Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
kdddr Regime
To Attackers
OF State Officer
Executions Possible
For Hunguriuns;;
Strike Continues

BUDAPEST, Dec. Is (R.-The
Soviet-imposed Kadar govern
ment has taken new measures
to force the Hungarian people
to end their Gripping strikes
and passive resistance against
its rule.
Radio Budapest reported
for the first time the use of
the governments sweeping
new martial law powers against
opponents. The broadcast said
a number of Hungarians would
be tried by military court for
attacking the director of q
State farm at Keczkemet. The
penalty if convicted under the
the week-old martial law de-
cree could be death.)
With the help of Russian
tanks, the regime seems to have
crushed the last elements of
open revolution in the country
side. But there still were occa-
sional bloody demonstrations.
Workers Still Balk
Now the rebellion is conferred
In Hungarys factories and
mines. Production was near a
standstill in Budapest, the ma
tons industrial center, and at
the uranium and coal mines in
the south.
Again yesterday thousands of
workers refused to take up their
tools at dozen Budapest plants.
even though the factories had
been occupied by Russian troops
and Hungarian Communist mill
tia. The workers declared they
would remain idle until Premier
Janos Kadar releases two labor
leaders. arrested for ordering a
general strike Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Ignoring the workers de-
mands, the Kadar government
sought with both threats and
inducements to force them back
to their jobs.
Coal miners who stay awsy
face discharge, the regime
warned. but it promised those
who return to work by today
a loyalty bonus" and credits
Tor building of new homes.
Warning Is Issued
Again the government warned
that wages would be paid only
to workers who actually help
turn out production.
Mr.. Kadar's government also
served notice that any persons |,
caught taking part in unauthor-
lied public meetings or demon
STATIONS would face up to five
years Imprisonment.
About $4,000 workers-80 per
cent of the working force-went |
to the big CSepel iron and steel
works south of Budapest yes
terday but refused to work until
the government releases Sander
RACE. chairman of the outlawed
Budapest Central Workers
Council, and Sander Bari. vice
chairman. They were arrested
Thursday.
Some 5000 workers also staged
a Shutdown strike at the Be-
Jolannis electric factory and still
more thousands refused to work
at other plants.
Death Penalty Possible
Radio Budapest said today that
a group of Hungarians who at
tackled the director of a State
farm in Keczkemet had been
turned over to a military court
for trial under the new martial
law decree. The decree was in
stituted Sunday in an effort to
combat the call for general
strike.
The accused were charged with
making an armed attack on
Antal Sep, director of the State
farm, and resisting police who
tried to arrest them.
The broadcast said the trial
would be held today. If con-
victed. the accused are liable to
execution within two hours.
The Budapest government
newspaper Nepszbadsag reported
yesterday that Soviet troops had
been forced to open fire" onI'
counter revolutionaries" who
tried to halt streetcars and dis
tributed anti-Soviet leaflets in
Miskolc.
No report of casualties was
given by the newspaper. which
was quoted by radio Budapest. |
1t was reported that the demon
strators set fire to a lookout
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