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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-03-17
Absolutely Unjust

LIVERY day finds more and more Ameri-
- cans awakening to the deadly serious
fact that the McCarran-W Walter Act repre-
sents threat to their freedom.
Granted that the statute has it's good
points, this Act nonetheess is so rife with
pitfalls, so loaded with BOBBY traps, that it
should be subjected to wholesale reform
10 prove our case, permit us to take up
very typical set of apparently simple pro-
visions which are part of the law.
There is a proviso in the naturalization
title of the Act which states that an alien
legally resident il the United States for )
years who is otherwise eligible can become
an American citizen if he has not - within
10 years of filing his naturalization petition
= been a member Of Communist organi-
zation That's plain enough.
X
But elsewhere in the Act, in a previous
title, it is provided that if an alien is or
has been at any time member of a Com
munst organization he is automat atically
subject to deportation.
Now, such a person may have been
member of a Communist organization, say,
20 years ago and dropped out after a year,
month, week, even day, but under this
Act he is subject to deportation whenever
the details of his past are revealed.
Should an alien apply for citizenship and
rely on the proviso in the naturalization title
after frankly admitting membership in a
Communist group Is, 20 or 80 years ago, he
is eligible for naturalization. But, on the
other hand he also becomes subject to de-
portation to God knows where. ...s..
Expecting citizenship papers, the party
in question is served with warrant of ar
rest instead as his or her reward for telling
the truth under questioning. .s.,
1t is obvious, therefore, that at least
this section of the Act was inserted for Just
one purpose - to trap an alien into admit
ting past affiliation with Communist or
ganization so that he or she can be de-
ported, regardless of the fact that the un-
fortunate party ceased to be a member of
such group many years ago.
This is but one of the BOBBY traps in the
McCarranWalter Act. There are others
just as potent in their legal ability to wreak
heartbreak and tragedy.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-03-17
It's Still Detroit

DISAPPOINTMENT marked the Gary,
- Indiana, Lodge no bid of last year
to dcthrone Detroit, Michigan, Lodge 351
as the Socictys largest subordinate unit
Lodge 351 opened the year with 1876
members on it's books, Lodge ITO with 1,105
members to it's credit That slim margin of
81 members was enough to goad both LODI
ges into action, the one to defend it's laurels,
the other to strip it of same.
Both Lodges played leading roles in the
Societys 1858 Membership Campaign and
no one, least of all the diplomats" at the
Home Office in Pittsburgh, cared to hazard
a guess as to the eventual outcome of that
friendly feud between Detroit and Gary.
But the feud had to end, and end it did
on December 81, 1858, when Lodge 351
pointed to total of 1,164 members, as
against the 1856 credited to Lodge 17O
and laid claim anew to ranking as the lar
gest of all the Society's many Lodges.
Carrying the art of diplomacy to the
limit, it is to be regretted that the Lodges
did not stalemate for this far from mean
ingless organizational honor
That would have pleased us as neutral
observer, but hardly those who are loyal
supporters of either Detroit Lodge 351 or
Gary Lodge ITO. After ALL everyone still
loves winner be that in sports, politics,
or the fraternal arena of action.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-03-17
WEDNESDAY, MARCH II, 1854.
The Best Reason

ONE of the very finest things about the
~ Croatian Fraternal Union is the friend
ships it enables you to make.
There are many fine men and women
who make up the Society, people from
whom others in it's ranks can gain insplra-
ton, hope faith and abiding love.
This, in one lump sentence which adds
up to brotherhood, is the best reason in the
world why every eligible man, woman and
child should be enrolled in the Croatian
Fratcrnal Union, especially during the
course of it's 1854 Membership Campaign.
Hundreds of organizations, all good,
offer life insurance protection. These are
solvent business institutions, with assets
running into many millions of dollars. We
have nothing against them.
However, 99rc Of them are strictly busl-
ness organizations Their many policy hold
ers do not enjoy such common things as
monthly Lodge meetings the opportunity
to participate in or attend annual sports
tournaments, the happiness that results
from meeting fellow members who preach
and practice the Gospel Of Fraternasm.
In this Country, Americanism and Fra
ternalism are synonymous. Without the one,
the other could not long exist.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-03-17
Wilson LatkoviC
Will Be Lionized

