Frank Šindelář

“ In a few months the new organization under the leadership of patriotic and wise men and women accomplished what had formerly seemed impossible—they induced the Czechs of the United States to lay aside for a time the prejudices which separated them and to work together in the same ranks for the support of the campaign of liberation carried on in France, England and all the Allied countries. Today we may proudly and with complete satisfaction declare that the Czechs and Slovaks both at home and abroad are completely united. ”

“ It seemed as if the abyss separating the religious from the irreligeous Czechs could never be bridged. Sober and thoughtful men have long grieved at this unnatural split of their people, but they were powerless to bring about a change, for others who directly or indirectly profited by the discord frustrated all efforts at harmony. ”

“ When some day a history of our fight for liberty is written, full credit must go to those who by organizing the National Alliance of Bohemian Catholics made possible the full participation of all divisions of our people in the great work.
Let me add also that the National Alliance from its very foundation, when the future form of the Czechoslovak government was uncertain, insisted on the establishment of a republic, fashioned after the example of the United States ”