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CROATIAN FRATERNAL LNIOJN
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Saga of Steel
Hence our publication today of "A Cen
tury of Progress With Steel," a story which
began back in 1857 with
the issuance of patent
papers to England's Sir
e n y e s s e e a n
All in all, it is a great story.
One which countless Croat, Slovene and
Serb members of the Croatian Fraternal
Union helped write with blood, sweat and
tears before the steel industry was union
ized for its own good.
Poetic Lament
TO DO about constantly ebbing
interest in attending monthly Lodge
meetings has long been one of the Croatian
Fraternal Union's major problems.
But the problem is in no sense peculiar
to our Society alone. No!
In fact, "Time" Magazine in its issue of
Aug. 26. 1957, pointed out that this same
plague seems to have settled on the houses
of America's 248 major fraternal orders
(125,861 local lodges! in spite of efforts of
all sorts to instill interest in attending reg
ular meetings.
But, said "Time," in Grand Junction,
Colo., the newsletter of the Mason's Local
Mesa Lodge 55 dealt with the problem head
on in a poignant little verse:
"Say, fon, let's go to lodge tonight. We
haven't been for years.
"Let's don our little aprons white and
sit among the peers.
"I want to hear the gavel ring, to hear
the organ play
"Pass up bridge or picture show, your
wrestling bout or fight,
"Switch off that darned old radio: let's
go to lodge tonight."
Very good even if it doesn't smack of
the poetic genius which made immortals of
the Longfellows, Whitmans, et al.
Where to put the finger of blame for
disinterest in regular meetings?
Where but on the member himself.
No amount of prodding on our part will
turn the trick CFU-wise. Never.
But there's nothing like trying!
LO, THE POOR FALLS
THERE 1 stood, and humbly scanned
The miracle that sense appals,
And I watched the tourists stand
Spitting in Niagara Falls.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1957
THE industry has long since
"grown the Nation, very few Amer
icans realize the tremendous role that steel
has played this past century in the history
of the United States.
America's William Kelly
v »m and resulted in the mir
acle that this Country of
ours stands for in the
eyes of men all over the
face of the earth.
It is a story of rails
crisscrossing from coast
to coast of huge sky­
scrapers splitting the clouds of schools,
colleges, hospitals and churches of atomic
research and guided missiles of 886,000
stockholders representing an industrial in
vestment of over $10 billion of modern con
veniences without end.
Steel is also the story of thousands
of American and Canadian members of the
Croatian Fraternal Union who have found
such hard work to their muscle liking.
This is particularly true in the cases of
our members residing in Gary, Ind., South
Chicago. IH., Fontana, Calif., and, of course,
Pittsburgh, for years the Steel Capital of
The World.
It is equally as true in the case of our
members domiciled in Aliquippa. Pa., the
great majority of whom are employed by
the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
the independent giant of the industry
which only last week opened a new electric
weld pipe mill said to have cost the com
pany 8 million dollars.
And it is the story of such individual
members of our Society as bro. Anthony J.
Vladovich, Aliquippa Lodge 423 Board of
Trustees member and President of the
United Steehvorkcrs of America Jones and
Laughlin Local 1211.
ENGLISH SECTION
Established November 6, 1919. Published vMMy
By The
Croatian Fraternal Union Of Amerid
STEPHEN F. BRKICH, Editor-in-Chief
BdltsrUI Office«. SMI Farbe« 8tr««t, PtHib»|k IS, Pa.
Telephones: Ml *eum 2-4470 2-4471
for their
r^*»rtf» the -leht tfl edit reri»e or feieet
ning Tribune" coverage of Aug. 19 last,
the text of which appears on page 10 of this
issue, there should be more much more
stretching of American and Canadian
Croat hands across the border.
The staid "Evening Tribune" came to
this conclusion after one of its reporters
covered the Aug. 17 cultural invasion of
Welland's "Croatian Sons" CFU Lodge 617
Home by the celebrated
a a n o a i a n
Singing Society of Ali
quippa, Pa., and the
"St. George" C.F.U.
Lodge 354 Senior and
Junior Kolo Groups of Cokeburg, Pa.
Coming as it did from a Canadian news
paper, this praise for the two stateside
groups should serve as food for thought
for our members in America and Canada.
Our personal visits to Canada in the
past taught us a great deal about our peo
ple residing in that land.
We can remember the time when they
felt that their brethren in the United States
were so many snobs "Američki keksari"
hell bent for the almighty dollar.
