Új Magyar Út, 1955 (6. évfolyam, 1-10. szám)
1955-06-01 / 6-8. szám
NEW HUNGARIAN WAY miners. Since then it has grown to a large organization of 61,000 members. Although primarily an insurance company, the Verhovay has always been an important guardian and supporter of Hungarian cultural and social life in the United States. * * * GERZSON WARGA (U. S. A.) depicts “America in Numbers.” Mr. Warga’s interesting article shows in the light of statistical data the greatness of America. These figures indicate that we are in the middle of an “American Century” and America is well qualified for her leading role in the world. They also show that the United States will successfully point to the way leading to greater civilization, welfare and happiness for all peoples. ♦ * * DR. FERENC WAGNER (Washington, D. C.) in his essay on “The New Ways of Hungarian History Writing” states that in none of the communist countries was the cultural re-evaluation able to keep pace with economical and political development. This caused particular problems in Hungary where the communists met great difficulties in recruiting “progressive” intellectuals who were willing to become tools of the regime. Dr. Wagner’s well-documented essay describes the communist’s efforts to subjugate even the pure scientific thinking, thus leading to a complete failure of scientific research. * * * THE IRON CURTAIN (by Ferenc Wagner, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.) contains an evaluation of the Geneva Conference. The author finds that there is a balance of power between East and West, at least for the time being. The recent Warsaw meeting of the satellite governments seems to indicate, however, that in spite of the current friendly attitude of the Kremlin, its basic aims have not changed. Concerning the question of Tito, Dr. Wagner believes that his return to the communist camp may bring the fall of Hungary's Mátyás Rákosi. There is also a reference made to an article in the New York Herald Tribune where Henry C. Wolfe stated: “Like Austria, Hungary is a key nation in East-West relations.” * * * THE WORLD FORUM (by András Marton, Washington, D. C.) presents an analysis of the Geneva Conference and the events that led to it. Evidently Germany’s entry into NATO and WEU changed the military situation in favor of the West. Therefore, the Soviet Union was forced to do everything possible to secure the peace. The Geneva Conference brought a great victory to the West with President Eisenhower’s disarmament proposals. Thus the initiative was taken by the free world and the Soviet Union now tries to counteract this fact by its suddenly peaceful attitude and actions. It is hoped, though, that the free world will not forget that every tactical move of the Kremlin is aimed solely at the promotion of its imperialistic goals. — 340 —
