ðə fˈɛstɪvəlz ˈɜːli mˈɪʃən stˈeɪtmənt wʌz dᵻskɹˈaɪbd ɪn mˈeɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn, æz fˈɑːloʊz, baɪ ðə zˈeɪdʒdnɪkˌɑːɹ, ðɪ əfˈɪʃəl nˈuːzpeɪpɚɹ ʌvðə kɹoʊˈeɪʃən fˈɛdɚɹəl jˈuːniən ʌv ɐmˈɛɹɪkə:
The festival's early mission statement was described in May 1959, as follows, by The Zajednicar, the official newspaper of the Croatian Federal Union of America: