The Chicago members of the Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota (Western Bohemian Fraternal Association) launched a membership drive for the purpose of establishing an Illinois organization which would later become a part of this great benevolent association....At the present time there are about two hundred members of the Jednota in Chicago who belong to lodges situated in other states; all in all, forty-six lodges from the states of California, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and North and South Dakota are represented by the Chicago group.

The said two hundred men are the former members of lodges situated in the above-mentioned states, but the constitution [of the Jednota] does not permit them to create an independent lodge. An attempt to secure such a privilege will be made at the next convention of the Jednota which will be held next September in Omaha.

It was with this end in view that propaganda was started recently in this city so that a definite proposition may be made during the convention showing the advantages of such a change. During the next meeting of the local group, to be held on Sunday, May 28, 1922 at 2 P. M., in Mr. Kafka's hall, 26th Street and Avers Avenue, the members will discuss this matter further. The temporary secretary....is Mr. Jiri M. Kristufek....who also advised us that this year will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Jednota. This occasion will be celebrated by the Chicago members also.