The Hungarian Student, 1957 (1. évfolyam, 2-8. szám)
1957 / 3. szám
Hungarian Student MhŰI Newsletter 1 l> Publication No. 3 ASSOCIATION NEWS The Work of the Organizational Committee in April In April conferences were held with Mr. Sándor Kiss, Secretary General of the Hungarian Revolutionary Council; Mr. Pal Jonas, ex-President of the MEFESZ (HUCSC) ; Mr. Gabor Bodnar, Executive Officer of the Hungarian Boy-Scout Organization ; and Mr. András Kovats, head of the Hungarian Student Service. As a result of these conferences, the above groups will work with us to obtain scholarships in the United States and Europe, and we will work independently in Yugoslavia. We have also succeeded in coordinating the efforts of these different groups for the general advancement of the Hungarian cause. Our part in these efforts is to develop and cultivate strong ties with the various international student organizations of the Free World. We hope that such coordination will result in the achievement of important goals. A major step in this direction will be the World Student Congress in Paris this summer. In response to requests from the U.S. National Student Association and from charitable foundations interested in the Hungarian cause, we have released complete lists of those Hungarian students still without scholarships ; thus, these organizations now have concrete information to help them assist our fellow students in continuing their education. Representatives of the organizational committee have talked with the Embassies of India, Pakistan, and Indonesia regarding a Hungarian student delegation lecture tour of those countries. The talks’ aims were to secure the cooperation and sup(Continued on page 2) of the American Hungarian Student THE VOICE OF HOME Taken from the April 4, 1957 issue of A NEMZETŐR A NEMZETŐR received the following letter a few weeks ago from the youth of Budapest: FRIENDS! STUDENTS! YOUTH! You live on free soil, but we know that your hearts are pierced with the compassion that you feel for us. Remember that we are still counting on you. In spite of the bloody terror we have experienced, we have not given up hope for freedom ; alone, however, we cannot fight it out. We are left to ourselves; we were deserted by those of whom we least expected it. Involuntarily we have served the world, and we really have received a great deal of help, approval, and sympathy. But we want freedom. From here there is no return, no half success. We owe our dead the victory for which they paid so dearly. We still have our life ahead of us. We also would like to be happy, to live with you in harmony, loving each other. But, we love our country. We want to stay faithful to our dead, and we cannot leave our homeland when so many have died for it. There are still many ready to die, but remember that our blood sticks to the hands of these Pilâtes who were in a position to halt the butchering of our nation. Friends, find a way which will not only help us, but save us and lead us to victory. With love, faith, and trust in you, we are crying SOS ... for we shall be lost. The life of a whole nation is in your hands; you cannot abandon us ! ! ! Save Our Souls ! ! ! The Student Freedom Fighters of Budapest Association May, 1957 PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN HUNGARIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION It is not necessary to stress the importance of the proposed A HSA Congress. I think this is very clear to all who understand the necessity for a union of emigre students. The Temporary Organizing Committee of AHSA, which is working in Cambridge (and I want to say that they are doing excellent work), thought Chicago might be the best place for this Congress. Therefore, the Committee asked me, as its official representative in Illinois, to look into the possibility of having the Congress here. First of all, I would like to thank Jerome Gross—whose name is known to aimost every Hungarian student— for his continued help in addition to the work he has already done in the past months. We have already received permission from the University to use its facilities to hold the Congress in Chicago. The best time would be between June 12 and 15 when the University is recessed between its Spring and Summer quarters. The advantages of having the Congress in Chicago are (1) all the delegates would be able to live at International House and (2) the organizational headquarters and the Congress itself can be located in one building on the campus, which is suitable for the holding of lectures, discussions, exhibitions, movies and cultural events. I wish to congratulate the Organizing Committee on its good work in the preparations for the Congress and in the solution of our problems. April 27, 1957 (T.),
