Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1981. január-június (35. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)
1981-04-16 / 16. szám
AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZÓ Thursday, April 16. 1981. 2. TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGING (Dr. Henley is a reader and supporter of our newspaper. He contributed articles to the Heritage supplement and to our English Page. His appearance before the Senate Committee may have been responsible for that committee’s action in restoring some 200 million dollars of budget cuts. Editor.) • We wish to express our alarm and opposition toward the President’s proposed budget cuts of the food assistance programs. The proposed 30 % cut in the Women, Infants and Children (W.I.C.) supplemental feeding program is particularly devastating. Only 30 % of those estimated as eligible are currently participating. To reduce appropriations for W.I.C. will mean a significant risk of increasing low birth weight infants, a major threat to survival. There will be an increase in the poor health of growing children and a serious rise in the number of infants born with physical and mental handicaps. Poor prenatal nutrition increases the incidence of neurological damage and mental retardation in infants. Adequate nutrition during pregnancy is necessary for the maintenance of maternal health, as well as the growth and development of the infant. At no other time during the entire life cycle does a good diet have such significant and term benefits than during pregnancy. A good diet in infancy and early childhood is essential for adequate growth and well-being of our children. To reduce funding for W.I.C. is to undermine the health of the future generation. To raise eligibility levels is to deny the 1 hard-working tax-paying poor access to badly needed services. A hungry child is an educational risk. Hungry children are irritable, unable to concentrate, are easily distracted, require more time and effort from teachers. The net result is that everyone suffers. With the projected budget cuts to the child nutrition program, school failures, as well as poor health, will increase. The elderly are frequently plagued with special dietary problems which compound the limitations of the Thrifty Food Plan. No allowance is made for special dietary needs. Nutritional needs are substantially increased under stress and illness. In 1974, persons with annual family income under $ 3000.- had about 32.4 % limited activity due to chronic illness. There is a disproportionate number of persons in the low income group. In 1974, 55 % of persons with incomes under $ 3000.- 65 years and over, had some limitations of activity due to chronic conditions. These disabilities reduce accessibility and availability of services and many of these chronic conditions need to be treated with special diets (heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity). The costs of the foods needed for special diets far exceed the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan. The proposed cuts threaten the internal wellbeing of our country and jeopardize national security. A healthy nation is a strong nation. A good diet is the foundation of good health. To take food from the very young is to weaken the very fiber of our country. To take food from the old is morally reprehensible. , .. . r 1 o be continued REPEAT REKA PROGRAM SALUTE TO BÉLA BARTÓK BY REKA & CO.A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE FOR THE CHILDREN’S UNDERGROUND DAY CARE CENTER, AT SYMPHONY SPACE 2537 Broadway(95th St.) April 17, 8 PM. Folk dance, the primitive drive, kinetic energy, folk rhytms, combine and become Reka’s well- spring for this dance celebration. The program includes,'0ut of Doors,“a virtuosic suite exalting nature to Bartok’s piano work of the same title; Woman’s Mystery“ a ritual of feminine energy of the night set to the slow movement of romance and humor. Reka is known for her “...fine gift for creating movement...”- Village Voice, “...flashbulbs of choreographic ideas explode.”- Dance Magazine. Her dance “...seemed a slice from a universal work that might have started weeks before and gone on long after lights suddenly dimmed.”- Philadelphia Inquirer. Tickets are $ 5.- or tdf voucher. For information and reservation call (daytime) 222-9280, (evening) 260-5897. SO. BEND. Ind. Please find $ 5.— donation for emergency help to the Magyar Szo which I value so much. Sorry I cannot send more. I wish it were much, much more. Thanks for your effort to publish it,I deeply appreciate it. It is my window to sanity. Julius A. Takacs AMERIKAI T MAGYAR SZO USPS 023-980 ISSN 9194-7990 Published weekly, exc. last 2 weeks in July and 1st week in August by Hungarian Word, Inc. 130 E 16 St. New York, N.Y. 10003. Ent. as 2nd Class Matter, Dec. 31.1952 under the Act of March. 21.1879, at the P.O. of New York, N.Y. Szerkeszti a Szerkesztő Bizottság Előfizetési árak New Yorkban, az Egyesült Államokban egy e\re $ 15.- félévre $ 8.- Kanadaban es minden más külföldi országban egy évre $ 18.- félévre $ 10.- Postnjastert Send address changes to Hungarian Word, Inc. 130 E 16 St. New York, N.Y. 10003. ABE LINCOLN (Assassinated April 14, 1865) "When lilacs last (have) in the dooryard bloom'd," As spring had taken root, the winter flown, And earth stood shining, elegantly groomed, A sparkling beauty! winged, in grandeur alone. It was that then a horror shocked our nation, A horrid blow that jarred our country young, A traitorous one with evil calculation, Struck down a spirit from life's highest rung. O Lincoln! heart enormous as a mountain! In whom compassion glowed as springtime sun, From whom love flowed as rivers from a fountain, Now lifeless—victim of a murderer’s gun! And all through our great land stunned hosts were weeping, And took Abe's heart in theirs for timeless keeping! ALFRED SCHENCK Bronx, N.Y. APPEAL of the WORLD PARLIAMENT of the PEOPLES FOR PEACE The peoples of the world are alarmed. Never before has there been so great a danger of a world nuclear holocaust. The nuclear arms build-up, the accumulation of deadly arsenals has reached a critical point. Further escalation in the arms build-up could create a most dangerous situation, facing humanity with the threat of annihilation. The “new nuclear strategy” is an elaborate deception of the people to persuade them that limited or regional nuclear war can be conducted without leading to a global nuclear holocaust. We categorically reject this dangerous and inhuman conception! We appeal to all who cherish peace. To be concerned is not enough! To be alarmed is not enough! The people have the power to preserve peace - then- basic righ! Act now! Let us stop those who seek to push the world ever closeMo the nuclear precipice! Let us put aside all that devides us and join together to defeat the menace of nuclear war! Let our voices be heard as never before! Sign and send to: International Peace Petition, 1127 W Division St. Chicago, 111. 60625 Let us learn Hungarian t * AT THE STATION 1 got a platform ticket to see you into the train. See whether you can get two corner-seats. Traffic is not very heavy on this line. Where is the way to platform C, please? Which platform does the train for Prague [Dsbrccenf start from? Which platform does our train leave from? It leaves from platform ... Is the train in? Is this the ... train? The train is late. AZ ÁLLOMÁSON Vettem egy peronjegyet, hogy kikísérjem a vonatig. Próbáljon két sarok- helyet szerezni I Ezen a vonalon nincs túl nagy forgalom. Kérem, hogy jutok ki a G <—cé) peronra? Melyik vágányról indul a prágai (debreceni! vonat? Melyik vágányról indul a mi vonatunk? A(z) ... -ik vagánvról indul. Benn van a vonat? Ez a(z) . . . vonat? A vonat késik.
