Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07

;sful vendor. an ex-waif of ability
american Legation. When he
was apprehended. he was wear
ing a little American flag pinned
to his lapel.
"You will take that off," he
was told.
It will not" he said, and swal-
lowed it.
The police forced him to
stand three feet from wall,
leaning only his nose against
lit. He tainted. He spent a year
in jail, and there perfected the
trade he had learned at school.
massage. He was released a year
later.
In two months, he was back,
branded "a political unreliable.
His three sisters, one of whom
was married to a Communist.
legally disclaimed him.
In 1858 he was jailed again,
this time on a charge Of stealing
the says he found some bank
checks in a cafe and turned
them over to the police.> He got
a three-year sentence, and an
additional 40 days for throwing
an ink-bottle at the Judge.
In March, 1856. he was free.
He was due to be drafted for
military work-not service. be-
cause of his subversiveness. The
day before he fled to the Aus
trian border, but got caught and
sent back to Budapest, sentenced
again. He was freed in Septem-
Der. 1856, to give the authorities
the worst trouble they had ever
had with him.
Joins Revolution
On October %, Gabor rode a
bus straight into the Hungarian
revolution. He was aheaded
across the Danube to Pest, to
visit his sister Anna, who is 80
and now in a refugee camp in
Vienna. AS the bus drew up to
the main square of Buda, ne
could see 1t was swarming with
demonstrating students. who
were demanding better things
from the government.
IF you are a Hungarian. JON
us." they shouted at Gabor.
/ He jumped off the bus and
into the thick of it.
4 One of the marchers was
carrying the red green and white
banner of Hungary. with the
hated Soviet star ripped out Of
it. Gabor soon found himself
carrying the flag, had rallied all
the lads from his part of the city
and was leading a column.
He was with the fighters dur
ing that perilous night when
the rebels were attempting to
seize the Budapest radio station
over which they were to broad
cast their heart breakingly elo-
quent pleas for help to the free
world. Gabor made one Of them.
t He was one of four baby faced
revolutionaries who was chosen
to go and negotiate with Premier
Imre Macy, the nationalist
minded Communist put in charge
when the revolutionaries had
carried the day. He had the glori-
Gus chore of climbing to the
top of the Parliament building
and placing the Hungarian flag
he still carries with him on the
flagpole.
/ Retrieved Flag
/ And 1t was he who when the
Russian tanks ground through
the city for the final sitting of
the revolt, climbed back to the
top of the Parliament building
and retrieved the flag. 1t was
shot down by the Russians who
by November 5 had recaptured
the building. Shouting he had a
message for Janos Kadar, the
reinstated puppet. Gabor tore up
the spiral staircase. picked up
the flag wrapped it around him.
self and made good his escape.
He killed a Russian guard on his
way
I BY this time the Revolution
was doomed. Gabor started to
flee with a handful of other
young rebels. A friend of his
who had been with the Hun
garian army but who had cast
in his lot with the people. COM
Wandered a tank. They headed
for the border. All the way they
we're shot at by both sides. the
Soyiets thinking they were Hun
garian defectors, the Hungarians
sure they were Soviets on their
way to the frontier to harass
other refugees.
Still carrying his flag. Gabor
arrived at Eisenstadt.
He was sponsored for immigra-
ton by the National Catholic
Welfare Conference and in
December he arrived at Camp
Kilmer.
Wants 10 Bring Sister In
, Now he is working hard to
, bring over his sister Anna. who
is in a refugee camp in Vienna
He is telling his experiences
, 10 a newspaperman who will
! write book about them.
Il consider myself simple
. hearted" he says in his impas.
, stoned way. But / hope thi,
book will help in getting TO the
/, American people the conditions
under which Hungarians live.
hope 1t will convey to the youth