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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29

ETNA, Pa. - The prog
ress, expansion and the very
life of an organization is de-
pendent on the loyalty, inter-
est, and enthusiasm Of it's
members.
Nothing creates more inter-
est and enthusiasm in an or
ganization than q Convention.
Conventions are a cherish
ed reward for their untiring
and Jealous workers who de-
vote their time and paternal
care to the lodge year after
year.
No prize in = CFU mem-
bership campaign could
over equal the honor and
self-satisfaction Of being an
elected delegate awaiting
the Convention rOllcall.
I wrote this in the Zajed-
nicar SO years ago, when the
late George Ubojcic and now
pensioned Matt Vrkljan were
editors. I mentioned this nu-
times to supreme Of
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With Best Wishes

\Y/HAT OTHERS outside the four walls
w of the Society think Of the Croatian
Fraternal Union should be the concern of
every American and Canadian member.
Especially those who are in positions
of leadership in the United States and Can
ada and are acquainted with the Croatian
Fraternal Union to the extent that they
know that the Society is much more than
just another business institution
Thus it is that we are only too glad to
publish today some of the many orchids
thrown in the direction of the Society by
top men in America and Canada who want
ed to wish it well on the eve of the national
celebration last Sunday July 26, of it's 65th
Anniversary
These messages were forwarded the
Home Office by men who are well acquain-
ted with the Society as whole
They came from State and Provincial
Insurance Commissioners and Directors;
from Governors; from United States SEN
ators; from the leaders of the largest fra
ternal congresses in the United States and
Canada; from the Attorney General of the
United States; and from other sources that
AIRY weight and prestige.
These greetings are, of course, great
'ibute to the Society.
They are no less tribute to every men,
ber of the Croatian Fraternal Union, every
man, woman and child in it's ranks.
For = after all no organization is any
better than it's membership.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29

famed Forty and Eight" is to the Ameri-
can Legion during State or national con-
ventions of that famous order of veterans.
A rose by any other name would smell
just as sweet of wholesome fun.
Loosely knit in 1855, "The Kokoshari"
are determined to come into their own at
Detroit in September and let the chips fall
where they may in the end.
This they pledge to carry out on sim
pie four-point platform of action:
l. - To promote through Kokoshari
affiliates means to form friendships and
a better understanding among the men,
bers of the Croatian Fraternal Union of
America.
r. To render altruistic service.
s. To increase patriotism and to fos
ter the spirit of good will.
4. - Through the spirit of merriment
adopt higher social and moral standards
among fun loving fraternalists in the Uni
ted States and neighboring Canada
Hardly platform which might reek of
pre-Convention politics.
Perish the thought!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29
John Radencic To
Study II, Florida
East Pitt Member
Was Star Athlete

E. PITTSBURGH, Pa. -
One of the more recent trans
ferees of Nest 143 to join the
ranks of Croatian Fraternal
Union Lodge 1856 was young
John Radencic.
The son of Mike and Anna
Radencic, he was born in
Turtle Creek, Pa.
John was schoOled In
Sewickly Township, West
moreland County, and was
active in extra-curricular
activities.
In 1858 he was an ALL
County outstanding football
player and in 1859 he was a
prominent player in the
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29
July 81 Is DeadIine
For Juniors To Enter
Crcafian Day Contest

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Fri
day, July 31st, will be the
deadline for the entries in the
Essay Contest conducted by
the Greater Pittsburgh Gro
attain Day Committee in co
operation with the junior
Order Department of the So
ciety, on the subject o1
"What The Croatian Frater'
nal Union Means To Me-"
All entries must be for
warded to the Executive Sec
retary, Anthony J. Brajdic
3O12 Willet Road, Pittsburgh
(27) Pa.
This contest is open to
all CFU Junior members
between the ages of 10 and
18 years and each essay
must be held to 500 or less
words. Eligible to compete
in the contest are all CFU
Junior Order members re-
siding in Pennsylvania
Ohio and West Virginia.
The winners Will be an.
nounced during the MAR
Program at the Music Plazs
in Kennywood Park on Croa'
tian Day, September 5th.
The first prize will be .
$4,000 U. S. Bond with thu
compliments of the Croatiar
Fraternal Union, and thu
runnersup will merit $25 us
Bonds through the courtesy
of the Greater Pittsburgh
Croatian Day Committee.
The panel of judges who
will decide on the winner anc
runnersup comprise Michae
Grasha, CFU Junior Order
Director; Prof. Lawrence
Canjar, member of Lodge
234 and Faculty Member al
Carnegie Tech; Matt Petrina
of Lodge 6, Principal of the
West Deer County Schools
Miss Mary Mrkonic, Lodge
25, McKeesport High School
Teacher; and Mrs. Sylvia Bir-
csak, Of Lodge 43, a teacher
at st. Thomas High School
in Braddock.
Anthony j. Brajdic
Executive Secretary
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29
The kOkOshari

