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VOLUME 59 — NO. 3
JANUARY 20, 1971
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK The Official Dedication of our new SPJST Headquarters Building is drawing near, so do not forget the date — January 31. Program is in this issue, as to time and place. •
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You- are reminded that the colorful Czech operetta "Muziky, Muziky" will be performed in El Campo, Sunday, January 24, at 1:30 p.m. All who possibly can should try to make every effort to see it; you will not regret it. • All Aliens must register. You are reminded that all aliens are required by law to register by midnight January 31. ♦ • Be sure to register to vote by the January 31 deadline. Protect your inherent privilege and, frankly speaking, your obligation and also duty. • Is criticism of the President of the United States, or of the Governor, or of Senators and Representatives in newspapers, every day? Do newspapers over the entire nation print such criticism? You know they print it, and often with bold headlines. The name of the person doing the criticizing is not concealed. Can no member of the
THE SINGING BARD In the Darkness he sings of the dawning, In the desert he sings of a rose, Or of limpid and laughing Water That through green meadows flows. He flings a Romany ballad Out through his prison bars And, deaf, he sings of stars. Or, blind, he sings of stars. And hopeless and old and forsaken, At last with failing breath A song of faith and youth and love He sings at the gates of death. SPJST criticize? We were instructed by phone by Bro. Nick A. Morris to publish a letter which appears in this issue of Vestnik, under "Supreme Lodge." How can the editor prove such publication was requested, without something in writing? Your very humble editor was elected by the delegates attending the convention in 1968. Your editor's obligation is to the convention and to all the membership of SPJST, and not to any one, or any group of persons. The SPJST does not need an editor if he must publish ONLY the information one or PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE IN THIS ISSUE
more officers prefer to give to the membership. Bro. Morris instructed us to publish what we assume is an answer to an article written by Bro. Jarda Cerny. Bro. Morris' statement that Bro. Cerny's letter is "devoid" of facts, is not substantiated by Bro. Morris, and we were informed that Bro. Cerny's letter was substantiated by what actually occurred. Was such district organizer removed? If so, why should Bro. Cerny's letter be challenged in that respect? Why? Furthermore, why is it that President Morris is not willing to recognize what the convention did in regard to awarding the contract to publish the Vestnik through the year 1972, when HIS OWN TERM is from convention to convention, because the by-laws provide for election only from convention to convention, and special convonLions. are authorized by the by-laws? We can only presume is from Brother Nick A. Morris, it is unsigned. In that case it deserve
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To whom is your editor logs us assure you he was, is, and will remain devoted to the best interest of our SPJST.