Hungarian Exiles to Take Special English Course

A group of ten Hungarian refugees now staying in the Cambridge area will begin a special, intensive English course Wednesday, conducted by John M. Bullitt '43, associate professor of English, and Miss Christine Gibson of the Language Research Center.

The twelve-day course, formulated only in the last few days, will try to teach the refugees as much basic communication as possible. An English record library will be set up so the group can have continuous contact with the language.

The members of the group were artists, lawyers and engineers in Hungary and are anxious to find employment here. Joseph Szabo, 35-year-old lawyer from Budapest, stated, "Our first job is to learn English and then to find jobs."

One of them was chief of the revolutionary committee in his home city. Two are engineers, Hamdry Miklos specializing in applications of atomic radiation to warfare, and the other, Istvani Remenyi, in load distributions anl power plant engineering.

The refugees were assisted in their flight by Hungarian border guards, a contingent of the secret police. Mr. Szabo explained there were two groups of Hungarian secret police. The "greens" at the border assisted the refugees, while the "blues" in the cities fought against the revolutionaries.

The group was brought here by the International Refugee Committee and stayed at Camp Kilmer, N.J., from Jan. 7 to 11. They now are using the International Student Center as headquarters.

Speaking on the situation in Hungary, engineer Istvan Remenyi estimated it would be "miraculous" if one half of normal production in the mines could be restored within three months.