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Slovene Nat’l Benefit Soeiety
in 47th Year of
Fraternal Service-1904-1950

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YEAR XLII

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CHICAGO 23, ILL., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1950

Entered as second-class matter January 16, 1933, at the post-office
at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.

NUMBER 17

Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized on June 4, 1918,

45TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPA1GN

NEWS

In just a few days we will enter the closing month of the 45th Anni-
versary Campaign. Upon what we will accomplish, working as partici-
pants toward enrollment of new members in the next few weeks, will
determine its final status in comparison with pfevious membership drives
of the SNPJ. Although time is rapidly running out, we can stili make
up a lot of lost ground if enough lodges give the campaign the support
and cooperation it deserves. One big month is about ali we really need
now to put it over the top. Let’s make that month February, 1950.

Approximately 1,500 adult and juvenile members have been enrolled
in the first four and a half months of this campaign. We have this week
yet and ali of the next one in which to receive the remaining returns for
January. We are hopeful that the results will exceed the highest total
of any previous mqnth of the campaign.

While it is not hard to understand why it has become difficult in these
times to enroll new adult members, on the other hand it seems strange
that vve are not enrolling more juveniles, considering that 1949 had a high
birth rate and, also, the fact that we are offering four plans of protection
and membership to them at cheaper cost than possibly any other society
or company. One can insure a juvenile in the SNPJ for as little as 18
cents per month. There is hardly a good reason why a majority of our
lodges cannot secure at least five new juvenile members in the last weeks
of this drive. Let’s made that our goal and see how many lodges can
succeed in securing five new members in February.

The most speclacular membership
gain reported, so far, this month was
made by Brother Martin Urana Jr..
Secreta‘ry of Keystonian Lodge 87,
Herminie, Pa. Iie became the second
contestant to qualify for a GRAND
PRIZE)— a free trip to Detroit, Michi¬
gan, as a guest of honor at the 14th
SNPJ Convention which will be held
next September. Brother Urana at-
tained this mark of achievement by
adding 12 new members and 20 points
of credit to his former total, giving
him 33 members and 52 points alto-
gether as this report is being prepared.
He is now in second plače in the indi-
vidual standings with only Sister Mary
Udovich above him. Congratulations,
Brother Urana!

Anolher brighf star on the campaign
horizon this month is Brother Michael
Chandick, Secretary of Delavec Lodge
8 of Chicago, Illinois. His efforts in the past two weeks have netted him
5 new members and 12 additional points, increasing his total to 15 mem¬
bers and 38 points, good for third plače in the latest standings. You can
start marking it down in your book that Brother Chandick will be listed
among the grand prize winners when the curtain comes down on the 45th
Anniversary Campaign.

Somefhing of a spurt was made in Strabane, Pennsylvania, where Sister
Frances Pefro, Director of Circle 19 of Lodge 138, also succeeded in adding
five new members to the campaig,- t tal A similar number of new
members \vere also credited to Brother George Nace, Secretary of Lodge
725, Latrobe, Pa.

We noiiced ihat for the first time in the campaign the Young Ameri-
cans, Lodge 564, Detroit, have moved ahead of the Wolverines (677), their
next door neighbors. However, only a single point separates them as this
issue of the Prosveta goes to press.

Other contestants and lodges deserving special mention for their activity
in the campaign, who have enrolled three or four new members this
month, are Lodge 13, Bridgeport, Ohio; Rose Radovich (13), Pueblo,
Colo.; Lodge 284, Philadelphia, Pa.; Joseph Možina (318), Baggaley, Pa.:
Lodge 584, Detroit, and Marie and Harry Shaver (814), Cleveland, Ohio.
Congratulations.

Remember, if there is a lack of adult prospects in your locality, don’t
let that discourage you. Statistics show that a near-record number of
babies were added to the population of the country in 1949. These and
the older children form our best source of new members. Concentrate
your attention on juveniles in the closing vveeks of the 45th Anniversary
Campaign. Qualify for a grand prize. On to Detroit and the 141h SNPJ
Convention! MICHAEL VRHOVNIK, Juvenile Director

Martin Urana Jr.

HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AREA
SH0WINCREASE IN DECEMBER

WASHINGTON, D. C.—A new survey covering 100 of the Nation’s major
production centers and 50 intermediate and smaller areas shows 33 areas
have very substantial labor surpluses and unemployment of 12 percent or
more. This compares with 32 such areas reported last month.

The area classification was pre- ‘
pared by the U. S. Labor Depart-
ment’s Bureau of Employment Se-
curity and was based on State em-
ployment security agency reports
reaching Washington during the last
half of December. Areas with very
substantial labor surpluses are clas-
sified as “E” by the Bureau.

Robert C. Goodwin, BES Director,
said that areas having 7 percent or
more of their working force unem-
ployed rose to 105, as compared with
99 in the November classification

Three areas were placed in the
A” category, Goodwin said, which
lcludes those whose labor supply is
ght or balanced and where unem-
loyment is below 3 percent. Nine-
:en areas were classified as "B.
r ith slight labor surpluses and un-
mployment ranging from 3 to 4.9
ercent. Twentv-three areas were
lassified as “C,” with moderate la-
or surpluses and unemployment
mging from 5 to 6.9 percent. These
re major areas; smaller areas were
ot classified unless they * showed
nemployment of 7 percent or more.

Seventy-two of the 150 areas were
lassified as “D, with substantial
ibor surpluses and unemployment
anging from 7 to 11.9 percent. Of
le “D" areas, ho\vever, 43 were
iajor areas.

Three areas classified as '“E” in
\e  November list were dropped
•om the Bureau’s December list.
hese were Ansonia and Waterbuiy,
onnecticut, and Vincennes, Indiana.

Areas added to the list were San
liego, California: Clinton, Indiana;
ITashington County, Maine, and
ilver City, New Mexico. _

Areas classified as ‘E are in-
luded in the list of areas covered
v the Government program provid-

ing for preferential treatment in the
awarding of Federal contracts.

Attached is the “E” area classifi¬
cation list and a classification of la¬
bor market areas according to the
relative labor supply.

<X JNj

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"The only time he shows up is pay day."

Trumani Warfare State

THE ECONOMIC POUKE
IS NOT SO R0SY

And what did the President say on Junuayr 6 about the condition  of
the American economy?

He said what he said about the State of the Union. He said its eondi-
tion is good, that we’re on firmer ground and confidence prevails.

How niče!

New Tasks for
Yugoslav Schools

BELGRADE—A resolution calling
for steady struggle against bureau-
cratic methods in the school system
was adopted recently by the Central
Committee of the Communist Party
of Yugoslavia.

The resolution calls for free ideo-
logical development in accord with
socialist democracy and the develop¬
ment of initiative. This can be
achieved, it says, through the duel
of opinions and the free exchange of
practical experience and ideas in ac¬
cord with the struggle for socialist
construction. This will expedite the
fight against reactionary and coun-
ter-revolutionary ideas and methods
— includirtg the reactionary clerical
influence on youth.

Problems arising from translated
text-books are also clealt with by
the resolution, which is particularly
concerned with those on the social
Sciences. Many of these do not treat
Yugoslav national history, or treat
it unscientifical j and disparagingly.
It is necessary, states the resolu¬
tion, to mobilize the best scientitic
forces in the country towards ob-
taining “our own ■ textbooks for ali
social Sciences.”

But he also let us know that
things are not good, the ground is
not firm and confidence is not pre-
vailing.

Really? Which is it—and luhal
does he says is good?

Its good, he says, because we prc-
duced 9% more goods after Julv,
1949, than we did before July. But
he also says we produced 8% less in
ali of 1949 than we did in ali of 1948.

Is that good?

It’s also good, he says, that fac-
tories and wholesalers don’t have as
much unsold goods on hand now as
in 1948. But then he s,ays what\s
wrong with business is that it has
become afraid to in vest in more
business.  Business investment
dropped 18% in 1949.

That’s bad.

The President says he would be
terribly worried about it if it weren’t
that consntruction picked up 3% in
1949; due to public housing paid fov
with taxpayers’ money, it’s now
where it was in 1925, 25 years ago,
when our population was about
30,000,000 less.

What else was good—better than
1948?

Nothing, the President says.

But how about business?

Well, profits “fell” 21% to a total
of almost $28,000,000.000 — higher
than any year before 1947. In the
last three months of 1949 through
sales rose barely 1%.

But how about plain average busi¬
ness—the small guy?

Business failures inereased heavi-
ly in 1949. And wage inereases, he
says, “were received by a much
smaller number of workers in 1949
than in pdevious post-war years.”
In fact, wages were. frozen for mil-
lions and dropped for manv.

But didnt consumer prices drop,
too?

Yes—ali of 3% from their post-
war inflationary peak.

Then profits can’t be so bad.

For big business, they’re terrific—
but stili the President is vvorried
about business, he savs. People’s
incomes dropped stcadily through
1949. They bought $2,000,000,000
less than in 1948 and their savings
are going to the dogs. One-third of
ali American families, he says—
about 50.000,000 people—had no sav¬
ings left at ali at the end of 1949.

Only about 8<% of the American
people own corporate stock, a Fed¬
eral Reserve Board survey revealed.

Medical Association
Anti-Health Drive
A Boomerang

WASHINGTON — (FP) — The $2
million prooaganda drive of the
American Medical Assn. against
universal health insurance is turn-
ing into a boomerang, the Commit¬
tee for the Nation ! s Health declared
in its annual report. “This stream
of propaganda is making plain peo¬
ple everywhere realize that nation¬
al health insurance offers them more
medical čare for their money than
the limited Service plans proposed
by AMA,” the report said.

It’s a Great Svstem!  Editor ’ s Co,umn

MORE ABOUT KING COAL

They spent more t'-. .a they earned..

But I thought he said things are
good, that we’re on firmer ground,
that confidence prevails?

He also says there are 3,500,000
unemployed; labor says there are
over 5,000,000. In 1949 over 7,500,-

000 people had to get unemploy-
ment compensation at one time or
anonther.

Well, at least that’s turning bad
into some good.

The President also says that one-
third of the unemployed are not
getting unemplovment benefits; in
parts of the country two-thirds
aren’t—and those who do. get onlv
20 to 25% of the wages they lost.
He says that several million dis-
abled workers with families are not
eligible for public insurance bene¬
fits, that only 650,000 out of “mil-
lions of bereaved and broken” low-
income families receive any kind
of survivors insurance, that 70%' of
Americans over 65 (there are 11,000,-
000,000 of them) are not eligible for
benefits, that “millions who need
it” are denied medical čare.

My God, in the richest country in
the roorld with a $259 billion in
come!

Yes, but the President says it’s
too bad—he would like to see some
thing done, but the country can’t
afford it.

What do you mean, can’t afford
it? What kind of malarkey is that?

Oh, he explained the ,whole thing.
Hc said “the requirements of inter
national aid and national defense”
(about $19,000,000,000 for this Corn¬
ing year) and vet’s adjustment ($7,
000.000,000 for last year) and th
public debt of almost $6,000,000,000
(to big business) “are so large that
progress on developmental and com-
munity Services must necessari j be
limited.

Say, who pays the tazes around
here, anyway?

Hush. Don’t you knovv the gov-
ernment has a deficit of over $5,-
000,000,000, and is planning an ad¬
ditional $5,000,000,000 deficit, pri¬
marij because of the heavy de-
mands of national security — of de-
fending Greece and Korea and For-
mosa and Germany and Japan?

Yom mean what the papers c ali
the cold war?

There’s a terx-ible threat aeross
the seas, he says, to free enterprise
(big business to you); and we have
to keep world enterprise free of
control of any kind even though it
may mean continued suffering for
millions of Americans, as the Preš
ident reports, nnd growing weak-
nesses in our economy, as the Pres¬
ident reports, and less wages and
less savings and lower incomes, as
he reports, and more unemployment
and business failures; and even fail
ing profits until they’re no higher
than the Rocky Mountains . . .

This is madness!

Mo, it isn’t It’s the Warfare State.

Warfare stote against whom — the
American people?

You don’t understand economics,

1  that’s ali.— (Natl. Guardian)

By JOHN PAYNE

Trouble with the country, says
Gen. Eisenhower, is that too many
people have champagne-and-steak
apetites on beer-and-frankfurter in¬
comes.

Trouble with too many generals
is that they have 1952 political am-
bitions on 1890 social outlooks.

* * *

There’s a proposal in the Senate
to raise the average social security
pension for people over 65 from $26
a month to $44.

But some senators are afraid of
the inerease. They think it might
let the aged retire instead of get
laid off.

* * *

Thrift is becoming a national vir-
tue, thanks to the vvithholding tax
and the war budget.

Instead of waiting till the next
war to pay for it, we’re paying for
it in advance:

More than $3 out of every $9
withheld from our pay is going to-
wards military preparation.

This works something like U. S.
savings bonds.

Put in $3 now, get back $4 worth
of hell in 10 years, or even sooner.

* s;*

Then there’s the straw boss who
thinks he’s lucky.

He was so sick so often last year
that his doetor bills were so high
that he’s going to get a refund on
his ineome tax.

He figures 10 trips to the psychi-
atrist will make him even, and a
death in the family will put him on
Easy St.

Transport Body
Demands UN Aid
Japanese Labor

BUCHAREST. Romania—(ALN)
—The Intl. Union of Transport
Workers has protested to the United
Nations against the crackdovvn on
organized labor in Japan.

Speeifically, the IUTW urged that
the government cf Premi«- Yoshida
meet the demands bf Japanese rail
vvorkers, guarantee ali basic union
rights and free imprisoned union-
ists.

“On behalf of our more than six
million members,” the IUTW cabled,
we ask the UN to take energetic
steps with the U. S. government,
calling on it to carry out the princi-
ples of the first article of the UN
charter, which demands that human
rights and fundamental freedoms
be respeeted.”

We concluded lasi week’s article by saying we shall relurn lo the sub-
jecl. And the subjecl was the furious campaign of the coal barons and
dealers and other anti-labor elements to slap John L. Lewis and his min-
ers wiih Tafl-Hariley under the pretext of a serious coal shorlage, or
raiher a "national emergency ', However, as long as the miners will con-
tinue to send each week around nine
million tons of coal from the earlh's
bowels it will be rather difficult to
manufaeture a "coal crisis", a "na¬
tional emergency". And this they
have been doing even wiih a three-
day work-week.

If the wild-cai sirikes in Pennsyl-
vania, Wesl Virginia and some other
States should continue, this piclure
might change; this not necessarily
naiionally but in some localities. It
might even cripple some steel pro¬
duction for these sirikes have been
mainly in the "caplive” mineš. How-
ever. last week Lewis's lieuienants
were trying to send these miners
back to work, with mixed success.

Since the situation is rather critical
for UMWA, the miners will do well
to heed their leaders, at least until
lhey get out of the present jam.

Since we wrole last week s article
there has been a new development
in the miners' situation. Since the
potvers that be could not bring preš.
sure to bear upon President Truman
to declare a "national emergency"
and slap Lewis and his miners wilh
Tafi-Hariley, thev have neverthe-
less succeeded wiih one of his ap-
pointees. This man is Robert N.
Denham, NLRB general counsel,
who lasi week wenl lo the court tor
an injunction against Lewis and
UMWA. This application will be
argued Feb. 1.

Whal Mr. Denham, a tool of the
Natl. Association of Manufacturers,
is lrying to accomplish by this in¬
junction he told at a crowded press
conference. Denham said, accord¬
ing to the Federated Press, the main
objects of the injunction were io
force the union and John L. Lewis:
1) to submit to the filing provisions
of the T-H law before demanding
union securily; 2) to stop operation
of the UMW health and welfare
fund unless non-union miners are
included; 3) to wipe out the clause
(in the wage agreement) providing
miners shall work only 'when willing
and able' to do so; and 4) to put in
a tuli week in the mineš the owners
of which have not signed a new con-
traet.

In other words, what Denham is
trying to accomplish is to seriously
cripple the miners' union. If they
will be slapped by another injunc¬
tion, and if lhey rebel against it,
which is guite possible, their union

WALL STREET AND Y0U

By THE SPECTATOR—Federated Press
A Budget for a Cold W&r Deal

If you happen to manufaeture guided missiles or other war weapons,
you are entitled to a cheer. The Presiden’ts annual budget message has
gone to Congress. If you happen to work for wages, hold on to your
wallet.

The broad outlines of the pro-
posed budget for 1951 are so simple
that the document can fairly be
deseribed only as an instrument of
the cold war. The total anticipated
expenditures are $42.4 billion. Of
this sum, $13.5 billion goes for na¬
tional defense and $4.7 billion for
International affairs which includes
the new military assistance program
as well as the Marshall plan. The
total war budget \vould appear to be
$18.2 billion.

But a closer chečk at the figures
discloses items in other sections of
the budget which should properly
be attributed to the military cate-
gory. For example, the atomic
energy program, which is devoted
almost exclusively to the production
of bigger and better bombs, involves
a proposed expenditure of $817 mil¬
lion listed in deadpan style under
the heading “Natural resources not
primarij agricultural.”

In ali, about $20 billion or 47%
of the entire budget is allocated to
rr.ilitary expenses. The “National
Defense” item represents an inerease
of $400 million over the currgnt
year’s expenses. This fact makes it
a little difficult to understand de¬
fense Sec. Louis Johnson’s elaborate
press conference on Jan. 10 to-ex-
plain why his “reduced” budget was
Stili ample for the nation’s security.

Veteran’s Services and benefits
amount to $6 billion, a reduction of
almost a billion dollars below the
1950 budget. Social welfare, health
and securij get $2.7 billioni—ali of
6.4% of the budget. Another $1.3
billion goes to housing and com-
munity development. That’s 3% of
the total. Education and general
research get 1% and labor 0.6%.

Since the budget must reflect the
twin objectives of domestic welfare
and national *security, some sense of
proportion is called for. The pro-
pošed program of industrial safety
and mine safety combined gets $10
million. This sum would not begin
to buv the tail assemb j of a single
B-36 in the military aireraft pro-
eurement program, which gets no

less than $2,081,000,000. Research
and development of military weap-
ons receives $606 million in the
budget while the allocation for the
proposed Natl. Science Foundation
for peaceful development of our
scientific resources rates on j an
asterisk among the gigantic figures,
which means it will amount to less
than half a million dollars.

The budget for the proposed
FEPC is $1 million, or 1/15 of the
cost of Sec. Johnson’s expenses for
“coordination” of defense alone.
Employn^ent Service placement and
unemployment compensation activi-
ties of the federal government,
which should be expanded enor-
mous j in view of the current labor
market situation, receive $192 mil¬
lion, while the navy alone gets $4,-
141,000,000. Low-rent public hous¬
ing, a desperate need of millions
of families, gets $136 million, while
military assistance to foreign na¬
tions amounts to $870 million. The
proposed education program (if the
bili passes Congres) will receive
on j $383 million, compared to the
army allocation of $4,093,000,000.
The anti-monopo j program gets $8
million, while “military public
works” is down for $182 million.

Where is the sense of proportion
in these figures? Isn’t it fair to say
that our national securij is threat
ened by slums, by the shortage of
schools and teachers, by the millions
of unemployed who have exhausted
their benefits, by wasting natural
resources, by needless industrial ac-
c-idents, by tremendous toll of ill-
ness? Should not a Fair Deal pro¬
gram be refleeted in dollars and
cents in a Fair-Deal budget—which
would stili guarantee the nation’s
defense?

After ali, the bili is paid for main-
j by workers and consumers. In
1943, a war year, vvhen budget re-
ceipts totaled $22.2 billion, corpo¬
rate taxes brought in 43% of ali re-
ceipts and taxes on individuals
31%.

(Continued on page 8)

might again be subjecied to an
enormous fine. In the last three
years they have already paid well
over two million in fines. Some¬
fhing no Corporation found guilly
bf anfi-frusf iaw violation has ever
paid—not even one tenth as much,

* * *

What the miners are up against,
as well as the couniry, is the break-
down and utter insufficiency of
capitalism, now-a-days called "free
enterprise”, in the coal induslry.
This, of course, is not a recenf phe-
nomenon. The breakdown of cap¬
italism has long since been mani-
fesfed in fhis chaofic but basic in-
dusfry.

Some 30 odd years ago the organ¬
ized miners were conscious of fhis
fact and they consequently proposed
fhe nafionalization of fhis industry.
Towards fhis end a special UMW
committee under the chairmanship
of John Brophy evolved a concrefe
plan. Under fhis plan the govern¬
ment wculd take over the industry
and operate it, under a democratic
sef-up, for fhe benefit of fhe nation,
not for fhe benefit of the private
owners es at present. The miners,
as well as the consumers, the man-
agement and the public, would have
an important say as to how the in-
dustry would be run under this Set¬
up.

However, it was John L. Lewis
who smashed this movement of the
once Progressive miners' union. He
also smashed ali other Progressive
and radical movements among the
coal miners. One of the results was
that some 25 years ago the Ku-Klux-
Klan became quile powerful among
the miners in some States.

Some 20 years ago, after the dis-
astrous strike of 1927, John L. al¬
most losi the union in the sofl coal
fieldsi Subsequeqlly, and even be¬
fore, the miners really went through
hell, loading coal for as little as 20c
a ion, heside the vvholesale cheating
at the weight. They regained their
organization after the Mew Deal
came into power and also spread it
swiflly into the hitherto unorgan-
iced States which had been—the
miners, that is—under the veritable
reign of terror, such as perhaps no
other modern nation has vvitnessed.
It was this terror of the coal opera-
ters, supported by the state, which
had prevented the miners for long
years from joining the union. For-
tunaiej, lhey were liberaied by the
New Deal.

Subsequenlly, due to nearly 100%
of organization. Mr. Lewis has been
able in recent years to "bring the
fcacon" to his miners. Because of his
abilij and miners' solidarily he suc¬
ceeded in compelling the operators
to raise wages from the lowest, 20
years ago, to the highest, yield to
shorter hours and the eslablish-
meni of the vvelfare fund. The lat-
ter was done in 1945-48 while the
mineš were nominalj under gov¬
ernment operation.

* * *

However, the miners are again
facing a very serious dilemma. There
are again "too many mineš, too ma-
ny miners"—the song we heard 25
years ago and less. Fortunatej,
they have a strong union: if lhey
hadn't they would now be thrown
back where they were 20 years ago.
However, wilh ali Lewis's cunning
and abilify, wifh ali the power of
their union the miners, it seems,
have reached the stage where they
will not be able io gain much more,
if anything, from the mine owners.
Because of the chaotic nature of
"their’' indusiry, plus the state in-
tervention, at a critical moment,
AGAINST them in the form of in¬
junction, court fines and Taft-Hart-
ley, their power to bargain wiih the
private owners has already been
parajzed or even demolished to a
large exient.

Unless the miners again lhrow
lhemselves sincerej, wiih convic-
tion, into a movement for nalionali-
zation ot the coal industry, which is
the only long-term solulion of this
chaotic industry and the miners'
problems, then their future is raiher
dark, tuli of fruslralion, irregular
work, low standad of living for most
of them in spite ot seemingj high,
daily wage. Under public owner-
ship and operation of this indusfry
the miners would have much better
chance for a decent lite than under
fhe chaos and bitterness of private
ovvnership. The country would also
be infinitej better off it fhe coal
were produced for use and not for
profit, for it would not be faced by
constant crises and strikes in this
basic induslry.

King Coal under fhe private own-
ership has been a bilter experience
tor the miners and for the nation
as such. And it will continue to be
so until "free enterprise” (and how!)
disappears from this induslry.

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PROSVETA

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1950

Neuis & Comments

By J. F. Fifolt

FLASHES

CLEVELAND. Ohio—A small at
tendance greeted our new president
Bob Yarshen at the Januarv meet-
ing. Ed Grum, President in 1949,
opened the meeting. With the read-
ing of the minnutes out of the way
he sworn in ali of the 1950 officers
present. Bro. Grum did a fine job
in piloting Comrades in 1949. His
ready wit, keen sense of humor,
droll manner of presentation, will
be missed. We hope he continues to
grace our meeting nights with hi
presence.

The first meeting was a litt.le
rocky for Bo]?. This will be over-
come with the passage of time. A
larger crowd, in the future would
do much to inspire his confidence.
Sick reports for Marge Haberle, Joe
Svete, both of them reported well;
Tony Kushlan, stili ill, passed for
payment. Increase of policy for
Frank Modic, change of policy from
Plan A to 20 Pay Life for John
Štritof, sent thru. Marcella Stattler,
recommended by Vera Šebenik, Ma-
rian Wolf suggested by Pauline
Špik, approved as new members.
Other prospects are bing lined up
by Pauline Špik, Vera Šebenik, Al¬
bina Vehar and the writer. Cam-
paign for new members as you knovv
will end this month. There is stili
time to contact the writer to sign
up, your wife, husband, brother, sis-
ter, boy friend, girl friend, young-
sfer or next door neighbor.

Section Conjerence

The first of the sectional confer-
ences held in Cleveland, under the
auspices of the Cleveland SNPJ
Federation, was successful beyond
the expectation of everyone. An at-
tendance close to one hundred
showed up to listen to Cam Zarnick,
Matt Petrovich, Circle Directors Al-
ma Žagar, Doris Pike, the writer
and our guest speaker Bro. Vider.
Matt Petrovich gave a splendid talk
in Slovene. Many of the younger
members requested that it be trans-
lated. Motion was carried that the
entire proceedings be published to
give the benefit of the conference
to other sections of the country.
Mrs. Tratnik and the ladies are to
be congratulated for the way they
handled the details of the meeting
as well as the fine lunch served.

Remarks of Bro. Vider of the vast.
increase in questions pouring ihto
the Main Office, as well as the ma-
ny questions asked from the floor.
gave a clear indication of the need
of clarification and enlightenment
(Comboy Polsak’s word). Everyone
agreed that the idea of such confer-
ences was O.K., in this particular
čase proved fruitful and should be
held again in the future.

Bovvling

Entries for the Eastern Invitation
are in. As soon as the schedules are
lined up, bowlei - s will be advised of
the time and date that they are ex-
• pected to bowl. The Barberton
group uromises the best in hospital-
ity. Right on the heels of the East¬
ern will be the National to be held
in Johnstown, Pa. Entry blanks and
descriptive literature on what the
town has to offer have already been
received.

General

The last election of the directors
of the Slovene National Home on
St. Clair, added another Comrade
member to the list, we now have
three, the writer, Frank Elersich,
and last but not least, Vida Shiffrer.
Comrades’ Social Events
Shortly the entertainment com-
mittee will meet to discuss the line-
up of social events for 1950. Here
are some of the things in store:

February—Eastern Invitational
April—National Tournament
June—Hike
July—Wiener roast
August—Hike

August 6—Picnic, SNPJ Farm
Sept. 23—Saturday dance
Oct. 281—Halloween party, SNPJ
Farm.

Dec.—Annual meeting and Christ-
mas Party

In addition to the above, we’ll par-
ticipate in some of the Cleveland
Athletic affairs.

We are also trying to line up an
affair for the Bowlers in order to
raise some funds.

If the hike and wiener roasts turn
out successful, more of them will be
held at Fifolfs vvilderness this year.

It looks like a busy year. Re-
solve to become active and join the
gang.

Saturday, Feb. 12

On Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Wa-
terloo home, the Women’s Club of
the SNPJ will hold a social to raise
funds to buy dishes, cooking uten-
sils and other kitchen needs for the
Recreation Farm. The social will
start at 3 p.m. There will be card
playing, alšo bingo, with plenty of
prizes. At 5 o’clock, refreshments
will be served, follovved by clancing.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Sunday, Feb. 26, "Vida Grantova”
The Progressive Slovene Women
of America are sponsoring the play
"Vida Grantova” Sunday, Feb. 26,
at the Slovene Home on St. Clair.
The performance »vvill start at 3 pm.
Dancing will follow. The public is
invited to attend.

General

Harry Shaver informec! me the
other day that the Strugglers are
figuring on having a bus to go to
Barberton. Anyone interested should
get in touch with him.

Statistic prepared by Michael Vr¬
hovnik in last week's issue of the
Prosveta on the nurr.erical strength
of various English and Slovene
speaking lodges proved interesting

By Donald J. Lotrlch

CHICAGO—Some very good re¬
ports were made at the January
meeting of the Pioneers last Friday
night. There was the report on the
membership campaign, the resume of
1949, the bowling league and the
Midwest SNPJ tournament. . Three
members were transferred to the
Adult Department and the members
were urged to wind up the present
membership campaign in good style.
The meeting was conducted in or-
derly fashion and was completed in
good time. Frank Groser and Fred
Culkar were selected to represept
the Pioneers in the Midwest SNPJ
Athletic League. We also gave some
time to the prospects of traveling
to Johnston, Pa. in a group for the
National SNPJ Tournament. Re¬
freshments were served after the
conclusion of the meeting.

