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NEWS OF THE LANGUAGE PROBLEM
AND ESPERANTO AS A SOLUTION
January-February 1983
SAN FRANCISCO HOSTS THE
31ST ELNA CONVENTION  JULY 22 - 27, 1983
	INSIDE:
1983 - YEAR OF INTERNATIONAL	ELNA Convention Preview
COMMUNICATION	Star Friends - Not Star Wars
	International Friendship Week
"WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES -	Proclamation
WE CANNOT SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE!"	Language Discrimination
Congressman Paul Simon in	Piron & Umeda Announce
"The Tongue-Tied American"	Books for the SFSU Courses
	July 4 - 22, 1983
KURSOJ TAGE, EKSKURSO) SEMAJNFINE
San Francisco State University offers its 14th Annual
Summer Esperanto Workshop July 4 -22.
Introducing the Visiting Instructors -
Dr. Claude Piron, Professor of Psychology and
Education Science, University of Geneva,
Switzerland. His education includes degrees in
Economics and Social Sciences (University of
Antwerp); Psychology (University of Geneva). His
professional career includes stints as translator-
recording secretary at the UN, New York; Editor for
World Health Organization, Geneva.
Yoshimi Umeda, educated at Keio University, Tokyo;
Chaminade College, Honolulu; and Japanese-
American Institute of Management Science. His
career includes international art arrangements in
Europe and North America. He is currently Import-
Export Director of a Tokyo firm. Umeda has served on
the Executive Board of the international Esperanto
association, and is currently editor of japanio Aktivas,
a digest of Esperanto activity in Japan furnished
regularly to the worldwide Esperanto press.
The instructors will teach each course level as a
team.
BOOKS TO BE USED IN SFSU SUMMER COURSES
Basic Course - Esperanto for Travel and Education
will use learning materials developed by Dr. Piron, the
Wells 2-way Dictionary, and Praktika Bildvortaro.
Intermediate Course - Getting Along in the Esperanto-
Speaking World will require:
Nudpieda Gen, Nakazawa Keizi
Zamenhofa Legolibro (M. Kidosaki)
Kontakto magazine, simplified edition
Step by Step in Esperanto (Butler)
Wells 2-way Dictionary
Plena Vortaro.
Advanced Course - Esperanto Beyond Europe will use:
El   japana    Literaturo    (Miyamoto    Masao,    Isiguro
Teruhiko)
La serĉado de la vivo
1887 kaj la sekvo (Waringhien)
Plena Vortaro or Plena llustrita Vortaro
NOTE:   Supplemental   materials   will   be   available
during the courses.
ELNA NEWSLETTER
Volume 19, Mo. 1
ISSN 0030-5065
Bimonthly organ of the
Esperanto League for North America, Inc.
P.O. Box 1129, El Cerrito CA 94530
Telephone (415) 653-0998
Editor: Catherine L. Schulze
Production: Wm. R. Harmon
Back issues available for promotional use
Judith N. Sherwood is a specialist in automated education at
the Computer-Based Research Laboratory of University of
11 linois-Urbana/Champaign. She writes on-line
documentation of the Plato system, consults with authors of
computer-based materials, and is responsible for several
system utilities. She has written a number of computer-based
lessons to teach Esperanto and has experimented with using
text-to-speech synthesis in language teaching. Sherwood
received a BS in statistics from Purdue and an MS in
statistics from the University of Chicago.
Bruce Arne Sherwood is assistant director and co-chairman
of the System Software Group at the Computer-Based
Education Research Laboratory and professor of physics and
of linguistics at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign.
His research areas include Plato system software, computer-
based physics teaching, multilingual text-to-speech
synthesis, and problems of international communication. He
received a BS in engineering science from Purdue, studied
physics at Padua under a Fulbright scholarship grant, and
received a Ph.D in physics from the University of Chicago.
ESPERANTO AND AUTOMATED EDUCATION
Those interested in computer-assisted programs for teaching
Esperanto are encouraged to consult the journal Speech
Technology (Sept.-Oct. 1982) for the article "Computer
Voices and Ears Furnish Novel Teaching Options." The study
is by Judith N. Sherwood, Specialist in Automated
Education, and Bruce Arne Sherwood, Asst. Director,
Computer-Based Education Research Laboratory, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It describes how "at least
one language, Esperanto, can now be taught with the aid of
speech recognition and synthesis."
In a letter to the editor of ELNA Newsletter, Bruce
Sherwood writes: "Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, revuo
eldonata de la Fako de Lingvistiko de nia Universitato de
Illinois ĉe Urbana-Champaign, enhavos en numero 12:1 tri
artikolojn origine prezentitaj ĉe la 1980 maja Simpozio pri
Nacilingvaj Influoj ĉe Esperanto, okazjnta ĉe ni. La tri studoj
estas: "The Esperanto of El Popola Ĉinio" de Prof-o C. C.
Cheng; "Variation in Esperanto" de Bruce A. Sherwood;
"Statistical Analysis of Esperanto, with Discussion of the
Accusative" de Bruce A. Sherwood.
"Oni atendas, ke la revuo pretiĝos en aprilo 1983. Oni
povas mendi ĝin per sendo de ĉeko por $5 al "University of
Illinois" al:
Studies in the Linguistic Sciences,
Department of Linguistics,
4088 Foreign Language Building,
707 S. Mathews, Urbana IL 61801.
"Petu numeron 12:1. Tiuj kelkaj, kiuj page antaŭmendas la
artikolon de Cheng, automate ricevos tiun artikolon baldaŭ."
