Verhovayak Lapja, 1953 (36. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1953 / Verhovay Journal
PAGE 1 Verhovay 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 1-8454 ®r 1-3455 All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 486—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. LETTERS FROM AMERICA TROUBLE IN PARADISE “Some workers in Soviet institutions do not understand the great heights to which the Soviet state has raised them.” •— Pravda, September 3, 1947 This complaint voiced by the Communist Party organ almost six years ego has turned out to be a classic understatement! In the past two months workers in Communist-dominated satellite countries not only didn’t seem to “understand” the heights to which they had been raised, but became downright violent about their plight unde?- Communism. The most violent “misunderstanding” took place in East Berlin. In an area which Communists advertise as a workers’ paradise, hundreds of thousands of workers paraded with anti-Red Banners, tore down Red slogans, attacked Red tanks with stones and bottles. They fought for the withdrawal of the Soviets from East Germany. What’s more significant, workers died in this fight. Parallel demonstrations were being carried out in other large cities in East Germany. In Czechoslovakia, too, there was a rash of strikes and demonstrations against the Communists. Currency changes had wiped out savings. New, impossible goals had been set up for factory workers. As in the case of the East German riots, the Czech demonstrations were made by workers, by common people driven by the desire to rule their own destinies. Reports of unrest in Hungary and Poland seem to be substantiated by recent appeasement moves made by the puppet Communist governments in those countries. The workers behind the Iron Curtain are letting the world know that they do not benefit, but rather suffer under Communist domination. \ Compared to the rioting and unrest behind the Iron Curtain, the recent negotiations between the steelworkers union and the steel companies in the United States reflect the basic difference between a free and a slave society. American steelworkers sought certain benefits. They sought them at the negotiation table. Steel companies acceded to some requests and turned down others. A compromise was effected and a contract was signed. It is not always that easy. But, by and large, most labor-management disputes in the United States are settled at a conference table. Violence, riots and demonstrations are deplored by responsible leaders of both management and labor. Perhaps in your factory or office an agreement has been reached without bitterness or strife, but with understanding on both sides for the problems of the other. Soviet propaganda charges that . American workers are exploited. Soviet propaganda maintains that Communist countries are a workers’ paradise. Recent events behind the Iron Curtain reveal the falsity of this latter myth. Our letters abroad can help disprove the Soviet charge about American workers. Those of us who write abroad are in a good position to point out the difference between the position of workers in a free world and those behind the Iron Curtain. Common Council for America Unity. WEST VIRGINIA BRANCH TO CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY THREESOME TO RECEIVE DECORATIONS The good stalwart members of Branch 248, Monaville, West Viirginia, are looking for ward to Sunday, September 6, 1953 when those solid Verhovayans located in the deep part of the Mountain State will, sentimentally and with proper festivities, observe the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Branch 248. The event will be held at the Italian Hall on Pine Street in near-by Logan. The program will begin at 2:30 in the afternoon with the banquet, speeches and appropriate ceremonies. At 7:00 o’clock the dance will follow. The well-known Veres Brothers orchestra will lend their musical enchantment both to the banquet and the Journal August 19, 1953 dancing. Admission to the banquet will be $1.50; the dance will be $1.00 for women and $1.50 for men. Coupled to the anniversary occasion will be the awarding of the Illustrious Citation and the Gold Medal to three veteran Branch 248 officers, ANDREW WAGNER, president, JOHN VIZZI, manager and also member of the Board of Directors, ANDREW KISH, recorder and controller. These gentlemen will be decorated by Director Louis Vizi, Scalp Level, Pennsylvania, representing the Board of Directors. Other Verhovay officers and officials to attend will be Coloman Revesz, National Secretary, in official capacity; Elmer Charles, Field Assistant to the President, in official capacity who will be toastmaster; Gus G. Nagy, Supervisor of Field II, also in official capacity since Branch 248 is in his territory; Julius Macker, Vice President, attending especially to honor his townsman from the old country, Andrew Wagner- and Mrs. Macker; Gáspár Papp, Chairman of the Auditing Committee, and his wife; Andrew Dobos, ex-director, now living in Columbus, Ohio but formerly of Pocahontas, Virginia. It is believed that former Branch 248 officers and members, who are now living in other parts of the country, will come back to attend this grand branch affair, and among them are Stephen Nemeth, Julius Luksa, Bertrand Szilagyi, John Kanyok, Daniel Veszprémi, Gabriel Luksa, and others. Branch 248 extends its 40th anniversary invitation to all, Verhovay members, and welcomes any Verhovay ans tra-i veiling on tfiat date through or near Logan to stop to attend its fine celebration. FORMER CONTRIBUTOR STUDYING FOR PRIESTHOOD SON OF VERHOVAY FIELD WORKER John Fulop Jr., whom our Verhovay Journal readers of the early forties will recall as John “Dirk” Fulop, regular contributor of an immensely humorous column during those years, has for the last few years been studying to become a Catholic priest. “Dirk,” as we affectionately remember him, recently spent several weeks at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fulop of Pittsburgh. The father, John Fulop Sr., who directly manages two Pittsburgh branches, 34 and 376, has been a field worker for Verhovay for many years and is now Traveling District Manager in the Pittsburgh area. “Dirk” graduated from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, in June, 1951, receiving a Bachelor of Education Degree. In August, 1951 he entered the novitiate of the Holy Ghost Fathers at Ridgefield, Connecticut. He took vows (was professed) October 2, 1952, and on October 5, same year, moved to the major seminary of the Holy Ghost Fathers, Norwalk, Connecticut. Here he completed the philosophy course begun at Duquesne University. “Dirk” will begin a four-year theology course this September of 1953. He is to be ordained in 1956 (after his third year of theology). The order of the Holy Ghost Fathers does teaching, engages in extensive missionary work in the South, Puerto Rico and Tanganyika Territory, British East Africa, and has about seventy-five parishes throughout the States. “Dirk” was in the military service from 1941 to 1945. He was a member of the Quartermaster Corps first in Florida then in Africa, and was with the 15th Air Force in Italy. Prior to his military life, John Fulop Jr. worked at the Home Office from 1939 to 1940. We are happy to know of John Fulop Jr.’s high vocation, and we affectionately remember him as John “Dirk” Fulop, a good Verhovay Journal contributor of the former years whose humorous episodes and reporting kept us entertained and waiting for more.
