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were drawn from them by police
intimidation.
Presiding Judge Pal BRO called
the repudiation by Georgy Macy,
a broker. IAN attempt to influ-
ence court room spectators" and
sentenced him to three years in
Jail.
In rejecting regulations by
Zsigmond Deutsch. a broker, and
the four others. Judge BRO said
the evidence showed their pre-
trial confessions could not be the
inventions of police authorities. "
Mr.. Deutsch, who pleaded that
he had confessed and implicated
four innocent persons only be-
cause he was held in solitary con-
finement, was sentenced to four
years.
Other Sentences.
The other four who repudiated
and their sentences. are:
EIDE Dukesz and Victor Dukesz
three years and $3.50 fine each;
Pal Csonka, three and half years
and $2,125 fine, and Mrs. Jozsef
Forgacs. 18 months and $83 fine
Other sentences were:
The Rev. Jozsef Zid. treasurer
Of the Jesuit order in Hungary
and the Jesuit Brother Janos Ia
radi, three years in jail each. and
nine years loss Of political rights.
Karoly Foldes. a broker, four
years imprisonment.
Desc Tolnai, a banker, two
years imprisonment and $3.50
fine.
Gabor Vajkai, q banker. one
year In Jail and $3.50 fine. ~
Under Hungarian law. the SEN
tence Of a Workers Court may
not be appealed. Cardinal Minds
zenty was convicted by a People, s
Court, from which appeal Is per-
mitted. The cardinal seeks re-
duction of sentence. and the prose
cution has countered with an ap-
peal that the sentence Of life i'm
prisonment was not heavy enough.
The number of defendants had
been reduced by illness from Is
to II. and then 13. Trials OF
Divadar Wydler. banker. and
Sander Foldes, a broker, will be
held later.
Charge Made to Party Leaders.
Deputy Premier Rakosi made his
charge against the Vatican at a
meeting of leaders Of the Hun
garian Workers Communist and
SocialisD Party. Of which he is
secretary-general.
He spoke Of the case Of Car
dinal Mindszenty, the Hungarian
f1ve-year plan and problems Of
the party and the government. Re
ferring to the alleged plan for a
'Danubian monarchy" he said
the United States permitted Arch
duke Otto Hapsburg. pretender to
the nonexistent Austro- Hungarian
throne, to form an Austrian legion
In 1s42. r. : <~e
The majority Of Catholic
bishops do not Like Hungarian
democracy" Rakosi said. But the
fact they were inclined to conclude
an economic agreement with the
government three days after
Mindszenty's arrest and 10 days
later commenced talks concern
ing church Estate relations proved
they were fully aware that there
Is no question Of persecution OF
religion"
The Vatican interfered, he said
and disapproved Of further talks
He said that otherwise they could
have ended in success.
He said the Hungarian people
(65 per cent Catholics) were
pleased by the arrest and trial of
Mindszenty."
Religion Declared Free.
Pacts concluded with all
churches except the Roman
Catholic Church, he said. have
provided more freedom of reli-
gion than Is reserved by England,
America or any other bourgeois
country"
Speaking Of political affairs.
Rakosi said about 10000 men,
bers were excluded from his own
party after a recent revision"
and the party will now have less
than 100000 members.
But the qaulity will be much
better" he added.
Factory hands came in for
praise, but Rakosi said at least
100000 new workers are needed
by industry to increase the ma
tional income by so per cent under
the new f1ve-year plan. He prom
ised telephone connections with
every village.