Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 April 1951 — Page 2

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Stammering

Tells Of Imprisonment

Testimony at Trial Partly True, He Says

VIENNA, Apr. 28 =Shaken and exhausted, American] businessman Robert A. Vogeler was reunited with his joy-! ful, tearful wife here today after 17 months as a prisoner of Hungarian Communists. He told the story of his imprisonment, apologizing that his experiences made it difficult for him to talk plainly, or think cleatly. He said he had confessed what the Communists had wanted him to confess—that he was a spy. He couldn't resist. But he said “some” of the testimony he gave at his trial was true. “There are two possible methods of inducement, physical and mental,” he said in speaking of his ‘“preparation for. trial” by the secret police. ‘Both methods are used in Hungary. “I feel like a man who has a bad case of jitters. I| suppose this wears off, but there were certain experiences, with a more lasting effect than this nervousness.” Mr. Vogeler was told about the Korean War by Arthur

F. Tower, the American Consul General in Vienna.

Mr. Tower went to the Hungarian-American border to’

meet Mr. Vogeler, who was| experiences with a more lasting |

released by the Hungarian effect than this nervousness.

: : .. Mr. Vogeler said most of tne secret police at a price of four questioning was conducted by two concessions from the

United jjeutenant colonels who spoke no| States government. English, but worked through an| Greeted By Wife g

interpreter. ? Mr. Vogeler, a shattered, twitch-|

Grilled Twice a Week ing Wreck, arrived in Vienna two “To make things even we did hours later.

He was greeted by Most of it in German,” he said. | his beautiful blonde wife, Lucille, ‘I can’t be positive, but I suspect] and his two sons. that two other interested coun-| She was overwhelmed today tries, .Czechoslovakia and the

when Mr. Vogeler arrived at their Soviet Union, were represented Vienna home and could utter only 2MONg the questioners.” a long, drawn out “oooh”. Then Right after the trial, he said, he she eried “Bob, Bob” and fell into was questioned by security police his arms. : ‘officers a couple of times a week. | Both wept with joy while Bobby, 11, and Billy, nine, ran about the rain-soaked garden laughing and ealling “Daddy, Daddy.”

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Then the questioning slackened] off and he was interrogated only] a half-hour every 10 weeks. “These appearances were ostenibly to answer questions,” he lle, sat at his left 5/20 a le Lo er ce to- said. “But they were really inspec-| day, holding an ash tray for him. fions to see how 1 was bearing] In his first meeting with news- “P: men he was unable to discuss his

WASHINGTON, Apr. 28 (UP) — The State Department will have no comment “for some time’. on the: release of Robert A. Vogeler from a Hungarian prison, a spokesman

Ald today, : | “That, again, was probably) trial on espionage charged by the American censorship,” Mr. Vo-| Hungarian government. He had geler laughed. : pleaded guilty and was sentenced Kept Under Observation to 15 years in prison. | Mr. Vogeler said he was kept Later, however, he recovered under observation in his cell all hs composure sufficient to tell the time and was taken out for something of his prison life. lexercise “whenever security conHe said he was placed in soli-/gjtions permitted.” tary confinement after his sen- “I had my own suit of clothes tencing in F ebruary, 1950. but the suit was not important,” Gazes at Shoe Tips he said. “Part of the time I had no

It was difficult for Mr. Vogeler socks, underwear or shirt. You

: never got your own from the laun-| to find words to express himself dry. They destroyed any type of|

properly. He apologized for Ris| on g.ation on the garments. Al

slowness in speech, saying “I { perfectly good handkerchief would! haven't spoken to anyone for 2 have the initial in the corner de-|

down at his shoe tips. | ‘ | American ultimatum was issued “1 was notified at only 6:30 this to the Hungarian government.

morning of on Seasons private The United States threatened to ehief of the Hungarian State Se- | sell all Hungarian property in, curity Police,” he said. {the United States zone of Ger“He sald negotiations had been Many unless Mr. Vogeler was reeompleted only last night. Until | leased by Apr. 30. This included this morning I had been hoping | the Hungarian crown jewels and against hope that it wouldn't be the S000: year-old : Syown ol Si years » | Stephen, om n-| Before 1 was released {gary by the Nazis and recovered | Arrested in 1949 by American troops in Germany. Mr. Vogeler was arrested in| Hungary demanded return of November, 1949. He said there the crown as part of the price for were three phases to his imprison- | Mr. Vogeler's release but the ment. { United States refused. j a 8 8 ! WRLATS Was the preliminary in THE PRICE for Mr. Vogel- | |

I was entirely without outside | news of any kind. There were no, letters. I was told my family prob- | ably were writing, but that American censorship prevented the letters arriving in Hungary. I was! givén permission to write two let! ters a month, which Lucille never| received.

vestigation, during the first 15 J . the the “ preparation for| er's freedom was: trial, during the next 21 months,| ONE: Reopening of Hungav. »! an consulates in New Yor then the serving of the sentence, | and Cleveland.

he said. z TWO: Lifting of Washing“Treatment was different dur ton's ban on travel by Ameri

