Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1947-03-21
4 Washingtonu, DC.
z NARODNfHO SDRUzENf
We WASHINTONE, D. C..


Narodnf Sdruzeni We Wash
ingtone melo milou a vzacnou
prflezitost pri sve mesicnf schu-
ri dine IL. brezna vyslechnouti
81 velvyslance dra. Juraje Sla-
vika, ktery promluvil u pfilezi-
tosti v%zpomfnky narozenin Pre-
sidenta Osvoboditele Tomase
G.. Masaryka. Schdze byla ten
tokrate neobycejne pocetne ma
vstivena, take m1stnost v Ma
|tejkove restauraci byla pima do
posledniho m1sta.
Bratr Matejka, ktery jakoz-
to predseda zahajil schulz zdG-
raznil, re schdze jest usporada-
ma ma pocest 81. vyrocf naroze-
min velikeho presidenta T. G.
Masaryka, ktery z1stane ne
smrtelnym, a tento den Dude
povzdy venovan jeho pamatce
u ceskoslovenskeho lidu. Pc
vyfizenf beznych formalit,
predstavil Tecnika vecera, vel
vyslance dra. Slavika, ktery "a
pocal svoji rec slovensky:
"Pane predsedo, vazen1 pria-
.telia, sestry a bratia: -
"Dovolte, abych nekolko SLOW
prehovoril napred slovensky.
Ia nejhorsfch dob, ked sa po-
kusal odvaky nepriatel znicit
narod ceskoslovensky, tehdy v
Lanoch kazdeho sedmeho mar
ca boil pokryty hrob krasnymi
kvetinami. A tehdy 81 uvedo-
mil narod, vedeny myslienkami
a v~zpomfnkou ma neho, re pre-
sident Masaryk byl tvoritielom
statu. President Masaryk, kto-
reho narod pomenoval Oslobo-
ditel, je i dnes zivou sflou. Pc
prvej svetovej vojne boil vseo-
becne znamym jake Velky Sta
rec Europy. Nebolo vacsiho
Statn1ka mad neho a dnes 81 to
narod uvedomuje znovu- Emo
WI manifestuju Cesi a Slovaci
ovIivneni jeho duchom "a jed
notu, DIVA Masarykova spolec-
most " Cechach, ma Morave,
i ma Slovensku. Uvedomujeme
81, CO vdacfme Masarykovi -
jednak my, ktorl SINE tn "a po-
volanim - Wy, ktory ste uz a.
merickf Obcania - co Zname-
nal pre- narod, 20 ktoreho po-
siel. Dovolte, abych pokraco-
val TAX, abyste vsec1 porozu-
nell.
Ladies and Gentlemen:-
"The Czechoslovaks together
with their friends remember
these days the birthday of Tho
mas c.. Masaryk. | also wish to
add a humble little flower of
remembrance.
"While remembering T. c..
Masaryk we have in mind the
twenty years of happy life in
our free country. It is impossi-
BILE to separate the thought of
our free country from the me-
mory of it's founder, it's creator,
from the remembrance of the
man to whom, in the words of a
statute enacted by the repre-
sentatives of our grateful peo-
pie, belong the greatest thanks
for the Foundation of the State,
from the memory of the man
who was named Father of the
Country.
"He was called Father of the
Country by soldiers, by the Le-
gionnaires of the first world
war. and this appellation was
taken up by the people of the
liberated country. Before him
the historian Palacky was
named Father of the Nation:
To Masaryk an appellation OF
greater endearment was given
as was due to a man who stood
very close to the heart of the
people and was loved by every
Individual member of the ma
ton.
"Anyone of us who had the
great honour and pleasure to
talk with this great European
citizen - and perhaps the most
outstanding figure among states
men of postwar Europe =
possesses intimate recollections
of Masaryk, which became I'M
pressed on the very soul. A talk
with Masaryk was a rare ex-
perience, it was an event which
could not escape the memory
ST had the honour of visiting
him repeatedly in his library at
Castle of Prague, at Lany, at
|Zidlochovice, at his Slovak sum.
|mer home in Topolcianky, and
at his private Slovak home in
|Bystricka. / also accompanied
him on his trips in Bohemia and
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