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POVINNOSTI STANOVNi110 VITBORU , ECHCI UNAVOVATI C" LENY

S.P.J.S.T. neeim, co ji2 bylo D ye Vestniku minuleho tYdne.

Ale kdyZ uvaZim, Ze mnoho na gich starrich elentl preleti anglickou east jen zbeZne, Zadam bratra redaktora, aby popill mista kratkemu pkekladu toho, co jsem napsal o stanovnim vYboru do anglicke easti.

Vynecham pkedmluvu, kterou jsem mel v anglickem Olanku, a prikroeim k jadru, toti2 jake jsou povinnosti stanovniho vYborn, prod vYbor mame a jakou praci od vYboru odekavame Pki .dnkladnem a pozornem pkeeteni stanov pkigel jsem na to, 'Ze stanovni vYbor ma povinnosti vetsi neZ si predstavujeme.

Prune vYbor musi opatrne a s rozvahou uvaZiti vg echny navrhy na opravu, bez chledu na to, jestli pri gly od jednotlivce, od Pada, od distriktu nebo od Hlavni firadovny.

Druhe, vYbor musi usporadati, prepsati, kombinovati a upraviti zaslane navrhy, a po pkipade pkidati do navrha slova nebo ubrati z rich slova, ktere stanovni vYbor uzna za spravne, aby forma novYch elankri byla co nejdokonalejgi.

Tied, dohodnouti se na, doporueovanYch nebo poladovanYch zmenach, ktere ukazuji a nejlepe vyjadruji nahledy a prani vetginy Menu SPJST, nebo ktere nasvedeuji, ie budou ye sjezdu prijate bez dloulieho debatovani; a take ty zmeny, ktere delegati se budou domahati, aby byly projednavane, i kdyby navrhy a zmeny nebyly prave po chuti samotnemu vYboru.

Vime, Ze kaZdY glen stanovniho vYboru ma o kaZde zmene nebo opravu sviij osobni navrh. Ale nemilZeme oeekavat, Ze vYbor hlasovanim rozhodne, jestli zmena bude pracovat ei ne. I kdyby pro zmenu nebyl ani jeden glen vYboru, je moZne, Ze zmena se pozdeji ukaZe velice prakticka a aiteena.

(Podava Calvin C. Chervenka)

Je to velika, nevYhoda, ze jenom male procento elent SPJST se zajima o zmeny a opravy. Potom prace stanovniho vYboru je hodne teZ gi a tako je odhadnout, co delegati ye sjezdu si budou prat). Ale je moZne, 2e prave ti eleni, kteri chteji zmeny, budou poslahi do sjezdu, a budou se domathati, aby zmeny byly .pkij ate.

Myslime si, ze stanovni vYbor upravi vgechno tak, aby to bylo pro ceiou Tednotu nejlep gi. MYlime se, protole to nein v lidske moci, abychom si stanovy dokoriale. Bude iv‘Zdy' upravill je nejlepgi komprornis tim, co eleni nejvic chteji. V takovem pripadu mohl by se stanovni vYbor rozaby na sjezdu poda1a se take zprava men giny, aby delegati sami rozhodli, jestli se ma dati do stanov, co eleni chteji anebo to druhe, co bylo by pro budocnost Jednoty nejlep gi. Nebylo by spra yno, aby delegattim se pkedloZilo jenom to, co bylo odhlasovane vet ginou vYboru. Kde je pet blast pro a etyri proti, nebo gest pro a tri proti, meli by delegati uvaziti obe strany.

Nevim, jak stanovni vYbor -pracujeprotole ve stanovach nestoji, jak ma pracovat. Ale jestli zprava stanovniho vYboru pkedstavuje pouze vetginu pak by na ge elanky 21, 22 a 23 mely bYti vysvetleny pro ponaueeni budoucim vYbortm. Bud' yetgina blase plati, nebo dobro celku plati, nebo kombinace obou.

Vratim se k povinnosti prvni, druhe a treti, jak jsem je jmenoval na zaeatku tato ilvahy, At' nag stanovni vYbor pracuje dle vetginy blase nebo dle dobra pro Jednotu nebo dle kombinace vetginy a dobra, zda, se mne, Z"e zprava stanovniho vYborit, jak byla podana ye Vestnikti 25. dubna, neukazuje, ze pavinnosti prvni, druhe a treti byly

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zene. VYbor asi neuvakwal o v gech navrzich na opravu (1). VYbor neprepisoval, nekombinoval a neformoval elanky, aby byly co nejdokonalej gi (2). VYbor asi nebral ohled na to, co eleni si preji a co chteji mti zlep gene (3).

Nevyeitam, Ze vYbor nevykonal svou praci, jenomZe ji neprovedl tak, aby mohl ici, Ze opravu stanov spravne Nevypracoval podet delegate tak, aby to byla stredni cesta v gech podanYch navrhil; ani nevypracoval povinnosti mistopredsedy, kterY ma pracovat v firadovne. Na nektere podane navrhy asi neprigel a vfibec se vyhnul nekterYm opravam, ktere jsou na v gech stranach poladovane a jsou pro dobro Jednoty.

Mohu zde jmenovati jen nektere, jako to, Ze vYbor prehlednul pottebu pravidel pro distrikty, nutnost prace mezi omladinou, potrebu statniho organisatora /lobo lepgi organisaeni vedeni. Kroine toho stanovni vYbor zaujmul postaveni, ktere je prima proti prani vetginy SPJST, toti2 doporudil, aby Vestnik byl vyclavan kaZdY druhY tYden. To piece stanovni vYbor vi, Ze to na sjezdu neprojde, ze proti takovemu jednani vyslovili se eleni ye vgech distriktech. Bude o tom zbyteend debata a vYbor vi, debata bude nadarmo.

Povinosti stanovniho vYboru nejsou yyznaeeny dosti zretelne, proto nemil2eme kid, ze vYbor svou praci nevykonal dobre. Ale opomenul upraviti stanovy tak, aby ve sjezdu bylo co nejmene debaty. MoZna ae vYbor to napravi ye sve posledni schnzi pied samYm sjezdem. Tolik je jiste, ze delegati ye sjezdu oeekavaji, aby vgechny elanky byly upraveny tak, by debata o elanku byla co nejkratgi. Kdya by nekterY elanek byl ponechan sjezdu, aby se o nem debatovalo, aby se formuloval az ve sjezdu, bude daleko tagi ukoi, aby delegati clali do(Pokraeovani na stane 25)

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Tyto redakeni fivahy jsou posledni, ktere se dostanou do rukou nakch elena a hlavne delegatii pied zahajenim secimnacteho sjezdu SPJST Za tYden vyjde slavnostni nebo pamateeni eislo, kcie nebudou ani dopisy, ani zpravy od kadt, ani me napady. To v ge opet bude aZ y eisle, ktere yyjde, kdy sjezd bade v pinem pionclu.

Kdyi pied etykini roky psal jsem referat gestnactern sjezdu v Houstonu, pouZi yal jsem same superlativy, totiZ vYrazy zaeinajici pkedponou "nej-", nejlepei, nejplodnejk. Sliboval jsem si, Ze vykonarne opravdove divy. Melt jsme miti organisaeni kursy dle planu Narodniho bratrskeho kongresu. Slibovali jsme si, Ze cela organisaeni vYkonnost dostane docela jink, zlep genY a prakticky od jinYch jednot yyzkou genY smer. Mela jsme miti VeAnik, kterY by opravdu mluvil k tern stargim eesky a k tern mladgim anglieky. Melt jsme ureite na,vody, pkijate ve sjezdu., jakYrni cestami pujdeme, jake zpilsoby budeme pouZivat pro ziskani novych clent, a jak zvYkine celou spolkovou cinnost.

Jako redaktor Vestniku muslin se pHznati, ze nejsem spokojen sam se sebou a s temi etytmi roeniky Vestniku od e'ervence 1952 a2 do der yna 1956. Vestnik mel bYti dvakrat, tkikrat Iepsi. Vetgina Clem je s Vestnikein spokojena. Nepatfirn k vetsine a sam nejsem spokojen.

Prace mile tetiila, ale vYsledek nebyl takY, jakY jsem oeekaval. Snad to nevite, ale sam vidim ncdostatk,y a chyby, ictere byly zavinene tim, ze delegati hou stonskeho sjezdu neureili redaktoru, Ze musi take stehovati se do Temple, afa se tam Hlavni aiadovna umisti. Chtel jsem to provesti mime, sjezd, ale ne glo to. Ani kdy jsem si ebtel zjeclnat pomocnika na sve vlastni utraty. TiskovY vYbor to schyalil, ale na, provedeni nedoglo. SlibnY plan se neusktiteenil.

Pied dvema mesici meli jsme zpravy nagich hlavnich akednika. Byl to piehled vg eho, co se vykonalo. Snad je doucno, abychoni si wpakovali vgechna hlavni usneseni, ktera byla pkijata ye vgech schazich na geho vedouciho telesa poeinajic prvni schuzi po sjezdu Houstonu a koneicl posledni schnzi pied sjezdem v Temple. Bude to jako by"Tohle uz jsme si zavechom si dli, tohle jsme si slibili a k tomuto jsme se pki nejlepgi vfili nedostali." Poclobne jako prehlilim etyki roeniky Vestniku, abych poznal, co jsem sliboval, miUeme

Ve, stkecht, dne 12. eervna 1950 tivahivati take o jinY'ch nespinenSTch planech. Da, nam to pied sjezdem latku k., tivaZnyani.

Ye schuzi Illavni akadovny v Cervenci 1952 byl ueinen prvni krok v orgarnsaeni praci. Byl clan navrh, aby byl ustanoven trielennY vYbor povekenY akolem vypracovati postup nebo program pro organisatorske kursy a prostudovat praci a odmeny organisatoru. Tento vYbor se se gel 6. srpna 1952. Dne 12. srpna 1952 byla mimokadna, schtize Hlavni aradovny, v nix plan organisatorskYch kursti byl sehvalen a poslano provolani vgena organisatorilm, ze po 1. lednu 1953 bude zjednan statni organisator, aby vecll vSechnu agitaelii praci, a aby daval strukce mistnim organisatorilm. Plat statniho organisatora bude 15% provise (commission), z denoZ si statni organisator must sam hradit v geclano vydani. Byla teZ upravena, stupniee, dle nix meli bYti odmeneni mistni organisatort Piedseda Marek byl uvolne'n od v gech kancelakskYch povinnosti v astredi aZ do A. ledna 1953, aby venoval pluY eas naborove einnosti.

Ye schuzi 13. iijna 1952 nebylo pfijato nic noveho. Ale ye sehilzi 12. ledna 1953 bylo usneseno, aby kontrola mistnich org;anisatora a minimalni jejich prate byla predana do rukou toho nebo teen, kdo povedou organisaenj einnost. Byla prijata nova pensijni pojistka na dobu 10 let. Byl take oznamen beznadejnY stay Nemocenskeho odboru. Sestra Birdie Hilsherova byla jednomyslite uznana, jako zastupkyne naSeho Onaladinoveho hnuti.

Ye schuzi konane v dubnu 1953 sestra Birdie Hilsherova podala zpravu 0 jeji einnosti v na gem Omladinovem ti a pkedloZila plany k dalk praci. Pra y -niradceupozl,Zjhcbrozdani Hlavni atadovna nema Zadne pravo ustanoviti novY akad keditelky inladeZe a platiti jakekoliv sluZne. Vzdor tomu povoleno $50 rnesiene na razna yydani, ktere sestra Hilsherova bude miti s nosti pro omladirtu. Pri gly Zadosti od tato, Sesteho a sedmeho distriktuna jakou penelitou ea.stku pro dal zavodici o literarni ceny v distriktech. ‘ 5,closti byly odloleny. Zru g eny byly tridy B, C a D v Nemocenskem odboru Redaktor Valeik oznamoval, Ze rad by zajel na vlastni atraty na Purdue universitu, aby vzal pokraeova,ei kurs v prodavani bratrskeho Zivotniho pojigtent Ye selcd:r1 v eervenci 1953 bylo bratru Horriakovi vysvetleno, Ze uprazdnene mist° redaktora, kdy'2 by k takove situaci dog lo. olasazuje Illavni fikaclovna. Bilottekfly fond byl ulolen na troky. ‘ estY distrikt opet 2adal o finaneni pomoc. Bylo odhlasovano $30 jednou pro vkly kaZdemu clistriktu. Milovne akednikft kedite-

Ve stfedu, due 13. eervna 1956 le bylo zvkgeno z peti na devet cente za mili. Pfedseda Marek oznamoval 2e redaktor Valeik slo gil zkougk.y v kursu bratrskeho pojiet'ovani s fispechem 96.6 bode a bylo mu odevzdano doele vysveddeni.

Aijnovi, schine v roce 1953 konala se jig. ye vlastnim domove v Temple. Hned pri zahajeni schtize oznameno bylo, ze toho rana doglo eestnact novkch gadosti o elenstvi. Mimochodem bylo teg vzpomenuto, k dva distrikty mail mezi sebou bratrskk zavod. Uva govano bylo, aby nekolik organisatore bylo poslano db zy ldetniho organisatorskeho kursu v Purdue, jak obgirne bylo vysvetleno redaktorem Valeikem, 2e jine bratrske spolky tak pravidelne cini. Vybrani Albert Mikeska z Temple, Arnold Vrla z Dallas a Albert Bfietik z Houstonu. Dobrovolne se pfihlasil J. M. Skrabanek, ze pojede na sve fitraty. Pfedseda Marek vzal na sebe ekol bkti vedcem skupiny. Redaktor pkibral si dared praci, aby kfisil nektere fady v ptimofi. Usneseno, aby byl zpinomocnen v,ypomoci kteremukoliv mistnimu organisatoru zdarma . Sestra Hilsherove., pfednesla plany pro celk pfieti rok.

Bylo rozhodnuto, aby detske programy byly rozesilany pouze etyfikrat roene, program jarni, letni, podzimni a zimni.

Hlavni fifednici priznali, ze v distriktnich schtzich deti zadinaji bkti nejvetei atrakci. Prohlasili, ze bude tfeba, dohoniti, co bylo zamegkano. Sestra Hilsherove, navrhovala, aby byly ustanoveny mistni feditelky mladek, ktere by se nely v kagde distriktni schuzi, kde by vymenily sve zkueen.osti a poradily se mezi sebou. Byla ueinena dohoda, aby sestra Hilsherova, pokud ji bude m0no, navgtivila kagdou distriktni schezi. "Es say contest" byl prohlaeen v distriktu ttetim a patem• Redaktor oznamoval, ze boli ho prase, ruka v zapesti, k by elite malou dovolenou. Pry at' si ji sem najde a sam plati, Tedy gadne prOzdniny. Nemocenskk odbor dotrpel.

Nejdfilegitejei bod, pfijatk ve vedouciho telesa v fijnu 1953, bylo usneseni, 2e yeechny na ge certifikaty mohou bkti vyplaceny pa eastkach. Byl o to celoroeni zapas mezi redaktorem a pfedsedou. Na pomoc pfieel aktuar Mims, kterk prohlasil, ae yeechny obchodni spoleenosti maji zavedeno splatkove yyplaceni funrtnich pohledavek, a k to je jenom otazka easu, kdy my se probudime, abychom mladkm elentim poskytli to, co dneeni narodohospodatske pomery vyiaduji, toti2 iispory s poji:gtenim a vyplaceni pojisteni po astkach, az si to elm ye yks10136 bude pfati. Byl to jeden z nejdele gitejeich kroke v nakm bratrskem pojiet'ovani, abychom posky-

V 2'S- T 14- 1-K — WEST, TEXAS tli Menu v jeho stafi dostateenk mesieni pkijem k dopineni jeho socialniho zabezpedeni.

Lednova schfize v roce 1954 byla konana pri jednom prazdnem kfesle. Schazel nestoptedseda Svadleriak, kterk zemkel ✓ sobotu pied schfizi. Nabidka umeleckeho obrazu od mangele Bundilovkch ze San Antonia byla vdeene pfijata. Obraz ma kregliti zasedaci mistnost feditehl v fistfedi Pkedseda Ceti zpravu od Tiskoveho vkboru, aby redaktoru bylo dovoleno vyhledat a zjednat si, na jeho vlastni vklohy, pomocnou situ. Hlavni efadovna pfijala zprOvu s podlninkou, ze redaktor bude zodpovednk za praci sveho pomocnika. Prozatim mistnost v estfedi nebyla ani pro redaktora, ani pro pomocnika uvolnena. Redaktor by1 vgak ujieten, 2e a g se mistnost najde a on uzne, za vkhodne se pfesidliti do Temple, kancelefska mistnost mu bude poskytnuta bezplatne.

Zajiman bodem v lednove schazi v roku 1954 bylo, ze ponejpr y v dejindeh Jednoty se uvagovalo vague a opraydove o oznamovani SPJST pies rozhlas. Bratr Calvin Chervenka znazornil ye schezi, jakkm zpilsobem by mohla nage Jednota oznamovani provadet. Ukazka jeho byla vypracovana jako 30minutovk hudebni eeskk program doprovazenk vhodnkmi oznamkovkmi vlakami. Myglenka se libila, ale provedeni bylo odlokno na pozdejei dobu. Mel la-ti volen novk mistopfedseda, ale volba se odlo'gila az na den, kdy Hlavni efadovna po2ade, distrikt tketi a distrikt 136,4- k pofadani jejich banketu v Temple. Usneseno, aby bylo poeitano $400 mesieniho najmu za mistnosti, ktere fistfedna potfebuje v budove SPJST. Redaktor pfedlo gil svou zpravu o studiich na universite Purdue a naznaeil, jake pomecky je tfeba vypracovat pro na ge organisatory. Dohodnuto, by redaktor pfedlogil v§echno u2'Simu vkboru a take aby vkbor ureil redaktoru nejakou nahradu, za eas a praci pri upraveni pomficek a za poskytove.ni instrukci organisatortim. Sestra, HUsherova podala zpravu o hnuti mlade ge a nastinila svou praci na celk rok 1954, ktera, zahrnovala take detskk program p11 Texaskem bratrskom kongresu v Galvestonu. Oznamila, ze projektuje novou pisefi pro SPJST programy a slavnosti, a ze s tim budou vkdaje asi $100.

Mimoicadna, schfize koncern ledna 1954 poykeila feditele Kubenu za rnistopfedsedu. Na pfetfes pfiela otazka, statniho organisatora. Organisaeni vklaor pfedlogil petibodovk program: obrazkove ponificky pro organisatory, organisatorske ekoly, stale oznamovani, probuzeni d'fimajicich fade, vefejne uvadeni novkch ele• Na vedeni tohoto program y byl pro-

Strana 3 zatimne, ustanoven redaktor na dobu pet mesict. Nahrada za Cas, cestovani a za praci s tim spojenou byla odhlasovana 9% provise z prvniho roeniho poplatku novkch elene. Pkijat byl novk druh certifikatu "M-C". Organisatoki byli 2aditni urditi svou kvotu pro rok 1954.

Dubnova, schine v roce 1954 pfinesla hodne sporu napted stran zapiskil z mimokadne scheze, kdy se volil mistopfedsoda, a pak pfiela rozepfe o dopisech sestry Hilshereve, a bratra Chupicka ye Vestniku. Napfed to byla vec eiste sou.kroma, pak se nepfijemna afera rozeina redaktora, na Tiskovk vkbor, na celou Hlavni frfadovnu, utvolily se dve neestupne strany, co2 koneene vedlo k tomu, ze jedna i druhe, strana si osobovala pray ° a pravdu po svem- boku. Od to doby hnuti mlade ge ztratilo pevnk zaklad. V dubnu pkijaty byly lepei ykhody pro certifikat idodasne detske "J-T".

Moudkily fond vzrostl na obnos! $1,216.00.

Hlavni eladovna odhlasovala dar $100 etulne v Hi11j e. Oznamoveni SPJST pies rozhlas bylo podruhe odlo geno na dobu pozdejei. Pro povzbuzeni organisaeni einnosti bylo povoleno nest odinen pro kagdk distrikt. Redaktor dostal detku, ze oznamil soute g dopisovatelt do Vestniku. fteditel Holasek podal upozorneni o zatlzeni knihovny nebo musea, ale nikdo se myglenky neujal. Cola zale2itost dosud visi ve vzduchu. Mieova seta fadu Pokrok Dallas eislo 84 dostala darem dve uniformy v eerie $10 jedna. Na uprazdnene misto reditele v prvnim distriktu dosazen A. C. Stepan, nyni j1.2 zemkelk.

Cervencova sebum v roku 1954 mobla by se nazvati yzacnou perlou mezi yeemi schezemi konankmi od minuleho sjezdu do pkitomneho sjezdu'. Probiraly se postupne body adininistrativni, investidni a organisaeni. Ponevad2 pfedseda vedl organisaeni praci, a ponevad2 pfedseda byl prvnim v poda.vani zprav, probirala se einnost organisaeni napfed.

Muslin pod'ati stignost, ze agitaeni praci a organisadnim otazkam byla odjakgiva ve schilzich Halvni efadovny venovena velmi nepatrna pozornost. Bkvalk pravni radco, bratr August Kacif, byl snad jedink efednik, kterk znovu a znovu pfipominal, ze melo by se ye Hlavni iffadovny venovati vice easu naborove pled; ziskevani novkch a vzrfistu domacieh. fade. Ve schezi byl podan prvni tipink — a dosud take jedink—pfehled, kde a jak se yydafily organisatorske scheze, a kolik ovoce pkinesly. Ponejpr y za, dvacet, tficet rokti jsme sebou hnuli a upsali za pill roku, v polovici, kdy nejsou 'Lae, takfka za milion a pill noveho pojieteni. Reditelce

trana 4 inladek, sestte Hilsherove, byl dan pokyn, aby poslala blahoptejnY dopis VSem viteztim v "Essay Contest."

Jestli e'ervencova scheze v 1954 byla zativYm ptikladem, tak byla nasledujici schfrze v tijnu 1954 vYstrahou, jako selitze na geho vedouciho telesa nemaji bYt. Je to tak nechutne, ze nebudu to opakovati. Psa.1 jsem o prilbehu schtze velice S'etrne, ale vzpominky na ni jsou daleko eernefSi. Od to doby se datuje nenavist nekterYch k naS'emu Tiskovemu vYboru, kterY neztratil hlavu, kdya druzi jednali jako bezhlavi. 0 spolkovych vecech se jednalo pii zavtenYch dvetich a za dye hodiny se o tecbto bodech hovotilo vetejne pti spoleenem obede s ten* kteti byli poladani, aby se vzdalili ze schaze. Bezpatetnost a bezhlavost. Jedinou peknou vzpominkou na onu nehezkou schazi bylo povoleni, aby redaktor, ktery dosud prozatimne vedl organisadni einnost, mohl vypracovati podminky k zaloleni "50-M" klubu pro organisatory, kteti ziskaji v roce 1954 nejmene za $50,000 noveho pojigteni.

Od tijnove schfize v roku. 1954 jako by se per° spolkovYch hodin pokamotilo, polamalo nebo pketrhlo, VSechny ty navody, pokyny a kursy, ktere jsem nabyl jinde a ehtel v nak Jednote uplatnit taktka zadarmo, jen ptidaykem k memu redakenimu zamestnani, nebyly chapany. Chtel jsem bYti pomocnikem, ale nerozutneli mi. Chtel jsem zlepgiti na g organisaeni praci, ale pro nejake nezname ptieiny nenakl jsem u druhYch nadSeni. Ani veci, za ktere jinde plati velke penize a prospivaji jinym spolkfun, nebylo mono prosadit v Jednote, tteba byly k dobru organisatoril.

V lednu 1955 resignovala sestra Hilsherova. Praei jeji pkevzal hlavni ptedseda. Take redaktor byl uvolnen od yeAkere organisaeni Winnosti. Zaloleni "50M" klubu bylo znovu potvrzeno. Agitaeni vYbor byl zreorganisovan a redaktor z neho vyneehan. Ptedseda pfebral yedeni organisaeni einnosti do sv*ch rukou. Koneene po debatovani, ktere trvalo celY rok, ,schvaleny byly lepS1 fimrtni vVitody pro eertifikat "J-T" a take 3% firokova stupniee na fimrtni yYplaty splatkach. Redaktor byl prvni, ktery si ptal miti tyto vYhody ptipojeny ke svYm eertifikatin. Bylo pet Zadatehl o misto statniho organisatora. Usneseno potadati novou souteZ organisatoru od 1_ do 30. eervna a udeliti 42 ceny. Deseti organisatorfim povoleno, aby vzali organisatorskY kurs na Southern Methodist universite v Dallas. Prihlasili se ti-i.

V dubnu 1955 byla schfize, ktera trya• la patnaet hodin. A , C. Stepan, novaeek v fitedni rocline, dovolii si poznamku, ae by schfize melt' bYti vedene docela jinak.

VESTNIK— WEST, TEXAS Napied se ve schtzi projednavaly fibory taneenic "Star Waltz Drill", aby se darovaly patemu distriktu. Pak byly probira: ny kritiky uvetejnene ve Vestniku, aby na ne ptedseda odpoveciel. P,tijata byla tabulka pro certifikat v detskern odaleni do 60 mkt (Juvenile Endowment at age 60.) Bratr Joe B. HejnY byl ustanoyen statnim organisatorem v severni cash statu, s dorozumenim, ze takove ustanoveni pkijme. Usneseno, aby savedena byla pojistka, "N-2", totiZ pro deny, kteri nernaji pfijeky od Jednoty. Redaktor v ohiedu na to, ze Hlavni Utadovna nemela nik.oho, k,clo by planoval organisaeni einnost, ptedloZil pro uva7z'cni nasledujici: Ptc yzal by na sebe vSechnu zodpovecinost co statni org;anisa„-• tor, ptestehoval by se do Temple, najal by si na sve etraty sekretate k yYpomoci v redakeni praci, a sam by venoval nejmene pet dni v tYdnu organisaeni einnosti pod dohledem Hlavni fitadovny.

