Several thousand Soviet-directed railway police yielded control of west Berlin railway stations to west Berlin police last night on order of the United States, Britain, and France. Russia protected the three-power action, which came on the fourth day of a fierce strike against the Soviet-controlled railway and elevated systems.

Democratic leaders curtailed the administration's program for this session of Congress yesterday by stripping the hotly contested health insurance and civil tights proposals off the "must" list. At the same time, Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas indicated he expects no Senate action this session on President Truman's $4,000,000,000 tax boost plan, the new Brannan farm plan, or the foreign arms program.

Congressional investigators turned up testimony yesterday that a wartime atomic scientist was "an active Communist" and that federal agents removed two bars of uranium from an atomic plant without being detected. These were the high points in a day of many-aided atomic investigation on Capital Bill.

Avowed Communist Hans Freistadt won't be teaching at the University of North Carolina after June 1. Chancellor Robert House told the university trustees yesterday that Freistadt had been ordered dismissed as a part-time Physics instructor at the end of this scholastic year. Freistadt's receipt of an atomic energy commission fellowship set off a recent Congressional inquiry.

Yesterday's major league baseball: National League St. Louis (Brechren) 3, Boston 1 (N); Brooklyn (Bvanea) 6, Pittsburgh 1 (N); Chicago (Chipman) 8, New York 2; Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 3 (N). American League--Boston (Johnson) 2, Detroit 1; New York (Raschi) 13, St. Louis 4. Rain postponed all other games.