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Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1956 Paget 1-1? Czech Refugee Tells of Attempts Made To Get 'Misguided People' To Return Editor's Note: The author of the followlns dlspatrh Is a newspaper man now working In New York who fled Bis native Czechoslovakia with his wife after the commanlst coup In 1941. For fear of retaliation, be cannot be Identified bnt this is an authentic case history of how the Communist countries are trying to lure back refugees. New York (U.R) Every two weeks my mail includes an expensively postaged airmail let ter from Prague. Czechoslovakia. At first glance it looks like any ordinary letter from overseas. Inside is a Communist newspa per. Its contents boil down to this persistent appeal: "Come home, you poor mis guided refugees. All is forgiven. See for yourself how happy and prosperous your country now is and how much happier you will be when, you once again take your place in the community. Contact the nearest Czechoslov ak embassy at this address . . ." It is the latest weapon in the Communist countries' all-out battle to win back anti-Communist refugees, many of them citi zens of their adopted countries. Unwittingly aiding this cam paign, the U.S. mail carries thousands of such letters every week from every satellite coun try, even from Russia. The post al services of Canada, Australia, nearly all the Latin American republics and Western European countries get their share, too. now pi.ying THE GAYLORDS plus rowan t martin n m m w v SOUTH SHORE ROOM PRESENTS THE GODrt , -Musical Cori,Sho-Stow' THI -HVTHM1TTM -Ameiica'sMertSongsteis RayHefbeCk3nh;s'c,,,!Str, Three o-f"W. Saturday & Su"da'' y tsi .f5 OPENING JUNE 1 - dSiIAUJ LOUIS juki" j u:. TutnnatV. FlV6 THE SABRES Musical T"0 i The magazine I get is called "Hlasy Domova" (Voice of the Homeland). It is published every two weeks by a committee "for the welfare of persons returning under the amnesty which was proclaimed by the Prague gov ernment in May 1955 for an or iginal period of six months but has now been more or less per manently extended because of disappointing response. Mother Appeals In the last issue of "Hlasy Do mova," dated in mid-May, I read the following appeal from the mother of a refugee living in Paris: "Will anybody who knows my son, please tell him that his aged mother wants him to come home? Since I first wrote him to return he does not answer any of my letters An editor's note to the moth er's letter urged the man to con tact the Czechoslovak Embassy in Paris for all "arrangements" in connection with the return trip. Some of these letters printed by the newspaper are, no doubt, genuine. There are many, how ever, that in the opinion of re fugee organizations here were written under Communist press ure. How did the Communists' get the addresses to mail the news papers to? . How did they get mine? The post office in Prague, and in all the other satellite cap itals, has a file on every refugee who writes to his relatives "or friends. Unless you sever all con- ZZT MEDFORD Penney FOR THE SKIPPER II THE WESTS NO. 1 CASUAL OUTFIT. DELUXE DENIMS ..and they don't cost ' ' , a fortune at Penney 's! THE JACKET 98 ! Riedwm, large. Marie &l razgrA. Ion -; rfr(r. 1 fl ounce drnirn vat-dreei. Sanforized, machine waehabie. Solid color cotton knit trims at collar. eon's, and waist, f4a.h pockets. Colors match his stacks; faded Mae berck, and wheat. THE SLACKS 398 fee 29-40 F The same rwcywl 10 otnee cknm and the same coeors essen MX ana nacav above. TW'ie Juas elyini , with eontinssooa waaflajfiri, pAeaded frost. fadrMi stivcli'd rde) ausiwiSv dropped be feopa. Cuffed. GIVE DAD A MAICWNG SET FOR FATHER'S DAY! t swwi'l shrink more than 1 Featured Shirt in Cool Gingham Checks . t -l i Hnw. i I : Jl Hri,i 1 I - A ;"aW!fc iwaw.-jrf-.fc;.t I '"ijt'.-l " . .... . , i -..:'- -it--" -fet-ar-J . 3 1.98 tact with them and it's a hard thing to do you are bound to get on the mailing list. Hard to Stop Short of checking all Incoming mail from behind the Iron Cur tain the United States can do lit tle to stop this flow of Commun ist propaganda. The Communist embassies no longer have a hand in distributing these newspapers they did for a while at the very start of the campaign and direct appeals to refugees through embassy or consulate personnel are held to a strict minimum. Consequently subver sion laws are hard to apply. '.'Hlasy Domova" gives banner headlines to all returnees and ar ranges press conferences for them. In the last issue I read this boast from one of them: ". . . Now my family and I have a house of our own in the borderland (the Sudeten area still largely unsettled after the expulsion of the Germans) and a well-paid job in the mines . . ." This statement carries deep significance for any potential re turnee: Mining is the sort of job you can expect to get and the depopulated border area is the sort of place you will probably live in. Incidentally, the only thing from my bi-weekly correspon dence with Prague that I find any use for are the stamps. I keep those. Langley and Crosby Called in Portland Portland (U.R) Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton said that the grand jury currently in vestigating vice allegations here had subpoenaed District Attor ney William M. Langley and Teamster official Clyde C. Cros by to appear before the group today. Sheriff Terry D. Schrunk of Multnomah county also was scheduled to appear, by invita tion, today. Langley declined an invitation to appear Tuesday. Meanwhile, three persons the grand jury wants to question were being sought in the state of Washington. They are Joseph P. McLaughlin, Thomas E. Ma loney and Morris Altschuler. Thorton requested the appear ance of the three men through Prosecutor Charles. O. Carroll in Seattle.' ' Harry Schoth Awarded For Superior Service Corvallis Harry A. Schoth, U. S. department of agriculture research agronomist at Oregon State college, has received a de partment superior service award for 1956. Schoth was awarded "for his contribution to the development of the grass and legume seed production industry in the Paci fic northwest, and for research resulting in the development of several improved grass and le gume crop varieties." Schoth, who has been at OSC since 1914, is known for his se lection and development of alta fescue. Willamette vetch, a type of common vetch superior In yield and winter hardiness, is another of his contributions to Oregon farmers. Sheared Colter Pin Cause of Bus Mishap Hillsboro (U.R) The Wash ington county sheriff's office re ported today that a sheared cot ter pin was the cause of the bus accident Tuesday that took the life of a Portland teacher and injured several others. Deputy Sheriff Roy Larsen said a cotter pin connecting the brake pedal to the master cy linder either had dropped out or was sheared off as the bus started down a hill. The vehicle, carrying 58 berry pickers, went out of control and overturned in a field. Mrs. Irene Brooks, 47, was killed. . Dead line Sunday Classified kl at t noon Saturday. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport 4-H Summer School Students Pick Officers Corvallis JCU.B Nearly 2,000 boys and girls at 4-H summer school at Oregon State college elected their top officers yester day. Joyce Wilson, 14, of Astoria, was elected president by the girls. The boys chose Bill Houts, 18, of Madras for their number one office. 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