The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-06-01 / 6. szám
Page 8 THE EIGHTH TRIBE June, 1980 self-respect and dignity for all peoples. At its general meeting the Federation reaffirmed its commitment to this goal.” The White House Our contact with the White House was confirmed by several letters. In the letter of January 7, 1980, the White House wrote in part: ‘‘Your support is crucial to the success of action of the President.” It pertained to his efforts to obtain the release of American hostages in Iran. In its letter of February 1, 1980 the White House writes in part: “The support of the Polish-H ungar ion World Federation is valuable to the success of the President's efforts to release the hostages in Iran and the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Again, thangs for your support.” Concerning our relationship to American political parties, the Polish-Hungarian World Federation is “non-partisan”. The Audience With Pope John Paul II An important event took place in the recent history of the Polish-Hungarian World Federation which uplifted the prestige of our organization — it was the private audience with Pope John Paul II on October 5, 1979 — the only audience the Pope granted during his two day stay in Chicago. Many papers in the United States, South America, Europe and Australia brought the news, stressing the importance of our Federation’s activites. The Pope gave to the President of the Federation his Apostolic Blessing and repeated it twice from the Vatican. Our contact with our delegates and with leaders of various organizations was frequent. In the year 1979-80 the Federation received close to 1,300 letters and has sent out over 1,400. The number of members is steadily increasing and hardly a week is passing without new applications for membership. This is heart-warming and makes our treasurer happy — but more has to be done — many more members are needed to increase the power of our world organization. I am convinced that with persistent efforts and cooperation we shall succeed and our goals stated at the beginning of Progress Report will be achieved — WITH GOD’S HELP. Officers of the Polish-Hungarian World Federation: President: Dr. Karol Ripa, 2639 North Kimball Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60647 - USA. Vice-Presidents: Aloysius Mazewski, Chicago, Illinois; Rt. Rev. Arpad Beretz, Hammond, Indiana; Dr. John B. Nadas, Cleveland, Ohio; Stella Nowak, Chicago, Illinois; George I. Papricoff, M.D., Chicago, Illinois; Rev. Hafizi Y. Azem, Aurora, Illinois. General Secretary: László Mogyorossy, Chicago, Illinois. Executive Secretary: Cpt. Steven Domzal, Chicago, Illinois. Treasurer: Rtm. Casimir Iwanicki, Chicago, Illinois. Financial Secretary and Chairman of Audit: László Gone. THE RÁKÓCZI FOUNDATION announces an eassy contest about the subject: “Hungarian Cultural Heritage Outside Hungary” Purpose: to define the concept of Hungarian cultural heritage and to investigate the possibility of preserving and developing it in the diaspora. Necessity: Statistical data have proved that among the estimated one and a half million inhabitants of North America who are the descendants of Hungarian parents or ancestors, only ten percent were born and raised in Hungary. If the dissolution of the Hungarian cultural presence in North America is to be prevented, urgent action is needed. Programs should be initiated to instill in our second and third generation youth a Hungarian identity, even if they cannot communicate in Hungarian any more. Extent: a minimum of 25 double-spaced typewritten pages. Language: Hungarian, or any major language of the Western world. Awards: 1st prize 2,000 U.S. dollars; 2nd prize 1,000 U.S. dollars, and 3rd prize 500 U.S. dollars. In addition, a royalty will be paid for works published in the emigrant Hungarian press, and furthen ten outstanding essays will be awarded valuable books. Deadline: December 1, 1980. Eligibility: no restrictions whatsoever. Both individuals and groups may compete, using either their names or a code word. Jury: a committee of specialists invited by the Board of Directors of the Rákóczi Foundation. Utilization: selected essays will form the materials submitted for discussion at the Hungarian Youth Symposium to be held in the spring of 1981, when the names of award winners will also be announced. Address: RÁKÓCZI FOUNDATION, P.O. Box 67, Station “L”, Toronto, Ont. M6E 4Y4, Canada.
