Evening star., 1945-06-21
L Of 16 Poles
Get 4 Months
To 10 Years
; Others Acquitted;
Postponement Given
Sick Defendant
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, June 21.-Twelve O.
Is Poles accused of subversive
activities behind Red Army line.
were convicted by a Soviet court
early today and given sentence,
Of from 4 months to 10 years ir
prison. Three were acquitted
and the trial of another was
postponed.
The heaviest sentence-10 years
was imposed on Maj. Gen. L
Bronislaw Okulicki, commander Of
the underground home army after
the Inflated Warsaw uprising.
Jan Jankowski, deputy prime
minister of the London Polish gov
ernment-in-exile and leader of the
Polish underground movement. was
sentenced to eight years imprison-
ment.
Gen. Okulicki Stoical.
The sentences will date from the
day Of arrest, March 27.
(The Moscow radio. heard in
London, said no appeal from the
sentences would be permitted.)
Gen. Okulicki received his sen.
tence stoically. His only show OF
emotion was tightening of the lips
as he heard the president of the
military presidium, Col. Gen. Vas.
silly V. Ulrich, read the verdict
and the sentences.
Flood lights beat down on the de-
PENDANTS standing in the wooden
dock as the sentences were read.
Expressions of great relief were
on the faces of those acquitted
Stanislaw F. Mikhailowski, J. H
Stember-D -Dombrowski and K. S
Kobylyanski.
Ill Man Gets Delay.
One defendant, Anton Paidak
had been too i'll to attend the trial
and he will face the court later.
The other sentences:
Adam Bien, president Of the
Peasant party and assistant to the
chief of the underground Council Of
Ministers. five years
Stanislaw Jasiukowicz, president
of the National Democrats and min
lister in the underground govern
ment. five years.
K. v. Puzhak, general secretary Of
the Socialist party, one and one-hal1
years.
Kazimir S. Baginski, a Journalist
and vice president of the Peasant
party, one year.
Alexander Zwecziwersky, journal.
ist and chairman of the Nationa
Democrats, eight months.
Eugene Czarnowski, chairman Of
the Union Democrats, six months.
Stanislaw Merzuva, secretary o1
the Peasant party, four months.
F. A. Urbanski, vice chairman oi
the Workers party, four months.
J. A. Khratsinski, chairman of the
Workers party, four months.
z. Stupulowski, young Warsaw
lawyer and Peasant party member
the only one of the 16 to pleac
innocent, four months.
Sentences Read without Comment
The sentencing came after many
hours of argument on the part o.
the defendants and the summing
up by the prosecutor, Maj. Gen
Afanaseev. The verdict and sent.
ences were read without commen
by Gen. Ulrich between Ais ant
4:45 am. Moscow time).
The last day of the trial had be-
gun at noon yesterday, and, excep
for a few 10 or Is minute recesses
went straight through until thi
morning, when the court bell sig
nailed that the sentence was ready
The Poles filed slowly out of the
room after brief discussions with
their Soviet attorneys.
Each of the Is had been permitted
to express his own views on what
kind of government was needed ir
Poland and his opinions on Soviet.
Polish relations. Each defendant
advised that he was speaking un.
der the privilege of final state.
ments," declared friendship between
Soviet Russia and Poland was mos
essential.