Bylo usneseno, aby redaktor podal tuto nabiclku a,gitaenimu podvYborii.

Ve sttedu, dne 13. ee.rYna 1950 ale 2e vysvetleni poSle Hlavni etadovna intim na tady, aby to odhlasovaly. Redaktor tuto 'vYbornou propagaeni pamucky nesmel vysvetliti—a dle toho to teZ dopadlo. Take posledni zprava nak prohlidky od statniho odboru pojiWovani nema, bYti uvetejnena ve Vestriiku, ani yYtahy z ni. K Za.dosti, aby pozemek v Bastrop okresu byl reservovan pro budouci fieely Jednoty, byl podan navrli, aby se pozemek prodal pti prvni ptileZitosti. Redaktor oznamoval, Ze dostal Best beden knih od bratra Volta pro knihovnu SPJST.

Z lednove schfize tohoto roku Zadne poznamky. Byl jsem ptedsedou uveclomen, ze mne ye selnizi nepottebuji. Do dubnove sehilze pied dvema mesiei byl jsem pozvan, abych predlaZil plany pro pamateeni eislo. ZdrZel jsem se jen k projednani Vestniku, a pak jsem byl propuken z pozorovani dalkho prfibehu sehtize. Dohodli jsme se, ze predsjezdove Oslo bude razu historickeho, Zadne Zivotopisy osob Zijicieh, a na Ve schazi 11. Cervence 1955 oznameno lepkrn papire, aby byl trvanlivejS'i. Vybylo, ze organisaeni einnost pokraeuje jednani stran papiru s tiskarnou vzal uspokojive. Bratr Joe Hejn,V byl ustano- si na starost bra,tr ptedseda. eislo vyjde yen organisatorem v severnim distriktu ptiki tSrden.. a redaktor organisatorem v jiZnim disToto je celkovSr obraz na gi prate, jak triktu. Tato druhe jmenovani bylo s podjsem ji mel ptilelitost pozorovati minkou, kterou nadiktoval teditel Naschfizich Hlavni fitadovny. Zaeali jsme vratil, ze redaktor musi napted najiti po sjezdu velmi slibne, ale pro rtizne ptiza sebe jineho redaktora, pak podati reeiny bud' jsme zmalatneli, ochabli, nebo signaci z funkce redaktorske a Hlavni fttadovna ho teprve mute ustanovit or- nerozumeli si, ze v gichni jdeme za stejganisatorem. KdyZ jsem si uvedomil, v nYm cilem. Jak poznamenal jsem hned jake Iasce mne nekterY spolkovY bratr v zaeatku, redaktor mel bYti ptimo ma, a kdyZ dale jsem si vzpomnel, 2e fisttedi, aby se mohl s Venn, kdo to byli delegati v houstonskem sjezdu, Jednotu vedou, stale raditi a dohodnoukteti mne chteli miti redaktorem, a ze ti. Prave to okolnost, ze jsme nebyli bliz je to Hlavni etadovna, ktera by si ptala ko, abychom se dohodli a si navzajem mou resignaci, abych ptestal bYti pra y - porozumeli, zavinila nektera nak nedorozumeni. Neomlouvam sebe. Nejsem vi,domluvnYin a aby mela ptilelitost mne jako statniho organisatora zamitnout, ce horkokrevnYm mladikem, delam staZadneho nahradnika jsem nehledal. le chyby, dovedu se te2 ptizpitsobit, ale Ktomu mne TiskovSr ySdoor oznamil, ze nechci miti pii sve praci ruse svazane. byl jsem na minulern sjezdu Tiskovym A jestli delegati uznaji, ze me vlohy by vYborem doporueen, sjezdem jednomysl- Prosnely Jed-note, neodreknu dalsi spane zvolen, a k jiste bylo by to proti pta- lupraci. ni delegatii a elenit, abych povinnosti )• ° redaktorske jen tak bezohledne se sebe Stalo se kclysi, ze tii zloeinci, Anglishodil. Zustal jsem redaktorem , Reditel Holasek ptipomenul museum a oznamo- tan, Skot a Ti-, byl odsouzeni k smrti proval dar od bratra Rudolfa Slapanskeho. vazem Soudce se obratil k Anglieanu: Knihy byly s povdekem ptijaty. Pro vY"Na jakem strome chcete viset?" stavku v Narodnim bratrskern kongresu "Na dubu," odpovedel John Bull. nebyly 'Z'aclne ukazky, jak v nak spolko"Dobte, a vv?" tazal se Skota. ye a naborove einnosti pokraeujeme.

"Na topolu."

Do tijnove schilze v roce 1955 by! po"A vy Patriku?" slan z ttetiho distriktu dopis, aby vSech"Ja, pane soudce, na angreStu." ny distrikty pokusily se zavesti soute2' "Na angre,qu? To nejde. Je ptilig ma"Krasavice SPJST," a aby. Hlavni fitadovna povolila na, tento kontest eastku Prohlasil Patrik: $700.00. Bylo usneseno, aby redaktor se "KdyZ dovolite, pane soudce, poekarn o teto Oct nerozepisoval ye Vestniku, aZ vyroste,"

Ve stredu, tine 1:3. cervna 1956

VPSTNIK— WEST, TEXAS

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OPRAVY STANOV Dallas, Texas, 7 , Cervna 1956.

Sestry a bratri: Dovolite inne zajiste podati navrhy na opravu stanov, a sice elanky 93, 99, 100 a 101. Nebudu tyto opravy odirvodhovati, jc;ko to obyeejne delam, jsou samozrejme a tudi2 nikoho tim nemusim nudit. Zde jsou: C" lanek 93.: Prvni odstavec nezmenen.

Odstavec druhV zni: — Tato trida nevyZaduje lekaiske prohlidky. Certifikat v teto aide nema, hodnoty pajeovni ani zaplaceneho poji gteni a pozbYva platnosti ten den, kdy 'den closahnul gestnact rokti Do trech rnesicfr po dosaZeni gestnact rokti stari mute se takovY bYvalY Glen teto tidy stati pra,videlnYrn elenem a plati poplatky dle tidy, do ktere pristoupil. V takovem pripadu jest opravnen na bonus die elanku 101. lanek 101: — V poslednim odstavci vynechati: "Certifikat v tomto oddeleni nema Zadne hodnoty". Lope se to hodi jak uvedeno v navriau druheho odstavce elanku 93.

Iattek 101 navrhuji zaraditi hned p0 elanku 93. lanek 99: Ve gkere penize, p •ijate v mesionich poplatcich jsou opatrovany Hlavni firadovnou a tvoriti budou, s izroku a dalgim prijmem do tehok, fond, kterY bide drZ'en zvla gte a odelene od ve gkerYch jinYch fondil Jednoty; nebude podlehati za 'ZadriST. ch okolnosti jakYmkoliv naroktm neb zavazkam Jedhoty vyjma na piaceni umrti tohoto odboru, bonusu, jak ureuje elanek 101 a vydani na rizeni Jednoty, jak ureuje 45 techto stanov. vynechan.

127 a 128. Jsou v torn vYkazu neslYchane hely.

Vezmu to dle toho dopisu, jak jest to Citovane bratrem Skrabankem, tedy majetek eislo REO 128, — a tam 'name: 10% pravnikovi SPJST 208.67 5% komi gne (trustee fee) $104.33 a na majetek REO 127 jsou tyto poloZky nasledovni: 10% pravnikovi SPJST $389.09 5% kornigneho (trustee fee) $194.55 To dela dohromady na tyto clva majetky obnos $796.64, kterY nemel v cone tech dvou majetkft za ZadnYch nosti bYti. Poeitati Jednote za vydraZeni majetku 5% jako trusttee a 10% pravni-.. kovi za soudni vyrizeni jest pro nine ne7 slYchana, Ark. Za, mYch gest let ve Hlavni Uradoyne jsem nikdy nevidel ani neslygel, ze by si pravnik za to pOeital„ a spisoval jsem zaznamy vyylagtherrYcli majetkfi east°. Tohle jest neco noveho, -- a rad bych vedel, odkud pravnik Jednoty na to vzal opravneni.

Ovgem, zde se zase ukazala to dird,-V tom na gem dnegnim elanku 46, pray ni ra,dce, kterou jsem se snaZil inYm navrhem no novY Olanek 46 ucpati, — ale kterY as nebyl ye scbfizi vY:boru na opravu stanov ani zminen. Zde ten ridvrh jest: Olanek 46: Pravni radce musi peelive studovati predlohy zakontr a zakon,y nagi Statni zakonoclarny tYkajicich se bratrskych jednot a zastupovati Jednotu a rady ye vgech pravnich zalelitostech a pro.vni radu udileti.

Zkouma, abstrakty a listiny poze nkoye, neZli Illavni Uradovna piljeku uzavre. Za Ve gkerou praci, kterou pro Jednoty dle poladavkfi Hlavni Uradovny vyNeco velice zajimaveho, — a take za- konava, obdrZi mesieni plat a odmenu za raZejiciho, neco co vrha velice jasne uzavrene Vijay- die usne geni sjezdu; a svetlo na ohromnou potrebu opravy neni opravnen poladovati jakYkeliv jihST elanku 46 (etyricet Best) jednajici o po- plat od pujeujicich, dluZnikti neb Bra y -niUradovny. vinnostech a pravech pravnika na gi Jednoty, — a co tak velice chikladne odaV pripadech zastupovani Hlavni 11vodriuje mfij navrh na opravu tohoto radovny neb radu mimo mesto, ve kteelanku, kterSr byl podan ye Vestniku eitem se jeho firadovna naleza, obdrZi slo 10, ze dne 7. brezna 1956, a kterr si love na fitraty deset dolart) donne." zde dovoluji opakovati, bylo uveveNejvice se rune libi tech pet procent, rejneno ye Vestniku 'Oslo 22 ze dne 30. poeitanYch jako komi gne, neb jak lope kvetna. a jasneji jest to podano v frvozovkach, Jest to obsaAeno v dopisu, kter3'7 na- "trustee fee'. Byl jsem jmenoVan jako psal bratr , reditel pateho okrsku J. M. "trustee" pri vy ylastnevani nekolika makrabanek, jako odpoved' bratru Koli- jetku, — ale nikdy jsem jakekoliv °dinehovi, — uverejnene v 'Ceske reel na ny nepoeital, — a nikdo jinY take lie. strance etyri a anglicky na strance 12 Cela Utrata s vyviastnenim majetku na zmineneho Vestniku , Jsou to dye pola- "deed of trust" byla, tech par dolara ky, ktere, jak bratr Skrabanek pile, by- co doStal ten Glen neb oseba, ktera no ly jemu zaslane bratrem Kolihou jako majetek udelala pri prodeji nabidku, a v-Staz, co Jednotu staly majetky elsla treba, °bed pro has

Tonto dopis a iletovath na ty dva ma-jerky jest ten nejpadnej gi cletkaz, Z.E PRO OCHRANU CLEN :CT, PODILNIKU NASI JEDNOTE, MUSIME MITI PftESNE VYHRANIUENE POVINNOSTI HO HBEDN1KA, A TAKE PRESNE VY1/RANICENE PLATY, JAKE TITO DO-.

STANOU, — a to jest velice chilelita, Yee. v zalelitosti pravniho radce, Se zdjmem jsem 51 preeet1 aspon dva dopisy ye clne gnim Vestniku. Prvni jest_ dopis od bratra L. 0. Ho gka, a co se mne nejvice libi jest, — ze lituje nredniky Hlavni frradovny, ze musi jeden-advacet necieli jezditi na °kr:A-aye schtizo Bratre Ho gku, ono to pr:)r r e jeden-a7. civacetkrat v roce neni. Nektere okrgky, mely jen d ye schtize v roce, etvrtY jen, Na to stiZnost', a snad jecinu velkon, prieinu, pros mnozi eleni Hlavni fi•adoys,., ny nejsou pro okrsky, "ze se na nich dela jen politlka," ,-- ale ale — jen poclivejte kilo .si,to tak sieZuje a kdo tu pOlitiku Ale, korunou tveho clopisu jest vS,ro ze by nain meli poeitati za kaZdou nav;-, a tehr gtevu v okrskove schtlzi $25.00 dodatek — "dosti moZna, ze bychom vice nezvali". To jest opodstatnene tvS/n., vYrokem hned nad tim "litova,nirn": liskmAte ,v tuerrYch pismenech: "Melk jste nam rici toto: 11Ifsto toho feenern,. povim yam, sestry a bratri, co by by10, zde zabodno einiti, poradim vant,„ lute co mint nutno pozmeniti" — K to mu dodavam moje srdeene AMEN. Jen-: ze, to jest jenom na ge uprimne DruhY dopis jest od brntra Joe Wag.ka ze Seymour, a tento vYrok se mfie skuteene libi "Myslim ze ly redaktorske) chyby je jenom podreknuti, co nekdo chtel, aby se reklo. A pravo takove zrazeni, co nernelo jit na venek, se name elenfun libi, treba to neuspokoji kaZcle-,) ho."

Oby(Tjne Cekarn s odeslanim cloplAH az prijde Vestnik, — a tak potom mo•hu videt "jagaco", jak rikaval na g bratr Jogka Bartog. am

Jednote preji tvfirmi sjezil, a stanovy,. ktere nebudou potrebovati velkch pra y ; drednikfun sjezdu Jobovu vast' a nekterVm tern delegatilm pragek, proti ospalosti. Ze sjezd bode zajimavS,,f to Ilan). zarueil VYbor na opravu stanov,: Bratrsky a po provde, Fronk ii. Steiner ) 67g. • (

Vgichni kandidati slibuji, Manse-h jim verit, ze budou Cotrit na ge penize. Bor; huZel vg ak nerikaji, pro koho.-- Ryan, v, Boston Herald.

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Z CINNOSTI DOMACICH RAN Od tadu Karel Hav'leek eislo 4 Hallettsville, Texas Bratti: Jestli jak jste si uvedomili, ze sestry nejsou zastoupene na stanovnim vYboru, ani na predsjezdovem, ani na diso triktnich, krome v distriktu ttetim. A niece v nati Jednot y mely teny vtcly rovnopra ynost, od zaeatku Jednoty a etvrt stoleti dtive net byl ptijatY devatenactY dodatek k Usta y e Spojenych state, kterY dal tenam volebni rovnopravnost.

Ze pry distrikty umiraji ptirozenou smrti. Nic neni na veenost. Ale co maji s:l€ love delat, kdyt se jirn v distriktvn sehtizi tekne, te to ei ono rokovani se ptiei stanovam? Nae manse stanovni vYbor? Nejsou to male deti, kdo takove tev distriktni schuzi vedou? Kdyt to neni naporueene ye stanovach, nesmi se nic udelat pro dobro celku? Nemilte se o torn ei onom porokovat a doporudit dobrou vec sjezdu; Distrikty jsou velice prospetne. Ale ani nekteri distriktni reditele to nechteji uznat. Sly geli jsme v nati distriktni schtizi, jak ieditel z jineho distriktu zajel si za piedsedou nateho distriktu. Ale neporadil mu, jak v distriktech se ma pracovat, aby to byla priprava pro sjezd aby dohody v distriktech byly ptedlotene sjezdu k schvaleni.

Co se tyre distriktnich financi, slim, to na to lepti zapomenout, leda te by si distrikty samy udelaly sbirky, jako to manie nyni, a z tech sbirek aby se upottebilo jen kdyt vzdalenejti deti ptijedou na program. Bratti, kdo je placev distriknich schtizich? Kdyt hlavni irtednici mohou ptijet do katde distriktni schtze pii sve male slutbe, proe bychom my ostatni nemohli jeti?

Bratti, jestli jeden nebo dva vrei na nekoho, to se nezachoval podle ptani, prosim vas, kdo se zachoval pro ytechny? Dejte si tic!, jette neni pozde. Jestli to neudelate, .dojde na to pozdeji.

Prot jsme vstoupili do Narociniho bratrskeho kongresu a take do Texaskeho bratrskeho kongresu? Abychom pokraeovali s duchem easu, abychom si vtirnali, co jinYm bratrskYm jednotam prospiva. Nemusime vtechno napodobit.

Ale kdyt vidime, co maji druhe jednoty a osvecleilo se to u inch, meli bychom aspon uvatovat, pros bychom to nemohli miti take my.

Vypada, to mnozi z vas nedbate vyhazovat zbyteene penize a prodlutovat konvenci. At jednou si upravime stanovy, jak by mely bYti, potom nebudeme

muset cele stanovy opravovat, ptepisovat a o katclem elanku debatovat. My bychom melt miti nate stanovy tak sestavene, aby ty zakladni elanky nemusely se na katclem sjezdu znovu probirat, ale aby se na sjezdu delaty jen dodatky nebo podaly vysvetlivky. S tim se utetti eas i penize. Vy, elenove na opravu stanov, sejclete se jette jednou pted sjezdem, vezmete si na to tti easu nebo kolik uznate za nutne, a upravte nate stanovy hodne lepti a hodne kratti, abychom ut jednou meli takove stanovy, na ktere bychom hrdi ne pouze sami, ale i-ia ktere by se za deset nebo za dvacet mkt ukazovalo, te to zustalo nezmeneno, ovtem to hlavni co mame ye stanovach. Pak vy sami, eleni stanovniho vYboru, jestli se toho dotijete mtitete 'tics: "Ty elanky byly upravene tenkrat, kdyt ja jsem byl na stanovnim y Yboru v roce 1956. A od to doby prOjednavaji se ye sjezdu jenorn dodatky, a to hlavni stoji, jak jsme to tenkrat pravili."

Bratti stanovniho yYboru, udelejte nate stanovy kratti a lepti. My delegati budeme radi, kdyt nam ye sjezdu rokovtini o dlouhYch .stanovach ittettite. My schvalime, kdyt to bude kratke a srozu.mitelne. Utettete nam debaty, nedorozumeni mezi sebou, easu a penez. Poaejte nam to upravene dle vateho nejleptiho Usudku. Presvedeite nas a dokatete nam, to vat stanovni vYbor byl at dosud ten nejlepti v historii natl. SPJST. My vam to uznani dame . Ale musite si ho zasloutit.

S bratrskYm pozdravem F. K. Bueek ) • oTe • West, Texas flad Jaromir eislo 54 Mill bratti a sestry: Pravidelna schtize tadova se odbYvala dne 3. eer yna ye 2 hodiny odpoledne. Tato schfizi opet tidil na g miStoptedseda, bratr Vaclav Bezdek.

Zapisky z minuld schtize byly etene a ptij ate. ten dopis omluvy ad ptedsedy Roberta 6ervenky. Nemohl bYt ptitomen v -Leto ,sclatizi pro zaletitosti pted sjezdern, ktery se ma odbYvat v Temple posledni tYden v Oervnu.

Ptitti schtizi pravidelnou bud e m e mit druhou nedeli v eervenci 8. eervence, misto . prvni nedeli.

Nastala debata ohledne pikniku. VYbor se pilne ptipravuje na 4. eervence, kdy tad hude potadat piknik a zve celou yerejnost. Take vYbor kuchynskY jak byeejne chee uspokojit vtecky ha yttivni-

ky a ptipravuje °bed i vedeli.

Dale nat tad odhlasoval ze odporueuje sjezdu Augusta Kacite k zvoleni do titadu pravniho radce.

Hlavni teonik na pikniku 4. eervence bude Ralph Yarborough, dale tee'nik W. R. Poage a dalt i kandiclati.

Na listku nemocnYch byl Alois Svaeina a Christian Milberger; jit se ale pozdravuji, cot jim vtichni pfejeme.

Chutnou svaeinou, kterou pripravily sesay Christian Matut a Bessie Tobola, se vtichni pobavili.

V teto schtizi se odhlasovalo, aby se listky vice neposilaly pted pravidelnou schtzi, jen kdyt bude zmena schtz,e nebo neco zy lattniho kattlY si pamatujte, to prvni nedeli je pravidelna schtize, ale pamatujte v eervenci bude schilze dne 8. eervence, druhou nedeli Vate dopisovatelka, Mollie Barton ,,y„, • kat). Karel Havlieek eislo 4 Hallettsville, Texas Sestry a bratri: Jette jednou chci yam ptipomenout, ttebas sestra Marie Fabianova ut psaia, to nate, schtize bude konaria. 17. dervna. Zaroveri budeme miti oslavu Dne otcu i Dne matek. Take bude oslava narozenin tech, jejich narozeniny ptipadaji v techto teeth mesicich, totit v dubnu, kvetnu a eerynu.

Toto oznamuji, to chceme, abyste se dostavili vtichni. Budeme miti tet program, takte se mtiteme zase spoleene pobavit. Spolusestry, jsou tadany, aby ptinesly zakusky, jak obyeejne to delavaji.

Tedy na shledanou dne 17. eervna 1956.

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KALENDAR

V nedeli 15. eervenee Pad Pokrok Sweet Home eislo 63 oslavi sve 50 , jubileum zalo'Zeni taclu. Podrobnosti pozdeji.

Distrikt pity bude poiadati piknik pro eleny Mladeneekelto Oddeleni 17. eervna v Danbury. Podrobnosti budou oznamenY pozdeji.

V nedeli 17. eeryna porada, Sokol HouHouston Piknik spojenY s oslavou Dne otcu v sokolovne. K obedu chutne barbecue, kutata domaci 'klobasy a rfizne obeerstveni. Odpoledne ptilehavY program. Hudba a ramie hry. Veeer tanec.

V nedeli 16. zaii ltd Slovanska Lipa 'Oslo 66 v Waco, Texas, bude slavit 50. vYroei zaloteni sveho kadu. Davejte pozor na dalti oznameni programu.

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DOPISY ANAHUM CLEW OdboCka SIPS iiroti Ohni a Bou •i C. 9 Fort Worth, Texas bratri a sestry! ✓ nedeli 17. eer yna ve 2 hodiny odpoledne, kona se pravidehaa schilze nak odboeky SVPS proti ohni a bouri Oslo 9 v Sokolovni. VSichni Clenove jsou kadani, aby se teto schuze zneastnili, neb je hodne veci k projednavani. ✓ posledni schuzi ndS bratr tajem• Mk. John Ciaalcupka nam poslal dopis, te se vzdava jeho &ado a abychom si zvolili nekoho jineho na jeho misto, neb to bylo hodne prate pro neho. Olenove to . uznali a zvolili noveho tajemnika, Jack. Rice, 3008 Azle Ave., a cioufam, Ze jsme dostali dobreho Urednika a prejeme mu zdar v dalSi praci. A tea dekujeme John Chaloupkovi; bYvalemu tajemniku, za jeho obetavou praci, kterou spravne vykonaval po mnoho rokti.

Letos jsme meli dosti Skody natropene kroupami nevim kolik toho bylo, ale to se dozvime ye seta-Uzi. Tak nezapomente prijet.do schuze.

Tet se bliti doba nakho sjezdu SPJST a doufam, ze na,§ sjezd dobre skonCi. Mame dobre nredniky v lalavni firadov ne, to vidime, jak nak Jednota roste.

Jsem tea pro to, by naS" Vestnik vychazel kaZdy, tYden jak dosud, neb nak Mein si to preji. Nekteri eleni si vzali pojistku jen aby dostavali Vestnik.

Musim ukoneit.

S pozdra.vem Anna Milan Predsjezdova tivaha Grapevine, Texas.

Bratti a sestry delegati!

Zda-li pak jste si toho povsimli, Ze ye svem dopisu ze dne 30. kvetna jsem podotkl, abychom hledeli k tomu, aby i budoucne Jednota SPJST z u s t a l a "NASE", vkch elenti jsem tim minil.

Nebude Skodit, abychom se s lepkm vysvetlenim k to veci pied sjezdem vratill.

PakliZe lhostejnosti zavinime, aby zvolna zanikly ty "NASE" distrikty, jestline dovolime, aby zruSen byl ten "NAS" TiskovY vYbor, a omezeno bylo vyda,vani "NASEHO" Vestniku, to zvolna, vette, ale jeSte ocitneme se na to ceste, kdy Jednota prestane byti to NASE. PakliZe, dosud volnY projev nakho elenstva bude temito zmenami obmezen, site'ma, a tvoriva kritika bude znemoinerd. Lhostejnosti elenstva pak zdarnY pokrok Jednoty bude ohrolen a to jest, eeho se obavati.

Dejme tem bratrfun v Hlavni ftradovne na jevo, to dovedeme slukie spolu-

pracovati a kdya se vkchni umirnime, v uvaZeni toho, to jest spoluprace vkch potrebna, tak shovivavost i v rtiznicich se nahledech da nam sluSne, po bratrsku se dorozumeti, Zapomente na to vSe, co rads deli, vaZme si dobrYch pracovnikil, ktere mezi sebou mame i rtiznicich se nahledil.

Hled'ine je ziskati k svorne praci, ye a s porozumenim a tak jen budeme brat) se zdarne kuptedu.

Lituji, ae prave nyni nemam dosti easu toto vS1 uvesti v anglicke Cash naSeho Vestniku. Prat bych si, abyste Vy vkchni toto dobre mitten& varovani nejen pozorne preeetli, ale si jej vzali s sebou na sjezd do Temple, kde vas rad uhlidam, Vette, Ze se mi uleheilo po tomto dopisu, nebot' jsem toto povaZoval za, moji povinnost Is Jednote.

Na, shledanou a zdar Sjezdu Vag Ludva 0. Hokk * * bratre redaktore!

Bylo by zahodno zvedeti jake postaveni zaujali (hlasovanim) na g" reditele pii sestavovani oprav stanov s ohledem na distrikty a v pomeru s nakm organem i tiskoveho vYboru?

Domnivam se, Ze elenstvo ma pravo k teto informaci k posouzeni vykonnosti sveho reditele.

Tato informace by nam nemela byti odeprend.

