Verhovayak Lapja, 1947 (30. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)
1947 / Verhovay Journal
# Verhovay Journal convention and his good wishes for the continued success of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association. 28. ) Upon motion, duly seconded, the Convention iesolves to invite by telegram the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania and the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, to attend the meetings and to address the assembly. 29. ) The meeting is adjourned by the chairman at 5:20 P.M., Pittsburgh, Pa., September 8, 1947. (Signed by:) Coloman Kolozsvary, chairman, Charles Uray, recording secretary, William Horvath and Casper Papp, attestants. CONTINUOUS MINUTES taken on the second day of the XXI. Convention of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, on September 9th, 1947. in the English Room of the Fort Pitt Hotel. 30. ) Chairman Coloman Kolozsvary calls the meeting to order at 8:30 A.M. 31. ) Chairman extends his greetings to Mrs. Sari Pataki, representative of the Városi Élet, (City Life), South Bend, Ind., upon her arrival. 32. )' Then he conveys the condolences of the assembly to delegate Frank Szőke upon the recent loss of his wife. 33. ) Then, roll call followed at which every representative reported present. 34. ) Charles Uray, recording secretary of the convention is instructed by the chairman to read the minutes of the previous day’s sessions. The minutes are approved with the following corrections: A one minute silent tribute was paid to the memory of the late Joseph Bumbulucz, auditor, Frank Brogley, director, and all the other deceased members of the Association. Furthermore, the convention resolved to extend its greetings by telegram to the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania and the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh. 35. ) Copies of the minutes were checked, during the reading, by Andrew Tyukody and Emery Siket. Casper Päpp and William Horvath signed the minutes as attestants. 36. ) Supreme Auditor John Sabo reports that the telegrams had been sent on the previous day. 37. ) By a majority of 63 óver 23 votes the Convention resolves to appoint a Committee of Expenses and Per Diem Fees. The members of this Committee are the following: Emery Sera, Louis Barna, Stephen Dobozi, Valentine Erdélyi. Joseph Szabó, John Petrash and George Mészáros. The chairman in%t^u£t^,tbei ^pipytjt^^to.jimmediately commence their deliberations. . 38. ) Supreme President John Bencze advises the representatives of the press attending the convention that information for the press will be furnished by director John Kelemen. 39. ) Jacob Torda, representative of District 18, reports present and is recognized by the convention. 46.) The reading of the report of the Board of Directors, interrupted at the previous session, is continued by Supreme Auditor John Sabo and Emery Florian stenographer. 41.) Following the reading- of the report chairman Coloman Kolozsvary requests that it be adopted for detailed discussion. The Convention unanimously adopts the report and decides that it shall be discussed, in detail only when all the absent delegates and supreme officers will be present, as additional information will be needed. 4*2.) The Committee of Expenses and Per Diem Fees requests instructions from the chairman as to whether or not it shall discuss the per diem fees to be set for the next four years. The chairman announces that the Committee is charged with this matter. 43. ) Ernest Kunstadt, chairman of the Auditing Committee, submits the report of the Auditing Committee, which is adopted for detailed discussion by the Convention. 44. ) The chairman, then, suspends the meeting for a 15 minute rest period. 45. ) Following the rest period the chairman announces that representatives of the major Hungarian national fraternal societies wish to pay their respects to the assembly. The guests are welcomed and introduced to the assembly by Supreme President John Beneze who requests them to address the convention. The following appeared: the Rev. Dr. Francis Újlaki, national president, Albert Fiók, national vice-president, of the American Hungarian Reformed Federation, the Rev. Joseph Kecskemethy, director of the Bethlen Home, Paul Szentmiklossy and Michael Tusai, organizers of the Reformed Federation, Peter Suta, national president of the American Sick Benefit Federation of Bridgeport, Conn., Stephen Szegedy, national secretary, Joseph Vasas, national secretary of the Rakoczy Aid Association and Stephen Kundrath, treasurer. The visitors convey the best wishes of their institutions. They are pleased to be present and ask the delegates to continue their tireless and persistent efforts. They promise to take part in the fraternal activities of the Verhovay and ask the blessings of the Almighty upon the proceedings of the convention. 46. ) The report of the Certified Public Accountant is read by Jolán Lucas and Charles Young. The report is unanimously adopted for detailed discussion by the convention. 47. ) The meeting is adjourned until 2:15 P.M., by the chairman. 48. ) The meeting is called to order at 2:20 P.M. The chairman requests the delegates to forego the afternoon roll call. To this the convention accedes. 49. ) The chsirinan informs the convention of a letter of Geza Bruger, written in behalf of László Mathe. He, then, refers the letter to the supreme officers for disposal. 5Ó;) The detailed discussion of the report of the Auditing Committee follows. Several parts of the report are adopted by the convention, while the discussion of others is postponed for the time when all the delegates and supreme' officers will be present. The younger members of the Convention request that the important items be explained in the English language. Their request is granted by the chairman. 51. ) Dr. Andrew Kovats reads the rulings adopted up to this time by the Committee of Appeals. These are the following: 52. ) The appeal of Julius Polichany, of district 34. is rejected by the Committee which upheld the ruling of the Board of Directors, according to which he cannot be recognized as delegate. 53. ) The Committee ruled in favor of the appeal of John A. Toth, of district 9. and recognizes him as the representative of that district. October 29, 1947 54. ) The appeal of Nicholas Kadar, district 8/C., was rejected by the Committee. 