The Hungarian Student, 1957 (1. évfolyam, 2-8. szám)
1957 / 2. szám
4 Hungarian Student Newsletter OTHER ACTIVITIES AND UFHS NEWS Trip to Asia A three-member student delegation will leave Cologne shortly for India, Indonesia, Japan, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan, in order to establish closer contact between Hungarian students in the West and Asian students. This group will give lectures in English to Asian audiences. One member of the delegation represents the AHSA. March Fifteenth Many student organizations held demonstrations and festivities on March 15th. The most impressive celebrations were held in Paris, Oslo and New York, where some of our great national leaders or their representatives were present and delivered speeches. UFHS House Organ The first issue of the Hungarian Student, organ of the UFHS secretariat, is in preparation. There are some financial problems presently hampering publication, but the distances between UFHS headquarters and the country centers present the greatest difficulty. After discussing the problems and achievements of the UFHS to date, we took up the question of future plans and their realization, including the AHSA congress at which our organization will choose its chairman and other leaders (a detailed account of the congress will be given in a later issue). We also discussed the problems of Hungarian refugee students in Canada and South America and our relations with WUS and COSEC (Coordinating Secretariat of the National Unions of Students). Hungarian students! Help your local organizations. Join every movement which aids the cause of Hungary! Take every opportunity of informing the American people of our cause. March Progress Report (continued from p. 1) them and coordinate their activities. After the move to Cambridge, the o.c. drew up a plan for a nation-wide organization consisting of local school units, city groups and state-wide associations. Circulars were issued listing the names, addresses and tasks of the heads of already-established units and groups. This information is not being published in the newsletter at the request of our members. The o.c. has tried to support initial activities of local groups with its available finances. To facilitate relations with the American press we have sent state representatives English translations of press releases on current Hungarian problems. Scholarship offers which we have received have been forwarded to the proper authorities. On March 15th AHSA representatives laid a wreath on the statue of Louis Kossuth in New York City. The New York AHSA group, which played a major role in preparing this observance, supplied much advance publicity by distributing news stories to the American papers. A large number of AHSA members attended the ceremony. In order to advance the Hungarian cause more effectively, the o.c. has held conferences with Hungarian and American organizations already active in the Hungarian interest. In all such negotiations we have been mindful of the need to preserve the independence of the Association at all costs, and have observed our principle of non-involvement in partisan politics. Close relations, in accord with these principles, have been established with international and American student organizations. Connections have been established with charitable foundations interested in aiding students, to help the AHSA provide financial support for its operations without incurring debts. The o.c. has sent pictures, articles and reports to all Hungarian papers and to more than 150 American journals. In addition, it has sent countless telegrams and letters to influential Americans and American organizations to increase the effectiveness of the March 15th demonstrations, including a letter to President Eisenhower. In preparation for our forthcoming constitutional convention, the o.c. has worked to increase the strength of local groups to enable them to send delegates as their representatives. We have drawn up a tentative program for the convention and have worked out the financial and technical requirements of such a meeting. The o.c. has contacted student associations of other nations to investigate the possibility of organizing an international anti-Communist student world conference this summer. A tentative program for such a conference has been sent to the UFHS international secretariat at Cologne. We have authorized a colleague in the Pittsburgh center to undertake publication of an English-Hungarian grammar book, written for the use of recent Hungarian refugees. Finally, the o.c. has initiated contacts with fellow-students still in Austria and Yugoslavia. We shall assist them in the solution of their problems in every possible way. Our plans have not yet been completed, and we welcome suggestions from all members with the aim of making our first convention as complete, democratic and interesting as possible. Hungarian Student Convention (continued from p. 1) student organizations, but also to representatives from major foreign student organizations. Their presence will provide an excellent opportunity to discuss mutual problems. We also plan to invite well-known authorities to lecture on current political and social conditions, and we hope that these lectures will stimulate lively discussion during many sessions. Representatives of the press, radio and television will be invited to cover the convention. As entertainment for the delegates, we hope to engage popular Hungarian artists to perform each day. We are also attempting to obtain a film on the Hungarian revolution.