S pozdravem Ludva 0. Hokk (Poznamka redaktora: Tyto informace mohou Tobe, jako delegatu od radu eislo 92, poskytnouti ve sjezdu sami feditele. Piece bude posuzovat jejich vykonanou praci od sjezdu - do sjezdu. Jestli se o nic nezajimaS, neriausiS" jezdit do sj ezdu.)

• San Antonio, Texas Sestry a bratril Od Americkeho fondu pro Ceskoslovenske uprchliky (American Fund For Czechoslovak Refugees, Inc.) obdrZel jsem prave knihu "Aims of the United Nations", vydanou u prilektosti °smell° vYroei tra gicke smrti Jana Masaryka.

Kniha je pekne vazand, psand, anglicky na dobrem kridavem papire, s nekolika vyobrazenimi, s nvodnikem Dr. Jana Papanka a predmluvou James T. Shotwella a Ahmeda. Kokhariho ,podtajemnika SpojenYch narodii; Cena, vYt*ku je $2.25 a yYtetek z tohoto zvleAniho vydani bude venovan Americkemu fondu pro eeskoslovenske uprchliky.

Predseda Dr .Jan Papanek tada me zvlaStnim dopisem o podporu rozsireni prodeje teto lenihy, aby mohlo byti pomoteno tisicam neWastnYch krajarift, mute, ten i deti, trpicich v taborech ✓Nemecku, Rakousku a Italii, eekajicich na priletitost zalotiti si svoje nove domovy a titi jako, utiteeni elenove lidsk.e spoleenosti nekde ye svobodnem svete. Rad vyhovuji teto prosbe, doporueuji knihu vkm a prosim, aby mi katdY zajemc?, laskave napsal. poslal $2.25, abych mohl ueiniti spoleenou objednavku Nezapornente napsat jasne a spra y -neVa2Sidresu,abykniharohlabyti' doruCena. Doporuete knihu VaMm. Soused-am, pratelthh a znani. m.

S bratrskYrn pozdravem Jaroslav Kleprlik, 1206 Lamar Street San Antonio 2, Texas ) e UTULNA A TABOETSTIE PRO BET' V pravidelne schtizi Paciut "tefanik Cis. 142, v nedeli dne 6. kvetna. po vytizeni vlastnich domacich zalelitosti •adu, zvolenY delegat do sjezdu Jednoty, kterY se bude konati ku konci priStiho mesice ✓ Temple. eini Is pritommim dotaz, jake fikoly ku vykonani budou mu svereny a jak ma voliti?

Jak asi se etener domysli, mimo nejakYch oprav stanov na'S zastupce je poveten podati nebo podporovati, navrh na; vybudovani fItulny pro na ge stare lidi (Cleny) a taboriAte pro Oh a dorost.

Ano, pro vybudovani Utulny. U na,s v one schfizi za tuto potrebu se postarali vgichni pritomni. To jiste je vYznammi fikaz. NebYvalo dosud pravidlem bez nejakeho odporu, jednotne i o to nejlepgi veci rozhodovati.

TakovV ukaz, je eloveku vzpruhou Is dodelani prate, kterou si predsevzal, kte. rd 'Oak easem se zdala zbyteenou neb" se o ni neprojevoval dostateenk zajern z vital strany Jednoty.

Namitkou proti zbudovani Utulny zcia ce — vice net manost ji postavit jest vydrZovani obyvatel taulny pro phjeti.

Pri prem3"rAleni o teto veci zaleZ1 na tom, jak k.do se na zalelitost diva. Poznala jsem to, kdyZ. /las nekolik ye spolek o fltulne a jejich obyvatelich hovorilo.

Jsou osoby, ktere si nedovedou predstaviti, Ze jest zde zpfisob jak dobre, t. j. syte, eiste a zdrave mute Novel Ziti ze spraxne zuktkovanYch poZivatin. A jak mato je potreba dobre rozvaZnYch a Cat potrebnYch pohvatin, z ylakte pro stark uZ osoby. Dale, Ze takova Utulna nebude vkcieleenY podnik, nYbr2 rozumne, zdra-

Strana 8 .vedenY fitulek pro osoby claude nebo zamotne. Z mojich tivotnich zkuknosti, kdy tiha domacnosti, udrteni rodiny, jeji vYtiva, oSaceni, zdravi a zdar vypravenl deti Skohaiho van do tivota dorastencil, spadala vYhradne na dtivtip jak, zuktkovat to mak), ktere me bylo svefeno, vim, te daly by se velike veci vykonat tehdy, kdy k takovernu "Indio" pHdalo by se o sto procent vice . A zde mohlo by se pridat o trikrat, petkrat vice anit by to muselo nekde bolet.

A to, mili pratele, v dobe asi od roku 1925 at asi do 1940 pomahali jsrne s mantelem jeke tot osobam, kteri v te Hooverove "prosperite" a chvill po ni, ocitli se situacich at zoufalYch. Nebylo price, chleba,, pristfek.

(Byly to doby, kdy katclY z na,s, poctiye pracujicich, mel priletitost poznat osoby soucitne, lidi moudre a spravedliye.)

Aby takova, ttulna stala se opravdu domovem jejich obyvatelft, tedy pro osoby jeke zarnestnani chtive, muselo by se poeitati i na takove zabaveni osob. JednociticloYm motnYm zpusobem. Nemohla by to bYti jenom pouha mistnost, kde by se katclY pouze najedl, vyspal a pak celY eas nemohi nic (Mat, jen se povalovat. Tim padern nebyl by spokojenYin ani kdybyste mu k jidlu rm. zlatem tapredkladali sniatene skfivanei jazYeky.

Nak lido miluji praci; at' je to rYpani v lona nebo lemeslo ei povolani jine.

Ze zkuSenosti vim, te je mnoho lidi, nejen v inestech, ale i mezi temi kteri farmari, ktefi se tek, az clospeji veku, kdy budou moci na odpoeinek k nebudou ut nic, chtiti net kousek pole — n7,' zahradku nebo kvetin. Nebo jinou nejakou "rYpaeku."

Kdyt by byli do fitulny (takove) brany osoby chtive nejake te prate, ale pak ji nemohli nebo nesmeli delat, tedy, to n-ak pomoc: by jim spokojenosti nepfidala. AvSak pri spravnem zatizeni pod vedenim eloveka zkuS'eneho, takovi obyvatele fitulny jejich prieinenim stab. by se zdatnYrn zdrojem pomoci rtizneho druhu.

-Jak dalece je me znamo, Oichni z tech, kteri se boji privoliti ku zbudovani tukoveho ochranova, domnivaji se, to lahovY fitulek zna,menal by velike bfernene na bedra Jednoty.

Takove domneni se nesmi nikomu zaZlivati. Snad by 'Clo y& sam takto smYkdyby lepAl nepoznal.

Za prve: takovY ochranev neznamenal by podnik vYdeleenY. Ale udrteti v chodu, zdravi a patrien,enou nasyceni, v,5r;tadova lo by nmobostrannY dozor a znalost; fistav musel by miti sva pevna, pravidla, ktera by musela bYti katdYm zachovavana — obyvateli i vecloucimi,

V2STNiK— WEST, TEXAS

aby nepoystal nepofadek a zmatek. Nahodou mam jiste zkuknosti, kdyt pied lety pripravovala jsem jidlo pro 70 at 82 osob v takove tenske utulne V Houstone, "Young Women Co-operative Home."

Dnes rada vzponainam na onu dobu, na ty mlade teny, moji "pomoe" v kuchyni a jidelne, a take na ty riditelky, ktere byly babky (odpust'te) mazane.

Tato deveata, kdyt mela tit praci a pfijoin, platila tYdne $7.00. Byla tam Oak Orly nejaka ktera platit nemohla a vetoina pry platila mezi $5.00 a $6.00 tYdne.

Kucharka (moje maliekost) dostavala $11.00, byt a stravu. Bylo me feeeno te pfijem pfevy goval vydani.

Devoata tam naka domov na jak dlouho petfebovala. ttulna byla vybavena dostatedne, eiste a take byl tam ye vSem poradek takfka vzornY. Nute, teny platily velmi malo. Byl to byt, jidlo, koupelny, pradelna, eitarna a hrike a pH tom se dostatedne najedly.

Jidla byla jednoducha, ale syta a teny se najedly, kolik potfebovaly, ac matrona dbala, aby se u stolu jidlem nemrhalo.

Jak byl velikYm vlastni fleet za potteby ku Uprave jidel, nikdy jsem nevyzvi davala, ale kdyt me matrona, oznamila, te za uplynuly mesic jsem jim uktrila na surovem rnaterialu $23.00, ovSem te me poteSila,.

Ale nikdo by neveril snad, co Tide se tam naposilali potivatin: vajec, masla, zavarenin, sadla, masa a kdot vi co vge.

Tonto domov nebyl zarizenY pro vYclelek, ale vyplacel pry se. A prod by ne?

Paklite ()patina kuchalka s jeji oeskou vedornosti v Uprave ji svefeneho materialu mesiene naspokila kolem dvaceti dolarti na tehdejk dobu, to bylo ftsporou dobrou.

Nute, kdyby katclY fad neeim pfispel, a ti, kdo by tam naki frtulek dostali podperu od rodin, sami si tara pflioesli co by mohli, pak bychom vykonali dobre dilo.

Zde by se nejednalo vtdy snad jen o csoby opine opukene: Ne, Jednota by se mela postarat i o pribytek osob majetnYch, ktere maji deti a treba deti nekolik. Nemohou Oak, pro rfizne pfieiny, temto osobam dati co start' elovek potfebuje. Nejsou Oichni staid lido samoNaopak — tout', po spoleenosti jako kdysi. Ale rodina nemilte inn tu pozornest, tu potfebu dat. A ti ubozi se citi ztraceni, ne-li odhozeni. TakovYch je mnoho a tern by domov takovY byl spasm Rodina by pak rada pfispela, nemela-li by opukena, sama eim 5 e vydrtovat.

Pratele, vette, te je to motile; a jeSte vice dalo by so udelat na takovYch 1100

Ve stiedu, dne 13. eervna 1956 akrech pudy. Neco, co by bylo vzorem citu, rozumu, dtivtipu a pridineni lidu eeskomorayskeho v Texasu.

Nute a nyni ku stavbe takove titulny, kde Oech potfebnY materal je na miste. Co neni na miste, ale bYti by to inuselo, to opatfit bylo by snad to nejmenk. Vzdor tomu, te vSe dnes je tak drahe.

Zptisob, jak vybudovat takovY ochranov, neni napad osoby na mozku pokzene — Ne Podnet k napadu pisatelce podava dejinna udalost z r. 1870 at 1882.

Dejikem byla Praha, kralovske mesto tech, ale udalost sama rozhodila pouto v srdce i mysl lidu nejen z tech, tet Moravy a Slezka.

Tehdy ukazal slovanskY elovek cizimu svetu, Se vyhubeni nakho lidu v v Evrokolik set let planovane, se nezdarilo.

Duch Jana Husa a svetozname nauky Jana A. Komenskeho byly podporou a lekem ku vzkriSeni nakho naroda.

Uddlosti tau bylo usneseni vyplanovati a pak vybudovati narodni "Zlatou kapliaku" nad stribropennou fekou Vltavou.

Tou kapliekou je Narodni divadlo v Praze. A oeskY basnik, T. V. Sladek (jehot basnim uei se dnes porozuniet bide, kteri drive sotva basnika znali jeho jinenem, ma na zbudovani teto kapliely velkY podil. Radosti i bolesti. Podobne 0. Sklenarova Maid, hereeka. Note, jak ten deskY narod, ochuzenY, ponitovanY lid, mohl se zmoci na takovou krasnou budovu?

Lido nemohli davat (net snad nejakSr jednotlivec motna) ani po zlatkach (peniz o jednorn stu jednotek) neb skladali po krejcarich. A hle, jake dilo zbudovali, ac vlada rakouska lidu toho neprala. To stalo se v Cechach pfed 75 roky.

A co dela se v Americe a v Texasu zvlake, po pfichodu prvnich pristebovalet do taro nove jejich vlasti, zeme obeanske svobody a lidske volnosti?

Poeali si zakladat svepomocne bratrske spolky hospodafske a nijak v posledni fade, spolky v padu Multi tivitele rodiny, poskytujici pornoc penetni i sousedskou, bylo-li tfeba osifele rodine pornoci pi praci farmarske.

A tito spolkari, vite co delali? Sbirali nikl k niklu (tehdy, 1850 -- 1895 nemeli jsme "centy" jeSte) davali dolar k dolaru, aby mohli koupit material. At material meli? Domluvili a staveli si sine, kde byli by mohli konati sve schtize, divadla a zabavy.

Kolik hodin easu kdo venoval takove praci pro na,A pospolitY utitek se dnes ani nevi. Oni ti krajane nemysleli na nejake sebe oslavovani; pracovali pro Oeobecrie blaho neb byli Wastni, Se "Amerika" jim poskytla priletitost svou lid-

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skou silo, um a viohy uplatniti die sve slovanske pkirozenosti. (Vzclelani Amerieane ocenuji tent() vzacnY piinos slovanskeho lidu k bohatstvi zeme.)

Nuie, to byly spolkove sine, te2 gkoly (obecrie Skoly, ktere patti narodu americkemu). A co vie? Byla jsem St'astna doZiti se a take se didastniti stavby Sokolovny zde v Houstone.

Byla jsem s y eclkem ( a kde bylo tieba i pomahala) staveni dvou spolkovYch sini v Houstone. Nebyla jsem vAak eastna planovani ani za,kladti prvni ani druhe sine SPJST zde. Za to znamy byly nine podnety ku stavbe Sokolovny. Vkchna dinnost k ziskani fondr na zakoupeni pozemku, pak materialu. di:stern pozemku neZ se sin mohla postaviti. — Rada vzpominam na tuto einnost tech naSich lidi. To jsou skutky, skrze ktere eloy ek (pry stvoienY dle °brazu bo21) se pozveda k cili sveho urdeni mu °d yekou jsoucnosti za Ukol eloveei spasy phi•eneho.

PN ptipravach pro stavbu Sokolovny, a pak, pH budovani sine samotne, byla jsem svedkem toho, co vk je v eloveku krasneho skryto. Ja.k navzdor YSern jeho chybam (ktere nekdy tak hrozne po g -kozujins'armypolitYZvoa.rzvraci dale spolky), edify& smrtelnik, je nadan tolikerou silou k dinnosti uZiteene, ktere se venuje s laskou k ktere uznava za uLtedne.

Kdyby elovedenstvo takto uznalo skutednost a s takovou laskou se ji poklonilo, jakp nag lid v pripadech. YYSe uvedenYch, pak mohli jsme miti uz dnes raj na zemi! A davno pi ked tim!

(Opravdu, mela. by se sepsati vkchna tato einnost nakho lidu: aby slouZiti mohla jako deliny nakho pfidineni k dobre republiky. PokrokovY element se nema opravdu za, co stycleti.)

Vzpominarn na ptieineni krajanskS7ch rodin pri stavbe teto Sokolovny. Co ti lido dali east', prace; a to dobre vale projevili v to dobe! Byla to odvaha pustit se do dila s malo penezi a kde Irk se muselo koupiti ku stavbe (nebo darovati mohl Indio kdo co od materialu) a co nemohl inkdo odrobiti, se muselo draho platiti. Vette, tato hrst Sokolstva Houstone (na vzdor ykm nedostatkam hotoveho dila), vykonala obdivuhodnY a chvaly hodnY kus uZiteene prace!

Prod by nemolalo dnes elenstvo Jednoty dati korurm vSemu tomu krajanskemu pideineni vybuclovanim fitulku, pro osoby po takovem fitulku touZici? TaboriSte pro deti?

Hle, Jednota ma pozemek, a jako stvofenY pro takove potieby! A v to Jednote hodne tisic elent -- Co fikate, nenaSlo by se v Jednote nekolik desitek takovYch jednotlivcr, kteii by chteli, a mohli, venovati nejaky podet hodin easu

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na dobrou, tak potiebnou vcc? (as, 1.. er r mnohdy se utrati tak bezneelne, zde by se promenil v dilo; a jeho tvurci stall by se pamatkou nesmrtelnYnii.

Nemyslela bych, ze ti, ktere jsem za tech 60 let meho veku poznala jako tvtitrce pii rfiznYch tech spolltovYch hoclovatelskych praci, nemeli by dries nanodobitelfi. Melt je ti, kteii za meho cletstvi pri texaske Praze budovali i spolkcvor sin. Jsou dnes promeneni v prach, ale na mista jejich nastoupili jini, aby v dile pokradovali jinde. Ale ti od Sokola. jak se zde ptieinenim, obetmi a praci projevili, nejsou ti posledni.

TakovYch rodin, jako V. Peirklky, F. evce, Rod, Soukupa, J. Bileho a tolika jednotlivcil jako A. R. Hamusek, J. KaS"par, R. 8ebkovi, C. Vodehnalova, J. 8indelovi, je mezi nami stale dost, aby zbudovali nekolik takovYch tirtulen. Obdivuji dodnes takove vzacne povahy jako byl J. J. Kelarek a ti z jeho doby. Vzpominam si na D. Nezvala a jeho prace . Kolik hodin ease venovali tito lido to stavitelske, yYzdobne a potiebne pevne, umne ruky a schopnosti (skrze ktere vynikli a vynikaji nad prtilmer) k poteeeni vSech kolem? Vypsati jmena vkch takovYch? Snad padesat archil papiru by ne&Mello vzpomenout je vkchny jmeny jejich.

KdyZ' po jedne darovane cihle pied 80 lety a nekolika darovanYch hodinach easu znamenalo zbudovat tak krasnou budovu jako Narodni divadlo, prod bychom my, Jednotaii, nedokazali nee° podobneho v Texasu? A pro reel ne mensi byl onen v Cechach, v Praze, pied 80 roky?

NUSe sestersko-bratrska vira, dobre yule a snaha skutkem mohla by se zde opravdu znamenite projeviti. Koneene bychom mohli dokazati, ze to naee hesla nejsou jen na papiie. 2e to nose povidani o lasce k bliznim neni na. piano.

Provedene dilo by to pot yrdilo jeho jsoucnosti.

Nuk, jak vime ze zkuknosti, Jednota naSe je sloZkou osob, kde hledajici nasal by zamestnance od vkch femesel, umeni a povolani jinYch, kteii by se mohli uplatniti na takovem vzacnern podniku podpory, lidskosti a bratrstvi (nyni tez sesterstvi) jejich piteinenim.

Jiste jsou mezi nami osoby, ktere . by mohly darovati jistY podet hodin dilu.

Jsou pony sveho easu.

Jest mezi nami hodne tech, kteii i kdyby chteli, nemohli by piijit no dilo pracovat. Maji sve zamestnani, za ktera jsou placeni. Anebo maji sve vlastni obchody, ktere takta yyZaduji jejich neustalor pkitomnost. Ti ale maji penize.

Co2, vetim, je dobre hospoddiske uspotaclani, jak je lidskY pokrok yyZadrje. Vzdor tomu, ze tento pokrok nema

na ) sve zaklady v nidem jinem ne'. Ye limotech kolem nos a v lidske race, ktera vedend schopnostml a «mem elo y eka tut() hmotu dovede zvladnouti a pro potteby i pote.;arin naSe obroditi.

Dob •e tedy, k vybudovani fttulny i taboi to pro radost vSech, Jeclnota ma. vie "pti race."

Ted', aby dilo se mohlo provest, bade potreba 11th. Pro ty lidi pak pristieM, stravu . Proto, kdy2 by dali cas, praci jejich urn diin, nemohlo by se Zadat aby se obetovali cele, kdyZ pH takovemhle Bile mohl by pomoci kaZdY. 2e ano? MeSkodilo by rokieliti rids na til skupiny: Prvni byli by delnici. Druzi, kdo by pa-mobil penezi. Teti, kteki by nemohli se zreastniti na praci ani darech gene iale pid dobre van, piispeli by aZ by mohli. Donmivarn se, ze techto poslednich by bylo male eislo. Na Zadneht) by pak nepadlo nejake tea& biemeno. Podivili by se asi mnozi, jak velike dilo moZno vykonati, lalyZ ujmou se vedeni Ede poctivi, kteii vi, ze kaZdY $ sestava s jednoho sta centr; a kdyby se jen jeden ten cent ztratil, nebude zde toho dolaru.

ZvolenY vYbor pro trio stavbe nemel by nijak lehkY uko l vSe zaiiditi, jak by Uspech a zdar podnikani neblomne vyZadoval.

Prvnim krokem k provadeni planu bylo by zakoupeni pevne vaza3e knihy zaznamti (record book), kde by se psala jmena einovnikil a podet hodin venovanYch plodne praci.

Jmena a penkite obnosy venovane do pomocneho fondr.

Z penez tech stravovani byli by delni7 si. Dale kuPovano vkchno potiebne iizeni pro vodovody, kuchyn, koupelny, pradelnr, odvod ze zachodii, svetlo a co jineho by potieba bylo ihned, z dehoZ by teZ pamatovat se muselo na potiehy prvni pornoci pfi nehodach. zatizeni svetnic, atd.

DalSi pak bylo A detske taboilete? Bylo by o tolik lehei zailditi, ze do zaeatku, k uspokojeni deti, stadil by zpilsob jako vidime taboffitich skautU v America; a pfitom jiZ budovat opravdove hilAe s piislus7 nYin plistfeeim pro pobyt 0.60 pa celou men' dobu a pro yYlety.

KdyZ o teto \TM p •emYSlim, je me trochr Ze nemam v puneok par mthonkti a mac nad tetra 110 akry orY "plane" pildy. Walyt' by se tarn dalo vytvoiiti diiu, jakYch rnalo jeSte je na semi.

Ne snad nejakor nadheru z kamene, ozdob ze zlata a stiibra. Nikoliv, nit takoveho, ale obydli, polieka a zahradky; neco, co by, jak krest'ane pravi, bylo nejen eloveku, ale samemu "Bohu mile: libeho".

Ostatne, vZdyt' z dolaru se neda

Strana 10 robiti ani ta zaplata na rortr2enou nohavici nebo kabat. Zato z hromady ci. hel, nebo hranice dreva par dovediVch rukou zrobi temer div. Lopata a par semen do ptidy °Ward eloveka neeim, co 2adnSr bohde do opravdy nikde by nenagel. Main, pratele, pravdu nebo nem'arn?

A tied' jen otazku. Co kdo z vas pianuje na ty dny van, kdy budete stakim donuceni sedati o samote? Na polo slepi, hlugi a treba nemoZni podati si i tu sklenieku vody? Neni to v2dy ehudoba, ale osamocenost, ktera, je tihou tech poslednich that!

Zdravi vgechny M. F. K. Valova ) • eTs 4 ( Nagim delcgattim k poySimnuti!

Grapevine, Texas bestry a bratri!

Zda„ se mi, 2e jest nutne pripomenouti si zaveas, abychom se v gichni o zjedriociageni nagich stanov Tak jak jsou nyni, aneb jak se oba,yam 2e budou "amended," jsou zbyteen2 rozvlaene. — Cele odstavce mohly by bYti zkracene, dilem i vynechane, presunute aneb slovosled zkracen.

Matra obavy, ae pravnik na vYboru to magi obyeejne a srozumitelne de gtine nic neprospeje.

Nektera ta pravidla, uznana sjezdem z; nutna, ku prikladu jako povinnosti iuedniku Hlavni Uradovny a jina, mohla by bYti vtelend do zvla gtnich pravidel a do stanov elenskYch je nedavejme vtlbec. — V2dyt' tak jak jsou nyni stanovy rozvidone sestavene. je 75% elmu yubec mete.

Ten Glen, kterY by se pak o ta zvlazajimal mohl by si ovgem glni o ne poladati.

Rad uvidim a snad i vas vice se nmou, jak ty nage stanovy tolik "pre-a yyprane" budou koneene vyhliZeti.

Sjezdu zdar!

Ludva, 0. Hogek • •

VEST NI K — WEST, TEXAS

Myslim, to je lepe jeti znamou dObrou cestou, ne‘Zli vyhledavat novou a octnout se nekde v pirikope.

V 21. eisle Vestniku jsme, ale dostali co proto v redakenim elanku "Neni jegte pozde". Tam ji2 to nebyla nadlicka prace -- tam bychorn se men vratit a zaeit znova. Nemohu bratru Valeikovi nekd,y dosti dobke rozumet . Vim 2e horoyal pro vice iblednikil v hlavni Ufadovn.e, a2 kdy2 dostal plan a nakres na sestaveni hlavni firadovny od bratra Cervenky.

Osobne bratra eervenku neznam a jsem dalek toho, abych snad ho chtel ura2et. Verim,,2e to mysli dobre a jsem jist, 2e musi bohatou zkugenost v budovani a praci pro velke pojigt'ujici spoleenosti a, 2e tedy kresli plant' ze zkugenosti. Podie tohoto planu bychorn volili pouze predsedu, misto predsedu a tajemnika. Na v ge ostatni by si oni pHbrali pomoc. Jak dlouho by to vzalo, nea by ta nova soustava se do toho vpracovala?

Bratr Olexa v neUredni reci, jen tak v pkatelskem rozhovoru s bratrem Slavikern (co2 jsem ja, snad nechte zaslechl) rekl, 2e mame jednoho eloveka kterY rozumi ka2de praci v hlavni tradovne.

Snad bychom podobneho velikana mobil zvolit za predsedu a dat mu volnou ruku y e vgem ostatnim . Ne jaksi mi to nejde dohromady. Ja verim, 2e hlavni Uradovna a firednici, kteri nam nashroma2dili blizko deviti milionu dolarii, musi pracovati velice dobke a zaslouZi si za to pochvaly. Je dobre, 2e jsou nagi kednici v hlavni tkadovne konservativni a nechti napodobit bratrske Jednoty jako jsou Foresters Tem se nembleme rovnat. Kde my mame deset prospekta, tarn oni maji tisic. Ty na ge prebytky by to cllouho nevydr2ely. To jako kdy2 nam nekdo slibuje 80 miliona majetku. Ju — ono by to glo, ale museli bychorn to jmeno zkratit pouze na Texas Order.

