ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-10-17

ISS Land Of The Southern
~ slavs" in Europe.
~ A similar CFU Group
vi one comprised of 63
American and Canadian members of the
Society - visited Yugoslavia at the same
time under the guidance of Junior Order
Director bro. Michael Grasha, making the
long trip from and to America via a char
tered a%irliner. Fortunately, there were no
mishaps in either Group.
X X X
WE WILL, in time, publish on these
pages the entire log covering our visit to
Yugoslavia and endeavor to give our read
ers an unbiased report on that highly con-
troversial country.
In the meantime, can one begin to COM
pare Yugoslavia with America?
Frankly, there is no basis for comparl-
son between America and Yugoslavla. Nor
between Canada and that country from
whence came many of our people to the
North American Continent.
But, born, raised and educated in Anne
RIGA, we did not go overseas last August to
see Yugoslavia for the first time in our life
and become an authority on the economic,
industrial, religious and political aspects of
that small nation.
1t takes considerable time for one to
become an authority on anything. Only a
fool would argue otherwise. In the case of
Yugoslavia, we are no. authority and -
consequently - no fool.
WE REALIZE, of course, that our visit
TO Yugoslavia and articles on that country
will sooner or later find us being crucified
by the Opposition Croatian press in Anne
RIGA and Canada.
The people around these newspapers
have long endeavored to create a false i'm
preston that they have a monopoly on wis
dom, virtue and patriotism - that those
who disagree with them are stupid, immo-
raj and traitors to their country.
We do not fear these people, for we
have nothing to hide from the readers of
the Zajednicar and are in a position to tell
the members of the Croatian Fraternal
Union the truth.
To be attacked by these self-styled pa
IdSOlIS u "lSuOlu, NlIIuC dIlu pdtIlOllSIH
cannot but convince us all the more that
they and they alone - are the greatest
single menace to the welfare and progress
of our people here in the United States and
across the border in Canada and that they
must be judged accordingly.
They are no less a menace to whatever
hopes and aspirations the proud peoples of
V,1roC1oyi wow bay,o for a haitian IF
life in that hapless country.
FINALLY, we believe that every one of
the $50 people who visited Yugoslavia last
August returned the better for what they
saw and heard while overseas.
They - all who made the trip will
appreciate all the more the blessings which
are the heritage of those fortunate enough
to be citizens of either the United States
or Canada.
They will appreciate America, or Cana
da, the more because they at long last know
what life is like in Yugoslavia - not from
biased books, newspapers and authorities
political, but from an actual visit to the
country itself.
For some it meant a return after MANY
years of absence to the land of their birth
and an opportunity to see what had trans
pired there in the interim.
For others : including us it repre-
sented an opportunity to visit for the first
time the land of our forefathers and return
home singing God Bless America with
vehemence.
Travel, they say, is broadening. 1t can
be extremely educational, too.
1t was both in this historic case.