Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-28
Released EisIer Hides,
Fearing Further U. 5.
Moves 10 Get Him
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BY the Associotsd Press
LONDON. May 28.-Bail- jump
ing Gerhard Eisler, Communist
fugitive from the United States.
was in hiding today to be safe
from Americans, he said.
Eisler was freed yesterday by
q Bow Street court magistrate
In extradition proceedings insti-
tuted by the United States.
Meanwhile In Washington. At
torney General Clark said his Of
flee would exert every effort to
secure the return of the fugi-
tive" and would not give up eff
forts to get him back.
II expected It," Eisler said in
a press interview. II expect every
dirty trick from them-the House
Un-American Activities Commit
tee and the Justice Department"
Instructions Awaited.
The American Embassy was
pledged publicly to abide by the
British court DECISION. The En-
bassy said it was waiting. how
ever. for word from the State
Department which. In turn,
through a Washington spokes-
man. said 1t was waiting for a
report from the Embassy.
Eisler was convicted and SEN
fenced to prison terms for falsif1ca-
ton Of a visa application and
refusing to testify before the House
Un-American Activities Committee.
He fled while free on bail pending
an appeal of his conviction. The Bow
Street magistrate, Sir Laurence
Dunn, held that the charge against
Eisler was not an extraditable
offense.
Eisler is scheduled to address a
victory meeting" Tuesday night
OF British organizations that helped
in his defense. One Of these, the
National Council for Civil Liberties,
announced 1t had collected 230
pounds 1920 for the purpose.
Another was the British Council
for German Democracy.
Will Go to Gdynia.
Eisler told reporters last night
he planned to stay in Britain a
week or two, go on to Gdynia to
recover q hat and overcoat he left
on the Polish liner Batory on
which he slowed away when he
fed from New York. Then, he said,
he will settle down as a professor
In Leipzig. Germany (Soviet zone
He said he had only the clothes
he was wearing. 10 or IL pounds
(s40 or $48) and a bagful of books
people had given him. He hoped
to get back 500 the British were
holding.
The Communist Daily Worker
said one Of Eisler's lawyers, STAN
ley Moore. would write Home Sec
rotary James Chuter EIDE to ask
If he intended to pay Eisler COM
pensation for his arrest and de-
tention. The police forcibly re-
moved Eisler from the Batory at
Southampton on May IA. He was
jailed until his court appearance.
Justice Held Exonerated.
The paper said editorially the
British government still must
Justify its extraordinary proce-
dure in allowing Eisler to be
forcibly abducted from the Polish
vessel"
Let Mr.. EIDE explain to police"
1t said, that Britain is not yet
fully conquered by the United
States"
The Liberal News Chronicle said
the Eisler decision exonerated
British justice.
1T is not to the credit of the
American Government that extra
dition was requested with political
motives in mind and none will
doubt that such motives existed"
the News Chronicle declared.
The Conservative Daily Tele-
graph voiced regret that Eisler
was free in Britain "in the light
Of his known record as a Com
munist agitator. The paper,
however, added:
I'm America the decision has
aroused some disappointment but
will, on reflection. be respected.
There, as in this country. inviola-
bility Of legal processes is fully
recognized