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V Panami-J'|; Lincanju ! t ?i zbornici zveznc- Ct bil Pretekli ,e' u^°k zakona, ki V6 kaL0Stre »pome in de-/ ' S(; j za uradnike, kate- Si iSl^daseniso dovolj y *,lepiti linčanj, in tu- <;lC !i^Vev ?d®k°dnin od strani ’Vy ipk 'n ^ 80 se linčanja | ^ ^ odoKUtok v P°slanski; jr t Bpa|a. °^renega zakona je [ II ),S°natu' kjer bo, po Iv ?.as avalcev razmer- Jj ^';dl V senatu sta bila [flJV h ^JeitJ1,1 Položena k večne-'^Hor,. U _^Va osnutka slične-Uj !■?'% 1 ?tevilo linčanj v Ze-^ K^lno Zavah se je zadn.ia J( ■ ^ti)- ZnSevalo in lani so »O p I 1 Sa«io trije primeri. WA %^VUNl jubilej // in^v.6^ bilijonov avto- &. 1° do dne 11. jamt- 1 Jr l2delanih v tovarnah ijjjj j6 ^°rs korporacije. Ta - |s3 v Proslavljen z ban-r°'*;i1’ katerega se ^ naJstarejših av" 0« jH ^ki , delavcev obenem z i °menje' i DOBA (NEW ERA) URADNO GLASILO JUGOSLOVANSKE KATOLIŠKE JEDNOTE — OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOT SOUTH SLAVONIC CATHOLIC UNION Naša J. S. K. Jednota Je samo bratska podporna organizacija brez vsakih dru-flli primesi, In kot taka u*pev*. Ohranimo jo tako! M Second Class Matter April 15th, 1926, at The Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio Under the Act of March 3rd, 1870. — Accepted for Mailing »I Special Rate of Postage, Provided tor In Section 1103, Act of October 8rd, 1H7, Authorial. March 16th, 1»38 ŠT-3. CLEVELAND, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 — SREDA, 17. JANUARJA, 1940 VOL. XVI. — LETNIK XVI. IZ AMERIKE INi PREGLED PRETEKLEGA INOZEMSTVA DESETLETJA Iz urada glavnega tajnika fSKJ POROČILO ZAVAROV ALK INSKEGA ODDELKA O STANJU JSKJ Na drugi strani te izdaje je priobčeno poročilo o stanju naše Jednote, kakor sta ga pronašla zastopnik zavarovalninskega oddelka države Minnesote in zastopnik za-raroi alninskega oddelka države Ohio. Navedena uradnika sta bila v glavnem uradu od 10. julija pa do 15. avgusta 1939 in sla pregledala dohodke in stroške Jednote od 1. julija 1936 pa do 30. junija 1939. Pregled knjig in računov sc je izvršil v smislu zakona države Minnesote, ki določa, da morajo biti podporne organizacije, inkorpolirane v tej državi, pregledane najmanj enkrat na vsaka tri leta. Zastopnika zaključujeta svoje svoje poročilo kot sledi: “Združeni finančni račun odraslega in mladinskega oddelka kaže, da je Jednota v jako povoljnem stanju in izkazuje $414,210.54 skupnega prebitka “Jednota je dobro upravljana in ekonomično operirana.” “Vaša pregledovalca visoko cenita pomoč in sodelovanje, ki sla ga tekom pregledovanja prejela od glavnega tajnika, glavnega blagajnika in celokupnega osobja.” Od svoje strani naj pripomnim, da znaša prebitek obeh oddelkov faktično $681,474.84, ako prištejemo k istemu še prostovoljni rezervni sklad, ki znaša $267,264.30. Tržna vrednost naših bondov znaša $106,763.62 več kot knjižna ali nominalna vrednost istih. Z bralskim pozdravom, ANTON ZRAŠNIK, glavni tajnik. ODMEV! IZ RODNIH KRAJEV DENARNA AFERA Po poročilu v londonskem listu “Daily Mail” je iz varnostne shrambe jugoslovanskega ministrstva zunanjih zadev izginil zaklad, vreden kakih 170 milijonov dolarjev, ki je bil predi boljševiško revolucijo iztihotap-1 ljen iz Rusije v Jugoslavije. Pa.i l manjših poneverjalcev je bilo j obsojenih na večletno ječo po j tajni obravnavi, 1 o kateri pa splošna javnost ni nič izvedela, j Od vsega velikega zaklada je j v varnostni shrambi samo še za! kakih pet milijonov dolarjev i vrednosti. Beograjski poročeva-! lec londonskega lista meni, da ■ bi mogla afera povečati nape-! tost med Rusijo in Jugoslavijo, i Problemi priseljenca DRUŠTVENE IN DRUGE SLOVENSKE VESTI s Pomen osebne svobode . V TEŽKEM POLOŽAJU Jugoslavija je oficielno v prijateljskih odnošajih z Italijo, toda jugoslovansko ljudstvo ne mara za Italijo. Po poročilih v ameriških listih se Madžarska zadnje čase boji, da jo bo napadla Rusija, pa se dogovarja z italijansko vlado glede pomoči. Vojaško pomoč Madžarski pa bi mogla Italija poslati le preko j Jugoslavije in tega jugoslovansko ljudstvo ne bi mirno gle- j dalo. Baje je v Jugoslaviji moč-j no razvit panslovanski senti- i ment. Vprašanje: Kaki so pogoji za starostno pokojnino v državi New York? Odgovor: Vi imate gotovo v mislih mesečno podporo (Old Age Assistance), ki jo država New York, kakor tudi druge države, izplačujejo potrebnim starcem in za katero tudi,federalna vlada prispeva v državni sklad. Druga stvar je federalna pokojnina, ki ima značaj zavarovanja in za katei'e delodajalec in delavec sam prispeva. To poslednjo imenujemo stafostno pokojnino (old age pension) v smislu Social Security zakona. Za isto državljanstvo ali bivanje v državi ne prihaja v poštev in je tudi vseeno, da-li je upravičenec v potrebi pokojnine ali ne. Druga stvar je seveda s takozvano državno pokojnino. V državi New York je upravičen do te mesečne podpore le ameriški državljan, ki je dosegel starost 65 let. On je moral stanovati v državi New York vsaj pet let tekom zadnjih devetih let. On mora biti oseba, ki se ne more sebe samega vzdrževati in ki nima o-trok, ki bi ga mogli vzdrževati, niti nima drugih virov dohodka. On mora biti v takem zdravstvenem stanju, da ne potrebuje stalne bolnišnične oskrbe. Vprašanje: Pisal sem vam že, da mi najdete ime parnika, s katerim sem prišel v Ameriko iz Hamburga sredi meseca avgusta 1913. Poslali ste mi imena treh mogočih parnikov, ki so prišli iz Hamburga od 12. avgusta do 18. avgusta 1913. Jaz pa hočem znati, kateri je bil pravi parnik. Odgovor: žalibog vam ne moremo dati te informacije. Ista se more le dobiti iz vladnih zapiskov priseljeniške oblasti ali pa iz zapiskov Hamburg-Ameri-can linije. Mi nimamo pristopa do vladnih zapiskov, v katere imajo vpogled le vladne oblasti. Zapiski parobrodne družbe so pa v' Hamburgu. Vam in drugim moremo v takem slučaju tDalje na 3. strani) V Slovenski dvorani v Cen- ! tru, Pa., se 6o”\Tsoboto 27. jan- i i uarja vršila plesna veselica an-1 gleško poslujočega društva št. 221 JSKJ v proslavo devete obletnice ustanovitve društva. •i« V Lloydellu, Pa., se bo v so-; i boto 3. februarja vršila plesna veselica društva št. 35 JSKJ. ♦ Tridesetletnico ustanovitve | bo proslavilo društvo št. 99 JS-; KJ v Moon Runu, Pa., v nedeljo 23. junija. Zadnjič je bil I poročan napačen datum te pri-; reditve. Pravi datum je 23. ju- i ni j a. * Mladinski pevski zbor na j Holmes Avenue v Clevelandu,; O., vprizori v nedeljo 21. janu-| arja igri “Dar luči” in “Fest j fant.” Po igrah bo ples in pro- j sta zabava. Prireditev se bo vršila v Slovenskem domu na Holmes Ave., in se bo pričela ob treh popoldne. * Nagloma je umrl v mestu Milwaukee, Wis., Anton Pleshe, član društva št. 225 JSKJ. Zapušča soprogo in 8 otrok. V bolnišnico je bila konci preteklega tedna naglo odpeljana Miss Albina Nose, članica društva Napredek, št. 132 JSKJ, v Euclidu, Ohio. Podrobnosti o tej zadevi niso bile' sporočene uredništvu. Albina je bila dele-gatinja prve mladinske konvencije JSKJ in je še vedno kolikor toliko stalna dopisovalka Nove Dobe. Mladi sosestri želimo skorajšnjega in popolnega okrevanja. , ❖ F Centru, Pa., je po kratki bolezni preminila Frančiška Horvat, stara 69 let, članica društva št. 33 JSKJ. Pokojnica je bila rojena v vasi Suhor pri Toplicah na Dolenjskem in nje-| no dekliško ime je bilo Lavrič, j V Ameriki je bivala 40 let. Za-j pušča soproga, štiri sinove in j hčer. * Odmev nedavnih councilman-j skih volitev v Cleyelandu, O., (Dalje na 4. strani) Kaj je prav za prav ideja j osebne svobode ? Kaj skušamo, povedati, ko govorimo o lepoti in! dostojanstvu človeške osebnosti? t S tem mislimo neznanca, ki i stoji na zaboju ob cestnem vo-j galu in pripoveduje vsem, ki ga j hočejo poslušati, kako bi se morala dežele upravljati in kak-; šno vlado bi morala imeti. S j tem mislimo urednika ali pisatelja, ki hvali ali graja administracijo, kakor se njemu prav zdi. S tem mislimo male skupine menonitov, mormoncev, kve-karjev in drugih, ki se nemoteno zbirajo v svojih svetiščih. S tem mislimo preprostega državljana, ki pove svoje odkrito mnenje v obraz svojemu županu, kongresniku ali predsedniku, in j je upoštevan od njih. S tem j mislimo trgovca, ki odpre svojo trgovino v kateri koli naselbini in s kakršnim koli blagom in kateremu more le zahteva javne blaginje kaj ukazati. S tem mislimo delavca, Ju si izbira svoje delo in ki sme menjati delo, kadar koli hoče. S tem mislimo znanstvenika, ki ima vso svobodo iskati resnico, in učitelja, ki ima enako svobodo poučevati isto, ne da bi se mu bilo treba bati višjih, ki priznavajo le resnico svojega patenta. To so vsakdanje stvari, ki se jih je ta narod posluževal poldrugo stoletje skoro brez presledkov. Te stvari se nam zdijo tako temeljne in enostavne, tako enostavne, da se nam skoro ne zdi vredno govoriti o njih. Toda to niso enostavne stvari. To so svetilniki civilizacije. Te stvari omogočajo način življenja, po kakršnem je človeštvo vedno hrepenelo, tudi v najbolj temnih dobah tiranije in barbarstva. Ako gledamo na te stvari s tega stališča, imamo mogočen argument, zakaj moramo Američani te ugodnosti obdržati, obdržati za vsako ceno. V pravem pomenu smo mi zaupniki civilizacije. Mi smo varuhi ideje, brez katere je civilizacija prazna lupina. Ta ideja upravi-(Dalje na 4. strani) PRODUKCIJA RUDNIN Rudarska produkeija JngOsla-! vije se je v zadnjih, treh mesecih preteklega leta znatno dvignila. Zvišala se je produkcija premoga, bakrene, svinčeno- j cinkove, kromove in antimonove! rude. Kočevski premogovnik, ki j je zadnja leta zelo slabo obratoval, je podvojil produkcijo, j kar je deloma posledica težkoč j pri uvozu inozemskega premoga.; SLOVENCI NA FRONTI ! Časopis “Koroški Slovenec” poroča, da je v nemški armadi j na zapadni fronti tudi več slovenskih fantov s Koroškega. Na nekem “tovariškem večeru” so nekateri slovenski fantje zapeli tudi koroško himno “Nmav čez i jizaro,” ki je baje nemškim to-; varišem zelo ugajala. PO 20 LETIH Po dvajsetih letih je našel j svojo mater mladi natakar A-1 leksa Daskalovic iz PančeVa. Tekom svetovne vojne mu je umrl oče in družina se je razkropila. Mati se je pozneje omožila v Budimpešti, zadnje čase pa živi v Beogradu. Aleksa, ki je zadnjič videl svojo mater, ko je bil dve leti star, je neprestano poizvedoval za njo in po 20 letih jo je končno našel. SMRT PREROKA V Lukovici pri Tetovu je v visoki starosti umrl Pejo Pepo-vič, ki je daleč naokrog slovel kot prerok in najzanesljivejši napovedovalec vremena. Tako je svoj čas napovedal balkansko in svetovno vojno in navedel podrobnosti o njunem koncu, ki so se pozneje skoraj dobesedno uresničile. Prav tako je bil Pepovič izredno zanesljiv barometer: po nekaj dni poprej je najavljal vremenske spremembe, dež, točo in podobne reči. V njegovo hišo so ljudje romali z vseh strani, da ga poprosijo nasveta v svojih rečeh. Pred meseci je prerokoval, da bo svet zadela največja katastrofa tisto leto, ko bosta velika noč in Marijino oznanjenje padla na isti dan. (Dalje na 4. str.) VSAK P0W0JE V deželi imamo prestopno leto, predpust, volilno leto, pros-periteto, osem do deset milijonov brezposelnih, reformatorje in preroke vseh vrst, priprave za ljudsko štetje, špijone, patriote, veselice in surprise parties, društva za zaščito živali, zimo, pomožne odbore za Fince, milijone do vratu zadolženih farmer jev, neameriške aktivnosti, dve tretjini svetovne zaloge zlata, trdovratno zamrznjene banke, 30 milijonov avtomobilov, zasedanje kongresa, flu, tulare-mijo, oslovski kašelj in intenzivno inozemsko, posebno angleško propagando, ki nas skuša naščuvati na vojno. Toda pri vsem tem se nam ni ničesar bati. Diesov kongresni odbor je po dolgih preiskavah dognal in izjavil, da izmed 132 milijonov Američanov jih je 131 milijonov patriotičnih. * Kandidati za predsednika Zedinjenih držav so se že začeli razcvetati za vsemi plotovi. Sezona pa je še zgodnja in večina teh kandidatov bo pozebla še preden se bo razcvetel regrat po livadah. * Ako bi bilo vse res, kar so zadnje čase ameriški časopisi poročali o finskih zmagah nad Rusi, bi bili Finci danes že pred vratini Moskve. Toda vojna se še vedno vrši približno tam, kjer se je prod tedni, in sicer na finskih tleh. In, It bi bila resnična poročila o številu ujetih ruskih vojakov, bi bilo danes na Finskem že več Rusov kot je Fincev samih. ■1« Kongresnik Dingell priporoča, da naj ameriška vlada proda Fincem par stotisoč novih vojaških pušk po dolarju komad, namreč tistih modernih pušk, ki stanejo našo vlado 300 dolarjev vsaka. Salamensko smo nevtralni! * / Prijatelj Cahej pravi, da tisti, ki so se pritoževali, ker dolgo ni hotelo biti snega in mraza kot se za zimo spodobi, naj si zdaj obojega privoščijo, da bodo siti. Kar se njega tiče, da jim ne bo delal napotja pri zimskem športu, če bi bilo po njegovem, da bi po vzgledu nekdanjih puščavnikov preždel zimo v kaki gorki votlini, sanjal o pomladi in čakal na krokarje, da bi ga pitali s kruhom in poticami. Obžaluje le, da ni diplomiran prerok in da sedanji krokarji niso prav vzgojeni. * Amerika se oborožuje, ker baje računa z možnostjo, da jo Japonska napade. Istočasno pa ista Amerika pošilja Japoncem milijone ton starega železa za izdelavo orožja in municije. Ali smo osli, ali hinavci, ali oboje! # V državi Illinois je te dni obhajal stoletnico svojega rojstva Thomas Gray, ki je za časa ameriške civilne vojne želel kot prostovoljec vstopiti v armado, pa so ga zdravniki odklonili, češ, da je preslaboten in da itak ne bo dolgo živel. In če bi mož zdaj skušal vstopiti v armado, bi ga zdravniki gotovo spet odklonili. Je že tako, da nekateri ljudje dosežejo slavo in bronaste spomenike, nekateri pa visoko starost. * Zanimive reči čitamo zadnje čase o razmerah v Nemčiji. Milijone ton nemškega premoga se. preko Belgije pošilja v Franei-(Dalje na 4. strani) I Pred desetimi leti, to je v j začetku leta 1930, je'bil Herbert; Hoover predsednik Zedinjenih držav. Novoletno razpoloženje naroda v splošnem je bilo prilič-no dobro, toda v zraku je že; visela neka slutnja temnejših j 3ni. Polom na borzi v jeseni leta i 1929 je pustil velike rane. Vsa j 'inančna struktura dežele je bila ; nekako omajana. Brezposelnih ielavcev je bilo vedno več. Vroče vprašanje tistega časa ; je bila prohibicija, ki je bila kršena na vseh straneh in ki je j rodila drzne butlegarske orga- j nizacije, korupcijo javnih uradnikov in splošno neupoštevanje ! postav. Vršile so se preiskave, :oda vse je ostalo pri starem. ] Predsednik Hoover se je celo! izrazil, da je prohibicija pleme- j liti eksperiment. Pred koncem leta 1930 pa se ! je velika depresija začela zares. I rovarne so zapirale vrata in i oanke so pokale. Samo v letu j L930 je propadlo nad 1000 bank, nalih in velikih. Bančni polomi! ;o se nadaljevali v letu 1931, i djub tolažilnim besedam pred-5ednika Hooverja, da je prospe-' "iteta že za vogalom. Prisilne; i rod a je farm so bile na dnev- j lem redu. Leta 1932 je velika ! irmada brezposelnih bivših vo-: jakov marširala v Washington, j la izposluje od predsednika in tongresa finančno pomoč v oblici bonusa. Dasi so se veterani lostojno in mirno zadržali, jih je predsednik Hoover dal razgnati z rednim vojaštvom. Vete-; ani so mirno odšli, toda z nji- j ni je šlo tudi zadnje ljudsko za- j ipanje v Hooverja. V novembru leta 1932 je bil! 3oover strahovito poražen in je j Dil z veliko večino izvoljen za j predsednika Zedinjenih držav sedanji predsednik Franklin D. iloosevelt. V mesecu marcu 1932 je vzbu-iilo veliko razburjenje ugrablje-ije otroka slovečega letalca Charlesa A. Lindbergha, za ka-;eri čin je po nekaj letih plačal 5 svojim življenjem neki bivši nemški kaznjenec Bruno R. Hauptmann, pri katerem so našli za okrog $14,000 bankovcev, ki so bili plačani za odkup j ugrabljenega deteta. Otrok ni | jil nikoli vrnjen, pač pa so našli v nekem gozdu strohnele o-stanke nesrečnega deteta. V februarju leta 1933 je bil v državi Michigan zaradi navala na banke proglašen tako zvani j bančni praznik, ko so banke u-! stavile vsako izplačevanje. Ne-caj dni potem se je isto zgodilo v državi Ohio. S 1. marcem je “bančni praznik” zavzemal že velike dimenzije. V marcu je bil inaugirariran predsednik Roosevelt in je dva dni nato proglasil bančni praznik za vso deželo, da jo reši nadaljnih finančnih polOmov. Vse banke so ustavile poslovanje, kar je mili- j jone ljudi prav neprijetno pri-! zadelo. Toda po enem tednu so solidnejše banke z vladnim dovoljenjem spet pričele poslovati. Kredit se je vračal. Vloge na 1 bankah, ki so bile odprte z vlad- j nim dovoljenjem, so bile garan- i tirane od zvezne vlade. Sledila so naporna leta, ko je bila treba skrajno zavoženo gospodarstvo dežele zopet spraviti na kolikor toliko solidno pot. Zvezna blagajna je morala izdati tisoče milijonov dolarjev za direktno pomoč brezposelnim, ki so bili v potrebi, in za razna odpomožna dela, ki so bila koli-(Dalje na 3. strani) STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE INSURANCE DIVISION The attached report of examination a.s of June 30, 1939. of the condition and affairs of the SOUTH SLAVONIC I CATHOLIC UNION OP AMERICA, ; of Ely, Minnesota, was recently cont-pleied by duly qualified examiners of the Insurance Departments of the States of Ohio and Minnesota, repre-.senting Zones 2 and 4, respectively. Due consideration has been given to the comments of the examiners regarding the operation of the Society and its financial condition as reflected by the report. The report is hereby, as of this date, approved, adopted and filed and made an official record of -thfe Department. Frank Yetka GOMMISIONER OF INSURANCE Dated December 18, 1939. State of Minnesota ItejKirtineut of Commerce Insurance Division September 18, 1939 Honorable Jess G. Read, Chairman Committee on Examinations National Association of Insurance Commissioners Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Honorable George A. Bowles Superintendent of Insurance Richmond, Virginia Chairman, Zone 2 Honorable Frank Yetka Commissioner of Insurance St. Paid, Minnesota Chairman, Zone 4 Sirs. In accordance with your instructions and pursuant to the provisions of statute, an examination has been conducted of the affairs and condition of the SOUTH SLAVONIC CATHOLIC UNION OF AMERICA, with home office located at 344 East Harvey Street, Fly, Minnesota, and a report of our findings is herewith submitted. SCOPE OF EXAMINATION The Society was last examined by the Minnesota Insurance Department as of June 30, 1936. The examination reported herewith was called on the Convention Plan, conductcd by the Minnesota Insurance Department, representing Zone 4, and participated hi by the Ohio Insurance Departmeut, representing Zone 2. and covers the three-year period ending June 30, 1939. HISTORY The Society was first organized on July 18, 1898 and was incorporated December 31, 1900 under the laws of ! Minnesota as a fraternal beneficiary | society. It has a lodge system with a ■ ritualistic form of work and a repre- 1 sentative form of government. The object of the Society is to unite j fraternally male and female persons ] of the white race between the ages j of 16 and 55 years, who are eligible for [ membership, for their social, intellec-! lual and moral welfare and to provide death, funeral, sick and disability benefits for its members or their beneficiaries, which benefits are paid out of funds derived from assessments j collected from its members as provided for in the Constitution and Bylaws of the Society. The Society also maintains a Juve- j nile Department, which was authorized j by the regular convention held in | Chicago on September 22, 1920, and; officially started January 22, 1921. Thej JuveniiQ Department has its own By-! laws and the Supreme Board of the : adult society has general management; of its affairs. Membership in the Juvenile Depart- > ment is restricted to children who j have not reached the age of 16 years. All juvenile members are affiliated with one of the local lodges of the i Society. .MANAGEMENT Tlie government ol the Society and the management of its affairs are ■ vested in its Supreme Officers, con- i sisting of the Executive Committee,. Board of Trustees and the Supreme Judiciary Committee, who are elected 1 at the General Convention which convenes once in every four years. The General Convention consists of all the Supreme Officers of the Society and the delegates elected by subordinate lodges, The number of delegates to be elected from each lodge is based on the number of members in good standing and is limited to one delegate for each membership between 75 to 150 and one additional delegate if membership exceeds 150. The Supreme Board, consisting of the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees, is the administrative body of the Society. The Supreme Judiciary Committee, consisting of five members, acts as a court of appeals during the interim of the General Convention. The terms of office ol all Officers expire December 31. 