cTRANGE AS it may sound, Detroit will
y play host Sept. 21-26, 1859, to two Gro
attain Fraternal Union Conventions after
drought of twenty-four years.
The first Of course, will be the Society's
10th Natl Quadrennial Convention, during
which the 800 American and Canadian Del
egates and 33 present CF'U Officials are
expected to keep their noses to the grind
stone - the serious side of life.
The other gathering will be officially
known as "The End International Quadren-
NAL Convention of The Kokoshari,' group
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29
Victor Bubas Is
Named Cage Coach
Gary Member Wins
Duke u. Approval

PITTSBURGH, Pa. = Vic
tor A. Bubas of Gary, Indi-
ana, was recently appointed
head basketball coach of
Duke University, Durham,
North Carolina.
A former star player at
Lew Wallace High School in
Gary, Mr.. Bubas is widely
known in that section be-
cause of his exploits as a star
member of the North Carroll
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29
Here's WHY

A 4 ARK VINSKI former CFU Supreme
lVi Officer, now President of Etna, Ia,
Lodge 4, and recently installed as the Bur-
CESS of Etna, has come up with an article
on this page which intrigues us.
Delegate-elect to the Society's 10th
Natl Quadrennial Convention, which will
be convened Sept. 21 in Detroit, bro. Vinski
asks leading question: why not Con-
vention every 2 years."
The question asked, bro Vinski then
goes on to give many reasons - some out
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29

Albena Drzich, Progress"
oldtimers.
She graduated from
Thornton Fractional High
School, South Lansing, ILL.,,
and in September will enter
Illinois State Normal Col
lege where she will take
Special Education pertain
ing to retarded children.
Athena was a Progress
member before Joe, who once
belonged to the Hammond
"Maywoodites". In those days
the members Of these two
lodges visited back and forth
a lot. That was in the days
when the National Bowling
Tournament was being built
into what it is today.
It is my guess that Albena
and Joe met at one of those
get-togethers and for a while
we were afraid that we
would lose Albena. But, being
a good sales lady, she brought
Joe to Progress" and jeanne
makes it three. That is one
way of building the lodge.
Congratulations to Joe and
Athena and our best wishes
to jeanne.
POP.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29

giant unions. We cannot entrust the inter-
ests of the nation to combination Of the
companies and the unions, which is what
we have had for some years until recently
in the steel industry Nor can we entrust
the interests of the nation to a power
struggle between the unions and companies,
however much this struggle be prettified by
calling it ''free bargaining"
- Walter Lippmann
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29

Pittsburgh Sun Tele's Sec
ton II Basketball Playoffs.
This fall he will enter the
University of Miami.
The officers and members
of Lodge 736 bid John a very
warm welcome" and wish
him the best of health and
success in the future.
Peter Bender, Pres.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29

of this world - for the
staging of Conventions
on a two-year basis and
sums them up with the
argument that the Gro
attain Fraternal Union
would benefit in the long
'un from the great in
crest in such business
gatherings.
To each his own.
AS for us, and in or
der to get interested 9TH
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29
The Lost Found!

IN OUR SALUTE, editorially, last week
] to the 65th Anniversary of the Society,
we made mention Of the fact that its mem
bership and assets as of Jan. l, 1859, stood
at 100000 and S27, 1897 ,493 80, respectively.
The membership figure should have read
11O.158 - and not 100000.
Slips that pass in the night
Proof reading slips which escape the
best in the business
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29

which arrived Oh Ile
scene back in 1855 dur
ing the CFU's Philadel-
phia Convention Of that
still memorable year to
give the Delegates an
outlet for blowing off
excess steam.
For the sake of COM
parison, it might be said
that "The Kokoshari"
are to the Croatian Fra
ternal Union what the
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29
jeanne ] Drzich IS
Bound For College
Chicago Members
Salute Newcomer

CHICAGO, III, - Pictured
is Miss jeanne Drzich, a men,
ber of the CF'U Junior Order
since birth and now a men,
Der of Progress CF'U Lodge
749.
Born on May Z, 1949, she
is the only child Of Joe and
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SACRAMENTO, Calf.


