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CROATIAN FRATERNAL LNlON
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Insurance $$$
President
Representing the highest peacetime bud
get in the history of the United States, and
removed only
Translated into family budget dollars,
this represents a great problem to millions
of Americans who are in economic trouble
in spite of the fact that America is enjoy
ing "prosperity plus."
Prosperity plus?
Not according to AFL-CIO heads, who
point out that while $2.00 an hour is the
average wage paid today, $2.20 an hour is
required to meet the minimum living stan
dards we are accustomed to.
BUT WHILE the American dollar may
not be the power it once was. it is as strong
today as it ever was in a field of utmost im
portance to you and your family.
The field: Life Insurance.
Croatian Fraternal Union protection, be
that adult or juvenile, can still be pur
chased for the same "asking price" in vogue
for many years and without fear that the
investment will come a cropper at the hands
of an inflated economy.
In short, the Croatian Fraternal Union
insurance dollar is worth 100 cents to the
dollar, no more, no lees. There is no safer
investment in the United States.
Nor in Canada, whose economy is pat
terned much after that of America.
Here what we call the sound insur
ance dollar is a point to drive home time
and again to prospects contacted during the
Society's current continental "Canada Ho!"
Membership Campaign.
By "talking turkey" in this respect, the
Croatian Fraternal Union's Field Workers
can be of distinct service to those they seek
to sign into its vast ranks.
And those who need such advice stretch
from here to there and back!
Of The Spirit
may be a "dog-eat-dog" age, an era
of "git while the gitten's good," yet not
all have lost contact with the principles of
the Brotherhood of Man.
Not Walter Basye, who retired recently
after many fruitful years as the editor and
publisher of
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1957
Eisenhower last week proposed
to Congress a budget calling for the al
most unbelievable expenditure of $71.8 bil
lions during the next fiscal year.
from matching a budget
for time of war, the Pres
i e nt's recommendations
will in time cost every
man, woman and child in
America an average of
$416 each.
No one can foretell
what the outlay of such a stupendous
amount of money will mean to the economic
health of the richest, most powerful country
in the world, but the President has told
Congress that he deems it a necessity in
order to "deter, and if need be, to defeat
aggression."
To which Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey replied: "If w#
don't begin taking less out of this econo
my, I predict we will have a depression that
will make your hair curl."
THE AVERAGE American, and that in
cludes members of the Croatian Fraternal
Union, is learning that like the proverbial
old grey mare "the USA dollar ain't what
she used to be."
Latest Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) figures show that the cost of living
has soared to a record 117.7 2.4(c higher
than the previous such national reading and
15.6 higher than just before the outbreak
of fighting in Korea in 1950.
Fraternal Age" and is
now taking life with his usual stride' in
Rochester, New York.
In a recent letter to this desk, he wrote:
"Thank you for your fine notice about my
retirement in the December 26, 1956, issue
of the Zajedničar. The best thing about my
present situation is the expressions such as
yours. I am preserving your editorial as
one of my best treasures. The 41 years I
spent irl fraternal journalism did not make
me wealthy, but the friendships are of the
spirit and more valuable. Thank you sincere
ly for your friendship."
Not at all, Mr. Basye. The pleasure
through the years has been all ours to nur
ture as one of the treasures of our many
year® of work in the Field of Fraternalisnj.
ENGLISH SECTION
Established November 6, 1929. Published weekly
By The
Croatian Fraternal Union Of America
STEPHEN F. BRKICH, Editor-in-Chief
editorial Office«, »441 Forhn Street. Pittabargli IS, F*.
Telephones: ML'seura 2-4470 2-4471
nsolirlted article* mannscrtptii, letters, picture«, etc.,
iibmitted to THE /A-I l,lM( AB »re forwarded at the
owner rUU and I K ZAJKINI('AR expretnly dpnip«
miy roNponMliiiity for their fcafokeepini or return THK
7. AJ K DMCA It regerten the rieht to edit revise or reject
any article or other matter anbmltted for publication.
Three-in-One
less than three Croatian Fraternal
Union Bowling Tournaments arc about
to go down in the Society's annals.
They are the 8th Annual "Hoosier"
Sweepstakes, East Chicago, Ind. the 8th
Annual West Penn Duck
pin Sweepstakes, West
Bridgewater, Pa. and the
1st Annual Ohio State
Tourney. Canton, Ohio.
Hosting the East Chi
cago (Jan. 19) meet were
members of Lodge 154,
while the West Bridgewa
ter event will be under the
auspices of Lodge 738 and
the Canton classic' under the aegis of
Lodge 514. All are "up" for the occasions.
