Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-29
ASK SAN DIEGO
TO COMPROMISE
ON EXPOSITION
TWO FAIRS, PLAN OF LOCAL
CIVIC BODIES
SoUTHERNERS ARE LAUDED FOR
PLUcKY EFFORTS
Federal Appropriation Should Be for
San Francisco, Is Opinion Given.
Northern City Declared Logl-
cal Site for World Fair

A California-Panama exposition at
San Diego and an international expo
sition at San Francisco is the declared
sentiment of the organized bodies of
Los Angeles, expressed in resolutions
at joint meetings of boards of directors
| of the chamber of commerce, Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
and the Los Angeles realty board.
The action was taken yesterday, and
is the final answer to a proposition
submitted to Los Angeles by San Die
/ go, which city has been working for a
| federal appropriation with a view to
making its show an international ex-
position.
Max Meyberg, vice chairman of the
recent meeting of representatives from
the various civic bodies of California
| held at Santa Barbara, visited San
Diego Saturday and Sunday to confer
with the exposition boosters. He sub
mitted the action of the Santa Barbara
meeting. which favored San Francisco
as the Panama exposition city, without
objection to the plans for the San Die
go exposition.
Mr.. Meyberg, who has been identified
with many public movements of state
and national character, speaks in
highest terms of praise of the fighting
capacity of the San Diego exposition
promoters. For thirty-six hours he
was in closest touch with more than
! twenty members of the fair committee,
and he came away much impressed
with the admirable generalship dis
played by ID. c. Collier and his eff
cient lieutenants.
Civic Associations Meet
Following is the answer of the Los
Angeles organizations to the San Diego
proposition intrusted to Mr.. Meyberg
The following resolution was
unanimously passed at a joint
meeting of the boards of directors
of the Merchants and Manufacture
ers' association, the chamber of
commerce and the Los Angeles
realty board on Monday morning,
March 28:
1.-The Los Angeles Merchants and
Manufacturers association, the
chamber of commerce and the Los
Angeles realty board, in joint con-
vention assembled, express full
appreciation of the enterprise of
the people of San Diego, also of the
best interests of the state of Cali
fornia, and recommends that IL the
compromise suggested by the Santa
Barbara conference be refused that
then San Diego and San Francisco
|
sition:
THAT San Diego shall accept and
San Francisco will concede to San
Diego 90 per cent of the total state
appropriation. San Diegos proper
ton, however, not in any event to
exceed 81, 900, 900, and provided that
San Diego shall raise from other
sources the sum of $2,000,000 before
the state appropriation shall be-
come available.
THAT San Diego shall surrender
all claims to federal appropriation.
THAT San Francisco and San
Diego shall each be bound to adver-
tise and uphold the exhibition at
San Francisco and San Diego.
THAT If San Diego and San
Francisco accept these recommen-
dations these commercial bodies
pledge their hearty support.
THAT this meeting recommends
to the boards. of directors of the
bodies represented here the adop-
ton and approval of these resolu-
TONS"
At a meeting of the boards of d.
rectors of the various organizations
held today the above resolution
was approved by Perry w. Weld
ner, acting secretary Merchants
and Manufacturers association;
Frank Virgins, secretary chamber
of commerce, and Herbert Burdett.
secretary Los Angeles realty board.
Chamber Takes Action
The chamber of commerce further
expressed its attitude as follows:
In adopting the foregoing resolu-
ton, be 1t further resolved, That
the board of directors of the Los
Angeles chamber of commerce is
led to this action by the belief that
Approximations from the national
gover4sgent in favor of the two
cities in one state, whether direct
or otherwise, would be denied and
might prevent any appropriation
for an international exposition in
California.
A.esolved, That in our opinion
San Francisco Is the logical place
for an international exposition by
reason of the large population of
which 1t is the center and the ex-
tensiVe capital at it's command ,
necessary to make it a complete
success. But in this connection we
desire to express again our hearty
approval of the efforts of San Diego
to hold a Panama California expo
sition. and congratulate the citi-
zens of that city on the magnificent
demonstration of their pluck, en-
ergy and civic pride, and pledge to
them, subject to the terms of the
compromise herewith suggested,
our unstinted support and cooper
alton.
hereby certify that the above
IL q true and correct copy of the
resolutions adopted by the board of
directors of the Los Angeles cham
- a GnHC1Al meet