1940. and are as follows: ft EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Supreme President Paul Bartel . Waukegan, Illinois First Supreme Vice-President Joseph Mantel . Ely, Minnesota ! Second Supreme Vice-President Paul J. Oblock Unity, Pennsylvania Third Supreme Vice-President Frank Okoren Denver, Colorado1 Fourth Supreme' Vice-President John P. Lunka Cleveland. Ohio Supreme Secretary . Anton Zbasnik Ely, Minnesota Assistant Supreme Secretary Frank Tomsich. Jr. Ely. Minnesota ! Supreme Treasurer Louis Champa . Ely, Minnesota Supreme Medical Examiner . Dr. F. J. Arch Pittsburgh, Pa. Editor, Manager of Official Organ Anton J. Terbovee Cleveland, Ohio BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chairman, Board of Trustees John Kumse Lorain. Ohio I First Trustee Janko N. Rogelj Cleveland. Ohio Second Trustee ...../ Frank Vranichar Joliet, Illinois Third Trustee Matt Anzelc Aurora, Minnesota Fourth Trustee Andrew Milavec . Meadowlands, Pa. SUPREME JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Chairman Anton Okolish ..... Barberton, Ohio < First Judiciary . John Schutte . Denver, Colorado; Second Judiciary Frank Mikec Strabane. Pa. j Third Judiciary Rose Svetich Ely, Minnesota; Fourth Judiciary ...... Valentine Orehek Brooklyn, N. Y. FINANCE COMMITTEE Supreme Secretary . . . Anton Zbasnik Ely, Mhuiesota Chairman, Board of Trustees John Kumse Lorain, Ohio > First Trustee Janko N. Rogelj Cleveland, Ohio' Second Trustee . Frank Vranichar Joliet, Ill’nois; Fourth Trustee Andrew Milavec Meadowlands. Pa., The Finance Committee consists of j Society, in accordance with the So- ] five members elected by the Supreme J cic^’s By-tetfs. , . Salaries of Officers and Committee i Board from its members, whose duly. Uem]m.s as fixe,j by the Soclety’s j ir to invest the surplus funds of the 1 By-laws, are as follows: Pit Annum Supreme President ■ $ 500.001 First Supreme Vice-President 20.00 . Second Supreme Vice-President 20.00 Third Supreme Vice-President 20.00 Fourth Supreme Vice-President 20.00 • Supreme Secretary.......................................................... 3,000.00 Assistant Supreme Secretary ................ . 1.620.00 Supreme Treasurer 900.00 Chairman, Board of Trustees . . . 100.00 Four remaining Trustees, each .. . 75.00 Chairman, Supreme Judiciary Committee 180.00 Fc ur remaining Judiciary Members, each........................................ 00.00 Editor, Manager of Official Organ ..................................... 2,520.00 Chief Counsel 100.00 Secretary of the Finance Committee ,... 100.00 Four remaining Finance Members, each 75.00 ! The Supreme Medical Examiner receives 25c for eacli application for, membership and each claim examined. BONOS AND INSURANCE COVERAGES The Society carries fidelity schedule bonds covering tlie Officers, Trustees end subordinate Officers SUPREME OFFICERS AND JUDICIARIES Nanir Position Amount Anton Zbasnik Supreme Secretary $10,000.00 Anton Okolish, Chairman Judiciary Committee . 1.000.00 John Schutte Judiciary Committee 500.00 Frank Mikec Judiciary Committee >00.00 Rose Svetich Judiciary Committee 500.00 Valentine Orehek . Judiciary Committee 500.001 Ixiuis Champa Supreme Treasurer 50,000.00 Paul Bartel Supreme President 1,000.00 Dr. P. J. Arch . Supreme Medical Examiner 1,000,00 Joseph Mantel First Vice-President ,100.001 Paul J. Oblock Second Vice-President 500.00 Frank Tomsich Ass't Supreme Secretary 1,000.00' Frank Okoren . Third Vice-President 500.00 John P Lunka Fourth Vice-President . . 500.00 Anton J Terbovee Editor................................ 1,000.00 j ' TRUSTEES ! | John Kumse ........... Chairman........................ $1,000.00 j j Janko N. Rogelj ................... Chairman 500.00 I ! Frank E. Vranichar................ Chairman 500.00 j Matt Anzelc .. .... . . Chairman 500.00 j j Andrew Milavec ....................Chairman 500.00 j SUBORDINATE OFFICERS | The positions covered in each of the j subordinate Lodges by the bond, in ] the gross amount of $209,000.00. are , President, $100.00. Secretary $400.00, and Treasurer $500.00, making a total i for each Lodge of Sl.000.00. In a number of cases, where a Lodge has a ' large membership, the bonds are for! $2,000.00 and the respective Officers’ bonded amounts are proportionately higher. The Society also carries a bond in the amount of $10,000.00 indemnifying it In case of loss resulting from forgery and alteration of its checks. In addition to these bonds, the So- ! ciety is in possession of a bond for; the faithful performance of printing and mailing the official organ, ‘'Nova j D6ba.” a weekly newspaper, by the : American Jugoslav Publishing Company. These bonds were inspected and . , found in proper form and issued by ! a duly licensed company. The various policies of insurance cover standard workmen's compensa-j tfon and employers’ liability and com- i • , plete coverage on the home office ' building and contents. These policies i were inspected and found to be in full i force and effect as of the date of j this examination. TERRITORY The Society is licensed to transact , business in the following states: Colorado Illinois : j Indiana Kansas Maryland Michigan Minnesota Montana Nebraska New York Oregon Ohio Pennsylvania i Utah Washington West Virginia Wyoming The following schedule reflects the number of lodges, membership and in- j surance in force by states in both Adult | land Juvenile Departments: ________ LODGES. MEMBERSHIP AND INSURANCE IN FORCE ADULT DEPARTMENT JUVENILE DEPARTMENT I No of No. of Insurance No. of No. of Insurance State Lodges Members In Force Lodges Members In Force California 2 77 $ 58.000.00 1 15 $ 7,400.00 j Colorado 14 1.101 935.521.00 14 933 425,250.00 Idaho 1 15 13,453.00 1 2 900.00 Illinois 14 1.093 762,418.00 14 836 377,950.00 Indiana .............. 4 311 205.740.00 4 199 90,100.00 Kansas 3 164 135,000.00 3 61 27,450.00 Maryland 2 60 39,665.00 2 23 10,350.00 Michigan 0 391 299,893.00 5 122 55,600.00 Missouri 1 51 29,735.00 1 42 18,900.00 Minnesota .. 28 3,253 2.317,355.00 27 1,553 708,050.00, Montana 7 503 393.389.00 7 667 300,450.00 Nebraska 1 90 73,218.00 1 47 21.800.00 New York 5 432 299,661.00 5 133 60.J50.00 New Mexico 1 21 15.250.00 1 45 20,300.00 Oregon 1 58 39,750.30 1 14 6,850.00 Ohio 18 2.171 1.523,473.00 18 1.145 515,300.00 Pennsylvania 56 3.710 2,552,322 JO 54 2,684 1,215,800.00 j Utah ' 3 126 92,322 00 3 99 44,550.00 ! Washington 7 449 328,532 .10 6 157 70,800.00 West Virginia 5 129 89.390.0J 3 55 24.750.00 Wisconsin 2 183 126,250.00 2 150 67,550.00 Wyoming 6 421 320,304.00 6 339 154,200.00 187 14,809 $10.648,641.0) 179 9,321 $ 4.225,250.00 CERTIFICATE FORMS AND RATES The following is a schedule of certi- : ficate forms issued by the Society: ADULT Plan A Whole Life i National Fraternal Congress V. V. Issued since' or- . gahization. Ceased January l 1933. AA Whole Life (American Experi- ence 4%). Issued since January 1, 1933. Ceased on new business March 1, 1938. B Twenty Year Payment Life (American Experience 4'-. >. Issued since January 1. 1925. Ceased on new business March 1. 1938. i C Twenty Year Endowment i Amer- ican Experience 4'.7 >. Issued since January 1, 1933. Ceased on new business March 1, 1938. I) Whole Life . Issued since January 1, 1938. j F Twenty Year Endowment t Ameri- can Experience 3Vic:). Issued since January 1. 1938. I JUVENILE 1 1‘lan JA Term to Age 16 ».Standard in- dustrial 412.) Issued since January/1. 1921. Ceased May 1, 1937. JA Term to Age 18 (Standard In- dustrial 4!i). Issued since September 1. 1932. ' JB Term to Age 18 (American E-perience 4'»). Issued since May 1, 1937.,, | JC Twenty Payment Life (American Experience 4': i. Issued since May 1. 1937. All policies issued by the Adult De-| part ment on new members after Jan-i uar - 1, 1938, have been on the Ameri-: can Experience Table of Mortality I with interest. Members joining I the Society prior to that time, desiring i an ncrease, must accept such increase unci r the new table only. Holders of ; Plat: “A” certificates may exchange ' theic certificates for any other form of certificates issued by the Society. Plan "A” certificate, which is a whole life contract, the first one issued by the Society based on the Na-I tic .lal Fraternal Congress Table of i Mortality 4' interest, dees not contain any of the so-called non-forfeiture features. A resolution was adopted at the convention held in 1932, whereby all certificate holders under Plan ‘'A” could convert their inrurance into certificates based on the American Experience Table of Mortality 4'; interest. The_ members so converting were given credit for the reserve accumulated on the old certificates. which reserve credits were to equal 90'< of the terminal National Fii'ttrnal Congress 4', reserve and to bt applied in reduction of rate, by b^uk-daUng. upon the policy to be; taken in exchange. An allowance was also made tor an expense, charge of $10.00 pftr certificate of $1,000.00, such c’xpcnse charge being deducted from the credit or from the first twelve, assessments paid on the new certificate. At that time, the total number of members holding Plah "A" eertlficptes amounted to 12,000, with approximately $9,01)0,000 of insurance in force. At | the present time, there are approximately 7,000 members with about $5,300,000 insurance in force, who sttill j hold Plan “A" certificates. The Society 1 encourages these members to take advantage of the privilege to convert their certificates to ones that provide loan values, caisli surrender values, paid-up insurance and extended insurance, as all fonns Of certificates now issued by the Soliety liave these features. 1 Benefit certificates issued to members of the Juvenile Department on the "JA" plan are term to age 18, ■ based on the Standard Industrial • Table of Mortality with 4'interest and each member is charged 15c per niontli for this protection. Death bene- r fits are based on the following schedule: » Death Age Benefit 1 S 25.00 I 2 34.00 3 ............................. 40.00 4 ............................ 48.00 5 ................................. 58.00 : 6 ................................... 140.00 7 ............................... 168.00 8 . 200.00 S.’ 240.00 '10 300.00 '11 . . 380.00 12 or older 450.00 Trie majority of the Juvenile members are insured under this plan and j are permitted to carry this protection . until the age of 18 years, when they mu t either transfer to the Adult division or be automatically dropped • froth the. rolls and forfeit all right to ■ any share in the reserve accumulation • on their contract. In the event the ' member chooses to transfer to the > Adult Department, the reserve accu-I munition is applied to the new certifi- ■ cate to reduce assessments payable on " the Adult certificate. Benefit certificates issued under Plan 1 ‘JB' aie term to age 18 based on the AniMicun Experience Table of Mortality with 4', interest. The cost ot thir protection is $1.00 per month ana death benefits are based on tlhe following' schedule I Death Age Benefit 1 $ 25.00 2 50.00 i" .. . . 75.00 4 ........................ 100.00 5 150.00 6 200.00 7 300.00 8 .......................... 400.00 9 500.00 10 600.00 11 700.00 12 800.00 13 900.00 14 or over 1,000.00 Tne.se certificates provide for a cash ( or loan value after the applicant's i sixteenth birthday and extended in-suit nee after the certificate has been . in effect three years or more. B 'netit certificates issued under Plan '‘JC’’ are 20 Payment Life based on the American Experience Table of Mortality with : interest. The co-s' Mortuary Disability Sick & Acci. Juvenile Expense Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Balance December 31, 1933 $2.119,441.08 $ 21.137.69 $ 29,640.01 $ 152,385.13 $ 25,270.4a INCOME g# Payments received from members 7, during first 12 months of benefit 1,425.61 254.69 All other payments or premiums ...»i 1^ received from members 82,956.26 7,200.10 57,269.85 7,458.18 20,5 •____ _____________________________________________________________________________ _' 183.196 Total received from mebers 84,381.87 7,200.10 57,269.85 7,712.87 26,631 86 Deduct payments returned to appli- ,» vul plicants and members ........................ 60.60 6.90 33.30 “ __„—"^21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------~TT0 18*^ I Net amount received from members 84,321.27 7.193.20 57.236.55 7,712.87 26,60o. Consideration for supplementary 3i5' contracts ................................. 3,573.11 \ Gross interest on bonds $49,066.45. . 47“ ■ less $1,373.91 accrued interest 43,315.10 2.815.63 1.561- ^ j Gross interest on liens and loans on j certificates ............................ 3,313.30 ■ Gross income from Society's occu- b,|f) pancy of own building ...................................................................... 000.00 jjflj Salt of lodge supplies 5 ' jfi Ads and subscriptions ............................................................................................. ins S' ] Refunds ......................................... 163.26 20.67 36.00 1J.60 1 ___________________________________________________________________________ s j TOTAL INCOME $ 134,686.04 $ 7.213.87 $ 57.272.55 $ 11.140.10 $ 28.576.80 '—Includes $1,664.04 assessments received for Athletic Fund. F - Mortuary Disability Sick Ar Acci. Juvenile Expense J Fund Fjund Fund Fund Fund 1 DISBURSEMENTS 66*j'* j Death claims . $ 64.743.31 $ $ $ 1.514.00 $ 5*^5 Sick and accident claims 57.789.53 Disability benefits ........................................... 4.264.80 Surrender values ................................ 798.88 Reserve credits to numbers who *• j transferred to Adult Dept. ............................................................... 1,074.76 i Satisfaction of liens on extended JA insurance 628.19 ________________________________________________________________________ • ' isor Total benefits 66,170.38 4,264.80 57.739.53 2.588.76 Paid for claims on supplementary contracts ................................ 5.918.86 * Commissions and fees 285.50 1,038.50 J I Branch office expense, including salaries of clerks ......................................................................... 388.48 if Medical examiners' fee $821.25, in- spection of risks $391.00 ................................................................... 45.00 1,167.25 Salaries of home office employees (6) 3.300-00 jjlj . Salaries of officers, trustees and ^ ■! committees ... ................ 6.230.00 J Traveling and other expenses of officers, trustees and committees 595-38 £1 Insurance Department fees and expenses ................................................................................................... 355.00 ; Relit .......................................................................................................... 600.00 y ! General office maintenance and expense 498.81 52i)5 5' | Advertising, printing and stationery 495.34 2,104.81 Jk Postage, express, telegraph and ' M telephone ................... . 819.26 F Official publication 4,613 34 ^ Legal expense in litigating claims • 378.00 i Other legal expense ........................................................................................ 8.00 .dj Taxes, repairs & other expenses on real estate .................................... . 378.04 Actuary 5l9-at) ^ H Surety bond premiums x 1,127.01 -Ji I Social security and unemployment . > >' taxes ..................................................................................................... 480.98 1*9 |j Athletic fund 1,735.00 \ Miscellaneous 48.80 234.52 k Juvenile convention exiiense 20.67 JB f Gross loss on sale or maturity of ■ real estate 8,304.30 m/L Gross decrease, by adjustment, in book value of bonds hi,993.37 TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $ 97.386.91 $ 4,204.80 $ 57,789.53 $ 4.749.40 $ 25,359^5^^4® Balance before transfers 2,156,740.21 24,086.76 29,123.03 158.775.83 28,488.10 Increase by transfers 2,719.33 4.570^ Balance . 2,156,740.21 24,086.76 31,842.36 158,775.83 33.058.47 ' ,/ Fi* Decrease by transfers 55.00 6,078.90 1,155.80 BALANCE $2,156,685.21 $ 18.007.86 $ 30.686.56 $ 158.775.83 $ Zi,058.47' ^ 1 "—Includes Athletic Fund Balance, of $6,781.62. ll>L'lltlllU«d HI! IMjjt! 3) for this protection is 85 cents per: month for $500.00 and $1.60 per month i for $1,000.00, death benefits based on the $1,000.00 certificates being as fol- \' lows: Death Age Benefit 0 $ 100.00 1 200.00 2 400.00 3 600.00 4 800.00 5 and over ...................... 1,000.00 On the $500.00 certificates the protection is 50> of the above amounts. Non-forfeiture values on the above plan, such as cash and loan values and automatic extended insurance and' paid-up insurance, commence after the certificate has been in force three years. SICK, ACCIDENT AND DISABIIL1TY BENEFITS The Society also provides its members tick, accident and disability bene-> ' fits for those who elect to pay the: I additional charge for these benefits. No member is eligible for this pro-! tectiou unless he holds a life certificate. The sick and accident and disability features are two distinct, separate departments and their operations j are governed by the Society’s By-laws. For sick and accident, the rates are the t.ime for all ages and occupational : risks. Assessments are 85 cents per : month for $1.00 per day sick benefits I and t'O cents per month for 50 cents per cay sick benefits. These benefits ' are limited to the first six months of disability; thereafter, for the next six mon. is the benefits are reduced 50' ;. Ac- itional specific benefits are al-• lows i for certain types of accidental inju ies and for various kinds of sur-gica! operations. Di. ability benefits are provided for at u rate of $10.00 per month and limit td for a two-year period, com-meiuing immediately after the member lias been incapacitated for one whe'e year as a result of either illness or accident. The regular asscss-ment charge for this protection is 5 j cents per month. FUNDS MAINTAINED I: The following funds are maintained ! by the Society: Mortuary Juvenile Sick & Accident Athletic Disability Expense A Mortuary Fund is maintained from the net rates collected front members on both the National Fraternal Congress Table and the American F.xperi- | ence Table of Mortality. Members who | are paying according to the National | Fraternal Congress rates pay an addi- | tional monthly rate of 6 cents per! $1,000.00, which is all allocated to the : mortuary fund. A Sick and Accident Fund is maintained front the assessments charged 1 for sick and accident benefits. In accordance with Section 294 of the Society's By-laws, each month a trans- 1 fer is made from the sick and accident fund to the expense fund of an , amount, equivalent to 2% of the total disbursgments made in that month from the sick and accident fund. A Disability Fund is also maintained from the assessments charged for disability benefits. A Juvenile Fund is maintained separate and distinct from all other funds of the Society and has a mortuary fund and expense fund. The By-laws of the Juvenile Department provide j that any portion of each assessment 1 in excess of the rate required by mortality and interest assumption employed and any accumulations released by termination of certificates may be placed in the general expense funds of the Union, from which all expenses of the Juvenile Department shall be paid. Other than the above citation, no further mention is made in the Juvenile Department By-laws relative to the amount the expense fund of the Juvenile Department is to receive for , expense purposes. At the present time the Society allocates 3 cents from the 15 cent monthly assessments in Plan “JA” to the Juvenile expense fund and all of the first year premiums on plans "JB" and “JC”; on Plan “JB” 110 cents p;r member per monthly as- sessment after the first year a ^ Plan “JC” the amount varies bas the age of entry of the mem • addition to the above, the reset' f dits of members who do not to the Adult Department we ( ferred to the Juvenile p P expense fund. The rent of ^ office building is paid by Department. ^ioD of Athletic Fund. Under a P10 ^ the By-laws, effective January..’ aB0 the Society authorized the ciea maintenance of a Sport or Fund for the aid of local ^ feature ing to organize and promote a ^ of this kind among its mem • ^ ! member of the Adult DePar _.tll in 1 required to pay 2 cents per “ t0. addition to all other assess^ ^ ward the maintenance 01 1 . maui- Expense Fund. This fun tallied by specific assessment members and are as folio" s- 20 cents per member eac ^ from those who hold ea lit certificates only. 25 cents per member p from those who hoW ^ in-for death benefits and a ^ sured for sickness, acci e ability. . „ inter- For the purpose of alloca ^ „[ est income lo the expense 11 ^ the average monthly eXpen^ sick and accident, disabi i > and athletic funds is atl°° d froC annually to the expense the mortuary fund. , to ^ The allocation of asscssUl,.. cltf0* various funds was thoroug gbo'* and is in conformity wi procedures. r\TS ANNUAL STATEM®^ ^ The annual statements c' ^ »na 1936, 1937 and 1938 were cn«*^ ^ conformed with recoids ° CiC,y FINANCIAL STATEjgV The following is a fn'a!ion of * ment showing the con > p^ur^' funds, with Income al'° t0 jui* ments from January L . jjgbil1 30, 1939, and with Assets ties as of the latter date- Proti koncu prvega Rooseveltovega termina se je pojavilo že mnogo kritike proti raznim reformam, posebno od strani velikega kapitala. Kljub temu pa je bil v novembru 1936 Roosevelt ponovno izvoljen za predsednika z veliko večino. Rekonstrukcijsko delo se je vršilo naprej z različnimi uspehi in neuspehi. Leta 1939 je industrijska aktivnost prekosila industrijsko aktivnost leta 1929, ki se je smatralo za eno najboljših v zgodovini. Kljub temu pa je še vedno okrog 8 do 10 milijonov delavcev brez dela. Za to situacijo so gotovo največ odgovorni vedno boljši stroji, ki nadomeščajo delavce. Najvažnejši problem sedanjega časa je, kako dati delo in zaslužek vsem, ki morejo in hočejo delati, to vpričo neprestanega izboljševanja strojev. Kako se bo ta problem rešil, danes še nihče ne ve. Kljub trpkim skušnjam, ki jih je dežela preživela v preteklem desetletju, zamore pokazati napredek na marsikaterem polju. Na primer, delavcem so bile postavno zajamčene pravice, kakršnih niso bili deležni nikdar prej v zgodovini te dežele. Izvršila so se tisočera javna dela, od katerih bo imela dežela koristi desetletja in morda stoletja. Z odpravo prohibieije*je bilo odpravljeno tudi mnogo korupcije in raketirstva. Vloge v skoro vseh finančnih institucijah so dandanes zavarovane po federalni zavarovalninski korporaciji, česar ni bilo pred velikim polomom. Koliko tisoč milijonov dolarjev bi bilo prebivalstvu te dežele prihranjenih, če bi bilo nekaj takega vpeljano pod prejšnjimi administracijami, vsaj pred letom 1929! In končno, danes imamo federalno starostno pokojnino, ki bo lajšala življenje ostarelim ljudem in njihovim družinam. Ta pokojnina ne bo nikaka miloščina, ker bo u-pravičen do nje vsak, ki je plačeval zanjo z delom svojega zaslužka. Nepopoln kakor je za enkrat ta sistem, pomeni vendar velikanski napredek za gospodarstvo te dežele. Vse polno je še v deželi pomanjkljivosti in veliki problemi še čakajo rešitve, toda kljub temu lahko danes ameriški narod zre z jasnejšim pogledom v bodočnost kot je pred desetletjem. In če k temu še prištejemo, da si je v teh razburkanih časih dežela ohranila mir in demokracijo, smemo upravičeno trditi, da spadamo med najsrečnejša ljudstva na svetu. KRIŽE JE KRADEL V Babini gredi blizu Djakova so prišli na sled sistematični kraji železnih križev na grobeh. Tatov dolgo niso mogli razkriti, nazadnje pa je preiskava pokazala, da je to bogoskrunsko delo opravljal sam vaški grobar in križe s pomočjo nekega cigana spravljal kot staro želez-je v denar. Ko so orožniki začeli poizvedovati za tatovi, jim je bil grobar nekakšna desna roka in z vso vnemo je iskal sledi. Ko so nazadnje dognali, da so križi iz Babine grede romali v neko trgovino v Vinkovcih, je prišlo na dan, da jih je prinašal na prodaj neki cigan. Ko so ga aretirali, je razkrinkal še grobarja. LEPA STAROST V Središču živi menda najstarejša Slovenka, Terezija Ču-rinova, po rodu Kolaričeva, ki je bila rojena 9. septembra 1836, torej je že v svojem 104. letu. Živi s svojo 65-letno hčerko Kato in je še vedno zgovorna in pri prilično dobrem zdravju. V šolo ni nikdar hodila, toda naučila se je čitati od svojih vrstnic. Rada se spominja svo- j jih mladih let, dasi so takrat j ljudje skromno in preprosto ži-j veli. Prebivalstvo se je večino-: ma oblačilo v oblačila iz do-jmačega platna in čevlje *o no-i sili le odrasli ljudje. Department, $130,278.25 is in the mortuary fund. This is due to the fact that prior to 1931 the Soicety did not transfer from the mortuary fund to the ex- I pense fund any mortality savings and • reserves accumulated on lapsed and , non-converted policies. The combined financial statements 1 of the Adult and Juvenile Departments , reflect that the Society is in a very favorable condition, showing a com- j ‘ bined surplus of $414,210.54. i The Society is well managed and | ■ economically operated. The books and . records are neatly and accurately kept. Your examiners greatly appreciate ] the assistance and cooperation received j during the course of the examination from the Supreme Secretary and Treas- ' urer and the entire staff. 1 Respectfully submitted, . F. W. HOLAHAN, Minnesota Examiner Representing Zone No. 4. ( JOSEPH H. KOLKMEYER, Ohio < Examiner Representing Zone No. 2. PROBLEMI PRISELJENCA ( ( (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) 1 ] le dajati ono informacijo, ka- ! kršno smo vam dali, upajoč da J dana vam imena vzbudijo vaš i spomin. Stotinam ljudi je to pomagalo. Drugače navedite v ■ prošnji vse mogočnosti in pri- < seljeniška oblast bo že našla j pravi parobrod. Vprašanje: Ko sem dobil so- : cijalno-varnostno karto, sem ] dal pravilne informacije o svo- j ji starosti in o svojem zakon- ■ skem stanju. Ne maram pa, da ( bi moj delodajalec o tem kaj ■ izvedel. Ali more on dobiti to ; informacijo od Social Security Board-a? Odgovor: Ne. Zakon veleva, da osebni podatki delavca glede ( starosti, očetovstva, družine itd. , so strogo zaupni. Ako bi kak ( gradnik dal komu kako infor- j macijo o tem, bi bil kaznovan j z zaporom. < Vprašanje: Moj mož me je : zapustil pred dvema letoma, i Imam s seboj dva otročiča. Ali ; je res, da morem dobivati ma- i terinsko pokojnino? živim v ] mestu New York. i Odgovor: Mati, katere mož je ušel vsaj pred enim letom in ki ' ne more vzdrževati sebe in o- J troke pod 16. letom, je upravi- 1 cena do javne podpore. Ta denarna pomoč ni nikaka pokoj- 1 nina, marveč prispevek, ki se 1 daje na podlagi resnične potre- 1 be za vzdrževanje matere in otrok in ki se more po potrebi spreminjati. Department of So- , cial Welfare je oblast, ki uprav- i lja to javno pomoč v New ; Yorku. < Vprašanje: živim v. državi j j Iowa in dobivam starostno pen- j zijo. Ali mi jo bodo nadalje plačevali, ako se preselim v ( drugo county ali v drugo drža- , vo? Odgovor: Očividno se to nanaša na starostno pokojnino, ki jo vam izplačuje država Iowa. Ako se preselite v drugo drža- : vo, se vam pokojnina ustavi, ■ kajti vse države izplačujejo mesečno podporo le stanovalcem svoje države. Kar se tiče preselitve v drugo county iste dr- 1 žave, vprašajte pri lokalni oblasti glede tega, kajti predpisi ; so povsod različni. — FLIS. PREGLED PRETEKLEGA DESETLETJA (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) kor toliko koristna javnosti, da so pri istih brezposelni delavci zaslužili za najnujnejše potrebe. Kongres je sprejel številne zakone za regulacijo industrije in trgovine ter v pomoč delavcem hišnim posestnikom, farmerjem itd. Več teh zakonov je konservativno vrhovno sodišče proglasilo za neustavne. Nekateri zakoni so se izkazali za dobre, nekateri za deloma uspešne, nekateri pa za neuspešne. Ena najpopularnejših ustanov, ki je bila namenjena v odpomoč mladim fantom in možem in ki bo najbrž ostala stalna, je tako zvana gozdna armada. Tam so našli j delo, zaslužek, oskrbo in tudi j šolanje mladi brezposelni možje, j kar je bilo v korist njim samim, j njihovim družinam in deželi v; splošnem. the original amount, $10,000.00, and disposition of same will be made in the near future. Matanzas Drainage and Levee District bonds of the par value of $12,000.00 are on deposit with the Lewiston National Bank, Lewiston, Illinois, c/o H. M. Barron, Cashier, pending refinancing under an agreement with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Letter of certification is on file. j Bonds on Deposit $14,500.00 St. Lucie County Road and Dock bonds, in the amount of $2,500.00, are on file with the State Treasurer as County Treasurer, Ex-officio, Tallahassee, State of Florida. This deposit is evidenced by a trust receipt, *2, dated February 25, 1931, issued to the South Slavonic Catholic Union of America. This amount represents a balance of j SCHEDULE OF BONDS IN DEFAULT AS TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST j County Principal Interest $ 2,500.00 St. Lucie Co., Florida Road ...........................$ 2,500.00 $ 12.000.00 W. Matanzas Fulton Co., Illinois ....................... 1,500.00 3,980.00 Municipal $10,000.00 Euclid, Ohio, Street ............................. 10,000.00 5.000.00 Everglades D. D. State of Florida ................ 5,000.00 1,700.00 5.000.00 Everglades D. D. State of Florida .................. 5,000.00 1,700.00 5.000.00 Everglades D. D. State of Florida .................. 5,000.00 1,700.00 5.000.00 Everglades D. D. State of Florida .................. 5,000.00 1,700.00 5.000.00 Everglades D. D. State of Florida .................. 5,000.00 1,700.00 Totals ................................................ $39,000.00 $12,480.00 SCHEDULE OF BONDS IN DEFAULT AS TO INTEREST ONLY Adult Department Interest County $10,000.00 Bell County, Ky., Road ............................*..................$ 500.00 5.000.00 Bell County, Ky., Road ............................................... 250.00 15.000.00 Macomb Co., Michigan ................................................. 6,300.00 10.000.00 Cherokee County, N. C., Road.......................................... 3,325.00 10.000.00 Macomb Co., Michigan ................................................. 2,400.00 School $15,000.00 Coal Twp, Pa., Funding................................................ 375.00 5.000.00 Coal Twp., Pa., Funding ................................................ 125.00 10.000.00 Maple Heights, Ohio .................................................... 300.00 10.000.00 Richland Parish, La................................................... 250.00 Municipal $10,000.00 Euclid, Ohio, Street .................................................... 2^5.00 10.000.00 Everglades D. D. Refunding.......................................... 4,050,00 16.000.00 Marion, 111., Gen. Corp................................................ 400.00 JUVENILE DEPARTMENT County $ 5,000.00 Pender County, N. C., Road ........................................ 118.75 School 5.000.00 Merecedes, Texas................................................... 1,125.00 Total ............................................................... $19,793.75 Marion, 111., General Corporation In connection with these bonds, the Supreme Secretary has advised your examiners that these bonds are saleable at par and pending immediate investigation. Mercedes, Texas These bonds are in process of refunding for new refunding bonds of the same par value at a reduced interest rate. LIABILITIES Unpaid Claims, Death Claims, $9,500.00 As of the date of this examination, June 30, 1939, there were 12 unpaid death claims, amounting to $9,500.00. Four of these claims, amounting to $3,500.00, were incomplete as to proof of loss. The reason for this was evident in that the records showed the date incurred as being recent. All claims incurred, but not reported, were paid during the course of this examination. Disability Claims $15,700.00 This figure represents an estimate of all disability claims pending as of the date of this examination. The disability provision becomes effective subsequent to sickness and accident claims on cases exceeding one year. Benefits at the rate of $10.00 per month are made for a period not exceeding two years. As of June 30th, the estimated disability cases in number and amount were as follows: Number Amount Disability ............ 89 $ 7,030.00 Current sickness and accident claims ................. 39 8,670.00 Total ................. 128 $15,700.00 Sickness and Accident Claims $20,106.00 The Society provides, in its By-laws, for benefit payments to its members for sickness and accident. Sick and accident payments are limited to one year. Full benefits for the first six months of illness or accident disability and 50% or half benefits for an additional six months are •provided. The following is a classification of sickness and accident claims, as of the date of this examination: Number Amount Current claims .... 271 $16,550.00 Pending claims ... 12 294.00 Notice cases 37 3,262.00 Total ................. 320 $20,106.00 Supplementary Contracts: Adult ...............$24,188.55 Juvenile ................ 32.14 In many instances, the Society is unable to pay death claims due to the fact that the beneficiary is unknown or is a minor. In such a case, the claim is charged out as a disbursement and carried as a ledger liability. Prior to 1935 interest was paid on these accounts, at which time interest payments were discontinued. Net Reserve on all Certificates Outstanding as of June 30, 1939: Adult ............$1,781,762.00 Juvenile ............ 27,805.00 The net reserves on all certificates were calculated on the basis they were issued. Separate listing were made both as to adult and juvenile members and listings were made by the Society’s actuary, which in turn were test-checked with the members individual card record. These in turn were checked with the various tables of mortality used by the Society. Contingency Reserve $267,264.30 The above amount is a voluntary reserve set up by the Society for mortality and investment contingencies and is based on 15% of the certificate reserves in the Adult Department. Surplus: Adult ..............$280,802.09 Juvenile ........... 133,408.45 The above amounts reflect the excess of admitted assets over liabilities in both the Adult and Juvenile Departments. Of the surplus in the Juvenile The accrued interest on bonds, in the ] amount of $27,520.50, was calculated by your examiners and allowed as a non- ! ledger asset. i No past due or accrued interest has i been allowed on bonds in default as to j j principal or interest. Amortization of Bonds It has been the practice of this Union : to submit figures of amortization in its : annual statements submitted to the i various Insurance Departments. The fact is, however, that all bonds are charged to par at the time of purchase, par representing book value in the led- , ger asset account. Line No. 43 of the i disbursements in the annual statement, : represents the premium paid on bonds : purchased during 1939 as of June 30th. i On checking the records, we find that the last purchase below par was made i in 1935. In the case of bonds purchased i below par, credit is taken for the dif- i ference between the par value and the purchase price. Comments on Bonds St. Lucie County, Florida W. Matanzas, Fulton County, Illinois These bonds have been commented on in a previous paragraph under the ( caption of “Bonds on Deposit.” Euclid Ohio, Street Bonds The Supreme Secretary is in receipt of a letter, dated August 1, 1939, advising him that funds are now available to pay interest coupons, dated April 1, 1939, on these bonds. The cou- : pons are in course of collection as of this date. Plans are being formulated 1 for the refunding of all past due bonds. Everglades, D. D., State of Florida Negotiations are being conducted by the Drainage Board with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for a loan, which would permit refunding of these bonds. Coal Township, Pennsylvania, Funding Past due interest on these bonds in the amounts of $375.00 and $125.00, respectively, was collected during the course of this examination. Richland Parish, La., School District, 5% A letter dated April 26, 1939 informs the Union that these bonds may be refunded at par with a rate of 4%. In view of the consolidation of all schools in this territory, it appears that the refunding bonds will have additional security. This letter also states an offer to accept the surrender of the bonds, at a price of par and interest, to the local bank, which will arrange to take : up the bonds. At the time of this exami-j nation it was the opinion of the Officers that the offer of refunding would be accepted. ADULT DEPARTMENT Ratio to Total Market Book Cost Market Value, % State ..................... $ 70,041.45 $ 71,153.35 $ 69,483.48 3.267% County ......................... 568,000.00 603,794.81 569,660.00 26.78 Utilities .....,................. 40,000.00 39,850.00 45,900.00 2.158 School ............. 484,473.30 519,534.87 515,025.29 24.21 Municipal ...................... 858,000.00 900,511.64 926.747.50 43.57 $2,020,514.75 $2,134,844.67 $2,126,816.27 JUVENILE DEPARTMENT State $ 3,330.00 $ 3,692.91 $ 2,979.60 2.33 % County 48,000.00 49,944.05 52,965.00 41.446 School 12,000.00 12,040.51 8,560.0a. 6,698 Municipal 64,000.00 67,636.62 63,287.50 49.52 $ 127,330.00 $ 133,314.09 $ 127,792.10 Recapitulation Adult ....................... $2,020,514.75 $2,134,844.67 $2,126,816.27 Juvenile ....................... 127,330.00 133,314.09 127,792.10 Totals ...................... $2,147,844.75 $2,268,158.76 $2,254,608.37 ( ‘ 2,147,844.75 Market over Book .......................................... $ 106,763.62 t The market value applied to the bonds owned, as of the date of this examination, was from pricings obtained from a reliable source and being the quotations as of that date. The inventory of securities on June 30, 1939, was reconciled to the inventory as reported on December 31, 1938, through evidence in the cash book supporting sales and purchases between December 31, 1938, and June 30, 1939. The total of all bonds was in agreement with the control balance as shown by the general ledger. The minute record discloses that said transactions were made in accordance with the provisions contained in the By-laws relative to investment of funds of the Union. The following schedule shows the classification of bonds: | covered by this examination. No er- c | tors were noted. 1 r c TRANSFER OF FUNDS I j Some of the transfers made between 1 I the funds of the Society have been ■ c I previously explained. In addition there-, to, in the Adult Department, a charge I of $10.00 is made in the event a mem- | j ber desires to cash in his certificate, | : which amount is transferred from the : i Mortuary Fund to the Expense Fund. In the Juvenile Department, it< is the ; present practice of the Society to j transfer from the Mortuary Fund to j£ the Expense Fund an amount equal i T . to :reserve credits on members who ; | i do not elect to transfer to the Adult j * ! Department. In 1937, a transfer of j $2,000.00 was made in the Juvenile De- i partment from the Mortuary Fund to the Expense Fund for the purpose of j i defraying the expense* of the Juvenile ! Convention held that year. ASSETS Real Estate $22,530.77 [ This item represents the home of- < fice building and property of the So- ] I ciety and is owned by the Juvenile Department. The home office building ! is situated on lots 10, 11 and 12, block , ’ i 25, Whiteside’s Addition to the City of II Ely, Minnesota. ■ | The Juvenile Department charges . : [ the Adult Department an annual rent- ' | al of $1,200.00 for the occupancy of the 1 j building and the Juvenile Department 5 (Continued at top of 3rd column) \ STATE- j \ AN’B * 1 I IbNttj. ‘sbursements I k £ lQaelSV8th da^ each Svt 6 lodt*16 Sent out t0 il11 tf tv?' ^ho ro11 desig' n A ' ot e 'odge member- * W* 4Tance and ty*>e’ A V aiv. anc! dls" ’ l0unt of the in- J] PVSk^e col]The lod8U secre' /■ ®Oci eC"ons and, ac- e y s B.V-laws, must I St* «“• together / .„ *ny instances the A V1’1 tk the ax in the matter m S? Hj..6 Stj, remittances much -ll causes con- 4'. Iw atlci delay in the A Vs T offtce- / 1 Vntt ?ade °r cach for the years pays all maintenance expenses of the; building. The Society still owes $150.00 on the original building contract and had withheld this amount from the contractor due to some faulty cement construction. The deed to the property is on record and shows proper title to the Juvenile Department. Adequate insurance, both fire and windstorm, is effective on the building. No appraisal of the home office property was asked by your examiners as in our opinion the book value is not excessive. The Society does, however, expect in the near future to adopt a definite depreciation scale. Certificate Loans $171,646.51 The above amount represents certificate loans made to members but dees not represent the actual amount of the loans due to the fact that the Society does not collect interest in advance. On the anniversary date of each loan, in the event the interest is not paid, the interest is added to the principal. Since January 1, 1937, the rate of interest has been 4%; prior to that time the rate was 6%. Individual records are kept for each borrower and in turn are substantiated by a subsidiary record, which was reconciled to the ledger account and found to be correct. On five loans the amount of the loan exceeded the cash value, aggregating only $1.75, which amount was deducted as a non-admit-ted asset. Had credit been taken for reserves on current assessments, the above excess would not have occurred. Book Value of Bonds: Adult .......... $2,020,514.75 Juvenile .......... 127,330.00 Bonds owned by the Society on June 30, 1939, and in the possession of the Society were verified by physical count. The remainder of the bonds was verified by examination of deposit certificates issued by the depositories holding these bonds for the purpose of securing payment or an exchange. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS ANI) LIABILITIES ACCORDING TO FUNDS N |j. Mortuary Disability Sick & Acci. Juvenile Expense ^'1 ir/Cr assets Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Totals Iest and ZZ .................. $2,156,685.21 $ 18,007.86 $ 30,686.56 $ 158,775.83 $ 33,058.47 $2,397,213.93 ! Erj/^d _ ients clue and ^-ledger ........................... 