Fáklyaláng, 1966. június-október (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1966-10-01 / 7-12. szám

FÁKLYALÁNG

PROCLAMATION

GOVERNOR

WHEREAS, the people of the City of Manchester, New Hampshire are sympathetic toward the efforts of the people of Hungary to free themselves from the chains of communist totalitarianism; and

WHEREAS, we in America are reminded of our commitment to the purpose of the Hungarian Revolution by the presence of nearly fifty thousand refugees within our borders; and

A STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNOR

Our fellow citizens and friends of Hungarian origin will note this year the tenth anniversary of the revolution and freedom fight of 1956 in Hungary.

In the decade that has passed, the importance of that gallant effort for liberty has not diminished in the slightest. Its significance has grown steadily.

WHEREAS, we are mindful of the memory of several thousand Hungarian freedom

fighters who died in their attempt to win freedom in the fall of 1956, and of countless thousands of human beings who were jailed or deported after the Soviet forces overran Hungary again, and

WHEREAS, we have stark evidence that, despite the claims by Hungarian communists to the contrary, not one of the goals of human freedom which the Hungarian nation fought for in 1956 have been realized-evidence that is well illustrated by the fence of barbed wire surrounding Hungary today, in plain view of the free peoples of the world, and

WHEREAS, October 23, 1966 will mark the tenth anniversary of the day that the people of Hungary won their freedom, later to be crushed by the brutal power of the Soviet Army:

The Hungarian fighters for freedom were chiefly young people, many of high school age. They fought with heroism and tenacity, and it took Soviet battle veterans equipped with the most modern of weapons to defeat them.

Reprisals against the Hungarians were characteristically ruthless. Hundreds of teen-age boys were kept in prison until they were 18 years old, the legal age of execution. Exactly how many of them were killed after two to three years in prison we do not know, but the facts about more than a score of such cases have been verified.

In the minds of all free and decent people, the horror of this affair remains unabated. It is fitting that we commemorate the valor of the Hugarians, young and old, who risked everything to try for liberty.

Now, therefore, I, Daniel J. Evans, Governor of the State of Washington, do hereby designate October 23, 1966 as

NOW, THEREFORE, I , ROLANDS. VALLEE , Mayor of the City of Manchester, New Hampshire do hereby proclaim Sunday, October 23, 1966 as

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Jerome P. Cavanagh Mayor

HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION AND FREEDOM FIGHT DAY October 23, 1966

WHEREAS October 23, 1966 marks the tenth anniversary of the rebellion by the Hungarian people against the iron yoke of Communist oppression, and

WHEREAS Although unsuccessful in its immediate goal, the Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight forcibly brought to the attention of the Free World the injustice of Communist enslavement, and

WHEREAS The significance of the heroic acts of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters has grown steadily as Communist influence has invaded nation after nation, and

WHEREAS The Hungarian Freedom Fighters-Nemzetor-World Federation and the Hungarian October 23rd Movement are planning a campaign to commemorate these events and their fallen martyrs.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jerome P. Cavanagh, Mayor of the City of Detroit, in support of that campaign, do hereby proclaim October 23rd as

HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION AND FREEDOM FIGHT DAY

in Detroit and urge all Detroiters to join in the recognition of this anniversary and its meaning to free peoples everywhere.

HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS DAY

and the period between October 23rd to November 4th as the Days of Free Hungary.

Daniel J. Evans Governor

j*‘ WHEREAS, October 23, 1966 marks the tenth anniversary.; ft' of the Hungarian Revolution and the fight for

f" . freedom of that beseiged people; and

k WHEREAS,' the courage of the Hungarian Freedom Fighter Í1' is emblazoned on the tablet of History as. one

of the enduring chapters in the annals of P;' . human freedom; and

WHEREAS, International Gopraunism has made its inroads , in those countries Vhere complacency and . security have ^dli^d, tHe' consciences of free- . dom-loving '.people if1’

WHEREAS, Democracy copen^.s,\Wv..that spiritual commitment which treásuÉékí>^ó^e ,Li'£e,J:th.e liberty that • endows iife.;i^^^'r^:;.e!^s^iitiail; purpose. r

NOW, THEREFORE, .1,, , Mayor of the

City of ticut, in honored

memory •jjf'.the; Rung'^i-áTr-íi-ee''dom Fighters , proclaim' 0gtob^rjf4V^h:f>--->i's-;HUNGARIAN FREEDOM

Given under my hand and the Seal of the City of Waterbury Connecticut this sixteenth day of May, 1966.

'Frederick W. Palomba Mayor, City of Waterbury