The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 4, 1953, Page 3

BITTER AT CHARGE OF RD a Ten Returning POY Deny Communist Taint f By TOM BRADSHAW and BILL ALEXANDER PHOENIXVILLE, Pa, (#—Ten gaunt, tight-lipped men stepped into the public spetlight at Valley Forge military hcspital to deny they had been tainted by commu- nism while prisoners of war in Korea. They were hitter—and they mfade it plain they felt they had reason to be. The stage for their tense drama was set yesterday at the hospital here—a short drive from the Revo- lutionary War memcrial park that gave the hospital its name. It had its origin in -he circumstances gurrounding their flight home after release by their Red captors. Monday, 4, 1953 \Nane Pakistan As/aretaker OfPOW Group putral Nation kayed By Allies 'o Take Reluctant (Red War Prisoners PANMUNJOM (#—The Allies While the 10—anc 10 compan-Yvinsted Pakistan today as a fons—were en -oute from TokyO£utral caretaker for war prison- by plane last Taursday, an .frs who won't go home, and Force spokesman said the Pentafoened thi rently surprised gon had ordered a veil of secrecfaeges ‘qime ie fast ranning out” thrown around the flight “‘becaug, the Korean truce talks. of the position taken by the Ary and others that these men m have been misled under conditi of duress and hardship during? period of their capt: ‘ity.”” And the Pentagon said VPY Forge Hospital had been desf't ed the best spot for treatmey The 20 reached’ the hospitfate Friday night, rested for a d and then were asked if theyVere ready to meet the press. sal they were anxious for thefance. Four refused bitterly. rest were too ill or just dig want any publicity. The 10 interviewed we into a small auditorit two. The first pair wey non L. Warren, 22, St Pfc. Roger Herndon, ville, Fla. ae Warren and HerndjS#i ** they felt they had gpt “a dirty deal” in being laf possible Communist sympayTs- Herndon, whose pit arm was amputated by the puese because of a machine-gunpund received at the time of nipPture in Nov- ember, 1950, he found no reason to accep ™munist indoc- Soe showets the best they had,” he said hod it was noth- by : afaid, if his loss of ont Beiingstand in the way, he would b¢2dy to go back to Korea “forpotter crack at the ” Beds.” sanjl. Ball, 24, Bellburn, va. fi “This Red label makes ug¢! like criminals. We are all pletely innocent.” And, after a pat pause, he added, never ef heard the term ‘brain- wash’ pre I got back home.” Some the staff officers at the hospit#2med as militantly ‘con- fused / the situation as the men them#®es. m’t know where this idea stars” said one Army doctor, “pupiere’s one thing for.sure— we'jnot running 3 damned laun- dr@t here.” . ; ther ificer, who asked— his fellow siaff member—that sijame be withheld, said, “there ndbeen a big foutup somewhere ig the line.” bl. Robert H. Hickox, 23, Syra- , N. Y., who was serving with Engineers when captured . B7, 1950, said he considered e ier he or any other brought two by ‘pl. Ver- puis, and Jackson- said flatly lemler of the group was Red- intel ‘‘an insult.” “Jt lidn’t make homecoming any ttex” he said. ; Richard, 0. Morrison, 22, we hae’ dyear-old corporal from Ok- | L. | custodial neutral. City, Okla.—Marvin said the Communists had foecehi of US, germ warfare in Korea in of death. , who lost his right arm) ing wounded and captured sight. patrol. March 5, 1952, Bes ton, Ia. stid his reaction | as fe same as Hickay-—"‘insalt-) t Although Pakistan was one of the four Asian nations listed by the Reds as acceptable neutrals, the Communists sat mum. Without even mentiéning the Allied choice the Reds asked and received a recess until 11 a. m. tomorrow, possibly to consult higher Red officials. Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison id'| Jr., chief U. N. delegate, nomi- nated Pakistan at the beginning of the meeting and then told the Reds: - : “We are obliged to tell you once again that we will not engage in protracted and fruitless discussion during the current negotiations,” which began April 25. The Communists Saturday sug- gested Pakistan, Burma, India and Indonesia as acceptable hosts for the 48,000 Red prisoners who won't go hore. Pakistan was the third nation nominated by the United Nations. First was Switzerland, which the Reds opposed. Then Sweden. The Communists insisted on an Asian nation. They want the reluctant POWs shipped to the neutral country for screening after an armistice is agreed upon. The AlSes want a neutral country to assume control of them in Korea. Harrison told reporters: “The current negotiations are really no different from last sum- mer.” The Allies broke. off the meetings Oct. 8 when the Reds kept. stalling on the prisoner ex- change question. Harrison said no time limit has been set for the armistice talks, I | but twice inside the conference hut he delivered an implied warning that he would end the talks again it the Reds did not begin to pro- duce. Harrison reminded the Reds that they mentioned Burma, Indonesia, Pakistan and India as suitable Asian neutrals. ‘ He said that unléss they had named these four for propaganda purposes, “‘we must assume that you consider each of the four’ to be neutral. and competent and therefore suitable. “In our sincere