Fraternity-Testvériség, 1956 (34. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1956-08-01 / 8. szám
FRATERNITY 23 62. The President recessed the Convention until 2 P. M. During recess, the members of the Convention and also separately the group of rewarded branch and district workers were photographed, after which the officers presented the medals of merit as described in the previous minutes. 63. At 2 P. M. the members of the Convention sang Psalm No. 35; Louis Molnár, delegate, led the devotion in prayer; then the President opened the meeting. 64. The Committee submitted the plan of raising the collectors’ remuneration. The Convention accepted the recommendation. 65. Upon the request of the Committee, the Convention asked the Supreme Council that during the next four years the question should be studied as to when and how could a fund be established for the purpose of giving dividends to our members. 66. Upon the motion of the Supreme Council, the Committee recommended that the salary of each of the four central officers be $10,000.00 a year, eliminating all further supplements; the honorarium of the two Vice Presidents and the eight Supreme Council membersh to be raised from $300.00 to $400.00. The Convention accepted the recommendation. 67. The Committee recommended that our Convention continually give the annual $10,000.00 towards the Pension Fund of the full-time workers of the Federation. The Supreme Council should make plans for the next Convention concerning the extension of the Pension Fund so that the claims of the widows of all concerned might be determined. The Convention accepted the recommendation. 68. Upon the request of the Supreme Council, the Committee asked the Convention to approve the raise of the commissions. The Convention accepted the recommendation unanimously. 69. The Committee recommended that the Convention approve the motion of the Supreme Council that $1,000.00 be donated towards the erection of a church in Belgrade, where a congregation is being organized as a Hungarian Reformed Church, and which edifice would be erected by the mutual help of Magyar Reformed people in America, thus giving an expression of our love towards our brothers left behind but never forgotten, and of our great gratitude towards God, who helped us so wonderfully during the past seven decades. The Convention was glad to have heard about the movement, started by the Magyar Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, aiming for the
