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You love Me Tonight; When the lilac
Blooms Again; tose.s Dream Alter the
eaIl; Symphony. Anioufense; Speakeasys,
The Agnes waltz; The Whistiing Boy:
Faith, Sehonhpnnef Mai.z, clsrdas.
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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Four Candidates Prep
For Des Moines VotinQ

Des Moines, Iowa - All
members of Lodge 872: This
notice is to call your attention
to the fact that your Lodge
is having the election for
delegate to attend the CFU
National Convention. T h e
election date is Sunday, June
10th, from 100 to 500 pm,
at st. Peters Hall, Des
Moines.
The following men are cam
didates for delegate: John
Stanfel, Charles Jackovich,
John Kruzich, and Anton To-
metich.
Would you please try and
attend, a good turn out would
be, appreciated and would
show a sign of interest in
your Lodge activities. Thank
you.
Marian Lesac, Recorder
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Cokeburg SBC Prexy
At Service OF Lodue

COkeburg, Pa. - The mem
bers of "St. George" C.F.U
L o d &c 354 of Cokeburs
should take note that all mat
ters pertaining to sick or op
GRAFTON benefits should be
referred to bro. Nickola &C.
korich, who is our President
of the Sick Committee.
Due to a misunderstanding
bro. Cekorichrs name was not
listed in the addresses of our
lodge officials when that "Z'
was published, so we urge al
our members to take note OF
this change.
Remember, anything re-
ferring to sick benefits, be il
a claim or payment, refer il
to brother Nick Cekorich, ou1
lodges sick committee Pres.
ident. Your lodge Secretary
or Treasurer has nothing tc
do with sick benefits.
Bernard Luketich, Sec'y
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Noted Recording Aces
Set Battle Creek Stop
Battle Creek, Mich. - CT

Battle Creek, Mich. - CFU
Lodge 533 is planning a social
for Friday, June 3, at 115-
3rd St., Battle Creek. Dane
ing will be to the strains of
the ever popular Dave Zupko-
vich and his Balkan Record
Orchestra, between the hours
of 9 PM and ???
There will be all sorts of
solid and liquid refreshments
on hand, including fish sand
wiches for the Friday evening
snacks and ham sandwiches
for those who await Saturday
AM.
We are looking forward to
seeing all our friends of Kala-
mazoo, Lansing, Flint, Paw
Paw and other surrounding
cities at this social.
The Croatian Club, No. 1
and 2 bowling teams would
like to take this opportunity
to thank our lodge for max
ing this years tournament
possible and congratulate the
Chicago lodge for a job well
done.
May we meet again next
year!
/ Violet Bellies, Rec. Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01

in all walks Of life, but GER
tainly none have espoused
the radical demand of imme-
diate repeal.
At it's last session, the CFU
Supreme Board unanimously
passed a resolution which
calls for the revision of GER
tain Objectionable sections of
the McCarran-Walter law. My
character assassins will have
to admit that I was and still
am a member Of that Board
which acted unanimously on
this matter.
If Grasha had ever been
inclined to defend that law
in it's entirety, as he is now
being charged with doing, he
would have then and there
voiced his objection to that
motion and you may all rest
assured that it would not
have been unanimous.
In conclusion I challenge
and defy anyone to find any
statements of mine wherein
I defended this law in it's en-
tirety. There are no such
statements and never were. /
now advocate, have always
advocated and will continue
to advocate the orderly re-
vision of the Objectionable
portions of the law.
Anyone that is peddling
statements to the contrary is
rather careless with the truth
to say the least.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Lodge 354 Voting To
Take Place June 18th

Cokeburg, Pa. - Members
of "St. George" CFU Lodge
354 are hereby notified Of
next regular meeting which is
to be held on Sunday June IL,
1855 at the Croatian Home.
Our lodge jointly elects a
Delegate to the Forthcoming
9th C.F.U. Convention with
CFU Lodge 10 of Export, and
at the meeting in May, nomi-
mated as candidate of our
lodge, was the undersigned.
Election for Delegate will
take place on June II, with
balloting between the hours
of HOO AM and 600 PM.
Do not fail to vote.
Bernard Luketich, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Defroit's Onyx Lodge
To Talk Shop June 9th

