davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
Coal Strike in Britain

LONDON, Oct. IL INS)-Brit-
ain today faced a complete stop
page in the Yorkshire coal field.
with about 1000 striking miners
in Durham, Scotland and Wales
already idle. The fuel ministry
called upon the men to 60 back to
work immediately.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
Us. Policy Seen
Peril torrance
BY PIERRE LOVING

WASHINGTON, Oct IL (INS)-French official circles
puzzled today Frances place in the Dumbaron
Oaks blueprint for world peace and security league
cuary in the security council of the proposed organization
AT the same time. Rep R. w. Poage Cd of Texas just
back from France and England warned that "a dangerous
situation exists in France partly because of America
failure 10 recognize fully the De Gaule governments
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
Vatican GendarmeS
Police ST. Peters

ROME, Oct. 10 QNS)-Vatican
City gendarmes today were polio
ing st. Peters Square in Rome
having taken over the task upon
failure of the Italian police to
maintain public order.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
Baby Is Fire Victim

REED CITY. Oct II ms
Keith Bowen. l3-month-old son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bowen died
today Of burns received XJhen the
family home was dest Eyed by
fire yesterday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
Nazis Kill VILLAGERS

NEW YORK. Oct. IL ms,
Nazi SIS troops killed all but 10,
Of the $40 inhabitants of the.
French village of Comblanchicn
in Burgundy, Radio Paris re-
vealed today in a broadcast re-
corded by the FEC.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
Gives FDR
I-3 Odds

ST. LOUIS. Oct. II (UP)-Bet--
ting Commissioner James J. Car
roii announced today that betting
odds on the presidential election
were / TO on President Roose-
welt and pa TO on Gov. Dewey
In Illinois, New Jersey and
New York. odds of 5 TO 6 were
quoted for both candidates. Odds
quoted for other crucial states
are:
Indiana: Roosevelt, FL;
Dewey. 2-5. q,
Michigan: Roosevelt, 2-l;a
Dewey. 2-5. ~
Ohio: Roosevelt. SIS; Dewey, :,
SIS. ~
Pennsylvania: Roosevelt, S-5;1r
Dewey, 6-5.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
Link Browder
To New Deal
BY DAVID SENTNER
Dttroh Times washington Barsau

WASHINGTON. Oct ll-Evi-
fence that an understanding was
teached between the Communist
PARTY and New Deal forces az the
Tine 81 the presidential pardon
Tom the pcn!tcntiary OF Earl
frowder Communist chleitain,
vas Indicated today i'm CORE
Epondence Subpenaed by tho House
un-American activities inveStigat-
Ing committee.
Chief Investigator Robert +.
Stripping said that seized CORE
{ oondence suggested the pardon
n BroWder was arranged 10 be
'solt-pedaled for political rea-
tons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
Smith Gets Gas
For Campaign

Gerald L. X. Smith. presiden-
tial candidate of the America
First party. today has 633 gal
Ions of gas to campaign in Michi-
gan
In special ruling by telephone
from Washington, Birkett L. Will
liams, OPA Cleveland regional di-
rector. approved mileage for 633
gallons. Smith had asked for zoo
gallons.
Previously ration board No. IS,
Abs E. jefferson, turned down
Smiths request for gas to tour
Michigan on the grounds that he
is not a duly qualified candidate
Smith has qualified in only two
states, Michigan and Texas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
Attack
{. Prussia

MOSCOW. Oct. IL tUPl-The
Red army's long-awaited full-Scale
attack on the East PruSSian bor-
der roared down upon the defend
ing Germans today while Russian
forces stabbed into the outskirts
Of Memel and clamped a land-sea-
air blockade upon 100000 Nazi
troops trapped against the Baltic
Sea.
Soviet correspondent at the
East PrusSian front reported the
Red army was smashing across the
last few miles separating them
from the German frontier. Red
army troops were fighting night
and day and correspondents said
they senSed that the long awaited
big push was under way.
NEW OFFENSIVE
The German DNB common
tator. Martin Hallensleben said
the Russians launched a general
offensive against East Prussia.
The Red army also was said 10
have started a new offensive
north of Warsaw in the Lomzha
area
Another lOs. 900 Germans faced
death or capture as Marshal
Malinovsky's Second Ukrainian
Army widened its newly-won hold
on the Belgrade-Athens Railway,
last practical escape line for the
enemy's garrisons in Greece, Al
bania and southern YugoSlavia.
NAILS PENNED UP
Gen. Bagramian's First Baltic
Army sprang the trap on the rem
nants of Is German divisions in
Latvia with a powerful drive TO
the Baltic at Palange. IA miles
north of Memel. pinning them in
a 6.000-square-mile-pocket.
Red air force bombers and as
sault planes, along with aircraft
of the Red Banner Fleet. already
were pounding dock installations
and ships massed in Riga, Vent
spills and Liepaja tLibau) harbors
to discourage any large-scale at
tempt at a Dunkerque evacua-
ton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
FAVORED TREATMENT

