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CROATIAN FRATERNAL UNION
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sweet Williams
PAIR OF "Sweet Williams" burst into
early bloom last week to give the Home
Office of the Society an inkling of what its
1958-1959 Membership Campaign "garden"
will come to look like during the course of
the two-year drive.
One of these recruiting flowers is bro.
William R. Vician, President of the Sick
Committee of "Croatian Sons" Lodge 170,
William K. ician
The members of Lodge 720 thus set two
Campaign "firsts" for others io copy, or
better 1) they became the first to single
out a contender who can count on their
backing in his quest to lay claim to the
Grand Prize Award, and 2) they became the
first English Speaking Lodge membership
to endorse the Society's 1958-1959 drive for
new adult and juvenile members on the
North American Continent.
We cannot praise the "Alcros" of Ali
quippa too highly for this fraternal gesture
of truly the first magnitude!
As for their .chances during the life
erf this unique two-year Campaign.
Bro. Vician, it will be remembered, tried
his hand at campaigning for the first time
in 1957 and turned in an astonishing score
card of 601, Points to finish fourth in a field
of more than 1.000 recruiters operating last
year in the United States, Canada and
Alaska.
His chances excellent.
So are those of bro. Zivitz, a newcomer
to the Campaign Grand Prize Award wars,
but a "horse" with backing on the Lodge
level and a deep personal desire to win
Urin going away.
We hope to be around to 1960 to wish
both bon voyage and a safe return.
Sweet Williams, both.
Surprising
THINGS considered, the outcome of
the recent Referendum dealing with tl|e
Supreme Board proposal to erect a new
Home Office for the Society was, to put it
mildly, surprising.
In view of the outside propaganda heat
put on those entitled to cast a Referendum
vote the standing 1955 Convention Dele
gates in America and Canada we, per
sonally, never expected an imposing total of
185 Delegates to come out in favor of the
Board proposal.
Nor did we expect the 115 "nay" voters
to be in such a minority when the ballots
v/ere counted on Jan. 7,1958.
"Live and learn.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1958
Gary, Ind., as of Jan.
1, 1958, the second lar
gest in'the Croatian Fra
ternal Union's vast net
work of American, Cana
dian and Alaskan Lod
ges.
The other campaign
horticulturist's dream ll
bro. William J. Zivitt,
for years the Secretary
of "Alcros" Lodge 720
Aliquippa, Penna., and*
long a leading light in the "Jadran" Croa
tian Singing Society of that steel center.
Welcome aboard, brethren!
And what makes bros. Vician and Zi
vitz A-l lead editorial desk cppy?
Simply the fact that both chose last
week to formally announce their intentions
of competing for the Society's 1958-1959
Campaign Grand Prize Award a trip in
1960 to historic Yugoslavia.
Bro. Vician did so in personal letter
to the English Editor of the Zajedničar, in
which, among other things, he wrote: "I
would like to participate in this Campaign
of the Croatian Fraternal Union, 'ako je
Vain po volji.'"
"Po volji?" bro. Vician.
Come now, sir, it should be the other
way around. Indeed and verily.
Bro. Zivitz, on the other hand, was
chosen Jan. 12, 1958, by his fellow Lodge
720 members as their unanimous choice for
the support a hustling recruiter will need to
reach Yugoslavia in 1960.
Be that as it may, s new CFU Home Of
fice. i* now "on future order."
BY ALL MEANS DO
"IN BAITING A mousetrap with cheese,
ialtt&ys leave room for the mouse.
Hector Hugh Munro
ENGLISH SECTION
Established November
Published weefdy
Croatian Fraternal Union Of America
STEPHEN F. BRKICH, English Editor
Editorial Office«. 3441 Orb««
B*olirtt«d »rtlclr*. msna«erlpt*, letter«, ptctare*. etc.,
•abmitted t» THE 7AJEDNICAB are forwarded at tha
owner'« nek and THK ZAJEDNIČAR »pr«til dtilN
any ri-oponnihilitT for their iifekefpiai or retara.
ZAJtDSlC AB ruerTM the Wrht t* edit mile or rtieel
•ny article or other matter aabmltted far pablleatloa.
DESTINED
TO circle the CFU globe far
more often than any foreseeable earth
girdling Sputnik of the future is the Soci
ety's Annual Western Pennsylvania Duck
pin Sweepstakes.
Now on its 9th lap. the next such cham
pionships will take place this Saturday and
Sunday, Jan. 25-26, in nearby Wilmerding
under the aegis of the members of "St. Va
lentine" Lodge 42.
