
manner as it is applied to
individuals.
The methods on individuals
are more complex and subtle
than Is generally believed.
They were described recently
by q former member Of the
Polish underground who was
left In Poland after the Nazis
overran the country.
After Hitler attacked Stain,
a number Of underground
leaders received orders from
the government in exile in Lon
don to 60 to the USSR and
place themselves at the dis
posal Of the Soviet authorities.
They were all arrested by the
MVD. This particular Pole was
sent to the Lubianka prison
in Leningrad where he was
treated as a spy. and subjected
to interminable interrogations.
When things looked darkest
and the Pole believed that next
day he would face the firing
squad, his Soviet interrogation
suddenly said: MY dear COM
rade, you must be exhausted"
An orderly appeared in the
torture chamber with a platter
Of caviar sandwiches and other
solid and liquid delicacies. And
the Pole was transferred to a
pleasant room with a real bed
and clean sheets. For q few
days he was treated as an
honored guest.
Then when his hopes were
high that the ordeal was
ended. the whole attitude of
the Russian jailers changed
again. He was sent back to
the filthy cubbyhole, ques-
toned under strong lights,
beaten up and once again put
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Bruinwoshinq Entire Nations

Messrs. Bulganin and
Khrushchev trotted them
selves to India. Burma and
Afghanistan where they
spouted vile insults and accu-
sations at the same Western
nations they had been treat
ing to smiles and words Of
friendship q few weeks ear
lier.
1t is likely that there will
be another period Of caviar
sandwiches" in the near future
as the USSR moves to,
permit its side-kick, Commu-
mist China, a series Of agrees
sions against the Nationalist
held offshore islands. &
Last summers diplomatic
brainwashing has affected q
number Of prominent people
in the Western world. Some Of
them still insist that the &C.
neya spirit was genuine and
could be revived. Only black
reactionary warmongers, they
say, want to consider 1t dead.
There Is a trend of polit.
ical thinking now which con-
tends that it might be useful
for the West to make a few
small concessions to the Cons
munists for the sake of peace.
Only this week Frances Pre-
mier Faure said publicly that,
it would be wise to place Com, q
munist China-which still
stands branded as an agrees
sor by the United Nations-in
the seat occupied by the Ma
tionalist governm emit, still
recognized ofiicially by the
French.
We must expect a similar
situation in this country as
soon as the electoral campaign
gets into full swing. The
brainwashing operation has
been less successful in Amer
ica.i But it happens that our
foreign policies are predicated
on what is regarded as best by
our allies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Collective Inefficiency
Russio's Huge Farms Amount
To Peasant Economies

Cattle breeding and meat.
dairy. hog-culture. poultry,
fruit, dollhouse vegeta b es.
field-grown vegetables - and
raising silver foxes.
1t has 1850 acres in grain.
1910 in hay, $50 in vegetables,
800 in family plots (duplicat-
ing, except for potatoes, what
is already being grown collec-
lively. and another $50 in
potatoes, hothouses. fruit and
space for buildings.
Were each large-scale opera
ton competently performed.
it would require a separate
special skill. A peasant can
handle numerous small opera
lions, but the larger they be-
come the more risks involved
and scientific knowledge re-
quired. All the 800 workers on
THE Ray" are peasants, and
65 per cent are women.
II the figures I was given
are correct, some operations
were doing well. The 200 milk
cows tout of 400 cattle-Hol-
stems and q similar Russian
breed, normally copious pro-
ducers) averaged. I was told,
81 pounds a day (But the milk
charts Of 100 mixers for Is
days that I checked on the
cowbarn wall averaged out at
25.)
The hogs, from the figures,
had done excellently, but the
hens were laying under 80 per
cent, which is terrible. The as
sistant director admitted 1t but
claimed no loss. He counted
the hens as part of the whole
LIVESTOCK operation.
With all these multiple oper-
atoms the farm is not self
sufficient in its most important
operation-cattle. 1t had to
spend 10 per cent OF last years
income for extra feed. They
are not pastured-insufficient
land-but fed in barns the
year round. Hayfields are re-
seeded. in rotation, only once
In nine years. I could not in
quire about the hay crop. since
my Moscow translator did not
know the words alfalfa" or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
DAVID LAWRENCE

