Full Text of HR1025 95th General Assembly
HR1025 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the staff of | 4 |
| DZIENNIK ZWIAZKOWY on the occasion of the newspaper's 100th | 5 |
| anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, The history of DZIENNIK ZWIAZKOWY began in 1907 | 7 |
| when the Polish National Alliance decided to create a newspaper | 8 |
| to serve the entire Polish-American community during their 1907 | 9 |
| National Convention; the first edition of DZIENNIK ZWIAZKOWY, | 10 |
| literally translated to "The Alliance Daily", was printed on | 11 |
| January 15, 1908; the newspaper's first editor was Frank | 12 |
| Jablonski, a dedicated journalist and Polish-American activist | 13 |
| and former PNA President and ZGODA editor; and
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| WHEREAS, In the coming decades after the inception of | 15 |
| DZIENNIK ZWIAZKOWY, the newspaper grew to become the most | 16 |
| widely read Polish newspaper in the City of Chicago, no small | 17 |
| task in such a hotly contested city; by 1923, after taking over | 18 |
| rival newspaper National Daily, the circulation surpassed | 19 |
| 54,000; under Karol Piatkiewicz, the newspaper's editor from | 20 |
| 1931 until 1967, DZIENNIK ZWIAZKOWY became the authoritative | 21 |
| source of news regarding "all things Polish", and made a | 22 |
| particularly memorable contribution during World War II and the | 23 |
| Cold War years; and
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| WHEREAS, In recent decades, editors such as Jan Krawiec, | 2 |
| Anna Rychlinska, and Wojciech Bialasiewicz have enabled | 3 |
| DZIENNIK ZWIAZKOWY to reach out to new generations of Polish | 4 |
| immigrants and their families, providing outstanding coverage | 5 |
| of important subjects such as the rise of the Solidarity | 6 |
| movement, the papacy of John Paul II, the fall of Soviet | 7 |
| communism, and the rise of democracy in Poland; and
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| WHEREAS, The unparalleled journalistic integrity and | 9 |
| intense commitment to the Polish-American community exhibited | 10 |
| by the staff of DZIENNIK ZWIAZKOWY is worthy of the greatest | 11 |
| respect; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate the staff of DZIENNIK ZWIAZKOWY on the occasion of | 15 |
| the newspaper's 100th anniversary and wish them continued | 16 |
| success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the staff of DZIENNIK ZWIAZKOWY as a symbol of our | 19 |
| esteem and respect.
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