Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
Page 2 Verhovay Journal August 29, 1945 OH, SPLENDOR OF VICTORY! OH, GLORY OF PEACE! VERHOVAY GIRL WINNER OF WAR BOND QUEEN CONTEST (Continued from Page 1) tton upon which a new and happier world shall be built. We are happy for we have been useful to humanity.” Indeed, the heroic defenders of human liberties had done as great a service to humanity as any inventor, scientist or statesman who ever dedicated his life to the promotion of humanity’s highest ideals. Individually they cannot be remembered by posterity. But the young generation of this day, in a body, has won a place in the nation’s hall of fame. * * * Peace lias come to our land and to the allied nations. But this gloriously won peace is only a prelude to the world-peace that must emerge from the past conflict. Our peace must be made tile property of all mankind, otherwise the just cause of the Allied Nations will go down in defeat resulting in even greater destruction than that which was wrought during this war. Our heroes have not fought, bled and died in vain for they have won the victory for the just cause. But the military victory is only a stop-over on tlie road that leads to world-peace and the realization of the war-aims of the Allied Nations. Our peace-aims must be identical .with our war-aims or else the winning of this war will lead to the loss of peace. The outcome of this war clearly demonstrated to us that the aims of this war had been expressed justly and correctly by the leaders of the Allied Nations. It was due to the justness of our waralms that victory was won. Our peace-aims must move in the very same direction or else we will deviate from the line of thought which was pursued throughout this war by the Allies, and a deviation from justice cannot be anything but injustice which would place us on the very same spot from which the Axis powers defied the world. The victory must be followed up by conscientiously working for justice, liberty and equality during the coming years of the newly won peace. A long road lies before us. Not years but decades will pass until the twisted mentality of the Axispeople will be cured and turned into normalcy. The fanatical followers of Hitler’s, Mussolini’s and Tojo’s ideology represent a psychiatric problem of immense proportion. It is a question whether or not the generation which was reared in the Axis atmosphere, will ever be cured. Probably they will have to be watched and restrained like the patients of an insane asylum until their dying days. Our hope as well as that of the whole world lies with the future generations of these people. They must be indoctrinated in the democratic way of thinking. In order to achieve this, the democracies, among them the United States in the first place, will have to show the whole world how democracy works under peace-time conditions. Unrest and economic instability would weaken the faith of humanity in the superiority of democracy. Unemployment and the resulting deterioriation in the standard of living would serve proof to the world and to the followers of fascist ideology that the claims of democratic philosophy cannot stand the test of postwar times. During the years before us, we will have to display as much unity, understanding, patience and cooperation as was shown during the war. These factors have lead to victory and the same factors will help us win the peace. Only after having achieved world-peace and economic order, can we rightfully say that the heroic dead of this war have not made the supreme sacrifice in vain. * * # Conscious of the fact that with the attaining of military victoryonly half of the job has been done we pay tribute to those heroes who have given their lives in the defense of the American w-ay of living. This tribute, however, must be more than the mere recognition of their heroic achievements and sacrifices. It must be a solemn action of rededication to the following up in peacetime of the very same purposes for which this war was fought. Without such action the tribute we pay to our heroes would be nothing more than a mere gesture, an empty phrase. And it is the duty of every citizen of the United States to carefully watch and control, through the means a democracy offers, the actions and policies of those who have been entrusted with the fate of the nation as well as that of the whole world. Now that the war is over, democracy must assert itself in peace-time by the dignified, just and conscientious solution of all post-war problems that face the world. Democratic dignity must prevail in the settling of all disagreements and differences. It is not sufficient that such dignity be exemplified and symbolized by the White House alone Every house, every community, every society must awaken to the realization of the immense responsibility that became ours by the preservation of democracy. It must be the same way in the Verhovay! No one has expressed more clearly what we mean than President Lincoln who, after a long and costly war and facing similar economical, political and social problems as are ours now, solemnly declared in the Gettysburg address: ‘TT IS FOR US THE LIVING, TO BE DEDICATED HERE TO THE UNFINISHED WORK WHICH THEY WHO HAVE FOUGHT HERE HAVE THUS FAR SO NOBLY ADVANCED. IT IS RATHER FOR US TO BE HERE DEDICATED TO THE GREAT TASK REMAINING BEFORE US — THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION — THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN — THAT THIS NATION, UNDER GOD, SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM — AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH.” These words have been spoken 82 years ago, hut they are the Gospel-truth for our age, too. These words should be repeated, as an oath, by all American citizens, on the first day of peace. It is alright to pay tribute to the heroes of the nation. It is alright to give thanks to God. But all this means nothing, as The American Hungarian War Bond Committee of Western Pennsylvania, Mrs. Stephen Mazura chairman, announced a War Bond Contest on July 5th, 1945, inviting all girls in Western Pennsylvania to compete for the title of “'American Hungarian War Bond Queen of Western Pennsylvania.” The contest ended on August 5th, and the results were announced on August 9th, on the annual ‘‘Magyar Day” held in Kennywood Park where the War Bond Queen was crowned by Mrs. Marie Tamopowicz, State Administrator and chairman of the foreign language War Bond Committees, and Mrs. Stephen Mazura, chairman of the Hungarian Committee. We are proud to present Miss Marge Sakai, who won the “War Bond Queen” title by having sold the highest number of “E” War Bonds. Her maids-of-honor were Miss Irene Buhaly, Boston, Pa., and