ti ; 4r, i ' > [ ■ !■■■ \-^ if, jfi-ijkn'ui :i; ,'-M>:;n/.'/: /7 / /; ; /si NEWS OF THE LANGUAGE PROBLEM AND ESPERANTO AS A SOLUTION Bimonthly organ of the Esperanto League for North America, Inc., Box 1129, El Cerrito, CA 94530, U.S.A. Telephone:'.[415] 653-0998. Editor: William R. Harmon, includes promotional section in English and informational-section in Esperanto for ELNA members. ISSN 0030*5065. Vol. 14, No. 2. Mar.-Apr. 1978. VENUAL MILWAUKEE! . The 26th-annual Congress of Esperanto in the United States held by the Esperanto League for North America, Inc., will be held July 21 - 25, 1978 at the University of Wisconsin, .Milwaukee. The Canadian Esperanto Association will hold their annual Congress at the same location July 21 - 23, 1978, thus enabling proponents and speakers of the international language Esperanto to freely exchange ideas and experiences at the jointly-held meetings. An ambitious agenda has been prepared for the American congress, according to Wm. 1. Harmon, president of the organization. To be discussed and acted upon will be such matters as ■ •. publication of Esperanto textbook materials for the U.S. * activities of the new ELNA Committee on Science & Technology • reports on educational advances in the U.S. in Esperanto •• plans for strengthening wide-based support of Esperanto together with the annual elections of officers and assignments of committees. -Lodging in modern quarters at the university is available to participants in the congress at a very modest cost. There will be a banquet attended by both the U.S. and Canadian groups, and .several .excursions are being planned. As accommodations for both groups may be limited, members 'of ELNA and KEA are urged to send in their reservations early. A registration form has been sent to every member of both groups, but' additional forms are available from ELNA, Box 1129, El Cerrito, CA 94530. CURTIN HALL UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE THREE-WEEK ESPERANTO SUMMER PROGRAM TO BE HELD AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY Full university credit is available (teachers please note!) for the three-week, three-level summer program in Esperanto to be held at San Francisco State University, San Francisco J une 19 - J uly 7, 1978. The first level, the Elementary Course, is titled "Esperanto for Travel and Education" and teaches the basic structure of the international language during the first week of the course. The second and third weeks are devoted to conversation and an introduction to Esperanto literature. Advice will be furnished on opportunities for study and travel abroad in an Esperanto milieu. The Second, Intermediate Course is titled "Getting Along in the Esperanto-Speaking World" and is designed for those who have made some study of Esperanto and wish to consolidate and increase knowledge and to acquire real fluency in the language. This course will introduce the "culture" and traditions of the Esperanto-speaking world: magazines, jokes, insults, letter- writing conventions, international organizations, etc., to enable students to feel at home among experienced Esperanto speakers. The third, Advanced Course, titled "Esperanto Beyond Europe" will be conducted in Esperanto and will provide a forum for the discussion of several works of non-European Esperanto literature, both original and translated. Some class sessions will be devoted to the discussion of selected problems in the linguistics and sociology of Esperanto as well as problems of translation. Course participants will obtain a more profound sense of the potential importance of Esperanto outside Europe, and of the contribution that Asian Esperantists in particular are making to the international language. Some class sessions will go into the sociolinguistics of Esperanto. It has been announced that students may register for one level and visit others, provided space is available and approval of the course instructor is obtained. THE COURSE INSTRUCTORS DAVID K. JORDAN, Ph.D is Associate Professor of Anthropo- logy at the University of California, San Diego. Jordan's research specialty is traditional China, and he is the author of a book on Chinese folk religion. Jordan is also co-author of an elementary anthropology textbook Anthropology, Perspective on Humanity. PROBAL DASGUPTA, A.M. is a graduate student in the Department of Linguistics of New York University. Mr. Dasgupta has published a number of articles on literary and linguistic subjects in Bengali and English, and is the translator of a new Esperanto edition of poems by Rabindranath Tagore, Primico. His translation of Tagore's poetry will be used as one of the textbooks for the advanced course. David K. Jordan TEXTS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO STATE COURSES The instructors have announced the following texts to be used for the three levels of courses at San Francisco State University summer courses: Course I - Basic: Jen Nia Mondo ($2.50); Fajro Fajro ($0.40); About Esperanto ($0.50); Wells Dictionary ($3.50); Step by Step in Esperanto ($4.95); False Friends ($0.15). Course II - Intermediate: Esperanta Legolibro ($3.95); Dekkvin Komedietoj ($1.95); Step by Step in Esperanto ($4.95); Rego de Umo ($0.50); Butler Dictionary ($4.95); (optional) Plena Vortaro de Esperanto ($9.50). Course III - Advanced: Primico ($4.95); Mozaiko Tokio ($4.00); Noveloj de Lusin ($3.95); Vagado sub Palmoj ($2.50). All of the above books are available from ELNA Bookservice, Box 1129, El Cerrito, CA 94530. For each mail order add $1.00 for handling and postage, and California