Je dobte, 2e mame v hlavni firadovne lidi konservativni a je si co prat abyStanovni vjrbor a jine drobnosti chom takove i v budoucnu dostali. NeJsern take jeden z tech deviti na stamain nic proti pomalemu zlep govani --ncvnim vYborti a rad bych odpovedel ale radikalni zinena, by vice ugkodila bratru redaktoru na jeho kritiku nagi ne21i prospela. prace.

Pisi pouze sam za sebe, nemoliu psat 2c jsou nage stanovy dioulie? Snad za celY stanovni vYbor.

— ale stanovy musi bVti dosti srozurniChtal jsem (Meet je to lcp gi ne2 ne- telne, aby nebyly pine zadnich dvitek. _roziny glene mot mluvit, ale ta redakeni Jestli nekterY expert ma za to, Ze by kritika nine trochu pohnula. mohl upravit dobre nove stanovy na dvaPo nagi schtizi v Temple bylo v reclak- ceti strankach, pak zajiste bylo jeho poenich tvahach — jakY kus nadlidske vinnosti nam tu novou soustavu podat prace stanovni vYbor vykonal. Meli jsme k uvaZeni. Ani nemyslim, ae jsme 'AU'S snad tou chvalou bYt nad geni at k sl- ke stanovam pkidavali — ostatne to vge zam? Byla to sice dosti petna prace, ale musi bSi t schvaleno sjezdem nezli se to vetim, to ne nadlidske. Ovtem pri gte ji2 tsane skutkem. sjezd einneho bylo neco, jako 2e jsme gli vyglapanou mistopredsedu, pak bych se prindouval e,estiekou. abychom si tarn zvolili mlad giho eloveka.,

ye stredu, dne 13. Gerona 1956 ktery by se iapracoval a mohl nam bYt uZiteenY v budoucnosti.

Pridalo se nee() k vuli Vestniku. Je to nage bolave misto. Nekteri se ohani svobodou tisk» .

Jak by to, ale dopadlo s redaktorem kterehokoli easopisu, kdy'2 by si zantoeil na vydavatele?

Dle meho, TiskovY vYbor je vice nesZli Upinou zbyteenosti. Je to jakasi okrasa, kterou ma pouze na g e Texaska Jednota _ vgecky ostatni bratrske spolky maji pouze redaktora, kterY spolupracuje s hlavni firadovnou.

Co se tyre platu hlavnich Urednika — to asi bode v rukou vYboru na platy.

Verim, 2e si nati firednici zaslou2i vetgi platy, ale nechtel bych jim predpisovat, kolik novYch ()Wen maji roene kupovat.

(Verirn, 2e 2adnS7 z flier' neoeekava 20 tisic roene). jsme zaruku pro reditele. Myslim. 2e by mela bYt vet gi. fteditel je zodpovednY za pUjeky a neni ka2dY z nich dosti bohatY, aby mohl gpatnou pajeku ptevzit na sebe.

Jak ziskavati nove eleny? To je neco, o Gem hlavni Utadovna vi daleko vie a s pornoci staleho mistopredsedy mute se venovat vice easu praci organisaani.

Co se tsfee vYchovy deti —ta must na prvem miste zacit doma. Nemil2eme oeekavat, aby na ge Jednota nam je vychovavala, jestli si je nedovedeme vychovat sami. Je to at dojernne, kdy2 slygime nektere bratry horovat pro tabor mlade- vychovatele mlade2e a jine — zatim co jejich vlastni odrostle deti na tech nagich podnicich neuvidite.

Meli jsme reditelku mlade2e kolik jsme tim ziskali novSrch miadYch Cleat)?

Jezdilo se po svete a po kakle ceste jsme meli slibene ohromne nove idee, ale nejake nove pisnieky, kterou nikdo nezpiva a nedorozumeni v hlavni firadovne, kam takovY firednik nepatri — Zadne velike veci jsme neuvideli.

Misto toho, neb nejake kralovny, dejte chudobnemu studentu nadaci. Je-li davejte lacinej gi nadaeni pojistky a to nam ziska vice mladeZe, ne21i nejaka ta okrasa v podobe vychovatel. Na g redaktor misto kritiky Navin firadovny by mohl zcela dobre venovat trochu eaSu a mista mladeli a zajiste by niu to nikdo nezazlival.

Spolupra.ce se Sokolem by take prospela a sokolska kniZka "Pokyny pro vychova.tele" by rnela bYt u ka2cieloo rado, kde se zajimaji o praci s omladinou.

Ano bud'me uprimni a nalejme si to eiste pravdy!

Distrikty zaealy hezky, ale po pal letech si s nimi dosud nevime rady a vzalo by to S ' alamouna, aby nam rekl, k eemu jsou dobre a jak je vesti.

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Reports from Lodges, biograpities, etc., intended for publication, must be in the hands of the Editor a BENEVOLENT ORDER week before the date of issue. Address all editorial matters to: OP THE STATE OF TEXAS Editor, 6402 Prague, Houston 7 Tex. Postmaster: Please send Form 3579 With Undeliverable Copies to SUPREME LODGE SPJST, P.O. BOX 400, TEMPLE, TEXAS OFFICIAL ORGAN OE SLAVONIC

STNIK

MUSINGS OF THE EDITOR THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE BEFORE the convention to talk to the delegates about the work of the editor. The next issue has already been arranged, and partially printed. It will be a commemorative issue and will have no personal columns from your editor.

ARTICLE 19-e OF THE BY-LAWS makes it mandatory that the editor submits a supplementary report at the convention. But why should I read or report verbally anything at the convention, if I can do it in ample time before the convention? I believe that more good would come if I present my recommendations a week or two prior to the convention instead of unloading my mind on the delegates suddenly at the convention. Human mind works better if it has a chance to ponder over an idea. * * THERE IS REALLY NOTHING VERY important which I wish to report either to the membership or to the delegates.

If you have been reading the Vestnik, you know that I advocate certain improvements. I have already said my views, explained my ideas, even suggested certain remedies, and now it is up to the delegates to decide. A preacher cannot get mad if the congregation does not follow his sermon. A teacher cannot get in a rage if his students don't absorb his instructions. And I cannot hold it against any delegate if he sees the things in his own light. Besides, we are a democratic ogranization where the voice of the least informed has the same weight as the vote of the highest officer. • WITH ALL SINCERITY, I MUST SAY that this editorial work has brought me more pleasure and satisfaction than if I were in any other position: And I did held various positions in. the official family; I experienced different feeling.

When I was thirty-two, the delegates honored me by placing me on the AuditinZ' Committee. They kept me there for twelve years, then they pushed me up to the office of vice president of the

Supreme Lodge, at the age of forty-four.

Then before I was fifty, the delegates made me chairman of the Board of Directors. In 1936, and again in 1940, the delegates elected me to be the chairman of the convention. But none of these responsible positions had brought me so close to the entire membership as my present job. And it brought me recognition even outside of the SPJST; in the Press Section of the National Fraternal Congress. This honor I consider more as a gesture of recognition of the SPJST over the entire United States and Canada.

SINCE I WAS ELECTED LAST YEAR president of the Press Section of the N.F.C., I received innumerable letters from our own SPJST members asking me to accept a more responsible office at this convention. I repeated time and again that I was not running for any office. But I would like to carry on the tditorial work, even though I have not done the work to myown satisfaction.

I should have done it twice or three times better. Every delegate should know what kept me from doing my work better and every delegate should help me remedy it.

THE EDITOR SHOULD BE IN TENple. He should be closer to the wheels which turn the entire SPJST machinery.

I suggested it. The hint was not taken.

I asked for it. Yes, I could have moved in the basement, or there was a vacant desk in the stock room. I asked for a small room where I could place shelves of books, and my two Czech typewriters.

The building superintendent told me that he had. one small room ,about nine by eleven, but it would cost about $150.00 to put it in shape. In November, 1954, I wrote a personal letter to every member of the Supreme Lodge, in which I suggested that I would like to move to the headquarters, would like to hire an assistant at my own expense, and would try to devote more time to the organizational work. I repeated this offer in. April 1955, and again in July

1955, I sincerely believe that the editor should be at the headquarters.

AT NO OTHER TIME DID I FEEL the urgency to be at the headquarters as I felt it in 1954 when we tried to write three million of new insurance a year, In the membership drives in 1954, I felt that I was out of contact with the officers and with the field workers. And I have the same feeling right now when I am, preparing a commemorative issue. Either I have to make a trip , to Temple, wasting nearly whole day in trave l,, or I have to make telephOne calls.

My recommendation is that the editor be under the same roof as the officers.

THERE ARE OTHER REASONS WHY the editor should be in Temple. I have now been running the English section for eight years, and the Czech section for six years. Many times I wanted to discuss with the officers the need of certain articles, the importance of certain explanation. I was alone. If the article which I wrote did not come out right, or if some explanation did not meet with the approval of the officers, we did not understand each other. We did not work as a unit.

THERE SHOULD BE A CO-ORDINAtion, a plan and purpose for every issue of the Vestnik. I don't believe in putting out an official paper which would do no good. In future, the editor should discuss the purpose of the Vestnik with the officers and directors every month, or definitely every quarterly meeting. The other officers should know in advance what the editor is going to push, advertise, and promote in the following weeks and months. The editor should be closer to the officers. Or should I say it the other way?

ONCT A YEAR THE PRESS COMMITtece went over my work and approved my plans. I appreciated it more than I can express that they shared my headaches. Without the Press Committee, my work would sometimes be a nightmare.

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BYLAW CHANGES Route 2, Rogers, Texas, matter at the preconventon meeting will be appreciated.

June 3, 1956 Fraternally, Jos. Slavik, Secretary, Calvin C. Chervenka, SPJST By-law Committee, President, Lodge 69.

Temple, Texas Jesse E. Shiller, Sec'y. Lodge 69.

Dear Brother Slavik: A Motion to Amend the SPJST Constitution and By-laws which were adoptEnclosed herewith are three additioned in the XVI SPJST Convention al_ recommendations for changes in the Held June 23 to 27, 1952, in Houston, SPJST By-laws.

The motion to recom, Texas.

Mend these changes was approved by To add as new article the following: the membership of the New Colony ( Nov' Osada) SPJST Lodge No 69 at Article 167---4YOUTH ACTIVITIES This organization shall sponsor a regular 'Meeting on Sunday, June youth activity hereinafter referred to as 1956.

The attiched by-law Jecommenda- the "SPJST Juniors." This activity shall tiOb; cioncerii the subjects Of (1) Youth be planned and directed by the Supreme ACtivities, (2) Advertising and Public Ledge and administered by the Supreme Relations, and (3) Archives, Library, and Lodge Vice President or a State Youth Museum and suPPleinerit the earlier Director in cooperation with the Disrecommendations frOm our Lodge whidh trict and Local Lodge Youth DirectOrs. Were transmitted to you by a letter ActiVe membership in this youth ordated Match 4, 1956, and were publiSh- ganization shall be open to all persons 18 years of age or younger who are ined in the March 14 ,1956, Vestnik.

These by-law recommendations con- sured by the SPJST or who are friends cerning , subjects of importance to the of SPJST members. A local affiliated ppisT are being submitted because chapters of the "SPJST Juniors" may be your committee's recommendations pub- established by any SPJST Local Lodge lished in the April 25, 1956, Vestnik, upon approval of a request to the Suappear to make no reference to or ad- preme Lodge. The purposes of this youth equate provisions for these needed ac- organization shall be social and edutivities.: Although the Supreme Lodge cational and it shall not collect morinuy already have the power to perform tuary premiums or offer any life inthese activities and these by-laws may surance service to its members. Each not be absolutely necessary, their adop- local chapter shall operate under bytion and allocation of funds by the con- laws framed by the Supreme Lodge and vention would serve as a definite di- providing for the following: rective to the Supreme Lodge.

1.Regular meetings, membership dues and other requirements, and organ• All three by-law recommendations are general provisions but are adequate to izational offices similar to those of permit all justifiable activities in their local SPJST lodges. 'respective fields. Although the Supreme 2. Supervised social, entertainment, Lodge Expense Fund shoilld be adequate and cultural activities. feu financing all three activities (based 3. Organized educational activities. ii.nion the 1954 and 1955 surpluses in that unds for the encouragement, sponfund), it may be advisable for the con- sorship, and support of this youth ac-(;(2.1(tion to make a grant for the ini- tivity shall be those allocated for this tial year or initial quadrennium for purpose from the Supreme Lodge Exthese activities. The Supreme Lodge pense Fund and grants from each quadVice President is specified as the ad- rennial convention. This article shall be ' haistrator of each of the three activ- effective immediately. ities in accordance with Provision 20 of Article 168—ADVERTISING AND Our previous recommendations which PUBLIC RELATIONS were designed to lighten the duties of This organization shall engage in apthe Supreme Lodge President. It is not propriate advertising and other public important that the recommended ac- relations activities which will assist this tivities be administered by the persons organization in the achievement of its Specified; but it is important that they purposes and will be in accord with be adopted and performed by the SPJST the American and fraternal spirit of without delay. this organization. Individual members, A copy of these by-law recommenda- local lodge officers, and district officers tions is being sent directly to Editor shall avail themselves of opportunities Valcik for publication in the Vestnik. to (1) participate in community activiYour committee's consideration of this ties and services in behalf of the local

lodge or district, (2) explain the meaning, history, services, and activities of the SPJST, and (3) otherwise cooperate in the promotion of any favorable publicity or other public relations activity which will benefit this organization and will solicit the good will of others. All public relations activities on the state level shal be panned and directed by the Supreme Lodge nad shall be administered by the Supreme Lodge Vice President with funds allocated from the Supreme Lodge Expense fund and grants from each quadriennial convention. This article shall be effective immediately. , Article 169—ARCHIVES, LIBRARY, AND MUSEUM This organization shall encourage and pursue the collection, preservation, and display of all appropriate relics, documents, books, and other materials and records which will help preserve for posterity the language and other important and significant events in the life and cultural progress of the people of Czechoslovak descent in Texas, in general, and of this organization, in particular. These items shall be suitably identified, indexed, insured, grouped into collections, and placed on temporary display or in fireproof storage until such a time as the size of the collection and other circumstances warrant the establishment of an archives, library, and/or museum by this organization alone or in cooperation with other organizations or institutions.

These activities shall be planned and directed by the Supreme Lodge and administered by the Vice President with funds allocated from the Supreme Lodge Expense Fund and grants from each quadrennial' convention. This article shall be effective immediately.

--Submitted by Lodge 69 on 6-3-56. )•*•(

WHERE TO GO District Five i9 going to hold a picnic for junior members on June 17 in Danbury. Watch for further announcement.

SUNDAY, JUNE 24: Preconvention picnic at Seaton Star Hall Sokol, and political rally. Dance at night, Emil Bartos orchestra. * SUNDAY, JULY 15: Lodge Pokrok Sweet Home No. 63 will celebrate its Golden Anniversary. Watch for further announcements.

SUNDAY, JULY 1: Slovan Lodge No. 9 at Snook will have a barbecue with music both during the day and in the evening.

Wednesday, June 13, 1956

VESTNiX— WEST, TEXAS

EXPLANATION FROM BROTHER KO- that our Order owned and I invited the LHIA IN REGARD TO LETTER OF Secretary of the Supreme Lodge, BrothBROTHER J. M. SKRABANEK er Chupick, to go along with me, so that we could investigate if there is Sisters and Brothers: any oil activity or prospect for oil deIn a letter published in the Vestnik, velopment, in the vicinity where this in the issue dated May 20, 1956, Brother land was located. We had found out that Skrabanek accuses me that I did not in some parts of Liberty County, oil perform my duty, as your Treasurer,' wells were being drilled and since in that I neglected my work in regard to going to this property we had to travel the Real Estate 1VIOrtgage Loans and through the places where we knew our other things, therefore, I wish to give Order had quite a few loans, upon which to you, members of the SPJST, some in- the debtors were delinquent with payformation and explanation, because if ments and in some instances, I had to I would fail to do so that would imply pay the fire insurance premiums on the by itself that I consider myself guilty. buildings That were security for these About that part of the minutes of the leans. Upon looking at several of such last Supreme Lodge meeting where it properties, we both soon came to a is pointed out to you that "I" prepared conclusion as to what kind of security them as "I" wanted them, first I wish we had for these loans that we saw. to inform all of you that for several In the very next Supreme Lodge meetyears, in matters pertaining to Real Es- ing which was held in April, 1955, I tate Mortgage loans, or such matters voiced my opinion about what I;thOught that pertain to my department, at the of the properties that were security for request of our Supreme Lodge Secre- these loans and that the appraised value tary, Brother Chupick, I always made that was established for these loans was out for him, in writing, the decisions far beyond the actual value of such that were made in regard to Mortgage property. Had it not been for the trip Loans which were presented to the Di- to Liberty County, these facts would rectors for their attention, on many occasions when the Brother Directors were not have been found out. at our Supreme Lodge office checking Later, Brother Skrabanek paid out two of these loans. Why? If the securour books and if they finished their ity for these loans was as •good as he work with checking of the books, I then always assured us that it was, why didchecked with all of them, the control n't he leave the SPJST foreclose on the sheets that we have for our Real Esproperty and then let the Order sell tate Mortgage Loans. Not only that, but them at a profit? for everyone of the Supreme Lodge meetings a list of all such mortgage Just because I pointed out in that loans that were delinquent, was prepar- April, 1955, Supreme Lodge meeting that ed and given to every member of the on such property as we had made loans Supreme Lodge and those loans that on, that these should have never been needed attention were pointed out to made, I don't think was anything bad. the Brother Directors and on this list IIJvieVer, since other matters developed for such delinquent loans, there was in the following (July) meeting of the shown the amount of delinquent inter- Supreme Lodge, which I do not want est as well as amount of delinquent to bring up in this letter, which howprincipal payments. Whenever Brother ever were being used against me, thereSkrabanek requested a separate list, for fore for my protection, I acquired picdelinquent loans in his district, he re- tures of those buildings, as it is stated ceived it without any delay. These facts in the minutes of April 9, 1956, meeting. can be verified by all the other memSo far as my "verbatim" part of the bers of the Supreme Lodge. minutes is concerned, I think that those When in our Supreme Lodge meet- members of the Supreme Lodge who ings any questions arose in regard to 'were present at that April meeting still the security that is being obtained for remember that those things happened our Real Estate Mortgage Loans, Broth- just as they arc recorded in the miner Skrabanek always assured all of us, utes, as I did write them down immedithat he was making loans in his dis- ately after the meeting and were read trict on good substantial property not to the officers at the Supreme Lodge. over 60% of their actual value, howBrother Skrabanek also stated in his ever, that in most instances only 50% letter that during the time of his Diof actual value of the property. He rectorship that he made all appraisals stressed very much that this should be very carefully, so that our Order would done everywhere. never suffer a loss, that all his loans In the first part of March, 1955, I are good, that it is only needed that had to make a trip to Liberty County, Treasurer Koliha should give them betin .regard to the sale of sonic property ter attention. However, perhaps Brother

Strana 13 Skrabanek has forgotten that he did make "a very careful" loan, in a certain place near Houston, on which real estate there should have been a, nice new building, that the lot was to have been located facing a nice street, but when the SPJST had to foreclose on this property and acquired it, we found out that we came into possession of a small, vacant lot, to which we have no way of getting to, only by going over another party's property, or in legal terms, there is no ingress or egress to this property. The SPJST has in this property $2,731.99. When I found out what had happened, since fire insurance premiums were paid on a building which was never located on this lot, I ohtained a refund of the advanced fire insurance premiums in the sum of $185.79 which had been paid on a building which never did exist.

The first time I went to see this property, in less than 10 minutes, I located on the map of this town, exactly where the property was located. Why was it that Brother Skrabanek did not find out the location of this property when he made the appraisal for this loan?

Now in regard to my not attending to the duties, in collection of payments for our Real Estate Loans, in my convention report as Treasurer of the SPJST, I reported to you that at the end of last year (December 31, 1955) that there were on our books, 1435 Real Estate Mortgage Loans and since at that time, not a single one of these loans was delinquent with payments of interest more than three months, by that you can see for yourself whether the Treasurer is performing his duties or not. This is only one of the things that I am bringing up to you, since Brother ' Skrabanek wants to show you that 1 dh not attend to the collection of payments on the Real Estate Loans. HOW much work and time and correspondence is required to keep these loans in =WO condition, no one can determine, only the person who has this duty to do and especially with loans that are on "huts" of which I am writing.

About the property REO No. 128 which was acquired by foreclosure sale on December 6, 1955, the check for this loan was issued in the sum of $2,000.00 on January 10, 1953. This property was appraised at $5,000,00. On the date when this property was acquired by the SPJST, the balance of unpaid principal of the loan was $1,917.79, total amount of interest computed to December 6, 1955, amounted to $174.89, therefore, a total of unpaid principal and interest was $2,092.68. Later, additional expenditures were added, thus bringing the to-

Strand 14 tal amount up to January 26, 1956, the sum of $2,457.72.

That I did not know of the unpaid taxes as Brother Skrabanek states in his letter, until he called my attention to them, Brother Skrabanek is very much wrong in his statement. because our attorney, Brother Pavlicek, got the school tax statements for me. Since i was Brother Pavlicek was in Houston, it much easier for him to find out in what school district this property was located. All the taxes were paid in January, 1956. I am quite sure that Brother Skrabanek has my letter dated January 26, 1956 (I have a carbon copy of that letter) in which letter I informed him that I was waiting for school tax statements, which came to me the next day, and he also should have the letter dated February 17, 1956, with which I sent him a sheet showing total amount of expenditures. Therefore, I again state that I do not understand how Brother Skrabanek could state that I did not know about the unpaid taxes, until he called my attention to them.

On the loan which was against this property the last payment I received from the debtor was on October 21, 1954, which was after the meeting of the Supreme Lodge held on October 11 and 12, 1954, and since it was in this meeting that I got permission to hand the note for this loan to our Attorney, if the debtor would fail to bring his loan to current condition, before December 1, 1954, therefore, after several letters were sent to the debtor and he did not respond to any of these letters and did not send any remittance, therefore, on December 7, 1954, I sent Brother Pavlicek the note for collection. From that date, I had nothing to do with that loan, because once it is turned over to our Attorney, it is up to him to have the loan brought to current condition Or to foreclose on the property. If the attorney sends sufficient money to bring the loan to current condition and informs me to resume collection of pay. ments, I then do so, and if foreclosure is carried out, then again it becomes my duty to look after the property. However, before this is done, I have no way of knowing whether the building is occupied or vacant. In this instance, I can not be blamed as Brother Skrabanek makes it appear in his letter.

Referring to the other property, REO No. 127, the check was issued for this loan on October 4, 1952, in the sum of $4,500.00. The property was appraised at $9,000.00. The debtor paid the last monthly payment on January 1, 1955, and after continuous statements and

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letters were sent to this debtor, without any respond and no money was being received, therefore in the April 1955 meeting, I was instructed to give this debtor another month's time and if he would not send any payments that I should hand the note over to our Attorney, which I did on June 6, 1955.

This property was acquired by the SPJST on December 6, 1955.

The figures as set out in Brother Skrabanek's letter are those which I sent with my letter dated January 26, 1956, in which letter I informed him of the unpaid school taxes. On February 17, 1956, I sent him' a letter and along with that letter, the total amount of expenditures. So again I say, that I knew of the unpaid taxes and it was not necessary for Brother Skrabanek to call my attention to the tax matter. Again in this instance Brother Pavlicek sent me the statements.

'Towards he end of his letter, Brother Skrabanek states that it is his belief that the sum of $1,827.65 did not have to be added to the expenditures on the two properties that were foreclosed, if there would have been better attention given these loans. Brother Skrabanek was present in every meeting of the Supreme Lodge, when these were brought up, not only in one meeting, but in several, why was it, that since these were in his district, that he himself did not contact the debtor as he promised he would or permit them to be foreclosed sooner?

Wednesday, ;Tune 13, 1938 not like to see me sell those properties for some small amount. I informed him that he should know that I certainly would not do something like that and I told him that I intended to go to Houston and talk to him and that I would give him a chance to sell these two properties. Now if this wasn't a sincere and fraternal deed, then no other action would be fraternal.

When we were together in Houston and we went to see the properties which the ,SPJST acquired, I informed Brother Skrabanek about the pictures I had, the reason why I was induced to take these pictures, to protect myself if it should so happen that something in the future should come up about the properties, so that no one could contradict that what I stated about the loans in the Supreme Lodge meeting held in April : 1955, was true. When Brother Skrabanek in the Supreme Lodge meeting held April 9, 1956, wanted for me to apologize in the Vestnik what I had stated about these loans, it was for that reason my report in the minutes was written in detail.

If the properties which the SPJST had to foreclose, are such good ones and have the value for which they were appraised, why be alarmed if someone should see the pictures of the properties? That would be a good showing and the best evidence that your Treasurer is not stating the truth.

Sisters and Brothers, it has always been my ambition to render faithful service, without any politics, however if I am to be condemned for protecting our SPJST, so that our money will not be loaned on excessively appraised properties, then it is useless for the officers of the Supreme Lodge, SPJST, to take an oath that they will faithfully perform their duty and safeguard the property of the Order.

