Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1956. január-június (5. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)
1956-01-26 / 4. szám
January 26, 1956 AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZÓ 7 "Security’’ Threatens Freedom Page "mu, ——— ■im —m— ? Judy Fetiar—Typical U. S. “Teen-ager” The last issue of the LOOK magazine (Jan. 24, 1956) features a timely and noteworthy report on the “American Teen-ager”. After interviewing hundreds of high school boys and girls the reporter of the LOOK magazine selected Miss Judy Feher, of Milwaukke, Wis. and Bob Zeeb, 17 also of Milwaukee as the most typical of this group of American youth. The magazine article features several interesting photographs of Miss Feher depicting her various activities in school, at home and among her friends. Taller than her mother (by 2 inches), Judy Feher is 5 foot and 5 and a half inches. Judy is typical of most teen-age girls, for she is conscious of her weight (about 122 pounds) and she often goes through a determined calorie-counting phase. Judy is president of the Washington High School science club. Her grades “average about 93.” She is treasurer of the Wisconsin Future Teachers of America and also works on the Scroll, the school newspaper. About 20 hours a week, Judy works with her dad and mother at Mike Feher’s Sport Shop. (He 5s also a second-shift foreman at Allis-Chalmers.) Judy enjoys sales work because “I love being with people.” She is also a knowledgeable saleslady ; a girl who loves the outdoors, she shot her first buck when she was 12 and she can tell a hunter exactly why she prefers a bolt-action rifle with an open sight. “Judy has always been able and willing to take responsibility,” her parents say. “Like most children we’ve known, she always rewards our trust.” Judy says, “Daddy, Mom and I — we’re just pals.” The Younger Generation In appraising the characteristics of the younger generation, LOOK found that their promise outweighed their problems. The most important trait of the teen-ager is a real awareness of his new role in family life. No longer is the child a submissive, directed member of the family. Many times, he has an equal "vote” in family decisions. Tilost of the time he is treated as an adult. Because there is so much of the child in the adolescent, this often bewilders him. The teen-ager needs, on unpredictable occasions, affection, guidance and trust. He wants his parerftk to be able to talk to him. Because educational opportunities have increased, the child is often more articulate than his parents; knowing this, many parents escape the child’s ceaseless searchings by a mute and fearful indifference. Sex, while not doJudy Feher mi"ant’ **** the ar’ ticle, is still a powerul force in the teen-ager’s life. They know pre- udice is unhealthy, and they question their pa- ants’ prejudices in realms of religion and race, he Negroes to whom I talked have a calm and ■jst faith in America that is salutary — says reporter. Teen-agers aren’t worried about military ser- e. But very few are eager for it. “It’s the rice you have to pay for a college education,” •any of the boys say. No one bums to be anher Lee, Patton, MacArthur — or Eisenhower. S. youth, which has known war all of its life, definetely not militaristic. “You are on a blacklist... if you’re like one of every four working Americans. The blacklist is drawn up by U. S. Government agencies and is composed of secret ‘security’ files on 18 million ordinary U. S. citizens.” That startling charge is made by the editors of Bluebook Magazine (January, 1956) as a preface to a frightening article by Henry Paynter, World War II graduate of O.S.S., and of the U. S. Air Staff espionage. “Many of the files,” the editors continued, “are made up of back-fence gossip, vicious lies, wild, uninvestigated suspicions, the mouthings of sick minds. “You never know until you’re hit, if there’s such a file on you. From it can come charges which you many never be told, but which can get you fired from your job. . .and place you, your wife and your children under a dark cloud forever.” Paynter launched into his almost unbelievable expose by recounting the bitter experiences of a young American veteran who, after returning from service, winning pi'omotions on his job and marrying, was abruptly fired, with no official explanation. There were vague suspicions that he was disloyal—or “something.” The veteran was cleared of the taint of suspicion after almost two years of heartbreaking struggle against phantom accusers, but at the cost of his job and all the money he could scrape PLASTICS FROM HUMAN BLOOD