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MASARYK A WILSONOVA PLAKETA
Vykonny vybor "Woodrow Wilson zakladiny'' New
Yorku toho roku, po prvy sestch rokoch, ude WILL
SONOVU PLAKETU, to prezidentovi Masarykov. Cita-
ca zakade kore plaketa bola udeena zneje takto:
"TomaSovi G.. Masarykov ucencov, humanistovi O.
sloboditePovi Prezidentov Ceskoslovenskej Repubi-
ky, neodvislost ktorej dina IA. oktobra 1918
Westinghouse D. C. vyhlasil dla idealov povzbude-
MIN prezidenta Wilsona.
'V uznan jeho neprestajnej borby prava jedno-
tlivcov opro tyranom, ktori by ich sebe sloumocou
chce sam prvlastnit, prava vrstev oproti spolo-
censkej nespravodivosti vyuztkovaniu prava ma
rodnost oproti nadvade cudzich vladarov
"A ako znak povd 'acnosti jeho priklad podr-
zan 81 oddanost tel Republiky, koru zaloz istav-
nej paramentarnej demokraci, ktora je verna Pud-
skym medz vzdelanymi narodami vysoko cenenym
pravam: totizto pravam sobody slova, sobody scha-
dzania sobody tlaee slobody svedomia.''
Takto zneje document.
Nakolko Slovaci vida prezidentovi Masarykov vod-
vsetkych nam Sovakom neprajnych zvlov CeskoSlo
venskej Republic nakopko vysspomenuta citacia ami
I'd nepredstavuje Tomasa G. Masaryka ako vskutku
je tajomnk Sdruzena Slovenskych Katokov poklada 81
povinnost napisat vykonnemu vyboru Wilsonove "a
kadny list kory nasledue Pc prectani toho lstu boo
by dobre osobne psat st adresu Osud nasich bra
tov Slovensku nema nam byt Pahostany preo MEDAL
vodcom terajsej centrastckej vady preztos VISTA
tova pred svetom ctnosa bohvie akych Washington
nov Lnconov Wlsonov. Zvaste nedajme Masarykovi
prileztosti postav do pozy neohrozeneho mOvnlka
Pudskych prav lebo cm lepse taxa dari tym
zdarneisie sa "a jeho chrbtom kuu uskutocnuu pany
zotroeovane sovenskeho nroda Ked to vsak eest
ne prekazame iba zabezpecujeme zdravy
vyvn spolocneho statu-opravdivej Repubiky Cechov
Sovakov.
Youngstown, Ohio,
May 49, 1885.
Directors
Woodrow Wilson Foundation,
8 w. Fortieth ST..
New York N. Y.
Gentlemen:
was dumfounded read in the May 9Th issue of the
New York Times the that you had voted the WILSON
MEDAL the President of the CzechoSlovak Republic:
Thomas G. Masaryk What in the world could have led
do such thing? Is possible that do not recognize
Czech propaganda when you it and believe all the
nice things said about Masaryk by paid to do the job
WELL did that fusome editorial in the March 3rd issue
of the New York Times the of his eghyflfth
birthday, lead you astray?
By giving Masaryk the Wilson Medal you have not
only put the of great American President to the
worst of all possible you have in effect lent his
prova government that is in many respects mockery
of what Wilson stood for Moreover you have grevousy
insulted almost three million Slovaks throughout the world
ho for sixteen have been hoping and praying
that Thomas G. Masaryk the scholar, humanitarian and
liberaor" would at last begin to put of Woodrow
y Wilson's principles into practice in SLOVAKIA.
1t is indeed true that Masaryk struggled nobly to
berae the Czechs and Slovaks from Habsburg and Hun
garan tyranny many Czechs and Slovaks struggled
just as nODy WIN cOLSluefaDly more SeSacfnce
is also true that since the Nazis have gone rampage
Czecho-Sovaka has granted asylum to many political
fugees from Germany and Austria More than likely Ma
saryk had something do with this hospitality grant
ing these merits and adding to them his scholarly attain
mens and his other achievements (hs winning of A
merican wife, for nstance) and not overlooking the highly
important fact that he takes charming pictures Chose
taken his library particularly devastating to other
unsentmenal New York eitors)-granting all this
the truth remains that Masayk does not deserve the Will
Medal any grounds that do you, the Wilson
Medal, the name it bears any credit.
Suppose glance at part of Masaryks record that
you do not to be acquainted with. wonder if you
have heard that long before Hitler began to play
ehnopotics Masaryk and his aids had many years of
perience in the despicable Where Hitler the
tran took prevent 100000 Jews from enjoying
their rights German citizens Masaryk the renegade
Sovak did everything in his power make Slovaks re-
their nationality and become Czechs or, what
mounts to the thing Czechosovak before they could
be considered good enough trustworthy enough to have
rights Where Hitler tried to get rid Of the Jews who
wanted in the worst Germans, Masaryk and
his Of "berty-oving Czechs" tried in the way