tedna do tedna *IBA, KI NAS NAJBOLJ 5 TEPE p e t dnevnikov in šest tedni- • cV imamo ameriški Slovenci. Jo je lepo in v redu; je dokaz „aše narodne in kulturne zaved¬ nosti, pravimo, in bo že diekaj | D a tem. Ti naši listi pa imajo izrazito posebnost. Redko VOLUME~m eno P pri! y UNIJI AVTNIHi Koledar prireditev Vojna med Rusijo namreč izde kaka številka, jjgteri bi ne bilo enega ali dopisi oziroma vabil na veselice, piknike in enake tfdbe. Večina teh dopisov je u- rezanih po enem kopito in sko- ro sleherni izzveneva: Za žej-j Frakcijski boj pri eksekutivi iia grla bo seveda tudi dobro unije avtomobilskih delavcev ireskrbljeno, torej le pridite. United Automobile Workers of Official Organ of The Slovene Progres¬ sive Beneht Society Glasilo Slovenske Svobodomi¬ selne Podporne Zveze Cleveland, Ohio, August 3rd, 1938 NUMBER 105 DELAVCEV OGROŽA VES C. I. O. in SSPZ Japonsko? Jaz niše nikak puritanec pa America, 6 e še ni polegel tem- tudi noben abstinent; verja- več se nadaljuje v poostren mem v veselo družbo in stvari, obliki. Predsednik Homer Mar¬ ti zraven spadajo in še na mi- tin, ki je nedavno suspendiral sel mi ne pride, da bi komu o- štiri člane eksekutivnega odbo- porekal, če si ga privošči kak ra, je povzročil, da je bil eden kozarček, ako je grlo res suho od četvorice že izključen, proti in žejno ali če je prilika taka, ostalim trem pa se sedaj’vršijo da se takorekoč spodobi, da se zaslišanja v Detroitu. Kar dela jo nekoliko proslavi. pri tem najbolj mučen vtis, je Ampak roko na srce, bratje, dejstvo, da je bila kaznilna ’ak- pa kar priznajmo, da med na- cija proti opoziciji podvzeta po- mi se pije preveč, mnogo pre- tem, ko je bil Martin parkrat več. Pije se na veselje in pije se zaporedoma poražen v odboru ja jezo, pije'se na žalost in pi- ko so prišla na dnevni red raz¬ je se kar tjavendan, bodisi da i na vprašanja, ki so se nanaša- je kak vzrok ali povod za to ali la na normalne unijske posle. Ta akcija je vznemirila znaten del unijskega članstva. Razne lokalne unijske. postojanke, med katerimi so bile nekatere izmed največjih v organizaciji, ko: pijemo, pijemo in zopet pi- so sprejele resolucije, v kate- jemo. Pitje nam je prešlo v me- rih se je Martina pozvalo, da so in kri in veselja brez zaliva- suspendiranim uradnikom do¬ voli, da bodisi zopet prevzame¬ jo svoje urade, ali pa da spor izroči John L, Lewisu, kot predsedniku CIO, v arbitracijo; če pa se mu ne zdi umestno ne prvo ne drugo, da se skliče iz- * * * ! vanredno konvencijo, ki bi ime- To, prijatelji, nam ne dela^ a m °č izvoliti nove uradnike, časti in pa v veliko škodo nam Posledica tega je bila, da je bi¬ je - gmotno in moralno. Na lo podvzeto disciplinarno posto¬ panje tudi proti nekaterim po¬ sameznim unijam. Martinova obramba proti o- poziciji je, da jo vodijo komu¬ nisti, ki hočejo razbiti unijo in da se v ta namen poslužujejo neavtoriziranih stavk. Obtožen- te obdolže zavračajo ter na in tin nesposoben, diktatorski da mu gre le za to, da bi si utr dil svojo pozicijo in oblast. je. In pije se v družbi in pije se posamezno; pije se javno in pije se privatno — na domu in vsaloonu, med štirimi stenami in pod milim nebom. Na krat- nja si že skoro predstavljati ne moremo. Pijača, katero po ne¬ potrebnem “predihamo”, bi gnala ne samo “mlinske kam- ae tri”, • temveč gnala bi elekt¬ rične turbine . . . m posledicah trpimo kot posamez¬ ni in kot celota; trpimo na zdravju, žepu in duhu. Če bi bi- Slovenci v Ameriki polovico denarja, kar smo ga pognali po $ 11 , porabili konstruktivno, to Se pravi v naš lastni prid, bi ® e 'i danes n. pr. lahko svoje bolnišnice in sirotišnice, zavode za stare in onemogle, za druž- 116 farme, tvornice in prodajal- impozantne knjižnice in gle- lišča, da, tudi svoje visoke s °le in celo svojo univerzo. — Ce mislite, da je ^mite svinčnik tUt *ajte: pomnožite okroglo šte- ' lko ’ Podstavljajoče naše pre- K alstvo v tej deželi, z vsoto, ci to fantazija, v roko in ra- drugi strani trdijo, da je Mar- trenja, ki se že dalj časa vrši med člani unijske eksekutive, ali da bi Ocenjevali, kje je bila v pravem ali napačnem ena ali druga frakcija. Vsekakor pa je jasno, da ako se spor ne izrav¬ na, je obstoj unije same v ne¬ varnosti, kar bi lahko pomenilo usoden udarec za celotno giba¬ nje industrijskega unionizma; pozabiti se namreč ne sme, da je unija avtnih delavcev naj¬ večja in najvažnejša, odkar se je je začel pokret CIO za orga¬ niziranje delavcev v masno-pro- dukcijskih industrijah. Vpričo tega bi' se zdelo, da bi predsed¬ nik Martin moral poslušati glas članstva ter spor izročiti kaki višji instanci, bodisi Lewisu ,ali pa slikati izvanredno kvvonven- cijo, na kateri bi predstavniki celokupnega članstva, ki so iz¬ volili njega kot njegove na¬ sprotnike, imeli priliko, da nje¬ govo postopanje bodisi potrdijo ali pa zavržejo. Pravilno komentira eden iz¬ med new-yorških liberalnih ted¬ nikov, ki tozadevno pravi:. “Kaj bi Martin in dežela v splošnem mislila, ako bi predsednik Roosevelt, potem ko je bil na primer v senatu poražen, iz¬ ključil toliko senatorjev, da bi v dotični zbornici zopet imel ve¬ čino? Ako je predsednik Zedi¬ njenih držav pri volji v takih slučajih apelirati na volilce, te¬ daj tudi Martin gotovo nima nikakega izgovora, da se ne bi poslužil iste metode.” Nedelja 14. avgusta — Društ- j - vo št. 47, CHICAGO, ILL., pri -j v pondeljek in torek tekoče- redi piknik na Keglovem vrtu v £ a tedna so se odigrale na Dalj- Willow Springs, lil. nem vzhodu stvari, ki ne po-, mir. V na meji I nem vzhodu stvari Ni naš namen, da bi na tem Nedelja, 14. avgusta — Piknik menijo nič poostreni j mestu razpravljali zgodovino Vrtca št. 1, FOREST CITY, PA., bližini Čangkufenga, dobrega za Ali bo Roosevelt tretjič kandidat? Dasiravno je do prihodnje predsedniške kampanje še dve leti, pa je to vprašanje danes vsepovsod na ustnicah. Zakaj, ni nobena uganka. Tako njego¬ vi pristaši kot nasprotniki dob- da kandidata, ki bi bil j New Dealerji in bi se ne bilo obratnem redu, tedaj je tretji pogoj še najmanj važen. Not¬ ranji tajnik Harold Ickes, zvez¬ ni pravdnik Robert Jackson in poljedelski tajnik Henry Wal- lace so vsi trdni in preizkušeni ro vedo, j' Povprečen naš človek med v vseh ozirih kos Rooseveltu, la ®i letno izda za alkoholično : demokratska stranka sploh ne Potem pa dobljeno šte- premore. Neki P^nan liberalen Pomnožite še s številom časnikar, ki se ze do g na Blodnikarjevi farmi. Mančukua in Sovjetske unije, Sobota, 20. avgusta — Trail nekoliko severozapadno od Vla- Blazers, št. 107, CHICAGO, divostoka, je prišlo do resnih Moonlight Picnic” in spopadov med sovjetskim in ja- SOCIALIST, KI JE PREMAGAL OPOZI CIJO S P OŠTENOSTJO Zanimiva zgodba Jasperja McLevyja, žu¬ pana mesta Bridgeport v državi Connecticut /LL., ima ples v Riverdale Beer Garden, 134th Street in Indiana Ave. Nedelja 21. avgusta — Dru- tšvo št. 211, GOWANDA, N. Y„ ponskim vojaštvom, ki nosijo I vse znake začetka prave vojne . 1 Enak vtis človek dobi ob čita- nju komunikejev, objavljenih v j praznuje svojo 10-letnieo s pik- Tokiju in Moskvi. Znano je tu- nikom na Slovenskih pikniških di, da obe državi grmadita na prostorih. meii silne množine vojaštva Sobota, 27. avgusta—Skupna proslava 30-letnice SSPZ dru¬ štev. št. 142 in 218 ter Vrtca št. 103, WH1TE VALLEY, Pa., v Slovenski dvorani. Kazanje pre¬ mičnih slik in mladinska igra. Nedelja, 28. avgusta — Seja federacije SSPZ društev v za- padni Penni, v STRABANE, PA., po seji piknik , v Dreniko¬ vem parku. Sobota, nedelja in ponedeljek 3., 4. in 5. septembra — Šesti i meji vojnega materijala. in Poročila glede rezultatov do¬ sedanjih spopadov si nasprotu¬ jejo. Ena kot druga stran trdi, da je nasprotna stran utrpela velike izgube in da je bila vr¬ žena nazaj, medtem ko so nje¬ ne čete bile uspešne. Ruski vi¬ ri pravijo, da so sovjetske čete napadle in iznova zasedle neki grič, s katerega so jih Japon¬ ci prvi dan prepodili in da so narodni atletski zbor SSPZ r'slednji imel 400 mrtvih in ra- BR1DGE V ILL U, PA. Zasleduj- njenih, dočim je bilo na sovjet- te poročila, bi bodo objavljena ' s ki strani 13 mrtvih in 55 ra¬ li glasilu. I njenih. Poročilo iz Tokija pra- Pondeljek, 5. septembra (La- Ar i, da so ruske izgube znašale bor Dag) — Proslava 30-letnice 70 ubitih. društva št. 2, CLARIDGE, PA. Položaj je vsekakor zelo kri- Nedelja, 11 septembra — tičen in velike napetosti Proslavo 20-letmce priredi dru- ^ r štvo št. 155 SSPZ na Klemenči¬ čevi farmi, RENT ON, PA. Sobota, 15. oktobra. — Jesen¬ ski ples društva Victorians, CHICAGO, ILL., v Marshall Square dvorani, 3115 W. Cer- mak Rd. ZMAGA V MONTANI, PORAZ V TEXASU Z veliko večino je bil pri de¬ mokratskih primarnih volitvah v Montani nominiran kongres- man Jerry J. 0’Connell, odločen progresivec in najmlajši član kongresa; star je šele 29 let. Njegova zmaga je hud poper za senatorja Wheelerja, nekdanje- ki že dolgo obstoji med Japon¬ sko in Sovjetsko unijo, bi ne bi¬ lo nič čudnega, ako bi to, kar se je zgodilo zadnje dni pome¬ nilo začetek velikega konflikta. Koliko časa bi se v takem slu¬ čaju Evropa držala izven izven vojne, je vprašanje, ki bi naj- brže ne ostalo dolgo neodgovor¬ jeno. Diesova