Stripping pointed out further
'favorite treatment" extended
Communist-minded supporters of
the fourth term campaign includ-
ing the following cases:
For eight years. the New Deal
Administration has deferred de-
portation Of Harry Bridges. alien
Communist and worker. for the
Political Action Committee.
When Browder was sent 10 the
penitentiary, IL was pointed out,
William Weiner, also high
official of the Communist party,
was also convicted.
Weiner has never served day
OF his sentence because OF So
called hay fever and heart
condition"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
NAME NO STATEMENT

Al the time Of the repriove Of
Browder by President Roosevelt
from his four-year sentence for
violating the passport law, copy
OF the following telegram was
obtained. addressed TO Hy Man
del Of HackenSsck. n. j.. on May
IS, 1912. from Bill Norman, head
Of The Communist party in New
Jersey;
Earl sentenced COMMITTED.
Make no statement. Give no
interviews Print no leaflets.
Organize no meetings until We
inform you. Avoid all tendon
cies 10 exploit this politically.
Mobilize membership for distri-
button of worker DAILY
Worker. official Communist
newspaper1 tomorrow"
Similar messages were sent by
Norman to Lou Bentley of Cam
den, n. J.. Manuel Cantor. Tren-
ton. n. j.. and Sophie Feinstein,
Paterson, n. j., regional Com
nunist officials, according 10
committee records.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11
BROUGHT INTO OPEN

The attempts by Communist
leaders TO ignore the presidential
pardoning OF Browder failed to
keep Gov. Dewey from attributing
the communication of PROVIDERS
sentence TO his current support OF
the candidacy OF President Roose-
Welt for is years In the White
House in collaboration with Sid
ney Hillman's Political Action
Committee.
In commenting on President
Roosevelt's recent declaration that
the administration had never
sought or welcomed the support
Of Communists, Rep. J. Parnell
Thomas (R) of New Jersey re-
ferred to the admission of the
Russian-born wife OF Earl Brow
der from Canada despite her con-
fession she had entered the
country illegally.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26
DRZAVLJANSKI
PRIROCNIK

nova knjizice, S poljudnimi navodilI
kako postati AMERIsKI DRAW.
LIAM.
Poleg vprasanj, ki Jill navadno sod
niki stavijo PR izpitu "a d~rzayljan-
stvo, vsebuje knjizica Sc v II. delu
nekaj vaznih letnic il z%godovine Ze-
dinjenih draw, V III. delu pod naslo-
vom RAzNO, pa Proglas neodvisno-
sti, Ustavo eZdinjenih draw, Lincol.
nov govor V Gettysbufgu, Predsedni-
ki edinjenih draw in Poedine drzave.
cena knjizici je Same SO centov .
poStnino vred. z
Narocila sprejema:
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26
L SANSovego urodo
1895 w. 10Th ST., Chicago q, Ill.


Zboru je bio predlozeno tudi
letno financno porocilo Sloven-
skega ameriskega narodnega
sveta. Pc MEM Sc da posneti, da
SO Sansove podruznice pEispeva-
lie $17,913.67, narodne c~entrali-
zirane organizacije 3,9O1.2 5,
postojanke JPO-SS $1,O57.O0,
posamezna druStva in posamez-
niki pa $4,469.08.
Izdatki so znaSali $10,897.45
in bancna blanca je dine 80. de-
cembra 1943 kazala $18, 055.31,
docim je bio isti dan $47.86 v
rocni blagajni.
To letno porocilo je iasno zr-
Gallo d%elovanja nash ljudi in or
ganizacij v naSem skupnem gil
banju "a resitev, osvoboditev in
zdruzitev slovenskega naroda v
start domovini.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26
z VSEBINO KOLEDARJA
LJUDJE ZADOVOLJNI

