SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1947-03-06
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
PRESS EXHIBIT
At United Nations


lished in the United States. now
on display at the Lake Success
headquarters of the United Ma
tions, shows the unity Of the
American people despite their
many and varied Origins.
"They Work and Live Peace
fully Together" is the inscription
on one of the panels showing dis
tribution by languages of the H.
COO,COO people who in 1910 re-
ported some language othe, than
English as their mother tongue,
Another panel shows the distribu-
tlon by languages of the 1910 pub
licatlcns in non-English langu-
ages and still another calls atten-
tion to 57.5O0,OOO immigrants -
Americas Living Links to the
World" - who arrived in this
country during the century 1910
to 1910. Sixteen panels are filled
with the mastheads of non-Eng-
lish publications. Arranged artist
ically, they present colorful and
striking sight. A memorandum
containing information about the
foreign language press in the
United States and full list of their
addresses is available to all visit
ors.
The exhibit was presented by
the common Council for Ameri-
can Unity, with many foreign
language publishers and editors
and representatives of the United
Nations present, at a brief cere-
mony on Feb. 4th. A release of
the United Nations Department
of Public Information described
the ceremony as follows:
THE program was opened by
Mr.. Wilder Foote, Chief Infor-
nation Officer of the United Sta
tes Delegation, who, speaking OH
the aims and purposes of theCom-
mon Council for American Unity.
pointed out their accord with the
J principles of the United Nations
| Charter. Mr.. Foote also paid tri-
butte to the magazine Common
Ground which is published by
the Council as we'll as to their
weekly (press) service to foreign
language newspapers.
Next speaker was Mr.. Read
Lewis, Executive Director of the
Council. Outlining the history OF
the foreign language newspapers
in the United States. Mr.. Lewis
demonstrated how they made
their appearance simultaneously
with the successive waves of i'm
migration. Today these publica-
tions cover 80 different languages
and include more that 1000 news
papers and periodicals, published
in So of the 48 States.
In New York City, Mr.. Lewis
said, over a quarter of all foreign
language newspapers were pub
ished. All but six or seven Of the
| members of the United Nations
IAN find publications in their own
anguage in the United States.
Mr.. Tor Gjesdal, Director of
! he United Nations Department
|, of Public Information, then spoke
IN behalf of Mr.. Benjamin Cohen,
Assistant Secretary General, who
is at present in Latin America.
Thanking the Common Council
or American Unity for its erhibit,
Mr.. Gjesdal said that its work
should be taken as an example
by the staff of the United Nations
Secretariat, which up to today
is represented by 45 nationalities.
In concluding the ceremony
Mr.. Yaroslav Chyz, Manager of
the Foreign Language Press Di-
vision of the Common Council for
American Unity, explained the
l6 panels showing the front mast
heads of a great number of news
papers, all grouped according to
language, and some representing
even various dialects of one lang
uage.
Other tables of the exhibit tell