The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Commissionar Pergler leaves
COMMISSIONER PERGLER LEAVES.
On August 2, Charles Pergler, commissioner of the Czechoslovak Republic, sailed from the United States on a leave of absence, accompanied by Mrs. Pergler. Since the departure of Prof. Masaryk from the United States in November, 1⟨918⟩ Mr. Pergler has been in charge of Czechoslovak interests in the United States, having been promoted to this post after three years of work as the Washington representative of Czechoslovak organizations in America, and as Štefanik’s and Masaryk’s principal co-worker. At the time he gave up his law practice in Cresco, Ia., in order to devote his energies to the cause of his native country, the Czechoslovaks were almost unknown, and only the optimists felt sure that the Austrian yoke would be broken. He has accomplished far more than any other single man to make the Czechoslovaks known and admired in the United States. In the course of his work he addressed state legislatures, universities, chambers of commerce, learned societies, clubs and mass meetings, and being an able and effective speaker made friends for the people whom he represented, wherever he went. His many pamphlets and magazine articles brought the knowledge of Czechoslovaks to millions of Americans. As the diplomatic representative of the new republic at Washington he negotiated loans amounting to fifty five millions.
It is not expected that Mr. Pergler will return to the post he occupied in Washington, as he is slated for another important assignment in the diplomatic service of the Czechoslovak Republic.
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