Nase Novine, February 07, 1977

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Dear friends,
My dear fellow readers:
Thank you for giving me this rare
to address such a large
audience at this Annual Conference.
Today we are very proud because we
celebrate the 46th year of a very suc-cessful
publishing of our ethnic
newspaper, "NaSe novine".
It's nice to know that there are so
many people who appreciate the exis-tence
of our ethnic press. It's even
more wonderful to recognize how
much we all together root for a news-paper
which was here long before
many of us came to this continent
across the ocean. Yes, it's nice to
know that "NaSe novine" newspaper
is becoming part of our homes.
Perhaps we all know how impor-tant
it is for us that "NaSe novine"
newspaper is a part of our daily lives
here in Canada, in the U.S.A., in
South America, Australia, etc. But let
us remind ourselves, that "NaSe novi-ne"
was designed and meant to serve
the working man even 46 years ago.
"Nase novine" was designed to con-tribute
and to recognize the nobility
of mankind. This newspaper was
designed to help those of Yugoslav
descent in their aims and in realiza-tion
of their goals in everyday life.
the purpose of this
newspaper was to grow as a progres-sive
source of reliable information.
But, one should perhaps point out,
"NaSe novine" was established us a
true information source which was
meant to help our fathers and our
and ourselves also, to
stay in touch with our social, political
and especially with our cultural heri-tage.
this newspaper
succeeded in that mission and we, as
By Susan Fleming
News Staff Writer
The following is a reprint
from THE DETROIT NEWS
which was published Oct.
19. 1977.
About 250 persons attended a
public hearing in Detroit yesterday
nhYiU'1'1'''-'--"
Kohferenciia "NaSih novina" шШШ1тШш&Л
opportunity
Furthermore,
grandfathers,
Fortunately,
Detroit:
the people of Yugoslav ethnic origin
were, and still are, able to stay close
to our homeland.
Of course, "NaSe novine" news-paper
survived some ultimate chan-ges
in the past: due to the shortage of
printing materials and due to the
shortage of manpower, the entire
printing of then "Narodni Glasnik"
had to be moved from Chicago to
Toronto. "Narodni Glasnik" as the
first ethnic newspaper in Chicago,
was then edited by our long-tim- e
friend, Leo Fisher, recently decea-sed.
The mission of "Narodni Glas-nik"
was continued by "Jedinstvo"
newspaper in Toronto. Later the
name had to be changed again, and
so was established "Nase novine"
newspaper. Thanks to our progressi-ve
corespondents, especially to re-freshing
writers and editors, "Nase
novine" still stands for those purpo-ses
established a long time ago by
our fathers and grandfathers. Natu-rally,
we should be proud of our
ethnic newspaper, and we are. The
interest for "Nase novine" has been
tremendous in the past year. We
readers are beginning to realize that
the more we get involved in this
newspaper, the more we will benefit
from it. We are aware of how much
good this newspaper has done for our
countrymen on this continent imme-diately
before the World Depression,
during the Depression, and before
World War II. Many of us readers still
remember the hard days of WW II
when this newspaper openly sympa-thized
with the progressive forces in
Yugoslavia and everywhere else in the
world. Since WW II, "Nase novine"
firmly believed that the truth shall
prevail everywhere. This newspaper
was always against any racial or class
to give their ideas and express
support or opposition to national
health insurance.
But Joseph Gulvezan, president
of the Detroit Metropolitan Council
of Senior Citizens, had some direct
advice for the panel of officials
from the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare (NEW):
Ameri6ko Jugoslovenskog
kulturnog kluba
Krajem proSlog oktobra ovaj klub je izabrao
novi odbor za narednu godinu, i to kako sledi:
Predsednik: Doka Oulvezan; Potpredsednici:
Vlado Sarcevic, John Kosovec i Sotir Grozdanov-sk- i. Sekretar: Alija Spahic; Pomocnik sekretara:
Miki Ceric Blagajnik: Emilia Kradigaty. Nadzorni
odbor: Ana Prpic Varvari, Zoran Mihajlovic, Pavle
Pantovic, Ljubo Mijac i Marko Kramaric.
Odbor "NaSih novina": Ljubo MijaC, Marko
Kramaric, Arsa Mitzin i DuSan Sinadinovski. Kul-tur- ni odbor: Vlado Pasarikovski, Mirjana Tinkovic i
Atanas Jovanovski, Predsednik
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oppression. We readers are proud
that "NaSe novine" is still here vith
the purpose of serving and observing
the justice and with the purpose of
advocating the freedom and the well--bei- ng of mankind all around the
globe.
"Nase novine" should continue
with observing the social and cultural
changes in Canada and in the U.S.A.,
so people can reach the positive
understanding and so they can esta-blish
a lasting friendship. Since there
are many young people coming from
Yugoslavia these days, "NaSe novi-ne"
should devote as many pages as
possible to the progressive ongoings
in social and cultural life in Yugo-slavia,
so the younger generation can
keep in touch with their heritage. The
greatest asset we readers have today
in "Nase novine" is the preservation
of our native language and the written
beat of life in our homeland.
On the occasion of the 46th birth-day
of our ethnic newspaper "NaSe
novine", we readers from Chicago
join our brothers and sisters all over
the U.S.A., Canada, South America,
and throughout the world, and wish
our ethnic newspaper "NaSe novine"
still many, many prosperous years.
We recognize that "NaSe novine" is
not a threat to anyone and to
anyone's progressive idea. This ne-wspaper
is and will remain the medi-ator
for justice, freedom, and peace.
