Fraternity-Testvériség, 1964 (42. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1964-11-01 / 11. szám
2 FRATERNITY FRIENDLY ENQUIRE It. L. HUNYADY We can face as friends and discuss The main issue that confronts us: Shall zee hop on, on wooden legs? Or walk as man who works, not hegs? What will you choose, my good neighbor? Proffered crutches will you favor: Asking them to take care for you? — They’ll always tell you what to do. You may choose to stand on your feet: Shaping your fate, using your wit. — Shackles are not fashionable Where men are free, willing, able. Liberty, freedom, dignity Are the fruits of work, not of plea. Without manning cracked, crumbling wall, It may cave in, bury us all. AMERICA’S ETHNIC PROBLEMS THE INDIANS The Indians probably came to the New World during or just after the last Ice Age, slowly spreading throughout North, Central and South America over the course of thousands of years. Sufficient time elapsed to make for great cultural and linguistic differences among them, although technically they constitute one of the major races, or subraces, of mankind. The Red Man, as we chose to call him, met the first whites to touch North American shores with amazement and some fear. For a time, though, there was a degree of cooperation and friendly relations were maintained. But all too soon the restless whites began to push further and further inland, and Spanish, French and English colonies encroached more and more on Indian territory until the era of good feeling inevitably gave way to conflict. Thus the second phase of Indian-white relations began and developed into a calculated policy of expulsion and extermination. The Indians were pushed off their lands, or, when they did not go, they were attacked and killed or conquered.
