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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21
Miss Pennsylvania

BY the time this issue of the Ia iednicar
= reaches the West Coast, the Miss Uni
verse beauty contest of 1854 will have
been decided and Long Beach, Calf, scene
OF the judging, should be back to normal
after a week of hosting some 100 of the
worlds most beautiful young ladies.
Representing the keystone State in this
contest is Helen Vidovich, 18-year-old men,
Der of the Croatian Fraternal Unions uni
ty" Lodge $40 of Conway. She was crowned
Miss Pennsylvania" July 9 during the
statewide finals at Pittsburgh.
When she returns from the Coast we
trust her fellow Lodge $40 members will
stage some sort of public testimonial in
Miss Vidovich's deserving honor.
AS of this writing, Miss Vidovich is verv
much in the running for the Miss Uni
verse honors But whether or not she gets
that far in this exacting race is. to us, be-
side the point.
She has already honored every Amer
lean of Croat descent by tliumphing as
Miss Pennsylvania and bringing wide
spread attention to her nationality. And she
has done so with open pride for her people.
That is more than good enough for us.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21

THE national greatness of an organlza-
! ton, such as ours, depends on the faith,
vision and integrity of its membership and
officials, men and women who put principle
above %eXpediency.
Without faith, without vision, without
integrity, there would be no Croatian Fra
ternal Union on the scene today, no mass
ing of proud members the length and
breadth of the United States of America
and the Dominion of Canada ready to pay
the Society deserving homage this weekend
on theioccasion of the Official National Gel
ebration of it's Goth Anniversary.
Yes, we have come a long way since
those visionary days of 1894 and stand to-
day - before the world as a nationality
which has carved a golden record in the
History of Mankind through six decades of
service in the Field of Fraternalism.
Indeed, we have much to celebrate this
weekend, much to be thankful for to those
Pioneers who had the faith and courage six
ty years ago to create and nurture this
humanitarian institution of ours and hand
down to us a Force for Good which is truly
the American Way of Life.
AND yet, in spite of the historical facts,
many of our fellow members still choose
to look upon the Croatian Fraternal Union
AS a big business house dealing solely in
life insurance and sick and disability bene-
fits, drugs on the modern market.
They fail to fully understand, to appre-
ciate, the true greatness of our Society,
to comprehend the deep meaning and far
reaching significance of holding a share of
power with more than 5000 members in
an organization whose assets of some $23
millions and insurance in force of better
than $50 millions are the undying envy of
many a similar institution.
Perhaps, with the years, we have mel
lowed and now accept the Croatian Frater-
nal Union as something ordinary, some
thing to take or leave during our span of
life on this troubled earth.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21
George Marchan
In New Air Show

Chicago, Ill. - G George
Marchan, member of Gro
attain Fraternal Union Lodge
70 and one of the outstand-
ing broadcasting personali-
ties in the Mid West, recent
ly inaugurated a new weekly
radio program over Ham,
mond, Indiana, Station W.
OBJ, 1890 KC, and WIZ,
FIN.
The program is heard ev-
cry Sunday between 500
and 700 PM and is designed
to meet the most exacting
tastes of our people. Those
who have followed bro. Mar
chan's early shows over
WJOB are loud in their
praise for the type of enter
tainment he sends over the
airWaves.
Bro. Marchan also con-
tinues to air his Chicago
program every Sunday be-
tween 900 and 1000 AM
over Station VICES. This is
considered by critics to be
one of the finest programs
aired in the Mid West.
Bro. Marchan is publiciz-
ing the Croatian Fraternal
Unions Goth Anniversary
Membership Campaign over
both the Chicago and Ham
mond Stations. He is doing
so without any cost to the
Society as his contribution
toward the much desired
success Of the drive.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21
Cleveland Lodges
To Honor Society