WITH THE "Hoosier" and West Penn
Sweepstakes now going concerns, the spot
light will swing in particular January 26-27
on the debut in Canton of the 1st Annual
Ohio State Tournament.
That this fledgling meet will grow in
stature in the future has been guaranteed
by the 35 teams which are preparing to
participate in Ohio's initial such venture.
Entered are quints from the host city,
Canton, Cleveland. Cuyahoga Falls, Akron,
Youngstown and Massillon, with Cleveland
represented by 12 aggregations and Young
stown by 7 combinations.
Particularly heartening is Cleveland's
interest in this pin classic.
It can only mean that our members
there are giving early thought to the Cro
atian Fraternal Union's 23rd Annual Na
tional Tenpin Tournament which will be
held next May under the wing of "Pioneers"
Lodge 663 of Cleveland.
Now, let us hope that some of this bowl
ing enthusiasm brushes off on the Society's
"Canada Ho!" Membership Campaign and
results in "upping" its rank and file on the
three tourney levels.
110,000 or Bust!
the cards fall right during the year,
the Croatian Fraternal Union's American
and Canadian membership strength Decem
ber 31 next may*vell stand at 110,000 men,
women and children.
What with the Society's ranks at an all
time high December 31, 1956, of 108,074,
this figure of 110,000 by the end of the year
is by no means out of reach.
It will take some "scratching" to make
the grade, for losses by death, suspension,
cash surrender, etc., cannot be estimated in
advance in order for the Society to arrive
at the number of new members it will need
to reach a certain membership peak, in this
instance 110,000.
Yet it can be done If the 1957 Mem
bership Campaign is a success.
BOTH EDITORS of the Zajedničar have
gone to extremes since January 1 last to
publicize on high the many, many advan
tages of participating in this Campaign.
That their efforts have not been in vain
is shown in reports coming to the Home
Office of activity in such widespread cen
ters as Detroit, Mich., Hamilton, Ont., San
Pedro. Calif., Farrell and Cokeburg, Pa.,
and other communities.
Even more concrete evidence of interest
in the Campaign and its Grand Prize Award
of an August. 1957, vacation in Canada is
contained in the stacks of membership ap
plications processed daily by the Society's
Adult and Junior Departments.
We believe that the first official Cam
paign report to be made on these pages
Wednesday, January 30. will be one of the
best opening-month figures on record.
Hence, 110,000 or bust!
In Passing
most difficult
test for the new
government in London
will come over Amer
ican policy in Egypt.
The trend here (Wash­
ington) is apparently to restore things as
they were before the BrHish-French-Israeli
attack. But if this is done, it will leave
President Gamal Abdel Nasser with even
greater powers of obstruction and reprisal
than he has been exercising since the cease
fire. Ufarquis Childs
Most Statesmen
Look Like Tyros
Compared To Him
Reprinted with express written
permission, courtesy of "The
Sinn." owned, edited and pub
lished monthly at Union City,
N. J., by the Passionist Fathers.
Copyrif/ht by the Paaelonist
Missions, Inc., 1957,
By Dan Herr
after breakfast on a
normal day, a i n a 1
Stritch leaves for the chan
cery office in his 1955 Cadil
lac (bearing Illinois licensc
plates No. 1, a trophy cove
ted by souvenir hunters) dri
ven by his chauffeur Bill
Gibbons.
A taciturn Irishman, Gib
bons has been driving Chica
go's Archbishops for twenty
six years and with his fam
ily lives in a residence behind
the Cardinal's home.
The Chancery Office, a few
blocks north of Chicago's
Loop, is a drab, two-story
brick building painted gray.
At one time the home of the
German Consulate, today it
more nearly resembles a set
tlement house (which would
not be out of place in this
neighborhood) or a building
that was overlooked in the
rush of progress than the
command post for this bust
ling archdiocese.
Waiting for Cardinal
Stritch on the second floor
is his lay secretary, Dan
Ryan, a man with a rare
combination of efficiency
and good humor.
Waiting for him, too, is that
large part of the Cardinal's
mail which goes to the Chan
cery Office. Dictating slowly,
quietly and precisely, the Car
dinal disposes of those letters
which can be answered im
mediately and those from pre
vious days which required ad
ditional information.
During this time and
throughout the morning, he
may confer briefly with his
Vicar General, Monsignor
George Casey, and his Chan
e o o n s i n o E w a
Burke, through whom the
Cardinal handles the vast
administrative problems of
his archdiocese.