Detroit, Mich. Onyx
Lodge TT will hold it's next
monthly meeting Thursday
evening, June 9, at 800 PM.
AS usual, it will be held at
the Croatian Catholic Center,
2O1 w. Seven Mile Road. All
members are urged to attend.
That good time we have all
been waiting for is just a
round the corner. AS a matter
of fact, it is only a couple of
weeks away. What? The An
nual Picnic given by all De-
troit Lodges of the Croatian
Fraternal Union.
Following are the details:
When? Sunday, June 10Th,
1855. Where? Clinton Valley
Park ivan Dyke and 1912
Mile Road. Music by: Tam
buritza Orchestra. Prizes ?
u. S. Savings Bonds varying
in value from $500 to $3.50.
Come and see your many
Croatian friends that you
haven't seen all winter.
Neva Ruzich, Rec. Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Barberton Lodge 254
In Outing On June 5fh

Barberton, Ohio - "Cro-
attain Harmony" CFU Lodge
254 affiliates are letting little
grass grow under their feet
these days and have already
made plans to stage several
events during the forthcom-
ing months.
We'd like to serve advance
notice on our organizations in
this and surrounding locali-
ties that we have scheduled
our outing of the year for
June 5, 1855, to be held at
Roma Park, Route 18, in Me-
dina.
Frank Madjerac and his fa-
nous Polka Band from Bar
berton has been booked for
the occasion to furnish your
favorite shuffling tunes.
We also promise our guests
plenty of that delicious hot
barbecued lamb and pork, a
long with the better known
brands of liquid refreshments,
so make plans to join us on
that day.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Coasts Largest Unit
viii Name 3 DELEGATES

Los Angeles, Cal. - Sun
day June 18th, Lodge TT in
Los Angeles, the largest CFU
group on the West Coast, will
hold it's election meeting to
elect delegates to the CFU's
9th National Convention, in
Philadelphia. Lodge 1T is
electing three delegates to
t his important convention.
Be sure you come and vote
for delegates of your choice
on Sunday, June IL. Booths
will be open from 100 pm. to
$50 pm. at the Croatian
Church Hall, TIA Alpine St.
Executive Committee
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Euclid Members Shape
Plans For Fall FroIic

Euclid, Ohio - This is to
notify all Lodges that C.F.U.
Lodge 337, together with the
Nest 373 Kolo Kids, will spon-
sor it's first Fall Concert on
October 16, 1866, at the Slo-
venian Auditorium, 64O9 st.
Clair Ave-, in Cleveland.
The Nest Manager, Jean
(Robich) Russ and the Kolo
Kids plan to perform dances
and routines that have not
yet been seen in the Cleveland
area.
We would like to ask all
the Lodges and organizations
in the Cleveland area to kind
ly refrain from holding an
affair on this particular date.
James Robich, Pres.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Hamilton League Will
Hold Roast On June 4

H.a milton, Ont. - The
members of the CFU Lodge
644 Bowling League will
sponsor a Wiener Roast Sat-
urday, June 4, on the Lodges
own picnic grounds.
Located on the Mountain,
the grounds can be reached
by taking the second road off
No. 20 Highway. We urge our
members and friends to be
there no later than 700 PM
for what promises to be a
great evening. There will be
plenty to eat and drink.
Dick Glayicic, Pub.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
North Chicago Lodge
In Election June 18th

No. Chicago, Ill. - Mem
bers of CFU Lodge 848 are
hereby notified of the meet
ing which will be held on
June IL at Simmons Hall,
18th Street and Park Ave.
Joine election of a Delegate
to the CFU 9th Quadrennial
Convention will be held with
CFU Lodge 446, Saint Mi
chael".
Polls will be open from 10
AM to 500 PM on June II,
and we urge every member
to take advantage Of his right
to vote for the Candidate of
his choice.
Steve Miletich, Pres.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Pift Lodge 81 Props
For June ) Elections

