Fraternity-Testvériség, 1968 (46. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1968-09-01 / 9-10. szám

3. The Committee moved that in order to increase the membership of our Juvenile Department, educational contests with attractive awards be held for our youth; these contests be approved by the Board of Directors with conditions set up by the Executive Committee; a sum of up to $5,000 be provided and set aside for this purpose. Upon question, it was explained that this plan would be set up for a trial period of one year and only young peo­ple who are members of the Federation could partici­pate. The Convention unanimously accepted this recom­mendation. 4. The Committee moved that the Federation offer to the Calvin Synod of the United Church of Christ and to the Hungarian Reformed Church in America $10,000 each to be used for building Youth Camps where the donor’s name should be prominently displayed; if and When these camps are built, the Federation shall continue to aid them with an annual contribution. During the ex­tended discussion it was brought out that it would have cost about $100,000 for the Federation to build a youth camp; also, that the denominational groups are to be treated equally; also, that should the camp be built on Bethlen Home grounds, only one camp could be built. The Convention unanimously accepted this recom­mendation. 5. Committee moved that Churches which have re­ceived or will be granted low interest mortgages from the Federation be requested to insure their Sunday School children with the Federation. During the extended dis­cussion the following points were brought to attention: the Committee recommended “request” and not ‘ de­mand” which would be contrary to law; with the low in­terest rate and no placement fee, the Federation actually gives donations to Churches; no foreclosure of mortgages has ever occurred in connection with church-loans; the tremendous propaganda value of the above pj obits should be utilized by the branch managers. The Convention unanimously accepted this recom­mendation. 6. Committee presented the following recommenda­tions of the Canadian branches (paragraphs a, b, c, d, e from Exhibit M). In the course of the discussion it was explained that certain requests of the Canadians cannot be granted simply because the standing rules of Frater­nal Associations do not permit to do so; also, that if the purchase of a youth camp would seem feasible this would be done but at the present time rental was more eco­nomical. The Convention received the Canadian recommen­dations but no action was deemed necessary. 7. Committee moved that the Convention register in the Minutes its sincere appreciation to Mr. M. A. Buell and to the Management of Holiday Inn for the fine dis­play of the collection of Hungarian stamps in this meet­ing room. The Convention unanimously accepted this recom­mendation. 8. Committee submitted both in English and in Hun­garian the fallowing recommendation acknowledging with sincere appreciation the merger proposal of the William Penn Association: “While the Convention firmly believes in the necessity of uniting all Hungarian American forc­es, at the same time reiterates its unchanged determina­tion to continually serve its ancient heritage, tradition and faith. The Convention is determined to uphold and to develop the precious institutions of the Federation: the Bethlen Home, the Bethlen Freedom Press, its youth program, and wishes to continue its activities to the ben­efit of all Hungarians in this country and all over the world in close co-operation with the Churches. Our Fed­eration is most willing to co-operate with all those who share and identify themselves with these ideals in order to build a better future for all Hungarians in America. (Hungarian language text of this recommendation is in­cluded in Exhibit M.) The Convention unanimously accepted this recom­mendation. 9. With reference to the present situation of the Fed­eration, the Committee moved that the new Secretary, to be elected by this Convention, should take office not later than September 1, 1968. The Convention unanimously accepted this recom­mendation. 10. Committee moved to adopt the revision of the By-laws of the Federation as proposed by the Board of Directors, edited and changed by the Administrative Committee and now to be presented on behalf of the Committee by Alex B. Eger, Jr., Legal Counsellor (Ex­hibit N and Exhibit O). The Legal Counsellor, in his presentation, referred to the written document placed in the hands of every dele­gate; in addition, he explained in detail paragraphs 14, 23, 34, 39, 43, 44, 45, 46, 52, 56, 64, 71, 73, 100, 105, 110, 111, 115, 118, 121 and Article XVIII; also presented new para­graph 10, “Quorum: a. one half of the authorized mem­bers of the Convention; b. two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors; c. one-twentieth of the member­ship of any branch, at least five members in branches with less than one hundred adult members; also, that throughout all paragraphs where the name ‘Supreme Council’ appears it be changed to ‘Board of Directors’, and the name ‘Supreme Officers’ be changed to ‘National Officers’. 63. President Beky recessed the Convention at 11:30 and reopened it at 11:45 am. 64. Discussion of recommendation 10. of the Adminis­trative Committee was continued. In connection with paragraph 23 concerning honor­ary members of the Board of Directors a lengthy discus­sion ensued in the course of which it was brought out that only such members of the Board shall have the right to vote who can be held responsible for their actions which shall not be the case of the honorary members. The case of Honorary Director Imre Király was also extensively discussed, initiated by himself, who had been elected Honorary Director by the 1960 Convention, which fact, however, was unfortunately not reflected in the By-law revision of 1964 and, therefore, aocording to legal opinion although Imre Király had the right to attend the meet­ings of the Supreme Council did not have the right to vote; and since one convention does not bind the next, Imre Király should be re-elected Honorary Director by this Convention. The deep-felt affection toward Imre Király was repeatedly emphasized by all speakers. The Convention unanimously accepted recommen­dation 10., also the report of the Administrative and Disciplinary Committee in its entirety and express­ed its appreciation for the Committee’s excellent work. 65. President Beky recessed the Convention at 1:00 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. 66. President Beky reopened the Convention at 2:35 p.m. 67. The report of the Finance and Auditing Committee was heard by the Convention. Acting Vice-President Syposs was chairman of the Joint Committee with the Rev. Imre Bertalan chairman and Dr. Otto Hamos secretary of the Finance Sub-Committee, and the Rev. Matthias Daroczy chairman and Tibor Dolinszky secretary of the Auditing Sub-Committee. Dr. Otto Hamos presented the Joint Com­mittee’s recommendations as follows (also Exhibit P). 1. Committee recommended to release Treasurer Paul St. Miklossy and Controller László Eszenyi from their official responsibilities in regard to the past four years. The Convention, in separate votes, unanimously ac­cepted this recommendation. 2. Committee recommended that only the Main Led­ger be brought to Ligonier from Washington, D. C. for examination by the Convention. The Convention unanimously accepted this recom­mendation. 3. Committee recommended that semi-automated pro­cedure in the billing-system and in the administrative work shall be considered by the Supreme Council but be started only after making everything possible to reduce its cost. 14

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