ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-08-26

IN
WEuENN new Home Office Building.
Ten of the 81 Delegates eli
gible to vote abstained from doing so.
During the early part of 1858 the Build
ing Committee - comprised of all five men,
bers of the Executive Board, together with
the End Supreme Vice President and the
President of the Board of Trustees -
looked over a number Of sites at a time
when the economic situation in the United
States was anything but promising.
In fact, nothing was to be done during
1858 in view of the widespread unemploy-
ment which marred that year and the aura
of uncertainty which lowered over America.
As the picture started changing ma
tionally in 1859, the Building Committee
began looking over more and more sites
for the proposed new Home Office.
On several occasions, during both 1858
and 1859, the members of the Supreme
Board were taken on tour of the various
sites and asked to give the Building Com
mittee their views on the properties avail
able for the purpose.
On Tuesday, June 80, 1859, a special
for the express purpose of purchasing land
for the erection of a new Home Office.
BY unanimous vote, it was decided to
purchase approximately two (2) acres of
land situated in Wilkins Township, Alleghe-
ny County, from owner George w. Beech
for the sum of $61, 10000
With that the Society's General Counsel
was authorized to complete the purchase
relative to title examination and to obtain
an accurate survey Of the land to be pur-
chased by the Croatian Fraternal Union
for the erection in due time of new ma
tional headquarters.
. Question: - All things considered,
can the Croatian Fraternal Union afford to
erect new national headquarters in the
face of these inflationary times?
We would answer that by bringing up
the case of the William Penn Fraternal AS
sociation (WPFA), Pittsburgh, which in
many, many respects is akin to our Society,
especially in the membership standing and
assets categories
On Dec. 16, 1858, the WPFA announced
in all three Pittsburgh dailies that it
planned to erect 2O-story skyscraper in
the downtown area at cost of $6,OOO,OO
Earmarked for tenancy May 1, 1861, the
Association is to utilize the top two floors
of the building for it's national officers
and approximately 40 headquarters en-
ployes.
This will permit the WPFA net rental
area of 1914 900 square feet in the 2O-story
edifice In addition, another 1900 square
feet have been set aside on the first and
mezzanine floors for restaurant, bank, and
other commercial tenants now being signed
to contracts
X X
Now, then, the William Penn Frater-
nal Association is no bigger numerically or
financially than our Society,"
Here is the record of each as both ap-
pear in the 1858 edition of Combined Sta
tistics and Consolidated Chart of Fraternal
Societies.: CFU - II ,572 adult and 81 1925
juvenile members, S25, $50 1891 20 in assets,
S87, ,46O, ,547.19 insurance in force; WPFA
- 7O,852 adult and 1924 juvenile men,
oers, S26, 14O, ,468.21 in assets, and S82,56O,-
14OO insurance in force.
Yes, the Croatian Fraternal Union can
very well afford to invest in q new Home
Office. Not necessarily in something on the
scale of skyscraper; but in something
which will serve it's membership q thousand
times over in the future.