The Eighth Tribe, 1978 (5. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1978-10-01 / 10. szám
October, 1978 THE EIGHTH TRIBE Page 3 Same thing is happening with the Eighth Tribe Foundation. The funds are there. As one said at the September meeting: The churches have the money to support the Eighth Tribe Foundation, if they really want to. — But the way we see it—it is selfcentered. It is theirs and nobody will get any of it. The old Hungarian Spirit, when everybody helped their fellowmen, or their sister churches, or a common cause had disappeared. With the spirit that exists today in our churches, in our Fraternal Societies — we could never accomplish the things we inherited from our forefathers, who had much less in financial means, than we have today. But they had something more — an open heart and love for their fellowmen and they were not afraid to do something for a community project, they were not afraid to be involved. Any time one approached them for donation for a Hungarian project, they gave what ever they were able, but they gave. Refusing was not in their vocabulary. Our unknown friend realized that we have to do something and he tried to shake-up, to awaken the American Hungarians from their comfortable selfcentered life, but it seems that in our private, religious or social life we are very near sighted. The suggestion was that a $20.00 donation from 25,000 persons would be sufficient to purchase the building and convert it into a Cultural Institute. Now if those same 25,000 persons also subscribed to The Eighth Tribe magazine, the income from the subscription would cover not only the expenses to publish the magazine, but it will also help toward some of the expenses of the Institute. It is not an impossible task to find 25,000 families from over a half million families. It is less than the membership of any of our Fraternal Societies, or our Church membership. The Institute will not he owned by neither an individual or a group. The Institute will be governed by an administrator and his staff. Their duties will include publication of The Eighth Tribe, sponsoring different kinds of exhibitions, so people will have a reason for a visit. An Advisory Board will he selected from the cross section of the American Hungarian Community. Representatives from all the church denominations (Catholic and Protestant), Catholic Ministers Association, Protestant Ministers Association, American Hungarian Reformed Presbyter’s Association, from the Fraternal Insurance Societies, also from the American Hungarian Federation. Selected persons from business, industry, arts and sciences. Nobody will be asked to pledge yearly donations to support the Institute, the only thing will he asked from everybody to subscribe to The Eighth Tribe— $8.00 a year. In case the Eighth Tribe Foundation will succeed the honor and thanks will go to all the people who gave, nobody can claim the glory for himself, oooo Concerning the future of The Eighth Tribe, in case the Foundation will not succeed: Up to now the Bethlen Press carried the burden of the expenses incurred for the publication. Although over a few thousand are printed only one-third of that send in their subscriptions regularly. With the continuous increase in production cost and postage the Bethlen Press cannot carry this expense and The Eighth Tribe faces the same fate as all the other religious, fraternal and other Hungarian related publications. * * • We would like to hear from you. What do you have to say! What are your opinions? Should we continue publishing the EIGHTH TRIBE? Should we continue our crusade for the EIGHTH TRIBE FOUNDATION?; or just stop and forget about everything! Forget or abandon all the things we inherited. Who needs them! Not us! Search your conscience and let us know about your decision. The time is running out. Here is a quote from the July issue to refresh your memory: Now let me turn to the subject you touched upon in the June issue: Bethlen Cultural Institute or whatever name be under. IFe all know it is needed. So let us take the big step: create an EIGHTH TRIBE FOUNDATION, let all of us donate toward this project. . . . Now a final word to all my brethren of Hungarian descent .... your task is simple . . . just dip into your pockets and donate the amount you are able. Together with God’s help we can have a “Hungarian Cultural Institute” a Monument dedicated to our forefathers. Enclosed it twenty dollars to start the Eighth Tribe Foundation. o-o-o-o Total Donations listed in September issue ...................$165.00 Dr. Antal I. Rozmanith ..............................................................$ 20.00 Cherry Hill, N. J. Joseph Sziircsik ................................................................................$ 30.00 Eunice, Louisiana Miss Julia Kurucz ...........................................................................$ 20.00 Cudahy, Wis. Total donation to October 12, 1978 ...................$235.00 Dear Mr. Chomos: I am a Magyar born in the U.S. While my parents were alive we spoke the Hungarian language. Now I just about can express myself in Hungarian, therefore I think your “Eighth Tribe” is a wonderful paper. I do appreciate it very much for sending me a few copies. I intend to subscribe to it. I wonder if you have a book on the Magyars in History going back to the first Magyar Tribe and where the first Magyar people came from? Very truly your, Michael Oros Monroe, Conn. 06468
