Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-27
Three Days Session Dissolved at
Noon Today Fully Organ
lied for Work.
LEAGUE" TAKES ITS PLACE.
A Meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee is to be Held Within
Next Thirty Days.
Finance and Other Resolutions Are
Adoptcd--No Press Bureau In
Connection With League.

With its members pledged to raise a
temporary sinking fund OF $1,000 10 re-
imburse the salt Lake promoters for the
expenses OF the conference to date, AMI
TO secure meeting OF the executive
committee within 80 days, the See
America" conference dissolved at noon
today and the See America league was
in complete form with Gov John G.
Cutler installed as temporary treasurer
and Fisher Harris as temporary execu-
tive secretary.
Resolutions calling for finances ana
thanking the Commercial club were in
troduced at the executive session this
morning. ana plan Of general progress
adopted that viii be made permanent
by the executive committee II IL sees
fit.
Until the executive committee meets
and organizes Fisher Harris and Coz
John c. Cutler will have charge u the
league, with free hand in making Us
policy.
No PRESS BUREAU.
A feature OF this mornings meetin ;
was the Introduction OF resolution
calling for the opening OF press
bureau While many OF the delegates
favored &C. IL Wds finally turned noWn
ty them GA tie ground that IL vas NOT
desired to hamper The executive com
nittCe IN It's plans. Many other resolu
tons have been turned down similarly
for the reason that II was not designed
TO have the conference 90 heavily Into
| the resolution making business.
WHEN 1T WAS OVER.
When il was all over. Fisher Harris
! returned from the executive session ~
/ the Commercial club secrttury ruonl
still as calm and uneXhausted in at
pearance as before the heuyy work ID,
the congress began. lie stated TO the
News" that he had no policy yet .
give out, beyond the fact that iherr
would be no change at the Commerclal
/ club. and that he would conduct the
"Ses America work from the secrG-
tary's Office. for the present at least
RAISING or FUNDS.
At the meeting the following finance
resolution was introduced oy Mr..
/ Grant.
| Whereas it Is manifostly necessary
| that funds must be placed In the hands
| OF Mr.. Fisher Harris. as chairman OF
| the conference. nj once for the prelm-
| mary work OF the See America League.
| Therefore. be Il resolved. that u be
| the Sc tse OF this conference tnat every
| commercial organization IN the west
| 10 expected TO contribute at least SO
| 60 an emergency fund. 10 be created at
| once for use In furtherng the prelim-
| mary organization OF the League, and
BE II further resolved, that all such
| contribution be made payable 70 OHM
| c. Cutler Governor OF Utah, q tenn.
polary treasurer. 10 be expended by
him on warrant drawn by said con-
ference chairman.
PRAISE COMMERCIAL CLUB,
The following was also passed:
Whereas We recognize the undeui-
able fact that this see America First
movement had its birth within the pre-
cincts Of the salt Lake Commercial
club, end
Whereas We greatly appreciate the
gra cious and generous hospitality sS-
tended to the delegates OF this FIRST
See America First conference by ssid
club and
whereas We this day look forward
TO time when the inauguration OF
this movement shah be cited in history
as one OF the most momentous events
in American progress,
Therefore, re II resolved, that We
express in this informal manner our
appreciation of the notable part taken
in this movement BY the Salt Lake
Commercial club, and that we make
Il part az the official record Of this
initial conference that while thousands
OF patriotic Americans have long en-
terteined the idea that our citizens
should see their own country before
going abroad. Il remained for the Salt
Lake Commercial club 10 evolve the
concrete, tangible idea OF concerted
movement expressed IN our official
motto, "see Europe II you will, but See
America First"