In bringing this annual mid-winter tryst
of the peewee pin fraternity to their com
munity, the members of Lodge 42 will come
to greet and make
welcome men and
w o e n w o a e
proud of their mem
bership in the Soci
ety bowlers who
will fight to the
last pin ditch for
championship laur
els and battle equally as hard for the right
to "pay for the first round."
That all will be the better off for having
participated in "Operation Wilmerding,
1958" is a foregone conclusion.
That we wish one and all a memorable
time should go without saying.
ENOUGH, we still run across
fraternal organizations which don't
know how to interest their young members
in the activities of their society.
Fortuna'tely, the Croatian Fraternal
Union isn't in this leaking boat.
It arrived at the one and only solution
to the problem more than three decades ago
by giving its younger American and Cana
dian members what they wanted the most
the right to organize English Speaking
Lodges of their own.
Today, E.S. Lodges are "old hat" in the
•Croatian Fraternal Union, i. e., they are
here to stay for good.
In September of this year, the Cro
atian Fraternal Union will observe its 64th
milestone on the national scene.
For 31 of those years, virtually 50 of
its lifetime, the Society has promoted the
growth here and in Canada of English
Speaking Lodges and sponsored activities
which are up the alley of the younger peo
ple in its midst.
Of course it took money to arrive at
such a happy organizational medium.
But far and away more important is the
fact that without the foresight of those
who saw the pressing need of E.S. Lodges
back in the late 1920's, the .Croatian Frater
nal Union of today would be just another
dying insurance house.
It's as simple as that.
Another piecc of sound advice we
wo61d pass along to our "in a tail spin"
competitors is this: If you're going to
preach ESL-ism, then practice it, too!
Encourage your younger members to
run for a Lodge office to become Delegates
to your Conventions to become candidates
for the highest administrative posts in your
organization.
The Croatian Fraternal Uqion has long
done as much with good results.
"For example: Four of the Society's
present officials at the Home Office started
up the administrative ladder via their Eng
lish Speaking Lodge membership.
Would they have made the grade had
the ESL movement never come along?
We don't think so.
In Passing
sions may be suffi
ciently relaxed to per
mit the retreat of the
present threat of war,
a competition will nevertheless continue
whose outcome can be equally decisive for
(he future of America and the West. The
Communists have no doubt whatever about
that outcome. They believe that Commu
nism is "inevitable," that if war comes it
will survive and expand thereby as it
hitherto has and that in "peaceful com
petition" it will eventually demonstrate its
superiority in all fields.
Dorothy Thompson
V. I. Mandich On
Nat'l Committee
National Leaders
W ill Meet Feb. 1
WASHINGTON V. I.
Mandich, Supreme President
of the Croatian Fraternal
Union of America, was named
last week to the Planniifg
Committee for the Thirteenth
National Conference on Citi
zenship.
The Conference will be
held here in the month of
September, 1958.
The Planning Committee
will meet Feb. 1 at the Bur
lington Hotel, Washington, to
discuss the program which
'will highlight the September
gathering of leaders from all
48 States, the District of Co
lumbia, Alaska and Hawaii.
Discussed will be the 1958
Conference Theme, the speak
ers, and the special features
which the Delegates will come
to enjoy next Fall.
Mr. Mandich has notified
the Planning Committee
that he will attend the Feb.
1 meeting in Washington.
The Croatian Fraternal
Union of America, with Nat'l
Home Offices at Pittsburgh,
has for years been one of the
foremost supporters of these
National Conferences on Citi
zenship.
Editorial Staff
Emil J. Toffant
Signally Honored
Now Lieutenant
On Illinois Force
CHICAGO Gov. William
G. Stratton just recently pro
moted Sgt. Emil J. Toffant,
Madison. 111., to the rank of
Lieutenant on the Illinois
State Highway Police.
He thus became the first
man of Croatian extraction
to come into such a high
honor sincc the Illinois
State Highway Police were:
put on a merit basis.
Lt. Toffant resides at 1534
Fourth St., Madison, with his
wife Bessie and two children.
Nancy, the eldest of the chil
dren, is a student at Illinois
State University, Normal, and
plans to become a teacher.
He has been in law enforce
ment work for fourteen (14)
years, six of which he spent
with the Madison city police
force. He was appointed a
State Trooper in 1949. rose
to the rank of a Sergeant Feb.
1, 1954, and to a Lieutenant
Jan. 1. 1958.
Lt. Toffant is1 the son of
Mrs. Amalja Toffant of Gra
nite City, 111. His father pass
ed away in 1930.