NOTE: Reports on various Esperanto works-in-progress by
computer experts will be made at the ELNA Convention to
be held July 22-27 at San Francisco State University.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON COMPUTER
SUPPORT FOR ESPERANTO-A REPORT
by Jim Deer
The December issue of the Newsletter mentioned
that we are working to establish within ELNA a special
interest section on computer support for Esperanto.
We expect to have a full discussion at the ELNA
Convention at San Francisco State University on July
22-27, 1983. As of now, two papers have been
proposed for presentation, and we hope the
convention organizers will find a place for them in the
program.
In Europe, quite a bit of attention is being given to
the problem of using the computer for language
translation, and the possible role of Esperanto as a
"bridge" or intermediate product. This is all well and
good, and we hope they will be successful. But the
task we here have set for ourselves is quite different.
We are interested in what computers can do to help
the Esperanto public. That is, we are interested in
producing computer programs that will be useful to
people engaged in Esperanto activities. There are four
categories:
(1) Computer-Assisted Instruction programs for people
learning Esperanto.
(2) Computer games to help Esperantists improve their
mastery of the language.
(3)  Text-editors to use when writing Esperanto with a
word processor.
(4)  Semantic-analyzer as a further extension of the
text-editor.
The product we need first is one that will help the
beginner learn Esperanto. Our present concept is that
of a package consisting of three coordinated parts: a
first-rate Esperanto text, an audio cassette for
pronunciation, and a computer program for drill and
exercises. It is our current plan to have the prototype
on display and ready to be demonstrated during the
convention at San Francisco State University.
Here is how ELNA members can help:
(a)  Tell us what you know about computer-assisted
instruction of language. Who is doing it, what are they
doing, and with what success?
(b)  Examine the prototype at the convention and tell
us how to improve it.
(c)  Enroll as a member of the special interest group
and tell us which of the above four listed tasks you
would like to work on.
I will be honest and tell you that it is the semantic-
analyzer which holds the most interest for me. I think
that using Esperanto we can go farther and faster than
human thought has ever gone before.
The other three items; the instruction package, the
games, and the text-editor, are bread-and-butter items.
Necessary certainly, and there is a challenge in doing
them and doing them right. But it is the task of
designing and constructing a useful semantic-
analyzer that really stretches the imagination. In my
view, by working from an Esperanto base we just
might achieve something useful. Without an
Esperanto basis, I wouldn't even try.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF ESPERANTO
Practical applications of Esperanto during this UN
Year of International Communication abound. Two
events in the computer field are of current interest:
INTERKOMPUTO 1982 in Budapest, Dec. 27, 1982 -
Jan. 2, 1983. By September, 1982, 73 papers from 14
countries had been offered for the conference and
participants were signed up from such diverse lands
as China, Jordan and the United States. We are
awaiting results of this conference where Esperanto
was the working language.
TRANSLATION BY COMPUTER: The following report
is condensed from the review Esperanto (Dec. 1982),
the official magazine of the Universal Esperanto
Association, Rotterdam:
A PROJECT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
B S O (Bureau for Systems Development), one of the
largest Netherlands computer programming
enterprises, is researching a system called DLT
(distributed translation). The term "distributed" refers
to the separation of the two stages of the translation
process; translation from the source language and the
translation into the target language.
At present the Dutch firm BSO is working with the
Danish firm Christian Rovsing in this study,
commissioned by the European Community. The EC
has appropriated approximately $100,000 for the
initial study. What makes this project unusual is that
Esperanto is the bridge language.
Advantages inherent in the streamlined (simplified)
structure of the international language make for a
more economical codification than is possible with
other languages.
An example of how the consumer might receive
translation in the target language on his home
television apparatus is as follows:
A British weather forecast would be translated into
the bridge language (Esperanto) which would be
available for international distribution.
It is evident that important savings would be
effected by such a concisely coded format. Thus, a
Dutch subscriber of the information service Viditel
requests the weather report in Dutch or another
language, whereupon the desired text appears on his
television screen. This is made possible by a miniature
translation device installed on the television
apparatus. Mass production of the device would
make possible an economical product.
Effectiveness of the process will require elimination
of possibilities for ambiguity during the first step - the
translation into Esperanto.
The Universal Esperanto Association, Rotterdam, is
serving as advisor to BSO. Implicit in this pilot project
are the implications for a vast application of the
techniques under development.
(Translated from Esperanto by Cathy Schulze)
PLEASE    IMMEDIATELY    NOTIFY    ELNA    OF    ANY
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER
INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP FOUNDED
IN STRASBOURG, FRANCE
On October 27,1982 in Strasbourg, France thirteen
European parliamentarians from Belgium, Britain,
France, West Germany, and Ireland founded the
Interparliamentary Esperanto Group. Main speaker at
the event was Heinz-Dieter Maas, F.R. Germany, a
specialist in machine translation who spoke on the
language problem of the European Community.
Following this talk there was lively discussion on
the expense and unsatisfactory functioning of the
present system of translation and interpretation.
Special attention was given to the possibility of
introducing Esperanto into the school curriculum of
countries in the European Community.
The meeting was set up by Brian Barker and
Grahame Leon-Smith in cooperation with the
European Esperanto Center in Brussels. Presiding at
this first meeting was European parliamentarian Brian
M. Key.
NOTE: The Parliamentary Group for Esperanto was
founded in 1973 in Britain with ten members.
Presently it draws its 146 members from all parties.
NON-ALIGNED NATIONS AND THE LANGUAGE
PROBLEM
There are 117 non-aligned nations, of which 96 are
members of the United Nations; in none of the 117
nations is English or French the native language. Of
the 117 countries, there are Esperanto movements in
only Argentina, Cuba, India, Iran, Jugoslavia,
Madagascar, Malta, and Peru. Jugoslavia is ready to
present, at the proper time, a recommendation
"inviting non-aligned and developing countries to
popularize the learning of Esperanto with a view to
expanding its use."
