ized ▁schools ▁or ▁university ▁classes ▁in ▁Lith u ania ), ▁the ▁first ▁journalist ▁con gress ▁in ▁summer ▁ 1 9 3 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁union ▁proposed ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁special ▁p ension ▁fund ▁for ▁journal ists ▁because ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁worked ▁as ▁independent ▁contract ors ▁and ▁were ▁not ▁entitled ▁to ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁social ▁guarante es . ▁The ▁union ▁also ▁purs ued ▁disc ount s ▁for ▁journal ists , ▁such ▁as ▁for ▁public ▁transport ▁tick ets , ▁tele phone ▁service , ▁the ater ▁ad mission . ▁Pur ick is ▁particularly ▁c ared ▁to ▁increase ▁international ▁co operation . ▁T ogether ▁with ▁Ed vard as ▁Tur aus k as , ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁news ▁ag ency ▁E LT A , ▁he ▁worked ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁Balt ic ▁Press ▁Ent ente ▁between ▁Lith uan ian , ▁Lat v ian , ▁and ▁Est onian ▁journal ists ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 . ▁During ▁Pur ick is ' ▁ten ure , ▁the ▁ent ente ▁organized ▁three ▁meet ings ▁in ▁which ▁journal ists ▁discussed ▁co operation , ▁information ▁exchange , ▁and ▁coord ination ▁of ▁political ▁views ▁( this ▁was ▁particularly ▁important ▁for ▁Lith u ania ▁as ▁Lat v ian ▁press ▁often ▁repub lished ▁anti - L ith uan ian ▁texts ▁from ▁Polish ▁period ical s ). ▁The ▁Journal ists ' ▁Union ▁also ▁searched ▁for ▁contacts ▁with ▁journal ists ▁in ▁Finland ▁( most ly ▁via ▁writer ▁and ▁diplom at ▁), ▁Czech oslov ak ia ▁( which ▁had ▁similar ▁anti - Pol ish ▁foreign