The pact of friendship between Hungary and Romania has been signed by the leaders of the two nations. The Hungarian consulate at Kolozsvar has finally been reopened, and the new friendship was celebrated. People cried for joy, Hungarians and Romanians alike; the Hungarian flag swayed proudly in the breeze on the facade of the building of the consulate. Soon, however, some Romanian youngsters simply stole the flag from the building. The consul raised it anew and our hopes for reconciliation were rekindled, even if some Romanian extremists dubbed the flag-thieves as national heroes.

What is to be done? We, Hungarians abroad, who have the fate of Transylvania at heart, must find ways to support the Hungarian nation of Transylvania in their hopes and constructive endeavors. We must support our sisters and brothers there in their endeavor to preserve their culture and land of birth. We must inform the civilized West that the Hungarian State on Transylvanian soil enacted religious tolerance for the first time in world history (Torda, 1568), while ruthless wars of religion were being waged in the more developed West, and "human rights" were not even mentioned anywhere. We must also inform the world that in Transylvania, much as in Hungary proper, all nations were able to preserve their mother tongue over a period of a thousand and one hundred years.

What is our task? We must strengthen the people of Transylvania economically, to enable them to develop, multiply and preserve their birthright. In order to attain these fundamental objectives the Universe Publishing Company, along with the Hungarian Historical Research Society, publishes Hungarian historical works and collections of documents, and turns the profit from the sales for the purchase of tractors for Hungarian villages. This project enjoys the full support of Gyorgy Jakubiny, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Gyulafehervar, and Laszlo Tokes, Bishop of the Reformed District of Kiralyhago, as well as of the Hungarians of the World.

Among the works published in hard-cover are the English language memoirs of former prime-minister Geza Lakatos, which acquaint the reader first-hand about the facts of the life and death struggle of Hungary in the Second World War. The price of all hard-cover books is $25, 50% of which is transferred to the Hungarian farmers, by way of the Hungarians of the World and the National Association of Hungarian-Americans. This sum ($12.50) is earmarked for the purchase of tractors and may not be diverted for administrative expenses, hence it is income-tax deductible by the buyer; whereas the remainder of the sum is used to reprint the published works, expand our mailing list (so that everyone will have a chance to contribute), and possibly for the production of further books.

We are seeking volunteers to distribute the books, volunteers who would acquaint and convince non-Hungarian friends and acquaintances of the importance of the works and the tractor project. If the Hungarian farmers cannot cultivate the land distributed to them, it will be taken away from them. We request that the volunteers include a self-addressed envelope, so that we may send them the required number of English-language flyers. You can also download and print our flyers by clicking here.

In order to expand our mailing list we may want to resort to the system of chain letters among Hungarians and non-Hungarians alike. More specifically, our supporters would meet our expectations most effectively if they would tell about our web site or mail our flyer to a minimum of five persons, with the proviso that each recipient undertake to send the same to five friends in turn. Of course, the success of the method depends on a judicious selection of the recipients.

We request all those willing to apply this chain method to identify themselves along with the five additional persons they have selected, so that we may express our gratitude for their work and contributions.

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