Matuszewski, IgnacyPolish statesman. Editor and writer. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 9, 1891; son of Ignacy and Aniela Matuszewski. Graduate of "Gimnazium Klasyczne," Mazowiecka, Poland. Completed Academy of General Staff in Poland. During World War I lieutenant and later captain in the Russian Army. Appointed captain in the Polish Army in 1917. Promoted in 1918 to major. Chief of Section in Central Headquarters of Polish Army, 1918-1920. Chief of department in Central Headquarters of Polish Army, 1920-21. Wounded three times during the Polish-Bolshevist War in 1921 and appointed lieutenant-colonel in the Polish Army. At the peace conference in Riga during 1921 acted as Polish military expert. Chief of department in General Staff of the Polish Army, 1921. Student at Academy of General Staff, 1924-25. Appointed as military attache in Rome, 1925; chief of department in the Department of State, 1926; Polish Minister in Hungary, 1928; Polish Minister of Finances, 1929-31; during this period he skillfully guided the Polish financial and economic policy, his aim being to maintain the stability of the currency, while avoiding exchange control. This he achieved, and in doing so laid the firm foundations for the Polish monetary system. In 1931 he took over the editorship of the "Gazeta Polska" in Poland. His brilliant leading articles enhanced the reputation of this daily, which soon became the most influential in Poland. He remained editor of that paper until 1936. From 1936 to 1939 he was president of a Bank in Warsaw. During the September, 1939 campaign, Matuszewski was one of those entrusted with the task of transporting Polish gold to safety. The story of how it travelled through Roumania, on a British ship to Constantinople, and thence to Beirut in Syria, from which it finally left for Paris, is well known. In 1940 he came to U.S. and since that time is engaged in the journalistic field. He contributes leading articles to "Nowy Swiat" a Polish daily published in New York City and to "Dziennik Polski" of Detroit, Mich. His articles printed in the "Nowy Swiat" were published in a booklet form by "Zwiazek Obrony Narodowej
im. J. Pilsudskiego" under the title: "0 Co Walczymy" (For What Do We Fight). Another of his pamphlet, "What Poland Wants" was published in English by Kolin in London, England, 1941 and reprinted in U.S. in 1942 by the National Committee of Americans of Polish Descent. He married Halina Konopacka. Residence: 70 Riverside Drive, New York, N. Y.From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943