residents add sales tax of 6.5% on the total excluding shipping charge. The books will also be available (at possibly higher prices) from the University bookstore. DOES YOUR LOCAL UNIVERSITY AND LIBRARY HAVE A GOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ESPERANTO? Why not give them one? Esperanto and International Language Problems: A Research Bibliography by Humphrey Tonkin (Esperantic Studies Foundation, Washington, DC, 1977; LC#77- 156043) is available from ELNA Bookservice, Box 1129, El Cerrito, CA 94530 at $1.50 postpaid per copy. Discount of 10% given on orders of five or more to one address. ESPERANTO SUMMER COURSES The subjects of Astronomy, Psychology, and International Literature are this year's Esperanto Summer Courses to be held at the University of Liege, Belgium, August 6-27, 1978. The only language in use among students and faculty will be Esperanto. Students may enroll for one, two or three weeks and college credit can be arranged. The only American faculty member is E. James Lieberman, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine. He is a past President of the Esperanto League for North America. The honorary Committee of Sponsors includes Faruk Abuzzahab, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota; Henri Ellenberger, M.D., author of The Discovery of the Unconscious (both are speakers of Esperanto) and Jack Weinberg, M.D., President of the American Psychiatric Association. Students may enroll in one or two courses (but not astronomy and psychology). In addition, there will be an advanced Esperanto course, excursions, cultural programs, and informal presentations on nationality and profession by each lecturer. The aim of the Somera Universitato is "to contribute to the application of the international language Esperanto in univer- sity teaching and to the intensification of international scientific and university relations." Course materials in Esperanto, prepared by the lecturers, are published for wider distribution. The Somera Universitato has been held previously in 1972, 1974, and 1976. The program is supported by the Universala Esperanto-Asocio (Rotterdam), the president of which is Dr. Humphrey Tonkin, professor of English and director of international programs at the University of Pennsylvania. The 1978 World Esperanto Congress will be held in Varna, Bulgaria; in 1979 in Lucerne, Switzerland. These annual congresses are customarily held during the first week of August. Esperanto first appeared in 1887, and has been a living, working language ever since. Three generations of use have molded but not fundamentally changed Esperanto, which is the only planned language to be adopted by a worldwide community of speakers. Two world wars and the demise of the League of Nations held back but did not stop the movement for a politically neutral, easy-to-learn second language for interna- tional communication. PROFESSOR MARIO PEi ESPERANTO LINGUIST AND FRIEND OF Mario Andrew Pei, 77, one of the world's most prolific authors of books and articles on language and language problems and a great friend and promoter of the international language Esperanto, died of a heart attack at Montclair, NJ, March 2, 1978. Born in Rome, Italy, he came to the United States at the age of seven. For almost 34 years, he served on the faculty of Columbia University in New York. At various times he also taught at Seton Hall University, New Jersey, City College, New York, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Lisbon, Portugal. In a survey course on "The World's Chief Languages" which he offered at Columbia University for many years, Pei always included a demonstration lesson on Esperanto, usually taught by Doris Tappan Connor. His book The World's Chief Languages (originally titled Languages for War and Peace) has a 29-page chapter on Esperanto. The Story of Language, published in 1949, was a Book-of- the-Month Club selection and received high praise, even from George Bernard Shaw. The Story of Language includes a discussion of the international language Esperanto. Pei's book One Language for the World (1958) appeals to governments to get together on the choice of an international language and makes a strong case for Esperanto. The book was followed in 1961 by a Folkway Record album (Fl 9195) also titled "One Language for the World" and was completely voiced by Professor Pei. The record concludes with arguments for Esperanto, and the recitation of an Esperanto poem ("Sur la Kampo" by David Richardson). Professor Pei appeared as a speaker at numerous meetings of Esperanto-speakers, including the national congress of the Esperanto League for North America, Inc., at the University of Maryland in 1968. Speakers and friends of Esperanto mourn Professor Pei's passing, and extend their sympathies to his widow, Pearl Glover Pei. AMBASSADOR HARRY TO SPEAK ON ESPERANTO ELNA member Ambassador Ralph L. Harry, Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United Nations, will be the guest of ELNA-member Dr. Richard W. Wood of Plymouth State College, University of New Hamp- shire, as keynote speaker at the Model United Nations assembly for the New England states and adjoining provinces of Canada, the oldest such assembly in the United States. Ambassador Harry will speak on "The United Nations — Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" on Saturday, April 29, 1978, and will serve as a consultant to the high school students participating in the Assembly that weekend. Dr. Wood will present an exhibit of "Postage Stamps of Australia" from his collection, in