The Pioneers can well be proud
of the fine membership standing, as
reported last week in Prosveta by
Brother Michael Vrhovnik. Not
only do we have the largest number
of adult members, but also the larg¬
est number of juvenile members.
The ratio of juvenile members to
the adult is satisfying also. If things
work out right, we should surpass
the 1200 mark by the time the pres¬
ent membership drive is over. It
was niče to see how our English
speaking lodges have developed and
how they have added new members
to their fold. Chicago has done right
well for the Society considering that
our field is limited. So has Detroit;
and Cleveland is listed with a half
dozen large lodges. Few people
realize what it means to guide the
destinies of a large lodge and what
ali must be done in order to not only
secure new members, but retain
them. A small percentage of the
members in every lodge are the in-
stigators of ali the progress and the
support behind ali its functions.

which is against the decision of the
United Nations. I said in part, “con¬
sidering that Spain under Franco
dealt openly with Hitler and Musso¬
lini and was therefore responsible for
the loss of many American lives, I
believe it is an inexcusable offense
to those who fought the Fascist
hordes in the last war, and to those
who support the cause of peace,
freedom and democracy.” I told

Lily Social Club
SNPJ Lodge 764

MILWAUKEE, Wis.—The teams
of the Lily Social League are so
close it is ouite a struggle. Each
\veek a battle goes on, for first plače.
So close vet so far away. Leading
continuously so far is Silver City
with 34 games won. Following very
closely is Lily Lodge and Lily Social

Universal Comets

Dates to Remember

UNIVERSAL, Pa.—January 28—
Dance by SNPJ Comets Lodge 715,
at the Slovene Hall, Universal,
featuring Frank Porovne and his
Musical Stylists.

Jan. 28—Dance by SNPJ Lucky
Starš Lodge 716, at the SNPJ Hall,
Imperiel, featuring Michael Perock
and his orchesti'a.

Feb. 5—Dance by the Women's

wh oboth have won 33 games. Next Club of SNPJ Lodge No. 6, at the
is Rebernisek’s with 31 games won; SNPJ Hal!, Sygan. featuring John-
Bill's Texaco Service 21 and last ny Krek and his Polkadettes.
him that fwantedto'be  numbered I ^ut not least is Ern.ene Funeral | Feb 10-11-12-Eastern Invita-

Home, 19. High this week for the tional Bovvling Tournament in Bar-
fellows is Vic Miška who bowled berton, Ohio.

Entries for the Midwest SNPJ
Tournament will close on Feb. 1.
Pioneers wishing to bowl, stili have
time to line up teams and enter the
doubles and singles. The first en-
try for the Pioneers came in from
Mitzie Chernich, whose Pioneer
Cardinals will seek to repeat the
performance of last year. Her team
is composed of Clara Čretnik, Lois
Gilman, Marie Kraly, Betty Chap-
man and Mitzie Chernich. John
Rak turned in the first men's team
composed of Charles Rak, Frank
Sodnik, Lawrence Yenkole, Ignatius
Kukman and himself. From. the
way things look, the Pioneers should
have at least a dozen teams in the
tournament.—Joseph Krasovech has
reported well and has gone back to
vvork.—Sopiha Mulholland is now
living in Streator, Illinois and has
therefore transferred to the Mo-

hawks of La Salle.

* * •' *

At the meeting last Friday night
the Pioneers selected Fred Culkar
to represent them at the annual
stockholders session of the Slovene
Labor Center, which is scheduled
for Friday, Jan. 27. A number of
Progressive  organizations have
shares in the Center and the Pio¬
neers are stockholders from the
very beginning. Naturally, our mem¬
bers will also come to the meeting.
—Entry blanks for the National
Bowling Tournament, scheduled for
April 28-29-30 at Johnstown, Pa.,
have j ust been received, and Frank
Kluchevnik Jr. informs us that the
tournament headquarters will be in
Fort Stanwix Hotel. They assure
the visitors a pleasant stay in Johns-
town.

* » *

Mirko G. Kuhel and Milan Med¬
vešek have returned rom their trip
to Jugoslavia and are to report on
their impressions at a meeting to
be held at the SNPJ Hall on Fri-
day, Feb. 3. The meeting-is under
auspices oi^ SANS and the admission
is free.—I vvrote to President Tru¬
man the other day regarding the
decision of our State Department to
return the ambassador to Spain,

among those who urge him to
change the attitude of our State De¬
partment on this matter.

❖ * *

“Slaughtering Nature’s Resources”
is the title of a lecture, which will
be given by Roberts Mann at the
Toman Library Forum Friday, Jan.
27. Learning something about con-
serving life, trees, flowers and for-
ests should be interesting.—We sa\v
in last Sunday’s Tribune where va-
rious publications and movies re¬
ceived $525,417 as subsidy to pro-
mote the Marshall Plan in 1949. One
New York paper received over $61,-
000 alone. It is a shame that the
government must waste so much of
people’s hard earned money to pro-
mote its so-called unity plan. If
the plan was really so good, it
shouldn’t have to be pushed so much
down the throats of the people with
paid articles and publicity.—We are
writing to our Congressmen and
Senators and teli them that the
fire tragedy at Woodstock, 111., which
took the lives of a family of five
would never have had to come to
pass if Uncle Sam and the big bene-
ficiaries of our economic system
would use just two billion dollars of
the annual appropriation going for
war purposes for building homes
with that money instead. Likewise
floocls would pretty much be under
control if another three billion dol¬
lars of the war appropriation would
be diverted to stemming and con-
trolling the rivers. Just imagine
how much life and property would
be saved and how many hundreds
of thousands of men could find em-
ployment doing useful work. We
urge ali of you to use pressure with
your Congressmen and Senators and
get them to divert funds for useful
purposes as illustrated above.

Fort City News

Cardinals No. 640

BRIDGEPORT, O,—The first
meeting of the year of Lodge Car¬
dinals 640 SNPJ, was well attend-
ed. Congratulation goes out to our
old and nevv officers, namely, Preš.
Hilda Olinski, Vice-Pres. Louis Go¬
rence, Sec’y Tony Staruss, Treas.
John Kuklevich, Rec. Sec’y Helen
Gorence, chairman of audit. com.
Adolph Vitly, com. members Fran-
ces Fisher and Anna Hasper, and
sgt-at-arms Martin Coss.

We discussed plans for a Valen¬
tine party following the Feb. meet¬
ing. Members attending are to bring
valentines. Woir.en members are
to bring something for a lunch to
be served. The men will donate
the refreshments. So come one,
come ali and make the party a real
success.

Plans are also being made to get
another bus to go to Strabane
where everyone is sure to have a
good time. We hope the jolly gang
from Sharon vvill be there.

Our next meeting will be on Feb.
6. Don’t forget to bring your valen¬
tines, fooci, etc.

MARY OPATRNY

MUSKEGON, Mich.—A few of the
regulars were missing at our Jan.
16 meeting; we hope to see them
at the next one on Feb. 20 at 1093
E. Larch Ave. at 7:30 P. M. We have
a cash drawing each time for vvhich
you must be present to vyin.

We have plans for a Spring dance
on April 15. More about this will
appear in this paper. Due to vveath-
er conditions, we had a small crowd
at our New Year’s eve dance. Every-
body had a good time, and the food
served was particularly good. Mrs.
Wm. Schwab and Peter Haga were
the lucky winners of 2V‘>  bushels of
groceries.

Slanis

Tony Pavlin won in the cash
drawing at the last meeting. Happy
birthday to Anna Rose Haga, who
will be 11 on Jan. 29.

Bowling scores: 587 'series by Joe
Gradisher in the NK league, and
510 in another league; Frances
Schultz rolled 458 series in Maple
Lane All-stars. Your reporter man-
aged 475 series while acting as sub.
Call me at 55-367 and keep me post-
ed on your scores each week.

Introducing Joe Dolinšek, our
busy secretary: Born in DePue, 111.
on Dec. 3, 1918; grade school in
Edgewood, then Heights Central Jr
High and High School. Married to
Gertrude Witte on July 25. 1936; 2
children, Joan,. 12 and Dickie 3. Ali
are SNPJ members. Joe goes ali out
for sports, basket bali being his
favorite. Proudly displays 3 tro-
nhies won in high school days, and
has played on 6 city championship
teams. He now plays right guard
for Wolverine Express in the city
league, and can be seen in action
any Wed. or Sat. night at YMCA.
He is lay-out man at Sheldon Co..
where he has worked for 12 years.
He has a sister in Adrian and one in
Traverse City.

Next time we’ll present Rudy
Shunta.

MARY M. LOUGHRIGE. 266

191-479. Of the girls, Rose Boehm
took the honors with high of 172-
480 and Ange Coyhis followed very
closely with 166-482. Bowling takes
plače at Mitchell Recreation located
at 13th and W. Mitchell sts. If you
want to see our six teams in action,
come some Thursday evening at
9:00 pm.

Four new members have joined
the Lilv Social Club ranks. Ini-
tiated were Richard Bauman, Don¬
ald Ripp, John Stanaszek and John
Wilke. Our Senior Lodge,s meeting
was quite a success. About double
the members were present at this
meeting. Of importanes is the fact
that whcn members pay their dues
they will be given a ballot and are
to vote whether they want a doetor
for the lodge or not. Please have
ali ballots in bv the next meeting
which will be held February 17.
Meeting will take plače at the Slo-
venian Home. If the majority vote
for it the assessment fee will be a
$1 per year for each member. You
can pay your dues at 929 South Sec-
ond Street.

DATES TO REMEMBER: Febru-
ary 5, Badgers Lodge 584 is spon¬
soring a card party and dance at
Arcadian Inn. FEBRUARY 12—
Naprej Choral Group will be giving
a concert at the Collins-Meyer Post,
8th and Natl. Lily Men’s Chorus
and Planinska Roža Group vvill sing
for the occasion. FEBRUARY 18—
Senior Lily Lodge is holding a
Masquerade Bali at Arcadian Inn.
Ali are cordially invited. Prizes
vvill be given for the best costumes.
Frank Sezon and his orchestra vvill
play. FEBRUARY 25-26 —Midvvest
bovvling tournament vvill be held in
Chicago. Five teams vvill represent
the Lily Social Club. Entry fee for
each person is $2.50. APRIL 16—
The Senior Lily Lodge vvill hold a
concert and Frank Gerlica and his
Orchestra vvill play for the occasion
To meet old and nevv friends be
present at this affair. MAY 13—
Keep this date in mind for the Lily
Social Club vvill be sponsoring a
May Bali. Sincere birthday greet-
ings are extencled to Joe Znidarko.

BUTCH, 764

C°mels News

The big nevvs from the Comets
Lodge No. 715 is the dance sched¬
uled for next Saturday, Jan. 28.
This happy occasion vvill take plače
at the Slovene Hall, Universal. The
good mušic vvill be furnished by
Frank Porovne and his Musical
Stylists. Pleasg make your plans
novv to attend this big dance at
vvhich there vvill be lots of fun for
everyone.

It vvas good to read in last week’s
issue of Prosveta that the Comets
are among the first 25 largest En¬
glish speaking lodges in member¬
ship. And vve haven’t stopped
grovving yet, as evidenced at our
recent meeting vvhere three pro¬
spects vvere norr.inated for member¬
ship. There vvill be more before
the present campaign ends on Feb.
28th.

Nem from
Chicago s Southside

THE BIG SOCIAL EVENT on
Chicago’s far southside this vveek-
end vvill be the MID-SEASON
DANCE sponsored by the Inter-
Lodge Bovvling League. It vvill be
held this Saturday evening, Jan. 28,
at the Illiana Hall, 10158 Avenue
M, starting at 8:30. With popular
Frankie Kovačič and his up-and-
coming orchestra engaged to furnish
the mušic, everyone attending this
affair is in for an evening of pleas-
ure and fun. A cordial invitation
is extended to ali SNPJ members
and their families and friends. Ad¬
mission at the door for adults vvill
be 75 cents. As a final reminder,
bovvlers are urged to bear dovvn on
the ticket sales and to make an ac-
counting for them to Secretary Pete
Channic at the dance. Those of you
vvho have been assigned to vvork the
opening shift behind the bar, in the
kitchen or elsevvhere, kindly be at
your posts early so that the best of
southside hospitality and service vvill
be assured from start to finish. See
you at the dance, Saturday.

Buckeye Bits

* * * =:=

Golden State Lodge

Keystoners, 755

SHARON. Pa. — We had a good
meeting this month, but vve vvonder
vvhy more members don’t attend
and join in the gOod times vve have
after the meeting.

The bus chartered for the dance
in Strabane is filled and vve are
filling cars novv. Our ovvn Keyston-
ers orchestra vvill play for the dance,
and may also provide mušic for us
on the bus. We’re hoping to see our
many friends from Broughton and
Library in Strabane.

Ali vvho vvill make the trip should
be at Slovenian Home at 5 o’clock
as vve vvant to get an early start.

M. GERMADNIK

reading. The article presented some
mighty fine information, and no
doubt required considerablo rc-
search. More articles of this type
vvould be appreciated.

Talk on Nature’s
Resources Jan. *27

CHICAGO—“Uncle Ezra,” th.e
lovable charaeter of radio, vvill be
the guest speaker at the Toman
Branch Library Forum, 4005 W.
27th. Friday night, Jan. 27, at 8:30.
The title ol' his talk vvill be “Slaugh¬
tering Nature’s Resources.”

LOS ANGELES. Calif,—At the
annual meeting of the Golden State
Lodge 743 SNPJ, the follovving of¬
ficers vvere eleeted for the Corning
year: President, Matt Rilovich; Vice
President, Frank Stein; Financial
Secretary, Frank M. Grachan (9600
Van Nuys Blvd., Pacoima, Calif.);
Treasurer, Helen Grachan: Record-
ing Sec’y, Velda Dodig. President
of Auditing Comm., John Goslovic,
Charles Lesky and Louis Maretich;
Sergeant-at-Arms. Tonka Mudnich;
Sick Committee, Frank M. Grachan;
Junior Order, Helen Grachan.

An effort is being made to cele-
brate Big SNPJ Day this year, in-
cluding the other branches to com-
bine with 743. I, as recorder, am
notifying ali members of neighbor-
ing branches to combine and make
this one big SNPJ Day. Also, vvant
to thank our committee and our
president, Matt Rilovich, for cooper-
ating in holding our meetings in or¬
der, the same for financial secre-
tary, Frank Grachan, vvho has been
so loyal to our branch for 17 years
and has held the same office ali
these years.

Brothers and Sisterš, let’s ali
make an effort to attend the meet¬
ings regularly that are being held
every 3rd Sunday of the month at
714 Albine Street. Los Angeles, Cal.
Thanks to the district vice presi¬
dent. Frank Peteriz, vvho Jias been
vvith us at our gatherings and in-
formed us as to the good of our
lodge.

Reminding ali lodges again to keep
in mind of our Big SNPJ Day so
vve can ge.t started on building our
ovvn hali as ali the other lodges
have done. Help to spread the good
nevvs to ali, Brothers and Sisters-
VELDA DODIG. Rec. Sec’y

E. S. Federation Nevvs

The E. S. Federation of SNPJ
Lodges of Western Pennsylvania
met on Sunday, January 15th, at
the Slovenian Hall, in Pittsburgh,
for its regular quarterly meeting.
Eleven lodges vvere present vvith
thirty-one delegates. Present also
vvere Sis. Mary Prašnikar and Bro.
Anton Rednak. They represented
the Slovene Speaking Federation.

The various reports given by of¬
ficers and cornmittees indicated that
the Federation is going steadily for-
vvard. In every respect the meeting
vvas encouraging and stimulating.

As in the past, there vvill again
be held in 1950 a national duekpin
tournament. The Athletic Commit¬
tee has chosen a tentative date of
either April 16th or April 23rd.
Lodges vvill receive correspondenee
regarding this major event in a very
short time. Watch Prosveta for ad-
ditional information.

The annual Federation golf tour¬
nament vvill be held sometime in
August. The exact date and plače
vvill be announced soon. Motion
vvas passed to ask the National Ath¬
letic Board to reconsider their pre-
vious decision and hold a national
golf tournament in Chicago at the
time of the National SNPJ Day. A
motion that our Federation sponsor
a national golf tournament vvas
tabled. Another addition vvas made
to the roster of our Federation vvith
the admittance of SNPJ Lodge 419
of Harvvick. This lodge is novv a
member of both the E. S. and Slo¬
vene Speaking Federations.

A donation of $25 vvas made to
Brother Frank Prelesnik of SNPJ
Lodge No. 88, Moon Run, vvho vvas
injured vvhile on duty for the com¬
mittee at the 1949 Pa. SNPJ Day.
A committee vvas eleeted to make
plans for the 1950 Fa. SNPJ Day,
together vvith a committee from the
Slovene Speaking Federation.

Brother Frank Ambrožič, present
member of the National Athletic
Board, vvas nominated to represent
this section on the 1950 Board. The
next meeting of the Federation vvill
be held on Sunday, April 16, at the
Slovenian Hall, Library, beginning
at 2:30 p. m. Delegates eleeted to
represent our Federation at the Slo¬
vene Speaking Federation meeting
held last Sunday, Jan. 22, vvere Sis¬
ter Josephine Slivsek and the
vvriter.

Morning Starš, Lodge 665, Pitts¬
burgh, vvas the host at the Federa¬
tion meeting, and it proved itself
vvorthy of compliments for the
delicious meal served to ali the dele¬
gates and visitors.

The Federatior vvas pleased to
have as a visitor Bro. Frecl Zecker,
president of the Export Marines
and vice-president of the West-
moreland County SNPJ Federation.
A highlight of the meeting vvas a
brief reports by Sis. Mary Prašni¬
kar on her visit to Yugoslavia.

MICHAEL R. KUMER

The Midvvest SNPJ Handicap
Bovvling Tournament, scheduled for
Chicago on February 25 and 26, is
getting a lot of attention these days
from. the Southsfc-e Inter-Lodge
League bovvlers. Inlegrily Lodge,
sponsors of this tournament, can
look for a large representation of
teams from their neighbors on the
other side of the city. Louis Kosele
reports that the Sentinels (610) have
already formed their five-man squad
The Trailblazers, according to Mich¬
ael Vrhovnik, vvill probably have
five teams rnaking the crosstovvn
jaunt next month. Delavec (8)
hasn’t yet coramitted  itself,
but vvith five teams in the league,
'you can be almost sure that Mich¬
ael Chandick, Pete Channic and
Ed Lavvhead vvill line up at least
four teams for the tournament, vvhile
Lodge 490 is expected to have one
team for this sectional bovvling
event.

Since this vvill be the main tour¬
nament event for a majority of our
southside keglers this season, let’s
see if vve can help to set a nevv
r e c o r d, Remember,  February
FIRST  is the deadline for ali
entries. Don't forget that this is an
all-handicap tournament vvhich vvill
allovv 75 per cent of the difference
betvveen average and serateh as a
handicap. Everyone has a chance
to finish among the prize vvinners
The entry fee is only $2.50 per
bovvler in each event vvhich includes
the Cost of bovvling.

Lodge No. 168 Will
Give Dance Feb. 11

CONEMAUGH, Pa,—SNPJ Lodge
No. 168 vvill hold a dance on Feb.
11 at the Conemaugh Slovene Hall
at 9 p. m. Musič vvill be furnished
by Lou Kopler and his band. The
purpose of this dance is so that vve
can have some recreation for our
members, such as movies of the old
country, softball, bovvlihg, etc. I
am glad to report that vve have
started the bovvling and the out-
come looks very good. Any mem¬
ber interested may contact any
lodge officer for details. We vvill
keep you posted on the progress of
our various affairs. I vvould like to
soo the members reallv back this
dance and mako it a success.

WILLIAM BREZOVSEK, Sec’y

And vvhile we're talking about
bovvling iournamenis, let s also get
9  fevv vvords in about our SNPJ 45th
ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN and
Sign up a fevv nevv members during
the remaining five vveeks of the
membership drive. Bovvling vvill
mean much more to* the Society if
you also succeed in racking up
some nevv members for your respec-
tive lodges. If you like being a
member of the SNPJ, your friends
vvill like it, too. Ask them to join,
February 28 is the last day of the
campaign.

* * * *

The Trailblazers held their first
meeting of the year on Thursday,
January 18. About tvventy members
vvere present for the installation of
officers and to act upon other im-
portant matters in the order of busi
ness. The members eleeted to lead
the lodge in 1950 are as follovvs
John Vraničar, Preš.; Pete Vrhov¬
nik, Vice-Pres.; Victor Tome, Fi¬
nancial Sec’y; Ernest Vrhovnik
Treas., and Mary Jane Vraničar
Rec. Sec’y. The Auditing Commit
tee vvill consist of Chairman Ladi
Tome, Anton Bezlaj and Joe Puzell
Sr. To the officers vvho performed
their duties so vvell in the past goes
a big THANK YOU from the mem
bership for a job splendidly done
and to the nevv officers BEST
WISHES FOR SUCCESSFUL
LEADERSHIP ALL THROUGH
THE NEW YEAR.

One of the more important deci
sions of the last meeting set the
stage for the Trailblazer Lodge to
join the Chicago District Federation
of SNPJ Lodges. The first dele
gates to the Federation vvill be
Brother John Vraničar and the
vvriter. . . . Three nevv members vvere
hccepted at this meeting vvith credit
for their enrollment going to Broth
ers Pete and Ernest Vrhovnik. That
makes four altogether for the cur-
rent membership drive. . . . Rollie
Kuhel, vvho has been filling in on one
of the Trailblazers’ bovvling teams
since his father (Mirko Kuhel) left
for Yugoslavia three months ago
vvill leave for Tucson, Arizona
this vveek, vvhere he vvill matricu
late at the State university located
This same orchestra vvill also play there. By the time Rollie departs
here on Feb. 18. So mark thhat on I for the vvest, his dad vvill be back to

By OH

BARBERTON, Ohio—Hooray! We
hit the 60 mark in team entries for
the big Eastern Invitational Bovvling
Tournament! It vvas a good mark
to shoot at and thanks to the high
enthusiasm over bovvling in SNPJ
circles, the lodges responded beauti-
fullv. The greatest number of en¬
tries came from Cleveland, our
neighboring city and former sosts
to the Eastern Pennsy and Detroit
vvill also be represented.

You vvill be hearing from Frank
Janiga, tournament secretary, any
day novv as to your bovvling time
and vve urge you to send in for your
hotel reservations as soon as you
knovv your schedule. We gave you
the good nevvs about Hotel Anthony
Wayne’s fiat rate of $2.50 per per¬
son for any $5 and $6 double room
vvith bath or shovver. The Portage
Hotel has come through vvith the
same offer. Mayflower Hotel is
definitely more pretentious, \being
Akron’s best, vvith room rates to
match. Most of our reservations so
far are for the Anthony Wayne.
Write to Violet Janiga, 321 Norton
ave., for yours.

The Buckeyes vvill have 3 mens
teams and 3 women’s teams entered
in the Eastern. The guys and gals
are ali set for the event vvith the
No. 1 team in the Friday league de-
termined to make a great shovving
in the tournament. The gals are
cattered on several teams in the
Tuesday night league but they’re
ali lined up for the tournament.

The week-end is»going to be filled
vvith activitv. The vvelcoming “Hear‘,
to Heart” dance on Saturday night
vvill be gay vvith the Valentine motif
and the theme of the vvhole evening
vvill be your hunt for the person
vvho has the heart number corre-
sponding to yours. You vvill have
half the evening to devote to the
hunt and if you are successful, at
some specific time after intermis-
ion, you two vvill dance the roman-
tic “heart” number together.

There has been a change in the.
mušic department. The Melody
Makers, vvho vvere scheduled to play
for this dance, had to cancel their
date vvith us due to their nevv night
club engagement vvherein their con-
tract calls for Saturday and Sunday
playing. We vvill have the local Mu¬
sical Notes instead and vve feel sure
you vvill find their mušic enjoyable.
This outfit is familiar about tovvn
and most of you have heard them
at one of our summer picnics.

The Farevvell Dance of Sunday
night vvill find you ali cavorting to
the tunes of the Hutch-Novak “Pol¬
ka Five” vvho are aces vvith the lo¬
cal bobby soxers and grovvn-ups
alike. You may have danced to this
band at Akrons Sumrnjt Beach Park
or East Market Gardens Ballroom.

If you should vvalk in on a v/eaving
mass of humans that remind you of
Conga line pr an Indian vvar dance, 1
don’t be too surprised! It’s just the
kolo” this band sneaked in vvith
their polkas to shovv their versita-
lity! Their vvhite mans mušic—er,
pardon—their popular mušic is plen-
ty smoothe, too!

Besides your evening activities
and' your bovvling, you’ll be in on
the little program of the presenta¬
tion of the key to the city by our
Maycr Parker and our Chamber of
Commerce Secretary, Mr. Trichler.
Then, of course, you’ll vvant to see
some of ou city! We promised a cer-
tain Cleveland lass a vievv of beau-
tiful Lake Anne bv moonlight, so,
of course, vve have to supply the
handsome man, too! Hey, you Buck-
eye lads!

As for any špare time you may
have during the day, hmmm, things
vvill be humming at the Slovene
Center alleys and Club from morn
till dark! Barberton is yours for
the -vveek-end of Feb. 10-11-12!

Lucky Starš Give
Dance Jan. 28

IMPERIAL, Pa,—-The Lucky Star
Lodge 716 SNPJ cordially invite ali
lodges and friends to a dance on
Jan., 28, in ,the local Slovene Hall.
The mušic for the occasion vvill be
Michael Perock and his Cavaliers.

your date list too.
After the Easter

take his old plače on the bovvling
holidays John- | team. That’s vvhat vve call perfect

nie Krek and his Polka Kings vvill j timing and teamvvork. Good lučk
be vvith us on April 29. Another | Rollie, in your studies and gridiron
good orchestra to dance to. Plenty j exploits — and don’t let those vvest

of refreshments vvill be had at these
dances so don’t forget to attend.

This is to remind ali Lucky Star
members vvho miss paying their

ern "gals” throvv you. . . . Congratu
j lations are overdue to the Yule par
ty committee, especially to Sianley
j Teme for his all-around good vvork

monthly dues at the regular meet- j in looking after and rnaking the

mg. Your treasurer vvill be at the
Slovene Hall on the last day of each
month betvveen the hours from 6 p.
m. to 8 p. m. for your conveniance.

The membership campaign ends
Feb. 28. Did you get that nevv
member yet? We hope to see you
ali at the dance Jan. 28.

FRANK OPEKA, Treas.

necessary preparations vvhich high
lighted this happy event. It vvas
one of the best attended affairs of
its kind in many years. Thanks
also, to John Jereb for filling the
role of the leading charaeter of the
evening so vvell. More than fifty
children en,joyed his visit and the

SNPJ Lodge No 89
Free Dance Jan. 28

BULGER, Pa,—Lodge 89 SNPJ
vvill hold a free dance for SNPJ
members on Sat. nite, Jan. 28. The
mušic vvill be of the polka variety
vvith some deviation to the vvaltz
and popular tunes. There is a good
time in the rnaking so let’s ali join
in the fun.

The secretary asks ali Lodge 89
members to pay their dues on time.
Will collect dues the last day of each
month at the Lodge Clubroom after
7 p. m. Dues vvill be accepted at
my home any time.

FRANK LUKAN. Scc’y

Comets’ Dance

UNIVERSAL. Pa. — The Comets
again vvant to inform their friends
that a good time is in the rnaking
for them if they attend the dance
in UniveJlal on Sat., Jan. 28.

Dancing vvill begin promptly at
9:30 P. M. and the concoction of
tunes vvill be delectably served by
the inimitable Frank Perovne’s Mu¬
sical Stylists. Pa še hovv!

MAX KUMER, 715

treats passed out by him on behalf month.

of the Trailblazer Lodge. . . . Our
sympathy is extended to the Janes
family on the loss of their husband
and father vvho passed avvay on De¬
cember 24 after a lingering illness.
He vvas one of our oldest members.
. . . The next meeting of the Trail¬
blazers is scheduled for February 16.
Meetings vvill continue to be held at
11356 I.:mglpy Avenue, commencin".
al. I! pm every thinl Tluirsday of ihe

M.

