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Tribute to John Radosevic at memorial
held in Fishermen's Hall, Vancouver
Javljamo poznanicirpa i
prijateljima da je Ivan Rado-sevic
izgubio zivot u auto-mobilsk- oj
nesreci, dana 21.
jula, u 4 sata poslje podne.
Njegova supruga Esther koja
je vozila automobil, tesko je
povredena i nalazi se u
bolnici. Svjedoci kazu da je
krivica bila nekog mladog
pijanog ludjaka koji je u
velikoj brzini naletio na auto-mobil
Radosevica.
Pok. Ivan Radosevic rodio se
5. maja 1902. godine u Lieu,
Gorski Kotar, Jugoslavia. U
Kanadu je dosao kao mladic
od 26 godina, kao ekonom-sk- i
emigrant, u nadi da
poboljsa materijalne uslove
svog zivota. AN umjesto
boljeg zivota, cekalo ga je
iznanadenje — besposlica i
patnja, kao i vecinu drugih
iseljenika u ono vrijeme.
Po dolasku u ovu zemlju,
bio je neko vrijeme zaposlen
u okolici Nelsona, B.C., gdje
je radio na gradnji puteva, u
sumama i rudnicima. Tride-seti-h
godina preselio se u
Vancouver, gdje je obavljao
iste poslove kada ih je
mogao dobiti. Konacno se
zaposlio u ribarskoj indu-strij- i,
u kojoj je proveo
najveci dio svoga zivota.
John je proveo vise od
pedeset godina svoga zivota
u borbi za progres i radnicki
pokret. Najprije se je priklju-ci-o
sindikalnom pokretu.
Godine 1931. kada je osno-van- a
prva organizacija —
Kanadska radnidka odbran-ben- a
liga i jedan kliib poslo-va- o
na nasem jeziku, John je
bio prvi sekretar istoga. I
kasnije kada su se poceli
osnivati i drugi progresivni
klubovi i organ izacije i
poslovati na nalim jezicima,
bez razlike na njihova imena,
bio je aktivista i jedan od
vode6ih u tim organizaci-jam- a.
Bio je jedan od pokretaca i
prvih pretplatnika, kako
nase, tako i engleske
radnicke stampeprethodni-cim- a
"Nasih novina" ili Paci-fic
Tribuna). Bio je uvijek
medu prvima za priticanje u
pomoc.
Godine 1941. za vrijeme
Hitlerova razbojnistva i
Od Nikole Sarcevica, iz
Detroita, primili smo tele-fons- ki
vest da je posle duze
bolesti, u svojoj osam-deset- oj
godini, umro Savo
Jokov Masanovic.
Pok. Savo Masanovic bio
je poznati i cenjeni borac za
progres i radnicka prava.
Radio je takode za na-pred- nu stampu i bio
prijatelj Nikole Kovacevida.
Kao aktivni ucesnik.
U mnogim delima radnicke
klase u Americi i zaia-ganji- ma
postenih i napred-ni- h jugoslovenskih
useljenika, Savo Masanovic
agresije nad svijetora, John
se javlja dobrovoljno u
kanadsku vojsku, i u Engles-ko- j
je sluzio do svrsetka rata.
Poslije rata 1948. godine, sa
suprugom Esther odlazi u
Jugoslaviju, gdje su — u
Karlovcu — zivjeli i radili
cijele tri godine. Tamo im se
rodilo dvoje djece: sin John i
i cerka Helen.
Godine 1951. vratili su se
nazad u Vancouver, gdje su
aktivno nastavili drustveni
rad.
Pok. Radosevic iza sebe
ostavlja ozaloscenu suprugu
Esther, sina Johna i cerku
Helen, sa njihovim obitleji-m- a,
a u starom kraju ostvalja
dva brata: Antona i Matu, te
vise rodbine i prijatelja.
Na 15. avgusta, u 11. sati
ujutru, odrzana je u Ribar-skoj
hali Memorial Service za
Johna Radosevica.
Posmrtne govore, kao i
govore o Radosevicevom
radu aktiviste odrzali su: u
ime ribarske unije Jack
Nichol; u ime komunisticke
partije Kanade, ciji je i on
clan bio, Hal Griffin, a na
nasem jeziku, po zelji obi-tel- ji
i Johnovih prijatelja,
govor je odrzao Mate Siaus.
Na Memorial Service-- u pri-sustvov- alo
je izmedu 180 i
200 osoba. Medu njima
zapazili smo i dva gradska
vijecnika: Hary Rankina i
Bruce Yorkea.
Nase zene, 6lanice Jugo-slovensk- og
penzionerskog
kluba, kao i Ribarskog
penzionerskog kluba,
pripremile su zakusku i
poslije govora, pocastile sve
prisutne.
John Radosevic ostavio je u
svojoj posmrtnoj oporuci da
ko zeli da pridonese nesto u
spomen na njega, neka
prilozi u fond "Nasih. novi-na",
ili u Memorial Fund
Tima Bucka — Dr. Betho-urn- e,
ili Bill Rigby Memorial.
Neki medu prisutnima su to
odmah ucinili. . Neka je vjecna slava i
uspomena na Johna Rado-sevica.
Njegovoj familiji iskreno
saucesce.
Mate Siaus
Vancouver
je nesebidno davao od sebe
sve sto mogao. I kao
posledan borac za radni6ka
prava i kao posten useljenik
u Ameriku pok. Savo
Masanovic ostavlja iza sebe
mnoge prijatelje i po§to-naoc- e.
Kojima njegov lik
sluzi za primer kako valja
onaj zivot posteno izziviti.
