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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04
Accept NOn-Slavs?

DECENT issues of the Zajednicar have
n found bros. Supreme President V. I.
Mandich and Supreme Treasurer Martin
Krasich "at odds regarding the question
of accepting non-Slav applicants as mem
bers of the Croatian Fraternal Union.
AS currently constituted, the Bylaws
Of the Society make no provision for the
outright acceptance into membership of
non-Savs unless they are married to a
member of Croatian extraction.
This "loophole" in the Bylaws has
made it possible over the years for thou
sands of non-Slavs to affiliate with the
Croatian Fraternal Union as the result Of
inter-marriage and later enroll their chill
dren In its Junior Order.
Today we have in our ranks members
of Italian, German, Irish, French, English,
Greek and many other descents, men and
women who owe their membership to inter-
marriage with our people.
Bro Mandch feels that the outright ac-
ceptance into membership of non-Slavs
would not benefit the Society in the long
run - but would in time strip it of it's
Croat characteristics.
Bro Krasich holds that the Croatian
Fraternal Union could not but gain mater
tally if non-Slavs were welcomed to affiliate
with its vast membership ranks.
Both the Supreme President and the
Supreme Treasurer have sound argu-
ments to support their respective conten-
tiOns, the sum and substance of which
will find their way to the SOciety's 9th
Quadrennial Convention at Philadelphia
in September for final airing
In the meantime, our fellow members
all angles and speak out pro or con on the
matter before the Convention.
AS for us, we are not quite convinced,
as yet, that non-Slavs should be accepted
as members. Nor are we convinced that
they shouldn't be accepted
We want to go into the matter at length
before we render a decision.
We do agree, however, that the Croatian
Fraternal Unions Campaigns are not bring
ing in anywhere near the number of new
members they should be producing for the
welfare of the Society
We would also agree that future paid
Field Men, or Organizers, could remedy
situation which today nets the Society
but several thousand members annually
and prevents it from becoming a greater
fraternal institution than it is
This fault is not with the Home Office.
nor with the Administration of the Gro
attain Fraternal Union.
1t is simply 'one of those things" which
In recent years has found more and more
fraternals turning to paid Field Men, not
because of Home Office shortcomings, but
due to lodge system no longer in keeping
with the tempo of the times.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04
The Last Word

have lived for long time, and the
longer l live the more convincing proof
see of this truth, that God governs in the
affairs of men, and if a sparrow cannot fall
to the ground without His notice, is it pro-
bable that an empire can rise without His
aid? Benjamin Franklin
-~A-A- Constitutional Convention
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04

leT, dLlleT Armand 1edS-
land, O.F.M., Pastor of the
Church, officiating, following
which they joined their chill
dren, grandchildren and 9TH
ers in enjoying a sumptuous
dinner prepared by daughter
in-law Mrs. Lillian Palako-
vich with the aid of daugh-
ters Mrs. Frances Marchak
and Mrs. Margaret Krovitsky.
Out of town guests were
numerous and included Mrs.
Palakovich's sister, Mrs. The
resa Kaurich, Van Dyke,
Mich, daughters and sons-in-
law from Michigan, Califor-
MIA, and various parts of
Pennsylvania.
A reception was held the
same evening in the Saint &C.
ella Church School Hall for
friends and relatives and the
beaming couple were literally
swamped with appropriate
gifts and endless congratula-
tions and best wishes for
their future.
Proud Of Family Circle
Bro. Palakovich was born
May q, 1880, in Draganic,
Karlovac, Croatia, and ar
rived in East Rochester, Pa,
in October of 1898.
His wife, Katherine, nee
Zabcic, was born December 8,
1884, in Lovic, Vivodina, ia
ska, Croatia, and arrived in
East Rochester, Pa, on De-
cember Is, 1904.
They were married Febru-
ary 18, 1905, in St. Nicholas
r. C. Church, North Side,
Pittsburgh, Pa, the first Gro
attain Catholic Church in the
United States. Their attend
ants were Mr.. and Mrs. Mike
Zabcic, brother and sister-in-
law of Mrs. Palakovich, now
deceased.
They brought eleven chill
dren into the world, seven
daughters and four sons. Two
of the sons died. Following
are the names of their daugh-
ters, sons, sons and daugh-
ters-in-law:
Anna and Anthony From
six, daughter and son-in-law,
Inkster, Mich; Mary and
John R. Mikan, daughter and
son-in-law, East Rochester,
Pa; Katherine and Oscar
Munson, daughter and SON.
in-law, La Jolla, Calf; Bar
bara and Larry Paquette,
daughter and son-in-law, De-
troit, Mich; Frances and
Mike Marchak, daughter and
son-in-law, Beaver Falls, Pa. !;
Margaret and Peter Krovit-
sky, daughter and son-in-law,
Midland, Pa; Mildred and A..
E. Wheeler, daughter and
son-in-law, Hollywood, Calf;
Joseph and Margaret Palako-
vich, son and daughter-in-law,
East Rochester, Pa; and
John and Lillian Palakovich,
son and daughter-in-law, also
of East Rochester.
Included in the immediate
family circle are forty-one
(41 grandchildren and sew
enteen (1O great grand
children.
Helped Enrich Society
Bro. Palakovich joined the
Croatian Fraternal Union of
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04
A,~y 4, 1855