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NEKAJ 0 PRVI KONFERENCI

Z DRUŠTVENIMI ODBORNIKI

F. A. VIDER, gl. tajnik

Brez dvoma bo marsikatereg;
odbornika zanimalo vedeti, kake
ferenca o bratskem zavarovanju’
januarja v Clevelandu in na kate
landski glavni odborniki SNPJ,
Smelo se lahko reče in brez vsa¬
kega pretiravanja — tega mne¬
nja so bili tudi ostali prisostu-
joči —, da je omenjeni sestanek
izpadel v vsestransko zadovolj¬
stvo in v veliko korist jednoti.

Slovenska narodna podporna
jednota ima v Clevelandu 31
društev, od katerih, razun par.
so bila po svojih odbornikih vsa
dobro zastopana, in to vzlic te¬
mu, da je takoj zjutraj pričelo
deževati kot za stavo in je pre¬
nehalo šele pozjio v noč. -  Da v
takem vremenu nihče ne gre rad
izpod strehe, je popolnoma ra¬
zumljivo in naravno, kar pa ni
ustavilo clevelandskih društve¬
nih odbornikov, s čemur so po-'
kazali, da jim je še vedno mno¬
go do organizacije, katero poma¬
gajo pridno graditi že veliko šte¬
vilo let.

Prej ko sem stopil v dvorano
— bilo je krog desete ure do¬
poldan — moram priznati, da
sem bil vsled slabega vremena
nekoliko potrt radi bojazni gle¬
de udeležbe, ko pa sem stopil v
dvorano, sem bil takoj vzrado-
ščen nad tako lepo udeležbo.
Predsednik federacije je baš pri¬
čel z otvornim govorom, v kate¬
rem je pojasnil pomen tega važ¬
nega sestanka. Za tem je pred¬
stavil brata Matta Petroviča
predsednika finančnega odseka
kateri je svoj predmet “o sploš¬
nih zadevah jednote” dobro ob¬
delal. Na to je bil predstavljen
brat Fifolt, četrti okrajni pod¬
predsednik, ki je čital svoj za¬
mišljeni govor o kampanji. Za
tem sta nekaj besed spregovo¬
rili sestri Pike in Žagar, načel¬
nici mladinskih krožkov, in reči
moram, da sta se obe dobro po¬
stavili. Navzoča sta bila tudi
glavna odbornika, brata Lisch in
Kaferle. Ob dvanajsti uri je bi¬
lo dopoldansko zborovanje za¬
ključeno.

Točno ob 1:30 je predsednik
otvoril popoldansko sejo in pred¬
stavil podpisanega, ki sem raz¬
ložil važnosti in vrednosti sta¬
rih in novih certifikatov, to v
obeh jezikih. Govorili smo tudi
o spremembi starih certifikatov,
o kreditu na iste, o mesečnih po¬
ročilih, spremembah dedičev v
slučaju smrti enega ali drugega
člana, o prošnjah, o zalaganju
asesmenta, o operacijah, starost-

Avtna unija
revidirala zahteve

Poskusi za odvrnitev
preteče stavke

člana, posebno še društvenega
je izpadla prva “Podučna kon-
, ki se je vršila v nedeljo dne 15.
ri so se sestali društveni in deve¬
ter zastopnik izvršnega odseka.

ni podpori in številnih drugih
važnih predmetih, tikajočih se
članstva in jednote. Reči mo¬
ram, da so bila vsa vprašanja
stvarna ter stavljena podpisane¬
mu v dostojnem tonu in da se
je ves potek sestanka vršil v pra¬
vem bratskem razpoloženju. Tu¬
di večina naše mladine je razu¬
mela važnost tega, za društvene
uradnike kakor za jednoto ko¬
ristnega sestanka, in mnenje je
prevladovalo, da bi se morala te
vrste zborovanja vršiti najmanj
enkrat letno.

Da se na tako velikem zboro¬
vanju kot je bilo omenjeno sem
in tam dobi kdo, ki mesto vpra¬
šanj prične z govorom, je razum¬
ljivo in kajpada tudi odpustlji¬
vo. Če bomo imeli več te vrste
podučnih sestankov, sem prepri¬
čan, da se bo tudi v tem oziru
kaj izboljšalo.

Sklepajoč po prijateljskem
razpoloženju navzočih, je bilo
vse zadovoljno z izidom konfe¬
rence in vsaka bojazen, če kdo
stavi kakšno vprašanje, ki je
mogoče tudi nekoliko izven pro¬
grama, je neopravičena.

Mnenja sem, da te vrste se¬
stanki lahko veliko koristijo
članstvu jednote vobče, ker na
istih se da mnogo laže razčistiti
številna napačna pojmovanja,
nesoglasja, kakor tudi škodljiva
propaganda; če se kje pojavi,
kot na primer potom pisem ali
člankov v glasilu. Na takem
zborovanju je dana prilika tudi
onim društvenim odbornikom
ki se v časopisu mogoče ne mo¬
rejo tako dobro izraziti, kar jim
leži na srcu, kot ustmeno v dvo¬
rani, da tam povedo, kar misli¬
jo. Naša dolžnost pa je, da po¬
slušamo njihove pritožbe ali
mišljenja, pa če tudi so ista v
principu nasprotna naši ideolo¬
giji, ker kot demokratično misle¬
či člani moramo razumeti, da le
v izmenjavanju naših misli ali
mnenj je mogoče izluščiti kaj
dobrega v interesu splošnega
članstva. S stvarno, tolerantno
in prepričevalno besedo lahko
mnogo koristimo tudi onim, k?
so slučajno nam nasprotnega
mnenja, če se z njimi pogovo¬
rimo kot se spodobi.

Koder koli je le mogoče skli¬
cati omenjene vrste konference
ali sestanke, za katere bi se dale
zainteresirati vsaj petnajst ali
dvajset društev in več, je pri¬
poročljivo, da bi se podvzelo po¬
trebne korake. Glede stroškov
pa, dokler ne bo posebnega za¬
ključka od strani glavnega od¬
bora, naj bi jednota krila le za
zastopnika ali zastopnike, posla¬
ne na konferenco po izvršnem

Detroit, Mich. —Unija združe¬
nih avtnih delavcev CIO je re¬
vidirala svoje zahteve, katere je
predložila Chrysler Motor Corp.
Naznanila je, da se bo zadovo¬
ljila, ako bo korporacija prispe¬
vala 10 centov v pokojninski
sklad na uro za vsakega delavca.

Unija je poudarila, da se dru¬
gi tehnični detajli lahko izrav¬
najo, ako bo korporacija spreje¬
la revidirane zahteve in s tem
odvrnila pretečo stavko. Robert
Conder, direktor korporacije, je
dejal, da korporacija ne more
sprejeti zahtev. V tem smislu
je obvestil Walterja P. Reuthei-
ja, predsednika unije.

Reuther je izjavil, da s6 pred¬
ložene zahteve zadnja ponudba
unije. Korporacija jih mora
sprejeti; ako ji bo zavrnila, bo
unija oklicala stavko. V tovarnah
korporacije v Detroitu in drugih
mestih je uposlenih okrog 90,000
delavcev, ki bodo zastavkali, ako
se korporacija ne bo podala.
Prispevek 10 centov bi omogočil
plačevanje pokojnine $100 na
mesec in izvajanje programa o-
skrbc delavcev v bolnišnicah.
Program sliči onemu, katerega
je odobrila Ford Motor Co zad¬
njo jesen.

odseku.

Vsi društveni uradniki, ki so
se potrudili in prišli na konfe¬
renco, pa zaslužijo priznanje od
naše strani.

Bolgarski premier
Kolarov umrl

Sofija,. Bolgarija. — Vasilij P.
Kolarov, predsednik bolgarske
komunistične vlade, je umrl po
dolgi bolezni. Kot premier je
nasledil Jurija Dimitrova 20. ju¬
lija preteklega leta. Dimitrov,
vodja komunistične stranke, je
umrl v juniju v Moskvi. Vlada
pod predsedstvom Kolarova je
odstopila formalno 17. januarja
v soglasju z državno ustavo.
Parlamentarne volitve so bile v
Bolgariji 18. decembra. Kolarov
je bil potem spet imenovan za
premierja in takoj sestavil novo
vlado. On je bil veteran v bol¬
garski komunistični stranki. Bol¬
garska monarhistična vlada ga
je obsodila na smrt 1. 1926 za¬
radi komunističnih aktivnosti, a
jc pobegnil v Moskvo. Po kapi¬
tulaciji Bolgarije v drugi sve¬
tovni vojni se je vrnil domov in
postal podpredsedn ik vlade.

Važna konferenca
v Washingtonu

Spor glede produk¬
cije vodikovih bomb

Washinglon, D. C. — Predsed¬
nik Truman, člani njegovega' ki-
bineta in vojaški voditelji so se
sestali na konferenci za zaprti¬
mi vrati. Charles G. Ross, Tru¬
manov tajnik, je dejal, da je bila
konferenca sklicana z namenom,
da predsednik dobi poročilo o
pregledu ameriškega orožja. On
se ni udeležil konference, toda
oni, ki so bili navzoči, so potr¬
dili njegovo izjavo.

Vojni tajnik Gordon Gray in
general J. L. Collins, šef štaba
armade, so izjavili, da vodikova
bomba ni bila predmet diskuzij
na konferenci. Konferenca je
vzbudila veliko pozornost, ker
ni bilo prej objavljeno naznani¬
lo, da se je bodo udeležili Tru¬
man, člani njegovega • kabineta
in vojaški voditelji. Ti so se
skušali po zaključenju razgovo¬
rov izogniti reporterjem, kar pa
se jim ni posrečilo.

Poročila pravijo, da bo Tru¬
man skušal izravnati nastali
spor glede produkcije vodikovih
bomb. Vojaški voditelji in tudi
nekateri člani kongresa zahteva¬
jo, naj Amerika začne izdelovati
vodikove bombe, ki so tisočkrat
silnejše kot atomske bombe.

Proti zapostav¬
ljanju zamorcev

Tarča je kegljaški
kongres

New York (FP) — Vprašanje
legalnosti provizije v ustavi a-
meriškega kegljaškega kongre¬
sa, ki izključuje zamorske keg-
ljalce, je bilo zanešeno na sodi¬
šče. Razne organizacije že dalj
časa nasprotuje tej diskrimina¬
ciji.

Vsled tega je Nathaniel L.
Goldstein, državni justični taj¬
nik, vložil na sodišču zahtevo,
da sodišče izda injunkcijo proti
kegljaškemu kongresu, da ne
sme prirejati kegljiških turnir¬
jev ali drugih aktivnosti v New
Yorku.

Goldstein je rekel, da je storil
te korake zato, ker so v njegov
urad prihajale številne pritožbe
o zapostavljanju zamorskih keg-
ljalcev od strani kegljaškega
kongresa v raznih mestih drža¬
ve New York. Na podlagi pri¬
tožb je uvedel preiskavo, ki je
pritožbe potrdila.

Smernice kegljaškega kongre.
sa, ki zapostavljajo črnce, so ob¬
sodile razne delavske unije, med
temi avtna unija CIO, odsek za
poštene odnošaje med kegljiški-
mi skupinami, Kongres indu¬
strijskih unij in več drugih lo¬
kalnih delavskih unij.

Romunija ne bo šla
pred razsodišče

Bukarešta, Romunija. — Vla¬
da je naznanila, da ne bo šla
pred mednarodno razsodišče v
Haagu, da bi se zagovarjala za¬
radi ameriških in britskih ob-
dolžitev, da je kršila provizije
glede človeških pravic v njeni
mirovni pogodbi. Izjavila je,
da se mednarodno razsodišče ne
more vmešavati v romunske no¬
tranje zadeve.

Vlada proti indone-
škim delavcem

Jakarta, Java (ALN) — Vlada
“neodvisne” Indonezije, ki so ji
dali življenji holandski imperi¬
alisti pred dobrim mesecem, je
11. januarja poslala svoje voja¬
štvo, da protektira interese'olj¬
ne družbe Standard Vaccum
proti indoneškim delavcem, ki
so zastavkali za višje mezde.
Indoneški delavci so organizira¬
ni v uniji oljnih delavcev.

DRUŽBA GENERAL
MOTORS POŽELA
VELIKE PROFITE

Čisti dobički po odbitku
davkov znašajo čez
pol milijarde
dolarjev

New York (FP) — Alfred P.
Sloan, predsednik odbora korpo¬
racije General Motors, je tukaj
razkril, da je njegova družba v
preteklem letu imela rekordne
profite, ki so znašali več kot
$600,000,000 pa odbitku davkov.

Sloan je razkril dejstvo o ve¬
likih profitih na pojedini, kate¬
re se je udeležilo 500 vodilnih
zastopnikov industrij, finančni¬
kov in bankirjev. To pomeni,
da so dobički družbe General
Motors vsak dan znašali čez $1,-
500,000. Te številke se nanaša¬
jo na čiste dobičke.

Skupni dobički General Mo¬
tors pred odbitkom davkov so
lani znašali $1,100,000,000 — eno
milijardo in sto milijonov do¬
larjev. Čisti dobički te družbe
v prvih devetih mesecih pretek¬
lega leta so znašali $502,414,029.

Delničarji so lani od teh pro¬
fitov dobili $13.30 od vsake del¬
nice, dočim so leta 1948 prejeli
$9.72 od vsake delnice. Čisti
profiti General Motors leta 1948
so znašali $440,000,000, ki je tu¬
di bilo rekordno leto.

Skupni dobički General Mo¬
tors, ki ie naj večja avtna družba
na svetu, predstavljajo največje
profite katere koli družbe v A-
meriki.

Kljub ogromnim dobičkom, ki
jih je ta družba lani požela, je
njen predsednik Charles E. Wil-
son tarnal, da federalni davki
nalagajo “neznosno butaro” na
njegovo družbo. Kljub temu pa
je priznal, da pričakuje, da bo
leto 1950 “zelo uspešno” in da
bo prihodnjih deset let “še več¬
ja prosperiteta.”

Domače vesti

Medvešek in Kuhel doma

Chicago. — Milan Medvešek,
pomožni urednik Prosvete, in
Mirko Kuhel, tajnik Sansa in gl.
blagajnik SNPJ, sta se zadnje
dni vrnila iz Jugoslavije, kjer
sta bila na študiranju razmer.
O svojih vtisih bosta poročala v
Prosveti (dnevniku), kakor tudi
na javnem shodu, ki se vrši v
petek zvečer, 3. febr., v dvorani
SNPJ pod okriljem čikaških
Sansovih podružnic. Milan bo
začel priobčati svoje vtise v ju¬
trišnji Prosveti. Kdor še ni na¬
ročen na naš dnevnik, naj se ta¬
koj naroči in spremlja to poto¬
vanje od začetka do konca.

Še o smrti članice

Chicago. — Ivana Roycht, čla¬
nica društva 131 SNPJ, o katere
smrti je bilo poročano zadnji
pondeljek, je bila rojena leta
1884 v Litiji in pokopana danes
(sreda). Zapušča moža Johna,
tri sinove — Josepha, Alberta
in Johna, tri poročene hčere —
Pauline Strahota, Rose Ober-
mark in Mary Sveglich, ter šest
vnukov.

Nov grob v Milwaukeeju

Mihvaukee, W!s. — Umrl je
Frank Smaltz, star 66 let, doma
iz Metlike, Dolenjsko. Tukaj za¬
pušča ženo, sina in pet hčera, v
starem kraju pa dva brata. Bil
je član društva 16 SNPJ, ki dru¬
žini izreka globoko sožalje.

Proti pošiljanju
orožja

Pariš (ALN) — Francoski de¬
lavci, organizirani v uniji po¬
morščakov in pomolskih delav¬
cev, so že drugič preprečili po¬
šiljanje orožja francoskim kolo¬
nialnim četam, ki zatirajo neod¬
visno gibanje v Indo-Kini. Po¬
licija je aretirala že več franco¬
skih stavkarjev, kljub temu pa
so stavkanji preprečili odhod
parnikov iz francoskih prista¬
nišč.

Država Illinois
zahteva povračilo

Tožbe vložene proti
osebam, ki nočejo
podpirati staršev

Chicago.—Država je vložila 54
tožb proti osebam, ki nočejo
podpirati svojih starih staršev,
ki prejemajo pokojnino, pri dr¬
žavnem pravdniku Elliotu v svr-
ho prosekucije. Država zahteva
povračilo vsote $90,000.

Po izjavi Carla K. Schmidta
tajnik državne pomožne komisi¬
je, so bile tožbe vložene proti
osebam, ki nočejo podpirati star¬
šev, dasi bi jih lahko. Tožbe se
kopičijo od oktobra lanskega
leta.

Ena tožba je bila vložena pro¬
ti Petru Laningu, bančnemu u-
radniku v Chicagu. On je obto¬
žen, da ni hotel podpirati svoje¬
ga 72 let starega očeta. Lanin-
ga je sedaj naznanil, da bo vrnil
državi vsoto $762, katero je nje¬
gov oče dobil kot pokojnino.

Cikaški mestni klub je pozval,
governerja Stevensona, naj skli¬
če izredno zasedanje državne
zbornice, ki naj bi preklicala zni¬
žanje podpore revežem. Poziv
je bil odobren na seji kluba, na
kateri sta nastopila dva repre¬
zentanta blaginj skega urada.
Razkrila sta, da državna pomoč
338,000 osebam stane $12,000,000
na mesec. L. 1945 je število oseb
na pomožni listi znašalo 250,000.
Alvin E. Rose, mestni blaginjski
komisar, je kritiziral odločitev
glede znižanja živilskega prora¬
čuna za tri odstotke, ki bo sto¬
pila v veljavo 1. februarja. De¬
jal je, da je odločitev osnovana
na decemberskem pregledu ži¬
vilskih stroškov in da sedaj ni
znano, kako visoki bodo stroški
v februarju.

Kovači dogovora
naleteli na
potežkoče

Velika Britanija
zahteva odškodnino
od Italije

Ženeva, Švica; —* Člani odbo¬
ra Združenih narodov, ki sestav¬
ljajo dogovor glede poverjeni¬
štva Somalije, bivše italijanske
kolonije v Afriki, so naleteli na
ovire in potežkoče.

Reprezentant Velike Britanije
je predložil člen in zahteval, da
mora biti uključen v dogovor.
Ta nalaga Italiji obveznost pla-
čitve odškodnine Veliki Brita¬
niji in drugim državam za last¬
nino, ki je bila uničena v teku
vojne. Delegat Italije ni hotel
odobriti tega člena. Predlagal
je, naj poverjeniški svet Zdru¬
ženih narodov odloči o vpraša¬
nju odškodnine.

Zadeva ni važna za Somalijo,
lahko pa postane precedent za
Eritrejo in Libijo, bivši italijan¬
ski koloniji. Italija noče spre¬
jeti finančne odgovornosti za v
vojni povzročeno škodo.

Nastali spor je preprečil do¬
sego sporazuma. Italijanska de¬
legacija je predlagala odložitev
zadeve, dokler ne bo dobila na¬
vodil od vlade v Rimu.

Kriza italijanske
vlade še traja

Rim,—Luigi Einaudi, predsed¬
nik italijanske republike, je po¬
zval premierja Alcida de Gaspe-
rija, naj obnovi poskuse za for¬
miranje nove vlade. Gasperi se
je potem sestal z voditelji poli¬
tičnih strank in jih prosil za so¬
delovanje, da se reši kabinetna
kriza, ki traja že od 11. januarja.

Prasad imenovan
za predsednika
indijske republike

New Delhi, Indija. — Dr. Ra
jendra Prasad, učenec pokojne¬
ga Mohandasa Gandhija, je bi!
imenovan za predsednika indij

Leviš zavrnil povabilo
članov senatnega odseka

Izjavil je, da se ne more udeležiti zaslišanja
o resoluciji. Okrog 27,000 rudarjev se vrnilo
na delo

Washinglon, D. C. — John L.
Lewis, predsednik rudarske uni¬
je UMWA, je odklonil povabilo
članov senatnega odseka za de¬
lavske zadeve, naj se udeleži za¬
slišanja o predloženi resoluciji,
ki priporoča predsedniku Tru¬
manu, naj se posluži provizij
Taft-Hartleyevega zakona in iz¬
sili vzpostavitev pet dni dela v
tednu v premogovnikih.

Lewis je odklonil povabilo v
pismu, katero je naslovil senat¬
nemu odseku. V tem je naglasil,
da je predložena resolucija spro¬
žila mnogo legalnih vprašani,
ker je Robert N. Denhapn, prav¬
ni svetovalec federalnega delav¬
skega odbora šel pred federalno
sodišče, da izposluje injunkcijo
proti rudarski uniji. Dejal je, da
bi bilo nepravilno, ako bi kateri
koli uradnik unije razpravlja! o
.zadevi, ki je pred sodiščem.

Denham se je postavil na stran

operatorjev v konfliktu med nji¬
mi in Lewisom. Operatorji so
obdolžili Lewisa nepoštene tak¬
tike, ker je v decembru nazna¬
nil, da bodo rudarji delali samo
tri dni v tednu, dokler se kom-
j panije ne bodo podale in podpi-
! šale nove pogodbe z unijo. Ope-
:  ra tor ji trdijo, da jih hoče Lewis
prisiliti v podpis “nelegalne” po¬
godbe.

Delavski odbor bo moral od¬
ločiti, ali je skrajšanje delovne¬
ga tedna na tri dni nepoštena
taktika. Prvotno je naznanil, da
se bo zaslišanje pričelo v četr¬
tek, toda na prošnjo Denhama in
uradnikov rudarske unije je od¬
ložil zaslišanje do 1. februarja.

Člani kongresa so povečali
pritisk na Trumana, da izsilijo
obnovo polne produkcije premo¬
ga. Pozvali so ga, naj se posluži
injunkcijskih provizij Taft-Hart-
leyevega zakona. Truman je že
večkrat naglasil, da situacija ni

Program unije po¬
ljedelskih delavcev

Konvencija se
izrekla za ustanovi¬
tev strokovnih šol

Fresno, Cal. — Splošna unija
poljedelskih delavcev je na svo¬
ji konvenciji sprejela program
in naznanila, da bo vodila kam¬
panjo za zvišanje plač. Mini¬
malna plača onih delavcev, ki
operirajo stroje in drugo meha¬
nično opremo, mora biti dva do¬
larja na uro.

Unija je včlanjena v Ameriški
delavski federaciji. Njeni urad¬
niki so se izrekli za organizato-
rično kampanjo, ki naj bi pove¬
čala število članov na 100,000 v
tem letu. Črno bodočnost za
ročne delavce slika sprejeta re¬
solucija.

“Najeti poljedelski delavci,
najemniki farm in mali farmar¬
ji stoje pred črno bodočnostjo,”
pravi resolucija. “Stroji bodo
vrgli v brezposelnost na tisočev
delavcev. To izkorinjenje de¬
lavcev in njihovih družin bo
večje nego je bilo 1. 1930, ko so
poljedelski delavci in mali far¬
marji zapuščali peščene farme
v Oklahomi, Arkansasu in dru¬
gih državah in se napotili v kra¬
je na zapadni obali. Znamenja
so, da ni rešitve za one, ki si
služijo kruh na zemlji s potom
svojega obraza. Zanje bo ostal
prostor samo na smetiščih.”

Konvencija se je v interesu
zaščite ročnih poljedelskih de¬
lavcev izrekla za ustanovitev
strokovnih šol, v katerih naj bi
se vežbali v obratovanju strojev
in druge mehanične opreme. Fe¬
deralna, državne in okrajne vla¬
de naj bi ustanpvile in vzdrže¬
vale te šole.

Na konvenciji Je bila sprejeta
resolucija s pozivom na kongres,
naj raztegne federalno socialno
zaščito na poljedelske delavce
in male farmarje.

kritična.

| Senator Robertson, demokrat
iz Virginije, re predložil zakon¬
ski načrt, ki predvideva akcijo
proti unijam ha podlagi proti-
j trustnih zakonov. Senator je
j priznal, da je načrt naperjen
j proti rudarski uniji. '

Senator Cain, republikanec iz
Washingtona, je v svojem govo-
iu  sugeriral Trumanu, naj zapu¬
sti svojo toplo sobo in obišče
rudarske naselbine, da se bo
lahko prepričal, da je situacija
resna, dočim je senator Martin,
Republikanec iz Pennsylvanije
apeliral na -Lewisa, naj stori ko¬
rake za ublažitev položaja ru¬
darjev in njihovih družin, ki tr¬
pe pomanjkanje zaradi stavke.

Okrog 27,000 rudarjev se j c
odzvalo Lewisovemu pozivu, naj
se vrnejo na delo, 63,000 rudar¬
jev pa je poziv ignoriralo. Iz¬
javili so, da bodo vztra,ja;li v
stavki, dokler ne bo podpisana
nova pogodba.

Neznana podmornica
v bližini ameriške baze

Trmnan predložil
poslanico kongresu

Priporočal je zniža¬
nje nekaterih davkov
in zvišanje drugih

Washingion, D. C. — Predsed¬
nik Truman je zmešal grenkost
s sladkostjo v svoji poslanici
kongresu. Priporočal je zniža¬
nje nekaterih davkov in zviša¬
nje drugih, da se povečajo do¬
hodki vlade za milijardo dolar¬
jev letno.

Predsednik je ‘svetoval kon¬
gresu, naj zniža davke na pre¬
voznino, telefon, telegraf, žen¬
ske ročne torbice in druge po¬
trebščine, na dohodke korpora¬
cij pod letno vsoto $50,000 in do¬
hodke ameriških uradnikov v
službi vlade v tujini, zvišanje
davkov pa na profite velikih
korporacij, zemljišča, darila in
zapuščine. Kongres je pozval,
naj zamaši luknje v davčnih za¬
konih, da se ne bodo privilegi¬
rane grupe izognile plačevanju
davkov.

Kodak, Alaska.—Neznana pod¬
mornica se je pojavila v bližini
te ameriške mornarične baze.
Poveljstvo ameriške pomorske
sile je odredilo preiskavo. Po¬
slalo je letala, ki zdaj iščejo
podmornico. Podmornico so opa¬
zili člani posadke na ameriški
bojni ladji, nakar so obvestili
admirala F. D. W,agnerja, po¬
veljnika ameriške pomorske sile.

ske republike. Imenovala ga je
ustavna skupščina. Prasad bo
ustoličen kot predsednik v četr¬
tek. On je bil edini kandidat za
I ir« •( l.ci Inika repi 1 1 ih ko.

Truman je tudi zapretil, da bo
vetiral vsak načrt, ako bo do¬
ločal preklic previšnih davkov,
j ne pa zvišanja drugih davkov.
“Želim jasno povedati, da ne
bom odobril znižanja previšnih
davkov, ako ne bo načrt vseboval
provizij za nadomestilo izgube
dohodkov,” je naglasil Truman
v poslanici kongresu. “Zdrava
fiskalna politika ne dovoljuje
razrahljanja davčnega sistema.”

Predsednik je priznal, da nje¬
gov;; priporočila, ako jih bo kon¬
gres sprejel, ne bodo dosti vp!i->
vala na pričakovani deficit čez
pet milijard dolarjev v prihod¬
njem fiskalnem letu.

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Igranje z novo blaznostjo!

zabava v Domu združenih dru- j
štev SNPJ je bila velikanski
uspeh v vseh ozirih. Ljudje so
prišli na zabavo z vseh strani.
Tisti dan je deževalo in bila ta¬
ko gosta megla, da ni mogla pro¬
dreti meglo skoraj nobena luč.
vzlic temu pa so ljudje napolni¬
li dvorano do zadnjega kotička.
[Govorjenje, da je dvorana pre-
| daleč, ne pomeni nič, kajti do
j sedaj so bili vse priredbe dobro
obiskane.

! Vsakdo se počuti domačega, ko
; vstopi v lastni prostor. Nobe-
nega vzroka ni, da ne bi mogli
, vsi složno delovati za to našo
j novo ustanovo, na katero smo
| lahko vsi ponosni.

