KH* J- ^lvJUL U.JL xjlX11v>x Jx^Ci Ij^ormation Center , "*— ......—» i —.............. ......... Newsletter 1965*1*1 EDITORIAL and PRODUCTION OFFICE, ESPERANTO 00140,180 Riverside Drive, Mot York, New York-40024 -(-enteange- on W. 90th St.) Tel: (212) 799-2800 KUHLABCRftJTOJ: BERNARD STOLLMAN, MARY MURRAY, JOHN FUTRAN, JOE HORN, RALPH BONESPER, EDITH SLAWINSKI, HUMPHREY TC'IKIN, JULIE CRANDALL ,IIARGOT GERSON AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: A torrent of exciting news is flowing in from all over the United States,straining our facilities and our budget in our attempts to report all developments of importance. Elsewhere in this issue we include a UN petition=Please fill yours and send to PAUL STEIN, P.O. BOX 6251, San Diego, California. He will count them and forward them to UEA. ELNA MEMBERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED $800 in response to the fund appeal letter sent out by PRESIDENT FRANCIS E. HELMUTH. (The names of contributors will appear in our special ESPERANTO DOMQ ISSUE, to appear on or" before Feb. 1) The president has received a pledge of $1000.00 as a doidaon to this fund in the event that this amount is matched by $2,500.00 from all the other members of ELNA by March 31, 1965. Present goal is $1,700.00. Please help, TOM DAVIDSON HAS EIGHT CLASSES GOING IN PORTLAND. In addition, 3 teacher instruction workshop sessions will get under x-ray this,,month (January) to prepare teachers for the*public school systems of Oregon» Letters received by this office from Portland, have vastly exceeded in numbers those from any otlier city in North America. (300 plus received to date). MRS. JERRI PETERSON has been appointed to head the state wide coordination of teachers in Oregon, UITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MATERIALS AND METHODS. *(adult education). THE PENNINSULA ESPERANTO CLUB MEETING of December 5 in San Francisco was attended by Mary Murray of our New York EIC and 50 "gesvingantoj ". Mary delivered a report on our activities here. FRANK HELMUTH presented a slide ^«niml.m.» —« 4.U— TTTJTTTMTnT £<_._• 1--1 ~ lulu. J. _ J.I___TT—______/1_______.-------- TV\*rr,TTr» TTMJITtnni _____......~, ,.,.. ..uuwwy j.Ui wis iuuiiuawuii ux an auto ciud ior csperantists, providing aiforum for matters of common interest among auto owners, and world-wide coverage for an Esperanto-speaking rescue service» Says Jaumotte: "Every year (more and more Esperantists become car owners—car owners who, more than mcjst, take their cars abroad. This new development should be reflected in UEA'-s service to its members." Jaumotte hopes for foundation of the club ; early in thellew Year, " Boor CHIUJREM'S BOOKS IF ESPERANTO, An outstandingly well designed book has "been added to the extensive children^ literature already on the market in the International Language, Published in Denmark, the' book contains [three Hans Andersen fables with abundant color illustrations. It follows a volume in (the same format and also containing Hans Andersen fables,which |was produced last year. Currently, the leading publishers of Esperanto i books for children are in Denmark, France and China» They cater to a marJset consisting, among others, c£ bilingual children brought up to speak Esperato in the home»! UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOOSTS ESPERANTO COLLECTION. The University of Amsterdam, which has fojr several years offered degree courses in Esperanto, has recently taken steps to increase its holding of Esperanto books. A newly published catalogue lists the library's large collection,xjhich already exceeds in size the largest known collections in the United States. Biggest Esperanto library, with thousands of volumes, is in London* Rio de Janeiro has tiie largest on the American continent, DUTCH ESPERAMTISTS REORGANIZE. A considerable step forward in the Dutch Esperanto movement is the foundation of FEB —Federation of Esperanto Organizations in the Netherlands, founded at a recent meeting in .Amsterdam* FEN aims at uniting the six main organizations now working for Esperanto in the Netherlands, among them grotps of Catholics, Protestants, and workers. ' (Nederlanda EsperaMsto) ICELANDIC POET BALDUR RAGNARSSON NAMED AUTHOR OF THE YEAR. This year's award for the Esperanto author of the year was recently