YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1933-09-08

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foreign America BE said that not only the dark
hours Of but also IN the tranquil hos of peace they
have always been truly and wholly American il spirit
Incidentally nm happy 70 note that through the name
Of the periodical Of THE CATHOLIC sLoNAK STUDENTS
FRATERNITY It has not forgotten u show ~ genuine a.
probation Of that great venerable priest that indie
fagable worker that prolific writer that magnetic orator
that great and immortal patriot whose lies work was
influential factor in rekndng and keeping alive national
father and dauntess advocate of Sovaks Of America
STEFAN FURDEK
The achievements Of Fek stand out in the history Of
the Sovaks in America just the highest peak stands out
in range Of lofty mountains His memory s lovingly
shrined in every Slovak heart throughout the world
Although the Slovak nation has again taken its place
among nations of the world the antagonim Sovak
culture Slovak liberty and to the Catholic faith in the land
of ancestors is rife and rampant today,
There told, systematic and organized efforts are
being made to tear from the hearts Of Sovak brethren
the faith Of their ancestors deny Sova brethren their
full enjoyment Of constitutional self government and
eternate the Sovak language and the Sovak national
iy by changing Slovak brethren into Czechosovas In
stead of the Sovaks being treated equal partners
Republic of CzechoSlovaa, with equal rights and equal
powers intended by the Treaty of Versailles and instead
of Sovaa being treated free state is being treated
colony acquired in the and they being treated
of the prizes Of the World War captive people,
Incidentally the weight Of the government has been cast
the side Of the schs in that only the
chination of the enemies Of Rome
The Slovaks toiled and bed and died to establish the
Repubc the Sovaks have contributed much
its wealth. culture and greatness and for all this they de-
equal rights the Sovak people and for the Sovak
state guaranteed to the not only by the provisions Of
the known sacred Pittsburgh Pact but also by the die
of justice Upon the sacred promises that
sovaka would be autonomous that sovaa would have
Sovak Parliament that Sovaa would have self government
that Sovaka would have Sovak Courts of Justice that So
vaa would have Sovak schools and that the Sovak Ian
guage would be the official language throughout slovaa
the sovaks united with the Cechs and establish
the CzechoSlovak Republic
Surely fairminded American will find fault with
for not forgetting ancestral land whose womb
born at whose breast they were nred
and whose noble traditions wish preserve and pepetuate
We are all true Americans first, last and always
But still, it only natural that devoted affection
should surge back to the old cradeand and stretch hand
of assistance the to Sovak brethren who
being proseyzed and who being wrongly deprived Of
their just rights.
With love that cannot die with love that not
die the sons and daughters Of Sovaa turn to their
land Our hearts feel the throb Of love for Sovaa with its
primitive villages with Industrious peasantry attred
costumes exquisite with embroidery and lace and rich their
flaming colors with it's fertile farms, with its verant
pastures with its vnecad hllsides with its picturesque
towns with it's throbbing cities with its wooded slopes with
it's greenclad mountains with it's winding rivers with its
churches with it's scuptured cathedral with its
medieval castles with it's people of unconquerabe ideals with
giant Taras all because the historic and
tic land Of ustriOus ancestors the lavish gift from
God to them - that is prompting of nature
Being loyal to America and feeling the throb of
Sovaka involves conflict Furdek apty wored II
his famous poem Amerika, veka which in English
reads in part follows
"And thou Tatra distant snowcrowned;
Whose children roamed so far away;
Weep not, for in this home found,
Our love for thee will last for aye.
Loves not q son his mother still;
Though with a wifes love blessd?
Tis such love my heart doth feel,
For the land where my fathers. rest"
Today unfortunately the interest of far too great por
ton Of the Sovak youth in America in Slovak naonahs
and in ovak culture is sadly the and at best only
luke-warm.
follows that of the great needs Of the day
to have the students Of Slovak lineage whether by birth