Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-10
ADVISERS ACTS
ARE COMMENDED
BY CIVIC BODIES
COMMITTEE NAMED TO DEVISE
FUTURE ACTION
GREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED IN
GOOD ROADS WORK
Chamber of Commerce, Merchants and
Manufacturers and Municipal
League to Take Hand
in Matter

The actions and conduct of the neg
lected advisory committee in its con-
troversy with the board of supervisors
were indorsed yesterday at a joint
meeting of the board of directors OF
the chamber of commerce, the Eer-
chants and Manufacturers association,
the Municipal league and the Good
Roads association of Los Angeles Coun-
ty The executive session was held in
the room of the board of directors il
the Chamber of Commerce building.
A resolution indorsing and approving
the acts of the advisory committee and
the joint committee working with it
was unanimously adopted. The resolu-
tion passed is as follows:
BE 1t resolved that we hereby ap-
prove and ratify fully the actions of
the advisory committee and of the Joint
committee representing the chamber of
commerce, the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association, the Municipal
league and Good Roads association of
Los Angeles county, and that a com
mittee consisting of the presidents Of
the three civic bodies, namely, the
chamber of commerce, the Merchants
and Manufa cturers association and the
Municipal league, be appointed with
power to act to formulate a plan of
action and report the same 20 an ad-
journed meeting to be held Friday,
August 13, at p. m"
To Determine on Action
The three representatives of their
three civic bodies are James Slauson,
acting president of the chamber of
commerce; ]. o. Koephi president Of
the Municipal league, and j. M. Schnei-
der, president of the Merchants and
Manufacturers association.
This committee will formulate plan
for further procedure and report the
same to an adjourned meeting which
will be held Friday, August 13, at
o'clock in the afternoon.
The session lasted the entire after
noon and was devoted chiefly to a re-
Capitulation of the acts of the advisory
committee and the matters with which
1t has to contend.
Sidney A. Butler, president of the
Good Roads association and chairman
of the advisory committee, gave talk
on the difficulties encountered by the
committee, and carefully explained the
situation for the benefit of those who
were not thoroughly acquainted with
it. There were no debates and all OF
the work was conducted in perfect har-
mony.
The following were present:
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
ciation-J. NJ. Schneider, w. II. Joyce
A. Bowles, Perry Weidner, j, A. Red
Good Roads associations. A. But
Ter, Thomas Farley, Philo Beveridge,
E. c. BichowskY.
Municipal league-J. o. Koeph, F. j.
Hart, Frank Simpson. M. Lisner, w.
]. Washburn, Marshall Stimson. j. A.
Anderson, A. L. Stetson, o E. Egerton,
Shelley Tollhurst.
Chamber of commerce-James Slau-
son, c. E. McStay, j. V. Vickers Ar
thur Kinney, L. M. Cole, W. d. Steph-
ems, II. T. Lee, Joseph Scott Maynard
McFie.
Have Done Everything Possible
"As far as the advisory committee is
concerned, 1 cannot see that they can
do anything more than they have done
already, said Chairman S. A. Butler,
when asked what further action would
be taken by the advisory committee.
I'VE have done all that the board OF
supervisors would let us do, and they
have practically dismissed us by hav-
ing violated the agreement under which
we accepted our positions. The whole
matter rests in the hands of the people
who elected us with an idea that we
were to do a certain work. We really
have no legal rights, and our obligation
is purely a moral one"