Plymouth State College's Lamson Library, to be inaugurated by Ambassador Harry. NEW NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SCOUTS The Skolta Esperanto-Ligo, the league of Esperanto-speaking Boy Scouts, has named a new representative for the United States. Robert W. Rapp, 2043 Brannon Drive S.W., Austell, GA 30001 will henceforth serve as the source of information on Esperanto Scouting in the U.S. A stamped, self-addressed envelope sent to Mr. Rapp will bring information on how Esperanto can help young people in Scouting. Now, therefore, I, Tom Bradley, Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, on behalf of its citizens, do hereby proclaim February 19 through 26, 1978, as "International Friendship Week" and urge all citizens to take cognizance of the special event arranged in honor of this occasion by the Esperanto Association of Los Angeles and United National Association Mankind Center." ESPERANTO ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES MOVE TO MANKIND CENTER The Esperanto Association of Los Angeles recently celebrated its new affiliation with the Mankind Center of Los Angeles with a gala observance of the Week of International Friendship (Semajno de Internacia Amikeco). Girls from Hollywood High School danced and displayed self-made international costumes. Mexican songs were sung by a guitarist, and two Persian boys played unique instruments of that land with native songs. Two Bahai choruses - children and adults - sang songs of brotherhood and hope. The program was held in the Main Concourse of the World Trade Center, location of the Mankind Center. The concourse was decorated with a striking array of flags and banners of the nations of the world. A beautifully illuminated proclamation of the Week of International Friendship by Mayor Bradley of Los Angeles was displayed (see text below). Brief greetings and presentations were made by representa- tives of the United Nations Association, the World Citizens Assembly, and World Federalists. The well-known local Esperantist Brian "Bricjo" Burg, presided as master of ceremonies, introducing International Friendship Week in both English and Esperanto. Campbell Nelson, president of the Esperanto Association of Los Angeles, spoke on the Los Angeles Esperanto group and the Universal Esperanto Association. Use of the international language Esperanto was greatly appreciated by two lady Esperanto-speakers from Brussels who chanced to be stopping by Los Angeles that day and attended the celebration. Los Angeles Mayor Thomas Bradley issued an official proclamation reading as follows: Whereas the Esperanto Association of Los Angeles and Mankind Center will this year sponsor observance of International Friendship Week, February 25, 1978; and Whereas, similar observances will be held in many other cities at the request of the Universal Esperanto Association; and Whereas, Esperanto is promulgated as a universal language to enable better communication between people of varied ethnic origins, but is not intended as a substitute for native tongues; and Whereas, the Esperanto Association and Mankind Center seek to bring public attention to its movement for the adoption of a universal second language: Report on the Esperanto Workshop at Lexington High School Allan C. Boschen, ELNA-member and a teacher of Esperanto, reports that the Esperanto Workshop held at Lexington High School (Massachusetts) was attended by forty to fifty foreign language teachers and teachers of English. Reports Boschen, "As we arrived at the school we were greeted in Esperanto by Evelyn Brega, the Coordinator of Foreign Languages, and by a number of individuals there present....Ms Brega voiced some concern that in our enthusiasm for Esperanto, we not speak in any way to downgrade the teaching of foreign languages. John Lewine, standing firmly upon his profession as a foreign language teacher, quickly reassured her." During an initial short period of informal discussion, some teachers expressed feelings of dubiety about Esperanto for various reasons. Nevertheless everyone seemed quite enthused about the workshop. A slide program was presented based on the programs at San Mateo, CA and Hoosac High School (MA). A second slide program portrayed in various aspects the present practical value of Esperanto. A sample lesson in Esperanto was given. As Boschen puts it, "The dubious feelings seem to have been dispelled, judging from the discussions of the coffee period." "OOPS!" DEPARTMENT [Foreign Division] A warning label printed on a Japanese machine sold to China was to be translated into Chinese. The Chinese translator did so, and praised Japanese industrial workers for their conscientious responsibility toward their machines, for his translation read "A momentary failure to oil this machine is punishable by a lifetime of blame." What the Japanese manufacturer had actually written was the simple warning "An unguarded moment can cause a permanent wound." FORGET TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP «N ELNA OR UEA? DO IT NOW!! ALMEIOJ AL LA ELNA ADRESARO [2] E-1 Ron & Nika Bergen RR #2, Grant's Head Rd. Summerland, B.C. Canada VOH 1Z0 D-ro Richard B. Borkow 65-3A Richmond Blvd. Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 Wm. E. Carter 8915 N. Navajo Road Milwaukee, WI 53217 Walter D. Coates, J r. 952 Buffalo St. Conneaut, OH 44030 Ute Cohen 2120 Palomino Lane Las Vegas, NV 89106 Donald L. Curry 8130 San Antonio Ave. South Gate, CA 90280 Jim Gushing 1155 N. 