(Reported by Tibor Sekelj of Jugoslavia in the review
Esperanto, July-August 1982)
SCIENCE, THE LANGUAGE BARRIER, AND
DISCRIMINATION
Mexico's ambition of achieving excellence in basic
science is complicated by a double-edged language
barrier; few scientists in the English-speaking world
read Spanish scientific journals, while not many
Mexican scientists know English well enough to
publish in English-language journals. Even among
Latin American countries, Mexico ranks low in the
prorated number of its scientific publications in
English-language journals, according to a recent
survey.
Many Mexicans feel it is "traitorous", as one of
them put it, to publish in English. The Mexican science
agency was sharply criticized when it decided that its
fourth publication should be in English.
(From RD Mexico)
Science Citation Index reports that of the 3,068
journals listed in the index, only 13 are published in
Latin America. Of these, 12 are published in Spanish
and one of trilingual. Three of the 13 are published in
Mexico.    Latin    America    as    a    whole,    therefore,
contributes less to the index than does East Germany,
which has 40 journals, or Austria, which has 24.
Mexican scientists complain that they are "damned
either way." If they publish in an English-language
journal, their colleagues cannot read it and if they
publish in a Spanish-language journal, their peers
abroad will not. Yet English-language journals solve
this dilemma for them, they allege, by discriminating
against Latin American submissions. One scientist
said that he has had an easier time getting his papers
accepted by English-language journals when his co-
authors have had Anglo-sounding names.
(Deborah Shapely, Nature, Sept. 1982)
[Article contributed by Donald Bushaw]
OPINIONS OF AMBASSADORS OF NON-ALIGNED
NATIONS ABOUT ESPERANTO
During November and December, 1981, Dr. Tibor
Sekelj, author and linguist of Jugoslavia, interviewed
officials of 28 non-aligned nations at the UN in New
York and at UNESCO in Paris. Of the 28, only the
ambassador from Bangladesh preferred English as the
international language. For the full text of Dr. Sekelj's
article, see Esperanto, February 1982. Some typical
quotes follow:
IRAN: Dr. Said Rajaie, ambassador: "I await with great
interest the introduction of Esperanto into the United
Nations. That will signify a great step forward, not
only in communication but especially in the cultural
and psychological areas; it will signify the equality of
all members."
CUBA: Mr. Lopez del Amo, minister: "It would be
wonderful if we could all make ourselves understood,
in one language, belonging to all equally. Tradition
and inertia are the great obstacles but one can
overcome that through energetic action and
patience...We can but warmly welcome everything
which contributes to unity."
MAURITANIA: Mr. Rasim Ba, Advisor: "Although I
know little about Esperanto I am certain it could
contribute much to internationalize our work and our
relations. All representatives should begin to learn it. I
myself would willingly learn it at once."
NEPAL: Mr. M. Bhat, Advisor: "I certainly support the
introduction of Esperanto because now we are using
the languages of others, freely taking on a
disadvantage in every discussion. But until now, we
had no alternative."
ZAMBIA: Mr. M. Kaunda, Advisor: "The great
advantage of Esperanto is that it does not impose the
cultures of others on small peoples but permits the
free evolution of everyone's language and culture. Its
contribution to the unification of mankind can
surpass all our dreams."
EGYPT: Dr. Chama El-Dine El-Wakin, Ambassador:
"Because of its universality, I esteem Esperanto. I
desire to encourage and help you who work for this
noble idea. Perhaps you will find some resistance
among the arabs who are proud of their language. But
that resistance will disappear when they realize that
Esperanto aims to link the speakers of arabic with all
mankind."
LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION
"CERVANTES YES, SHAKESPEARE NO"
Language Trouble at the World Congress of
Sociology
In the December, 1982 issue of ASA Footnotes,
published by the American Sociological Association,
Dr. Melvin Kohn of the National Institute of Mental
Health in Bethesda, MD gives his impressions of the
Tenth World Congress of Sociology, held in Mexico
City last August. His report includes the following
paragraphs:
"Not planned by either the Program Committee or
the Research Committees, but certainly fascinating to
behold, was a student demonstration demanding that
the proceedings of the Congress be translated into
Spanish. At the beginning of the third plenary session
(the first two having been guarded by the military
since the President of Mexico officiated),
approximately 750 students paraded into the
auditorium, carrying banners that demanded that all
sessions be translated into Spanish, along with such
auxiliary slogans as
'In Mexico, we speak Spanish, not English'
'Down with colonialism of culture'
'Cervantes yes, Shakespeare no'
'Tenth World Congress of Sociology
Exclusively for Elites
Stop the Imperialist Imposition.'
"Allowing that it would have been impossible to
translate everything into Spanish, still, it would be
difficult not to sympathize with students who know
that their Government and their University had gone
to great pains and considerable expense to provide a
setting for a World Congress, yet had made only
limited provision for the translation of sessions into
Spanish. It was interesting, and I thought reassuring,
to notice that ad hoc arrangements were made in
many subsequent sessions for the translation of
papers, or at least of summaries of papers, into
Spanish."
(                                    Reported by Dr. Wm. Solzbacher)
ESPERANTO IN THE PRESS
The Hartford CT Courant (Jan. 3) featured an article by
Mark Melady, "Hope Springs Eternal for Esperantists."