predloga ni bila sprejeta Zakonski načrt, ki je znan pod imenom Dies bili (H. R. 6391) in o katerem je bilo to¬ ga progresivca, ki se zadnji čas liko govora, ni prišel do tega, Pijačo, Vilko ! et tecimo'25), ko “je bilo* na-1 haja v Washi a «tonu in so mu ^seljeništvo v splošnem ne- politične razmere dobro znane, penjeno, B pa | L^k°, da se vam boste dobili bodo ježili glede tega piše: 'Zelo dvomljivo itanj! Sde _ __ j _ vieiu _ je> ki 2 e ’ ^ a Pili smo vsaj kakih 200 i p^ oose velt sam mogel odgovori- ‘Jotiov dolarjev, raje več ko . vprašanje, vendar pa je mogoče priti ’ d° nekakega splošnega zaključka. Pričeti wf. “»olj žalostnih ko- raoramo v veri in j ar Jev za naše razmere je, , j e poglavitna zelja p J b > Pijače se tudi za kaj ^ ta P da bi se n.daljev^o s s e ?a in koristnega ne da niči smern icami in reforma « b W ' ^uštvo S organizaci- je „„ očetova,^ **£ ustanova, bodisi podpor- priše l do zakljuck , . aoj j e *», S., ku ! turnega . znaČaj _ a .' ‘o J 1056 *™ 0 k o°ga drugega, ni ‘UrS hfae — oh toncu svojega drugega 7 ,.li:; kdo naj bi to bil. vsa bati, da bi z bojem, katerega je Roosevelt začel, odnehali. Tudi Fiorello La Guardia bi po mne¬ nju mnogih ne bil napačen in bi celo utegnil iti dalje kot ka¬ teri izmed navedene trojice. Kar se tiče drugega pogoja, ako vzamemo, da se javno mnenje v teku prihodnjih dveh let ne bo dosti spremenilo, sem uverjen, da bi se kandidatu, za katerim bi stal Roosevelt, ne bilo treba bati, da bo tepen na volišču. To (Dalje na 2. str.) ŠTEVILKE, KI MNOGO POVEDO kulturnega značaja, Ulil ,. nek J e dobiti sredstva za 4^ svojih nalog. Kaj ]f 0 (, 1 ' Kaj- drugega seveda tefj^^iti'prireditev, pri ka- bo Slav: Prodaja alkoholnih pi* n i vir dohodkov. Ne, ni- llc f'°rn' y. r °ti priredbam. Ampak, ljudje: ali bi ne bilo Iti & Se s ^ ran i bolje, če bi denar, iw Za P r avimo za pijačo, da- čjij / 0 r ganizaciji, ali pa pl a " dalj Vs topnino ;ali če bi gle- a Priredimo čim več pri- na. bolj in bolj nagiba na reakcio¬ narno stran. Manj sreče je imel v primarnih volitvah bojeviti vodja liberalnega bloka v kon¬ gresu, Maury Maverick, ki je bil pri volitvah, v katerih je bi¬ lo oddanih nad 49 tisoč glasov, poražen s 546 glasovi večine, da bi bil vzakonjen, predno se je kongresno zasedanje meseca junija zaključilo. Ta zakon bi bil dovolil veliki skupini ino- zemcev, ki so prišli nezakonito v Zedinjene države pred 1. juli¬ jem 1924, da uredijo svoje sta¬ nje in postanejo državljani. Do katero j^e dobil reakcijonarni d a tno bi bil dal vladi pravico, demokrat Paul J. Kilney, po na¬ rodnosti Irec, po veri pa kato¬ lik. Maverick pa je izjavil, da ne bo zahteval ponovnega štet¬ ja glasov. Dejal je: “Lincoln je bil poražen štirikrat, torej mis¬ lim, da kaj takega tudi jaz lah- da po svoji razsodnosti ustavi deportacijo v 8000 takozvanih “hardship cases” (t. j., kjer je vlada že odložila deportacijo v slučajih, vrednih uvaževanja, akoravno sedanji zakon ne da¬ je vladi pravice ustaviti za ved- Ohijski governer Dave^, ljub¬ ljenec velikih industrijskih in teresov, ki se brezupno bori za ponovno nominacijo, ima denar¬ ja kot toče za kampanjske svr- he. Kot se poroča, bo samo na v „ a t ež- dan volitev njegov kampanjski V tem j e z a P°P a ena rr n( jj(jat odbor potrošil $128,000 za svo- koča tega v P ra f a "f m o ra l brez- 1 je agitatorje. V državi je 8579 ki bi odgovarjal, bi mo , lilnih pre cinktov, m v vsa- pogojno posedati ^^gposoben kem precinktu bodo na dan vo- fikacije: * oral bl . J bi biti litev, ki se vršijo prihodnji to- dobiti nominacijo m vah) ! rek 9. avgusta, tri osebe placa- sposoben zmagati P n ne , zak ar bodo morale gledati, Z končno, moral bi » J da noben DaV eyjev pnstas ne pristaš New Deala,^ S ^ „^ nhi i iti na volišče. ne ko enkrat prenesem. Dve leti| no n jih deportacijo). Obenem bi oddiha mi bo ravno prav pri- j predlagani zakonski načrt šlo, potem pa se iznova vržem poostril deportacijske odredbe glede kriminalnih inozemcev. “Dies bili’ je bil sprejet v po¬ slanski zbornici (House of Re- presentatives) in je bil tudi priporočan od priseljeniškega v boj.” Značilen za razmere, ki vla¬ dajo v gotovih delih dežele, je bil izid governerske tekme v Texasu. Med petimi kandidati je z absolutno večino zmagal in [ odseka senata. Kakor znano, mu torej sploh ne bo treba iti j e g ro žnja od strani enega ali na redne volitve, neki Lee bve k senatorjev, da se bo vodi- 0’Daniel, agent oz. prodajalec lo p ro ti predlogi “filibuster”, moke, ki je vodil kampanjo po p rep rečila glasovanje o tem za- V" programi - imeli več pre 'i^ U ntian, da ne oo - "" , ohi j sk ega governerja b o obledel, se la razvedrila je (Dalje na 2. str.) na sto- bo pozabil iti na jskega v $10,000 na leto. Plača znaša vzgledu cirkuškega klavna m ga do zadnjega momenta sploh nihče resno jemal ni. Prepoto¬ val je vso državo v bando “hill- billy’‘ muzikantov ter vsepov¬ sod bobnal deset božjih zapove¬ di kot svojo politično platfor¬ mo. konskem načrtu v zadnjih urah zasedanja. Vsi zakonski načrti, o kate- nih ni kongres v zadnjem zase¬ danju glasoval, so brez vsake nadaljne veljave. Ni pa dvoma, da bo sličen zakonski načrt (Dalje na 2. str) Daniel W. Hoan, župan mesta Milwaukee, je bil prvi socialist v Ameriki, ki si je pridobil slo¬ ves sijajnega administratorja. Dolgo je bil tudi edini. Ampak zdaj ima “tekmeca”. In njegov tekmec je tudi socialist. Je to Jasper McLevy, župan mesta Bridgeport v državi Connecti¬ cut. Neki pisec, ki ni socialist, je po obisku Bridgeporta in raz- govarjanju z ljudmi prišel do zaključka, da “Jasper” — celo mesto ga namreč kliče s prvim imenom — lahko ostane župan, dokler ga bo volja. Pod njegovo upravo je Bridgeport, ki je in¬ dustrijsko mesto, broječe 150 tisoč prebivalcev, namreč zopet dobil vero vase, in po dolgem času so prebivalci zopet ponos¬ ni na svoje mesto. Jasper McLevy je bil rojen v Bridgeportu. Po rodu in tem¬ peramentu je tipičen Škot, re¬ sen, priden, pošten do kosti. Njegovi ljudje so bil skozi več rodov krovci — krili so strehe s škriljem. Tako je tudi Jasper že s 14. letom nehal hoditi v šo¬ lo ter se šel k svojemu stricu učit za krovca. Bil pa je že od; mladih let ukaželjen; še pred* 20. letom je pristopil k nekemu klubu, čigar člani so gojili de¬ batiranje in diskusije. V tistih letih mu je prišla v roke knji¬ ga “Looking Back”, katero je spisal znani ameriški socialni idealist Bella‘my. To delo je na¬ pravilo na fanta globok vtis. Še danes pravi, da smatra knjigo za najvažnejšo, kar jih j4 kdaj prečital. Leta 1900., ko mu je bilo 22 let, je postal' član socialistične! stranke, ki ga je nominirala za neki manjši občinski urad. Od takrat naprej je bil vsaki dve leti kandidat za eden ali drug javen urad. Toda navzlic temu,- da je bil dober govornik in da je znal svoja izvajanja osoliti tudi s humorjem, ga v politič¬ nem smislu ni nihče jemal res¬ no. Ampak hodil je redno na se- je občinskega sveta ter kmalu odkril, kako profesijonalni po¬ litiki gospodarijo z ljudskim denarjem. Leta 1911. je bil pr¬ vič kandidat za župana, ampak resnica o favoritizmu in korup¬ ciji pri mestni vladi je v polni meri prodrla med ljudstvom še¬ le devet let kasneje. Davki so med tem skokoma rastli, brez ozira, če so bili na vladi repub¬ likanci ali demokrati. Položaj je prikipel do kritične točke, ko so mesto v smislu zakona ni moglo več izposoditi denarja in je župan moral apelirati na dr¬ žavno zbornico, ki je poslej sa¬ ma vodila kontrolo nad mest¬ no finaco. Leta 1933. so socialisti dese¬ tič nominirali McLevyja za svo¬ jega županskega kandidata. In McLevy je bil za to kampanjo bolj pripravljen kot za katero prejšnjo. Pred javnostjo je raz¬ galil celo vrsto koruptnih afer; na primer fakte v zvezi z od¬ dajo 5-letnega kontrakta za od¬ važanje smeti in kuhinjskih od¬ padkov: ponudba za kontrakt je bila tako sestavljena, da ga je mogla dobiti samo ena firma v mestu, posledica česar je bi¬ la, da so bili davkoplačevalci o- peharjeni za vsoto $275,000. “Zakaj trpite tako nesram¬ no izkoriščanje?’’ je vpraševal McLevy na svojih shodih. Med prebivalstvom je završalo kot še nikoli prej. McLevy je bil iz¬ voljen i večino, ki ni bila dosti manjša od vseh glasov, ki sta jih dobila republikanski in de¬ mokratski kandidat skupaj. In to navzlic temu, da je sociali¬ stična stranka v mestu štela samo 500 glasov. Ampak opozicija ni izgubila poguma. Že naprej se je veseli¬ la, kakšen fiasko bo njegova u- prava. Toda namesto da bi jav¬ ne urade napolnil s svojimi po¬ litičnimi pristaši, kakor je pre¬ rokovala opozicija, je McLevy nastavil ljudi, ki so bili najbolj sposobni, brez ozira na politič¬ no pripadnost. Iz arhivov je iz¬ kopal mestni čarter, ga dal tis- (Dalje na 3. str.) 4 milijone za boj proti delavstvu Senatni odsek za civilne s.vo- bodščine, ki preiskuje lansko stavko v industriji “malega jekla”, je te dni nanaznil, da se je za boj proti delavstvu in za poraz stavke potrošilo samo v državi Ohio nad štiri ilijone dolar jev. To vsoto se je pora¬ bilo za stavkolomce, municijo, posebno policijo in državno mi¬ lico. Republic Steel Co. je sama potrošila za boj proti CIO uniji blizu dveh milijonov dolarjev, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. pa nad milijon in pol. Iro¬ nija pri tem je, da tisti del stroškov, ki odpade na držav¬ no milico, je seveda plačala dr¬ žava, to se pravi davkoplače¬ valci. ZED. DRŽAVE NASTOPI¬ JO PROTI FAŠIZMU Državni department Zedinje¬ nih držav je te dni naznanil, da je bila organizirana posebna di¬ vizija za izboljšanje , kulturnih odnošajev s tujimi državami in za pobijanje politične in eko¬ nomske propagande, ki jo širi¬ jo nekatere sile. Največjo paž- njo se bo posvečalo deželam v Južni Ameriki,, kjer je v teku silna propaganda, katero vodi¬ ta Nemčija in Italija. OCEANSKO LETALO SE JE PONESREČILO Na poletu med Manilo in Gu¬ amom na Pacifiku je brez sledu izginilo orjaško letalo “Hawaii Clipper”, na čigar krovu se je nahajalo 15 oseb, šest potnikov in devet članov posadke. Pone¬ srečeno letalo je bilo že od leta 1936 naprej v redni potniški službi med Zed. državami in Havajskimi otoki. STRAN 2 j — GLASILO IN LASTNINA SLOVENSKE SVOBODOM1 SELNE PODPORNE ZVEZE. ” IZHAJA VSAKO SREDO Cene oglasom: 40c palec za posameznike; 35 palec za društva ■NAPREDEK” utegnejo nastati iz- politične svobode^ in svobodnega tis-| J ™*° N * Ro S e,j: , ^ . ka, je eno preizkušeno zdravilo: več svobode. Ampak* Y()jstni itlSl svoboda ne pomeni kake zmedene anarhije, ki je prave J 1 kulture negativni tečaj.” “Dolgo je že, kar sem čul to plemenito besedo iz ust državnika,” sem rekel. “Ali zrete na svobodo kot na šo¬ lo za demokrate? Oziroma, kaj je najboljša šola za de- Prve tri dni mojega bivanja v Jugoslaviji sem preživel v moji rojstni hiši na Primsko- _ vem pri Kranju. Moja sestra mokracijo? Ali se je nekomu mogoče naučiti upravljati j Micka in njen mož Ivan tukaj posle države potom upravljanja velikega posestva ali | ^ ^ be¬ lini verze?” redsednika, to-jOn je vrgel med staro ^ L C privatne* hi- pela, ako bi to storil tudi s varnost našega v marsikatero tradicijo in 7 * da zaradi njegovega pnhodaj ^ K m ^ vnAcstn ne bodo pre- kracija v Amerjki ne bi to ali v ono m ivatne hi- pela, ako bi to storil tudi 8 iskali vse hotd bodo u . jnjiv0 tradicijo, da noben p Pe ' avtomobilov na cesti, sodnik ne more služiti ^ kot se je ustavljalo mene in; dva termina._ ^ mojo ženo, ko sva potovala z avtomobilom skozi Kranj Ljubljano, in ko sva morala z mnogimi drugimi čakati okol OD TEDNA DO tedn a (Dalje s i. str.) Naročnina za člane 78c letno; za nečlane $1.50; za inozemstvo » 2.00 “Ne Vedno, ’ je odvrnil. Dejstvo, da je nekdo Upi a- k j ge ka g e y medsebojni ljubez- k j ancem , kjer je bilo ob poti __ ___„ ^ - 7 :-! vitalj velikega posestva, župan ali univerzitetni profesor ; ni in prijateljstvu. To je pa res j yse poIno ta j ne policije, ko je ki živijo tisto lepo, tiho m ne- 15 do 2 0 minut P red ^^iskim ,tine, 'treba je le razu mev . pokvarjeno kmečko ziv jenj , j kim p re i az0 m po hi]( ' ' ob ’ pot j stremljenja in želje za to-^ je ba je, da javno priznamo * prakticiramo to, kar 1,1 OFFICIAL ORGAN O? THE^SLOVENE PROGRES- H P°" a * " SIVE BENEFIT SOCftTY ve se razlikuje od organizacije vasi, okraja itd. Res da! ma nepokvarjena mladost, njih i 1 i v • i ovr.o noimn n n n t.nnlo DG- Pripovedujejo 1 ■ . Vsi vem n Okolici Kra- da je resnica, m med nami " Owned and Published by the Slovene Progressive Benetit Socletj ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY Subscription for members $.78 per year — nonmembers $1.50 (oreign countries $2.00 _ AdvertLsing rates: 40c net lor individuals; 35c net tor socletieg NAPREDEK Naslov uredništva in upravništva: ■ G231 ST. CLAIR AVENUE Telephone: IlEnderson 5311 CLEVELAND, O. VOLUME III. 104 Entered as Second Class Matter August 5th, 1936, at tke Post Office ai Cle veland, Ohio, under the Act of August 24, 1912. __ OBLAST ALI SVOBODA! -jao podobnosti, vse te'enote so del države, in skušnja v - j njih utegne služiti kot stopnica k večji nalogi. Vlada pa - zahteva več kot birokratsko upravno sposobnost; je po- _ litična funkcija. Vzemimo primer. Bila bi očitna zmota, | Lamutova: če bi rekli, da družina nudi tako vežbališče, kajti v ta¬ kem slučaju bi bil svet poln državnikov; saj država in j družina že dolgo obstojata ena poleg druge. Ideja carja NUMBER 105 kot “malega očeta očeta dežele in podobno, je prispo- ; dobno pretiravanje. Državništvo, politika, je spcialna tehnika svoje vrste; iz česar sledi, da je politika danes v jedru neodvisna znanost, ki se jo praktično izvaja. Dr¬ žavnik mora imeti izkušnje in prirojen dar; in to je ne¬ kaj, kar se ne da kupiti v lekarni. Praktična politika je sem, ki zveni samo enkrat v |dQ gto ciailuv ».■ j. • e vrednosti za življenju. Da, čarobna je ta po- j stra gjj 0 princa Pavla m njego- ^ ^ s „ „ im fori rvrozH Mara StJ I, v. nieeovega nase potomstvo. Na pij. pevčica, o kateri pravi Mara Čarobna ona 'pesem, le enkrat zazveni; ko obmolči, —odmeva gozd — nič več je ni .. . Na vek odšla, odplula je — mladost. vo družino. V bližini njegovega j naše potomstvo [ poletnega i . i vsakem križišču orožnik, a taj in poletnega^ stanovanja 'stoji na se moralo javno pok^ poletnega a tai . S na gocialno m moralno z1q ne 'policije na kolesih je nič ko- treznosti m zmernosti p a «j ! Uko živeti v taki bližini ni nič priznanje, ki jima gre! kaj prijetno. ^ J Ako bi manj denarja zabili Takrat sem se večkrat spom- pija( -. 0 j n ve č za izobrazbo ^ | nil pesmi “Križi,” ki pravi: Domovina, s križi ograjena kmalu spoznali, da se J e mo. goče zabavati in razvedriti tudi brez alkohola. Da, ako bi manj (MASARYKOVA IZPOVED VERE V DEMOKRACIJO) specializirano polje človeške aktivnosti, prav kot tehno¬ logija, umetnost, itd., itd. OGOSTOMA se omenja Rimsko republiko in de- “Omenili ste nekaj glede vlade, ki ima svoj izvor v mokracijo njene vrste, hoteč se dokazati potrebo strankah> Stranke smo imeli in jih bomo imeli. V našem diktature iz vgleda starodavnega Rima. Toda de- basu utegnemo biti malo preveč obdarovani z njimi, to- mokracij je mnogo vrst in prav tako republik. Starodav- c ] a ^jj 0 t a p 0 a p drugače, med demokracijo in rastočim Ob tej pesmi sva prebila z j domovina, s križi zasajena. kapitalisti™ . -o J ' In še onkraj meje vidi mi oko pili, hi celo Kapitalistični j arem manj žulil, m kar j e važnej e . mojo ženo tri dni najinega pri- hoda. Prvi dan življenja v roj- i naših križev sto m s o. stni- hiši je bil kakor sanje. Je le res, ali je samo sen, tako se ^j v ij en je fantov in deklet, tako bolj sposobni bi bili boriti se z V moji rojstni hiši prekipeva gvo j e p rav ice kot delavci in ^ „ . ni človeške družbe. — šiba, h, lepo, tako toplo. Da bi le ne bi- tera nag na jh,olj tepe, je v naših ni Rifiiljani so imeli sužnje — kako bi vi imenovali tako demokracijo? Ako so imeli diktaturo, je bilo to v vojnem prebivalstvom obstoji neka organična vez; in isti moder¬ ni individualizem, čigar vpliv se čuti v verstvu, znano- vprašuje človek. Ob taki sentimentalnosti pa lo ° teh težk ih križev, ki segajo lag t n ih rokah pride tajen policist posebne pod neb0; ki črtajo v nebesni; varnostne skupine, k! skrbi za obok čud p e linije, pišejo in pro- VJG. varnost princa Pavla, ki stanu- roku j e j 0 čudna nebesna zname- jjjesovA PREDLOGA času, ko je obstojala potreba za diktatoi'ja. To je nekaj, umetnosti in vseh panogah življenja, se ne bo in se na kar bi ne bilo treba opozarjati. V Rusiji so boljševiki ne more ustaviti na pragu politike. Vprašanje z ozirom pi-vih vrtoglavih dnevih l-evolucije dali vojakom pra- na institucijo in organizacijo strank je še daleč od rešit- vico, da so pred bitko in pred očmi sovražnika odločali, če pojdejo v boj. To ni bila svoboda; to je bila navadna nepripravljenost, diletantizem, anarhija. ve — moramo imeti pač nekoliko potrpljenja v tej zade¬ vi. In kar se tiče vprašanja strank in korporacij (Masa- ryk ima tu v mislih takozvano korporativno državo fašiz- “Nepra-vilno je istovetiti demokracijo s parlamen- ma), moramo počakati, da vidimo, kako se bo na stotine tarizmom, kajti parlamenti so ravnih vi - st, in tudi se par- 0 z. tisoče vsakovrstnih producentov tehnično in politič- lamentarne pravice na mnogo načinov zamišlja in izvaja. no organiziralo. Stranke ali korporacije — počakajmo, “Ne sme se pozabiti, da pod demokracijo imamo da vidimo, kako daleč pridejo, kabinet, ki poseda svoje lastne izvrševalne funkcije. | “Mar so bile borbe, odprte ali zakrite, mnogoštevil- Kajti parlament ni v zasedanju skozi vse leto; kabinet nega plemstva pod starim režimom vodene v višjem ali je tisti, v čigar rokah je nepretrgoma odgovornost za u- plemenitejšem tonu kot pa so strankarski spori v našem pi-avne posle in ki tudi dela odločitve glede vprašanj zu- času? Priznam, da bi demokracija mogla in morala re- nanje politike: Kabinet tudi lahko prinaša zakonske na- gulirati sistem strank v soglasju z nauki izkušenj. ‘Ljud- črte pred parlament. Na kratko, veliko odvisi od tega, stvo je edini vir oblasti’. To se lahko reče; ampak s tem kakšni so ministri in kakšen je program, ki ga želijo iz- £e predpostavlja, da ljudstvo, državljani niso politično vesti. Kabinet je oni, ki služi kot vodja parlamenta in brezbrižni, da se politična oblast, izvajana potom strank, države kot