Pittsburgh, Pa. - Lodge
No. "a, C.F.U., requests all it's
members to attend the next
regular meeting, to be held
on Sunday, June 5, in Bratska
Sloga Hall, 146-44th Street.
The session will take place
at 100 PM, and will last un-
til 500 PM, in order to give
each member a chance to cast
his ballot.
The most important issue
is the vote for a delegate to
the 9th C.F.U. Convention.
Please attend to the meeting
and vote for one you choose
to represent our Lodge at
this coming Convention.
Stanko Zeleznjak, Pres.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Canton Members viii
Cast Ballots June 9Th

Canton, Ohio -- Members
of CFU Lodge 514 are urged
to attend the next regular
monthly meeting on Wednes.
day, June 8, at 1880 PM, at
the American Croatian Home,
2543 Winfield Way, N. e.
AS you know, our lodge in
conjunction wit h another
lodge will be electing a Dele
gate to the Forthcoming GU
9th Quadrennial Convention
which will be held in Phila-
delphia, Pa.
For this reason, we urge
each and every one of you tc
attend the meeting and take
part in the election of Dele
gate. A. Vrane, Sec'y
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Clarion Lodge Ready
For June 5th BaIIotinq

Clarion, Pa. - There will
be a special meeting of CFU
Lodge 248 on Sunday, June
5th, at the Croatian Home.
241 Maple Ave.
The purpose of the meeting
is the election Of 2 Delegates
to the forthcoming CFU 9th
Quadrennial Conve t o n
which will be held in Phila-
delphia in the month of Sep
tember.
Balloting will take place
between 100 PM. and 600
PM and all members are
urged to attend.
Mark Nikolic, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Omaha Lodge 101 Will
Conduct Voting June 5

So. Omaha, Nebr. - CFU
Lodge 101 will hold it's elec-
ton for Delegate to the forth
coming 9th CFU Quadrennial
Convention on Sunday, June
5. Voting will take place at
the Sts. Peter and Paul
School Hall, 619 "J" ST., be-
tween 100 PM and 3 80 PM.
Candidates for delegateship
are Paul Bizal and George M.
Kocsis.
All members Of Lodge 101
are requested to vote, or they
will be fined fifty cents. Ex-
ceptions will only be made in
cases where the member is
sick and under doctors care.
George NJ. kocsis, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Canadian delegates permis-
sion to attend our cOnven-
tions?

|
It has taken much time,
| and it could still mean much
time and effort, before this
! question before the Ameri-
can authorities will be finally
cleared and resolved. I do not
believe we will be able soon
to succeed in obtaining per-
mission to cross the border
for those who were denied
the privilege of coming to
our former conventions, al
though there is hope that
even this will be cleared be-
fore convention-time.
However, I firmly believe
that our delegates-elect from
Canada will be with us at the
Ninth Convention in Philadel-
phia in September.
Those former supreme Of
ficers and others who are
writing mile-long articles on
our Canadian membership,
and weeping crocodile tears
on: the injustices or discrimi-
nations against Canadians,
would do better were they to
strike their breasts and hum
bly, admit:
Mea culpa, raea culpa, mea
magma culpa - My sin, my
sin, my most grevious sin!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
Society Will Hold Banquet In Honor Of
First Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Festivities Will Be Held June 25th In
Pittsburgher Room OF Hotel William Penn