Sisters and brothers, when property is appraised at $5,000.00 and then the property is being sold for $2,650.00, and the other property which we still have on our hands, was appraised at $9,000.00, and from all indications, we will be glad if we get $5,000.00, then let no one put the blame on the Treasurer, for which he is not responsible and when he points out such things, he is to apologize and take the entire blame upon Hoping that you members of our Orhimself. The Treasurer did not make der will forgive me that I am giving you the excessive appraisals. this information in the Vestnik, as I know that each one of you want to Brother Skrabanek further points out know the facts and it is my sincere beand states to members that in the Su- lief that although sometimes a person preme Lodge meeting held 'in January, for his truthfulness must endure many 1956, that in his absence (behind his obstacles, however in the end, truth alback) certain things were done in that ways succeeds. meeting in regard to the property which the SPJST acquired, it was decided that Always I have considered myself as the Treasurer should place for sale these your servant, working for the good of two properties, to sell them for the best all the members and not for any indiprice he can get for them. This meet- dividual or some certain group. And I was held on January 9, 1956, and hope, Sisters and Brothers, that you Brother Skrabanek phoned me on Jan- too will agree with me in these ideas. uary 25, 1956, that he found out that Fraternally yours, these two properties that the SPJST acJos. Koliha, Jr., Treasurer, quired were to be sold, that he would Supreme Lodge, SPJST.

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POLKA DANCE CALENDAR (Calvin C. Chervenka) Wednesday, June 13

Joe Patek Orchestra — Wedding Dance -- American Legion Hall in NeedVille.

Saturday, June 16

Emil Bartos orchestra — National Hall Club in Cameron.

Henry Brosch orchestra — New Beilau Hall near Weimar.

Fart Worth Melodiers — Sokol Hall in Fort Worth.

Lee Ilse orchestra — Fair Grounds Hall in La Grange.

Rudy Kurtz orchestra — BOedeker's Place near Shiner.

Gus Lindeman orchestra — Dime Box Hall.

Bill Mraz orchestra — Bill Mraz Hall in Houston.

Jo6 Patek orchestra — Round Top Hall.

Sunday, June 11 Emil Bartos orchestra — American Legion Hall in Shiner.

Lee use orchestra — All Day and Night Barbecue and Dance — New Tabor Hall near Caldwell.

Joe Cervenka orchestra — SPJST Hall in HiWe. Konvicka's Worthing Band — Parish Picnic and Dance — St. John's Parish Hall near Schulenburg.

Sil Krenek orchestra — Talton Community Center at New Talton.

Rudy. Kurtz orchestra — Singing Feast in Afternoon and Night — Converse Hall.

Gtis2 Lindeman orchestra — Wedding Dance -- KJT Hall in Fayetteville. jek Orchestra -- KJZT Dance — Moravian -Hall in .Corpus Christi.

Joe Patek orchestra — SPJST Hall in Taylor.

Monday, June 18

Ri„dy Kurtz orchestra — Lad's Place near Moulton.

Wednesday, June 20

He_nry Brosch orchestra — Plainview . Community Center near El Campo.

Saturday, June 23 •Enid Bartos and Bill Mraz orchestra -Battle Dance — Bill Mraz Hall in Houston.

Henry Brosch orchestra — Boedeker's Place near Shiner.

Lee Ilse orchestra -- Carmine Hall.

Kopvicka's Worthing Band —K. T Hall in San Antonio.

Majek's orchestra -- K C Hall in Harlingen. ao Hall in New Joe Patek orchestra Braunfels.

V tSTNT .lt WEST; TEXAS Sunday, June 24

Emil Bartos orchestra -- SPJST Convention Activity — All Day and Night Barbecue Picnic, Political Rally, Sokol Exhibition, Youth Program and Dance — SPJST Star Hall at Seaton near Temple.

Lee Ilse orchestra — Plainview Community Center near El Campo.

Rudy Kurtz orchestra — Picnic and Dance — Comanche Park in San Antonio.

Gus Lindeman orchestra — New Beilau Hall near Weimar.

Monday, June 25

Emil Bartos orchestra — Wedding Dance — American. Legion Hall in Shiner.

Tuesday, June 26

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Reports From Districts DISTRICT FIVE PICNIC

Sisters and Brothers: I wish to extend a cordial invitation to all the SPJST niember, and their friends, regardless if they are in District Five or any other district, to come to the Youth Picnic given by District Five in Danbury, Texas, on Sunday.

June 17, 1956.

Barbecue with all the trimmings and drinks will be served at 12:30 p.m. A real social get-together is awaiting you..

There will be fun for every one, games of all kinds, boat rides, and display of talent by any child who wishes to participate.

Since it is Father's Day, you, boys and girls; give your father a real treat. Bring him to the picnic.

Emil Bartos orchestra SPJST Convention Activity -- Supper for Delegates followed by. Public Youth Program and Dance — SPJST Flag Hall at Cyclone near Rogers.

We call this the YOUTH PICNIC, but Rudy Kurtz orchestra -- Wedding . Dance we mean everybody to come, enjoy, it KJT Hall in Plum. with the youngsters..This picnic is not Wednesday, June 27 only for the children but for everybody Henry Brosch orchestra — Club Dance whether they are one year or hundred.

— American Legion Hall in Fla- We will make all of you feel youthful tonia. when you and us get together.

Lee use orchestra — Wedding Dance — So don't forget the date, Sunday, Juno KJT Hall in Fayetteville.

17th, 1956.

Fraternally yours, All the above dances are at night unJ. M. Skrabanek, less otherwise specified. This is a tree Director, District Five service but applies only to those dances at which mainly polka and waltz music is played by a live orchestra. The Vestnik Brother's Right or writer will assume no responsIbility The president of a large corporation resulting from any dance announce- was sitting down to dinner with his ment which is listed in this column. family when little Mary turned to her Listings from orchestras and dance halls father and said: "Why can't we pray should be received at least one week be- just once a week, Daddy? Why do, we fore publication. , Send all listings to have to ask for our daily bread every ;aivin Chervenka. Route 2, Rogers, Tex day?"

Her younger brother looked up in .ut) • •( ter disgust: "Do you think we want For best results, feed your lawn in stale bread?"

May. A good fertilizer applied when the • 4, grass is making vigorous growth Will Forever Texas produce sturdy Toot systems and strong A professor from the University of crowns. These will enable the lawn to resist heat and dry weather and to Texas was speaking at a large convensmother out crab grass seedlings, which tion at which a large number of Oklado not sprout until the Weather gets homans were present. When he generreally warm. Lawn feeding and sprink- ously mentioned the neighboring state ling in the heat helps the crab grass as an "oUtlying province of Texas,' v a husky Oklahoma man leaped to his feet more than the good grass. and shouted back, "Brother' there ain't ---) • 'Ts • ( any state that can outlic Texas." * Save your back. Instead of clipping around the edge of the lawn by hand, Failure is the foundation of success use one of the new electric trimmers. and the means by which it is achieved.

Makes the job a cinch.

A pessimist is a person who builds ) • 4, e • dungeons in the air.

BIG DIFFERENCE A dollar won't do as much as it used It is only world history that repeats to, but hardly anybody else does, either. itself — your private history is repeated People whose feet are killing them by the neighbors. are called. '"jay walkers."

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REPORTS FROM LOCAL LODGES from Junior High in spite of a broken CESKY PRAPOR. LODGE NO. 24 Rogers, Texas arm which is in a cast but healing nicely.

Dear Sisters and Brothers: We extend our deepest sympathy to I attended the last meeting when Mrs. Laura. Gerth who lost her husplans were made for our supper. I think band, Thurman E. Gerth, our dear ost of you, members, know by now friend and Sokol member. He died in a from one source of other that we are local hospital on May 20 after a brief omitting our lunch and will have a illness. supper on Tuesday night, June 26, at Well, our vacation has come and gone 7 p.m. for the convention delegates and and I'm ready for another. Fred loves their families, our Lodge members and to travel but I'd rather stay home and their families. loaf. He did persuade me to go with The foods committee is asked each him on .a sight`-seeing trip to Hot lodge family to bring a large cake, large Springs, Arkansas, and I must admit I bowl of potatoes and some kolaces. This enjoyed it very much. Hot Springs is food should be at the Flag Hall by 6:30 a very pretty city surrounded by hills p.m. ready to serve at 7 p.m. As always, and mountains, quite different from the Lodge is furniShing the meat, bread the Fort Worth countryside.

Please don't forget the change in the and pickles. meeting and try to come.

As you know this will be a big event Sincerely, and we will need all the help we can Mrs. Fred (Maxine) Merlick • 4, get. So if some et you members will be so good and come out early to help set SPJST SOFTBALL TEAM up the food, your help will surely be appreciated.

Dallas, Texas There will also be a program and a Dear Brothers and Sisters: Last night, Tuesday, June 5, our dance; there will be an admission SPJST Softball Team slugged out a 17 charge for the dance.

Please, members, bring your food to to 4 win over Wonder Bread. We have the kitchen and label your dishes to now won 8 straight games without a defeat in the first half of play and only they will be easier to find. one more game remains to be played Your reporter, before the first half of league play is Mrs. Jerry Zavodny concluded.

4) 4, SOKOL FORT WORTH Hello Everyone!

The regular monthly Sokol meeting has been changed to Tuesday night, June 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Sokol Hall instead of the usual fourth Sunday in the month. Every one likes to go riding, swimming or picnicking on Sunday afternoons. Attendance at the meetings is sure to be better as Tuesday is also drill night.

The Fort Worth Melodians will play for the June 16 dance. Starting time is 8 p.m. Everyone is cordially invited to come spend a pleasant evening.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Milan Jr. They have a new little baby daughter named Marylyn Mae, born June 1st.

Congratulations also to our high school graduates, who are Helen Marie McMillen, Stanly Krenek Jr. and Pat Gammage, all from North Side High, and my nephew, Carroll Wayne Merlick from Polytechnic High. Billy Jack Hattendorf, also my nephew, graduated

Next Tuesday night, June 12, we play United Motors, game time 8:15 p.m., at the Parkdale diamond. There will be no games played the folloWing two weeks in June as Dallas City Open Tournament usually is played during these two weeks. I do not have any details on this yet, but we will enter the "Open City Tournament" if it will be conducted. We probably will start the second half of league play on Thursday night, July 5, at the new Lawn View diamond just off Scyene Road; however, there is nothing definite on this, either.

In the other league game, Navy Recruiting defeated United Motors by a score of 12 to 0.

Jim Scoggms nurled another good game, allowing three hits and striking out seven batters. Several errors resulted. in our opponer\ts scoring of their four runs. Ted Dusek Jr. a recent addition to our team, turned in a creditable job behind the bat.

Leading the hitting barrage were Ben Jarma with 3 hits; Albin Vrana and Joe Jarolik with 2; Ted Dusek Jr., Raymond.

Vrana, Jim Scoggins, Jody Rejcek, Jer-

ry Kutil, Henry Miller, Jim Wentz and Edward Rejcek with one hit apiece. Everyone who got into the game got a hit except Bill Miser who batted only one time.

Four of our regular ball players could not make the game due to being on. vacation. Bob Wright, a former ball player for our team, enjoyed the game with us. We were all glad to see Bob and wish he could spend more time with us, but he is returning to Iowa next week to continue his studies.

We had another large group of supporters and believe me, we always enjoy your presence, your yelling and your support.

So we will be seeing you .at our next game.

Fraternally yours, Ben Jarma, Mgr. Softball, Lodge Pokrok 84, Dallas.

• 4• • ( REPORT OF LODGE NO. 47 Dear Brothers and Sisters: Our last meeting was very poorly attended compared to our meetings before. I would like to urge you members to try to attend the meetings a few times and yoU will be more interested and better informed.

A few years back when I attended just two or three times, I didn't know much about it, as nothing was ever discussed. But now we are getting some of the younger members that give us information on how things are going on, which creates more discussing between members, also creates more interest, when we are hotter informed, as we should.

That is why I think we should have our Vestnik and it should carry all information, and truth of what is going on.

We are happy to have new children members, Frank Edwin Klinkovsky and Shirley Janet Bartek.

Most of the meeting was on our con-. vention by-laws, and the resolution that was sent to the by-law committee.

We will have our preconvention picnic for delegates and every one else on June 24. We have planned a good program. We will have the Sokol from Austin, Dallas and Corpus Christi, to perform for us. I know it will be good, so all of you come and see a good program.

At night we will have a dance with Emil Bartosh orchestra providing the music.

Mrs. Ed Mikeska, Reporter

Vredtesday, June 1. , 105e

Editor Needs Your Help As a rule, the majority of mu members get the Vestnik on Thursday, They read it, they notice some of the articles or letters, and they wish to make their own comments. They usually read the current issue and then they send their contribution for publication. Quite frequently, aortic of the letters arrive on Saturday. Others are delivered on Monday. Those late contributions are the biggest headaches. Let us see if we can explain why.

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As a part of the service rendered to the SHIST, the editor of the Vestnik will gladly publish, both in Czech and Engli.b., short announcements about va 7 rions family reunions held throughout the state. We know that many SPJST of the members will welcome this friendly service from the Vestnik. As long as you are interested in your family and your relativee, you are demonstrating some Austin, Texas, May 15, 1956 of the fratei'nalism practiced by the The printing office, where the Vest- SPJST members, and the columns of TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: nik is being published, has to have its the Vestnik are (men to you THIS IS TO CERTIFY TTIAT routine. It has to be that way for a • smooth functioning. The Linotype operSnmlay, June 17, 1956, the Vajdak ators start setting the type for the Vestnik on Thursday. They have three family reunion wiil be held at the days to do it, Thursday, Friday and Sat- SPJST Hall, Snook, Texas. Everyone that urday. You can break your baby-feeding is in any way connected with, or -reschedule and get by, but you can't fool hated to, the Vajdak family is urgedto those machines and the men who oper- attend this reunion. Each familY atate them. The manuscripts, articles, ed- tending is asked to bring a basket lunch has according to sworn statement comitorials and reports must be there on for 110011 meal. plied with the laws of Texas as condiEddie Vajdak, Sec'y. time. Friday afternoon, and again Sat• • tions precedent to its doing business in urday afternoon, .a trial print is made this State, and I have issued to said from the type already set, and mailed SITU:LER, AND ITEM, REUNION Company a Certificate of Authority to the editor for examination and cor• Reunion will be held Sunday, June 24, rection. The editor takes the "proof beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the SPJST from this office entitling it to do business in this. State for the year ending sheets," spreads them on his desk, and, Lodge Vysehrad No. 48 Hall at BaYers- May 31, 1957. with a pencil in hand, he reads the ville, Texas. "proofs," letter by letter, word by word, Everyone is asked to bring a picnic Given under my hand end my seal line by line. It takes him from six to lunch. Following the meal will be a of office at Austin, Texas, the date first eight hours to read the entire issue. He short business meeting. Fun and entermails it back to the printing office. tainment is planned for everyone, so mentioned above written.

Monday is the day for the operators in J. BYRON SAUNDERS, the printing office to make the cor- let's all come out and have a good time.

Chairman of the Board.

Sincerely yours, rections which the editor found in the Frank V. Spanhel, Prse. "proofs." If any additional material GEFICERS AND DIRECTORS Betty Spanhel, Sec'y. comes to the printing office on MonWalter Hale, President, day, and if the time and space permits, the late matter is set in type, corrected should remember: the typesetter must 1600 Belmont Street, Fort Worth, Texas. by someone in the printing office, and get your letters through the hands of F. V. Urbish, Secretary, is made ready for the current issue. the editor not later than Saturday P.O. Box , "F" Fast Bernard, Texas How about the letters which the edi- morning; editor gets the same letter— tOr gets on Saturday? Isn't it time to already set in type—either Saturday Robert Servenka, Auditor, set them Monday? Hardly, except the night or Sunday morning. Or put it an- P.O. Box 514, West, Texas. short letter or two, with another dis- other way: the final hour for the edi- Chas. Eolasek, Vice President, advantage. The editor does not get to tor to send your letter to the printing 2541 Lexington Blvd., Corpus Christi, read the "proof," and this editorial re- office is at 5:00 Friday afternoon.

Texas. sponsibility has to be done by someone Would you kindly see to it that your else. It is the unloading of the editor's contributions are in the hands of edi- Jno. P. Trlica, Treasurer, duties on another person which should tor not later than Friday? He wants to P.O. Box 265, Granger, Texas. be avoided. read the "proofs" of your letter set in Will A. Nesuda, Auditor, type on Saturday or Sunday.

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Many thanks for your co-operation. peared in every issue of the Vestnik ( ) Anton Bily, Vice President, that everything intended for publica1205 Enid Street, Houston 9, Texas. tion must be in the hands of the editor Defined a week before the date of issue. This Reuben E. Lesikar, Attorney, Nit: What's a drizzle? notice was placed there after a very 206 Temple Nat. Bank Wit: Two drips going steady. careful consideration not to cause any Temple, Texas. )• •( hardship to all concerned, including Never regard a man as a failure until John Kahanek, Jr., Auditor, members, typesetters, editor, and print5421 Long Street, Houston 7, Texas er. This is the rule which all of us he flops at something he likes.

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Dva cestovatele se potkali v dZungli a povidali si u taboraku: "PriS'el jsem sem, neb vakri cestovani mi hard v zilach. Jsem unaven civilisaci, cici se privinout k nadrum prirody, na,slouchat zpevu ptactva, zureeni pottekii.

A co vas sem privadir dcera," povida druhY ponute, "uCi. se na klavir!"

Pan Cinfrlich zaspal. Pribehl do kancelare o pul hodiny pozdeld. "'aim to odilvodnite?" otazal se ho prisnY pan Aef. A pan Cinfrlich mel dobrou y Ymluvu. "Raete prominout, pane S'efe, ale zdalo se mild o zlodejich. Jeden z nich me praktil do Navy. Upadl jsem do bezvedomi a proto jsem preslechl zvoneni budika."

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Narozen ve Fayetteville, Texas, Fayette County, dne 2 . eervence 1883, a pochovan zde v Taylor nu. mest. skein larbitove. Za hojneho neastenstvi pribuznYch a pi-a-tel.

Dekuji vrele Rev. F. D. Svobodoy i za krasna slova. utechy a modlitby. a pane J. F. Chupikovi, Tajemnikuod SPJST za krasnY proslov. Vrele diky ykin kt.cri. :Darn byli napornocni pa dobu jeho nemoci; .eiem darcum, kvetin; nosionm, a zpevaktim, vkm volam zaplat' Pan. BUIL Zanechava zde manZelku Vera Hillman, jednoho bratra Willie Hillman, Houston, Texas, ,jednu sestru An-, na Malek v Robstown, Texas a mnoho pribuznYch .. ()Opp-, eivej v pokoji. Lest budi2 pamatce Tvoji.

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Temple, Tekas, June 6, 1956 To All Members and especially to the deleates of the XVII convention of SPJST: In less: than a month the quadrennial convention of our Order will meet in session in Temple, fcr the purpose of amending and/or correcting our Bylaws, adopting various resolutions, and charting the course by which the Supreme Lodge, and the whole Order shall be governed the next four years.

• It is anticipated that, there will be adopted, at this convention, various changes of By-Laws and amendments, to them, which will have a direct effect and bearing on the further growth, progresa and welfare of our Order. In order that right kind of changes of and amendments to, our By-Laws might be adopted and/or enacted at this convention, it is necessary that our members, and especially the delegates, be properly informed why these certain suggested changes of By-Laws and various other enactments, should either be made, and adopted, or rejected. Since, I know that comparatively only a very small percent of the members of our Order know the reason for the background of the various provisions of our By-Laws and why our By-Laws direct, that certain functions should be carried out and conducted in a manner prescribed by them. Since the members of the Supreme Lodge have been repeatedly requested to present, through the Vestnik their ideas as to what should be done at the next convention, and since, I as Secretary, of your Supreme Lodge have also been requested to present my views, and recommendations, in the Vestnik, as to what changes in our By-Laws and the general administration of the business affairs of the Supreme Lodge, I would recommend, I, therefore, take the liberty of submitting to you, for ycur consideration, and adoption, at the convention, the folloWing recommendations: First, I recommend that our By-Laws be shortened and that there be deleted from them various useless paragraphs which are in conflict with one another, and that pertains particularly to our ByLaws beginning with Article 40 on page 135 and ending with Article 54 on page 150 of our By-Laws, which set out and prescribe the duties of the officers and

V 171 STNIK— Tr=71, TEXAS directors of the whole Supreme Lodge.

Many articles, of this part of the ByLaws, are meaningless and many of them cannot be complied with.

It you eiect, at the convention, a good Supreme Lodge, good officers, good directors, then give your Supreme Lodge the right, and authority, to transact the business of the Supreme Lodge, in such a way that it may deem best. Let it carry out its duties and functions in such a way as it considers hest and proper. If you will do that, then you will remove the reason for the frequent accusations, that the Supreme Lodge does certain things, not in qccord with the By-Laws, etc., or that certain officers, or directors, are taking over, or usurping the duties, rights, and privileges of some other officers, or directors. The functions of the Supreme Lodge have been carried out always, by the officer of that particular duty, work and/or circumstances demanded, and not because any officer wanted to take over the duties of some other officer. Give the Supreme Lodge a free hand. If you do riot have enough confidence in the members fo your Supreme Lodge, without directing, in the By-Laws, who shall get the mail, who shall open it, who shall receive all moneys for the Supreme Lodge, what he shall do with it, who shall deposit it in the bank, etc., then my recommendation to you is, that you elect somebody else.

Elect for your Supreme Lodge officers and directors, men, who - you believe, have the necessary experience, business acumen and capabilities to perform all the work and all the functions of the Supreme Lodge, properly and with dispatch. If the officeft of the Supreme Lodge that you elect don't have the necessary education, experience and qualifications for their respective offices, then prescribing their duties in the By-Laws, in detail, what they shall do, when, and how they shall do it, wil Mot qualify them for their respective positions. Remember that, in the final analysis, the Supreme Lodge, itself, has to find and devise the ways and means how best to carry on its business, so do not tie the hands of your officers and directors by various inhibitions, prohibitions, and mandates which cannot, and should not be carried out. Remember that a business institution like the Supreme Lodge that is governed the least is governed the beat.

Second, I call your attention to Article 59 of our By-Laws, which reads as follows: "With the exception of real estate loans acted upon during the meetings of the Supreme Lodge, applications are acted upon through the mail as follows: when the secretary- of the Supreme

Strang Lodge received an application for a real estate loon, he immediately forwards it to the director of the District within which the property is located, but subject to the provisions of Article 56. After appraisal the director forwards his report to the secretary of the Supreme Lodge who prepares accurate copies of the appraisal and forWards one to each of the six remaining directors. Every director signifies his judgment in writing to the secretary by return mail. After listing the application and action thereon in his inventory, the secretary delivers all papers to the treasurer of the Supreme Lodge for completion. Every loan miust be approved by majority vote of the directors.'

All mortgage loan applicn lions are thus processed as required by the, above By•Law. When the Secretary of Supreme Lodge receives, from the Director, an appraisal report on the security offered for a loan, copies of the apprasial report are prepared and sent to the other directors for their approval or rejection, immediately. The preparation of copies of these appraisal reports and mailing them to all the other Directors takes a lot of work and postage. As far as the work involved, is concerned, that isn't such a big item, because we have the necessary help, to do such work, but we know from experience, that all of this work, and expense for postage is absolutely wasted became cl the hundreds of applications for mortgage loans, that we thus submit, annually, to the other directors, for their approval or rejection, not a single one has ever been rejected or disapproved, or lowered. All applications for loans are always approved by the other Directors as submitted by the appraising Director. Naturally so, because the ether directors do not have any other information, relative to the offered security, other than that furnished to them by the appraising director, whose appraisal report was submitted to them, and consequently they have to be guided in their decicions by what the appraising director recommends. If it happens, and that happens only once in a great while, that one or two or even three directors have some objection to the application submited and object to it, that does no good at all. Years ago when it was required that every application for a loan had to be approved by not less than four out of the five threetors, which we had at that time, it happened occasionally, that some applications for loans were lowered or the repayment plan changcd or both, but since we adopted the resolution, in force now, that a majority of the directors con-

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VPSTNIKâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;WE T,TEXAS Wednesday, June 13; 1956 trols, to my knowledge not a single ap- what our rate of interest is, what are notified that he should obtain an abplieation for a loan has ever been ap- our terms of repayments, and all other stract of title, to the property offered proved for any other amount or any details. Every such inquiry is answered, for security, or title policy binder, and otherre payment or conditions other than immediately and the inquirer given all send either the abstract or the title polthat recommended by the appraising information requested and a set of blank icy binder, to our Attorney, whose name Director. My recommendation is that no loan application forms, is enclosed with and address is given in the letter. In mortgage loan should be approved for the letter. Usually, in a few days, we re- most cases the Supreme Lodge hears any other amout, or on any other basis, recive an application for loan from the nothing further from the applicant, whet that that approved by all the directors. inquirer, but in a great many cases the was so anxious to close his loan, as soon Third, I hereby submit to you my fol- application is not properly, and correct- as possible. The Supreme Lodge has no lowing recommendations relative to the ly, filled out and must be returned to way of knowing what progress is being examination of titles to properties of- the applicant, for correction, with a de- trade relative to the closing of the loan. fered for security of loans, the eolsing tailed explanation, in what respect the in many cases, however, about a month, of our loans, etc., after the application application is not complete, why it needs or two, later the applicant writes a letis approved by the Directors of the Su- correction, etc. Occasionally, it happens ter to the Supreme Lodge, inquiring preme Lodge. Our Order is growing that such apfrplicant for a loan, instead what progress is being made with his steadily. Our Mortuary Fund is now two of filling out the loan application forms loan application and why his loan has and a half times as large as it was when and mailing themAO the Supreme Lodge, not been closed, as yet: that he does not I became the secretary of Supreme at Temple, Texas, comes to the Supreme know what is happeing and that he Lodge' 15 years ' ago. Our IVIorturay Fund Lodge in person, stating that he does dosen't' understand the cause of the deShall continue to grow:That means that not know how ,to fill out the application lay.

