Verhovayak Lapja, 1947 (30. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)

1947 / Verhovay Journal

1 PAGE 6 Verhovay Journal July 9, 1947 Proceedings of the District Meetings (Continued from page 5) pertaining- to the public account­ant in reference to §45 were adopted. The proposal that only two audits be held annually by the Auditing Committee was fa­vored. The amendment proposed to §66 was unanimously adopted. Elections followed. It was mov­ed and adopted that one of the convention delegates be elected first from among the represent­atives of the branches of the for­mer Workingmen’s Sick Benefit Federation. Paul Marton, John Buksa and Andrew Kucher were nominated. Paul Marton was elected delegate by 11 ballots and John Buksa alternate by 6 bal­lots. Andrew Szladics, Moses Bokor, Michael K. Molnár, Anton Borso­­dy, Andrew Toth and Edmund Peczanyi were nominated on part of the original Verhovay branch­es. .Michael K. Molnár, having re­ceived 21 ballots, Andrew Szla­dics 16, Moses Bokor 16, ^nton Borsody 16, were elected conven­tion delegates and Adrew Toth (13) and Edmund Peczanyi (5) alternate delegates. The expenses of the meeting, totalling $395.46, were approved. A rising tribute w'as paid to the late Julius Peter, former dis­trict president. It was moved and adopted that the next meeting be held at Coraopolis, Pa. — The meeting was closed at 3:30 P.M. by the district president. Signed by ANDREW SZLA­DICS, district recorder. DISTRICT 3. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Branches 76, 111, 219, 291, 295, 327, 336, 485, M.13, M.17, M.131. taining to the official Journal shall not be changed. The following recommendations were adopted by the District meetings: 1.) Maiming benefits shall be made available to the members of the life insurance de­partment even if they are not members of the sick benefit de­­partment. 2.) The Home Office shall have the right to appoint branch-managers. 3.) The pre­miums of members attaining the age of 80 shall be waived, pro­vided they have been members in good standing for 35 years. 4.) The delegates are urged to con­clude the business of the Con­vention within one week. 5.) Man­agers shall be paid the same feds for serving juvenile members (ex­cepting those of the term class­es) as is paid in the adult class, since there is no difference in the amount of work involved in servicing either class. 6.) The Management of the branches in larger communities shall be en­trusted to full-time local organiz­ers. 7.) The District expressed its appreciation to District Man­ager Frank J. Cher who, upon invitation by several branches, at­tended the session assisting the delegates with competent advice and information on various prob­lems discussed. Stephen Szemes Jr., of Branch 7(5, Gazéi Nagy of Branch 336, and John Csonka of Branch 111, were elected delegates to the Na­tional Convention. The expenses of the meeting were $194.07. Signed by JOHN ERDOSSY, district recorder. DISTRICT 19/B. CLEVELAND, 0. Branches 45 and M.2. A Committee was appointed by the meeting of Branch 45 to study the amendments to the By-laws proposed by the Board of Di­rectors. Members of the Commit­tee were: Emery Készéi, Presi­dent, Charles Grundel, Vice-Pre­sident, Eugene Pachtler, Man­ager, George Deli, chairman of the Entertainment Committee, Stephen Martina, Joseph Brassai, Alexander Siket, Julius Lukacs, John Keller, Joseph Drotos, Louis Balogh. The Committee held two meetings prior to the District Sessions. The first meeting was held on May 14 and the second on May 24. The following recommendations were submitted by the Committee to the District Session: §3: the proposal that in the future not less than 500 mem­bers be represented by one dele­gate is opposed. The Committee recommends the adoption of the following system: 300 members I shall have the right to send 1 j delegate, 600 members 2, 900 members 3 etc. §6: the omission of the pro­vision “the Supreme President shall have one vote and the Su­preme Officers also shall have one vote to be cast by an officei chosen by the officers” is fa­vored because, due to this amend­ment, the supreme officers wil: I have no right to vote at the Con­vention. §7: The proposal that the re 1 quirement for ordering a roll vot< be amended to read "at the writ 1 ten request of at least 15 mem bers” is opposed and, instead, i is recommended that the origina I “5 members” be replaced by “1 members". The following attended the meeting held on June 22nd, be­ginning at 9 o’clock: Branch 76: Stephen Szemes Jr., Frank Focz­­ko and John Erdőssy, Branch 111: John Csonka, Branch 295: John Soltész, Branch 327, Joseph Wer­­sitz, Branch 336, Gazéi Nagy, George Borondi, Joseph Molnár, Branch M.17, Lorenz Rost. No representatives were sent by branches 291, 485, 219 and M.131. Following the examination of the credentials, John Soltész was elected district president and John Erdőssy district recorder. ,In reference to the proposed amendments the following actions were taken by the District meet­ing: §3: amendment opposed. Mem­bers of the Board of Directors and the Auditing Committee are not eligible as convention dele­gates. §7: amendment as proposed by the Board of Directors is opposed. The District recommends that the limit of $100 be raised to $150. §8:- “25 members” instead of “15 members” and “8 hours” in­stead of “6 hours” approved. The rest of the amendments opposed. Paragraphs 9, 10, 13, 17, 18, 20, 23, 31, a./, b./ 17, 18, 20, 22, 23. »1, 31/a and /b and §17: adopted. 