Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
WOMEN CARRY Up
BATTLE ON DUES
E5cII, Friday Morning, Ruskln Art
and Hollywood Clubs File
Protest Against Raise
DISCRIMINATION is ALLEGED
Big Organizations Say Smaller
Ones Get Advantage by In.
dividuaI Assessments

The Ebell Friday Morning and Ruskin
Art clubs of Los Angeles and the Woman
club of Hollywood have prepared their
protest against the proposed raise In per
capita dues and presented II TO the presl-
dent, executive board and federated CLUBS
of the Los Angeles district.
This suggestion of a raise In dues was
made at the last session of the annual con-
vcntion of the Los Angeles district fedora
ton, held at the Friday Morning Club
house in November. The officers or the
federation complained of the small amount
of money on hand to transact the necessary
district business. and IA motion raising the
per capita dues for each club woman from
cents for the district to b cents was voted
upon and carried, although a question as TO
the parliamentary usage was raised at that
time by the protesting clubs.
These clubs appointed committees to dis
cuss the situation and after joint consnlta-
tion they have presented the following re-
port:
ITO the president. executive board and
federated clubs of Los Angeles district, {.
j.. W. C.-We hereby mako formal protest
against the manner in which the amendment
to article XI of the bylaws of tho Los An
geles district of the c. +. w. c. (relating
to the per capita ducs) was passed Nov. Is.
1910: and we contest its legality on the
ground that the vote by which said amend
mont declared carried was not confined
to tho voting membership Of the Los Ange-
les district. defined by article III or the
bylaws of said district We, therefore, ask
that said vote be declared null and void.
DISCRIMINATION is ALLEGED
"Some misunderstanding seems to exist I'm
regard to our position in the matter of
raising the district federation dues. We are
opposed not to increased assessment, but
to a greater per capita assesspent under
our present by laws, which discriminate un-
justly against the larger clubs In the mat
ter of representation, assessment being
levied upon the individual members and
representation being given upon groups of
100 only"
According TO the rules OF tho constitution
of the district organization all clubs OF 100
or less members have two representatives.
and the representation is graded so that
clubs having larger membership receive
bers. According TO the ratio of taxation
and representation the larger clubs. that Is.
the two having a membership Of over 500.
show that they pay $63.45 and have IN
reprcsen tatives, making an average cost per
representative of s2.63, whlo the smaller
80 members. pay only $1056 year and
arc represented in the convention by 81
delegates, giving a cost per delegate or only
81 cents. Under the proposed new assess
mcnt this cost will be increased to bl cents
for each delegate from the clubs numbering
less than 80 members While 1t viii ralse
tho proportion of dues for each delegate
from the Friday Morning club and Ebeh
club to S4.22. -
These details. carefully compiled, have
been presented in tho report which is signed
by the Ebeu club OF Los Angeles mrs
Edward {. Bellows, president; Mrs a. :.
Smither secretary; the Friday Morning
club. Mrs Q. p. Clark. president; the Rus
kin Art club Mrs w. H. Bradley, president,
Mrs A. p. Metcalf secretary the woman
Club Of Hollywood. Miss E. Z. McCulioush'
president.