presented to Baldur Ragnarsson, at a ceremony in the Hague, Ragnarsson, author of two volumes of original tad translated poetry, belongs to the younger generation of Esperanto po!' ■*,;„ ••- j :, ■ in Sotth America ta begin such a program» Peking University joins schools in .Shanghai, Chengtu, and in Pukien province, in officially supporting Esperanto instruction, Corattukist China, which conduct^ its' great ideological debate with the Soviet Union concerning the fixture course of Communism in" Esperanto, hoping thereby to win the allegiance of the sixty of more uncommitted- Communist parties throughout the world, calls Esperanto "the KEY to theWEST'1. Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has joined the University of Calif ornia,'Drake College, and EUzabethtown College in pffering Espez^nto. Extracurricular Instruction is .offered at St, Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Farmlngton, Missouri, and at Belmont Abbey College, Belmont* Ntirth Carolina, The Hadley School for the Slind in Winnetka, Illinois teaches braille Esperanto, .. p •"'' '-° New York, New York, January. 1$, 196$ (ESPERANTO MEWS SERVICE) MEW PUBLISHING FIRM OFFERS ESPERANTO LITERATURE, The Esperanto Publishing Company, a new firm, has Begun offering original and.-..translated Esperanto books from many countries to American college'and public bookstores. This is believed to be the first time that a comprehensive selection of the great works of literature from the entire world can be obtained from one American publisher in,the. international language. Included are anthologf.es of the great stories, of Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, "FRISIA", and many other countries, and such masterpieces as the works of Shakespeare, Dante,-Hans Christian Anderson, Tagore, Einstein, Sophocles, Sartre, Schiller, Baudelaire, Dickens, Goethe, and Anne Frank. h December 22* 1961; Page 4-G THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER Language Of Hope Esperanto Will Be Internationa! Tongue BY ARTHUR HIGBEE NEW YORK (UPI) ~ Es- peranto, the International language, may be poised for a breakthrough "'to: global status. The "language of hope" has been around for three- quarters of a century. But it looks like a natural for the jet age. The proliferation of new nations, scientific knowl- edge, world trade and travel demand a language that is easy to learn, yet'.has .a rich • and supple vocabulary. Basic English has- certain drawbacks. For one thing, it is Just too basic. You can't use it to write a treaty, a play or a scientific thesis. English is regarded by many people around the globe as a colonialist Ian-. guage. So are French, Span'r ish, Russian and" Chinese— tbe other four- official lan- guages of the United Na- tions. Esperanto is neutral. • MOST PEOPLE feel self- conscious when speaking anything but their mother ttongue. Esperanto is the ex- ception. Anyone who speaks Esperanto is, on an equal' footing with 'every other Esperanto speaker. * .'Americans who have trav- eled abroad know that it is just NOT true that "every- Jarities or exceptions. It can be learned in about one- fourth the tfmeit takes' to learn any other language. (The JSs.per.anto Informa- tion • Center,-, iso Riverside Dr., New'"York 24, will send you more information for a stamped, self-addressed en- velope.) ana 25z:» Yet the vocabulary is full- sized. , Shakespeare's plays and Einstein's- theories have 'been translated into Espe- ranto. , MORE AND,'more people are getting the idea. Ex- amples: • Esperanto is taught, in the schools of 32 countries, from the United States to- the USSR. • ' '" • International companies like.philips Electric of Hol- land and Fiat motors of Italy print their' brochures in Esperanto. • Communist China Is pushing Mandarin as the language spoken by more people—half ■:-. billion—-than any other. But Esperanto is one of the languages it uses in Its propaganda ftroaŭ- casts. • The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) gives financial support to the publication of great works, such as Dante's "Divine Corned y," into Esperanto. :.;, , •Esperanto is. one of the languages used in the of- ficial introductory guide to ffo m TVTai** Vrtvlf 117i"*Wi A V Tfltt ?*■ BUS .ARTICLE APPEARED DURTIG THE PAST FEW WEEKS II HUNDREDS OF NEWSPAPERS II TBE UNITED STATES AM) CAIADA. If it has not .'