Memorial Address by Jack Nichol, President
UNITED FISHERMEN AND
ALLIED WORKERS' UNION
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Brothers and Sisters,
Friends,
Vancouvers undisciplined
streets, now as unsafe as
any in the country and where
law enforcement is at a
pathetically low level have
claimed the life of yet
another person.
This time the tragedy has
struck at someone close to
us — someone whom we
loved and who was much a
part of our working and our
social and fraternal lives.
John Radosevic was 79
years of age and so he had
lived a full, rich and rewar-ding
life, happily married
with two fine children. And
yet the loss we sustain in his
passing cannot simply be
measured by how many
years he had already lived
but by how much he had yet
to contribute to his family,
his community and to
working people.
John was in remarkably
good health that belied his
79 years and at the time of
his death was engaged in
writing what is in effect the
British Columbia chapter of
a history of the Yugoslav
community in Canada.
He was active in the
U.F.A.W.U. senior's club
and maintained a keen
interest' in the fishing'
industry and the progress of
the United Fishermen and
Allied Workers' Union which
were so much a part of his
life.
John Radosevic arrived in
Canada in 1926 and began
working in the mines around
the Nelson, B.C. area in the
Kootenays and at Britttania
Beach in Howe Sound.
Later he worked in the forest
industry on Vancouver
Island in the Victoria area
and was a member of the
International Woodworkers
of America or the predeces-sor
of that Union.
Never content to merely
belong to a Union John took
an active part in the drives to
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organize the forest industry
often incurring trouble with
the authorities for his
activities.
On one occasion he
narrowly missed being
apprehended by the law after
he and same fellow organ-izers
stoned a flat car loaded
with scabs being imported
to break a strike. One of his
buddies was caught and
beaten by the R.C.M.P. who
were scab herding.
Wherever there were
working class struggles,
John Radosevic was a part
of them. Though not a
longshoreman he answered
a call for help put out by
the longshoremen union in
the Ballentyne Pier strike —
the year was I believe 1935.
There were pitched battles
with authorities in that strike
and John stood his ground
and was hopitalized for the
injuries he suffered at the
hands of the police. He
joined in the marches and
demonstrations of the
unemployed, the hungry and
the destitute during the
depression years.
He began the career that
was to occupy the rest of his
working life in 1938 by
taking employment on a
seine boat and becoming a
member of the Pacific Coast
Purse Seiners Union, one of
the many components that
ultimately made up the
United Fishermen and Allied
Workers' Union.
He fished until 1942 and
then joined the Canadian
Army serving .overseas in
Europe. Following the war
with the fascist regime
ended he returned to Yugo-slavia
with his wife Esther ah
it-wa- s there that John Jr. and
their daughter, Helen were
born.
When he returned to Canada
in 1948, the United Fisher-men
and Allied Workers'
Union — the only industrial
union comprised of fisher-men
and plant workers on
the North American
continent — was already
— Da bi proizveli 250.000 automobilskih
motora za godinu dana, japanski proizvoda ci
koriste 180radnika. Za istu godiSnju proizvodnju u
Velikoj Britaniji je potrebno 2250 radnika.
— Prema najnovijim podacima u Indiji zivi
683,8 milijuna stanovnika, 135,6 milijuna viSe
nego 1971. Od stjecanja nezavisnosti 1947, broj
stanovnika u Indiji se vise nego udvostrufiib.
— Zbog neuhranjenosti i pomanjkanja zdrav-stve- ne
njege u zemljama u razvoju svake godine
umre izmedu 11 1 12 milijuna djece. U oblastima
Afrike juzno od Sahare, svako drugo dijete ne
dozivi peti rodendan.
— Znanstvenici Tadzikistana, SSSR, razradili
su sistem specijalnih konstrukcija za temelje
zgrada koje se podizu na brezuljcima sa pjeskovi-ti- m
tlom. Glavni grad Tadzikistana, DuSambe, vec
se uveliko Siri prema planinskim vrhovima, 6ime
su okolna pamufina polja safiuvana.
formed and he promptly
became a member when he
resumed fishing on seine
boats as a cook and
sometimes as a skiffman or
tie-u- p man. His last vessel
before he retired was the
MV Venture with Alfredo
Can.
John was active in the
Vancouver Fishermen's
Local serving on the
Executive and serving on
many occasions as a
delegate to the Union's
annual conventions.
Whenever strikes occurred
in the industry or when
another Union was in
difficulty, John was always
one of the first to volunteer
for picket duty or whatever
else was required of him. He
was totally comitted and
dedicated to working class
struggles.
- am certain that anything
that has been said to now is
only a capsule comment on
what was a very adventure-some
and a progressive life
lived by John Radosevic.
In his own way he has left
his impression on his own
Union and the labour
movement in general. It was
through the efforts of the
host of people like him that
the trade union movement
was established and has
progressed so far as it has.
It was said that John served
in the Canadian Army during
the second world war. As a
communist he would have
seen it as a personal cause
in a fight to rid the world of
the cancer of fascism. Yet,
as a politically astute
individual he was not
deluded by the struggles for
economic power that
underlie all wars.
Like all Canadian service-men
he was awarded a
variety of medals signifying
the period in which he
served and the theaters of
war in which he engaged.
But it is a measure of the
man that the medals of
which he was most proud
were those he wore when he
was laid finally to rest.
These were:
1.) His U.F.A.W.U. dress
button.
2.) The Dove of his Peace
Council button.
3.) His dress button of the
NaSe novine organization —
the Yugoslav newspaper.
4.) and the dress button of
the Communist Party of
Canada.
Those medals expressed his
true pride in the way he
lived.
On behalf of the Officers
and Executives of the Union,
I want to express our sincere
condolences to the Rado-sevic
family and to express
the hope that their grief of
John's passing will be short
lived through the comfort
that can be taken from the
memory of the many years
you were fortunate to share
with him.