The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-12
Former Manufacturers Re- fusal to Contribute to Fund to Elect Lee An nounced as Lack of Inter est In Fight Against White Plague.
True Situation Declared In Sharp Communication Ad- {. dressed to The Farmer by Former President of Anti
 Tuberculosis Association.

Former Alderman George W. Jack man. a leading manufacturer and real estate owner. who was until recently president of the Fairfield County Anti Tuberculosis Association. has written a letter in which he accuses Dudley P. Bullard. the present president of the association. of mixing politics and tuberculosis" and of misrepresenting conversation which apparently took place between them. relative to poli- tics.
 The alleged misrepresentation took place at the annual meeting of the association. which was held. yesterday. In reply to a question by Dr. Donald son of Fairfield. President Bullard is said to have replied. 'I have it from MT Jackman's own lips that heais ab- solutely uninterested. for he said to me the association need not expect any help from me-"
 Former President Jackman declares that he never made any such state ment to MT Bullard, nor to anybody else. But he did have a conversation with MT. Bullard Of such a nature. and refused to contribute s1o to the Re publican campaign fund in the last municipal election. He also gave MT. Bullard his reasons for refusing to contribute.
 This is not the first time that poli- tics and the anti-tuberculosis move GI. The interest which a number of per sons formerly took in the movement has waned since certain fat offices went in other directions.
 But in Mir. Jackman's case, as he points out. his efforts were entirely dtsinterested- As a member of the as- sociatfon he is still willing to help the cause as much as he can He does not been taken 70 make it appear that he has been thrown out of the assocla- tion- His letter follows:
 To the Editor of the Farmer: Sir:
 desire to correct the statement that appeared in the Farmer. last evening. under the head of Shake up in Fairfield County Anti-Tuber- culosis Society,"" from which false impression of my attitude toward the association is given.
 Since my resignation as president some months past. have not con- sidered myself an officer. believing. that when my successor was elect ed that I then became one of its many members. and my statement to the board of directors on my re- tiring was. As T. am now neither
 will retire from the room. wishing your new president and the as- sociation every success"
 I therefore can hardly see why the one giving you the information should infer that I had been re- tired. unless the association desires to retire me as a member. If this is their wish I shall accept 1t. al- though after giving much time.and money one would hardly expect such harsh treatment
 The statement that I was induced to take the presidency with the as- surance that my duties would be light was true. and it was not un- til circumstances developed that as president I was expected to find a building site. secure a financial
 ~. he Etrr- Ie 4o build the sanitarium. O. K. all bills. and meet with the executive board every meeting. in order to get a quorum. that decided | could not continue in justice to the associa- ton or my own personal affairs. I therefore rendered my resignation with the best of feelings for my associates. members. and the as-
 In regard to President Bullard's statement to pr. Donaldson. in the meeting. 'I have 1t from Mir. Jack mans own lips that he is, abso- lutely uninterested for. he said to me. The association need not ex- pect any support from me-" presume the doctor was as much surprised when he heard the words as was when I read them. MT. Bullard was absolutely wrong, as no such conversation in regard to the association ever took place with me. either with Mir. Bullard.
 
 My solution of Mir. Bullard's error is. that he has got his political and Anti-Tuberculosis interests mixed. as this is the conversation that passed between us:
 Two or three nights before our city election MT. Bullard called me to the telephone and said he had me on his list of the campaign fund for s10 and I told him that he could cut 1t out. as I did not care to contribute to the campaign fund this year. On the following day called at his office. giving him my reasons for not contributing to the campaign fund in words so plain that Lean hardly see how he. could confuse it with the Anti-Tub- erculoeis association. which did not mention in any form.
 wish to repeat that I have never said that I was not interest ed. or that would not aid it finan- cially. for I am still willing to do so. whether I am a member or not. for I believe the cause to be a most xvorfhu nra and commend if all