The Toffants are very
active in Granite City's
Croatian circles, especially
so in the ranks of "Velebit"
Lodge 222 of the Croatian
Fraternal Union of Amer
ica.
We are indeed pi*oud to
have a fine man like Lt. Tof
fant on our State Highway
Police force. That he is a
great asset to us should go
without saying.
Congratulations, Lt. Tof
tant, and every best wish for
the future.
Joseph Starce
vic
Administrative Ass't.
Dep't. Public Safety
Chicago, Illinois
Detroit Home Members
To Vote January 26th
DETROIT The National
Croatian Home Corporation
will hold their annual mem
bership meeting on Sunday,
January 26, 1958, 2v30 p.m.,
at the Croatian Home, 1735
E. McNichols Road.
There will be an election of
officers, reports of the past
year's progress and proposals
for the future of our old and
new homes.
All members urged to
attend.
Helen Stima*?, Sec'y.
He Hobnobs With Prince and Peasant Alike II
Russian Artist
Man Of Talents
This is ilr autobiography Of
Zlatko Balokovic, international
ly famed violinist, a man uni
vernal by choice as well as by
chance, and a. member of Lodge.
nf the Croatian Fraternal
Union of America.
in 1912 I heard
Prof ševčik had in his
possession a concerto for vi
olin by a Russian Dr. Kri
zanovski which was so full
of technical difficulties that
up to then every ševčik pupil
who had tried to master it
had returned it with the com
ment that it was technicilly
unplayable.
Naturally, this aroused
niy curiosity, so I turned
all my energies to the study
of this concerto*
Observing that the key to
the problem was one extraor
dinarily complicated passage
in E flat minor at the begin
ning of the concerto, I spent
many hours working on it.
And as soon as 1 mastered
this passage, the rest came by
itself.
Concerto Conquered
In May I informed Prof.
Ševčik that I was ready to
play the concerto, which was
a typical product of the era
When so many Russian musi
cians were at the same time
Government employees, sol
diers, scholars, topographers,
etc.
Krizanovski himself was
a doctor of medicine, wri
ter, professor, composed, vi
olinist, and pianist.
SE OF modern advertising I
and sales methods to
market men and their rich
executive experience is an en-'
tirely new development which
has made a deep, country-!
wide impression on business.
They consist of a series of!
carefully planned steps that.
contrast sharply with conven-1
tional means of placement.
This innovation has been I
brought about by a public
relations counsel who has
aided industry in selling
both tangibles and intangi
bles. He, is David B. Wha
le«, president of the Forty
Plus Club of New York, Inc.
i s e s o n a e e i e n e
fitted him ideally for the*
task, for he has specialized in
the creation of ideas and
salesmanship to sell merchan
dise. projects, campaigns, and
services, all on the executive
level.
In his work he/has empha
sized advertising, sales pro
motion, merchandising, pub
lic relations, .and sales. This
same pattern will be adopted
by the other Forty Plus Clubs
in Washington, Philadelphia,
Buffalo, Boston, Chicago, Los
Angeles, and San Francisco.
Birth Of An Idea
Application of all these
techniques began soon after
Whalen became a member of
the dub, founded some 18
yeai£ ago by Henry Simler.
The latter, president of a
o s e o u s u s i n e s s w i
was merged with a larger
company, found that some of
his former fellow-employees
were displaced, to his great
dismay.
He hit upon the Forty Plus
Qlub idea as his means of
helping them to relocate.
Now, as then, the only and
seemingly paradoxical pur
pose of the Club is to expel
its members as quickly as pos
sible.
That is accomplished by
helping them to find jobs
comparable to those they
formerly held.
As sooji as Whalen became
ZLATKO BALOKOVIC, right, and then Yugoslav Ambassador
Ante Tresic Pavicie pictured as they left the White House in
March of 1924 after a chat with the late President Calvin
Coolidge. Yugoslavia was still a fledgling, struggling nation
during the days of 1924, the beginning of the still remembered
"Era of Wonderful Nonsense" in American history.
I can remember to this day
the almost electric atmos
phere as I stood beside the pi
ano and Prof. Ševčik sat with
the pianist and followed the
music as I played before the
whole class.
And when I finished, Prof.
Modem Advertising, Sales Methods Used to Market Men
Life Can Begin at Forty-Plus
a member, he began to study
the activities of the Club. He
found that an acceptable
member has to be an execu
tive who is in good health, ac
tive, and alert. Moreover, he
has to be everything he claims
to be in his application and
resume.
