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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-05

"AI Star Golf few weeks ago he rang up an
incredible back-to-back SO and 63 during the Sam
Snead Festival Tournament at Creenbrier, White
Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Two men past the half-century mark Andy
Varipapa, 66, and Joseph Buck Wilman, 81 still
rank among the top ten Of the country u million
bowlers. And in the whitening game Of polo no one
has come along unseat Cecil Smith, Sc, Of the Oak
Brook Polo Club, Chicago.
You've got 70 keep going
All these stars work hard at keeping fit. Some Of
them do it mainly by observing the laws of common
sense Many swear by slew of food fads
ri reckon my main secret, drawed ruddy-faced
Sam Snead, ''is never to listen to people who say
SLOW down. It's not exercise that makes men DID,
It's the lack of it,
Snead practices what he breaches. He plays SO
holes of golf daily When his feet get tired, instead
of babying them he skps rope! He gets eight hours
sleep night awakes at 7:30 and takes belly exer-
cises which consist of sitting up and touching toes
so times followed by raising both legs his head
so times.
For years Snead has been taking two high-Potency
vitamn pills daily does not smoke and drinks moth
ing more alcoholic than beer. But he goes berserk
in drugstores - orders banana splits, sundaes with
extravagant toppings.
He sandwiches as many cat-naPs as pOsslDie
between rounds you've got to rest just as hard as
you exercise said the worlds greatest SHOEMAKER.
MWIIoy's special diet
Cardnar Mulloy, who at 40 was ranked No l in
the US and at 46 is still doubles ace, echoed
Snead on the importance of exercise: Never lay OH
If you do you'll never come back. When think
I'm becoming stale at tennis my solution is to play
more tennis.
Mulloy is an admitted health-food enthusiast.
Every day he takes capsules and three pills OF
vitamn concentrate Of alfalfa, parsley and water
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searcher" in his off hours
Be that as it may, many man. and er-
rant woman has lived to regret the day he
or she ran afoul of two things; first, the
law, and then, Police It. Dragel.
X
Life was to prove no bed of roses for
this Chicago Lodge "a member In fact, he
came up the hard way
He received degree in pharmaceutical
chemistry in 1882 from the University of
Illinois and left a job as drug store man.
ager and struggling pharmacist in 1885 to
become policeman.
BY 1910 - after a gruelling test as a
policeman by day and law student by
night = he had a degree from the DePaul
University Law School and the right to say
that he was a self made man.
Stjepan Pardus, for 38 years member
of the Croatian Fraternal Union and great
admirer of this combination lawyer-chem-
ist-cop, tells us that 1t. Dragel is devoted
family man - truly grand guy.
Bro. Pardus, a Chicagoan also feels that
every member of the Croatian Fraternal
Union should be proud Of 1t. Dragel and
his many achievements.
Bro. Pardus is so right.
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IS Years Ago