I Naj se vrnem na priredbo sa-

Začeli bomo z znano prislovico, ki pravi, da kogar bogovi žele mo  ' y se  vodstvo priredbe je
pogubiti,- ga najprvo oslepe. Ta prislovica nam prihaja na misel bilo v rokah onih naših žena, ka-
ob poročilih iz Washingtona, da se vlada pripravlja na izdelo-' t ere  so v resnici napredne in or-
vanje tako zvanih vodikovih atomskih bomb. O tem vprašanju ionizirane v gospodnijskem klu-
ima predsednik Truman baje odločiti v bližnji bodočnosti. ku  združenih društev -doma

Do zdaj, vsa zadnja leta smo veliko slišali o atomskih bombah. SNPJ. Ta klub je desna roka
Vemo, da je to najstrašnejše orožje, ki ga je človek do danes te naše lepe ustanove, katera na-
iznašel. Vemo, da je ena sama “primitivna” atomska bomba vpreduje gmotno in moralno.
Hirošimi ubila blizu 80,000 ljudi, polovico toliko ranila odnosno jih Kmalu bo skupaj spravljena vso-
obžgala z radioaktivnimi žarki. Od slednje skupine so nekateri ta. s katero se bo financirala no-
ozdraviii, drugi so tem žarkom podlegli. Znanstveniki zdaj sku- va kuhinja. Vsa čast tem našim
šajo ugotoviti na licu mesta, dali so ali bodo ti žarki tudi biolo- vrlim ženam, katere delujejo ta-
gično vplivali na prizadete žrtve — na rasj;, plodovitost, senil- j ko požrtvovalno za skupnost in
nost, podvrženju bolezni in podobno. napredek! Želimo, da bi imele

Daši znanstveniki niso mogli do zdaj še nič pozitivnega do¬
gnati glede biološke afektiranosti, so mnenja, da je treba poča¬
kati še leta, predno bo mogoče ustvariti si končno sodbo. Do¬
sedanje preiskave so pokazale, kakor je poročal neki ameriški
zdravnik-preiskovalec, da se prizadete žrtve počutijo večinoma
normalno. Marsikdo pa je grdo iznakažen, ker se mu koža ni
zarastla. To mora vsekakor imeti slabe psihologične posledice,
zlasti kjer je iznakaženost vidna, na obrazu. In slika par teh
“normalnih” žrtev je bila grozna. In če je človek že na pogled
grozen, se naravno ne more dobro počutiti. Vsakdo je rajši “lep”
nego grd, zlasti pa ženske! Kaj vsega ne izdajo ali delajo za
lepoto! Toda pustimo to.

meravaš, toda iz te moke, ne bo še končano. Dokler živimo pod
kruha. , današnjim sistemom, bomo mo-

Lojze Evanich pa je “lejdig in rali pomagati siromaki siroma-
frej”, zato se je nabavil precej kom. Ako bi znali rabiti našo
steklenih daljnogledov, da bo z pamet in moč, bi si ustvarili
njimi od daleč ogledoval šeme takšno človeško družbo, da bi za
in se prav gotovo odločil za eno nas skrbela od zibelke do groba,
izmed njih. N,ekoč se bodo gornje besede

Zdaj pa pride na vrsto John uresničile. Mi k temu lahko ve-
Ivancich, mojster mehanikov, liko pomagamo.

•On bo pušii dolgo cigaro in tuh» H koncu priporočam članom
tal, kaj bo potrebno preurediti, naj se bolj držijo društvenih za-
On ie tudi izgotovil garderobo, ključkov. Ako j'h ne bomo upo-
katera je dobro napravljena, števali, je bolje, da jih ne spre-
Tudi podpisani bo imel ta večer jemamo.

svojevrstno vlogo. j Josef Kcrsic, tajnik 121 SNPJ

Torej pridite vsi na predpust¬
no zabavo dne 18. februarja! Na PROSLAVA 40-LETNICE
gotovo svidenje!

NAPREJA DNE 12. FEBR.

Milwaukee, Wis. —Naš sloven-
jski pevski zbor “Naprej” bo pro¬
slavil svojo 40-letnico z jubilej¬
nim programom v nedeljo, dne
12. februarja v dvorani Collins-

ave.

John Dobnick.

PREDPUSTNA VESELICA
DRUŠTVA SLAVIJE

Chicago, 111. — Tako je vse ti¬
ho! Nikdo ne črhne besedice o ^ e Z er  Post, 725 W. Natl .. ( _ __ ^ _

veselici društva Slavije št. 1 Napieje\ jubilejni spoied bo. 0 svo jihivtisihhv Jugoslaviji tudi
SNPJ. ki se bo vršila na pred- '' rec ' e j 1  tega redkega slavja^ ker j gk  blagajnik SNPJ Mirko Ku-
pustno soboto zvečer 18. feb. t. 1. bo  obširen in zanimiv od začetka helj.

v dvorani SNPJ na Lawndale in bo konca. Presveto čitajo radi tudi v sta-

27. ulica.

Od časa do časa

Poroča in komentira

Milan Medvešek

Chicago. —Te kolone ni bilo na je, sva z br. Trojarjem prišla do
svetlo že dolgo časa. Najprej zaključka, da ne bi nič pomaga-
naj poročam, da sem se vrnil iz la, pač pa samo stala veiiko de-
stare domovine pretekli petek, narja. Sicer pa je blagi pokoj-
Torej me ni bilo tu natančno tri nik vedel, da bo kmalu po njem
mesece. Iz Chicaga sem se od- in si je želel smrti,
peljal 20. oktobra, nazaj pa do- Naj še dodam, da je bil Blaž
-pei 20. januarja. pristna, napredna korenina in

Citateiji te kolone nedvomno povsod priljubljen. Bil je zvest
pričakujejo obsežnega poročila o član društva Slavije, ljubitelj
mojem obisku v novi Jugoslavi- pevskega zbora Prešerna, pod-
ji. Razumljivo, to bom storil, in p 0rrdk  Proletarca in mnogoletni
sicer bo izšel prvi članek jutri. naro čnik dnevnika Prosvete. S
Mislim, da je na mestu, da ob takmi ljudmi se odtrga v grob
tej priliki apeliram na tiste naše tudi delček napredne ameriške
c.ane SNPJ, kateri niso naročeni Slovenije. Naj na tem mestu
na dnevnik, da to store. Naro- omenim, da pokojnik ni imel tu
cite se vsaj za pol leta, če pa bi nobenih sorodnikov, zato mu je
I prišli do zaključka, da ni naš list g e i G b času bolezni na roko To-

poucen m primeren za vas, bi
ga pa pustili. Torej, naročite se
na dnevnik! V njem bo poročal

veliko posnemalcev.

Na ta večer je bila večerja iz¬
vrstna in prav tako splošna po¬
strežba. Na obrazih se je vide¬

ne Trojar, kakor da je bil nje¬
gov sin!

Pokojnega Franka Grada pa

sem videl še na dan mojega od¬
hoda. Večer poprej mi je dejal,
da me ne nadleguje rad, a bi
ga zelo veselilo, če bi obiskal
njfegovo mater v Ljubljani. “Če

;  ... ... . P . , . . . Iri domovini in po njej poprašu

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Kot rečeno, smo atomsko bombo do zdaj smatrali za najstraš¬
nejše orožje. In to zlasti še, ker verodostojni krogi pravijo, da
so v zadnjih letih to bombo zelo “izboljšali”. Amerika baje da¬
nes izdeluje šestkrat močnejše atomske bombe nego je bila “hi-
rošimska”. Te bombe bo mornarica v kratkem preizkusila na
Pacifiku, ako jih že ni. Vse je namreč zavito v veliko tajnost.
To ne pomeni, da je v teh bombah večja količina uranijsko-
plutonične tvarine — lahko jo je v resnici manj. Te bombe so
zdaj močnejše vsled tega, ker se v njih pri razstrelbi “užge” večji
odstotek atomske snovi, to je uranijskih in plutonskih atomov.
Hirošimska bomba, kakor pravijo, je "izkoristila” le majhen od¬
stotek teh atomov.

Toda te vrste atomska bomba je baje komaj senca napram po-
tenčni učinkovitosti vodikove bombe (vodik je sestavni del zraka,
ostala dva dela sta dušik in kisik). Kakor zdaj čitamo, bi bila
učinkovitost vodikove bombe enaka tisoč hirošimskih bomb! Z
eno samo vodikovo bombo bi baje lahko razdejali in pokončali
vse življenje na ozemlju 50 do 100 kvadratnih milj! Z eno samo
vodikovo bombo bi lahko razdejali vsako največje mesto na sve¬
tu. Z eno samo vodikovo bombo bi lahko na primer razdejali
Pittsburgh z vso okolico do 30, 40 ali 50 milj daljave na vse
strani!

Torej orožje, kakršnega si ni mogla do zadnjega časa zamišljati
niti najbolj bujna domišljija! Nekdo je izračunal, da bi z 10.000
vodikovimi bombami lahko dobesedno razdejali VES svet . . .

V visokih vladnih krogih v Washmgtonu zdaj debatirajo, ali
naj prično z izdelovanjem vodikovih bomb ali ne. Debatirajo,
dali naj začno s pripravami in eksperimenti za produkcijo teh
bomb takoj, ali naj s tem počakajo in se najprej skušajo pobo¬
tati z Moskvo za svetovno kontrolo atomske energije. Kakor
poročajo, so atomski znanstveniki sigurni, da jih lahko izdelujejo.
Vzelo bi le dve, tri, štiri leta in imeli bi vodikovo atomsko bom¬
bo, s katero bi lahko z enim zamahom uničili Moskvo z vsemi
šestimi milijoni Moskovčanov vred in še dobršen kos okolice . . .
S 50 do 100 vodikovimi bombami bi lahko uničili vsa ruska in¬
dustrijska mesta in pokrajine ... Za one “krščanske” sadiste,
ki silijo v produkcijo teh bomb, morajo biti take misli zelo pri¬
vlačne. Komunizem lahko zdrobimo z vodikovimi bombami! . . .
Stroški za iznajdbo in produkcijo vodikove bombe ne štejejo.
Kar šteje, je nova atomska bomba, tisočkrat močnejša od’ hiro-
šimske! . . . Par milijard stroškov — baje od dveh do štirih, po
poročilu Alsopovih bratov, toda “samo” okrog $200,000,000 po po¬
ročilu New York Timesa — to ne šteje. Glavno je, da pridemo
do nove vodikove bombe, ki bo za tisoč “navadnih” ali “primi¬
tivnih” atomskih bomb!

Razume se, če bo Amerika izdelovala vodikove bombe, jih bo
izdelovala tudi Rusija. In sicer iz istih razlogov kakor Amerika.
“Mi” jih bomo izdelovali zato, da se bomo lahko “branali” v
— Rusiji, Rusija oa zato, da se bo lahko “branila” v — zapadni
Evropi, ki je pod “našo” komando, in v Ameriki. Sicer zago¬
vorniki vodikovih bomb pravijo, da jih bo Rusija “morda”, “naj-
brže,” “skoraj gotovo” izdelovala tudi v primeru, ako jih Ame¬
rika ne izdeluje. Zato nekateri silijo, naj s tem delom “prične¬
mo” čim prej, drugi pristaši te bombe pa so pripravljeni še po¬
čakati, dokler vlada ne poizve v Moskvi, kaj tam mislijo o celi
stvari in če so se z Ameriko pripravljeni pobotati.

Državni tajnik Acheson je zadnji teden izjavil pred časnikarji,
da je proti iskanju poDotanja z Rusijo, češ da bi s tem nikamor
ne prišli. V tem ga je dan pozneje podprl tudi Truman. Mi
smo Moskvi že povedali, pod kakšnimi pogoji smo. se pripravljeni
pobotati z njo glede svetovne kontrole atomske energije, toda
dosegli nismo ničesar, je dejal Acheson. Obratno pa Rusija trdi
isto o Ameriki. Tudi ona je že predložila svoje pogoje, o kate¬
rih pa “mi” nismo hoteli nič slišati. In slišati nismo hoteli, kor
Moskvi ne zaupamo. Kaj če bi s takim sporazumom tako storila
kakor je na primer s prijateljsko .in trgovinsko pogodbo z Ju¬
goslavijo, ali več drugimi pogodbami? Je res velika dilema. Na
drugi strani nam tudi Moskva ne zaupa počenega groša. Dokler
bo trajala mrzla vojna, dokler Amerika ne da brce Trumanovi

tem časom, ko je on odsoten. Pa sta nas t°ph a  dva Naprej evazbo-
žal, smo menda kar čakali, da ra ’ ^ ^ eb  zborih se je izvežbalo
se vrne v  ^ e Pib slovenskih pesmih mno-

Vem, da bo nas malo okre- m l ac bh pe\cev in pevk, iz ka-
lo, da so bili vsi posetniki prav j^ ker gmo tako zanem arili to terih  § rl  donijo naše lepe pesmi,
zadoovljni. Zabavali smo se do oglaševanje in s tem se še bolj Oba Naprejeva zbora vodi uči-

uveril, kako je on pri društvu Sigel Trully, na klavir pa
potreben; četudi ne bi sam na- SP 1  emlja Bill Parman.

mu odgovoril. Drugo jutro na
vse zgodaj pa je prišel na sta¬
novanje in me prosil, če bi ma-

^ teri nesel majhno darilo — lepo

Beogradu, Zagrebu m Ljubljani. ruto , Vzel sem ruto> nakar sva

poznih ur. Posetniki so nam ob¬
ljubljali, da se bomo ob prvi pri¬
liki zopet videli. Sklenili smo
da gremo naprej po začrtani po¬
ti, po poti bratstva, pod .streho
našega novega doma in okriljem
Slovenske narodne podporne jed-
note. Od sedaj naprej se bodo
zabave vršile bolj pogostoma
kajti dvorana je izgotovljena in
krasno urejena. Te priredbe bo¬
mo oglašali od časa do časa, tako
da bodo bedeli vsi zanje.

Dne 57 februarja"'popoldne in
zvečer je kartna zabava društva
Badger. Posetimo to zabavo in
pokažimo, da je v sodelovanju
uspeh in moč.

Društvo Lilija pa bo imelo ve¬
liko priredbo 18. februarja, to je
na pustni večer, ko bo praznik
nas vseh. Priprave so že v pol¬
nem teku. Vse ima v rokah po¬
seben štab, ki se dobro razume
na take stvari. Cirkus se bo pri¬
čel zbirati v Mihvaukeeju, po¬
tem pa pridemo skupaj s tisti¬
mi, kateri pridejo s severne stra¬
ni. Da nam ne bo dolgčas, bo¬
mo šli skozi West Allis, od tam
pa bomo krenili v naš Dom zdru¬
ženih društev, kjer bo na koše
zabave in veselja. Zopet bomo
rajali do poznih ur.

Društvo Lilija ima člane vsa¬
ke vrste in poklicov. Imamo iz-
vežbane mehanike, trgovce in
druge rokodelce. Torej bo do¬
volj zabave za vse. Joe Evanich.
kateri je krojač, bo ob času na¬
šega praznika vodil svojo kro-
jačnico v. Arcadia-dvorani. Če
se bi kakšni šemi kaj pripetilo
jo bo lahko takoj zakrpal.

Predsednik društva  Lilije

redil, bi vsaj druge zdramil.

Druga dva zbora, Lilija in Ple-

„ . . . , . , „ , , ninska roža, vodi učitelj Leo Mu-

Zdaj je, kar je! Od danes na- ^ ,

. , G , J , i t  skatevc. Pevci teh zborov so ze

večkrat pokazali, da so glasbeno
dobro podkovani v naših narod¬
nih kakor tudi v klasičnih sklad-

prej bo treba malo bolj poagiti
rati za uspešno zabavo, katero
društvo Slavija navadno priredi.

Včasih so se ob tej dobi vršile
velike maškeradne veselice, za
katere so se dajale nagrade in
dostikrat podale mnogo zabave
sebi in gledalcem.. Tega društvo
Slavija nima .namena, vprizoriti;
sicer bomo imeli vsak svojo ma¬
sko s seboj in to bo menda zado¬
stovalo. S tem pa ni rečeno, da
bo večer zato mani zabaven. Na¬
jeta je dobra godba, ki bo zado-

Zopet drugi pa so mi povedali,
da’prejemajo list prilično redno,
na primer pisatelj Tone Seliškar,
kakor tudi nekateri drugi. Vse¬
kakor bi bilo potrebno dognati,
kdo meče Prosveto stran oziro¬
ma preprečuje, da ne prihaja
redno v Jugoslavijo.

Iz stare domovine sem prme
sel koše pozdravov našim ameri¬
škim rojakom. Razumljivo, da

se poslovila, niti najmanj slute¬
ča, da se zadnjikrat vidiva.

Kakor sem obljubil, tako sem
storil, namreč izročil njegovi
materi ruto in jo pozdravil v
njegovem imenu. Navzoča je
bila tudi njegova sestra. Obe sta
povpraševali po njegovem zdrav¬
ju (bil je namreč precej bole¬
hen) in kdaj pride domov na
obisk.. Frank.se je večkrat me-

Poleg petja, ki ga bodo podali
imenovani zbori, bo več drugih
zanimivih t •ek, glavna a
pa bo vsekakor igralska skupina
iz Chicaga ad; krožka;št-,• 9 .Pro¬
gresivnih Slovenk, ki bo uprizo¬
rila zanimivo veseloigro “Trije
baški svetniki,” ki bo gotovo raz¬
vedrila slehernega nosetnika na

.... . „ .. . , ... Napreievem slaviu. “Vaške svet-

voigila plesazeljne^n okrepčila ^ nike „ ; so 6ikaški igralci z veU .

kim uspehom uprizorili preteklo
jesen v Chicagu in Waukeganu.
dne 12. februaria pa jih bomo
videli pri nas. Nikar ne pozabi
te tega datuma!

Vstopnina za vse to bo samo
75c. Naši pevci in pevke, igral¬
ci in igralke, želijo, da se bo na¬
ša lepa pesem še dolgo slišala
in da bodo še naprej gojili dra¬
matiko. Gotovo želite to tudi
vi, zato pa pridite na to slav>
v velikem številu! Po koncertu
bo igral za ples Smoletov orke¬
ster in postrežba bo prvovrstna
Začetek programa ob 3.30 popol¬
dne. Anton Tratnik

tudi ne bo manjkalo.

Oldtajmerji se spominjajo, ka-
ko so se pustni večeri prazno¬
vali v nekdanjih časih v domo¬
vini in kako so neomožene ne¬
veste dobile slamnate može ali
vlačile ploh. Za' misleče tudi ni
bila to nobena šala, vendar mla¬
dina je imela obilo zabave s te¬
mi starimi tradicijami, od kate¬
rih so mogoče ostali le še spo¬
mini tukaj in najbrže tudi v do¬
movini.

Torej vabim vse članstvo in
njih prijatelie iz Chicaga in oko¬
lice na to pristno domačo zaba¬
vo najstarejšega društva SNPJ.

Anten Udovich, blagajnik

DOBRO USPELA PRIRE¬
DITEV DRUŠTVA 121
IN ZAHVALA

Detroit, Mich. — Perutninska
zabava, katero je priredilo dru
štvo 121 SNPJ na 14. jan. zve
Frank Ermenc pa si bo vzel po- J čer v prid neozdravljivim in tež-
čitnice za nekaj tednov, tako da' ko bolnim članom, je nepričako-
se bo malo odpočil. Povedal je. j vano dobro uspela, za kar se mo
da bo na pustni večer preplesal ramo zahvaliti vsem darovalcem,
vse maškare, toda le pod pogo-' ker so se tako obilno odzvali z
jem, da se bodo igrale lepe slo- darovi, kot tudi posetnikom, ki
venske polke in valčki. so dvorano napolnili. To je spet se udeleži tega plesa v velikem

John Selich, naš policaj, je pa nov dokaz, da so člani SNPJ številu, da bomo z njim uspeli
edini, kateri zna šparati. Od vedno pripravljeni pomagati do- na v sej črti. Na svidenje 11.
njega se bomo lahko veliko na- bri stvari. februarja!

učili. On nam je zažugal, da se V imenu društva se še enkrat William Brezovsek, tajnik
bomo morali na ta večer ravnati najiskreneje zahvaljujem vsem.
po njegovih navodilih, istočasno ki ste pripomogli do uspeha.

ne bom. mogel vsakemu posa- , , , . . . .

meznemu pisati, da sem videl ml ’ da bo oblskal  domovino za-

njegove sorodnike, pač pa bom t( VT maten + m S6St " ZS  T
to omenil v člankih. Ponovno va] ’ da  P ra ^ R'ot°yo pride v teku

apeliram, naročite se na dnev-! ene " a a 1  ' G 1 e  • 3 0 sem

nik, ako m  še nimate! j se  P oslovi1 *

O društvu Slavili nekaj besed.' dan sem se vrnil v No-

Kakor mi je žena poročala že v v0  mesto, kjer sem prejel pismo
staro domovino, me je društvo
ponovno izvolilo za tajnika, da-
si ravno nisem bil navzoč na let- j
ni seji. Upal sem, da me ne bo ;  njegovi materi.

‘‘doletela ta čast”, zlasti vsled' Nisem ji sporočil. Prvič ni-
tega ne, ker mi je nekaj oseb [sem imel časa, kajti v domovini
pred odhodom precej nagajalo sem bil zaposlen sleherno minu-
Toda kar je, je in potrebno bo, to, drugič pa ji nisem mogel spo-

moje žene in v njem sporočilo,
da je avto ubil Franka Grada in
da naj žalostno vest sporočim

poprijeti, da bo čim uspešnejša
naša društvena veselica, katera
se bo vršila v soboto, 18. febru¬
arja v dvorani SNPJ. Sleherni
član, izvzemši bolniki, je obve¬
zan kupiti vstopnico. Naša bla¬
gajna vsled raznih dajatev in
oodpor ni več tako močna kot je
bila zadnja leta.

ročiti, saj sem ji zatrjeval še
prejšnji dan, da bo prav gotovo
prišel na obisk. Usoda! Življe¬
nje! Kako je kruto za mnoge!
Kako ranljivo v dno duše!

Tudi Frank je bil dober član
društva Slavije, dasiravno se ni
redno udeleževal sej, toda pred
vsako veselico mi je dejal, da bo

DRUŠTVENA VESELICA
V CONEMAUGHU

Conemaugh, Pa. —Društvo 16
SNPJ bo priredilo plesno vese¬
lico dne 11. februarja v Slover
skem domu v Conemaughu 7
ples bo igrala Koplerjeva godba.

Namen tega plesa je. da sura
vimo skupaj nekoliko denarja,
tako da bomo lahko priredil
brezplačno zabavo za naše nove
člane.

Apeliram na vse članstvo, dr

V času moje odsotnosti sta u-; pomagal. Naj še omenim, da
nrla dva člana Slavije, katera !  sem ga naročil na dnevnik Pro-
;ta bila moja osebna prijatelja, j sveto kmalu po mojem prihodu
Najprvo je smrt pokosila stare-, v Chicagu in da je bil eden ti-
;a člana Blaža Kaltingerja, nato stih dobrih-ameriških Slovencev,
oa je avto povozil še prilično kateri je pošiljal v domovino
-nladega člana Franka Grada, svojim sorodnikom paket za pa-
cateri je že drugi dan podlegel! ketom. Zapustil je soprogo in
loškodbam. Obema sem poslal j hčerko, obe članici društva Sla-
lozdrave iz stare domovine, ne I vije. Društvo jima izraža glo-
/edoč, da ju že krije hladna 1  boko sožalje!

zemlja. Odprta noč in dan so groba

Ko je br. Kaltingerja-ponovno • vrata! V času moje odsotnosti

doktrini in revidira atlantski vojaški pakt, ji tudi ni zameriti,
če nam ne zaupa.

Kaj naj trezno misleč človek pravi o vsem tem? Lahko to,
kar smo rekli v prvem stavku tega članka. Toda ta prislovica
je le filozofsko svarilo. Ampak v tem položaju ie potrebno nekaj
več kakor samo filozofsko svarilo! Potrebna je odločna zahteva
na našo vlado s strani vseh količkaj trezno mislečih ljudi in or¬
ganizacij, naj preneha s to blazno oboroževalno igro in naj po¬
rabi'svoj vpliv, da tej igri napravijo konec tudi vse druge države,
vključivši Sovjetska Rusija. Sploh sta klj.uč do preokrenitve te
blazne samomorilne politike ti dve sili — Amerika in Rusija.

Proč z vsemi bombami, pa bile atomske ali napolnjene z na¬
vadnim smodnikom! Proč z vsemi “obrambnimi” armadami, ki
narodom le pijejo kri, jih tišče k tlom in opajajo z militarizmom!

Preč z vsem morilnim in razdejevalnim orožjem! Proč z oboro¬
ževanjem, ki človeštvu prinaša le nesrečo in danes tudi pogubo, j _
samomor! Če svet potrebuje kakšno armado in težje orožje za

zaščito miru, tedaj naj se ta armada ustvari pod okriljem Zdru- . ..

Ženih narodov! Vsaka druga pot, zlasti pa atomske bombe, vodi a s^stnenl tajniku cir
v samomor! 'Štva!

VABILO NA PLESNO VESE¬
LICO DRUŠTVA 611 SNPJ

Seville, Wash. — Naše dru¬
štvo 611 SNPJ bo priredilo jiles-
no veselico v korist društven 0
blagajne. Veselica se bo vršila
11. februarja v Poljski dvorani
1714 Eighteen Ave., začetek oh
osmih zvečer.

Veselični odbor bo preskrbel
vse potrebno, tako da se bo™n
vsi zabavah v priletni domači
družbi. Imeli bomo na razonla-
go tudi domače klobase, tako d-
ne bo nihče lačen nrav tako no
žeien.

Na svidenje v soboto, 11. fe¬
bruarja'

Frank Hren blagajnik

napadla bolezen (imel je raka)
ie prišel v spremstvu br. Toneta
Trojarja k meni na stanovanje,
mi želel srečno pot v staro do¬
movino, nato na se poslovil. Gle¬
dal sem za njim doli po stopnji,
cah in sem si mislil, da ga naj¬
brže vidim noslednjikrat.

Pokoini Bla? ie imel že blizu
osem križev. Ko je prišlo vpra¬
šanje njegove ponovne operaci-

LETNA SEJA
NARODNEGA DOMA

Verona, Pa.— -Glavna seja Na¬
rodnega doma v Veroni se bo
vršila v nedeljo, 29. januarja,

je prezgodaj omahnil v grob še
en moj dober prijatelj in velik
naprednjak, jednotar in društve-
nik, Andv Božič iz Clevelanda.
Tudi to žalostno vest mi , je spo¬
ročila žena Ann v staro domo¬
vino. Tudi on je bil žrtev raka.
V zadoščenje mi je. da sem ga
ob času bolezni dvakrat obiskal,
in sicer enkrat v spremstvu na¬
šega glavnega odbornika Louisa
Keferla in enkrat v spremstvu
poznanega dopisnika Johna Fili¬
piča in če se ne motim tudi v
spremstvu poznanega Franka
Česna.

Andy je bil velik svobodomi-

- , , , . , , - T  sleč in jednotar. Nikdar ne bom

začetek ob eni popoldne. Na , •, . ,

F  ! pozabil, kako

S TJA h T ATT aa! 1  '

dnevnem redu bo volitev odbo-
la. hišnika in pravila. Odbor
Narodnega doma prosi članstvo j
društva 216 SNPJ, da se v veli¬
kem številu udeleži glavne seje
Za odbor Narodnega doma:

Joseph Stefančič, tajnik.

FJA PODRUŽNICE 1 SANSa
Detrcit, Mich. — Redna meseč-

veliko je doprine¬
sel za farmo SNPJ v Clevelan¬
du. Po poklicu je bil zidarski,
mojster in tako je dobil na far¬
mo svoje delavce in zastonj iz¬
gradil garažo, kakor tudi stop-
njice, ki vodijo v oskrbnikovo
stanovanje. Andv je doprinesel
tudi veliko za Cankarjevo usta¬
novo, SNPJ itd., itd. Kaj bi na¬
števal njegove vrline, vsaj jih v

Pl ačajte rednn

I na  seja podružnice št. 1 SANSa Clevelandu dobro poznajo! Či
| se  bo vršila 5. februarja v Slo-j tatelji mi nai oproste, toda ob
; venskem narodnem domu, zače- takih žalostnih vesteh, ob traj-
i tek ob treh popldne. Udeležite nih izgubah naših društvenikov

se bi prav hudo pridu.šil, če bi

se v velikem številu!

Kaiherine Krainz.

kaj pomagalo.

r t ;"! 1  \

tanita n j  \ i;>r.o

Glasovi iz naselbin

dotični

1 je razlika, sem pojasni
! Američanki.

