ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-04-01
;;upreme Presidents Recommendations
70 Board On Threshold Of Convention
Society's Chief Executive Optimistic
AS Members Prepare For Detroit Confab
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The various sections of the country and Canada by all ina
ENABLE means of transportation.
In an examination of the travelling account for
The last convention Philadelphia many
irregularities preudica to the Society that have come to
the conclusion that will be necessary to find and adopt
definite method for figuring travelling expenses pens s.
means any individual will come to Detroit
have noticed in the official organ of other frater
nal organizations that they pay travelling expenses of
seven to ten cents per railroad mile of travel If
gree recommend to the convention that we also
pay according to the railroad mileage travelled
That will be more equitable and every member of the
convention will know advance how much ne Will receive
for transportation We will have prepared in the Home
Office in advance the distance miles for every member
the convention This method of payment of transpora
be applied to all future travelling by supreme off,
GERS and officials official business of the Society,"
The travelling time for purpose OF calculating per
dems thus be determined in advance for the time
qured for travelling by train from the place of residence to
the convention CITY,
This will, believe me, be much equitable method
figuring travelling time for delegates and officers going
the convention and officers and officials travelling be-
tween conventions.
In connection with the coming convention, l recon-
mend that the Supreme Board interpret Section "a of the
bylaws which reads as follows:
Section "a. Lodges numbering less than 200 men,
shall be joined for the election of Delegate The
Executive Roard determines which lodges shall be joined
and shall endeavor to combine lodges within proximity
of each other Smaller lodges should be joined together
much possible.
The last sentence of this section that numeri-
cay smaller lodges joined with smaller lodges in
order give the representatives from smaller
mites in America and Canada the opportunity of being cleo
ted delegates
was always the defender of the rights of the lesser
the weaker and the neglected always member of
numerically smaller lodge and frequently felt the lash of
injustice in the joining of lodges prior to conventions
To enable the Executive Board to act in accordance
with the section of bylaws above cited necessary that
Since section "a provides that smaller lodges be
joined with smaller lodges for joint election of dele
gate therefore larger lodges should be joined with larger
lodges for joint election of delegate"
and more members and some with over 100 members
These lodges should make effort between conventions
increase their membership 200 that they
will elect their delegate.
Heretofore we sacrificed" or two smaller lodges
for joint election of delegate with larger lodge These
smaller lodges then not able to elect their member
and justified in their complaints We told that with
the eng & of lodges & sa for example one with tn
members will elect only one delegate No matter We now
have considerable number of lodges with 300 to 3e9
bers who are entitled to only one delegate.
In discussing this matter, let us have in mind that
than about hundred lodges elect their
delegate delegates, that is, they number 200
members at the time of election of delegates That
that approximately five hundred lodges elect dele
gate together with another lodge or lodges.
Let give opportunity to the smaller communi-
ties where they do not have the possibility of increasing
ing their own delegate so that they too at long last
least have chance competition with their equals and
that their word at last be heard at the convention
Report On State Fraternal Congresses
The Croatian Fraterna Union is enrolled in the fra
tena congresses of all the states in which we
members are also member of the Canadian Fraernal
Association
We attend the annual meetings Of these congresses,
and frequently because of the distance involved authorize
member of the administration from the
cny to the Society You and members have
had the opportunity to read their reports the official
organ.
Last year. held the office of president of the Penn
svania Frateral Congress- with IA society members with
total membership of million hundred thou
sand Pennsylvania alone presided at the annual meet
ing in Pittsburgh last November which appropriately
pubczed local newspapers and to the credit of
the Croatian Fraterna Union reelected member
of the Executive Committee.
Last February the New York Fraterna Congress
held its annual meeting where, delegate of the Gro
attain Fraternal Union, 1 unanimously elected q
member of the Executive Committee for this year.
In the Ohio Fraternal Congress, Brother John Bado
vnac President of the High Trial Board holds the office
of First Vice President and will be elected in October of
this year the President of that Congress- The Ohio
tena Congress the second largest state congress the
United States in number of organizations enrolled
Der of membership in the state of Ohio.
From this it is evident that the Croatian Fraternal
Union enjoys good reputation among the fratenal organ
zatons of America and Canada which u.s. of course
dit to the Society's entire membership
Visiting Among Our society's Membership
During the past year many lodge functions held
which attended and there contact our
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