| EST WE forget today, Sept 2 marks
- the 65th Anniversary of the birth in
North Side Pittsburgh of what was then
the Hrvatska zajednica later the Narodna
Hrvatska Zajednica, and is now the Cro-
attain Fraternal Union
Picture, if you can, the early trials and
tribulations of the Society, when it's mem
bership IS years ago stood at 319, it's total
assets at S42.52; when it had to assess
each of it's members 80 cents in order to
pay $4,000 to the beneficiaries of the first
member to pass from it's ranks.
Now, take the muti-million dollar Gro
attain Fraternal Union of 1859, with more
than 10000 members in America and Can
ada, S26 millions in assets, and S88 millions
in insurance in force
Remember, too, that since it's organiza-
ton in 1894 - IS years ago - the Society
has paid to it's members and beneficiaries
the staggering sum of more than S65 mil
lions to make it truly benevolent order
of Americans and Canadians of Croatian
descent or extraction dedicated to the pre-
servation of our culture and heritage
Let us not dismiss these facts of life
lightly on this, the 65th Anniversary of the
Croatian Fraternal Union, for as goes it so
20 we as a nationality.
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cal policy had paid her $1O0.
We were able to elicit the
information that the policy
cost her in the neighborhood
Of $50 annually.
We, naturally, couldn't then
help but ask him that could
he honestly and in clear con-
science expect more from the
CFU where that protection
that had paid $50 had cost
but So a year - yes, just
25 cents per month.
1t was useless to pursue
the argument for here too the
impossible was sought and
logic was not to be served.
A Costly Refusal
Then there was the case
where the grandfather could
no longer continue paying
dues on his grandson's endow-
ment certificate.
The daughter-in-law was
quick to demand cash surren-
der and every cent paid in,
including the expense load
ing. She, no doubt, gets back
her fire and auto insurance
premium if she suffers no
fire or auto mishaps.
Many Different
Not too long ago the Ex-
ecutive Board received an ap-
peal from q paid up certni-
cate holder for permission to
solicit the membership for fl
(CFoetiaa p. 10)
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ion has in pretty jeanne Bis.
can, a brilliant student in hel
own right.
The daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Biscan,
widely known and very
popular members of Lodge
1O9, jeanne was born in
Youngstown Aug. 5, 1910,
and attended elementary
school at SITS. Peter and
Paul.
She later attended Ursuline
Catholic High School and
graduated from that institu.
ton in June Of 1857.
Having chosen teaching as
her future career, Joanne will
soon be in her third year al
Kent State, where she is stu.
dying to be a school teacher
and preparing herself for life
in the exacting field of edu'
cation.
Those of us who are priv.
legged to know this young lady
know that she is admirably
equipped to go on to carve
out a great career as a school
teacher. '
Prior to affiliating with
Lodge 109, Joanne spent
her fraternal apprentice
ship as a member of Junior
Nest 80. A younger brother
is still in Nest 33, whereas
an older sister and brother
are members of Lodge 1O9.
We are quite proud of this
Al-CFU Family.
On this, the eve of another
American school term, we
wish jeanne good health, the
very best of luck, and deserv-
ing success in the future.
Rose Bistrica, Pub
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Junior Ensembles To
Participate In Annual
Allegheny County Fair

