Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1981. július-december (35. évfolyam, 27-50. szám)
1981-12-17 / 48. szám
2 Thursday, Dec. 17. 1981. AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZÓ ALBÓK: Téli hangulat December elején beköszöntött a tel az USA észak-keleti részében. Nincs a világon az a festőművész, akinek ecsetje hivebben tudná visszatükrözni egy téli est hangulatai, mint ahogyan a mi szeretett barátunk, lapunk régi kiváló hive, az amerikai magyarság büszkesége, Albók János tette a fenti megka- poan szép felvételével. A mester sajnos jelenleg beteg, a new yorki Mt. Sinai kórházban van orvosi gondozás alatt. Kedves leánya, Albók Ilonka állandóan mellette van. Lapunk olvasótábora nevében ezúton kívánunk neki minél előbbi teljes felgyógyulást. A new yorki Metropolitan Múzeumban december 14-tól kezdődőleg kiállítást rendeznek Albók János fényképeiből. A Lesson (or Poland in Hungary’s Progress? In 1956, Hungarians toppled a totalitarian Stalinist regime and then tried to wrench Hungary out of the Soviet orbit altogether. But Soviet tanks clanked into Budapest and crushed the revolt. Since then, Hungary has remained an unswerving Communist state and a faithful member of the Warsaw Pact. Yet in the generation that has passed, Hungary has also achieved many of the reforms the freedom fighters sought. By western standards, it has the least repressive, most tolerant and most tolerable society in the eastern bloc. And it enjoys enough prosperity for showcase status. Hungary’s good fortune invites comparison not only with Poland’s idle factories and empty shops. Hungary has none of the food shortages that plague Romania and Czechoslovakia. Nor is it as worried about rising energy costs and mounting trade deficits as East Germany. Janos Kadar, who took power as Communist Party chief after the 1956 uprising, must be given a large measure of credit. He appealed for national conciliation with the slogan, "Who is not against us is with us,” and gradually opened doors to democratic reform. While hewing to the Kremlin’s lme on foreign policy. Kadar has nudged Hungary away from centralized state planning and toward a western-style market economy. State-owned enterprises are expected to operate efficiently and profitably—and increasingly in competition with private concerns. Prices are being aligned with world market levels. The Hungarians have managed to get by without unduly alarming the Russians. They’re even able to apply for membership in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which the Russians view as capitalist strongholds. There may be lessons in Budapest for party leaders in Warsaw. Perhaps the first is to adopt Kadar’s slogan and be more hos- «Aahle to political and economic reform.