Our members throughout
the United States responded
most generously, as evidenced
by a letter received at the
Supreme Office from Mr..
Crockett. However, we have
chosen to publish, instead, a
letter from Mr.. Crockett to
our worthy member, brother
Matt Pontarich, of Ambridge,
Pa, on this same subject, as
follows:
The Foreign Service
OF The
United States OF America
Brace Kavurica 3
Zagreb
March %, 1855
Mr.. Matt POntarich
713-13th Street
Ambridge, Pa. =
u. s. A.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04
Esteemed Rochester Lodge IS Members
Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mike And Katherine PalakOvich Thank
Family, Friends For Shower Of Gifts

Rochester, Pa. - Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Palakovich wide
ly known and highly esteemed members of Abraham Lin
COIN Lodge 85 celebrated their Golden Wedding Annver-
sary in memorable fashion February 10, 1866.
The happy ceebrants began the great day in their lives
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04

An aggressive government
is more to be feared than IT,
gers. - COnfucius
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04

That work was entrust-
ed to a professor of Slav
languages from Cambridge
University in England, who
came here for that purpose
alone. After devoting two
years to the work, he re-
turned to England without
completing it.
After a stoppage Of some
six months, the University
was able to obtain the servi-
ces of one of our men, in the
person of Mr.. Stephen Gazi,
who has resumed the work
and who, I believe, is excel
lently qualified to bring this
very necessary and beneficial
work to it's conclusion.
Act OF Supreme Board J..
The University's budget
does not allow sufficient
funds to completely finance
such a project, which requires
much research through old
books and records, as well as
personal talks and interviews
with old immigrants.
The University, therefore,
called upon the Croatian Fra
ternal Union and our promi-
nent and well-to-do people in
Western Pennsylvania f o r
help so that this important
work may be continued.
When I explained all this
to the members of the Su-
preme Board at the March
session, the Board ear
marked $500 out of the Ed
ucatiOnal Fund for that
purpose.
For the first time, this will
enable the publication in book
form of accurate information
on the part played by the
Croatians in the development
of Western Pennsylvania, and
particularly of the City of
Pittsburgh. To date, that has
not been published or made
known in any shape or form,
and the efforts of our first
pioneer-immigrants and their
contributions to the great
ness of America were lost.
Send Over 5000 Books,
The second important act
on the part of the Croatian
Fraternal Union, through it's
Supreme Board, was in the
undertaking of collection OF
school textbooks in the Eng
lish language, which the y. S.
Information Service at Wash
ington, D. c., is sending to the
schools and institutions in the
old country through its rep
resentatives and branches in
the principal cities of. Yugo-
slavia. ;.~-.
1t has already been made
known through the Zajed-
nicar that we have for
warded, through the Infor-
nation Service at Washing
ton, over five thousand
school books for students
from the first grade Of
grammar school, through
the last grade Of high
school, for the use Of pu-
pills and students in Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
These school textbooks
were obtained free of charge
from the Board Of Education
of the City Of Pittsburgh, and
all we had to pay were the
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04