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The
Trafford Junior Tamburitzans
and the Pittsburgh Junior
Tamburitzans will be featured
during the 1859 Allegheny
County Fair, at South Park,
beginning Thursday, Septem-
ber 3rd, to Monday Labor
Day., September 7th.
The Trafford group under
the direction of Don Kneze-
vich will appear on Thursday
evening, September 3rd, at Z
! o'clock, and the Pittsburgh
Junior Tamburitzans under
the Direction of Johnny Gre
gurich will feature a Yugo-
slav program on Monday,
Labor Day., September 7th,
at 6:15 pm.
Ten natiOnalities will be
included in this years her
itage presentation during
the Allegheny County Fair
and will be televised over
Educational Station WQ-
ED, Channel Is, in Pitts
burgh.
Again serving as Co-Ordi-
nator of the heritage groups
with the Allegheny County
Fair officials is the former
Director Of the American
Croatian Radio Hour, and Ex-
ecutive Secretary of tn e
Greater Pittsburgh Croatian
Day Committee, Anthony ].
Brajdic.
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ical kits for on-the-scene in
vestigation of murder and
other violence.
When O'Connor stepped up
the city's fight against dope
peddlers by establishing a So
man narcotic unit, Dragel
supplied members with field
test kits and the know-how to
use them.
He instructed traffic police
in use of the Drunkometer,
and helped set up a 1850 test
case in which the Appellate
Court affirmed legality Of the
machine.
Truly Self-Made Man
Dragel received a degree in
pharmaceutical chemistry in
i 1882 from the University of
Illinois. He left a job as drug
store manager and pharma-
cist in 1885 to become a po-
liceman.
By 1910, after a grueling
schedule of being policeman
by day and law student by
night, he had a degree from
DePaul University law school.
He later studied three
months at the FBI National
Police Academy and atten-
ded homicide seminars at
Harvard University.
He studied alcohol and
traffic problems at the Uni
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1t. Dragel is known ma
tionally as a triple
threat operator" a law
yer, q chemist, and a cop.
Now So, 1t. Dragel
once aspired to be a trial
lawyer, but he never
filled the role. Instead,
he went on to become a
scientific detective who
is a veteran of 10000
trials and lists himself
as a movie camera bug,
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IN PREVIOUS chapters we
! have cited scores of vivid
examples of the CF'U's insur-
ance with a heart, of generos-
ity beyond belief, of fraternal-
ism to the core.
This very munificence has,
at times, however, been a
handicap for some of our
members, having been accus-
toned to receiving the diff
cult, expect the impossible as
well!
To point up this attitude,
let us use just a few of the
classic examples that we per-
sonally have run across. We
know that you have heard
some good" ones too and it
only tends to emphasize the
almost unbelievable generos-
ity Of our Socety.
The fact that some Of the
demands made upon it are alb
solutely unfair and impossible
of achievement, in no way
diminishes their frequency or
persistence.
We know that other insur-
ance institutions abide strict
ly by the contract - there
is no leniency, no extra-con-
tractual benefits - and
strangely enough, none is ex-
pected.
A Classic Example
A member recently accost-
ed us at a social affair and
wanted TO know whether he
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was to receive any operation
benefits for the removal of a
stye.
Though this does not come
under our personal jurisdic-
ton, we did volunteer the be-
lief that no such benefits
were forthcoming for this
surgery" which cost him but
IS.
Thereupon we personally
and the Society in general
were treated to some choice
descriptives and opinions.
AS a final argument and
"clincher" in this members S
repertoire Of proofs that the
CFU wasn't all that "it's
cracked up to be-" he stated
that his wife too received no
compensation for a very SER
ious operation.
We retorted that his wife
not only did not carry sick or
disability coverage = blu t
wasn't even a member.
To that he replied that -
latter all, doesn't the fact
that I have been paying dues
for myself these many years
mean anything?" At this
point we gracefully bowed
out.
Demands Everything
Then there was the fellow
who berated us with gusto
simply because his wife had
received 'only $50" for a GER
tain operation while 4 sl,rgi-
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fate OF other peoples without consultation
with them. While understanding alone will
not bring peace, misunderstanding could
provoke war. And because his (Mr Khru-
shchevs) visit can serve to reduce the pos
sibilities of such misunderstanding it
could contribute to the chance that we can
settle our differences without war and
therefore deserves the approval of the
American people.
Vice President Richard IT. Nixon
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versity of Louisville's Police
Institute, and chemical tests
for drunk drivers at North
western University's Traffic
Institute.
He lectures extensively and
is former chairman of the
Illinois Bar Associations cri-
minal law committee. He also
is a member of the American
Academy of Forensic Science.
Lawyer And Chemist
Dragel is a lieutenant COM
mander in the Naval Reserve,
and lives with his wife, Fran
ces, and their two sons, Dan
iel Jr. IA, and Fred IL, at
$500 Inlay.
His family is proud of him,
and so is Commissioner o.
Connor. The Commissioner
said in announcing DragePs
annointmant as crime lab di-
rector:
"Who else in the depart
ment has DragePs qualifi-
cations - lawyer and che
mist?
"I consider Dan one of the
best men in the country in
the field of scientific crime
detection"
editor: - 1t. Daniel T.
Dragel is a member of Gro
atian Fraternal Union Lodge
"a, Chicago.
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Truly Great Day

THERE ARE A great many things to say
about Greater Pittsburgh's Annual
Croatian Day - the 9th renewal of which
will take place Saturday, Sept. s, at Ken
nywood Park.
1t is, from start to finish, the greatest
annual national manifestation of our peo-
pie, drawing as it does members and friends
of the Croatian Fraternal Union from Ame-
rica and Canada. And they come by the
thousands, not hundreds.
Croatian Day is also tribute to the
tenacity of handful of the Croatian Fra
ternal Unions English Speaking Lodge
members of yesteryear who "nursed their
baby through the great American depres-
sion of the 1905 and the barbs of mis-
guided elder members and leaders of the
Society to give our people their rightful
annual day in the national sun.
X
1t is easy today to accept Croatian
Day as part of our way Of life.
Yet there were many back in the 1905
who worked around the clock to kill off the
spirit of the E. S. Lodges which sponsored
- and are still sponsoring - this truly
great event.
That they didn't succeed will be demon
strated, once again, during the twenty
seventh renewal of Croatian Day on Sat-
urday, Sept. 5, at Kennywood Park
And for many years thereafter.
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Man Among Men

L us FELLOW CFU Lodge "a members
may we'll take great pride in the ac-
complishments of Chicago Police 1t. Daniel
T. Dragel the new Director of the city's
Police Crime Detection Laboratory.
The subject of an article in recent is
sue of the widely read Chicago DAILY
News - the text Of which appears on
today's English Section editorial page -
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jeanne Biscan
Future Teacher
UrSuline Hi Grad
Props For Career

