Verhovayak Lapja, 1947 (30. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)
1947 / Verhovay Journal
September 10, 1947 Verhovay Journal PAGE 11 FALSE PREMISES LEAD TO WRONG CONCLUSIONS (Continued from page 10) which was not. always the case. Of course, we did not create vacancies by eliminating workers who have proven their value, in order to replace them by possibly reluctant veterans. And we don’t think that our veterans would have wanted this to happen. Most of the veterans want to be judged by their abilities rather than by their military records. Still, we have quite a representative group of veterans in our managers’ staff. Some of our largest cities, like New York, Dayton, Youngstown, are served by veterans. A great job they are doing, too, but, we submit, not because they have served with the armed forces, but because they are interested in the fraternal insurance business. At any rate, the assertion that the Association has hardly any veterans on its staff, is entirely wrong and misleading. In such manner have some of our advisers presented to the delegates of the National Convention their fiction of the High Road To Promotional Success. Their premises beingfalse their conclusions are wrong. And as advisers — they certainly have failed. The Real Solution These are the right premises: Selling was eminently successful. The Verhovay has made progress among the young people. This is reflected, also, by the increasing number of second and third generation managers and organizers, as well as officers. In retaining the members, on the other hand, we have been far less successful. From the financial point of view: selling was very costly while very little was spent for the retaining of members. The above premises lead to the right conclusion which is: by reducing the expenses of selling the task of retaining the members must be given effective financial, remunerative support. Those, however, who jump from false premises to wrongconclusions are both unable and unwilling to grasp the simple truth. The only solution they have to offer boils down to the suggestion of spending more money. It is easy to engage in costly experiments if one can afford the expenses. It is easy to say: “Let us increase the personnel, let us hire top brains, let us put more people to work at each assignment in which, up to now, three people have done the work of five.” If all economic problems could be solved as easily as that, we would have permanent prosperity. And even though dreamers assert that permanent prosperity is possible, we can’t afford to dream. Not with the Association’s money. We have to get down to brass tacks. We must make the most of what we have. What we need -more than expansion right now is inward growth. We have grown physically, with such speed and force, that we have become somewhat weakened in cértain parts of our constitution. Strengthening of these parts will not result from further expansion, but from conscientious care and the proper exercising of our facilities. By all means, let us have your suggestions. Well-meant advice is a precious commodity. But before giving advise, one should always be sure of possessing all the facts and of fully understanding how they tie up with each other. Without such understanding and without the full knowledge of all pertinent facts no one can arrive at a sound judgment. And advice, no matter how well-meant, if based on false premises, creates only confusion. One would be much better off — without it. 3,000 FAMILIES JOIN READERS OF JOURNALS Three months after the effecting of the merger of the Workingmen’s Sick Benefit Federation with the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, the mailing list of the members of the former Federation at last has been completed. As of the end of August, all members of the former Federation will regularly receive the official organ of the Verhovay. There is one problem, however, which cannot be solved without the cooperation of the Managers of our American branches and the readers of either, or both, the Hungarian apd English Journals. The former Workingmen’s Sick Benefit Federation published only a Hungarian monthly, the “Összetartás”. Quite a number of the former Federation, unable to read Hungarian, had requested that their names be dropped from the mailing list. All of these names could not be included in the enlarged mailing list of the official organ of the Verhovay. As a result, some of the members of the former Federation will receive no paper, while others, though unable to read Hungarian, will be mailed the Hungarian We are gratified to receive several cards and letters informing us that this column has been of some help to our readers. Among them, a Toledo member requests recipes for a pastry and stuffing for fowl. So