ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-08-17
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wi Pittsburgh last week attending the
37th Annual Convention of the Pennsylva-
MIA Department of the American Legion.
While in town, they heard prominent
national, state and local leaders speak out
on issues of the day; they debated and
adopted varied resolutions, some mild i'm
content, others controversial; they en-
joyed numerous social affairs; they cleo
ted their new departmental officers; they
staged tremendous parade; and SO ON.
All this, and more, was run off in the
matter of three days and all concerned re-
turned to their homes satisfied that their
stay in Pittsburgh was a productive one
in every single respect
We would be the last to doubt that it
was just that in the eyes of the more than
5000 Delegates who attended this always
colorful American Legion conclave.
Let us turn now to the Croatian Frater-
nal Unions 9th National Quadrennial Con-
vention, which will be called to order in
Philadelphia Monday morning, Sept 49,
Nothing like the 5000 that attended
the American Legion confab here last week
will turn out in Philadelphia 80 days hence.
In fact, only 311 Delegates will be eligible to
sit in on the proceedings which will go
down in history as the Society's 9th Ma
tional Quadrennial Convention and have a
far reaching effect on all of us.
Nor - perish the thought - will our
Convention require only three-days run
ming time. Perish the thought is right,
for "us Croatians just amt built that
way" when it comes down to attending
to our knitting and saving time.
No, it's go for broke with us once we
arrive on the Convention scene and get to
take liking to the surroundings and that
carefree away-from- home feeling,
X X
We all know that $3.50 100000 has been
set aside as the reasonable budget" for
the financial running of the 9th National
Quadrennial Convention at Philadelphia
We also know that this vast sum of
money is being based by the Home Office
at Pittsburgh on the premise that the
Convention will not exceed six (6) work
ing days that it will open Monday,
September 10, and close September "a.
We know too that an additional $4,000
will be required to make ends meet for ev-
cry day exceeding the six now deemed suf-
ficent to "get the show over with"
Not very pretty reading, that last par
agraph. But facts are still facts.
And so is this historic fact
Once the Convention elects a new Ad-
minstration, the No. 1 concern of many in
terest in the gathering tapers off to the
point where much time and money are
wasted without rhyme or reason.
If these elections come on Thursday,
September %, as is now predicted in
some quarters, how can we convince our
membership at large that we had to 20
beyond Saturday, September "a (the 9th
day., to complete our work.
Will we have to admit that so little was
accomplished during the three days preced-
ing the anticipated election date that we
had to carry on, say, through the following
Monday, September 26, to make up for our
shortcomings or whatever we may want
to call them in the end?
May we suggest that Officials and Dele
gates alike get down to brass tacks without
fuss Monday morning, September 19, and
finish their chores without fail by Satur-
day afternoon, September "a.
Or is that asking too much Of an intelli-