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Box 1672 Honolulu, HI 96806 INDEKSO DE STATOJ LAU POSTKODO KAJ URBO ALASKA^ 99801 Juneau ARIZONA: 85705 Tucson CALIFORNIA: 91607 No.Hollywood 92104 San Diego 92704 Santa Ana 95476 Sonoma 90280 South Gate 91367 Woodland Hills FLORIDA: 32034 FernandinaBeach HAWAII: 96806 Honolulu IDAHO: 83705 Boise ILLINOIS: 60515 Downer's Grove IOWA: 50312 Des Moines MARYLAND: 21215 Baltimore MASSACHUSETTS: 02767 Raynham MICHIGAN: 48077 Sterling Heights NEVADA: 89106 Las Vegas NEW JERSEY: 08540 Princeton 08619 Trenton NEW YORK: 14526 Penfield 11779 Ronkonkoma 12309 Schenectady OHIO: 44030 Conneaut PENNSYLVANIA: 19008 Broomall PUERTO RICO: 00931 San J uan TENNESSEE: 46012 Anderson TEXAS: 76110 Fort Worth 76116 Fort Worth(2) WEST VIRGINIA: 25432 Millvilie WISCONSIN: 53217 Milwaukee CANADA: Summerland Verdun MEXICO: Mexico D.F. INDEKSO DE NOMOJ LAU POSTKODO 00931 Ramirez 76110 Lair 02767 dejesus 76116 Kolb 08540 Donn 76116 Humphreys 08619 Guagliardo 83705 Holland 11779 Borkow 85705 Gushing 12309 Mogro 89106 Cohen 14526 Smeenk 90280 Curry 19008 Montague 91367 Spiegel 21215 Fox 91607 MacCanneii 25432 Dale 92104 Hauser 32034 Mull 92704 Kim 44030 Coates 95476 Prehn 46012 Inglish 96806 Whitmore 48077 Lackowski 99801 Jeffers 50312 Longley Kanado: Bergen 53217 Carter LaBelle 60515 Peterson Meksiko: Peralta Novaj membroj ĝis 31a marto 1978 (Detondu kaj metu kun via Adresaro) E-2 ADRESOSANGOJ ESTRARO DE ELNA Sekvas sangoj al la adresoj presitaj en la Adresaro, 1977. Bonvolu noti la sangojn en via kopio de la Adresaro. D-ro Fabiola Aguirre PO Box 338 PortTownsend, WA 98368 Harry Bochner 8 Wyatt Circle SomerviHe, MA 02143 Shirley Boschen 195 Partridge Road Pittsfield, MA 01201 Nellie J ane Campbell 6100SWCanby Portland, OR 97219 Gerald Cirrincione 40 Hillcrest Circle Watertown, MA 02172 Calvin C. Cope 318GaultSt. #17 Santa Cruz, CA 95062 Nancy Crawford 4226 Georgia San Diego, CA 92103 Martha W. Evans c/o Sandy LaForge 2705 Vassar Drive Boulder, CO 80303 Ges-roj Michael Fernandez 410TaravalSt. #1 San Francisco, CA 94116 James H. Fitzbutler 213-COtay Valley Rd. Chula Vista, CA 92011 Wm. J. Ford 106 Malvern Ct. Box 257 Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 D-ro S. Colum Gilfillan 615 Linda Vista Pasadena, CA 91105 D. Gary Grady 612E.MaynardAve. Durham, NC 27704 Creede Lam bard c/o Cleton RCC Box 662, Ras Tanura Saudi Arabia Wm. P. Ledeen 10265 Parkwood Dr. #1 Cupertino; CA 95014 Anne P. Linares Flagler Box 012861 Flagler Station Miami, FL 33101 Michael James Lowrey 1430 E.Brady St. #15A Milwaukee, Wl 53202 NEPRE INFORMU LA CENTRAN OFiCEJON DE ELNA TUJ PRi VIA ADRESOŜANGO. SE VI NE TiON FARAS, NEWSLETTER NE ATINGOS VIN, KAJ ELNA DEVOS PAGi REZULTAN KOSTON! DANKON! Maxwell E. Manowski 1508 Merritt Ave. Enumclaw, WA 98022 David McClure 7946-E Mission Ctr.Ct. San Diego, CA 92108 Patrick McGovern 429 SW Coast Highway Newport, OR 97365 Ralph M. Murphy, Jr. 231 AshmontSt. Dorchester, MA 02124 Ges-roj Connel Murray 38770-A Park St. Sandy, OR 97055 N. C. Roller 1403 Vi RowenaWay Sacramento, CA 95825 Gerta Ross 2650 Woodside PI. Eugene, OR 97405 Timothy J. Ryan c/oFallis 2600 Torrey Pines Rd. #A21 La Jolla,CA 92037 Donna M. Sayle 1203ArguelloSt. Redwood City, CA 94063 J.W.T. Schisler 357SunnysideDr. Colfax, CA 95713 Terry Turner 49 Flint Road Acton, MA 01720 Arlan Wareham 22111 Newport Ave. #158 Colton, CA 92324 Doris R. Whitaker 2222PachecoSt.#518 Concord, CA 94520 Lois B. Wright Moorman Drive Madison Heights, VA 24574 Elliot Zais 7915 NW Siskin Drive Corvallis, OR 97330 Marie G. Zimmerman 81-BSW9thSt. Miami, FL 33130 Prezidanto: Wm. R. Harmon 1016 King Drive El Cerrito, CA 94530 Vicprezidanto: Bonnie Helmuth 765 Agate St. #3 San Diego, CA 92109 Sekretario: Benn E. Ciouser 4528 Tarry Lane Wilmington, DE 19804 tCasisto: Dorothy C. Jones PO Box 786 Portland, OR 97207 ESTRARANOJ: Allan C. Boschen 195 Partridge Road Pittsfield, MA 01201 Gerald Cirrincione 40 Hillcrest Circle Watertown, MA 02172 Sara Ann Estling 1351 Grant St. Walla Walla, WA 99262 Thomas H. Goodman 3218 Shelburne Road Baltimore, MD 21208 R. Kent Jones 452 Aldme #501 Chicago, IL 60657 E. James Lieberman 6451 Barnaby St. NW Washington, DC 20015 Wm. H. Schulze 410 Darrell Road Hillsborough, CA 94010 Ken Thomson 1802 Edgehill Pasadena, TX 77502 Anne Whitteker 20 SW Mitchell Portland, OR 97201 ABONU AU REASON U A- La Cinan Monatan Gazeton en Esperanto ELPOPOLAĈINIO DUMLASPEOALA VARB-KAMPANJO! Gis la 28a de februaro, 1978, au nova ao renoviga abonanto ricevos senpage grandlormatan kalendaron por la Jar© 1978, kun koloraj Snstilai pentrajoj. Abonprezoj: por 1 jaro $3.00 por 2 jaroj $4.50 por 3 jaroj $6.00 KLUBOJ f Varbu amase abonojn au reabonojn al El Popola Cinio inter viaj klubanoj, kaj rekompense ricevu e! Cinio memorajon kun cina stilo! Sendu abonojn al la loka peranto: ELNA Centra Oficei© Box 1129 El Cerrito, CA 94530 Generala Distribuanto: Esperanta Sekcio de GUOZI SHUDIAN, P.O. Kesto 313, Pekino, Ĉinio Specimen© kaj Abonvarbilo Senpage Akirebla Laupete ELNA BALOTADO 197'8 KIEL VOCDONI: Indiku via(j)n elekto(j)n por la diversaj postenoj sur la Balotilo. La nomoj sur la Balotilo estas tiuj elektitaj kiel kandidatojn de la Kandidatiga Komitato por 1978. Spaco estas allasita por enskribi alia(j)n kandidato(j)n se vi tion preferas. IE SUBSKRIBU LA BALOTILON. Metu la plenigitan balotilon en unu koverto SEN IA NOMO, ADRESO, AtJ ALIA INDIKO DE LA SENDINTO. Tiam metu tiun koverton en alian koverton, sur kiu vi skribu vian nomon kaj adreson en la supra, maldekstra angulo. Adresu tiun eksteran koverton al: BALOTA KOMITATO, c/o ELNA CO,.BOX 1129, EL CERRITO CA 9^530. Balotiloj povas ankau esti transdonitaj al