ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-09-15
Supreme President Tells Membership
Society Is Making Enviab|e Progress

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Sister and Brothers, Supreme Officers and Officials
First wish to bid you all cordial welcome to this,
second regular semiannua session of the Supreme
Board in the 60h Anniversary Year of the Croatian Fra
terhal Union and its benevolent and humanitarian work
among our people in America and Canada.
One year hence will all be submitting reports
on the standing of the organization and work to the
Delegates of the Ninth Convention in Philadelphia. Until
that Convention there remains only session of the
Supreme Board in March of next year.
At the meetings of the Supreme Board since the Eighth
Convention have made good decisions In several
instances our membership by referendum ratified certain
amendments to bylaws which necessary for the
proper operation of the Society Our members have had the
opportunity to be convinced that these decisions and amend
ments to the bylaws did not remain writing pa
per or just many nice phrases and promises but that
these decisions and amendments put into action and
have already contributed immensely to the welfare and good
position OF the Croatan Fratena Unon and most partlc
ulary in the promotion Of sincere raterna love and mutual
respect within the ranks of members
During this session, sister and brothers, will pro-
ceed in harmony and unity uphodng guiding
thought the fact that the interests of the whole therefore
the Society and it's membership of paramount impor
tance while all else, including personal ambitions and the
desires of the Individual is of secondary and incidental value
Examination by Insurance Department Examiners
Pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Penn
syvania, in which Society is Incorporated and in
cordance with the laws of the remaining twenty-five states
of the Union and six provinces of Canada in which the So
cie is licensed books and business must be examined
by State Examiners at least once in three years
The country is divided into six for insurance
business purposes The Commissioners of the various state
Insurance Departments meet annually and elect from
among themselves chairman all the zones while the
Commissioners of the states within each elect chair
for their respective When the time for the
examination of particular society," such the Croaan
Fraeal Union then the state in which such society is
charered-in case Pennsylvania the chair
of the to appoint examiners who will in addition
to the Insurance Department of Pennsylvania examine the
books, records and business of the organization.
In case this is the second time it happened that
all the voluntarily yielded to the state of Pennsylvania
to conduct the examination and the others will agree with
it's report &c. April 18th of this year. received
guests four examiners from the Insurance Department of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania three of whom
with us Throughout five weeks.
have not yet received the examination report and
unable to advise you the members of the Board
membership of the results of their examination of
books records and business for the past three Should
that report before during this session. we will be
able discuss and bring before membership any
sibe criticism recommendations for bringing opera
tions into conformity with the requirements of the law
Reports of Officers and Officials
The individual members of the Executive Board the
heads of their respective departments we'll Off
Gals will present you their reports We will also receive
reports from the Superintendent and the members of the
Chldrens Home Board the condition and the operation
of the Chdens Home of the Croatian Fraternal Union
Our Supreme Board OF Trustees will likewise submit
it's report after audit of the books and records in the
Supreme Office for the sxmonth period ending June 3O
1854
The officers and officials well the various
mittees w IL have their separate observations and
mendations for future operation These recommenda
tons will be thoroughly discussed and eventually adopted
if convinced that they would be beneficial for the
Union the membership and the Childrens Home.
The Jubilee Membership Drive
BY decision of this Supreme Board of last September
conducting this year. intensive jubilee campaign
for membership from February 1st to November 30th
in honor of the Goth Anniversary of organization. We
have goal of 900 members with million dollars
insurance.
According to present results it is feared that goal
will reached We believe that the for that is
which members know well, and one which
bers first to feel and that u.s. the economic recession
and unemployment We assured that it is merely tenn
porary situation, but people, Injured to just about
everything hard hit by past depressons and being
naturally Industrious and thrifty became disturbed and
consequently, cautious
This outlook for failure to reach goal in Cam
paign be blamed unemployment which has especially
affected the industrial east of America and Canada where
people mostly populated and where Campaigns
of previous years successful.