Yolanda Arvay, Duquesne, Pa. The War Bond Queen was crowned with the crown donated by Miss Judit Giles, McKeesport, Pa., and the flowers presented to her and to the two maids-ofhonor were donated by Miss Carol The following statement, written by G. Ruhland Rebman, Jr., was issued by the Pennsylvania State War Finance Committee on V-J day ... It is a statement sol clearly defining the fundamentals of fraternalism that we feel obliged to publish it, hoping that our readers will give it close attention. The majority of the people, believe that the war has ended. True, the shooting may be over, but the aftermaths of war are before us and unless we meet them with determination, our glorious victory may end in bottomless disappointment. * * * Today is the greatest day in the history of the world. It is a greater day than that seventh day when the Priests of Israel under the prophet Joshua marched seven times around the walls of Jericho, Mowing upon their trumpets of ram’s horns when the City of Palms fell to the hosts of Israel. It is a great day because by the conquest of our enemies it has been given to us to lead the way in the rehabilitation of mankind. When our glorious celebration over victory comes to its close, when trumpets are stilled, and marching feet are halted before the dreadful altar of human sacrifice, it will come to us to know our awesome responsibility to the peoples of vanquished nations. This responsibility is eternal. It is a responsibility that typifies America. We have never failed to offer succor to the oppressed. This responsibility is not philanthropy. It is horn out of an far as the future is concerned, without a rededication to the principles and purposes for whicii our heroes gave the last full measure of devotion. Such rededication will open the doors to the future . . . doors through which the sun of Peace will pour its golden rays over all humanity which shall rejoice in its new liberties: Freedom from Need, Freedom from Fear, Freedom of Worship and Freedom of Expression. MISS MARGE SAKAI, American Hungarian War Bond Queen of Western Pennsylvania. Livrone, Miss Susanne Such, and Miss Pearl Greso. Citations by the Treasury Department also were awarded to the three girls. 28 girls competed for the War Bond Queen title, selling a total of §154,025 Avar Bonds. Tlie War Bond Queen, darkblond, blue eyed, attractive Miss earnest and consciencious conviction that to love thy neighbor is to love thyself. The people of the United States have never prosecuted a war upon the boast that they were an unconquerable nation. The premise upon which we have battled to victory every war we have fought with a foreign aggressor, has been upon the Constitutional precept that it is the inalienable birthright of all mankind to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We believe in this precept, and we have been ever ready to fight for it with our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. And now our fighting men and women,—the greatest army, navy and air force in all the world,— must be brought home quickly and safely. They must have security upon their return, the security of homes and jobs. That is our first and highest obligation. Our armies of occupation must be maintained at enviable standards of efficiency and morale. The wounded and sick in our hundreds of hospitals abroad and in our own land must be healed and rehabilitated.-The beleaguered peoples of war-torn lands require food, clothing and warmth. Thus it is that, while we rightfully rejoice in our victories in Europe and in the far Pacifics we face the peacetime responsibility of proving to all the peoples of all the world that the American way is the path to peace. V> secure the peace of the world; to speed the return of our fighting men and women and to prevent the catastrophe of economic chaos we must hold on to each and every bond in our possession. We must not be tempted—except for real emergencies— to cash in a single dollar’s worth of these precious securities. To keep your war bonds—what is more, to keep buying them with every dollar you can prudently invest, is to carry on the same American spirit in peace Marge Sakai, (465 Kilbourne St., Pittsburgh 7, Pa.) is a member of Branch 34. She will be 23 on September 14th — Her achievement is remarkable especially because she is a working girl and a government-office worker at that. We know how little free time government workers had during the last years. Yet, Marge’s activities have an even wider range than her office work as she is also organist and Sunday School teacher of the First Hungarian Lutheran Church of Pittsburgh, Pa. Considering the scope of her activities, one wonders how she found time to work for the winning of this title. No other explanation can he offered than the old truth that it is always the busiest people who are most willing to serve others. Branch 34 has all the reason in the world to he proud of its War Bond Queen member and we are sure that Verhovayans will feel as we do when we offer our congratulations to the War Bond Queen of Western Pennsylvania. We sincerely wish that she may meet in all her activities with as much success as she did in this contest... that has won for us victory in every war we have ever fought. By keeping your war bonds and by eagerly piling up more you will do your part toward economic stability and thus will help to make secure that which our fighting forces have given their all to win,—the permanent peace of the world. * * * The fine statement of Mr. Rebman, issued by the War Finance Committee, deals chiefly, With War Bonds. But we, as fraternalists, can’t help but -recognize the fraternalistic line of thought in the statement preceding his appeal to hold on to our War Bonds and to buy more, even though the war has ended. It is inevitable that we draw ALL the conclusions to which these thoughts lead. There is much more to it than just retaining and increasing our War Bonds for that goes! without saying. » The needs of the starving people of war-torn countries, among them those of Which we are descendants, are our responsibility. The fight for the security of our veterans must continue and, in the meantime, their well-being is the responsibility not only of the government but of their fellow-members, too. There is no end to the tasks that lie ahead of us. Fraternalists must recognize their task! They cannot shrink their responsibility! Our armed forces have defended democracy and the inalienable birthright of mankind for which1 it stands. It is up to us to preserve democracy and to help extend its- blessing to all nations.------------V-----------Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to the gospel of peace. —Charles Sumner AFTER WAR - WHAT?