Official notice is herewith given members
throughout the TrState Area that the Croatian Fra
ternal Union of America will sponsor on Saturday. June
25 Testimonial Banquet and Program in honor of bro.
Thomas r. Balaban, former Legal Counsellor of the
Society and presently First Deputy Insurance Commits
sioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Banquet and Program will take place in the
Ptsburgher Room Of Hotel William Penn, Pittsburgh,
and begin at $50 PM Invited to attend will be all dis
tric fraternal and commercial insurance digntaries
Especially invited to attend all district members of
the Croatan Fraerna Union who will be advised short
ly as to all information pertaining to the festivities
In the meantime, respectfully request that all
district Lodges Junior Order Nests clubs and other
organizations refrain from scheduling or affairs Of
their own for Saturday, June 25 1855.
For the Executive Board,
". Mandch, Supreme President
Joseph Bella, Supreme Secretary
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01

the matter settled satisfac-%
torily, and we believe it can
be settled, just as the Su-
preme President, brother V.
I. Mandich, secured permis-
sion to enter Canada, which
the Canadian government de-
MED him for the past several
years. ."
The writer of that article
should know, and if he does
not know, should have asked,
and tell the members of the
Society why the Canadian
government denied entry to
the Supreme President, but
since he did not do so, and
in order to avoid a wrong i'm
preston, I believe the follow
ing explanation is imperative.
Early in May, 1948, only
four months after the as
sumption of duties by the,
administration elected at the
Seventh Convention in Pitts
burgh, I was invited to Ham
ilton, Ontario, Canada, to
speak to the members of
Lodge GA, since l would al
ready be nearby, attending
the bowling tournament in
Buffalo.
At the Canadian border, |
was asked the purpose of my
entering Canada. l answered
truthfully, that I was sched-
uled to speak in connection
with a membership drive at
a meeting of our members IN
Hamilton, Ontario.
I was Immediately in
formed that officers and
officials of the Croatian
Fraternal Union are not
permitted to enter Canada
for propaganda purposes
for new members. They
said that the Society has
it's agent i'm Canada, and
that he can attend to all
business connected with
the Union i'm Canada, as
our representative.
I Immediately then and
there registered my appeal
against the restraint, and was
told by a higher official of
the Canadian immigration
authorities that this restraint
was not directed against me
personally as a man and
American citizen, but that it
was a general restraint based
on the fact that the Union
and it's official organ were
listed among subversive cr-
ganizations and publications
by the Un-American Activi-
ties Committee of the u. S.
Congress, as a result of the
political frictions during the
Seventh Convention.
Conditions Of Entry
A week or two after this
denial, the former Secretary
of the Sick Benefit Depart
ment, brother Janko Kovach,
and former Legal Counselor,
George Buban, also were de-
MED entry into Canada in or
der to speak at a meeting OF
our members which was to
have been held, if memory
serves me correctly, in Mana
imo, B. G.. Their entry denial
was based on same reasons.
AS proof that the Cana
dian authorities had moth
ing against individuals who
were forbidden to visit and
speak to their members, let
it be stated that l was per-
mitted to come into Canada
to represent the Society at
the annual meeting of the
Canadian Fraternal Con-
gress, and also if I wished
to visit relatives or friends,
or to go fishing, which ! did
on three or four occasions
in the past seven years. In
each instance, l applied for,
and was given, special
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01
BY Michael Grasha, Junior Order Director