Melady illustrated the article in a novel way with a
photo of Mae West asking Cary Grant: "Kial ne vizitu
min iam?" and Franklin D. Roosevelt at the
microphone saying: "Al ni estas neriio timenda krom
timo mem." The writer was extensively briefed on the
current status of Esperanto by ELNA member Stuart
Kittredge.
Los Angeles Times (Oct. 12, 1982) Staff writer Mike
Cranberry interviewed Ellie and Lou Stein, Lewis
Lewine, and Charles Nelson in a feature-length article
"Esperanto: Local Club on Bandwagon" about the
wide range of Esperanto activity in San Diego.
Iowa City Press-Citizen (Jan. 1, 1983): "He Makes
Friends Through Esperanto" was the title of an
interview with Lawrence A. Ware, professor emeritus
at the  University of  Iowa College of  Engineering.
Ware provided the writer with a lively picture of the
many adventures which are commonplace for those
who make active use of the international language.
"Once one learns Esperanto", Prof. Ware said, "a
whole new world will open up to you."
Quasars in Esperanto, an article in Interface, the
newsletter of the American Committee for the
Weizmann Institute of Science, under "Footnotes"
reports on Amri Wandel who will soon publish his next
scientific paper, devoted to quasdars, both in the
Astrophysical Journal and in Scienca Revuo, which
reaches Esperanto-speaking scientists in 50 countries.
Physics student Wandel was recently elected
President of the World Esperanto Youth Organiztion
("Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo", TEJO).
MD Magazine (July, 1982): In her article "Esperanto,
Doctor Zamenhof's Dream Language," Rose Sherman
deals beautifully with the international language and
the gentle genius who created it almost 100 years ago.
She traced Zamenhof's troubled childhood in Poland
where he lived through the pogroms against the Jews.
The boy saw that, while language could be divisive, a
shared language could unite. Lonely years, working in
poverty, produced a language which was acclaimed
by its speakers in a great diaspora throughout the
world.
Referring to the many professional organizations
which make use of Esperanto, Sherman writes:
"Esperanto has been especially useful to the medical
profession in the dissemination of medical knowledge
through its publications and societies. There is a world
organization, 'Universala Medicina Esperanto-Asocio',
which was founded for physicians and surgeons but
now admits dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and
veterinarians. Its official journal, Medicina Internacia
Revuo, is published in Japan. Many medical journals,
such as the journal de Medicine de Lyon, France,
publish summaries of articles in Esperanto.
Specialized terminology in all medical fields can be
found in Esperanto medical dictionaries. An
Esperanto medical phrase book was published in 1961
in Amsterdam and New York."
Staten Island Sunday Advance (Oct. 24, 1982) in a
section "New Beginning" carried an article by Diane
Lore, "He Spreads Word About Esperanto." Lore
traced the long and colorful career of John Kailenta
who, with his family, has traveled widely to Esperanto
events on several continents. According to Mr.
Kailenta, life with Esperanto simply has "more zest."
The Humanist magazine (Jan-Feb 1983) carried an
article, "The Role of Recombinant Genetics in
Humanism" by Troy A. Jacobs, a junior at Emory
University in Atlanta. He is majoring in chemistry and
minoring in anthropology. After graduate school, he
plans to work in the field of recombinant genetics.
According to his biography, Jacobs' interests are
"...varied and include international concerns and
problems-especially Esperanto and the North-South
Dialogue-anthropology and philosophy." His major
concern presently is the cause/effect problems of the
interaction of society and science.
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE 31ST ELNA
CONVENTION-SAN FRANCISCO STATE
UNIVERSITY JULY 22-27, 1983

Modern, comfortable Verducci Hall will house the
ELNA Convention in 1983
The facade of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum is a
reproduction of the Avenue of Ram Sphinxes from the
Karnak Temple at Thebes. Taurt, the statue in the center, is
the predynastic hippopotamus deity known as the
protectress of women. Her name means "the great one." The
museum is located in Rosicrucian Park, San Jose, California.
Sunday Brunch will include a visit to the
Rosicrucian Museum and Planetarium. The tour will
include the Egyptian Museum which contains the
largest ancient Egyptian and Babylonian collection in
the western United States; the Art Gallery containing
furniture and art covering the reigns of Louis XV and
XVI; Gallery of Modern Art; and the Rosicrucian
Science Museum and Planetarium, called "The
theater of the Sky."
NOTO por eksterlandanoj: S-ro Chris Warnken,
eksdirektoro de la Muzeo, gvidos per Esperanto.
SPECIAL RECEPTIONS AT ELNA CONVENTION
In addition to the usual reception for UEA
Delegates, there will be a special reception honoring
the 250 + alumni of the San Francisco State
University Esperanto courses.
Special progress reports will be made to the
convention on at least two important ELNA projects:
The Esperanto Book, a special volume on modern
Esperanto being readied for publication by David
Richardson, and
A computer-assisted course to accompany
Richardson's book. Software for the course is being
developed by the Esperanto Working Group at
Tektronix under the direction of Jim Deer.
Other convention highlights and special events will
be announced in a later issue of ELNA Newsletter and
atthe convention.
ATENTU POSTMARK-KOLEKTANTOJ!
Mendu la poŝtkarton de Esperanto-poŝtmarkoj po 25
cendoj. Skribu al: Conrad Fisher, Route 6, Box 198,
Meadville PA 16335.
ESPERANTO AND STAMP COLLECTING
"Simpla, Fleksebla, Praktika" is the title of an article
on Esperanto by Stephen Esrati in Stamp World (Jan.
1983). The article was illustrated by photos of
Esperanto commemorative stamps issued by
Hungary, Austria, and the most recent one by Belgium
in 1982.