Ely, Mimi. - z vsebino letoS-
MEGA AmeriSkega druzinskega
koledarja SO citatelji zelo zado-
voljni. Razpecavala sva ga z J.
Kunstljem.
Odjemalcev ina tn okrog sto
- vcasi nekaj wee ali mani, cita-
teljev pa ina pc moi cenitvi
do 400, ker 81 ga ljudje posoju-
jejo drug drugemu, pa tudi v ci-
talnici ga dobe. Torej ina tn lep
krog odjemalcev in ~citateljev,
pa tudi oglasevalcev.
John Teran.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26
Vero Y odresenike

Ljudstva Sc vedno verujeio v odresenike. Krscanstvo
savi blzu diva tisoc let spomin ma bozjega sina, Xxi lie priSel
ma svet, da odresi ~clovestvo. Biblija pravi, da je V TIA namen
trpeli sam in umrl ma krizu.
Toda clovestvo je spo diva tsocs leih tie odresitve Sc zme-
rom neodreseno, cetudij e pozneje verjelo.in sledilo nestetim
osvoboditeljem, Xxi so mu obetali odresenje.
Res ie: posamezni narodi, ljudstva in razredi so 81 oh
razlicnih cash v raznih dobah izvojevali prccej olajSav in
vec pravic. Toda uredba, XII sloni ma krivici je ostala. Noben
posamezen odreSenik je ne odpravi.
Pokojni Eugene V. Dcbs, XII jc bill najpopularnejSi socia-
listicni delayski vodite1j, kar Jill je Sc kdaj zivelo v lei dczoIi,
lie ma svojih shodih zagotavljal mnozicam, ia on nj Mojzes,
XII bi mogeI odvesti ameriski proletariat il puScave kapita-
LIMA Y ~obljublieno dezelo pravicnosti in boljsih razmer. In
tudi &c hi incl to moe - dobil hi Sc kak drug Mojzes, Xxi bi
isto Ijudstvo odvedel nazaj v puscavo.
Ma TAX poljuden nacin je tolmacil Debs delavcem, da
dokIer bodo cakali lie ma odresenike in Mojzese, ne BIO odre-
sitve - vsaj ne sigurne, stalne spremembe ma boljse. Ljudje,
XII Sc puste slepo voditi, bodo slepo sledili zdaj temu, zdai
drugemu. LIE kadar BIO ljudstvo znalo dovoj misliti, DO zreIo
izvcsti najveGji preobrat, XII BIO ponel z uredbo izkorisceval-
cev, zavajalnih odresenikov in Mojzesov, namesto ME pa DO
zgrajen nov red - sociaIzem.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26
IL ZAPISNIkA SEJE ODB0R0V Jsz

nihce Timed navzocih ne sprej-
me, ali pa je zadrzan vsled dru-
gin opravkov, predlaga Tau
char, da Sc mai ia mandat ponu-
di Sodniku in Raku. Sprejeto.
S~klenjeno, da maj DO redna Sc
ia odborov JSZ dine 4. februar-
ia OBJ enem obcni zbor Jugoslo-
vanske delavske tiskovne dru-
zbe.
S~klenjeno, da Sc Franka Sod
nika obvesti ma podlagi tajniko-
vega poroeila, da maj zavzame
izpraznjeno mesto v nadzornem
odboru, ako ne DO med tenn re
poZvan v armada.
Konec seize.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26

Kriza, vojne, pomanjkanje in
druga socialna fla SO posIedica
ljudske nevednosti.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26
SEA JSZ 4. FEBRUARJA
30 OBJ ENEM OBcNI
ZBOR JDTD

Redna seja odborov JSZ dine
4. %februarja V Chicago DO OBJ
enem obcni zbor Jugoslovanske
delavske tiskovne druzbe. Ma
Mi bodo podana f%inancna in dru-
ga porocila 0 Proletarcu, Anne
riskem druzinskem koledarju in
Majskem glasu. Ma dnevnem re-
du bodo volitve in pa predlogi
ter sklepanja 0 naSem bodoeem
delu "a tie publikacije.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26
dne 3. decembro 1943

