Hungarian Heritage Review, 1986 (15. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1986-01-01 / 1. szám
2 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW JANUARY 1986 Dear Sir: It shocked me to learn that the Eighth Hungarian Tribe was sold to a Hungarian organization in Canada and that Sándor Chomos is no longer connected with the magazine. After all the years he worked to keep his magazine going, it is a shame that you didn’t make a place for him on your staff. He would have deserved that much. Bela Polgar Boston, Mass. (EDITOR’S NOTE: First of all, it was not a “Hungarian organization in Canada” who bought the Eighth Hungarian Tribe magazine, but the Rákóczi Press-International, Inc., a publishing company established in the United States and incorporated under the corporate laws of the State of New Jersey (USA). Secondly, we did offer Sándor E. Chomos the title of “Editor Emeritus”, but he decided not to accept it.) Dear Mr. Pulitzer: We just received in the mail a free complimentary copy of the Hungarian Heritage Review and were very impressed by this new look of the old Eighth Hungarian Tribe. Your magazine looks and reads like a worthy successor to it. Congratulations for providing a magazine we, as American-Hungarians, can be just as proud of as the Italian, German, Polish, and other nationalities are proud of their own English-language publications. Our check in the amount of $25 is enclosed for a subscription. Peter Kovács Bridgeport, Conn. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks a lot! you touched on an interesting point in your letter. Aware of the handwriting on the wall, more and more ethnic publications are beginning to change over into English. What this trend clearly indicates is that the oldtimers are dying out and their descendents have never learned to read, write, or speak in the language of their parents.) Dear Editor: I don’t like your magazine because it doesn’t have anything in it about how bad conditions are in Hungary under the communists. All you write about is how good things are, which is not true. Don’t send me any more copies of your magazine. I don’t want to subscribe to it. (Name Withheld) (EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re sorry you don’t like our magazine because there is nothing in it about who did what to whom years ago and who is doing what to whom today, or about how rough it is for the Hungarian people under communist rule. But we are glad that you wrote to us anyway, and respect your right to express your opinion. But, you see, in the first place, ours is not a newspaper free to promote an ideopolitical philosophy, or to assume an adversary position against any form of government and their supporters. Ours, you see, is a magazine designed to carry out a specific mission that is unrelated to and above and beyond ideo-political or geopolitical considerations. What’s more, in the second place, ours is the official publication of the Rákóczi Foundation (Canada) and the Rákóczi Foundation-International (USA), both of which are nonprofit organizations with official Charters specifically prohibiting them from engaging in any kind of ideopolitical or geopolitical activities. We are permitted, however, to stand up and be heard on such human rights issues as, for example, the Romanian treatment of the Hungarian minority in Transylvania.) Dear Mr. Pulitzer: With my enclosed subscription to your fine Hungarian Heritage Review, I would like to say that it is about time that somebody started thinking about helping to bring the Hungarian communities of the U.S. and Canada closer together. It is obvious that this is what you people have in mind. Good luck to you and keep up the good work. Alexander Palkó Vancouver, British Columbia (EDITOR’S NOTE: You bet that is precisely what we have in mind. We're also thinking of ways and means to reach out to Hungarians living in the English-speaking countries throughout the Free World and, in connection with this plan, we’re already lining up correspondents in such countries as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, etc. It is amazing where pockets of Hungarians exist, even in such places as Africa and the Far East.) We welcome Letters-to-the- Editor and give each a good reading. So, if you have something to say to us, please write to: HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW P.O. Box 2203 Union, New Jersey 07083