Visitors Are Numerous
About ten visitors a day
await the Cardinal, many of
them pastors or directors of
the many organizations and
institutions of the Archdio
cese, but a large proportion
of laymen, too.
Although a number of
his visitors ha\e promised
that their business can bo
accomplished in a few min
utes, it is the rare one who
lives up to his promise.
The manner in which the
Cardinal handles these visi
tors is a marvel to behold.
One associate who has hob
nobbed with career diplomats
from all over the world claims
that most statesmen "look
like amateurs compared to
His Eminence. He's a Roman
diplomat with a touch of
black-eyed peas and hominy
grits."
Mastered Sleep Tricks
Ordinarily, the Cardinal is
finished with his appoint
ments by 2:00 and is ready to
return home. Not infrequent
ly, however, they run much
later sometimes until three
or four o'clock with no lunch-11937
time intervening.
After lunch at home, which,
like breakfast, he eats alone,
his schedule depends upon his
evening plans. If a public ap
pearance is on his calendar,
he will devote this time to
praying the divine office: if
the evening is free, he will
enjoy a short siesta.
The Cardinal has a re
markable talent for going
to sleep quickly and awak
ening, in a short time, com-
Cardinal Stritch Prince Among Men
ZAGREB Shown is the Cathedral of
St. Stephen in Zagreb, Croatia, one of the
most imposing, magnificent Roman Cath
olic edifices on the European Continent.
pletely refreshed, a talent
which helps see him
Now he must face the cor
respondence at home (anoth
er twenty-five to fifty let
ters), a deluge of reports on
diocesan, national, and inter
national problems, the prepa
ration of pastoral letters, for
mal speeches, and statements
and the flood of newspapers,
magazines, and books which
he strives to keep up with. He
has a fabulous memory and
can quote what he reads years
later
Much of his correspondence
he will dictate in his comfor­
The Musical Toasts Of Two Continents
PITTSBURGH, Pa. The
1956-57 season of performan
ces by the Duquesne Univer
sity Tamburitzans marks the
20th Anniversary of the
founding of this "most color
ful collegiate musical group
in America."
Thousands of friends and
Alumni join the present
staff and membership to
note the historic occasion
and to recall the events
which have contributed to
the organization's contin
ued progress through the
past two decades on the na
tional scene.
While no one knows what
the future holds in store for
anyone, the Tamburitzans
nonetheless have every reason
to believe that the years a
head will be even greater
milestones of progress in
their history.
Founded By Dr. Pierce
The group was founded
by Dr. A. Lester Pierce,
who later became Dean of the
(School of Education of Du
quesne University.
The purposes of the Tam
buritzans were and still are
to create and maintain
scholarships for students at
Duquesne University, and to
keep alive in America the mu
sical culture of the Southern
Slavic peoples.
Proof of the organization's
eminent success in fulfilling
'the first purpose is amply
table, book-lined study (ordi
narily using a dictating ma
chine) for Sister Mary Ala
coque, his secretary at home
the rest he will type himself.
through his heavy schedule. I
In either event, he will
pause briefly for prayer in his
chapel, as is his custom
throughout the day.
A Two-Fingered Typist
Every serious letter re
ceives a personal reply
even birthday cards and
postcard) are customarily
acknowledged.
Important statements and
speeches, he nearly always
types himself, composing as
he types. He is a two-fingered
typist, long on speed but
short on accuracy. Compared
to his handwriting, however,
which even he has difficulty
deciphering the next day, his
typing is admirable.
His other weakness in this
area is punctuation, the com
plexities of which he is in
clined not to bother with. He
Duquesne University Ta^teliians "Americana" Personified
Walter W. Kolar
shown with a few statistics.
In their 20 years, the
Duquesne University Tam
buritzans have given scho
larship aid totaling close to
half a million dollars to 146
deserving students.
Today, Tamburitzan gradu
ates may be found in many
areas denistry, law, business,
education, the theater, and
other professions.
Second Aim Fulfilled
The Tam buritzans are
equally proud of their success
in fulfilling their second pur
pose that of preserving
Southern Slavic music in
America.
TORONTO, MONTREAL, QUEBEC VACATION TOUR PUNS, PICTURES ON PAGE 10-
Performances in the na­'immigrants
tion's finest theaters, enter
tainment and educational
work embodied in many re-
Visiting this Cathedral the Si::vnner
were many of the 130 Croatian Fraternal
Union memoers who toured Yugoslavia in
August and September, 1956.
enjoys typing and thinks
nothing of an eight hour ses
sion at his keyboard.