celote. Pošten in energičen kabinet, to je sa- uporablja pametno, in končno, da je razmerje med mo po sebi umevno. Vsekakor, demokracija, kot vsaka strankami in predsednikom in administracijo, kabine- druga oblika vlade, potrebuje može inicijative, uprav-, tom, legalno upostavljeno. ne sposobnosti in širokega obzorja. “Navesti hočem le en problem v tej zvezi. Za usta- že gorko vreme. “Mlada demokratična država ima težkoče, ker mo- novitev in vodstvo-strank je potreben denar; stranke so ra imeti opravka z ljudmi starega in novega reda; ajn-. faktično funkcija države; in pod demokracijo imajo biti pak to ne kaže nobene slabosti v demokraciji sami. Tež- vse državne funkcije načeloma odškodovane, v nasprot- koče boste imeli vsepovsod in v državah katerekoli vr- 1 ju z aristokracijo in njenimi častnimi pozicijami, dasi- ste. Nekaj se pogostoma govori, kar se tiče sistema ravno se tudi tu denarnega vprašanja nikakor ne more strank. So stranke in stranke; in zaradi strank se včasih prezreti. Nastane torej vprašanje, da-li naj bi se stran- gf an tajne kraljeve policije, ka- Sawyer ’ katere ga med drugimi izgubi izpred oči koristi države. Ker naša ustava ne do- ke ( le vladne stranke?) vzdrževale na stroške države? teremu so povedali nekje v P od P^ a J° tudi CIO unije v dr- loča izrecno, da se mora ministre izbirati izmed članov Kajti denar se mora dobiti nekje, na časten način, oziro- Ljubljani, da je v svojem letnem stanovanju na Brdu pri Kranju. Pričelo se je izpraševanje, kdo sem, kdaj sem prišel, če sem prijavljen že na policijskem uradu, ker ta tajna policija ima že prijavo, podano ob mojem prihodu na Jesenice. Mož je bil Slovenec, resnega obraza, zavedajoč se dopovedane mu odgovornosti. Človeka obhajajo nezaželjeni občutki in misli, katere bi rad izrazil, prav tako, kakor se iz¬ ražamo v Ameriki. Drugo jutro je bila nedelja. V kuhinji se pogovarja moja sestra s tujim Človekom, ki go¬ vori hrvaščino. V kolikor se more razumeti, si ne moreta dopovedati in se pogovoriti, kaj prav za prav tudi mož hoče in zahteva. Moja sestra trdi. da nimajo drugega novega pri hi¬ ši, kakor prirastek v hlevu, mladega telička. Mož ne more skoro verjeti, da bi bila ta no¬ vost v hlevu in da bi tam spa¬ la, kajti Amerikanci bi menda nja za prihajajočo bodočnost. In moja rojstna hiša bo pri¬ ča teh mračnih dogodkov. Senca teh križev postaja več¬ ja in večja. Življenje pa mora naprej v moji rojstni hiši. LA SPREJETA NI BI. (Dalje s 1. strani) predlagan zopet v prihodnjem kongresu, ki se snide v januar¬ ju 1939. To pomeni, da morejo legali- zirati svoje stanje s tem, da vložijo prošnjo za registracijo, za enkrat samo oni inozemci, Voditelji clevelandskih unij ki so pred 3. junijem 1921 pri- A. F. of L. so se izrekle za go- šli v deželo. Za to prošnjo slu- vernerja Daveyja, rekoč, da ži tiskovina Form 633, ki se iz¬ je njegov rekord “100-procent- polni v dvopisu in h kateri je no naklonjen delavstvu”. Koli¬ ko od teh 100 procentov si je ney order za $10. UNIJE AFI ODOBRILE STAVKOLOMSKEGA GOVERNERJA treba priložiti dve sliki in mo- Davey zaslužil s tem, ko je lan¬ sko pomlad z državno milico zdrobil stavko dčlavcev v indu¬ striji “malega jekla” in je tekla kri v Massillonu, Cantonu in Youngstownu, so njegovi prija¬ telji pri AFL pozabili povedati. Izgleda pa, da niti blagosolv AFL unij ne bo rešil Da- veya, čigar šarlatanstva so že ne spali v hlevu, čeprav je bilo vsi trezno misleči ljudje do gr- | siti. Ako vsa. znamena ne va¬ ra o, bo demokratsko governer- Stopim v kuhinjo. Takoj ga 1 spoznam, da je mož postave,; 0 ,' 0 dru ger~ 1 - '" d bo kazal ° mora sem in tja obdržavati kake volitve. V končni anali- iane in vodene. Marks, Engels & Co. — mar so bili oni gan i obstanek. zi je to vprašanje splošne in politične kulture in moralne ‘ mase ’?” (Dalje prihodnjič) da ima nekoliko prilike. Ako bo In vse to v tej lepi slovenski Roosev elt čez dve leti stal za August Kolland^ 6419 ST. CLAIR AVEMJ® v Slovenskem Nar. Don>B PRODAJA jjarobrodne vse prekomorske parni« , _ POŠILJA denar v star ° f h ° ce - vino točno in po dnevnik n^h; ■ ’ OPRAVLJA notarske P° sle ' Kollander ima v zalogi goslovanske znamk PREDSEDNIK TISKARSKE UNIJE UMRL i zi z AFL. sirijskega stopnje ljudstva. Zgodovina nam ne daje nikakega po¬ voda verjeti, da so bili ljudje bolj moralni pod starim sistemom; resnica je prav za prav ravno obratna. Parla- meht in časopisje, svoboda in svobodna kritika so po se¬ bi poučevalne, vzgojevalne in moralo dvigajoče sile. Na¬ ravno, kak ameriški pisatelj kot n. pr. Mencken je prost, da nariše karikaturo demokracije — to je pač ena posebnih pravic, ki jih nudi demokracija. Za vsa zla, ki.gova unija nikoli pretrgala ve-j stki 1. septembra. ega kot da sam ponovno j kandidira. Al, pa hi cmagcto o Od tedaj naprej sem je poeu- ma' to n ° bene S> 4*0- til v Zagovarjanje indu- unionizma je bilo moji rojstni hiši kakor! je tretieea to^ ^ človek pod policijskim nadzor- zahvali/ ’ bl se najbolj bo¬ se imeli M . . , . , stvom - človek ’ o katerem misli- izmerni 'zahitL 6 ^ 11016 SV ° ji ne ' Nenadoma je umrl za srčno, vzrok, da je bil nedavno pora- jo, da nima poštenih namenov Na - . b tostl - hi fc o Charles P. Hovvard, star; žen kot predsednik unije, a m- Vsega tega ni bilo potreba in . ana hza položaja se 58 iet, ki je bil dolgo let pred-, pak ker je umrl, se mu ni bilo vse to bi se moralo preprečiti, iih iv na;jbol $ a > kar smo N : ^"»k uni J' e tiskarjev. Obenem treba umakniti iz urada, kate- kadar prihajalo naši liudi* ,’ii. Kje ,. tuta izmed je bil tajnik CIO. dasiravno nje-1 rega bi bil moral drugače zapu- domovino na obisk. Ti u dst česar hni i Va - ? iČG ’ § otov o ni- Tudi v Ameriki skrbijo za'osevelt i' k<>t da bi R °- se prepro- gotovo ni¬ čla bi Ro¬ se nadalje ostal v jarmu. ™ - - . ici v tej posoja ^ zavarovane do So,009.00 P° ^ 0 fp f Savings & Loan Insuranc ^ ration, Washington, Sprejemamo osebne m vloge Plačane obresti po St. Clair Savings & LoaJ j, 6235 St. Clair Avenne HEn 3 1c O 0, I 1938 "NAPREDEK" STRAN 3. slovenska Svobodomiselna Podporna Zveza USTANOVLJENA 1908 INKORPORIRANA 1909 1 GLAVNI URAD: 245-47 VVEST 103rd STREET CHICAGO iti T elefon: PULLMAN 9665 ’ G °’ ILL> UPRAVNI ODBOR- JOHN KVARTICH, predsednik, 411 Station Street, Bridgeville Pa gUDOLPH LISCH, podpredsednik, 1393 E. 47th St Clevelanrt o WILLIAM rus, tajnik, 245-47 West 103rd Street ChicL^o 'in' ANTON ZAITZ, pomožni tajnik, 245-47 West 103rd Street ChU cago, li. * MIRKO KUHEL, blagajnik, 245-47 West 103rd Street Chle-m m MICHAEL VRHOVNIK, direktor angleško poslujočih in skih društev, 245-47 West 103rd Street, Chicago, 111 1 d NADZORNI ODBOR: WILLIAM CANDON, predsednik, 1058 E. 72nd St Clevel^H n JOSEPH H. GRILLS, Box 69, Moon Run, Pa ’ Cleveland ’ °- JOHN MARN, 618 W. Pierce St., Milwaukee, Wis, *- POROTNI ODBOR: FRANK PUCEL, predsednik, 17921 Delavan Road, Cleveland Ohio FRANK MEDVED, Box' 40, Yukon, Pa. ’ VINCENT PUGEL, 1409 South 56th St., West Allis, Wis. UREDNIK-UPRAVNIK GLASILA: VATRO J- GRILL, 6231 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio GLAVNI ZDRAVNIK: ' i DR . F. J. ARCH, 618 Chestnut St., Pittsburgh, Pa. toliko) in mesto je tudi dobilo moderno zrakoplovišče. McLevyja se redkokdaj naj¬ de v uradu. Navadno je kje zu¬ naj v mestu in ogleduje, kako gredo stvari naprej.. Bridge- port je eno mesto v Zed. drža¬ vah, kjer vsak WPA delavec za- službi svojo plačo. McLevy ima sicer gorke simpatije za vsako¬ gar, kateremu sreča v življenju ni bila mila, ampak lenarjenja ne more trpeti. Lastnik ve¬ like department trgovine v me¬ stu je nedavno rekel: “Jasperju plačujemo $7,500 na leto. Če bi bil mestni manager, bi mu zlah¬ ka plačali $40,000.” Ni čud£, če je pri zadnjih volitvah McLevy ja skrbelo edinole, da ne bo imel zadosti opozicije. Dejal je: “Ljudje ostanejo zainteresirani v dobro vlado le toliko časa, dokler imate inteligentno opo¬ zicijo.’ Joe Može, Bob Matetich, Milan Myatt, Johnny Mosse, Frank Petek, Stanley Race, Joey Stup- ka, Stanley Stokel, Freddie Spe- lic, Tony Štritof, Bill Schuster, Bill Schlarb, Andy Turkman, Johnny Verhovnik, Stanley Zorč Mgr. SPARTAN VETERANS Stanley Bencina, Tony Bolka, Adolph Candon, Ed Centa, Stan- ley Centa, Ed Dietz, Merko Florjančič, “Doc” Garbas, Joe Hočevar, “Lefty” Hostnik, Frank Ilc, Joe Janežič, John Jurca, Frank Kalister, Tony Ka¬ pel, Ed Kapel, Joe Kapel, “Chuck” Koman, Jackie Lunder, Rudolph Lisch, Stan Somrak, Ed Selan, Frank Škabar, Lou Stru- kel, Frank Spehek, Henry Za¬ lar, Stan Žagar, Mgr. Spartans Split In Double Game Lose VICTORIAN NEWS Najbolj presenetljivo dejstvo uri tem pa je, r'a socialistična |; Utopians Lose to Liths (Continued from page 4) to Pioneer s After Four Straight Wins Spartans r e - ceived the first set-back in five starts last Fri- day when they w e r e defeated, 10-4 by the CFU Pioneers. The score indicates the type of bali the Spar tans played. In Tuesday’s fray ,the Spar¬ tans emerged with a 9-6 triumph over the weak Comrade aggre- gation. Scoring five runs in the first inning, the Spartans took the lead in what appeared to be a set-up game. However the third inning found the Spartans trailing 6-5. The poorest team Stan Zorc boys! Well, better lučk next time, gang. The manager, Nick Špehar, says that he wants every fellow who wears a uniform of the Uto¬ pians to live up to his duty — that unless they show up at practice and league games — to turn in their outfit. That means about three gents in particular. Spaga Utopians AB R H E F. Tekavec, If . 