European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 11 the stars and stripes october 1959 East election called Sham by state promises to work for free vote 15 the state department has branded As a Sham the elections scheduled for today in soviet controlled East Germany and has promised to work for free Al German the soviet installed East Ger Man afraid to face the will of the people in an honest has Felt it necessary to stage some sort of show of bal the department said in a but it is obvious that the 15 performance lacks any characteristic of a free if the communists really want to Register the feelings of the German the department they should loin in Iree elections throughout All zones of it noted thai the West German real relic already had denounced the Sham elections and had renewed its r 3pcal for Al German the department added that it joined Britain and France in supporting his Truman lands in Hawaii 15 Dent Truman arrived Here Al am Germany time today alter completing the flight from his meeting with Gen Douglas Mac Arthur at Wake the presidential plane Independence landed Hickam Field under a Clear sky with twinkling a military guard surrounded the president As he stepped from his into a wailing car which whisked him away to his temporary Headquarters at Pearl he was accompanied by his air Brig Gen Robert and his military aide maj Gen Harry tie president will spend the Day As guest of adm Arthur Radford in the chief Pacific Fleet officers Beach club at Charles presidential spokes said or Truman was feeling very chirpy after his Long round trip to Wake exp Astor prevents panic aboard plane with jokes continued from Page 1 sengers did not understand English very so i told jokes in Ger Man and he after arriving Here with other Pas sengers on a second i told everyone there was no reason in be alarmed and not to Rush to the doors until their names were in Case of then Hauser walked up and Down the aisle of the plane taking Pic Tures of the so they could see later what their faces looked like in a Canton bus strike 15 bus Drivers in Canton went on strike for pay raises cutting off transport for Russ zone populace goes to polls continued from Page i away from the polls or daring to Mark their ballots in a because of extreme pressure on the it was considered certain that nearly All the to eligible voters went through the prescribed motions in polling Potsdam and other areas Border ing Berlin were reported packed with Peoples germans who ventured to ride elevated rail Way trains Between West Berlin and the soviet zone said they had never seen such careful checking of documents and Vole procedure reports from precincts near Berlin provided Western officials Here with this picture of the voting procedure As the voter entered the polling station he was Given a ballot con Taining the names of All the National front the voter then presented the ballot to the head of the local election the election official placed a inscribed a declaration of support for the five year on the Back of the he then returned the paper to the who dropped it into a the voter was Given no Opportunity to Mark the nor was he provided with an envelope or any other Means of Early reports indicated least in the areas near voting was proceeding in an orderly under the eyes of Peoples free German youth and state Security service sad today election was expected to be most orderly Ever held in the radio station in last night carried an Appeal by Ernst Deputy chief of the sem official fighting group against warning All East zone resistance groups not to cause disturbances at the polling Booths be cause of information received Here that the sad was planning sweeping workers kept in in East which is not technically a part of the German democratic and there fore did not participate in the elec labourers in All Large enter Prises were ordered to spend today working at special stat sponsored rebuilding results of the balloting May not be announced for several Cor respondents of the soviet controlled press have been forbidden to re port county or state totals in and Vance of the announcement of the Overall with no Opportunity for negative and with the entire population mobilized to turn there was Little speculation about the in West thousands of workers gathered in the vast olympic stadium to attend the ceremony entitled free world labor salutes the Berlin Battlefront picture Martinr sees Rient hailing news of talks 15 up Gea doug7as Macarthur returned to from his Wake Island conference with president Truman an declared the presidents trip to the Pacific would be hailed with great enthusiasm throughout tit far he said it will be interpreted at symbolizing a firm determination that peace shall be secured in Pacific and Asia shall be free Ayrf not a Macarthur landed at Haneda port at am Germany i j was greeted by Macarthur and top Siatt members Mac Arthur said i greatly enjoyed president and conferring with him and his advisers on problems related to the far i japanese and j areas troups pressed Forward toward striking out More than Yards from captured and yesterday were reported 52 air Miles Southeast of the red South korean troops advanced to it Heliin 20 Miles of the  Industrial Center on the East a pocket of communist troops was reported heavily engaging South korean troops near Kori and villages Midway Blu Vereti Pyongyang and map in units gain on All fronts continued from Page 1 Rean capital div drove into Chow a Only 20 Miles South of the twin Industrial cities of Ham Hung and Hung Nam after an eight mile and super