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/ met my friends. never de-,
waited from these places.
VOgeler Picked Up.
"Vogeler was leaving Buda-
pest for Vienna on Friday. No
vember Is, 1949. He was picked
up by the political police scme-
where outside Budapest never
knew where.
II didn't know of his arrest
until two O'Clock the next morn
ing. Saturday, when was
wakened by the telephone. It
was Mrs. Vogeler. She wanted
to know where her husband was.
"On that Saturday morning
my secretary, Mrs. Agatha Zador
(who stood trial with Mr.. San
ders). was arrested in her fiat.
The detectives then went straight
to my Office. collected all my
files, took them away, and gave
me a receipt.
I'VE did not work on Satur-
days, but I was notified by tele-
phone at my villa by the house.
keeper of the fiat in which my
Office was situated. My house.
keeper. Anna Kliebel, witnessed
the receipt for my files.
Then I knew I should be
picked up. I knew it was only
a matter of time. I was just
waiting for the political police
to pounce.
Il spent the week end pack
ing all my odds and ends and
l left instructions with my
housekeeper what to do after
my arrest.
"On Monday morning, Novem-
ber 2, 1949. I reported the arrest
of my secretary. and the taking
away of my files. to the Ameri-
can EmbaSsy-as my company
was American.
They were very surprised I
was still at large!
Went to British Consul.
From there I went to the
British consul, 1t. Comdr. Revell
Clayton Hannah-a tough little
IriShman and a real nice fellow!
and told him what had hap
pened.
II told him that I expected
to be arrested at any moment
as the 'laSs> of the Mohicans' of
the Internstional Standard Elec-
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"You know very we'll the rea-
son." he said. and / answered.
But ! don't know the reason"
I wrote a letter to Runge re-
questing permission to stay till a
replacement could get in. Finally
it was decided I would not be re-
accredited but that 1 could stay
and work temporarily as a "pri-
vate person."
still did not know why my
reconciliation was being re-
fused, but / had a hunch this
had to do with the young Com
munists who had banished me
from the student congress.
About that time I had a talk
with Vaclav Korinek, general
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old, a journalist since 1882 and
an employe of the Associated
Press since 1887. l was going
to head the A. P.'s Prague bureau.
The plane droned easily
through a clear blue summer
sky. The long, narrow titled
fields of Bohemia were as bright
as a new quilt. And the airport
lay in warm sunshine as we
landed around 4:30 pm.
The Czechoslovak airline
stewardess was smiling and
helpful. The uniformed official
in the customs shed waved me
through with just glance into
one of my six pieces of luggage.
That was my first quick look
at CZechoslovakia. I saw a
sunny land and smiling people.
But that was only the surface.
Underneath there were dark and
terrible depths.
There was that building that
sat a half mile to the right Of
the road near the airport. It was
a Square-cut building with gray
walls - with tall windows like
the wide eyes of frightened
man. 1t was a prison. And be-
fore I was a year older, I was
in it.
Many Unaware of Prison.
That prison borders village.
Like the airport nearby, it takes
its name from that village. That
name is Ruzyne. If you say
"roo-zeen-yeh," barely StresSing
the first syllable, you will have it.
Ruzyne was a secret prison. I
think it is no exaggeration to
say that millions of people in
CZechoslovakia, and tens of
thousands right in Prague, did
not know the place existed.
The only prison I had heard
of was Pankrac c'PAHN-
krahts' in Southeastern
Prague. There the Communist
regime held its biggest propa-
ganda trials.
If plainclothesmen came to a
mans house and took him away,
his relatives had no way of
knowing where he had gone, let
alone why; the police were
evasive. They would assume he
was in Pankrac. A few weeks
later. an official postcard would
come saying that money to buy
cigarettes. candy and the like
could be sent to him at the
security prison, Praha-Pan-
krac."
All the while, the man had
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trio. I also arranged with him
that:
1. I should report to him in
person at midday and at 6 pm.
every day.
2. Should I not appear after
a five-minute lag. he would go
to my villa. collect all my be-
longings and take them under
the care of the British consulate.
"At 10 minutes to s that same
evening / was on my way to
report that I was still free al
