Új Magyar Út, 1954 (5. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1954-11-01 / 11-12. szám
SUMMARY LÁSZLÓ MÉRLAKY (Washington, D. C.) reports on an interesting literary debate that recently took place through the airwaves of Radio Free Europe, the BBC and Radio Budapest. Its subject was a poem written by the novelist Sándor Márai (U. S. A.) and broadcast by RFE. Márai’s poem was a pessimistic outcry of an intellectual who lost the ground from under his feet. He was answered through Radio Budapest by Áron Tamási, to Hungary before World War II, died at the age of 76 on November 7. Hr. Montgomery marked a milestone in the field of American- Hungarian relations. He paved the way to a better understanding of that truth and justice without which no lasting peace can be established between nations. His name will always be gratefully remembered among the pioneers of a better future. ★ ★ ★ I -Help 'Policy l^atietih! Join tkb MARCH OF DIMES JojULOMj 3-3! the great Transylvanian novelist who was forced to become a mouthpiece of the Communists. 'Tamási’s answer, however, is everything but Communist propaganda. It is an expression of hope in a better future and a message of the Hungarian people’s faith in liberation. László Cs. Szabó (London) commented on both messages through the BBC. He scorns Márai for his pessimism and assures Tamási that the free Hungarians maintain the living spirit of the suppressed nation. JOHN FLOURNOY MONTGOMERY, the last American Minister DR. BÉLA KARDOS (Washington, D. C.) writes on “Christmas Under The Snow”. His political fiction is about the conversion of a Hungarian Communist who was visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of the executed László Rajk, former Communist Minister of Interior of Hungary. Rajk, who was not a Moscow-trained Communist, turned Titoist, therefore, he was liquidated in 1949. In Dr. Kardos’ story he tells that neither Communism nor Titoism can bring salvation to the Hungarian people. Only a return to Christianity can save them from final destruction. ★ ★ ★ DR. BÉLA SZÁSZ (Cleveland, Ohio) and DR. TIBOR KÖSS (California) reflect on Dr. Ferenc Wágner’s “Hungarian Publishing Abroad”, New Hungarian Way, September-October, 1954. Dr. Szász, who is an executive of the Kossuth Publishing Co., points out that the greatest difficulty the publishers face is the lack of capital. Both 509 —