We Shall have more funds for invest- properly, etc. This isn't at all surprising, Upon our inquiry whether the appliMeats, and that we shall make mortgage because vast majority of people don't cant has sent the abstract, or, title loans in increasing amounts and num- have such transactions to perform very policy binder, to our Attorney, as direcbers. That means the work in connection often, and it is, therefore, to be expected, ted, in our coma ittment letter, we uwith the processing' of loan applications, that they don't know much about such sually get the reply that the applicant examinations of abstracts, preparation things. When such applicant for a loan did not understand the letter he receivof all papers -incidental to loans, etc., comes to the Supreme Lodge, in person, ed, that he does not know how to prowill likewise increase, steadily. Even now, we, of course, are perfectly willing to ceed, where to get the abstract, or the the examination of titles, the prepara- assist him or prepare the loan applica- title policy binder, nor who should get tion` of various papers in connection with tion, for him, but in almost all such it for him. Usually, such applicant for a Out loans and all the incidental work cases the applicant fails to bring, with loan, has to employ an attorney to proconnected with our loans is so heaVy, him, any p2,pers from which could be cure the abstract or the policy binder, that no one attiarney in Texas can do it determined, obtained and/or the legal for him. All of this involves the loss of aU without assistance irrespective of who description of the property, on which a lot of time and the closing of the loan it is. The members of our Order are be the loan is desired, which is very im- is consequently unnecessarily delayed; 0 11)1111 7 to sense it, that we should make portant and must be given correctly in this also gives rise to the frequent accu501110 changes in one method of process- every loan application. When the ap- sation that the Supreme Lodge or our ice applications, title examination, and plicant is thereupon. informed that be- attorney, delays the closing of our loans, Closing of our loans, etc. It was suggest- fore the application can be processed, unnecessaril y . Such delays are not the ed in some District meeting, that every that the application must contain full fault of the Supreme Lodge, nor the district should have its own attorney to legal description of the security offered, attorney.

It is the fault of the method examine abstracts of title to securities in almost all cases the applicant replies, we use in processing and closing out our offered for leans and to close the loans that he does not know where, and how, leans, as it is prescribed in the By-Laws. in the district, etc. It was also suggested to obtain 11Je legal description of his that our Legal Adviser should be clonol-1 property 1--nd that he shall have to go to If we employed, for the examination of abstracts, preparation of papers, and all cieid in the Supreme office, in the inter- se:p e .orney, at home, for assistance. work connected with our loans, good deest of saving on expense incurred for iieeds someone to help him. pendable attorneys, living there, where postage, telephone, etc --My recommentinthe vast majority of cases when an we make loans, then when ever we retc ql in the matter, is that the officer of applicant files an application for a loan, ceivd an inquiry, at th Supreme Lodge, the Supreme Lodge, who is charged with he wants the loan to be closed as soon the duties of handling and processing as possible, immediately, everybody is in relative to the kind of loans we make, terms, conditions and all pertinent our loan applications, and all the work a hurry. As soon as we receive, from the the facts concerning them, then as a post incidental, thereto, should be authorized, the D i r e c t or in the area, the aPe script to cur reply, giving all this inforwith the sanction, consent and approval prs 'sal report on the security offered. mation, we could merely mention, the the Supreme Lodge, to award all this and the application for the loan is apname of the attorney, who is our reprework with title examinations, closing of proved by the other Directors or in sentative in that vicinity and add that loans etc., to certain qualified attorneys Supreme Lodge meeting the Secretary of if the inquirer needs any more informain those sections of Texas or localities the Supreme Lodge, sends a committ- tion to call on our attorney, for it. Our where the mortgage loans are being went letter to the applicant advising, Attorney could then give the applicant made without regard to district bounda- the applicant of the amount for which any additional information desired, he ries. IVly reason for this recommenda- the loan application was approved, the could help him make out the loan applition is this: The secretary of the Su- terms of repayment, etc. Such cornmitt- cation correctly and as, if, and when, preme Lodge gets inquiries about loans, inep t letter further sets out all the con- the application was approved, our local every day, from member or non-member, ditions and the full agreement, on the attorney could procure an abstract or interested in procuring a mortgage loan. basis of which , the loan shall be closed. a title policy binder, for the applicant, hiquiring2 what kind of loans we snake,, In the _same letter the applicant is also, examine the title to the security offered,

Wednesday, June 13, 1956 prepare all the papers and close the loan and the loan could be closed in the local attorney's office. In that way we would avoid all the unnecessary annoyance, trouble and incoveninence that we experience under our present system, and the main thing it would save a lot of time, which is always an essence to a transaction of that kind.

AttOineys who examine abstracts and perform all work incidental to mortgage loan business know the titles to properties, in their counties, and localities, almost from memory, up to a certain date.

Whenever anybody brings an abstract to a local attorney for examination, with that part of the abstract, which, the attorney already knows, the attorney doesn't have to waste any time. In such cases the local attorney examines, only the last supplements of the abstract submitted, and if he convinces himself, and finds, that such last supplements do not disclose anything adverse to the title, and the attorney knows that the preceeding parts of the abstract reflect good title, the attorney can complete such title examination in an hour or two, irrespective of how many pages the abstract may contain. On the other hand, if the same abstract is sent to an attorney who lives probably 100 or 200 miles away, who knows nothing about titles in that county, then in such an event, the attorney must examine the whole abstract submitted, from the first to the last page, even if such abstract contains several hundred pages. In such cases the attorney living at a distance is at a great disadvantage and that makes his title examination work so tedious, laborious, slow and time consuming.

Further, the local attorney is at a great advantage in such matters because he usually knows, the people in his conuty their properties their history.

Often an abstract does not reveal, all pertinent facts concerning ownership of the property involved. I could tell you a very interesting; incident about this from my own personal experience to prove this point, that once saved me, from the loss of half interest in 2800 acres of land.

Brothers and sisters, and especially you, members of the committee on ByLaws and you delegates to our next convention, please, consider the above recommendations from me seriously. I am sure, that if you do, that you will agree with me, that if we conducted the examination of titles to securities for loans and the closing of loans through good attorneys living in the areas, where the securities for the loans are located, that the closing of our loans, would be very

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much sim p lified, that we would save a lot of time by it, and that we would get a lot of applications, for good loans, that we now, don't get.

geous. Our Attorney, Brother Pavlicek, has stated to me repeatedly that he is very much in accord with the recommendations that I am, herein, submitting to you.

We all know that whenever any property is sold that the sale is usually consummated, in the office of some attorney. In many cases the buyer needs a loan to finance the purchase. If the attorney representing, either the buyer, or the seller in such transaction, sees that the buyer needs a loan and the attorney was our representative, (had a personal interest in it), naturally, he would suggest to the buyer to procure the loan from the Supreme Lodge. In that way we would get many good loans, which under our pre s ent system, we do not get at all.

Fourth, I want to call your attention to the recommendation in the Vestnik that there should be more officers added to the Supreme Lodge. If you elect additional officers of the Supreme Lodge, in a short time you shall have to get them stenographic help, etc. What duties would they perform here??? What would they do??? where would you give them office space in the Supreme Lodge??? Frankly, our present official and clerical staff at the Supreme Lodge is ample.

Brothers and sisters, if you want to do something for the future welfare of the Order, then give the Supreme Lodge the right to employ as assistants or secretaries one or two younger men, between 35 and 45 years of age, who have a good, well .rounded education, who have had sufficient experience and, training in the business world who have the ability and/or nautral aptitude for the work here, who are stable and reliable and give the Supreme Lodge the right to pay them wages, conmmensurate, with what other comparable business institutions pay their staff in similar positions, set up, for them, some pension plan to assure them some security in old age, and in that way you will assure the Order, of a source of good officers for the Supreme Lodge, in the future, or at least some of them. You will need such thus qualified, officers at the Supreme Lodge in a very short time, because officers of that category will be very hard, for yen, to find, in the future, because only a very small percent of our educated youth, of Czech origin, speaks Czech, and those that can read it and write it, even in a limited degrdee, are very few. The knowledge of Czech is absolutely necessary for the performance of any official duties at the Supreme Lodge, and will be even in 25 to 50 years from now, because even then, the officers of the Supreme Lodge will have to know some Czech so as to be able to read, interpret and understand the old books and records here. Do no fail to make some provision for a source of the future officers of the Supreme Lodge, or at least some of them, because the time is not very far distant when you will really need

If we employed as our local representatives, attorneys, in various places, we would submit to all such attorneys a complete outline of the kind of loans we make, the terms, conditions and requirements of same, and also give each one of them, an outline of what we expect of them and shall require them to do, and how we want it done and supply â&#x20AC;˘ them with all legal forms on which our loans should be made (so as to be uniform) and Owed; The loans could be closed in the offices of the local attorneys, who after the transaction, was closed, would send the abstract or title policy binder and all papers executed in connection with the loan to the Supreme Lodge office where they would be filed and taken care of. I do not claim that by employing local attorneys, in this manner that we would save any amount of money. On the larger loans we might, on the smaller loans we might not, but as an overall proposition it would be a great step forward in the conduct of our mortgage loan business, in connection with which, there is now enough work, at the Supreme Lodge office, to require for its proper performance, one lull-time officer, if he had nothing else to do, and it is, to be expected that this wodk will increase, steadily. What I am recommending to you here, brothers and sisters, I am doing with a sincehe belief that its for the best interests and good of the Order and I hope that you shall accept my recommendations in that spirit. I am not making these recommendations for any selfish reasons, or personal convenience, because I know, that at best, I will not be the secretary of your Supreme Lodge them. very many more years, but I am giving Farternally yours, these recommendations to you, because, J. F. Chupick, I believe and I know that, if it is adopted, that same would prove very advantaSecretary Supreme Lodge, SPJS'I

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DOP1SY A NAI1LEDY (LEA NeZefirne to tam, kam nechceme Novai (Smithville), Texas Mile sestry a bratti: Prave za.dind posledni t;"den kvetna a neZ se me raclky objevi ye Vestniku bude derven. Tedy ani ne za mesic sejdeme se na na gem sjezdu, abychom si povedeli na g e spolkove radosti i Zalosti a take opravili, to, co za posledni etyri roky se ukazalo pottebnYm. A to je pro.ye prod jsem se dal do psani tohoto dopisu.

Adkoliv v gichni vime, Ze to radosti je rnnohem vice ne2 to Zalosti, pokud se nagi Jednoty tYee—neb ona pritomnou dobou velice dobre prospiva---prece je najednou o ni, totil o Jednotu—prilig velikY a navrhit na opravu stanov i celelao vedeni aZ prespfili g. Jaksi si to nemohu v hlave srovnat, prod se ma tak, mod opravovat a menit, co tak dobre prospiva.

Oprav je vZdy potreba, kdyZ neco dobre nepiacuje. Grim vetgi porucha, tim musi bYti vet gi oprava. My v gak Zadne velke poruchy neb nedostatku nemame. jak; pros tak velike zmeny? Mam za to, kdyby bylo vice poukazovano na, to, kde jsme prospeli a pokrodili, a mend na ty nage .nepatrne nedostatky, Ze by to bylo nmohe vice ku prospechu vgech. tom neustalem (skoro se mne zda) aZ haneni vgeho, se mne ykrada myglenka, jestli ti, kteri to delaji, maji opravdu dobro na gi Jednoty na srdci. V2clyt' je to jenom prirozene, Ze chvalime to, co mame radi a hanime to, co radi nemame.

Tak, jak tomu mam rozumet?

Nemyslete si, Ze snad vam chci tvrdit, le vtibec ZadnSTch oprav nepotrebujeme.

To by pak nebylo treba ani sjezdu . Za tyti roky nynel gi svet hodne pokroei a my musime pokradovat s nirn. Ale menit radikalne, co se doposud osvecleilo, potteba neni.

A pak nektere ty zmeny, co jsou nabi?,ene, by nas pomalu ale jisto ptivedly tam, kam 2adnY uprimnY bratr jiti nechce. Udelali by totiZ z na gi mile Slovanske Jednoty akciovou spoleenost. 2e ne? 0, ano. Vite hned za doby Krista se vyskytnul Jida g, a nynej gi dobou za penize se dokaIe vg echno. Pak bychom jenom platili a pan' akcionari by si delali, co sami by chteli.

Vklyt' uz nyni oy /lam chteli vziti V é s t n i k, Ze pry dopisir tarn neni treba. Prosier vas, co by to byl za bratrskSi spolek, kde by dlenfrin nebylo dovoleno psat do organu sve nahledy. Nedejine k tomu dojit, aby nam mohlo bkti braneno v aemkoliv. Ale take nedavejme

Zadnemu az piilis velikou mod. Neni to ani bratrske, ani demokraticke. A mohlo by se z toho vyvinout diktatorstvi.

Dle seznamu delegatti ve Vestniku jsem jistY, ze na, nic takoveho nedojcle. Velika vetZina delegatu jsou spolkovi pracovnici. Ale jak se lika, opatrnosti nikdy nezbkva. Od to doby, cc jsrne se dovedeli, ze 'name ten velikk pi.ebytek, se vyskytuji vklijake Zadosti.

Plat ufednikum hlavni nradovny pry zdvojnasobit, aby se mohli lepe representovati. Osobne mam zato, ze je to na prvnim miate charakter, kterY nejlepe eloveka v jakemkoliv postaveni representuje. V torn si doposud ZadnY z naSlch nynefgich hlavnich firednikti nikdy nezadal Take se z nich ZaclnY' nevzdava z dirvodu, ze maji male platy. A ti novi, kte?i se o Cady uchazeji, to take neclelaji z prinuceni, tak jake pak narky.

Jestli se roz giti to deprese, ktera, uz nyni mezi farmari je, tak se bude i ten nynej gi plat zdati Myslim, Ze je hodne a mnohem uZitednej gich a chvalitebnej gich zpfrsobti, kde by se dalo neco z tohO prebytku upotrebit, jako Utulna a Uleva starkm elentim, a take neco pro povzbtizeni mladVm. Proto bud'me opatrni a nenechejme se k neeemu strhnout nejakkm dobrkm mluvkou. 0 nekterYch jsme aZ do nedavna ani nevedeli, ale ktere, jak se zda, budeme miti na leto gnim sjezdu.

'Je toho hodne; co mam na srdci, to si vgak povime az na sjezde. Z toho, co jsem napsal, si vyberte co chcete. Mo2na, Ze se mnou .nebudete souhlasit, ale je to mineno pro dobro na gi Jednoty, o torn vas ujigt'uji.

Grapevine, Texas Sestry a bratti delegati!

Mel jsem v funyslu napsati krat gi elanek "jak se chovati na sjezdu" ale zdAlo se mi, ze nektereho z vas zbyteene bych rozeilil a tak tedy si clovolim jen se vas tazati: Mnoho-li 'easu jste u va geho facht yenovali poradam jake stanovisko dluZno zaujmouti k navrhtim podanSm aneb janamety byly u vas projednavake Jak ne pro dobro a vzrust Jednoty? jste pripraveni k sjezdu?

Uvidime, Ze ano! Budete jeden z tech, kteri kdyZ je /Ado jim "nepohodlne" projednavano, volaji "pokraeovat" aneb navrhuji "poloZit vec no, Opakuji, vk.k uvidime.

Dame si na to pozor a uptinme si to povime po sjezdu.

Dopustili bychom se velke chyby kdybychom nedovolili, aby sjezd vyslechl to menSinu ktera, doporueuje nektere zmeny stanov a kdybychom ptijali jen navrhy stanovniho vSrboro. ye formulo\rani novYch stanov Jednoty nasi. — Abychom zarueili nestranne projednavani, bude Zadoucno vyvoliti neptedpojateho ptedsedu sjezdu.

Pakli sledujete podane navrhy, mfdete sami posouditi, *Ze stanovni vSrbor nebral ohled na rOzna odporueeni elenstva ani jednotlivkch tado, (jak jsme to u nakho tadu eislo 92 ueinili) ani distriktil a tedy podobne jednani dluZno ye sjezdu s vaS1 pomoci napraviti.

Bude toto jednani ovkm zdlouhave zaleZeti bude na nas, jak dovedeme jednati.

Prominfite mi, ze yam toto pripominam, ale citil jsem se, Ze je to moje poS temi distrikty je to take na rozmy- vinnost vas zaveas upozornit. glenou. Dejte jim distriktnfn, samostatSjezdu zdar! na prava a privodi yarn to zmatek v VaA plitel Jednot y . PrinuCte, aby eleni na distrikty Ludva 0. Hogek platili, treba i malYmi obnosy, trAkodi to ) • „46 v praci agitaeni. Vime, v gechno ma dye Dallas, Texas strany. Prozkoumejme je obe a pak poCteni bratti a sestry: die toho jednejme.

Jiz jen par dni a budeme ale miti Ona vet'Sina novot nebo no“Tch my'ale- sjezd naSi Slovanske PocIporujici Jednonek je dobra, ale jakmile jsou uvedeny ty Statti Texas. ve skutek, hned se vyskytnou sobeeti remit° tadky co elenka Tiskoveho VST jednotlivci neb i skupina, a dobra vec gem, kteti pii mne stall-borndekujiv je zneuZivana in sobeckemu prospechu. posledni etyti `roky. Vice nebudu na TisToto vgechno jsou jenom me osobni ii- kovem VS7boru, ale zvolite-li zase Tiskovalay a nahledy, na ktere co glen mam vk VYbor, dejte na me misto mute neb pray °. Jestli mne kdo presvedeite, Ze ma- Zeno, nestrannou, nesobeckou, ktera bate neco, co by bylo ye prospech nas de pracovat a hajit zajmy Vas vAech ve vgech, totiZ cele Jednote prospe g-ne, tak Vestniku, tak, abyste byli neb my vgichni to milerad uznam. Tedy vice na, sjezdu. byli spokojeni.

Zatim nagemu leto gnimu sjezdu pi'eji PtiAimo sjezdu pfeji zdar zdar a zustavam vas Antonie Horakova, Vaclav Bakina 61enka T. V.

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TY NASN1 E STANOVY Ty nate stanovy jsou zakony nasi Jednoty, die ktere se ma Edit obchod nasi Jednoty. Zavazuji vtechny oleny, eleny Hlavni iskadovn.y a vekejnost.2c1Y (Hen, vtichni eleni Hlavni fikadovny a verejnost podleha, natim stanovarn pri vedeni obchodu s nasi Jednotou.

MUZerne prirovnati na ge stanovy se zakony state Texasu a SpojenYch state, V rote 1897, kdy Jednota byla zalolena, naSe stanovy obsahovaly jen nekolik stranek. Dnes mame 164 elanky v natich stanovach. V roce 1824 Texas mel jen nekolik archu papiru, tYkajici se narizeni, die ktereho se vedl vtechen obchod. Dnes manse jeden a etyricet knih. Vgechny kony a stanovy urenji stejnYm dilem pravidla pro kaZdelso elena aneb pro kaZdeho obeana v Texasu nebo ve SpojenYch statech.

V roce 1786 elovek unesl federalni zakony, aneb pravidla, v kapse. Dries mame 102 knihy, a ani jednu jedinou z nich elovek v kapse neunese. Die statniho a federalniho zakony_ ti nej yytti. Urednici obcas jdou za mine—jako tel Bascom Giles. A ted' jsou soudy a Zaloby proti nekterYin jin'm jeho spoleenikilm.

Amerika je rizena zakony, ne lidmi.

President nasi vlady, guverner nageho statu, a vtichni rovnYin dilem podlehae -v gem pravidlism, natizenim a zakonum statu Texasu aneb federalni viady, bez ohledu na bohatstvi anebo na rad, kterYm ten ei onen obean disponuje.

Nat kongres ustanovuje zakony pro nasi federalni viadu. Texaska zakonodar'isa' (Legislature)' ustanovuje zakony pro stat Texas. Sjezd SPJST ustanovuje, zakony, pravidia a nakizeni pro nasi Jednotu.

KaZde etyri roky sjezd bud' pkijme ti opravi nektere stavajici stanovy, anebo vymaZe nektere neplatne stanovy. Obchodni .pomery se meni. Pri zmene obchodu je treba, nove zakony nebo stanovy.

V roce 1897 Jednota meia velice mak) Zadne penize, ZadnY majetek, a k tomu vystavovala, jets JEDNU pojistku, a to "velice jednoduchou. Jedn.ota naela, _ jen jednoho arednika v hlavni Uradovne, kterY vyrizoval takkka v gechnu pra`pi prb Jednoty . On nepotteboval upozorneni, kterY tirednik ma na starosti jiste Zalelitosti nasi Jednoty. Kdy2 ale sjezd odhlasoval v roce 1924, ze se bude vystavOvat jette jedna dal gi pojistka, bylo nutno vteliti do stanov, ze tato pojistka se bude vystavovat nasi Jednotou pro dobrou nateho lidu a take pro dobro a pokrok nasi Jednoty. Takrka v kaZdem sjezdu se odhlasovalo, ze se budou vysta-

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elanek do nagich stanov, die ktereho jeden Oen reditelfu s pomoci dvou lidi ze sousedstvi toho na zaruku nabizeneho pozemku ten odhad udela, a pak tajemnik Hlavni uradovny oznami ostatnini rediteltun vysvetlivky toho reditele i -kterY ten odhad udelal. V2dy vettina rozhodovala, jestli Zadost je schvalena nebo zamitnuta. Tento zpilsob pro nati Jednotu dosud je nejlepti. Velike spoleenostianaji zy lattiaiho odhadeiho, kterST. kona odhady v celem statu nebo v jeho,okrsku. The Federal Land Bank ma.sveho tajemnika pro jeden a nanohokrate,.pro nekolik okresti. Pak ma, eloveka, kterY nema, jinYch povinnosti net prohliZeni tech nabizenYch majetkis co zartikY'ho pujeky. Domaci tajemnik za poinoci'd'Vou osadnikis lidera prvin odhad.

Na ge Zadosti o pujeky by se vyriZeivaly o neco rychleji, kdyby tajemnik Blni.hi ftradovny, kdyZ obdrZi Zaclost o pisjeku od eloveka, kterY Zije dalekn od 1-11dvni Uradovny, podal tomu Zadateli pochnfriky ,a priloZil dvoje Zadosti o ptijeku, a zarOveri dal Zadateli pokyn. aby Zaciost .a zalohu poslal primo na, nejbliZtiho feditele. Ku prikladst, kdyby obdrZel 'dopis z Lovelady, dosti dalekY rad od Zadatel byl by uvedomen, aby posial Zaciost a zOlolass primo na reditele 'Karla Navratila. 816 Avenue A, Temple, Texas.

Peditel by bezodkladne jel do LoVelhcly majetek odhadnouti. JestliZe opis p"Ozernku neni spravnY, udanY reditel by,d6P1nil opis majetku, a pak by odevzdal'iVe dobrozciani tajemnikovi Hlavni tirOdOvny.

Neni treba, ha je to zbyteenost,'Udavati do Zaclosti o pujcku dlouhY 'popis pozemku (fild notes). Mnolsokratej : -se stava, ze rolnik vlastni 200 akris PC3Zeinku, kterY portistava ze etyr nebo vice mentich harem. MC treba etyri nebo vice "field notes," popigil kaZde farmy. NCkdy jeden popis vyZaduje dye. stranky Z'' adnY ten reditel neni civilnim haZenYrens. aby Ceti popis a mu patilerie rozumel, Upine postaci, kilyZ Zaclatel 'Ada v Zadosti, ze koupil farmu, ailebil mestsky majetek, od John Smith,-0, e jeho vlastnictvi (deed) je rekorclovany v knize na strance 77, v pozerrikovYch knihach okreeu foort Bend. Tu infers-11mi najde Zada l el ye svem listu vlastnictvi (deed). Pak zaleli na tons, aby prO;Vni rar e - v abstraktu uvidel zaznamviastnictvi ve jmenovane knize. Tam najde popis pozemku. A jestli nendjde, -.pak vlastnictvi zamitne.

vovat dalti pojistky jinYch druhfs ye prospech nasi mladeZe a nasi Jednoty. Zase je vyZadovano, aby byly dalti elanky vloleny do stanov.

Kratke stanovy, obyeejne, se mohou vykladati kaZdYin etenarem dle jeho ni. KdyZ ale stanovy, anebo zakon, jsou clUsledne vysvetlene, pak vtichni, kteii etou ten zakon nebo ty stanovy, rozunsi stejne. Nejvice soud y poystava z kratkYch a nejasnYch stanov a zakonts. KaZdY elanek stanov ma bYti tak vysvetlen, aby vtichni tomu rozumell stejne, bud' v Ceske anebo v'anglicke reel. Na deice elanku nezaleli, jen kdy je tak sestavenY, aby byl zretelnY. Je pravda, ze nektere elanky v natich stanovach jsou jen :tasteenY opis nateho statniho zakona. Ku prikladu, texaskY zakon narizuje, ze kaZdY tad musi bYti zastoupen jen Menem sveho radu. Kdyby tento _elanek nebyl v natich stanovach, nektere rady by si zvolily delegata od nektereho jinehe radu. Po to prieinu na sjezdu v East Bernard byl ptijat elanek, ae jen Oen radu ma pravo zastupovat svuj fad.

Je vaZna prieina pro kaZdY elanek natich stanovach. Ku prikladu, jos-tit.

Jednota ma miti iskednika, kterY zastava povinnosti pokiadnika, to znamena, ze ten Urednik ma miti pod svYm dozorem donatku pen& do banky. Rueitelska spoleenost (Bondin g Company), ktera ruei za poctivost toho firednika, chce vedeti, kterY isfednik je povinen penize ukla dati do banky.

Urnrtni fond Jednoty roste. Vime, Ze ho bude pribYvati nanohem vice pri spetnem uloleni tohoto fondu do hypotek anebo do bondtl, ktere Jednot y prinesou nej yytti prijem, a koneene ze ten itrok prijde zase do imirtniho fonds'. dim spite se zisroei kaZdY dolar, tim vice nateho funrtniho fondu pribude.

