JUNULARO ESPERANTISTA denord-ameriko (JEN) W* Organization of Esperanto-Speaking Young Americana 4 Central Street Millers Falls, Massachusetts 01349 No. 18 October, 1969 DEMONSTRATIONS MARK ESPERANTO MEETINGS ABROAD MILITANTS MARCH IN TOKYO AND STOCKHOLM: The usually sedate gatherings of those who speak Esperanto, the international language, have twice in recent months been accompanied by public demonstrations. About 200 placard- and flag- waving Japanese youths marched through Tokyo on July 27 demanding an end to the Japanese-American Security Pact, introduction of Esperanto as a required school subject, and other international objectives. On August 9, participants in the annual meeting of the World Organization of Young Esperanto Speakers demonstrated in Stockholm, carrying signs and passing out leaflets demanding bilingual educa- tion in every country, with Esperanto as the first foreign language throughout the world. RECENT EVENTS COUSINS SAYS TRANSLATION DELAYED VIET TALKS: Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, in an article published simultaneously in that magazine and in Look last July, has revealed that a mistranslation was one cause of the Ameri- can bombing of the Hanoi area in 1966, after which proposed peace talks were called off by North Vietnam. According to Cousins, who was serving as an unoffi- cial intermediary, a crucial letter from Ho Chi Minh making a concession to the United States contained the ambiguous French phrase, "doit reconnoitre". The English translation on which the American reaction was based was "must accept", although the original meaning, writes Cousins, was "ought to consider". COURSES BEGIN ON COAST: A one-session crash course in Esperanto was held on October 2 in San Mateo, California. A longer course has begun in San Diego, and five courses are under way in and around Portland, Oregon, site of the World Esperanto Congress in 1972. ISSUED Augu REPORT issued a report in Problem". The report the Communist countri study of the language pared at the request Congressional Record obtaining the report, Esperanto, is availab}. N.W., Washington, D.C ON U.S. LANGUAGE LAG: The Esperantic Studies Foundation st entitled "The American Lag in Solving the Language contains charts, tables, and other data documenting how s and the rest of the world are ahead of the U.S. in the barrier and in efforts to overcome it. The report was pre- f Rep. Roman C. Pucinski (D-Ill.), who inserted it in the in slightly abridged form on September 3. Information about and about research and teaching on the language barrier and e from the Esperantic Studies' Foundation, 6451 Barnaby St., 20015. AMERICAN Tonkin, assistant pro been elected the new Speakers. Previously active in the Esperanto United States, where inauguration of this neutrality of today's to promote a humane an international 1 ELECTED CHIEF OF ESPERANTO YOUTH ORGANIZATION: Dr. Humphrey essor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, has president of TEJO, the World Organization of Young Esperanto the organization's general secretary, Tonkin has been very movements of Great Britain, his native country, and the he came to do graduate work at Harvard University. In the year's meeting of TEJO in Sweden, Tonkin attacked the amoral Esperanto organizations and called for the use of Esperanto ce and to combat injustice, rather than the treatment of as an end in itself. pea anguage Page 2 October, 1969 PRESS WATCHES ESPERANTO: Several newspapers in and a Ohio, have recently printed feature stories about the progress thanks largely to the efforts of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wills. The of The Northwest Star of suburban Baltimore carried a front-pag posing Esperanto as a means "to bridge ethnic and nationalistic thereby reduce the misunderstandings leading to serious conflic mention of this international language was in a letter by Franc printed in the July issue of Quinto Lingo. Lanzone noted that dents around the world are learning Esperanto, not because of a ments but because they want to." round Columbus, of Esperanto, September 25 issue e editorial pro- differences and t." Still another is R. Lanzone, Jr., "Thousands of stu- cademic require- INTERNATIONAL SUMMER UNIVERSITY CONTINUES: The 22nd session of the International Summer University, at which professors lecture in Esperanto on a variety of topics, took place this year in Helsinki. Specialists from eight countries discussed international law, geodesy, Islam, linguistics, conservation, pollution, information science, literature, and agriculture. NEW AD AGENCY FOUNDED: agency to handle advertizing in "Esperanto, Tutmonda Reklamservo" tional advertizers that the 52,0 ranto societies are important cu ESTRO should not have much diffi air are only a few of the compan national language. Hundreds of travel literature in Esperanto. Three Englishmen have set up a non-profit the growing Esperanto press. Named "ESTRO" (for ), the organization hopes to convince interna- 00 members of national and international Espe- stomers for travel services and other products, culty, since Coca-Cola, Fiat, Philips, and Swiss- ies