Fraternity-Testvériség, 1951 (29. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1951-03-01 / 3. szám
1 4 TESTVÉRISÉG Erre a néhány soros írásra az a meglepetés késztetett, melyet húsvét nagyhetében egyik nagy magyar telepről levélben kaptam. Amint felbontottam a borítékot, egy szó írás nélkül egy dollárt találtam benne. Azután néztem meg, hogy felirta-e a feladó a nevét, a címét? Igen. Ez volt a meglepetés a számomra. Egy világtalanná lett amerikai magyar művész, aki a napi kenyeréért ma is fáradhatatlanul dolgozik, küldötte az amerikai magyar írók segélyalapjára az egy dollárját. A nevét elhallgatva a művésznek, így köszönöm meg nemcsak az áldozatkészségre másokat is buzdító cselekedetét, hanem azt is, hogy annak a megírására késztetett a levelével, hogy miért kell megbecsülnie az amerikai magyarságnak a költőit, íróit, hírlapíróit nem csak szóval, de pénzértékben kifejezve is? Eszembe juttatta ennek a világtalan művésznek a levele, hogy az amerikai magyar írók is épen olyan fanatikusai hivatásuknak, életüket az amerikai magyarság javaiért feláldozói, mint valának azok az ó-hazaiak, akik hol névtelenül, hol műveiken keresztül a halhatatlanok között megörökített névvel, de a magyar nemzet jóhírnevét, dicsőségét hirdették. Király Imre wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig I IN PLAIN AMERICAN I A monthly page conducted by Edmund Vasvary SiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiB Since we moved into our new Home Office Building we have had many visitors who warmly congratulated our achievement. Our own personal experience also is that our coworkers and members far and wide share this satisfaction. For instance at the Ohio District conference, held in Cleveland, several leaders of our Federation and church life expressed their satisfaction that at last the Federation has established a permanent home, worthy of its 56 years old past, four and a half million dollars of assets, and about 30 thousand members, and of which every member and every American- Hungarian might be justly proud. ♦ In the last issue of the “Testvériség” I mentioned a few facts about the income our branches sent in during 1950 and the previous years, making comparisons, without which figures don’t mean anything. I pointed out that the yearly amounts sent in by our branches multiplied almost four times during the last 15 years since our Home Office moved to Washington. This item unquestionably arouses the interest of our members, but the following is just as interesting and important. This concerns the assets of our Federation, the financial resources, the real money in dollars and cents which stands behind every single certificate which is in force. The total admitted assets of the Federation at the end of 1935 was $961,700.34. We passed the first million at the end of 1937: $1,082,227.29, the second million at the end of 1943: $2,072,169.13, the third million at the end of 1948: $3,270,827.27, and the fourth million at the end of 1949: $4,116,095.23. At the end of 1950 the total admitted assets were: $4,601,729.18. In other words: scraping together the first million dollars took not less than 41 years for the Federation, 1896—1937. To arrive to the second million: 6 years, to the third million 5 years, and to the fourth million: on single year! ♦ It was gratifying to see that many of our large Hungarian colonies observed the day of Hungarian liberty expressly in connection with the American Hungarian Federation. It seems that our Hungarian communities and their leaders are realizing the importance of the Federation and in growing numbers are ready to give every possible help to its never-ceasing work. Second and third generation Hungarians are participating in these celebrations wholeheartedly and those prominent Americans who appear at these festivals, without exception encourage us to keep up this spirit, which also helps the United States in its fight for real world-democracy. ♦ Especially notable was the celebration in New York, where the very active branch of the American Hungarian Federation staged a celebration of unusual size and importance. New York is very rich in first-class Hungarian talent, — and the best was abundantly represented at this occasion. But the outstanding characteristic was the magnificent
