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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-17

mon supply service tax regula-
lions and legal machinery.
What astounds most observers
here is that politician so astute
as Mr.. Mendes-France should
have believed that this kind of
compromise had a chance Of
success. At any rate, the net
result so far has been to ALLEVIATE
his friends and sharpen the claws
Of his enemies.
Most immediate and concrete
reaction was the resignation of
Gaulist ministers within his own
cabinet and the abrupt disinte-
grafton Of the coalition which
has seen the Premier through
the successive crises on Indo-
China, North Africa and inter-
nal economic reform. In the
long run. this breakup was prob
ably inevitable.
But there is good evidence that
mr. !. Mendes- France counted
heavily on postponing it until
the EDO issue was finally
joined. He has also been
disappointed in his hope of
rallying moderate sentiment to
his compromise solution. At this
point, it seems doubtful that
even the most pro-EDC groups
within the National Assembly
whose support he badly needs
will buy the changes that he has
proposed.
Reaction from abroad is no
more encouraging. Unofficial
spokesman in each of five other
EDO countries have come out
strongly against the reported
new French revisions. The uni
versal attitude seems to be that
the watered down version now
being discussed is an unaccept-
able substitute for the original
treaty already ratified by four
|ufS the member governments.
F. And, just to add to the general
CONSERVATION, is the report that
Mr.. Mendes-France is still dirt-
ing with the idea Of another go
round with the Russians in search
Of general European settlement"
which would make EDO unneces-
sary. These reports cannot be
dismissed lightly. Between the
time that the treaty passes the
National Assembly, goes to the
Senate and returns to the lower
chamber for a second reading
several months are likely to
elapse.
There Is some evidence that
the French government will
seek a meeting with the Rus
slams in this interim and that
the fortnight decision" on
EDO that the Premier promised
this month may be somewhat
less conclusive than it seems on
the surface.
Could Allay Suspicious.
These suspicious could be
quickly allayed by a clear state
ment by Mi. Mendes- France.
It would cost him little to make
1t and one of the things that
most disturbs Western observers
here is that 1t has not been
done. II
At any rate uncertainty about
Mr.. Mendes- Frances intentions
is the outstanding feature Of
the present situation. Both from
a personal and political point
Of view he seems to be caught
on the horns of an impossible
dilemma. On the one hand he
appears to have a very clear
appreciation of what is at stake.
He believes pasSionately in the
necessity Of preserving the At
lantic alliance. Time and time
again he has publicly recognized
the need for restoring sover-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-17
Five Croshes in Five Years.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. R).-The
State highway patrol Office here
was notified that a woman
driver was involved in her fifth
accident since 1949. The noti-
fication, required by law, gave
her age as 20.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01
A Great New Year
By G. C STEVENSON

VKTHEN year changes, it changes quietly
Wv The transition from December 81 to
January l is not marked by any cosnic uproar.
The moon does not plunge from its orbit.
The stars do not deviate from the courses they
have followed through unmeasured centuries.
BY no outward sign or sound does nature
mark the ending of a year.
To eternal things, year is a triviality. But
to mankind the ending of an old year and the
dawning of the new is among the most excit-
ing of events. AS Charles Lamb observed:
"No one ever regarded the first of January
with Indifference"
And that is why amid an unmoved universe,
men and women give such hearty welcome
to new year. They greet it in born-again
mood of reform and renovation, as if the
tearing of page from the calendar will
change everything for the best. In the spirit
of the occasion, they make reckless resolu-
tons. They swear off this, they pledge them
selves to that, they envision twelve new
months of breathtaking progress, of earthshak-
ing Improvement.
So the earth plods on through the heavens
until another cycle is completed, and the years
ending finds most people just as they were at
the beginning. Their high hopes have fallen,
uuAl ana CdI1uSleu, IlSlI Pio1l1SeS tlSy AdsS
cast away.
Is that how it will be with this new year?
1t need not be that way. This can be great
year if lived with greatness of mind
Let us make the most of this year by pre-
serving all through the months ahead the spirit
of new hope, enterprise, courage and enthu-
siam with which we welcome January l. Then
we can be confident that it will fulfill all the
hopes we held when we cheered in the bright
fresh, untried new year.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01
Realistic Production Control