There are certain facts Of
life" in American politics
which blind partisans some
times try to wish out Of ex-
istence, but those same facts
nevertheless persist.
Thus, when there began to
be mention Of Chief Justice
Warren as a possible presi-
dental nominee as the news
of Ike's illness first began to
be discussed in terms Of the
1856 election, most veterans
In American politics immedi-
ately dismissed the idea on
two counts. First. they re-
garded as absolute the une-
quivocal statement by Mr..
Warren in April 1855 that he
would not be a candidate "un-
der any circumstances or con-
ditions." Second. they realized
he couldn't carry any Of the
South, and perhaps none Of
the border" States either, be-
cause of his personal influence
in the making of the Supreme
Court decision on segregation.
To the first point, the naive
answer was made by the left
wing" groups promoting the
candidacy of Warren that, of
course, If President Eisenhower
asked him to run, 1t would
relieve the Chief Justice Of
any embarrassment about go
ing back on his word-as If
q pledge to keep the court out
of politics can be broken so
readily. On the second point
there was a noticeable silence.
Now at last some of the same
supporters who have been
booming Warren right along
are conceding it would be very
bad if the Supreme Court
were dragged into politics
particularly bad since the
Chief Justice was the prime
mover in the decision against
segregation. For this issue
would naturally then become
prominent in the campaign,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Marine on Guard
In OkinuWu Shot

| OKINAWA, Dec. 20 P).-
Marine Pfc. Harold Richard
Ambeau, 10, of Norwalk, Conn.,,
was in critical condition at the
Ryukyus Army Hospital after
being shot today while on guard
duty.
Civil police arrested one Oki-
nawan and are seeking three
other persons.
Pfc. Ambeau was found near
his guard post on the Marine
base at 4:30 am. by the cor
poral of the guard. Police said
he was shot in the stomach,
apparently with his own rifle,
which is missing. They theorized
he may have surprised providers,
who overpowered him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28

Passing from the human
poverty in the midst Of
plenty" that I found on a
model collective farm and one
very profitable to the state,
there is the question Of eff
cheney.
No farm that assigns nearly
so per cent Of annual income
to profit and new investment
could fail to exploit labor. But
the Russian collective farms.
which. except for 5000 Of an
other type. embrace all pro-
ductive land, are inefficient in
concept.
The observation-disclosures
farm is efficient for producing
cheaply for an urban market
or for farms of another type.
It succeeds by concentrating
upon one product - meat,
grain. cotton, tobacco. etc
with a minimum necessity for
year-round labor. Such a farm
can be operated by relatively
small number Of skilled man
ayers. mechanics, and we'll
paid workers. competent In one
branch Of farm operation. It
also succeeds by concentrat-
ing upon products suitable to
the climate and terrain. and
where a crop Is the commodity,
one that can be worked by
machinery. Such farms may
be owned by corporations.
They are essentially indus
tries.
The European (and old Rus
siam peasant economy Is pro-
duction for use. The farmer
and his family have land they
can work themselves, grow al
most all their own food, and
sell the surplus to provide for
their other needs. Such an
economy has never succeeded
anywhere except on the basis
OF private or cooperative own
ership in which the farmers
invest their own labor and saw
ings. Yet 1t has produced a
hourishing agriculture and
plentifully fed the cities.
Russia's collective farms are
gigantic peasant economies.
The one on which report Is
engaged in eight operations:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
CONSTANTINE BROWN
,Kremlin Varies Cold War Diet
With Fleeing Dash of Coexistence