Z ekonomičnega stališča je
ivo, da eksekutiva po¬
veri te konference društvenih

GLEDE KONFERENC
DRUŠTVENIH URADNIKOV

Gross, Kans. — Načrt za pred
viuevane konference društvenih pnporoč
odbornikov, katerega je zasno¬
val glavni odbor, je vsekakor do- uradnikov federacijam in skupi-
ber in potreben. Uspeh pri agi-, nam  društev ter delegira zuna-
taciji za novo članstvo je v ve-| n i e  glavne odbornike, da zasto-
liki meri odvisen v koliko pozna P a .i° jednoto. Vse stroške naj
agitator zavarovalninske certifi- ] bi  financirala federacija, razen
kate in v koliko zna tolmačiti n o-1 stroškov v zvezi z glavnim od-
vim prospektom ugodnosti zava- i bcrnikom, katerega naj bi pla-
rovalnine. j čala jednota.

Glavni urednik je omenil v j Mi moramo priznati, da je ek-
uradni Prosveti, da bi lahko na- sekutivni odsek vedno varčeval
stali občutni stroški s takimi ši-i in  ekonomično postopal v vseh
rokopoteznimi konferencami, naj lučajih, kjer je bilo potrebno
katere bi eksekutivni odbor po- za stopstvo cd jednote. Sicer pa

referente in da ne

sklad Zmogel

šiljal svoje
bi upravni
stroškov.

Vsi vemo, da so se stroški v
upravnem skladu silno zvišali,
to pa iz razloga, ker so se zvi¬
šale plače glavnih odbornikov in
uslužbencev, prav tako so se zelo
podražile razne stvari, za katere
■je treba plačevati iz upravnega
sklada.

smo v konvenčnem letu in dele-

t e h :  gači j a  se bo več ali manj bavila
i s takimi vprašanji.

John Shular.

VABILO NA 40-LETNICO
PEVSKEGA ZBORA NAPREJA

Wesl Allis, Wis. — Na zadnji
seji društva Združenje št. 104
SNPJ smo prejeli povabilo od
Kljub temu zvišanju pa pevskega zbora Naprei, da bi se
članstvo piačuje iste prispevke udeležili njegove 40-letnice, ka-
v upravni sklad, kakor jih je tero bo obhajal v nedeljo, 12.
pred draginjo, to je pred vojno, februarja. Sklep seje je bil, da
Če se ne bi prenašale v uprav- se udeležimo,
ni sklad vsote iz drugih skladov. Bratje in sestre! Glejmo, da
se bi upravni sklad kaj kmalu iz- ne bo ostalo samo pri sklepu,
kašljal, nakar bi sledila izredna ampak da se udeležimo vsi te
naklada ali pa povišanje rednih priredbe, kajti Naprej je zaslu-
prispevkov v imenovani sklad, žil, da napolnimo dvorano 12.
česar si gotovo ne želi ne glavni februarja. Z mirno vestjo lahko j

odbor ne članstvo.

Moje mnenje je, naj bi aran¬
žirale take konference federaci¬
je, glavni tajnik Vider, kateri je
najbolj vešč tolmačenja raznih
zavarovalninskih polic, pa naj bi
spisal tozadevni referat in ga po¬
slal glavnemu odborniku, kateri
živi najbližje kraja, kjer se bi
vršila taka konferenca.

Dotični odbornik naj bi dobro
proučil referat in ga podal na
konferenci, nato pojasnjeval cer¬
tifikate in odgovarjal na stavlje¬
na vprašanja. Od novenega zu¬
nanjega odbornika se ne more
pričakovati, da bi poznal do pike
razne certifikate, zato naj bi bil
tak referat zasnovan v glavnem
uradu.

SNPJ ima svoje glavne odbor¬
nike dobro razpodeljene po de¬
želi in tako ne bi bilo treba no¬
benemu odborniku potovati na
daljni poti. Stroški s takimi
konferencami bi bili v resnici
„ majhni.

Poznanje današnjih certifika
tov, ki jih nudi jednota, je kom¬
plicirana zadeva. Agitator za
nove člane mora imeti precej do¬
bre volje, da se seznani s certi¬
fikati in jih nato poljudno tol-
mati kandidatom. Društvu taj¬
niku jem že 25 let in sem vedno
skušal slediti vsem novotarijam,
• ki jih je jednota uvajala od kon¬
vencije, pa me kljub temu vča¬
sih malo baše, ko je treba tol¬
mačiti in pojasnjevati pomen
certifikatov. Dosti bolje najbrže
tudi ni z drugimi mizerno pla¬
čanimi tajniki. Da, tajniki so
mizerno plačani, zato mnogi ni¬
majo ne časa in ne volje, da bj
se dodobra seznanili s certifika¬
ti. Večina si služi kruh po rud¬
nikih in tovarnah.

Potrebno pa je, ko že govorim
o plači tajnikov, da omenim, da
zadnja leta dobivamo nekaj Mi¬
klavževe nagrade iz jednotine
blagajne, za kar smo hvaležni
glavnemu odboru. Tajnik ni sa¬
mo društveni tajnik, ampak je
istočasno agitator za jednoto in
posredovalec med člani in glav¬
nim odborom oziroma glavnim
uradom.

Pred kratkim me je neka mati
štirih mladinskih članov našega
društva, katera je po rodu Ame¬
ričanka, vprašala, kako je mogo¬
če, da naša jednota nudi tako
poceni smrtninsko zavarovanje
za otroke. Dejala je, da ima
svoje otroke zavarovane tudi pri
neki komercialni zavarovalnin-
ski družbi, toda plača za manjšo
zavarovalnino veliko več. Pojas¬
nil sem ji, da ima naš glavni
predsednik okf^og štiri tisoč do¬
larjev plače na leto, dočim pre¬
jema predsednik komercialne za¬
varovalninske družbe sto ali pa
več tisoč dolarjev na leto. Agent,
ki pride kolektat za zavaroval-
ninsko družbo, je plačan meseč¬
no, jaz, ki tudi pridem kolektat
mesečne prispevke za otroke, pa
pridem na dom zato, ker vem.
da delam za dobro stvar, katera
koristi meni in ostalim članom.
SNPJ. Privatne zavarovalnin¬
ske družbe so bile ustanovljene

rečem, da si ni nobeno društvo
ali pevski zbor tukaj zaslužil
zadnjih 40 let toliko zaslug kot
ravno Naprej. Naprej je bil ti¬
sti, ki je v prošlosti oral ledino
med nami in le Napreju se mar¬
sikateri izmed nas lahko zahva¬
li, da smo, kar smo. Naprej in
njegov dramatični odsek je bil
tisti voditelj, ki je nas vodil po
poti napredka in nam odpiral
oči, da smo spoznali kaj je prav
in kaj narobe v človeški družbi.

Naprej je pel in vprizarjal
igre za podporna društva in se¬
daj ob njegovi 40-letnici je naša
sveta dolžnost, da mu vsaj malo
povrnemo. Ne zahteva od nas
plačila v gotovini, želi le, da se
dne 12. februarja udeležimo kon¬
certa v Collins-Mever Post-dvo-
rani, 725 W. National Ave. Po¬
leg pevskih točk bo tudi šala
igra "Trije vaški svetniki”, ka¬
tero bodo podali diletanti iz Chi¬
caga. Prošlo jesen sem videl to
igro v Chicagu in rečem, da je
bila jako mojstrsko igrana. Sme¬
jali smo se, da so nas nekaj dni
boleli trebuhi.

Torej, kdo si želi par ur
dobrega duševnega užitka, naj
se udeleži 40-letnice Naprej a.
Vstopnina je samo 75 centov.
Vstopnice si lahko preskrbite pri
meni.

Popravek. V glasilu z dne 11.
januarja sem poročal kdaj bom
pobiral asesment. Tiskarski škrat
je napravil malo pomoto. Gla¬
siti bi se moralo: V bodoče bom
pobiral asesment zadnje tri de¬
lavnike v mesecu od 8. do 9. ure
zvečer. Želim, da članstvo vza¬
me ta popravek na znanje. Brat¬
ski pozdrav —

Frank Poličnik, tajnik.

dalj časa v zavodu, a po neiz¬
prosnem zakonu narave, smo zo¬
pet preteklo letp izgubili iz naše
srede zvesto članico M. Ma¬
tjašič.

V vseh teh in sličnih slučajih
članicg Nade izvajamo našo ob¬
vezno nalogo, ,da lajšamo njih
stanje s prijaznimi obiski, v po¬
sebnih slučajih pa jim izkažemo
naše sočutje s cvetlicami in dru¬
gimi primernimi darili.

Zadnji štiri mesečni račun iz¬
kazuje, da smo iz društvene bla¬
gajne prispevale $138.58 v dobro¬
delne namene. Da moremp na¬
daljevati v tem pravcu, ali še
celo zboljšati, je neobhodno po¬
trebno, da se potrudimo okrepi¬
ti društveno blagajno. To je bil
glavni predmet razprave na zad¬
nji redni seji.

Kot znano, naša zadnja prired¬
ba v avgustu lanskega leta je bil
banket v počast proslave dru¬
štva in jednote; ni bilo ničesar
v korist blagajne, zato smo na
tej seji sklenile, da priredimo
dne 11. februarja Valentinivi in
predpustno zabavo zaeno v jed-
notini spodnji dvorani.

Poskibeti hočemo, da bo ta za¬
bava v vseh ozirih pristno do¬
mača, da se bodo v kuhinji su¬
kale kuharice in pekle ukusne
klobase-krvavice, da bodo imele
na rokah tudi zalogo mesenih
klobas in goveje pečenke s pri¬
logo kislega zelja, ter da boste
potreženi tudi po volji z oreho¬
vo ali pa s špehovo potico in da
bodo tudi druge sladkarije, ki.
o v pustno pojedino. Za

PROSVETA'

no tudi mladi člani. Jednoti ne
bo treba plačevati tem članom
za smrtninski asesment, ampak
samo za $1 bolniške podpore,
kajti ti certifikati bodo plačani
še predno bodo člani dosegli 65.
leto.

Na federacijski seji smo tudi
sklenili, da naj bi vsa društva,
ki spadajo k federaciji in prav

VABILO NA PREDPUSTNO
VESELICO DRUŠTVA
NADE 102 SNPJ

Chicago, 111. —Pod znamko tra¬
dicije smo si za novo leto, ki nas
je dohitelo, zopet medsebojno
voščili vse najboljše v vseh
ozirih, vedoči, da če tudi so nam
vsa ta voščila in želje zajete is¬
kreno od srca, se nam ne morejo
izpolniti, če se za dosego vsaj
del istih ne bomo dejansko sami
potrudili.

Pretekle skušnje nas uče, da
je pod pritiskom obstoječega si¬
stema v človeški družbi med pri-
prostim ljudstvom nemogoče do¬
seči kakih uspehov v našo korist
brez lastnega duševnega in fizič¬
nega napora. Prospeh in zbolj¬
šanje naših skupnih interesov je
odvisen od naše stanovske zave¬
sti in od sodelovanja v naši
skupni moralni in gmotni po¬
moči.

Iz tega vidika smo si tudi čla¬
nice Nade nadele nalogo, da sku¬
šamo vztrajno in po naših skrom¬
nih močeh, v kolikor nam dopu¬
ščajo gmotni viri, sodelovati za
omiljenje in zboljšanje nepovolj-
nih razmer, ki nas zadevajo na
potu skozi življenje.

Letni pregled društvenega po¬
slovanja nam je v naše zadovolj¬
stvo beležil precej uspeha, zaeno
pa nam žal izkazuje tudi, da' je
bilo med članicami precej bole¬
zenskih slučajev in operacij

■uteho žeje bo v kuhinji tudi ka¬
va, pri bari pa vse, kar se na¬
vadno tam dobi. Končno bo tudi
j godba pripomogla, da se bo za-
i bava razvijala res po domače.

Da pa bo zabava izgledala tudi
I AMlentinovo, bo preskrbljeno z
' okrastvijo dvorane in namizni-
| mi prtiči. V tej stroki se člani¬
ce razumem in napravijo tako.
da bo za vse cenjene goste mič¬
no vabljivo. Na vašo željo vam
bodo stvari ustrežljivo donašale
na mizo, poleg tega pa bomo.i-
meli tudi dve nagradi v gotovi¬
ni, da vidimo kateremu bo sreča
naibolj mila.

Članice Nade vljudno vabimo
vse cenjeno občinstvo in vsa
društva, da nas blagovolite pose-
titi dne 11. feb. v obilnem šte¬
vilu. ij V nadi, da se .odzovete' na¬
šemu prijaznemu vabilu in nam
pripomorete z vašim posetom do
boljšega uspeha, vas vse sestr¬
sko pozdravljamo!

Za društvo Nada 102 SNPJ:

Christina Moseley

O PODPORI
ZA STARE ČLANE

Eveleth, Minn. —Na zadnji seji
Minnesotske federacije, katera
se je vršila preteklega oktobra v
Duluthu, so društveni zastopniki
razpravljali glede sprememb
pravil na prihodnji konvenciji.
Sklenjeno je bilo, da se izvoli po¬
seben odsek za pravila. Spodaj
podpisana je tajnica tega odbora.
• Na konvenciji bo eno glavnih
vprašanj podpora za stare člane.
Na zadnji konvenciji, katera se
je vršila tukaj v Evelethu, je
bila sprejeta posebna resolucija
za člane, kateri so stari 65 let in
člani jednote 35 let. Taki člani,
kateri nimajo posebnih dohod¬
kov, so prosti asesmenta do $1000
smrtnine in za $1 bolniške pod¬
pore. Izvršnemu odseku je bila
dana posebna naloga, naj pre¬
skrbi sredstva v zvezi s to pod¬
poro.

Eksekutiva ima brez dvoma
težave, kajti ustanovljen ni bil
poseben sklad za to podporo. Iz
zapisnika izvršnega odseka pa se
razvidi, da se zmeraj več članov
oglaša za tako podporo. Da se
bi ustreglo vsem članom, ko do¬
sežejo imenovano starost, je po¬
trebno, da se ustanovi poseben
sklad. Seveda, s tem smo malo
pozni, a bolje pozno kot nikoli.
Sicer pa ne bomo vsi še tako
kmalu upravičeni do pomoči.

Razumljivo, brez povišanja a-
sesmenta, ne bo šlo. Če ne bo¬
mo ničesar plačali, tudi ne bomo
mogli ničesar zahtevati. Glavni
odbor pa ne zna delati čudežev.

Na zadnji konvenciji je pred¬
sednik vprašal, koliko je delega¬
tov, kateri bi imeli dovoljenje
glasovati za povišanje asesmen¬
ta, pa se je oglasil samo neki de¬
legat iz Detroita. Vsak delegat
se boji domov priti in poročati
o zvišanju asesmenta. Toda zvi¬
šanja se ne bi smeli tako bati,
vsaj marsikateri kvoder izdamo
za stvari, od katerih nimamo no¬
benih koristi.

Naj omenim, da je mnogo čla¬
nov spremenilo svoje certifikate

ZAHVALA DRUŠTVU
IN JEDNOTI

Cleveland, O. — Tajniku dru¬
štva-258 SNPJ javljam, da sem
prejela ček za smrtnino za mo¬
jim pokojnim možem J. Grozda-
nom, in sicer za .vsoto $600. Ček
sem prejela že 31. decembra.

Dolžnost me veže, da se naj¬
lepše zahvalim društvu 258 SN¬
PJ, katero spremilo pokojnika
na zadnji poti, prav tako se za¬
hvaljujem bratu T. Vuceliču, ki
je čital govor pri odprti krsti.
Hvala tudi Martinu Skidlu, ki se
je z govorom poslovil ob odpr¬

tem grobu. Še posebej pa se
zahvaljujem SNPJ, katera je
tako točno in hitro izplačala
smrtnino.

Najlepše se zahvaljujem tudi
tajniku G. Vuceliču, ki je napi¬
sal dopis v Prosveti. Društvu
pa hvala za lepi venec.

Moj mož je bil hrvatskega ro¬
du, in sicer doma od Belovara.

V

Ameriki je bival 43 let. Umrl
je 27. novembra 1949. Član SN¬
PJ je bil 30 let.

Zapušča poleg mene tudi dve
hčeri in druge sorodnike.

Mary E. Grozdr.n.

tako ona, ki še niso včlanjena pri Rojen je bil 13. marca 1890.
federaciji, na svojih prihodnjih
sejah razpravljala o pravilih in
poslala predlagane spremembe
prej ko mogoče meni, da bi jih
predložila na prihodnji federa-
cijski seji, katera se bo vršila
zadnjo nedeljo v mesecu aprilu,
in sicer v Chisholmu.

Ponovno poudarjam, da so do¬
brodošli na seji federacije vsi
zastopniki, pa če so njihova dru¬
štva pri federaciji ali pa ne. Vsa
priporočila za spremembe pravil
bo potrebno odobriti na federa-
cijski seji in jih nato poslati v
glavni urad. Le v skupnosti bo¬
mo dosegli dobre rezultate. Moj
naslov: Josephine Frantar, Box
336, Eveleth, Minn.

Josephine Frantar

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članov korporacije v nedeljo, dne 29. januarja 1950—pričetek
ob 2. uri popoldne v spodnji dvorani Slov. delavskega doma.

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S. N. P. J.

PRIREDITVE  DRUŠTEV
CHICAŠKE FEDERACIJE
S. N. P. J.

DRUŠTVO NADA ŠT. 102 SNPJ
priredi "Valentine" ples v soboto,
11. februarja 1350, v SNPJ dvo¬
rani

DRUŠTVO SLAVIJA ŠT. 1 S.N.P.J.
priredi plesno zabavo na pustno
soboto 18. februarja 1950 v SNPJ
dvorani.

DRUŠTVO ŠT. G31 SNPJ priredi i
M i d w e s t Bowling Tournameni j
ples v soboto, 25. februarja 1350, :
v Northwesl Hall, 2403 Wesl Norfl-
Ave.

DRUŠTVO INTEGRITY ŠT. 631 I
SNPJ priredi svoj piknik v nede- |
ljo, 30. julija 1950 v Fullerlon
Woods.

FEDERACIJA ZA ČIKAŠKO okrož.
je priredi S.N.P.J. Dan v soboto 2
in v nedeljo 3 septembra 1950 v i
Pilsen Parku.

DRUŠTVO ŠT. 131 priredi ple s  v
soboto, 28. oktobra, v SNPJ dvo¬
rani.

DRUTVO ŠT. 86 SNPJ priredi ples¬
no veselico v soboto, 9. decembra,
v Swiss Cluba dvorani, 635 Web-
ster Ave.

Društva naj pravočasno naznanijo

svoje priredbe tajniku na naslov:

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V blagi spomin prve obletnice smrti

naše ljubljene soproge in matere

FRANCES HUMAR

katera je za vedno zapustila nas 21. januarja 1949.

Ni ne ure ne dneva, da bi mi ne mislili na Te. Vedno mislimo
in se spominjamo Tebe. Počivaj v miru, draga soproga in mati
naša, dokler tudi mi ne pridemo za Teboj—Žalujoči ostali: Louis.
Humar, soprog,- Anten, Joseph, Robert in William, sinovi in Fran-
ces, hči v Benlleyviile, Pa.

V blagi spomin dvanajste obletnice smrti

našega ljubljenega soproga in očeta

PAUL ZUPANČIČA

kateri nas je za vedno zapustil 24. januarja 1938.

Prišel je za nas spominski dan, ko misel nas združuje,
kako nenadoma vzel si slovo in legel v hladno zemljo.
Prešlo naglo je v večnost let dvanajst,
odkar si Ti zatisnil svoje mile oči.

Spomine svetle nam budiš,
v ljubečih srcih še vedno Ti med nami živiš.

Počivaj v miru.

Žalujoči ostali: Terezija Zupančič,
hčerka.—Delmont, Pa.

soproga; Frank, sin in Mary,

Naznanilo in zahvala

Žalostnega srca naznanjamo lužno vest, da smo za vedno izgubili
našega ljubljenega soproga in očeta

VALENTINA LESNIKA

kateri je za vedno preminul nagle smrti za srčno kap 1. januarja
1950. Ob smrti je bil star 64 let. Na tem mestu se želimo prav
lepo zahvaliti vsem, ki so nam prišli na pomoč in nas tolažili v uri
žalosti. Hvala lepa - a darovane vence in vsem, ki ste ga spremili
na njegovi zadnji poti k mirnemu počitku na mirodvor. Posebno
srčna hvala društvom, katerih je bil član, SNPJ, ABZ in Jugoslo¬
vanskemu klubu št. 9, ter članom za udeležbo pri pogrebu in za
darove za maše. Tebi, dragi soprog in oče, na želimo, počivaj v
miru in lahka naj Ti bode ameriška gruda.—Žalujoči ostali: Fran-
ces Lesnik, soproga, sinovi in hčere, ter brat in sestre v Chisholm,
Minnesota.

V trajen spomin

Z globoko žalostjo v srcu naznanjamo vsem sorodnikom, znan¬
cem in prijateljem, da je za vedno preminula moja ljubljena sopro¬
ga, mati in stara mati

TEREZIJA GUNA

(rojena NOVAK)

Po dolgi in mučni bolezni je mirno v nezavesti zaspala 12. janu¬
arja 1950. Rojena je bila 11. oktobra 1892 v vasi Brezovica, fara
Vrhnika pri Ljubljani. V Ameriki je preživela 29 let in bila ves
čas članica SNPJ. Pogreb se je vršil 14. januarja 1950 po civilnem,
ter malo po katoliškem obredu, želeč vsem v zadovoljstvo iz Jacob
Waltner pogrebnega zavoda na krasno Foresl Hill pokopališče, ter
položena v že pripravljeno grobnico. Iskreno zahvalo izrekamo
članstvu društva št. 315 SNPJ za obiske v pogrebnem zavodu in za
udeležbo pri pogrebu, ter za krasne ji darovane vence in cvetlice.
Ob enem najlepša hvala tudi Jugoslavia Unity Klubu za lepe cvet¬
lice in za udeležbo pri pogrebu, kjer je bila ona tudi članica kluba.
V dolžnost si štejemo se tudi lepo zahvaliti vsem, ki ste ji poklonih*
toliko krasnih vencev in s tem ozalšali ko je počivala v rakvi na
mrtvaškem odru. Hvala lepa tudi gos. Waltnerju za pomemben
poslovilni govor z izrazom, da je tu dokaz kako veliko semena iz
cvetlične rastline rekoč, da ima pokojnica mnogo prijateljev. Isto
tako njemu hvala za tako vzorno vodstvo pogreba, ter za uslugo in
naklonjenost. Srčna hvala vsem, ki ste nam stali ob strani, nam
pomagali na en ali drugi način in vsem za izraze sočutja bodisi
ustmeno ali pismeno. Globoko hvaležnost našo naj sprejmejo vsi,
ki so dali na razpolago avtomobile, vsem, ki ste pokojnico sprejeli
na njeni zadnji poti, kakor tudi vsem, ki ste jo obiskovali v času
njene bolezni. Vse dobrotnike in prijatelje, ki so nam na en ali
drugi način pomagali, si bomo ohranili v trajnem spominu. Ti pa,
draga Reza, prestala si muke in trpljenje tega sveta, ter odšla v
večnost po plačilo za vse, kar si dobrega storila. Hiša naša prej
prijazna, je sedaj pusta in prazna od kar Tebe več med nami ni.
Tebi, draga soproga, mati in stara mati, želimo, počivaj v miru in
lahka naj Ti bode ameriška zemljica. —Žalujoči ostali: Frank Guna,
soprog; Joseph, Andrew, John in Edward, sinovi, ter Frances, Čaro¬
bne in Helen, hčere in vnuki. —Canion, Ohio.

6

PROSVETA

SREDA, 25. JANUARJA 1950

Slovenc National Benefit Society

3IS7-5S So. Lanmdal« An. Chicago M. Dliaola

CLARKIODBOR
Iarrbil odi.k

JOSEPH L. CULKAR, gl. predsednik__—2657 So. Lawndale A ve., Chicago, 23, 111.

E. A VIDER. gl. tajnik... 2657 So. Lawndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

ANTON TROJAR, gl. pomožni tajnik-2657 So. Lawndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

MIRKO G. KUHEL, gl. blagajnik..2557 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

LAWRENCE GRADIŠEK, tajnik bol. odd.2657 So. Lawndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

MICHAEL VRHOVNIK, direktor mlad. odd.2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

PHILIP GODINA, upravitelj Prosvete__2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

ANTON GARDEN, urednik Prosvete_2657 So. Lawndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Podpredsednika

ANTON R VEHBICK. prvi podpredsednik_1508 So. 63rd St.. Mllwaukee 14, Wla.

EDWARD TOMŠIČ, drugi podpredsednik...823 W. 7th St., VValsenburg, Colo.

Dlslriktnl podpredsedniki

JOHN V. ČEBULAR, prvo okrožje__2126 ShallcrossSt., Philadelphia 24, Pa.

FRANK GRADIŠEK, drugo okrožje___Box 88, Herminie, Pa.

MARY F. PRAŠNIKAR, tretje okrožje_____Box 216, Harwick, Pa.

JOSEPH FIFOLT, četrto okrožje_1237 E. 60th St., Cleveland 3, Ohio

JOHN SPILLAR, peto okrožje..3979 Randall St., St. Louis 16, Mo.

URŠULA AMBROZICH, šesto okrožje__418 Pierce St., Eveleth, Minn.

JOHN PETRITZ, sedmo okrožje-5520 West Adams, Los Angeles 16, Calil.

FRANK POLŠAK, osmo okrožje_

_205 3rd St., W. Roundup, Mont.

Gospodarski odsek

MATH PETROVICH, predsednik-

JOSEPH L. CULKAR_

F. A. VIDER___

MIRKO G. KUHEL_

JACOB ZUPAN..

RUDOLPH LISCH_

DONALD J. LOTRICH..

.261 E. 150th St., Cleveland 10, Ohio

...2657 So. Lavvndale Ave,, Chicago 23 111.

.2657 S. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

„2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

-1400 S. Lombard Ave., Berwyn, 111.

_700 E. 260th St., Euclid, Ohio

_1937 So. Trumbull Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Porotni odsek

ANTON SHULAR, predsednik_

FRANK VRATARICH_

ANDREW VIDRICH_

JOHN KOBI, Sr.

CAMILUS ZARNICK,.

-Box 27, Arma, Kansas

..315 Tener St., Luzerne, Pa.

-649 Forrest Ave., Johnstovvn, Pa.

_208 So. 62nd Ave., W. Duluth 7, Minn.
-3564 W. 67th St., Cleveland 2, Ohio

FRANK ZAITZ, predsednik_

MICHAEL R. KUMER.--

MATTHEW J. TURK_

LOUIS KAFERLE_

ANDREW GRUM_

Nadzorni odsek

_2301 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

--Box 64, Universal, Pa.

..2646 S. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

_18301 East Park Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

-17182 Snovvden, Detroit 21, Mich.

Glasovi iz naselbin

VABILO NA VESELICO

Meadow Lands, Pa. — Zopet
se oglašamo iz Meadow Landsa.
Na letni seji smo izvolili vse
stare uradnike, in sicer sledeče:
Math Turk ml., predsednik, Stel-
la Murn, tajnica, John Brensko,
blagajnik, Frank Poznick, zapis¬
nikar.

Na seji smo tudi sklenili, da
priredimo veselice v korist dru¬
štvene blagajne. Prvo veselico
smo že imeli, in sicer 15. janu¬
arja, druga pa se bo vršila v ne¬
deljo, 29. januarja. Upamo, da
bomo imeli tudi s to velik uspeh.

Ker pa se mi radi zabavamo,
bomo imeli tudi domačo zabavo
v soboto, 11. februarja, in v ne¬
delje, 12. februarja. Vabimo
vse člane in prijatelje od blizu
in daleč, da pridejo na te zabave
in se z nami vred veselijo.

Članice pa prosim, da kaj do¬
brega napečejo za te domače za¬
bave. V veseličnem odboru so
sledeči: Mary Guzel, Mary Pe-
lan, Josephine Tauzel, Marv
Rathbone. Če kdo želi kakšne¬
ga pojasnila, se naj obrne na
odbor. Torej še enkrat vabim
vse na zabavo. Na svidenje!

Siella Murn, tajnica

To je tudi vzrok, da bi se bila
zelo rada udeležila konference
v Clevelandu, kajti tam so raz-
mctrivali tudi o tem problemu,
kateri je najbrže splošen.

