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S S P 2 3 a HI Ŭ       L E A SUE       J? CH      I 0 3 T H      AMEBIC*
156 Pif'-;: Avenue / lew York, N.Y.. 10010
NEWS L\E T  T E H
HjASH;     The Esperanto  Information Center has been firmly established
on Fifth Avenue.     ---------Gome  and  see  us when visiting our great  city.
Phone number:   (212)   989-2716.
During the summer, correspondence and requests for information were
ably and conscientiously handled by Mrs. Helen Starr — our thanksl
low,  Allan JPineberg  is acting as office  secretary.
President  HEUIUTH reports that Bill Harmon, has  been elected  the new.
est rarest ro and "Washington,   D.C.   chosen  as site   of 1966 ELBA Conven-
tion,  with date to be  fixed  later to  suit caravan proposed for
Budapest UZ.
50th UEA CQHG3E3S TQZYi:     55 Americans participated.     High spot  -
August 3 reception at U.S. Embassy.     Tokyo,   the Oomoto ?estival .and
Hong Zong were  unforgettable experiences. I Fifteen hundred  delegates
from over forty countries participated   in the World Esperanto Congress.
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ELffA  C02TG3E33 PORT LAUD:    A high of efficiency was  s«rfc  by Tom Davidson
and his many devoted assistants-.    Washington will have  to work hard
to  attain similar excellence.     The Portland   Congress expressed  thanks
to Bernard  Stollman and his family for the brilliant • initiative and
energy expended  for EIG during 1964/65.     Bernard   jontinuesf to serve
as a member of the Executive Board   of EIC     He  reports new world-
wide distribution of his Esperanto and  other discs-.
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THE GLOBE-CIRCLING HURRAYS:   .....and do  we miss  the LI arrays - and
iheir carl    wary and  Con were deservedly.named Esperantists of the     ^
Year by the Portland  Conference.    Now requests from Taiwan and  the
Phillipines reveal  their  lively trail.     In a letter from Manila,-
dated  September 20, liary reports,   "Am teaching 2 classes -a day  in
our hotel room and  one  on Saturdays."    A delay caused  by the  Indo-
Pakistani war may mean extended  courses.     The Hurrays'  address::
Aroma Hotel,   813 Eizal Avenue,  Manila,   P.I.
NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY:
Cl'iiia Post,   Taiwan,   Sept.. 9r   1965 -  long Hurray interview.
Manila Bulletin,   Sept.   11,.1965  -  the Hurrays again.
San Mateo Times.,.   Sept.   17,   1965  - Bill  Schulze   in Tokyo.
Union Bull at in,   Walla-Walla,   Wash., Au-.9,   1965 - editorial on Esperanto,
Aug.29,   1965  -  features report   on
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Betnlenem ulo.be-Times, ^ug.  14 % 1965 -   interview with Donald L, llunro,
„                it            it            -                                   0:1 -ni8 5-country European trip.
liUg.   30,   1965 - reports  on picnic held  upon the
I    '"                               .                                             Munros'   return.
Horning Call,  Allentown,   Pa.,  Aug.   3Qr  1965  -  also mentions Mr.Munro's
travel  report at  piGnic.
Long  Island  Star-Journal,  Newsweek,   Great Neck Record,   ana Great Heck
News  — all  featured  news about   classes   in Jet/ York metropolitan area,
* +  +
"SSri SaCeir^TTmas :fa-pt •   ^>   196o)   reports tne granting  of a  sabbatical
year  to  Dr.  2d win Zeldman,   principal   of the  Sunhybrae   School,   begin-
ning   in July of 1966.     Dr.   Zeldman  is  planning  to  travel   in Europe  to
study the  teaching of  foreign languages  there  and  to establish commun-
ication and  correspondence   in  Spanish,   French and Esperanto  between
schools  in Europe and   San iiateo»
01-IHE-GO NE'C YORKER:     Hargot E.   Gerson,   Executive   Secretary of EIC,
spent  part  of this  summer  in Great  Britain,   where,   in meeting with
many European Esperantists,   she  was able   to get  a clear picture  of
the  current  trends  in the European Esperanto movement.
With E3TIL   3VAI1E  back  in  the  UN,   and with the  help  of the   Staff Glub
Chairman A.   Schwartz  and   its members,   chances  are good   for continuing
the   class  on Cot.   7.     .again there   is  a good   exhibit   in the  UE  Staff
Lounge,   and  an attractive announcement   in  Secretariat News   (Sept.30);
its earlier reprint,   "UNESCO  - Esperanto:     Ten Years  of CoSperation"
iJan. 15/65],   is  still  being widely used.
The  "CATHOLIC  TRAVELER" magazine  requested  a feature  artiole   on
Esperanto,   prompted   bj publicity  in  the   "Long   Island   Star-Journal."
Eembers should  read  and   react  to  the  article  by  Clare Booth Luce   in
LicCall's October   issue.
ESPERANTO  LEAGUE   EcE  NuRTH AMERICA   is  now officially  listed   in  "U.S.
Mission to  the  United Nations NSC  List" with Starr and Gerson as dele-
gates*
If more jpew Yorkers would  write   to   Senator Robert  .Kennedy,   he might
sign  our  UN  petition,   or  at  least acknowledge   same,   because  even
Senators  find   it  pays  to  respond   to  taxpayers'  mail.     Other  states
please  copy*     The  filing  of the  petitions  has  been extended  to  the
end   of the  year.     What  are  YurJ doing about   it?
TEOD0R0  3.   SVREC' s   "Ka sice r ado  Cirkau la l.lorto"   (Stafeto,   248 pp),   is a
striking  personal   story of  oersecution  in  .Central Europe  by a veteran
member of the New York Club.     The   book   is  available  at  -5*00,   auto-
graphed;   postage   paid.
All Q.ueens Borough Libraries  have  received   copies  of PLENA YuRIARQ.
Other cc;oies  being offered  by American  Library Association   in  its
journal.
No.   I     issued  Oct./65  by EIO Executive  Board   - Lark  Starr   (Oh.),  Hargot
H.   Gerson,(Exec.   Secty.),   John Lewine,   Bernard     Stoilman,   Thea
Nohn.