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The Cleveland Agreement (Czech: Clevelandská dohoda; Slovak: Clevelandská dohoda) was an agreement signed by representatives of the Czech and Slovak people on October 22, 1915 at the Bohemian National Hall in Cleveland, Ohio. Its purpose was to show commitment to the fight for the self-determination of both Slavic nations in an independent federation, envisioned by Tomáš Masaryk, the founding father of Czechoslovakia.
History
After several months of negotiations, the Cleveland Agreement was signed on October 22 and 23, 1915, in Cleveland's Bohemian National Hall, 4939 Broadway Ave. Signatories included representatives of the Slovak League, Ivan Daxner and Albert Pavol Mamatey, and the Czech National Association, Ludvík Fisher and Josef Tvrzický-Kramer. Mamatey was elected as Chairman, Emanuel Voska as Vice-Chairman, Štefan Osuský as Slovak Secretary, and J. Martínek as a Czech one. The agreement was about the conditions of Czech and Slovak cooperation and declared a common program with five points. Representatives of Slovaks participated on the condition that the future state will be a federation. In May 1918, it was replaced by the Pittsburgh Agreement.
Agreement
The terms of the agreement were as follows:
Independence of Czech and Slovak lands.
Unification of Czech and Slovak Nations in federal union with national autonomy of Slovak people, with independent legislative, administration, cultural freedom including use of Slovak language, financial and political autonomy.
Free elections
Democratic government
This agreement can be amended only with consent of both parties.
See also
Origins of Czechoslovakia
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