Cleveland, Ohio - Wilson
M. Latkovic, one of the best
known and most popular
CFU members in the Mid
West, will be honored by his
fellow "zumberak" Lodge
859 members at a Testimo-
NAL Banquet on Saturday,
April "a, 1854.
Nelson's Family Style
Restaurant, 1922 Addison
Road, Cleveland, will be the
scene of the festivities.
Planned for the occasion is
an outstanding program of
speeches and entertainment,
all designed to represent the
high esteem in which bro.
LatkOvlc is held by his fel-
low members and friends.
Bro. Latkovic was elected
to the Cleveland City Council
at the last elections and is
discharging his civic duties
to the satisfaction Of his
constituents.
Bro. Latkovic was for
years the very capable Sec
retary of Lodge $50 and
rarely failed to participate
in the CFU's Membership
Campaigns of recent vim
tage. He is also a veteran of
the Society's Annual Ma
tional Tenpin Tournament
"bowling wars"
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-03-17
Shades Of Yesteryear

ECALLING the good old days will no
y doubt be in order on Sunday, March Il,
when the Croatan Fratcrnal Unions North
Side Pittsburgh "All Saints Lodge 1 cele-
bratcs its Goth Anniversary.
To put the cclebrant Lodge members,
especially the older ones, in the proper
mood for the occasion, we have called upon
bro John Badovinac, former Supreme Sec
rotary and Junior Order Director of the
Society, to deal on this page with the life
story of great man in the annals of both
the Croatian Fraternal Union and Lodge l,
the late bro Petar Pavlinac.
Bro Badovnac, currently serving as
President of our Cleveland, Ohio, Pioneers
Lodge 663, is, in many, many respects, an
authority on bro Pavlnac and has done
full justice to the memory Of this leader of
yestelyear in his fine article.
Those days of 1894, as bro. Badovinac
points out, were indeed trying times for
those Of our people who immigrated to the
United States shortly before the dawn Of
the Goth Century and found themselves in
the promised Land" so many had prayed
to see and live in as a free people.
: No, not all was milk and honey - beer
and skttles = in the United States in those
days. Nor was the world at peace back in
1894. Life then, as today, was grim, un-
certain struggle.
In April of 1894, almost 60 years ago,
Jacob S. Coxey led 10000 unemployed from
the Midwest into Washington seeking re-
lief from their economic plight Dubbed
'CoXeys Army by the newspapers, the
marchers made the historic trip in vain.
June of that year saw strike of the
Pullman Co.. employees of South Chicago.
ILL.,, led by the late Eugene V. Debs, one of
the laboring mans earliest champions and
first martyrs. President Grover Cleveland
called out Federal troops to quell the strik-
ers and Debs and three others were impri
soned six months for contempt of court.
While America was in the throes of
out on July 25, 1894 between China and
Japan. When peace was restored on April
II, 1895, the Treaty Of Shimonoseki gave
Japan Liaoutung Peninsula, Formosa and
the Pescadores. Today, sixty years later,
Japan is no longer an international power.
Automobiles parking lots and careless
pedestrians were no problem to the Nation
60 years ago. Nor did Americans dream
then that the day would come when radio
and television sets, electric refrigerators
and deep freezers, technicoor movies, Ci-
nerama and Cinema Scope, cars of every
shape, size and price, jet planes, ETC., etc.,
would be commonplace in the United States.
But, before we of this generation ridi-
cule those so-called good old days" of 1894.
let us remember that the world of that
time was not living in fear of the Atom
Bomb. No. fate willed it to the intelligent
sia of today to invent the A-Bomb and set
cut to destroy civilizaton.
Be that as it may, we congratulate
Lodge l on this, its Goth Anniversary and
wish its members continued fraternal sue
cess in the years ahead. May they be truly
happy ones for our Country.
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different standards of treatment and justice
for both. Naturalized citizens are made in
to second-class citizens, with their citizen
ship status constituting not a permanent
grant, as the Constitution meant it to be,
but temporary license subject always to
revocation Naturalization is made not only
hard to get, but hard to keep Of all the
evils in the Act, this, in my opinion, is the
greatest and most incXcusablc
Senator Herbert IL. Lehman
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YESTERDAY
!: !; !; !; q !; !; ! .
AND TODAY