There is also danger of creating serious
trouble for non-surplus crops if the control
programs are not carried out more realis-
tically. It is virtually certain, for instance,
that so many farmers will plant barley on
acreage taken out of wheat in 1854 that sup
plies of that crop will become burdensome.
1t has been announced that multiple COM
pliance will not be enforced during 1854, so
it's a case of every producer for himself this
year. AS a result, production control for the
basic crops will be much less effective than
otherwise. Furthermore, the resulting ex-
cess production of such feed crops as corn,
barley, oats and perhaps hay may prolong
the period of adjustment for the livestock
markets.
The big feed supply situation toward
which the country is headed in the coming
months must go largely into livestock pro-
duction. The tendency will be for more
farmers to raise more livestock and for
feeders to keep cattle and lambs on feed for
longer periods.
If farmers want to maintain high-level
supports, they must cooperate with-indeed,
they must insist upon-effective production
control. Without control high level supports
won't last long.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01

MYTH other major segments of the ma
w tional economy enjoying supports in
one form or another, farm prices must also
continue to have comparable protection.
That's why it makes sense to advocate high
level supports with production control until
our growing population catches up with
farm output. But if such a policy is to sue
coed, the administration of the production
controls must be more realistic. And there
must be a more aggressive program to de-
velop new markets for farm products, both
domestic and foreign.
If we are to face up to the facts of life in
production control, we'll have to agree that
it is mistake not to require multiple COM
pliance in the acreage allotment program.
If multiple compliance were enforced, cot
ton farmer who wanted to enjoy support
prices on his cotton would not be able to
plant corn or wheat or tobacco on the acre
age he takes out of cotton.
The corn grower could not qualify for
supports if he planted wheat or cotton or
any other controlled crop on the acreage he
takes out of corn Nor could the wheat farm
er use his surplus acreage to contribute to
the oversupply of corn or some other critical
crop.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01

There is new alphabetical designation
for an important agency with which farmers
do business. Several years ago the AAA was
changed to PIMA. Now PIMA has turned
into ASC. That's the abbreviation for Agri-
cultural Sterilization and Conservation.
Unloading agricultural SURPRISES in for
eign countries is easier said than done The
United States gave potatoes to Spain few
years ago and that greatly irritated the
Dutch whose Spanish market for potatoes
was badly hurt. Substantial outlets can be
developed for surplus American crops at
world prices or on relief basis, but such
program will require careful handling if it
is not to disturb international relationships.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01

Some folks are buying U.S.. Savings
Bonds instead of taking winter vacation
this year. They figure that financial re-
serve may be more important than suntan.
Government bond sales have been showing
a great increase.
Here's good news for cattlegrowers. A
survey of 1000 retail food stores all over the
United States reveals that for the first nine
months of 1858, as compared with the first
nine months of 1852, beef sales showed an
increase of 5136. This big increase in con-
sumption is the result of lower prices and
aggressive promotion. At this rate the beef
surplus may not last too long.
Montana. with total of 100000 head
as of January 1, 1858, ranks ninth among the
states in beef cattle production. The first
eight states are Texas with 1901 900; Iowa,
4,393, 900; Nebraska, 4,252000; Kansas, $780,
OOO Missouri, 2,494,OOO; South Dakota, e.
$4,000; Illinois, 2.343,OOO and Oklahoma, e.
$4,000.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01

himself and family. When he became IS,
if his income had averaged $4,000 or more,
he would get retirement pay of $85 a
month if his self-employment earnings did
not then exceed $500 year. When his wife
became IS, the two of them would receive
total of $127.50 month. In the case of a
widow, if her husband paid social security
tax on net income of So, 10000 year and
If she had one child under IS, she would get
$127.50 month until the child were past
Ii years of age. Payments would be some
what larger if there were more than one
child under IS.
Montana Farmer-Stockman will be glad
to hear from its readers as to how they feel
about social security for farm and ranch
people.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01
Social Security for Farmers?

