Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1963-07-01 / 7. szám
FRATERNITY 3 administrative agency for the Federal Pavilion, that the immigrant population of the United States and its achievements be finally recognized on the official level. And, since the counsel of those upon whom fiscal appropriations depend is generally heeded, therer is no doubt that Congressman Rooney’s suggestions will be complied with. It can be a measure of satisfaction to Hungarians everywhere that their liaison organization in the nation’s capital, the American Hungarian Federation, received the first call to submit a pilot plan as to how individual national groups could best serve the common American interest at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. Emphasis is to be laid on what a particular nationality group has contributed to the greatness of these United States, especially in hitherto little known but important fields. The fact that newcomers express their appreciation for the possibilities they are offered in the new homeland by conducting themselves according to that which is expected of them, furthering their usefulness in their chosen occupation, and proving themselves a loyal, reliable and conscientious source of manpower — all this is widely known. Hungarian immigrants in particular have excelled in many fields of endeavor. Since 1583, when the learned Stephen Parmenius of Buda was sent as the first missionary to teach the Indians of New England, Hungarians have enriched the New World to such an extent that would have done justice to any larger nation. Consequently, the international publicity to be afforded is of tremendous importance to all American Hungarian generations and immigrant groups, irrespective of their date of arrival. The highest ranking member of the President’s Cabinet, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, took time out from his busy global duties to designate a trusted friend of all American national groups, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael Cieplinski, as nationalities coordinator for the World’s Fair Federal Pavilion. Below are random samplings of the Hungarian material submitted to the respective agencies of the administration. God willing, millions viewing the U. S. Federal Building in Flushing Meadow next year will learn about the organizer of the first American cavalry in 1777, Colonel-Commandant of the Pulaski Legion, Michael Kováts de Fabriey. He died in battle, defending Charleston, South Carolina, and the leading military academy of the South, the Citadel, named its parade ground for him. There is no need to explain to the 1,200 of its undergraduates the virtues of a Hungarian hussar, for five-star General Mark Clark, author of a book on strategy that aimed at the Danube, is the school’s head. Another pioneer immigrant, perhaps the greatest of them all, certainly the most picturesque, was Ágoston Haraszthy, the “Johnny Apple- seed” of California, whose diplomatic prowess made the West Coast safe for American settlements by averting Russian and Mexican imperialistic penetration. Much could be written about Hungarians in music. It is well known that Ernő Dohnányi and Béla Bartók rest in American graves. Many have heard Fritz Reiner, Eugene Ormándy, Antal Doráti and others