Although some time has
elapsed since the staging of
the undertaking, we take
pleasure today in reviewing
for the Delegates-elect to the
CFU's 10th Natl Quadren-
NAL Convention the highlights
of the Society's Northern
California Training School for
Lodge and Nest Officials of
the past winter.
The sessions were held Feb.
21-22 in the Olympic Hotel,
San Francisco, under the aus
pices of the Croatian Frater-
nal Unions Central Commit
tee of Northern California
Lodges.
In charge Of the two-day
classes were bros. Supreme
Treasurer Martin Kra S i c h
and Junior Order Director
Michael Grasha. This same
team was to appear one week
later in Los Angeles to handle
the Training School sponsored
by the Central Committee of
Southern California Lodges.
49 Students Present
Representatives of II Nor
thern California Lodges par
ticipated in the Feb. 21-22
School.
Represented were San n
Francisco Lodges 81, 876 and
900; Oakland Lodge 121
Watsonville Lodge 1852; Oak
land Lodge 356; Sacramento
Lodges 434 and 843; Rich
mond Lodge SOL; San Jose
Lodge 612; and Cupertino
Lodge GIG.
In attendance were a to-
tai of 49 students, 43 full
time scholars, 6 part time
due to other commitments.
OF these, % were born in
the United States and FL
in Yugoslavia.
Seven of the students were
Lodge Presidents; 4 Vice
Presidents; 6 Financial Secre-
taries; 4 Recording Secreta-
lies; 2 Treasurers; 1 Sick
Committee Chairman; 8 Nest
Managers; 4 Lodge Trustees;
1 Sports Committee Chair
man; and IL listed themselves
simply as active members.
Opening of Classes
The writer, then serving as
the President of the Northern
California Central Committee,
opened the first class Feb. 21
at 1 pm. sharp and welcomed
the 49 students to the his
toric gathering.
The first order of business
found the writer reading q
telegram of greetings and
best wishes for success from
v. I. Mandich, Supreme Pres
ident of the Society.
Bro. Krasich then began
the first class with the remark
1--WE want to tell you all that
we know and we want to learn
from you we are learning
with you."
He next explained the
setup Of the Training
School and the material
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29
Northern Caifomas Profed From Project
Coast School In Retrospect

urged to report on it's prog
ress along the line at the next
general meeting of the Cen
tral Committee.
The second class was ad-
journed at this point. 1t was
already 1890 pm. and there
was much to do on Sunday,
Feb. %, before the Northern
California Training School
could be relegated to history.
Students Not Ordinary
The third class was con-
vened at 10 am. on Sunday,
Feb. %, and the first order
of business was the introduce
ton of the Individual stu
dents.
Each student was asked to
state his or her official affi-
liation with the Lodge or
Nest they were representing.
Here and there a student
would respond Pm an ordi-
nary member"
Bro. Grasha chided those
students by reminding them
that they were not ordinary
members - that the "ordi-
nary members are in bed this
morning, those who never
come to monthly meetings or
attend Lodge functions"
Bros. Krasich and Gra-
sha next went into a
mighty interesting discus
sion pertaining to Conver-
sions and were later de-
lighted to hear so many
students speak on the i'm
portant subject.
Discussed also was the
CFU's Family Plan, which is
still not available to the So
ciety's members in California.
However, anticipating that
the Plan will one day be a.
vailable, the instructors ex-
planned every facet of this
modern form of protection
and urged the students to pre-
pare for the day when Califor-
mans can invest in the Plan.
Campaign Is Reviewed
Next came an exhaustive
review of the Croatian Fra
ternal Unions two-year Mem
bership Campaign, which be-
gan Jan. 1, 1858, and is to end
Dec. 81, 1859.
Bro. Grasha pointed out
some startling facts about
membership recruiting in Cal
ifornia - that, at the time,
we had only 60 recruiters in
the field and but Is with so
or more points to their credit.
Only two Northern Califor-
MIA campaigners had over 100
Points at the time and they
were bros. Matt Della and N.
J. Nikolac, both in attendance
at the School.
The overall picture on Feb.
%, 1859, showed that Cali
fornia had gained 293 men,
bers in the Campaign and
then lost 292 members for a
net gain of 1 member. The
total membership in Califor-
MIA as of that date stood at
(NOrthern p. 1O)
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29
BY George A. Glavas
Treasurer, Lodge 434
Delegate-Elect

