Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
Page 8 Verhovay Journal April 25, 1945 [RÁMSL9NGS OF THE EDITOR A Visit to Detroit It was my good fortune to be sent by the Home Office to the Office of Publication of the Verhovay Journal in Detroit, Michigan., to attend the various matters pertaining to the publication of our official Journal. Spent two days in tire big city, not sufficient time to see much of the city itself, but enough to gather some impressions which may interest at least some of the readers of this paper, Detroit, being a stronghold of the Verhovqy, deserves special mention espei' ally as far as the Journal and Verhovay activities are concerned. The residents of that great city are apt to take things for granted, seeing them day in, day out, while an outsider’s attention will be caught by them. I do believe that for the importance Detroit has for on' Association, it receives altogether too little publicity. Besides, I believe, that the readers of the Jou • : a 1 are entitled to know a little more about the truly magnificent printing establishment in which our pape is published, • Arrived in the evening after a long and rather slow trip across the green plains of Michigan and was duly impressed by the Michigan Central Station where Mr. Palos, President of the “Associated Hun garian Weeklies’’ and owner of the “Palos Printing and Publishing Co.’’ awaited me. He drove me to his home where I had the pleasure to meet his very Charming wife and her winning parents who ail made a concerted and highly successful effort to make the first evening of my brief stay in Detroit a very pleasant one. Stayed at the Hotel Port Shelby which describes itself as a hotel. “Aglow with Friendliness” which proved a fact and, thereby, an exception to the rule. THE PRINTING SHOP Nest morning I went to the printing shop, way. out at West Jefferson Avenue. That part of the city Is known as the Hungarian section. Hungarian names all over the place There is the printing shop of the Detroit Hungarian News, owned by Mr. Julius Fodor, the Verhovay Home, the establishment of the “Associated Hungarian Weeklies” and in the middle of it all, the colorful Hungarian Village”. I was certainly curious to see where our Journal was printed and was unite impressed with the twostory building at the corner of W. Jefferson and White Street, which houses the Palos Printing and Publishing Company. Mr. Palos was justly proud when showing me around his establishment consisting of more than five large rooms, rather halls, with all kinds of machinery humming and rattling away lustiiy. First, of course I was introduced to the personnel of the shop all nice and friendly people. I should mention Mr. Joseph Tury as a a old friend from Pittsburgh: it was good to see him again particularly bcause he just recuperated from an appendectomy, which was a blow not only to him but to the printing shop as well. Every man and every boy has his job and if one gets sick there is hardly anyone to take fiis place and so Mr. Palos had to take his place and spend many a night at the lino-type machine which is remarkable because he is comparatively new’ in this business, yet lie already learned how to handle the various machines. A magnificent flat-bed cylinder press was just running off the Verhovdj Journal’s last isue. Had to * stand there for a long time and admire man’s ingenuity which de veloped this machine which prints, cuts and folds with a single operation. A huge roll of white paper is fed into the machine and while the sheet runs its complicated course through the machine, it is printed, cut neatly and folded at the end. If I remember correctly, the press turns out about 4,000 copies per hour so that it takes but three hours to run off the English issue of the Journal. Incidentally, this is a new development. Previously, the Journal was set at the printing shop and a paper-mold was made of it w’hich was sent to another printing shop which in turn, made the print. However, towards the end of last year, Mr. Palos purchased this modern press and now the Journal is set, pressed and finished in hia'establishment. By the way. several other weeklies are printed at Palos’ shop. The Detroit Hungraian Journál, the Hungarian Miners Journal, the Buffalo Hungarian Herald, the Cleveland Hungarian News, the Dayton Hungraian Herald, the St. Louis Hungarian Weekly and a number of American publications, like a Journal of the Ford Veterans and others. Leaflets, handbills stationery and a hundred other printings are done, too, so it is really One of the busiest places I ever saw. There is a big cabinet full of 'material pertaining to the Verhovay Journal, for instance hundreds and hundreds of Verhovay soldiers’ cuts which had been published in the Journal and are carefully kept for future use. THE OFFICE After inspecting all the machinery, we walked down the street to the Verhovay Home which houses among others the