3 0 1 0 E. Benedict, rf . 3 0 2 0 F. Karda, c . 3 0 0 1 J. Glavic, sc . 3 0 0 0 B. Kraly, p . 3 112 A. Bohinc, 2b . 3 0 2 1 B. Streeter, lb . 3 0 0 2 F. Boljak, 3b . 3 0 1 1 B. Tekavec, cf . 3 0 0 0 T. Laznik, ss .. 3 112 E veniti g Starš Were very glad to see sister Teanie up and about again; she has completely recovered from her auto accident. She stili makes a good ticket seller. Visitors from Strabane spent the holiday at White Valley, and there is no doubt about them en- joying themselves, with the help of a few of the Evening Starš. * * * 0 Perhaps sister Olga Noca is a bit lonesome with her better half on a trip to Sunny Italy. Bon * !*&i NEKOLIKO POJASNILA! V Napredku z dne 13. julija | se dognalo, do bi znal bolniški j e bil priobčen dopis s podpi- j sklad obratovati brez zlih po- gorji brata Antona Merfarta, taj- sledic, ako bi se podpora izpla- nika društva štev. 2 SSPZ, v čevala po odbitku prvih “treh” Claridge, Pa. Drugi odstavek dni mesto “pet”, bo vprašanje dopisa se je pričenjal tako-le: j spremembe predloženo prihod- “Sedaj pa nekaj pojasnila o j nji seji gl. odbota. Ako se bo neki drugi stvari. Članstvo se predloženo spremembo uvelja opozarja, da sedaj se bolniška vilo, bo tozadevna URADNA podpora plačuje od prvega do 1 OBJAVA priobčena v glasilu. zadnjega dneva bolezni. Tako 'Do tedaj pa ostanejo sedanje določajo naša nova pravila. Bol - 1 določbe izplačevanja bolniške niki naj dajo torej svoje nakaz- podpore nespremenjene, niče zdravniku Zadnjega dne, da 1 Da je hotel brat Menart svo- vam uredi kot je potrebno . . jim članom pojasniti, da se iz- Malo za tem so pričela priha- plačuje bolniško podporo teko- jati pisma v glavni urad in tu-i či mesec za mesec nazaj (od pr- di osebno sem bil povprašan,: vega do zadnjega dne meseca), “ KEDAJ JE STOPILA NOVA je razvidno iz četrtega stavka DOLOČBA V VELJAVO” ter v citiranem odstavku. Priporo- “PLAČAJTE ŠE OSTALIH ča namreč: “Bolniki naj torej PET DNI PODPORE”. dajo svoje nakaznice zdravniku CHICAGO, 111. — Well now it is vacation time. Ali the kididesi in tke t t rnmrndp« stranka v Bridgeportu še danes \ are out having tYvelr fun _j ust ' ne šteje več kot 500 članov. Ka¬ kor pravi MrLevy sam: “K stranki, katera ne deli nobenih političnih služb, nikogar ne mi¬ ka pristopiti.” Spartans To Hold Outing Aug. 14th voyage, sir Totals .:.30 2 8 9 Wondering what’s happened to that winning quart of “umpf” of Louis’. It certainly disappear- ed into thin air! * * * Mrs. Cappa and husband left on a trip to Atlantic City. Will Feature Rookie-Veteran Game Every once in a while it does a person good to don his old clothes, pack a big lunch, take along a swim suit, and have a rip-roaring time out of doors. Those of you who have been ccnfmed to working indoors and have not been able to get out into the sunshine will welcome this chance to do so. And of course it is the Spar¬ tans who give you this chance. For it is the Spartans who are as we did in the days gone by. There are several members who j ust returned from their va- cations. Sister Jule Potsch who was in Florida had a wonderful trip. Sister Matilda Vidmar and her brother Frank were vaca- tioning in Pa. and Cleveland; they also had a wonderful trip. Brother John Lasterni had a short vacation in good old Tay- lor Springs, Nokomis and Tay- lorville. Well, I had a vacation too. I was up in Northern Michigan. That is an ideal plače for fish- ing and hunting. The country is sure beautiful and the air so fresh and clear. From what I could see there’s no depression up there. Ali of the Victorians are well able to pusti aeross six runs in Llths two innings. That same sort of playing enabled the Pioneers to trim the blue and gold jerseyed boys. It is not difficult to under- stand why the Spartans get swamped nearly every time they come up against a good team. Playing against weak teams they can afford to let the oppo- sition score a few runs then de- pend on their batting power and the other team’s errors to win the game. But when the oppos- ing team is a top-notcher on de- fense the hits are fewer and er¬ rors eliminated and they find themselves giving away runs and collecting none. planning this outing. In years Ako bi bilo v omenjenem do-j zadnjega dne (meseca), da vam, past these affairs have been pišu zapisano, da se plačuje podporo od prvega do zadnjega uredi kot je potrebno Napako se je znalo napraviti dneva vsakega “meseca”, ..kot : tudi v uredništvu, kajti roko- pravila resnična določajo, tedaj j pis je včasih težko čitati in ker bi ne bilo nesporazuma. Ker se j se je že govorilo o bolniški pod- je pa v stavek zaneslo besedo i pori, je bilo popolnoma jedno- “bolezr.i”, je novica marsikate - 1 stavno zamenjati besedici bo- rega presenetila. lezen” in “mesec Te p£tom naj bo pojasnjeno, j To naj torej služi v pojasni da se bolniška podpora izplaču huge successes and this one promises to be even more so. The outing will be held in AB R H Mazieka, 2b . 4 11 T. Vitonis, 3b . 4 2 1 Dubix, cf .. 4 2 3 Obratis, lf . 4 2 1 Wise, ss. 4 2 1 Miller, lb . =.... 3 0 0 Vitonis, rf. 3 0 0 Birch, rs . 3 10 Samolis, c . 3 0 0 Pesky, p . 3 0 0 reporting about the Evening Starš’ dance, so be on hand. (ANNIVERSARY DANCE.) Totals .35 11 7 2 and you! E I The committee vili soon be 0 0 0 | 0 -ji * sjs * 01 Calling ali branches of the 0 SSPZ and other societies to re- 0 ! serve the 27th day of August for 0 White Valley at the Slovene liHall. Program begins at 7:00. We’ll be expecting you, and you, White Valley Echoes Continued from page 4 A few of the Evening Starš |playing mushball with the Vr¬ tec. that way. We’ll be waiting to j anniversary dance and also more hear ali about the game, Helen, about August 27 at White Val- Watch for the announcement jley, Pa. Friday’s contest found John- of the Evening Starš’ coming Shortg ny Jurca in the pitcher’s box for, the Spartans for the first time FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK now. But our little Vrtec mem- j n over a month. He pitched good ber, Johnny L. Maček, had his tonsils and adenoids removed; he is getting along O. K. The Victorians and Vrtec members wish you a speedy recovery, Johnny ! Oh, Victorians, some more pleasure and entertainment Perry, Ohio on Sunday, Aug. ak ead vvaiting for you! We are 14. Plans are being made as to. p av i n g an evening cruise on the transportation. It is very likely, g g. Roosevelt, Friday eve., that a truck will be hired for 1 this purpose. It is hoped that those of you with cars will leave them at home and come along on the truck. lo vsem onim, ki so potom do- je tako kot določa točka 243, tičnega dopisa prišli do misije- namreč po odbitku prvih petih nja, da se je točka glede .spla- Featured that afternoon wd ati, Ta določba ostane v velja- čevanja podpore spremenila. be a rook.e-veteran baseball kon _ M. G. KUHEL, game which was originated last gl. blagajnik in tajnik year by the Spartans. The bolniške podpore. rookies are the fellovvs who have joined the lodge within the last vi toliko časa, dokler je vencija ali pa glavni odbor ne spremSii. Ker se je zadnje ča- August 5th. Ali who wish to go should meet at 9:15 p. m. at the dock next to Michigan Avenue Bridge. The cruise is from 9:30 to 11:45 p. m. and the priče is very low for such a pleasure— only four bits. On August 14 Ladies Lodges 47, S. Si P. Z. is having a picnic Willow es - as ^ 4 °ur £ ames before SOCIALIST KI JE PRE-I li s ° se tore ^ Z re P ubllkanc ^ few years and the veterans are magal opozicijo POŠTENOSTJO (Dalje iz 1. str.) kati ter poplavil z njim mesto, o ljudje lahko videli, kak¬ šne moči imajo in kakšnih ni bodo glasovali z njimi pri orga- thoge wko ka ve B een j n q U ite a niziranju senata, v zameno za wkde- This should arouse keen | to pa so republikanci glasovali interegt as p rac tically ali male za spremembo brideportskega members 0 f the lodge are eligi- j čarterja ter mestu vrnili samo- j tQ play on e ither one side or v finačnih zadevah. To another according to the period da ’ je bilo vse, kar je McLevy po-, j^embership. treboval. S to reformo oboro-, rp ke w j nne rs drink free beer je uvedel v departmentih | while the losers pay for both Continued from page 4 bali for four innings allowing! the Pioneers only one hit. Dur-1 of 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 certificate years under paying ages of 16, ing these four innings the game had been very close. Pioneers had managed to score one run on a walk and hit on error. Spar¬ tans squeezed in two runs in their half of the fourth to lead 2 - 1 . Howet^r the fifth and sixth were miserable innings for the SSPZ men. Pioneers had six hits to score nine times in those two innings. The infield looked plen- ty bad as did one spot in the out- field. Now that the Spartans have had