la Balota Komitato ce la ELNA-Kongreso en Milwaukee, nur ĝis tagmezo, sabato, 22a julio. Ekstraj balotiloj estos tie haveblaj. SE VI SENDAS LA BALOTILON PER POSTO, NEFRE TION FARU ANTAU PL 15a JULIO, 1978. Balotiloj ne gustatempe ricevitaj ne estos kalkulitaj; ankau tiuj faritaj ne lau la instrukcioj ne estos kalkulitaj. La Balota Komitato estos nomita ce la Kongreso kaj prizorgos la kontroladon kaj kalkuladon de la balotoj, lau la Statuto de ELNA. (detrancu tie ci) POR PREZIDANTO 1978-1981; (elektu nur unu) ELNA BALOTILO 1978 ____ William R. Harmon Bonnie Helmuth POR VICPREZIDANTO 1978-1981 (elektu nur unu) Ken Thomson POR ESTRARANO 1978-1981: (elektu ĝis tri) Stanley Drake Tom Goodman Mary Hammersmith Julie Regal William Schwartz Robert Swenson Douglas Swett NE SUBSKRIBU CI TIUN BALOTILON B10GRAFIET0J DE LA KANDIDATOJ 1978 WILLIAM R. HARMON: Prezidanto de ELNA 1975-1978, antaue Estrarestro kaj Estrarano. Membro de ELNA dekomence. UEA Dumviva Membro, Societo Zamenhof, Komitatano f'An, membro de UEA Komitato jpor Eksterlanda Agado. Esperantisto ekde 1938. Komercisto. BONNIE HELMUTH: Vicprezidanto de ELNA 1975-1978. Eklernis Esperanton en 1955. ELNA- ano ekde 1958. Prizorgis la ELNA-membroliston dum kvar jaroj, partoprenis dek landajn kongresojn. Prezidanto de la Esperanto-klubo de San Diego. Delegito de UEA 20 jarojn, ceestis nau UK-ojn. Instruis kelkajn klasojn. KEN THOMSON: Estrarano de ELNA ekde 197^9 diplomita inĝeniera konsultanto. Esper- antiĝis en 1968, ceestis ciujn ELNA-kongresojn dum la pasinta jardeko. ceestis UK-ojn en Londono, Portland, Beogrado, Ateno, Rejkjaviko. Usona reprezentanto de ISAE. Membro de Espermenso. JULIE L. REGAL: Foje Estrarano de ELNA, nun Vicprezidanto kaj programestro de Esp- eranto-Societo de Chicago. Ceestis ses ELNA-kongresojn kaj du UK-ojn. Laboras en Usona Depto de Komerco. MARY HAMMERSMITH: Interesiĝis pri Esperanto antau pli ol 13 jaroj kiam la poldevena bopatrino sciigis pri D-ro Zamenhof kaj ties brila kreaĵo. Studis en 1971 ce San Francisco State sub gvidado de S-ro Auld kaj D-ro Charters. Partoprenis tri UK-ojn kaj multajn naciajn kongresojn. Foje instruas Esperanton. ROBERT A. SWENSON: Kemiisto, Enketdirektoro por kemia kompanio. Lernis Esperanton en 1963, membrigis en ELNA saman jaron. Dumviva Membro de UEA, Delegito dum 10 jaroj. Ceestis du UK-ojn. Membro de Esperanto-Societo de Wisconsin (Milwaukee) kaj estrarano de tiu klubo. Foje instruis neformalajn kursojn. WILLIAM SCHWARTZ: Esperantistiĝis antau 7 jaroj. Instruis dum 5 jaroj Esperanton. Ceestis ciujn Tut-Kaliforniajn Konferencojn dum 7 jaroj, partoprenis UK-on en Ateno. Studis ce San Francisco State lastan jaron. STANLEY DRAKE: Emerita profesoro ("President Emeritus") de Fort Lauderdale Universitato Membro de la International Association of University Presidents, American Association for Higher Education, American Association of University Administrators, kaj la International Platform Association. Membro de UEA je variaj tempoj inter 19Ĉ2 kaj 1978. THOMAS- H. GOODMAN: Estrarano de ELNA ekde 1975, ceestis tri UK-ojn, UEA delegito. Komputila Programisto ce centra oficejo de Socia Asekuro en Baltimore. Dum pasintaj tri jaroj sukcese organizis instruistajn laborrondojn en Esperanto per la Maryland Stata Departemento de Pedagogio, tiel enkondukis Esperanton en plurajn liceojn. Verkis plurajn materialojn, inkl. bazan lernolibron Elements o-f Esperanto: A Structural Approach. Vicprezidanto de AATE. DOUGLAS B. SWETT: Lernis Esperanton en 1933, organizis meminstruatan kurseton, tiam perdis kontakton ĝis 1975» Doktoriĝis pri hispana lingvo kaj literaturo ce USC. Universitata profesoro kaj administranto 19^-8-1977• Membro de Esperanto-Asocio de Florida, de UEA, kaj de Societo Zamenhof. (Adresoj de la kandidatoj estas troveblaj en la Adresaro.) PRI TOVOJ... [Redaktora noto: La aperigo en Newsletter [jan-feb 1978] de la genia traduko de "Jabberwocky" tiris la atenton de D-ro Ralph Lewin, biologo ce University of California, San Diego. Lia klarigo pri unu termino uzita en la poemo sekvas.] Kiel sciate de au leginto de Tra la Spegulo de Lewis Carroll, tovoj estas melaspektaj mambestoj kun hefikaj muzeloj per kiuj ili giras. La vortoj angla ("toves" - Lewis Carroll), germana ("Toven" - Thomas Chatterton), franca ("toves" - Frank L. Warrin) kaj iatina ("tova" - Hassard Dodgson)t estas ciuj parencaj. Kial, do, Marjorie Boulton enkondukis en Esperanton tiun tute neologisman radikon "melfo"? Supozeble si sufiĉe konas nek la zoologion nek la etimologion de tovoj. Eble en Ha tuta vivo si neniam vidis ekzemplerojn. Tial mi proponas, ke H sidiĝu apud sunhorlogo (brilume au ec pis matenfrue), atendu senbrue(kaj kompreneble senkate), kaj atente rigardu. Bonsance si ekvidos tovojn (kvankam nun en Anglio ili igas ĉ*iam pli maloftaj kaj memkasemaj), kaj ec atestos la srauadon de tiuj interesaj bestetoj. Si tuj rekonu ilin - kiel tovoj, kompreneble. t - Komparu "Saprospira toviformis Lewin" (Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8a eldono, p.111, 1974.) Ralph Lewin ESPERANTO-LABORBRIGADO JUNULA EN JUGOSLAVIO Lau anonco de la Jugoslavia Esperantista Junulara Asocio, en augusto, 1978 tiu asocio organizas Internacian Junularan Esperanto-Laborbrigadon. Kiel en pasintaj jaroj, en la brigade partoprenos kelkdeko da gejunuloj el pluraj landoj. La brigadon povas partopreni gejunuloj inter 16 kaj 30 jaragaj. La oficiala lingvo de la brigado estas Esperanto. La partoprenantoj renkontigos kelkajn tagojn pli frue antau la laboraranĝo, kaj je la fino estas planata mallonga ekskurso tra Jugoslavio. Oni laboros ses horojn tage