First Convention - 1894
Called to order Septem-
ber 2, 1894, in Majak's Hall,
South Canal Street, Alleghe-
ny, Pa. Six lodges represent
ed. "Hrvatska Zajednica" Sc
lected as name. j. zegudovic
of McKeesport submitted
first draft Of bylaws, which
was accepted with minor
changes.
"Danica" selected as Off
cial organ for printing lodge
news and officers reports
at $1,000 annual fee. Salary
of Financial Secretary $40
per month.
Officers elected were:
Ivan Ljubic, President; Josip
Subasic, Vice President; Pc
tar Pavlinac, Recording Sec
retary; Franjo sepic, Finan-
cial Secretary; and Josip
Buneta, Treasurer. Board of
Trustees: Bozo Gojsovic, Jo-
sip zegudovic, Franjo zibrat,
Nikola Bukovac, Franjo Ia
hija and Ignjat Jarnevic.
High Trial Board: Juro Pa
pa, Anton Nemanic and Mi
ko Moskun.
Semi-Annual Meet - 1895
Held January "a, 1895, in
Church Hall, Allegheny, Pa.
First financial report
showed balance of $42.52.
Financial Secretary reports
ch ar ter completed and
should be received at any
time now. Etna Lodge ap-
peared hesitant about cast
ing it's lot with the newly
organized Croatian Society.
First death benefit paid to
wife of Martin Kasun, $1OO.
There were 319 members at
the time of this death and
each member was assessed
30 cents.
Etna Lodge demanded re-
turn of $500 paid by them
in dues. 1t was decided not
to give refund, but to extend
the Lodge credit should they
eventually decide to join the
Society.
Lodge 8 petitions to
change the name to "Hrvat-
S k a-Slovenska Zajednica."
Also Lodge requests that BY
laws be printed in Slovene.
Bylaws left to next conven-
ton, but the name is to re.
main "Croatian Society,""
Financial Secretary seeks
raise. Not granted. Given
donation Of $1,000.
To Be Continued
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-03-17

MADE HISTORY -. The sketch above made
from original photograph of the late Petar Pavnac
the first and youngest to hold the office of Supreme
Secretary of what today the Croatan Fratenal Union
This sketch is preserved in the CFUs Home Office Build
ing at Pittsburgh in it's gallery of Past Presidents One of
the last photographs to be taken of bro Pavnac before
his death in 1917 the sketch the work of Mary Shaw
Marohnic nationally famed artist.
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floral offering to the de-
lightful Milka Trnina, and
this piece was on display at
the Nixon Theatre where
she performed that night.
Was To Regret Decision
Other guests at the Ho-
tel Croatia included Hinko
Sirovatka, who was travel
ling through the U. S. on a
political mission to stir up
American Croats against
their MAGYAR oppressors,
and later the distinguished
DR.. Tresich-Pavicic visited
at the Hotel Croatia during
his tour Of America.
Among others was the
Rev. Bosiljko Bekavac of
Rankin, whose arrival in
America was due in great
measure to Pavlinac's ef-
forts. Pavlinac wanted him
for the pastorate of the st.
Nicholas Church, and the
Rev. Bekavac did serve in
that capacity for several
years after his arrival here.
At the convention of
1904 held at st. Louis, Mis-
souri,, Pavlinac declined to
stand for reelection to the
Supreme Presidency of the
Society and withdrew his
name as candidate for any
other post, as well, an ac-
ton which he was later to
regret. But he wanted to
devote his time to his busi-
ness, the management of
the Hotel and other inter-
ests, and to his family
which then comprised Mrs.
Pavlinac and the two chill
dren, Joseph and Mary
Magdalene. In recognition
of his service the delegates
empowered the Supreme
Board to purchase a gift
for Pavlinac "up to $4,000
in value"
immigration in Waves
It was at this time that
the great wave of immigra-
ton from the old country
was reaching it's peak, and
many of our people were
then coming to Pittsburgh.
Pavinac's Hotel Croatia
was the focal point for all,
and many a Croatian immi-
grant following arrival
here found his first decent
bed and ate his first decent
meal at the Hotel Croatia.
The Hotel was so we'll
known, even among the
Pittsburgh police, tn a t
when an immigrant arrived
at the station and they dis
covered that he was Gro
atian, or Austrian as they
were known, they were
Immediately directed to the
H o otel Croatia, walking
from downtown to the Ho-
tel in East Ohio Street. The
Hotel was at once a place
to rest and eat, an informa-
tion bureau, and a bank all
rolled into one institution,
[Contir--cd Cn Page 81
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many an hour discussing
the financial condition of
the newly organized Soci-
ETY., and were in constant
fear that some member
might die and they would
not have enough funds in
the treasury to pay the
death claim. It was then
that these two men, close
friends always, used to 60
to old Allegheny Park on
the North Side and find
themselves a bench and
then discuss their prob
lens, until the wee hours of
the morning. Many deci-
sions affecting the future
welfare of the society were
born as a result of these
meetings in the Park.
Founded Hotel Croatia
In 1899, Petar Pavlinac
was married to Maria jan
kovich, in the old St. Nj
cholas Church on Pitts
burgh's North Side, by the
Rev. Francis Glojnaric.
And it must be said, here
and now, that in addition to
his work and great love for
the fraternal society, Petar
Pavlinac also found the
time to work on a commit
tee to build the first Gro
attain Church in America.
He was the Secretary of
the st. Nicholas Church
Committee for several
years, and contributed
much to the erection of the
building which is today the
place of worship for Pitts
burgh Croatia ians. The
Church is celebrating it's
Goth birthday this year.
At the convention of the
N. C. S. held at Wheeling,
w. Va, in 1900, Pavlinac
was elected as Supreme
President of the Society
and held the post for two
terms, being reelected in
1902.
And it was in 1902 that
he went into business for
himself, establishing the
Hotel Croatia on the North
Side, a hostelry which was
to entertain many promi-
nent visitors of Croatian
extraction who were COM
ing to the United States at
the time.
It was here that he en-
tertained Milka Trnina, fa-
nous Croatian opera sing
er of the Zagreb Opera who
was touring the country at
the time and sharing hon.
ors with Nine. Schumann-
Heink and Jean De Reszke
in the operas Tristan and
Isolde" and "Lohengrin."
The famous opera star
visited the headquarters Of
the NCS, then located in e.
Ohio Street on the North
Side, and she presented
Pavlinac with compimenta-
ry tickets to the opera. The
organization sent a huge
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By John Badovinac,