(Reported by Bob Broedel, Tallahassee FL)
Odd Facts About Stamps Newsletter (No. 119, Jan.
1983) by Rev. C. B. Christian carried an item about
Wm. J. Mets, ELNA member, who promotes Esperanto
and helps UNICEF through the sale of
commemorative stamps.
LANGUAGE IN THE NEWS
Language Barrier Foils Robbery
The owner of a small Berkeley (CA) market
prevented the contents of his cash register from being
stolen, not because he was courageous, but because
neither he nor the robber spoke English well. The
owner, Bing Lee, couldn't understand the robber, a
South African, commanding him to open the cash
register. Unable to open it himself, the robber left but
was quickly caught. Asked why he didn't comply with
the robber's demand, Lee said:  "He talk too fast."
(Daily Californian, Nov. 18,1982)
THE ASIA LETTER (Nov. 9, 1982) cites a requirement
by the government of France that all documents
issued by exporters to France be in the French
language. Asian businessmen are more than a little
upset at this unilateral requirement. A Bangkok
newspaper editorializing on the matter suggested that
one to way to retaliate would be that all French export
documents be written in the languages of the
importing countries.
[Ed. Note: This item was sent by Paul Kern, Director of
Latin American and Asian Operations for Smith &
Wesson, Springfield MA. Mr. Kern notes: "I often see
the need for some international language more fair
than English."]
Hon. Dianne Feinstein, Mayor of San Francisco
Office or the mayob
DtANNE FeiNSTCII-
EURO PASSPORT DUE SOON
After years of horse-trading, the EEC passport has
become a reality. The ten member nations of the
Community have finally agreed that the document
should be "bordeaux red", that it should measure
125mm x 88mm. There were fierce disputes over the
color, format and number of Community languages to
be used on the front page. The information on the
holder of the passport will be in the language of the
issuing country plus English and French.
(From de Tagesspiegel, 3/82, reported in Brian
Kaneen's KEA Newsletter. Dr. Kaneen observes: "All
the languages of the Community are equal, some
moreso than others!")
Linguacide in the Soviet Union
Yehoshua A. Gilboa: A Language Silenced - The
Suppression of Hebrew Literature and Culture in the
Soviet Union (London and Toronto, Associated
University Presses, 1982). "Hebrew literature and
culture have been prey to the destructive actions and
policies of the Soviet government from the days
following the 1917 revolution to the present." This
book documents the struggle of a group of ardent
poets, dramatists, and lovers of Hebrew to keep their
language alive in the face of suppressive measures.
(Brian Kaneen's KEA Newsletter, Fall 1982 - Simon
Fraser University)
JlrflrlamattDtt
WrOEAS,    San Francisco ia host to millions of persons fan all over the world;
and
WHEREAS,    By virtue of its location, San Francisco receives thousands of visitors
daily and desires to ever uphold its reputation as a friendly city; and
WHEREAS,    San Francisco is very much aware of language diversity and the inportance
aid need for understanding across international frontiers; and
WHEREAS,   Out of this need for a ccoraon tmans of ccotnunication among international
visitors, grew a "second tongue" formally known as Esperanto; and
WHEREAS, California State University, San Francisco has pioneered in the teaching
of this international language, erhancing the prestige of San Francisco
as a city willing to meet its foreign visitors half way linguistically,
CO/, HEHEFOPE,  I, DlANtC FEDBTEEN, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco,
do hereby proclaim the week of February 20 - 26. 1983, as INTERACTIONAL FRIENDSHIP
WEEK IN SAN FRANCISCO, coinciding with a world-wide carrpaigi sponsored by the
universal Esperanto Association whose purpose is to bridge the gap of ccmrmication
and understanding acrong all people,
IN WTINESS WrEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Seal
of the City and County of San
Francisco to be affixed this
twenty -ninth day of October,
nineteen hundred and eighty two,
Wanna feinstein
Mayor
NEWS FROM ABROAD
Shanghai, China: The Shanghai Esperanto Association
was officially launched in November, 1982 at the Art
Hall with 260 participants. Local dignitaries pledged
support for the fledgling organization and the event
received wide media coverage.
Professor S.J. Zee (2nd from L) encouraged members
to be Esperantists "veraj anstataŭ laŭnome".
AUSTRALIA - Esperanto, anyone?
The Australian government recently allocated $13
million to a TV station whose reception has more
snow than winter in Buffalo and lower ratings than an
Argentine variety show set in the Falklands. It is
multicultural station Channel 0/28.
The government of Malcolm Fraser, in what some
regard as a cynical bid for the ethnic vote, decided to
extend the station's coverage nationwide by 1985.
Politically motivated or not, multilingual TV is an
obvious need in Australia. Of the 14-million
population, 3.5 million migrated to the country after
1945. They speak 90 languages, and more than
700,000 Australian children have a first language that
is not English. They are still stuck with the key
question in the multicultural media scramble: Who
should decide the programming?
(Excerpted from Los Angeles Times, Jan. 21983)
IRAN
ELNA is in receipt of a report from A. R. Manduhi,
Teheran, concerning action of the Iran Esperanto-
Working Group in keeping Iran's Ambassador to the
UN, Dr. S. Rajaie informed.
Dr. Rajaie was one of 28 representatives of non-
aligned nations to the UN and UNESCO interviewed
by Dr. Tibor Sekelj of Jugoslavia. Sekelj was
commissioned by the Universal Esperanto Association
as liaison with representatives of the non-aligned
movement.
M. H. Saheb-Zamani heads IEWG and frequently
sends to Ambassador Rajaie reprints about Esperanto
and IEWG events which appear in the Iranian press.