that have recently advertized in the inter- cities and many countries have also produced TURKISH DELICT: A Dutch journal reports that a Turk managed to drive a car in the Netherlands for two years without a license. Whenever the police stopped him, he displayed a Turkish menu, which the policeman did not understand but which looked quite official. CONFERENCE CALLS FOR 3rd international conference of Esperanto, held this August in pants from 17 countries, includ resentatives of 7 governments, calling for consideration of a introduction of Esperanto into several countries. PUBLICATIONS LANGUAGE TREATY: The schools teaching Helsinki with partici- ing the U.S., and rep- adopted a resolution treaty on the gradual part of the schools of NEW MAGAZINE FOR TRAVELERS: Growing use of the international language Esperanto among tourists has led to a new quarterly magazine for Esperanto- speaking travelers, called Turista Hondo. The illus- trated magazine, published in Switzerland, is in newspaper format and includes news and features of interest to the traveling public. See photo ->- RADIO TAPE AVAILABLE: A one-hour discus- sion of the language barrier and the international language Esperanto, moderated by New York City lan- guage teaching expert John Lewine, is available on tape for use by interested radio stations. Partici- pants include Indiana University language preceptor Duncan Charters, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wills, and Mr. & Mrs. William H. Schulze, all of whom are active in the teaching and use of Esperanto. The tape may be borrowed without cost, or bought for ten dollars, from radio station WFCR, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002. La Karlo-Ponto trans la Moldavo komen- ciĝas kaj finiĝas kun fortegaj turoj laŭ la piano de Peter Parler, la fama arkitekto de la tiama epoko. Illustration from Turista Hondo DO YOUR PART FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING —TO GET MORE INFORMATION, DETACH & MAIL REPLY CARD AT ...RIGHT NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED, NO OBLIGATION Mame_____ Address_ City_____ Zip______ State FIRST CLASS PERMIT NO. 6 Millers Falls. Mass. BUSINESS REPLY MAIL No Postage Stamp Necessary if Mailed in the United States POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY JEN 4 CENTRAL STREET MILLERS FALLS, MASS. 01349 TWO LITERARY MASTERPIECES OFFERED: The first deluxe Arabic-Esperanto edition of the Koran, recently published, is almost sold out, but a few copies are still available from the West Coast Esperanto Book Service (address on p. 4) at $8.95 (7 00 pp.). William Auld's epic poem, La Infana Raso, out of print for many years, is now being reissued and will soon be available from the same book service for an estimated price of $1.85. NEWS FROM JEN JEN OK'S REORGANIZATION: The newly elected executive board of JEN has conditionally approved the cooperative arrangement proposed by the last congress of the Esperanto League for North America, and discussion to work out the details is now going on. Under the new arrangement, members*of E.L.N.A. under thirty years of age will automatically become members of JEN, the financial administra- tion of the two organizations will be combined, and the information services of both organizations will employ the Newsletter of the League. Thus the News Digest will cease publication with the next (December) issue, eliminating the present duplication in the informational efforts of the two groups. Full details will be announced in the final issue of the News Digest. TO INFORM YOU . . . —CLINIC PROJECT: Esperanto speakers have completed raising the cost of a mobile eye clinic for East Africa. —RADIO HAS LISTENERS: 2802 people from 34 countries competed in recent contest sponsored by Esperanto programs of Radio Warsaw. —ESPERANTO IN THE GHETTO: An interracial Esperanto conversation group now meet- ing in Chicago's black "ghetto" of Woodlawn. —NEW BIBLE: Modern Esperanto translation of Old & New Testaments being planned by an international group of biblical & oriental scholars. —USSR ACTIVITY: Over 3 00 people attended 11th Baltic Esperanto Camp this summer in Viljandi, Estonia. —VIET-NAM: Esperanto Group of Saigon has been founded, & about 60 people are attending a course in the international language there. —CANADA: JEN executive board member J. Brian McClafferty is teaching an evening course in Esperanto in Toronto. —COURSE IN DENMARK: 14 Americans, mostly from California, attended summer Espe- ranto courses at International High School, Helsingor, Denmark. —EAST GERMANY: GDR has just published lavishly illustrated, 256-page book in_ Esperanto about E. German government, economy, society, & cultural life. —SOVIET MOVIES: 2 Soviet documentary films in Esperanto have been produced & were shown this summer at the World Esperanto Congress. —AFTER HIPINGLOJ, HIPMARKOJ: Univ. of«Chicago International Language Soc. now peddling satirical stickers at 50d per sheet of 30 different labels. —NEW ATLAS: Publisher in Prague plans to bring out an Esperanto pocket atlas of the world in 197 0. 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