Hungarian Heritage Review, 1988 (17. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1988-01-01 / 1. szám
HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW USPS 046-310 ISSN 0889-2695 The HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW, which is the official publication of the Rákóczi Foundation- International, Inc. (USA) and Rákóczi Foundation (CANADA), is published monthly by the RÁKÓCZI PRESS-INTERNATIONAL, INC. (USA), P.O. Box 2203, Union, New Jersey 07083 (Tel: 201-964-8464). Second-Class postage paid at Union, New Jersey 07083 and at an additional mailing office in Ligonier, Pennsylvania 15658. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (USA): $25.00 a year; (CANADA): $25.00 a year in Canadian currency; and (FOREIGN/OVERSEAS): $35.00 a year in USA currency. Trademark registered. Copyright 1985 by Rákóczi Press- International, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. POSTMASTER — please forward changes of addresses to P.O. Box 2203, Union, New Jersey 07083. NICHOLAS KORPONAY Honorary Editor-Publisher JOSEPH J. HAMVAS Honorary Co-Editor-Publisher PAUL PULITZER Executive Editor-Publisher ROGER B. GOODMAN Associate Executive Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS ENDRE HARASZTI GÉZA PISZEL DR. ANDRAS BOROS-KAZAI STEPHEN W. PAULOVITCH KEVIN TOTH LOUIS SZATHMARY JOSEPH J. HAMVAS DR. R. VLADIMIR BAUMGARTEN ******** ADVERTISING, PUBLICITY & PUBLIC RELATIONS ALEXANDER J. BODNAR A.J.B. Communications & Marketing GRAPHICS/DATA PROCESSING VICTORIA A. GYUGA GUS HEINS PRODUCTION TERRY BRADLEY JAMES MclLNAY CIRCULATION ANGELA HORVATH PULITZER OFFICES Administrative, Editorial, Advertising: P.O. Box 2203, Union, New Jersey 07083 (Tel: 201-964-8464). Productlon/Dlstrlbution: West Plaza, P.O. Box 132, Ligonier, Pennsylvania 15658 (Tel: 412-238-9244). Pittsburgh (Tri-State) Regional: 4804 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15207 (Tel: 412-422-1886). Canadian Regional: %Rakoczi Foundation, P.O. Box 67, Station “L”, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6E-4Y4 (Tel: 416-922-2468). Printed in the U.S.A. by BETHLEN PRINTING, West Plaza, P.O. Box 132, Ligonier, Pennsylvania 15658 (Tel: 412-238-9244) ==(3from fintor— ------------It is said that “no man is an island unto himself’. How true! But, neither is a special interest publication with a specific objective such as the “HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW”. For it is not an inanimate product printed on paper. It has human elements involved: those, who produce it and those, who subscribe to it and read it. The burden of responsibility for producing a publication meriting readership-support is ours, of course. But, of what value is it, if it remains “an island to itself”? Can it, under such isolated circumstances, ever achieve its primary purpose? These, then, were some of the thoughts with which we “closed the books” on 1987 and began this, our third year in existence. Not because we failed to achieve growth during the past two years, which we did, but because we sincerely wish to produce a bigger and better “HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW” for more and more readers this year. Our biggest problem, it seems, is how to reach out more effectively to the kind of readership targeted by this publication — THROUGH THE OLDER GENERATION OF HUNGARIANS, WHO ARE THE GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS OF AMERICAN-BORN CHILDREN IN ALL AGE CATEGORIES. How can we induce them to introduce this publication to their children? How can we help to make them understand and appreciate that the greatest potential we have for the long-term survival of our Hungarian Heritage in America are their own sons, daughters, and grandchildren, who number among the millions of American-born citizens of Hungarian descent? What, if anything, can we do to help mobilize them behind a unified, concentrated effort to get as many of our “Lost Generation” as we can back into the mainstream of Hungarian community life in America? The constructive answers to these questions, we believe, will determine the future existence of our Hungarian Heritage. This issue, we further believe, is of such great importance to the Hungarian community at-large that its resolution overshadows by far all others now inhibiting unification behind causes-in-common because of irreconcilable differences of opinion. Be this as it may, the steady increase in our readership during the past two years, as well as the hundreds of favorable letters we have received from American and Canadian-born citizens of Hungarian descent — who can neither read, write, nor speak in Hungarian — are proofs-positive that the “HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW” is slowly, but surely, carrying out its mission and that it is not “an island to itself”. Thanking you for your ongoing interest in and support for the “HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW”, all of us wish you and yours a very happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. PAUL PULITZER Executive Editor-Publisher JANUARY 1988 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW 1
