Evening star., 1949-05-13
E:iisIer /
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QueStlOu ueT AUUuL tIlC AASAAV
of her 52-year-old balding, be-
spectacled husband.
The department instructed the
immigration Service to detain
Mrs. Eisler on Ellis Island.
Mrs. Eisler, listed in official rec
ords- as Brunhilde Rotstein Eisler
is a native of Poland. She was
first arrested In early 1948 on
charges that she had overstayed
her time In this country as a visit
ing alien.
Mrs. Eisler. now 81, came to New
York in June. 1941, on q transit
visa. That simply permitted her
passage through this country to
Mexico. However, this was later
changed to q temporary visiting
permit. 4sxAe
Married in 1S42.
She and Eisler were married in
New York City in 1912 and have
since resided there. Mrs. Eisler
originally surrendered herself on
q deportation warrant In March.
1948. and was paroled pending q
hearing.
The statement that he had hid
den himself aboard the Batory
after visiting 1t as a tourist was
given this morning by Eisler to a
Columbia Broadcasting System
correspondent, the Associated
Press reported.
Vessel Sailed Last Friday.
In a radiogram from Special
Correspondent Richard Yaffee
which CHS broadcast this morn
ing. the man described as the
No. / Red in the United States
said he boarded the Batory with
only the clothes on his back and
money in his pocket.
The Batory sailed last Friday
and subsequently ship officials
radioed that a stowaway had been
found aboard. that he identified
himself as Gerhard Eisler and
that after his discovery had paid
for q first-class passage to Gdynia.
immigration officials here said
the stowaway's Identification as
the Communist leader was made
positive when he gave the date and
place Of his birth as February 20,
1897. Leipzig, Germany. coinciding
with official records on Eisler here.
Mr.. Yaffee. who interviewed
Eisler. quoted him as saying he
had hoped to reach Berlin and
that he believed he had every
right to return to his native Ger
many.
He declined to say how he fed
unobserved from his New York
apartment, but declared he had
received no aid from any one in
his scheme to escape from the
United States and prison terms
hanging over him here.
Eisler's Story Of Escape.
Mr.. Yaffe said he asked Eisler
how he engineered his escape at
tempt. He replied:
Where there's O will there's O
way. Nobody inside or outside Of
the United States helped me. ] did
not want to make trouble for any
one. want to state ernphat atically
that no one on the ship, In official
or other capacity. knew that I was
coming aboard until ! announced
myself. No one knows how ! left,
neither my friends nor the FBI.
Eisler refused 10 disclose any
other details Of his flight except
to say that he made his way
aboard the Batory as a visitor.
then hid until the liner was many
hours out Of port.
After the stowaway was discov-
cred and paid his passage. he was
berthed in the ships hospital. the
only available passenger space on
the vessel.
Bitter About Treatment.
Eisler. the correspondent said.
was extremely bitter about the
treatment he said he received in
the United States.
For nearly three years" Eisler
declared, "I gave the United States
authorities q chance to correct
their uncisilized attitude toward
nv person, to stop using me as
bogeyman and to behave decently.
But the authorities did not take
the chance ! gave them"
On the contrary. Eisler con.
tinued, - few weeks before mJ
Departure the assistant attorne.