Hungarian research workers claim to have produced a hard plastic material from humap blood which will have revolutionary effects in world surgical practice. It can be used internally for various forms of surgical reinforcement, and as it comes from the human organism it eventually breaks up and is absorbed when no longer required. The story is told in the newspapers Magyar Nemzet by Mihály Gerendás, a leading research worker of Hungary’s national blood transfusion service. ‘There has been a need for a long time for operational purposes for certain shapes or forms, such as cups and pipes, that can be placed in the human organism but which can be absorbed after a determined lenght of time. Plastic of synthetic origin used so far do not conform to these demands. “I and my colleague chemical engineer Karoly Torok have succeeded in producing hard preparations, which can be formed into any shape required, from the fibrin which forms the blood clot. We call them bioplastics. “Bioplastics, as they originate from the human structure, do not behave as foreign bodies when used in the human organism, but slowly break up and are absorbed. “Use of these new materials opens up wide perspectives. Bioplastics were used first of all in the treatment of ossified joints, but surgeons are almost daily bringing up proposals for other uses. For example, experiments are going on in boneriveting, covering deficiencies in the chest wall and supplementing the bile duct. Az idős emberek 75 százaléka 1,000 dollárnál kevesebbet kap Az öregség egészen jól elviselhető, ha az embernek sok pénze van, máskülönben sok probléma merülhet fel. Jelenleg négyszer annyi öregember van az országban, mint volt 1900-ban, holott az összes többi korosztályok csak a kétszeresére emelkedtek ezen idő alatt. Ez is mutatja, hogy az öregek az elsők. Tisztelettel legyen mondva, a 65 évesnél idősebb emberek háromnegyedének évente 1,000 dolláron alul van a jövedelme. Nehéz ennyiből boldognak lenni ebben a földi paradicsomban. Ezeket a számadatokat a Twentieth Century Fund, a i iszadik századi alap nevű szervezet* közli jelentésében, amely 500 oldalt tesz ki. Jobban tették volna, ha 500 oldal helyett 500 dollárt szentelnek minden 65 évnél idősebb személyup to hire lawyers to defend him against the vaguest of charges that had no foundation whatever. The government didn’t apologize, because the case didn’t make the headlines, but the veteran and his wife remain the innocent victims of a stigma that will haunt them the rest of their lives—all because of a senseless, blundering and heartless program that is as undemocratic and un-American as a warped mind could conceive. The notion many Americans have that the security program applies only to civilian government workers is false, Paynter warns. The overwhelming majority of the 18 millions are civilian workers employed by private companies, and their sons and grandsons in uniform. This, then, adds up to the startling chances that your name is one of the lists! The odds are one in four that it is! The virus of mccarthyism is spreading like cancer throughout the American bloodstream. It has attained epidemic proportions. Strong voices have sounded the alarm in Congress and elsewhere, but the horrible danger of the disease has not been fully impressed on the consciousness of the people. The present session of Congress should not be allowed to adjourn without enacting legislation for immediate relief and a long range plan of reform of the federal security program. What Chic Hungarian Girls are Wearing? Here’s the latest creation of the world renewed Budapest fashion designers. A gorgeous combination this is of the latest Parisian design with glamorous Hungarian folk-art motives. It is a two piece black Wool garment with pleated skirt. Jacket is decorated with black-gold-red- white braids. nek. Az mindenesetre kiderül a jelentésből, hogy az öregek problémája korunk egyik legnagyobb kérdésévé vált. A nyugalombavonultak 56 százaléka a munkaadói módszerek következtében hagyja abba a munkát, 26 százaléka egészségi okokból, 9 százaléka azért*, hogy magának éljen, 5 százaléka különféle okok miatt és 4 százaléka azért, mert állásuk megszűnt. Különös, hogy az alacsonyabb jövedelmi osztályokban és a legnagyobb jövedelmi csoportokban levők száma nagyobb, mint ahogyan az általános arányokból következtetni lehetne a népesedési eloszlás alapján. EGY IGAZSÁGOS POLGÁR 25 dollárt küldött az adóhivatalnak bankjegyekben egy levél kíséretében, amely igy szólt: Itt mellékelek 25 dollárt, mert csaltam a műt évi adóval, és nem tudok aludni. Ha még ezután sem tudnék aludni, majd küldök többet. _,