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -
The almost constant accent
on higher education in the
Zajednicar brings to mind the
happy fact that Lodge 100
of the Croatian Fraternal I'm
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Chicagos It. Daniel T. DrageI Man Among Men
Lawyer, Chemist, Policeman
By WalfOrd j. Lewis
- Chicago Daily News =


@HICAGO HAS a legal od-
~ dity - lawyer who has
never tried a case, but has
testified at no fewer than
10000 trials.
The lawyer is a cop. He
works with test tubes and
charts, instead of guns and
handouts.
For Police 1t. Daniel T.
Dragel, a few bloodstains, a
stray hair and a thread can
clinch a murder case.
Dragel, new director of the
police crime detection labora-
tory, says of his job:
''In the laboratory we must
be unbiased.
"We aren't here to chalk
up records of convictions, but
are as much concerned with
vindication of the innocent
as with conviction of the
guilty"
Monumental Patience
DragePs unusual role as a
courtroom witness spans IL
years of service as crime labo-
ratory chemist.
Dragel once aspired to be
trial lawyer, but he never
filled that role. He always
has been in the expert busi-
ness.
In off hours, he's a movie
camera bug, fisherman and
legal researcher.
On the witness stand,
he's a confident, impecca-
bly, dressed witness. His
patience under cross exam
ination is monumental.
But his court appearances
only hint at the extent of
work on the way to the top
job of the crime laboratory.
(He took over the Job ear
lier this year after Commits
sioner O'Connor promoted
former crime lab boss John
Ascher to chief of detectives.)
Drunkometer Upheld
Dragel, So, with dark brown
hair and twinkling brown
eyes, stands slightly over 6
feet and weighs 185.
AS a scientific detective,
Dragel helped set up special
lied training for laboratory
personnel detailed to mobile
units. He devised small chem
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In PASSING

WYE REJECT the
" concept that the
two great powers -
the United States
and the USSR -
should decide the
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Detroit "

