Verhovayak Lapja, 1951 (34. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1951 / Verhovay Journal
PAGE 4 VerhovayJournal May 16, 1951 Verhovay Journal Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 7907 West Jefferson Ave. Detroit 17, Mich. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: JOHN SABO Editor’s Office: 436—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. Telephone: COurt 1-3454 or 1-3455 All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 436—442 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada ....................................... $1.00 a year Foreign Countries ....................................................... $1.50 a year Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan under the Act of March 3, 1879. OFFICIAL COMMENT DISTRICT SESSIONS TO BE HELD IN .JUNE The National Officers were authorized by the Board of Directors to instruct the proper officer of each District to officially convene the meeting of his district in the month of June. This is the big year for the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association and the branch delegates must sit together at the District Sessions to elect delegates to the National Convention which will convene in September. Other than electing delegates to the September convention the district delegates will have the right to adopt resolutions pertaining to matters which were not adopted by the Branches at the December meetings. Since the majority of the membership approved the By-Law amendment proposals recommended by the Board of Directors, the District Sessions will not take any further action on these. It will be up to the National Convention to adopt or reject the By-Law amendments proposals which were approved by the branches last December. Those amendments which the Convention approves will become law on the first day of next year, while those amendments which the Convention rejects will no longer be considered. No District Sessions will be held after the Convention, however, any new resolutions adopted by the Convention which were not approved by the branches last December, will have to be submitted to the branches immediately after the Convention for final action. The unique feature of the 1951 Convention will be the duration of the meeting. The branches at the December meeting approved a resolution limiting the time of the big meeting to one week. This action on the part of the branches was long overdue and the general membership will wholeheartedly favor the curtailing of the duration of the Convention, especially so for the sake of economy. THIRTEEN BIG MEN It has been pointed out from time to time that the present Board of Directors is one of the best ever to serve the Association. The gentlemen who direct the society put aside all politics to administer unselfishly the affairs of our organization. Again they gave evidence of their good intentions when they recently voted unanimously to present to the National Convention a resolution which, if approved by the National Convention, would reduce the number of National Directors from thirteen to NINE! After such unselfish action, is there any member among us Who would doubt the sincerity and good intentions of these gentlemen? These men really deserve the praise and best wishes of the membership because they are serving the Association in a creditable way. NEW PROPOSALS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION Among the rules pertaining to eligibility for election as delegate to the District Meetings and the National Convention is the requirement that the person elected should belong not only to the life benefit department but to the sick benefit depart-WANTED MEN, married, age 28-40, insurance or related business experience preferred but not necessary, automobile required, for permanent employment in position of DISTRICT MANAGER OPENINGS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY Salary—Commissions—Advancement American-born members of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association are given first opportunity to apply for these positions. If you are good in meeting people, steady, persistent, industrious, ambitious, free to move from your home-town if necessary, willing to work more for more money and interested in building a secure future for yourself, let us help you start a prosperous and satisfying career with the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association. You must have at least a high school education, preferably with some additional business school or college training, to qualify. « Continuous training at Home Office and in the Field by experienced field men. Salary during training. Placement immediately upon conclusion of preliminary instruction. Write in full confidence, stating past experience, present! occupation, salary requirements and references, to MR. HENRY F. W. RETTMANN, Field Manager VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 436 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 19, PA. ment as well. The Board of Directors, realizing that this rule limited the election of delegates to about 35% of our adult membership, at its recent Board Meeting, voted to present to the Convention a resolution which would do away with this rule in the future. If the Convention approves the resolution, it will mean that many additional thousands will be eligible for election as delegates to the District Sessions and the National Conventions of the future. We feel certain that this action, if approved by the Convention, will meet with the approval of the majority of the membership. Also adopted by the Board for presentation to the Convention was a resolution which, if approved by the Convention, will eliminate the nationality distinction between the so-called “Hungarian-speaking,” and “English-speaking” branches. The Board felt that there was no further need for differentiation because while the rule served its purpose well at one time, it no longer is needed to protect the members of the second generation. Today more and more of the so-called “Hungarian-speaking” branches are turning over the leadership to the second generation members. This notable precedence set by our older members in voluntarily stepping aside to allow the younger members to carry on, convinced the Board of Directors that the second generation is here to stay, differentiation or no differentiation. In fact, the members of the Board felt that this action may tremendously increase the opportunities of the younger members for representation in the Association. Consequently, if the Convention approves this resolution, there no longer will be a separate election of directors from the “Hungarian-speaking” delegates and the “English-speaking” delegates. Another very important step taken by the Board of Directors was the unanimous adoption of the following resolution: “No member of a party, organization or movement declared subversive by the United States Attorney General, the aims of which are opposed to the Constitution and aims of the United States, or who has been a member since said groups were declared subversive by the Attorney General, is eligible to become a delegate to the Convention, to hold office or to be employed by the Association.” This unanimous action of the Board of Directors is evidence of the loyalty of the leaders of this society and it gives proof to the fact that this society wants all of its members to be good, loyal citizens of the greatest and best country on earth, the United States of America, and that the society will not tolerate anyone who will not uphold the Constitution of our country.