on diet Of water and stale
bread.
These switches from utmost
brutality to extreme kindness
and back to brutality again
happened several times over q
year.
In the end the Pole pre-
tended to comply with what
his prosecutors wanted him to
do. He went to London to
become q Soviet spy within the
government In exile.
This brainwashing strategy
is now being tried on the free
nations by the men in the
Kremlin. We were given the
full treatment Of the cold war
In Europe and Asia for 8 years.
We heard ominouS saber rat
tlings-massing Of Red ground
and air forces in Eastern Eu-
rope. We had to fight a Mos
cow-inspired war in Korea and
witnessed helplessly the estab-
lishment Of communism in
Northern Wet Nam. Then sud-
denly the Russians proclaimed
that they wanted to "coexist"
with US. They suggested a get
together at the summit"
where they treated us with
caviar sandwiches" in the
form Of demonstrations Of
friendship by the Bulganin-
Khr US h c h ev-Zhukov team.
They almost succeeded in get
ting US intoxicated with the
spirit Of Geneva.
AS we of the free West were
pleasantly basking In the new
sweetness and light climate the
men in the Kremlin changed
their tactics again. Not only
were the smiles replaced by
scowls but they successfully
injected themselves into the
Near and Middle East by pro-
viding arms to the Arabs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Safety Devices Needed

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (R.--
Police officials are considering
the use of reflector belts, lighted
night sticks and other safety
devices for traff1c patrolmen A
study was ordered after four
policemen were injured In acci-
dents while directing trafiic on
Christmas Day.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-17

in favor at this time of the pro-
posed Newport plan. The motion
was unanimously passed. Vernon
Westfall was present to confer
with council about his request for
curbline survey on Cummins
Street, which will be made.
Police Report For Month
Chief of Police John w. Jacobs,
Jr., presented reports for his de-
partment for December and Janu-
ary, as follows: In January there
were 60 complaints; 18 arrests, Is
motor violations; 1 committed to
Jail; police car driven 3012 miles;
cases dismissed, 1; petit larceny,
1; throwing cans from moving
vehicle, 1; receiving stolen goods,
1. Fines collected S505. In De-
cember: 63 complains; 2 arrests;
motor violations, 2; committed to
Jail, 1 car driven 3039 miles; 1
case dismissed. The chief will
present yearly report at the
next meeting.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-17
SCHOOL
REPORTER
T
81
GO. Elections

The annual General Organiza-
tion elections are in progress at
Smyrna High School and will cul-
inmate on February % with the
election of a president, vice pres
ident, and a secretary. The pupils
in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh
grades selected Bart Luff and
Kendall Hudson to be the party
leaders. Bart leads the scarlet
party and Kendall the white par
ty. Both sides have drawn up
their platforms and have register
ed the students in their respective
parties. Each party will hold
delegates convention on Tuesday,
February %, for the purpose of
nominating officers to represent
their party. The two parties will
then put their nominees against
one another in the final election
on February %. The president
must be a member of the junior
class, the vice president a men,
Der of the sophomore class and
the secretary a member of the
freshman class.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-17

posal plant. He has been employed
by that firm for the past four
years as a civil engineer on work
involving reports, design, and sup
ervision of water and sewer i'm
provement for municipalities in
Maryland and Delaware. Mr.. Gill
more will take up his duties here
on April 1, and expects to move
his family from Glen Burnie, Md,
where they now live. He is mar
ried to the former Barbara Bene-
dict, of Newark, and they have
two children, Jeanne, eight years
old, and Alan, three years of age.
Mr.. Gilmore was elected president
of the Baltimore Camera Club in
June, 1854.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-17

who were presented were Mrs.
Jonathan Willis, vice president for
Kent County, and Mrs. Harry
Bunting, vice president, Sussex
County, and among the clubs. re-
presented were Dover, Avon Club,
Clayton, Harrington, Milford, and
Camden. Miss Bertha Smithers,
one of the charter members of the
local club, was presented, and it
was noted that there are five liv-
ing charter members. Mrs. Joseph
w. Ennis was program chairman.
Mrs. Edward Everhart sang Mas
cagni's Ave Maria" and "In A
Monastery Garden" accompanied
by Mr.. Howard Pletsch, violinist,
and Mrs. Fred Lamb, pianist. A
review of Zoe Oldenbourgh's book,
"The Cornerstone" was given by
Mrs. James O'Connor.