TvHERE appears to be growing support
l. for broadening of the social security
program to include farm and ranch people,
and certain other self-employed groups not
covered by the present law. Legislation to
this end will probably be introduced during
the coming session Of Congress. It is under
stood that it will have administration sup
port.
There is a considerable difference of
opinion among the rural people on this sub
ject Some feel that their farm or ranch
gives them all the social security they need.
Others aren't so sure as to what their
financial situation may be when they reach
retirement age. They would feel little
safer if they knew they could depend on a
social security check when they become too
old for active work. They also feel that
they are entitled to their share of any gen.
eral federal annuity program of this kind.
A farm opinion poll was taken in Iowa
early in 1852. 1t showed that 1870 of the
farm people approved social security for
farmers A similar poll taken last fall in
the same state revealed that $3.50 of the
farmers now favor such program. We
don't know how such survey would work
out in Montana and northern Wyoming, but
from inquiries we have made in recent
months, our guess is that about half of our
farm and ranch people would favor social
security.
If the social security program that is now
in effect for self-employed urban classified
tons were broadened to cover farmers and
ranchers, both owners and renters, it would
work out as follows: Up to an annual income
of $3,6OO00 farmer or rancher would pay
a social security tax of $50 year to cover
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01

JonuoY I, 1851
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-01
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1854
1854

Today, the Croatian Fraternal Union
proudly points to almost 1O6 900 members,
assets of nearly $23 millions, and insurance
in force nearing S85 millions.
Thus, in the relatively short span Of
six decades, the Society has progressed
from a few hundred to tens of thousands
of members; from a handful of dollars to
the stature of a multi-million dollar organi-
z%ation; from virtually nothing to fraternal
greatness personified.
All of which leads us to pause and
wonder on this, the Diamond Jubilee of
the worlds mightiest Croat order -.
Where but in the United States of
America could immigrants have founded
the Croatian Fraternal Union and passed
it on to their descendants for safekeeping?
And where would our people be today
had the Croatian Fraternal Union died at
birth in 1894, just six decades ago?
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-01
Gala Weekend

QUITE a holiday weekend is in the offing
~ for members Of the Society residing
in three of its great centers.
Those so inclined, and living within hail
ing distance of the host cities, have the
Labor Day weekend social choice of the
following outstanding undertakings: ~
Greater ~Pittsburgh's 23rd Annual Croatian
Day on Saturday, September T., at Kenny
wood Park, Pittsburgh; p the United
Lodges of South Chicago, ILL.,, Committees
Program and Dance on Sunday, September
5: and 81 the Minnesota State Federation
of Lodges Annual Meeting, Banquet and
Program at Chisholm on September S.
All three affairs, we are pleased to note,
will be dedicated in honor of the Croatian
Fraternal Unions Goth Anniversary.
That Greater Pittsburgh's Croatian Day
will be a standout success is an odds-on bet.
Any institution in the business of enter
tanning our members and friends for TWEEN
ty-three years can't help but build up a vast
following of ~Fraternalists.
And the same applies to the South Chi
cago and Minnesota sponsors, the former
a newcomer this season to our growing
ranks Of such Committees, the latter a
group Of several years standing.
We have done our part in recent weeks
to give each Of these major fetes their Just
measure of which may be found in both
Sections of today's Zajednicar. We trust
all concerned are a satisfied lot.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-01

TOMORROW, September 2, will mark
! sixty years since the birth of the Gro
attain Fraternal Union of America.
On that historic date, Sunday, Septem-
Der 2. 1894, fourteen men met in MaJak
Hall. 116 South Canal Street, Allegheny,
Pa. now North Side Pittsburgh, to or
ganize a mutual benefit society which would
protect the Croat immigrants of the time.
Pledging their all that day to a truly
noble cause were Petar Pavlinac, Ivan LJu-
bic, Josip subasic, Franjo sepic, Josip Blu
meta. Bozo Gojsovic, Josip zegudovic, Fra
MO zibrat. Nikola Bukovac, Franjo Tahija,
Ieniat Jarnevic, Juro Papa, Anton Nema-
mic. and Mike Moskun.
The archives Of the Society show that
the "Hrvatska Ia jednica,' as it was known
in those days, boosted of some 600. mem
bers and S42.52 in assets when it was or
ganized sixty years ago this week.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-01
The KOlO Kraze