Seize odbora JSZ, uprave pu-
blikacij in Prosvetne matice so
Sc udelezili Flip Godina, Ange-
la Zaitz, Ivan Molek, F. S. Tau
char, Fank Zaitz in Chas. Pogo
relec.
Odsotni, Fred A. Wider, John
Rak, JoSko Oven in Anton Zaitz,
ker Sc je izselil IL Chicago. Oven
je sporocil, da mu je zaradi della
nemogoce priti.
Predseduje Flip Godina.
Zapisnik prejsnje seize sprejet.
JDTD. - Porocilo upravnika:
S kampanjo "a tisoc novih ma
rocnikov gremo naprej nekako
srednje. Dosedaj smo prejeli po-
vprecno pc As novih narocnikov
ma mesec. Upam, da Sc DO ia ra-
ito nadaljeval, ali Sc morda cello
izboljsal.
Delo 5 koledarjem je domale-
ga koncano, Narocila zanj priha-
jajo prilicno dobro. Do datuma
te seize, MANFRED do 3. dec, Jill
imamo "a mad diva tisoc izvodov,
Umevno, da bodo prihajala Sc
skozi YES december in %januarja.
in pc malem tudi pozneje.
z nabiranjem ogiasov smo bill
vzlic oviram izredno uspesni.
Dobili smo Jill "a okrog $50 vec
kakor lani. Cd teh je "a okrog
$176 pozdravnih oglasov. Tocne-
je porocilo 0 vsem DO podano ma
sell v petek 4. februarja 1914.
Urednik Zaitz pravi, da k te-
mu, kar je porocal ma prejsnji
sell, nina ma tel kaj dodati, DO
pa incl wee p~orocati ma prihod-
Mi sell.
JSZ. - Tajnik Pogorelec po-
roca, da v Zvezi nj sprememb.
CLAM so vecinoma aktivni v kra-
jevnih organizacijah SANSa in
JPO-SS. Kot clan at large je pri-
sopil v Zvezo John Petrich IL
Youngstown, O. John je bill v
prvih letih nasega gibanja tai
mix JSZ, oziroma slovenske SEX
CHE, in zelo deloven pr Prole-
tarcu.
Sodrug Anton Zaitz, clan mad
zornega odbora JSZ, je odpoto-
val "a stalno v California;, kar
pomeni, da je njegovo mesto IL
praznjeno, Ma zadnjem zboru
izvoljeni namestnik v ia urad je
Frank Sodnik.
Treba je ma tel sell izvoliti tu-
di zastopnika ma konferenco
k~rajevne Prosvetne matice v
MilWaukeeju.
Prosvetna matica. - Glavno
delo pr Prosvetni mattel je Sc
dai razposiljanje njenih knjig
drustvom. Zaeno z mimi posilja-
mo tudi pisna vsem tistim orga-
nizacijam, XII SO re v tel ustano-
vi, z vabilom, da ostanejo Mi.
XII Sc MISC V Prosvetni
mattel, pa bodo vabila ma pri-
stop poslana januarja. Pref tega
della vsled preobilo drugega po-
sla ne DO mogoce izvrsiti.
Razno. - Predlagano, da Sc
poSlje ma konferenco krajevne
organizacije Prosvetne matice
diva zastopnika poleg tainika-u-
pravnika Chas. Pogorelca. Ker
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26
Prvi Sansov obcni zbor

AM* r4ss#
V smislu resolucije, sprejete
ma prvem Slovenskem narod-
mem kongresu, XII Sc je vrsil pred
dobrim letom dni v Clevelandu,
je bill sklican v Chicago prvi
obcni zbor ma dan 8. januarja
letos.
Udelezili SO Sc ga castni pred
sednik Louis Adamic in sledeci
clani izvrsevalnega odbora: Ell
bin Kristan, Marie Prisland.
Janko N. Rogelj, Mirko C. Ku-
hel, Joseph Zalar, Vincent Cain
|kar, Leo Jurjovec, DIR. F. j.
Kern, Katka Zupancic, Frank
Zaitz; skupaj IL.
Osrednji odbor so zastopali:
Frank Alesh IL Chicago; Geo. J..
Brince il Eveletha, Mimi; Rev.
Malta j. Butala IL Jolieta, H.;
Jos. F. Durn IL Clevelanda, O.;
Josephine Erjavec il Jolieta,
ILL.,; John Gornik il Clevelanda,
O.; Mary Jurca il Highland
Parka, Mich; Katherine Krainz
il Detroita, Mich; Helena Ku-
sar il Berwyna, ILL.,; johanna
Mervar IL Clevelanda; Ema P1a-
ninsek IL Jolieta; Mary E. Po-
lutnik IL Loraina, O.; Frank
Puncer il West Allisa, Wis;
Rev. Vital Vodusek IL San Fran
Fcisca, Calf; Frank Wedic il Jo-
lieta; Josephine Zakrajsek il
Clevelanda; Agnes Zalokar IL
Clevelanda; Anton Zbasnik il
Elyja, Mimi; Joseph Zorc IL No.
Chicago, H.; Louis zeleznikar
il Jolieta; skupaj 20.
Izmed namestnikov "a osred-
Mi odbor SO Sc udelezili tribe, in
sicer Anton Zorman il Sheboy-
CANA, Wis; George Stonich il
Jolieta; John KumSe IL Loraina,
0. Ia je bill ma tenn zborovanju
imenovan "a clana osredniega.
odbora ma mesto odstoplega An
tona Grdine il Clevelanda.
Izmed clanov tiskovnega ali
castnega odbora SO bill navzoci
sledeci: John Jeric "a Am. Slo-
DVenca, Vatro Grill "a Enako-
%pravnost, Anton Sabec "a Glas
Ivan Zupan "a Glasilo KS
KJ, Louis Beniger "a Mladinski
list, Albina Novak "a carlo in
Anton Terbovec "a Novo dobo;
skupaj 7,
Vsega skupaj je bio Al zboro-
valcev in zborovalk.
Zbor je izvolil v nadzorni Cd
Dor Rev. Vitala Voduska, Jose
primo Erjavec in Josepha Zorca.
Prihodnji dan je ia trojica pre-
gledala Sansove racunske knii-
&c v njegovem uradu ter nasla
vSe redu.
Ia namestnika nadzornega Cd
bora sta bila izbrana Frank
Alesh IL Chicago in George j.
Brince IL Eveletha, Mimi.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26
MoIi biznes zohteyo opore

