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Page 8 seld Honw Office« i N THEIR Spring's Here THREE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1959 k THE Daijutu i.la.Lkfusic 4 Marquis Childs ''ZAJEDNIČAR" I an( Singing Society "Ja f* fi A !C Is Service* 'n Alaska John A. Bozic (suggested i TT đrea Bircsak( ry Habsburg Empire, emphasiz va Trumbić. Who represented, ..F]rst ,, of we the and slovene8 declar( mon 1 ,. mon April 8, 1959 =1891-1959 U I?,°zafrt,,Park Hal1' ,, i Wheeling, West Virginia, AT A. C. JANKOVIC He 0 ,w on. vention ing the CFU's 10th Secretanes' With Church. kindnesg and Snder. \n\n CROATIAN FRATBRNAJL CNlOJi Pittsburgh, PenasylviMii* Step Forward Now another step has been taken in the right direction with the announcement that the Croatian Fraternal Union's 10th Nat'l Quadrennial Convention will take place Sept. 21-26, in the City of Detroit, Michi gan, to pare to six (6) the number of actual paid working days. It is also expected that the Detroit Con vention will be less costly than were its Los Angeles ($175,056) and Philadelphia ($167,521) predecessors of 1951 and 1955, thanks to the cut from 8 to 6 in the num ber of day work cycles. Who can possibly be in opposition to any Convention which is designed to save time and more important money? We can only wonder. ANALYSIS of the 1958 opera- I tions of the Society, the actuarial firm of Harley N. Bruce and Associates, Chicago, had this to say about Conventions of the Croatian Fraternal Union: "A concerted effort should be made to limit the duration of the Convention. The Croatian Fraternal Union's Conventions are excessive in length and serve no real useful purpose except to provide some Delegates with a paid vacation. The Croatian Fraternal Union has the longest Conventions of any fra ternal with which we are associated. We are confident that they can be shortened if a serious effort is made in that direction." Which is hardly complimentary to the Society as a whole, for we are told in sc many words and this by neutral obser vers that the Croat penchant for long drawn out Conventions serves no usefu purpose save that of providing some Dele gates with well paid vacations, days and nights on the town costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Steps in the direction suggested by the Chicago actuarial experts were taken in connection with the Society's Los An geles Convention of 1951 and its Philadel phia Convention of 1955. Both were to consume no more than eight (8) working days in spite of the fact that they were held at the opposite sides of the United States and conceivably but not excusably might have been "held over a day or two, or three," to give the more distant Delegates a chance to catch their breaths and take in the sights. MAJOR CFU social functions are scheduled to take place Sunday, April 12, 1959, to prove that Spring is here to stay and herald the year-long celebra tion in the United States and Canada of the Society's 65th Anniversary. In Youngstown, Ohio, the United Ma honing Valley Lodges are to hold a Ban quet and Program by way of commemorat ing this milestone in the history of the So ciety. In Cleveland, Ohio, 33 members of Lodge 14 affiliated 50 or more years with the Croatian Fraternal Union will be the center of attraction during a long planned Testi monial Dinner and Program. Moving westward, the same day will find the members of West Allis, Wise., Lodge 391 celebrating the Golden Anniver sary of the affiliation of their ranks with the Croatian Fraternal Union and the 65th birthday of the Society itself. To all, best wishes for success. Sunday, April 12, 1958, will also see the members of "St. Rochus" Lodge 5, Johnstown, Pa., unveil their 1st Annual Pennsylvania CFU Singles-Doubles Handi cap Tenpin Bowling Tournament. Whether this gathering is to go down as one for the books or die, as they say, aborning remains to be seen. In the meantime, the embers of Lodge 5 deserve much credit for coming up with such an event as a fitting prelude to the Croatian Fraternal Union's 25th Annual Nat'l Tenpin Tournament, which is to be May 14-17 in Youngstown, Ohio. Again, best wishes for success. MIGHT BECOME A HABIT 9 THE HARD PART of mulriwg goQ| {•"that you have to do it again every day. Survey Bulletin ENGLISH SECTION eatmfeltshed November 6. 1929. Published By The Croatian Fraternal Union Of America STEPHEN F. BRK1CH, English Editor Editor ml Office*. 