early days of the Society
and the celebrant Lodge.
When the history of the
fraternal and political life
among our people in this
country is written some
day, one of the major chap
ters in the book will have
to be devoted to the record
of a man who exerted
strong influence on our
people in the early days of
Croatian immigration to
this country and who con-
tributed much to the estab-
lishmert of the strong fra
ternal benefit society whose
siXtieth birthday we cele-
brate this year, because no
such history would be COM
plete without the record of
Petar Pavlinac, one of the
original founders of the
Society and one of its most
ardent supporters in the
days when it needed that
support most.
Organization At Heart
From the time the Soci-
ETY. was organized in 1894
and until the day of his
death on March 13, 1917,
Petar Pavlinac took an ac-
tive interest in the affairs
of the organization, both as
an officer and as a men,
Der, and he was a familiar
figure at every convention
that was held during the
first % years of the Soci-
ety's existence.
He was the first Supreme
Secretary of the organiza-
.tion, having been elected to
that post at the first con-
vention of the "Hrvatska
Zajednica" which was held
at Pittsburgh on Septem-
Der 2-3, 1894, and from
that time on he devoted
much of his time and ener-
gies to the great task Of
building an organization
which would lend a helping
hand to our people in this
country.
With the exception of
one interval, from 1904 to
1906, when he retired vol
UNFAIRLY, Petar Pavllnac
was a member of the vari-
Gus Supreme Boards of the
Society from the date of
its organization, holding al
most every post except that
of Vice-President. At the
time of his death he was
serving his Society as the
Supreme Treasurer.
He was among the first
of the few farsighted peo-
pie in our organization who
early proposed that the
Society should set up and
operate on an adequate
rate basis, devoting much
time and study to the task
of setting up rate tables
based on a members age at
entry, a proposal which did
not meet with popular ap-
proval at the time and
which was criticized and
condemned by the rank and
file of the membership and
set down as "novotarije."
Helped Launch Lodge l
But we are a little ahead
of our story SO let's start
from the beginning.
Petar Pavlinac was born
on January 20, 1870 in the
old country village of Mo-
Gle, SEVERN ma Kupi, in the
county (Kotar) of Vrbov-
sko. There was nothing un-
usual about his youth, ex-
cept that he was a bit more
ambitious than some of his
contemporaries.
He attended the clemen-
tafv schools of the village
and secured as much of an
education as was possible
in t. at day and age, and
considering the nOSitiOn of
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LII 1000, dL Inc age Oh
Is, he left his native land
and came to the United
States in the first wave of
immigration from the Gro
atian sections of the old
country. Following a brief
period spent in the coal re-
gions around Connellsville,
Pa, he finally settled in Old
Allegheny, Pa, now North
Side Pittsburgh, and here
he made his home for the
rest of his life in America.
When, in the closing days
of the year 1893, Zdravko
Muzina came to Pittsburgh
from Chicago with his idea
of organizing a fraternal
benefit society for our peo-
pie in this country, one Of
the first with whom he con-
ferred was Petar Pavlinac,
then a very young man, but
readily appreciating the i'm
portance of such an under
taking, and Pavlinac helped
to organize and call the
first meeting that was held
in January of 1894 and
which resulted in the or
ganization of Lodge No. 1,
the first Lodge in our or
ganizaton.
Destined For Greatness
Pavlinac was active
throughout the spring and
summer of 1894, and the
success of the first conven-
ton held in September,
. 1894, was due in, a great
sneasure to his efforts on
behalf of the new organi-
zation. His interest and ac-
tivity were rewarded when
the delegates elected him,
a young man of "a years,
as the Supreme Secretary
of the 'Hrvatska Zaied-
MICA"
He made the first appli-
cation for the Incorporation
of the "Hrvatska Zajedni-
ca" and this early in the
year 1895, but when the
charter for the "Narodna
Hrvatska Zajednica" was
finally approved by the
Courts of Allegheny Coun-
ty, in 1897, Pavlinac's
name was withdrawn from
the application because of
some doubt over his status
as a citizen.
He had applied previous
ly for second papers but
the final decree of natural
ization had not yet come
through, and thus the
name of one of the men
who worked hardest for
the new organization was
missing from the articles
of incorporation.
At the second conven-
ton, held in 1895, Pavlinac
was again elected Supreme
Secretary, and then, at la
ter conventions, to the Su-
preme Board of Trustees.
Treasury Once $42.52
In observing the Goth
Anniversary of the organi-
zation this year, we all
take great pride in citing
the wonderful growth of
the organization through
the past sixty years.
And we point with .justi-
fable pride to the many
millions Of dollars in assets
which the CF7U owns, but
we were not always a mill
lion dollar organization; in
fact, there was a time in
our history when the sum
total of the balance in the
treasury was just $42.52.
That was a time when Paw
linac was Secretary, and
when Frank Sepic was AS
sistant Secretary, or IRA
cunovodja'' as the title Of
the position designated.
Pavlinac and Sepic spent
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how's That, Joe?!