1--WE SIIiSdI CdIIlpdlSl'
Since both the membership
drive and the Junior Conven-
ton were my recommends
tions to the September, 1854,
Supreme Board meetings,
and so are my grandchildren,
I detest this interruption all
the more but can see no way
of sidestepping it particularly
since many of my own very
good friends would suffer if
l kept quiet any longer.
1t seems that a well oil
ed machine, well staffed
with adroit character as
sassins, has spread the
word around that Grasha
is a servant of reaction"
and more specifically that
he has lost no opportunity
to defend the McCarran-
Walter Act.
Leftist newspapers, abet-
ted by well coached couriers,
have been heaping their vi
tuperation upon me and in
the classic example of the
big lie, if repeated often
enough being taken for fact,
have succeeded to such an
extent that some of my Cana
dian friends have appealed to
me to deny these charges and
to make my stand clear on
the matter.
It would seem that our Ca
madam membership lis con-
vinced that all it's past, pre-
sent and future border cross
ing difficulties can be laid at
the door of the McCarran-
Walter Act.
Became Effective In 1852
I would like to point out
that the Canadian CFU Con-
vention delegates encountered
difficulties in 1947 and 1851.
The McCarran Act went into
effect on December "a, 1852.
So it would seem that there
is, and was, another reason
for these troubles. l am
strongly inclined to believe
Supreme President Mandich's
explanation Of them in his
article which appeared in the
"Z' May Is under the head
ing "Jedno Potrebno Razjas-
njenje o Prelazu Kanadske
Granice."
Be that as it may, permit
me to outline my stand on
this most controversial Act
which, incidentally, is now
the one and only Immigra-
ton Code of the u. S. l
state here without equivo-
cation that I have never
stated, nor proclaimed my
self as being 1000 for the
Act.
I am fully aware, as are
many other Americans, of
certain of it's discriminatory,
inhumane and otherwise OBJ
jectionable sections. I too am
of foreign birth so I would be
inviting danger to myself
were I to completely embrace
this piece of legislation.
Deep Fear For Society
But to begin at the begin
ming - when I was first put
on record as allegedly sup
porting the McCarran-W Walter
Act.
Well, let us go back to the
1854 Christmas issue of the
Zajednicar. Yes the week
when all media of expression
were enumerating Americas
blessings at Christmas tide,
there appeared an editorial in
the Croatian Section of our
Official Organ titled ''Da
Razcistimo". The topic was
the McCarran-Walter Act and
amongst other things the wri-
ter of that piece has this ter
rifying thing to say.
'In it's fight against
Communism our Gu. S.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-06-01

this question so detrimental
to the Society, which I finally
succeeded in doing, by SUBJ
mitting sufficient documenta-
ry proofs to the Canadian
immigration service that the
Croatian, Fraternal Union is
not a subversive or un-Amer-
lean organization and that
it's members in the United
States are loyal American ci-
tizens, and it's members in
Canada are loyal Canadian
citizens.
Should Have Told Truth
So as to avoid the wrong
impression from the quoted
section of the article which
appeared in the May 18th, is
sue of the zajednicar, that l,
as Supreme President, or any
other officer or official of the
Union had been denied entry
to Canada for personal rea-
sons, as suspicious or unde-
sirable individuals, it is ne
cessary to say that:
Entry into Canada would
not have been permitted
any supreme officer or Of
ficial of the Union in all
the seven years since 1948
to date, had such officer or
official stated the truth,
that he is going to hold a
speech at q celebration or
meeting of our members in
Canada.
Those who crossed the bor-
der freely stated that they
were going to visit someone
in Canada, and so they, just
as all other visitors on both
sides of the border, had no
difficulties in crossing over.
,, From now on, every su-
preme officer and official
who will be invited to Canada,
may freely state the purpose
of his visit, and entry into
Canada will not be denied.
In this same manner will
we resolve the question OF
crossing the border by our
Canadian members coming to
the United States, so that our
elected delegates will be per-
mitted to come to our Sep
t e m b e. r, 1855, Convention,
and that they will be able to
tell the truth at the border
as to their reasons for visit
ing America.
In these seven years, I did
not write on the difficulties
which we from the States had
in crossing the border into
Canada, until the matter was
brought to a satisfactory con-
clusion, and so I will not write
on the steps which I alone am
undertaking to obtain permis-
sion for our Canadian dele
gates to attend the Conven-
tion, and by that I mean all
delegates-elect as representa-
tives of our members in
Canada.
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa!
At the bowling tournament
banquet in Hamilton last
month, I advised our Canadi-
an members to elect as their
delegates good and loyal fra
ternalists, those who have
proven themselves by their
work in spreading brotherly
harmony and love among our
members - and not accord
ing to the principles and di-
visions of old-country politi-
cal factions - and entry into
America will certainly not be
denied them.
During the Seventh Con-
vention, the Pittsburgh
newspapers published an
item, which was promptly
entered on the records of
the U. s. Congress, that
"three busloads of Commu-
nists are coming from Can