-yet appeared In your local newspaper^ the editor will undoubtedly .accept it for publication if you take it to him. ..- HEWS 01-'THE TOUR TO TOKIO. You recently . received' information on plans for a package . tour.: to. the $Oth Universaia Rongreso. •.'^The,price 'for round .ti'ip-, transportation only-from Portland..to/Tokio and return is ,. $555-00. ,~lf you begin your trip from'."any :.: -other West coast ci'tyJ; you pay only.the tax in flying to Portland for the tour,,, i.e«, $2*60 from Los Angefesj $1»50 froni San Francisco, etc.,. Departure date from Portland is July 2oY' • Return date is August 15. It will be possible to stop off in Honolulu for a stay and return to West coast city of origin without extra cost.. Prerequisite for- .the tour is mem- bership in ELM- for AT LEAST SIX MOITHS ..prior" to ..date of 'departure. EUA member mak" take."members' of his immediate. f§mlly with" him,'but they-can" not go 'without him. You carralso go on to.Hong Kong frem=Tokio and return to T0M0 for "only $82.00 'addit- ional., but only if 25 charter participants sign for the additional juniteC".Deposit . for the fares OILY.is $50.00j for the package tour it- Is $100.00» Deadlinefor., . all tour reservations is June 25,1965. "'" ' "Deposits already sent in for the complete package tour can be shifted tooths fŭre plan only» For further information.} ;'y°u may contacts . " '"'-' J» Maxwell White '•<; Churchill TourSj, Inc* 1137 S. W. Yamhill.St. ." '" Portland, Oregon '.■': ' . "GRBJGO*' CARAVAN SURPRISES MEXICAN ESPEPAITISTS At Christmas time, a crew of U.S. Eskperantists ---Q--;-,-- showing the origins of Esperanto) $3.00 (13) LINGVO KAJ VIVO (Brilliant essays on Esperanto and linguistics by ——>sv Prof* Naringhien, President of the Esperanto Academy) U52 p. $5«00 r •■. GREAT WORLD CLASSICS: (Author* Title, and Original Language) -3 (Ik) Hans Christian Andersen *(l5) C Baudelaire "(16) Dante '17) Dickens ,18) Foldes 19) Goethe 20) GOGOL 21) Heyerdahi 22) IbSen 23) Karaslavov (2k) Ktvi» (25) Lagerlof (26) Mickiewicz (27) MORI OCGAI (28) Prus (29) Risor "30) Sartre 31) Schiller 32)Seifert __ 33) Shakespeare (3k) Sophocles ?3$) Tagore f -(36) (37) Anne Frank FABELOJ, IVa vol* (tr. Zaraenhof) Danish $1*,00 LA FLOROJ DE L'MALBONQ French $3.00 LA DIA KOMEDIO (with orig. text,illustrations by Botticelli) Ital. $17.00 LA VIVO DE NIA SINJORO JESUQ LA STRATO DE LA FIŜANTA; KATO FAtĴSTO LA REVIZORO K0N~TIKI PEER GYNT BQFILINO (oNovel of country life) Bulgarian $3.00 SEP FRATOJ (Great Finnish dramatist) Finn. $2.00 English $2.00 Hungarian $2.50 German $2.75 Russian $1.75 Swedish $5.00. Norwegian $3.50 GOSTA BERLDIG SINJORO TADEO RAKONTOJ DE OCGAI LA FARAONO (3 vol.) TIEL PROFUNDA ESTAS LA NQKTO LA NAtiZO LA RABISTOJ (tr. Zamenhof) PANJO (lyric poetry) OTELO, LA MAtJRQ DE VEMECIO REGO EDIPO KAJ ANTIGCNA MALSATA ŜTONO Swedish $5.00 Polish $3.00 Japanese $L,00 Polish Danish French >' German Czech English Greek $7.5o $2.50 $5.5o $1.35 $1.35 $2.75 $2.50 Beng&ese $lu50 LA SAMTA BIBLI0 (Hebrew,tr, Zaraenhof)Greek $2.75 LA TAGLI3R0 DE ANNE PRAM Dutch $3.00 AWTHOLCGIES: There are available many anthologies of the literature of individual countries, including BRAZIL, BULGARIil, CATALONIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DENMARK.ENGLAND. PORTU3AL,SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND. Details upon request. ORIGINAL ESPERANTO LITERATURE: In addition to the works of KRALJ, CLARK, ROSSETTI, ENGHOLM, SCHWARTZ jin prose, verse, and drama, further details of which are available upon request, ire cskn recommend the following: __(38) ESPERANTA ANTOLCGIO - (original Esperanto poetry from 3$ countries, with 350 poems b$ °0 poets, of the period from 1887 to 1957) $5.00 ' (39) LA ESPERANTA.NOVELARTO (33 short stories) $^.00 MORE NEWS IS NEEDED CF LOCAL CLUB ACTIVITIES. SEND IT...HE'LL PRINT IT. WOR RADIO REPORTS AVALANCHE OF MAIL FOLLOWING RADIO BROADCAST. EIC has collected over 200 letters, but apparently many more have since reached the station. Letters continue to flow in from the UPI article. Please do what you can to get it into your local newspaper. ^**».. ŭl^gSEASl FROM: ESPERANTO INFQRMCENTRO 180 Riverside Drive, New York, New York JL002J* RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED lif.1