Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin bazara na 1953, bayan mutuwar Josef Stalin da kuma shirye-shiryen ranar haihuwar Walter Ulbricht na 60, Baum ya yi kira ga "son rai" ƙara yawan ma'aikata da kashi 10% yayin rage ainihin albashi da kashi 30%. Kodayake a ranar 14 ga Yuni "Neues Deutschland" ya yi kira da a kawo karshen "hanyoyin mallet" na Baum, SED ya bi. Baum ya rarraba kowane zanga-zanga a matsayin "mai adawa da ajin ma'aikata". Kwana uku bayan haka, tashin hankalin Jamus ta Gabas na 1953
ya faru.