given each one of the 49
students. Following this he
introduced bro. Grasha.
Bro. Grasha, after a few
opening remarks, read from
the prepared text included in
the students material. Inclu-
ded therein was a brief his
tory of the CFU to give the
students a good background
Of the Society.
The first class ended at
5:15 pm. with a discussion
pertaining to Payor Benefits
and Guaranteed Values, and
at 6 pm. the students sat
down to enjoy a steak dinner
with the compliments of the
Croatian Fraternal Union.
Foundation Endorsed
The second class was called
to order Feb. 81 at 7:45 pm.
and found bro. Grasha COM
pleting his interesting discus
sion Of the various Junior
Order Certificates.
Bros. Krasich and Grasha
then gave the students a brief
ing on what was to be taken
up at the third class on Sum
day, Feb. %.
By special request of
John Scurich, Watsonville,
an Honorary Director of
the Croatian Fraternal I'm
ion Scholarship Founda-
ton, Inc, bro. Krasich was
asked to acquaint the stu
dents with the broad scope
of the Foundation.
Bro. Krasich, in his review
of the Foundation, said that
when we say Fraternalism
we mean Fraternalism in ac-
ton, not in words"
Bro. Grasha, in commenting
on this educational project,
said II can't imagine any
large insurance corporation
directors sitting down and
determining how to raise
scholarship money to give
away. Only a fraternal - es-
pecially the CF'U - does this
type of thing"
Set Goal of $4,000
Bro. Scurich then asked for
the floor to bring before the
students a proposal to be
made to the member Lodges
Of the Northern California
Central Committee.
He suggested that each
Lodge in the Committee obli-
gate itself to raise $3.50 to-
ward the funds of the Schol-
arship Foundation and that
the sum of $4,000 be the goal
Of the Committee as a whole.
The proposal brought on
q lengthy and very inter-
esting discussion and it was
decided that the represen-
tatives assembled in San
Francisco return to their
Lodges with appeals for
1000 support of the Foun-
datiOn.
Each Lodge was also
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-07-29
In Passing

WE LIVE in a
" time when the
vital industries and
services of the nation
are in the hands of
giant companies and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
BY the Associated Press

The Pentagon is complaining
that talk about its secret train
ing of space monkeys creates
disrespect for its security Sys-
tenn.
That brought the retort to-
day from Representative Moss
Democrat of California, that
it's a "slapdash security Sys-
TEN"
Mr.. Moss had received the
complaint. AS chairman of the
House Government Information
Subcommittee, he has beer
trying for weeks to learn why
the Defense Department has
made a big secret Of its re-
ported training of monkeys fol-
space travel experiments.
Last March 30, Mr.. Moss
wrote Defense Secretary Noel
roy asking an explanation. Mr.
McElroy hasn't answered per-
sonally. But Mr.. Moss made
public today a letter from Rob-
ert Dechert. Defense Depart
ment general counsel, dated
April 10 which said in part:
e. 1t is our belief that your
committees actions in this mat
ter not only have served to en-
courage disrespect for the Sc
curity system, but that the only
real beneflciaries can be the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
Who's Making Monkey
Of Security System?

Communist propagandists who
want to stir up trouble between
us and other nations"
Mr.. Dechert noted that news
releases from the subcommittee
had said the ban on monkey in
formation may have stemmed
from complaints by monkey
worshipers in India against use
of monkeys in space research.
Mr.. Dechert indicated this
was classified (secret) informa-
ton and asked Mr.. Moss where
he obtained it.
In response, Mr.. Moss fired
another letter to Mr.. McElroy,
protesting both Mr.. Dechert'S
statements and denying that
the subcommittee had released
any secret information.
Mr.. Moss told Secretary Nc
Elroy the information was
readily available to anyone
who can read newspaper and
use a telephone directory"
In a statement, Mr.. Moss
said all this points up the fact
that administrative bureau
Gratis put military security clas-
sif1cation stamps on the most
innocuous, non-military infor-
nation"
1.-THE result" he said, "is a
contempt for system designed
to protect information of true
military value"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
Lost-Minute Tuxpoyers
Tax Patient Postfnen

