Itt-Ott, 1977 (10. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)
1977 / 3. szám
COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR ,. - ' Photo by John Price ON THE MARCH: About 275 Htingarian-Ainericaiis demonstrated outside the School«! International Affairs (SI A) yesterday, protesting a symposium of Communist Rumanian historians with falsification of history and supression of Hungarian culture. Pro-Hungarian rally attracts 275 By MARIANNE COSTANTINOU Protesting what they call the destruction of Hungarian culture in Rumania, about 275 Hungarian- Americans demonstrated yesterday outside the School of International Affairs (SIA) in response to a “Symposium for i Romania” held last night at the school. Sponsored by the ad-hoc Committee for Human Rights in Rumania, the demonstrators protested decried the five Rumanian historians who were the guest speakers at the symposium. According to Committee chairman László Hamos, the five lecturers are “pseudo-historians” who falsify Rumanian historical data and population statistics in order to minimize the significance of the Hungarian culture. The rewriting of history is only one example of the “cultured genocide” of the 2.5 million Hungarians by the Rumanian Communist Regime which is trying to forcefully assimilate its minority peoples, Lazslo declared. Both Congress and President Carter have recognized ethnic discrimination and human rights violations against Rumanian minorities, including. infringements on the right to emigrate freely. Last year, 40 statements appeared in the Congressional Record and 78 Congressmen sponsored resolutions urging that Rumania’s Most-Favored -Nation (MFN) tariff status not be extended unless the situation is ameliorated. Rumania is one of three Eastbloc countries currently enjoying MFN status in trade relations with the United States. Under the terms { of the 1974 Trade Act, one requirement for this status is the j right of emigration—a right that the Committee and some j Congressmen say is seriously restricted by Rumania Commemorating the centennial i anniversary of Rumania’s independence from the Austro- Hungarian empire, the sum postum was attended t>y 150 in formal attire. It was co-sponsored by the Romanian Library, a New Yorkbaaed organization financed and operated by the Rumanian I government. ] Professor of History István i Deák, chairman of the SIA In| sütute on East Central Europe and moderator of the symposium, said \ that while ‘1 don't agree with their historical Interpretations,” the guest speakers are “bona-fide ________-15