their winning streak broken, let’s hope they can get away with only four consecutive loss- at Kegl’s Grove, in Springs. So come out and get the Pioneer tilt were against the 25, 35 and 45 years for $1000.00 insurance. If you are insured under one of these ages, but for a lesser or higher amount, the Loan Value on your certificate is proportionately greater or smaller than that shovn in these tables. With one exception, that being the Twenty Year Endovment certificate, the Loan Values inerease with each higher paying age. To prove this to yourself, start with the top table (age 16) and compare values certically for each similiar period of years — Like this, take the Loan Value at the end of the third year, Ordinary Life, age 16 years, and com¬ pare it with the corresponding certificate year under age 25 and that with age 35 and so on for each plan of insurance. THE AMOUNT ONE CAN BORROW AT ONE TIME may be as little as one month’s assessment. (If you are borrowing for assessments), or it may be enough to pay for six months depend- ing, of course, on the amount one needs and the Loan Value of the certificate. These are called assessment loans and may be borrowed eontinuously until the indebtedness equals or exceeds the Loan Value . . . There is another type of certificate loan and this may be used for any desired purpose. Under this type the Society may lend up to 50% of the Loan Value in lump sum in any some good fresh air and sun-tan. i P00r ® st teams the laa g ue - So one year anc } j n addition allow extra loans for assessments. For nemr r rt vvi n Im n n tov* it T n a v T\ O v* ** Will be seeing you there. Let’s ali show up in a large number. MEMBERS, \vhat about some new members? Let’s get busy! Oh yes, j ust a reminder of our Fali Dance which will be held now to make up for it, the Spar¬ tans will meet four of the bestj example, if the Loan Value on your certificate is $100.00, you | may borrow up to $50.00 at one time plus additional amounts for teams m the 1-L. j agaesgments There are two forms of loan applications in use, one Friday, Aug. 6 , Spartans meet for each type of loan. The checks are classified as assignable or the Loyalites at Gordon No. 4 at, unassignable; those issued for payment of assessments onlg are 6:30 p. m. Then on the schedule assigned to the Lodge Treasurer who keeps it in the Lodge treas- Oct: 15 at the beautiful Mar- in this order will be the Orels, ,ury until used up for the stated number of monthly assessments, m Ho. Seje, ki so se prej vrši- mestne vlade prav i “civil se ^J theirs an d the victor’s. It should|f or the Victorians. I BOX SCORE 1 ■ ki izključuje vsako moz- ^ & great battle. The veterans! The Victorians regular meet - 1 Spartans A shall Square bali room at 3115 Ct. Baraga, and Strivers. W. Cermak Rd. Keep that datej za zaprtimi vrati, je 0 J nosti. Javnosti je tudi o i nos t, da bi kdo dobil kako mest- ^ gure that they can win |i ng w ni be held Thursday, Aug-| M - Fiorjancic, 3b .. 3 lažnih depar men delo a p službo, razen ako J e [ whi j e ube rookies are just as u8 t 4th at Berger’s Hall, 2653 S. J- Jurca, p . 2 1 ~T nl J' e korupcijo pri solsxem rQCentn0 kvalificiran. J a v-; gure that the oid timers won’t ! Lawn dale Ave. at 8:30 p. m. J- Lunder, c . 3 odboru ter povzročil, da sta dva, ^ nameščencem je na podla-: ^ ^ Qn tQp sha rp. An attendance award ;F. Spehek, sc. 4 odbornika odromala v J eco - civd se rvice zakona P re P°'j A meeting of ali fellows in- j w ill be given away at the meet- L. Batis, ss.- 4 Ljegove kampanjske ootoz e so pripadati političnim u eres te d in participating in this i n g ) so come and be present-— S. Stokel, cf. 3 Se Ukazale za resnične; njeg0 ^ ! klu b 0 m ali vdeleževati se P ol H game w m be held at Gordon maybe you will be fortunate. At j S. Žagar, lb . 3 v Phv je rastel. tičnih kampanj. Vsak, ki bi za- park No 4 i me diately after the the last month’s meeting brother, C. Koman, 2b. 2 Potem se je lotil drugega kon kršil, je izpostavljen vlsokl } Spartan -L 0 yalit e game on Fri- Edward Laben’s name was call-jM. Batis, lf . 2 Problema — Kako priti v o- „ lob i in zaporu. day, Aug. 5. Following are lists e d but Edward was not present, V- link, r . kom ogromnemu dolgu, ki ga je Le jeV a administracija of -eligible players for both so the jack-pot goes onEdward,T. Bo a,- ***** in to vpričo dejstva, j McLev » ^ na cel, črti isva- sides: :you had better attend the meet- iSŠSfK! rS pogosti, in posledi. SPARTAN ROOKIES Prt mestni financ!? Bilo je jas- ca tega je, da je mesto ' je _' Roy Aliberg, Rav A 1 J? 0 I J' no, da je brez moči, dokler let , odka r je McLevy ru- ; « Heime - Martin Lud Batis, ne amendira mestni čarter. To- .plačalo ves svoj bondm Max Batis, Frankie kako? 12 k i je znašal milijon in pol J Matt Debevec, Vic Že naslednjega leta je McLe ! do i a rjev, ter tudi nad tristo ^Goiise^, y v y kandidiral za governerja. Izvoljen ni bil in tega sploh m __ mžbencem* vrnilo plače, ki so NAJCENEJŠI SLOVENSKI jm prejemali, dokler jih niso | DNEV NIK V AMERIKI JE H 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 Ei the other is turned over to the member receiving the loan to do with as he pleases. DO NOT FORGET that the Society charges 5% on ali certi¬ ficate loans beginning \wjth the first day of the month for which Ijthe loan is applied. DO NOT FORGET that vvhen the money you 1 1 have borroived plus the interest equals or exceeds the Loan Value 0 of your certificate, it automatically loses ali effect and force. In 0 plain words, it is lapsed and you are no longer an active or a non- p active member of the Society; you are out completely. Keep a record of your loans and compare it vvith the Loan Value now and then, so that there won’t be any chance of unknowingly over- drawing what you have to your credit. DO NOT FORGET that Gabrenja, Debelak, Fink, Joe Gousek, Tony “Hockey” Hočevar, Pričakoval. Ampak s svojo bo¬ jevito kampanjo je povzročil, so bili trije socialisti izvolje n i v državni senat, dva pa v po slansko zbornico. Trije sociali ®ti so imeli v rokah ravnotežje sile v senatu, kjer niso niti de¬ mokrati niti republikanci ime li absolutne večine. Sporazume soc dolarjev drugih obveznosti. ; Johnny Lekan , “Bros” Lekan, Pri vse tem se je mestnim us- - r - ki so niso ! ENAKOPRAVNOST Totals .728 4 9 ing! So let’s have a good attend¬ ance at this meeting. pioneers ab Fraternally yours, j F rf 3 Mary E. Novak, Sec’y-Treas. [Duke lf ’ 2 -Yurk, cf . 4 Big Picnic Aug. 14th- - Kegl’ s Grove J- Bilicic, 2 b . 4 Bring Children s ‘ rai " ic : c . * M. Pavlovič, ss . 4 (Continued from page 4) Wandy, lb . 4 Braidic, 3b . 3 they’re in the mood—- I’ve never Beljon, sc . — 3 seen it to fail for it seems they Ivas, p . . 3 R 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 H 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 kupljena naprava za sežiganje smeti ki je stala $108,000 (pod storim sistemom nakupovanja S bila cena še najmanj enkrat. 6231 St. Clair Ave. Cleveland, Ohio are always ready to play a j game. Well, that’s ali for to-, dav— Meet you at Kegl’s on the j 14th. Totals . -36 10 8 i Pioneers . 0 0 0 1 5 Reporter \ Spartans. 0 0 0 2 1 your Loan Value does not remain stationary, but continues to in¬ erease whether you borrow or not. (More about this later.) BEAR 0 IN MIND, too, that when you receive a loan on your certificate, — iyou reduce the face value by exactly the same amount you have 3; borroived plus fnterest at 5%. ANOTHER THING, you are bor- E rowing your beneficiary’s money, which may or may not be fair 0 ^ depending on his (her) financial status. If you are the holder of 0 1 an Endowment certificate, then you are borroiving from your- 0 self as well as the beneficiary. But whatever mag be the reason 0 for a p pl y ing for a loan in the first plače, if gon use this borrotv- 0 1 ing privilege onlg ivhen gou absolutelg must, there can be no jusl 0 criticism for gour actions. 