Cleveland, Ohio - The
Greater Cleveland CFU LODI
ges will celebrate the Goth
Anniversary of the parent
Society on Sunday, Novem-
Der %, 1854.
Elab orate preparations
are now being made to hon
or the Society on that date
with one of the greatest pro-
grams ever undertaken by
the sponsoring Lodges. Invi-
ted to represent the Home
Office as speakers are Su-
preme President V. I. Man.
dich and English Editor Of
the zajednicar Stephen F.
Brkich. Both have accepted
their invitations.
Anna Rescic, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21

organization passed the seven billion dollar
mark a year ago and the new total con-
tinues to surge towards eight billion. Each
year the amount paid out is about $50 mil
lions. The Croatian Fraternal Union of
America, the Path largest Fraternal Society
on the North American Continent, has paid
out S44,440,252 since its organization in
1894. It would be impossible to measure the
good that this vast sum did in times of
death and injury involving members of the
CFU, which this year is celebrating it's
60th Anniversary. Long may it live!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21
Czechos|ovaks In
Tooth Anniversary

Pittsburgh, Pa. - The
members of the Croatian
Fraternal Union of America,
who are celebrating this
year the 6Oth Anniversary
of their own Society, will be
pleased to learn that the
Czechoslovak S Society of
America, a sister fraternal,
is marking it's Tooth Ami
versary at the same time.
Organized in 1854, the
Czechoslova k Society's
Home Office is located at
2138 South 61st Court, Cice-
70, Illinois. It proudly pro-
claims itself to be the oldest
fraternal benefit society in
the United States.
Statistics released Janu-
ary 1, 1854, show the Cze-
choslovak Society to boast
of 37,19O members, 9,788 of
whom are juniors; 1923 LODI
ges; $37, ,253 insurance in
force; and assets of $12,-
269, 345.67. The organiza-
ton has paid out $685.
923 in benefits since it COM
menced business as an order
on March 4, 1854.
Other statistics for 1858
show the Czechoslovak So
ciety to have increased it's
total insurance in force by
81, ,516, netted OIL juve-
nile certificates, paid divi-
dends amounting to $94,930,
and pegged it's total invest
ments in government bonds
at $3,811,647.
Our heartiest congratula-
tions and very best wishes
to the officers and members
of the Czechoslovak Society
of America for continued
success in the future.
Editorial Staff
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21

position and character have
obtained the general con-
fidence and esteem of the
inhabitants of the pro-
vince"
A long struggle was ne
cessary before responsible
government became fixed
as one of the fundamental
customs of the Canadian
Constitution.
Series OF Resolutions
Under a series Of COVER
nors the Canadas a p
preached and veered away
from the accomplishment
of responsible government,
depending on the person
atty of the governor.
Nevertheless c o n S ider-
able progress was made
toward the recognition Of
at least the principle of re-
sponsible government. Rob-
ert Baldwin precipitated a
discussion of what the goy-
ernor viewed as "theoreti-
cal points of governments"
by calling for copies of
Lord John Russell's dis
patches Of 1889, and by
moving a series of six re-
solutions the essence of
which was the recognition
of cabinet responsibility in
colonial government. Sy-
denham at once drew up
four amendments to Bald
wins proposals.
These amendments were
introduced in the assembly
by Samuel Bealey Harri-
son and were adopted. In
conjunction with the con-
tents of Russell's dispatch
of October II, 1889, the
adoption of the Sydenham-
Harrison Resolutions made
responsible government in
evitable.
ITO Be Continued
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21

TRIBUTE The above is a reproduction of an orr
ginal Is x Is inches woodcarving executed in honor of the
Croatian Fraternal Unions Goth Anniversary by artist
Joseph Bogdanch of Eveleth, Minnesota. Mr.. Bogdanich
has carved many tributes in honor of the Society during
his career and never forgets to remember it in some spe-
cial way on the occasion of it's more important historical
milestones. Thank you, sir!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21
III.
ITS HISTORY
~ IT'S PROGRESS