Still Makes Wrong Turn
Although most punctual in
his public appearances, the
Cardinal has a much more
leisurely approach toward his
personal schedule, and the
time for dinner, like the time
for other meals, is not rigidly
fixed.
The resonant dinner gong
usually goes unacknowledged
until one of the Sisters in
forms him that dinner is rea
dy. He just doesn't hear it.
To reach the stairway to
the dining room from his
suite requires a turn to the
right, but even now, after six
teen years, he will periodicaf
ly be so absorbed with his
(Continued on Page 11)
cordings and in the recently
formed "Tamburitza Schools"
and research in the field of
Balkan music, all constitute
a serious program for the
preservation of the rich cul
tural heritage to which the
Tamburitzans are dedicated.
This program has accele
rated during the last five
years under the director
ship of Mr. Walter W. Ko
lar, due in the main to the
group's two visits to Yugo
slavia in 1950 and again in
1952.
There, able to witness the
music and dances of the Bal
kans at their source, members
of the Tamburitzans found
inspiration in the vast rich
ness of folklore they had pre
viously been unaware of.
It was in Yugoslavia that
the Tamburitzans ran across
the difference® in musical
styling from one section of
the Balkans to another, and
the meaning of authentic cos
tuming as an artistic element
every bit as important as the
music and dances themselves.
Great Source Of Pride
In the past five years, the
Duquesne University Tambu
ritzans have prided them
selves not only in playing the
beloved old songs brought
over to America by the Slavic
in the past fifty
years, but in many other re
spects as well.
(Continued on Page 11)
January 23, 1957
On Yugoslavia
Antoni to, Colo.
Dear bro. Brkich:
\ur series, entitled "An
Anglican In Yugoslavia," are
ver interesting.
I feel that those who were
a pirt of your "Boat Group"
wee very fortunate to have
the opportunity to take such
a historic trip.
I enjoy reading our very
fine fraternal newspaper, the
Zajedničar, for it contains
muih material that is very
eduiational as well as histo
rical. Keep up the good work!
Mrs. Josephine Vernon
Box No. 96
Member. Lodge 26
Deal Mr. Brkich:
I have been reading your
"An American In Yugoslavia"
articies with great interest. It
must be a beautiful and in
teresting country.
(Ed. Note: Mr. Basye
was, until his retirement in
Nov. 1956, the editor and pub
lisher of "The Fraternal
Age.' He has long been one
of the leading fraternal lights
in America.)
South Chi Church
In Dinner Jan. 26th
New Edifice Goal
Of Mid-Westerners
SO. CHICAGO The Sa
cred Heart Church Building
Fund Committee are in the
midst of their preparations
for the Second Annual Build
ing Fund Dinner and Dance
to be held on Saturday, Jan
uary 26th, 1957, in the Croa
tian Hall, 9618 Commercial
Avenue, starting at 6 P.M.
The proceeds of this din
ner are to help increase the
Fund for the building of a
new Sacred Heart Church
in South Chicago, for which
ground breaking is being
planned for sometime this
year.
A delicious menu Is being
prepared and presented will
.. Nick Svalina
State Representative
be an interesting program of
professional entertainment, a
long with our local "Croatia"
Singing Society participating.
Many local dignitaries are be
ing invited to lend assistance
in this new civic project.
King, Queen Contest
In addition, the coronation
of a "King and Queen" will
follow the dinner. The con
test is in full swing and haa
created much interest and en
thusiasm among the parish
ioners and neighbors.
The competing contes
tants are: Miss Mary Jane
Nosich, 10559 Ave. M., Miss
Barbara Jo Zarkovich,
9648 Escanaba Ave., Miss
Mary Sudar, 2922 E. 98th
St., Mr. Wheeler Stanley,
Jr., 9832 Muskegon Ave.,
and Mr. John Paul Spitz,
8901 Luella Avenue.
Rev. Ljubo Čuvalo, Pastor,
cordially invites all local C.
F. U. lodges, parishioners,
friends and neighbors to at
tend and participate in this
festive occasion.
Mr. John Spitz is general
Chairman of the dinner, Mrs.
Joseph Dichele Co-Chairman,
Mrs. Michael Pocernich ticket
Chairman, and Representative
Nick Svalina is Chairman of
the Building Fund Committee.
Anne M. Kom pare, Pub,