IT don't like to have Sem
ators going out and misrep-
resenting facts"
- Senator Mccarthy
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In Passing

The McCarran Act
defines two classes of
ci t i ize n S, naturalized
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"ZAJEDNICAR"
Late Petar Pav|inac Was Destined To
Enact Great Role In Earliest Days Of
Croatian Fraterna| Union OF America

Goth Anniversary Of Pittsburgh Lodge
Brings Bdck Memories OF Outstanding Man
In Colorful Annals Of Our Organization
BY John Badovinac President, Lodge 663
Cleveland, Ohio - Apropos the celebration this Sun
day. March 21 of the Goth Anniversary of the Croatan
Fraerna Unions North Side Pittsburgh Pa "Al Saints"
Ledge take pleasure today in penning article per-
tanning who played great role years ago in the
Arkansas State press., 1954-09-03
virginia's Any,
General Cites
ContemptforNaacp

Richmond, Va.-(CNSl-Attor-
ney General J. Lindsay Almond,
Jr, has cited the NAACP as the
National Association for the Agi-
tation of Colored People" He al
so adds that the NAACP is al
len to the concepts principles and
mores of the South and cares
nothing for the welfare of the
Negro race
Almonds speech was a follow
up of his original one which he
called the Supreme Courts ruling
as a clear and unequivoCal vio-
lation of the 10th Amendment
of the Constitution" He is also
quoted as saying then the MA
CP is not going to write the tick
ct in Virginia"
"'he NAACP fired back by vot-
ing $l5O,00O "as part of the most
Arkansas State press., 1954-09-03

Members of the 83rd Congress
will try to run for reelection
next November on the civil rights
record made by the Supreme
Court and the Executive branch
of the government to cloak their
own dismal failue to pass civil
rights legislation, 1t was asserted
this week by Clarence Mitchell.
director of the NAACP's bureau.
Mr. Mitchell pointed out that
in giving the record oof the 83rd
Congress in the Congressional
Record for August 20. Majority
Leader Knowland mentioned the
Supreme Court decision against
aggregation in the armed forces
anti-bias action in the nations
capital, appointment Of Negroes to
government posts, and other ac-
tons of the Executive branch of
the government.
Sen. Knowlands report does not
mention FEPC, antrim crow
travel. or other civil rights bills
On which the Congress failed to
act. Mr., Mitchell noted
Wills Boosting of the score"
on completed legislation in the
83rd Congress. Republican party
leaders have said not word