editorial and business office of the Palos Printing and Publishing Company. This is the domain of Mrs. Palos — a is the domain of Mrs; Palos, a former college student, who keeps track of the business end of the affairs and is chief proof-reader for English material. Either job would be enough for one person but Mrs. Palos works for two and still lia3 a very warm smile ready for anyone entering her office the furnishings of which betray the womanly touch making it quite a different place as compared with the bare walls in the printing establishment. One is tempted to sit down and make himself comfortable — and I was graciously invited to do so — but Mrs. Palos is a busy young lady what with writing letters, reading proofs and writing out a big hunch of checks every day .... fot" the money goes out as fast as it comes in. -Having seen it all, working in full swing, I must say it is an impressive establishment and it is quite an achievement to keep it running smoothly. One feels that when so much machinery, skill and effort is put into the publication of the Journal, it would be a crime to fill its columns with irrelevant material which isn’t worth the ink it is printed with. DETROITERS MEET In the evening, I attended with Mr. Palos the meeting of the Detroit Hungarian Red Cros Committee. Was happy and proud to see the Verhovay well represented in the Committee which raised nearly 6,000 dollars during the last drive. Mr. Palos is recording secretary of the Committee, Mr. Szabó, manager of Branch 443, one of the comptrollers and several other Verhovay officers served proof by their efforts that patriotism and fraternalism are real things with the Verhovay F. I. A. The Rev. Father Andrew Jakab introduced me to the meeting, attended by some sixty representatives and it was my privilege to address them requesting their whole-hearted support for the “American Hungarian Relief, Inc.” After officialy closing this year’s Red Cross campaign, the meeting voted to organize the Detroit Chapter of the “American Hungarian War Relief Inc." and the officers of the Red Cross Committee were elected to serve as officers in this organization. Several representatives spoke and I was quite impressed with the sincere concern and serious thought that was given to this movement and I was convinced that Detroit will go a long way in supporting the Hungarian War Relief movement. One of the delegates, Mr. Eugene Reinitz rose and pledged $100,- and 50 lbs of clothing for the Hungarian people. That alone shows how deeply concerned our people are about the success of the movement. It was a stimulating meeting leaving me with the impression that the American Hungarians in Detroit are well-organized and cooperate in an exceptional manner for which tribute should be paid to the leaders ot the Hungarian colony as well as their followers. THE VERHOVAY HOME The next evening we visited the Verhovay Home, a huge two story building in the middle of the uptown business section. Mr Steven Lukacs, manager of Branch 36, was there and showed me around the Ifuilding, part of which is rented and the rest reserved for the use of Veriiovayans. It was a pleasure to meet Mr. Keller, the manager of the Home and to see the various meeting rooms as well as the huge auditorium. I hoped to meet Director Phillips there but — as Mr. Lukacs told me — his work kept him away and so, to my regret I bad no chance to meet him during my stay at Detroit. But I did meet director Macker and the Ferret, who dropped in during the afternoon and introduced her two charming sons to me. Met several ministers who came to the printing shop during the day to have their cliurchnews inserted in the Detroit Hungarian Journal, but I didn’t meet my colleague, Rev. James Becker State Representative, who called me from Lansing expressing his regrets! for having been called to the capitol. But let’s get back to the Verhovay Home. We spent about an hour there, Mr. and Mrs. Palos and I, and had an interesting conversation with Mr. Lukacs about the problems of a branch manager and local organizer. It was early in the evening when I visited the Verhovay Home and, therefore, there wasn’t much going on. I was told that life begins at 9 PM at the Verhovay Home and I hope it does, for it would be a pity if such a grand establishment would not be made use of by the members of the various branches which are connected with the Verhovay Home. I was proud qf the Verhovayy Home which, for me, represented Verhovay achievements in the city of Detroit. Wherever we have such homes they stand as monuments of the fraternalism which built them and keeps the members of the organization in close contact by the activities pursued in the Home. I should mention that on the same evening I visited the printing shop of Mr. Fodor too, which prints the Detroit Hungarian News and various other American and Hunr Gen. Eisenhower Medal for Boy Scouts ^ As waste paper continues to