Fraternity-Testvériség, 1952 (30. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1952-08-01 / 8. szám
TESTVÉRISÉG 19 49. The Committee recommended that the report on organization should be received with praise. The Convention approved the resolution. 50. The Committee recommended that the editors and contributors of our official organ should receive commendation. The Convention approved the resolution and authorized the eventual addition of more pages to the paper. 51. The Committee recommended that two Vice Presidents should be elected, one from the districts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the other one from the districts of Ohio, Illinois, the mining districts and from the districts of states having a small number of branches. After a long debate, the Convention, with 40 votes against 29, approved the first part of the resolution, recommending the election of two Vice Presidents, but rejected, with 40 votes against 24, the second part, taking into consideration the residence of the candidates. 52. The Committee recommended that the number of .the members of the Supreme Council should remain at six. The Convention unanimously approved the resolution. 53. The Committee recommended that the six electoral districts would be arranged as follows: First District: Connecticut, Vermont, New York and Northeast New Jersey, with 4891 members. Second District: District of Columbia, South New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, with 5543 members. Third District: Western Pennsylvania, with 5370 members. Fourth District: Ohio, with 9554 members. Fifth District: States having a small number of branches: California, Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia, with 1948 members. Sixth District: Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, with 4950 members. The Convention, after a long debate, approved the resolution with 60 votes against 16. Victor Racz and Andrew Kosa, delegates, requested that their opposing votes would be recorded in the minutes. 54. The Committee recommended that the Federation would accept and use the American Man Table. The Convention approved the resolution. 55. The Committee recommended that members, having fulfilled their obligation of payments as stipulated in their policies, in case they would like to retain their membership rights, should pay a nominal fee fixed from time to time by the Central Office. The Convention unanimously approved the resolution. 56. The Committee recommended that the Convention would authorize and instruct the Central Officers, that following the amendments of the By-Laws submitted by the Supreme Council, on the basis of the actions taken at the present Convention and the principles approved by it, they shall re-write the text of the By- Laws accordingly. These amendments shall be published and also submitted to those States, to which the Federation has to send its annual reports. In connection with this resolution, the Secretary of the Federation read, item by item, all the amendments of the By-Laws as recommended by the Supreme Council. The Convention approved the resolution and ordered the Supreme Council to publish the amended By-Laws in one booklet, both in the English and the Hungarian language. Among the radically changed paragraphs of the By-Laws, the following are of greater importance: 15. Each branch which has at least 150 adult members may send one delegate to the Convention; with 400 to 800 adult members, they may send two delegates; and above 800 members, a maximum of three delegates. The smaller branches grouping together with 300 to 400 members may send one delegate. 20. In case of necessity, the President of the Federation may call a Special Convention; the President shall call such Convention upon the request of the majority of the branches or of the members of the Supreme Council. Such Convention will be composed of the members of the previous Regular Convention; if any of them is not a member anymore, he shall be replaced by a delegate elected by the respective branch or branches. 102. The Federation issues certificates of life insurance running from $500.00 to a maximum of $10,000.00. Members between the ages of 16 and 40 may be insured to $10,000.00; members between 41 and 50, to $5,000.00; members between 51 and 55, to a maximum of $3,000.00. The amount of accidental death benefit can not be higher than $5,000.00 57. The Committee recommended that the 1956 Convention of the Federation would be held in Washington, D. C. The Convention unanimously accepted Ihe recommendation and at the same time expressed its thanks to the Committee for its conscientious work. 58. Andrew Lenart, delegate, recommended that the Vice Presidents of the Federation and the six members of the Supreme Council could not be re-elected for more than two terms in succession. The Convention unanimously approved the recommendation. B) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BETHLEN HOME In the name of the Committee on the Bethlen Home, Bela Bottykos, Secretary, reported that the Committee very carefully examined the financial records of the Home and found everything in exemplary good order. He presented the following recommendations of the Committee: (Report Appendix No. 12.) 59. As a result of the examination of the offices, the Committee recommended that the Convention would express its thanks to the Superintendent of the Home and release him from his responsibility. The Convention expressed its full appreciation to Joseph Kecskemethy and released him from his responsibility for the past four years. 60. Upon the examination of the farm and the Old Folks Home, the Committee recommended the following improvements: a) to hire one more worker to help with the house cleaning and cooking; b) to hire one more agricultural worker, for assistance to the farm foreman, already overburdened with work; c) to purchase a hay-baling machine, whenever it will be possible; d) to renovate the floor of the big dining room, in connection with the other repairs in the Old Folks Home. The Convention approved these recommendations.