THE DELEGATES to the Society's 10th
Natl Quadrennial Convention, to be
held Sept. 21-26, 1859, in Detroit, may look
forward to hearing a report on the work
and progress of the Croatian Fraternal Un-
ion Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
Chartered June 27, 1858 by the Courts
of Allegheny County, Pa, the Foundation
is proof positive of the fact that nothing
succeeds like success and breeds success in
it's wake.
Consider, if you will, the great strides
taken by the Foundation since June u,
1858, to see many of the Society's deserv-
ing student members through colleges and
universities in the United
AE4S2M States and Canada.
HA From June II, 1858,
R"A through Aug. 26, 1859, the
WSTMNW Foundation h a d amassed
through donations - $4,000
on the part of the Croatian Fraternal Union
alone - the sum of approximately $4,000
to be used for educational purposes and
spent $17,5OOO0 in that direction to fur
ther the hopes and ambitions Of 70 young
American and Canadian members who in
time will repay the Society thousand times
over for it's deep faith in them.
Surely this is what is meant by Fra
ternalism In Action" in our time.
X
. We are particularly interested in the
reaction to the Croatian Fraternal Union
Scholarship Foundation Inc, on the part of
several Delegates-elect to the 10th Con-
vention.
Honorary Incorporators and Directors
of the Foundation, they are, alphabetically:
- Stanley R. Juracic, South Chicago, Ill.,
Lodge 118; Michael A. Milinovich Mather,
Penna, Lodge 633; Joseph B. Rady Ham,
mond, Ind, Lodge 358; and John ]. Scurich,
Watsonville, Calf, Lodge 352.
We are no less interested in the reac-
Director who will play prominent role in
the Convention proceedings, High Trial
Board President John Badovinac of Gle
veland, Ohio.
The Directors of the Foundation expect
of these men no blind endorsement of the
work and progress to date of this Opera
ton Education; no "amen" of any kind
in the end
Let them instead - speak out as
Honorary Incorporators and Directors in
the position to weigh the merits and-or de-
merits of the Croatian Fraternal Union
Scholarship Foundation, Inc, and do so
with an eye on the future of the Society's
young student members in the United
States of America and Canada.
And let every Delegate bear this in
mind: - The CF'U Scholarship Foundation
represents the greatest such youth move
ment in the now 65-year-old history of the
Society!
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4 X X
5137 West Boulevard
Los Angeles, Calf.
Dear bro. Brkich:
l may be a little late, but
not any less grateful to you
for the publicity you gave us
during the Lodge III celebra-
tion June 81 of the 65th An
niversary of the Croatian
Fraternal Union.
1t was very nice Of you to
give our Lodge your front
page treatment" as we had
requested.
We do appreciate your CO.
operation very much and
want to tell you so in this
manner. Again, many thanks.
i shall see you at the 10th
Convention in Detroit.
Fraternally yours,
Mrs. Anna Kovacevich
Delegate-elect
X X *
Box No. 354
COkeburg, Pa.
Dear bro. Brkich:
In behalf of the United
Lodges Committee of Fayette,
Greene, Washington and
Westmoreland Counties, ma
ny thanks for the fine publi-
city you gave us in conjunc-
tlon with our Aug. 16 cele-
bration in Uniontown, Pa, of
the 65th Anniversary of. the
Croatian Fraternal Union.
The affair was huge sue
cess; bigger than ever before,
For which, hvala!
Fraternally yours,
Bernard M. Luketich
U. L. Secretary
Delegate-elect
X X X
11OO7 So. Avenue IN"
Chicago II, Illinois
Dear bro. Brkich:
After some consideration
and post-resume of what
transpired during the plan
ming and actual celebrating
Aug. 16 by our United LODI
ges of the 65th Anniversary
Of the Croatian Fraternal
Union, I find it quite fitting
and proper that I take this
time out period to convey to
you how entirely grateful we
in South Chicago are for
your cooperation and publici-
ty services rendered.
1 am quite certain that the
success we enjoyed on this
day can in a large way be
attributed to your fine work
in publicizing our function.
Your I'm Memoriam" led
itorial Aug. 5, English Sec
tion) in tribute to our late
bro. Joseph Vucich was very
timely and most considerate.
To me the pen is a mighty
weapon, and so without fur
ther ado, please accept my
most sincere thanks a mil
lion" Hoping to keep alive
the interests of our United
Lodges of South Chicago, I
know I can expect the same
fine cooperation from you in
the future.
Fraternally yours,
Andrew Brentine, Jr.
Celebration Chairman
X X 4
1912 West Federal st.,
Youngstown, Ohio
Dear bro. Brkich:
The members of the Stress
mayer Tamburitza and Kolo
Groups wish in this way to
thank you sincerely for the
publicity you have been CIV
ing their recent undertakings.
The wonderful assistance
you have given us has proved
to be a real "shot in the arm"
to our groups. All of us are
most grateful to you for your
support and cooperation.
Sincerely yours,
Frank Petretich,
Group Publicity
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MAIL
~, BOX
1928 Ford Street
Watsonvile, Calf.
Dear bro. Brkich:

Dear bro. Brkich:
Thank you for the excel
lent publicity in the English
Section of the Zajednicar CIV
en- in conjunction with our
10th Annual CF'U California
State Bowling Tourney.
The tournament and BAN
quet, held over the recent
Me m o ri a | Day weekend,
brought out large crowds to
Monterey. We are looking
forward to an even greater
such gathering in May of
1860.
~
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The Croatian Fraternal Union OF America
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-25
President Defends His Military
 Budget As Giving The Nation
 Requirement of Balanced Defense

he has spent all his life on this military program and for six years has had the final responsibility for defense decisions.
 It is very natural, the President said, that there should be a con- flict of views on any proposals that humans make. He said he doubted any three reporters in the conference room would agree on how to run newspaper.
 Eisenhower said the heads of the three military services nat urally do not have identical views since each believes his service is the most important to national de- fense Because of this,. the Pres ident said somebody has to make the decisions.
 He thinks, the President said firmly, that he is more able than any individual military leader to judge the necessities of overall defense.
 Then he struck at those like Symington who have been calling for an increase in the $41, ,800,O00,- 900 defense budget. Just spending money doesn't mean that you're going to make the nation strong, Eisenhower said.
 What is required, the President continued, is a nicety of judg- ment which will insure that the country has balanced defenses.