29.188.89 1,522.31 30,711.20 ^8 tS 143,805.53 !,694.25 145,499.78 Vt J^ETS ~---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- —--------— . ets not admiff j................... 2.329,679.63 18,007.86 30,686.56 161,992.39 33,058.47 2,573,424.91 ■Ut*, “omitted 10,501.75 10 50175 ^mITTe ,------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10'501-75 1 ^t1)81? claims ar,riSEluS: 2,319,177.88 18,007.86 30,686.56 161,992.39 33,058.47 2,562,923.16 % Abilities er cur' ’ ........ ................... 33,721.70 15,700.00 20,106.00 778.94 1,574.68 71,881.32 j V?tVes and contingency 1'781’762°° / 27'80500 1,809,567.00 \ , 267.264.30 267,264.30 - : 1 L1 T 1E S AND I I 6,1 f,mds 2,082,748.00 15,700.00 20,106.00 28,583.94 1,574.68 2,148,712.62 I HU 236,429.88 2,307.86 10,580.56 133,408.45 31,483.79 414,210 54 l! v ......... ..........................................—___________________________________ _________________________________________ H ....................... $2,319.177.88 $ 18,007.86 $ 30,686.56 $ 161,992.39 $ 33,058.47 $2,562,923.16 EXHIBIT OF CERTIFICATES 30 Adult Department Juvenile Dept. Totals 1 " 1 1 ■1 1 • 1 '■ 1 , 1 1 ■. a - - — ■ ■ ■ , 'jf| gJteSjn No' Amount No. Amount No. Amount j| jji Wr*ttenDeCember 31> 1938 14,265 $10,343,012.00 8,118 $ 3,671,450.00 22,383 $14,014,462.00 ^ \estevived ...................................... 747 433,500.00 1,699 777,000.00 2,446 1,210,500.00 M §|. leased..................................... 2 1,000.00 7 3,150.00 9 4,150.00 L 11,250.00 1,200.00 12 450 00 ,; ............................................................................................................................ *nated ............................... 15,014 10,788,762.00 9,824 4,452,800.00 24,838 15,241,562.00 I BINlri ......................................... 205 140,121.00 503 227,550.00 708 367,671.00 f k^inatedTy30’ 1939 14,809 $10,648,641.00 9,321 $ 4,225,250.00 24,130 $14,873,891.00 flj iRw 4 ......................................... 84 65,938.00 5 2,250.00 89 68,188.00 Pj. .................................... 78 41,500.00 226 102,350.00 304 143,850.00 ^ nti' exPirv anži T i 4,379.00 550.00 4,929.00 V k y and maturity 43 28.304.00 272 122,400.00 315 150,704.00 J $ CONDITION OF FUNDS a $2,156,685.21; r ’dent w,......................................................... 18,007.86 A KN: 30,686.56 >3/ ! Fund ' ‘.............................................$154,935.63 'K' L 3,840.20 n ------------ ,( ^ fO ■................................................................. 158,775.83 # \ n<1 26,276.85 ; i ' . 6,781.62 ! 1 I ! SfB PSk *...... $2,397,213.93 j , , * Op - ■ STATE of MINNESOTA—INSURANCE DEPT. -------------- 1-tDGER ■SSETS (Continued from page 2) Juvenile Adult Total j ^tl!ireal estate $22,680.77, Certificate imbrances' $150.00 ..... $ 22,530.77 $ $ 22,530.77 i ^ value ......................... 171,646.51 171.646.51 j Cash m bonds ......................... 127,330.00 2.020,514.75 2,147,844.75 Deposit to h 0ffice .................................... 200.00 200.00 I ank not on interest ............. 8,915.06 46,076.84 54,991.90 LEDGEr ASSETS ................. $ 158.775.83 $2,238,438.10 $2,397,213.93 j acGER ASSETS testae?™6? on bonds -.............. $ 1,522.31 $ 25,998.19 $ 27,520.50 ^f jalue f °n certificate loans .. r 3,190.70 3,190.70 heldV°nds over book: va!ue 462.10 106,301.52 106,763.62 ■ sunrpm suk°rdinate lodges ture and f-l0dge .................... 1,232.15 27,004.01 28,236.16 fixtures . 10,500.00 10,500.00 ^ assets ----------------------------------------------- Ew 0 ........................ $ 161,992.39 $2,411,432.52 $2.573.424.91 anriErS N0T ADMITTED ^ of ^tures ................... $ $ 10,500.00 $ 10,500.00 ’slues lcate loans over cash v. ...................... 1.75 1.75 .%ASS^___________________________________________________________________________ S NOT ADMITTED 10,501.75 10,501.75 ^ ADMlTTjrn-------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSETS .... $ 161,992.39 $2,400,930.77 $2,562,923.16 Cities 1 Juvenile Adult Total %hfl*^itoiUSted .................. $ $ 3500.00 $ 3,500.00, disokn?. but not reported 6,000.00 6,000.00 i O4 Occident , Cla'ms .................................. 15,700.00 15,700.00 ! »h’ rents Pv aims ..................................... 20,106.00 20,106.001 PaymentPenses' etc- due ............. 710.00 1,574.68 2,284.68 ! C^tary JL.................................. 36.80 33.15 69.95 . tVesonnti ,CtS ........................ 32.14 24,188.55 24,220.69 *CJUlle 30, SeSOUtStandlng t?1 »04 inv« * 27.805.00 1,781,762.00 1.809,567.00 V nvestment contingency I fcj. ................................................. 267,264.30 267,264.30 us .... 53 - 28,583.94 2,120,128.68 2.148,712.62 I few 133,408.45 280,802.09 414,210.54 $ 161,992.39 $2.400.930.77 $2.562,923.16 if NOVA DOBA rr GLASILO JUGOSLOVANSKE KATOLIŠKE JEDNOTE Lastnina Jugoslovanske Katoliške Jednote IZHAJA VSAKO SREDO Cene oglasov po Ogovoru Naročnitia za člane 7te letno; xa nečlana $1.50; na inozemstvo $2 OFFICIAL ORGAN of the SOUTH SLAVONIC CATHOLIC UNION, Inc., Ely, Minn. Owned and Published by the South Slavonic Catholic Union, Inc. ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY Subscription for members $.72 per year; nonmembers $1.50 Advertising rates on agreement ' Naslov za vse, kar se tiče lista: NOVA DOBA 6233 St. Clair Are. Cleveland, O. VOL. XVI. ADNO GLASILO Ustanovitev lastnega uradnega glasila J. S. K. Jednote je sklenila 12. redna konvencija, ki se je vršila leta 1924 v Lorainu, Ohio. Konvencija je določila, da se naše glasilo imenuje Nova Doba in da naj bo smernica istega nestrankarska, to je, da se v istem ne sme voditi propagande za nobeno določeno politično stranko, in da se izogiblje vsega, kar bi se moglo smatrati za versko ali protiversko propagando, člani so različnih prepričanj, tako v političnem kot v verskem oziru, zato naj se v listu, za katerega prispevajo vsi, ne protežira niti ne zapostavlja niti enega niti drugega. Nova Doba je začela izhajati z januarjem leta 1925. Od takrat pa do danes se je skupno število članstva J. S. K. Jednote v obeh oddelkih skoro podvojilo. S tem seveda ni rečeno, da se more ves ta napredek pripisovati lastnemu glasilu. Ni pa dvoma, da je glasilo mnogo pripomoglo k temu napredku. Glavni uradniki, društveni uradniki in drugi agilni člani so dobili v lastnem glasilu sredstvo za bolj uspešno oglaševanje Jednote in so se tega sredstva tudi pridno posluževali. Vseh petnajst let je bilo pravo bratsko sodelovanje med uredništvom, glavnim uradom, krajevnimi društvi in posameznimi člani. Vsi smo se vedno bolj čutili eno samo veliko družino, katere člani se medsebojno spoštujejo in si zaupajo. To je nedvomno mnogo .pripomoglo, da sta se ohranila v organizaciji mir in bratstvo. Na konvenciji leta 1928 je bilo sklenjeno, da se Novi Dobi dodata dve strani angleškega čtiva, to z ozirom na mlajše člane, ki ne obvladajo slovenskega jezika. Ta iz-prememba je našla med mlajšimi člani ugoden odmev, ki se veča leto za letom. Za angleško čtivo določeni dve strani tedensko postajata večkrat premajhni. Iz tega lahko izvajamo, da ni več-daleč čas, ko bo treba v glasilu določiti več prostora za' člane, ki popolnoma obvladajo le angleščino. Starejši člani, ki so že v preteklosti pokazali toliko razumevanja za potrebe mlajših, angleško govorečih članov, bodo jim nedvomno radi šli na roke tudi v bodočnosti. Nova Doba se je po najboljši možnosti skušala držati smernic, ki so ji bile odkazane po pravilih. Te smernice je v kratkem času Zapopadlo tudi članstvo v splošnem in tako je mogla Nova Doba postati in ostati resnična prijateljica vseh članov in prava bratska vez med njimi. Vsi upamo in želimo, da ostane to tudi v bodoče. V to svrho je potrebno, da se razumemo med seboj in da uredništva ne spravljamo v zadrege z dopisi, ki po pravilih in po splošnem sistemu naše organizacije ne spadajo v glasilo. Starejši člani že vse to razumejo in se po tem ravnajo, nekatere mlajše pa je treba na to opozoriti. Posebno velja to z ozirom na nove, mlade društvene uradnike, ki polagoma zavzemajo mesta starejših. Ti naj bi upoštevali sledeča navodila: Vsaka direktna ali indirektna politična, verska ali protiverska propaganda je v našem glasilu po pravilih prepovedana. Dalje se ne sme priobčati nikakih naznanil srečkanja, žrebanja ali “raflanja”. Take in slične aktivnosti se smatrajo za neke vrste loterije in vse loterije so v tej deželi postavno prepovedane. Vsi vemo sicer, da se take aktivnosti marsikje vršijo, toda v listu, ki se razpošilja po pošti, se ne smejo oglašati, če si neče list nakopati sitnosti od poštnih oblasti. Vse sporne zadeve pri društvih ali pri federacijah naših društev naj se rešujejo doma, to je na društvenih oziroma federacijskih sejah. Urednik ne ve, katera stranka je v'pravem, in nima prilike raziskovati, poleg tega pa take reči tudi ne spadajo v njegovo področje. Vse sporne zadeve se morajo reševati potom instanc, ki so predpisane v pravilih. Razpravljanje takih zadev v listu bi zbudilo samo nekaj nepotrebnega razburjenja, rešilo pa ne bi ničesar. Poleg tega take razprave za člane po drugih krajih ne bi imele nikakega pomena. Priporočljivo je dalje, da se člani v svojih dopisih izogibljejo prikritega zbadanja in namigovanja. To lahko povzroči slabo voljo in nikomur nič ne koristi, najmanj pa organizaciji. Ako si imajo člani pri društvu kaj neprijetnega povedati, naj to storijo, če mislijo, da je umestno, na društveni seji. Pravila -določajo, da mora biti vsak dopis, priobčen v Novi Dobi, podpisan s polnim in pravim imenom dopisnika. Podpis na originalnem dopisu mora biti lastnoročen, napisan s svinčnikom ali peresom, ne na pisalni stroj. To določbo pravil večkrat pozabijo dopisniki, ki pišejo na pisalni stroj, in urednik mora take dopise vračati v podpis. Poročila o prireditvah naših društev so vedno dobrodošla,1 poročila o prireditvah društev drugih organizacij pa le tedaj, če je za prireditev zavzame voč društev, med katerimi je vsaj eno društvo naše Jednote. Priobčajo se tudi dopisi o aktivnostih skupin ali ustanov, ki so splošno slovenskega pomena, kot so naši Narodni domovi, pevska in dramska društva itd., pod pogojem, da se za takimi aktivnostmi ne skriva kaka verska, protiverska ali politična propaganda. Privatna podjetja ene ali druge vrste se ne morejo oglaševati v dopisih, ampak le potom plačanih oglasov. Lahko se poroča tudi, na primer, da ta aii oni rojak kandidira ali da je bil izvoljen v ta ali oni urad i ali da je kak rojak otvoril kako novo podjetje v naselbini. Take reči se lahko priobčajo kot novice, toda brez do-| datne reklame za osebo ali podjetje. Pri mnogih naših društvih imamo že lepo število tu rojene mladine, ki ne obvlada slovenskega jezika. Važna naznanila takih društev se vsled tega lahko priobčajo v obeh jezikih. Društveni uradnik, ki pošlje slovenski dopis, in želi, da se isti priobči v slovenščini in angleščini, naj to željo sporoči uredništvu, pa mu bo drage volje ustreženo. Priporočljivo pa je, da so taki dopisi kolikor mogoče kratki, kajti na dveh angleških straneh pogostoma primanjkuje prostora. Tisti društveni uradniki, ki ne obvladajo slovenščine v pisavi, pa želijo, da se njihovi dopisi priobčijo tudi v slovenščini, lahko pišejo v angleščini, pa bo uredništvo preskrbelo prevod. Seveda se to stori le na izrecno željo dopisnika. Urednik bo iskreno hvaležen, če bodo dopisniki upoštevali gornja navodila, ter jih od svojs strani zagotavlja, da se bo vedno trudil jih kar najbolj zadovoljiti. V splošnem je med uredništvom Nove Dobe in med dopisniki vedno vladala lepa harmonija ter ni dvoma, da bo pri dobri volji na obeh straneh tako ostalo tudi v bodoče. To bo v zadovoljstvo vsem ter v ugled in korist J. S. K. Jednoti. RAZNO IZ AMERIKE IN INOZEMSTVA (Nadaljevanje n 1. ■tranl) na korporacija izdeluje avtomobile že 31 let. Iz urada glavnega tajnika J. S. K. Jednote ZALOGA JEDNOTINIH PRAVIL JE POŠLA V glavnem uradu imamo samo še okrog 100 iztisov jednoti-nih pravil, katere pa moramo shraniti za prihodnjo konvencijo. Vsa društva so vsled tega na prošena, da varčujejo s pravili, in ako jih ima kako društvo kaj več v zalogi ter jih nekaj iztisov lahko odstopi ,bomo jako hvaležni, ako iste pošlje na glavni urad. Poštne ali ekspresne stroške bomo vrnili. V KATERIH DRŽAVAH SE ZAHTEVA ZDRAVNIŠKO PREISKAVO OTROK? Zdravniško preiskavo otrok, ki želijo biti sprejeti v naš mladinski oddelek, se zahteva SAMO v državah Ohio in Idaho, v vseh drugih državah, kjer Jednota posluje, se tozadevne zdravniške preiskave ne zahteva. Z bralskim pozdravom, ANTON ZBAŠN1K, glavni tajnik HITRA KAZEN V mestu Port William, Ohio, je pretekli teden 25-letni Forest Miller izsilil od blagajnika Port William Banking Co. Banke vsoto $330.00, ko je zapretil, da bo sicer pognal v zrak banko z nitroglicerinom, katerega je imel s seboj v stekleni-1 ci. Ropar se je nato odpeljal v i avtomobilu in 10 minut pozneje j je nitroglicerin eksplodiral na avtomobilu, ga razbil na kose in ubil roparja. Skoro ves uro-pani denar so našli na kraju eksplozije. ODKRITA ZAROTA V New Yorku je bilo aretiranih 18 članov organizacije “Christian Front,” ki so baje pripravljali razne teroristične j čine in vpeljavo diktature po Hitlerjevem vzoru v Zedinjenih državah. Federal Bureau of Investigation je tekom aretacij omenjenih 18 osumljencev zaplenil tudi znatne količine orožja in municije. VSAK PO SVOJE (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) jo, da slednja lahko obratuje svoje municijske tovarne. Velike količine premoga se v Nemčiji baje porabi tudi za izdelavo umetnega masla. Kravja bodočnost je s tem vsmerjena v gu-ljaž in klobase, državljani pa se morajo greti s patriotizmom. Visoki državni činovniki pridi-gajo ženskam, da je njihova pa-triotična dolžnost roditi otroke, pa naj bodo omožene ali ne-omožene. In nemški delavci so nedavno dobili ukaz: “Producirajte več in jejte manj!” Tisti učenjak, ki je trdil, da bo v nekaj letih pol sveta zrelega za norišnico, se menda res ni dosti zmotil! * Morsko kačo, ki je bil^i v obraz podobna morskemu (tul-nju in kameli in je imela velike brke. so baje mornarji pred nekaj dnevi videli nedaleč od obale British Columbije. Pred 20 leti so na istem mestu videli slično morsko kačo, samo da ni imela brk. Morda so kači v 20 letih res brki zrastli ali pa mornarji dandanes pijejo močnejšo raki j o. Prijatelj Ivan Kapelj me je oni dan poklical po telefonu in me vprašal za nekako strokovnjaško mnenje glede prašičevih kolin. Nekoliko ozlovoljen sem odgovoril, da se je obrnil na nepravi naslov, kajti ministrstvo prašičjih zadev je naš narod poveril mojemu patronu Antonu Puščavniku. Jaz nisem bil nikdar niti kandidat za tako kabinetno mesto. * ' O novem sodniku vrhovnega sodišča, Franku Murphyu, pripovedujejo, da je jako neodvisen in samostojen. Saj je lahko, ker kljub svojim 46 letom še ni oženjen.* * Neznani prijatelj v Los Angelesu mi je poslal posebno zimsko izdajo lista Los Angeles Time:; !d vsobujc- pr aro gastvo californijskih krasot v slikah. Ponosne palme, zoreče oranže, pestro cvetje in splošno razkošje južne Californije me je prevzelo, da sem z odprtimi očmi sanjal o pomladi. Toda, ko mi je pogled splaval skozi okno preko ceste, kjer se na malem vrtiču dolgočasi grdo po-hujšani sneg, mi je šlo na jok. Vsekakor: hvala neznanemu prijatelju za pošiljko; vzbudila mi je lepe spomine in kisle skomine. A. J. T. VZNEMIRJENI BALKAN Rumunija in Madžarska se bojita napada od strani Nemčije in Rusije in Italija posreduje med Rumunijo in Madžarsko, da bi poravnali svoje medsebojne spore. Obenem baje I-talija obljubuje Madžarski vo-jaškp pomoč, če bi bila slednja napadena od Rusije. Jugoslavija se na eni strani boji Nemčije, na drugi strani pa ne zaupa Italiji, ki skuša igrati nekako protektorico Balkana. Jugoslovansko ljudstvo je baje odločno proti temu, da bi se dovolilo Italiji pošiljati preko Jugoslavije vojaštvo na pomoč Madžarski. Zastopniki balkanske entente, katero tvorijo Jugoslavija, Rumunija, Grčija in Turčija, se bodo v začetnih dneh februarja zbrali v Beogradu k važni konferenci. Jugoslovanska Katoliška Jednota v Ameriki ELY, MINNESOTA maBoaiiammiBmmjmannimasmBsaam GLAVNI ODBOR: a). Izvrševalni odsek: Predsednik: PAUL BARTEL, 225 N. Lewis Ave., Waukegan, Prvi podpredsednik: JOSEPH MANTEL, Ely, Minn. Drugi podpredsednik: PAUL J. OBLOCK, Box 105, Unity, r Tretji podpredsednik: FRANK OKOREN, 4759 Pearl St., u Colo. st cievi- Četrti podpredsednik: JOHN P. LUNKA, 1266 E. H3rd trti land, Ohio. Tajnik: ANTON ZBASNIK, Ely, Minn. Pomožni tajnik: PRANK TOMSICH, JR., Ely, Minn. Blagajnik: LOUIS CHAMPA, Ely, Minn. oittsburSH Vrhovni zdravnik: DR. F. J. ARCH, 618 Chestnut St., Penna. , ct cialr Urednik-upravnik glasila: ANTON J. TERBOVEC, 623J b*. Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. b). Nadzorni odsek: . Predsednik: JOHN KUMSE, 1735 E. 33rd St., Lorain, oni";eveianfl, 1. nadzornik: JANKO N. ROGELJ, 6208 Schade Ave., Ohio. , 2. nadzornik: FRANK E. VRANICHAR, 1312 N. Center ati Illinois. 3. nadzornik: MATT ANZELC, Box 12, Aurora, Minn. pa. 4. nadzornik: ANDREW MILAVEC, Box 31, Meadow ^ ' GLAVNI POROTNI ODBOR: o. Predsednik: ANTON OKOLISH, 1078 Liberty Ave., BarbS? 1. porotnik: JOHN SCHUTTE, 4751 Baldwin Ct„ Denver, ^ 2. porotnik: FRANK MIKEC, Box 46, Strabane, Pa. 3. porotnica: ROSE SVETICH, Ely, Minn. nklvD N.* 4. porotnik: VALENTIN OREHEK, 264 Union Ave., Brooswj^ Jednotino uradno glasilo. NOVA DOBA, 6233 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio^ Vse stvari, tikajoče se uradnih lader, naj se pošiljajo iwi ? denarne pošiljatve pa na glavnega blagajnika. Vso pritožbe m *L(>viu naslovi na predsednika porotnega odbora. Prošnje za sl)re3t’I11„0 poiUj^0 prošnje za zvišanje zavarovalnine in bolnlika spričevala naj vrhovnega zdravnika. izpreme®**, "jp. Dopisi, društven* naznanila, oglasi, naročnina nečlanov in cie^lft«.B •lovov naj se pošiljajo na naslov: Nova Doba, 6233 St. Clair Ave., Jugoslovanska Katoliška Jednota v Ameriki je 00dpure zavarovalnica v Zedinjenih državah in plačuje najliberalnejse■ f članom. Jednota Je zastopana skoro v vsaki večji slovenski na'Be društva in kdor hoče postati njen član, naj sc zglasi pri tajniku u člani 1)8 p pa naj piše na glavni urad. Novo društvo se lahko ustanovi z ^st. Je/L f plemena, neozlraje se na njih vero, politično pripadnost a“. og*aneJ0 ^ sprejema tudi otroke v starosti od dneva rojstva do 16. lota Uj mladinskem oddelku do 18. leU. Pristopnina za oba oddelka v Premoženje znala nad $2,000,000.00. Bolventnoat Jadnot« in*** — * NAGRADE V GOTOVI^ ZA NOVOPR1DOBLJENE ČLANE ODRASLEGA^ DINSKEGA ODDELKA DAJE JJSJZJEDNOTA N* GOTOVINI. r(di.. Za novo pridobi j ene člane odraslega oddelka »o P deležni sledečih nagrad: rt25f,a^j za člana, ki se zavaruje za $ 250.00 smrtnine, f • t za člana, ki se zavaruje za $ 500.00 smrtnine, ?-• . za člana, ki se zavaruje za $1,000.00 smrtnine, $ • !i za člana, ki se zavaruje za $1,500.00 smrtnine, n(tgiP ** za člana, ki se zavaruje za $2,000.00 smrtnine, za člana, ki se zavaruje za $3,000.00 smrtnine, r~ - Za novo pridobi j ene člane mladinskega oddelK lagatelji deležni sledečih nagrad: > za člana starega načrta “JA” — $0.50; m člana načrta “JB” — $2.00; _ za člana novega načrta “JC”, s $500.00 z(lVCt $2.00; nroi^ za člana novega načrta “JC” 8 $1,000.00 zav $3.00. 0 it Vse te nagrade so izplačljive šele potem, K0 Hane plačani trije mesečni asesmenti. Ija, da zavaruje Leningrad in j okolico, kjer je 25% ruske in-! dustrije. Vsak vladar Rusije, pa naj bo diktator, car ali pred-1 sednik, da bi moral v interesu države zahtevati kontrolo. nad j Finskim zalivom. Tekom civilne I vojne so Finci, pod poveljstvom generala Mannerheima, bombar-' dirali Kronstadt, pomorsko bazo, ki varuje Leningrad. Po Wrangllovem mnenju so poročila o finskih vojnih uspe- j liih pretirana in zavajalna. Ru- j sija ima na finski fronti pri-; bližno toliko vojaštva kot ga! ima Finska, ker zaradi omejenega prostora in oskrbovanja armade skoro ni mogoče tja postaviti večjega števila čet. Razumljivo je tudi, da stranka, ki napada, izgubi vsaj trikrat toliko vojaštva kot stranka, ki se brani. Pri tem pa je treba upoštevati, da more Rusija vedno pošiljati sveže čete na fronto, česar Finci ne morejo. Prava pomoč za Finsko bi bi- j lo po Wrangllovem mnenju de- : lovanje za mir. Tako bi bilo boljše za Finsko in bi obenem | preprečilo tesnejše zbliža nje. med Rusijo in Nemčijo. Rusko j zahteve po strategičnem ozemlju ob Finskem zalivu da so popolnoma obrambnega značaja. Če bi Rusija nameravala napasti Anglijo, bi to izvedla na jugu skozi Afganistan v Indijo. Tam ima Rusija veliko armado in izvrstna transportacijska j sredstva. Končno meni Wrangell, da se! nam kot Američanom ne bi bilo treba toliko zanimati za razmere v Evropi, ampak naj bi se raje bolj zanimali za izboljšanje gospodarskih razmer v Zedinjenih državah, kjer je kljub pove- j čani industrijski aktivnosti še vedno osem do deset milijonov j d ;!r" !