Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1963-02-01 / 2. szám

FRATERNITY

5

STATEMENTS BY UNITED STATES SENATORS

to the

Movement for the Defense of the Hungarian Nation in the United Nations

SENATOR KENNETH B. KEATING:

“The enslavement of the Hungarian people by communist Russia is an issue which should never be forgotten and on which strong action is needed ... I have the deepest sympathy for the plight of your people and I have been in touch with the State Department many times on this issue, and have just recently contacted the Department again for its latest official report.”

SENATOR JACOB K. JAVÍTS:

“My respect for the self-determination of the people of Hungary and other captive nations developed under free institutions is well known, and to help free the 100 million captive people we must utilize all our resources of diplomacy, morality and world public opinion.

The United States and its allies must never let the Soviet Union forget its commitment that the captive peoples shall have self-determination which was solemnly assured by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II and then violated.

You may be sure that I will continue my efforts to help in every way possible here in the Senate.”

SENATOR FRANK J. LAUSCHE:

“I received your letter of August 9th, together with the copy of the Memorandum prepared by your Committee for the ‘Movement for the Defense of the Hungarian Nation in the United Nations.’

Enclosed herewith is a copy of a statement which I made on this subject on the floor of the Senate last Saturday.”

In the Senate on August 11, 1962, the Senator stated among others: “The elimination of the Hungarian problem from the U. N. agenda would involve open recognition by the United Nations that its solemn resolutions can be totally defied with impunity and without penalty, thus destroying the moral authority of the United Nations as an agency to promote peace by opposing aggression . . .

The final abandonment of American efforts even to seek justice for Hungary through the United Nations would constitute a long step toward the fulfilllment of Khrushchev’s main purpose, which is io bury the West by destroying faith in the steadfastness of the United States.”