The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-10-01 / 10. szám
The Transylvanian Quarterly Dedicated to the oppressed peoples of Transylvania, to their right to self-determination, self-administration, and the free development of their cultural heritage. NO. 5 — OCTOBER, 1980 Published by the U.S. Branches of the Transylvanian World Federation and Affiliated Organizations. Editors'. A. Wass de Czege and István Zolcsák Washington Representative: Mrs. Ilona Boissenin Editorial Office: American Hungarian Literary Guild — Rt. 1, Box 59 — Astor, Florida 32002. TRANSYLVANIA is part of the Carpathian Basin, which is a compact geographical, economical and cultural unit, inhabited by Hungarians since 895 A.D. After World War I, the Eastern part of Hungary, including Transylvania, the Banat, and part of the Great Hungarian Plain was given to Rumania, without the consent of the native population. Thus the thousand year old Hungarian kingdom, and the long established economical, political and cultural unit of the Carpathian Basin was broken up, causing disruption, oppression, and economic hardship. The Hungarian population of Transylvania was thrown into minority status under foreign occupation, and was forced to endure extreme discrimination and injustice. During the last sixty years of Rumanian occupation more than one million Hungarians were killed, deported or forced under pressure to leave their homeland. Today, still close to three million strong, the native Hungarians of Transylvania are subjected to large-scale cultural genocide under the barbaric dictatorship of Ceausescu’s communist regime. WE APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: IN THE NAME OF GOD, SAVE THE TRANSYLVANIAN HUNGARIANS! FOUR YEARS AGO: “WHEN ELECTED PRESIDENT I PLAN TO MAKE IT UNDERSTOOD THAT IF ANY NATION, WHATEVER ITS POLITICAL SYSTEM, DEPRIVES ITS PEOPLE OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, THAT FACT WILL HELP SHAPE OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD THAT NATION’S GOVERNMENT. “IF OTHER NATIONS WANT OUR FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT, THEY MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO SEE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESPECTED, AND THIS INCLUDES THE RIGHTS OF HUNGARIANS WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. October 22, 1976 JIMMY CARTER” In spite of this promise given to the American voters of Hungarian descent, and in spite of the repeated protests by the American Hungarian Federation, the Transylvanian World Federation, the Committee on Transylvania, the Committee of Human Rights in Romania, the Polish-Hungarian World Federation and Affiliated Organizations, and several other ethnic groups PRESIDENT CARTER RECOMMENDED YEAR AFTER YEAR ECONOMIC AID TO THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF RUMANIA, THE MOST BRUTAL OPPRESSOR OF HUMAN AND MINORITY RIGHTS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH! We dedicate this issue of the Transylvanian Quarterly to those who heroically fought for the rights of the oppressed minorities in Rumania and tried to save the President of the United States from Committing a breach of promise.