\A/E REMEMBER all too we'll the stand
w ing complaint of many of the So
ciety's old timers: The younger, American
born generation will never amount to a hill
of beans when it comes down to perpetual
ing the traditions of their forebears.
Of course they have been wrong in their
judgment of those of their descent who
were born, raised and educated in the Unit
ed States, as witness, for example, the
manner in which our younger members
from coast to coast have taken to Kolo
Dancing and appearing, with pride, in ma
tional costume whenever possible.
Recent weeks nave seen the Ia jednicar
carry publicity pertaining to the organiza-
ton of three new kolo Dance Groups in
Rochester, Pennsylvania, and Euclid and
Youngstown, Ohio.
The Rochester dancers are learning the
necessary steps through the courtesy of
Junior Order Nest s. the Euclid youngsters
under the wing of Junior Order Nest 373.
Backing the Youngstown classes is the
"Strossmayer" Singing Society.
Whom-what-to thank for this activi-
ty? The Croatian Fraternal Union, of
course. Without it nothing of the sort could
ever have become so popular.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-01
A Better Page

DEGCLAR readers of the Ia jednicar's
- English Section will Immediately note
that there is something different about the
makeup of today's Editorial Page.
Indeed there is, for. save for the three
editorial columns, all other articles appear
ing herein were set in what is known TO
the newspaper profession as "9-Point Ideal
News type, a style used by many of the
Nations outstanding publications.
By switching over to 9-Point type. VIC
are merely continuing to carry out our
policy o. lettering the Zajednicar whenever
and wherever possible and keeping it
among Americas foremost fratelnal news
papers. May we have your reaction, please.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-01

friends and boosters hold up
as being the first Lodge to
be organized among the Croat
immigrants of six decades
ago. That's their argument!
Disputing them are the
members of Ban Jelacic"
Lodge 2 of Benwood, West
Virginia, who have fought
long and hard to prove that
their Lodge represents the
first independent group to be
organized in this area.
Benwood's champions, and
they are legion, claim that
their Lodge came into being
at least two years before
North Side Pittsburgh Lodge
1 was born January II, 1894,
the christening of which pre-
coded by some s months the
birth of the Society itself.
Stand On Solid Ground
To back up their claim, the
Benwood defenders point to
an article written many, many
years ago by Zdravko V.
Muzina, which appeared in
the newspaper "Danica.'
In that article, the writer
mentioned the fact that Ivan
Ljubic of Benwood had prom
Used to affiliate his "Drustvo"
with the "Hrvatska Zajed-
nica' if and when such an
order was organized.
Judging from this, the sup
porters of Benwood Lodge 2
are, then, right when they
argue that theirs was already
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-01
Lodge IS Leader
Signa||y Honored

Rochester, Pa. = 1t is my
desire in this manner to thank
my fellow abraham Lincoln"
Lodge IS members for the
tribute they paid me during
their outing of August Is,
1854, for my almost 80 years
of official service to them and
the Lodge.
am most grateful to them
for their gift of a beautiful
engraved pen and pencil set,
which Lodge President Mar
garet Zupcic presented me
during the August Is pro-
gram in my honor in behalf
of all members of Lodge IS.
1t is a gift l will always treas
ure and look upon as bespeak-
ing the best wishes of my fell
low members.
l am also grateful to the
Editors of the Zajednicar,
Stephen F. Brkich and Philip
Vukelich, for their congratu-
latory speeches of August Is,
and for their valueu coopera-
ton with me in publicizing
every undertaking of Lodge
IS.
Thank you, sisters and
brothers, m e m bers and
friends of Lodge IS.
John r. Mikan, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-01
Labor Day