They cannot know just how "bent" those
same brethren were in the 1930's.
On the other hand, and sad to relate, all
too many of our people on this side of the
border looked down on their Canadian
counterparts as so many peasants.
Which only goes to show that people,
including Croats, can be funny.
For the only difference between our
people in the United States and Canada is
that they live in different countries.
Aside from that and the damnable
old country politics which plague them on
both sides of the border our USA and
Canadian people have everything in com
mon.
Everything to gain or lose!
Opposite Sides
ARE MORE than happy today to
on page 7 two more clashing
viewpoints stemming from the question of
whether the Society should employ Field
Men for its future welfare.
On the one side for is a member,
Mho, for good reasons, prefers to remain
anonymous, but who for 8 years was the
Executive Secretary of a rival fraternal.
Arrayed against him is bro. Adam Sude
tic. President of Detroit, Mich., Lodge 519,
Secretary of that city's Central Educational
Committee of CFU Lodges, and a Delegate
to the Croatian Fraternal Union's Philadel
phia Convention of 1955.
We suggest that you read both articles
and weigh their merits with care.
Johnstown C-D
ARE NO less happy to note that
Johnstown's (Pa.) Annual "Croatian
Day" will return to the public fold Sept. 8.
1957. after a lapse of many years standing.
For this we owe a debt of gratitude to
the members of the Society's "St. Rochus"
Lodge 5, third largest of all the American
and Canadian units under the banner of the
Croatian Fraternal Union. They get things
done there!
In Passing
s a s i n u s e
victory in Wisconsin's
special senatorial elec
tion is a double-bar
reled blow to the Re­
publicans.
It robs them of any prospect of reorgan
izing the Senate at this session of Congress.
And it indicates a hard struggle in the con
gressional elections in 1958.
Republicans can certainly find no com
fort on that score, For Ike's candidate, for
mer Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., suf
fered a humiliating defeat at the hands of
William Proxmire, whom he had twice de
feated for the governorship.
Mr. Proxmire is an ambitious 41-year
old businessman and graduate of Yale and
Harvard who figures to fit into the Doug
las-Humphrey-Clark pattern of Northern
Democratic liberals.
Pittsburgh "Po§t-Gazette"
Junior Order Director
I A package of gold
'reached our desk the other
day. It arrived from the Gold-
en West and was intended for
a lucky youngster who will
have ample reason to cherish
the memory of the donor.
The gold was in the form of i
The parents were to insure
the child on the standard
monthly basis. He, however,
wanted to purchase the certi
ificate outright via Single Pre
|mium and surprise them with
ithe gift. WTould we inform
him of the cost, and when,
the money did arrive—would
we please send the certificate
to him directly so that he!
could make the presentation?
We, of course, were happy
to oblige and the "deal" was
completed post haste.
Here's What He Bought
Now let us analyze this
present" and its value, even
tual maturity and choice of
The certificate will pay
Then, when the certificate
I has been in force 20 years it
will be worth $1000. However,
'the member will have 2. even
better options in lieu of that
full $1000 and loss of further
protection.
The young lady will have
her choice of $714.10 in cash
and, in addition, a fully paid
up certificate for $1000. And,
let us remember that even
paid up certificate will
draw annual dividends from
i then on. Thus, grandfather's
original gift will be increased
by about 300
on the Single Premium basis
for then there is no uncer- .g
tainty about its immediate
and long range value.
In a world of changing sula.
modes and moods, where ob
solescence and diminishing
values rob almost everything
of permanency, your CFU cer
tificate of insurance goes
snowballing in value, more
precious with each succeeding
day.
What better way to perpet
tuate one's memory in the
minds and hearts of loved
ones? Give that cherub a gift
supreme—give him a CFU
certificate!
Some things have been
around so long that people
take them for granted.
Like the Children's
Home, Des Plaines, 111., of
the Croatian Fraternal Un
ion of America, which in
September of this year will
observe its 30th Anniver
sary of humane servicc to
the American and Canadian
membership of the Society.
Tempus fugit!
Stephen F. Brkich
with steel, the basic ma
terial of our national prog
ress.
Steel crisscrosses the na
tion as rails, climbs the hori
zon as skyscrapers,, glides
And, the giver couldn't pos- along the highways and
sibly have made a better nor
more lasting selection of a
monument to his own mem
ory. It was a gift of princely
proportions—destined by ac
cretion, and without further
sacrifice on the fiver's part,
to manifold increases.