though had been tailed all day.
MY shadower thought he was un-
seen. but he was a clumsy fell
low.
About 40 yards short of the
British consulate, just as l was
about to cross the road, a small
private car drew up. Out jumped
a man who told me in German:
I am a policeman. Will you step
into the carp
Struggling was. I knew. use
less. There were two of them.
Ten minutes later I was in the
political prison.
They searched me; took all
my valuables-my ring, cigarette
case, even my key chain. Interro-
CATION started.
Questioned Three Months.
For three months exactly the
interrogation continued. I was
picked up on November 81, 1949,
and my trial started on February
l8. 1850.
Interrogation usually came at
night, when a man is not so alert.
The sessions lasted anything be-
tween six and "a hours nonstop
and took place in the small, cold,
unventilated cell where I was
then Jailed.
II had to sleep on bare boards
with only the semblance of bed
clothes in the midst of a bitter
Hungarian winter. And the food
was shocking.
Can you imagine what it is
like-questionS. questions, Ques-
tionS? Mostly they seemed ir-
relevant; you never knew what
they were trying to get at. BY
the time they had finished with
me I was turning mental Somer-
SaultS.
They did not, in fact, physi-
cally torture me-but I was
threatened.
General Gabor Peter, chief
Of police, visited me three times.
Each time he threatened me
with physical violence if I re-
fused to answer questions or
gave false answers.
During all this time they
were trying to break my nerve. /
was never alone. My stoolpigeon
was with me night and day.
"A few. days before the trial
another man came into my cell.
For three whole days he interro-
gated me and rehearsed me in
my answers. That man turned
out to be my judge.
1T came to q pitch when ]
thought they would start NAL
treating me. I had a liver COM
plant and ! was eating very
little. Twas terribly nervous.
Il was so nervous-I had never
been in a court before-that
could not stop shaking. I asked
them for tablets to take during
the trial to steady my nerves,
They refused. And although
they gave me q double brandy 1t
did not do hany good"
During ~ trial Mr.. Sanders
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agreed with every act Of treason
with which the public prosecutor.
DR.. Gyula Alapi, charged him.
Alapi was the man who had
prosecuted Cardinal Mindszenty
a year before.
Mr.. Sanders also implicated
Mr.. Vogeler. and named a num-
ber of officers in the former
British Military Mission to
Hungary, and a British scien-
tist who never even existed. He
confessed that his job for the
firm in Budapest was merely a
cover for his real activities.
Explains Confession.
Why did he confess" to alb
surd charges?
Because" he said, when
many questions are fired rapidly
one after the other you get
giddy. turning constant mental
somerSaults, and before you
know where you are you sign
statements which are later called
confessions"
On February Fl. 1850. Mr..
Sanders heard Supreme Court
Judge Olty sentence him to 13
years imprisonment.
For the next three and a half
years Mr.. Sanders was completely
isolated. He knew Mr.. Vogeler
was in the next cell but one. be-
cause he recognized his foot
steps.
Sometimes. after the weekly
shower. he got some of Mr..
Vogeler's clothing. Then event.
ually Mr.. Vogeler's footsteps
ceased.
No news reached Mr.. Sanders
in his cell. He knew nothing of
the attempts to gain his free
dom; of the offer by Hungary to
release him in exchange for Lee
Meng, the young girl Communist
guerrilla condemned in Malaga.
He knew nothing Of the acces-
sion Of Queen Elizabeth, Of the
conquest of Mount Everest.
Treatment Reasonable.
But his treatment was reason
able.
On his first night in his new
quarterS-after sentence-he was
told he could have anything he
wanted within reason.
For some silly reason I asked
for box of chocolates" he said.
land was given a big box-the
most expensive made in Hun
gary"
His new cell had a bed with a
spring mattress; he was allowed
to choose his own food from a
menu, was given 25 cigarettes a
day. At first he was allowed to
exercise for an hour, but this
was cut eventually to 20 minutes
a day.
Now that he is back in Eng
land for the first time for six
years what are his plans?
"A holiday long holiday. I
want to buy suits, I want to buy
things for myself and my family
"And hope soon that Edgar
Sanders will be dead-aS far as
| ,oa1r-e is nn,,oarvAI
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By WhIiom n. ootis
Copyright. 1858, By the Associated

