Evening star., 1953-09-24
23 American POWs Scorninq
Return Sing Intern0tiondIe'

smiled as they were turned over
to Indian troops. They talked in
loud voices and appeared to en-
joy the attention they were get
ting from onlookerS.
Most shook hands and thanked
the Chinese and North Korean
Communists who helped them
from the Russian-built trucks.
Good luck. Comrade Lee. We
will see you in Peiping," one
American told a Chinese.
They were dressed in drab
blue Chinese uniforms and wore
white pins with the Picasso
peace dove symbol on their jack
cts. None spoke to American
newsmen and most avoided even
looking at the watching corre-
SpondentS.
The Americans were the last
to be delivered to the camp.
South Korean prisoners al
ready inside the Stockade
cheered them.
Five of the South Koreans
were women. One was pregnant
and a child clung to her hand.
The Americans brought a mas
cot cog which Burchett said was
named "Non-Repat," for nom
repatriate.
This mutt doesn't know what
to make of all this" one of the
American prisoners joked.
Carrying Red Literature.
One of the Americans brought
a flute and two had guitars.
Most carried Communist litera-
ture.
Two fences of barbed wire
ring the camp. Communist
workmen erected the camp in a
Korean village whose inhabi-
tants were moved out. They
built new wooden hutS to house
the Americans, and white
washed the mud huts of the
evacuated villagers to house the
Korean prisoners.
Some of the South Korean
prisoners carried placards on
which were painted the Picasso
Communist peace dove and Ko-
rean symbols saying Peace for
the people"
Burchett released the text of
the statement he said all the
Americans signed in Kaesong
yesterday.
1--WE fully realize that this is a
momentouS step that we are
taking. Therefore it was only
after much thought and delib-
Grafton we made our decision"
the statement said.
". our staying behind does
not change the fact that we are
Americans. we love our country
and our people. Therefore we
love personal freedom. Our
greatest concern is to fight for
peace and freedom, not only for
ourselves but for the American
people and the people of the
world.
Reference to Mccarthy.
Unfortunately under present
day conditions in America. the
voice of those who speak out for
peace and freedom are rapidly
being silenced, while the voices
which shout the loudest and get
the most publicity are those of
Mccarthy (Senator Joseph Nc
Carthy of Wisconsin, the book
burners and those who demand
preventive wars
I'VE do not intend to give the
American Government a chance
of silencing our voices. too"
The statement said they had
read a recent statement by Gen.
Clark that if he could communi-
cate with them he would "re-
mind us of the American tradi-
ton of freedom for which we
fought before we were cap
tured."
1T is not for Mark Clark to
remind us of our tradition" the
statement said. The murder of
the Rosenbergs Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg, who were electro
cuted as atom spieS), the legal
lynching of Willie MCGEE and
dozens of other Negroes since
we have been prisoners are the
best comments we can make to
Clark's statement"
MCGEE, 37-year-old colored
truck driver of Laurel, Miss,
was executed May 8, 1851, for
the 1945 rape of a white house,
wife. The case attracted in
ternational attention and be-
came a cause celebre among
Communist and left-wing Or
ganizationsD
The statement wone on, I'VE
know that the McCarthys and
other facist minded politicians
will call us traitors and some
misguided people might believe
them. We know that the real
traitors are those who are try
ing to push the American peo-
pie into another war they don't
want.
An address approved by the
five members of the repatriation
commission India. Poland,
CzechoSlovakia, Sweden and
Switzerland-was read today to
the North Korean and Chinese
anti i-CommuniSt prisoners at the
Indian camp southwest of PAN
munjom. 1t assured them they
would not be forced or threatened
by any one" in making a choice
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