\ AILLIONS of Americans will pause next
wi Monday, September 6, to observe
Labor Day and review the gains they have
made through membership in Unions,
Among these mine, mill and factory
workers are thousands of members OF the
Croatian Fraternal Union of America,
whose Society has been one of the staunch-
est champions of Labor's Cause since It's
organization back in 1894, or 60 years ago.
Had it not been for the dire needs OF
our working people before the dawn OF
the Goth Century, a people literally and
fieuratively without friends in this Nation
at the time. it is difficult to argue that the
Croatian Fraternal Union would somehow
have materialized without them.
From 1894 and on dow through the
years to this very day, the Croatian Fra
ternal Union has pointed with pride to a
rank and file manned predominantly by
ordinary working men and women.
Thus. anything and everything which
comes to harm the laboring class invariably
Injuries the welfare Of the members of our
Society, be they domiciled in the United
States or in Canada.
Indeed, the Cause of Labor has never
won or lost a struggle which did not con-
Germ the members of the Croatian Frater-
nal Union in the long, often costly, run.
And yet, despite the common bond be-
tween them, there have been many attempts
in recent years to divorce the Causes of
Labor and Fraternalism, which, to our way
of thinking. are synonymous.
That all such attacks have failed is
proof positive of the real might of the lit
tie people of America, the unsung men and
women whose daily toll and sweat help keep
it great-whose sole desire is to live and
work in peace and in dignity.
Radicals and reactionaries alike have
reviled Labor over the years for opposite
reasons, but the millions comprising it's
ranks have taken every attack in stride
and stand today as the only truly free
working people on the face of the earth.
And because they fought for their
rights, the unionized working men and
women Of today number almost II, O0O, 900.
The number of them covered by pension,
health and welfare plans arrived at through
collective bargaining is close to 10, 900. 900,
while vacations with pay are now being en-
joyed by 100000 900 wage earners.
Yes, Labor has scored many triumphs
in recent years, victories which brought
old age and unemployment insurance bene-
fits, Federal and State laws establishing
minimum wages to stop exploitation, the
end Of sweatshops and child labor. etc.
1t took years to win these struggles,
but they can be lost overnight if the little
people lose sight of their rights.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-01

Hawaiian Islands from Spain,
the beautiful Islands were
ruled over by Queen Liliuoka-
lani-last in the line of Royal
Hawaiian Rulers.
1t is a matter of further
historic record that the
Queens Consort was one
John O. Dominis, who mar
ried the then Princess Lydia
kamakeha back in 1862.
The Princess became Queen
upon the death of her brother
in 1891 and she ruled until
the Islands were taken over
by the United States. The
Prince Consort, John o. o.
minis, did not live to rule
very long with his Queen. He
died on August u, 1891, just
a few months after his wife
assembled to the throne. The
Queen died in 1917.
Born In United States
The Prince Consort was
born in Schenectady, New
York, and was brought to
Hawaii by his father, Captain
John Dominis, about 1887.
Official biographies give the
birth place of the father as
Trieste, Italy, but the fact
that Trieste was a part of the
old Austro-Hungarian Empire
at the time Captain Dominis
was born casts considerable
doubt on the authenticity of
the story connecting him with
the city of Trieste.
Chicagoan Bares Facts
From data uncovered by
v. knause of Chicago, who
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-01

an organized, independent
group long before the Croa-
tan Fraternal Union that we
know today became a reality
on Sunday, September 2,
1894.
We're Staying Neutral
AS for the members of
North Side Pittsburgh Lodge
/, still one of the Society's
largest subordinate affiliates,
they stand pat on their side
of history's fence.
And that side shows that
it was mainly through. the
constant urging of Zdravko
V. Muzina that Lodge 1 came
into being at a meeting held
on January IA, 1894, and
later teamed with six groups
from Pittsburgh (Allegheny),
Etna, Pa, Benwood, w. Va,
Johnstown, Pa, B r a d d o k
(Rankin), Pa, and McKees-
port, Pa, to form the "Hr-
vatska Z%ajednica" on Sunday,
September 2, 1894.
While the members of Ben
wood Lodge 2 have no quar-
rel with these facts in the
life of Lodge 1, they nonethe-
less still refuse to recognize
the North Side Pittsburgh
unit as being the Society's
first Lodge.
So much for these friendly
fraternal antagonists. AS for
us-we're neutral!