The Eighth Tribe, 1977 (4. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1977-08-01 / 8. szám
Page 16 THE EIGHTH TRIBE August, 1977 Grace Greenwood: War-Song of the Magyars A battle-shout for Hungary Once more shall wake the day — A joyful summons to the brave To rally for the fray, To gird her round, and with their swords Make lightning on her way! The shout that each brave Magyar heart With war’s fierce rapture fills The shout that in the traitor’s veins The coward-current chills, Let it ring up from the valleys And roll along the hills. Let it sound amid the mountainland, That mighty gathering cry, Go up from steep, and crag, and cliff, Clear, terrible, and high, Till the vultures and the eagles Scream back their hoarse reply! Like the mingling of all fearful sounds Of vengeance and of woe, Like the rush of fire, the roar of floods When wintry tempests blow, Like the thunder of the avalanche, Let it sweep against the foe! God of the nations! Thou did’st hear Poor Hungary’s patient prayer, From the prison of her anguish, And the night of her despair, When the groanings of her spirit Were burdening all the air. Thou did’st flash upon her darkness A great and sudden light— Did’st break her chains, and lead her forth, And grid her for the fight, With the weapons of thine anger, And the armor of thy might. Once more be thy victorious strength On mortal hearts outpoured, Take thou the blood-guilt from our strife, And sanctify the sword That strikes for freedom! For the right, Make bare thine arm, Oh Lord! Bless thou our banners, till their folds On freedom’s ramparts wave, And shade the patriot’s holy rest— Oh strengthen, guide, and save Our Prophet-Hero to the end. God of the struggling brave! National Era, Vol. 6 (January 8, 1852) * * * (From: “Louis Kossuth—Champion of Liberty”—a future publication.) Private Enterprise vs. Eastern Europe The Soviet Union and Hungary are considered by American bankers to be the safest risk, while East Germany and Poland are now considered over-extended in theiir debts to Western financial institutions. Hungary, a smaller country than any of the others, increased its Western debts from $2 billion to 3.3 billion. The consensus is that Hungary is getting along better than any other Soviet satellite, although the Hungarian economic performance in 1975 was a mild disappointment to the Budapest government. The trade deficit—once quite high—is being reduced with hardnosed cutbacks of imports from the West. By communist standards, there is relatively good central management in Budapest. A strong central bank commands good credit ratings in the West. Hungary’s government has been decentralized to some degree, and Communist Party influence is down enough to hearten the people. After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, plant managers were given more autonomy. With a whiff of freedom, managers turned small enterprises into large enterprises which can take advantage of economies of scale in purchasing and transportation. Some Hungarian industrial organizations independently decide what to make, how to sell it, and to whom to sell. Something of the same flexibility exists in Hungarian agriculture. It is collectivized, yet it operates more like private farming than collectives in other communist lands. There is local authority. Production is higher than elsewhere in Eastern Europe, and food is exported. HUNGARIAN RADIO PROGRAMS Pennsylvania WAMO — 106 FM, — Pittsburgh, Pa. Sunday, 1:30 P.M. — Garden of Hungarian Music. Hostess: Miss Julia Orosz WEDO — 810 AM, McKeesport, Pa. Sunday afternoon: 2:45 to 3:00 — The Hungarian Reformed Radio Hour — Sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Hungarian Protestant Churches. 3:00 to 3:30 — Hungarian Hour — Host: Dr. Victor Molnár. WDUQ — 90.5 FM, Pittsburgh, Pa. Saturday evening, 6 to 7 o’clock: “Music from Europe” — Host: Dr. Victor Molnár. New York WHBI-FM — 105.9, New York, N.Y. Hungarian Protestant Radio Worship Service Sunday afternoon at 1:45. Ohio WZAK — F.M. 93.1 — Cleveland, O. Thursday and Friday evenings from 7:30. — Antol Krasznai, Dr. Paul Lote, Dr. Zsigmond Molnár and László Rozsa announcers. WBKC — 1560 AM — Chardon, Ohio Sunday afternoon — 2 to 3 oclock. “HUNGARIAN AMERICAN HOUR” Hostess: Mrs. Henry (Pota) McBride Phone: 286-3433 WKTL — 90.7 F.M. — Struthers, Ohio. Saturday afternoon 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Requests taken during program or writing: Hungarian Radio Hour, Rev. Vitéz Baán, 454 N. Bella Vista Ave., Youngstown, Ohio 44509. We ask other Radio Program Directors to send in the time of their programs, so we can include them in this column. — editor.