In 1888 Lord Durham was sent by the Crown to
govern both Upper and Lower Canadas with instruc-
tions to inquire into the political situation made precarious
by the Papineau Rebellion in Lower Canada and the Mac
kenzie Rebellion in Upper Canada.
Instructed also to make recommendations on the form
of government to be granted to the colony, Lord Durham
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21

and the supervision of the
State Insurance Depart
ments guarantee the pay
ment of all obligations and
the certificate holders are
fully and adequately pro-
tected.
But it wasn't always that
way, and if we want to use
our imagination a little in
the perusal of the Society's
early convention minutes,
we can arrive at the con-
clusion that an air of pessi-
mism prevailed more often
than optimism.
Indeed it did prevail
quite often in those days.
Few Were Optimistic
To the writer, who has
been given the privilege of
reading those copies of the
minutes of the early con-
ventions, has come the con-
viction that it was the
faith and confidence of a
handful of men which kept
alive the organization and
made possible its future
growth and prominence.
We have mentioned in
previous English Section
reports the part played by
Petar Pavlinac and FranJo
Sepic in the early days of
the Society, and to these
anne we must add the
names of Josip Marohnic,
Josip Subasic, Ivan Ljubic,
Franjo zibrat, and the
names Of Muzina, Lazic
and Bunetta, for they all
took an active part in the
formation of the society.
Their names are men,
toned in the minutes most
often, but there are others
who later contributed much
to the growth of our Soci-
ETY.. For the present we go
back again to the dawn of
our organization, six de-
cades ago.
Orphans And Churches
When Supreme Pres
ident Ivan Ljubic called
the Second Convention to
order in September, 1895,
the delegates attending the
Con v t n represented
LAB members and the
sum total of all assets was
$S48.58, Of which sum
$385.33 was in cash, the
balance being composed Of
furniture and office fix
lures and other properties
owned by the society.
When in one of the pre-
ceding paragraphs we men,
toned the word faith" we
had in mind a Section of
the Bylaws which was a
dopted at the First Con-
vention in 1894 and which
was re-adopted at most
succe e d i n g Conventions,
and over which there was
always some heated dis
cussion.
This Section read Ca free
translation : I'm the event
of dissolution Of the Gro
attain Society, all assets to
be divided equally among
orphans of deceased men,
bers and the Croatian
churches in America" This
was Section VIII of the
Bylaws.
So it was evident from
this Section, and the dis
cussions which took part in
the adoption of this Sec
ton, that many of the del
egates did not have an all
abiding faith in the future
of the Society, and this in
spite of the nice speeches
which were made on the
floor of the convention and
the many articles that were
written to promote the So
ciety. This Section remain
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21

suggested the union of the
two Canadian provinces at
once, the ultimate union of
all British North America
and the granting in due
time of full self govern
ment.
In 1910 the Act of Union
was passed to carry out the
initial recommendation of
the Durham Report. The
law provided for the union
of Lower and Upper Cana
da under a single govern
ment to consist of a gov
ernor, a legislation council
and an assembly. The gov
ernor, a legislative council
council of not less than
twenty members were ap-
pointed by the Crown, the
members of the Council to
hold office for life.
The Lower House, or
Assembly, consisting OF
eighty-four members was
to be chosen by popular
suffrage, forty-two men,
bers from each of the old
provinces. This equal divi-
sion temporarily gave the
advantage to Upper Cana
da, which at that time had
a smaller population than
the sister province.
Omit Vital Principle
The most important O.
mission from the Act of
Union was the fact that
the law did not deal with
the executive principle at
all, and that no reference
whatsoever was made to
respon S j b government,
the crux of the Papineau
and Mackenzie trouble in
1887.
So far as the executive
principle was concerned the
law showed no advance
over the constitutional leg
islation of 1891.
The germ from which re-
sponsible government de-
veloped is to be found in
Lord John Russell's dis
patches Of September Z
and October 16, 1889, ra-
ther than in the Act of
Union.
The latter instructions
contained the extremely
significant sentence 1.-THE
Importance of maintaining
the utmost possible harmo-
ny between the policy of
the legislature and of the
executive government adj
mits of no question, and
will of course be your anx-
ious endeavour to call to
your councils and to en-
ploy in the public service
those persons who by their
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21
Liberty

