Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1963-12-01 / 12. szám

FRATERNITY

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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE HUNGARIAN REFORMED FEDERATION OF AMERICA Edited by the Officers of the Federation

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Volume XLI DECEMBER 1963 Number 12

JOSEPH KECSKEMETHY:

ITEMS OF INTEREST

“ICH BIN EIN BERLINER” — A LETTER IN MEMORIAM

In this first issue of our “Fraternity” since the death of President John F. Kennedy, as millions of our countrymen have done, we, too, wish to pay tribute to this outstanding young leader of our nation and the world. To pay tribute to him is both a human and Christian duty. In the first place, because we wish to remember our country’s late First Citizen. Secondly, because the young President, who met such a tragic and untimely death, valiantly fought for the lofty ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity. He richly earned our heartfelt recognition . . . inadequate though it may be.

Concretely, what Mr. Kennedy could have done for our Old Country and our Hungarian brethren, we shall never know. His presidency of less than three years was all too short for us to make even a conjecture. What a pity that his lofty career could not have blossomed out to the fullest! Our young President, as a man and as our Chief Executive, deserved a better fate! While we mourn him sincerely and honor his memory as Americans of Hungarian descent, we share a deep feeling with those European brethren whose shock and reaction are recorded in the following letter written by one of our Federation’s members, a young American-Hungarian, who was an eye-witness:

West Berlin, Germany November 29, 1963

Dear ........................................

This is one letter I have not looked forward to writing. I have been thinking of sitting down to the typewriter many times