Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)

1940-12-26 / 52. szám

Page 3 December 26,1940___________________________________Verhovayak Lapja Minutes of Directors' Meeting — Nov. 29 - 30,1940 MINUTES Taken at the Extraordi­nary meeting of the Board of Directors of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Associa­tion, held in the Home Of­fice in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl­vania, on November 29, 1940. Present are, Supreme Pre­sident, Joseph Darago. Vice- Presidents Albert B. Ari' and Joseph Szalay. Directors, Frank Brogley, Dr. Joseph H. Prince, Julius Macker, Moses Csömör, Louis Vizi, Bert Kun, Andrew Dobos, Jr., Stephen Lang, John Szalan­­czy and James Siket. Su­preme Officers, John Bencze, Michael J. Varga and Colo­­man Revesz. 1. ) Supreme President Jo­seph Darago opens the meet­ing and greets the members of the Board present and at the same time acquaints them with the fact that the assembling of the extraordi­nary session was necessitated by the urgency of settling various matters which could not be postponed and among these is first of all the De­fense Laws. 2. ) The Board determines the program of the meeting and as the first point of this opens and reads the bids re­ceived for the “Verhovayak Lapja.” For the printing of the Of­ficial Journal, the following printing shops sent in bids: ADRIA Printing Company, Chicago, 111. State Press, Akron, Ohio. Rapid Printing Co., De­troit. Mich. Associated Hungarian Weeklies of America, Detroit, Mich. After discussing the de­tails of the bids, the Board found the bid of the Associa­ted Hungarian Weeklies as the most advantageous for the Association and for this reason directs the Home Of­fice to enter into a contract for the ensuing two years with this printer, under the usual conditions. The above decision was brought by the Board with two dissenting votes. 3. ) The Board is occupied with the Defense Laws en­acted by the Legislative body of the United States and in connection with this accepts the decision attached to these Minutes, in which they announce that they order stricken from the list of pro­hibited occupations the fol­lowing part, found in the 27th Section of our By-Laws: “Professional soldiers. (Within this definition come all those who, in times of war, are in the active service in any branch of the armed forces.)” In the future, our members performing military duties or called in for military duty, will pay the same monthly dues as persons pursuing civil occu­pations. It is but natural, that if any of these members die while performing mili­tary duty, their beneficiaries are entitled to the whole of the Death Benefits. 4. ) In the matter of se­curing licenses to operate in the Western States, the Board decides that they will discuss this question during the March meeting. 5. ) The joint committee of Branch 34 and the Pitts­burgh Hungarian Social Club appears before the Board. This committee is composed of George Mészáros, Emery Vezendi, Julius Puskas, An­drew Herpak and Louis Smith; they tender the plea that the Board make it pos­sible to erect a Verhovay Home in the Hazelwood dis­trict of Pittsburgh, on the lot comprising the property of the Pittsburgh Social Club, by extending a $15,000 mortgage loan. The Board entrusts the examining of the details of this plea, submitted in writ­ing also, to the Home Of­fice, with the instructions that the Supreme President notify the Board of the re­sults, in writing. 6. ) The Board delegates Directors Bert Kun and Frank Brogley, together with a member of the Comptrol­­ling Committee to supervise the results of the National Membership Contest. 7. ) Upon the mutual re­quest of the Detroit Branch­es, the Board decides that the major awards in the Na­tional Membership Contest be made in Detroit amidst suitable festivities and sends Supreme President Joseph Darago, Director Dr. Joseph H. Prince and Supreme Sec­retary John Bencze to this affair. 8. )% The Board returns to the discussion of organiza­tion matters but consider­ing the lateness of the time, Supreme President Darago adjourns the meeting at 6:15 P. M., until 9 A. M., of the following morning. daa. MINUTES, CONTINUED Taken on November 30, 1940. The same ones are present with the exception of Direc­tor Bert. Kun. 9. ) Supreme President Jo­seph Darago opens the meet­ing and orders the reading of the previous day’s Min­utes, which are then accept­ed and certified by the Board. 10. ) The Board designates the year of 1941 as the 55th Jubilee year of the Associa­tion and in connection with this they decide that they will not conduct a National Membership Contest in that year but will commemorate this outstanding anniver­sary by arranging district contests with four focal points. 11. ) The Board announces that on any given day only one such National Jubilee celebration can be held. 12. ) The Board directs the Home Office to apportion the Verhovay Branches into four districts with Detroit, New York, Chicago and Cleveland as the focal points of each in view of the con­tests and jubilee celebrations comtemplated in these dis­tricts. 13. ) The Board establishes the office hours of the Home Office at forty (40) hours in accordance with the wages and hours laws. 14. ) In connection with the Verhovayak Lapja the Board announces that in the future, no manner of political advertisements may be published in the official journal of the Association. 