Evening star., 1960-05-04

EOeoCAA~S ~ N@AN N~~N@ Ns~M~f
Mr.. Eaton, rs, met Soviet
Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev
in Moscow in 1858. Mrs. Eaton
entertained Mrs. Khrushehev in
Washington at q luncheon when
the Soviet Premier visited the
United States last fall. Mr..
Eaton was host to First Deputy
Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan
when he visited Cleveland last
year. In recent years, Mr.. Eaton
has given the Soviet Union prize
shorthorn cattle and has re-
ceived a Russian troika tbuggy)
and white horses to-pull it.
Prizs Valued at $s5,OOO
Tass said Mr.. Eaton has ar
rived "at the adamant con-
cluSion that a relationship of
mutuaI understanding and
friendship can and must be
established between the two
great nations~-the USSR and
the United States"
At last accounting the prizes
were officially valued at $35, 900
each. They formerly were called
Stain prizes.
American Negro Singer Paul
Robson received the Stain
Peace Prize in 1858. American
Negro Editor William Edward
Dubois, 90, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
received the peace prize Tor
1858.
American Author Howard
Fast won a Stain Peace Prize
in 1858; he has been in dis
favor in the Soviet Union ever
since he quit the American
Communist Party in 1856.
Arthur w. Moulton, retired
Protestant Episcopal bishop OF
Utah, received the Stain Peace
Prize in 1851.
Ceremony in Kremlin
The prizes were established
in 1949. Last year, the Lenin
prizes were presented at a big
ceremony in the Kremlin. A
similar ceremony probably will
be held this year.
Other 1860 winners are:
President Sukarno of Indo-
nesia; he was described as
actively carrying through an
independent foreign policy
aimed at the strengthening of
universal peace"
Laurent Casanova of France !;
he was called "one of the ini-
tiators of the peace move
ment." He is a former mem
ber of the French Assembly.
Aziz Sharif; he was termed
"a public figure of Iraq whose
life is inseparably linked with
the Iraqi peoples struggle
against colonialism and for the
consolidation of international
peace and friendship" He is
q leader Of Bagdad's peace
partisans.
Alexander Korneichuk, So
Wet writer; his activities were
described as contributing to
"closer contacts and co-opera-
tion with various international
and national movements and
organizations working fol-
peace"
Eaton Issues Statement
In Cleveland, Mr.. Eaton's
Office released a statement
from the industrialiSt in which
he said he was deeply appre.
ciative of this high honor"
Such recognition of a cap.
italist," the statement said
provides strong new evidence
of what I am sure isthe sincere
interest of the Soviet people
and their government in peace
for all mankind.
II am firmly convinced thai
men of conflicting beliefs car
reach a meeting of minds /.
they are determined to do so. Z.
I'm working for peace, take
lasting satisfaction in follow
ing the proud tradition of twt
of Tmerica'S greatest indus
trial leaders-Andrew Carnegie
and Henry Ford"
Going Abroad in September
Mr.. Eaton was reached fo,
notification of the award OF
the Steep Rock iron ore rang
near Atikokan. Ontario. wher
he participated in dedication o
a new $66-million mine tina
will produce three million ton
of ore annually. The mine
being opened by the InlanI
Steel Co. of Chicago on an or
zone leased fro mSteep Roc
Iron Ore Mines, Ltd.
The Cleveland industriaiis
plans to be in Moscow in Sep
tember for the sixth Pugwas
conference of nuclear scientist
on disarmament and worl
security.
Mr.. Eaton is chairman of tn
Steep Rock Iron Ore Nine
Steep Rock, Ontario; tn
Chesapeake & Ohio Railwa.
the West Kentucky Coal Co
and a director of several othe
large corporations.
He sponsored the first of
series Of thinkers conference
in his boyhood home in PUG
wash, Nova Scotia, in 1856
Three years later, the Pugwas
conference collected for til
first time nuclear scientist
from both sides of the Iro
Curtain.