Verhovayak Lapja, 1955 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1955 / Verhovay Journal
♦ ! ♦ * TURNER, FALUSSY, PHILLIPS MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN PAGE 4 Verhovay Verhovay Journal Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 7907 West Jefferson Ave. Detroit 17, Mich. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: JOHN SABO Editor’« Office: «6—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. Telephone: COurt 1-S454 or 1-S455 All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 486—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada ....................................... $1.00 a year Foreign Countries ................................................................. $1.60 a year Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan under the Act of March 8, 1879. Ailing Hungarian Pierces Iron Curtain by Mail An aged, ill and lonely Hungarian recently addressed a pleading letter to the Mayor of Pittsburgh in which he requested the city head to turn over, the missive to a Hungarian organization. The writer, whose style of the letter and his hand writing indicates an educated man who knew better days, describes himself as a “pensioned railroader” suffering severely from lung asthma and very much in need of special medicines from America. His doctors urged him to try to obtain the medication not available for him in Iron Curtain Hungary. The cultured invalid goes on to relate the exorbitant prices of common necessities such as lard at $5.00 a pound and washing soap at $2.50 a piece, with his Hungarian pension amounting to 440 forints a month, an official value of $88.00. The old man has a wife and they are both in the seventies. Their two sons died in the war. But his courageous letter cf complaint, a risk indeed to him because of its frankness, evaded the censors and was forwarded by the Mayor’s office to the Hungarian organizations in Pittsburgh. They have responded generously and the medical aid hs requested is now on its way to the old gentleman who must remain anonymous. Free World Movies Popular in Communist Hungary Comedy and musical movies made by producers in the Free World continue to outdraw by a wide margin the heavily-laden propaganda pictures sponsored by the Communist regime in Soviet-occupied Hungary, the U.S. Information Agency reported in fi press wirpless dispatch to its overseas posts. Preference of the Hungarian public for Western-made films is causing concern among Hungary’s Communist rulers and complaints in the Communist press, the Information Agency said. The Communist party newspaper, Szabad Nép, published in Budapest, for example, admitted that when the showing of Western films was resumed two years ago, the fact, that the people were “starving for them” could explain the large audiences, the Information Agency reported. But now, says Szabad Nép, even many young people brought up and educated under the Communist. regime are “well represented” among thqse streaming to what the newspaper called the “trashy Western shows.” . The newspaper admitted that more comedies should be produced by the Hungarian movie industry to compete with Western-made films, but at the same time it emphasized that such films must not be allowed to displace those dealing with the “problems of socialism.” the Information Agency reported. Our Verhovay Sightseers Should See This During the Tournament-Fellowship Days Board oT Trade Building and Location: 141 West Jackson Boulevard at La Salle St. Architects, Holabird and Root. Foundations and building completed in 18 months. (1929—1930.) Foundations consist of 123 re-inforced concrete Caissons 4 to 10 feet1 in diameter, running down to bed Chicago’s Highest Observatory rock, 125 feet below the sidewalk level. , Distance, from sidewalk to Observatory floor 525 feet. Sidewalk to top of statue of Ceres, 605 feet. Building contains 13,800,000 cubic feet of space, and 590,000 ' square feet, of’floor space outside of cor-Jowmal tridors, which measure 1J miles in length. There are five floors below the street level. The Exchange Hall measures 113 X 165 feet. A five story building could be put inside this room. The visitors’ gallery, on the fifth floor, overlooking the Trading Floor and the Little Theatre are open to the public during regular trading hours. The painting of Ceres, goddess of March 16, 1955.- _____________________________________________ I grain, on the south wall immediately j over the visitors’ gallery, was painted by John Norton. The Modernistic figure of Ceres, . on top of the dsuilding, designed by John Starrs of Paris, is cast aluminum weighing six tons and set on a six ton steel frame. Height of figure, 31 feet 6 inches. Thie clock over the Jackson Boulevard entrance! is 13 feét in diameter. Its hands measure 6 feet. EDIFICE OF LUXURY This outside view of the Conrad Hilton, hotel of hotels, captures th* inpressiveness and splendor of the magnificent structure which will lodge bowlers, Verhoyayans and guests during the Bowling Tournament- Fellowship Days May 28-29, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Coal for an Emergency Dv. Arthur S. Flemming;, Director of Defense Mobilization, stated some time ago that the soft coal industry cannot be permitted to experience a production decline that would prevent it from stepping up to the level of output necessary to meet the demands of an emergency situation. A few figures show just how serous the coal situation has become. If is estimated that a safe level of coal production, from the national security viewpoint, is about 500,000,000 tons annually. Yet last year’s production was but 390,000,000 tons. This was the first time since 1939 that output dropped under 400,000.000 tons. It is futile to argue that coal can retrench now, and then, if an emergency arrives, swiftly increase production to whatever ievel is needed. When mines are closed, they suffer deterioration from water seepage and other causes It takes long periods of time to get them back in operating condition — plus large sums of money. Equally important, miners naturally leave the coal regions in search of jobs elsewhere. The labor force is dissipated, and it is a timeconsuming task to reassemble it. You can’t mine coal today with pick-up labor capable of swinging a pick. Coal production and processingare complex, highly mechanized activities, and the miner is a skilled craftsman, who needs a wealth of experience back of him if he is to perform his tasks economicaly, efficiently, and safely. There is no easy solution to coal’s problems. But they must be solved — in the interests of the nation’s strength and security. New Opportunities in the U. S. Foreign Service The State Department has announced that it will conduct a special written examination under its new personnel program for the U.S. Foreign Service on June 24. It is hoped that the program will bring approximately 300 new Foreign Service officers into the career corps this year. Under the revised procedures, the written examination will take 1 day instead of the previous 3 days and will be given in 05 cities. The oral examination which follows will be .hold in regional centers, rather than being limited to Washington as in the past. In support of the recruiting program, a large number of colleges and dniversities throughout the United States will be visited within the next 2 months by Foreign Service and Departmental officers. These representatives will talk to and answer questions from young men and women interested in the career Foreign Service. The Department of State has issued 2 new booklets explaining the program and the examination: “New Opportunities in the U.S. Foreign Se> vice,” and Sample Questions from the Foreign Service Officer Exami; nation.” DO YOU KNOW ? The average age of patients iri nursing homes in this country is almost 80 years, with 25 per cent over 85.