3441 torbe« Street. Pittsburgh U. Fa. Telephones Mi M'um --4470 '^-4471 I'Molicitod artirlrs. manuscripts, letters, pictures, etc. submitted to THE ZAJMIM K AR are forwarded at the owner's risk and THE ZAJEDM1CAR express!) denies an retpoiisihilitv for (heir safiUocpinR or return. THE ZAJEDNIČAR reserves the right to edit, revise or reject any article or other matter snhmitted tor pnblieation. Canadian Big 4 APPROACH OF the 13th Annual CFU Canadian Five Pin Tournament, to be held April 17-18 in Hamilton, Ontario, brings to mind the fact that four of the Society's eight Membership Campaign Grand Prize Award Winners to date are Canadians. All residents of the Province of Onta rio, they are Danica Markusic, Schumacher Lnđ"~ P/"- M'ofust Herceg, Schumacher Lodge 930 Michael Mi iatovich. Toronto Lodge 75 and Joseph Stano ich, Hamilton Lodge 14. I n addition, sister arkusic was the Cam lign's 1958 "Woman of he Year" and appears be an odds-on bet to merge as the queen of he Society's feminine recruiting forces when this two-year Campaign *tids on December 31,1959. In fact, we cannot remember the re cruiting likes of sister Markusic since our arrival almost two decades ago on the So ciety's Home Office scene, first to serve as a member of the Clerical Staff and in time become the English Editor of the Zajedni čar. Ergo our admiration for "The Lady from Schumacher." Two members of this Canadian Big 4 are certain to attend the April 17-18 Five Pin Tournament. They are bros. Mijato vich, Toronto, and Stanovich, Hamilton. We would say that both are due to bask in the limelight during the April 18 Ban quet which will climax the running of these annual championships, for present that eve ning to address the celebrants will be Su preme President V. I. Mandich and Sports Educational Director Frank Braidic, neither likely to forget the importance attached in Canada to the successful pursuit of a CFU Membership Campaign. It would be wonderful if sister Markusic anđ bro. Herceg could make the long trip from Schumacher to Hamilton and share the spotlight and acclaim with bros. Mija tovich and Stanovich. However, the distance between these centers would seem to preclude such a meet ing of the Canadian Big Chicago Story PROBABLY at the Hamilton summit. We could, of course, be wrong. Be that as it may, we wish our Cana dian bowling brethren happy trophy hunt ing during their stay April 17-18 in Hamil ton. ONE OF the largest public celebrations this year of the 65th An niversary of the Society will be held by this Central Committee of Chicago Lodges Aug. 23 on the grounds of the CFU Children's Home at Des Plaines, Illinois. To create widespread interest in the fete, the Committee is sponsoring a contest aimed at getting every Lodge and Nest in the area to participate in the Croatian Fra ternal Union's 1959 Membership Campaign. The contest opened March 1 and is to ter minate Aug. 23 in Des Plaines. To the Lodge and Nest enrolling the most new members will go appropriate plaques, with the presentations to be made during the program which is to highlight the day-long celebration. An excellent idea one worth copying by other CFU Central Committees. In Passing ONE OF the most effective things the United States In o a i o n A e n y doeri is the magazine "America," published in Russia and sold in the Soviet Union to Soviet citizens. While only 50,000 copies of "America" can be distributed under a mu tual agreement that gives the Soviets the right to sell 50,000 copies of their magazine "USSR" in English in this country, the in fluence of "America" is much greater than this would indicate. Copies are said to pass from hand to hand, often selling at 10 times the original price, until they are worn out. Mary Eelamarich In Frat Day Race She Would Rule During CFU Fete PITTSBURGH, Pa. The first lovely young lady to an nounce her candidacy in the o u a i y u e e n o n e s which will be held in con june- tion with the United Lodges with him a Croat from Cro F"^+~nnal Day, MARY LOU BEL AM ARICH First Under The Wire Anniversary Celebration of the Croatian Fraternal Union, is Miss Mary Lou Belama rich. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Krsto Belo niarich of Efna and all are members of Lodge 4. vor" of North Side Pitts-! bestowed on July 26 Croatian Center, Pittsburgh, 'Trojans Wish H»m Successful Career jeep driver. He arrived there his basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The son of Frank and Mildred Bozic of 2534 Lar kins Way, John was born June 1, 1939. He graduated from South Vocational High School in 1957, and the same month he also transferred to Lodge 76 from the ranks of Nest 57. His sisters, Marlane and Geraldine, are also members of CFU Nest 57. The officers and members of Lodge 76 take this oppor tunity to wish John the best of health and success during his service with tile Army and in the future. Lawrence Del ost. Pres. The Meeting At Corfu A Declaration Is Born N APRIL of 1917 Premier Pašić invited Trumbić to Corfu to discuss the problems of the relationship between the Serbian Government and the