Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Hungary Names
Soviet-Picked
Man as Premier
Russia Is Expected
To Train and Equip
Country,s Troops
BY the Associated Press

BUDAPEST, May 31.-Appoint-
ment Of pro-Communits Laios
Dinnyes as premier succeeding
the ousted Ferenc Macy was an
nounced by the cabinet today
and a terrified Hungarian off,
cial said 1t meant the Soviet
army would now be invited to
train and equip Hungarian
troops.
The high official, who cannot be
named because he said he himself
faced exile or arrest for his views.
declared the Communist Party was
now ''in 100 per cent control and
expressed the fear that Hungary
is lost as far as the West is con-
cerned."
Another official who had Just
come from a cabinet meeting an
nounced orally that new general
elections would be held in Septem-
ber-elections which anti COMMIT
mist politicians said probably would
be held under laws guaranteeing
sweeping left-wing. victories and
clinching the bloodless Communist
coup. The official news agency,
NIT, said official announcement of
elections would be withheld but that
the elections nevertheless would be
held in September as scheduled.
Approved by Soviet Commander.
Political informants said Dinnyes,
46-year-old War Minister who was
a sergeant in the last war, had been
personally approved by 1t. Gen.
V. P. Sviridov, Soviet commander
in Hungary, after a last -minute
veto of Imre Oltvanyi, who until
this morning had been considered
top Communist candidate for the
post because of his pro-Communist
views. Both Dinnyes and Oltvanvi
nominally are members of the mod
erately conservative Small Land
holders Party, headed by Macy and
President Zoltan Tidy.
The high official pictured Macy,
who 1t was officially announced
Thursday had resigned by telephone
from his vacation refuge in Switz-
erland, as being intimidated at long
range into silence. The official said
Macy had promised to make no
public statements and receive no
representatives of the foreign press
In order to get his pension and as
sure the safety of his 4-year-old son
who still Is in Hungary.
aides of Macy in Bern. Switz-
erland, said Macy was still prime
minister of Hungary" and init
mated the formalty of his resig-
nation probably would not be
completed until his son Is out Of
Hungary
The cabinet announcement said
also that Istvan Kertesz, new am
bassador to Rome, had been desig-
mated the new foreign minister sue
ceeding Janos Gyongyosi who had
been named along with Macy and
the president of the national as
sembly in Russian-recorded de-
position charging them with plot
ting to overthrow Hungarian dem
ocracy."
Climax of Campaign.
The high official said the Com
munist custer of Macy by threat of
prosecution for something of which
he was not guilty was the climax to
campaign to wrest control of the
country from lawfully elected Small
Landholder Party leaders. Many of
these leaders, he recalled, have dis
appeared, been arrested or kicked
out of the party for opposing Com
munism in the last Is months.
On two different occasions, he
pointed out, the minority Commun-
lists obliged the majority Small
Landholders Party to purge itself of
"reactionary" elements, cutting down
its power in Parliament.
The Communist campaign had
proceeded, he added, by gaining
control of the army, communica-
tons, police and labor unions which
(See HUNGARY, Page A-6.)