V Zed. drzavah je okrog tri
milijone malih podjetii - maj
vec Timed Min je prodajalen,
delavnic it'd, XII so v tel vojni
silno prizadeta deloma vsled
konkurence velebiznisa, in pa
zaradi raznih ovir zanje, XII so
nastale z voino. Njihove organi-
zacije zahtevajo, da maj vlada
kaj stori malemu biznisu v "a
scito, predno DO do kraja izcr-
pan
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26
DeIo, XII ga vrsi Zdruzeni odbor
iuznosIovonskih Amerikoncev

razvoj dogodkov v Jugoslaviji
in conference v Moskvi in Tehe-
ranu potrjujejo pravilnost te
analize.
S hitrim razvitjem naSega cd
bora je bio kmalu ocitno, da po-
staja ia odbor srediSce vseh ma
prednih demokratskih juznoslo-
vanskih strut med priseljenci.
ter V politicni imigraciji in to ne
samo v Zed. drzavah, pac pa 81
rom sveta. Tako n. pr. Zdruzeni
odbor obdrzava zveze z JUNO
slovanskim odborom DIR. Borisa
Furlana v Londonu, z liberalni-
mi element nasega jugoslovan-
skega naroda v Mehiki, Kubi,
Urugvaju, Chileju, kot tudi V
Avstraliji ter Now Zelandiji.
KolaSor pa Sc tice Zed. draw sa-
min, SO Sc V mnogih krajih pri-
cell ustanavljati krajevni juno
slovanski odbori, kot V San
Francisco, st. Louisu, Milwau-
keeju it'd.
Re pc prvih podvzetih kora-
kin delovanja odbora je bilo oci-
tho, da bodo nastali ceZdalie We
eli stroski, ako DO hotel Zdruze-
nj odbor izvesti program oieve-
landskega sestanka ter ga spre-
meniti v plodonosno delo. Same
izdajanje "Bulletina' stane pet
najsto dolarjev vsaka izdaja, ka-
terra izide V 10000 izvodih. Do
slej je izhajal pc enkrat ma me-
sec, odzdaj pa DO izsel pogosteje.
Potreba obdrzavanja stikov S
prvaki ameriskega javnega mi
sljenja in z naSim narodom V tel
dezeli ter V drugih delhi sveta
je zdruzena z velikimi stroSki, o
katerih nj potrebno govoriti po-
drobno, ker je to pac samoobse-
bi razumljivo, posebno, &c Sc
vzame V poStev, da je treba po-
gosto potoyati V oddaljena sre-
diSca. Brzojavi, telefonski in
drugi postranski stroski Sc ena-
ko vecajo cd meseca do meseca
ter so V te vrste delovaniu neiz
bezni, ker je vcasih Cd tocnosti
dostave gotovih vesti odvisna
uspeSnost naSega delovanja.
Osebje V uradu je stevilcno O.
mejeno ter razpodeljeno tako.
da mu je mogoce vrSiti mnoge
dolznosti in naloge Odbora. Ia
koj V. zacetku je delal predsed-
mix Adamic sam S pomocjo enc
tajnice ter je bill cesto primoran,
da je pomagal z rutinsklm de-
lom v uradu, kot z naslavlia-
mem kuVert IN plSanJem Stotine
pisem v raznih jezikih. Mnogi
naSi vrli pomorScaki so poma-
gall brezplacno z raznim meha-
nicnim delom, kot z razpoSilia-
MEM literature, pisanjem naslo-
WOW it'd.
Akcija odbora je naSla popu-
laren odziv ne samo v naSi, am
pax tudi v ameriSki javnosti, a
S tenn Sc je delovanje urada po-
vecalo in stroSki so Sc poviSali.
Cez mesec dni Sc je uposlilo Sc
emo tajnico, ker je potreba tako
zahtevala in V svrho zagotovila
financnih sredstev "a uspeSno
izvajanje vseh obSirnih poslov,
Sc je oSvojilo ne sell ozjega Cd
bora nacrt "a kampanjo, katere
cilj je bill zbrati 100000. S to
vsoto b Use zagotovilo poslovanje
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-26