Searching Interviews
To qualify, an applicant
must first undergo two
seraching interviews by the
membership committee.
e n e u s u n i s
nahies and addresses of busi
ness and personal acquaintan
ces, whose replies are careful
ly checked. Ho is also given
three psychological tests for
mental acuity, vocational pre
ference, and temperament.
If references and tests are
satisfactory, he goes before
the executive screening com
mittee for an even more
thorough evaluation.
Thus the Club determines
to its satisfaction the de
gree to which a candidate
may best serve a new em
ployer and to what extent
it may be able to' help him.
Next he is referred to the
indoctrination committee, for
Ševčik hugged me amidst the
wild applause of my col
leagues.
Triumph In Moscow
On the same day Prof, šev
čik sent a telegram to Dr. Kri
zanovski and the Moscow
(Life Story- P. 11)
Photo courtesy Forty Plus Club of New York, Inc.
THREE MEMBERS of the Forty Plus Club Marketing Com
mittee, which does the spade work of finding job openings for
members. On the board arc the names of committee members,
also columns showing the number of calls each makes and the
number of jobs uncovered for Club members to fill. The slogan
at bottom is: "Morjs contacts equal more jobs!"
a thorough grounding in ap
titude and approach to the job
he is seeking. There he is as
sisted by the job counselling
committee in preparing a suf
ficient business resume on
a single page.
After it has been approved,
he becomes a full-fledged
member of the Forty Plus
Club of New York one of
20 applicants who are able to
meet the high standards set
for membership. To gain this
privilege has taken him a min
imum of two weeks.
Throwback To 1939
Meanwhile, his analysis of
his experience, combined with
education in the difficult task
of appraising and selling him
self, his skills and experience,
is of the utmost importance to
him. Obviously, it is of great
benefit to hts next employer
also
What Mr. Whalen found
thus far he liked. "Why, I've
been public relations counsel
for large organizations that
didn't do a better job of.
screening their prospects," he
said. "In my opinion this Club
January 22,1958
With The Editor —J
Almost 35 million Amer
icans have received the full
treatment of three Salk antf*.
polio shots since the vaccinfl
was made available to the
public several years ago.
Moral: Give, and give
generously, this month to the
March of Dimes!
Campaign Story
"What I mean," explained
the persistent CFU Member
ship Campaign Field Worker
to a stubborn rural prospect,
"is how would your wife car
ry on if you should die?"
"Well," answered the pros
pect, "I don't reckon that's
any concern of mine so
long as she behaves herself
while I'm alive."
True To This Day
This is a world of com
pensation and he who would
be no slave must consent to
have no slave. Those who
would deny freedom to others
deserve it not for themselves,
and, under a just God, cannot
long retain- it.
Abraham Lincoln
Fetish With Them
A total of 167,443 mine
Workers and officials havpl
completed their training in ad*
cident prevention under th*
Sponsorship of the UyS. Bu
reau of Mines for the period
from Jan. I, 1947, to Oct. 31,
1957.
Ode To The Times
Fly, children, fly
From your cradle-eartjj
To this playpen of tl
moons.
Another year, another
gadget,
And My Father h»*®it
Will joy to see
You playing catch
With some small star.
Anonymous
World's Largest
The Olynipia Edward
Recreation Club in Toronto,
Ont., which will be the seen*
April 25-26, 1958, of th#
CFU's 12th Annual National
Canadian Five Pin Tourna*
ment, bills itself as "Tim
World's Largest and Fineq^
Bowling Establishment."
In operation 125 bowling
lanes, 64 of them under on«
gigantic roof.
Americana, 1958
Our country, right
t, to be
wrong! When right, to be ke
right when wrong, to be
right!
Without Comment
The most famous ques
tion ever asked in an Amer
ican court room would have
to be "When did you stop
beating your wife?"
Post-Xmas Item
An A.P. story out of Afc»
lendale, N. J., tells of the kirff
dergarten pupils in Brooksiae
School there who succeeded in
coming up with a novel
Christmas presćnt for "The
Father Who Has Every
thing."
The youngsters decorat
worm cans for just such ru
ers of the family.
Devil To Pay
Time Magazine's selection
of Nikita Khrushchev as iti
1957 Man of The Year so in
censed a subscriber that thBu,
indignant one sat down an$=
penned the following:,
"Satan must be well pleaselt
with your choice. Cancel my
subscription."
Blame It On T-V
Oklahoma is establishing
a Cowboy Hall of Fame. But,
says the* state legislature,
none of the tee-vee breed neel
apply.
Buffalo Evening Nevgf