Verhovayak Lapja, 1951 (34. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1951 / Verhovay Journal

October 17, 1951

Verhovay Journal

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Knefely, member of Branch 418, Mansfield, O.; Izsó Szekely, who wrote on behalf of the “Amerikai Magyar Népszava'’ daily newspaper and Louis A. Antal, Jr., President of Branch 296, who invites the members and guests of the Convention to a dinner to be given in the Springdale Verhovay Home on September 13th at 7 p.m.

21. ) Chairman then reads the following resolution of the Board of Directors:

“The Board of Directors being deeply affected by the events overseas and the inhuman persecution to which our Hungarian kin are subjected, wishes to bring to the attention of the President of the United States and the State Department its protests against these inhuman acts that surpass all imagination and, therefore, recommends that the august body of delegates adopt, the following:

“WHEREAS the Communist regime in Hungary has recently adopted a new system of eliminating all people deemed undesirable by the Communist government, and

“WHEREAS, this system has called for the cruel mass deportation of almost Two-Hundred Thousand innocent men, women and children, regardless of their age or health, from their homes and families, and

“WHEREAS, this mass-deportation is in effect the mass murder of these unfortunate people, and“WHEREAS, the entire world has been shocked by this new Communist act of heartless brutality and inhuman conduct,

“THEREFORE, WE, the Officers, Directors, and. Delegates of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association in Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, acting in behalf of our entire membership of 60,000 Americans of Hungarian heritage, strongly protest these mass deportations and express our grateful appreciation of our Government’s expressed attitude in relation to these Communist atrocities and respectfully appeal to you, Mr. President, and our State Department to do everything in your power to STOP THESE DEPORTATIONS.”

The above Resolution is unanimously adopted by the Convention.

22. ) Chairman announces that matters and recommendations not connected with the agenda may be considered at the end of the convention only if such matters are presented to the chairman in writing no later than on the second day of the convention in order that they may be duly prepared for the consideration of the delegates.

23. ) Chairman announces that if necessary and technically possible, sessions will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

24. ) The reading of the Report of the Board of Directors, is continued and after the conclusion of the reading, the members of the Convention unanimously adopted the report for detailed discussion.

25. ) Alexander Nyirati, chairman of the Auditing Committee briefly outlines the work performed by the Committee and then calls upon Gaspar Papp, member of the Auditing Committee, to read their report which then is unanimously adopted for detailed discussion by the members of the Convention.

William C. Kohut reads the C.P.A. report which is unanimously adopted for detailed discussion by the members of the Convention.

26. ) Chairman announces that the field force also has been summoned to the Convention and calls upon Field Manager Henry Rettmann to introduco to the Convention the field staff, consisting of the following 13 organizers:

Fi-ank Wukovits, Field Supervisor, Stephen Lukacs; District Manager, John Fulop; District Manager, Andrew Kovács; District Manager, Frank J. Cher; Field Supervisor, Elmer Charles; Field Supervisor, Joseph Szabó; District Manager, Leslie J. Dus; Field Supervisor, Gabriel Nameth; District Manager, Joseph Toma; Field Supervisor, Ernest Fazekas; District Manager, Emery Sobony, District Manager, and Coloman Bertalan, District Manager.

Chairman reads the resolution of the Board of Directors, to wit: “Aware of the fact that the advancement of the Association and the organizing problem will be the most important issue to be considered by the delegates to the Convention, the Board of Directors authorizes the summoning of the 13 full-time field organizers to the Convention meeting on September 10, 1951, and recommends to the Convention that the 13 field organizers be permitted to stay for the duration of the Convention,”

The members of the Convention unanimously decide to retain the field organizers for the duration of the Convention.

27. ) Field Manager Henry Rettmann reads the field 'management report

and program which is unanimously adopted for detailed discussion by the members of the Convention. *

28. ) Chairman adjourns the session for a 10 minute rest period.

29. ) Following the rest period, the Convention unanimously resolves that, for the time being, the appointment of committees is not doemed necessary.

30. ) The National Secretary reads the following resolution of the Board of Directors: “The Board of Directors respectfully recommends that, instead of appointing a committee for setting the rate of per diem fees, the Convention adopt the recommendation of the Board of Directors according to which the rate of per diem fees be fixed at Twenty-Five Dollars a day, said per diem to be paid to all accredited members of the Convention. ' At the same time the Board of Directors requests the Convention,not to discriminate in setting the rate of per diem fees, but to resolve that the per diem fee set for the participants of the Convention shall be the regular per diem fee payable to the official representatives of the Association during the next four years”

After a brief debate, the above recommendation is unanimously adopted by the members of the Convention.

31. ) Chairman introduces Mr. Conrad, an examiner of the Insurance Department of the State of Pennsylvania, who has been in charge of the last examination-32. ) Andrew Bandy, Chairman of the Council of Appeals announces that no matters arose during the last four years. The announcement is acknowledged by the Convention.

33. ) Vice-Chairman Albert Ibos announces that during the detailed discussion of the Hungarian reports he will gladly explain in English all items that may not be entirely clear to those representatives of the second generation who do not perfectly speak the Hungarian language.

34. ) National Treasurer John Szalanczy requests the members of the Convention to complete their statements of travelling expenses to facilitate the payment of monies to be issued to them.

35. ) Chairman announces that the session tomorrow will be held in the Blue Room and requests the delegates to appear, on time.