krom dimance. Por ciuj partoprenantoj estas certigitaj logigo, kvar manĝoj tage, laborvestaĵoj kaj suoj, kaj vojagkostoj en Jugoslavio. La limdato por aligo estas 1a majo, 1978. Informon petu de, kaj aligojn sendu al: JEJA (por brigado), V. Pelagica 8/I, 71000 Sarajevo, Jugsiavio. VOLAS KORESPONDi •27-jara pola laboristo dez.kor. pri sporto, reciproka gastigado, intersango de b.k. Eugeniusz Gorny, Raino Dolne 13, 57-411 Wambierzyce, Pollando. ®Pri filatelaj aferoj, fotoj de geaktoroj/Jurnaloj pri virina modo. Ernest Tews, Os. Wioknarzy 5 m.18, 58-260 Bielawa, Pollando. ®30-jara franco dez.kor. pri botaniko, Esperantaj aferoj en Usono. Alain Matschek, 17 Place Andre Maginot, 55100 Verdun, Francujo. •Soveta sciencisto 43-jara dez.kor. pri libroj, p.m. Nur seriozaj korespondantoj. Vladimir Osetrov, Semasko St. 10-65-5, SU- 252142 KIEV-142, USSR. •Australiana patrino serĉas amikon en Usono. S-ino Bev. Cakebread, 32 Bodalla St., Norman Park, Queensland, Austra- lia 4170. •34-jara soveta Dovbis, a.k. 27, USSR. Esp-isto 245110 dez.kor. SOSTKA kun filatelistoj. 7, Sumsk.Obl., Anatolio Ukrainio, LiBROAMANTA ANCULO Libro kiu havas unikan historion estis jus eldonita de UEA. La libro Izolo estas bela faksimila represo de la "perdita" poemaro de K. Kalocsay. La unua eldono de la volumo, kiun abortigis la militeksplodo en 1939, estis praktike kvinekzemplera! La fotorepreso de UEA, farita lau unu el tiuj raraj originalaj ekzempleroj, havebligas unuafoje al la Esperanta publiko parton de la heredajo de gia piej granda poeto. Dum preskaŭ duonjarcento, la originala poezio de Kalocsay reprezentigis esence nur per Strecita Kordo. Nun, fine, Izolo prenas sian lokon apud gi. Izolo, K. Kalocsay, UEA Rotterdam, 1977. 77p. 18cm. Bindita kun sirmkovrilo. ISBN 92 9017 020. Havebla de ELNA Libroservo je $8.50. LIBRA HEREDAJO AL ELNA Mortinta ELNAano Richard Sandberg heredigis al ELNA sian libraron, kaj kun la helpo de D-ro Abuzzahab de Minneapolis, MN, la fratmo de S-ro Sandberg, S-ino Greta K. Malchow, afable arangis ekspedi proksimume 50 librojn al la Centra Oficejo. Multaj el ili estos donacitaj al urbaj bibliotekoj. Ni dankas al S-ino Malchow kaj al D-ro Abuzzahab pro la bonkora kunlaboremo. DOLLAR vs GUILDER WOES Due to the tremendous devaluation of the U.S. dollar against the Dutch Guilder recently, when ordering books from UEA through ELNA's Central Office, or sending applications for the Universal Congress in Varna, please use the exchange rate of 46.5 U.S. cents for one Guilder. As an example, if the registration fee is 110 guilders, that equals $51.15 U.S. at the 46.5 cent exchange rate. When ordering books or materials from UEA's catalog through the ELNA Central Office, please do not forget that UEA requires the addition of 10% for postage and handling, and the total in guilders must be paid at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of the order. The simplest way to avoid short-changing your association is to compute the guilder at 47 cents or more, and a credit will be given for any balance refundable to you. A UNIVERSAL SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE FOR THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE All Esperanto periodicals can be ordered from a single source. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: R. Kent Jones Esperanto Language Service Co. 452 Aldine, Apt. 501 Chicago IL 60657 LOCAL ESPERANTO SOCIETIES Esperanto c/o A.C. Boschen 195 Partridge Road Pittsfield, MA 01201 Esperanto c/o C. Cirrincione 203 Orchard St. Boston, MA 02172 Esperanto c/o S. Kittredge 59 Dalewood Road Newington, CT 06111 Esperanto Study Group c/o Frances Lesher 119-9th Ave. New York, NY 10011 Esperanto Society of New York 54 West 94th St. #2-F New York, NY 10025 Esperanto c/o Karl Nell 388 Dorchester Road Rochester, NY 14610 Esperanto Societo of Philadelphia c/o J. Conroy 1844 Arthur Street Philadelphia, PA 19152 Esperanto SOCIETY OF Washington, DC 2947 Tilden Street NW Washington, DC 20008 Baltimore Esperanto Club 3218 Shelburne Road Baltimore, MD 21208 Esperanto Society of So. Florida PO Box 16224 Temple Terrace, FL 33687 Esperanto Club of Central Ohio 1144 Kingsdale Terrace Columbus, OH 43221 Esperanto Society of Indiana 18 E. Second St. Peru, IN 46970 Eastern Iowa Esperanto Society 3110 Alpine Court Iowa City, IA 52240 Esperanto Society of Wisconsin 1958 N. 38th St. Milwaukee, Wl 53208 Esperanto Society of Chicago P.O. Box 11958 Chicago, IL 60611 Esperanto Society of Ft. Worth E.L.A.,Box 17627 Ft. Worth, TX 76102 San Antonio (Von Nimitz) Club 111 Siesta Lane San Antonio, TX 78201 Colorado Esperanto Center 489 Toledo St. Aurora, CO 80011 Esperanto Assoc, of Los Angeles 430 S. Peck Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Esperanto in San Diego 3470 Juniper St. San Diego, CA 92104 Esperanto c/o J .P. Stitz 329 Sonora St. Redlands, CA 92373 Esperanto-Rondeto de Santa Barbara 1010 Crestwood Place Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Esperanto c/o D-ro Balcar 62 Via Castanada Monterey, CA 93940 SFERO (San Francisco Esperanto Regiona Organizo) 410Darrell Road Hillsborough, CA 94010 Berkeley Esperanto Association 1350-A Rose St. Berkeley, CA 94702 Mil! Valley Esperanto Circle 60 Hillside Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941 Esperanto Society of Sacramento 2450-28th Ave. Sacramento, CA 95822 Esperanto Society of Portland 6644 SE 82nd Ave. Portland, OR 97266 Seattle Esperanto Society 5210 Greenwood Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98103 Esperanto c/o M. Hammersmith 3514 Holiday Drive Olympia, WA 98501 Esperanto c/o