The report is enthusiastic about the positive response
concerning Esperanto by those interviewed.
JAPAN
Radio Japan broadcast a special program about
Esperanto to South America on December 11, 1982.
The program consisted of such questions and answers
as: How many Esperantists are there in Japan (about
10,000); when was the Japan Esperanto Institute
founded? (1919); Esperanto publishing in Japan? (JEI
sells more than 1,000 titles to a value of 13 million
Yen, approx. US$55,000); is Esperanto easy? (Yes, also
for Japanese).
At the J.E.I. Building in Waseda on September 4,1982,
lectures were given in Esperanto by Drs. F. Lojacomo
(France), Probal Daŝgupta (India), and Dan Maxwell
(W. Germany).
At the 56th Kyushu Esperanto Conference in Miyazaki
September 18-19, 1982, addresses were made by Dr.
TOIDA Noki; HUKUTA Masao, Dr. SUGITA Masaomi,
and KINOSITA Tadazoo.
During the Fall Seminar, Tokyo October 10-11, 1982,
12 Esperanto lectures and various discussion groups
covered such topics as "Water Problems in Tokyo",
"The Gregorian Calendar", and "Sex and Equality" with
well-known speakers. Members of the 1981 Esperanto
class at SFSU will remember UMEDA Setsuko, who
spoke at this conference on her travels in the U.S.
The 23rd Northeastern Japanese Esperanto
Conference in Toohoku October 23-24 was opened by
Dr. SHINODA Hideo. The conference included slide
reports of local club activities, music, various
theatrical presentations, and addresses by ISOBE
Yukiko, COTOO Hitosi, and Geoffrey Sutton (Great
Britain) who spoke about his year in the editorial
offices of £/ Popola Ĉinio in Beijing.
Courses are available at many locations throughout
Japan and the J.E.I, offices offer classes continually. A
practical course on a higi level is taught by UMEDA
Yoshimi, Director of Information, J.E.I.
At the Osaka Hall of Education, Reports on
Esperanto Studies were presented October 3 by Prof.
N. Kawasaki on "Proper Names", H. Tatumi on
"Proposal for Compilation of an Esperanto
Thesaurus", Y. Nukina on the Japanese language
"History and Ideas about International Languages."
A Symposium on Language Education at Sofia
University, Tokyo, held October 16-17, 1982 drew
considerable criticism of the current state of foreign
language instruction in Japan.
- From japanio Aktivas
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LOCAL CLUBS
FREE    POSTAL    LESSONS    attracting    new
members
The free postal lessons are delighting participants
across the United States and Canada. Among the
tutors known to ELNA are: Ralph Murphy (Boston);
Dr. William Solzbacher (Washington DC); Conrad
Fisher (Meadville PA); Bern Wheel (Chicago); Cleo Fort
(Sun City AZ); Frank Helmuth (San Diego); Ellen Eddy
(Richland WA); Cathy Schulze (San Francisco). Cathy
has a cardfile of over 400 postal students.
With the help of supplemental material developed
by some of the tutors, and mostly by Martha Evans, a
greater number of people are receiving Certificates of
Completion and going on to more intensive study.
David T. Wolff, pres., Boston Esperanto Club, presents
certificate to Roy McCoy for completion of the postal
course with honor.
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David T. Wolff congratulates Russell Greene, who has
successfully completed the postal lessons with honor.
(Photo: Murphy)
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Dr. Glenn Case, San Jose CA is flanked by his two
teachers. At right, Martha Walker who tutors glenn in
the ELNA Correspondence Course. At left, Cathy
Schulze, who tutored Dr. Case in the mini-postal
course, presents his certificate and a copy of the world
convention (1982) issue of the newspaper Heroldo de
Esperanto.
(Photo: Vallon-Wheeler)
Gallup, NM: Roan Orloff Stone is teaching Esperanto
to ten people, one of whom makes a round trip of 120
miles each week for the lessons. One family studying
with Mrs. Stone is truly international with four
children; one of their own, one a 9-year-old Mexican
child, a 7-year-old black child, and a 7-year-old
Navajo child.
Santa Cruz CA Esperanto Club is offering a beginner's
course to be taught by Jon Cortes, an alumnus of last
summer's courses at San Francisco State University
Mesquite TX Esperanto-grupo festis Zamenhofan
Tagon per kantprogramo ĉe la hejmo de Ges-roj Earl
Bills.
Houston TX: Fr. Wilbur O. Fogg raportis aŭskulton de
Esperanto-programo al Beijing Radio. Responde,
Radio-Beijing informis pri novaj frekvencoj kaj
tempoj. Krome ili sendis belan 1983-kalendaron al Fr.
Fogg.
Ventura County CA Esperanto Association is offering
beginner's classes as part of a membership drive,
according to Scott Smith, Secretary.
VOLAS KORESPONDI
BRAZIL:
Roberto Alves de Lima, Rua Carlos de Souza Nazareth, 184
apto 106  Centro,  01025  S.Paulo - S.P.,   Brazil   interŝanĝi
leterojn, bildojn, librojn, revuojn.
FRANCE:
Ces-roj G. Belin, 35 rue Beausejour, 03200 Vichy, France. Pk,
pm kun esperantaj takstoj - egala interŝanĝo.
E. GERMANY
Anett Schone, 8246 Lauenstein, Altenberger Weg 1, DDR
-17-j, pop-muziko.
HUNGARY
Edit   Csabai,   Kunszent   marton,   Szentesi   ŭt   11/a,   5440
Hungary. 22-j.
Csilla   Lois,   Tatabanya  11.k.   Erdesz   u.   13,   IV/12,   2800
Hungary. 17-j studentino.