(Copyright, 1858 By the Associated
PreSS.)
The trouble really started the
day I arrived in Prague. because
1t was a place that could fool
you. It looked safe, but 1t was
far from being so.
I few there from London
June %, 1850. / was 36 years
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me to the Ministry of Foreign

me to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
.Runge failed to offer the usual
handshake. Instead. he waved
me to little table. He told me
I would not be reaccredited when
my permission to work as a cor
respondent expired September
80.
This is not a measure di-
rected against the Associated
Press" he said. 1T is a meas
ure directed against you per-
Sonally."
~'""You cannot work in this
country unless you respect our
laws" .,,..
asked him to be specific.
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Ootis Was Unaware of Red Menace
Behind Peaceful CzechosIovokio

cations sat silent, and how an
American speaker proclaimed,
In America. we will shout,
Hands of Korea!'"
I later went down on the con-
vention floor to talk to that
speaker and some other delegates
seated there. The hall was well
stated with usherS, but none
stopped me-
! was in my Office the next
MOI ming when a man telephoned
asking if I knew where he could
find Russell Jones. the United
Press chief in Prague. / said ]
could moi, and inquired who was
calling. The man said. This is
jan"
Was Sent to Labor Camp.
! had heard about him. Jan
Stransky had worked for the
u. P. until shortly before ! ar
rived in Prague. Then he had
been picked up and sent to a
labor camp on the grounds he
had planned to leave the country
illegally.
A few minutes after he had
called, he walked into the office,
a slight, boyish fellow with a
lively manner, wearing khaki
work clothes and brown from the
sun. He had a pass to spend
Sunday in a town near the camp,
and he had taken a chance and
come by bus to Prague.
gathered that he expected to
be freed before Christmas and
wanted to talk to Mr.. Jones
about getting his job back. Since
Mr.. Jones could not be found,
Stransky wrote note for me to
deliver next time I saw him.
Stransky sat down and typed
out something on some paper ]
gave him-a sheet of yellow fool
soap. Without reading it, / put
it in my pocket.
When I met Mr.. Jones at the
student congress and gave him
the note he grimly tore it up and
dropped it, piece by piece, on the
floor.
A little later showed my pass
to get into the convention hall,
The usher grabbed it and rushed
off. After some delay, a young
man in glasses appeared. He was
trembling with anger. He waved
my pass, torn in two, and said it
had been Cancelled.
You were not behaving as a
journalist only and were working
through the conference hail." he
said.
Apparently Punished.
thought at once of how I had
gone onto the convention floor
and questioned the American
who had talked about Korea. and
OF how unhappy he had seemed
to see me.
His speech, reported by the Of
flcial Czechoslovak News Agency
and at least two American agen-
cies, had caused him some trou-
BILE back home. And now, sup
posed, the young Communists
were Furnishing me for sending
the story.
The congress ended and ]
turned to other things. In Sep
tember, Bedrich Runge called
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No need now to journey over to this bank
every time you wish to deposit salary or
dividend check. For at the Union Trust
we've made special feature of our Bank
By-Mail Service. At the time checking or
savings account is opened we supply spe-
cial slips and envelopes SO you can make
deposits any time-at the nearest mailbox.
Our Bank-By-Mail Service is available with
either our Regular Checking Account,
Evening star., 1953-09-14

manager Of the Czechoslovak
News Agency. and asked him if
he could tell me what was be-
hind my trouble. And he spoke
of the same story.
Maybe that story did have
something to do with it - the
whole thing is not clear yet. But
the story was not the only thing
involved. There was something
else. And the people who told
me about that were the secret
police.
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Sanders, 3 Years in Red JoI,
Recounts Events of Arrest
Released Briton
Describes Ways Of
Communist Justice
By Kenneth Sheppard
North American Newspaper AIliones.

LONDON, Sept. 14.-Three
days after Edgar Sanders walked
out across the Hungarian border
on his way home to England, /
sat with him in a tiny room in
a London hotel. No longer was
he the bewildered. unkempt po-
litical prisoner who had been
serving 13 years solitary con-
finement and then been suddenly
pardoned.
Here was Edgar Sanders, the
British businessman, immacu-
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Fiery, Smarting Itch

0t Common Skin Rasla0s
Don't stand such torment any IonRer
Just smooth Resinol Ointment on youf
irritAted ekin at once. See how Quickly
itS medically proven ingredientS h
iaAoliA ins restful. IOnG. lasting reid.
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lately dressed in new light
brown suit, a cream shirt. and
brown tie-a Sanders who had
not forgotten how to laugh, to
be witty at the expense of his
late hosts" a self-aSsured San
derS.
His face still bore the pallor
of the prison But he talked. How
he talked!
For three and a half years he
had been an oyster, not allowed
to see or speak to his fellow
prisoners. not even allowed to
talk to his guards, who watched
him night and day. except to
ask for his meals or to renew
his books.
Glad to Hear Own Voice.
Now he talked like a man to
whom it was very satisfying just
to hear his own voice again.
In Hungary, he said. his firm.
the American-owned Interna-
tional Standard Electric Co., to-
gether with other foreign firms
in the country. had been in dam
ger of being nationalized.
Negotiations were started. The
draft agreement was initiated
and sent to New York. There was
a delay and the Hungarian gov
ernment became impatient.
Robert Vogeler twho was SEN
fenced to Is years and was re-
leased in April 1851 was always
coming and going between VI
emma and Budapest" said Mr.
Sanders. Il was in temporary
charge of the Budapest factories.
but I was not a technical man
only an accountant. Vogele1 was
my immediate chief. in charge
of Vienna and Budapest fac
tories.
He was followed around all
the time; it was open shadow
ing. designed to get on your
nerves.
But I was shadowed only
spasmodically Il presume be-
cause the political police knew
the restaurantS and bars ! used
more or less q clubs in which
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Tomorrow: Secret police begin
work on Oats.
Evening star., 1953-04-22

