When letters sent directly to the editors of the Wall Street Journal failed, Stefan Komar decided to resort to a different measure of trying to have the Wall Street Journal apologize and cease using the misleading phrase: "Polish Concentration Camps." He wrote a letter to the CEO of the newspaper's online advertiser – Sprint Nextel – hoping it would convince the company to stop doing business with WSJ. He is now inviting everybody to participate in the action.

"I ask that Sprint Nextel not advertise in the Wall Street Journal. On May 14, 2010, the Wall Street Journal, for the second time in several months, used a form of the term "Polish Concentration Camp," which I find particularly hurtful since millions of Polish citizens who perished in these camps," Komar writes in his letter to Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Nextel.

He later explains in the letter that the use of the adjective "Polish" wrongfully insinuates that "the camps were designed, created and operated by Poles, when they were designed, created and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland, and should be correctly referred to as such – Nazi German camps in occupied Poland.

In spite of protest submitted by the readers and a letter sent to the WSJ by Poland Consul General Ewa Junczyk Ziomecka, as well as a couple of Polish-American organizations, the editors refuse to correct the hurtful phrase.

"It does not cost anything to make the correction on the Internet. It is really simple too. No action only points to WSJ's ill will and lack of sensitivity when it comes to the feelings of the Polish community," says Komar, adding that the editors don't see anything bad about the use of the phrase "Polish Concentration Camps."

In May, Stefan Komar wrote a couple of comments under Christina Brinkley's article, "Picking the Best of Spring's New Style Books," published in the Fashion section of the newspaper, where the author uses "Polish concentration camp." Now he has decided to use another way of exerting pressure on the Wall Street Journal.

"You have to try everything. Advertisers care about their image. Association with an institution that offends the feelings of a big ethnic group may turn out not to be advantageous to them," Komar explained as to why he decided to contact Sprint Nextel. "I do not believe that the insensitivity shown by the Wall Street Journal suits the image of Sprint Nextel, and any association Sprint Nextel has with the Journal makes me less inclined to purchase or subscribe to any Sprint Nextel products or services," he wrote to Dan Hesse.

Komar encourages the readers and all Poles to join his initiative and start sending letters to Sprint Nextel. (The text of the letter written by Stefan Komar is available at our website.)

"This is something the Polonia have not done so far," he remarks, inviting individuals to join his action. "In my opinion, regular people should participate more in such initiatives, instead of waiting for organizations to do it on their behalf," says Komar, who is an NYPD captain, belongs to NYPD Pulaski Association and the Pulaski Parade Committee, but points out that he is undertaking this action as a regular citizen.

"The Wall Street Journal thinks that the Poles will write a couple of letters, but the protest will soon die down. I want to show the newspaper that it is going to be quite the opposite, our outrage will increase. I will encourage people to distribute flyers among their friends and neighbors," he pledged. Komar also is planning to launch another initiative involving writing letters to local politicians. If that will not be enough, he is also thinking of organizing rallies in front of Sprint Nextel stores, "We need to try different things," he says.

"I would like Poles in Poland to participate in the protest too. It's not only an issue concerning the Polish community in the United States," he says, pointing out to the fact that one WSJ advertiser, the Westin Hotel, has locations in Poland as well.

"Although I was born in the United States, Polish issues remain close to my heart," says Komar, whose father fought in the Warsaw Uprising during the II World War, and who lived in Poland in the '80s.