55. ) The appeal of Jacob Torda, district 18, was rejected by the Committee. 56. ) Julius Danch, representative of district 26, is confirmed as delegate of that district. 57. ) The appeal of Frank Radvanyi is rejected by the Committee and Frank Molnár is recognized as the duly elected delegate of District 2/B. 58. ) The Committee rules in favor of the appeal of Alexander Gyulay who is recognized as fully empowered delegate of District 30/B. Upon request and recommendation of the Committee of Appeals the above rulings are unanimously adopted by the.members of the convention. 59. ) The Committee of Expenses and Per Diem Fees submit their report which is read by recording secretary Joseph Szabó. The Committee recommends that each of the delegates be paid, instead of per diem fees, a honorarium of $250 plus travelling expenses. It is recommended, further, that during the following four years the per diem fees be set at $18.00 for an 8 hour working day. They recommend that overtime be paid at the rate of $1.50 per hour and that sleeping car expenses be paid to those having to travel at night. Unwilling to make any recommendations in regards to the representatives of the press, they refer this matter to the Convention. A lengthy debate followed the recommendations of the Committee which were rejected by the assembly. In the course of the debate the chairman, in view of the great variety of motions, called for a vote to determine whether the Convention wished to adopt per diem fees or a fixed salary. 83 delegates voted in favor of the per diem fees while 59 voted in favor of fixed honoraria. The assembly having adopted the recommendation that the delegates be paid per diem fees the chairman calls for motions as to the amounts of the per diem fees. Four motions were made. In view of the advanced hour voting has been postponed for the next session. 60. ) The meeting adjourned at 5:30 P.M. (Signed by:) Coloman Kolozsvary, chairman; Charles Uray, recording ^ secretary; Alexander Csobody, Joseph Kantor, attestants. CONTINUOUS MINUTES taken on the third day of the XXI. Convention of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, on September 10th, 1947, in the Gold Room of the Fort Pitt Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 61. ) Chairman Coloman Kolozsvary calls the meeting to order at 8:30 A.M. 62. ) Following the roll call, recording secretary Charles Uray reads the minutes of the previous sessions. Copies of the minutes are checked by Joseph Drotos and Jacob Torda. 63. ) The minutes are unanimously adopted by the convention and attested by Alexander Csobody and Joseph Kantor. 64. ) Recording Secretary Charles Uray reads the telegrams received during the morning. Julius Fodor, editor of the Detroit Hungarian News, and Stephen Lukacs, Manager of Branch 36, Detroit, Mich., convey their greetings to the assembly and Frank Göndör, editor of Az Ember convey his appreciation of the invitation extended to him and his regrets that he is unable tb attend the meetings. 65. ) The discussion about the per diem fees, interrupted by the dosing of the previous session, is next on the schedule of business, Chairman: calls for a vote On the motions recommending per diem fees in the amounts of $18, $20, $22 and $25. The results of the election are as follows: 17 delegates vote in favor of $18, 50 in favor of $20, 34 in favor of $22 and 32 in favor of $25. • 66. ) The majority having voted in favor of the motion recommending $20 per diem fees, this is accepted as the decision of the convention. 67. ) It is resolved by a great majority that the officers and directors, when on official missions, shall be paid a per diem fee of $18 and an overtime rate of $1.50 per hour. 68. ) In behalf of the convention the chairman extends his thanks to the members of the Committee of Expenses and Per Diem Fees for their efforts. 69. ) Charles Young, second vice-chairman of the convention presents to the assembly the following resolution: We, members of the second generation American Hungarians, respectfully submit the following resolution for acceptance by the honored Convention. WHEREAS, we, representatives of the American branches, having been duly delegated to represent such branches, have come to this Convention to fullfill a duty, WHEREAS, such representation having been given to us by the older generation whose wisdom and foresight anticipated that a time would come when they no longer would be here to guide us, WHEREAS the older generation having always indicated their desire to advance qualified members of our generation to ultimately replace thenelders in this organization, and WHEREAS the rights and privileges thus given to us have been adopted into our by-laws, to wit: Tn the English speaking branches only those members of the respective branches who are American born, or who have received their education in American schools and speak the English language fluently are eligible as District delegates’, THEREFORE, WE, the members of the second generation hereby resolve that such rights and privileges shall never be taken away from us, THAT such rights and privileges are part of our heritage and if jeopardized by any resolution of this Convention all our efforts made in the past , for the advancement of the Association would be nullified, WE, THEREFORE, respectfully ask this Convention to uphold and adhere to its by-laws and not to effect any changes in its provisions pertaining to the second generation membership, by which we would suffer loss of any of those rights and privileges which are held dear to us. We ask for a vote of confidence. This vote will reinstate the shaken confidence of our group.” The above resolution is unanimously adopted by the convention. 70. ) The convention, then, hears the following memorial of the representatives of the press: “Memorial to the 1947 Convention of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association. We, American Hungarian newspaper editors, extend our respectful greetings to the convention of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association which we consider an institution of great importance to our existence and future. We have come to this convention in order to inform the American Hun- I garians of the proceedings of this assembly, just as we have done in the i past.
