The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1982 (9. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1982-06-01 / 6. szám
June, 1982 Page 3 THE EIGHTH HUNGARIAN TRIBE ■ m THE EDITOR’S CORNER . . . In the February issue we reported that the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America and the William Penn Association (the two remaining Hungarian Fraternal Organizations) are discussing consolidation The Committee, whose members were appointed by the two organizations, worked diligently for over a year, and came up with a detailed outline for the consolidation with a favorable recommendatiou. Regretfully we have to report that the recommendation was voted down by the Board of Directors of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America at their April meeting. Many people asked why we need a national Hungarian Cultural and Educational Institute, when there are many small museum-like places scattered through-out the United States and Canada, owned by individuals, churches and societies. The real question is: what will happen when these individuals die, or cannot carry on further; the churches or societies cease to exist. Unfortunately we saw many valuable articles and records end up on the garbage dumps. This disturbed many, and they finally established the Hungarian Eighth Tribe Foundation to bring about a national Hungarian Cultural and Educational Institute, so someday these small museums may find a final place where their valuable coUections can be saved for the future. In a letter to the Editor a reader from the Cleveland, Ohio area raised a few questions and asked the editor to answer them. Altough this editor is a Vice President of the American Hungarian Reformed Presbyter’s Association and a Layman in his church, as the editor of this magazine he does not think that the controversy over that certain article which appeared in a recent edition of the Calvin Herald, shoul be aired on the pagé3 of this magazine. The two denominational church papers — The Calvin Herald and The Magyar Church, along with the September Conference of the Presbyter’s Association are the place for it. History shows that Prince Gábor Bethlen was one of the greatest Princes of Transylvania. Elected King of Hungary in 1620, he woud not accept the crown, acknowledging that Hungary already had a crowned king. He attained fame, along with industrial, financial and educational progress for his homeland, and secured religious and political liberties in Hungary for all inhabitants. There are only 44 subscribers from the Cleveland area, while population figures indicate it should be 100 times that — considering the heavily Hungarian population of the Cleveland area. In the summer of 1981, this editor was a guest of Mr. Miklós Kossányi and associates on the Nationality Broadcast Network, discussing the Eighth Tribe. Since then they have continued, as before, spreading the word about the Eighth Tribe along with Dr. Géza Szentmiklóssy Éles WCSB and Mrs. Henry McBride WBKC, for which we are grateful. Where the problem lies we do not know, (the writer of the letter metioned a few) maybe our reader in the Cleveland area can supply the answer. The Hungarian Eighth Tribe Foundation Trenton, New Jersey Branch under the leadership of Mr. Louis M. Pintye participated in the Trenton Heritage Festival on June 4 and 5, along with the Lorántífy Zsuzsánna Society of the Hungarian Reformed Church, the American Hungarian Democratic Citizens Club and the American Hungarian Civic Association. The above organizations represented the American Hungarian Community of the Trenton area. There will be a complete report in the next issue. All proceeds from the Trenton Branch will be donated toward the Magazine and the Foundation. If you have any suggestions or recommendations for the planned Conference on August 20, 21 and 22, or you would like to make a presentation on any subject concerning American Hungarian or Hungarian History. Please let us know.. We are sending out Notification of Renewals to our readers. In case your payment crosses our letter, please disregard. Your payment might be past due, due now, or due in the next few months. We encourage you to join The Hungarian Eighth Tribe Foundation if you can spare an extra $15.00. (Membership roster on back page.) The Eighth Tribe magazine’s importance has been acknowledged in many circles, but no magazine has a future without sufficient funds, which can only come from the subscribers. We ask our readers to get as many subscribers as they can. — CHECK OUR DISCOUNT BOOK SALE —
