The Eighth Tribe, 1981 (8. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1981-07-01 / 7. szám
Socialist Countries, and the Madrid Conference. We are quoting from that Memorandum: “The experiences of six decades convinced the coexisting nationalities in Transylvania that their national existence and human rights are neither protected nor ensured within the framework of the Rumanian State. Therefore, in order that these nationalities may safeguard their ethnic heritage, and in the same time be enabled to live and work peacefully side by side, we implore the member states of the United Nations, the signatory states of the European Security Accords, and most of all the countries of the Socialist Camp: TO ESTABLISH THE INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF TRANSYLVANIA UNDER THE PROTECTIVE MANDATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS. SUGGESTED ACTION Since it is neither within the power of this committee, nor within1 the present reach of the government of the United States to solve this tragic situation one way or another, we respectfully suggest that this committee, in order to show the oppressed peoples of Transylvania that the United States of America is still the Champion of Freedom which does not condone oppression and the persecution of minorities, TERMINATE THE PREFERRED NATION STATUS OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF RUMANIA, with the understanding that this status shall not be granted again until the Rumanian government can prove to a mixed commission visiting Transylvania that the abominable persecution of the Hungarian and other national minorities has ceased, and the following conditions are met: 1. The Hungarian language is recognized in Transylvania as second official language. 2. The Hungarian Autonomous Region is re-established under strictly Hungarian administration. 3. The old Hungarian educational institutions are re-established. 4. The confiscated museums, libraries and archives are returned to the re-established Hungarian cultural and church related organizations. 5. Old Hungarian cemeteries are returned under the care of the Hungarian churches. 6. Those Hungarians who were deported from their native towns or villages, or left their homtes under duress, are allowed to return. Rumanians who were re-settled into Hungarian towns and villages with the purpose of diluting the Hungarian character of the area or filling the better paying jobs at the expense of the native Hungarian population, are returned to their own provinces. 7. All signs and markers in Hungarian populated cities, towns and villages are again bi-lingual 8. Equal opportunity is established in every field of human existence. 9. All harassments and intimidations in relation to nationality are terminated. 10. The sixteenth century shrine in Torda, the very building in which the elected representatives of the three Transylvanian nations declared for the first time in this world, man’s inalienable right to the free exercise of his religious belief, is restored again to show the human race that men of diffenrent tongues and different beliefs, if motivated by good will and understanding can bring our world forward in one accord and in the right direction! We sincerely feel that it is our moral obligation to insist that governments desiring friendly relations with us, abide by the same rules of ethics as we do. We are certain that the government of the Socialist Republic of Rumania as well as the people of that country would greatly benefit from a more harmonious and therefore more productive co-existence of all nationalities which call that country their homeland. Respectfully submitted: Albert Wass de Czege Dr. John Nadas President General Secretary (Mrs.) Hona Boissenin Washington Representative AFL-CIO Protests Most-Favored-Nation Status to Rumania The AFL-CIO urged the Administration to deny most-favored-nation status to Rumania. The labor federation said: “Human rights have not improved as a result of granting trade rights. There is neither human rights nor economic nor political justification for extending most-favored-nation waiver.” — (Human Events, July 11, 1981) THE TRANSYLVANIAN QUARTERLY VI
