Fraternity-Testvériség, 1960 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1960-10-01 / 10. szám

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FRATERNITY

students, not as the Communists said they were, the enemies of the people, but people from all walks of life who love freedom, and I saw them and talked to them, and have seen hundreds of them in the U. S. since then.

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To go to a city like Detroit and have Hungarians come to me and say they are getting along fine certainly makes us realize how worthwhile our country is and how important it is that we continue to fight for the right of these people to be free.

I do not need to tell this group that our problems are great. I do not need to tell this group that has the memory of Hungary

still in their minds that we must achieve our goal without war. I know there are people who say why do we give these people any hope when we are not going to be able to wage a war in order to

achieve freedom.

My answer is this: Tyrants have always underestimated the force

of moral strength. America must stand always for these hopes. We must work for them at the diplomatic table, in our campaigns. This competition between ideas must take place on the other side of the Iron Curtain as well. This goal of the right of people to the Government they want can be attained, and Americans must never lose sight

of our ability to attain it for our friends throughout the world.

Two Friends of Captive Peoples to Act as Co-Chairmen of American Nationalities for Nixon-Lodge Committee

Honorable Theodore R. McKeldin, former Governor of Maryland, and John Richardson, President of the International Rescue Committee from New York, have been appointed Co-Chairmen of the American Nationalities for Nixon-Lodge Committee by Mr. Charles S. Rhyne, National Chairman for Volunteers for Nixon-Lodge.

Among the more than 100 nationality leaders who will spearhead the formation of nationality committees are Hungarian-Americans Dr. Tibor J. Bebek of New York, Rt. Rev. George E. K. Borshy of Washington, Tibor Eckhardt of New York, Albert A. Fiok of Pittsburgh, Stephen Gobozy of Cleveland and Stephen Ritsey of Cleveland.

Upon being appointed Co-Chairman, Governor McKeldin stated that “The American ethnic groups are the bulwark of American strength in the fight for freedom.” He added, “They know by personal experience or by the experiences of their relatives what it means to lose the fight for freedom.” Many American nationality leaders know John Richardson from meeting with him either in Europe, Asia or here in America as they made their way from Communist slavery to freedom. Mr. Richardson conducted the great humane effort to resettle the escaping Hungarian Freedom Fighters who crossed into Austria in 1956.