Fraternity-Testvériség, 1958 (36. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1958-11-01 / 11. szám
FRATERNITY 9 Most of them died in the Barracks and the surrounding narrow streets. Only a few lucky ones could escape. Julia’s parents found her bullet-torn body in one of the hundreds of open coffins in the cemetery. Workers of the textile plant covered it with a Hungarian tricolor. I could not answer the boy from Ireland. When, a few weeks later, I had to leave my country, I destroyed this letter with so many other things dear to me. My daughter, who in a few years will be Julia’s age, learns now about Abraham Lincoln. The night Nagy’s and Maleter’s execution was announced, she read the Gettysburg Address: “We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.” Nagy, Maleter and thousands of nameless others . . . Julia was one of them. WHO IS RIGHT? Adlai Stevenson, Democratic leader, said: “I think that we, the United States, should not be defending these islands (Quemoy and Matsu) on China’s doorstep ... I know how I would feel if the enemy had its foot in my front door during a civil war. I would try to punch it off or kick it out.” ★ ★ 'k Richard M. Nixon, Vice President, said: “I can think of nothing more contemptible than running from a fight when things are tough ... A policy of firmness when dealing with the Communist is a peace policy. A policy of weakness is a war policy.” ★ ★ ★ Shakespeare said: “To be or not to be? That is the question.” ★ ★ ★ WHO, THEN, IS RIGHT?