K. Ver Ploeg 321 E. 19th Ave. Spokane, WA 99203 Walla Walla Esperanto Society 1351 Grant Street Walla Walla, WA 99362 . Esperanto Society of Alaska PO Box 302 Douglas, AK 99824 LANGUAGE PROBLEMS AT HOME According to an article by Rick Kogan in the Chicago Sun/Times (March 21, 1978), almost half of Chicago's Latino population can understand little or no English. An even larger percentage of Chicago's 500,000 to 750,000 Hispanic-speaking people said that they can't speak or read English. The study, conducted by an advertising and market-research firm that specializes in Latino consumers, conducted interviews with 501 Latinos over the age of 20 as a part of an advertising campaign for the Illinois Bell Telephone Company. The study found that 59 percent of the Hispanic-speaking population can read little or no English and 55 percent are unable to speak English at all. Only 21 percent of those questioned said they can read English either "well" or "very well." Twenty percent said they can speak English at those levels. Said the researcher, "Latinos cannot take advantage of the country in which they are living. They are isolated. Things will blow up unless Latinos are processed into the mainstream. Right now, they are living in a nation within a nation." English, widely touted as the ultimate "international language" cannot even solve language problems in its own homeland, apparently. DUM CIO ALIA ALT1GAS... Flugkostoj mala!tjgas5 RONDVOJAGU AL VARNA POR TIEL MALMULTE KIEL $685 el Novjoriko, aB $870 el San Francisco! Rondvojagu al Milwaukee por $193 el Los Angeles, au $103 el Novjorko! A Cu vi povas maltrafi la okazon partopreni! Petu pli da informo de: ELNA TRAVEL COMMITTEE Janet Brugos-Young 1586 S.Novate Blvd. Novato, CA 94947 Tel.: (415) 897-1398, 897-3229, 892-1908 ESPERANT1ST SEEKS GENEALOGICAL ASSISTANCE During two world wars, speakers of Esperanto, the international language, have rendered many services in utilizing the. international network of Esperantists to bring separated family members back together. This capability of using a neutral Internationa! language for worldwide communication is equally useful in times of peace, as evidenced by a recent communication reaching the Esperanto League for North America from a Lithuanian Esperantist seeking help in locating relatives who had earlier immigrated to the United States. Mr. Vytautas Kalasauskas of Vilnius, Lithuania, seeks any available information on the following relatives: Konstancija Stalmokaite, daughter of Juezas Staimekas, born in Kretinga District, Gargzdai Parish, Siupariai Village; left Lithiania for the United States around 1913. In the United States she married Pranas Lautinaitis, the son of Kostas Laurinaitis, who was born in the same district and parish, in Vezaiciai Village and left for the United States about 1925. Kostas and Konstancija had five children; four sons, Konstantinas, Stanislovas, Juozapas, and Praniciskus; and one daughter, Bronislava. Their last known address in the United States was 51 River Street, Rumford, Maine. Contact with relatives in Lithuania was broken during the Second World War, and after the war, letters were all returned without forwarding address. A second family of relatives is also sought by Mr. Kalasauskas; Juozapas Milasius, son of Juozapas Milasius, born in Kretinga District, Gargzdai Parish, Siupariai Village, emigrated to the United States around 1908, and there married Anele Staugaityte, and had one son, Albertas Milasius and one daughter, Riciiiya-Rozalija Milasius. Contact was lost about 1914. The information is sought by Mr. Kalasauskas on behalf of Konstancija Stalmokiene, daughter of Juozas Sveistrys, and Steponas Stalmokas, his son. If any reader in the New England area (or elsewhere, for that matter) has any knowledge of the whereabouts of those named or their relatives in the United States, please write (in Esperanto) to: Vytautas Kalasauskas, Zirmunu 59-94, 232012 Vilnius 12, Lithuania, USSR. [Ed. Note: Any reader not knowing Esperanto hut having information on the above may write to ELNA, Box 1129, El Cerrito, CA 94530 and the information will be forwarded in Esperanto.] RADIO MOSCOW TESTING ESPERANTO BROADCASTS In early February Radio Moscow carried out test broadcasts in Esperanto. These were, oddly enough, carried as part of Radio Moscow's Italian service, beamed to Italy and Italian workers in northern European countries. The first broadcase was heard February 4 at 1730-1830 GMT on 7320 and 7330 kHz in the 41-meter shortwave band, and 6140 kHz in the 49-meter band. The second broadcast was a repeat two hours later, on 7205, 7320 and 7330 kHz in the 41-meter band, 6140 kHz in the 49-meter band and 1554 kHz in the medium wave (AM) band. The third broadcast was on February 5 at 1830-1930 GMT on the same frequencies as the second broadcast. It is unfortunate that information on the broadcasts did not reach Esperanto-speaking shortwave listeners in the northeast- ern United States in time to try for reception, for in early February there is enough darkness for a low-frequency shortwave signal in the 41-meter band to get through at the time of the broadcast, 2:30-3:30 PM EST. Radio Moscow's Italian-language service, though not beamed to North America, is often heard later in the afternoon, around 2200 GMT, on the same frequencies. As spring sets in, Radio Moscow, like most other international shortwave stations, often changes to higher frequencies, and even with more daylight in the North American afternoon, these can still be heard. There is a paradox in broadcasting in Esperanto to