- r Tr L D ■J6-00*/ DRUŠTVENE IN DRUGE SLOVENSKE VESTI (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) je odlok sodnika F. J. Merricka, ki postavlja tri osumljence sleparij pri volitvah v 32. wardi pod varščino, v enem primeru za deset tisoč dolarjev, v dveh primerih pa po dva tisoč dolarjev. Vsi trije obtoženci imajo italijanska imena. Obtoženi so sleparij na škodo slovenskemu j kandidatu Vehovcu na korist | njegoVem bivšemu protikandidatu, ki je po rodu Italijan. Kakor je bilo pred časom že po-ročano, je bil po ponovnem štetju in pregledu glasovnic proglašen za zmagovalca naš rojak Vehovec. ZAPADNA FRONTA Na francosko-nemški fronti ni zadnje čase skoro nikakih aktivnosti, z izjemo manjših prask med patruljami, nekaj topniškega obstreljevanja in izvidniških letalskih poletov. Nekaj večjih bojey je bilo zadnje dni med nemškimi in angleškimi letalci. Nemški letalci tudi napadajo ladje z bombami in z ognjem strojnic. Mine in podmornice so potopile nekai j nadaljnih angleških tovornih parnikov in tudi nekaj ladij j nevtralnih držav. Nekateri tako zvani eksperti j menijo, da se bo resna vojna j na zapadu začela spomladi in da, se bodo Nemci takrat posebno posluževali bojnih letal. Anglija in Francija torej hitita z gradnjo bojnih letal in jih obenem tudi v velikem številu naročata v Zedinjenih državah. 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Zato J® ^ gozd za 50,000 *1 . jo je zahtevala, j t Kakor hitro je J .^i.^ denar, so cigan' . je so stvar sp°r°C ij, in čez nekaj dn1 p ^ jeli in pri njej 11 .1 j- S 20,000 din. §11 |g izsel,e1^ 5 V prvih šestih 1 lega leta se je izselilo 17,188 1JU „ J. ^ ni za dobro četi'*'11, eA Hf lani isti čas- držav je šlo najv -ao, t/, 1 v Nemčijo in, r,’ra.” č'' J. fS| prekomorskih f0 \f \ Ameriko in Cana it j j. bilo med njifS *1 V tov in kvalific*ra ^ ^ V istem času se , % nilo v domovin0 ’ J večini iz Fran^-0' Belgijf- Jffl POMEN OSEBNE SVOBODE (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) čuje vsakega človeka, brez ozira kako neznaten, boječ in preprost je, do njegovega prostora na soncu. Gornje je vzeto iz nedavnega govora zveznega generalnega pravdnika Franka Murphya in vsebuje tako krasno definicijo osebne svobode, ki smo jo deležni v tej deželi, da jo podajemo v izčrpku in prostem prevodu tudi našim citateljeni. VOJNA NA FINSKEM iz mnogih, dostikrat si na- i sprotujočih poročil o rusko-fin-ski vojni bi se dalo sklepati, da; so Rusi sicer utrpeli velike izgube na moštvu in materialu, toda so še vedno približno tam,1 kjer so bili pred tedni. 1 Z ozirom na rusko-finski kon-! flikt je zanimiva izjava, ki jo1 je nedavno dal ameriškim li-l atom baron Wrangell Rokas-sowski, ki je bratranec generala. Petra Wrangella, ki se je v letih 1920 in 1921 boril proti boljševikom. Njegova izjava je bila priobčena v clevelandskem listu “Press” z dne 9. januarja. Wrangell je ameriški državljan in po njegovi lastni izjavi ne goji nikake ljubezni do bolj-ševikov, pred katerimi je moral bežati iz Rusije. Kljub temu pa meni, da je bila Rusija primorana zahtevati od Finske nekai strategieno ' aaiega. ozem- ■ ENGLISH SECTION OF Official Orgd„ of the South Slavonic Catholic Union. AMPLIFYING THE VOICE OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING MEMBERS Lodge 114 i -The fir-st re^u- Ct y meetin^ of 194« , ec” 114, SSCU nary 2i , f on Sunday, Jan- tih'm' AU members for th! 6 present as plans and fj,pyear wil1 be discussed ^sary^T^OH 0f a11 is <*rs wew , followi»g offi-^rmpof 6 ected at ^e Decem- Presidentn8: TPeter Skradski sr., Resident •' r Kalan- vice' Hancia] ’ eph Milkovich, fi-i trp.,SeCre^ary ’ s™on Mar-I ^r. rp^SUf-6r; Geoi’ge Koche- ! W'CT secretary: Joe ; seph r ’ r-’ chairman, Jo-^•.trncfSS anc^ Petrich I seph M;|,ees: Simon Marolt, Jo-!°the *ch> representatives Slavatl ,10nal Home with J ohn I Vs o ,,ernate- Drs. Parker, • *»» Hn,U ;erland of the Ship-^ ^ahek al; ^r- Snyker, Dr. Hte ^r" McCarthy, ^ gr ;'sicians. Peter Skrad-Sflaon M °Sepl1 Milkovich and Hit *kt. aroIt’ federation dele- $ In... . j tile activities of r ^legate, 0c*ge Qualified one fon jn ^ juvenile conven- ^bert ae ,person °f Peggy 7* athllf-1 0ne delegate to •ff Person ,,+■ ^ Conference in the ^ f0rnis of +u Milkovich- Uni-r, ?^b]0u„ basketball team ft teanSe'S ^or ^he girls’ bowl-lodgj Were Purchased by : ^0veneo’^ear'S Tes°lution for M ^ all Cfu rnembers is to at-^ , e Meetings for the ml ^yeafi-dPPy and Prosperous '<* ar to all SSCU members. ^ Joseph Milkovich, Sec’y jjj( Precautions SH°W and slippery pave- i ^ ha«rUlg the past few fic at! CUrbed the speed of ^bej. ()j. thereby reduced the A • ^atal accidents and J 1)8 hJUry' ^hese same con-fi NasPliaVe however brought Nat«/® accident totals but ‘he «"»«!» to ,! 6tltlevs r. Pdrt have been only ^ radiators. P "lisa^ 6 snow a«d ice, that’s ^ for e+u°r adults, is great ,' Wbi youngsters who ifj 8e%ii’ C?med the chance to b sleds. \t ^K^ever +u & id +’, ere is apparent J snow and ice for p] Cgtbe 'Jf that they are not # >. Ih'i ?uartls set-up for V (!at* °t' sledding on 'A ^>oundfrts’ parks and 4 in, %nn+ to° many of them, ! Latent fy’ are coasting in thtreel?' A great i f6mse ves as wel1 ^ V^tiCe ft?nsts’isthe com* / ih ^ar, using driveways i’ ,e®ts s of sledding into the f strePfn’ youu£sters clus- V, ^ cj)a lntersections Avait-B1Ce to hitch their sled that■ starting. t°o{l) _ In this practicc is Hl‘ent. Should the car ^ ^hc sled will go :hj, 0 auto. Or, as some- ^^•Pens’ when the car Of fast, the child and Sit ^fie 6 ^ed into the path 'J m°ving in the oppo- y V* C i tv, °f preventing the ./ O th6„ at can easily result { L the e Practices belongs | ^ Urents. The motorist 1 k t sij^.^^g when a child his path or if a *s clinging to his LI True Fraternal Spirit Center, Pa. — How often we have read in the Nova Doba, especially in the editorials, of the ability of our younger members and the members of senior lodges to cooperate and mingle with one another. At bowling tournaments we are undivided, and our dances are attended by both groups, regardless of who is holding them. An outstanding example of this, though, is the following: For some time now certain j members of English-conducted \ lodges have advocated the or-1 ganization of a federation of our own. At the meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Federation of SSCU lodges on December 31 in Pittsburgh, this topic was very thoroughly discussed at the suggestion of one of the Slovene-speaking dele gates. They knew that we wished to take an active part in the federation, and they realized that we couldn’t do so as long as the same set-up existed. All the younger element were extremely pleased when, upon the unanimous consent of the Slovenespeaking delegates, they decided to give us our choice between an organization of our own, or a share in the leadership of the present federation. Since there are so few English-conducted lodges in Western Pennsylvania at present, we decided that the latter would be better. Now we can feel that we are really a part of our federation, and we can feel freer than ever before to offer our opinions on any subject. By giving us a chance, they have not deprived themselves of anything, for we elected a president who speaks excellently in both languages. This, I believe, is further proof of the fact that members of the SSCU have the true fraternal spirit. We of the English-speaking group owe the Slo-vene-speaking members more than a vote of thanks for their consideration. To show them that we appreciate their generosity, I urg| all English-conducted lodges who are members of this federation to send delegates to the next meeting. Let us help build the federation and the SSCU into stronger and better fraternal organizations. Isabell Erzen No. 221, SSCU it Lodge 94 /e Waukegan, 111. — After cele-s- brating the holidays the St. Roch le lodge again continues its sport "s activities for the New Year of 3- 1940. True not much was pub-le lished in the Nova Doba about g what has been going on here, 3, but rest assured that we have y been enjoying ourselves, much 0 in the form of Sports. g Now that another new year e has rolled around, we are hav ing plans made for a still mor« n | active lodge in the form oJ tl j sports. Personally I can not sef why this new year shall not be f our banner year in the sport de-e partment. We have now a team of bowl- - ers in the “Fraternal League”, c which consists of eight teams, J formed from the different e lodges of our community. Our • bowling is done every Sunday 1 afternoon and if anyone wants - to see some hot bowling just t come and watch our team of 2 St. Roch’s, and I’m sure that 2 i you will spend many a Sunday ‘ i afternoon here at the bowling ■ j alleys. Right now the St. Roch team ’ is in the thick of the fight for 1 first place in the league. The members of the team give a special invitation to all the ! members of St. Roch’s to come down to the bowling alleys and see your team in action, sporting their new shirts and ties, which they received from the lodge recently. Watch this column for more of our sport activities in the future. Martin Zupec Jr. No. 94, SSCU National SSCU Athletic Board * — « MINNESOTA Joseph J. Kovach, 346 E. Sheridan, i Ely, Minn., Lodge No. 1. Stanley PecUaver, G48 E. Camp St., I Ely, Minn., Lodge No. 2. Joseph Bovitz, 316 W. Maple St., j Chisholm, Minn., Lodge No. 30. Stanley Laushin, Chandler Location,! Ely, Minn., Lodge .114. John M. Grahek, Ely, Minn., Lodge No. 184. , PENNSYLVANIA Leo Jereb, Beaverdale, Pa., Lodge No. 35. Vietor Dremely, 46 Main St.. Cone- ; maugh, Pa., Lodge No. 36. Vic Zakovieh, Box 112, Claridge, Pa., Lodge No. 10. Rudolph Supancie, Box 621, Export, Pa., Lodge No. 57. frank F. Pezdirc, 427 Schuylkill Ave., Reading, Pa., Lodge No. 61. Frank Kuznik Sr., Box 254, Export, Pa., Lodge No. 138. Win. Antloger, 203-57th St., Pittsburgh, Pa., Lodge No. 196, Louis Polaski Jr., 504 Giliin Ave., Canonsburg, Pa., Lodge No. 205. Raymond Caldrer, Box 384, Export Pa., Lodge No. 218. Paul Oblock, R. I). ;i, Turtle Creek, Pa., Lodge No. 221. Joseph J. Yoilman, Cheswick, Pa., Lodge No. 228. Stan Progar, Box 245, Strabane, Pa., Lodge No. 236. oiuo William Janeer, 1736 E. 30tli St., Lorain, O., Lodge No. 6. John Opeka, 190 — 15th St., N. W., Barberton, O., Lodge No. 44. Anton Drenik, 692 E. 160th St., Cleveland, O., Lodge No. 71. Joseph Korencic, 20681 MUler Ave., Euclid, O. Lodge No. 132. Joe R. Ulyan, 1241 E. 66th St., Cleveland, O., Lodge No. 173. John Kardcll, 6011 Bonna Ave., Cleveland, O., Lodge No. 180. Joseph Krall, 702 E. 159tli St., Cleveland, O., Lodge No. 186. Ludwig Laurich, 15717 Saranac ltd., Cleveland, O., Lodge No. 188. Stan J. Pogačnik, 32 Grace St.., Struthers, ()., Lodge No. 229. NEW YORK Peter Batchen, 51 Chapel St., Go-wanda, N. Y., Lodge No. 222. ILLINOIS Martin Zupec, 1024 Park Ave., North Chicago, 111., Lodge No. 94. MICHIGAN David Pintar, 18833 Hull, Detroit, Mio!*.., JLetl^c Nt* CARRYING ON WITH 1940 •----- By Uncle Stan BRIEFS J ■■■ Supreme secretary Antoi Zbasnik emphasizes the insur j ance examiners’ report of th< j condition and affairs of the SS j CU, carried elsewhere in tin Nova Doba, with the following excerpts from the report: “Tin combined financial statements of the adult and juvenile de-] partments reflect that the So-j ciety is in a very favorable con-I dition, showing a combined sur-j plus of $414,210.54. The Society I is well managed and economi-| cally operated. Your examiners j greatly appreciate the assist-i ance and cooperation received | during the course of the exami-| nation from the supreme secre-| tary and treasurer and the en-| tire staff.” The supreme secretary further adds that the sur-! plus actually amounts to $681,-474.84 if the mortuary and investment contingency reserve of $267,264.30 is added, and that the market value of our bonds exceed the book value by $106,763.62. Annual audit of the supreme trustees of the books and accounts of the South Slavonic-Catholic Union will begin on January 23 in the home office in Ely. On Monday, January 29, the supreme board will commence its annual meeting. In Struthers, O., Cardinals lodge, 229, SSCU wil hold a “Sadie Hawkins” dance on Saturday evening, February 3, at the Croatian Hall on Lowell-ville Rd. Cosmopolitan’s string and swing orchestra of Sharon,! Pa., will provide the music. ------------------ Lodge 35, SSCU .of Llyodell, Pa., will hold a dance on Saturday, February 3. In Moon Run, Pa., lodge 99, SSCU will oberve its 30th anniversary on June 30, 1940. ---- In Cleveland, ()., the Sing-ng Chorus on Holmes Ave., is presenting two plays “Dar lu- i n” and “Fest fant” on Sunday, j lanuary 21. Curtain will come! ip at 3 p. m. in the Slovene I lome in Holmes Ave. Dancing vith music by Frankie Yanko-' ich’s orchestra will follow the )erformance. Miss Fern Long, Readers’ Adviser at the Main Public Li- j brary of Cleveland, will be t guest lecturer at the next meet- j ( ing of the Slovenian Language j Club, on Friday, January 26th. !f Her topic “The Political In- v J fluence In Modern Czech Litera-; | i ture,” promises to be particu-1 | i larly enlightening, considering U i conditions as they are today, i i The lecture, one of many that;) | has been offered, by Slovenian | Language Club will be held at | the St. Clair-55th St. Library, j | 8:00 p.m. ' Miss Long is a graduate of I ; Radcliffe College and obtained i ; her Ph. D. at the University of ! Prague. Her thesis “Karel Ma-j cha and the English Romanticism” is recognized as a distinguished contribution to English literature. She has also contributed to j such outstanding literary re-| views as “Central European j Observer,” published in Prague, and “Poet Lore.” One of her local successes occurred in 1930, when the Play House Theatre presented her translation of Fran Langer’s iCoiJtiiiued on uage 0), i Winter fishing is a great .; sport. Men construct fishhouses, ■ They chop holes in the ice, build the shack over the hole. They sit on soft boughs, a warm fire nearby, and wait for : a passing fish to nibble at bait. As soon as a bite is felt, a sharp spear is plunged toward the finny cerature, and nine times | out of ten, the fishermen will have steaked fish sizzling on the frying pan at supper time. (Note to Fred Zbasnik of Pitt — Maybe we’d have better luck winter-fishing. Heh Hell) Coming home, Uncle Stan was surprised to learn there had been much excitement at the Pechavar household. For during the afternoon the city’s crack fire-fighting apparatus was rushed to 648 East Camp street and firemen extinguished a chimney fire which might have been more serious. It took some time for the bachelors with the help of Cousin Marga-i ret Turk to clean-up after-^ j wards. Jan. 29 may mark something e i new for the SSCU. For on that I ! day the Supreme Board begins cj!its first semi-annual session of j i the year at- the Home Office, j Uncle Stan has put his nose to -j the ground—you know, that ] nose for news — and has learn-a ed that members throughout the -j nation may expect a startling sensational, stupendoms an-. nouncement — which will all 3 go as to prove that our SSCU f is again leading the way for j fraternal organizations in Gophers conducted their re-Aguiar monthly meeting in the , Yugoslav National Home Thurs-, day night, and we don’t have i to tell you what a grand time . was had by everyone. But highlighting the business session [ was the enthusiasm shown by the girls bowling team concerning a proposed trip to Cleveland — to participate in the 1940 national SSCU bowling tournament. UncF Stan was | not lo be carried away by this burst of spirit and lie told the | young ladies it would take dough — and plenty of it. If they really wanted to go, they must let their e rilnisiasm result not. only in imagining what ; a wonderful time would be had, I but in work to raise enough j funds to carry them through. ; No one gels anything for noth-! ing. It means work, and the ! grandest, feeling results when I the work is complete, and they teceive the rewcrcl. But that didn’t dampen their spirits. They ; plan on going right to work, determined that nothing will i slop them. Fine spirit. Meantime, Gopher girls pulled into a first place tie with the Ely Sweet Shoppe in the Women’s league. With Julia Pe-rushek, and Christine Kuzma, and Frances Seme leading the way, the Gopher girls rolled a 2,215 to defeat the Sweet Shoppe who got 2,064. Julie Perushek rolled 178, 148, and 149 for a total of 475; Christine Kuzma had 177, 137, and 156, for 470; and Frances Seme got 167, 140, and 148, for 455. Biggest game rolled by the Gophers was the first when they totalled 787 pins. The Arrowhead Girls team salvaged the last game 760 to 718. Christine Merhar, who last year chukked them for the Arrowheads in Cleveland got a big 198 to top the individual tainment) still are burning-ian military is busily create ^ ! by sifting the poisons of r . j ! and turning over filth an ^ j tions are insanely bestia v | weeping everywhere wh«'® ^ has descended and hate Our regiment’s journey ^ Trnov Forest is filled wi t plaints and lamentations ^ut “They may have driven us _,fe # not down yet; the suffeI? ne(j us . -; through may have weak there’s still life in us; o m ^ been frozen by what we ( has never and will not cna .^ss ^ our souls are numbed Wi a they will never be deade j, i has gnawn at our hearts, ^ j devoured them; our m^r.hey I tapped by hardships but ^ ! drained it; hatred and rag Ke brain, but it has not been P ^ jt j lice have sucked our bl°o > .o0jis | yet exhausted; gales an ^ ; battered and bludgeoned U'rcjeal; j grown harder under the nS g. ; in our souls and the Pa ^ 9r ; break the bonds of our h into our lifestream. Al° ^ stroyers of our peace an yej of our freedom and ° rpjn damned to you and you ' e8f( has driven us till now, bu a\ ^ gotten, unsung and with0 . ji* ^ ; ised glory! Arise from apdfJ 1 we go anew to battle. <2U® 1 ble to thy base oh Moun^ ^ji 1 j return to us our brothers- pi • Hudi Log! open thyself l^oU s Doberdobe, open Cenzio. e it ■ j and furrowed earth, °Pe”’ p jli* 1 i our brothers! Soča, vomlhS yoi11* 1: of our sons from thy dept ,’jl0u * j forth oh Piava, and y°u u e'ei^ 4 ' i Adriatic. Disgorge tliem’ WesS • j ing hills, return them to U ■ they first rested upon y° vjg0r * A t,’ it > vigorous blood and manly ^ to i 3 their sinews, for we mus ^ A terrible curse spreacisest.8 ’ and takes flight over the that bursts in a peal o 5 splits the gloom of nigh • ’’ the Borov heights our exi ^ 1 their sorrowful journey, j ;! through Ravnik, Pl'ctrž^verj'«'t'i s|Dobec and Bezuljak. Eh,es, J, curse of our people rum ^ : off on Javornik masses o ^ j longer possess their h°iIie ’ rer-nal hatred upon the plutl ^ Prom the valleys r*seSned c^s! widows and their orpha 1 “You have murdered °1’ ' : their own soil, killed to of s their fields . . . return tn l' have dstroyed our homeS’ t j ^ ® earth, trampled everyt „ ^ raised, ruined our vi h£iv'6 fi , J place of this all yon 0iif graves, driven us fr0lT1 Kr P5, plunged us into a mise^ jj if, y despair. And on top of r,^| ‘ , l’ to enslave us. May the . • robbed us of never bear y jfi 1 the sun never cast its y In- land that once was ours. ^ night of the damned desc V may the spirits of our n itrJ'i i'V e strike eternal terror into ^i/|\ .; from their graves, may .