Je mnoho zpusobu ukladani nebo investovani furirtniho fondu. Nate Jednota patti ream Clenfon rovnYm dilem, bez rozdilu, jestli Men nese pojistku v sumo $500 nebo $10,000. KaZdY Oen ma stejnY hias a steine pravo bYti fired-111km nebo delegatem. Jednota je chranena statnirn zakonem hiavne proto. ze je zalolena na, demokratickem principu. Vettina rozhoduje. Piwodne nate Jednota mela UZ81 na uklaciani penez. Tell vYbor soon rozhodl, ktera, Zadost a pozemkova piljeka, ma bYti schvalena ktera zavrZena—anebo ktere bandy se koupi za Umrtni fond. Nektcry Clea toho vYboru udelal odhad a na jeho doJe pravda, s ocihadei pro Federal poruCeni Zadost byla schvalena anebo se Land Bank, a t,,*6 jine velke spoleenozamitla. Ochodni zkutenost 'ukazala, to sti, ktere nalirnaji jen jednoho odhodtento zpilsob neni ten nejlepti. Pkijal se praktikuji, ze odhadei jde pies ,iaa,

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bizenY pozernek dle toll° popis (field jako jine obcbady. Ty probleirn tostou kajici se Who pozemRu 1111.13i. h9ti vepsdnotes) tak jak ten obchod roste. 1.1 bratrskYch na v abstratku. Take clilkaz DRDICTVL Pak ktly2 ten oclhaclei bezodkladne za- jectnot ale je ten rozdil, 2e kaZdY Glen a jestli neni, pak se musi obstarati. Stagle tu 2,adost a ,jeho yyg etteni tajemniko- v to jeclnote je podilnikem a ma, slovo k vaji se piipady, ze pravnici spolehaji vi Hlavni inattovny, ten Utednik pal( ro- k tomu jak se jednota vede.'Pravni rad- jen na doclatky, ale velice . ztidka jen na Ze g le, dodane informace ostatnim tedite- ce pro bratrskou jednotu dluZi zodpovecl- jeden dodatek. Ku p •ikladu manic v ohun. pro .jejich dobrozildni, nost, ka2dernu elenu. Proto praviii rad- kresu Bell jedenact pozemkadch vYsati, ce musi byte samostatnY a nesmi zvanYch "Maximo Moreno Grant". Je to 2aciatel o pozemkovou 'Minn hold vlivu 2adneho jecinoho Utednika. na, pozemek, ktery stat Texas nebo stat bud", vlastni Len pozemek anebo kupitie Musi konati 'slu2by dle jeho nejlepgi Coahuila, ne2 byl stat Texas, daroval topozemek. On ma. mini abstrakt., jestli ne- schopnosti a vedomosti. Musi bYti zvo mu osadniku nebo vlastniku vroce 1331 spoleenosti, ktera v tu clobit ma pilj- len sjezdem jako ostatni utednici. Jest- --co2 je jen pied 125 lety. Je velice maekit, proti tenni pozemkti. Jestli ma, abjeho triad zdvisi na nekterem elenu lo (original) abstraktil k tostrakt Boma, on vi, a jestli nevi, tak ten Utadovny, mute se stati, 2e ne- mu pozemku. V race 1871 na g nejyyggi teditel mu cloporuei, aby dal s y tij ab- bude dodr2ovati zakon, jako ho ma pro- soud rozhodl, komu ten pozemek patti. strakt dopinit, jak obdr2i schvaleni vadeti. MU2e sam dovoliti ptekraeovani To rozhodnuti nejvy ggiho soudu je, anedosti, a aby zaslal ten abstrakt a dopl- zakona nebo ptekraeovani stanov. bo ma bYti, v kahlem absttaktu. To uhet: na prd,vniho radce na g i Jednoty. Tu Jedria my0enka jest, Ze ten Utednik, getti tolik easu, 2e to nestoji za tee pti infivmaci take obc1r2i na listine od ta- ktery ma dohied na 2adosti o pozemko- prohli2eni toho vlastnictvi. Rozsudek byl jenunka, kdy2, dostane uvedomeni, 2e 2d- y e ptijeky se schvalenim cele Hlavni arace 1871, tedy pied 85 lety. A tech jedost je schvalena. Jestli2e aadatel ma tadovny, z nich 2adny" neni pravnikem, denact, pozemkovych lih (league) kryje pujeku od fine spoleenosti a zada, aby jestli sjezd nezvoli sveho pravnitio rad- 48,708 akrti ptidy v Bell okresu Dnes je Jednota ptebralzi to nottt a. (huh, pak ce, je mo2no, ie ten Utednik, sam vybira- vgechen ten pozemek rozdelenY na maennsdm musi podepsati zadost to spa- jici pravniky, by dal piednost sve ptiz- le fanny od 5 do 200 akrti. Tech 14 doleenosti, ktera dr21 pnjekti a abstrakt, ni, ttebas svemu synovci, zet'ovi nebo clatku obsahuje nekolik set stranek, uaby ten abstrakt byl poslan nagemu dal gi rodine. A take je , dobte zname v k.azuje prodej pozemku, hYpOteky proti Pravnikovi• rOznYch osadach, jak se pro toho fired- pozemku, portistalosti (estate 'proceedHeditele by meli aspon jednou roene nika necha pracovati, aby byl pokakle ings), olejo ye odstupy, prodeje mineraptehlednout spoleene ty majetky, na kte- znovu zvolen. Mohlo by se Jednote stati lii pod povrchem, soudy a rozmanite zare cllu2itel neplati ygechrly splatky die takove ne g testi, jako se ptihodilo statu le2itosti. Ten abstrakt prohlidne pra y Texasu, kdy2 W. Lee O'Daniel prodaval natizeni a neplati dare.

-nikvCorpushitnebovHustn Doufam, 2e Jednota je demokraticka a mouku po Texasu. NaSel si velice dobre- tak dobte jako pravnik v Temple, ale dle toho se ;name chovati. Vet g ina roz- ho odkupnika v Austinu, jednoho velice ne za hodinu, ani- za dye. TakovYch hoduje. Stavba v Temple stoji vice ne2li schopneho pekate. Kdy2 O'Daniel se u- vlastnictvi mame vice v Texasu. v Granger. Na rozdil ceny staveni v riaz- zel o tread gu y ernera, ten pekat v AuNeni ani jedinY pravnik v okresu Bell, nYch osadach se musi brati ohled pti de- stinu pro O'Daniele velice pracoval, aby loan ptije.ek. Jestli manic miti seder tedi- byl zvolen za na geho guvernera. Kdy2 se aby znal pozadi nebo historil vlastnictvi vgech pozemkti v okresti Bell. Mnoho telt, pak kahlY z nich by mel miti sez- tak podatilo, O'Daniel ustanovil 0. P. velikych spoleenosti obchoduje v Texasu. nam 'ygech schvalenYch 2adosti o pajeky Lockharta, toho dobreho pekal'e, Jednoty. du Chief Life Commissioner of Texas, se Jedna z nejvet gich ma sveho pravnika, ye Ka2dY jednotlivec, spoleenost, korpo- ,schvalenim stataiho senatOu, kterY2ta Waxahachie, Texas; jedna ve Waco; the race, obchodni nebo obeas triad nyni plati $15,000.00 roone, Byla to Federal Land Bank bere vgechny abpottebuje informace od nektereho pra y - dobra politicks odmena jednotlivci, ale strakty do Houstonu do svYch kancelati. Prot to shroma2deni price? Proto, nika. aim yetgi je obchod nebo pojigtu- nebyla pro clobto Texasu.

Ze je pod dozorem jednoho hlaYnih0 j j ci spolek, tim vice zakonitYch probleKaZdY podnik musi jiti cloptedu. anebo Stavd se mnohokrat ; 2e pravnik je koneene pOjde dozadu a pa Case ptesta- pravnika. Kdo dovede lepe sledovati nY za preclsedu velice banky aneb ne obchoclo yat. Price zkaumani vlast- praci jineho pravnika ne2 zase pravnine,io Obehoclu, a on hlecli jen na ob- nictvi je velice dide2ita pro na gi Jednotu ci. Jestli je tieba pravnikOVi ptinajati pomoc, sam ten pravnik musi miti tu thud to spoleenosti. Jiny pravnik jest a take pro toho, kdo 2ada, o zvolen na vykonavani pravnickych za.-- Kdy2 pitjeka se deli a 2adatel .o pajeku zodpovednost, proto2e on sam je a buproto2e • majiteli nebo vedouci doda abstrakt—co2 je itpinY opis vSech de Jednote (ne Hlavni fitadovne) zodpoOho obchodu vedi, 2e ptedseda, ac j e listin na rekordu v okresu, kde pozemek vednY za praci sve YYpomoci, zrovna PraYinkem, nomil ten ens zkoumati za- se naleza_musi dodati ne pouze Cast jako za svou vlastni praci. KterY den y, aid., a 2e on musi venovati jeho zaznamit nebo jen dodatek, tak zvanY Hlavni inuovny znd pravniky Texasu eds obehodu to spoleenosti. Majitele to supplement. Velice easto pravnik jde se lepe neZli na g pravni radce? Pravnici spoleenosti te2 vedi, 2e je nutno, aby divati na pozemkove zdznamy u okres- sleduji praci jeden druheho, a die toho rneli sveho pravnika, ktery jim bude zod- niho klerka na ten nebo jinY vYkaz vla- se znajl. Znaji jeden druheho schopnosti, poctivost a vedi, o jake pravnicke poYeclnY a ktery bude clavati jejich za- stnictvi (deed, deed of trust, oil lease, 1e2Ito:stem ptecinost a na kterello se mo- relese). Abstrakt musi ukazovati vSechny piipady se ten nebo onen praynik zajiheti vzdy spolehnout Oni te2 vedi 2e ten listiny v zaznamech, tYkajici se toho ma- ma. pravnik bade pro ne pracovat za men jeku. Kdy2, 2adatel v okresu Lavaca 2ada Veteran Land Board nechal v rninuloprotole ten pravnik s r,iuze o piljeku, pak musi sam na sve ntraty sti ptehliZeni vlastnictvi tomu pravnikospOlehnotu ca fakt1, Ze ma obstarati ten abstrakt a dodatek k tomu vi, ktereho si vybral Zadatel kupujici ji L do.,ti grace pro neho. absttaktu. jestliZe pravnik 2ije v Lub-stYpozemk.Valdtiovnc Brattske jednoty se mohou porovnati bock anebo v Dalhart, nebo v Beatriont, mesicti smlouvu uzaviiti. Za druhe, jestk. jednotlivYm obehodUrn z toho clavo- on se musi spolehnouti jen na to, co li pravnikovi velice malo prate, on du, Ze inaji. mnoho zakonitYcla problemil abstrakt ukazuje. KaZda, portistalost ty- tu praci . musi pro nalehavej gi piipady

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svYcla klientu odloZit. Napred musi uspokojit sve domaci lidi. Jednota pak prijde do pateho kola — jako u Veterans Land Board. MilZe se stati, jako delala radu pied Casein jedna velika, spoleenost—Ze Rad Corpus Christi eislo 79 uzavreni pujeky by trvalo od tri do SeClenove radu Corpus Christi eislo 79 sti mesicfi. Koneene spoleenost poznala chyby a prebrala v g echnu praci do sve laskave ptejou si a odporueuji, by bratr Jos. Koliha Co pokladnik v Hlavni Mantadovny pod jednu hlavu. dovne v nagi Jednote byl °pet zvolen. za Doporueuji, aby v gechna pravnicka pokladnika do HI. firadovny v na gi SPJST prace byla ponechana jednomu pravni- Jednoty Jeho neamorna praee a etrnakovi, s dovolenim a pravem, aby on sam ctiAete jeho zku genosti a vedomosti v si yYpomoc obstaral, a byl zodpovederi pokladnim vedenina jsou ye prospech nasjezdu, a take aby sjezd sam zvolil hlav- gi Jednoty. niho pra.vniho radce. TakovY pravnik 2a rad Corpus Christi eislo 79 pak je samostatnt v pravnickem odboVictor J. Huff, predseda ru nemusi poslouchat tech, kdo nejsou Adolf Pilat, mistopredseda pravnici, a on sam dohlili, aby znal J. J. KruSinsky, Tajemnikkony, atd. neetnik S bratrskYm pozdravem Frank C. Sacks', Pokladnik August Kacir —) •( • ODPORUCENi Add Corpus Christi Mato 79, OdporuaeRodinne schilze nu° je Bratra Karla Holaska za znoVu-zVoleni za reditele za SedmY Distrikt v SPJST Zaoatkem leta a aZ do podzimu konaji Ai Jednote.

Jeho vedomosti, snaha, a prace ye prose rilzna rodinna shrornaZdeni, besedy a spech nagi Jednoty saint za bratra Hoschtze, kde se easto sejde nekolik set lilaska naltiveji. . di, vzdalenYch pribuznYch, aby se poznaZa rad Corpus Christi eislo 79, li, pobavili a slibili si, Ze za rok se opet Victor .J..,,Huff, predseda sejdou.

Adolf -Pil.at;'mistopredseda Redaktor Vestniku rozhodl se, Ze eleJ. J. Kruginskt tajemnik• num nagi velike SPJST rodiny poskytne neetni a nabidne sloupce tohoto listu k oznameFrank C. Sacks', Pokladnik ni takovYch rodinnYch schtizi. Toto o) • 670 • znameni sam upravi v reed eesk.e i anglieke. Samortejmo, ze rodiny, ktere Vest- Z niadovny kadu Corpus Christi, eislo 79 nik neodniraji a neetou, nebudou slut- Sestry a bratti delegati do 17. sjezdu t. r. bu totioto druhu pottebovati, zato eicni Volte pro bratra Edw. L. Marka, srdce SPJST radi informace redaktoru po- nagi Slovariske podporujici Jednoty Staskytnou. tu Texasu. Jeho prace, snaha pro rozvoj V ndeli 17. eeryna 1956, rodina. Vajda- nagi Jednoty jest neocenitelna a nemnakeva bude poradati svou rodinnou hraditelna. v sini raduw Slovan SPJST ye Snook, tad Corpus Christi vola k yam volte Texas. KaZdY, kdo je jakYmkoliv zpti- pro bratra, Marka za predsedu Hlavni sobem spriznen s n.ekterym elenem Vaj- Uradovny v nagi Jednote. dakovy rodiny, je uctive zvan, aby pHZa rad Corpus Christi eislo 79. gel na tuto rodinnou slavnost. KaZda, Victor Huff, predseda rodina at' prinese s sebou jidlo ke spoAdolf Pilat, mistoptedseda leenemu obeclu.

J. J. Kru ginskY, tajemnik Eddie Vajdak, tajemnik. fteetnik * * Frank C. Sacks', pokladnik Rodinna ()slava, ShillerovVeit a Span) • 43 • ( belovYch bude konana v sini radu VyV dUstoinicke gkole seclel zamySlenY gehrad eislo 48 v nedeli 24. der yna. KainladY elovek jmenem Sulc.

ZdY naygtevnik ma prinesti sviij kogik jiByl zamy glen tak, Ze preslechl, jak ho dla. Dostavte se na deset hodin rano.

Frank V. Spanhel, pied. pan major vyvotava a diva mu otazku.

Koneen:e ho kolegove kopli, vyskoeil a Betty Spanhel, taj. hlasi se.. )• •( Pan major se pta: "NuZe, Sind, na ko"tioveee, ja s tim Zoldem nikdy nevy- lik gramt soli ma vojin pravo denne?"

Stile se kratce, lee YYznamne zasmeje: jdu."

"To ja zas vyjdu, ale kdyz se vratim "Hergot, pane majore, yak starosti do kasaren, jsem bez penez." bych tak chtel mit furt!"

Z tEinnosti domicich

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Zpravy a ohlasy z Distriktu VAct pateho distriktu Timto si preji pozvati vSechny eleny nagi S.P.J.S.T. a vSechny jejich pratele, at' bycili v distriktu patem nebo kdekoliv jinde, aby prisli na nag YOUTH PICNIC, ktery buderne miti v Danbury v nedeli 17. eeryna.

Budeme tam miti prave texaske "bar T yg emi prikrmy a tei obeer -becu"s stvujicimi napoji. Obed bude podaVan ye 12:30.

Tteba jsme pojmenovali na g ' yYlet YOUTH PICNIC, je to mineno pro vSclany, at' miacle nebo stare. Pro deli buderne miti hodne zabavy, rozmanitti hry, projiZd'ky na lodiekach a take 'v gelijake yystupy dletalentu , cfeti Pro, stargi take dosti zabavy a debaty.

Pripada to na Fathe • 's Day, tak zapomente privesti s sebou tatinky, aby se_ mezi nanai pobavili. Meal tou naiad-0,2i onnacineme vaichni. • Pamatujte si, ze vYlet je priSti nedeli, 17: oer yna, v Danbury.

S bratrskYm pozdravem J. M. Skrabanek reditel pateho distriktu )•

Povirmosti Stanovnhii: vy'boru (Dokoneeni se strany 1) hrornady pet nebo osra rilznYch net by bylo, kdyby stanovni TyYT7 bor nodal jeden navrh nebo po pripade take druhY navrh od men giny vVbora.

Na to je stanovni vYbor, aby Mines' elanek, o kterem by vYbor fici, Ze to je ,nejlep gi a nejdokonaJaj:',4 sloleni elanku.

Stanovni vYbor prehlednul jeUe ! j44. bod Cleni na vgech stranach upozorfruji, Ze stanovy potrebuji zkracen y. Soulalasim, Ze nage stanovy mely by bYti nejen zkraceny, ale take zjednodu geny a prepsany. Na g lad. Nova Osada eislo 69 ,po7 dal v torn smyslu opravu, aby se ,tak stalo a jak se to ma prove: ti. bych neschvaloval, aby dfilelite body, se davaly do sjezdoveho protokolu misto do stariov. Bylo by to hledani na dvou mistech. Ale primlouvam se, aby stanovni vYbor rozdelil na ge stanovy na Ustayn, na stanovy, na pravidla, kahlY elanek aby byl ,.na patrienem rniste a cell. sta,novni kniZka nalelite zremodelovana.

Doulam, Ze stanovni vybor prijme.mou fivalm ne jako osobni utok, ale jako poT° kyn pro usnadneni sjezdoVeho jednani, aby delegati nemuseli debatovati o , cech, kterYin se stanovni vYbor vylinout.

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Ve stredu, dne 13. 6ervna 1956

DOPEY A NAHLEDY CLENt (Dokoneeni se strany 10.) distrikt mel prvni schnzi 23. zaii v sini radu Pokrok 88 v Houston, T(-xas. Zaeatky se zdaly dosti slibne. Byly .■ ypracovane programy rinadeZe (bez nejakehb reditele). vSe se ridilo dle moZnosti a schopnosti deti. Nepottebovali jsme flnych profesionalti a byly to deti Rodiee a znami se McFall na podivat a ti mse pestovala dobra vtle • a utuZovalo pratelstvi. Podobne sebum' se ale nekterym nelibily a zaeala se' pestovat politika.

Abycla nezapomnel prvnim predsedou by) hi atr Alosi Vaja — mistopredsedou bratr, Frank Olexa a tajemnikem po dye lhuty jsem byl ja. Treti nominaci jsem neprijak-ponevadZ mneAo prestalo Ti; kterLj sou , vlastrie vedouci iv distriktu patem„, nikdy- nemeli; pochvalneho slo-va-,pro hlavni firedniky, kterYch -ja. Se, vZily zastanu -nezaldi na torn kdo -je' to a nob kdo to bude --pokad koria7.svou; poctive, pro dobro rids ArSech:'MO4', hit si. predstavit,:jak so to takovemu redniku pracuje ,ye-h stale krit'isovan bez prieiny.

Pt sledni schilze pateho distriktu se odbYvala v Houston u radu Stefanik.

Nemohl jsem b3-7t pritomen — Mosel jsem jet do Dallas. (Jsem totiZ take dele g ator-1) Jak bylo predem oznameno, mein . .konat nominace (vlastne volba) reditele a elena stanovniho vYboru. Jak z prbtokolu bratra Sefcika videt, bylo mstoupeno pouze sedm radii a ze 46 delega.EU se jich dostavilo 18. Z toho videt, jak•a: politika vSecky zajima.

Pojednou vidirn, ze v hodinu dvanactou bude miti pity distrikt schtizi — pry vYlct pro nalade2 — "opravdu?"

Ovkin take proto, aby vSichni delegati pal:eho distriktu pomohli predelat hlrn'ni firadovno. Pry se na torn shodli viJchni delegati od radu 88.

Prot si nekapnout trochu to boZske?

Vim; dobre, Ze v'Sichni delegati od radu 88--msouhlasi s tou planovanou radikalni zmenou a vim, ze venkovni rady jsou takrka 100 procentne proti.

DI :vina se pouze, ze lads feditel a predsoda stanovniho vYboru se dali na neco tak radikalniho presvedcit. Samotna hlavni faradovna podala navrhy na zmektere potrebujeme, abychom mohli zd0.rnc pokraeovat. Jsou jine bratrske pod l'ovny vetSi a bohatAi neZli nak — nr`i iy I tavni Uradovno na zpasob naSi bez politiky — nechali

ostatni bylo selanano na riiznYch podnicich a vybrano na darech. Oviem obetovalo tarn hodne lidi hodne prace a Casu, ale Slo to. Myslel jsem, kdyZ bratr Valelk prevzal sbirku na Mouektiv fond, Ze s tim pohne, ale nejak se to nehYbe. by se mezi nami nenaSlo tisic lidi, kteri by dali po 100 dolarech kaZdy? To by jiZ byl hezkY zaeatek ne? Tak jen do toho. Bez hodne prace to neptijde --- a s pclitikou vubec ne.

Valdimir StranickY (Poznamka redaktorat Jen jednu kapku "te eiste p1avdy": Byl jsi Zadan firedinky, aby se lieci rnnoho nemenily? Ano nebo ne?)

San Antonio, Texas Mile sestry a bratri: Do kypiciho a jarosti dYS'iciho mesice dervna spadaji dni nakho sjezdu, ktery tentokrate se bude konati ye stredriim Texasu, .mesteeku Temple, v kterem jest sidlo na5I Jednoty, na g' hlavni domov a kterY jest chloubu vkch, spoleend snaha a ukazka, Ze'velikY cil byl vykonan. ITZ jen nekolik dni nas deli a uZ se budeme vitati. Proto utvorme si v mysli obraz naseho sjezdu, abychom chni, kteri se ho ziteastnime, uzili radostnYch a krasnYch chvil, ktere jsou pied nami, a abychom po skoneeni sjezdu na krasne chvile mohli dlcuho vzpominat.

Budou to dni pro celou Jednotu velmi dUlelite. Preji celema sjezdu mnoho zdaru a dobre vole mezi zastupci, abyste vykonali mnoho dobra pro celou Jednotu a elenstvo; abyste venovali vzpominku nasirn prilkopnikfun zakladatelfn naSi Jednoty. Ano, byli to oni, kteri z nepatrnYch poeatkti pilne pracovali, jako to pilna veelka buduje bunku za bunkou aZ vybuduje pohodlnY ueelnY dual pro celY roj. Co prace a namahy a prave tak vlastnim csilini, snahou a obestavosti, netuSenou bez. Unavy, pracovali k dosaZeni tile. Snad jeAte nekteri budou se moci zudastnit sjezdu, ale mnozi uz odelli za tim lepSim cilem, ale duel) jejich bude s Mimi a vznakt se nad nami. Zajiste se budou teSiti z ovoce sve prate a z na gi radosti.

S Vestnikem jsem spokojena a mojim pranim jest, abyste nam ho ponechali vychazet tydne jako dosavad. Jak videt, vet:Sina elentl naaji to same prani jako jd. Mame dobreho redaktora. Bratr Valoik jest jeden z tech, kteri se vertuji zajnatim , nakho lidu. Pokud on nana Utuina? Ano. V Hillje katolici posta- siouZit bude, nebo nekdo jemu podoben, viii hezkou fitulnu a kolik to stalo Ka- budeme pies vkcky prekaZky nam v tolickott Jednotu? Snad asi pet tisic — cestu kladene v teto semi jeSte dlouho

Tentokrat, jak Ize usuzovati, bode n programu daleko vice rokovani a rozn5=-& yarn neZ snad tomu bylo na sjezdech drivejSich. Nejenom veci razu organisaeniho, administrativniho, ale bylo predloZeno mnoho navrhu na zmeny a dophiky dosavadnico naSich stanov, cal bode jednim z hlavnich bodti jednani. Ze na spravnem upraveni stanov ' zalea nejbliZSI budocnost cele nasi Jednoty, kaZdY 'Olen dobre vi. My spolehame na nak delegaty, ze sveho nkolu se zhosti dobre a oeekavame, ze doporuei takove stanovy, ktere budou pruZne a daji firednikOm vice volnosti vykonavani syYch povinnosti a zaroveri Madan lepSi zarukou spravneho, nekompromisniho a jasneho postupu pri rizeni ykeh naSich pripadti at' oZ jednoduchYch, nebo i sloZitYch. Na naS'e , delegaty eeka teZ. teZka Aloha ueiniti rozhodnuti pokud jde o museum, knihovnu, sepsani dejin naSi SPJST a hlavne o fatulnu, na kterou netrpelive eeka mnoho Clem, zejmena tech starsick. Ve veci ntolny bride treba dobreho ovaZeni vseho a nepoohybujeine, ze podari se najiti vYchodisko uspokojujici aspori valnou vetiainu, kdyZ nebude mo27. ne zhostiti se techto Ukold stoprocentne.

A take tentokrate pripada - vet:§1 zod povednost, d e 1 e gat Um pri zvoleni lidi pro vedein Hlavni firadoVny a cele SPJST. Ukol bude sloZitejAi proto, ze mame nekolik kandidatti, a to jak na mista tak i na mista rediteht Hlavni inadovny. Nelze pochyboVati, ze vAicnni dosud znami uchazeci jsou dostateone kvalifikovani a ze eini tak z vnitrniho popudu z lasky a s pevnou vul pracovati pro Jednotu a vkchny jeji eleny s nadknim a pravYm pochopenim. Preji. naAi mile SPJST cla gi rozkvet a belenati sjezdu mnoho zdaru!