Bra n d new 1852
models. Ideal for
apis. or ANAL kitch-
ems. Ranges with full
size oven and large
broifer drawer. At
: Lacy's 3 stores.
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(see MACARTHUR. Page c-6.y
Evening star., 1953-07-05
Todoy's Schedules


ARENA-"Boy Meets Girl: $3.50 pm.
CARTER BARON ANdPHITHEATER-"Of Thee I Sing:
8:45 pm.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR-"Fort T": l. 245, 4:30 6:15 and 945 pm
CAPITOL-Scandal at Scourie las 4:3O 715 10 pm
Stage: 1885. $40 and 9:O5 pm.
COLUMBIA-"The Farmer Takes Wife: :55, 1855, 5:55
7:5O and $50 pm
DUPONT-"The Magic Box: lis, 3:20, 5:25, 1880 and
9:35 pm
KEITHs-"It Came From Outer Space" 1:15 S05, $50
$40 and 1890 pm.
IITTLE-"The Quiet 3:O5 5:2O and 9:45 pm
MacARTHUR-"A Queen Crowned" 2:25 APO, $40, sos
and 10 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"Tal Texan: 2:4O 5:35 and $3.50 pm.
ONTARIO-"Sangaree": 1920 $780, $40, 725 $50 pm
PALACE-"Scared Stiff" 1905 3:15 5:25 7:40 PM
PLAYHOUSE-Li': l, 235, 430, 625, 500 and 1918 pm
PLAzA"The Seven Deadly Sins l. S:15, 5:35, 1850 and
pm.
s-LUx-"The Jugger: 1:1O 255 4:45 $780, s:20
1910
wARNER-"Fort Ti": 1:4o $780, $685. 7:5o and $50 PM
Evening star., 1953-07-05
The Passing Show
Real Dolls, Real Guys
They Are Musical Comedy Characters the Like
Of Which Straight Dromu Has Overlooked
By Joy Cormody

Newspaper drama depart
mentS, as caretakers of a small
corner of the Nations culture,
have a number Of occupational
worries. Not as many as more
important husbandmen, of
course, such as the growers of
rhubarb or beef cattle.
Not very much comes Of the
fretfulneSS of drama critics
with the single exception of
Sunday columns during the
doldrum season.
What has happened to
young playwrights? they can
ask with a vehemence which
indicates they are going to try
for an answer. Or, what of a
Nations shame when it allows
aspiring Marilyn MonroeS to
exc out an existence as baby
sitters when they should be
playing Joan of Arc?
And Something New
There is always something
about which to write an indig-
nant opening paragraph, after
which the Sunday piece can
taper off into mere profession
al churlishnesS.
To their credit, drama de-
partmentS do occasionally
strive for a new dudgeon or
dilemma with which to con-
front off-season readers.
A rather popular one at the
moment is the predominance
of musicals in the diet of the
theatergoer. A situation has
been created in which the
theater offers approximately
two hit musicals for every one
moderately successful nom
musical production. This sit
uation, in turn, has combusted
into another in which pro-
ducerS are skeptical of any,
thing that does not find a firm
foundation in a line of dane
ing girls and the prospect of
big royalties on record albums.
This is something to worry
about-but somehow not in a
week which brings Guys and
Dolls" to town. The sight and
sound of the Frank Loesser-Jo
Swerling-Abe Burrows-Damon
Runyon opus not only fulf1llS
a city's need for diversion, it
leaves one wondering why
there should be a need for any
other type entertainment. It's
perilous thinking, but too
pleasant to abandon.
ReoI Dolls, These
Ine truCn aDOuC Guys ana
Dolls" which is in the best
tradition of the latter-day
musical. is that it is. more
dramatic than the plays which
come unadorned with music.
1t has the realism and slice
of-lifeness that once was as
sociated with the works of far
more profound practitioners Of
dramatic art. 1t has something
forcefnl-well, forceful enough
to say and that it says a
large portion Of it melodically
makes it only the more listen
able.
Evening star., 1953-07-05
Coming Attractions