^e -MPljJd e hell drive you from this j iJl e 1 may our curse of hatred ■ bite you all your living _olj! J spring open and devour • , j?y y The victor festooned 9 e cares not a whit for tl1lL y people’s curse, he sits bac $j) " j fat meaty hands on bulgLtral 8 falws, “Siamo qui e qui 1 j master here now, you pit*** ^ are the hem of my greatn ^ to eternity! Haw haw “Damn you!” n (To be contin^ j| Seeking Employment! Euclid, O. — The holiday ex- j citement is now drawing to a | close and the hustle and bustle of preparedness is seething back j into the every-day normal. To most of us this is a new year to I be carried out in much the same j pattern as the last. A year that j holds excitements and thrills j unknown, and tasks that come, just more or less as habits. To j others, however, it means a new and bigger year. One that must i be faced from an entirely new j angle, one that must be met with all sincerity and knowl-: edge that is had. It is to this lat- j ter group of individuals that I extend my heartiest welcome, for they are none other than the mid-year graduates, preparing to join us in the commercial j world. You who will be seeking your first position at this time are, of course, eager to please a prospective employer, but you will not do your best if you let your mind dwell anxiously on the outcome during the interview or test. Try to take a helpful attitude toward the person who is thinking of hiring you; if you ! think hard enough about how you can help this other person, you will find you will have gone a long way toward forgetting your own nervousness. Business highly values poise and cheerfulness. The unrest in labor circles today has made employers more observant of the attitude of their employees than they have ever been before. What is termed the “sorehead” is no asset to an office, and em-ployement managers are taking extraordinary precautions to hire people who will add to working harmony rather than join in a “sit-down” strike. Be especiaJly careful not to let the slightest sign of impatience manifest itself in your conduct while seeking work. Your prospective employer may be keeping you waiting, or otherwise subjecting you to annoying conditions, in order to study your cheerful acceptance of matters as you find them. Albena Nosee Impressions of a Delegate By Anne Prosen We also stopped to see the Federal Post Office. This too is a new building. We saw how the mail is taken in and how it is distributed in the bags to be sent out to the different cities. We also saw the mail boxes of the people from the country districts. This too is a beautiful building but time would not permit us to view it in detail. , FINALE OF TRIP pear Diary: Here it is almost time to make our return trip across the states to our home towns. Since packing is all done there is a little time left to bid farewell to those dear friends of Ely who are not going on the train with us. We must remember to find Mr. Zbas-nik because he has a little matter of a check to settle with us. My that check i looked nice. Besides having a lot, of j fun we all got checks to cover our room and board expense. At the invitation of Mr; Rogelj, Mr. Terbovec, Mi. Zbasnik and a few other members of the board, I went ,to the cocktail lounge for a drink. Since Coca Cola is the strongest I take, I certainly had plenty to refresh me just before the trip. It felt so nice to sit there at the table with the officials and sip a nice ' cold drink. By the time everyone of ■ them treated, I was just about ready to - give up. But, nevertheless, thanks a million to\ those with whom I gathered just before leaving for the train. When 1 I left the cocktail room and went to the . lobby of the hotel, I saw Bill Stavor standing there holding his suitcases. He was afraid I had forgotten that the train was leaving,,but no, though the time flew there was time for that refreshing drink with the board. Well time is a wasting, so Bill thought, so I gathered my belongings and the two of us hurried down the street to the train. The other delegates were all there already. So after shaking hands with those at the station Bill and I mounted the train. At once we scampered to the window to wave farewell to those dear ones we would leave behind. I still remember that I shook hands with Little A1 through the train window. A few minutes and we were all off for home. Our ride was exciting but since we were all so tired we weren't as noisy as we had been going up to Minnesota. Everyone' seemed to feel like sleeping. One night the heater in the air-con- it t BRIEFS (Continued from page 5) Czech play “Periphery.” Aside from these she has many translations in manuscript of Czech poetry and prose drama. anyway, it means, Uncle Stan is away for another week... Bye now: % • L’ll 0 *■ Ot (Continuation) I craved the sight of the soil that j bore me and passionately hoped to see j' it if only once before I died. I lay dying ' in a welter of flesh and earth. I was j often drunk too, but my heart did not find peace even then. Mother, my hands | are bloody, they have been forced to i take human life; but despite that I tell j you my soul is clean for the tortures j it has gone through must surely have purged it of everything. I watched and | helped in the slaughter, mother, lived j among profligates and was one with I them. If there is anything that is hideous in me, forgive it.” “Look at you, you have lice all over j you!” “Oh one gets used to that too in time. 1 Well mother I can’t remain much j longer, I’ve got to get back to my regi- j ment. All our suffering has been for! nothing, all our years of youth and op- i portunity have been wasted in slavery, j And the saddest part of it all is that our J homes and land are not free anyway, i and only another war can liberate them, J for- the Italian will never give us peace.” “You must go again? How am I to j continue like this? How am I to turn! over this iron-filled soil?” “Mother there is hatred in my soul ditioned car was turned off. Instead a freezing unit was on. The car kept getting colder and colder. Those who were sleeping kept piling more and more coats on to keep warm. When the con- I ductor came to our car I asked him why j it was so cold. Upon investigation he j saw that the freezing unit was on. As J soon as he turned it off it began to get warm again. The boys had a lot of fun with telegrams. At every station we came to someone would bring five or six telegrams. The messages were very cute. But soon it slipped out of the bag. One of the supreme board had a typewriter and was typing the telegrams just to have some fun. By the time we reached Duluth we were all pretty hungry since it was al- \ most supper time. I was guest of Mrs. j and Dr. Arch. We dined at the Spald- j ing Hotel. What a meal, I don’t believe j we ate as much for many days. Dr. and j Mrs. Arch told us all about their trip J across the United States. I forgot to j tell you that Mr. and Mrs. Vranichar J and Mr. and Mrs. Milavec also ate j with us. We had a lot of fun teasing j Dr. Arch’s son about« the girl he left | behind. What a delightful time we had. j I’ll never forget that evening at the Spalding Hotel. Dr. and Mrs. Arch, I thank you for a swell and memorable evening. I hope it won’t be long before I can see you again. Thanks again. Back on the train again this time for j Chicago. And what a time we had on j our way to Chicago; there was never j a dull moment. Some of the boys even; got signatures and presented them to j Mrs. Arch in the form of a request for J a song. Graciously she accepted and! 3ang for us. We will never forget those I sweet notes of Mrs. Arch. Thanks a | million for the vocal rendition of our i favorite songs. At last we reached Chicago and what! a departure. It made us feel pretty bad to leave our Pennsylvania friends in Chicago. How sad that parting was. One never knows how they will miss a person until the time comes for patting, j But what is to be don£ When one must j leave he must. So amid adieus the Penn- j sylvania group went toward their train: to speed across the country to their own , homes. At last our train chugged into our i Terminal station. We were home again. I We were all glad to be home again. Soon the delegates broke up each to go to their own homes. Since my parents were unable to meet me at the station I took a taxi cab with Mr. Rogelj to my aunt's house. There I had to give them a hurried account of my trip ; while I engaged in eating a big juicy i sandwich. Then my aunt took me home. | Boy did it feel good to be home again, i I was just too tired to tell my parents I about the trip, I just tumbled off to i sleep. Sometimes near noon the next : day I woke up a little more refreshed ! to relate my adventures. | DEAR DIARY: Never let me forget those days in Ely. Those who made this trip possible. Those who worked so I could go. Those who helped me enjoy myself so much. And may I always remember those delegates with whom I had so much fun and excitement. I hope I will have a vivid picture of the home office and supreme board. And may I remember that Sunday when I met the governor of Minnesota, the state representative, the editor of the Ely Miner and other prominent people of Ely. May all these memories linger on my mind no matter where I be. I hope that these days will come back again some time. May I remember to thank all those responsible for my going to Ely. Special recognition is due my parents and Mr. Rogelj. So with sweet memories I take my adieu and hope that the time will come again when I will have the opportunity to relate adventures of another convention. I had a delightful time writing the story of our adventures. LONG LIVE THE SSCU AND ITS MEMBERS WHO STRIVE TO MAKE IT THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY, SSCU, I SALUTE THEE! Anne Prosen Plymouth Rock and Ellis Island Summary of a Lecture by LOUIS ADAMIC I OWi \ i *■ ***61 a lm e Tlle follo"i"S is the ' * ! “re whi<* Louis Adamic, !!Sftet»n.,-.Glrae]riL'a’” “The Na- has hn. mls<;ns," and other 5“ttw monthsde‘iVriering durihs the the \under various titles w '»fums n.ltC(l Statcs ~ befor,‘ ^ coiwl ‘eacl,ers’ and social ^ auUlcn n l0nS’ university and J* croups ?; W°men’s cIubs’ and ^ Pr'n^ed here with 'W, cuhsent- ”n?nt i940 . • f i Louis Adamic ■ S|hty.fiv * 3 ^ of fv,ears ag0' Walt Whlt-! ^ but U' s-; is not 6 naUon of m- I ^ It n S been that fl'0m I lh W recogn*zcd as such Fathers: Joh11 5 1 anklin'and Th°- it i ?tor the ° "ere a committee K !fc %ess thatU^?Se’ recommended i: °f the it 1 new national t. vj* the emu, ' should contain, * S C ““01 *>* °>w»' I* W!5ls °f S’«’, 0 the national * rg anCt' Sc°tland, Ire- *. %?ese‘uinRe‘.HaUy’ anci HoIlancI' C these of . countries from v y^s have been ije°- many «' fys has been a coun- »'• S is raui!i- ^ al^cubl however, that j tii.'®- Was i ’ eai'iy 111 its career, t *I>ll,11I>an m 'n’,ch sin’Pler place »t?*'«*Z p than n is to- L8* countl ,years ag0 the Pe°-^from r Preponderant- > >51™ # k- * Catho,, testants. There J ? \ to ]1CS a»d few Jews. ** beutS£e> great num- $ 5 in e South ! y Were »early tH , H>n ’ ancl slavery created 1>‘ J^esses of tlley "'ere outside lit* i * differe,,, . Amei'ican culture. 9J Sthc, I«diansaSiS’ the same was eienieiH'uic An- * , h tor the create a cultural *5 >»>* llll'0Untry' The th eads e f b>, n®lish i, 1,1116 Pattern were Ule English ! J ‘frtl0n ana it°maI e;;Perience, the and ‘’.lcieas’ the sense of 5 to lif 1,0 sli8ht extent, \a k.“Qectiou ®- called Puritanism. fr h Ith these cultural be- tt> Cv*' 'o”Ta °mm 01 m ^WivldnoV11 ot iaitli in the : 'stenji, *m thc concepts ,, *elfare n I allcl quality, of 5 ^ ^atca or democracy which V ? of In ,mb°flied in thc Decs'.^ Tl^ependenee and the rs ^ >,en“g of tt Dl'ea“i was a sort |j. Ui-gjj. e 'dealistic. socially ft 'he j, * fj »ait'°hUti0n’ which had oc- V11 fi'ee i,60111^6 England did 'tJ »ew , llmlSration into the II IS' C alolle- iiUfie Wele C0lnins # C chie% A 101 a g00Cl "hile *V ''a,ls aiiri Anglo'Saxons with V W^5 8o,,ai^rs -Pro- vVe L 1)1 U Wf• i» tivuigratiou figui'es V ente,.„, yeiU' about 8.000 ■ k % >0; in in l8:i0 «» num- IA i'». Tl840 ai>proxhnately ^ tk 11 am 10 were many i*. decalr lhe ilnmigrants A \ < ei,but most ()t A ot the Auglo-Saxons and German and Dutch Vt «. ™ , V 'S!‘al ReVblmeile’ bringin= 011 01n ^ to lo» the , 1 and the l’as- f. J v o„p .eul'N 38.000,000 im- > AnV ‘^OOO in the 4 XI «^“‘e »^ty of itl^’ii^ ^t*. ^°'Saxons and Ž5 NN To t)were 1101 '--y “ 10 ^ čh? 8Writ'V 1)eo>)le came, of 4 ii ®2L?r adve»turc < r t Uj ,VJ'vorc ]1'!ll'sllc motives, or if J lill>sts. i'lei1 over by Amer-1 01 ^eni, how- fit kV'”11 »»•>••’ il0ni oppression, fA ki>Cr*8: 1Vum army K.\]anrt' ®en?ra,,y'> Irom W V>|. »Strati h0m economic < J'J ^ ;v 10« or fear of A if lhey cams ■ KV H:lhei' nes struck in °j/j 541,1 °t the Statue 55y5i%' y°ur poor. ! ^i asses ytaruluo 10 M ^ *•* o, J0,„. lcon, li-mnsst- 4iK............ Ms ■ K 11 llad been to V | C V 1 ,.e ‘ln^. the Pilgrims, I i j» oi‘ 'rhev8‘!’ a chance for ar> A„yJ:a,ne and spilled » ■^8,°0|).(W0^ of and several hundred dialects, owing i allegiance to o\’er twoscore rulers and j governments, and adhering to about a dozen different religions. Most of these new people Went into ! the cities, to work in factories and , mills, in small shops and stockyards, | on the new bridges, roads, and sky- j scrapers; or into the small mining1 towns and camps. But many, too, ! went on the land as pioneers. Or they j went into fishing alohg the various j coats of America and on the Great : Lakes; or to the woods as- timber workers... And everybody worked and built and dug and grubbed and carried burdens, and as America stands today, there is hardly a building here, ! hardly a bridge or mile of railway or ! highway, hardly a vehicle, hardly anything that is not, in part, a result of i immigrant labor. This is one of the greatest stories under the sun, the story of the coming and the meeting of all these peoples, in so brief a period, on 'this ! cast and beautiful continent. It is, i as yet, a story little known and perhaps never to be written fully... Per-| sonally I am trying to get at it, just j now, in a project which I began early | in 1939. It is a' study of the various j and complex developments in our American life which revolve around, ' or issue from, this fact of the 38,000,- 000 immigrants coming here in the I last 100 years. It will eventually result in a bock, or a series of books. I undertook this job because the j New Immigration seems to me one of the most important of the more neglected facts in American history; j important from the viewpoint of our i future in the U. S... So far I have sent out about 150,-I 000 copies of what I call my broad-i side (some of you may have- seen it) — a questionnaire in which I ask , for information on the subject : and 1 have received thousands of replies, ! letters of from a few lines to more I than a hundred pages, and masses cf ether material, clippings and scrap-) books, manuscripts and o’osctirc books ; and pamphlets. This material came ! to nie, and is still coming, from all i manner of people, old-stock Ameri-j cans and immigrants and their chil-' dren, from men and women in all i waiks cl life, from about 1,500 cities 1 and towns all over the country. Al;:o, during 1939 I have traveled thousands j of miles, talking with people individually, in twos and threes and in small . groups, And through this work now in process I am gettihg a sort of i closeup of America. The variety of 1 the place! And the possibilities here, good and bad, because of this variety! ★ Most of us, old-stock and new-, , are not aware cf the human resources we have here, and of the opportunity beiore us to create a great culture I on this continent; a culture which • could approach being universal or pan-human and more satisfying to i the human makeup than any culture that has yet appeared under the sun. I Nor are we aware of the dangers ahead of us if we fail to take advantage of this opportunity... Most j of us need to become conscious of i this situation, of this new America; need to become naturalized to it. As • a country, we need to look into the resources of genius and talent, character and cultural values in the new groups; if for no other reason, be- ' caure it is almost sure that, with the rest of the world, we are facing difficult times ahead, and the probability 1 is that we will need everything we've got to keep on even keel during the j next few decades. ■k We have something over 300,000 Indians. who are mostly in reservations, ; a picbtem somewhat special and I apart; and about 13.000,000 Negroes, : also a rather special and uniquely j acute problem, possibly destined to be ; I the ultimate and most severe test of ! i cui forming culture, ol our preten- : cions to democracy —- a test which j ! ihe country will be able to meet, I feel, only if the white elements soon ^ 1 begin to solve the problems among 1 themselves. The whites number about 115,000,-000. Slightly over half of them are j Anglo-Saxons, or think they are, or : pass as such, partly, largely, or whol- 1 ly. They are Protestants or of Protestant background. There are about ‘20.000,000 other people here who are not Anglo-Saxons but are Protestants, or of Protestant background. About 10,000,000 are Irish Catholic, or of that background; between 1-5 and 20 millions of the German, about 5,000,-000 of the Italian, about 4,000,000 of the Scandinavian about 2,000,000 of Lhe French, and between 8 and 10 millions of the various Slavic backgrounds. One million each will cover those of the Finnish, Lithuanian, and Greek backgrounds. Also, we have several hundred thousand Orientals, and there are not inconsiderable Mcxican and Philipino elements. And we have over 4,000,000 Jev«, about 22,000,000 Catholics, and 5 or 6 million people of the Eastern Orthodox faiths... These are estimates, but I believe fairly close. We have here now 12.000,000 immigrants and between 30 and 35 million American-born children of immigrants who are designated in the Čeri .14 as native of foreign white | stock.” And we have, perhaps, 10 or i ! 15 million grandchildren of imrni- ! grants who are not distinguished in I the Census. This constitutes about1 j half of the white population. Most of i ! this half is non-Anglo-Saxon; over! | half of it, non-Protestant. I Most of the new people are in cities, j I In 1930, at the last Census, New j York City had a population of 7,- 1 ! 000,000, of which 73% was foreign-] ; born or of inunigrant parentage. Chi-j cago was 64% “foreign”; Philadelphia ! 50'a ; Cleveland 65%; Boston, of all I places, 71%; Detroit, San Francisco,! : Minneapolis, and St. Paul 57% each; I j etc. Most cf the large cities north cf j the Mason-Dixon line and east ol the j I Mississippi are over 50% “foreign,” i j so-called; Which is true also of many! | small communities, j English, of course, continues to be j | the prevalent tongue of the country, j ; ana there is no least desire anywhere 1 to have it supplanted; but we do have j ! over 1,100 newspapers and magazines ! i published in about 40 foreign lan- ; I guages, and about 1,000 radio programs | | daily in other languages than English, j j and hundreds of parochial and “Na- j j tional” schools in which a great num- | ! ber of American-born children are j j taught more than a' sccre of foreign I i languages. ' These facts and estimates, I think, | are charged with dynamic possibili- j I ties, good and bad, but I believe i mostly good if we are careful and in- ! i telligent. Involved in these facts is ! much cf the future of' the U. S. * Each of the new-immigrant groups | j has a number of successful, promi- I nent or famous individuals. There are over 2,500 immigrants in Who’s Who : ; in America — scientists, artists, musi- ! j cians, educators, etc. The great major- j I ity, however, are humble folk, work- | I ers and farmers who skate on the | | thin ice along the margins of our j | erratic economy. Some are or were on I i relief, though net nearly as many as ! | generally imagined... There is no | 1 doubt, though, that most of them j are economically better off there than j 1 they would have been in the old i countries. They generally realize this j j and are glad to be here; their devo- j i ticn to this country, in many cases j j personally known to me, is almost be- j i yond adequate statement. I But while this is generally true, j j many, perhaps most, are not quite at j i ease, not quite at home, spiritually or ; culturally. They are more or less dii- j . ferent from the old-stock Americans, j ; and are regarded as different, and ! they feel prejudice in various forms diiected against them from various j ; sides, from the dominant group, be- , cause they are ditierent. Of late i i years,, the Depression lias had a hand ' in this. In many places the foreign- ® : born and those of their American- i j bora children whose names had a so- i ; called foreign sound were laid off ' first, before the old-stock workers, j i sometimes even before the Negroes, j This caused a vague, often uncon- j scious sense of panic among iinmi-| grants and their families, and the j tendency became for various groups I to stay together and hold onto their , 1 foreign tections, which in the better ; times had begun to show signs of i i disintegration... In recent. years, too, j i there has been a powerful backwash | of group feelings or national emo- i I tiens from the drastic events in j 'Europe; some of it natural and in-1 i evitable, and some of it purposefully j : stimulated by agents of Old World j i governments. | At the risk of oversimplification,! this backwash and the Depression ] I have been effective in increasing; I p.ejudifce and intolerance, and in driving more or less — the various j ' elements back upon their own re- j sources as groups. j Anti-Semitism has increased; wc ail i ' knew that — with the result that the | i tendency among the Jews in many: j parts of the country is to suppress! ! their, talents and ambitions, and to j ; draw more or less apart from the j j main streams of American life... To j j a lesser extent, in milder forms, the ] same is true of many other new i I groups. j My impression is that, in this gamn 1 ; cf prejudice, the most Consequential i j are the attitudes of the old-stock j ! people because they are the dominant ‘ I group and whatever th.,y do is more ; (important, it seems, than what is j | done by the newer people... Such j ! words as ‘ alien” and “foreigner” are j ! flung about all too carelessly, with all ; too much derision. Many people, when th( y say “alien,” mean not only the ; alien, but also the naturalized immi- ; grant; and often not only him, but also his American-born son or daughter if his or her name happens to sound ‘‘foreign.” This sort of thing seems to be i spreading: It is noticeable in the halls [ i of Congress. It creeps into the speeches of professional patriots. It is being 11 taken up by Americans who are not;' old-stock but of the more favored,11 earlier new-immigrant groups. As I say, the old-stock Americans' 11 prejudice is the most serious in its ! 