be one of the nation's critical shortages, the War Production Board, through its chairman, J. A. Krug, has called upon the nation’s 1,866,356 Oftb Scouts, Boy Scouts and their leaders to collect 150,000 tons of waste paper during March and April. Last year when asked to collect 100,090 tons, the Boy Scouts of America collected 117,000 tons. Every member who collects 1,000 pounds of waste paper (wastebasket scraps, brown bags, wrapping paper, corrugated and cardboard boxes and cartons, magazines, books and newspapers) will receive the Boy Scout-General Eisenhower Waste Paper Campaign Medal shown above.' The medal, in bronze, is suspended from a red and white ribbon. Every Cub Pack, Boy Scout Troop or Senior Scout Unit which collects waste paper equivalent to 1,000 pounds per boy member, will receive a genuine shell case returned from a European battlefield after use which will contain a printed citation by Gen. Eisenhower. The paper used in these 75-mm. shell containers or larger, has been specially processed and cannot be used again. EXPLANATIONS & REQUESTS LETTERS TO SOLDIERS A young lady wrote us the other day, suggesting that vve should publish the overseas address with the pictures of the soldiers in order that, whosoever feels like it, may write them. Letters from home are so important to soldiers and they can never get too many. We bring this up, because we receive quite a number of soldiers’ pictures which are supplied with the serial number, A.P.O. number, etc., etc., of the soldiers. While we agree with the young lady, we must inform her and ail who send us the overseas addersses of our soldiers that we cannot publish them. We usually print the home address of the soldier so that, if anyone would garian weeklies. Was received quite hospitably by Mr. and Mrs. Fodorand their people and It was quite interesting to walk through his sizeable and modern establishment and maka comparisons. THE HUNGARIAN VILLAGE Can’t help writing about the two times when we ate dinner at the Hungarian Village. Only one who always eats at resturants, can really appreciate the cooking. This is one place where they not only claim but actualy do cook in the Hungarian way. They have an excellent orchestra with a young lady leader known as “Gypsy Rozsika”, whose violin playing is exquisite whatever she plays accompanied by her all-male band. The beautiful old Hungarian tunes and the Vienna valses were something to enjoy as they were played with excellent technique and sincere feeling. I understand, the Hungarian Village is quite an institution in Detroit. I am only sorry that we have nothing of that sort in Pittsburgh. I regretted that I had to leave Detroit and my charming host so soon, but I was thankful for the opportunity to have a glimpse at Detroit and at what goes on in Detroit’s Hungarian public life. From what I saw, I felt that our people in Detroit deserve a little extra tribute and also a word of thanks for their hospitality. Detroit is a great city and the American Hungarians are great people and the' Verhovayans are tops. like to correspond with him, can do so by writing first to the family of the soldier. Regiment numbers, etc., cannot be published for security reasons and, therefore, it is unnecessary to inform us in detail as to the overseas address of the soldier whose picture is to be published in the Journal. PICTURES WITH A STORY Quite often pictures are sent in for publication without any story at all. This is allright, as far as the Hungarian issue is concerned for in that section we have not enough space to publish stories together with the pictures, unless they are stories about extraordinary achievements. On the other hand, we have space enough in the English section to publish a story with the picture which is to be preferred because a picture, in itself, means very little to the majority of the readers unless there is a story that gives the picture a touch of reality. Usually, the parents call on the branch-manager requesting that he send the picture for publication to the Home Office. It is easy for the manager to ask a few questions and jot the answers down and mail it together with the picture. THE VERHOVAY EPIC Very little material has been sent to us lately for the Verhovay Epic. We know for a fact that there is a great deal of material available and we request again that branch-managers as well as the families supply us with data pertaining to the outstanding achievements and extraordinary heroism of our soldier members. The Verhovay Epic was a very popular column and received a great deal of praise from many readers who wrote us that the Epic is the first column which they look for. Let’s not bury and forget the great deeds of our young men! Let the whole world know what they are doing. One of the main purposes of our Journal is to get the membership acquainted. Naturally, during the war, our soldiers have first claim on publicity. THE EDITOR.
