New Group to Sponsor Rally Seeking Action in Hungary

A provisional College group advocating strong U.S. action in Hungary will sponsor a kick-off rally in Boston Sunday night to mobilize nation-wide student support for its interventionist appeal.

The demonstration for students from the Greater Boston area will be held in a hall as yet undetermined, although historic Faneuil Hall is reported to be the most likely location. Along with the Harvard group--"The Committee for a Free Hungary"--a similar organization at M.I.T. will jointly sponsor the rally, where "student speakers and prominent Boston citizens will speak," according to committee chairman Cornelius M. Sheehan '58.

Meanwhile, Combined Charities has begun preparation for its fund drive on Monday and Tuesday to aid Hungarian refugee students through the World University Service. Final plans will be completed by Sunday evening, according to drive chairman Greg Stone '58, for entry solicitation of every College student early next week.

At Radcliffe, the National Student Association committee of Student Government has completed its own drive for WUS, raising $460 in two days of collecting. The campaign ended yesterday.

The Sunday rally, Sheehan said, is designed to launch a national appeal for the kind of strong action advocated earlier this week in a petition circulated by the Committee for a Free Hungary. The petition, reportedly signed by 500 people including two Housemasters, calls on the U.S. to sever diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and refuse to recognize the Kadar government, if U.N. action proves ineffective.

Actress May Participate

Among the speakers the Committee is trying to obtain for its rally is Hungarian-born actress Ilona Massey. Financial backing for the demonstration is reportedly coming from a "group of Boston citizens" who have become interested in the work of Sheehan's group.