1 effect; but. in fairness, I hasten to j < add that, bv and large, the old-stock people — the real olcl-stock, who are i liookcd to the best traditions of i America — are rather less apt t/> be < prejudiced than some of the new i groups, which • as a hangover from ‘ the Old World nationalism — main- I tain, here and there, active unfriend-, t liness toward one another. Together, olcl-stock anjl new-stock j ( elements manage to produce a stream j < j cf prejudice that runs through our I cultural atmosphere and touches most i phases cf the country’s life; and, in I 1 turn, produces, much inner chaos, | which plays havoc with individual j I character, which makes people inse- j cure and puts them on the defensive, j ‘ which inhibits and kills ambition and I talent and the inclination to partici- I 1 pate, in things. In fairness, again, let me say that1 j amidst all the snobberies and related-j attitudes there is also much friend- j liness, or would-be friendliness, on1 ! the part of the old-stock and new j I Americans, one toward the other. On j j a rough estimate, I should say, from S | what I am able to discern from my I current study, that 60 or even 70 per ; 1 cent of old-stock Americans incline to be friendly on the whole, although much of that friendliness, unhappily, ! is spoiled in part by the tendency to 1 be condescending and patronizing, j And, also on a rough estimate, I j should say that about half of the ; people in the newer groups are not j actively prejudiced... I might say, too, i that much of the prejudice is a su- j perficial business, not personal, just | sort of general, unfortunate and stu- II pid. [ I am not blaming, nor excusing any-! one here; the villians in this game : of prejudice are also its victims. I I find, for instance, that prejudice, es-1 sentially, is worse on the prejudiced | than on their targets; it turns the 1; former into objectionable people, robbing them of humanity and spiritual i health. I My point is that we have entirely j too much prejudice, that it is grow- I i ing, and that that is bad for America. | The cleavages among the various | groups are deepening ; groups are pull-j ing apart, into various corners, away ! from one another. This is true of the ■ | old-stock element as well as the new' , | group... I know personally, or I cor-i i respond with, hundreds of old-stock i! people, particularly in the East, but ; also elsewhere, who may be represen- II tative of millions, and who are un- ; i easy beeatise their cities, as they say, ; I are full of “these foreigners”; and who feel the country is going to the ; i degs, in part, because of that. A j feeling is creeping on them that this is no longer their country, no longer America, Anglo-Saxon America; and , they confess they are beginning to ■ ! feel iike aliens here. So they are j withdrawing; their attitudes are get- , ting rigid... and they hold onto their . j money if they have any, and they i : blame “these foreigners” if they : (haven’t any. They are becoming un-, hooked from the country’s, expansive i and creative impulses, front the Amer-! ican Dream; and are being drawn iri-i to the fear- and confusion-made trends to contract, to narrow down, to gicw anemic, neurotic, and reaction-ary. And this, by and large,'1 is true, too, of the new groups. As I say, they are withdrawing into themselves, into ethnocentric sections, into national or | group pride and egoism. This is true of immigrants and, increasingly, also of their American-born sons and daughters... There are, of course, : numerous exceptions; generally, how-; ever, the new groups i especially those of the east- and south-European and Near Eastern backgrounds, and of the German background just now) have no firm sense cf what psychiatrists call belongingness, which is consider-j ed necessary for a full, balanced de-| velopment of character and perspnali-j ty, and for one’s effectiveness in a ; j creative way within a culture. To repeat, this is true of immigrants and of their American-born children; of many, perhaps most, of: i them: and remember their number | runs into tens of millions... They are I different from the old-stock Americans. Their Old World heritage, in most cases, is not England, but Po-| land or Italy or Armenia or the Bal-i lians, etc. And. the beginning of their j vital American background as groups . j is not the glorified Mayflower, but I i thc as yet unglorified immigrant! j steerage: not Plymouth Rock or Jamestown, but Castle Garden or El-1 iis Island or Angel Island or the International Bridge or the Mexican or Canadian border; not the wilder-; 1 ness of New England, but the social-economic jungle of the city slums and ! the factory system; not the Revolu-: • lion of 1776, but the Industrial Revolution; not the peals of the Liberty ■ Beil, but the first glimpse of the ! Statue of Liberty. J The majority of the new Americans ; are not subjectively identified with1 America as a state, a culture, and an idea, although most cf them want to be, even desperately so; but the stream of prejudice'that runs through our national atmosphere makes it i hard for them to achieve that identification. I find that, most of the J new people, when they say “we,” don’t mean “we Americans” or “we ' the people in this town," but “we i who live hi this section and are of i Polish or Armenian, etc., origin or background.” When they say “Ameri-i cans,” they don't mean themselves. The majority are on the defensive, are oppressed by feelings of inferiority, tens of millions of them; and, in consequence, they hang back and tend to be what Mencken used to call "assistant Americans” and to suppress I-their ambitions and keep away from ! the main streams of American life. They are "marginal" people, and are ! i geared not to the expansive and j cieatire impulse of America, but to' ! the fear- and confusion-prompted | | trends to contract and narrow down. ★ j What is the answer? A great many j i people say tolerance. But I don't know i i about; that. Tolerance, I am afraid, is j I not enough. By and large, I suppose, J ! I prefer tolerance to intolerance, and j ! I am aware of Webster’s definition of | tolerance: but all too often, as I ! study this problem, I find that toler- j I anee is something very different from J [ what a good many people think it is. i | Usually, tolerance, as, it works out in ; practice is nothing less than inac-j tive intolerance; at best a negative j virtue. One is tolerant when one en-' dures, or stands for, something one | doesn’t like. Tolerance is mostly in-; tolerance >groWn subtle, polite, and be-| yond reach, where you can’t deal with | it. It is mostly veneer for intolerance, 'which cracks easily; which has been cracking in recent years in this | country under the impact of the De-I prcssion and the backwash of the I events abroad. Something more is I needed: we will have to try to begin j to accept one another. | ‘‘This is not a nation, but a teeming i nation of nations,” a country in pro-! cess of becoming a nation; it always has been that, and, to my mind, it ; will be no tragedy should it remain i that for some time to come, even for- ■ ever. It always has been a heterogen-i ous country, a mixture of strains and : religions; which has been, and is, the | basis of much of its uniqueness in | the world and the source of much of | its power. It may be no accident that I many of the most dynamic cities and | regions in this country have been and ! are those which include the greatest I variety of national and cultural back-1 grounds. i On its sound, positive side, America j always has welcomed diversity, vari-i ety, differences. The Revolution was I fought, in part, because England did I not permit free immigration into the \ Colonies. j The Founding Fathers were mostly ! Anglo-Saxons, but eighteen of the I signers of the Declaration of Inde-! pendence were non-Anglo-Saxons. ! The springs of this country's central ideas and ideals have various sources. ! lhe Declaration of Independence, one j of the greatest pieces ever written, is ! an Anglo-Saxon document, written by ! Jefferson in the English language; its | contents, however, are not the ex-| elusive patent of any one strain. No I one strain has a monopoly on the ! ideas of liberty, equality, fraternity, 'democracy... Before the Revolution, j the sermons of the anti-British j preachers in New England were based I on. passages dealing with liberty in 1 the Old Testament, a Jewish book... Government based on the consent of I the governed is an all-important con-| cept. The Founding Fathers got it, ■ as it has been' shown by historians, from the 13th century Scholastic phi- i losophers, who weye Spaniards, Ital-I :ans, and Frenchmen. At its best, Americanism is nobody’s i monopoly, but a happy concentration ! cf some of the best aspirations and | tendencies of humanity «at its best j nearly everywhere at one time or an- i other. As it seems to me, it is the; highest body of idealism in the world today. It is, among other things, a j movement away from primitive ra-asm. fear and nationalism, and herd i instincts and mentality; a movement ; toward freedom, creativeness, a uni- j , versal or pan-human culture. In the course of my project, tins | ; past year, I have been repeatedly im- j i pressed by immigrants telling me or i writing to me how they felt when they first glimpsed the Statue of -Liberty: how tears filled their eyes, how they wanted to fall on their knees, how they lifted their children to see the goddess. These immigrants were Americans before they landed, j They were part of the same movement, the same surge toward freedom, ; tha-t brought over the Pilgrims. 'Hie | inscription on the Statue of Liberty ! remains significant. * Americanism welcomes differences, and if wo need a motto, I suggest: j Let’s make America safe for differ- ' ences. Let us work for unity within j diversity. My guess is that if we try j this, much of the diversity to which j some of us possibly more or less object will cease to be important or objectionable. Let us begin to accept one another as we are. I don’t mean.! of course, that one should like every- | body. I mean that one's decision to like or dislike or be indifferent to a • man should be made on the basis of his essential qualities as a person, not on the basis of the fault that he Was born an Albanian or Yankee, or that he came over in steerage or that he can sport a Mayflower blossom on his family tree... We need to be trained, or train om-,selves, in the direction of becoming creatively, positively, interested in a man partly because he is different; because, being different, he is apt to have something out-oi-the-ordinavv to offer to us personally and contribute to the evolving culture and civilization. Emerson said, ‘'It is the ‘not me' in my friend that charms' me.” Inviting diversity, being interested in it, will t§nd to produce unity in a democratic country ; will tend to make it dynamic; will operate against the concentration-eamp-like foreign sections and ghettos and restricted resU denlial districts, and will encourage movement and dispersal, at the same > i time that it will wrork for harmony and fusion... Inviting diversity brings out the basic sameness of people, just ! as the opposite results only in more I j and sharper differences. It breaks j down both the superiorities and inferiorities, which are equally bad — two ends cf the same stick. Inviting diversity builds individual { character and thereby helps to endow the country with ability to tackle I problems as they come up. We in I this country, of late, are not dealing | with our problems successfully; in great part, it seems to me, because millions of us are involved in a , complexity of group bickerings and j prejudices, name-calling, and ignov-| ant racist arguments and attitudes, j which are chewing up and burning j lout characters and personalities.. * i What to do?... In New York and j 11 elsewhere a group of us — we call j | ourselves the Common Council for! ■ i American Unity — are working on ; I plans to project some of these ideas . I into a long-range, statesmanlike move- I ment, which will enlist education, ; I literature, the movies, radio, and other . j cultural forces; but that will take ; j time, for it must be done slowly and , carefully. ' Personally, in thc project which I mentioned and which is to result in a book, cr a series of books, I am trying to work toward an intellectual-! emotional synthesis of old and new 11 America; of the Mayflower and the ! oteerage; of the New England wilder-| I -less and the social-economic jungle | jf the city slums and the factory sys-i .em; of the Liberty Bell and the ! Jtatue cf Liberty. The old American Dream needs to be interlaced with ihe immigrants’ emotions as they saw aie Statue of Liberty. The two must ’ oe made into one story. 1 There are many things that I want : j vO do. I want to stress what I have ; ried to bring out in My America, ' \ namely, that the U. S. is not any-' thing finished and perfect, but a ■ ;,rooess in all sorts of ways and re- ■ jpects; that the road ahead is long I and that we’ve got to be patient. . There is need of emphasizing the : .'.ecessity of our curbing our individual i and group egoisms and beginning to ' .ealize that, whatever our back-; ji'Ound or religion, we probably are act nearly as perfect as we like to i iiink; of stressing that our present! i . alue is not as something finished. ! , jut mostly as material for the fu- j , cure. There is need of saying that ; ,! .vhat is needed is less humiliation and j i | acerating of one another and more i i. auiniiity oa the part oi all of Uo, Ana, I io end the list, there is need of stat-| ing Americanism so that it will in-I slude all of us, regardless whether , .ur name is Hamilton, Starzinski. Jur-. ■ je'ionis. Brown, Schmidt, Krizman-! ?ich, Coolidge or Goldstein; and so ; that within it we will all be able to i achieve a subjective identification : .vith the country and lace its prob-. | If.ms, not in a mood of mutual fear, ! indecision, fretting and withdrawal. 1 but with affirmative intelligence, pas-! iion, and will. This — roughly — is my task as a : writer just now, and I hope that it j soon will become thc task of other : writers and of educators and histor-! ians. But in various ways we can all ! work at the problem. It is a job of I education, self-education, self-control. Perhaps you can help me in my ! project or study. You may know I something I ought to know, I suggest i you get a copy of my broadside. It ! may be had free by writing for it. Address: Louis Adamic, Milford. New i Jersey. There are many things one can do, or avoid doing, in order to help in ; this problem... If one is a news-! paper editor, one can do much by : running an occasional series of ar-j tides on the new-immigrant groups j i and their problems, and generally re- | j port their activities, as is being done j j by some of the papers, notably the j Cleveland Press. If one is a librarian or bookseller,: | one can “push” such books as Giants j i in the Earth by O. E. Rolvaag, My : .Antonia by Willa Caiher, or the re-j | cent biography of O. E. Rolvaag b,, i Theodore Jorgensen and Mary Solum. I | or We Who liuilt America: The Saga I of the Immigrant by Prof. Carl Witt- ! | ko. And one can urge people to read | such bcoks dealing with old America ; and its values as Van Wyck Brooks' > Flowering of New England, Carl Van Doren's Benjamin Franklin, Carl Sandburg’s Lincoln, Freeman’s Robert E. Lee, Elizabeth Page’s Tree of Liberty, or The Heritage of America, the Com-manger-Nevins anthology of American material from the beginning till now. '1 acre are hundreds of good books that should be read by old and new Americans. Schools should begin to exploit the backgrounds of their students and teachers for educational purposes. There should be displays of background materials and symbols. Schools with large numbers of so-called “foreign" youngsters should have period talks and lectures dealing with their i background:,. Teachers should watch ; out for manifestations of prejudice! among the youngsters and devise j ways to deal with them... One can do, or avoid doing, many i things. One can keep an eye on politicians, including those in Washing- j ton, who tend to cry “alien” every j chants they gut In order to accent; their “patriotism” or disguise their own intellectual bareness.. ■ One can stop avoiding people because they are I cf another background than oneself and can even go out of one’s way to meet and mingle with them. There is altogether too much clannishness and apartness in most groups. Some of the groups, too, are afflicted with entirely too much sensitiveness. I know the reasons for this oversensi-liveness, but there is need of conscious effort away from it. Whatever one’s background, one should not be ashamed of it, regardless of any prejudice against it. Shame >f thai sort is damaging to one’s character and inner makeup, arid it vends to turn one into a negative per-j on outwardly. One should seek all j the good elements out of one’s background and then (without being too sensitive about the elements which j are not so good) hang onto them in-I ofar as they are valid in his life | ere and now, and this not out of ay personal or group egoism or pride, anging onto them will benefit one jrsonally, help to make one a more -ective person and citizen; and, aereby, in numerous indirect, often ^discernible ways probably add omething to the sum-total of the ovolving culture, to the tone and color _>f life in general in this New World, n the past there has been entirely | oo much giving up, too much melt-| ag away and shattering of the var-! ,us cultural values of the new groups, '.ere still is too much of that, to .e detriment of individuals and of ..nerica. One can be careful with words, ’erhaps the worst that can be said or such words and expressions as .lunky, Polack, Kike, Goy, Jap. Chink, .'iigger, Greaser, and Wop is that they are ill-mannered... The word race should be used sparingly. There really is no Slavic, Italian, Jewish or Scandinavian race. Such differences as jxist among people are due, in the nain, to different environment, his-,ory and experience; when we meet n the same environment and have a ;ommon life we tend to become alike, iinoritv is a bad word, a European /old, a symbol ol an important phase ■f the tragedy over there. Melting Pot s a poor phrase and concept. It neans that everybody is to be turned nto something e|se with heat. V -# i Ciu- period is a difficult’ one. I ! .on’t know how the current world’ j ;risis is going to develop or what tins | country is going to do in the long | run in connection with it. Whatever I happens, I hope that a good many of us Will, try lojpq, eyeful and ui/ah, jeivt:.. ‘As T’ve said, we have here between 15 and 20 million people of the German background. The thing to do is to remember that they are one thing and the German Bund is another thing; that Hitler is over .here and Thomas Mann is here. It may be that the worst is yet to Mine in the Old World, that we are .vitnessirig the beginning of a cultural blackout over there, and that it is going to be our job here to save Ome cf the good phases of Western sulture and make them elements of uhe American culture. We have abundant materials for such a job. When this country was formed, there were people, Jefferson included, vho believed that the hope of the .vorld was here. They probably were iglit. But we've got to be careful. There is need of exerting our indi-idual and collective intelligence. We iave serious economic and social problems; as we proceed to try to ;olve, them, we should watch out that prejudice and intolerance don't turn the American Dream into a night-.nare. The future, ours as the world's, is in unity within diversity. Our various backgrounds are important and valuable, but, in the long run, not in themselves, not as something perfect and final. They are important and valuable only as material for our future American, culture. As I say, we have a chance to create a universal, a panhuman culture, more satisfying than anything humanity has as yet devised or experienced. The American Dream is a lovely thing, but to keep it going, to keep it from turning into a Nightmare, every once in a while we’ve got to wake up. SHORT SHQtyr stqrv CA(?+^ k *oTT*WM Vh/ccup HARRYVg waggg| W1744 cd^* fh ssfsg MO*A>L — 19 V0u HAVE to orTnk -- ~ \ME CAR I N| TH}.