It was indeed the ideal gift
tendered in ideal fashion
consummate in every aspect!
through the air. It takes us
where we want to go, discour
a e s would-be aggressors,
and saves lives in the skilled
hands of a surgeon.
Every product we use is,
either made of steel or pra
cessed by steel machines. It
is the cheapest and most ver- i
a check for $665.30 and was A world without steel? Un
to be used to purchase a Sin- thinkable.
gle Premium $1000 20 Year
Endowment certificate for a
lucky lass born last Christmas
!day. The purchaser, a grand
father and loyal CFU mem
ber of many decades, wanted
to make certain that his
granddaughter also became
an affiliate of the world's
greatest fraternal order.
I
I Truly Surprise Gift
I He had ritten from Fon
tana a few weeks earlier in
forming us that an applica
tion for the child would ar
rive from Los Angeles.
Most Lived On Farms
Although Kelly was de
clared the winner of Ameri
can patent rights by virtue
of "priority of invention," the
rival patents were ultimately
merged. The revolutionary
process continued to bear the
name Bessemer because he
How A Metal Helped Make United States Great World Power
Century of Progress
country has grown
used by man.
Yet the modern age of
steel began only 100 years
ago. Between April of 1856
and the end of 1857 some
thing happened that was to
change the face of the
globe.
Patent papers were issued
to two men Henry Besse
mer in England and William
William Kelly
Kelly in America. Working in-
attractiTopUonrwhich make dependents th o u s a n s of
of it such a grand gesture. miles apart, these two men
annual dividends to maturity' most simultaneously, of a
a $ 3 e a o a o a o $ 5 7 n e u a i o e s s w i
Since the original cost is a
i i o a n a e i n e I
i amount of $665.30 this will be quantities, quickly and cheap
a sizeable addition. ly.
State of Michigan is di
vided into two parts, the
Lower and Upper Peninsula.
Many people in other states
regard only the lower part,
make sted in large
the other half which in
about three quarters
Mining and ironmaking
were laborious small quan
tities of steel could be made
with great difficulty at high
cost. Coal was a new fangled
luxury. Factories were crude,
largely powered with water.
Heat in winter was scarce,
reported the discovery, al- lighting was dim and bathing
was rare. Railroads were pri
mitive and communications
moved slowly. Yet, compared
with other peoples. Ameri
cans were growing prosper
ous and income taxes were
unknown.
Those Good Old Days
Abundant, cheap steel
quickly increased the tempo
of America and American
life.
Steel rails fanned out. spin
ning a web across the nation,
and his associates had the i providing vital man-made
better facilities to advance it links for commerce. Youth
in the business world. I ful, burgeoning American in-
In such undramatic fashion dustry literally cut its teeth
Items of More Than Passing U.S.A. Interest
i Never An Uncertainty
Another option will give
her, in lieu of any cash, a ful
ly paid up certificate for the
amazing amount of $3,498.
Here grandfather's generous
gift will have assumed fantas
tic proportions for now it will
be almost six times its origi
^Yes*truly, what better gift! where Detroit and other large still remains populated farms the straits was not particu
for that grandchild than a cities are located, as the real having taken place of timber jarjy tiresome, because one
CFU certificate and especially Michigan, knowing little a-! lands and tourists are invad-
Michigan Straits of Mackinac World's Largest Bridge
The
By Joseph Chesarek
Member. Home
Office
Clerical Staff
ing the parks around Lake
Superior in ever increasing
the size of the Lower Penin-' numbers.
The Straits of Mackinac
Al o s every native
Pittsburgher to whom I
have spoken is completely
at a loss when I mention
that I had previously lived
in Michigan's Copper Coun
try, way up in the northern
part of the Upper Peninsu
la. They shake their heads,
admitting that they never
heard of it.
In fact that part of Michi
gan seems as remote to them
as some place in Northern
Canada. Yet, for over half a
century, Northern Michigan
was the home of the richest
copper mine in the world.
Not only that but it has al
so rich iron deposits, besides!
containing thousands of acres
of priceless timber lands. I
Although by this time the
best copper veins have been
e e e e i o n i n e s a e
hundred miles.