15. ) The Board is occupied with the details of the con­tracts with the District and local organizers, which will expire on December 31, 1940 and orders the making of new contracts in their stead, the conditions of which will be brought to the attention of those concerned. 16. ) The Board by their unanimous decision attached to these Minutes authorizes the Superintendent of Insur­ance of the State of Wiscon­sin to take over contracts in the event of possible liti­gations, in place of the As­sociation. The program points of the extraordinary meeting hav­ing been exhausted, Supreme President Joseph Darago closes the meeting at 1:40 P. M., after thanking the Board for their attention. daa. JOSEPH DARAGO, Supreme President. JOSEPH SZALAY, Vice-President. ALBERT B. ARI, Vice-President. FRANK BROGLEY, Director. JOSEPH H. PRINCE, M.D., Director. JULIUS MACKER, Director. MOSES CSÖMÖR, Director. STEPHEN LANG, Director. LOUIS VIZI, Director. ANDREW DOBOS, JR., Director. JOHN SZALANCZY, Director. JAMES SIKET, Director. The Man Versus the State By Herbert Spencer With an Introduction by Albert Jay Nock Caxton Printers, Ltd. large 12 mo—256 pages Price $2.00 Book Review by Amelia Nyers THE MAN VERSUS THE STATE was published in 1884 and contains six essays. Although these essays were written about England dur­ing the nineteenth century many of the truths can be applied to present day Amer­ica and its law makers. In Victorian England Liberalism tried to abolish the State’s restraining power, insisting the Indivi­dual had a right to live out his life without interference from the State. Toryism in­sisted that the State was greater than the Individual. The development of society is hampered by the rapid progress of “Statism.” This is proved true by totalitarian regimes. Government is forced upon a people who, if left to their own inclina­tions, would be better off without the interference of State-made laws. During Spencer’s life, there were more laws made than the public could hope to remember. There was the Agriculture Children’s Act, Merchant Shipping Act, Beerhouse Regulation Act, Sea-birds Preservation Act, Public Health Act, etc. When the citizen was able to express his views and opinions he often denounced the statesmen who were re­sponsible for allowing him freedom of speech and the vote. Legislators, attempting to alleviate existing evils, in­creased the trouble by over­burdening the people with more laws. The legislator entered Parliament before he had any conception of what constituted law mak­ing. He knew little of so­ciology, psychology and phi­losophy. His ignorance of the needs of people added to the burdens they were forced to carry. It was a popular super­stition that the lawgiver is divinely inspired to make laws. Spencer asserts that each man with any degree of intellect is a law unto himself. If he is not a crimi­nal, he can judge what is right and wrong without having a law forced upon him. Government, in attempt­ing to do away with aggres sion becomes aggressive. Over-legislation, in provid ing laws to advance civiliza­tion, throws the Individual into a state of confusion and mental torture. The State tends to handicap his progress and his right to happiness. Over-taxation adds to his misery and hard­ship. When a man desires to compose a symphony, he spends years learning the law of harmonies that go­verns music. He first learns notes, then how to combine one note with another to make a perfect chord. Later he learns of inversions and combinations. Thus he avoids discord in his compo­sition. So, too, the states­man, should study the needs and desires of the people he is chosen to govern. The Man Versus the State points out the errors of law makers. These essays reveal the fallacy of some Acts of Parliament. Albert Jay Nock, who is responsible f<\r bringing these essays to light again, contributes an interesting introduction. The Pittsburgh Press says: “This concern’s mail ad­dress is Caldwell, Idaho, a good many miles from where books are ordinarily sold. But it has been print­ing with remarkable regu­larity a long list of extreme­ly important v o 1 u m e s— novels and biographical works—d e a 1 i n g with the West. It can fairly be said that Caxton has become the unofficial ‘biographer’ of the Great Northwest.”--------------O-------------­DANCE AND ILLUSTRA­TED TRAVELS OF JOHN KOROSFOY TO BE HELD AND SHOWN BY BRANCH 40 Martins Ferry, Ohio The Junior Order of Branch 40 will hold a New Year Dance on Tuesday, December 31st, beginning at 7:00 p. m., in the Martins Ferry Hungarian Hall. The music will be furnish­ed by six members of the Branch. Admission for men is 35c; for women 25c. In connection with the dance, Mr. and Mrs. John Korosfoy, loyal and active Verhovay members, will show moving pictures of their thirteen month tour of The United States. The pictures are in technicolor and consume slightly less than an hour. Those who have been unable to see an appreciable part of The United States will enjoy the various scenes taken by Mr. and Mrs. Korosfoy on their recent travels. Verhovay members and friends are invited to parti­cipate in these gay festivi­ties. I

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