Ing each period, and after the . ~.... ... in Hungary trial it was eonsigeraply spinel THREE: Restoration of HunHe said he was taken to Buda-| o,...." nronerty recovered in pest police headquarters Nov. 18, 11. 1 § zone of Germany. 1849, and held there until after] poUR: Alteration of the his trial. | wave length of the “Voice of After the sentencing he WAaS| America” relay transmitter in moved to a second prison, a new! Munich, Germany, so as not to | ene, somewhere in Budapest. He| interfere with Radio Budapest's said he believed the second prison frequency. . had been especially prepared for With these conditions agreed | him and his fellow defendants. on, the Hungarian secret police |

Headed Phone Branch | turned Mr. Vogeler over to the

T “During my entire period n| Up, Consul General. prison I could only determine by | Nickelsdorf on the border bethe sound of footsteps in other| tween Hungary and the Soviet cells that there were only six or| zone of Austria. eight other prisoners,” he said. 4.5 a Mr. Vogeler was head of the! MR. TOWER sped Mr. VogelHungarian subsidy of the Inter-| er in an American legation car national Telephone and Telegraph| to Vienna to be reunited with Co. The ITT manager for Hun-, his wife. gary was Edgar Sanders, a Brit-| Mr. Vogeler asked newsmen ish eitizen who was tried with Mr. —— Vogeler and sentenced to 13 years. Mr. Vogeler sald he was sure that Mr, Sanders was among the prisoners in the new prison. “lI recognized Sander’'s footsteps,” he said. “I knew he had erepe rubber soles on his shoes, and he was the only person in the two prisons who had them.”

Withheld Details

Mr. Vogeler refused to disclose full details of the reported torture methods used by the Hungarians for his “preparation for trial.” “There are two possible manmers of inducement, physical and mental,” he said. “Both methods | are used in Hungary. “It is difficult to determine if one is drugged. If one is kept awake artificially for a sufficient time, you don’t know whether you are being drugged or if your mind has just ceased to function. “I was given stimulants to keep we awake, and coffee and cigarots were forced on me. But no! injections were given me, | “I fecl tke a man who has a bad case of fitters. I suppose this wears off, but there were certain

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From One Letter-Writer to Another— i Student Is Charged Mrs: Dougs Town

Grime Report Revised, ‘Not Toned Down’

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With Threatening Truman Gets Camival Air COLUMBUS, O., Apr. 28—A 22-year-old Ohio State University Pop Srenels

| graduate student, described by a classmate as shy and quiet, was | under arrest here today and charged with threatening the life of | Are Going Up {President Truman. | MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Apr. { Secret Service agents arrested Robert T. Gaudlitz, a Yesearch!, 8 (UP)—The General's lady gets traced him through two letters, [HER homecoming tribute here

| fellow in the .unversity's engineering experiment station. Agents on which he placed his return| “You — —: This stupid bungle Monday.

ROBERT A. VOGELER—As he appeared yesterday following his release from Red custody.

to wait before taking pictures and went into the house. He was examined there by his doctor, who said he had suffered

desipte the obvious toll of 17 months in a Communist prison. Mr. Vogeler spent almost a hour in the house, pulling himself together before facing

ss » =" EVEN THEN, when he came out, his voice trembled badly and he talked only in halffinished sentences. When answering questjons he worked his mouth several times before speaking. | He was pale and gaunt. There were great dark circles under his eyes. His shock of black hair was thinned in front. 3 “I am very happy to be home,” he said in a trembling voice.

MRS. LUCILLE VOGELER—

For her, a teapful reunion.

» » = WHEN. OTHER questions were asked he turned away. “I can’t collect my thoughts right now,” he said. “Just give me a little break.” Mrs. Vogeler leaned her head

photographers. raphers asked for “just one more clinch,” she grinned and said: “It's a pleasure. .again ”

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Truman Tax Hike Proposals Seen Getting Cold Shoulder

By United Press WASHINGTON, Apr. 28 President Truman will have to settle for half to three-quarters of the $10 million tax increase program he wants, congressional tax framers said today. As the House Ways and Means Committee prepared to start voting next week on specific points of Mr. Truman's tax-raising proposals, there was general agreement among Democrats and Republicans that Congress willf— = not raise more than $5 billion to wants some of the so-called ‘“loop$7.5 billion. holes” in present tax laws closed. The president proposed that in-| The first voting dones next week dividual income taxes be raised probably will be on various loop$4 billion, corporation income hole-plugging proposals. One the taxes $3 billion and excises $3 bil- committee is expected to approve lion. In addition, Mr. Truman deals with a new method of col- — lecting the taxes due from dividend payments. At present, a taxpayer is required to compute the taxes he owes on dividends when he is filing his annual income tax

State to Step Up Civil Defense | tree te an seore tre com.

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Governor to Name {similar to that now ineffect for {salaried = workers. Corporations

Council Soon ein would be directed to withhold 20 Indiana civil defense activities,'per cent of each dividend and now moving slowly, will be speed- turn it over to the federal goved shortly with the appointment ernment for taxes.

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