first to the STUFFING FOR FOWL Melt 3 tbs. shortening, add chopped onion and parsley and brown. Add button mushrooms or mushroom pieces, and steam. Add a roll or 2 or 3 slices of stale bread cubed, soaked in milk, issue of the Verhovayak Lapja, since the Home Office has no way of determining the preferences of our new fellowmembers. This means, in other words, that all available addresses had been added to the Hungarian mailing list, while, for the time being, none of the members of the former Federation had been included in the mailing list of our American Journal. Those unable to read Hungarian are expected to return the Hungarian Journal whereupon their address-plates will be transferred to the mailing list of the English Journal. Within a few months this should result in their inclusion in the mailing list of the Journal of their preference. There may be many, however', who will receive no paper at all. It is important that these new fellow-members be reached, too, and to this end the cooperation of the branchmanagers and fellow-readers is requested. We request our branchmanagers to ascertain that every English speaking member of the former Federation receives the Verhovay Journal. We also ask our fellow-members to be on the lookout for such 1 members of the former Fedei'ation who do not receive either of the two Journals and who, not knowing that the Journal is mailed free to every member of the Verhovay, fail to furnish the Home Ofice with their names; and addresses. At this time we again call the attention of our readers to the fact that either the American, or the Hungarian, or both Journals are available at no extra cost to every member of the Association, with the understanding, of course, that only one copy of each, or both, Journals will be mailed to one family. Our managers’ help in furnishing the Home Office with the names and addresses of the members of the former Workingmen’s Sick Benefit Federation preferring the American Journal will be sincerely appreciated. scraped or shopped chicken liver, an egg. and seasoning. Sage or thyme is liked by some cooks. Mix well and stuff chicken, forcing some between skin and meat, too, if desired. Some of our readers favor Roast Duck for which the following stuffing is suggested: To the duck liver, add approximately V2 pound calf liver and 2 rolls (crust removed) which have been soaked in milk. Run through the meat chopper twice, add about pound mushrooms steamed as mentioned in previous recipe, 3 eggs, salt, pepper and sage or thyme. When well mixed, stuff duck. The pastry requested is easy to make and delicious. Many know it as “Csöröge” but the Book lists it as “FÜRGÁCSFÁNK” To 2 cups flour we add 5 egg yolks, a pinch of salt, 4 tbs. cream and a jigger of rum or good wine for flavoring. Mix well, turn out on floured board and roll rather thin. Dough should be a little softer than when made for noodles to permit handling. With a knife or the implement known to our Mothers as “cifra" or “derelye metélő” — won’t someone please tell me what it is in English? — cut dough in strips abtut an inch wide and perhaps 6 inches long. Make a loose knot and drop singly into a kettle of deep hot fat, frying until a light brown. Dust immediately with powdered sugar. We must use our own judgment in making the dough jusjt soft enough — perhaps a littlp more or iess flour is used. If the dough is too hard, one cannot roll it thin enough and when fry! ing, soaks up to much shortening, making them soggy. That “derelye metélő” instrument I mention is a notched wheel-like affair attached to a handle which rpakes i those pretty zigzag effects on Hungarian pastries and noodles and has the advantage of sealing doughs with a filling. Talking about the “metélő” reminds me of a dish that, accompanied with a bowl of soup, is fit for a king — it is similar to a ravioli or “DERELYE” I %« or “Barátfüle”, as 1 have heard it called. We make either a large thin leaf or 2 small leaves of noodle dough. On the lower half of the large or 1 small leaf, we put teaspoons of prune jam, sweetened cottage cheese or ground left-over meat moistened with dressing, about 1% inches apart. The upper half (or other small leaf) of noodles is brushed with egg white, then folded down i over the filled sheet. With your fingers, press down between fillings, then, using either knife or “metélő”, cut the filled portions apart. Drop several at a time into salted boiling water until they rise to the top. Have buttered bread crumbs ready and mix with the derelye. For an especially good treat, sprinkle with lots of sugared ground nuts when serving. Or better yet, put a layer of derelye in a casserole, layer of nuts, etc., and heat well in oven. This makes them crisp and so yummy! Frate’mally yours, Midgft For Magyar Tastes
