The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-17
MRS. SCOTT ASSAlLS
Her D. AR. RIVALS
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exclusion from membership OF all women
Of the higher and finer types must GER
tainly result"
This was her Introduction. and she went
on 10 score Miss Gerald. declaring the
young clerk had been guilty Of an of
fenslve manner toward several Daugh-
ters on account Of factional differences.
This was her only charge against the
girl whose means OF support were taken
away.
Has Refused Interviews.
Threats OF lawsuits and even Of i'm
peacnment have been manufactured 70
meet and satisfy the cravings OF the
morbid appetite FOR exposures " Mrs.
Scott went on. 1T IS true the peace and
dignity of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution have been most cause
lessly and grievously assailed. but I have
deemed it my clear duty 10 refuse 10 he
interviewed. or IN any way drawn into
the public discussion OF an action that
was clearly required OF me, and as
clearly within my powers and duty as
institution annoyed and discredited by
persistent INSTRUMENTATION and bad man
ners on the part of a minor employe.
Il SIN refuse. Notwithstanding the pub
lie scandal and unfounded shame that
has been brought upon our organization.
to treat It other than as a matter for
our own private consideration in the
board Of management.
IF a defeated faction has been at the
bottom of the extraordinary publicity.
worked up out Of this episOde-if we are
forced. after investigation, to believe the
national and international publicity has
been methodlcally obtained; il the pre-
posterOUs attitude taken by the dismissed
cCpyist has been promoted or abctted by
a disloyal and obstructive element, re
solved either to rule or 70 ruin-if all
this be so. we must face the situation
and meet H.
Il am calling your attention thus to
my dismissal OF a clerk for insubordina-
ton: an employe in the department OF
which l am chief, as chairman OF the
Continental Hall committee. employed by
the board at the request of the former
president general for the specific purpose
OF copying Continental Hall records
and, therefore, perhaps, imagined by her
self and her advisors to be immovably
intrenched In this position.
office Force Partial.
"Our Office machinery cannot be run
on the personal likes and disIikes Of our
clerical force. 1t is a clerical force sup
ported by dues paid by all the members.
and, OF course. no member Of such a
force can be allowed to intrude either
partialities or spites of her own into her
official relations with members of this
society.
NO charge has been brought against
this young lady as D. A. r. Her stand
ing in the society to-day-except so far
as recent events may have affected tt
Is the same as it was formerly.
The authority in such instances re-
sides in the president general Her right
to decide and act in such cases cannot be
curtaiied unless she is to suffer herself
to be regarded as a mere figurehead
and puppet I have laid this case before
you. because. while 1 have unduestion-
ably full legal right as chief executive
officer TO take this action. I feel that
you, as members Of my official family
as 1t were-are entitled to know my
reasons for step, the necessity Of which
no one deplored more deeply than did I.
L will say in addition that I'm my
opinion there is no further need for any
special detailed clerk 10 copy the Con-
tinental Hall committee records: they
have been brought up to date, and this
being the case, II VIII be an easy matter
for the official stenographe to keep the
records abreast Of the proceedings from
meeting n meeting. as should always
have been done"
RiGicules Her Circular.
Attorney Worthington, in his opinion
supporting Mrs. Scott, ridicules Mrs. VIII
cox's circular which brought down the
censure of the board He says:
Recently 1 have received a copy OF a !
printed circular. dated March 10. 1910. |
signed Mary r. Wilcox. recording sec |
-etary general, n. S. d. A. r. in which
he writer claims that you. as president
general, had no right TO dismiss Miss
Gerald. and PETERS in support of that con- |
.ention to the Declaration Of Independ- J