Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1979. január-június (33. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)

1979-03-15 / 11. szám

Thursday, March 15. 1979. 9 EINSTEIN AND SZILARD Albert Einstein, whose 100th birthday falls on March 14, has been called the Father of the Atomic Age, but his precise role in the development of nuc­lear energy, has been a subject of conjecture and de­bate ever since the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. It has been said that the United States would never have embarked on the Manhattan District Project in 1942 if Einstein had not persuaded President Frank­lin D. Roosevelt to authorize the massive underta­king. Others have said his part in the nuclear pro­ject was nominal. The facts may be complicated, but they are fully accessible. In the sum total of Einstein’s life and work, his relationship to the first atomic bomb may be only a fragment, but it is a significant foot­note nonetheless to a critical period of history. In the early summer of 1939 Leo Szilard, the great Hungarian atomic scientist, came to see him to express his fears that nuclear energy for military purposes was a distinct possibility. Szilard was pro­foundly worried that Nazi Germany might be abb to harness the chain reaction to the making of nut lear weapons. Such a development would practical­ly ensure Nazi world domination. Szilard believed that President Roosevelt ought to be informed im­mediately about the German nuclear possibility, and he felt that the most effective approach to the Pre­sident would be through a letter from Einstein. Einstein agreed to Szilard’s proposal and wrote the draft of a letter. Szilard suggested some revi­sions. The final version, written by Einstein, was Planning to visit Hungary? Chose a travel agent specializing in charter flights to Hungary: HUNGÁRIA Travel Bureau 1603 Second Ave. New York,NY. 10028. Tele phone: (212) 249-9342 or 240-9363. 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Einstein sent another letter to President Truman that had been written by Professor James Franck and Szilard and signed by a number of other atomic scientists who, like Szilard and Franck, had had key roles in the Manhattan District Proiect. The letter written shortly after Roosevelt’s death, attempted to outline for President Truman certain facts that the scientists feared had not been conveyed to him by the military. The scientists called on President Truman not to drop the bomb on a live target. If, however, the President felt that the war against Japan absolutely required the use of the bomb, they asked that it not be dropped without warning. The decision to drop not just one bomb but two, Einstein felt, was one that he himself couldn’t understand and that he profoundly regretted - not just as a scientist who figured in the original sequence of events leading to the making of the bomb-but as a human being who was concerned about the American legacy to the future. We had a little time, perhaps several years, he said, before other nations would develop their own nuclear weapons. When that happened, the difficulty of bringing the bomb under control would be multiplied many times. Any war anywhere that involved the use of such a weapon carried with it the threat of global devastation, TO OUR READERS HERITAGE has just acquired a limited stock of George Lang’s THE CUISINE OF HUNGARY. “Immensely edifying”, Craig Claiborne said of this cookbook, and Gael Green, in New York Ma­gazine commented: “THE CUISINE OF HUNGARY is exactly what a visit to an unexplored kitchen ought to be: history, anthro­pology, sociology, gossip and a cooking primer." This fascinating cookbook is yours — FREE — if you act NOW! Renew your own subscription to HERITAGE for $ 3.00, and send us a new subscrip­tion at $ 3.00 (for a total of $ 6.00). HERITAGE, 130 East 16th Street, New York, New York 10003. Please send me a copy of THE CUISINE OF HUNGARY Name:-----------------------------------------------­Address:--------------------------Zip no:----------­I enclose $ 6.00 — (check or money order) : for my renewal subcripition to HERITAGE — ! and a new HERITAGE subscription tobe sent t0: M Name:-----------------------------------------------­Address: ------------------------------Zip no:---­KALMAN MARKI Speech delivered by James Lustig Sunday, February 25 1979. at the Rubin Funeral Home, Miami Beach,Fla. Members of the family and friends: We are here today to bid farewell to Kalman Marki. With his passing, Julia lost a loving husband, Sylvia lost a dear father, we lost a good friend and the human race lost a noble member. I knew Kalman for the past half a century. I knew him as a special kind of human being. He was a perfectionist in all his endeavors and that brought him success and made possible to provide well for his family. But his well-being did not close his eyes to the suffering of less fortunate human beings. All his life he championed the cause of the poor, the per­secuted, the underdogs of society. He did this not only by raising his voice in their behalf, but by ac­tions as well. He was an active participant in the movement that fought the anti-semitic, anti-democratic Horthy ' regime in Hungary. Kalman was fortunate to live and see the day of liberation of Hungary. He has visited his native land many times since its liberation and saw with his own eyes the marvelous achieve­ments of the people of Hungary, building a new, a more humane society for themselves. He acted as a true DEMOCRAT in his native land and in the USA, aided and supported every move­ment that aimed to mitigate the aches and pains of those who toiled in the mines, mills and factories. He played an active part in realizing progressive legislation such as Unemployment Insurance, Social Security. He played an active part in support of the forces that finally defeated Hitler’s aim to rule the world. He was wholeheartedly against the Vietnam war and supported the people’s movement that forced the withdrawal of the American forces and the end of the war. He was a reader and supporter of the only prog­ressive Hungarian paper here in the USA, the Ma­gyar Szó /Hungarian Word/. Kalman was not only a first class, top notch ex­pert in his chosen field as a designer, but also a man of culture. He admired, loved and supported every form of art: painting, sculpture, theatre, ballet and poetry. We recall the fact that he was the founder of the Hungarian Cultural Federation, an organization of amateur actors, way back in the 20’s. This group performed, through many decades, great plays by George Bernard Shaw, Tolstoy, Gorki, Ferenc Mol­nár, Eugene O’Neal,Ibsen and many others. They played in numerous cities in the USA before wor­kers’ audiences. Poetry was his second love. He cultivated the poetry of his native Hungary, but had a special soft spot in his heart for the poems of Endre Ady. Fortunately his recording of Hungarian poems will be with us and the succeeding generations to enjoy. With Kalman’s departure, a great void has been created and that places a special responsibility upon us who survive him, to increase our activity for the causes that he worked for during his lifetime. None of us is immortal, it is only a matter of time for every human being to depart from this earth. Kalman was fortunate to live a long, creative, fruitful life. So long, Kalman, we pledge to follow the example you set for us. We will cherish your memory forever. __AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZO__

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