fortresses dropped nearly leaflets Over the five big North korean warning that All Hope of communist Victory had gone and the time had come to Loudspeaker trucks toured the 1st cars frontline telling enemy Tro Opac it is useless to fight longer and be you Are sur rounded and cannot sur Render and you will be treated a communist army command communique broadcast by the Pyongyang radio admitted general withdrawals on both the Pyong Yang and Hamsun Chungnam an 8lh army spokesman said yesterday there still was consider Able communist resistance behind the main United nations Spear one of these estimated at roughly regimental was heavily engaging South korean troops near Kori and villages Midway Between Pyongyang and the spokes Man the most striking Advance re ported yesterday was registered by the capital div in its northward drive along the East coastal Road toward just South of the 40th the division had advanced some 50 Miles in the past two Days and Forward spearheads were More than 170 Miles North of the 3slh writer says germans forced to vote continued from Page 1 the Only thing you can aside from saying yes by dropping your ballot in the is stay at and that would be very unhealthy in the German democratic a second voter added you stay at Home you will be without a Job three Days if something worse Doest happen to told me the ballots contained a single slate of candidates and that it was impossible to cast a negative As i Small processions of voters walked quietly to a Corner restaurant to drop their ballots into a Box under the watch Ful eyes of election officials and Peoples As voters lined up before an official table they were told if you Are in favor of drop the ballot into the if you Are against go to the the Booth was a three sided pasteboard enclosure with a and was watched constantly by five there was no provision on the ballots for any and the Sheet into the Box was an affirmative vote for the entire a he were Brave go to the Booth to indicate his opposition to no one dared to go near that i was the Back of each ballot carried a stamp for the five year for deeds must prove peace Dulles tells Russ continued from Page 1 Fere Nee the user could prove her Good intentions immediately by negotiating treaties on Germany and Austria and using her influence to Call off hostilities in Dulles spoke shortly after sub mitting a revised draft Resolution in cooperation with six other nations empowering the general Assembly to earmark troops to halt aggression in Case Security Council action is prevented by the in discussing the Dulles was asked whether the could again contribute us troops to halt aggression As it did in Korea without further constitutional authority to do Russ bid rejected Dulles said a powerful Prece Dent had been established by the immediate dispatch of troops to the question was academic be fore he events have Stven the Dulles returned to Vishinsky plea for cooperation after explain ing Why two soviet resolutions for United peace action had not been incorporated into the seven nation the soviet Resolution calling for a big five meeting to discuss methods of he said would merely give the russians an other Opportunity to talk and not to yugoslavs confirm offer to Stepinac get 15 Bishop Alois spiritual Leader of approximately yugoslav Homan yester Day gained a Chance of Freedom from a Long prison he to leave the the came in the of a statement that the government would not deny published reports that Stepinac would be freed if he leaves Yugo Stepinac was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in charges that he conspired with the croatian fascist Organiza against marshal Titos parti sans in a Campaign which aided the Stepinac denied the Truman tells Owak talks continued from Page 1 finish our discussion rapidly in order to meet Gen Macarthur desire to return at the earliest pos sible it was apparent that the excellent cooperation which has existed be tween Washington and the w which Gen Macarthur paid greatly facilitated we Are fully aware of the Dan Gers which lie ahead but we Are confident that we can surmount these dangers with three assets which we have unqualified Devotion to Unity with our fellow peace Loving members of the United our determination and growing rehabilitation the president said that during his on hour private discussion and another hour of full conference with peaceful rehabilitation of devastated Korea was tin main we Are moving Forward wit i preliminary negotiations for a peace treaty to which Japan is he he said he got Ideal on the ways in which the United states can most effectively promote its policies of assisting and main Taining International peace and Security throughout the but the president did not indicate the trend of the generals ideas other than to state he found them most Macarthur approved the presidential statement and initiated it before it was released he refused to make any further comment Oak Leaf Cluster the two hour of Cicic took the president Halfway around the was concluded in abrupt fashion that even Whita House assistants were taken by before bidding each other fare Well after the presidents five hour stay on the Truman awarded Macarthur the fourth Oak Leaf Cluster to his distinguished service Truman then Shook warmly with the general and Mac Arthur said Goodby Happy it has been a real Honor to talk to Macarthur spotted a reporter la the crowd who had covered the Early phases of the korean fight of when United nations forces wart things have certainly switched around since be told the re come on up to t wont be Long