Fraternity-Testvériség, 1961 (39. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1961-08-01 / 8. szám
FRATERNITY 13 A scholarly introduction by Dr. Stephen Eszterhás places the novel in its proper setting. It stresses the importance of America’s image in the immigrant’s life, also the importance the immigrant has, or should have, for his or her new environment. He quotes Samuel Lubell’s The Future of American Politics that the second and third generation, fully schooled and fully qualified, is “determined that the insults and indignities their parents have suffered will not be visited upon their children.” This opens up an entirely neglected and little understood weapon in the struggle for North America’s peaceful future: psychology, as yet seldom applied to aid our foreign policy. Readers of Anglo-Saxon extraction may not notice it, but The Streets Are Not Paved With Gold is a demonstration of East European solidarity. The maiden name of the author points to Polish ancestry (it was easier to find friends by crossing the Carpathians than by spending a fortune to cross the Atlantic), while her husband, to whom the impressive volume is dedicated, is a Slovak from southern Hungary. Thus has a couple of nationality background contributed significantly to present not a partisan Hungarian viewpoint, but one with a claim for universal recognition. Vide licet, that East Europe’s close to 100 million people are an integral part of OUR way of life and that immigrants, especially in the United States and Canada, have a moral obligation to fight the debasement of the rights for self-determination and communist slavery enforced upon their kin abroad. Since this book is not widely displayed by commercial enterprises, copies can be ordered directly from the author at 19573 N. Sagamore Road, Cleveland 26, Ohio ($4.50). Then, having enjoyed its vivacious dialogues, lively pace and many-hued panorama — it should be given to a public library with an immigrant clientele. For there is much food for thought and, indeed, spiritual gold in them thar’ pages! Bela Bachkai THANKS Mr. George E. K. Borshy, President The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America Dear Mr. Borshy: I want to thank you very much for the $500.00 benefit of my deceased beloved sister, Margaret Balogh, which you sent me so promptly. I also want to thank you for the beautiful flowers which the Hungarian Reformed Federation sent. May God bless you and be with you always. Sincerely, Gizella Balogh, sister of the deceased