Citizens OF Yugoslavia Grateful To
Croatian FrafernaI Union Of America
American Croats Express Good Will In
Form OF Books And Hospital Bed Sheets
BY v. l. Mandch, Supreme President
Pittsburgh Pa. - In the Minutes of the semi-annual
meetings of the Supreme Board of last March, members
had the opportunity of reading of two unanimous decisions
relating the Croaan Fraternaf Union in action in the
cultural-educationa field
The first decision made in reference to the
png of historical information the first Slav and par
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04

m on the first Slay, and par
packing and transportation
charges from Pittsburgh to
Washington.
The Information Service Of
flee in Washington repacks
the books for shipment over
seas and delivery to the
schools and institutions desig-
mated by us.
Board Votes More Help
In reporting our participa-
tion in this work to the Su-
preme Board, I stated that we
do not have the means of OBJ
tanning textbooks free for the
universities and seminaries,
because every student here is
required to pay for his books,
but that a certain quantity of
such textbooks could be OBJ
tanned in secondhand book
stores at greatly reduced
prices.
Here, too, the Supreme
Board unanimously accept
ed my recommendation and
approved the sum of $500
for the purchase of school
textbooks for students In
universities and other insti-
tutfOns of higher education.
Just recently, we selected
over 1000 copies of various
books for the use of students
in higher schools, which are
now being packed for ship
ment to Washington, and
from Washington the federal
agency will ship them to Yu-
goslavia at government ex-
pense for distribution to uni
versities according to our in
structions.
BY these two examples
our Supreme Board proved
that the Croatian Fraternal
Union, in addition to it's main
purposes and objects, is like
wise a cultural institution de-
string to acquaint our fellow
citizens, Americans of other
national origins, with the eff
forts and achievements of our
Croatian immigrants, and al
so to acquaint the younger
generation in Croatia and
other parts of Yugoslavia
with the manner of life, de-
velopment and growth of
America. :
Bed Sheets Appreciated
The Croatian Fraternal
Union also carries out it's hu-
manitarian actions wherever
and whenever the necessity
arises.
Just recently, the Youngs-
town, Ohio, district was hard
hit by a terrible storm with
tornado-like winds whic h
completely destroyed the
homes and property of nu-
merous families. Among them
were two members of the
Croatian Fraternal Union n
whose homes were demol-
ished
Upon the recommends
ton of our Supreme Board
member from Campbell,
Ohio, brother Milan Skr-
itch, the Supreme Board
approved a donation of
$500 to each of these storm
victims from the National
Relief Fund.
Three or four months ago,
brother Stephen F. Brkich,
our English Editor, published
a letter from Mr.. John Croc-
kett, Director, u. S. Informa-
ton Service, with the Amer
lean Consulate in Zagreb.
In it, Mr.. Crockett appealed
to Americans of good heart
to help him in his campaign
to furnish a home for crippled
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04

United States OF America
Brace Kavurica 3
Zagreb
March %, 1855
Mr.. Matt Pontarich
713-13th Street
Ambridge, Pa.
u. s. A.
Dear Mr.. Pontarich:
Thank you for your Won
derful gift with which you re-
membered our campaign for
the Home for Crippled Chill
dren in Zagreb. I have in my
office over 800 sheets re-
ceived from all sections of the
country, which will be a Won
derful gift for two hospitals
here in Zagreb. They will be
presented by the wife of the
American Ambassador in Bel
grade in the name of all Ame-
ricans of good heart who do
mated them.
I see from the slip on your
package that you have a good
friend just around the corner
from the Consulate, on Ga
.jeva utica. After an awful lot
of snow in March - it was
more than one meter high -
spring has finally come to Ia
greb, and the Old City and
parks are beautiful, as al
ways.
With best wishes and
thanks again for the "a
sheets and "a pillow cases.
They will make more than "a
Zagreb children happy,
Sincerely yours,
John Crockett, Director
u. S. Information Service
c/o Americki Konzulat
Zagreb a....3t;G
A Great Organization
In behalf Of the Supreme
and Executive Boards, and
the entire membership of the
Croatian Fraternal Union, we
wish to thank all those, indi-
viduals and groups, who an
swered our appeal, or who
will still send their gifts for
the crippled children in the
hospitals in Zagreb, through
our State Department at
Washington.
For everything that I
have listed here, every
member of our Society has
every right to be proud,
and to take pride in his
membership in the greatest
bene f iciaI, humanitarian
and cultural institution of
Croatians in the whole
world.
Let us work and strive to
build it to even more enviable
heights, by enrolling in it's
ranks all Croatians and other
Slavs and their descendants
who are not yet, but should
be members.
Let us do that now, during
the 4Oth Anniversary Year
of the Junior Order of the
Croatian Fraternal Union of
oo,.;co
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-05-04
In Passing

