Word: mikolajczyk
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Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Vice Premier and leader of the combined opposition, gave the number of imprisoned candidates as 104. The National Electoral Commission rejected appeals to free the candidates, "because it is a matter for the security authorities...
...Mikolajczyk also cited the case of opposition candidate Jan Malejko, whose mutilated body was found in a field near his house after a nocturnal visit by three militiamen. The security police had previously ordered him to withdraw his candidacy. The bodies of 23 other murdered opposition candidates have been found. Eight murdered Communist workers were also recently discovered...
...close any breaches in the anti-Mikolajczyk front, Communist and Socialist leaders last week slipped away to a secret meeting place and formalized an already existing working agreement for a full fighting alliance against "all symptoms of reaction...
...Unbowed, Mikolajczyk continued his campaign as best he could. He fully endorsed the Government's economic program, including nationalization and land reform. Said one of his lieutenants: "The main difference is-we believe in civil liberties...
...Threat. The U.S. last week sent a probably futile note to Warsaw protesting the Government's violation of the Yalta provision for a "free and unfettered" vote. The one concrete result of continued Western watchfulness, as evidenced by the U.S. note, was Mikolajczyk's personal safety-so far. But foreign correspondents in Warsaw feared that, after a Communist election victory, things might take a grimmer turn between the neighbors of No. 16 Szucha Avenue. Few people would be surprised if there should be a sudden vacancy. As everywhere else, apartments are scarce in Warsaw and Mikolajczyk crowds...