0 The third and, perhaps ,the final installment on this subject 0 will appear in the next or follovving issue of the “Napredek.” In 0 it I shall explain how loans can be repaid, \vhy the Society char- 0 ges 5% interest on such loans, the difference, if any, bet\veen Re- _ serve and Loan Values, and a number of other important fea- 0 tures you should know. Later issues ivill discuss the Paid-Lp, Term Extended Insurance Values, Automatic Premium Loans, t 0 etc. . . . Give them your attention. Gl Michael Vrhovnik 3. avgust, 1S3 S "NAPREDEK" DO YOU KNOW THAT - SSPZ HAS S1X MODERN PLANS OF LIFE INSURANCE? PROGR Fraternalism in Action its members $4,000,000 m The SSP L pa, ts s . nce or g an ization. “NAPREDEK” »FROM THE DIRE(T 0 R'S DESK « Utopian Barn Dance CERT1F1CATE LOAN VALUES — HOW MUCH ONE CAN BORROW, ETC. I doubt if there were a, dozen members in ali who read this column through from beginning to end last week, and I have my doubts, again, if half that number will even begin to absorb to- day’s installment on the same subject, which is partly the reason why far too many of our young mejnbers have a very meager un- derstanding of the Society’s insur&nce. Few know anything about the non-forfeiture provisions in their certificates; a great many of them can’t even teli you what plan they are insured under, and some few are so disinterested that they find it difficult to remem- ber what their total monthly assessment amounts to let alone how it is distributed among various funds. I know this to be a fact because, I’ve personally come in con- tact with such members— I’m acquainted vvith it from stili an- other source ,a much closer relationship, that being myself, for vvhen I was younger and not directly eonnected with the Society’s insurance business as I am at present, I was quite a “dunder- head” in this field, perhaps, more so than the worst is, today. It’s nothing one should brag about and certainly no excuse why the same condition should be allowed to be repeated over and over again, generation after generation. That simply does not speli progress. A great deal of the blame for this lack of kno\vledge lies not so much in the member’s ability to grasp insurance ideas as it does in their unwillingness to give serious thought and study to problems of vital importance to their own material well-being and that of others dependent upon them. There is entirely too much of that “I don’t give a damn” attitude and that “Aw-w-w hell! What’s the use of worrying about the future; let the govern- ment do that!” špirit floating around in the atmosphere. This at¬ titude isn’t good for them, the Society or the country as a vvhole. It is highly dangerous to their immediate as well as future vvel- fare, economically, socially, morally and otherwise. Somewhere and sometime there must be a RIGHT-ABOUT- FACE along the bypaths of life, so why not make this be the crossroads (It’s as good a time as any) and direct your energy back to the main highway, that of achieving the highest possible standards of self-protection and self-sustenance in every possi¬ ble way, including a strong and sincere effort at learning vvhat you are paying your monthly assessments for and to what you are entitled in return. Be as painstaking in your search for knovvl- edge pertaining to your insurance as you are in making a choice I COLLINWOOD, O. — This is j ust a suggestion how you may give yourself a treat by doing something different. During the long, cold winter months we have been isolated from the great Sol and his rays. We have been dancing within the artificial heated halls. So come, one and ali and enjoy dancing while the moon sails over your heads. The Utopians have planned a Barn Dance on Saturday, Aug. 6 at Glenridge Farm—one mile from Green Road. Come and dance to the popular mušic of Frankie Yankovich from 8 p. m to the wee hours in the morning for only a small fee of 25c. Soothing beverages and re- freshments of delightful taste will be at hand at ali times. Utopians and ali the SSPZ members from Cleveland anc! afar, bring your friends along and spend another glorious eve- ning with the Utopians. Elsie Pucel, Sec’y Victorians Moon- light Cruise Fri. Eve. Aug. 5th White Valley Echoes As I S ee It BY PETE ELISH WHITE VALLEY, Pa. — Once again I am reminding you _ ali of the big SSPZ affair that. CHICAGO, 111. — A full two is to be held on August 27 at the hour ride on the Steamer “Roo-AVhite \alle> Hall bv t e emoi sevelt” and may we remind you dodge " S0- - 142 ’ E' enin £ ais for only 50 cents. There is danc-l 21g ’* and tbe Kingsters i t c 103, ali of White rpu - mg, games and entertainment throughout the entire trip. members of these Valley. The lodges have Members and your friends:^ rea ^ plans tor this ay, an bring as many as you can andi tbey are ask ‘ ng otbei lo ges o let’s make this a happy event. i cooperate \vith them an come Meet on ticket booth—the dock is at the Michigan Avenue Bridge and Pete Elish BE CAREFUL, MR. Along the banks of the Ohio River, mamin, the Beautiful One in Indian, lying in West Vi,. „i„ia between the Pennsy vama and Ohio slale borders is a spawning mili town called Weir ton The name Weirton was obtained from the mail who owns it. , , It is a niče little town that has a conerete sniked fence encircling the huge iaetories situ. ated there. From ali appearances the concrete fence is solidly construeted, and the next tim e that I happen to be in that iair citv I am going to inquire as to the purpose of the forti- the Dock near the and hel P celebrate the 30thAn-| to make it my busl " ei t S lovely mi n s . Maybe Pil ask a cop about -the dock is at the niversary of the SSPZ. ^ Musič fied coperete aroaad ^ be nic / fellows even though occasionall Avenue Bridge and for this great affair vvil >e m-. it, they are supp nriyan i ze r to the aforementioned beautiful the river just a minute or two n ^ sbed by Frank Rebami' r, jthey chase a unioi j this is a mystery to me unless it i« walk from Chicago’s loop. B ei and his orchestra ‘ The sma11 s " im Ohio.iFor vvhat reason th y ^ nnrl rumfl v\ rivpr fnv o K o 4-1, i. ! sure to be there around 9:00 or| 0 ^ ^5c be ^ be adniission for 9:15 as the boat leaves at 9:30 adults, and for children on y sharp and returns at 11:45 p. m. Everyone should attend and bring as many friends as you can. If you should desire more If any one of you had already attended an affair of the King- sters you no doubt remember information call either Joe at!^ be good times you had. So vyhy Cicero 2097J or Andy at Ber- wyn 1948W and same will be gladly supplied. The Committee Utopians Lose to Liths - The Utopians lost last Mon- day in a game that was a push- over for the Liths. The Utopians had nine errors while the Liths had only two. Last Sunday our smiling catcher received an injury that may keep him out of the game for at least three weeks. Tough lučk, Bill! Get well quick—we need your support. But Kraly pitched a swell not plan to attend this one? They promise it to be bigger and bet- ter. Now if you vvant to meet your old friends and get ac- quainted vvith the new, here is the plače to come on August 27. Don’t forget the good old White Valley H&ll on August 27. We’ll be looking for ali of you from Sygan, Strabane, The above values are ali taken at the nearest dollar. From these you can see what amounts are available for loans at the end Continued on page 3 Maybe too much Sunday—eh, Continued on page 3 GOOD NEWS game but it just seemed as tho of the style of clothes that suits your character and personality our gents couldn’t click. best. Make your deductions and addtions with the same delibera- tive objective in mind as the founders of the Society did, who realized after careful study that it would take a combination of social and cultural ideals and protective benefits to give it long life and that vvithout one or the other it could not expect a healthy existence. Surely, the study of something that carries every possibility of giving you something shouldn’t require too much energy, for the subject at hand is HOW MUCH YOU CAN BORROW ON YOUR CERTIFICATE, IF YOU HAVE TO. You were told last week how to proceed in applying for a loan on your certificate and how soon after the date of its issue a loan can be had. A table of Loan Values was included shovving comparative values for each of the first ten years the certificate is in force for ali certificates issued by the Society as of Decem¬ ber 31, 1937. (Since then the ONE DOLLAR CERTIFICATES have been added and the ZVz% table of rates is effective for ali new insurance.) The paying age used in that čase was 30 years and the amount of insurance $1000.00. Now we have come to the question ,HOW MUCH CAN ONE BORROW AT ONE TIME. As was explained in the first installment, the amount de- pends on three things; how long one has been insured, how much one is insured for and the paying ag*e. For the sake of clarity, I am bringing to your attention stili other Tables of Loan Values shovv- ing values at stated certificate intervals of 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 years under paying ages of 16, 25, 35 and 45 years. A careful study of these comparative tables will disclose much valuable in- Leaves For Lakes SSPZ Spartans lost their short-stop Johnny “On the side” Koman, when he was called back to work on the Great Lakes this vveek. He left Tuesday for Bridgeville, Huron, Ohio, where re caught Center, Claridge and Burgetts- the Peter White freighter. Hejtovvn. And say—\ve don’t vvant will be on the lakes until De- to forget to mention the gang cember. from Ambridge. Do we? As I understand it, our little brunette girl was a visitor at Presto on Sunday, July 24. She Visitor s Mr. and Mrs. John Moran and Mr. and Mrs. John Kulan ot a lso attended the mushball game Detroit, Mich., visited in Cleve- < betvveen the Sygan Jrs. and the alTorganizers are dirty and need a river for a bath-tub. " The townt a PP a rently very patriotic. For, the last time I was there every pole had an American flag or a bunting on it, 21 o ali indication the people love the flag ver, much. Thc, hroadcast this fact loudly and vociferously. Of course, at times, they do have funny ideas for Roosevelt is to a lot of them a BOlS Thev don’t like, according to what I