If the State Department
knows what it is doing, and
if the makers of our policy
can manage to collect them
Evening star., 1955-06-02
Opponents Fear Present Treasury Aide
Would Prove to Be Too Tight t-Fisted

aim is to give the President
a balanced budget as a '56
campaign present. The men
and women whose work led to
creation Of the new depart
ment will have their fingers
crossed when and as Mr.. Fol-
som takes over.
The major advantage of the
appointment is that Mr.. Fol-
som has had a great deal of
experience in some Of the
problems of the department.
When with Eastman Kodak
he pioneered in setting up So
cial security plans for private
enterprise. AS the Govern
ment system developed he
maintained a close and expert
interest in it.
The members of Congress,
welfare and school organiza-
tions who are interested in
aid to schools, hospitals and
health problems expect to
have harder shedding. These
programs require Federal
money and in rather substan-
tial amounts.
Under Mrs. Hobby the de-
partment has exercised no
leadership and often has been
a drag on the wheel. Even the
Hoover commission has at
Evening star., 1955-06-02
indications Are That Neteron Bolsheyik
Has Become Excess KremIin Baggage
CONSTANTINE BROWN

and never shared or delegated
authority to their subordi-
mates. The man closer to the
throne" was even more care
fully watched than the indi-
vidual at the end Of the line,
lest he take it into his head
that he could I'LL the boots Of
the top man.
The French directorate
after 1889. for instance.
changed personalities q num-
ber Of times until it took Ma
poleon into its fold. Napoleon
did not dilly- daily for long.
He kicked out his fellow con-
suls, assumed full dictatorial
power, and eventually the i'm
perial crown.
The reverse has occurred in
the USSR since the advent of
the Bolshevik regime. Lenin
was the unchallenged dictator;
Stain eliminated quickly his
rival. Leon Trotsky. But after
Stalin's death there has not
been q single man strong and
powerful enough to put the
Red mantle over his shoulders.
This fact has resulted in two
changes in the Kremlin hier-
archy in the two years since
Stain.
More changes may be COM
ing. Nobody knows who viii
eventually emerge as the
strong man to lead the USSR
Evening star., 1955-06-02
Folsom Eyes Mrs. Hobby's Job

tackled HEW for not asking
Congress for money for a vast
backlog Of medical research
projects.
The commission repeated
what interested parties have
argued over and over again.
1t is that some of these re-
search projects might yield
dramatic results comparable
to the Salk vaccine. Figures
have been presented to Con-
gress and Mrs. Hobby show
ing that the tax return from
those saved by present new
techniques has far exceeded
the cost of research for those
techniques.
Congress has been sympa-
thetic, but lacking leadership
from the executive branch,
has moved ahead only slowly.
Mrs. Hobby replied in writing
to one appeal that it might
stifle private enterprise in re-
search for the Federal Gov
ernment to do too much.
The prospective new Secre-
tary must reconcile the de-
mandS in these areas with the
budget-balancing, hard-money
philosophy he practiced at the
Treasury. It will not be easy.
Women, incidentally, will
not complain If Mrs. Hobby is
succeeded by a man. They
don't want that job earmarked
feminine.
Evening star., 1955-06-02

revolutionary 10 years ago by
some Southerners. They came
to accept it.
Every Southerner knows al
most from birth those fine dis
tinctions about what the races
can and cannot do together
a code that is almost fantastic
when you stand off and look
back across Mason and Dix
on's line at it. But there it
is. Sitting together in the
same school room is among
the "don'ts" In the code, Just
as voting once was.
We are hearing predictions
from the South that 1t will sbe
many. many years before the
Supreme Court decision goes
into effect In some parts Of the
South. Perhaps so. The ex-
pefience with granting Of the
franchise after the Supreme
Court decision Of q decade ago.
and a Governor with rare cour-
age for that day. is brought up
out Of memory simply to show
what can happen, and to sug-
gest that maybe the South
need not forever be the land Of
publication and secession.
Maybe some day or other
John c. Calhoun and Jefferson
Davis will be let lie peacefully
In their graves.
Evening star., 1955-06-02
DORIS FLEEsON

Undersecretary Of the Treas
ury Marion Folsom has begun
to recruit a staff in anticipa-
tion Of succeeding Oveta Culp
Hobby as Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare.
Mrs. Hobby is resigning be-
cause of the grave illness of
her husband. a former Gov
ernor of Texas and owner
of the Houston Post. The
extensive Hobby enterprises
newspaper. television, radio
and oil-need active manage
ment and only Mrs. Hobby is
available.
Her only son, Ensign VIII
liam P. Hobby, jr.. still has
months Of military duty ahead.
Her daughter is a student at
Barnard College In New York.
The polio vaccine difficulties
have retarded Mrs. Hobby's
departure. No one has ever
denied her courage. She will
not retire under fire and
President Eisenhower Is not
convinced she is to blame.
A rear guard action is still
being fought against the
naming Of Mr.. Folsom on the
ground that he will be a hos
tage to his Treasury superior,
Secretary Humphrey, whose
Evening star., 1955-06-02
But Will Dixie Always Be the Land
Of Modification and Secession?