Paulo    Dajko,    Jaszfenyszaru,    Honved    ŭt    36,    5126,
Magyarorszag, Hungary. 17-j, sporto kaj literature
Eugene Flanko, SARKAD, Dozsa GyOrgy u.1, 5720, Hungary.
17-j studento; muziko diskoteka.
Elizabeta    Khin,    Budoi-negy    236,    H-6000    Kecskemet,
Hungary. 17-j, studento.
Erika   Kovacs,   Budapest  1131,   Thallmann   str.   22/c   II8,
Hungary. 15-j studentino, bk, pm.
Melinda   Peter,   2659   Ersekvadkert,    Rozsavolgyi   ut.   6,
Hungary. 17-j, studentino, ludas pianon; filmoj.
Otvŭs  Bela,  2800 Tatabanya V.  November 7 ter 12.3.e.,
Hungary.
Martin Valeria, 2890 Tata 1. Kocsi u. 51, Hungary.
Farago Eva, 2890 Tata Sallai u. 22/a, Hungary.
Trencsenyi    Hajnal,    2890    Tata    Bajcsy-Zsilinszky    u.7,
Hungary.
IRAN:
5-ro Rahim DAVARI, Ketab Ferushiye, Mirzakhani, Bonab,
Iran.
JUGOSLAVIA:
Zsiga Aniko, 24400 Senta Jozsef A. u. 51, Jugoslavia.
POLAND:
Mieczyslaw  Kwietniewski,   ul.   Turystyczna  13/43,   44-335
Jastrzcbie Zdroj, Poland. 40-j, edzo, p.ĉ.t.
Petro  Pupys,  strato Obozawa 74 m  53, Warsaw, 01-426
Poland. 14-j knabo, pk, bk.
NEKROLOGE
LEWIS H. MAURY, 93, died at the Veterans Hospital in
Washington DC January 2. Born in Danville VA, he worked
as a real estate salesman, joined the Esperanto movement
over 70 years ago, serving at various times as President of the
Esperanto Society of New York and the Esperanto Society of
Washington; attended national and international Esperanto
Congresses, among them the Universal Congress in Athens in
1976. He was an Honorary Member of the Esperanto Society
of Washington.
SONIA DOCAL, 61, wife of Sergio Docal, formerly President
and Secretary of the Esperanto Society of Washington and
now Fakdelegito de UEA (Muziko) in Fort Lauderdale. Born
in Brazil, Sonia worked for many years in the Washington
Headquarters of the Inter-American Health Organization.
She died November 22, 1982 in Fort Lauderdale. When the
Docals lived in Washington, Sonia played hostess to visiting
Esperantists from many countries.
RAY B. KELLY, 85, died at Okeechobee FL August 30, 1982.
Born in Massachusetts, he learned Esperanto about 45 years
ago and was at one time Vice President of the Esperanto
Society of New York. Kelly did translations and book reviews
and helped organize several EANA Congresses. He died
three days before his 86th birthday. His wife Anne was also
active in the Esperanto movement.
(Reported by Wm. Solzbacher)
EKSKLUZIVE POR VIRINOJ!
(Mesaĝo de Olga du Temple, Kanado)
[mallongigita de Martha Walker]
Informo pri ALBUMA STEBAĴO (Album Quilt)
NOREK (Nord-okcidenta regiona Esperantista
kunveno) de la Usonaj Ŝtatoj Washington, Oregon kaj
eventuaie Alasko, kaj la Kanada Provinco Brita
Kolumbio alvokas kudristojn de la mondo helpi en
farado de "Albuma Stebaĵo" (angle, "album quilt").
NOREK deziras prezenti tiun artaĵon dum la
Universala Kongreso en Vankuvero 21 -28-VI1-1984 por
beligi la kongresejon. Poste, la stebaĵo estos montrata
dum popularaj lokaj foiroj en Usono kaj Kanado. Tiel
ĝi fariĝos nekutima propagandilo por Esperanto.
Tiucele, oni elektas PONTOJN kiel simbolojn de
Esperanto, pontlingvo inter homoj kaj nacioj.
Stebaĵo estas kunmetaĵo de tri teksaĵoj kiuj poste
funkcios kiel unu. La supra tavolo povas esti
diversmaniere ornamita per brodado, alflikado
("applique"), kunflikado (angle, "patchword"). La meza
tavolo estas vato aŭ mola, malpeza, dika teksaĵo. La
suba tavolo estas simpla, firma, eble katuna teksaĵo.
Albuma stebaĵo distingiĝas de aliaj stebajoj en tio,
ke la supra tavolo estas kunmetaĵo deortangulaj
pecoj de ŝtofo, ĉiuj el ili produktitaj de apartaj virinoj.
Ofte la ĉefa motivo estas antae decidita, sed la
detaloj rilate al koloroj, elekto de materialo, kaj
laborspeco tute dependas je la fantazio kaj kapablo
de la unuopaj kudristoj.
La ortanguloj estas poste kunkudritaj kaj la tuto
(jam kiel stebaĵo) estas kutime prezentita kiel esprimo
de estimo al iu respektata persono. Ciokaze, la
Albuma Stebaĵo estos prezentata al la mondo.
Se vi deziras partopreni en d tiu entrepreno, elektu
faman ponton de via regiono por la desegno, kaj faru
la kvadraton laŭvole. Baza materialo estu kotona aŭ
poliestra. Ĉiuj uzotaj materialoj estu antaŭŝrumpitaj,
laveblaj kaj firmkoloraj.
