Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1955. július-december (4. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)
1955-11-03 / 44. szám
16 AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZÓ November 3, 1955. Family Page hbbhhhk Mac Arthur and the Soviet The following’ interesting letter was published in a recent issue of the N. Y. Times: To the Editor of The New York Times: To a former service man who served under General MacArthur during the second World War there is something tragic in his frantic attempts to deny that he never felt Russian intervention was required to aid in the defeat of Japan. If we accept the general’s Korean war theory that war requires total effort and resources and that there is no substitute for victory then he would have been wrong not to request Russian support. If we go, back to the year 1945 when an invasion of Japan appeared necessary and many American men were facing death and injury it would seem both cruel and foolhardy to deny that any other attack on Japan was unnecessary. Surely General MacArthur does not intend to be remembered as the general who, in an effort to keep an ally from fighting, wanted more of his men killed. I am sure that if the general would reflect more on this item he would realize that there nothing so wrong in urging Russian intervention in 1945. In fact, I am sure that he would agree that any general entrusted with the lives of thousands of Americans would be unworthy of the trust if he deliberately tried to keep an ally from attacking a common enemy. Michael J. Künstler IAYEÜ BUDAPEST The Budapest hotel industry is opening new restaurants and renovating old ones this autumn to make night life of the Hungarian capital gayer and more colorful. A big increase of’ tourists traffic is expected next year. A first-class restaurant named Erdélyi Borozó (Transylvanian Wine House) will be established on the site of the famous Three Hussars restaurant in Akácfa Street, with a Rumanian manager and serving Transylvanian foods. The old Stefánia coffee house is being replaced by a new restaurant called The Szeged, where specialties of the Szeged region will be served. Many restaurants are equipping themselves to serve food specialties, including the Béke which will put on a weekly pig-killing testivel supper. Various restaurants will specialize in wines of a regional character. The catering industry is to open its first gateaux-making school "in Váci Street, in which LETS LEIÉ HIH0ARIAN ELEMENTS OF HUNGARIAN GRAMMAR Hungarian words, like English words, are- divided into certain classes, such as nouns, verbs, and so forth. You have already learned a number of Hungarian nouns, such as “kávé” (coffee) “hus” (meat), “vaj” (butter), “tej” (milk), , “sör” (beer) etc. Let’s assume that you want to say in Hungarian the following “I want coffee”. In the English language we do not change the noun when it is used as a direct object in a sentence. In the Hungarian language we do change it, We add the suffix “t” to the word. So: I want coffee — Kávét akarok Pencil — Ceruza Give me the pencil — Add ide a ceruzát Meat — hus Give me meat — Adj nekem húst Tailor — Szabó Ca)J the tailor — Hívd fel a szabót Children's Most Dangerous Enemy By Federated Press Cancer, polio, rheumatic heart disease, pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis—all these diseases claim major tolls among children. And yet all of them combined do not cause as many young fatalities as the single greatest killer of children! accidents. In 1953, accidents claimed the lives of 11,185 children between the ages of one and 14. The nine deadliest diseases of childhood claimed the lives of 10,768 in the same age group. Certainly in view of the statistics and of thousands more that could be* cited, it is justifiable to treat accidents as a major public'health problem. This, in effect, is what has been done by Dr. Harry F. Dietrich and Mrs. Sidonie M. Gruenberg in their pamphlet, Your Child’s Safety, published by the Public Affairs Committee in cooperation with the Nationwide (Farm Bureau) Insurance Company. (Available at 25 cents per copy from Public Affairs Pamphlets, 22 East 38 St.. New York 16, N. Y. , , The pamphlet notes that the principal causes of accidental deaths in 1954 were motor vehicle accidents (4,100), drownings (2,000),- burns (1.850), falls (700) and poisons (400). ★ Certainly many of these accidents are preventable, and equally cartainly, the responsibility for prevention it as much a community one as it is an individual one. Although no figures are given, it is an obvious assumption that the ratio of accidents in overcrowded slum areas was many times that of areas where housing conditions are decent. This, of course, is true of every disease and health hazard afflicting children or adults. Of course, the best way to prevent children from being victimized by heavy city traffic is by providing them with decent play areas away from that traffic. Equally