"NaSe novine" advocates the wellbe-in- g
of everyone. We readers shall
stand for our ethnic newspaper "NaSe
novine" and shall contribute to it as
much as possible, so our ethnic
newspaper can continue to serve the
needs of the common working man.
Vladimir I. De Tonya
"Cut through the rhetoric and take
a good look at the country's health
care crisis".
"We have to do something about
providing quality health care for
the elderly", testified Gulvezan,
who represents 96 senior citizens
organizations. "Many of these peo-ple
live on $200 or $300 a month
and some of them have to decide
whether they will eat or buy medi-cine.
They have to learn how to live
with the mushrooming cost of
health care and inflation In food
prices, clothing and their monthly
rent.
"When It comes down to the
choice of buying medicines td reli-eve
the pain in their bodies or food
r to relieve the hunger in their sto-mache- s,
it isn't unusual the last
week of the month to find many
senior citizens living on tea and
crackers. Some elderly people die
in their homes without medical
attention because they can't afford
to pay the 20 percent not covered
by medicare".
Gulvezan said more elderly per-sons
should attend public hearings
like the one yesterday In Detroit's
Pontchartrain Hotel. "This room
should be filled with senior citi-zens,
but we didn't know about the
hearing until somebody saw It in
the paper yesterday".
The Detroit session was typical
of a nationwide series of hearings
aimed at getting the public's thin
king about what should be in Presi-dent
Carter's health insurance pro-posal
when he submits it to Con-gress
early next year. HEW is con-ducting
the hearings.
Mr. Carter has placed national
health insurance near the top of his
administration's list of priorities.
One goal of the public hearings
is to generate public support for
some sort of tax-support- ed insu-rance
coverage for most Ameri-cans.
It is estimated that 26
million Americans now have no
health insurance coverage of any
kind.
— Mr. J. (Doka) Oulvezan is also
a President of the American Yugo-slav
Cultural Club, Detroit, Michi-gan.—
SLEPAKODOClJU
Nemacki komentator Hans-Herma- n
Kersten pi§e:
"Nije potrebno da Pravda zavezu-j- e
oci — kod nas ona je i onako
slepa".
PRAVI RAZLOG
Engleski pedagog Ricard Ingram
govori na jednom skupu o uticaju
televizije na deCje vaspitanje:
"Deca previSe gledaju televiziju,
ali ne zato §to su roditelji Indlferen-tn- i
ve6 §to su programi televizije
mahom na deijem nivou".
San Gabriel — Javljam da
smo zanavijek izgubili iz
naSe sredine naSeg druga,
plemenika, prijatelja radnifi-k- e
klase Ouru Vuja6i6a.
Umro je 21. oktobra 1977. u
Lodi, Kalifornija. Sahranjen
je na srpskom groblju u Col-- f
mi, Kalifornija, blizu San
Franciscoa.
Pokojni je roden u selu
Podgor, crmifcka nahija, Cr-n- a
Gora. U Ameriku je doSao
prije viSe od 50 godina,
mlad, pun snage, sa nadom
da se zaposli, zaradi neSto i
pomogne svoje kod ku6e.
Jer, u"ono vrijeme je bilo
teSko u starom kraju, tadaS-n- ji
rezim nije vodio brigu o
narodu, pa su mnogi odla-zi- li
u Ameriku. Tako je ura-di- o
i pokojnik. Zaposlio se
odmah po dolasku, radio
najteze poslove, u rudokopi-ma- ,
gdje je bilo puno dima i
praSine, i vlazno, pa su zato
mnogi naSi ljudi rano umrije-l- i,
naime, zbog nezdravih
prilika na radu. Velike su
korporacije cinile pritisak na
radnifiku klasu Amerike,
osobito na stranorodene.
Davali su im najteze poslove,
6inili veliku diskriminaciju
prilikom zapoSljavanja.
Duro se je zbog toga i upi-sa- o
u uniju United Mine
Workers of America i aktivno
ucestvovao u Strajkovima.
To je bila borba za napredak
radnog naroda. On je Straj-kova- o
u Wilke Barre, Moha-n- o
City, Hazeltonu, a torn
borbom su izvojevani bolji
uvjeti za radne ljude, socijal-n- o
osiguranje. Posljednjih
25 godina Duro je zivio u Ka-liforn- iji,
radio za razne podu-zetnik- e,
najviSe na gradskoj
kanalizaciji, pa je jednom
prilikom povrijedio i nogu i
teSko se je poslije toga kre-ta- o.
Za vrijeme drugog svjet-sko- g
rata, kad je naSa stara
domovina bila napadnuta po
nacifaSizmu, pomagao je u
skupljanju pomoci Sto se
tamo slala, za Jugoslaviju
kao i posebno za crnogorsku
ratnu siro6ad. U ovom radu
on se posebno istakao. Bio
je i aktivni podupiraC srp-sko- g
naprednog pokreta u
Americi.
Pokojni je imao finu narav,
svakome se znao javiti. Sa
smrcu Dure gubimo dobrog
druga, kao i plemenika. Sa
pokojnikom su se na pogre-b- u
oprostili O. Vujovic i
pisac ovih redaka. Neka mu
bude laka zemlja nove do-movi- ne
i slava mu, a njego-vo- m
bratu i sinovcima u
starom kraju naSe duboko
sauCeSce.
Ljubo Vukmanovic
sa famiiijom