ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-05-15
Fourth Meeting, Tuesday Afternoon, March 26, 1857

Fourth Meeting Tuesday Afternoon March 26, 1857
Supreme President bro " Mandich called the Fourth
Meeting of the Supreme Board to order Tuesday afternoon
March &c. 1857, with greetings
Present all members of the Board and other Of
ficials.
Before proceeding with the Order of Business, bro.
awaiting pleasure of the Board members officials:
y reception Tuesday, March 26, in the new Etna Pa
Croatan Home and p dinner Thursday March rs at the
Croatian Center, Milvale, Pittsburgh.
The Board then returned to the discussion which
cupied most of the morning meeting Supreme Secretary
bro. Belas recommendation that the Croatan Fraternal
Unions Vice Presidents be given specific outside field du
and responsibilities for the welfare of the Organization
Supreme Board member bro Nikola Hnich the
first the floor the Chair reopened discussions
this subject.
Bro Hinich - l have attended many Wisconsin State
Fraterna Congresses the years and heard the ques
ton of Field Men, whatever you wish to call hem dis
cssed from every angle In fact made reports on these
Croatian Faernal Union convinced that should
put bro Bellas plan to work or as soon as possible
doing 2 and 80 years and today different
as day night. faithful Membership Campaign Field
Workers depicting annually in numbers and we must
on Field Men.
Bro skrtic coming the support of bro. Bellas
recommendation would suggest that start off with
Field Men and increase that number by to by the
time the 1859 Convention Detroit in order that
before that gathering of Delegates with the re-
suits of actual experience IN the field
In saying this am reminded of two things brought put
during memorable Ohio State Congresses which
had the privilege of attending Back in 1851 former
Secretary of the Croatian Fraterna Union praised
Lodge Secretaries to the skies for what they done
their organization years BY but pointed out that
they passe the modern insurance picture Then in
1855 heard Ohios Deputy Insurance Commissioner August
Pryael criticize fraterna organizations for not spending
enough money the field of promotion These things tie
together: Lodge Secretaries not in step with modern
day insurance and fraternas unwilling to spend to
train specialists for field work promotiona relations and
the like AS for Membership Campaign Conferences l am
entirely against them But what need in my home
Ohio territory known the Mahonng Valley for Field
Men to in and circulate freely among members
pagn Conference Permit to conclude this note ~
should adopt plan along bro. Beas lines and
what experience teaches before the Detroit Convention
in 1859; and q want to congratulate bro Krasch his
approach this morning to this important subject.
Bro Mikan - - My home area Of Beaver County Pa
Fraterna Union with problems galore facing the secreta
res and Nest Managers such maturing certificates
conversions increasing insurance explaining options and
forth Without Field Man. for example, go from
home to home when member wants service rendered
and thus absent myself from family almost
ming and the weekend This is too much of burden
And when cannot get around to handling these matters
old line insurance company agent is always ready
step and take business away from the Croaan Fratena
Union know what these agents capable Of for worked
for of these companies during the depression years and
learned fast much my personal financial regret
vast difference between fraernal and socaed regular
insurance organization From experience help but
feel that Field Men in would do the Gro
attain Fraternal Union much good.
Bro Kovacevich - know from personal experience in
and around Los Angeles that there nothing quite like
the personal touch in business However, cannot go
along with bro. Beas pan for do not want to be set
Croaan Fraterna Union. But am willing to try plan of
my own which would take me at my expense into
sections of California Oregon and Washington to what
do about making personal contacts explaining the So
cety in detail and otherwise promoting the Organization
What have will be made known you here next
September
Bro. Mandich asked the Supreme Board to table the
discussions for the moment in order that might have the
pleasure of hearing from Mr. Leopold Weiner Philadelphia
Pa Chief Examiner for the Insurance Department of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Supreme President
then introduced Mr.. Weiner.
Mr.. Weiner - Thank you very much for extending
this privilege Of addressing your Board in brief sorry
that circumstances prevented all of examiners from
irving at your Home Office at the time but must
say that those who acted from the first day have done
remarkable job In fact, these gentlemen have already
checked through $25 millions of the Croatan Frater
nal Unions to date and have saved Society
$1,000 through their conscientious work since their arrival
know that you will be interested in learning
that examinations to date show the Croatan Fraterna
Union to be in healthy state Everything have examined
far has been in proper order and bookkeeping
tenn is to be commended quite certain that report
examiners in the end will be good for your Society
Thank you your kind attention and may your deber
tons here be successful
With Mr. Weiner's departure the Board resumed it's
previous discussions.
Bro. Majetic - Frankly, cannot believe that Vice
Presidents Field Men the Croatan Fraterna
Unions American and Canadian business Nor
convinced that with them in the field the burdens of our