The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-11
Four Doctors, Including N. W.Haskell, Dropped From
 Directorate George w. Jackman Also Retired, on Ground that He Is No Longer In
 tereSted President Bullard Not Sur prised Because Stamford Was Unrepresented Said People Took Him By the Hair, But Only
 Verbally

field County Anti-Tuberculosis Society in the Masonic Temple. to-day. there were four doctors who failed of re- election to the board of directors The fifth man dropped was Former Alder man George W. Jackman. of this city.
 The meeting was called under the presidency of Dudley P. Bullard, who has taken steps to reorganize the as- sociation and who introduced to the members of she association Frederick w. Post who is to be the active Secre- tary, and devote all Of his time to the fight against the great white plague | under salary, and with an office in this city. at the Police & Charities Building.
 On the edges it was evident that there had been some feeling> in the or | association were shaping themselves so that the work is going to be carried on with better results during the next year.
 ton stated to-day that the feeling in the organization had been caused by a | misunderstanding in the election of MT. Jackman as president.
 l He said: "A number of the members | of the association went toeMr. Jack | man and asked him to accept the presidency. He frankly told them that his business affairs required every | not give any of it to the society. as much as he would like to.
 MT. Jackman was assured that all the society wanted was the Cse of his name and that the others would do the work.
 After the work of putting out the red cross stamps started there was some mixups and there was some criti- | cism of the president for not working l with the people who asked him to take | the place with the assurance that he
 would not have to do any work Then he resigned because he had been put | in a wrong light
 | "Dr C. N Haskell, who was also left off the list of directors. was real | ly the founder of the association and | he was one of those who thought Pres
 ident Jackman should have done more | work for the organization"
 The other doctors who were not in- | cluded in the directors just elected fol three years were Dr. Seth B. Hill o1 Trumbull. Dr. M. J. Brooks of New | Canaan, and Dr. G. A. Shelton oi | When President Bullard called fo1 | nominations to-day Mrs. M. H. Forc placed in nominations the names Of k were Mrs Herbert N. Knapp ot Bridgeport, Mrs John s. Seymour oi
 South Norwalk. Mrs M. H. Ford o1 | Bridgeport, Mrs. Isaac Jennings o1 South Norwalk. Miss Elsie M Hill o1 ! K. bort. Mir. Frederick S. Curtis of Brook | field, Mrs. Henry Lee of Bridgeport
 Mrs. William J. Tracey of Norwalk
 Hon. Charles H. Peck of Danbury. pr lLucien T. Warner of Bridgeport, Mrs Charles B. Read of Bridgeport. and | Mrs William H. Byington of Norwalk
 Attorney Robert H. Gould moxe6 TeI the directors as read. The motion was seconded and then Dr. w. H. Donald son of Fairfield who has been greal | worker for the success Of the organ1za- Il tion since its inception arose and ask
 ed if it was the intention to leave on the list the names of a number Of al rectors who had been prominent in the
 work 'Conspicuously among tnoss missing" he said, '-is the name o1 lGeorge-W. Jackman. the former presl- dent of the association
 President Bullard replied: 'I have Ii
 from Mir Jackman's own lips that nt
 is absolutely not interested lie saI'
 to me the association need not e1'
 pect any support from me
 This statement satisfied Dr. Donald
 son. but Rev. James H. George mad'
 an amendment to the motion tnat
 committee of three be appointed t'
 bring in nominations. But after son' consideration he asked if the 111teei nominees had been gone over py number of the officers ana were sat isfactory President Bullard announc e15 that the nominations were agreeabi
 to the officers. Then the clergyman
 withdrew his opposition and the sec
 retary cast one vote with unanlmou consent.
 President Bullard announced tha there was no one present from Stam
 ford He said he was not Surprlse' after his recent visit to that city an'
 the reception he got He said that
 had his doubts if the society woul' be able to do much there in the wa. of selling Christmas stamps, becase
 a feeling against the organization. What President Bullard meant b.
 his references to Stamford was learn led from one of the prominent member
 of the organization, who said:
 stamford had a committee whlc sold a lot of Red Cross stamps and TO ' l some reason or other they never re ceived any acknowledgement of tn
 money sent to this city. The none: was received here in Bridgeport al right. but somehow or other the Stam ford people claim they never hear anything about how the money wa (Coutinued on Second Page.)