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Only last September, Stalin's faithful satellite Hungarians had tried (and hanged) Interior Minister Laszlo Rajk on charges of conspiring with Tito to overthrow the Hungarian government and plotting war against Soviet Russia; Bulgaria last week was preparing to try former Deputy Premier Traicho Rostov on charges of conspiring with Tito to overthrow the Bulgarian government and sabotaging the interests of Soviet Russia...
...Bigot conducting; Vox-Polydor, 2 sides, LP). First recording of this great work, which the late Bela Bartok composed in the same period as the brilliant and bold Quartet No. 4. Stubbornly unrelenting in its harmonies and fierce rhythms, it is sterner stuff than the later Concerto No. 3. Hungarian-American Pianist Foldes gives it a powerful performance. Recording: excellent...
After the first World War, Seymour served on treaty and territory commissions dealing with Romania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia and headed the Austro-Hungarian division...
...school year moved into full swing, Hungarian students of all ages were struggling with the outlandish Cyrillic alphabet, the baffling prodigies of Russian grammar. Last term, when language courses were still optional, 53% of them chose German, 30% English, 29% French, and only 3% Russian. Now, with the study of Russian compulsory in all grades of primary and secondary schools, pupils are required to spend more time learning "the language of socialism" than any other subject except Hungarian language and literature...
While the Red terror in Czechoslovakia mounted, Hungary's highest court weighed the fate of Laszlo Rajk, former Hungarian Foreign Minister who had been sentenced to death as a Titoist traitor (TIME, Oct. 3). Rajk had specifically refused to appeal for clemency, but against his will his lawyer had sent an appeal to the Council of People's Courts. Rajk need not have worried: the council, not renowned for its clemency, rejected the appeal. Next day Rajk was hanged, presumably in Budapest...