Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
March 14, 1945 Verhovay Journal Truths Versus Half-Truths Beware of false prophets from Central Europe who pervert facts to their own secret ends By STEPHEN HUZIANTI From the Danubian Basin a secret weapon is being launched against Americans that may decide the war long after the weapons have been silenced and armies have ceased to deploy. This secret but by no means new device is PROPAGANDA and may well destroy again, as in 1919, the structure of peace in Central Europe by an arbitrary reshuffling of boundaries based on lies and falsification of history. The sly agents who direct Central European propaganda against us are here in our midst. They wear the disguise and protective coloring of allies and friends of the United States but machinate against the long-term welfare of Americans and the world at large. They spread propaganda for a new and powerful world state, a Slav empire, in a cunning and innocent manner by filling columns and pages of ostensibly disinterested and respectable magazines and periodicals with seemingly ‘'impartial” and “analytical” essays and articles. I will use excerpts from these articles to show samples of the lies and distortions of the truth with which we are being bombarded. We hope that Americans will learn to recognize these hifalutin and documented “analyses,” “editorials,” “criticisms,” etc., no matter in which high-sounding magazine or periodical they find them, as just so much sophisticated baloney and plain hooey. POINT 5 (Part 1) Installment XII. “. . . the fundamental idea was always the supposed superiority of the Magyar culture.” —(Rustem Vambery) This again is only half the truth, if any truth at all. By such a simple and casual remark one would make it appear that the Magyars always thought they were superior to the other peoples in Europe, that the Magyars made others accept them as superior. It is true that Magyar culture does occupy an honored place amőhg the cultures of Europe, and especially in Central Europe, where it has hardly an equal. However, be it as it may, rhany Magyars went to various countries in Europe to obtain the best in those cultures to bring home to Hungary, in order tc enrich the culture of their own land. First, Hungary is the national home of the Magyars; they founded it, and not the Slavs whose aspirations a clique of propagandists are propagating. Second, the Magyars have a right to assert, if they are able to do so. their culture in their own land. While the Magyars certainly had the right to make the settlers and refugees to Hungary understand that the Magyars were the original Hungarians, and that others came as new settlers, the Magyars not only had their own culture from their ancestors in the' Kuban-Don district in Asia, but adopted the bes; features of foreign culture, thus contributing immensely to the development of Central European culture in the Danubian Basin. Let us look a little into some historical facts in order to bring out more clearly our point. Of Arpad the Conqueror, leader of the Magyar tribes in their entry into Europe in 896 A. D., Arminius Vambery in his “History of Hungary” says that Arpadfe “statesmanlike sagacity may well excite admiration, considering that under his lead a strictly Asiatic nation succeeded in penetrating into the very interior of Christian Europe and molding a state out of the heterogenous elements of old Pannonia. For this reason we find it improper to call him a rude barbarian, as contemporary Christian writers are in the habit of doing. He evidently was penetrated with the Persian culture and his Oriental statesmanship not only equalled but even surpassed the political ideas of the ruling men at the time at the head of affairs in Pannonia and Eastern Germany. King Stephen (997—1038), the first king of Hungary of the Magyar House of Arpad, “gave a new constitution to the country. The rights and duties of the citizens were clearly defined, and ample provision was made to secure the inviolability of personal freedom, and the protection of private property. No other country had a written constitution, and in none were the relations and obligations of the subject to his ruler so well established and understood. As a constitutional state, it was a model for all Europe. In England it was two hundred years afterward, and in France a still longer period, before the laws protected the people from the arbitrary tyranny of their rulers” (Henry DePuy in his book KOSSUTH AND HIS GENERALS.) To his son, King Imre, Stephen bequeathed democratic principles to guide the nation. This is found in the only Magyar book from that period, “Institutio Morum.” Here is one of these basic rules: “The magnates of the realm, the lay lords, the high dignitaries and the warriors are thy fathers and thy brothers; neither call them nor make them thy servants. Let them combat for thee, but not serve thee. Rule over them peaceably, humbly and gently, without anger, pride and envy, BEARING IN MINDTHAT ALL MEN ARE EQUAL, that nothing exalts more than humility, nor is there anything more degrading than pride and envy . . .” The kings of the House of Arpad ruled for four centuries (896 AD. 1301 AD.) They intermarried with non-Magyars in order VERHOVAY QIRL PIONEER MISS MARTHA GOSZTONYI, BS Dairy manufacturing is a science which, for a reason unknown, always was considered a men’s