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Problems Facing President Recall Statements Made by Ike in Last War "Buried Alive" is Datis' Description Of Imprisonment NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (RP)—Correspondent William N. Oatis said today that the two years he spent in but the old quarters were the like being "buried alive." "A cell there is like a tomb," he said. "And the inmate is like a man in purgatory; he is waiting, and this problem is to get through time." The Associated Press correspondent wrote in a copyrighted description of his imprisonment that he lived in 11 different cells. The largest was about 15 feet square with a 10-foot ceiling and the smallest about six by 10, with an eight-foot ceiling, he said. He said he was held in Ruzyne Prison, five miles west of Prague. He spent his first six days under arrest at Prague police headquarters and the rest at Ruzyne. During his trial at Pankrac Prison, he committed from his Ruzyne cell. New Building Bad Nearly everyone in the prison was awaiting trial. Oatis said they were denied bail and visits from relatives and could have no lawyers until after they had been indicted. While he was there, he wrote, a new addition was built on the prison, but the old quarters were the By LYLE C. WILSON WASHINGTON (UP)—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower smacked his palm emphatically on the big desk at Shape command-headquarters outside Paris, and said: "I'll tell you this, I'm not going to be drawn into politics to bail any political party out of trouble." That was in November, 1951, since then a great many things have happened to the General who became Mr. President. Today's major events are a visit to the eastern states exposition, Springfield, Mass., and a major speech thereafter in Boston Garden. During the next few weeks and through much of next year, President Eisenhower will be bailing for dear life. The 1954 congressional elections can make or break the Eisenhower administration. The slim margins of Republican control of House and Senate are far less than working majorities. The Republican National Committee is planning to use the President liberally in the campaign which already is steaming up. Mr. Eisenhower's October schedule will spot him in five scattered states, two of them, significantly, in the South. The schedule: Oct. 14—A 63rd birthday party and Republican rally at Hershey. Oct. 15—Speech before Future Farmers of America, Kansas City. Oct. 16—Dedicates Kansas City's new American Hereford Association headquarters and visits Abilene, Kansas. Oct. 17—Louisiana Sesquicentenial, New Orleans. Oct. 19—With the President of Mexico dedicates the Rio Grande Falcon Dam near Lareo, Tex. When that schedule is completed the New York City mayoralty campaign will be taking political head New Building Bad Nearly everyone in the prison was awaiting trial. Oatis said they were denied bail and visits from relatives and could have no lawyers until after they had been indicted. While he was there, he wrote a new addition was built on the prison, but the old uarter were the best — larger, airier and warmer. The new building, where he stayed the longest, was not well heated and "the air in these cells stank so that guards turned up their noses on entering." Oatis said "In January of 1952, my bare knies turned blue from a cold wind sweeping in through a loose window," he said. "... there was one night when my cellmate and I both were so cold we could not sleep." Oatis said cell windows were barred and frosted so prisoners could not see outdoors. He went without a shower bath for two weeks at a time, and once went more than four months without a walk in the fresh air. Wrote to Wife Some prisoners went insane, he said, and during the early weeks of his own imprisonment, he walked the floor like a caged animal. "It was months before I achieved anything akin to resignation," Oatis wrote. Ruzyne prisoners were forbidden newspapers, magazines and radio what were allowed to read books, he said. From cellmates imprisoned after his arrival he learned that Winston Churchill was Britain's prime minister again and Eliza-a-beth was queen. Oatis was allowed to write his wife in St. Paul, Minn., about every six weeks and received mail from her as often. Many of his let-ters were lost and his wife went more than a year without hearing from him, he wrote. "Last November, I was called before a police officer to write my Drivwife" Oatis said. "I asked him who had won the U.S. election. He put me off. Two months later he told me it was Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur." Oatis said he finally found o u t Dwight D. Eisenhower was president from part of a column on the back of a magazine cartoon his wife sent him. To Probe Policy of Printing Farmer's Names WASHINGTON (U) — Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson today promised to "investigate thoroughness" a department policy which Oct. 14—A 63rd birthday party and Republican rally at Hershey, Oct. 15—Speech before Future Farmers of America, Kansas City, Oct. 16—Dedicates Kansas City's new American Hereford Association headquarters and visits Abilene, Kansas. Oct. 17—Louisiana Sesquicentennial, New Orleans. Oct. 19—With the President of Mexico dedicates the Rio Grande Falcon Dam near Lareo, Tex. When that schedule is completed the New York City mayoralty campaign will be taking political headlines. It is likely that the President will contribute his prestige and campaign smile to the effort to elect a Republican. The chance this year seems better than usual and a Republican victory in New York would boost GOP confidence and enthusiasm around the country. Polls indicate that Mr. Eisenhower's personal popularity is generally high although the voters often cuss the Republicans and Congress. He will be under great pressure to show himself and do some bailing in the political trouble spots as they develop in the next 12 months. Iraq Takes Stock To Plan Economy BAGHDAD (UR)—Iraq, an oil-rich nation struggling to convert its new-found resources into general prosperity, is in the process of getting a first good statistical look at itself. The fact and figure lowdown on Iraqi agriculture is now in the process of compilation and assimilation following the country's first complete nation-wide census. More than 100,000 farms, ranging from the plot of the poorest peasant to the estates of the biggest landowners, have been visited by well-trained enumerators. The result will be an inventory of Iraq's entire agricultural resources, including lands, peoples, crops and livestock. Facts and figures which will give the government a solid foundation for investment of its oil profits in the second-ranking Iraqi industry. Industrial Survey Next The man responsible for bringing hard facts and figures to Iraq's administration is a graying Brit-ish who used to be director of statistics for ttthe British food ministry. Dr. K. G. Penelon has been in Baghdad as statistical advisor to the Iraqi government for two years, and launched a long-range program for national census taking in many fields within a year of his arrival. Next on the list is a top-to-bottom To Probe Policy of Printing Farmers Names WASHINGTON (P) — Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson today promised to "investigate thoroughly" a department policy which bans publication of the names of farmers receiving low cost feed under the federal drought emergency program. Benson made the pledge following complaints about the ban from the American Society of News-paper Editors' Freedom of Information Committee. The Snyder Texas Daily News earlier this month charged that oil millionaires were taking advantage of the relief program and asked the ASNE committee to protest the ban on publication of names. Committee chairman J. R. Wiggins, managing editor of the Washington Post, said after a half hour visit with Benson yesterday that the secretary was "very interested" in the complaint and asked for a complete file on the Texas incidents as reported by the Snyder Daily News. Results Are the Proof of Newspaper Circulation. 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