Pri našem društvu so bili iz¬
voljeni za leto 1950 sledeči urad¬
niki: Frank Stembal, predsed¬

nik, Jerry Okoren, podpredsed¬
nik, Frances Gorence, tajnica,
Josephine Cvelbar, blagajnica,
Joe Kolenc, zapisnikar, Frank
Mlakar, vratar, Anton Valentin¬
čič, zastopnik publikacij, Fran¬
ces Gorence, krožkova zastopni¬
ca. Nadzorni odsek: Jerry O-
korn,. Frank Kramar in John
Maček.

i

Pri Slovenskem domu so bili
izvoljeni vsi stari odborniki, pri
gospodinjskemu klubu Sloven¬
skega doma pa imamo novo
predsednico v osebi Mitzi Novak,
dalje novo podpredsednico Jen-
nie Ločniškar, tajnica pa je
Frances Gorence, blagajnica Ma-
ry Okorn, nadzornica pa Jennie
Tinko, Anna Zickar in Nellie
Kulina.

Frances Gorence, tajnica
262 SNPJ

SE NI MOGLA UDELEŽITI
KONFERENCE DRUŠTVE¬
NIH URADNIKOV

Sharcn, Pa. — Ko sem čitala
ftaznanilo br. Petrovicha, da se
bo vršila v Clevelandu seja
skupnih društev za pouk odbor¬
nikov, zlasti tajnikov in predsed¬
nikov, sem sklenila, da se je u-
deležim, če bo le mogoče.

Dne 15. januarja sem se ob
osmih zjutraj odpravila na po¬
tovanje. Z menoj so bili tudi
moj sin, njegova žena in mrs.
Bitenz. Vreme je bilo suho in
zelo mrzlo, ko pa smo dospeli v
Warren, O., ki leži približno 20
milj od doma, je pa pričelo sne¬
žiti, v bližini Parkmana, O., pa
je deževalo kot za stavo, toda dež
je sproti zmrzoval, radi tega smo
uvideli, da bi bilo nevarno nada¬
ljevati z vožnjo, nakar smo vr¬
nili domov, kamor smo srečno
dospeli okrog poldne. Sin mi je
dejal, da bom pač morala pazlji¬
vo prečitati poročilo o poteku
omenjene konference.

Ti vražji Clevelandčani mora¬
jo biti zelo grešni, da jim je Bog
dal prav tisti dan tako slabo
vreme, kajti poprej in pozneje
je sijalo sonce kot spomladi.

Leto 1949 je za nami in polo¬
žaj našega društva se ni prav
nič izboljšal. Bolnikov imamo
še vedno veliko, toda temu se ni
čuditi, kajti društvo je staro,
torej ima tudi dosti starih čla¬
nov. Na drugi strani pa mladi
člani odstopajo od društva. Oni
niso tudi nič kaj točni s plače¬
vanjem asesmenta. Dokler star¬
ši plačujejo zanje, še gre, ko pa
se poročijo, pa nočejo več spa¬
dati k društvu. Izgovarjajo se
namreč, da imajo “insurence” in
bolnišnično zavarovanje, zato
ne morejo vsega zmagovati. Z
mojo opombo, da niso veliki pri¬
spevki pri jednoti 'n da imajo
pri naši organizaciji večje ugod¬
nosti kot pri inšurencu, se sicer
strinjajo, toda kljub temu pu-
'..Ljo dru.Jvo.

GLAS ZA STARE ČLANE

Cleveland, O. —- Tudi jaz se
strinjam s priporočilom br. Mat-
ta Cankarja, namreč da se naj
nekaj ukrene za stare člane, ka¬
teri so člani jednote 35 let in
stari 65 let. Taki člani naj bi
bili prosti vseh asesmentov.

Člani, oglasite se v glasilu in
podajte svoje mnenje o tej za¬
devi, tako da bo o njej razprav¬
ljala delegacija na prihodnji
konvenciji. Jennie Gorjup.

O RUDARJIH IN
DRUŠTVU BADGER

Milwaukee, Wis —Stopamo po
novi nepoznani poti prvi mesec
potovanja v letu 1950.

Kar se tiče vremena, nam je
zima v tej okolici dosedaj priza¬
nesla, tako da smo brez snega in
hudega mraza. V tem oziru se
prav nič ne pritožujemo. Sicer
pa naša stanovanja greje pre¬
mog, katerega v znoju, trplje¬
nju in večni nevarnosti produ¬
cira za našo udobnost skoro pol¬
milijonska masa teh podzemelj¬
skih krtov ali premogarjev.

Ker sem bil osebno deležen
teh podzemeljskih dobrot, in si¬
cer od 1. 1907-1920, v približno
desetih različnih državah, še to¬
liko bolj simpatiziram s temi tr¬
pini v tej epični borbi za njih
pravice in obstanek.

Vse kaže, da se je združila vsa
plutokracija, katera ima v načr
tih, da te trpine izstrada in zlo
mi njihov odpor, nakar bi jih po¬
rinila nazaj v stare suženjske
razmere, v katerih smo garali
pred 40 leti in tudi še pozneje
dokler si niso rudarji z boji in
organizacijami priborili več svo¬
bode, pravic in boljši življenjski
standard.

Za sedanji nesporazum premo-
garski baroni zvračajo vso kriv¬
do na rudarje, v resnici pa so
operatorji oni, kateri nočejo pod¬
pisati pogodbe z rudarsko unijo
Vsa čast hrabrim in zavednim
delavskim voditeljem!

Odkar sem prestopil od druš¬
tva 234 k društvu Badger 584
SNPJ, sem se prvič udeležil
društvene seje, katera je bila
istočasno letna seja. To društvo
je drugo naj večje angleško go
voreče društvo SNPJ. V oddel
ku odraslih šteje 494 članov, v
mladinskem pa 267, skupaj torej
761 članov. Naj omenim, da je
skoraj ena tretjina v odraslem
oddelku rojena tam preko luže
Ko sem opazil tako majhno
število članov na seji, je to ne
kam porazno vplivalo name. Se
veda je to krivda članstva in ne
odbora, kajti slednji se je po
trudil in z dopisnicami po pošti
opozoril vse članstvo na letno
sejo. Sejo pa je še posebej ogla
šala v Prosveti sestra tajnica,
tudi to ni prineslo uspeha.

Ker je stari odbor večinom
resigniral, bodo uradna mesta
prevzele nove moči. Obžalova¬
nja vredno je dejstvo, da je re-
signirala sestra tajnica Frances
Debelak. Naveličala se je križev
s tem težavnim poslom. Ona je
bila duša in voditeljica tega dru¬
štva. Z njo je utihnil mesečni
dopisnik “Salty”. Ona je nam¬
reč rabila ta psevdonim mesto
svojega imena. Večina naših do¬
brih društvenih tajnikov izgubi
nazadnje potrpljenje z delom in
zakladanjem za člane, kateri ne
plačajo svojih prispevkov ob
pravem času.

Na vso srečo bo odstoplo taj¬
nico nadomestil priden in mlad
John Poklar, kateri je eden red¬
kih' med tukaj rojenimi ameri¬
škimi Slovenci, kateri se zaveda
svoje dolžnosti. On bo deloval

Federacije SNPJ

LETNA SEJA ČIKAŠKE
FEDERACIJE IN DRUGO

Chicago. —Prihodnja seja fede-
acije SNPJ za čikaško okrožje
se bo vršila v soboto 28. janu¬
arja, pričetek ob 8. uri zvečer v
Slovenskem delavskem centru
To bo letna seja, na kateri se
bo izvolil odbor za tekoče leto.
Poleg odbora bo potrebno izvo¬
liti razne pododbore za pripravo
dneva SNPJ, kateri se letos vrši
v Chicagu. Da bi nam bilo omo¬
gočeno to za jednoto pomembno
priredbo najbolje izvršiti, smo
apelirali na vsa društva SNPJ v
Chicagu, da se pridružijo k fe¬
deraciji. Nekatera so se odzvala
vabilu, medtem ko druga stoje
še ob strani, misleč, da za jedno¬
to lahko delajo, ne da bi spadali
k federaciji.

Tako mišljenje je zmotno, po¬
sebno še, če upoštevamo dejstvo,
da posamezno društvo ne more
izvršiti dela kot ga lahko večja
skupina društev. Zato ponovno
apeliram na društva, ki so za¬
vrgla našo prošnjo za priklju¬
čitev k federaciji, da jo ponovno
vzamejo v pretres ter se priklju¬
čijo, kajti bratje in sestre, zave¬
dajte se pregovora, da je le
skupnosti moč!

Letošnje leto naša federacija
praznuje 20-letnico obstoja. Nje¬
na zgodovina jasno dokazuje, d,
je za jednotino propagandno iz¬
vršila veliko dela. Premostila je
vse potežkoče, katere so ovirale
njen razvoj. Lahko bi zaznamo¬
vali še večje uspehe, ako bi bilo
med nami več razumevanja, da
je federacija le za propagando
jednote in v korist njenega član¬
stva. Da, posamezni člani, kate¬
ri že toliko let delajo za federa¬
cijo, niso imeli sebičnih name¬
nov, pač pa je njih namen skozi
federacijo vršiti propagando za
jednoto.

Vzemimo za primer, ko smo se
odločlii ustanoviti sekcijo SNPJ
na Woodlawn-pokopališču. Ko
liko vika in krika so naredili ne¬
kateri elani, da bi preprečili
uresničenje započetega dela. Le
razsodnostni večini članstva se
moramo zahvaliti, da smo zapo-
četo delo izvršili z velikimi po-
težkočami. Danes, po 12 letih,
šele spoznavamo, da smo z usta¬
novitvijo te sekcije izvršili delo,
katero bo zgodovinskega pome¬

na za članstvo SNPJ in sploh za
čikaške Slovence.

Nudila se nam je tudi prilika,
nabavati za slepo ceno lep izlet¬
niški prostor, katerega zelo po¬
trebujemo. S to akcijo nismo
imeli sreče. Nasprotniki so pre¬
prečili idejo z raličnimi argu¬
menti. Spominjam se, ko se je
o tem razpravljalo na seji na¬
šega društva. Neki član je dejal
približno takole: “Bratje, bliža¬
mo se vojni in če bo vojna, boste
tisti prostor lahko kupili za dva¬
krat nižjo ceno.” Takrat je bila
cena riekaj nad šest tisoč dolar¬
jev, danes pa tistega prostora ne
morete kupiti niti za $25,000. Če
bi bilo takrat med nami več raz¬
sodnosti, bi lahko danes federa¬
cija lastovala izletniške prostore,
kateri bi bili velika propaganda
za jednoto in članstvo bi imelo
od njih koristi. Radi tega bodi¬
mo v bodočnosti bolj složni in
bomo lahko prišli nekoč tudi v
tem okrožju do izletniških pro¬
storov SNPJ, katere za naše ak¬
tivnosti zelo potrebujemo.

Frank Alesh, tajnik.

seji 15. januarja Valentin Dol- NA NOVO SO SE NAROČILI
har. Torej odborniki za 1. 1950
so sledeči: Louis Turk, predsed¬
nik, Valentin Dolhar, oodpred-
sednik, Frank Kne, tajnik, Frank
Medved, blagajnik, Frank Ru-
parsich, zapisnikar. Nadzorniki:

Frank Klune (predsednik), Sil¬
vester Novak in John Blatnik.

Zdravnik dr. Klein; seje vsako
tretjo nedeljo v mesecu v Slo¬
venskem narodnem domu.

Frank Kne, taj.

Sacramenio, Calif. —Odborniki
društva 549 SNPJ za leto 1950
so sledeči: Joseph Ruzich, pred¬
sednik, Frank Remitz st., pod¬
predsednik, Alex Uzelac, tajnik.
Nik Rukovina, blagajnik. Nad¬
zorni odsek: Marko Radakovich
(predsednik), George Drazeno-
vich. Seja se vrši vsako tretjo
nedeljo. Alex Uzelac, taj.

Društvene vesti

Cliff Mine, Pa. —Vsem članom
društva 145 SNPJ, kateri se niso
udeležili januarske seje, nazna
njam, da bom pobiral asesment
vsako sejo in vsako nedeljo v
mesecu od 10. do 2. ure popol¬
dne, kakor tudi vsak zadnji dan
v mesecu od 4. do 8. ure zve¬
čer. Torej ne pozabite plačati
asesmenta ob pravem času, kajti
jaz ne bom zalagal za nikogar.
Tajnik ne more čakati doma na
člane ob vsakem času, kajti on
ima tudi svoja pota in posle.

Mati Vidmar, tajnik.

NA DNEVNIK PROSVETA

Vidergar Frank
Fontana, Calif.

Lustrik Peter
Cleveland, Ohio
Grgas Mary
Youngsiown, Ohio
Slavec Anton
Greenville, Pa.

Arch Vincent
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Povse Nick
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Simončič John
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Knafelc J.

Beamsville, Oni., Canada

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za zbiranje denarja, naj v svojih
poročilih ne omenjajo srečk ali
srečkanja, kakor tudi ne karinih
ali lombulskih zabav, ako je za¬
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La Salle, 111. — Članstvu dru¬
štva 337 SNPJ naznanjam, da se
bo vrišla seja v nedeljo, 5. fe¬
bruarja, na kateri bo potrebno
izvoliti novega tajnika.

Anton Knafelc, tajnik.

za dobrobit svojega društva, kar
je tudi pokazal v preteklosti.

Sedanji odbor je sestavljen iz
najboljših članov, zato se bo po¬
trudil in v najlepši harmoniji
vodil društvo po pravi poti, po
poti napredka in uspeha. Starej¬
ši člani pa dajmo vzgled in iz-
podbudo temu mlademu član¬
stvu, da se bo udeleževalo druš¬
tvenih sej v večjem številu.

Na koncu pa prav vljudno va¬
bim društvene člane in prijate¬
lje, da se prav gotovo udeležijo
kartne zabave društva Badger,
katera se bo vršila v nedeljo po¬
poldne, 5. februarja v Arcadian
Inn. Anton Ermenc.

Kilzville, Minn. — Članstvu
društva 161 SNPJ naznanjam,
da je bil izvoljen za leto 1950
stari odbor. Društvene seje se
vršijo vsako četrto nedeljo v me¬
secu, začetek ob devetih dopol¬
dne. Tajnik ne ve, kako bo. za¬
poslen po mesecu marcu, zato je
sedaj nemogoče določiti, ali se
bodo seje vršile dopoldne ali
zvečer.

Članstvu dalje naznanjam, naj
plačujejo asesment pa društveni
seji, ako pa ne, me naj ne nadle¬
guje poprej kot zadne tri dni v
mesecu. Asesment se bo pobiral
do 30. vsak mesec. Toliko v po¬
jasnilo vsem članom in članicam
društva 161.

Frank Shega, tajnik.

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in prekajene s česnovim okusom klobase, želodce, riževe krvavice,
suhe salame, (Hickory smoked hams) šunke 12 do 16 funtov težke,
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kraje U.S.A.—v spodnjih cenah je poštnina všteta.

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Prekajeni želodci .85c lb. Hickory Smoked Boneless

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Suhe salame .95c lb.

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KREDIT ZA ASESMENT ČLANOV MLADINSKEGA
ODDELKA

prestopli v oddelek odraslih meseca januarja 1950-

Credif for assessment given to juvenile members
iransferred into the adult depi. in January, 1950

1 Marion Ivkovich . Milan Medvešek .$ 5.00

3 Sava Spanovich .I Mary Vidmar . 18.00

7 John Wm. Baloh. Emil Cavanaugh . 18.00

8 Frank Kosič .. Michael Chandick .... 20.00

21 Gary Lee Knafelc.... Louis Malenšek . 3.00

24 Mildred Čretnik . Justina Grilc .. 16.00

23 Marceline Slapnik.. . Anton Wapotich. 18.00

29 Frank Kaferle . William Verdinek. 18.00

33 Dorothy Gašperšič.... Mary Rosenberger. .. 18.00

60 James Dezelon .Mollie Kudrich . 5.00

62 Mary Ann Shaltz. Joseph Pechawer. 17.00

65 Billy Joe Billiard. .. Karol Dergan . 12.00

82 Donald E. Czerak. John Kopriva . 5.00

88 William C. Postufka. 5.00

Rose M. Razpotnik.. . 14.00

Jerica Gorjup

19.00

89 John Kostelich . i Frank Lukan . 19.00

110 Robert F. Sev&r.' Frank Kne . 12.00

115 Bern. A. Vraničar... Helen Sternisha . 17.00

147 Beverlv J. Mramor.. . 10.00

Paul J. Vadnal.!... 18.00

Dr. žf. Ime člana I Ček prejel tajnik Vsoia
L. No. Name of member jSec*y received _ Amounj

198 Margaret Urbanz. Joe Slemec ..

217 Frank Zordani . George Beline ...

218 Edward Zado . John Malovrh ...

224 Veron. H. Lacknar. Anna Blatnik .

239 John Max Shafer.; Elsie Yankovich.

18.00
16.00

31.00

20.00
19.00

254 Betty Marie Turšič..! Anthony Dolence 27.00

262 Helen Marie 0’Korn !  Frances Gorence. 14.00

264 Ivan Culkar . Charles Zakelv . 18.00

265 Christ. A. Brindak ... John Patnesky. 16.00

267 Robert Legarra . Albin Zakotnik . 12.00

282 Veronica R. Sestir... Frank Gregorin. 4.00

285 Raymond T. Wise. Mary Prelaz. 28.00

292 Martha J. Barividi. ... 16.00

Edward M. Kavcieh . 1 9.00

Chisholm, Minn. — Društvo
Slovan 110 SNPJ je na redni seji
18. decembra izvolilo uradnike
za leto 1950. Za podpredsednika
je bil izvoljen Valentin Lesnak,
a je umrl 1. januarja, nakar je
bil na njegovo mesto izvoljen na

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153 Dolores J. Žlogar.

173 Anna May Pelko.

174 Anna Russ .

176 George Guydosh, Jr.
Dorothy Mangieri
Aug. W. Marbais, Jr.

Leonard Poljšak. 28.00

Anton Purkat .. 14.00

Marv Nemec . 18.00

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. 6.00

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361 Geno F. Bertig. 1  Vincent Yaksetich.... 17.00

400 Anna J. Biondich. Helen Biondich . 18.00

414 Dolores J. Roncevich George Roncevich .... 16.00

566 Betty Sittinger . Joseph Fifolt .. 19.00

580 Mary Jean Kirk. William F. Fugina . 17.00

584 Roland Fueller .! John J. Poklar. 14.00

606 Eleanora Wizar . Anna Drevicki. 14.00

609 Geraldine Falliaux..j .... 3 .00

Donald Lee Strah. 17.00

Mary Gorence

20.00

610 Raymond C. Bozich. 37.00

Robert J. Kosič . . 19.00

Frances Kosič

56.00

629 Miloš Paich . 1  Frank Črnic . 20.00

645 Robert E. Kelly, Jr..J Julia Podboy . 8.00

665 Theresa L. Klun. j Anthony V. Golatz 18.00

677 Dorothy A. RogersJ Rudolph Berniek. 12.00

702 James F. Vcelka. '  James Charne . 16.00

738 John Balint .-Antonia Remitz. 17.00

764 Frances Potočar . Jacob Rožic . 12.00

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1950

P R O S V E T A

7

J uvenite Circies

Of tfae SNPJ

Comrade Corner

CLE /ELAND—The annual meet-
ing and Xmas party has gone and
with it pleasant memories. It cer-
tainly is a pleasure to see so many
of the Comrade members get to-
gether, even if it is only once a
year. One regular annual member
we missed, Julius Pirnat Jr.

A rather successful year was
chalked up by the Comrade Lodge.
The year 1949's passing was viewed
by manv at the Fifolt residence. The
Fifolts always make an attractive
offer, Joe promises to get you home
if—incidentally, it is late but again
it is always time to wish everyone
the best of everything.

Tuesday the 17th was the first
meeting of 1950 and with it the
inauguration of the new officers,
the new officers being Robert Yar-
shen*as Preš. and who is quite an-
xious to do his best, Marie Zakraj¬
šek, an auditor, Joe Papes as farm.
representative, Frank Grum who
volunteered to act as rep. to the
stockholders. The remaining of¬
ficers remaining the same as pre-
vious year. We wish to commend
Ec- Grum on the fine job performed
the past year. We wish to commend
Ed Grum on the fine job performed,
the past year.

On the sick list we have Marge
Habrle, Tony Kushlan and Joe
Svete. An appeal is made to ali
parents to have your youngsters
join the Circle. Miss Alma Žagar
had done a wonderful job, but finds
most of her members joining the
adult ranks and of course the young-
er ones are reluctant to come forth
unless persuaded to do so. The
Circle provioes many activities for
those who are too young to enjoy
the adult entertainments. Anyone
interested may contact this writer
at EN 0779 vvho vvill further the
subječt.

Frank Tuschar, a faithful mem¬
ber, forgot ali about this meeting
and as a result missed out on col-
lecting the reward for the high
game of the month. Pauline Špik
collected for the woman’s high
game. Congratulations to Stanley
and Dorothy Stokel from the Spar-
tans on the birth of a baby boy.

Bro. Pirnat Sr. was winner of the
$1 monthly award. The $2 winner
was not present. See folks, what
can be had just for coming to the
meeting every third Tuesday of the
month, also refreshment which are
acquired by our very capable Veep
and chairman of entertainments
and which are prepared by Albina
Vehar and Antoinette Skok.

The men's bovvling teams are stili
up there, the No. 2 team in lst plače
and the No. 1 team in second. Good
vvork, men. It seems that the*,men
need n o "mspiration: I vvas at the

Grdina Alleys last Tuesday and
found the men doing' exactly noth-
ing until I left and then they marked
like ali fire. The women’s teams
are also doing well. The 2 team in
first plače, the No. 1 team in third
plače, the 3 in 4th plače and the 4
_ team in 7th plače. Also very well
’ girls. But the Comets better start
doing something better.

The women and men are both
sending 2 teams each to the tourna«-
n-.ent to Barberton and „are looking
forward to a good time and believe
me people Barberton is the plače
vvhere you can have a good time.
The Slovene Home dovvn there is
the center o fall of Barberton's in-
teresting activities. Aside to the
people of Barberton, pay no atten-
tion to the propaganda of “O” about
my scoffing, why I just love the
plače and am even seriously con-
templating a permanent residence
on the banks of that beautiful St.
Ann’s Lake.

• Speaking of bovvling let us render
congratulations to the new officers
of the Cleveland Athletic League.
Whitey Matthervs again in presiden-
tial chair as vice preš. and Pauline
Ross as Sec’y, Agnes Stefanick is
again Rec. Sec’y.

Jan. 15 it was my pleasure to at-
tend the first sectional conference,
for the education of the officers,
mainly the secretaries. It is my
opinion that this idea vvill spread
and to everyone’s benefit. Speaches
were made by Cam Zarnick, Matt
Petrovich, and Joe Fifolt. Bro.
Vider also spoke on the policies and
answered the questions made by
members. FRANCES PREŠEREN

Young Americans

DETROIT — The new officers of
the Young Americans, SNPJ Lodge
564, installed at the last meeting, are
as follovvs: Ray Travnik, preš., Ju¬
lius Kaminski, vice-pres.; Lena Mau-
ser, treas.; Jo Spejndal, rec. sec y,
Tom Hostnik, sec’y; Andrevv Grum,
audit. com. chm.; Lenny Crips,
šport chm.; Elvvood Blake, enteit.
com. chm. The Y. A. retained Al
Maccani as athletic director.

The people from Flint are to be
congratulated for the bovvling pait>
they have given our members Jan.
14 at the Slovene Dom. The YAs
and the Wolverines have come back
to Detroit, \vith the major trophy
and the girls have also brought
home the girls’ trophy. Henry Diulus
came through with a 678 series to
bring the singles trophy home.

Ali this was follovved up with a
delicious dinner, refreshments anc.
dancing. A wonderful time was
had by alk—The Slovene Natl.
Home is coming along pretty fine
and when completed, we are going
lo give our Flint iriends a return
match. So be prepared for this
datc vvhen announef-d.

JULIUS KAMINSKI, V. P.

Circle No. 3 News

CLEVELAND—Circle 3 members
have planned to see the Cleveland
Folk Festival being presented on
Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Musič Hall.
This festival will feature nationality
groups in their native dances and
songs which have been brought to
American by our elders. Each group
vvill be dressed in the costume of his
country.

Ali members who wish to attend
are to meet at the Slovenian Work-
mens Home at 12:30. The bowlers
who are bovvling their weekly
games may bring their lunches or
they can buy sandvviches at the Hall.
There vvill be cars for transporta-
tion. The priče per member is 25
cents and the admission for parents
and adults is one dollar.

DORIS PIKE. Director

Circle 31

WARREN, O.—We had a niče at-
tendance at our annual meeting.
Our parents vvere asked to come so
they could see hovv vve conduct our
meetings. We had election of offic-
ets. The results were: Preš. James
Herman. Vice-Pres. Pearl Myers,
Sec’y Norma Zagger.. Treas. Louise
Zagger, Sgt-at-Arms John Zagger.
Feb, 12 and Sun. March 12. Mem-

I hope ali members vvill follovv
the example of the follovving vvho
had perfect attendance: Frances and
Frank Šavor. Pearl Myers and Nor¬
ma Zagger.

I vvould like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank our Co-Directors
Louise Šavor and Dorothy Tomazin
for their splendid cooperation and
the patience they have had vvith us
for the past year. May their efforts
not be in vain.

NORMA JEAN ZAGGER, Sec’y

Circle 64

HOSTETTER, Pa. — Pathfinder
Ciircle held its annual Xmas pro¬
gram at the Pipetovvn SNH on Dec.
17, opening vvith a vveleome by our
lodge secreta»y Agnes Palmer.
Circle members vvho participated
were Ernest Rock, Ronald Erb,
Janet Guzik. Joan Pavlovcak, Bon-
nie Lou Palmer.' Billy Smith, Geral-
dine Stein, Billy Miller, Sandra Res¬
nik, Leonard Kikel, Mary DeAngelo,
Jacki e Wassil, Joanne Dolinar, Clara
Reschick. Edvvard Yurkurenis, Nan-
cy Pipak, Beverly; Goodman, Almi¬
ra Armel, Donald Miller, Sandra
Dolinar, Lois Pavlovcak, Dorothy
Goodman.

Also, Katherine DeAngelo, Rich¬
ard Rock, Billy Paine, Lonnie Prah,
Nancy Smolleck, Rita Ferlin, Nancy
Hughes, James Hanuovsky, Char-
lotte Kikel, Dolores De Angelo,
Patricia Palmer, Beverly Goodman,
Betty Miller, Marilyn Erb, Regina
Wassil, Marjorie Gannon, Karen
Prah, Barbara Yurkurenis, Helen
Gannon and Dianne Resnik.

At the end of the program Santa
presented each juvenile member
vvith his annual season’s treat. A
grab bag for adults and children
follovved.

Our annual meeting vvas held on
Dec. 4 and officers vvere eleeted as
follovvs: Preš. Dorothy Goodman,

Vice-Pres. Sandra Dolinar, Sec'y
Ernest Rock, Rec. Sec’y Lois Pavlov¬
cak, Treas. Joanna Dolinar, Sgt.-at-
arms Donald Miller.

Last Oct. 14 Leo J. Palmer, fa-
ther of George, Patricia, Jimmy,
John and Agnes Palmer vvas hit by a
car in front of his home. He vvas
hospitalized about six vveeks and
returned to his home. On Jan. 4 he
passed away. We extend our sin-
cere condolences to his bereaved
family.

Our sincere thanks to ali circies
vvhich sent us greeting cards, and
our vvishes for a happy and pros-
perous year to ali SNPJ members.

THERESA R. MAZON, Dir.

Circle No. 29

DETROIT — Was glad to see so
many children at the practice ses-
sion Tuesday night. As most of
you knovv, there’s going to be a high
ole time in Detroit. Why? The
Grand opening of the Nevv Sloveni¬
an Home, of course. The head of
then cntertainment, August Platt
asked the Circle to put on a little
program for that day. So vve are
getting an early start by practicing
once a vveek. If you are interested
in the program and vvould like to
participate, corhe to John R. Wed.
night, or better yet, call Un-4-3623.
We vvill practice every Wed. at 7
p. m. if the hali is available.

The bovvlers did fine Sat., espe-
cially the girls’ team. The boys
seemed to be under pressure for
so.rr.e reason, I vvonder why? The
srpall fry are really going to tovvn
vvith strikes and spares being al-
most a common event. Pat Mul-
ligan getting tvvo strikes, Judy Ber-
nich and Joyce Bence getting one
each.