Veliki val navduSenja "a edin-
stvo, XII je zajel Slovane Sirom
sveta V njihovi osvobodilni bor-
bi prot faSistiGnim osvajalcem,
lie naSel svoj konkretni izraz v
novoorganiziranem Odboru jul
znoslovanskih Amerikancev. Ia
odbor je bill osnovan 10. JunIJa
1943, v Pitsburghu, Pa, kot
Zdruzeni odbor ameriskih Hr-
vatov, Srbov in Slovencev, a po-
zneje 7. avg, je bill ma sestan-
ku v Clevelandu, kateremu so
prisostvovali tudi predstavniki
bolgarskih in macedonskih A
merikancev,ta odbor razSirjen v
toliko, da je vkljuceval tudi Boil
care in Macedonce in Sc je Cd
slei imenoval "Zdruzeni odbor
iuznoslovanskih Amerikancev."
Tia odbor je danes aktivna cen
trala Hrvatsko-ameriSkega kon-
gresa, Srbsko-ameriSkega vi
dovdanskega kongresa, Sloven-
sko-ameriSkega kongresa in Boil
garsko-M acedonskega kongresa
V Ameriki.
Naloga tega kongresa je zapo-
padena V programu desetih took,
objavljenih OBJ priliki njegove
uStanovitve v naSem tisku ter V
njegovem lastnem "Bulletinu".
V svrho elm uspeSnejsega IL
vaianja zadanih nalog je bio
potrebno odpreti urad in spra-
viii V TEX delovanje IL enega ma
laSc v ia namen organiziranega
srediSca.
0 Sirokopotezni aktivnosti
ZOJSA je narod precej dobro
obveScen. Vzlic temu pa je po-
trebno istotako objaviti, kako Sc
delovanje odbora vodi in izvaja
V uradu; kakSen je nacin poslo-
vanja odbora; S kolikimi stroSki
je to zvezano in ma kakSen nacin
Sc more zagotoviti zmagoVanje
ten stroSkov, da Sc DO moglo z
uspehom nadaljevati S tenn po-
trebnim narodnim delom.
Sc pref ko Sc je odprlo urad
New Yorku, je bio treba imeti
zagotovljene finance "a zacetek
stvari. To je bio omogoceno pc
dveh rodoljubnih in uvazevanih
jugoslovanskih osebnostih, gg.
Franju Petrinovicu in Martinu
Bogdanovicu, katera sta darova-
la to sVrho vsak pc $4,000. S to
vsoto $4,000 Sc je pricelo aktiv-
no uradno poslovanje odbora l.
septembra 1913.
V samem zacetku je bill glavni
posel urada, da Sc pc eni strani
izdaja Bulletin, a pc drugi W.
postavi zveza z najvaznejSimi O.
sebnostmi V ameriSki javnosti,
tiSku in radiu. Kolike vrednosti
je bio to delo odbora ie razvi-
dino IL dejstva, da so ameriSki
casnikarji in radijski komenta-
tori, kateri SO do tedaj, z red
KIM iziemami, povelicevali Mi
hajlovica, priceli boil in boil u
poStevati in prikazovati resni-
emo stanje V Jugoslaviji ter pod
crtavati veliko vlogo Narodne
osvobodilne voiske pod powell
nixon marSala Tita. Nobenega
dvoma nj, ola je bila ia spre-
memba posledica neumornega
delovanja Odbora in Sc posebno
nJegovega uglednega predsedni-
ka, Louisa Adamica. PozneiSi