Yugoslav Committee. He that Trumbić take the 65th|atia (Trumbić was himself from Dalmatia), a Serb from Bosnia, and a Slovene. e o i e e e i e that Hinko Hinković, Dusan Vasiljević and Bogumil Vos njak would accompany Trum bić to Corfu. The delegation reached Corfu at the begin ning of June. Dinko Trinajstić, the per manent delegate of the Committee to the Serbian Government, and Franko Potočnjak, a member of the Committee, who hap pened to be at Corfu, also assisted at the talks. The Serbian delegation, composed of Premier Pašić, of Protić, Marko Gjuričić and Momčilo Ninčić, and comple ted by the members of the Serbian Opposition, Da vido- Mary Lou is a graduate of Peabodv High School. Class declaration on July 20. All in of *53, and is presently em-jail, twenty plenary sessions ployed as a Secretary by the had been held. Loftus Engineering Co., of pašić Followed Line Pittsburgh. A very aggressive and ac tive young lady she partici pates in many dramatic and choral groups, including the Glenshaw Players and the Croatian The latter insisted on Ser r» i i. «. u~i' Southern Slavs still under the Miss Belamarich is Wished S. S. PITTSBURGH, Pa. Pictured is John A. Bozic, ^ndrea Bircsak Rising Star In Violin World member of "Trojans" CFU Lodge 76, who is now sta tioned at Fort Richardson. Alaska, as S.P. 4 with the( BRADDOCK. Pa. An 536th Transportation Co., as Yugoslavia In World History By Stjepan Gad Member, Lodge 20 KIV« PETER I Great In His Time opposed to the idea of a Yugoslavia and a declared antagonist to any sort of federation. .• He was most vigorously I Upon a proposal of Protić jolin wi]1 play a move January 27,1958. ment from the Concerto Vi Entering the army in Au- j^j during the matinee per- gust of 1957, he completed formance of the Annual Pitts burgh Diocesan Music Festi val at the South Hills Catho lic High School Auditorium on Sunday, April 12. The famed Diocesan Tea cher's Symphony Orches tra will be the featured ar tists of both the matinee performance, at 2:30 p.m., and the evening perfor mance at 8:00 p.m., which will be sponsored by the Ca tholic Laymen's Associa tion. The orchestra is composed of 69 nuns representing every order in the Pittsburgh Dio cese. They were organized by Wilbert Frisch, assistant ma estro of the Pittsburgh Sym phony Orchestra, their direc tor, and Joseph Michaud, di rector of the Department of Music of the Pittsburgh Cath olic Schools. Proceeds of the festival will be used for the furtherance of education in the Diocesan Schools and for the Diocesan Child Center. Andrea, a daughter of Andrew and Sylvia Bircsak, is a student at the St. Tho mas School in Braddock and receives violin instruc tions from Mr. Max Shapiro and Sister Mary Grace. She is a member of Cro- Gatherine Buff, Secy, iatiaa Fraternal Union Nest the views of the Yugoslav Committee, laid stress on theCroats liberation of the Southern Slavs from the Austro-Hun- vić, Milorad Drašković and garian sway in order to unite Voja Marinković, formed the counterpart of the confer ence. The conference started June 15. and ended with a in a common state with Ser- bia and Montenegro on a ba- sis of self-determination. Of course, this plan would mu j,., ., ,. I of Yugoslavia, based on com The attitude of the Serbi plete equality. an Government simply ex pressed the well-known poli-1 Corfu, July 20, 1917 tical program followed by Premier Pašić. Braddock Junior Will Peiiripate In Diocesan Festival io-year-old vi- it was finally agreed that the new state would be named the "Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes." The points upon which no agree ment could be reached were' the members of the former. sentative8 of the Serbs most firmly that our nation known under three differen names, is one and the same nation by blood, language ken or wrjtten by a sen bia's right to liberate and to! tional situation made some tries, and within Austro-Hun- Nat'l Quadrennial Convention unite all the branches of the kind of compromise necessa- gary partitioned not only un- choose their own Chairman, der three different names, Vice-Chairmen, and Record- i—& k—, —h— Trumbić feared that a neg- kut also among eleven pro- e ver s o uc an sue ^at gerkjan Govern- ative result of the conference vincial administrations and +uSSr!n KI ment was the only power to would publicly disclose the thirteen legislations. the Queen title, which will be 1 i ,,T.