The mayor of Rome, Umberto Tupini, standing right, is seen here as he reads an address to the delegates of six west European Nations, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg, who met in Rome's ancient city hall, March 25, 1957, an

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Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, left, and Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Joseph Bech, with hat, walk from their plane at Ciampino Airport, Rome, March 24, 1957, on their arrival for the completion of the Euratom and Common Market pacts. (AP Photo)

Rome Treaty Signature  ceremony - March 1957

Antonio Segni and Konrad Adenauer, left to right, in the middle, joining hands following the signing of the Treaties, surrounded by other signatories and delegations members - Gaetano Martino, Attilio Cattani, Italian Permanent Representative to the EEC, and Joseph Bech, amongst others (from left to right). Right front stands Joseph Bech, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg. Behind Adenauer and Segni and Adenauer is Corrado Baldino, Protocol Chief of the Presidency of the Italian Republic. (AP Photo/Str)

Dutch foreing Minister Joseph Luns, center with striped suit, and his undersecretary Linthorst Homan sign the treaty for the European Common Market and Euratom in Rome's City Hall, Italy, March 25, 1957. (AP Photo/Str)

European polititians are concentrated while signing the treaty for the European Common Market and the Euratom, Rome's City Hall, Italy, March 25, 1957. Seated from left to right are: French Foreign Undersecretary Maurice Faure, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, German Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Walter Hallstein, Italian Premier Antonio Segni and Italian Foreign Minister Gaetano Martino. (AP Photo/Stf)

A general overhead view of the delegations of six European Nations seated during the ceremonies for the signing of the Euratom and the European Common Market agreements in the city hall of Rome, Italy, March 25, 1957. From left to right: Belgium: Paul Henri Spaak and Baron Snoy; France:Christian Pineau and Maurice Faure; Germany: Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Walter Hallstein; Italy: Antonio Segni and Gastano Martino; Luxembourg: Joseph Bach and Albert Schaus; Netherlands: Joseph Luns and Linthorst Homan. (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi)

European polititicians are concentrated while signing the treaty for the European Common Market. Paul Henri Spaak (left, with glasses) Belgian Foreign Minister, and Baron Snoy sitting next to Spaak, Belgian Foreign Affairs Undersecratary are identified in Rome's City Hall, Italy, March 25, 1957. (AP Photo/Str)

Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak, left, smiles as French Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Maurice Faure, next to Spaak, and German Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Walter Hallstein shake hands. Talking in the right corner are Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Luns, second from right, with Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Joseph Bech. They stand outside Rome's City Hall, Italy, March 25, 1957 during a break of the signing procedures on the Euratom and the Common European Market treaties. (AP Photo/Str)

European politicians are concentrated while signing the treaty for the European Common Market and Euratom, in Rome's City Hall, Italy, March 25, 1957. From left to right: Paul Henri Spaak, Belgian Foreign Minister, his Undersecretary Baron Snoy, French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau and his Undersecretary Maurice Faure, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, German Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Walter Hallstein. An unidentified official bows over the table after Hallstein. (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi)

Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Joseph Bech, with pen, signs Euratom and Common Market Agreement, in Rome, Italy, on March 25, 1957. Next to him preparing to sign is Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs for Luxembourg Albert Schaus and far right is Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Luns. (AP Photo)

German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, left, signs the Euratom and Common Market Agreement, part of the Treaty of Rome, watched by the German Secretary of State Walter Hallstein and Italian President Antonio Segni, right, in Rome on March 25, 1957. (AP Photo)

A general overhead view of the crowd gathering outside the city hall in Rome, Italy, March 25, 1957, during the signing ceremony. Rain was pouring, so umbrellas were up.  (AP Photo/Walter Attenni)

European politicians look at a poster in the Garden of the Belgian Embassy in Rome, March 26, 1957. The poster can be seen on the walls of Rome, Italy, displaying the countries Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and Luxemburg as nice girls dressed in the respective national colours. Standing from left to right are Paul Henri Spaak, Konrad Adenauer, Joseph Luns, who holds one corner of the poster and Gaetano Martino holding the other corner. (AP Photo/Ivan Crosceneo)

Former Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Pella stands, center, in front of Giovanni Leone, President of the Chamber of Deputies, and speaks on Euratom and the Common Market, during discussions in the Chamber of Deputies, in Rome, July 28, 1957. (AP Photo/Atenni)