Why they decided to make
it a part of Michigan, since it
is not connected anywhere by
land with the Lower Peninsu-1
la, is
can't
MOLTEN IU(\ into an open hearth in one of
many great steel mills, an operation familiar to thousands
of CFU ni?'»bers who have long btvn affiliated with the in
dustry both here in the I'nited States ar.d Chnada.
occurred the technological: on bessemer steel.
break-through which was to! Many basic discoveries
spur the greatest century of inventions were awaiting only
progress in the history of the wide availability of Ame
man.
Up to that time, politi
cally free Americans lived
in almost the same kind of
iron age that had existed in
Egypt as early as 800 B.
C. In 1857 most Americans
lived on farms.
... sir iitary Bessemer...
rican made steel for their
practical development and ap
plication.
Steel rail«, first rolled at
the North Chicago rolling
mill in 1865, would long
outwear those of iron.
Th"se steel rails were the
forerunners of the structu
ral steel shapes which
would furnish economy and
strength for modern facto
ries, schools, skyscrapers
and bridges.
it makes one feel like
on the high seas.
waiting too long
another and
another and, at times, it De
If you will look at the map
I you will see that the Upper came a real headache,
Peninsula of Michigan is real- Especially so during
ly a part of Wisconsin, which hunting season when thou- Engine: V-8 with displace
it borders for almost two I sands of hunters from Detroit
and other cities invade the
wanted it and even up to to
day has not entirely surren
dered its claim to it.
The nearest meeting
point of the two peninsulas
is at the Straits of Macki
nac, where Lake Superior
and Lake Huron meet. The
Straits are nearly five miles
wide and the only way to
get across them is by ferry.
ber companies began their de-
struction, Michigan's Upper
I Peninsula was a primeval for
[est.
There countless wild ani
|mals roamed in their natural
habitat and one had to walk
but a few steps to bag a deer
or bring down a fat partridge.
When the mines drew more
i and more people to the north- ,lrl
It takes about three quar-
nearing their exhaustion and|ters of *n hour to make the Sundays to go out in the! your good deed for-the, day.
the birds-eye maple and white! crossing and, since the winds .woods
£ipe cut down, the country' are always high at that j^oint, (Miaclunac Bridge- P. 10) tihip Fund.
ern tip of this peninsula.
September 4, 195?
Horsing
Around
With The Editor -J
Thirty days hath Novem
ber.
April, June, and Sep
tember,
February hath xxvUi
alone,
And all the rest hath
xxxi.
Chronicles of England
Circa 1562 A.D.
Consoling Thought
Only 55 people have died
in the United States in 200
years from the bite of a black
widow spider.
Me And Yon Both
If money is the root of
all evil, you can have the rest
of the tree. Bugs Baer
Biggest USA Business
Purchases of life insnr
ance in the United States for
the first seven months of 1957
totaled $37.948,000,000. o
28
above the record total of
one year ago.
Can you remember when
folks smoked Melachrinos
'danced the Charleston in
their stocking feet swooned
to the songster likes of Rudy
jValee and Marion Harris
paid a cool $185 for a super
e e o y n e a i o u z z e
bath-tub gin etc., etc.?
Then you were around in:
1929, the year which saw the
birth of the English Section
of the Zajedničar.
Eat, Drink, Be Merry
The saddest words of
tongue or pen we let our
insurance lapse, and then
The Size Of It
The difference between
a prejudice and a conviction
is that you can explain a con
viction without getting mad.
Milan Vasoov
Superb Engravers
Art thou lonely, O my
brother?
Share thy little with a
nother!
Stretch a hand to one un
friended,
And thy loneliness is
ended!
William A. Dunkerley
Sky's The Limit!
Inflation's bite out of the
USA economy last year was
Twenty" five or thirty years l:1 flattening 83 billion dollars
when compared with prices
ago. when auto traffic was'on
light, this mode of crossing And we're not horsing a
round when we say that this
is the road to ruin.
a ferry without
Available At $10,000
For the first time fn a
But as autos became more quarter of a century, Cleve
numerous, more people were land industrialists 'will manu
traveling from one part to facture a passenger car
at times it be-
northern country. Then it| The price: $10,000.
really becomes exasperating.
The Hunters' Paradise
Until the advent of copper fox
something that many and iron mines and until lum- through .the mails?
understand. Wisconsin
powerful
the famed Duesenberg of yes
the i teryear.
of 392 cubic inches and
Noel, Noel, Noel
Have you received your
CFU Christmas Cards
When you do, please buy
on the spot and sit back
I became the miners' recreation satisfied that you've done
anđ come home
loaded worthy CFUs Scholar-