Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-10-02

Ernest N. nemenyi
Az Anaerikai Magyar Hirlap
drudn nanrndt sserkesst6sege-
mex, a youngstoaoni es anne
rzkai n,agyarsdgnak csak egyet
A41 esen,enye lehet net so
rdn. Nehai Nemenyi Mikl6s
Emo sserkesst0 tragikus el-
nauldsa.
AZ dmerikai magyar srjt6 es
a ss0uetseges magyar hetilapok
zapu7ak mai ssdndnnk bels6
oldaldn oluoshat6 n1eltdnylds-
ban adott kJejesest erseseinek
a .k0reb6l 0r0kre eltdvosott vi
sdgir6vol ssenaben.
A Macy a1gol nyelvi saJto
irdsai lapunk mai Ssdnadndk
els6 oldaJdt toglaljdk le. E ro-
Udtunknt an7lak q meSter1 tol-
laJ irt vesercikknek sseatel-
jiik, anaely a 'k0Detkes6ket
noond5a a nehai sserkessto
fel6l.:
Youngstown, like all expanding
industrial centers, has attracted
many men of unusual talents and
character Among these vigorous
personalities there has been none
more remarkable than Ernest N.
Nemenyi, whose death has just
endede career as striking as it was
useful.
Even Mr.. Nemenyi's appearance
was arresting. for he was man Of
unusual height, with bold, strong
features. His characteristics also
were strong and positive, and the
more impressive because of the
sharp contrasts between his earlier
and later environment and activities.
Here was member of an aristo-
cratic European family, former
army officer, who was at much at
home in the democratic atmosphere
of an American steel town as if he
had been reared in it. He met all
men on an equal plane; he was u
democrat by nature.
Reared on an agricultural estate,
with breeds of cattle and varieties
of wheat as his absorption, Mr.. Ne
menyi became an authority on the
American steel industry. Born to a
language which has not the slightest
relationship to English or any of
the tongues from which it is de-
rived, he came to make his living
by writing English. Brought up in
a monarchy, he gained SO complete
a knowledge of American goverri-
mental machinery that his news
paper colleagues used him as a
source Of reference in that field.
An unusual facility for figures
and statistics was Mr.. Nemenyi's
chief asset in the three fields in
which he was prominent figure
for the last Is years--politics, in
dustry. and local government. His
mathematical mind aided him in
reorganizing the county's election
system. and in making studies OF
city and county budgets followed
by reports which influenced fiscal
policy, notably in the school and
city, "pay as you 60" programs.
1t helped him, too. in his most i'm
portant work, the promotion of a
waterway for the Mahoning Valley
In this task Mr.. Nemenyi was an
invaluable aid for two decades, and
to it, despite the handicap of failing
health, hes4devoted all his powers
in recent years. He made govern
ment agencies and officials, from
the President down, conscious of the
canal plan, convinced them by
statistics and graphs of its necessity
When success finally is attained, as
it must be. it will be a monument to
his memory.
While Mr.. Nemenyi was making
himself indispensable to the COM.
munity at large, he also was
providing leadership for the group
with which he had ties of blood
and language, the YoungstoWners OF
Hungarian birth or parentage. He
was indefatigable in helping then,
to adjust themselves to a strange
new environment, to become Anne
ricans not only in the formal hold
ing of citizenship papers, but in
viewpoint and deed. Thus as his
own career was an outstanding
example of the miracle of the Anne
rican melting pot, so he stimulated
the working of the same process
for others.
With all this busy efficiency Mr..
Nemenyi's character showed a pc
culiar streak of naivete along with
his sophistication in specialized
fields. He took a boyish glee in
hi Nwn talents and achievement,