Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26


Scott Rush, Marietta, Ohio, al
sured him no charges would be
placed against the men.
Corpl. Clarence C. Adams,
Memphis. Tenn, said:
The main reason we are stay
ing is to draw the attention of
the people of the United States
and the whole world to the need
for world peace and we can't do
that as long as Mccarthy and
McCarthyism exist in the United
States"
Sergt. Scott L. Rush, a healthy
looking prisoner from Marietta,
Ohio. with a missing front tooth.
saidi:
mo one offered us anything
Pierce. Fla, said:
Here I can speak freely (for
world peace). In America can't
do that. as Dickinson has al
ready found out and as Batche-
lor will find out. They didn't
try Bachelor until after it was
all ended because they thought
they could fool us and get others
of us to come back" Batchelor,
now in Tokyo. has not been
charged with any offense)
Webb said that he wanted his
sister and his father to know
that he was very happy" and IT
hope they understand. II they
don't know hope they will In
the future"
Webb said that he hopes his
sister and father will "do what
Mrs. Wilson did, stand UP and
speak out for what is right"
He was referring to the mother
of fellow homeopathic Corpl.
Aaron P. Wilson, Urania, La,
who he said had criticized the
Government for preparing court
martial charges against Dicken-
son. d.,
/. Wilson himself said that he
was very proud Of her state.
ment." He said he hoped other
people in the United States who
love peace" will also stand up
and say so as she did,
Wilson did not say where he
heard the reported statement.
but a number of prisoners told
of getting news from papers and
publications supplied by the
Communists.
Of a letter which was written
to Mrs. Wilson from the POW
camp, Wilson said fatty: II wrote
it myself No one told me what
to write and no one helped me
write it. We have freedom here
to speak and write as we want"
Pfc. Richard T. Tenneson,
whose mother. Mrs. Portia Howe,
flew to Tokyo from Alden, Mimi,
insisted that his letters to her
were written by himself without
any help or coercion from his
fellow POWs.
After making the same gen.
eral statements about his rea-
sons for staying behind, Tenne-
son said:
Il challenge the American
Government to bring any group
of men from the south camp
men who have been released to
the ROK army in South Korea
or to the Nationalist Chinese
government, in FormoSa-to a
meeting such as this and ask
them if they want to go home"
Pfc. Lowell o. Skinner, Akron,
Ohio, said:
Past events in the United
States have shown that the
United States Government does
not stand for peace and sup
presses any peace movement. If
we want to continue to fight for
peace We have to do it from
abroad"
Asked if he did not believe he
could fight for peace" among
his own people, Skinner replied
heatedly absolutely not"
ut is impossible under the
present United States Govern
ment, burdened with it's Nc
Carthy's, to speak out for peace
without being thrown in prison
or at the very lease losing your
job"
Asked if he had any personal
messages for his family, Skinner
replied: mo, that's not neces-
sary. In a short while I will
write and explain to them. am
sure that they have faith in me-"
Then, as, an afterthought. he
added. Il am in good health. Tell
them not to worry"
Pfc. Arlie Pate, Carbonate,
Ill.,. said it is impossible" to
fight for peace in the United
States because of McCarthyism,
McCarranism and KKKism.
Any one who tries to fight for
peace will be prosecuted and
even put to death. The Rosen-
bergs spoke out for peace and
look what the United States Gov
eminent did to them"
1.-THE Rosenbergs,' a reporter
said, were convicted on a charge
Of treason Gas atomic spies) and
executed upon that conviction.
But you say they were executed
because they spoke out for peace. /"
|. Pate. replied: 1.-THE treason was
a trumped up charge. The only
thing they were guilty of was
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