Fraternity-Testvériség, 1960 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1960-06-01 / 6. szám
FRATERNITY 19 Elected by acclamation as Vice Presidents were the Rt. Rev. Dr. Zoltán Beky, Bishop of the Hungarian Reformed Church in America; the Rev. Dr. Stephen Szabó, President of the Evangelical and Reformed Church Magyar Synod, and Mr. Géza Veszprémi. The following were elected as members of the Supreme Council: Stephen Syposs and alternate Rev. Gabor Csordás from the New York District; Joseph Molnár and Rev. Bertram Szathmary with alternates Rev. Imre Bertalan and Zoltán Szabó from the New Jersey District; the Rev. Louis Nagy and William Szuch with alternates Michael Rezes and John Rigo from the Pittsburgh District; Zigmond Palagyi and Rev. Matthias Daroczy with alternates William Aros and Michael Toth from the Ohio District; the Rev. Arpad George and alternate Stephen Nevicky from the Chicago District, and the Rev. Tibor Toth with alternate Michael Biro from the Detroit District. The Convention wired telegrams in behalf of the oppressed Hungarian people to Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States, and to Christian Herter, Secretary of States. Wires of acknowledgment for then- interest in Hungarian affairs and service to the Hungarian people were sent to Frank J. Lausche, Senator from Ohio; Robert B. Meyner, Governor of New Jersey; David L. Lawrence, Governor of Pennsylvania, and to William E. Miller, Congressman from New York, and to several other notables. The Convention especially remembered William E. Borah, the late senator from Idaho, who stopped the ratification by the United States Government of the tragic and unjust Treaty of Trianon. The Convention sent a deeply moving wire to Mrs. William E. Borah, widow of the senator, acknowledging his great service. The Convention also released two declarations, one to the Hungarian people suffering under the horrors of the Communist regime, and the other to the American Hungarians. These texts will appear in our next month’s issue. As one of the most important actions taken, the Convention accepted in its entirety the revised, new by-laws of the Federation and authorized the Committee on By-Laws to have it printed and distributed as needed throughout the branches. After acknowledging the greetings of Mr. Bela Bachkai, the Convention unanimously agreed to continue giving its financial and moral support to the American Hungarian Federation, as it has so generously done in the past. Paying their respect and extending their greetings to the Convention representing the William Penn Fraternal Association were: Coloman Revesz, President; Albert Stelkovits, Secretary; Julius Somogy, Treasurer; John Szabó, Controller; Julius Lenart, Director; Geza Banes, Counsellor-at-Law, and Charles Elemer, Field Organizer; while the Bridgeport Association was represented by Mr. Stephen Szegedy, President. One of the hightlights of the Convention was the entertainment one evening by Zita Szeleczky, famed Hungarian actress, and Miklós G. Teghze, Hungarian pianist and composer. The delegation representing the 40,000 members of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America left the Convention which adjourned at midnight Thursday, June 16, with a well-founded program for the next four years and a feeling of having accomplished a fine job. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY I