„ ti,„ at the P°ssess the mandate for car- differences between the Ser- The conscience of the rying out this plan. Ibian Government and the' In his opinion all the South-1 Yugoslav Committee to the ern Slavs had to be integra- great advantage of the Ital ted into a Greater Serbia *an irredenta. which would be organized as| Therefore, he asked the a centralistic, democratic, and members of the Committee parliamentary monarchy un-1 for their consent to his sign e e y n a s y o K a a o r- i n w a e v e a e e e n gjević. could possibly be reached. ANDREA BIRCSAK A Gifted Young Artist 192 in Braddock and her: CFU Lodge 6. mother is aa affiliate of Lodge 43. interests vital to its na- Tv* not allow an aggrandizement tional existence and general of Serbia into a Greater Ser- development of itd moral and bia it would mean an entire-j material life. ly new state under the name "The idea of its national unity has always been alive, despite the moral and mater ial efforts of the nation's foes Such opposite viewpoints directed to prevent its unity could hardly be reconciled, freedom, and existence It was but, nevertheless, the interna- divided among several coun- To this brilliant yofenggler, sincerest best wishes for suc- Andrea will also perform cess in the future to her pa during the program will highlight the celebration of happiness with their talen- standing. Sunday, April 26, of the 65th tend daughter. Zotti went on in 1906, to Anniversary o£ Raakan, PaJ Meghan Ctabakovie (The Croatian P. 1Q) 65th Anniversary By Stephen F. Brkieh English Editor Sixth Convention The 6th Convention of the former National Croatian omitted and on July 20, 1917, Society, today the Croatian the following declaration was Fraternal Union of America, signed I was held Aug. 27-Sept. 1, "At the conference held by'"0°'..in No sooner had President oalition Cabinet and the jvan Ljubic opened the con present Cabinet of the King- clave than Josip Marohnic, dom of Serbia, as well as the then Financial Secretary of representatives of the Yugo- Society, moved that the slav Committee in London, 'Com-™«0", elect its own ,, 'Chairman instead of having both of whom having pursued the President preside. similar interests to this day, This brought on bitter de and in the presence and with bates and acrimonious words, the collaboration of the Pres-enc^, the motion was ident of the Serbian National Assembly, the views cover ing all the problems of the future common national life of the Serbs, the Croats and Slovenes had been exchanged. One And The Same' Kept The Minutes w, „j snowed under by the vote of Itiment of unity, by its com-1 *h.e opposition and President interests vnai to us na Convention roost as he had done so often in the past. Interesting to note is that during the CFU's 1951 Con- in Los Angeles and again at Philadelphia in 1955 the Chairman of the Conven tion was the Supreme Pres ident of the Society. This procedure will be re versed at Detroit in Septem-^ year Delegates to national unity and the spi rit of freedom and inde pendence had been pre served through the centu ries in constant struggle, in the East against Turks, and in the West against Germans and Magyars. "Inferior in number to its (Declaration P. 11) Opened With Prayer With the opening of the 1900 Convention came a mo tion by Petar Pavlinac to open the daily meetings a prayer. Agreed. Next came a report on the standing 59 years ago of the National Croatian Society, 8,276 members and $20,482.58 in assets. Also revealed at the time was that the NCS and its predecessor, the Hrvatska Z a e n i a a a i o u $104,186.12 in benefits since the birth of the organization in 1894. Following these reports came a recommendation from the Supreme Officers to es tablish a "Safety Fund" of $3,828.53. Agreed. Delegate Skrivanic next moved that a Committee on By-Laws be appointed to sug gest to this Convention neces sary changes and amend ments and thus avoid reading each section separately from the floor. Again, agreed, Here the Delegates took time out to send Bishop Jo sip Juraj Strossmayer of Cro atia cabled congratulations I on the occasion of the Golden [Anniversary of his elevation to that station in the hier archy of the Roman Catholic Enter, Franjo Zotti This Convention of 1900 was to see Franjo Zotti, who died in 1953 at the age of 72 years, make his first bold move to become a powerful figure in the National Cro atian Society. A highly speculative type of man, who was primarily interested in a steamship a gency and banking business, Zotti reported in 1900 that Croat immigrants to the Uni ted States were being abused by petty port officials. ,. officials to treat immigrants which rents, many more moments He suggested that the Con vention appoint someone to look* after the interests of those newcomers to these shores, but the Delegates re jected the proposal on the grounds that it would amount to agreeing on a permanently located, salaried party who could promise nothing in the end. Instead, the Delegates vo ted unanimously to send a protest to then United States President William McKinley and urge him to orcjer all port