- OA.RA(, £ ISitmnal Safv’y Cvahcif. NOVA D( 1M0 RAMVOJ REHAB: SEMISIRIS KOMAN m a 9 a u BEaKSIBIBSBasi “Moje še do tvojih ne morejo!” je vzkliknila Nefteta. “Tvoje besede poslušam, njih zvok slišim, tudi pomen jim vem, a vsebine ne morem razumeti do jedra. Tako plitva in nespamentna sem še. Vsa svoja mlada leta sem preživela ko gazela v logu, in kakor išče ona le sočne paše in čiste studenčnice, tako sem iskala jaz samo ljubezni in sijaja. V mojih mislih ni bilo prostora za uganke življenja, daleč mimo njih je hodila modrost, samo sila jih je prepajala in želja po ljubezni velikega. Hotela sem goreti v njej kakor plamenica, sprejemati njeno svetlobo ter jo oddajati. Samo to, nič drugega. In sedaj... Glej, zrušilo se je moje mogočno svetišče. Vse naokoli vidim same razvaline in nobene poti, ki bi vodila k cilju.” “K staremu,” je dejala Arikdinila. “A ciljev je več; zelo mnogo jih je. Če jih ne bi bilo toliko, tudi življenja ne bi bilo. Spremenjeni položaji jih ustvarjajo sami.” “Meni jih še niso. Reci mi le eno: kakšen naj bi bil še smisel mojega življenja? Brez njega, ki ga še vedno ljubim? Brez moči, ki mi je potrebna, ko ribi voda? Brez bleska, ki mi je bolj nujen kakor pljučem zrak? Živeti samo zato, da živim? Nesmisel. Vrni .mi ljubezen, moč, blesk! Vrni mi cilje teh sladkosti!” “Vrnem? Izgubljenega ni mogoče vračati. In tudi, če se vrne, ni več kar je bilo poprej. Oguljeno je, kakor so oguljena krila j metulja, ki je ušel dečku iz lepljivih rok. Milijoni so hodili tvojo pot, milijoni jo hodijo in jo houijo in jo bodo, ko se nihče ne bo več spominjal tvojega imena, ko bo pozabljen blesk Somisov in ne bo sledu več za Semisirisom, ker vse se na svetu lahko spremeni, notranja usoda človeka pa ostane! Od vekomaj do vekomaj izvirajo čustva naših src iz istih nagnjenj, iz ljubezni in sovraštva, naklonjenosti in odpora, slasti in bolečine, veselja in žalosti. V luknjah divjakov in v palačah vladarjev, povsod so ista nagnjenja. Bila so ob začetku, ko je stopal po naši zemlji prvi človek, in bodo ob koncu, ko bo umiral zadnji. Samo modrost, ki jo rode izkušnje življenja, prečiščenega v najgloblji bolečini, jim lahko obrusi ostrino. Samo ostrino. Jedro ostane!” “Jaz te modrosti še ne poznam. Premlada sem, preživa, pre-i vroča. Kako naj bi postala mumija? Mar ne slišiš vretja krvi po mojih žilah? Si gluha za krike mojega srca. Neobčutljiva za željo mojih želja. Pogasi ognjenik ...” “Pogasi se sam, kadar izbruha ves ogenj.” “A v meni ga je še mnogo, kakor je kapljic vode v Kali, kakor je zrn peska v puščavi, kakor je bilk trave na poljani. . Ta ogenj me sežge. Rešila si me smrti, a kaj naj počnem brez življenja? Vrni mi, kar sem izgubila!” Nefteta je sklonila glavo v roke in zlomljeno zaihtela. XXVII. Minila je noč groze in,nad Semisirisom je vstalo drugo pusto jutro. Na nebu to še vedno viseli oblaki, dasi niso bili več tako svinčeno težki in je iz njih le še pršio.l Iz Kale so se dvigale sive megle ter se raztrgane ko cunje vlačile preko hiš in poljan. Po ulicah so ležali kupi kamenja, grušča in peska iz podrtih ali vsaj narušenih hiš. Ponekod so zijali v mračni dan očrneli ostanki pogorišč. Ljudje so hodili sem ter tja zbegani in bledih, upadlih 3ie. Zbirali so mrliče in jih odnašali v grobnice, ranjene pa so obvezovali in spravljali na ležišča. Le malo je bilo hiš brez mrličev ati vsaj ranjencev. Od vrat do vrat in od ulice je šlo pritajeno mrmranje. Semisiris je slabo skrival jezo nad faraonom 1 faraonov. Bil je še vedno trdno prepričan, da je le on sam povzročil vse zlo, ker je vrgel v ječo čarovnico iz votline Osenčja pod Goro prihoda in s tem izzval jezo svetega šakala Anubisa in boga mrtvih Osirisa. “Samo z daritvami zločincev lahko potolažimo srd podzemlja!” so vzklikali nekateri. “Zakaj gore jalovi plameni na žrtvenikih svetega bika Apisa?” so spraševali drugi. “Zakoljejo in sežgejo naj čiste svečenice boginje ljubezni!” so svetovali tretji. “Ciste device sc oskrunili,” so odgovarjali četrti. “V Semisirisu sploh ni več devic.” “Postal je močvirje greha.” “Grešni smo vsi. Poglejmo si iz oči v oči! Kdo je brez krivde?” so ugovarjali odkritosrčni. “A kdo je začel? Ni mar dvor pozabil na zapovedi Najvišjega? Niso duhovni sami prekršili postave? In zakaj so se dotaknili nedotakljive?” “Bliža se kazen pogubljenja.” ( Dalje prihodnjič.) J Joliet, III. — članom in cia jnicam društva Sv. Petra in Pavla, št. 66 JSKJ, naznanjam, da J je bil za leto 1940 izvoljen sledeči odbor: John živet z st., i predsednik; Frank Pirc st., pod-j predsednik; John Adamich, j 1120 Highland Ave., tajnik; Peter Musich, blagajnik; Louis 1 Martincich, zapisnikar; Frank E. Vranichar, predsednik nadzornega odbora; Louis Kosmerl in John Grabrian, nadzornika; Robert Kosmerl, reditelj. Društvena zdravnika sta dr. Joseph Zalar, 351 N. Chicago St,., in dr. Edward Sveti ich, 354 N. Chicago St. Društvene seje se bofdo vršile vsako tretjo nedeljo v mesecu ob eni uri popoldne v navadnih prostorih. Tem potom vabim člane in članice našega društva, da se kar mogoče polnoštevilno udeležijo prihodnje seje, ki se bo vršila v nedeljo 21. januarja ob 1. uri popoldne. Na tej seji bo zaprisežen novi odbor za leto 1940 in prečitani bodo letni računi za 1939. Začnimo društveno poslovanje v novem letu pravilno s tem, da v obilem številu posetimo prvo sejo in da že takoj na prvo sejo pripeljemo nekaj kandidatov za nove člahe. Bratski pozdrav in srečno novo leto vsem! — Za društvo št. 66 JSKJ: John Adamich, tajnik. S pota. — Šele po novem letu so nam vremenske oblasti'poslale nekoliko snega tukaj v Minnesoti. Naletaval je nekaj časa nalahko in boječe, da so se otroci strahoma povpraševali, če ga ne bo več. Njih želji je bilo ustreženo in zdaj se malčki že veselo sankajo. V St. Mary’s bolnišnici v Duluthu so zdaj, kolikor je meni znano, štirje rojaki: Rojak Rupar iz Chisholma, ki si zdravi zlomljeno roko in nogo; dalje je tu rojak Boben iz New Dulutha, iz Elya pa sta mladi Prešeren ter elyški policaj Martin Grahek, oba člana JSKJ. V bolnišnici se oglasim vsaki dan in navadno se vselej nekoliko pogovorim z rojaki, ki jih usoda tja pošlje. Jedro teh pogovorov pa je, da največje bogastvo na svetu je zdravje. Matija Pogorelc. Sobrat Plesh jo nagloma in nepričakovano umrl. Dne 9. januarja je še ves dan delal in zvečer je šel na unijsko sejo. Drugi dan, 10. januarja, je vstal kot po navadi in se oblekel za na delo, naenkrat pa je rekel ženi, da se ne počuti prav dobro, da ga nekaj boli v želodcu. Popil je en “alka-seltzer” in dejal, da bo za par minut legel, ker ima še nekoliko časa pred odhodom na delo. Res je legel, toda vstal ni več, kajti 10 minut potem je že izdihnil. Taka nagla smrt je res nepričakovan in hud udarec za družino. Kaj več podrobnosti bom poročala enkrat pozneje. Za sedaj še ne vem, odkod je bil pokojnik doma, kdaj je pristopil k Jednoti in h kateremu društ-. j vu. Vem le to, da je bil po rodu : Hrvat in da je bil vesten član, ki j je cenil našo Jednoto, zaveda-I joč se, v kako pomoč more biti | njemu in njegovi družini; zapu-I šča ženo in 8 otrok. Ta slučaj j naj nas opozori, da ni varno za ! odlašati z vstopom v podporno | organizacijo in da tudi ni varno ; zanemarjati plačila asesmentov, j kajti nesreča nikdar ne počiva. Naj bo pokojnemu sobratu I lahka ameriška gruda, žalujo-| čim ostalim pa naj bo v imenu j društva izraženo globoko soža-! 1 je. članom društva Združeni Slovani, št. 225 JSKJ, naznanjam, j da smo na zadnji letni seji sklenili spremeniti naše zborovalne j prostore. V bodoče bomo zboro-! vali v “Tivoli” dvorani na 729 i So. 5th St. Člani naj izvolijo to ! izpremembo zborovalnih prosto-| rov upoštevati in naj redno po-i sečajo mesečne seje, ki se bodo j vršile vsako tretjo nedeljo v | mesecu in se bodo pričenjale ob I 2. uri popoldne. Prihodnja seja | bo v nedeljo 21. januarja. Na svidenje in sestrski pozdrav! — Za društvo Združeni Slovani, št. 225 JSKJ : Pauline Vogrieh, tajnica? | ----------------- Cleveland, O. — V nedeljo 21. ! januarja bo “Mladinski pevski zbor” na Holmes Avenue vpri-I zoril dve igri, namreč “Dar lu-| či” in “Fest fant.” Pričetek ob treh popoldne. Po zaključenih I igrah bo ples in prosta zabava, i Vstopnina k igrama in plesu je v predprodaji 40 centov, pri blagajni pa bo 50 centov. Mladinski pevski zbor prijazno vabi k obi-lemu poseti te prireditve. Sophie Kapel. Cleveland, O. — članicam društva Marije Vnebovzete, št. j 103 JSKJ, naznanjam, da bo-! mo imele prihodnjo sejo v nedeljo 21. januarja ob pol dveh popoldne. Ker bo to prva seja v tem letu, bo na isti tudi predložen račun za poslovanje pre-j teklega leta. Priporočljivo je, i da se članice te seje polnoštevil-j no udeležijo. Pri tej P11' a še omenim, da je bil na e ^ v decembru izvoljen 'cs , ■ odbor, in tako sem tu 1 — *-sS urad blagajničaike. . na 22470 Nicholas Ave-tera članica želi, svoj asesment tudi pf kor dosedaj. Od svojes> .{ bom potrudila, da boni ^ da se bom ravnala P° ^ Sestrski pozdrav! -r .j. štvo št. 103 JSKJ : .•!»$. Mary Walter, blagajn Brooklyn, N. članicam društva b'- . 50 JSKJ, naznanjam. • na letni seji v dece» ^ lien za leto 1940 sle ^ Ignac Zajc, predaedm Slabič, podpredsednik tin Orehek, Sr., tajn' F. Tassotti, blagaj^.ca. S. Orehek, zapis«1*8- p fred Judež, Carl Grab * ry Knez, nadzorniki: * , krst, zastavonoša diu (sv stave; John Wesaell. noša ameriške zasta'e' Tem potom Poz'v?” i članice našega di Uf.:0 pripel noštevilno udeleZlJ^ nje redne seje, ki >’e ^ iboto 20. januarja o ^ čer. Na omenjeni .sej tano finančno P0I°C. društvenih dohodk1 $ preteklega leta. K ? . j|> j,«,j Ako imate kak vaiejUJ jjvr# | korist, da ga fin1 ' naj _ rabite pomoči, vam.nli v s mi 20-'etnimi izkusn.l' ^ iisl kh poslih drage voli« rA <* e'enar se še vedn” ij ZNIŽANE CENE DEV j jjj. 2 v Za? 2.40.. 1UJ d»n. 1‘ liAj j, ' za 4.60.. ?00 ” 11 17."' if 6.70.. 300 ;; 11 Ztpt Ijail za 10.50.. oOO 5> jr j za 20.50.. 1000 ” f?V°l za 40.0... 2000 > Pri višjih zneskih ^ np j ^ - Dolarji se se%iijaB'«' \/ 9 P starem kraju. 1 .vr*eI1 t javno. — Cene so P k bi gori ali doli. . z3df' 'j V vseh starokrajs^1 lej obrnite na: » l4v LEO ZAKR^ft General TravelJ^ f*ffc V pO ' J % . zavarovane do t- ' Savings & Eoan . L,toHi ration, Wash'«* Sprejemamo ose^ Plačane obr®*^ St. Clair Savings 6233 St. Clair J* | 8. uri zvečer. Srečno novo leto j vsemu članstvu J. S. K. Jed-: note! — Za društvo št. 81 JSKJ : Joseph Fayfar, Jr., tajnik. Chicago /11. — članstvu dru-I štva Jugoslovanski zvon, št. 70 JSKJ naznanjam, da se bo vrši-! la prihodnja seja v soboto 20. januarja v navadnih prostorih. Pričetek seje točno ob 8. uri 1 zvečer. Na tej seji bo vpeljava novega odbora, slišali boste pomočilo nadzornega odbora in raz-i pravljali bomo tudi glede društvene zabave. Januarske seje iso važne in bi se jih morali ; udeležiti vsi člani brez izjeme. I Na teh sejah se navadno dolo-1 ei, kako bo društvo delovalo v | tekočem letu., Ako se članstvo udeleži, s tem pokaže, da se za-f nima za društvo in obenem da korajžo novemu odboru. Pri večini društev, kadar člani izvolijo odbor, mislijo, da so s tem sto-i ili že svojo dolžnost, češ, od-i bor naj dela, ki ve kako in kaj fin je tudi plačan zato itd. : Pravijo, da predsednik je glava ; m d;: je tajnik duša društva in, i da je vse ležeče na predsedniku in tajniku, kako društvo deluje. ! Po mojem mnenju je pa največ ' odvisno od telesa in krvi, in to je članstvo. Ako se člani ne za-| nimajo, imajo lahko še tako od-j ter odbor, po vseeno ne bo na-i p redka pii društvu. ! Torej ne pozabite in pridi-| te gotovo na sejo, da se vsaj spoznamo. Po seji bomo imeli nekaj prigrizka in pijače. Sedaj pa par besedi glede stvari, katera dela največ preglavic in skrbi vsakemu društvenemu tajniku, in to je asesment. Društvo ne plača asesmenta za nobenega člana iz društvene blagajne. Iz-| vzeti so le člani, ki se nahajajo na bolniški listi, in pa člani, ka-leri vprašajo za to na društvenih sejah. Tajnik ne bo dola! nobene izjeme, torej kdor ne bo i ' ~el plačano vsaki zadnji dan v mesecu, ho .suspendiran. Vem, da se dobijo člani, ki poreko, da ako se ne založi za nje, bodo pa društvo pustili. Vsem takim članom samo toliko, ako mislijo, da so v društvu samo v korist Jednote in društva, so zelo nespametni, ker ne pustijo društva. Moje skromno mnenje pa je, da vsak član je zato v društvu, da ima korist od njega, I namreč, da v slučaju nesreče | lahko dobi podporo. Ako bi se ; vsi člani zavedali tega, bi ne ; bilo potreba toliko opominov in pisanja narediti društvenim tajnikom. Zavedajmo se, da tajnik ni hlapec, pač pa uradnik dru-! štva, kei' do sedaj vsaj meni ni j znano, da bi kateri tajnik živel samo od društvenega dela. Upam, da bo to moj zadnji dopis glede asesmenta za 1940 in da bodo vsi člani napravili in držali novoletno reso lucijo, namreč, da bodo plačevali redno svoj asesment. Na sejah bom pobiral asesment od 7. ure zvečer naprej, na domu vsaki četrti petek od 6. do 9. ure zvečer in vsako četrto soboto od 9. ure dopoldne do 9. ure zvečer. Prosim, da se vsi člani držite tega reda, da ne boste zastonj hodili. Ako bo članstvo le nekoliko sodelovalo in pokazalo dobro voljo bomo lahko beležili velik uspeh in napredek pri društvu Jugoslovanski zvon za leto 1940v Z bratskim pozdravom, Anton Krapenc, tajnik 1036 W. 21 Place Chicago, 111. Lorain, O. — Na zadnji seji društva Sv. Alojzija, št. 6 JSKJ, je bilo sklenjeno, da se potom glasila pozove člane in Članice, da se gotovo udeležijo prihodnje seje, ki se bo vršila v nedeljo 21. januarja in se bo pričela ob eni uri popoldne. Na omenjeni seji bo treba rešiti več važnih zadev, zato je potrebno, da so navzoči člani in članice v polnem številu. Nikdo naj ne misli, da brez njegove navzočnosti sc bo že vse opravilo. Ako bi vsak tako mislil, bi ne bilo nikogar na sejo. Torej, vsi na sejo v nedeljo 21. januarja. j V Novi Dobi z dne 27. decembra je bilo navedeno, da je bil | za zastavonošo našega društva j izvoljen Anton Škraba, kar je I bilo napačno, ker dotični član je že pred par leti umrl. Pravilno bi se moralo glasiti, da je bil za 1 zastavonošo izvoljen sobrat Anton Jančar. Toliko v popravek, j Bratski pozdrav! — Za društvo 1 št. 6 JSKJ : Matija Ostanek, tajnik. Cleveland, O. — Na letni seji društva Marije Vnebovzetje, J št. 103 JSKJ, je bil za leto 1940 'izvoljen sledeči odbor: Johana | Pust, predsednica; Agnes Krall, i podpredsednica; Anna Kovach, !tajnica; Mary Walter, blagaj-! ničarka; Anna Walter, zapis-i nikarica; Gertrude Bokal, Mary I Matoh in Rose Šimenc, nadzornice. Društveni zdravniki so: dr. Skur, dr. Opaskar in dr. Per-| me. Društvene seje se vršijo v : Slovenskem domu na Holmes j Avenue vsako tretjo nedeljo v 1 mesecu in se pričenjajo ob pol i dveh popoldne. Zastopnice za | federacijo društev JSKJ v državi Ohio so: Johana Pust, | Anna Walter in Mary Walter. Z ozirom na društveno blagajno je bilo sklenjeno, da vsaka i članica našega društva prispeva 50 centov. T6 vsota mora biti | plačana do meseca junija. Vse-| kakor je priporočljivo, da članice plačajo to naklado čim prej mogoče, da se to delo preveč ne ; razvleče, članice so vabljene, da , se udeležijo prihodnje seje, ki | se bo vršila v nedeljo 21. janu-; arja. Na omenjeni seji bodo po-j dani letni računi. Sestrski po-| zdrav in na svidenje! — Za društvo št. 103 JSKJ : Anna Kovach, tajnica. j Ely, Minn. — Prva seja dru-j štva Slovenec, št. 114 JSKJ, v i letu 1940 se bo vršila v ne/leljo 21. januarja in se bo pričela ob 7. uri zvečer. Vsi člani so vab-: Ijeni, da pj-idejo na to sejo, na KaWioomo deiaff'na? rteza" dč-i lo tekočega leta. Odbor za leto 1940 je sledeč: Peter Skradski, Sr., predsednik; John Kalan, podpredsednik; Joseph Milkovich, tajnik; Simon Marolt, blagajnik; George Ko-chevar, zapisnikar; Joseph Markovich, Jr., Joseph Russ.in John Petrich, Sr., nadzorniki; Simon Marolt in Joseph Milkovich, zastopnika za J. N. Dom; Peter Skradski, Sr.,y Joseph Milkovich in Simon Marolt, zastopniki za federacijo društev JSKJ v Minnesoti. Društveni zdravniki so: dr. Parker, Ayres, Sutherland, Snyker, Grahek in McCarty. Glede društvene aktivnosti v letu 1939 je vredno omeniti, da se je društvo uspešno udeležilo kampanje in poslalo delegati-njo Peggy Lambert na mladinsko konvencijo, na atletično konferenco pa kot delegata Jos. Milkovicha. Za svoje baseball igralce je nabavilo uniforme, za svoje kegljačice pa jopice. Upam, da društvo ostane aktiv-.10 tudi v tem letu.Novoletna resolucija za vse člane in članice našega društva pa bi morala biti: udeležitev vsake seje! Bratski pozdrav! — Za društvo št. 114 JSKJ:, Joseph Milkovich, tajnik. Milwaukee, Wis. — Navadno pravijo, da je nesrečna'številka 13, toda pri našem društvu je bila nesrečna tudi številka 10. Dne 10. januarja je namreč preminil naš sobrat Anton Plesh starejši in dne 13. januarja smo ga ob veliki udeležbi pokopali. Društvo in Jednota sta s pokojnikom izgubila dobrega člana. Tekom mojega šestletnega tajništva sem ga poznala kot člana, ki se je zavedal vrednosti podpornega društva in je vedno točno plačeval asesmente zase I in svojo družino, ki ni nikdar | odrekal pomoči, kadar je šlo za koristi društva. Cenil je svojo društvo in svojo Jednoto, zavedajoč se, da nihče ne ve ure ali dneva, kdaj ga lahko zadene bolezen ali nesreča. ii* ki 5] f( P! to in se fa Dili «0t fišl ]k\ P P Rockdale, Ul. — člani in članice društva Vit. sv. Mihaela, št. ^ 92 JSKJ, so vabljeni, da se pol- j noštevilno udeležijo naše pri-; hodnje seje, ki se bo vršila v nedeljo 21. januarja. Seja se bo vršila v mestni dvorani in se bo pričela ob pol desetih (9.30) dopoldne. Ta seja bo važna, ker moramo izvoliti odbor za leto 1940. Na decemberski seji nas ni bilo dovolj članov, niti da bi bili mogli oddati odborniška mesta. Zato smo volitev preloži- j li na sejo 21. januarja. Prosim, ' da se članstvo te seje udeleži v j polnem številti. Pozdrav in na svidenje! — Za društvo št. 92 JSKJ: Louis Urbančič, tajnik. Aurora, lil. — Kakor je bilo v Novi Dohi že poročano, sta se z januarjem 1940 združili tukajšnji društvi JSKJ, namreč društva Sv. Jerneja, št. 81, in društvo Sv. Ane, št. 119. Glavni urad je združitev odobril, ker sta isto želeli obe društvi, žensko društvo št. 119 jq soglašalo, da se obdrži za združeno društvo ime in številka društva št. 81. Pod tem imenom in to številko bo torej društvo v bodoče poslovalo. Na letni seji je bil za leto 1940 izvoljen sledeči odbor: Joseph Fayfar, Sr., predsednik; Anton Verbič, podpredsednik; Joseph Fayfar, Jr., tajnik; Caspar Ahacic, blagajnik; Stanley Fayfar, zapisnikar; Anton Verbič, Rita Schabb in Julia Mala-ker, nadzorniki. Društveni zdravnik je dr. B. J.* Pulfer. Društvene seje se bodo vršile v Slovenski dvorani na vogalu Aurora Ave. in Hankes Ave. vsaki tretji četrtek v mesecu ob DOPISI La Salle, lil. — V tem dopisu ne bom pozival članov našega društva Danica, št. 124 JSKJ, da naj se bolj številno udeležujejo društvenih sej, ker so bili vsi moji dosedanji tozadevni pozivi brez uspeha. Nekaj članov se vedno zaveda svojih društvenih dolžnosti, se zanimajo za društvene probleme in se u-deležujejo sej, kar je hvale vredno. Nekako polovica članstva pa se vse premalo zanima za svoje društvo. Upam, da tudi ti v tekočem letu postanejo bolj aktivni. Meseca aprila se bo v našem mestu vršila seja federacije društev JSKJ za Illinois in Wisconsin. Naše letne seje, ki se je vršila 21. deccmbra, so se udeležili tudi zastopniki od društva št. 3 JSKJ v La Sallu in od društva št. 130 JSKJ v De Pue, 111., in smo se bratsko pogovorili, kako se naj najbolj u- spešno pripravimo za dotično prireditev. Dela bo dovolj za 1 vse, ne samo za uradnike, am-j pak tudi za druge člane. Upam, 1 da bo članstvo v splošnem sodelovalo, da bo prireditev uspešna in v reklamo J. S. K. Jed-j noti. ! Društveni uradniki za leto 11940 so isti kot so bili lani. Tudi seje se bodo v tekočem letu vršile po starem redu, in sicer vsako tretjo nedeljo v mcsecu. Vršile se bodo v Slovenskem : domu in se bodo pričenjale ob j i pol dveh popoldne. j Sobrat Frank Struna, aktivni član našega društva, se nahaja v St. Mary’s bolnišnici. Želimo mu skorajšnjega okre- j vanja, ker ga pogrešamo pri društvenem delovanju. j ' Prihodnja seja se bo vršila v i nedeljo 21. januarja in upam, ; da jo člani v obilem številu po | netijo. Bratski pozdrav! — Za |društvo št. 124 JSKJ: Matt Vogrieh, predsednik fc,te8 % NAZNANILO IN ZAHVALA „ .op’ Potrtih sre sporočamo sorodnikom, prijateljem pp žalostna vest, da nam je neizprosna smrt pobrala Uu oziroma mater FRANČIŠKO HORVAT J Pokojnica, katere dekliško ime je bilo Lavrič, Je R 11. novembra 1870 v vasi Suhor pri Toplicah na " _i,rn Iff ] Ameriki je preživela 40 let. Preminila je dne 19. dece«1 štiridnevni bolezni in dne 23. decembra smo j° ?„ob0^ ] obredih položili k večnemu počitku na New Tex** V ]ct’ ,#• j Pokojnica je bila članica društva št. 33 JSKJ polnih poK , i> I Pri tej priliki se želimo iskreno zahvaliti vsem, k* ^ f£ fjJ I obiskovali tekom bolezni, vsem, ki so se poslovili »d nLj|« ’‘jjj t I cvctlicami, vsem, ki so dali za pogreb potrebne avtom0^^ I polago, in vsem, ki so jo obiskali na mrtvaškem I spremili na pokopališče. Hvala vsem sorodnikom i11 P ifl , P* I naselbin Center, Universal,' Cheswick, Kenton, Ver°"‘ I mcreland, Pa., ter iz Clevelanda, Ohio, za vse čine po i klonjenosti in sožalja. Preveč jih je, da bi mogli vS. foSf, J navesti, zato naj velja ta skupna zahvala vsem skUP^J’ se ' J naj se zahvalimo še članom društva št. 33 JSKJ, k’ a velikem številu udeležili pogreba. Ti na, nepozabna soproga in mati, odpočil se JJ? |ep Cl j trudu v svobodni zemlji ameriški in ohranjen Ti fr Žalujoči osta’i: John Horvat, soprog'; John, JoScP ’ • Henry, sinovi; Frances, hčerka. Center, Pa., meseca januarja 1940. NAJCENEJŠI SLOVENSKI DNEVNI^ AMERIKI JE 11 SLOVENSKI DNEVN^-f ENAKOPRAVNO^ Naročnina za celo leto izven Clevelanda Društvom in posameznikom se priporoča^^ tiskovine. Unijsko delo—zmerHe 6231 ST. CLAIR AVE. Clevelan * S S j v N hia s $ tS iS(1 vv ■ ° v, J C 3 AM K> 1». C) :®1 Jo N S J?, e*