Little Butchie Bence, only four
years old, bovvled a 26 game, vvith
a very small bovvling bali. Is that
ever čute to see such a tiny tot
bovvl. The saying “You’re never
too young or old,” certainly is true.
A little bird told me someone is
going to lake movies of the bovvl-
crs Feb. 4. This vvill give every-*
ono a (hrinco to noo the fino giil
and boys vve have in the Circle. Al-

so that star performer and comedi-
an of the teen agers, Billy Travnik.
He really got a fevv trick shots at
the bovvling alley and came out on
top. Was glad to see a fevv more
spectators at the alley; it makes the
children feel more important and
they try to much harder.

Our next meeting vvill be Feb. 4
at John R. hali at 1 p. m., bovvling
to follovv, and the movies to be taken
at Palmer Park Rec. Remember the
Valentine box social.

ANGELINE SLAPSHAK, Dir.

Circle No. 69 News

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Circle 69 vvill
hold its regular meeting Friday
evening, Jan. 27, at 7:30, at 3500 S.
Broadway. The nevv officers are
Betty Bayuk, president, Charlotte
Ducote, secretary; Joann Mayer,
treasurer. l’m sure they vvili make
good officers as they have alvvays
cooperated.

After the meeting movies of the
Juvenile Christmas Party vvill be
shovvn. I had a sneak previevv of
them and knovv you members will
enjoy seeing yourselves in action.
These movies vvill be shovvn by So-
phie Vertovsek of the Špirit Lodge.
She has been a very loyal support-
er of the Circle and deserves much
praise and thanks for devoting her
time and effort.

We are ali certainly going to miss
our former Director Tillie Ducate
vvho did such a vvondnerful job vvith
the Circle even though she has her
hands already filled vvith her farn¬
ih and store. It vvas indeed a
pleasure to vvork vvith vvith. Hovv-
ever, she has promised to cooperate
vvith us in any way possible. So
vvith the help of my assistants,
Mary Yurgec and Frances Mahnich,
I knovv the Circle vvill continue to
progress.

IDA KACIN, Director

Circle No. 26 News

CHICAGO — Perfect Circle held a
special meeting last Saturday morn-
ing, and it turned out to be a good
session. Members got busv on the
handeraft project and it looks like
it is going to be a good display.
Circle 26 members have always fa-
vored paper, paste and scissor hand¬
eraft and the decorations for the
hali and our vvall space vvill be
something to look at. Myra An-
,dres, Larry Lotrich, Midge; Reven,
Robann Sannemann and Doris Tro-
jar have charge of special heart
decorations, Joanne Rak assembled
the Lincoln and Washington display
and our young group are going to
town on the “girl and boy” face
hearts. The older children choose
their subjects for the booklets to be
made and we’re busy svvapping pic-
tures, articles, etc.

We took an inventory of ali
trophies, 12 in ali, and the older bovs
got busy and polisher them up vvith
glass-wax and vvood-cream. We
really have an assortment and one
more attractive than the other.

We interrupted our busy fingers
long enough to hold a short business
rr.eeting since several items came
up that had to be aeted upon. The
Circle is in need of a piano and vve
are asking our friends if lhey knovv
for one reasonably priced. Many
times there are folks vvho vvant \o
get rid of a piano just for hauling
charges, vvhich are high and if you
knovv of anyone vvho vvould be of
some help to the Circle in this mat-
ter, kindiy contact anyone connected
vvith the Circle.

Under the title “Heart to Heart
Hook-up” the Circle vvill present a
Valentine program and social on
Thurseay evening, Feb. 16, in the
lovver SNPJ Hall. We’ve started on
the plans and vveTe going to do our
best to have a very entertaining
affair.

Since the Supreme Board vvill be
in session at this time, an invitation
has been sent them to be our special
guests for this affair. The Circle
bas had the pleasure of entertaining
the board before, and vve are look¬
ing forvvard to seeing them ali once
again.

Since the 16th falls upon the 3rd
Thursday vvhich happens to be the
regular meeting night of Lodge 102
(Nada) a letter vvas sent to them
asking if thev vvould cooperate by
holding their meeting in another
part of the building. As usual they
vvere more than anxious to help out
the Circle, and vve also extendecT
them a special invitation to hold
their meeting a little earlier so they
too could join us.

Minka Alesh, Sec’y of Nada. ex-
plained that thev are holding r
dance on February 11 and asked il
the Circle could help out vvith deco¬
rations. The Circle vvill put up
Valentine, Lincoln and Washington
decorations the first vveek of Feb-
ruary and vvill leave them up so
they vvill add to any affaiirs, meet¬
ings, etc. that vvill be going on dur-
ing the month.

Bovvling Notes:— Q u i t e a fevv
members turned up for bovvling
Sunday morning, and we’re begin-
ning to get some of the kinks out
of our “forms.” The management
at Lavvndale Lanes has obtained ju-
nior bovvling balls. much to the de-
light of our younger members. John
Rak and the Circle boys vvere keen
ivmin-tition •••siti ! Flhi M ie Selak
the Circle girls and myself, and I m

New Slovene Home
In Meadoiv Lands

MEADOW LANDS, Pa,—Much
interest is being shovvn by the mem-
bers and iheir friends in the nearly
completed American Slovene Home
sponsored by the Lodge 259 SNPJ
of Meadovv Lands.

Many inquiries have been made
as to the Grand Opening. Because
of the cold vveather the vvork on the
outside vvill not be through until
spring. So until then the Building
and the Social Committees have
been hard at vvork and have given
us the opportunity to have a pre¬
vievv' of the enjoyment that vve can
expect there.

Members and our friends from
the neighboring lodges are invited
to attend our social affairs on Janu-
ary 29, and February 11 and 12. On
Jan. 29 and Feb. 12 (Sundays) mu¬
šic vvill be Jerry’s Trio, and on Feb.
11 (Saturday) by John Boles.

The vvomen have taken an added
interesf i n  the club. -They are tak-
ing charge of the kitchen. Ali pro-
ceeds in this department vvill re-
;r ain there and by the time of the
Grand Opening expectations are to
have the kitchen completely fur-
nished. So hovv about a helping
hand?

Ladies of the lodge particularly,
please note. You are asked to con¬
tact Mrs. Mary Žitko Rathbone,
Mrs. Josephine Tauzel, or Miss Mary
L. Pelan to give them your inten-
tions of your donations for the “Do¬
mača Zabava” on Feb. 11 and 12.
In this manner they vvill be able to
determine vvhat they vvill have
available to serye and too, it vvill
prevent having too much of one
variety and not eno.ugh of some¬
thing else.

We vvere happy to see the young-
er set attending our last affair. We
hope you ali enjoyed yourselves.
Please come back again, remember
you ali promised us.

MARY L. PELAN, 239

P, S.  BF. A, News

CHICAGO—Our first meeting this
year vvas short yet a lot of business
vvas transaeted. Minka Alesh gave
a report of the auditing committee.

The expense for the typewriter
vve shipped to Ljubljana vvas $154.
The balance of the articles have been
purchased and vvill be packed for
shipment. This consists of school
supplies, notions, baseballs, foot-
balls, cotton goods, spices, etc.

A donation of $10 vvas given to
the Infantile Pafalysis fund. We
vveleome 4 ,two nevv members into
our group, Rose Videc and Anna
Jane Kolar. We have one sick mem¬
ber vvho is at the Bethany Hospital.
Jennie Doles (5032 N. Paulina)
vvould appreciate a visit.

Tickets for Nada’s Valentine
Dance Feb. 11 are only 50 cents and
can be obtained from our various
Nada members. Your attendance
vvill be appreciated.

“Trije Vaški Svetniki” under the
auspices of the PSWA vvill journey
to Milvvaukee on February 12 to
present this play. We vvould like
to have a group, make this trip with
us. Anyone interested in going,
please contact Frances Vider.

We vvish to thank Vinko Knol for
his interesting talk on Jugoslavia.
Manv questions vvere asked and vvere
ansvvercd for ali concerned. His
■1atc:rent that those of you vvho read
Prosveta knovv the facts as vvell as
I do, proved so true as the vvord
Prosveta (Enlightenment) speaks
for itself.

Those of you vvho mail in your
dimes, kindly mail them to Frances
Stark. 4350 N. Leavitt st., Chicago
18, 111.

Our next meeting vvill be held on
Friday. Feb. 10, at the Slovene La¬
bor Center. Be sure to attend as
the Educational Committee has
plans for something special. More
on this surprise later.

FRANCES STARK. Sec’y

sorry to say the direetors ctidn’t do
so vvell. We bovvl every Sunday
morning and novv besides preparing
for the juvenile tournament vve are
also practicing to bovvl against our
parents some time in Mttrch. The
last time vve did this the Circle
vvere easy vvinners over the parents
so they vvill novv have a chance to
even the score.

Regular meeting! A regular meet¬
ing vvill be held this Saturdav morn-
in gat 10. Members are urged to be
prompt since vve must continue vvith
our handeraft vvork aftervvards and
also put some time in on the Valen¬
tine program.

The Circle is planning to go to
the Goodman Theater in February
to see “King Midas anc’ the Golden
Touch.” Edvvard Udovich, former
Circle member and assistant, is a
študent at Goodman and has one of
the leading roles in this production.
He vvill be able to get us good
tickets at reduced rates, and mem¬
bers are requsted to order their
tickets this aSturday. Parents are
also invited to attend vvith the Cir¬
cle at the same prices as for the
children. Incidentally, Edvvard ap-
peared on the radio last Saturday
on WJJD in “Thirty Minute Thea¬
ter.” He portraved “Seurat,” the
French painter in the skit “Sketches
from the Life of Vincent Van Gogh.”

Members are reminded to bring
scissors, paste and pencil as vvell us
their project material to the meei-
ing Sqturday.

ANN SANNEMANN, Act. Dir.

Spirits Neivs Vieivs

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Our January
meeting vvas vvell attended and the
true fraternal špirit prevailed.
throughout the meeting. Many im¬
portant topies vve discussec. and
passed on. The nevv locgl rules for
19,50 were dis.tributed to ali vvho at¬
tended. We vvish to thank Sis, Ida
Baumgai’th of St. Charles for pre-
pairing them. She cut the stencils
and mimeographed them for us. It’s
like the old saying, “If you vvant
something done ask some busy per-
son to do it and it shall be done.
Ida has her family to take čare of
and also assists her husband at tho
store, so you can see that vve asked
the right person for the job.

Something nevv vvill be tried out
this spring. So Brothers and Sis-
ters, lend rr.e your ears. The Spirits
vvill give their 1'irst Rummage Šale
some time soon. Watch this column
for announcement of the date. But
get busy right novv and think of ali
the vvhite elephants you have
around your home. Clothing of ali
kinds vvill be accepted, just so it's
clean and not torn, and pots and
pans, almost anything that is usabl>.
This vvill be a fine time to dispoSe
of items vvhich only get in yo.ur
way during spring cleaning time,
and help your lodge at the same
time. So prepare your contribu-
tions and phone either Sec’y Adella
Markoff, phone Sw 0506 or Preš..
John Yurgec, Mo. 3173. Don’t put
ofi, get on the heam, help make
this a success. Can vve count on
you? That’s fine I knevv we could.
Oh yes, I started to say that you
should call John or Odella, they
vvill arrange to have your bundle-
picked up.

Another thing that has us ali in a
ditter is the fortheoming Midvvest
Bovvling Tournament. Yep, looks
like the Spirits vvill be there, bovvl¬
ers and auite a number of rooters
too. Ali aboard, here vve go! Do
you vvish to come too? You are
most vveleome to join the merry
crovvd. Contact Preš. Yurgec o:-
bowling team Capt. John Lasterni,
Ga 0138.

Do you have a date for Jan. 27,
Friday eve? If not why not come
to the Juvenile Cix - cle meeting
vvhich vvill be held at the Southei-n
Hotel on South Broadway. For full
direct.ions phone Tillie Ducate, Hu
9704. The movies of the Juvenile
Xmas party vvill be shovvn.

I say hats off to the juveniles. I
think vve can learn something from
them. I appreciated very much the
lovely thank you note I received
from the Juvenile Sec’y Charlotte
Ducate in behalf of the Cii’cle. It’s
touched my heart and shall long be
remember ed.

Wedding beliš vvill soon be i'ing-
ing for Jim Horvatin. His bride
vvill b.e Lucy Ann Vogel. Congra¬
tulations and the very best lučk for
a long, happy life together.

The Secret Pals for 1949 vvere
vvisclosed and nevv pals received.
It’s really a lot of fun. We have
quite a number of secret pals in the
lodge f° r  1950.

At our next meeting nevv mem¬
bers vvill be initiated, and there vvill
be a lunch and coffee served after
the meeting. So mark the date on
your calendar and be on hand to
vveleome the nevv members.

Congratulations to Bro. Frank
Rozman and his bride. Come around,
sometime and let’s get acquainted.
Good lučk to you both.

We’d like to see the Buckovvitz
Sr. at the meeting sometime too.
We hope you are both feeling bet¬
ter. We are sorry to hear that Sis-
ter Mary Petrovič is stili on the
sick list. We are glad to hear that
Bro. Pete Kokal is completely re-
covei'ed from the accident he en-
countered vvhile cutting kinclling
vvood in the garage.

Happy birthday to Ann Kokal.
Okey, John, take your Q from me.

SOPHIE VERTOVSEK, 659

Veronian' News

VERONA, Pa,—The Veronian
Lodge meeting of Jan. 15 vvas very
vvell attended. That’s the way it
should be, alvvays. May vve see more
of you at the next one. By the vvay,
the meetings vvill be on the second
Sunday. of each lnonth, until about
April, vvhen thev shall be changed
to Friday, for the summer months.
Watch the paper for definite Infor¬
mation.

Jan. 28 vvill be another dance
night at the Club, so you members
and friends vvho vvant to spend a
fevv leisure houi’s, please come dovvn
and help make this an enjoyable
evening. There vvill be good mušic
and refreshments.

Juveniles, Ailenlion: Your nevv
dii'ectoi's are Sis. Josephine Kirn,
chairman ,assisted by Josephine
Kirn and Josephine Slivsek. The
first meeting vvill be Friday, Feb. 3,
at 7 pm. Ali interested please at¬
tend. We vvill have election of offi¬
cers and other interesting discus-
sions. Come on, Juveniles, let’s
make our Circle 15 one of distinc-
tion.

Anyone interested in obtaining
tickets for x-equests on the American
Slovene Program vvhich is heai’d
every Sunday on WLOA, Bi’addock,
please see Josephine Slivsek.

We, of the Veronians, send get-
vvell vvishes to Joseph Plese and
Julius Lanyi.

Our lodge sends its deepest sym-
pathy to Suc Dzur, on the recent
loss ol her father.

I nst but not least, letiš ali give
to the March of Dimes, to help com--

Naprej’s Jubilee
Concert Feb, 12

MILWAUKEE, Wis,—Here is “Na¬
prej” once more, reminding you of
- our 40th Anniversary Concert to be
held at 3:30 on February 12 at Col¬
lins Meyer Post Hall, the old South
Side Turn Hall.

We’ve already told you about the
popular Russian Dancei - s vvho vvill
perlorm for you. Novv here is good
nevvs about other groups of top-
notchers vvho vvill also be on the
program. The men’s ehorus “Lilija '
is preparing a group of favorite
Slovenian songs for your pleasure.
Those vvho have had the pleasure
of hearing this group sing, certainly
are looking forvvard to hearing them
again. In addition, the Chicago
playei-s of Circle No. 9 of Progres¬
sive Slovene Women vvill present a
3-act comedy, “Trije vaški svetniki”
(Three Village Saints). This is just
a sample of the treats in store for
those vvho vvill attend “Naprej’s con¬
cert.

With the unselfish cooperation of
its many friends, “Naprej” has done
much in the last 40 years to pro-
mote Slovenian culture. We sin-
cerely hope this cooperation shall
continue at present and in the fu-
ture. We are looking forwai’d to
seeing ali of our old friends, and
nevv ones, too, at out Feb. 12 cele-
bration. LOUIS ŠERUGA

Lincolnite Neuis

SPRINGFIELD, 111,— For the firs',
meeting of the veai*, our Januarv
meeting vvas vvell attended. We
vvere happy to have one of our
former members as a visitor, Chris-
tine Nadvesnik who is novv living
in Chicago.

The committee vvas very happy
to be able to report that their visit
at the Dom Direetors meeting re-
sulted in the decision that the Juve¬
nile Circle vvould be allovved to use
the Dom Hall for their meetings and
practices free of charge. A vote of
thanks to the Dom from the Lin-
colnites and the Juveniles.

Our boys are ali set for the bovvl¬
ing touimament in Chicago Feb. 25-
26. We’re hoping the girls vvill
have a team ready to go by the
deadline date. Let’s try to have a
fevv rooters attend too.

* * * *

Plans for ouh February 11 dance
are vvell under way. The plače is
the Dom, the mušic vvill be furnished
by Šlim Williaix3 and his Tune Top-
perst A large crovvd is expected.
Members, get busy and seli your
quota of tickets, so that the com¬
mittee won’t be disappointed. A
special invitation is extended to ali
cut-of-tovvners, particularly from
our neighboring tovvns. The com¬
mittee to decorate the hali should
be at the Dom Monday, Feb. 6, at
7 p. m.

A vote of thanks to our retii-ing
seci'etary, Mai-y Ann Felber, vvho
did an excellent job during her terin
in Office. We are proud to give her
the credit for the Lincolnites hav¬
ing oniy one suspended member
during the year 1949. We feel sure
our nevv secretary, Adam Bunevhch.
is vvell qualified to take over this
job, vvhich Mai’y Ann felt it neces-
sary to give up because of the pres¬
sure of other vvork. Adam is quite
e.  nevvcorr.-er to our grouo, and
should he commended for his in¬
terest and the active part he has
taken in lodge vvork since his trans¬
fer to the Lincolnites. For those
vvho have forgotten, Adanrs adaress
is 1330 N. Grandn Ave., East, phone
8-4-284.

ANN BOLKA, 567

Of Interest
To Veterans

CHICAGO—The first of 16,000,-
000 checks for the $2.8 billion Na¬
tional Service Ljjfe Insurance spe¬
cial dividend vvill be mailed Mon-
day, Jan. 16 Vetei'ans Administra-
tion has announced.

The mailing operation vvill be
done by Disbursing Office of the
U. S. Treasury. The goal is to mail
200,000 čhecks daily for each 5-day
vvork-vveek, or a total of 1,000,000
checks weekly. V-A stressed that
this is merely a goal; it does not
imply that 200,000 checks vvill be
mailed on any work-day.

Of the 16,000,000 servicemen and
vvomen vvho took out NSLI policies
in sei-vice, more than 400,000 have
died. The dividend for this group
vvill be handled sepai'ately.

Dividends vvill be paid on ali
NSLI certificates that vvere held in
force three months or longer. Pay-
ments vvill be based only on the pe¬
riod for vvhich premiurrs wei’e paid
—not on lapse periods.

The dividend-bearing pei'iod cov-
ers the month that each policy vvas
issued in premium-paying status to
the anniversary date of that policv
in 1948.

The major part of the dividend-
payment operation vvill be com¬
pleted by June 30. 1950.

Submitted by

ALBERT LUZAR
Service Officer, Lodge 559

bat the di - ead diseasc, infantile pa-
ralysis, for vvho knovvs vvhere is may
stTike next. Give what- you can
JOSEPHINE KIRN, 6G0

Miluiaukee News

MILWAUKEE—Ali SNPJ Badger
Lodge 584 members should remem¬
ber to attend the monthly meeting
Fiiday, Jan. 27, at 8:30 prr, at Re-
bernisek’s hali, S. 6th and W. Bruce.
Installation of nevv officers for the
year 1950 vvill take plače, and topies
of interest to the inembpi'S vvill be
discussed. Ali members should at¬
tend the monthly meetings each
4th Friday of the month.

Badger lodge is having a card
party on Sunday, Feb. 5, at the nevv
Slovene Home (Arcadian Inn). The-
time is 2 pm and the plače is lo-
cated at S. 136th and W. Greenfield
ave. Funds from the card party
vvill be used for athletics, such as
bovvling, softball, etc. Any member
vvho vvishes to donate a table prize
of a dollar or so is vveleome to do so.
Volunteer vvorkers vvill be appreci¬
ated by the committee. Turn in
your names and donations to me or
to Frances Debelak. Tickets can be
gotten from me or from Frances
Debelak. Let’s see a lot of you
there.

Remember the fortheoming SNPJ
Midvvest league bovvling touma-
ment, vvhich vvill be held in Chicago
on Feb. 25 and 26. The deadline for
entries is Feb. 1, so send your names
to rr.e soon. The Badgei's vvill prob-
ably have six or seven teams. I un-
derstand that Lodge Lily vvill be
very vvell represented. by five teams
of enthusiastic bovvlers. One of
their men’s teams finishecl vvell up
in the money in last year’s tourna¬
ment. A representation of tvvelve or
thirteen teams from Milvvaukee vvill
be a good shovving. Lodge 631 of
Chicago is directing the tournament.
My feling is that it is in very capa¬
ble hands and that it vvill be vvell
handled.

A baby boy to Ed BashelLs vvife
vvas reported recently. Mrs. Bashell
is the former Ann Strenfel. Con¬
gratulations. Bring nim into the
SNPJ. Remember that a baby can
be insured for as little as 18 cents
n rr onth.

A membership campaign for the
SNPJ home vvill soon be under way.
If you aren't already a member,
join this year. This worthy enter-
nrise has gone far in this first year.
vVith your assistance it vvill go fur¬
ther.

In the men’s 835 social league Ko¬
deks tap is stili in front by a com-
fortable margin. The boys are real-
ly knocking dovvn the timber. They
vvill be in the Midvvest Tournament.

Remember to pay your dues to
me on Fridays, afternoons and eve-
nings, at rr.y home, 381 E. Bay st.
Ali members should pay before the
end of each month. I vvill be at the
Badger lneeting on Friday, Jan. 27.
at 7 pixa for the convenience of those
of you vvho can make it then. My
phone number is SH 4-0881. If you
vvis hto call me about anv problem,
do so in the evenings. See you on
Friday. JOHN J, POKLAR

Lodge 540 News

ELIZABETH, N. J.—Lodge 540
held its annual meeting on Dec. 11
vvith a good attendance. After pre-
liminai'y business vve vvent on to the
important job of electing officei's
for 1950. They are: Preš. Joseph
Pasarich Jr., Vice-Pres. Michael
Bratnik Sr., Sec'y Joseph Pasarich
Sr., Rec. Sec’y John Bratnik, Treas.
John Yakely, Auditing Committee—
Mary Pezdirc, Michael Rebernik,
Joseph Domina.

Congratulations to ali, and thanks
for the splendid vvork you have done
in the past, also for your patience
and co-operation at ali times.

Members vvho attended every
meeting are thanked for their loyal-
ty and faithfulness. Its members
like you vvho keep a lodge alive and
functioning. Keep it up, and ma 5 '
more members follovv your example.

Officers vvere svvorn in by the
President. After the meeting vve
held our usual Xmas party vvith re¬
freshments vvhich everyone enjoyed.
We especially vvant to thank Sophie
and Gene Schvveikert for donating
cookies to the children.

Congratulations to Mary and John
Yakely vvho became the proud par¬
ents of a son on Dec. 6. and to Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Pasaihch Sr. vvho
celebrated their 35th vvedding anni-
versary vvith a party on Jan. 2.
Greetings go to our members vvho
this month celebrate birthdays and
anniversaries.

The next meeting dates are Sun.,
Feb. 12 and Sun., March 12 Mem¬
bers are ui'ged to attend; let’s ali try
to make this year’s meetings the
best attended. Please pay your dues
on time; the secretary vvill appreci¬
ate it. MARY PEZDIRC, 540

Social Club News

M IL W A U K E E—The Slovenian
Social Club has ai-ranged a Benefit
Card Pai'ty for Sunday, Jan. 29, at
Rebernisek’s Hall, 539 S. Sixth st.
Thei*e vvill be continuous playing
during the afternoon and evening
and you are cordially invited to join
in the fun. These young men have
done much since they first organ-
ized and continue to do so by do¬
nating 50% of the proceeds of this
card. partv to chai'iL r . Ali of them
are SNPJ members and active in
local lodge affairs. You may ob-
tain your tickets from any one of
them and be assured of a good ume.
What better vvav to spend a Su.nday
than vvith your friends at this af
fair

I 'UBLICITY CCjhi  i,ix ETE L

WEDNESDAY, JANU AR Y 25, 1950

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'PROSVEf A 1

S. N. P. J. SPORTS

Midwest Meeting

CHICAGO—The meeting of the
Midwest SNPJ Athletic League was
held at Waukegan last Sunday with
a record number of members and
lodges represented. Softball and
bovvling, the tvvo main sports in the
league, were the main topics of dis-
cussion. The 'follovving lodges sig-
nified their intentions of fielding
teams: Lily and Badgers of Mil-
waukee, Integrity, Pioneers and De¬
lavec of Chicago, Little Forts of
Waukegan and Moderns of Sheboy-
gan. Any other lodges in this sec-
tion should contact the secretary of
the league. At the next meeting of
the league final details of organiz-
ing the softball league will be
worked out. The meeting will be
at the Center in Chicago April 16
at 10:30 a.m.

Bowling Tournament

Julius Abram of Integrity re-
ported that to date only 3 entries
were received, so ali teams plan-
ning to enter are urged to get their
entries in at once, as it will make
the work of the committee easier
and also assure you of your bowling
time. Entry deadline is Feb. 1. The
bowling alleys are at 240V N. Mil-
waukee ave, near Western. Rep-
resentatives reporting on the num¬
ber of teams that their lodges would
enter brought the entry list up to
60 which rr.eans that the Midwest
Tournament is sure to be a success.
In connection with the tournament,
Integrity is sponsoring a dance at
the Northwest Hall, 2403 W. North
ave. (1600 north), Saturday, Feb. 25,
with Joe Kovich’s orchestra playing
for dancing'. Officers of the Mid-
vvest league for 1950 are: President,
Julius Abram (Integrity); Vice Pres¬
ident, A. Obosla (Victorians), Secre-
tary, Frank Groser (Pioneers), and
Treasurer, Stanley Vidmar (Lily).

Slovene Center

Shareholders of the Slovene La¬
bor Center are urged to attend a
meeting this Friday, Jan. 27, at 8
pm, at which directors will be
elected. On Sat., Feb. 4, the Slo¬
vene Center Social Club is having
its annual meetitng and ali mem¬
bers are invited to attend the meet¬
ing and social to follow.

FRANK GROSER, 559

F. Svigel 209, A. Poklar 206, J. Po-
santi 204, J. Matthews 204, A. Gerch-
man 201, P. Tomšič 201, J. Birk 201,
R. Škufca 201.

Poling taking 211-512 series for the
Wires. Those were tough ones to
lose, girls.

The Bar Five girls took a pair of
wins from the Loyalites as E. Grdol-
nik came a-charging for 186-514 se¬
ries, her first this season. Faith-
ful Fay scored 441 and M. Zorman
434. It wasn’t the red pop either,
Rosalie. For the Loyalites, V. Smer¬
del and L. Zupon lead the gang with
437 and 425, respectively.

The Belles went to work on the
Choppers and came out on top with
two wins. A. Strausser starred for
the victors as she rang in 139-362
with D. Mustovich scoring 134-338
and V. Vollman 314. Marriage
must agree with you, Virginia. M.
Zakely of the Woodchoppers, was
high with 421. I guess a handsome
spot and a little better than average
bowling can do a lot of harm, eh
girls?

The Rollettes snached a two game
victory from the Good-timers also.
H. Kronik posted 447, the Good-
timers offerred 418 series by E. To-
fant as high, and a 160 total in the
last tilt to turn it into a win.

Team Standing: Bar Five 42-18,
Live Wires 41-19, Loyalites 34-26,
Woodchoppers 30-30, Rollettes 28-
32, V Boj 26-34, Belles 22-38, Good-
timers 17-43.

Team Hi 3—Bar Five 2421, Live
Wires 2391, Rollettes 2381; Team Hi
1—Live Wires 856, Rollettes 849,
Loyalites 843.

Indiv. Hi 3—H. Kronik 556, F.
Mocilnikar 539, J. Bonney 535; In¬
div. Hi I—F. Mocilnikar 215, J. Bon-
ney 214, B. Poling 211.