We who are inheritors
of liberty must cherish
it and nurture it at all
costs and by our exam
pie demonstrate to COM
mon m a everywhere
that through freedom,
and through freedom a.
lone, can his hunger to
belong, to know, to be
secure, and to count, be
fully satisfied.
Ben M. Cherrington
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21

. Language is the pic
ture and counterpart of
thought. = Mark Hopkins
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21
Pioneers Of Sixty Years Ago Didn't
Have Much Faith In Society's Future
Bylaws Once Authorized Division OF
Meager Assets In Event OF Dissolution
BY John Badovinac, President, Lodge 663
BY John Badovinac, President, Lodge 663

Cleveland, Ohio - 1t is interesting, and often anus
ing, to trace the history of our organization from that
humble beginning 60 years ago to the modern multi million
dollar corporation which stands as a bulwark today to
protect our people in the event of accident, illness or death.
In these days no one can question the stability or the
solvency of the Croatian Fraternal Union, or it's ability
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21
Treasurer T OO Risk
Whon Cr~ro~ Tr>

Treasurer Took Risk
When Supreme Treasu-
rer Buneta gave his report
to the Convention of 1895,
he brought with him the
entire cash assets of the
Hrvatska Zajednica, this
time amounting to $385.33,
and put the money down
on the table before him,
demanding that it be
counted in full view of the
delegates.
This practice was fol-
lowed at succeeding Con-
ventions until the larger
amounts Of cash made the
practice dangerous and this
was then eliminated from
the duties of the treasurer.
We would need a truck to-
day to bring all the cash
and negotiable paper to the
Convention.
An interesting note, one
which readers of the ga
~jednicar' can verify for
themselves, was the fact
that the delegates to the
Convention of 1895 called
it the First Convention,
and not the Second as we
know it today.
So it is evident that the
delegates really considered
this as the first meeting of
the newly organized Soci-
ETY., and that is what it
amounted to, in fact, be-
cause when the meeting
was held in 1894 there was
no society at all. It was
formed at that meeting in
. 1895.
The delegates later cor
rected this impression and
labeled the 1894 meeting as
the First Convention and
the Conventions were num-
bered consecutively in that
manner from that time on.
No Pioneers Living
The photograph which
contains pictures of all SUI
preme officers and dele
gates in attendance at the
End Convention of 1895,
and which is on record at
the GU Home Office, was
ordered by the Convention
and it was distributed to all
Lodges of the Hrvatska
Zajednica at that time.
They were supposed to
hang the pictures in their
Lodge club rooms. Many
Lodges did just that and
even to this day some of
the pictures can be found
in Lodge meeting rooms
throughout the country.
We have noticed a few in
attending celebrations and
meetings of some of our
early Lodges.
Of the "a men pictured
in this photograph of del
egates and officers to the
1895 Convention, not one
is with us today. The final
active affiliate in that
group, bro. Mako zivcic,
passed on just several
years ago. None of the Pc
titioners for the original
charter for the Hrvatska
.Zajednica are among the
living today.
On To Greater Days!
Much water has trickled
over the proverbial dam
since the founders of our
great organization sat a.
round the table and laid
the foundation for the
great humanitarian and
fraternal Society we enjoy
today.
In this, our Diamond Ju-
bilee Year Celebration, we
pay. tribute to our pioneers
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-21
In Passing

The combined benefits
paid by American and
Canadian Fraternal In
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Mr.. Mcdonald Won't Sian

What appears to be a new pattern of labor
union collaboration emerged more clearly when
David Mcdonald, CIO Steelworkers' president,
declined to sign the no-raiding pact being
formalized between the CIO and the AFL.
Mr. McDonald's decision means that the
three big unions whose presidents met here
recently and announced plans for joint action
on labor legislation and related matters will be
free to seek new members wherever they please
In addition to Mr.. Mcdonald, the other union
heads are John L. Lewis Of the United Mine
Workers and David Beck of the Brotherhood
of Teamsters All three unions are competing
for members with other CIO and AFL unions in
fields allied to their own basic industries. It
may be significant too, that the three presi-
dents are not among the personal admirers of
President George Meany of the AFT. or President
Walter Reuther of the CIO.
Meanwhile the decision Of the CIO leader
ship to go ahead with the no-raiding pact-the
AFL top-side already had made such decision
improves the prospects for more peaceful
relations between these two organizations. It
might even lead to their merger eventually
although such q result would require major
organizational adjustments and q shifting Of
power that would not be easy to arrange.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Spires of the Spirit
Where Is Asia?