Italy, for Esperanto broadcasts regularly originate in that country. Both Vatican Radio and Radio Rome broadcast in Esperanto at 2005 and 2000 respectively GMT on Sundays. Esperanto is a unique linguistic phenomenon in radio as in all other spheres; international broadcasters are used to broadcast- ing to particular countries in the languages of those countries, while Esperanto cuts across all traditional concepts of "target country." Should any Esperantist reader have heard the broadcasts mentioned, reactions should be send (in Esperanto) to: Radio Mosvko, itala fako, s-ro V.K. Svecov, USSR-113 035 Moskvo, Pjatnickaja 25. The Soviet Union was one of the pioneers in Esperanto broadcasting back in the 1920's, and was also the first country to use Esperanto on a postage stamp. Interestingly to watchers of the world political scene, Esperanto is the only language of European origin used regularly by Radio Peking and not by Radio Moscow. One might wonder whether the test broadcasts of Radio Moscow could be attributed to a realization of that fact. Richard E.Wood ESPERANTO LEAGUE FOR NORTH AMERICA BOX 1129, El Cerrito CA 94530 Onew Enclosed is $ NAME for"""""""" , membership in ELNA for the year 1978. D renewal ADDRESS_ CITY Name and address of each new member published in ELNA Newsletter and next edition of ELNA-Adresaro unless member indicates otherwise. STATE ZIP Check correct category:QRegular ($15)CZJ Family ($22.50)TZ3Youth (18 or under) ($7.50) nstudent (full-time, 25 or under) ($7.50) QSenior (renewal only, 65 or over) ($7.50) DLife ($300) DATE OF BIRTH (if applying for Youth, Student or Senior rate)_ OPTIONAL INFORMATION Telephone number: Area code ( ) Radio call letters (if applicable) OK to publish phone and/or call letters in ELNA-Adresaro? QYes Qno 8 FIRST LATIN-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ESPERANTO Marilia, a Brazilian city of 140,000 about 460 kilometers northwest of Sao Paoio, will become the "capitol of Esperanto" in South America from the 17th to the 22nd of July, 1978. During its 49-year existence, Marilia has lived through a successful epoch of coffee-growing and now, with its 400 industrial plants, is the focus of growth in the western part of the Brazilian state of Sao Paolo. In such a dynamic commercial environment, the support which the Esperanto movement has received for holding the first Latin-American Congress of Esperanto is unusual. Under the auspices of the Governor of Sao Paolo State, Dr. Paulo Egydio Martins, the City Council, the Secretariat for Education, banks and other enterprises are financially and morally supporting the local organizing committee and the Cultural Cooperative of Esperantists during the preparation period. All of the newspapers and radio stations of Marilia have already widely publicized the event, and during the congress they will broadcast daily commentaries in Esperanto. The Cultural Department will underwrite the publishing of documentary material in Esperanto about the city, and will mount a gala spectacular of folklore and local music for the participants of the congress. Five buses will be placed at the disposal of the congress for free transportation of the participants from Sao Paolo to Marilia. The Latin-American delegates will be the guests of the State during the congress. The modern Tennis Club of Marilia will place at the disposal of the congress its meeting rooms, swimming pool and gymnasium. The congress will be held under the auspices of the Universal Esperanto Association, headquartered in Rotterdam, Holland. In early February the head delegate of UEA for Brazil visited Marilia, and was welcomed by Mayor Dr. Theobaldo de Oliveira Lyrio, Congressman Armando Souza Pinheiro, and the President of the City Council, Dr. Sebastiao Monaco. During that meeting it was said that because the city insignia of Marilia carries the inscription "Amor e Libertade" {Love and Liberty), that sentiment will be the atmosphere in which the city welcomes the Esperantists. Esperanto-speakers of all American countries have been invited to attend the congress. In the United States, two tour groups have been arranged to the congress. Information on these tour groups is available from the ELNA Travel Committee, 713 Wilson Street, Novato, California. One of the benefits of the congress will be to serve as a proving-ground for the organizational abilities of the Brazilian Esperantists, looking forward to the 66th World Congress of Esperanto which is to be held in the Brazilian capitol of Brasilia in 1981. Information on the First Latin-American Congress of Esperanto is available from Prof. Wilson Ferreira Martins, Caixa Postal 556, 17500 Marilia (SP), Brazil. [Translated from the Esperanto original] ELNA BOOK SERVICE NEWS - LATE ARRIVALS Kaslta Vivo da L.L. Zamenhof - N.Z. Maimon 214 p. bound $13.75 Koloraj Nubof - Guozi Shudian (China) 149 p. illus. paper $1.10 Pentrajo/ de Cinaj Infanoj - Guozi Shudian (China) 60 p, paper $0.75 Krucenigmoj kaj Humuro - Markovic & Marcek 53 p. paper $1.95 Izolo - K. Kalocsay 77 p. bound $8.25 La Aventuroj de L.R.M. Stultulof la Xa F,V. Dor no. 140 p. paper $5.25 Order from: ELNA Book Service, Box 1129, Ei Cerrlto, CA 94530. Ail orders shipped to California require the addition of 6% tax. On orders under $5.00, add 50 cents for packing and shipping; orders $5.00 or more, add $1.00. Esperanto League for North America P.O. Box 1129 Ei Cerrito, CA 94530 Usono/USA Nonprofit Organisation U.S. POSTAGE PAID Berkeley, CA Permit No. 330 NEWS - PLEASE EXPEDITE Address Correction Requested Return Postage Guaranteed 1 232