The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-10-31
By "BILL"

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have sent in to him -
1--WE studied the documents of the Stepanic trail
quickly understood the degree of collaboration for
which the Archbishop has been convicted and sentenced
to 16 years of hard labor in prison.
I'VE found this grim and terrible story with
reasonable his personal part While the trial
had two aspects that not in strict accord
with Ango-Saxon legal proceedings the verdict
avoidable -"
The four principal charges against the Archbishop
were:
l. The Archbishop welcomed the quisling Paveich
regme (2) He called upon his people to rally behind
the Nazsponsored independent Croatia; 60
He took advantage of the slaughter of Serbs
enrich his diocesan parishes and monasteries ca
When the debace finally he tried to salvage
he could by blessing and aiding the organization a
Catholic underground against the government The
full account of this be obtained free of charge by
writing: Information Officer, Yugoslav Embassy Wash
ington, d. c.
MUCH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
I'm the light of what transpired in Yugoslavia dur
ing the war; Rev. Mesh points out 'The principles of
religious freedom which have been established and the
degree of tolerance which has been realized
new administration, struck us commendable in the
highest degree Americans hardly appreciate
the dvisiveness in the past which sprang con-
fct of religious and national oyaties between Caho-
lie Croats Orthodox Serbs, and Mosem Bosnians Mon
tenegrans and Macedonians Today there is genuine
equality and freedom in the Yugoslavia, and, what
is even more important the beginnings genuine re-
ligious tolerance-a thing unknown hitherto in the
Balkans
VOLUNTARY MASS LABOR PROJECTS
Something else that amazed the visiting cerics was
the program of great voluntary mass-abor projects
which are parts of the five plan They visited six
of these most important of which was the building of
multilaned highway between Belgrade capital of
Serbia, and Zagreb. capital Croatia-the two main
cities of the country which previously had not been
connected by highway the Bosnians youth railroad a
line OF 16O miles in length connecting Sarajevo with
the potential industrial of Samach which, each
summer $4,000 boys and girls 16 to 25 years DID, voun
tarly are giving two months labor each tool and die
factory near Belgrade where 10000 youths each Civ
ing two months summer labor the direction of
500 skilled workers and technicians: the building of
two thousand housing units outside Saraievo
While the primary of these projects is to
hguraVeIy lift Yugoslavia up industraly by Its boot
straps other purposes are also served The heterogen
y OF the peoples making up little country has long
been known. Strong nationalist tendencies in wears
past nave been rampant in the various provinces
Through such public works young folks from all narts
of the nation work side by SIDE know each 9th
err and result provincalistc thinking is being re-
placed by onenation outlook These projects, in
American terms, are the melting pots" of Yugoslavia
Schooling is also important part of life in the
mass labor camps since half of the population of the
nation is Iliterate Young people being provided
basic education but also being trained in the art of
and each camp is administered under
democraticaly elected officials from the ranks.
AS to Yugoslavia being a threat" to world peace
Rev. Meish points out The desire for is the cry
Of millions throughout the world. No claim to
be leader without listening to this cry-and that this
substantiated everywhere they in this lately
strifetorn nation, from top officials to rank
and file Yugoslavans. Concluding he states:
AN IMMORAL DOCTRINE
81 confess that my brief experience in Yugosava
lut the final quietus any doubts whatsoever that
lad about the stupidity and the immortality Tru-
doctrine and the program of the state de-
,artment If Yugoslavia fair sample what we are
LONG all along the line consistently backing the
wrong horse One would suppose that American bust
less would be shrewder in its judgment realities
Ii Americans really understood the kind of game
hat is being played at the risk major war to pres
ure small countries like Yugosava out of existence
hey would rise up in a terrible wrath"
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