Editing Croatian Spring (section)

===Language question===
{{main|Declaration on the Name and Status of the Croatian Literary Language}}
[[File:Deklaracija o nazivu i položaju hrvatskog književnog jezika - cropped.png|thumb|The [[Declaration on the Name and Status of the Croatian Literary Language]] was announced in the ''Telegram'', a contemporary literary newspaper on 17 March 1967.|alt=Photograph of the front page of the Telegram newspaper]]
In 1967, the first two volumes of the [[Dictionary of Serbo-Croatian Literary and Vernacular Language]] based on the 1954 [[Novi Sad Agreement]] were published, sparking controversy about whether Croatian was a separate language. Both volumes excluded common Croatian expressions or treated them as local dialect while Serbian variants were often presented as the standard. The unrelated 1966 Serbo-Croatian dictionary published by {{ill|Miloš Moskovljević|el|Μίλος Μοσκοβλίεβιτς|sr|Милош Московљевић}} further inflamed the situation by omitting the term "Croat" from the vocabulary.{{sfn|Ramet|2006|pp=230–231}}

The [[Declaration on the Name and Status of the Croatian Literary Language]] was issued by 130 Croatian linguists, including 80 communists,{{sfn|Rusinow|2007|p=140}} on 17 March 1967. The declaration criticised the 1967 dictionary and called for official recognition of Croatian as a separate language and for a requirement for the government of Croatia to use the [[Croatian language]] in official business. This step would have disadvantaged the many Serb bureaucrats in Croatia.{{sfn|Ramet|2006|pp=230–231}} The declaration drew "A Proposal for Reflection" in response, drafted by 54 Serbian writers calling for [[TV Belgrade]] to use [[Cyrillic script]] and to provide education for the [[Serbs of Croatia]] in the Serbian language.{{sfn|Rusinow|2007|p=140}} There were also several denunciations of the declaration on the Name and Status of the Croatian Literary Language from the SKJ within days. The declaration was not universally supported in Croatia. The deputy speaker of the [[Sabor]], {{ill|Miloš Žanko|hr}}, denounced [[Franjo Tuđman]], the head of the [[Institute for the History of the Workers' Movement of Croatia]], and [[Većeslav Holjevac]], the head of the [[Croatian Heritage Foundation]], for hiring known Croatian nationalists. The declaration marked the beginning of the four-year long period of increased Croatian nationalism commonly referred to as the Croatian Spring.{{sfn|Ramet|2006|pp=230–231}}

{{lang|hr|Matica hrvatska}} withdrew from the Novi Sad Agreement on 22 November 1970 because {{lang|hr|[[Matica srpska]]}} insisted that Croatian was only a dialect of Serbian. {{lang|hr|Matica hrvatska}} went on to publish a new Croatian dictionary and orthography manual by [[Stjepan Babić]], [[Božidar Finka]], and [[Milan Moguš]], which was condemned by Serbia.{{sfn|Ramet|2006|p=232}}{{sfn|Mićanović|2012|p=283}} The Croatian nationalists reacted by promoting [[linguistic purism]] and by revising school textbooks to increase coverage of [[History of Croatia|Croatian history]] and [[culture of Croatia|culture]]. {{lang|hr|Matica hrvatska}} became the rallying point of the nationalist revival, and its economic secretary [[Šime Đodan]] was particularly popular.{{sfn|Ramet|2006|p=235}} In 1970, {{lang|hr|Matica hrvatska}}'s membership grew from about 2,000 to 40,000, increasing its political influence.{{sfn|Irvine|2007|p=161}} It also enabled complaints to [[Yugoslav Railways]], backed by the SKH, that Serbian [[Ekavian]] spelling ought to be supplemented with Croatian [[Ijekavian]] spelling in all official notices and schedules.{{sfn|Ramet|2006|p=234}}

While multiple newspapers and magazines supported {{lang|hr|Matica hrvatska}}, the organisation also introduced its own organ, {{ill|Hrvatski tjednik|hr|Hrvatski tjednik (Zagreb)|italic=y}} (Croatian Weekly), which enthusiastically promoted Croatian nationalism.{{sfn|Ramet|2006|p=235}} Edited by [[Vlado Gotovac]],{{sfn|Jakovina|2012|p=410}} it quickly surpassed the number of subscribers of all other newspapers including {{lang|hr|[[Vjesnik]]}}, the [[newspaper of record]] in Croatia.{{sfn|Ramet|2006|p=235}}