have read in the papers, the National Labor Relations Board. This man Smith who i s a trial-examiner is the most hated. In Steubenville, Ohio, another mili town, they burned him—in effigy. This to a lot of p eo pl e isn't very niče! When the trial-examiner, and his staff left town, they were hissed and Bronxed-cheered, and as additional farewell shoutsof, “there goes the American government, boo—hoo” were quite evident. Now, that isn’t exactly niče. Mr. Weir should reprimand his l 0 yal boys for being discourteous to the American government, and the American law. Now hissing and booing according to a lot of people is the stock-trade of only Reds and radicals, respectful, upright, free and courageous Americans, the such as the employees should know better than to imitate those rascallions. Teaching people to boo is not a wise thing either for the teacher, for occasionally some adapt pupil after receiving manj/ lessons might turn around and boo his own teacher. Things like land over the week end. They Challenger Jrs. at the Presto that are known to have happened, and the boomerang is not so were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. p ark> w e wonder if she saw 1 n i ce to the teacher. I rank Mauer, 6304 St. Clair any G f our f r j enc i s f rom ou t Hate is a funny emotion, and like love is unstable, and some- Ave. our (Continued on page 3) National Softball Tournament Softball title... Lovie Panther, their Administratrix, is certain- ly stirring them up with a lot of that good old mountaineer vim, vigor and vitality. Last that this year’s softbail y e a L this Vrtec was represented will be, if not the most at the English S P eakl - n š Con - Some very encouraging news from Indianapolis, Chicago and Pierce, the latter being a small town in West Virginia, indi- cates event interesting, the best balanced feren ^ by Frank Polantz who was then their Administrator, times hate can be direeted into different channels. Hate and love are closely associated, and at times hate can turn to love orvice- versa. Anyway, a few more speedup, a few more lay-offs, a few i more cracked skulls, and probably the trick can be done, and then don’t ! Mr. Weir will have an inferno to handle. 14th - BRING CHILDREN and easily the most represent- ative of any similar event in the six years of National Athle- tic meets. HOOSIER PALS GET SET Indianapolis “Hoosier Pals,” who have been out of the So- ciety’s limelight for the past five years, report that there exists every possibility of a team representing them at the coming national event. In for- mer years, a shortage of play- ers was their main dravvback, but it has been disclosed that that dravvback is no more, for a team has been or will be mustered together that will put them back on the SSPZ national athletic map where they right- fully belong. I expect we’re going to hear as much about the “Hoosier Pals”, henceforth, as we have heard and will hear about those fine Junior mem¬ bers down there, who partici- pated in the Vrtec Softball tour- ney last September at Cleveland and came within a hair of beat- ing the Outlookers for the right to enter the finals. Another anticipated nevvcom- er on the national scene hails from Pierce, W. Va. — The Pierce Mountaineers they are called and will, if their entry comes through, represent Vrtec No. 140. It was this Vrtec that carried off third honors in the JUNIOR WHEEL OF PRO¬ GRESS membership campaign in 1937 and since then have be- come more and more abitious and are now gunning for the and if I’m not mistaken, I be- lieve it was Frank who ventured the prediction that Pierce would see competition in the 1938 Meet and — By golly, if they are not keeping his word sound as a vvritten contract! Good lučk to you, Mountaineers! TRAIL BLAZERS WILL AIM HIGH Hurrah for the Trail Blazer Seniors and Juniors! Both went on record at their last meeting to support teams and send them to Bridgeville. Last year, the Trail Blazers did not take part in the National Meet, but this year is a different story and what a story it might turn out to be before it is ali over. Of course, being out of competition for a season hasn’t dimmed aspiration to the softball crown come, you ask? Well, I know anymore about it than !-—— -———- - you do - If I did, I thi„k i d BIG PICNIC — KEGL’S GROVE - AUG. make myself a couple of ‘bucks’. There will be more news on the National Toumey as entries start coming in. To date, the j probabilities are that there will ; be fourteen or fifteen teams en- tered about evenly divided be- tween Lodge and Vrtec Units. ENTRY BLANK, FEE AND DATE Remember that the closing entry date is AUGUST 19, 1938 ... That the entry fee is $5.00 per team and this amount must accompany the entry blank, otherwise, it will not be ac- cepted... That they are to be mailed to the Secretary of the N. A. B„ 247 W. 103rd St., Chicago, 111. EMBLEMS ARE FREE It was reported several is- sues ago that athletic emblems were being sold at cost prices. This ruling has been changed. There will be no charge on the first twenty (20) emblems for either the Vrtec or Lodge Games — Contests — Prizes Howdy folks, howdy! This is S-T-A-T-I-O-N 47, Chicago’s SS¬ PZ ladies’ lodge, C-A-S-T-I-N-G news of their BIG PICNIC at Kegl’s Grove on Sunday, August 14, 1938 . . And boy, oh boy! Believe it or not, this is some news for it’s been ages since Lodge No. 47 at- tempted an outdoor affair of this nature. The plače has been picked_ The time has been set and the committees in charge have promised, faithfully, to leave nothing undone to make this pic- nic the most successful event of the surnmer season, so vvhat is there left for me to do but invite you ali to come out to KegPs Grove for the grandest goodtime of the year—and be sure to in¬ vite your friends along, and man-sakes-ahve,” don*t leave tne children a frog might horn in— The serapping of feet against the hard floor and laughter will B-R-O-A-D- j drown out words not meant for public hearing—around the bar, a few paces away, will gather circles of song lovers rending the air with harmonious note? (not always) with a stein in one hand and maybe a stein in the other— Oh, for Kegl’s Grove on August 14th! Don’t forget the youngsters, because, if you do, the commit- tee in charge of games and con¬ tests vvill be “heap much” soic and won’t know what to do "h $20.00 in prizes and refreshmen tickets vvhich have been pla^ ef at their disposal by Lodge * a 47 and the Chicago Federation- For this purpose, $5.00 was do- enough to cause any serious let-up. In fact, like their brother emblems may be had upon writ- Utopians, Spartans, Challengers, Pirates and Hoosier Pals, they have arrived at the point where they really believe that the Pro- gressors have held possession of the Championship just long enough for one stretch and this year, during the Labor Day week-end of September 3-4-5, their dynasty over the Society’s Softball World must be ter- minated. The Trail Blazers will be on hand to give their very best, as they have always done before, to shake the Progressors off the senior division throne vvhich they have occupied for three consecutive years. What’s my guess as to the eventual out- iv i bom e; bring teams. Both the large and smil kvithoirt^oungTte^ Md * PiC " iC ’ ■ A d,, - v out in the wide open paces vvill be good for them and you grovvn-ups, too. Kegl s Grove, you knrtMr • lVillmxt c • y Know , is in Willow Spnngs and Will 0 w Spnngs is out in the coum« and u,ten you’re out in the coun! y ’ the a,r fresh and ten request by the Secretary or Administrator. PENNSY ELIMINATION SERIES Vrtec entries from Pennsyl- vania vvill be limited to tvvo teams, the defending champions Vrtec No. 44 (Comets) of Am¬ bridge and the winner of theldavs “‘oud? and rainy elimination series that will be ^I.,^/. WOuld ha ve to completed before the final entry to ythmg ~~ But dean, the sun shines frntl , okies (barring c loud y ^ date. The supervision of this m anao preliminary series will be in full 1 . . spoil rain; honest it isn’t—Th^af says so, which is proo f charge of Ernest Kvartich, third ning a L^ ^ Where in the eve- member of the National Athle- the Wps ,t ^ SUn aink s belovv tic Board and Director of thekvill , tern h °rizon, evervthimr Eastern District of the Societ y ! h LtafT' EXCE W /or S Michael Vrhovnihlm^Sr-^mi^ed with unes -novv and then nated by the ladies’ lodge an ^ $ 15.00 by the Federation, whici>' says I, was mighty thought e of them. There vvill be prizes for h° J and girls of ali ages— 1’ be . P . r ( ] gram of events vvill be P uFia in next vyeek’s issue of the predek”— Four refreshfl 1 ^ tickets vvill be given awa ^ r f 0l i every Vrtec member— An top of ali that I have J us through tel 1 ing you, there' V1 ^ a softball, game (I hope) ^ tvveen the Victorians an Trail Blazers, and vvhat a S this vvill be, especially» ’ for a “keg”— Of course, 0« be go’s Softball supremacv at stake, vvhich means the> out their battling their f off— Hope the're’ll be a ^ around ... Oh, yes! I tK got ,there vvill be balin®; 0 ^ “young-old folks just 10 ContUiued on P a ? e * hea°