Hungarian Requests U.S. Help at Rally

A speech by a recently escaped Hungarian "Freedom Fighter" and a resolution submitted by William C. Brady '57 were the highpoints of a rally to "Stop the Massacre in Hungary" Sunday night in Mechanics Hall.

Brady read excerpts from the letter he and eight other students sent to the CRIMSON last week. He was cheered by the audience when he said that the U.S. should be prepared to send troops to Hungary if Russia fails to comply with the U.N. request for non-interference.

The Hungarian escapee, an engineering student who identified himself as Istvan Laszlo, spoke in Hungarian and his remarks were then translated. Laszlo said, "It would cost the United States no more than a gesture to help the Hungarian people achieve their ultimate aim, liberty."

Student Sent for Aid

A native of Budapest, Laszlo was at-tending the University of Sopron, in a town on the Austrian border, when the revolt broke out, Oct. 20. He said his companinons had sent him to America to seek aid for the rebels.

"I do not want to stay here," he explained, "If I cannot be of service to my countrymen." He said his aims were to secure "freedom, independence, and security" for Hungary. He criticized the U.N. for not living up to its mottoes and warned that America's independence was also endangered by Soviet aggrandizement.