36. ) Chairman adjourns the meeting at 5 p.m., until 9 a.m. Tuesday morning.

JOHN BENCZE. Chairman GAY B. BANDS, Recording Secretary

MRS. JOHN POCSIK ALEXANDER PUSK4.S

CONTINUE© MINUTES

taken on the Second day of tire XXII Convention of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, held, on Tuesday, September 11, 1951,, ii the Blue Room of Hotel Roosevelt.

37. ) Chairman John Bencze calls the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m.

38. ) Chairman, announces tQ the members of the Convention that, like at the last Convention, Emery Florian, stenographer, again is present ip assist with his stenographic notes in the writing of the rniuut.es,

39. ) Chairman announces that Peter Toth, delegate of District 1/C has arrived at the Convention-40. ) A roll call is ordered by the Chairman and it is found that all of the delegates are present with the exception of Phili p S. Houser and James Lorepcz,

41. ) National Treasurer again calls th" attention of the delegates to submit their travelling expense statements and to enter under their signatures the district they represent and also to enter overtime if they have spent more than 8 hours on the train. The announcement is acknowledged hy the members of the Convention.

42. ) Chairman reads a telegram of greetings from Leslie Nyiri, President! of Branch 500.

43. ) The reading of the previous day’s minutes follows. Chairman inquests delegates Mr. John Pocsik and Alexander Puskas to check and s.gn the minutes.

The following corrections are ordered to be made in the minutes: Corrections of the names of delegates Louis Balogh and Joseph Letenyei, and also correction of paragraph 25 to the effect that William C. Kohut, member of the Auditing Committee, explained the contents of the C.P.A. report in English.

44 ) Chairman announces the detailed discussion of the Report of tn« Board of Directors to be the next item on the schedule of business.

45. ) Vice-Chairman John Bozsvay assumes the -ban t., conduct the» meeting.

46. ) Chairman orders first of all the detailed discussion of the problem of the position of Field Manager. In connection with this a series of continents is heard. A long and stormy debate follows, during which the Convention hears the following speakers, including most of the present 13 field supervisors and District Managers: Moses Bokor, John Za- Lopcsan, Julius Hessler, Charles Kuhn, John Demko, Julius Telegdy, Joseph Heck, Frank Radvany, John Bokor, Gay B. Banes, Joseph Marczis, Frank Pinter, William Takacs, William Horvath, Augustus Habodasz, Joseph Hattayer, Alexander Gyulay, Frank J. Cher, George Medock, Andrew' Bandi, Frank Pinter, Joseph Subits, Joseph Letenyei, John Bencze, John Sabo, Moses Csömör, Joseph Szalay, Elmer Charles, Leslie J. Dus, Frank Wukovits. Stephen Lukacs, Joseph Toma, Joseph Szabó, Gabriel Nameth, Ernest Fazekas, Stephen Nyers, Alexander Debreczeni, Alexander Nyirati, Julius Danch and Coloman Revesz.

47. ) Following the comments, Chairman John Bozsvay orders a secret ballot, in agreement with the Convention. The result of the ballotting is as follows:

36 ballots were cast in favor of maintaining the Field Manager’s position,

and

62 ballots were cast in favor of abolishing the Field Manager’s, position. Accordingly, the recommendation of the Board of Directors, to wit: “that our Association continue the maintenance of the Field Manager’s position, lut, at the same time, entrust the Board of Directors with the selection of the proper person for the position,” is rejected by the Convention.

48. ) Chairman adjourns the meeting at 12:55 until 2 p.m.

49. ) Returning to the chair at 2 p.m., to continue conducting the meeting, chairman calls the meeting to order and requests all those who wish to attend the dinner in Springdale to so inform Field Supervisor Elmer Charles. He also announces that on that occasion tribute will be paid to Alexander Gondos as( the veteran of the Hungarian authors and newspaper editors.

50. ) National President John Bencze expresses on behalf of the entire membership his sincere sympathy to delegate John P Kelemen who received a telegram notifying him of the death of his brother. He also announces that delegate John P. Kelemen will be absent from tomorrow’s session because; he will attend the funeral of his brother, but beginning with Thursday hq again will be present to take part in the proceedings.

51. ) The detailed discussion of the Report of the Board of Directors is then continued and the motion of delegatt Joseph Marczis that the report be voted upon point by point, is unanimously adopted by the members of the Convention.

Iq the course of the paint-by-point discussion of the report, the Convention, after hearing the necessary explanation, approves ehe following actions of the Board of Directors:

a. the reduction of the issues published of the official organ;

b. the reduction to Thousand Dollars per annum of the contribution voted for the American Hungarian Federation and the Verhovay Fund;

C. the non-use of the funds granted hy the last Convention for ehe creation of a Pension Fund;

d. the setting of the 85 year age limit for issuing paid-up certificates to old members;

e. the innovations introduced in life insurance features as well as in the securing of new business as listed, in the report;

f. the granting of a honorarium of $50 per month to National Treasurer John Szalanczy for managing- the Homo Office building;

alsp, the discontinuance of the appeals for voluntary contributions for the Fund for Aiding Crippled Juvenile Members of the Association:

also, the -action of the Board of Directors announcing the Verhovay Change of Name Contest and offering a $500 award therein;

furthermore, the increasing- of the National Officer’s salaries as of October 1, 1951, hy 10%, that is $50 per month;

the Statement of Assets of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, the Statements showing the increase of the assets cl the Verhovay

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