Fraternity-Testvériség, 1968 (46. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1968-03-01 / 3. szám
‘TURN TO GOD” Our Nation today is troubled and uneasy. We have those who believe that we should pull out of Vietnam and all of Southeast Asia. We have those who believe we are not doing enough in Southeast Asia. We have those who believe that we are not doing enough for the underpriveleged of our own country. We have those who believe that we are fostering and harboring a segment of parasites within our population. We have those who believe that the laws of our land can be flouted and that they can choose the laws they will obey and the laws they will ignore. We have those who believe that disrespect for the law should be confronted with the club or a gun. Parents across our land are concerned with the use of drugs and dope among our young people. So, where do we turn? What do we do? We are a part of a social structure that is growing more crowded with each passing day. It is becoming more difficult for an individual to establish an identity. The older among us are too busy and too preoccupied to communicate with the younger. Our consciences become hardened by continuing exposure to both the contemptible and the pitiable. Unable or umvilling to take corrective measures, we offer at first only our contempt or our pity. Contempt and pity give way to acceptance. Acceptance leads finally to the worst attitude of all—- uneasy indifference. We ignore with the vain hope that the distasteful or the hard to solve problem will somehow go away. Each of us is his brother’s keeper, and in the eves of God all of us are brothers. We dare not be indifferent to our brothers’ needs. If we ever wonder how far we should carry our love for one another, remember that Jesus was not content with the old commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves. True to His manner, He added glorious new dimensions to that injunction by saying, in the words of our final text, “This is my commandment, That vc love one another as I have loved you.” We can never hope to match His matchless love, but we grow in grace and glory every time we try. General Harold K. Johnson Chief of Staff, U. S. Army KILLED IN ACTION IN VIETNAM We received the shocking news that Pfc. Steve S. Saros- sy, one of our young members was killed in Vietnam on January 20, 1968. Sarossy was born in Mátészalka (Hungary) on August 9, 1947 and came to the United States after the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. He was attending Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, when he volunteered to the Marine Corps. Marine Pfc. Steve S. Sarossy was a member of our Cleveland Branch No. 352. He is the fifth young member ot our Federation to make the supreme sacrifice for our country in the Vietnam conflict. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tibor Sarossy received a comforting letter from the Marine Corps Commanding Officer, in which he said: “Steve, as you may know, was a member of our Battalion Scouts. On January 20th he was attached to an Amphibian Tractor Company which was sweeping into an area known to contain a large enemy stronghold. Your son was a member of the lead element which came under intense enemy fire from small arms, automatic weapons and grenades. At the initial contact Steve was hit in the abdomen and died within minutes. Four members of the Scouts were wounded trying to get to your son before he was evacuated. I cannot imagine a more meaningful act to display the men’s admiration for Steve. Steve’s pleasant disposition, devotion to duty and determination to always do the best job possible won for him the admiration of all who knew him.” The Supreme Officers as well as the fieldmen, all of whom hold the bereaved family in high esteem, express their heartfelt sympathy to them. We pray for God’s comforting grace upon their lives. PFC. STEVE S. SAROSSY 10
