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62 - 27 - a rdr published sheet Pánkucha's "Denny hlas" (day voice), Jamarik's 'Slovenská mládež' (Slovak youth) and later also the organ of the Slovak revolutionary movement in America "Naše Slovensko" (Our Slovakia) led by Ignác Gessay. In this sense, the Pittsburgh agreement in 19l8 with the participation of Prof. Masaryk, which was signed by the representatives of both American branches. Not only Prof. MasaryK himself and with him the American branch: Czech branch, but also the it a da pd dedn usual program, to whose realization the people at home right-wing decide. It was the American Slovak East, especially the Sokol and Milan Getting, Ihrický and the group gathered around the "New York daily newspaper", which never so strongly emphasized the federal demand, because they understood that the things of the inner order of the state must be solved on another forum, They were more concerned with the result of the struggle on military and diplomatic field and they devoted their powers to it in particular. It was clear that we will not meet the requirements of Prof, Masaryk, if the whole 'emigration' will not get steep behind the revolutionary cause. The more the days passed to the new year 1915, the more it was clear, that the request of Prof. Masaryks for a certain sum of money would not be fulfilled and that was very worrying. It was high time to make a journey in our settlements in America and to organize the people for the struggle for freedom. It was a task that some did not want to understand, but the leadership of the "Czech National Association" understood the importance of such a step from the beginning. They all knew that. Iška is based on a simple but terrible quality of the Czech man, the mistrust of one against the other and of all against all, Our man in the foreign is constantly as he was at home at least from this side. The reasons that had been advocated earlier and the great popularity of Išca caused a often cursed mood. When new enemies n added two very widely spread daily leaves, in which Cleveland he leaf "The American" -28 -