Indiv. Sfandings—Jean Bonney
160, F. Mocilnikar 157, H. Kronik
152.

SNPJ Wolverines

Timber Topics

By Agnes Siefanic

CLEVELAND—The leading Starš
took four points from the Spartans
2 vvho were handicapped with two
blinds. For the Starš, Stella Mo¬
cilnikar rolled 154 and Fran Kolenc
of the Spartans did the honors with
170.

Team 12 also chalked up a shut-
out in their counter with the Na¬
predne gals. Rose Mihcic for the
winners came up vvith a 164 game.

The Concordians 2 met the Com-
ets and the result was a three point
win for the Concordians with Millie
Marn hitting 174. Toni Skok had
157 for the Comets.

Battling for fourth and fifth plače
the Concordians 1 took three points
from the Planets reducing the lat-
. ters’ lead by two points. For the
Concordians, Ann Hoenig had 163
and the Planets’ 1  best was 154 by
Josephine Vehar.

The up and stili coming Spartans
1 took three points from their sister
Spartans 3 team. For the former,
Ann Opeka had 156.

And over on alleys 3 and 4, the
Cleveland team settled peacefully
for two points from the Rockets.

My goodness—such games—we’d
better knuckle down and start some
serious bowling.

Highlites of last week were Agnes
Flanders with 196 for the Starš, Mil¬
lie Marn with 187-501 for the Con¬
cordians 2, Rose Mimcic for Team
12 with 186 and Marcella Sattler
with 153. Pauline Ross had 184 for
the Planets, while Albina Vehar had
173-504 for the Comets. Mickey
Može paced the Rockets with 176
and Fran Kolenc had 159 for the
Spartans 2. For Spartans 1, Ann
Ljubi had 166. Four point sweeps
were registered by the Starš, Plan¬
ets, Spartans 1, Rockets, and Team
12. Three points were captured by
Concordians 2.

Bowling Betsys

CLEVELAND—The battle  be-
tvveen Bar Five girls and Live Wires
is stili raging as the Five took pos-
session of first plače again by a one
game lead.

The V Bojers jostled the Live
Wires by handing them a double
setback as they unloaded 823-2332
team total. A. Jerina had 187-484
series to take top honors for her
team. D. Pike taillied 153-441 vvith
J. Jerina registering 160, M. Tonejc
167 and J. Mihacic 123. Not to be
outdone when it comes to fine bovvl-
ing, we found J. Bonney tripping
the maples for 204-515 series and B.

Kegling Kapers

By J. J. Spilar

CLEVELAND — Nothing exciting
as far as scores are concerned in
this Sunday loop for some time, al-
though the league lead was acquired
early in Dec. by the Lunder Adamič
men replaced this week by Utopian
2. Ironically enough, it was the lat-
ter who started the downfall of the
reseated aggregation by svveeping
three points from them last week
to close the gap to a single marker.
As the same gents took it on the
chin again in this session, the new
possessors slapped a shutout on
their opponents to gain a two point
lead. Nothing exciting, just routine,
certainly not typical of past per-
formance when hefty totals popped
up regularly. After making this
statement, someone vvill come up
with a 700 series, we hope!

The Utopians boost to the top spot
was made possible by the Concor¬
dians who folded up for the 5th
straight week. 13 losses in 15 tries
for the slumping shooters is a puz-
zling situation as they were among
the challengers before this drastic
drought began. Change the lineup,
get a new apple, walk in the joint
backwards or—do something, fel-
lows! Johnny Japel’s 506 was best
for the losers while the winners ali
got into the act on Bill Kronik’s
571, Ed Hartman’s 562, your report¬
erk 524, Chuck Krivees 513 and
Andy Poklar’s even 500.

Outscored but not outhandicapped.,
the V Bojs took advantage of a 62
pin spot per game to subdue the
Lunder Adamič gang twice. The
surprise of the league are these
scrappy V Bojers who stand in third
plače at this stage of the season,
three points out of first and one be-
hind the now second Lunders. Lou
Starman’s 532 was the mai.nstay for
the victors and on the other side
were 536, 528 and 513 sets by Frank
Svigel, Lou Strukel and Tony
Primc.

A new low in team series total
which was downcasted by anchor-
man Morris Debenakk count, saw
the Loyalites handing over three
points to the cellar dwelling Uto¬
pian 4. After two 600’s and 17 500’s,
the roof caves in. Frank Maroltk
562 was the only bright side on the
Loyalites roster as the accept-ees re¬
ceived two games and series total
by three sticks on Joe Mihelik 450.

The Utopian 1 and 3 match end-
ed with both teams posting aetuai
2603 three game figures, but the lat-
ter had the edge in the spot which
paid off in the final handicap tabu-
lation. 580, 525 and 515 series by
Richy Škufca, Elmer Pintar and
Paul Tomšič did the trick although
the No. 1’s had five 500’s, George
Jelinek 546, Joe Matthews 527, Tony
Gerchman 516, John Hoernig 513 and
Joe Zupanič 501.

Cleveland should be well repre¬
sented at the Eastern Tournament
in Barberton on Feb. 10, 11 and 12.
Numerous local lodges will attend
and the Utopians alone will send
seven men and four women squads
thus assuring a good quota from this
area. OKay OH?

200 Circle:  F. Marolt 229 (jack-
pot), B. Kronik 217, E. Hartman 213,

Southside SNPJ
Interlodge News

CHICAGO—The public is cordial-
ly invited to the Leaguek Mid-Sea-
son Dance to be held Sat., Jan. 28,
at Illiana Hall, 10156 Avenue M.
(Avenue M is 2 blocks west of Ewing
Avenue in South Chicago). Frank
Kovačič and orchestra will furnish
the dance mušic. There will also be
plenty of refreshments on hand.
Bowling News:

Last week’s bowling results show
that team competition is getting
keener as the league starts the sec¬
ond half of the season. The lst plače
Deuces lost two games to the Havvks
while the 2nd plače Dead Beats lost
ali 3 games to the Eagles. The Rang-
ers, Aces and Panthers each won 3
games from the Sentinels, Falcons
and Hot Shots, respectively.

High menk scores were as fol-
lows: V. McKinley 639-264, E. Lavv-
head 626-215, O. Hauptman 624-

218, C. Kline 596-209, L. Kosele 594-

219, M. Brodin 588-229, A. Erickson
584-221, J. Churchia 572-205, W.
Grose 569-209, A. Di Cianni 560,
Joe K o s i c h 556-220, J. Tril¬
ler 547-221, J. Voich 541-203, M. Do¬
bro 540, E. Vrhovnik 536, M. Vrhov¬
nik 532, J. DeMaar 525, F. Sodetz
523, T. Serapin 522-211, P. Channic
521-205, M. Zatkovich 520, A. Kuhel
518, R. Bogs 516, J. Zack 515, M.
Chandick 514, H. Svetlin 513-209
and L. Radelia 512.

In the women’s league the Cardi-
nals won 2 games from the Spar-
rows while the Robins won 2 games
from the Woodpeckers.

High vvomenk scores were F. So¬
detz 576-219, M. Teringer 553-238,
H. Sodetz 526-213, M. Fleming 506-
190, J. Kline 504-182 and B. Vrhov¬
nik 496-181.

PETE CHANNIC, Sec’y-Treas.

Strabane Pioneers

STRABANE, Pa.—Important dates
to remember on our lodgek new
calendar are:

The annual Valentine Party on
Sunday, Feb. 19, at 8 p. m. Invita-
tions will be sent admitting a
friend. A floor show is assured,
also contests, surprise pkg. sales,
etc., everything to assure one of a
wonderful time on the sweetheart
day of the year. Joe “Blow” and
hi§ newphew “Schmoe” will give
with the mušic. Believe us you
will get the surprise of your life!

On Feb. 26, a Sunday evening,
cur SNPJ bowling team is sponsor¬
ing a dance. Melotone will play the
mušic.

On Jan. 28, Lodges 138 and 589
are holding a huge dance. The pop
ular Keystoners from Sharon will
render the mušic, a better band
couldn’t be had nor a nicer bunch
than ali of those friendly Sharon-
ites. The Bridgeport lodge will be
coming as a bus unit too. W/\
think these visits to each otherk
lodge dances and affairs are just
wonderful as they promote good
fellowship and a stronger fraternity.
This is an invitation to ali other
lodges near and far. How about it,
Sygan, Library, Avella, Burgetts-
town, Universal, Ambridge, Alli-
ouippa, Verona? The last four men
tioned used to come to ali of our
affairs. II' any lodge comes as a
group to any one of our affairs, we
will return the visit at your next
affair.

On Feb. 25, the Boy Scouts, troop
84, who, incidentally, are made up
of ali of our Juvenile Circle mem¬
bers, are holding a dance at the
KSKJ Hall. Frank Perovne from
Verona will be the orchestra.

“Podboys Barflies” bowling team
is entered in the Barberton Bovvl-
ing tournament. “Dutch Club’
bowling team of the Johnstown
Bowling League vvon the lst haalf.
“Ham” Kaminski captains this team
Are you getting prepared, Johns-
town, for this happy-go-lucky gang
of bowlers 80 fellovvS. You ali sure
will remember them for a long time
after.

Happy birthdays to Joey Koklich
Carl Podboy, Helen Twardy and a
belated one to “Dominie” Grosso.

How about that wonderful 2-
game average of Bill Tomsick 459
and Chuck Kovalk 268 single? There
are probably many more among our
excellent bowlers and we hope they
are brought to our attention.

Congratulations to the Sylvester
Chesnics and the Joe Progars upon
their recent marriages.

MARY KOVAL, 589

Rooms Wanted

Young Ceramic Engineer and
bride, moving to Cleveland, de-
sire two or more rooms, fur-
nished or unfurnished on East
side. Call Frank Žvanut at La,
8659.

DETROIT—On Januarv 14, eleven
squads of Detroit bovvlers, comprised
of Young Americans and Wolverines,
journeyed to Flint for a home and
home game series with the Flint
Croatian Club. In March the Flint
teams will come to Detroit to com-
plete the series.

Quite a number of Detroiters took
the chartered bus. On the way over,
Buddy Bogatay entertained with
his accordion, and upon our arrival,
he lead the parade into the bowling
alley. The bowling took plače at
the Downtown Recreation.

I think the most talked about per-
son there was Mrs. Helen Kovach
of Flint who, having only a 92 aver¬
age, bowled 214. With the 75 per
cent handicap, her game was 291.
She received the trophy for the
highest woman bowler. Hank Diu-
lus of Detroit took the highest man
trophy with a 672 series. Al Mac-
canik team, which included Joe
Junko, George Yerman, Hank Diu-
lus, and Matt Planik, took the tro-
phy for the high team. A second
trophy was awarded to the highest
team in Flint. In the ladies’ divi-
sion the Flint team took the first
trophy and Gertie Blakek team took
the second. Detroit won the trav
elling trophy by about 300 pins. This
trophy will remain in Detroit until
Flint wins it back. The prize money
would have amounted to such a
small sum that it was decided to put
it ali into trophies. Fm sure that
anyone who bas seen them will
agree that it was money well spent.
The trophies are on display at the
John R Hall.

After bowling, there was a ban-
quet at the Slovenian-Croatian Hall
Ithink Flint must have gone ali out
for us because the food was vvonder-
ful and everything was free. We’re
really going to be hard pressed here
in Detroit to repay them. Ernie
Sabo and his committee really did
a grand job of handling things.

The trophies were presented at
the end of the banquet. After that
there was dancing until 1:30. The.
mušic was furnished by various
members of the Croatian Club vvho
were relieved from time to time by
Buddy Bogatay on the accordion and
Al Bernick on the bass tub. The
people of Flint won’t forget Al Ber-
nickk rendition of the Kolo too
soon, either.

On the trip black, quite a few
members tried to get some sleep
while a few others tried hard to keep
them awake by singing. The bus
arrived at the John R Hall at about
4 Sunday morning. Thanks again
to the people of Flint for a won
derful time.

Current Events

The attendance at the Wolverine
meeting Friday, Jan. 20, *vas cut
down considerably by the bad
weather. The Wolverines took in
three new members, namely, Ann
Schneller, Catherine Korbut and
Walter Korbut.

Dorothy Steffler is recovering at
home after an appendectomy last
week. A shower was given at the
John R Hall for Barbara Blake last
Friday.

Don’t forget the Wolverine Game
Night on January 22.

VELMA OBED, 677

sponsors 1 note the name ol A. Gr¬
dina. And though most of the lib-
eral and socialist Slovenes almost
vvorship.the late president—Heck!
We ain't nowhere around. See, why
I cry in my beer.

My old lady said to me that she
liked Max Kumerk article very
much and she believed that it was
the best she has bothered to read
in the Prosveta for a long time. See,
Max, it ain’t ali barren soil you’re
plowing. You got a public.

LOUIS JARTZ, 566

Spirits’ News and Views

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Our Jan. meet¬
ing on Friday, the 13th was a lucky
day for Ann Kokal who won the
attendance prize. Attend our next
meeting, it may be your lucky night
The new officers were installed, and
we wish them a successful year.
There will be initiation of new
members at the February meeting
with a social following. Names of
new “buddies” were drawn; don’t
forget them on special dates and
occasions.

Pictures taken at the Xmas party
will be shown at the Circle meet¬
ing on Jan. 27 at South Side Hotel,
3500 S. Broadway.

Leopold Zimmerman, new arrival
from Jugoslavia, visited our meet¬
ing. He is the nephew of John Zim¬
merman and cousin of Leroy Her-
vatin. We hope he enjoyed our
meeting and will visit us often.

We are planning to have a rum-
mage šale in March. Members can
help by gathering suitable articles
such as clothing (especially chil-
drenk), pans, dishes etc. For furth-
er information or when you have
something ready, call Odella Mar-
koff. or Faye Lasterni, and articles
will be picked up.

The lodge will send the bowling
team to the Midwest tournament in
Chicago on Feb. 25 and 26. A private
car can be reserved if 25 or more
go. If you plan to go, contact John
Yurgec or the writer. Bovvlers can
bowl better when they have many
rooters. Come along, and help us
win. JOHN LASTERNI, 659

Slovene National Benefit Society

2657-59 So. Lawndale Ave. Chicago 23, Illinois

SUPREME BOARD

Execuiive Board

Joseph L. Culkar, Supreme President 2657 So. Lawndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

F. A. Vider, Supreme Secretary.2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111,

Anton Trojar, Supreme Ass’t. Secretary.2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Mirko G. Kuhel, Supreme Treasurer.2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Lavvrence Gradišek, Sec’y Sick Ben. Dept . 2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Michael Vrhovnik, Juvenile Director.2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Philip Godina, Manager of Prosveta . 2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23. 111,

Anton Garden, Editor of Prosveta.2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Vice President*

^nton Verbič, lst Vice President.1508 So. 53rd St., Milvvaukee 14, Wis.

Edvvard Tomšič, 2nd Vice President..823 W. 7th St., Walsenburg, Colo.

, Distrlct Vice Presidents

John V. Čebular, lst District.2126 Shallcross St., Philadelphia 24, Pa.

Frank Gradišek, 2nd District.. Box 88, Herminie, Pa.

Mary F. Prašnikar, 3rd District . Box 216, Harvvick, Pa.

Joseph Fifolt, 4th District . 1237 E. 60th St., Cleveland 3, Ohio

John Spillar, 5th District . 3979 Randall St., St. Louis 16, Mo.

Uršula Ambrozich, 6th District . 418 Pierce St., Eveleth, Minn.

John Petritz, 7th District . 2429 Carmona Ave., Los Angeles 16, Calif.

Frank Polšak, 8th District ... 205 Srd St. W„ Roundup, Mont.

Finance Committee

Math Petrovich, Chairman . 261 E. 150th St., Cleveland 10, Ohio

Joseph L. Culkar.2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

F. A. Vider.2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Mirko G. Kuhel . 2657 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Jacob Zupan . 1400 S. Lombard Ave., Bervvyn, 111...

Rudolph Lisch ..-. .......700 E. 260th St., Euclid, Ohio

Donald J. Lotricli . 1937 So. Trumbull Ave., Chicago 23, 111

Judiclal Committee

Anton Shular, Chairman . Box 27, Arma, Kansas

Frank Vratarich ... 315 Tener St., Luzerne, Pa.

Andrevv Vidrich.649 Forest Ave., Johnstovvn, Pa.

John Kobi, Sr. .. 208 So. 62nd Ave. W., Duluth 7, Minn.

Camilus Zamick . . . 3564 W. 67th St., Cleveland 2, Ohio

SupervUing Committee

Frank Zaitz, Chairman ... 2301 So. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Michael R. Kumer . Box 64, Universal, Pa.

Mattheiv J. Turk ... 2646 S. Lavvndale Ave., Chicago 23, 111.

Louis Kaferle . . .. 18301 East Park Drive, Cleveland, Ohio

Andrevv Grum.: ... ! . 17182 Snovvden, Detroit 21, Mich.

MY TRIP TO YUGOSLAVIA

By Josie Zakrajšek

S. N. P. J. BOWLING TOURNAMENTS

Tournameni Evenis

Plače

Closing
Eniry Date

Eastern Handicap Tournament—Barberton, O. Jan. 15
Midwest Handicap Tournament—Chicago, 111. Feb. 1

Nat’l Juvenile Telegraphic Tournament.Mar. 18

Nat’l Handicap Tournament—Johnstown, Pa.. Apr. 1

Tourney Dates

Feb. 10-11-12
Feb. 25-26
Apr. 1-2
Apr.28-29-30

SNPJ Members’
Forum

He Disagrees

CLEVELAND, O,—In last vveekk
editorial, the editor insinuated that
the President did not mean what the
President said in his State of the
Union message. I disagree. There
are a lot of things I don’t know;
but one thing of which I’m certain
is that the President believed and
vvanted everything in that message.
His fiercest enemies accuse him only
of that. Taft and Bricker vvould
sleep easier, if Harry only spoofed.

* 4  *

I hav never thanked Don Lotrich
for getting me on In Factk mailing
list. I’m getting the paper and dis-
eover what vermins the organized
press is. It ain’t just so though. I
will agree with George Seldes and
Lotrich, that once upon a time the
papers could call the tune and the
whole nation danced; but now itk
different. The power of the press
is gone the way of the dinosaurus.
Let it die!

The New York Sun has set and
was incorporated in a combination
with another failure, the World Tel¬
egram. The nevvspapers have failed
to elect a president for the last de-
cade. They’ve got themselves into
a position vvhere they serve like the
kiss of death. Whoever the papers
support loses in the presidential
toss-up. The money that goes into
radio and television is not going in¬
to the papers. The death agony of
the Sun is symptomatic of the vvhole
nevvspaper field. One hears of no
new paper starting; yet there are
more literate people in our popula-
tion than ever.

❖  #

I know that the February issue of
the Prosveta'and The Voice of Youth
will feqture that old dusty cut of
Lincoln and old stuff about him
saying that labor is superior to Cap¬
ital. Harry Truman and Maurice
Tobin are sponsoring and doing
more than old Abe eve» imagined.
Why not say something good for the
living, why fetish the dead?

The local ADA is sponsoring a
commemorative FDR birthday ral-
ly. Mrs. Roosevelt vvill be a guest

An Open Letter

GRANTS PASS, Ore.—Dear Jan:

I know that I should have vvritten
sooner, but you know how it is;
once a fellovv hasn’t done any vvrit-
ing for a vvhile, he gets out of the
groove, so to speak. I shall try to
be regular with my correspondence
from now on, and vvill try to keep
you informed of events here in the
Pacific Northvvest.

A couple of years ago, I vvrote an
article for The Voice of Youth, com-
menting on the strange things we
see here on the Rogue River. I
mentioned that I wouldn’t be sur-
prised if some day I’d see polar
bears floating down the river on
icebergs. Little did I dream that I’d
actually see the “icebergs”—minus
the polar bears, of course!

Scientists rather shyly predict
that vvithin the next 10,000 years the
Pacific Northvvest vvill be covered
with an ice cap. The vvinters are
already shovving a trend tovvard be-
coming colder, they say. It looks as
though they may be correct.

I’m glad I live by the river, what
with ali this talk about vvater short-
ages. Experts are predicting that
water shortages will become the
problem in many areas of the coun -
try. I hope that I shall never have
to resort to going without baths and
shaves in order to conserve vvater.
When it comes to that everywhere
else, ITI fence off my own section
of the Rogue River and say “hands
off!”

Remember my pet raeoon, Ali-
wicous, whom I’ve told you about’
It seems as though she understands
when she isn’t supposed to do a
thing, ’cause she tries ali the harder
to do it — just to be mean, I guess.
The habit of picking up one of a
pair of gloves and running under
the house with it has become one of
her favorite tricks.

Things are getting tougher in this
part of the country since the heavy
snovvs and severe vvinter vveather.
Heavy snovvs in the mountains have
ali but halted logging operations
and the other day when I went to
the employment Office, I nonticed
that the line was three and four
times the length it used to be. Ali
construction is at a standstill be¬
cause of the vveather. Things are
expected to pick up in February.

Our City of Grants Pass has re
cently installed traffic signals, vvhich
have since proved to be a headache.
From a city of no traffic lights,
Grants Pass has jumped to a city
vvith too many troffic lights. To
complicate matters, they aren’t
timed, and the resulting delays in
traffic seems to be complicating the
problem the signals were installed
to improve.

So long for now, Jan, and remem
ber, although it is commonly ref-
erred to as “sunny California” they
ve recently been getting more snow
than people there ever thought ex
isted. Sincerely, CLARENCE

speaker. Looking down the list of I Deal budget.

Wall Street and You

Continued from Page 1)

In the proposed 1951 budget re-
ceipts of $37.3 billion, corporate
taxes vvill be down from 45% to
27%, vvhile taxes on individuals go
up from 31% to 47% of total re-
ceipts. Excise and employment
taxes, vvhich make up the bulk of
remaininng receipts, are also paid
mainly by vvorkers and consumers
They are entitled to a genuine Fair

CLEVELAND—I have just reeent-
ly returned from a trip to Yugosla-
via and I vvould like to teli you a
little about it.

iOn September 25, 1949 the Anti-
Fascist Women of Yugoslavia be¬
gan their celebration of Children’s
Week. In order that their accom-
plishments of aid to mothers and
children be made knovvn to Ameri¬
can vvomen, they invitečl Women’s
organizations in the United States
to send representatives to visit the
childrens homes, hospitals, nurseries,
schools, etc. The Progressive Slo¬
vene Women of America received
such an invitation, and we respond-
ed by sending a representative.

I was elected to go, and this vvas
the happiest day of my life, for I
vvas soon to see the land of my par-
ents, to talk vvith the people who
had held out so bravely against the
Nazi and Fascist hordes. I vvas to
see and hear for myself vvhat is
really happening in Jugoslavia, and
to find out if the vicious statements
spread about Yugoslavia vv r ere true
or not.

Since my passport issued to me
in 1948 vvas stili valid, I proceeded
to request that the restriction of
travel to Yugoslavia be lifted. This-
vvas done, now ali I needed vvas a
Jugoslav viša and I vvas ready to
go.

On Sept. 24 I proceeded to New
York vvhere I vvas to meet the oth¬
er tvvo representatives vvho were to
make this trip vvith me. They vvere
Mjss Lois McVey, Social Welfare
Director of the Quaker Friends
Service and Mrs. Lavvrence Steefel,
Past President of the Minnesota
University Women and State Presi¬
dent of the Unitarians. •

We vvere scheduled to have tea
at the home of Marija Vilfan, vvhose
husband is a representative to the
United Nations from Yugoslavia.
We three became acquainted and
we made our plans for the follovving
morning vvhen we vvere to leave on
the KLM Air Llines at 10 o’clock.

Promptly at 7:30 on Sunday, Sept
25 vve vvere met by Stevan Dedijer
(the son of Milica Dedijer of the
Yugoslav Red Cross and a very good
friend of mine), vvho after present-
ing each one of us vvith an orchid
had us driven to the International
Airport in Wildwood, Nevv York
vvhere promptly at 10 A. M. vve
boarded the Flying Dutchman, and
vvere soon off on our way acro:|
the Atlantic. The take-off vvas very
smooth; vve could not even teli vvhen
vve had left the ground. As vve set¬
tled dovvn and made ourselves com-
fortable the stevvardness gave each
passenger a chart. On it vvas listed
the name of every passenger and
crew member; also the type of plane
(Lockheed Constellation L 749-33)
vve vvere flying.

We flevv at an altitude of 20,000
ft. The day vvas very clear and
bright and ali around us vvere noth¬
ing but clouds. The flight vvas as
smooth as sttttng in your ovvn liv
ing room, and the friendly stevvard-
ess pampered us vvith ali sorts of
good things the entire trip.

We had an interesting passenger
aboard, a cat vvhich vvas being
brought ali the vvay from Shanghai
by a vvoman missionary going to
Damascus. The cat received the
same attention a child vvould have
received. It vvas just an ordinary
cat named Sandy, and behaved
very vvell in its especially made
box.

Pretty soon the stevvardess report
ed that vve vvere over Bangor, New
foundland, that vve vvould not stop
due to the fog and that vve should
be in Shannon, Irelannd at about
9:30 P. M. EST. or 3:30 A. M
European time (thus losing 6 hrs)

Shortly before vve arrived at Shan
non Airport vve vvere given a “Bill
of Health” vvhich had to be com
pleted, signed and ready to turn in
upon arrival. This vvas to teli them
vvhether vve vvere in good health or
not.

As vve neared the landing field

the fog vvas so dense vve vvere ob-
liged to circle the field a fevv times
before landing. We landed very
smoothly and soon vve vvere being
escorted to the lounge vvhere pas-
sengers from another plane vvere
vvaiting' for the fog to rise. The trip
from Nevv York to Shannon Airfield
took us ten and a half hours.

During the 3 hour vvait for the
fog to rise vve ate breakfast and
drank a great deal of Irish Tea. We
got into quite a discussion vvith a •
big business man from Java vvho
vvas very much impressed vvith
Americans.

The fog finally cleared and vve
ali boarded the plane for our next
destination, Amsterdam, Holland.

It took us 2V 2  hours to get there.
Again vve had to fill a “Bill of
Health” vvhich vve presented as vve
entei’ed the customs at Amsterdam.
Here vve had to change planeš. We
vvaited a fevv hours and had an op-
portunity to look around the Air¬
port. It vvas a beautiful field as
airfields go, and you could see
planeš coming in and leaving con-
stantly, to ali parts of the vvorld.

Over the loud speaker it vvas an-
nounced that the plane leaving for
Zurich, Svvitzerland vvas ready and
ali passengers should go aboard. We
boarded a Convoir 240 and in 2 x k
hours vve vvere in Zurich, flying
over Luxembourgh at an altitude of
8,500 ft, and at a speed Of 250 miles
per hour. We vvere met by the
Jugoslav Consul Ivan Heller, a
young Slovenian and vvere taken to
the .Schvveitzerhofer Hotel.

From Zurich vve vvere to take a
train to Milan, Italy and then on
to Ljubljana through Trieste. Since
vve vvere not to board the train un¬
til late that night, vve decided to
see a little of Zurich. It is a quaint
tovvn situated among the mountains
of Svvitzerland. The store vvindovvs
display a great variety of ali types
of consumer goods. Anything' you
need could be purchased there. The
prices vvere not reasonable either.
They vvere quite high. The people
looked quite prosperous.

We had lunch at the Oongress
House, on a terrace overlooking
Lake Zurich. The sun vvas shining
brightly and it vvas very vvarm. The
Avenue surrounding the lake vvas
filled vvith people strolling and en-
joying the vvarm sunshine.  Ali
around, men and vvomen rode bi-
cycles.

In the evening vve vvere taken to
the Consul’s home vvhere vve met his
charming vvife Špela; then ali to-
gether vve vverp driven to “Wirt-
schaft Zur Waid” situated on the
side of the high range surrounding
Zurich. As vve sat eating our din-
ner, vve could look out of a huge
vvindovv and see the entire city,
vvhich vvas ali lit up. With the lake
in the center and the lights ali
around. it vvas a most beautiful sight.

Ali too soon it came time to get
ready to go to the train. We re¬
turned to our hotel vvhich vvas di-
fectly across from the huge pas¬
senger Terminal vvhere vve bid our
farevvells and extended our thanks
to a couple of vvonderful people,
Consul Heller and his vvife and
boarded the train at 11 P. M. for
Milan, Italy.

(Continued)

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