Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1979. július-december (33. évfolyam, 27-49. szám)
1979-08-30 / 32. szám
Thursday, Aug. 30. 1979. A REVIEW OF ART, LITERATURE AND HISTORY - A SUPPLEMENT OF THE MAGYAR SZO Space research — Hungary's contribution AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZÓ FROM ST.STEPHEN TO THE CONSTITUTION _______________________________ 7 AI»jo. Stróbl (185Ó-1S2Ó): Th« mounted autuc of Stephen I in Buda Cattle The Taliándörögd space telecommunications earth station Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union to set up comprehensive research programs into peaceful utilization of space - among them space physics, space weather-forecasting and telecommunications, also space biology and medicine. In 1976 the Soviet Union proposed that the scientific, technological and economic advancement of the socialist countries would benefit if they were to take part in space research using manned spacecraft and orbital space stations. Again, this new dimension to cooperation has been progressing smoothly, and Hungarian cosmonauts are among those training for space travel. Thirty years ago this month, in August 1949 the present Constitution of Hungary went into effect. August 20th is the commemorative day of the first King of Hungary, the founder of the Hungarian state, King Stephen I. It is altogether proper that these two days coincide. King Stephen I. built a strong and lasting foundation for the Hungarian state, a foundation that enabled the Hungarian people to weather almost a thousand years’ of trials and tribulations. The state that existed for nine hundred odd years however, was a state of, by and for the ruling class of Hungary, the princes, counts, barons, the nobility. The overwhelming majority of the nation, the peasants and later the urban workers remained outside the ramparts of the constitution. Actually Hungary never had a written constitution until 1949 /not counting the short-lived constitution decreed in 1919 during the First Hungarian Workers Republic/. Gergely Berzeviczy /1763-1822/ great Hungarian political writer and economist, stated categorically some two centuries ago: “Strictly speaking legalistically we have no precise constitution. The law that is considered to be a constitution is, in actuality, nothing but a collection of precedents and traditions flexible in every direction arid in the interest of a hundred and one groups or individuals." /De origine rusticitatis et eius prog- ressu. 1804-1814./ In the spirit of all popular revolutions that advanced the social progress of mankind the present Constitution of Hungary declares: “The labor is the basis of the social order of the Hungarian Peoples’s Republic. Every able citizen has a right and duty to work according to his ability. By their work, their participation in the constructive effort, by increasing discipline, perfecting pro- ducticity, they serve the cause of socialist construction. ” Hungarians are active in fulfilling all the main sectors of the Intercosmos program. Direct participation by Hungarian scientists in space research began with Vertical I which was launched to study the sun, the upper atmosphere and meteorite consistency. The instrument with which the rocket Vertical I ascertained the chemical composition of meteorite particles, was the work of Hungarian, Soviet and Czechoslovak scientists. ■ With the other socialist countries Hungary has been taking part in the establishment of the Intersputnik international communications system, which provides telephone and telegraph links, as well facilitating the exchange of radio and television programs. TflERMflL flOIEL flMSZKifl OPEflS! Thermal Hotel Margitsziget, on country-like Margaret Island, is Europe’s only metropolitan spa reso4, minutes away from the heart of Budapest. Featuring the finest in health maintenance facilities within a luxury-class hotel, the new resort can accommodate 206 guests in creatively decorated rooms overlooking the Danube or the gardens. North American guests are assured that medical and other spa staff are fluent in English. Spa facilities include evaluation and treatment sections with the latest equipment for hydrotherapy, physiotherapy and electrotherapy, all carried out under close medicai supervision. Complete laboratory, X-Ray, EKG and dental services are available. Also featured are the stvImming pool, sauna, solarium and fitness rooms. Travellers who seek spa therapy amid the comfort of a 5-g|£r, mid-city, luxury hotel, would do well to consider Budapest’s sparkling new Thermal Hotel Margitszigtí. In 1965 an agreement was signed by Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, the GDR, Hungary, Mongolia,