CARTER BARRON AMPHTTHEATER-"of Thee .,ngn.
Jen Nelson, starting tomorrow.
Screen.
AMBASsADoR-"south Sea Woman" with Virginia Mayo
starting Thursday
cAPIToL-The Glory Brigrade" with Victor Mature start
ing Thursday.
coLUMBIA-"Stalag IT," with William Holden starting
Thursday.
DUPONT-"The Moon Is Blue" with William Holden
KEITHS-"The Second Chance" with Robert Mtchum.
LITTTE-"The Little World Camille" with Fernandez
MACARTHUR forbidden Games" q French film with
Brgitte Forsey.
METROPOLITAN-Cy That Never Sleeps with Gig Young
starting Thursday
ONTARIO-"Houdni,' with Tony Crts
PALACE-"White Witch Doctor" with Susan HAYWARD
PLAYHOUSE-"The Moon Is Blue" with william Holden.
PIAzA-The Little World Of Camille" with Fernandez
IRANS-LUx-The 5000 Fingers Of Doctor T."
Lind Hayes
wARNER-"south Sea Woman" with Virginia Mayo start
ing Thursday.
Evening star., 1953-07-05
On the Air

TeleviSion Is in the market
for some Observation-Disclosures
ones They will be akin to
those people, and in some
cases the same ones, who paid
$495 so for the honor of having
the first 10-inch receiver in
the block in 1916 and 1947.
The new TV pioneers will
pay from $500 to $1,000 for
the honor of owning the first
14-inch color television re-
ceiver in the block. They will
pay this price, what's more,
for the purchase of a color set
which will show plain old
black-and-white pictures most
Of the time during its first
year.
Approval by the Federal Com
munications Commission of the
compatible color TV system
devised by the Radio Corp.
of America will be only
another step toward color. 1t
will not mean that you can buy
a color receiver and see all
your television programs in
rich natural hues.
PIons Stoted
In the RCA-National Broad
casting Corp. petition for FEC
approval of the RCA color Sys-
tenn "a red-bound volume
weighing in at 3 pounds 1412
ounces, section is devoted
to the NBC plans for getting
into color telecasting. "An in
troductory year" is what NBC
suggests.
The FEC might not agree,
Of course. It might, when ii
approves color television, set
up a mandatory minimum
hours-per-week schedule. This
is not what NBC wants, how
ever. If NBC has its way there
will be two color shows a week
at the beginning, which will
average an hour together"
The transition to color with
In the black-and-white service
Evening star., 1953-07-05

This is a fact pf life that
might well be faced with less
terrified pallor than a lot of
humans are able to manage.
Another fact is that there is
some expert mining in such a
production as "Guys and
Dolls" What two pros that
any one can name offhand
make so much of romance as
Iva Withers and Julie Oshins,
as the fifth-rate night club
singer and the floating crap
game director to whom she has
been engaged IA years?
A Memorable Poir
There is no doubt about it,
the affair between Romeo and
Juliet has lasted longer and
always will, but Adelaide and
Nathan Detroit are a pair of
lovers to stow away in the
corner of memory reserved for
classic romances. OF its kind,
Miss Withers and OshinS make
it unforgettable, and this is
wonderful thing to be said OF
any acting.
And what, if any one wants
to fight about it in this hot
weather, has Shaw'S Maj.
Barbara got on Sergt. Sarah
Brown, the other romantic fig
ure of "Guys and Dolls?"
Elegance, yes. But impact?
The Salvation Army girl
played by stately Susan Hight,
with just the right pitch of
patrician vulnerability to a
gambler like Norwood Smiths
Sky Masterson is pure Runyon.
1t is pretty improbable that
a girl could be more fascinating
than that and Miss Hight and
Smith approach their roles
with a contagious awareness
of it.
It is not just the quartet
of lovers who stand out in
Guys and Dolls" It reeks
with characters, each unfail-
ingly interesting in his private
way.
A Simple GoriIlo
Virtually no playwright has
come up recently with the
dramatic equal of Big Julie,
played by w. S. Pulley. Big
Julie has simplified life in a
fashion that any hard-pum-
meled citizen of 1858 can envy.
Lets shoot crap" is the limit
of his speech and ambition.
A more reasonable limit has
been visible on no recent stage
that many q theatergoer can
remember.
The same is true of Harry
the Horse Dell Marked,
Nicely Nicely johnson (Jack
Prince), Arvide Abernathey
(Pat Rooney, Benny South
street (Al Nesor) and virtually
ali of the others.
Between them, they prove
that it is in musicals these
days that one meets the most
interesting people.
If the straight drama is to
compete with them. it will have
to get away from the dull
ones it has been dealing with
lately.