specialty. Therefore, we consider it our special privilege to present Miss Martha Gosztonyi, Bachelor of Science, a graduate of the Pennsylvania State College and a member of Branch 376, Pittsburgh Pa,, as the first woman dairy manufacturing expert in America. The local papers as well as the American Hungarian press made a great deal of the fact that she has invaded a field which was hitherto considered man’s own realm Martha is the charming daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Gosztonyi, a wellknown and highly recognized doctor in Pittsburgh, chief physician and owner of the world-famous tubercolosis sanitarium in Budakeszi-jBudapest, who came to America in 1939 and settled in Pittsburgh, Pa. He is a general practitioner who has his always crowded office at the corner of Murray Ave and Beacon Street on Squirrel Hill. His daughter, born in Hungary, came to the States as a student, graduated from the Sharon Highschool and then attended the Pennsylvania State College and graduated with flying colors as a Bachelor of Science attaining the rare fame of being the first woman expert in dairy manufacturing. Martha is a modest girl who can’t quite understand why so much fuss is made about her specialty. Probably, she feels, because most people think that she has to know how to milk cows, Which she doesn’t. Her work is confined to the laboratory as illustrated by the picture shown above. Even though she is the first woman ever to tackle the field of dairy manufacturing, she has made an excellent record at the Pennsylvania State College, which her fellow (male) students did not begrudge her because she was always ready to help them out with her notes which were noted because of their scolarly thoroughness. Just having graduated, Martha has no plans for the future but she will probably join some dairy manufacturing company in the capacity of an “assistant of some assistant” as she puts it. The story shows tha t there are still possibilities open for women who have the initiative and courage for pioneering, to seek allies, and through this they brought in non-Magyar culture to Hungary. (That’s what many modern rulers are doing NOW.) In the span of 400 years that the Arpadian dynasty ruled Hungary, there were 24 queens that sat on the throne of Hungary. Of these 5 were German, 3 Greek, 3 Russian, 3 French, 2 Polish, 2 Italian, and 1 each Norman, Spanish, Meranian, Austrian Serbian and Rumanian. Each of these brought into Hungary culture from her territory, thus adding to Hungarian culture. Let us cite merely a few examples of cultural connections of Hungary with Europe. King Stephen built 4 pilgrim houses (Byzantium, Jerusalem, Ravenna and Rome); Louis the Great had a Magyar chapel erected in Aachen; King Matthias built palaces at Breslau; and, in Brussels, Belgium, the St. Gudule’s church has a huge glass painting sent .there as a gift of King Lajos II; Stephen Báthory founded in 1578 the University of Vilna, Lithuania; Paul Szondy founded the Magyar-Illyrian College. These are only a few of the many cultural activities which the Magyars made in European centers. You can hardly say that the Magyars dominated and considered their culture as superior, for they went outside of Hungary’s borders to build institutions, or invited foreign learned* scholars to Hungary, thus to enrich the culture of the land. As a striking parallel, we have foreigners coming to the United States who bring with them various forms of culture and customs, the best of which remains to belong imbedded and patterned into the American way of life. And when our American scholars go to universities throughout the world and return, they too bring with them some noteworthy trait of culture from the places where they studied and so leave that impression among their countrymen. Page 3 and we are certainly proud that one of the modern pioneers comes from the ranks of American Hungarian Verhovayans. On the basis of her scholarly record we do not believe that Miss Gosztonyi will remain for long “the assistant of some assistant” but that she will make great progress in her specialty. (Congratulations...and how about some butter Sis’?) THE SUN SHINES IN ICELAND, TOO . . . 2nd Lt IRENE NEMETH Here is another lovely nurse,' Second Lieutenant Irene Nemeth,. daughter of Joseph Nemeth, manager of Branch 145, Jersey City, N. J., who is bringing sunshine to the sick and wounded on the cold island of Iceland. Wé are proud of our Army nurses, who have given up their homes and their liberty to serve wj.h the men and stand by them where they are most needed. The rank she attained is an indica*tioh of her ability and efficiency, while her picture speaks of kindness and understanding. With .her on Iceland, that country can’t be as dark and cold as the books say. VPVT. ALFRED VARGO Pvt. Alfred Vargo is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Vargo of Perryopolis, Pa., and a member of Branch 396. He was inducted :n December 18, 1944, was stat-; ioned in New Cumberland, Pa.,; where he attended a Special Training School and graduated on February 1st, this year. He was then given a six day leave1 which he spent with his parents.. He is stationed at present at Camp Gordon, Ga., where he ia taking his basic training. Pvt., Vargo is the brother-in-law of the late Stephen Szabó, former Manager of Branch 396, who some time ago, lost his life in an accident.