When the jam was untangled
10 precious minutes had slipped
away and some panicky motor
lists had abandoned their cars
in the middle Of the street and
sprinted for the mail slots in
side the building.
The scene was no less frantic
inside. Every inch of available
writing space was covered with
forms and schedules as some
took advantage Of the I'ost Of
flee pens to fill out their forms
on the spot.
Officials said the IL uni
formed carriers on duty outside
filled II mail sacks with about
II 900 returns, collected from
an estimated 1000 cars.
At about 11:45 pm. a man
came into the building to mail
a postcard. He stopped James
Mcconnell, Post Office route
examiner, to ask. Whats all
the crowd for?"
"Last-minute income tax re-
turns" Mr.. Mcconnell ex-
planned.
Income tax" the man cried
as he rushed for the door. Il
didn't I'LL mine out vet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
By GENE MAYHALL
Star Sta1 Writer

PoStmen. eager to speed the
laSt-minute rush of income tax
returns, famed out over a two
block radius from the City Post
Office last night, taking the
forms from motorists as they
drove past.
Parking spaces within walk
ing distance of the building
were completely unavailable
and traffic damned the streets.
Extra policemen we're detailed
to the area.
Postman Lowell Rogers, IT.,
was stationed on the corner of
Massachusetts, avenue and
North Capitol street with a
Manufactured sign on a piece
of cardboard that said. Income
Tax Letters"
At IL pm. the cars were
moving by at the rate of about
40 per minute.
I've filed three mail sacks
since 8 O'Clock, he said.
The street between Union
Station and the Post Office was
completely blocked for a time
as the zero hour approached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16

in the Western alliance as Mr..
Dulles has done.
Indeed, in this sense the re-
firing Secretary was something
of a freak. The role he played
depended less on his ability
of which many Europeans were
highly critical-than on his
personal influence with the Ell
senhower administration. The
man who carried American
foreign policy around in his
hat" inevitably enjoyed a pres
tige within Western councils
unequaled by any modern for
eign secretary. Rightly or
wrongly, many Europeans be-
lieved that the foreign policy
Of the United States was Mr..
Dulles personal creation and
that short of the. ultimate
choice between peace and war
the decisions rested with him.
West DisOrganized
1t is hard to overestimate the
DISCRIMINATION of the Western
ALLIANCE which has developed in
the short period since the onset
of Mr.. Dulles illness. The cur
rent wrangling between Britain,
See PARIS, Page A-6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16

guard provided by the State
Department and Washington
police, hundreds of excited Gu
ban and American packers of
Mr.. Castro all but mobbed him
when he landed at the Military
Air Transport Service terminal
at 9 O'Clock last night, two
hours behind schedule.
Other hundreds swarmed
around the prime minister
when he reached the Cuban
Embassy on Sixteenth street
NV, and he shocked security
officers by nonchalantly stroll
ing across the street to shake
hands with another big, cheer
ing crowd.
Some protests were heard
from anti-Castro people who
showed up at the airport. And
a small group of opponents,
headed by Rafel del Pine,
picketed briefly in front of the
White House to indicate dis
approval of the revolutionary
leader. Mr.. del Pine was a
former colleague of Mr.. Castro
and said he broke with the
Prime Minister over the
question of Communist sup
port.
Some members of the editors
society have objected to the in
vitation extended by officers of
ASNE but George w. Healy, jr.,
editor of the New Orleans
Times-Picayune and president
of the group, steadfastly main
tains nothing improper was
done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
PEPCOGets
10 Rise in
Maryland

BALTIMORE, April Is Cspe-
claD The Maryland Public
Service Commission TODAY
granted the Potomac Electric
Power Co. a 7 per cent rate
increase for its customers in
M o n tg emery and Prince
Georges Counties.
A similar rate increase was
approved last week by the Dis
trict Public Utilities Commits
sion.
In Maryland. PEPCO serves
two thirds of Montgomery
County and half of Prince
Georges.
A 7 per cent rate increase
application also is pending be-
fore the Virginia regulatory
commission. The utility has
customers in part of Arlington
County.
The company had stated dur
ing hearings that the rate in
IcreaSes in the District and In
the Maryland and Virginia
counties would add $4,Sl9.I57
to its annual revenue. The net
after taxes was estimated at
I$2.171,000.
The rate increase will add
SIS cents to the average house
holders $6.72 monthly bill in
the urban sections of the two
counties. All of PEPCO's Gus
toners now will be billed on the
same rate schedule. Those in
the rural areas have been pay
ing higher rates and their bills
may reflect a smaller percent
age increase.
The rate revision will be eff
fective on the billings based on
meter reading beginning next
Wednesday.