Rubie Holly ( ) et, Novdeek pik otci mezi jinYm: ". . . a ted' me dali do zemepisneho Ustavu v Praze ke kartografil."

I povzdychl si otec: "No, maS- to kluku dobr3-7, mag, to po nine. Ja taky bez karat nedarn ani rano." e )• PokouSel se navazat rozhovor jeden ZvanivY cestupici, se svYrn , protejAkem.

"To je straSne, co je fines idiotic na svete."

"Ano, straSne, ha dokonce le'Ste o jednoho vie, neZ. myslite,"

,Ve stfeclu, -clne 1S. i!ervna 1958

V tSTNf K -- WEST, TEXAS

na pojigteni, co melt na budovy, tedy teprve tehdy jsme uvideli jake mame budovy co zaruky na na ge ptijeky. Take jsem v nasledujici schrizi Hlavni 'uiadovny v dubnu 1955, podal svoje dobrozdani, a kekl jsem pkimo bez okolku 2e odhadnute ceny ktere byli na tyto majetky udinene jsou ptemrgtene. Bylo to timto padem, 2e jsme konali cestu do okresu Liberty ohledne prodeje pozemku, Z"e jsme vynaSli jake zaruky mame v budovach pro tyto naSe ptijeky.

Bratr Skrabanek pak pozdeji d ye tyto "slavne" pfrjeky vyplatil, Proe? Jestli byli ty piljeky tak dobre jak bratr SkraCo se tyre toho protokolu, alespori to banek nam rikal, 2e jsou, proe je neneeast, luxe se Vain zdeluje, 2e jsem "JA' chat vyvlastnit Hlavni fitadovnou, aby na ho sepsal jak jsem "JA" ho chtel, pied nich udelala Hlavni fitadovna penize. ne chci Vam vgem zdelit, 'Ze jiz po nekoZa to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ze jsem' poukazal, v to schtizi lik rokut, kde se co tYee ohledne majet- Hlavni Utadovny ae by ptijeky na takokoyYch prijeek aneb zalditostech, ktere ve majetky nemeli vtibec bYt delane, spadaji ptimo do meho odboru, v2dy na snad nebyla 'Mdna gpatna vec, pdadani tajemnika, bratra Chupicka, Avgak jeliko2 se vyvinuli jine dalgi jsem sepsal, co bylo o pkedldenYch puj- veci, v nasledujici schtzi Hlavni frkadovektich rozhodnuto neb mnohokrate, a ny ktere nechci do tohoto dopisu zatahoobzvlagt' kdy2 bratti keditele, konali pro- vat, ktere byli namikeny ptimo proti hlidku knih, tedy aby se u gettil eas ye mite, proto jsem jsi potidil obrazky tech sehtizi, tak kdyt melt chvili oasu, po pro- budov, jak jest udano v protokolu ze dne hlidce knih, jsem s nima vSema naSe ma- 9. dubna t. r. a co se tYee toho co bylo jetkove prijeky na knihach prohl.fZel, a "doslovne" mnou sepsano, snad eleni ne jenom to, ale v2dy pied kahlou schfr- Hlavni fitadovny co byli v to schfizi piizi jsem mel vyhotoven seznam tech ptij- tomni, si jeSte pamatuji zda-li to vec se eek, na ktere byly dluznici pozadu s pla- stala jak v torn protokolu zane geno, neb cenim, jak obnos firoku tak na splatky jsem to sepsal lined pc) schtzi a pfeeet1 kapitalu, a kaMY elen Hlavni fikadovny ipak bratrilm fitednikfun na Hlavni obddel ten seznam. K tomu je gte, kdy- tadovne. koliv bratr gkrabanek pdadal mne o Dale ye svem .1opisu bratr Skrabanek jakoukoliv informaci, ohledne piijeek v zdeluje 2e od zadatku jeho idadovani ieho okrsku, IHNED, bez odkladu jsem &Mal vSechny -)dhady velice opatrne, a vge pisemne podal. To dosveddi otak aby na ge Jednota s tim nikdy neutrstatm elem Hlavni fitadovny. pela, 2e vSechriy jeho pUjeky jsou dobre, Kdyt. ve schfizi Hlavni fikadovny jenom 2e je tteba aby pokladnik Koliha nejaka, otazka ohledne ptifeek kte- na ne lepSi dohli2el. AvSak bratr Skrare bratr Skrabanek delal, ohledne zaru- banek asi zapomina, 2e take udelal " yeky aneb skuteene ceny toho majetku, lice opatrnou" pujeku v jistern miste pH bratr Skrabanek v2dy uji gt'oval ve schn- Houston, kde mela bYt na pozemku pekzi 'Ze on pfileuje na dobre majetky, jen na, nova budova, a ten lot se mel naledo 60% skuteene hodnoty, a vetginou zat na pekne ulici toho mesteeka, avgak pujeuje 50%. Take to diirazne ptipomi- kclyZ Jednota ten majetek vyvlastnila nal aby se tak fftly delalo vgade. vynaglo se, 2e mame malt' prazdnY lot Zadatkem mesice btezna 1955, jsem jel kterY jest Upine odiiznut od ptistupu k do okresu Liberty, stran prodeje lesna- nemu, tak 2e kdy2 nyni chceme se na teho pozemku, kterY Jednota vlastnila, ten pozemek, podivat, mulsime tarn k a pdadal jsem tajemnika Hlavni Ufa,- nemu jit pies pozeniek jineho eloyeka doyny bratra Chupicka aby jel.se mnou, a nejdtiv dostat od neho svoleni. V torn ze se ptesvedeime v Houstonu a v torn majetku ma Jednota ulo2eno $2,731.99. okoli zdalig mad jest nejaka nadeje na Kdy2 jsem se dozvedel co se stab, jeliolej, v oblasti kde se tento pozemek na- koZ byli platen poplatky na pojiAteni leza, neb jsme se dozvedeli, 2e v nekte- na budovu, ktera, na torn pozemku nirYch eastich okresu Liberty vrtaji olejo - kdy nebyla,, tak jsem se o to zasadil, aby ye studne, a jelikd nage testa vedla pti- nam byli vracene poplatky co jsme plamo okolo mista, kde jsme yedeli, 'Ze ma tili na pojiSteni, co2 jsem take doka,Jednota mnoho ptijeek tedy jsme do to- zal, tak 2e bylo Jednote vraceno $185.79. ho okoli zajeli se podivat, a jelik0 jsme Kdy2 jsem Po prve Sel se na ten majetake vedeli 2e nekteti dluznici jsou vel- tek podivat, nevzalo mne to jen asi demi pozadu s placenim, ba muses jsem v set minut easu abych na "nape toho menekterYch ptipadech platit i poplatky steeka vynaSel kde se ten majetek nale,-

yysvetleni od bratra Kolihy na :dopis bratra J. M. gkrabanka Sestry a bratti: jeliko2 v dopisu uvetejnenem ye Vestniku ze dne 30. kvetna t. r. bratr Skrabanek, mne obviriuje ae jsem nekonal svoji povinnost co Va g pokladnik, ze jsem zanedbaval svoji praci ohledne majetkovYeh piljeek a je gte jive veci, tedy chci alespori easteene podat Vam alentim nagi Jednoty nektere vysvetleni, neb kdybych na jeho dopis neodpovedel, to ja by samo sebou dosvedeovalo, jsem vinen.

Strana 27 za. Proe tedy to bratr 8krabanek nevynagel?

A stran toho dohledu na majetkove pujeky, aby bylo na ne spravne placeno, sestry a bratti, jak jsem Vam v moji sjezdove zprave zdelil, u konce roku 1955 bylo 1435, majetkovYch pujeek, a jeliko2, v tu dobu nebyla ani jedna ptijeka na ktere byl ptali firok vie jak tit mesice, tedy si udelejte samy svtij fisudek zdali Va g pokladnik zastava sviij Mad spravne. To jest pouze jedna yec na kterou upozorriuji kdy2 bratr gkrabanek yetejne Vain vSem clenum dice dokazovat 2e na majetkove pujeky nedohlidam aby na ne bylo placeno. Jak mnoho to vy2aduje prate, je v dobrem sta.-% vu udr2ovat, to vi jen ten kdo ma tu praci na starosti, obzvla,St' takove piljeky ktere jsou na budky, jak ty co jsme videli.

Nyni ohledne toho majetku REO No. 128, co co vyvlastnila Jednota dne 6. prosince 1955 a na kterou2to piljeku by1 yystaven eek v obnosu $2,000.00, dne 10. ledna 1953, tento majetek byl odhadnut na $5,000.00. V den pkevziti Jednotu byl zbYvajici obnos kapitalu to ptijely $1,917.79 a nezaplacenY obnos firoku do dne 6. prosince 1955 &nil obnos $174.89, takze v den vyvlastneni tohoto majetku celkovY dluh obna gel $2,092.68. Pozdeji pak bylo ptipoeitano dal gi yydani, jak ma bratr gkrabanek udano ktere do 26. ledna 1956 obna gelo celkovY obnos $2,457.72. Avgak ze bych byl nevedel o tech danich, dosud nezaplacenYch, to se velice mYli, neb jsem s bratrem Pavliekern mel umluveno, kdy2 je v Houston, ze on mne obstara iiety na tyto ostatni dane, co2 take ueinil a mne flay poslal, tak 2e dane b y li zaplacene ne2li ukonell mesic leden 1956. Zajiste ae bratr Skrabanek ten dopis ma co jsem jemu poslal. Ja prfiklep toho dopisu ze dne 26. ledna 1956 mam zde na. Hlavni ritadovni, a pak take prtiklep toho dopisu co jsem jemu poslal dne 17. Unora 1956 kde mu zdeluji ohledne tech zaplacenYch danich. Tedy jak mute bratr Skrabanek psat do Vestniku, 2e jsem na nezaplacene dane neptiSel a2 mite na ne upozornil.

Na najeku ktera byla proti tomuto majetku, dlu2nik zaplatil easteene nrok dne 21. Nils, 1954, a jeliko2 ji g v Hlavni fitadovni konane dne 11. a 12. tijna 1954, bylo mne dovoleno jestli dlu2nik neptivede jeho pnjeku, do beZneho stavu do 1. prosince 1954, abych ptedal tuto ptijeku do rukou naSeho pravniho radce, tedy jeliko2 po nekolika upominek dlranik neodpovedel, ani 2adne penize neposlal, tedy dne 7 , prosince 1954, \jsem tuto zalelitost ptedal na gemu pray -nikubratFvlieko,adthoue

Strana 28 pak jiZ to byla jeho zalditost k vyrizeni.

Od to chvile kdy ktera,k,oliv na ge pujeka jest dana do rukou naSeho pravniho radce, nemarn jiz nic do eineni s takovou piljekou leda kdy je mne vracena bratrem pravnim radcem s patrienym obnosem, aby byla privedena do beZnebo stavu a mne narizeno abych ()pane vybiral poplatky na takovou ptijeku. 0vSem v padu vyvlastneni Jednotou, pak jest to jiZ opetne moje povinnost se majetek starat a miti na nej dohled, av gak dokud neni vyvlastnen Jednotou tedy nemam Zadnou prilelitost videt zda-li takovY dornek jest neobydlen. To take nenniZe davat Bratr Skrabanek vinu mne.

V druhem pripaclu, ohledne majetku REO No. 127, kdy byl eek vystaven na tuto najeku to bylo dne 4. rijna 1952 v obnosu $4,500.00. Majetek byl odhadnut na $9,000.00. DluZnik posledne zaplatil mesieni splatku 1. ledna 1955, a jelikaZ na stale upominani pak vubec neodpovedel ani ZadnY d.alSi penize neposlal, a pak mne bylo ve schuzi, konane v dubnu 1955 Hlavni firadovnu. povoleno abych predal tu piijeku nasemu pravnimit radci bratru Pa yliekovi, tedy jsem tak uoinil dne 6. eer yna 1955. Tento majetek byl pak vyvlastnen Jednotou dne 6. prosince 1955.

V ES TN f K WEST, TEXAS ma za to odprosit a vilbec vzit tu celou vinu na sebe. Pokladnik ty premr.Stene odhady nedelal.

Bratr Skrabakiek dale poukazuje a elentim na gi Jednoty zdeluje Ze ye senazi Hlavni aradovny ktera se konala v lednu 1956, Ze za jeho nepritomnosti, (za jeho zady) byli Mane nektere veci nemu, coZ neni tomu tak. Co bylo udelano v teto schuzi ohledne toho majetku co musela Jednota prevzit, bylo aby pokladnik dal tyto majetky do prodeje, aby je prodal, co nejdrive. Schilze tato se konala 9. ledna 1956, a bratr Skrabanek nine telefonoval dne 25 ledna 1956, Ze se dozvedel, Ze ty majetky co Jednota vyvlastnila maji 1)34 prodane, Ze on by nerpd videl abych je prodal jen za nejakY malY obnos Tedy jsem jemu zdelil, ze dobre vi ze bych nee° takoveho neudelal a kekl jsem jemu Ze do Houstonu prijedu a s nim promluvim a Ze ponecham jemu prilelitost ty majetky prodat. Tedy jestli toto nehyl uprimnY a bratrskY Sin, pak nic jineho by jiZ nebylo bratrske.

KdyZ jsme spolu byli pak (pohromade) v Houstonu a jell se podivat na ty majetky co Jednota vyvlastnila, zdelil jsem bratru Skrabankovi, vie ohledne obrazkil co main, a pravil jsem jemu co mne k tome prime() abych je bral, abych se chranil kdyZ by necn nekdy ohledne techto majetk y prig lo, aby nemohlo bYt vyvraceno, Ze co jsem ve sclatizi Hlavni firadovni dubnu 1955, zdelil, bylo pra y gak, kdy2 Bratr Skrabanek ve-dou,av schtizi Hlavni Uradovny konane 9. dubna 1956 chtel abych ye Vestniku jemu odprosil tedy proto .bylo dopodrobna vise do protokolu zapsano. KdyZ majetky co Jednota musela prevzit, jsou tak dobre. a maji hocinotu na kterou byli odhadmite, proe se strachovat jestli nekdo ty obrazky uvidi. To prece by byla dobra ukazka a to nejlep gi dosvedeeni Ze Vag pokladnik nemluvi pravdu.

Sestry a bratri, vZdy jsem hledel konat svoji povinnost spravne, bez jakekoliv politiky, av gak jestli mam bYt odsuzovan za to Ze chranim, aby penize Jednoty, nebyli piljeovane na majetky. na ktere jsou Mane prernr gtene odhady, pak jiZ neni treba aby firednici Hlavni firadovny skladali slib vernosti, ze budou svoji praci spravne konat, a majetek Jednoty chranit.

Doufam Ze Vy eleni nail Jeclnoty prominete, Ze Vam podavarn toto vysvetleni, ve Vestniku, neb vim, Ze kahlj;7 z Vas, si pI'eje veclet pravdu, a verim, Ze ac nekdy elovek, musi pro pravdu mnoho vytrpet, na konec pravda piece zvitezi.

islice ohledne jak podane v dopisu bratra Skrabanka jsou ty same jak jsem jemu zaslal dne 26. ledna, 1956 avgak ne co zdeluje o tech opomentuYch danich v obnosu $183.45. Dne 26 . ledna kdy2 jsem jemu poslal dopis o tomto majetku, (REO No. 127) tak jsem mu zdeloyal Ze je gte main platiti gkolni dane, tedy dne 17. Unora 1956, jsem mu poslal UpinY seznam vSeho yydani. Take v tornto pripadu mne obstaral dariove nety (tax statements) pravni radce Pavlieek.

Ke konci dopisu, bratr Skrabanek zdeluje Ze veil ze tento obnos v game $1,827.65 nemusel se na tyto majetky poeitavat, kdyby byl na pujeky lep gi dohied. Bratr Skrabanek byl pritomen v ka'-2de schuzi, Hlavni aradovny kdy tyto byli ne jenom jemu, ale v gem elentim Hlavni aradovny, v2cly oznameny, ne pouze v jedne schfizi, ale v nekolika, proo tedy, kdy byli v jeho okrsku, se o to nezasadil, aby byli drive predany pray.nimu radci. To se nyni lehko svede na nevineho pokladnika. Ale sestry a bratri kdyZ jest odhad na majetek udelan v obnosu $5,000.00 a nyni ten majetek jest prodan za $2,650.00 a ten druhY majtek co je gte mame, byl odhadnut na $9,000.00 a my budeme radi kdy dostaneme $5,000.00, pak at' ZadnY nesvadi nee() na nevineho pokladnika, za co on nemfiZe, VZdy jsem se povaZoval co Va g slua kdyZ na takove veci poukaZe tak jeSte Zebnik, pracujici pro dobro vSech elena,

Ve s redu, dne 13. eervna 1956 a nikoliv pro Zadneho jeclnotlivce aneb nekterou skupinu. A doufam sestry a bratri, ze i Vy se mnou v techto nazoreels budete souhlasit.

S bratrskYm pozdravem Jos. Koliha Jr. Pokladnik Hlavni Uradovny, SPJST ( ) .NEDOSTAVATE VESTNYHT

Nekdv v hndcucnosti se maze stati, Le pravidelna dodavka Vestniku bude komu z yes najednou zastavena a organ pf:estane doehazet. Stane-li se to jen jednou, pravdepodobne nese pata, Opakuje-11 se to dva, tfi a vice t31cintt za sebou, dopiae na Supreme Lodge SPJST, Temple. Texas, at' ptipad je vy'S'etten.

NepiAe ani na vydavatele, ani na redaktora, ale na Hlavni fifadovnu. Stanovy kdo si piceje Vestnik, musi dopsati ileetnimu Hlavni akadovny, kterV vede seznam adresate 'Menu dostavallcich Vestnik.

Mfdete dopsati na Hlavni taadovnu sami, nebo pohdejte vaAeho tajemnikb, aby to pro vas vykonal. Kaki:(7 elen, kterl si plati na pol gteni v tilde dospelYch, je opravnen naVestnik. si ho pieje. ) • 4, . .

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eeska vzdelavaci s nadace Texasu Pfejeme-li si skutecne, aby se vyueovalo destine na vyMich uelliStich; dale, pkejeme-11 si, aby znalost o deskoslovenskern narode byla co mono nejvice rozglrena nav2dy zachovana; a chceme-li dosahnouti ureeneho cile co nejdrive, kaRlY Cechoamerioan by mel obetovati aspon JEDEN DOLAR dosakni nakho cite.

Stale se chlubime, k je nas Cechoamerleanri v Texasu 350,000 aZ" 500,000. Jeli tomu tak, prod bychom nemohli sebrati aspori $350,000 na tento tak drilelitY ridel? Nevykoname-li ted' napravu zde u nas v Texasu, tak kdy zapoCneme? Je-li pravdou uvedorneni o Ceskem narode, jeho kultufe, dejrnach a vzdelanosti, jakou se eeskS7 narod v minulosti honosil, upada, jest na nas aby se udinila pronikava naprava, a to hned!

Pfejete-li si podpokiti irdel a cil Ceske Nadace v Texasu bud' dobrovolnych spevkem nebo jako elen, Vak pomoc bude vdeene pkijata.

The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, Box 446, College Station, Texas Ustkihnae a za§lete na tajemnikapokladnika!

CESKA VZDELAVAC! NADACE TEXASU Pkidruarji se k tern, kteki podavaji pomocnou ruku k udrkni a roz giteni Ceske keel a literatury v Texasu. UCel jest sebrati dostateenou sumu penez, aby z rokii z ni rnohly bYti vydr2ovany stolice slovanskYch jazykil na vySSich ueiliatich v Texas.

Sve dary laskave zaSlete co nejdfive u vedomi, Z"e kdo rychle (lava, dvakrat dava, na tajemnika-pokladnika, Dr. Jan Skilvanek, P. 0. Box 446, College Station, Texas, olenstvi v Ceske Vzdelavaci Nadaci Texasu je die nasledujici stupnice: StudentskY Glen $1.00 PravidelnY glen — $5.00 VydrZlrjici elen — $25.00 PodpUrnY glen — — $100.00 — $1000.00 DoZivotni den Sve dary laskave zaSlete co nejdrive u vedomi, Ze KDO RYCHLE DAVA, DVAKRAT DAVA, na tajemnika-pokladnika, 1./r. Jan M. Ski'ivanek, Box 446, College Station, Texas.

Divil se jeden najernnik: "Prod mi zyySujete einL, kdy" bydlim az pod stiechou?"

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Obrazove galerie.

Blaise Cendras, francouzskY spisovatel, kterY se nedavno vratil z Hollywoodu vypravuje tuto anekdotu: Jeclnoho dne byl pozvan, aby si proMedi nadherna, studia jedne z vedoucich filmovYch spoleenosti. Producent se mu mezi jinYin pochlubil i s tim, Ze toto studio ma nejdrahSi sbirku reprodukci francouzskYch °brazil.

Blaise Cendres jej chladne pohadal, aby mu iikazal Picassy a Modigliony. lined byl zaveden do obrovske galerie, jejih steny byly opravdu, play vSech mohnYch kopii, eekajice, az jich bude treba, k filmu.

"StalY me 500.000 dolaril." oznamoval producent pyShe. Na to Cendars odpovedel: "Originaly byste dostal phi nejmenSim jiste o etvrtinu lacineji." o Jeden Shot byl pozvan na slavnostni veeeri, ale nekl tam, protohe nerozumel, co znamena slovo gratis, ktere na pozvance bylo.

DruhY den rano ho naSli mrtveho. Ranila ho mrtvice nad slovniekem cizich slov,

Doskocil Weeder and Dirt Hustler

VPSTNIK WEST, TEXAS Sedeli 8ved, Nor a Fin v jedne restauraci a mluvilo se o poctivosti.

"To u nas, panove," povida Sved, "stoji na ulici velka bedna s ovocem a nein ni hadneho prodavaee. KandY kupujici si sam zboZi navahi, zaplati, pripadne si vezme nazpet. A majitel tvrdi, Ze se mu nikdy nic neztratilo."

"To je opravdu hezke", povida Nor, "to u nas zase, kdy2 nekdo zamkne svul byt nebo obehod, povaZuji to lide za rahku. A nikdy se u rids nic neztratilo."

"To je:Ste nic neni, panove," trumfitje Fin, "to ja jednou u nas ztratil hodinky. Jdu asi za tYden touhe cestou — a na ulici vidim lehet sve hodinky.

Nikdo je neukradl, jenoin je nekdo mezitim zvedl, natahl a opet polohil tam, kde byly drive." ) ♦ 4, ♦ ( Teika, odpoved% Vypravel jeden otec: "Lidi, to byste nevehli, co ja imam s klukem za trapeni.

Pofad se mne na nee° vyptava, Ze jsem z toho nekdy jelen. Tuhle jsem byli v zoologicke zahrade a divali se na hady.

A to se mi kink zeptal: "Tati, hdyh chce had zavrtet 'ocaskem, kde zaene?"

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Pan kapitan phi cvieeni nu vojaeku, kt( v dobe nejv'etgi .oy pohodlne usauili v lesnim chladku: "Tisic trisek a granatii, proe nejste vlastne v boji?"

A vzmuhil se nejstateonej gi z nich: "Hlasim, pane kapitne, he my jsme pre nevmekvani!"

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Maiji Oznamovatel Hlavnini'adovita SPJST dela piijeky na far my, ranee, a vybudovany mestskY majetek kdekoliv v Texasu. Pfijeuje svoje vlastni penize na nizke tiroky, dlouhe splatlty a s velice phiznivYmi podminkami pm pred6asne vyplaceni.

Supreme Lodge, SPJST, Temple, Texas.

• 4, • 11W- Cleni Padu 81, SPJST usnesli se prodat nee() zeme za na§i sini v Needville, velikost 80 pri 200 sti.evic. Kdo se zajima at' prijde a prohledne si a poda narn zalepenou nabidku . John Blinka, Rt. 1, Box 71, Needville, Texas.

(21-25c) ) *( 2gr. 160 acre farm on Farm to Market Road, 7 1/2 miles East of Temple, at Ratibor, 2 sets of improvements, permanent supply of well water, all level, 146 acres in cultivation, 14 acres pasture and timber, telephone accessible, no noxious weeds; corn, grain and cotton land, $235.00 per acre to settle the Anton and Mary Sodek, estate. See Ed. F. Sodek, Marshall Motor Company, Temple, or at 908 East Avenue A, Temple, Texas. (dzc) ) • 4. ( LT Prijme se spolehliva Zena ku konani domaci prate a vareni. Dva v rodine. Privatni svetnice s koupelnou, "Airconditioned" dtim ; nalezajici se na busove ceste v Highland Park, VYborne pracovni podminky. $35.00 tYdne, neb vice zdali zkuSend. Norman Freeman, 4455 Bellort Place, Dallas, Texas. v (24-25) ) ( Jak Si preje.

KflyZ James A. Garfield byl reditelem Hiranovy koleje v Ohio, priS'el jednou k nemu otec studenta, "NenyHete zkratit kursy?" ptal se, syn se tomu vSemu nikdy nestaei

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"OvSem. Wechno zaleli na torn, co clicete z neho udelat. KdyZ Btih chce cleat dub, trva mu to sto let, ale kdyZ dice udelat meloun, stad mu dva mesice." )• Rozeiluje se straZnik na obeana, stoji-. dim na nabke2i: "A pros jste za tim ubolakem neskoeil, kdyZ jste vidél, e tone?"

"Copak jsem vedel, Ze tone?" branil se °bean. "Von mi byl dluZnej tri sta a já myslel, ae se prede mnou schovava, pod vodu."

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