Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-05-23
Differences Between the Officials
Promptly Settled in Interest of the
Whole Organization Last Night
STRICKER REMAINS A DIRECTOR

Rather than to disrupt the har-
mony of the city's civic organization,
whose we'll being had begun to be
threatened by bitter partisan feel
ing which had developed following
personal differences between them,
President Joseph e. Stricken and
Secretary Ivan H. Wise resigned
their respective offices in the Board
If the matter was not settled before
brought about by members of the
Board of Directors, who foresaw that
of the matter was not settled before
the meeting of the whole Board OF
Trade at city hall at o'clock last
night that the members in the rank
and file of the organization would
take sides in the controversy which
might lead to such animosities and
malice as to render the board less
efficient In its work and maybe
cause It's determination. Therefore,
at the special meeting of the Board
of Directors at 7 o'clock last night
it was decided best to accept the
designations of both gentlemen.
Both NJ. Stricken and Captain Wise
were before the directors at this
Wise stated that he realized that no
matter which side would win. If the
controversy went before the whole
board, 1t would reflect on the Board
of Trade and probably divide it and
that the civic organization would
have to bear the brunt of the whole
affair. With this in mind he said he
would submit his resignation. 1t
was understood that this move would
be followed by the acceptance of Mr.
Stricker's resignation at the general
meeting of the Board of Trade, as
Mr.. Stricken several weeks ago had
insisted upon resigning uncondition-
ally. Mr.. Wise's resignation was
thereupon accepted. Following this
the general meeting of the board
convened and was in session about
twelve minutes, so easily was the
plan to terminate the unfortunate
affair carried through.
There were about seventy-five
members of the board present at the
meeting, and though some seemed
( disappointed that the affair had
ended SO differently than in the way
they expected, nearly every one was
pleased with the diplomatic way in
which the disagTeeable matter had
been dealt with by the Board of Di-
rectors.
President Joseph e Stricken call
ed the meeting to order shortly after
/ s o'clock and after having the sec
rotary read financial statement of
dues collected and disbursements
made, and after asking if any further
information were required and gain
Ing no response, he stated that
there was another matter to be laid
before the board. He referred to his
resignation as president, which he
said". the Board of Directors had
very magnanimously declined to ac-
cept." He stated that very unfort-
unate incident, which occurred last
February between the secretary and
| himself lead up to the move he had
taken in presenting his resignation
| He said he did not come to raise any
| discussion of the affair and place
| the blame for It on either party and
| that he desired that no one would
| bring the matter before the atten-
| tion of the board He acknowledged
that the secretary and himself had
not been working in harmony since
the affair, and that 1t had engen-
dered much partisan feeling, there
fore he thought it for the best inter.
ests of the board for him to resign
as It's leader. "No matter how my
friends feel about this the welfare
of the Board of Trade comes frs
before myself he said.
Continuing, he declared 'I die
not come here to be put on trial OF
discuss the course | have taken
neither did the secretary. There
will be no trial I have decided tc
tender my resignation uncondition
ally, so has Captain Wise" Ir
closing Mr.. Stricken said that ht
would till be a member Of the Boart
of Dire,coTs and intended to remain