spoken, that It's decision now
was the law Of the land, and
appealed to the people Of his
State to obey it,
Which they have done.
This reporter was in Atlanta
for the State election on July
10, 1916, when Negroes voted
on a Statewide basis for the
first time under that decision.
All day long I visited polling
places in company with a re-
porter and a photographer
from the Atlanta Constitution.
polls in the city and polls in
nearby country districts. It
was all most orderly, Negroes
and whites following each
other in line to cast their
ballots.
There were no disorders,
) though in some parts Of the
State-not in Atlanta-there
was the familiar species Of
intimidation. not physical. of
course, but the word passed
around that kept some Negroes
away from the polls.
But. all in all, it was a mile
stone that not only impressed
this reporter, a native Geor-
gian. but was inspiring and
thrilling.
The disappointment came
that night with the returns
showing that Gene Talmadge.
who had exploited racial pref
udice, had been nominated
for Governor in the primary,
which in Georgia Is tanta-
mount to election. He did
not get q majority Of the pop
ular vote, but he won over the
candidate supported by retir-
ing Gov, Arnall by the ancient
county unit system with which
Georgia still is afflicted. Gene,
the father of Herman, died be-
fore he could assume Office.
The racial barriers had been
broken in that election so far
as the franchise was concerned.
The white primary decision,
in fact, started a trend. It
was followed by the unanimous
decision Of the Supreme Court
to admit Negroes to graduate
and law schools in the South
In Oklahoma and Texas cases.
Evening star., 1955-06-02
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Four American flyers, freed by Red China. United
States SOIL Things haven't changed much fellows
everybody sn likes Kebut almost nobody explain why
The Government alos another 81 million to Yugosavia
There good and bad Communists The kind
lighting. The good kind you 60 broke feeding
Ike and stan will evacuate the White House June is in
civil defense test The date was chosen with That's the
day Ike doesn't expect to be in Gettysburg.
Democratic Gov williams Michigan says he's available for
President There's lot to be said williams Trouble that
most OF 1t is being said by Williams
The Senate by of okays another postal pay
raise No Senator is too old to play postal
vote
Republican Chairman Hall nspects Cow Palace in San
Francisco This is where Republicans will their big rod-
up with Eisenhower-or their big wind-up without him.
Central Intelligence Dulles says Russia NAV OUT
strip us in scientists in 10 And the intelligence
mas been going lately may be another 10 before
out about 1t.
Evening star., 1955-06-02
A Meeting Place for Big a Chief

implications Of possible bene-
fit all around II Mr.. Essen
hover decides to 60 to the
countries whose top leaders
are to participate with him In
the conference Eat the sum-
NIT" that 1t would appear cer-
tain Mr.. Eisenhower will ac-
cept the invitations that are
bound to be extended to him.
There is always the problem
Of not offending the other
countries whose heads Of state
would also invite the Presi-
dent-for example. West Ger
many and Italy. It is also con-
ceivable that some Of the
strategists in the Soviet Union
might see the advantage Of
extending an invitation. too.
But Mr.. Eisenhower would be
able to accept only those re-
quests which came from Great
Britain and France because
the work in preparation for
the four-power conference
must primarily be undertaken
with the heads of those two
countries. There would be no
time for extended visits.
T. Mr.. Eisenhower came to
London and Paris, he would
in q sense be helping to pre-
pare for the work Of the big
conference itself. For he would
be meeting with the leaders In
those two countries and his
main objective would be to
cement the Western alliance in
advance Of the four-power
meeting.
Whether the conference it
self reaches agreements Of
practical value. there is no
doubt that the occasion will
provide an opportunity for a
restatement of ideals and for
the capitalization Of a COM
mon viewpoint in the world
wide crusade for peace. The
four-power conference may
find its Western sponsors with
a stronger influence than they
expected to wield-which, in
deed. can happen If the moral
values inherent in the Western
position are profoundly and
unequivocally expressed. This
present q challenge particu-
larly to the President Of the
United States.
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