1/b: opposed. §44: adopted excepting the pro­posed omission of the provision “Lists showing the price of the securities on the date of pur­chase or sale shall be kept on file”. This provision is to be re­tained. §45: adopted. §66: opposed. Provisions per-The proposal that the delegates to the National Convention shall be entitled to $100 in lieu of per diem fees, was discussed at length by the Committee. Since the mem­bers of the Committee agreed that the operation of four years cannot be examined and properly judged within a few days, the proposal of the Board of Di­rectors was not favored and the Committee recommends that the original provision be retained. §8: The proposals that the num­ber of members entitling a branch to representation at the district meetings be raised from 15 to 25 and that each branch shall be represented at the district meet­ings by only one delegate who shall have one additional vote for each additional 100 members — are opposed. The proposals that directors and auditors shall not be eligible to the district meetings and that only American citizens are eligible as district representatives are fa­vored. §9: The proposals that in the case of vacancy the seat of the Supreme President be filled by the Board of Directors, until the next Convention, and that the term of the directors shall com­mence and end with the Con­ventions instead of the first of the year following the Conven­tion, are approved. §10: proposals regarding the vacancy of the Supreme Presi­dent’s seat — adopted. §10, m./ and o./: the increas­ing of "the limit of authority to purchase office supplies and to cover unforseen expenditures from $100 to $200 is approved. §13, f./: same as above. §17-18: the text of the new paragraph pertaining to the con­tracting of district managers by the Board of Directors is ap­proved. §20: the proposed increasing of the requirement for organizing new branches from 15 to 25 mem bers is favored. §22, 23, and section 17 of §31 were approved Section 18 of §31: The proposal that guaranteed surrender option values be made available within 30 days from the date to which payments have been made, in­stead of within 90 days, had been discussed at length and finally re­jected by the Committee which felt that more members would drop out of the Association due to financial difficulties were this amendment adopted by the Con­vention. §37, section 3: the Committee recommended that no distinction be made between disability due to accident and disability due to ill­ness. In both instances sick be­nefits shall be payable beginning with the 8th day of the disability. This recommendation is made on the ground that the Disability Fund is overloaded and, as a re­sult, the increasing of the dues may be inevitable. §44: proposed amendments adopted. §45: the proposal that 2 audits be held, instead of three, by the Auditing Committee, is favored. §61: the insertion of the au­thorization to include such other ■ amendments as may be required • by the insurance departments is ■ favored in view of the fact thai the insurance departments super-1 vise the association. I §66: the proposal of the Boarc of Directors that both the Hun­garian and English Verhovay Journal appear only once a month each, was rejected by the Com­mittee which recommends that both be published semi-monthly. The circular letter of District 18 was adopted as a whole and the Committee resolved that the dele­gates of the district be instructed to support the recommendations of District 18. The following recommendations were adopted at the meeting held on May 24: that the Board of Directors shall have no authority to de­cide in matters reserved for the jurisdiction of the Convention. Pertaining to all such matters the delegates to the National Convention are to be polled, — that a full-time local organizer be appointed to every branch hav­ing more than 500 members, who shall be granted of all authority and compensation needed to as­sure his cooperation with the pro­motional plans of the Associa­tion, — that an office be maintained in all larger cities expenses of which be paid by the Home Office, (such step should have been taken long ago in Cleveland, West