| Show Three Who Look Loo So Mousy Yet They Are ire Accused i Of Bomb A-Bomb Spies B By Inez Incz NEW V YORK You YORK You sit in the federal court room and look at atthe atthe atthe the trio accused of the ultimate ultimate ultimate ulti ulti- mate infamy treason infamy treason and you are continually amazed by the outward insignificance of the three They look like anyone and everyone Like the next door neighbor the woman in the supermarket The man on the subway There is no tell-tale tell mark of distinction on any of the three either the man and his wife Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosenberg Ro Ro- Ro- Ro or their friend Morton Yet they are the defendants in Americas America's first atom bomb spy jury trial They stand accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac in the words of U. U S. S attorney attorney attorney at at- torney Irving of COnspiring conspiring conspiring con COn- to steal and deliver to Russia the one weapon that might well hold the key to the survival of this nation and the peace of the world world the the atomic bomb None of them looks sinister or evil or even mildly mischievous Nor do they look as daring or cunning as brave and ruthless as the roles they are arc accused of playing None of them needs a crowd in which to get g-et lost I would wager er that none of their fellow citizens ever gave them a second look except the F FBI B I. I They must be presumed innocent innocent innocent inno inno- cent until proved guilty But if these three are indeed guilty of the most deadly treason in history they were brilliantly chosen for the job they job they melt into the millions jostling jostling jostling jost jost- ling ling- lingon on the subways and the streets of New York They are lost in the protective coloration of a hustling preoccupied preoccupied preoccupied metropolis No Xo Relationship There A dI is no physical relationship relationship relationship relation relation- ship between this anonymous trio and the colorful swaggering swaggering swaggering swagger swagger- ing wildly individualistic members members members mem mem- bers of the American politburo The latter vv we were e r e convicted months ago in this same cOurtroom courtroom courtroom court cOurt- room of conspiracy to teach and advocate the overthrow o of the United States government by violence Every Everyone one of the 11 members of the American Communist hierarchy tried before Judge Harold R. R Medina stood out in ina a crowd like a sore thumb as befits men who front for an or or- But this trio accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac of doing the vital ital dirty and treasonous grubbing of the party melts into the woodwork In Subway There are Ethel Rosen Rosen- bergs in the subway any workday workday workday work work- day morning This year old woman sits at the defendants' defendants table in court wearing the tired uniform of the file clerk or stenographer stenographer-a a full dark wool skirt a whitewash blouse and a white wool sweater s Hers is a dish face complexion complex complex- ion pasty and features It It is difficult to imagine ine this ordinary looking woman mixed up in anything as dashing as espionage for she looks about as dashing as bread pudding She does not even make the best of her naturally curly dark hair Her bob is neither long nor short and it needs shaping Allin All Allin Allin in all she looks innocuous and vacuous until you come to her eyes Intelligent ent Eyes They are not only her best feature but probably the clue to her being They are arc large dark and extremely intelligent There is no way to camouflage them nor the mentality that lies behind behind be be- hind them She looks short and slim as she sits between her husband and Sob ell It is only when she moves out of the courtroom room at recess that she is is revealed as hippy and a bit on the dumpy J side Until the jury brings in its verdict these three young persons persons persons per per- sons must be presumed innocent The frightening element in this national nightmare is the possibility possibility possibility pos pos- that three who look so mousy and so 50 average a so 50 terI ter ter- y terribly average could be I guilty g of betraying mankind Distributed by International News Service |
