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Note: The following article appeared in The New York Times on Sunday, November 2, 1947. The two horse-loving senators did succeed in blocking the return of the horses, which eventually found their way into US Calvary Remount posts around the country. This included Ft. Reno, Oklahoma, and Ft. Robinson, Nebraska. Honpolgar 4, who would become the foundation stallion for the Hungarian Horse Association of America, was sent to Ft. Robinson. Jim Edwards acquired him when the remount program was abandoned in 1949.
	Senators bar return of captured horses
	Washington -- Two horse-loving Senators blocked this week a State Department plan to return 130 thoroughbred stallions captured from the Germans by United States troops. The Senators are Tom Stewart, Democrat, of Tennessee, and Wayne Morse, Republican, of Oregon. The horses, originally stolen by the Nazis in Hungary, were captured by cavalrymen of General Patton's famed Third Army. One of the officers that took part in the fight that led to the capture of the horses was Capt. Tom Stewart Jr., of the Third Cavalry Group. Last year, the stallions were brought to the United States by the Army for breeding purposes. Several months ago, the Communist-dominated Hungarian Government demanded the return of the animals. The Army put the issue up to the State Department. A few days ago, Senators Stewart and Morse learned that the State Department had ordered		the thoroughbreds shipped back to Hungary. The two Senators immediately protested to Assistant Secretary of State Charles Saltzman. He told them the horses had been ordered shipped back on legal grounds. According to Mr. Saltzman, the horses are private property seized from the Hungarian owners by Germans. Mr. Saltzman further revealed that the 130 animals were being held at two Army remount depots in preparation for sending them to New Orleans, whence, according to original plans, they were to be shipped back to Europe. After vigorous objections by Senators Stewart and Morse, Mr. Saltzman finally agreed to a temporary stay on the shipping order. Senators Stewart and Morse, want the horses held in the United States until Congress reconvenes, when they propose to introduce legislation, if necessary, to retain the animals.