The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1985 (12. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1985-03-01 / 3. szám
FERENC F. SAJGÓ: THE HUNGARIAN LIFE-LINE HUNGARIAN AMERICANS IN THE 1984 ELECTIONS Thomas Lantos was reelected to the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Lantos wan 70% of the votes in the 11th District of California. Ernest (Ernő) Könnyű won a third term in the California State House. Könnyű received 63% of the votes in the 22th District of California. Mary Mochary, the beautiful mayor of the City of Montclair, N. J., a Republican challenger for the Senate seat, lost the election against the incumbent Democrat Bill Bradley. Bradley spent four million dollars to defeat the new-comer Mochary. Bradley won the seat, and Mochary won nationwide attention, which can be the beginning of her career in national politics. /Washingtoni Krónika & Chicago es Kornyéké/ (A full page"article about Mary iviocnary ana ner picture was published in The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, April, 1984. p. 22) BRIEFING IN THE WHITE HOUSE Members of the Hungarian American Federation were invited to the information meeting about foreign policy. The meeting was arranged by Linas Kojelis, advisor to the president in ethnic affairs. Paula Dombriensky, head of the Eastern European Division of the National Security Council, outlined the relations of USA with the Soviet Union and explained that USA follows substancially different policies in dealing with Hungary from those dealing with Rumania. Garry Matthews, deputy secretary, considered as a positive sign that Rumanian authorities respect for human rights concerns the emigration. RECIPEIENTS OF BOLONI FARKAS AWARD Vice president GEORGE BUSH and EDWARD MEESE, personal advisor to the president, received the recently established Boloni Farkas Sándor Award. The Award was presented by Rt. Rev. Tibor Dömötör, president of the AHF. Mr. Meese thanked the AHF for supporting the policy of the administration. The Boloni Farkas Sándor Award was also presented to Reps. THOMAS LANTOS and MARC SILJANDER by Drs. Elemer Bako and Zoltán Szász in MARCH, 1985 recognition for their dedication on behalf of the Hungarians In Transylvania. /Washingtoni Krónika/ MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADORS NICOLAS M. SALGO, USA ambassador to Hungary, received the officials of the Hungarian American Societies and representatives of the press at the State Department. He spoke about his experiences in Hungary. Salgo said that, Hungary is facing a great deal of difficulties in maintaining a partially free enterprise type policy in economy and simultaneously complying with her obligations in the Warsaw Pact. Actually, Hungary’s efforts are limited to maintain the already achieved positions, she has no possibilities for further economic expansion at this time. Salgo answered to questions from the audience. One question was about the low potency of the Radio Liberty. He answered, the reason why the transmission is weak is because of shortage in funds. The Radio Liberty transmits religious services in Hungarian to Transylvania. The first time in the USA history the American ambassador to Hungary is a Hungarian born. There are great expectations, that this unique situation will promote better relations and broader understanding between the two countries. Another conference took place in the “Old Executive Building”. DAVID FUNDERBURK, USA ambassador to Rumania spoke to Rumanian and Hungarian audience. He emphasized, that USA has no uniform policy in dealing with the Socialist countries, each country is treated differently, according to the existing situation. Funderburk recognized the grave situation of Hungarians in Transylvania. He revealed that the USA Embassy established that a Hungarian priest, arrested after the Christmas service and died in custody had no cancer as the Rumanian authorities stated, but his death was caused by the brutal beating he received in custody. /Washingtoni Krónika & Chicago es Kornyéké/ APOSTOLATE TO HUNGARIANS LIVING OUTSIDE OF HUNGARY In the “Official Catholic Directory-1984” a chapter is dedicated to the clergy, institutions and organizations of the Roman Catholic CHurch serving Hungarians outside of Hungary. Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Dr. LÁSZLÓ IRÁNYI to lead the Apostolate with residence in Washington, D.C. Bishop Irányi has authority over all Hungarian Catholic organizations outside of Hungary. The Directory lists the names of assistants to Bishop Irányi. They are: Rev. Janos Szőke, SDB, vicargeneral in Europe, Rev. István Mustos, piarist, special affairs, Rev. Lajos Mesko, piarist, historical affairs and Rev. Prof. Dr. József Zalotay, theoligical assistant, who also succeeded Dr. Irányi as chaplain of the Washington area. Dr. Elek Horvath is the president and Dr. Robert Harkay is the vice president of the Lay Advisory Board. /Washingtoni Krónika/ WAS “TARZAN” A HUNGARIAN? Many Hungarian artist became renown movie stars. Many Hungarian athletes won medals in the Olympic Games. But we did not know about any Hungarian who was an Olympic champion and a world famous star of the silver screen. Now, we know of one, he was JOHNNY WEISSMULLER, the unforgettable Tarzan. According to a source Johnny Weissmuller was born in Hungary and not in Pennsylvania as the encyclopedias state. Janos Fercsey, a columnist of Chicago es Kornyéké, read an article in Sports Illustrated by Arlene Mueller about Weissmuler. The article disclosed that Johnny was born on July 2, 1904 in Freidorf, in the Banat region of Hungary presently Rumania. His name was Johann in the original register and Janos in the documents of immigration. His parents brought him to the USA at age of seven months. They settled in Windber, Pa., where Johnny’s brother, Peter was born a year later. The Weissmullers moved to Chicago where Johnny grew up. At the time, when Johnny planned to compete in the Olympic Games in 1924, The New York Times reported that the citizenship of Weissmuller was questionable. To save the situation Johnny’s father testified that his son was born in Chicago. This statement appeared in the Chicago Tribune. Despite the lack of documentation the citizenship was not questioned again. In 1950, Weissmuller got a new birthplace. He received a birth certificate from the St. John Camtius parish in Windber, where his brother was born and registered as Petrus Weissmuller. According to the article, between the words Petrus and Weissmuller the word John was written Page 7 i