effort achieve an agreement ... we are pre-- pared to meet you halfway in the matter of a neutral nation. Al- though we have previously nomin- ated Switzerland ard Sweden we are now prepared to nominate one of the four countries which you have named.' We now nominate Pakistan, an Asian nation both neutral and competent, and oe of the four whose suitability you ob- viously implied in your question us. Now we expect you to dem- onstrate your sincerity by agree- ing to have this power. serve as “Based on your own statements, to back up Red charges | we expect that our nomination will be quite acceptable to you and will result in quick agreement on this issue. If so, then this will have been the first indication since these talks began that there may -Chinese officer told him he ' be some justification in our agree- shot unless he admitted ge of germ warfare—but hastened to add he felt | was. no basis for @ the repatriated «prisoners cumbed to Communist nda. Sgt, Walter MeCollum, 3, Charles, La., said his ordeal a hands included a forced to Communist Prison Camp at Wewon, North Korea.-On arch, he said, he suffered of frozen feet, Despite his ce, he said, he intends to in the Army. . Sgt. Robert W. Shaw, 44, Vabuver, Wash., said he didn’t evibelieve the Con:munists when thétold hun be was to be sent . Paul EB. Cements, 24, In- @iapolis, said on several occa- prisoners of war were made Sheed for ours in the camp be was heid. The POWs, ts said. were told that only who signed peace petitions similar Communist papers de. permitted to leave. said he kew of no in his camp and that as he heard, none of those who received acy better treat- William RK. Hinkle, 22, ile, W. Va. ended his jew with « brief voluntary Ment like be to make ope thing ment to meet with you again. We hope that this indication may not be nullified by subsequent nego- tiations.” North Korean Gen. Nam 1, chief Red delegate, answered with a statement apparently prepared in advance. He insisted that the first order of business should be an agreement that unwilling prisoners should be transported physically to a neutral nation. Nam s statement gave no clue to the reason the Communists had requested and received a one-day recess over the week end. His argument was largely a re- peat of what he had said before. Harrison told Nam: “You have again failed to name THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Today’s Action In Tallahassee TALLAHASSEE (®#—Gov. Mc- Carty, who had to pass President Eisenhower's conference with the nation’s governors because of ill- ness, has asked for a complete record of the talks. His administrative assistant, Warren Blackmon, said the gov- ernor sent no representative to the President’s briefing session on na- ROUND TRIPS DAILY MIAMI 47 MIN. NON-STOP NATIONAL WANTED THE FOLKS OF KEY WEST AND OTHER CITIES TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE NOT ONE BUT All Four of the Leading Hollywood - or yeur travel ogeat TERRY MOORE ~ Airlines tional affairs because there was é no indication substitutes would be acceptable, However, Blackmon said, the governor has asked Florida’s two senators to “reassure the Presi-| dent of his continuing interest and ask for a complete record of the; conference so he can give it his! full attention.” BOB WAGNER GILBERT ROLAND J. 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Okell, Dade County, oppos- ; ing delay, said “I think they don’t feel their dog track bill has any! chance of passing this -morning | and they want a little time to‘do | some more canvassing. | However, Speaker Bryant, one! of the co-sponsors of the measure, said “The final vote will prove he’s wrong.” Other sponsors of the bill said the delay was requested by members of a small county bloc who held a caucus Sunday night on the measure, There was speculation that sup- Porters feared week-end work against the bill had cast in doubt their ability to get the necessary two-thirds vote to waive the rules Jand shove it through second and third reading for final action in a single day. z Rep. Cobb, Volusia, chairman of the Rules Committee, asked at the outset of today’s session for an in- formal recess to permit his: group to meet and consider a motion to hold off debate on the bill. He said there appears to be “some genuine ccpfusion” on. the bill. He recalled that 20 House members didn/t vote Friday when the House decided to put it on the special order calendar for top pri- ority consideration today.@ Okell opposed the House recess to let the Rules committee meet and bring in a new recommenda- tion setting the debate for Tues- day instead of A He called it “‘a stalling motion.” “Tsee no reason to let the Rules Committee revise the strategy of how to get the dog track bill passed. They chose their strategy. Now let them stick with it,” he declared. Burwell, speaking after the vote, denied he had spoken for 22 min- utes. - with today’s only new-type engine...with amazing new ways to TALLAHASSEE (#--House mem- bers came to the aid of freshman Rep. Zelmenovitz of Okeechobee County today, yanked a bill to put the proposed South Florida mental hospital in his county from com- mittee and put it on the calendar. Rep. 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