The Association of Slovak Journalists, in response to violence committed against ethnic Slovaks in Hungary in 1906, organized a Congress of Slovak national organizations to be held in Cleveland in May 1907. John Pankuch was a member of the committee which organized the Congress, whose purpose was to present a unified response by Slovak-Americans fraternal organizations to this violence. Members of several fraternal organizations are shown above marching from Cleveland's Union train station to Grays Armory where the Congress was held.
