He was visited by world leaders such as Czechoslovakian President Edvard Beneš as well as Tomáš Masaryk, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and many others who sought his sagely advice and blessings.
Shortly after graduating from Wellesley, Emilie Benes, herself a grandniece of Czechoslovakia's former president Edvard Beneš and granddaughter of his brother Vojta, married Zbigniew Brzezinski, a political scientist who served as an adviser to President Carter.
When it was finally published in mid-1945, it included an introduction by Thomas Mann, "A Message" from Edvard Beneš, and a dozen essays by contributors both Jewish and Gentile.
During 1939 - 1940 Vlajka organized mass meetings against politicians of the First Republic of Czechoslovakia as represented by Masaryk and Beneš.
He studied Philosophy, Psychology, Literature and Languages and organized three national programs: Week of Children’s Joy, 1946 & 1947 (introduced by President Edvard Beneš), Cultural Unity’s Youth Club, and a vacation exchange program for Czech and Slovak children (introduced by President Benes’s wife).
Edvard Munch | Edvard Grieg | Edvard Beneš | Andy Benes | Vojta Beneš | Lars Edvard Phragmén | Emilie Benes Brzezinski | Edvard Kocbek | Edvard Hoem | Marijan Beneš | Johan Edvard Mandelberg | Hubbell & Benes | Edvard Tchivzhel | Edvard Munch, ''The Sick Child'', 1896. The second painting was completed while the artist was living in Paris, Gothenburg Museum of Art | Edvard Júlíus Sólnes | Edvard Hjelt | Ed Benes | Carl Edvard Johansson | Beneš |
The Czechoslovak government-in-exile led by President Edvard Beneš issued a proclamation in April 1944 excluding from political participation former collaborationist Hungarians, Germans, and the Russophile Ruthenian followers of Andrej Brody and the Fencik Party (who had collaborated with the Hungarians).