Side, where maintenance of an office would lend great impetus to pro­motional work), and that American Hungarians be given more democratic represen­tation in the American Hunga­rian Federation which should give more attention to the problems of Hungarians residing in the United States. The District Session was held on June 16th. The meeting was called to order by Emery Készéi, district chairman who greeted the 94 members attending the session. He announced that additional re­commendations pertaining to the proposed amendments to the By­laws were in order. Fellow-member Zsatkovics mov­ed that the official Journal be developed into a daily newspaper. John Martin moved that ap­plicants, for some reason ineligi­ble for membership, should be admitted if they are of a family of which 4 or 5 are members of the Association. The motion wras adopted by the meeting. The following were nominated delegates to the National Con­vention: 1.) Emery Készéi by 73 votes, 2.) Joseph Drotos by 72 votes and Eugene Pachtler by 36 votes. Emery Készéi and Joseph Drotos were declared delegates. Alternate delegates were 1.) Louis Balogh and 2.) Eugene Pachtler. The expenses of the meeting totalling $21.80, were approved Following the elections (he meet­ing was closed by the district president. Signed by EUGENE PACHT­LER, Recorder, Manager and Treasurer of Branch 45. DISTRICT 1/B. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Branches 68, 160, 200, 239, 390, M.4. 1. ) The meeting, held on June 22nd, at the Rákóczi Hall in Bridgeport, Conn., was attended by the following representatives: George Bandre, Arpad Stumpf, Leslie Csenger of Branch 68, Bridgeport, Conn., Adrew Kovács of Branch 390, New Haven, Conn., Stephen Varga of Branch 200, South Norwalk, Conn., and Ernest Horvath, of Branch 239, Stam­ford, Conn. 2. ) The meeting was called tc order by District Recorder George Bandre. 3. ) The credentials of the re­presentatives were examined and approved. 4. ) Arpad Stumpf was unani­mously elected District President and George Bandre district re­corder. 5. ) The district adopted the fol­lowing recommendations to be submitted to the National Con­vention: a.) each delegate to the National Convention shall have only one vote; b.) the directors shall elect from among themselves a chairman who shall preside at their meetings; c.) each delegate to the National Convention shall be entitled to travelling expenses and $100 for the period of one week; d.) the district managers shall be summoned to the Con­vention; e.) the holders of Paid­­up membership certificates shall be entitled to dividends; f.) §37 shall be amended to read “from January 1st, 1944”, instead of January 1st, 1926”; g.) §6 shall be amended to the effect that the members of the Board of Di­rectors and the Auditing Commit­tee be required to attend the Con­vention enjoying the same rights and privileges as the represen­tatives except the right to vote. 6. ) George Bandre of Branch 68 and Andrew Kovács of Branch 390 were elected delegates to the National Convention and Stephen Varga of Branch 200 was elected alternate delegate. 7. ) The expenses of the meet­ing, totalling $106.10 were ap­proved. Signed by GEORGE BANDRE, Recorder, ARPAD STUMPF, Pre­sident. DISTRICT 28. MILWAUKEE, WIS. Branches 137, 157, 204, 275, 475, M.55. The following attended the meeting held on June 22nd, in Milwaukee, Wis.: Martin Dolezar and Frank Beleznay of Branch 275, John Kondrath of Branch 157, Emery Vojtko of Branch 137, Ju­lius Taubert of Branch M.55 and Julius Wank of Branch 475. Frank Beleznay was elected dis­trict president and John Kondrath district recorder. The district fa­vored the following amendments proposed by the Board of Direct­ors: 1.) that every 500 members be represented by one delegate, 2. ) that at least 25 members be required for the organization of a new branch, 3.) that only branches having at least 25 mem­bers be entitled to representation at the district meetings, and 4.) that the Board of directors elect their own chairman. The following recommendations were adopted by the district for presentation at the National Con­vention: 1.) that loans be made to members of the Association on real estate owned by them, said loans to be entered as first mortgages; 2.) that the full face amount be payable on membership certificates of juvenile members upon attaining the age of 5, and 3. ) that the Association introduce juvenile membership certificates providing for waiver of premium in the event of the death of the member's father. It was agreed that the next meeting of the district be held in Racine, Wis. The expenses of the meeting in the amount of $99.08 were approved. Julius Wank of Branch 475 was elected delegate to the National Conven­tion and Martin Dolezar of Branch (Continued on page 7)

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