Where is Asia? Once the answer to
that query. even among intelligent
Americans, would have been very vague.
China was the queer place where the
laundryman down the street came from
His English. consisting mostly Of mo
checkee. no shirtee." was as meager as
the knowledge of his vast land among
those whose shirts and collars he made
white.
with Give in India" gave some of
us. in our boyhood. colorful picture
of what the superior West did with
multitudes of Asians who were pawns
in their hands. About the only pic
ture many people had of land tempt
ed to be intoxicated with the heavy
wine of its new freedom was the phrase
from missionary hymn about "In-
dia's coral strand" But it didn't mat
ter much. It was too far away, land
it's people were so greatly inferior!
America was Gods country!
In Donald Ogden Stewart's "Aunt
Polly's Story Of Mankind" that amiable
lady looked upon the process of evo-
luton as the ascent from the nasty
amoeba to the pleasant life in little
town in the U. S. A. where stood. in all
his dignity, Uncle Frederick, radiant
at the top of long, spiral slope.
clothed in a Prince Albert coat. with
one elegantly gloved hand resting on
the First National Bank and the other
on the First Presbyterian Church. Well,
to the credit of the church let it be
said that. at least. in its Sunday
schools and pulpits it did keep open an
atlas of the world and q revolving
globe. reminding young America that
most Of the surface Of this terrestrial
ball is occupied by others. But the
"others" were thought Of by most with
pity and condescension. It was in this
spirit that we deigned to "send the
light" to those who were in heather
darkness" even though their cultures
might be very much older than our
own.
AS late as 1923 an editorial in the
Ladies Home Journal pontificated:
There is only one first-class civiliza-
ton in the world today. It is right
here in the U. s. 1t may be a cockey
thing to say. but, relatively, it is first
class, while Europe is second class and
Asia fourth to sixth class" At any
rate, there is one answer to: where
is Asia?"
But Asia has moved up closer now
and is clearly visible from the white
dome of our Capitol and from the
Presidents Security Council in the
White House! Every day Asia is in
the headlines. And from this Sweet
Land of Liberty we are seeing the rest
Of the world with different eyes. AS
one has put it: For Americans, the
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Letters to The Star.

which seems to be quite prevalent, that
cropping pictures is heinous crime,
they are apt to reap the whirlwind.
Maybe the fellow who cropped that
infamous picture of Stevens and
Schine was former picture editor,
and did it from force of habit They
were standing side by side. weren't'
they? Cropping the picture did not
change that fact, although it did ac-
centuate it.
Just who hasn't been cropped out of
a picture, or hasn't cropped a picture
anyway?
Edward r. Place.
The repetition necessarily brought
into the hearings by the principals is
nothing compared with the voluminous
speech making, hamming and posing of
some of the Senators as they pretend
to go about shortening the hearing.
Some one should tell those Senators
using the vote-getter approach that
the man in the street or the woman at
the television can see higher than the
curb or beyond the picture tube.
. A. c. Nagel.
The McCarthy-Army hearing is prob
ably the most degrading spectacle ever
witnessed by the American public. I do
not intend to take issue with either of
the parties concerned. My interest is
purely that Of an average American
citizen who has been taught by proud
parents to hold proper respect for the
dignifled Offices to which our most
honored citizens are elected.
. I feel, however, that cannot longer
hold this exalted opinion in view of the
arrogant. misleading, bombastic and
holier- r-than-thou attitude of Senator
from Wisconsin on the one hand; and
the retiring, weak but approvingly
decent. defensive response of an ap-
pointed member of the administration
on the other. Supporting this unruly
mixture, the Republican Party requires
no comment from me for It's lack of
q leader with fortitude and resolution
to represent the United States instead
Of the Republican Party. To me. COM