obviously, enforcement of safe fire codes, elimination of dangerous room heaters by forcing landlords to provide decent central heating, fireproofing and providing adequate living space for every family at rents they can afford —all of these would add up to a vast reduction in the number of child victims of fires. The authors of the pamphlet offer some useful suggestions. * For example, they discuss precautions that should be taken by and adult riding alone in a car with a small child. Many mothers and fathers insist that the child remain seated, next to the driver, because they feel this affords the maximum safety. Not so. Actually, the seat next to the driver’s is the most dangerous place in a car. It is from here that children can be sent hurtling against dashboard or windshield when the car stops short. Much safer for children is a standing position at the right shoulder of the driver. In this way, the driver can use his or her arm or, if necessary, body to protect the child when a car stops short. * Other precautions recommended are safety belts, modeled after those used by commercial airlines, which are now being used increasingly in cars, or special padding for the dashboard, which readers may have noted is being offered as optional equipment on some new auto models. In the first two or two and one-half years of the child’s life, should be directed exclusively at keeping the baby “out of mischief.” After that the goal should be as much educational as custodial. The parent should keep in mind the .approaching day when the child will no longer be under constant supervision. That day comes when the 5-year-old or 6-year-old enters school. From then on, parents must depend largely on the habits instilled in the preschool years to assure protection of their kids. * 3 New Industrial Giant R sing in Hungary Biggest investment of Hungary’s Next Five Year Plan, due to commence next year, will be the Tiszamenti Chemical Combine which is to process natural gas piped from Rumania on a 700-acre site beside the River Ti-za. The 220-mile line, of which 80 miles will be on Hungarian territory, is being built jointly by the two countries under a mutual-aid agreement negotiated a few years ago. Products of the chemical works will fall into three main groups: 1) PVC the basic material for plastics 2) “Pan” (poliakrilnitril), a synthetic wool thread, considered to be better than wool. By mixing it with wool, Hungary plans to increase her cloth production by 400 million metres a year 3) Fertilizer in quantities which, in five years time, will be three times as much as the entire national output last year. Other products will include synthetic ethyl- alcohol—for which at present large quantities of potatoes are diverted — constic soda, dyes, basic materials for drugs and gas for other industries nearby. Electric power and steam will be obtained from the 200,000 kw. thermal power station already under construction on the site at Tiszapalkonya just below the elbow formed by the conjunction of the River Sajó with the Tisza. KÉSZÜLi NAPTAIS Nem hisszük, hogy sajtónk 50 egy néhány évi fennállása óta nagyobb lelkesedéssel fogadtak volna egy naptárt, mint az 1955-iki “Mindentudó Kalendárium”-unkat. Az a naptárunk valóban érdekes, tartalmas, magas irodalmi és politikai színvonalú volt. Nos, tudathatjuk olvasóinkat, hogy úgy néz ki, hogy a jövő évi, 1956-iki naptárunk még az 55-ikit is felül fogja múlni, örömmel jelenthetjük be, hogy e naptárunk elkészítésében vezetőszerepet vállalt lapunk népszerű külmúnkatársa, Geréb József munkástárs. Geréb József szerkesztésében a Bérmunkás naptárai az elmylt évek folyamán Magyar Amerika legjobban szerkesztett naptárai voltak. Geréb munkástárs értékes tapasztalatait most a mi naptárunk szerkesztésére és minél magasabb színvonalúvá tételére ajánlotta fel, amit mi, magától értetődőleg, ezer örömmel fogadtunk el. Ahhoz azonban, hogy a naptárunk olyan terjedelmű legyen, amelyben a rendelkezésünkre álló végtelenül gazdag anyagot fel lehessen használni, feltétlenül szükséges — miként eddig is mindenkor — olvasóink megértő hozzájárulása üdvözletek formájában. Kérjük tehát minden olvasónkat, aki csak segíteni akar az 1956-iki naptárunk megjenteté- sében, hogy üdvözleteiket postafordultával hozzánk eljuttatni szíveskedjenek. Az üdvözlők névsora, hozzájárulásaik ($10. $5, $2, $1) sorrendjéban, az alanti cint alatt fognak megjelenni a naptárban: “Szeretettel köszöntjük a béke hősi táborát a világ minden országában — magyar szülőhazánk boldog jövőjét építő óhazai testvéreinket — az amerikai demokrácia védelmezőit, lapunk olvasótáborát! Használja az alanti szelvényt: MAGYAR SZÓ 130 East 16th Street New York 3, N. Y. Tisztelt Munkástársak! Én is hozzá akarok járulni üdvözletemmel az 1956-iki évkönyvünk kiadásához. Csatolok......................dollárt. Név: ...................................................................... Cim: ...................................................................... V