La grandeco de la kvadrato devas esti 305mm x
305mm (12 x 12 coloj). Ĉirkaŭ la rando de la kvadrato
aldonu plian 15mm da baza materialo por ebligi la
kunkudradon.
En la dekstra suba angulo enbrodu per ĉenkudreroj
vian nomon, la nomo de la ponto, kaj la nomon de la
loko, ĉiuj tri nacilingve. Esperantlingve, enbrodu la
nomon de la lando.
Sendu ĝin al S-rino Sara Ann Estling, 1351 Grant St.,
Walla Walla WA 99362, Usono. S-ino Estling
respondecos pri la kunkudrado kaj stebaĵo. Si
bezonos kelkajn monatojn por la laboro.
Se vi havas demandojn, pretas respondi Olga du
Temple (por LKK de 69a UK), 765 Braemar Ave.,
Sidney BC V8L 3S1 Kanado.
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ANONCOJ
REKLAMU EN LA 1983-a JARLIBRO DE UEA -Lokaj
kluboj atentu! Lokaj kluboj rajtas mendi
malmultekostan anonceton en la Jarlibro, Legu sur
paĝo 377 de la 1982-a Jarlibro, aŭ informo havebla al
kaj mendoj sendeblaj al ELNA CO., Box 1129, El
Cerrito CA 94530. Limdato 15a marto.
AVIADISTOJ ATENTU! Laborgrupo por Aeronaŭtika
Terminologio preparas aeronaŭtikan vortaron kaj
reaperigos AVIOn, informbultenon. Interesuloj sendu
IRK al: Karel Franc, bulteno AVIO, Dukla 2287,
Pardubice 530 02 Czechoslovakia.
Esperanto-klubo AMIKECO, Kesto 393, Rostov/Don-7,
344007 USSR would like to receive children's drawings
for an exhibit in May. Theme: The sun. Each drawing
should have name of child, age, country.
INTERNACIA ESPERANTO-KLUBO AUTOMOBILISTA
preparas fakvortaron aŭtomobilistan sub gvido de
Belgo, S-ro Boffejon. IEKA en 1982 havis 1220 anojn.
Usona peranto: Conrad Fisher, RFD 6, Box 198,
Meadville PA 16335.
GEONKLA PROGRAMO, (vidu paĝon 67 de la 1982a
UEA Jarlibro) estas skemo por helpi junajn
esperantistojn ĝis 16-jarajn per kunligado koresponda
kun plenkreskuloj. Mi persone regule sendas pk ktp al
9-jara knabo en Sardinio kaj ricevas ĉarmajn leterojn
de li. Li fiere ekspozicias sendaĵojn ĉe sia lernejo.
-Cathy Schulze, red.
NOVA DIREKTORO DE CO. NOMITA
Post zorga elektado el inter la kvin kandidatoj por la
posteno de Direktoro de la ELNA Centra Oficejo,
Prez-o Thomas Goldman nomis kiel la sukcesan
kandidaton S-ro Gregory Wasson el Santa Barbara CA.
S-ro Wasson eklaboros en la Centra Oficejo paralele
kun la eksiĝonta Direktoro, Donald Harlow, dum la
monato de februaro kaj oficiale estiĝos la nova
Direktoro je unua de marto, 1983. Biografia artikolo
pri nia nova direktoro aperos en la sekvanta numero
de ELNA Newsletter. Gratulojn al vi, Goĉjo!
OFICISTOJ DE ELNA:
Prezidanto:
Vicprezidanto:
Kasisto:
Sekretario:
Estraranoj:   James   Cool,
Thomas  Goodman,   Will
Thomas A. Goldman
EI lie Stein
John B. Massey
Benn E. Clouser
Ellen   Eddy,   Joan   Cildemeister,
am   R.   Harmon,   Julius  Manson,
David Richardson, William Schulze, Douglas Swett.
KOMITATOJ KAJ KOMISIITOJ DE ELNA:
Komisiito por Centra Oficejo:
Direktoro de la Centra Oficejo:
Komisiito por Informado:
Komisiito por Junularaj Aferoj:
Komisiito por Olimpikoj 1984:
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Komisiito por Sonbenda Servo:
Komisiito por Testamentaj Aferoj:
Komisiito por Virinaj Aferoj:
Komisiito por Vojagaferoj:
Komitato   pri   Scienco   kaj   Tekniko:
William R. Harmon
Donald Harlow
Ralph Murphy
James Cool
Bernice Garrett
Joan Cildemeister
H. K. VerPloeg
John Massey
Ellie Stein
Lucille C. Harmon
Estro   Kent   Jones
Komitato pri UN-Aferoj:                 Julius Manson, Mark Starr
Redaktoro de ELNA NEWSLETTER:             Catherine Schulze
ESPERANTO VOJAGOSERVO anoncas:
With this issue of ELNA Newsletter you will receive a
copy of the brochure published by your Esperanto
Vojaĝoservo on arrangements for travel to the
Universal Congress of Esperanto in Budapest this
year, as well as information on our Post-Congress
Excursion through southern Hungary and Vienna.
If you haven't made your plans yet, please do so
right away - your Esperanto Vojaĝoservo will be glad
to help regardless of whether or not you're actually
departing with our group.
Please feel free to use the enclosed brochure as
publicity, showing how Esperanto can be used in
practical ways - making travel more meaningful by
meeting with local people. We have printed extra
copies of the brochure to be used for general
publicity, and free copies may be obtained from the
ELNA Central Office or Esperanto Vojaĝoservo c/o
Howard Travel Service, 578 Grand Ave., Oakland CA
94610.
Let Esperanto Vojaĝoservo take care of your travel
needs! Call Lusi at [415] 836-1710.
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