Krónika, 1945 (2. évfolyam, 2-11. szám)
1945-11-15 / 11. szám
NEW YORK, N. Y., 1948 NOVEMBER VOLUME V. ÉVFOLYAM. NO. 11. SZAM TRUMAN, THE TRIUMPHANT z' The splendid fight candidate Truman put up for his reelection bore fruit. Harry S. Truman did not falter in his campaign to get the approval of the electorate for past performances and future pledges. We all recall his speech last summer when addressing the guests at a dinner in New York. He stated in his platform that he W’ould rather lose the election to the Republican party than win it with the support of the leftists. Well, not only did he not get the support of the extreme left wing of the Democratic party, but he saw himself opposed by the socalled Dixiecrats who placed the rights of their individual states above those rights guaranteed by Federal laws. Public opinion, voiced by newspapers and radio commentators, was that Harry S. Truman was too small for the mantle left to him by the sudden death of President Roosevelt and that this year’s election would prove it beyond doubt. It is true ihtu die Srccomplishnients of President Truman's administration with one exception were questionable. That one exception was the Truman doctrine strengthened by the Marshall Plan now known as the ERP, the European Recovery Program. Harry S. Truman failed to carry out his plans, he was not alone to blame. He is NOT the lawmaker. Congress makes laws, bad, good or indifferent but Congress is still the lawmaker. When Congress failed to pass good laws, or passed bad laws over the veto of the President, Truman was blamed for it. 3f. * * ' * Having read most of the laige New York papers we failed to discover one which was favorable to the idea of Truman's rejection. Some of them came right out urging men readers to cast their votes for Mr. Dewey. We arc n ns liar with what the out of town newspapers proposed we are not far f. n the truth when we say the majori, v « . American press favored and hoped for the election of V : candidate of the Republican Party. Now that the smoke has cleared and dust has settled and both the victorious Democrats and the defeated Republicans once more become just plain Americans and both houses of the new legislature offer a majority support to President Truman, me chief executive know that the responsibility he now carries is not an inheritance, but a mandate from the people. * * * Next to the most urgent domestic problems which are the housing shortage, high prices, certain bad features of the Taft-Hartley law (excluding one provision, the noncommunist membership clause which in our estimation must remain as is) the President’s first task should be the conclusion of peace treaties with the vanquished enemies. Japan is ready for the peace treaty because we were fortunate to have the matter handled by ONE general, instead of four as in Germany. Singlehanded General Douglas McArthur managed to weed out fascism and check the growth of communism in Japan, while in Germany the generals of the 4 occupying powers are unable to do either. Europe must have peace if it is to survive. President Truman must find peaceful ways and means to establish peace in Germany. Western Europe will recover with the aid that the ERP provides. * * * What about the small Central European nations? What about Hungary? We have now in our country several statesmen, exiles or refugees of the present communist regime of Hungary. We have the good fortune of the presence of Crown Prince Otto of Hapsburg, legitimate heir to the throne of the thousand year old Magyar Monarchy. Let us hope that a closer cooperation then existed heretofor will prevail between the refugee statesmen on the one side and the proponents of the restoration of the 1ÖC0 year old Monarchy on the other. The word Monarchy means the same thing for the Hungarians of Hungary, as the word Democracy carries a meaning to the millions Americans in the II. S. A. The word “democracy" has an entirely different meaning for millions of Magyars in Hungary and its neighbor states and we are afraid the Russians and the Hungarian Communists have already succeeded making the word “democracy” loathsome and a thing to be hated and despised for many years to come. Democracy in Hungary today means the ruthless power of the ruling few to oppress, prosecute and persecute anyone daring to question its intentions. There is no freedom of speech, there is r.o freedom of press; there is no freedom to organize, nor is there any freedom to criticise. There is no religious freedom in Hungary and unless we, American Hungarians do something to bring about a change, the people of Hungary will be doomed. The reelection of President Truman means one thing. The people of the United States approved The Truman Doctrine, The Marshall Plan, the defensive measure?
