Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 23, 1953 Page: 12 of 32
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VĚSTNÍK -» WEST, TEXAS "
MUS1NGS OF THE EDITOR
Wednesday, September 23, 1953
THE SIXTY - SEYENTH ANMD AL
cpnvention :of the National Fraternal
Congress of America was held last week
in Dallas, It started Monday morning,
September 14, 1953, with the meetings
of the Fraternal Field Managers Asso-^
ciation, and the Fraternal Investment
Associatíon. The various sections of the
main body held their meetings on Tues-
day, and ths plenary sesslon of the N.
F. C, was held on Wednesday and
Thursday. ' The convention adjourned
Thursday at 4:00 p.vn. after the instal-
lation of new officers. It v/i 11 go down
in the records of the organization as
one of the best arranged and the most
enjoyable convention.
IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLS FOR
one who has never attended one of
these conventions to visualize the sig-
nificance of such a gathering. There
werc delegates from every part of the
United States, and some from Canada.
Some of thcm were in Texas for the
first time, and they seemed to enjoy
every minuté of their visit. The weath-
er was somewhat warm for ihe middle
of September, the temperature was
around ninety, but the humidity was
low. Some of the workers and fimc-
tionaries had to be in Dállas early Sun-
day, some of them arrived Sunday aft-
ernoon, and the greater part of the
delegates began to come in Sunday
night and Monday morning. Then there
were a few who were not interested in
the discussion pertaining to the work
of the agents and field men, or in the
probíems of investments, and those
carae in later for the tliree-day sesslon
of the main bodies.
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AS HAS ALREADY BEEN EXPLAINED
to the readers of the Vestnik, the con-
vention of the National Fraternal Con-
gress is not one continuous sesfeion of
the main body, but the whole work is
subdivided into sections and commit-
tees. There are six sections and sixteen
committees. They meet on two days
preceding the meeting of the main body
and they report on the last two days of
the convention to the main hody. It
takés plenty of planning and prepara-
tions to háve so many different groups
to function sinoothly and without a
conflict. Of couTse, a visitor wishing to
lišten to the 'discussion of one group
cannot be listening to another group.
The same applies t0! an officer who
would like to sit with the group dis-
cussing investments and is also inter-
ested in the discussion about the organ-
izationai work: he has to select the one
group he likes better, for he cannot be
present in two meetings simuitaneous-
iy.
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O UR SPJST WAS REPRESENTED IN
five sections. President Marek was in
the Presidents Section, secretary Chu-
pik in the fíecretaries Section, attorney
Pavliček in the Law Section, your edi-
tor in the Press Section, financial sec-
retary in the Fraternal Actuarial Asso-
eiation meeting. All these sections had
their meetings on Tuesday, so the of-
ficers were well divided, each listening
to discussions relative to his line of
work. Besides the officers, director Skra-
banek was present throughout the en-
tire convention, and he visited various
sections and listened to the •discussion
of that particular department. Sister
Hilsher, who has doně so much to arouse
the interest among our ycung members,
represented us mostly in the Fraternal
Youth Counselors’ Section.
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THROUGHOUT THE MONDAY SES-
sions, most of .our delegates listened to
the speeches relative to the field work
or what we call the organizational ef-
forts. It is customary in these sections
to hear two or three well-prepared
speeches, and then háve a discussion
period on the speeches just delivered.
Then tliere are two or three more
speeches pertaining to the same topič,
and again a generál discussion and
questioning. A listener can get a grea.t
amount of information. Fpr instance,
he may listen to three speakers in the
morning who convince him that a cer-
tain proceduře would be the best for
every society to adopt. But in the* after-
noon, three other speakers present op-
posite argnments, and the listener has
to form his own conclusion whether or
not a certain idea would work in his
own society. It is a wonderful school of
iristructions for every officer and every
director.
* *
AMONG THE MANY GOOD IDEAS
for our organizers, as had been given
in the Fraternal Field Managers Asso-
ciation, we also had been informed
what other fraternal societies are d-oing
in the way of training their organizers.
There were representatives of 47 fra-
ternal societies who reported that up to
the present time there had been given
1130 diplomas with the designation of
Fraternal Insurance Counselor. One fra-
ternal organization has 247 men with
the F. I. C. diplomas; another has 213
F. I. C. organizers; still another 195;
and down the line with 68, 62, 38, etc. It
is really regrettable that we don’t háve
at least five F. I. c. men, out of which
the statě organizer eould be selected.
Let us hope that we get a few of them
before long.
THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE RE~
port of what had happened in Dallas
last week. Here are only some of the
outstanding events, the important hap-
penings. The details will serve as addi-
tional materiál in the weeks to come
from the editorů MUSINGS. Two events
deserve to be mentioned now. On Mon-
day night, the delegates of the Slavonic
fraternal societies were invited to' come
to the Sokol Halí, 3700 Caři Street, for
a friendly gathering. It was the task of
your editor to announce it to the. tither
delegates without offending the others.
Fortunately, tiTe National Fraternal
Congress is composcd of religious groups,
labor groups, and also national groups.
So it was easy to invite the delegates
of Polish societies, the Ukranians, the
Croats, the Slovenes, the Slovaks, and
the Czechs to a sociál party. The Czechs
of Dallas furnished the transportaticn,
the Cžech ladies prepared wery appe-
tizing supper, and the guests supplied
speeches and songs. A detailed report
will be given to the readers by one of
our Dallas reporters.
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OUR SPJST HAS BROKEN THE ICE
of timidity and bashfulness. Our SPJST
acted as one of the three sponsors of a
reál Texas barbecue given as compli-
ments to the delegates of the National
Fraternal Congress. The other two hosta
were the Sons of Hermann and the
Praetorians. All delegates were invited
to attend, and, believe it or not, all ac-
í cepted the Southern hospitality. Busses
were furnished to také the delegates to.
the picnic grounds where they were
served barbeeued veal, barbeeued chick-
ens, ham, beer, soft drinks, and every-
thing that goes with a big barbecue
event. To many, many delegates it was
something new, never experíenced. And
the weather was ideál. Mexičan musi-
cians supplied the string music and
I plenty of songs. A huge sign on a slope
at the picnic ground couldn’t bc ověř-
j looked: Welcome N. F. C. Delegates—
Slavonic Benevolent Order, Sons of
Hermann, the Proetorians. Some of the
delegates from the East and Canada
stated that they had never attended
such a convention. One thing is cer-
tain; the SPJST got the best kind of
publicity. A few years ago, the SPJST
was not knowil A year ago, when two
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Valcik, Stephen. Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 23, 1953, newspaper, September 23, 1953; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth626735/m1/12/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.