The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-16
BUSINESS MEN
. ENDORSE 5000
WORK OF women
Chamber Of Commerce Adopts
Resolution Which by ImpIica-
ton Condemns BiIIboards
ONLY ONE DIRECTOR
~. WITHHoLDS APPROVAL
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Efforts Of Outdoor Circle For City
Beautiful Approved Almost
Unanimously
(Fro,n Thursday AdvertIser.l

= After some rather warm discussion
and with one dissenting vote, the di,
rectors Of the Chamber Of Uommoree
passed the following resolution ycster,
day afternoon, commenting the Out
door Circle for its good work;
Resolved, that the Honolulu Cham
her of Commerce endorse the good
work and efforts Of the Outdoor Cir
Gle in identifying the city Of Homo
lulu.D ,.wr
w. II. Harrington east the dissent
ing vote. He did so, he said, because
he thought the resolution, which by
plain implication endorsed the anti
billboard fight Of the circle, did not
meet the situation squarely; that II
was side.stepping the issue.
Chamber Is Lined UP
In the light Of the fact that the
resolution was passed in response TO
request from the Outdoor Circle 10
support ii in its fight against the
billboards, the action of the directors
yesterday amounts to lining up the
chamber against the obnoxious form
Of advertising.
One of the directors said last night
that a fight on tho billboard question
had been expected at the meeting, and
that they had assembled prepared for
| IL. As at least one Of the directors
has been an open advocate Of such
forms of advertising, sharp dispute
was looked forward to, and in order
to avoid as much of 1t as possible, it
was decided TO omit any mention Of
lbillboards in the resolution, though
/ framing the resolution in such a way
as to to make their implication clear.
1t was this proposition which Mr..
harrington declared himself opposed
TO. He called il side-stepping
The resolution was introduced by Il.
III Spalding
| Chamber Stands With Soldiers
i A report was made through 4. Ten
ney Peck, chairman Of the territorial
affairs committee, recommending that
action be taken by the chamber TO get
the Washington military authorities Il
allow soldiers while not on duty hers
TO appear in civilian clothes.
The report goes into the soldier sit
uation on Oahu quite fully. II wa.
adopted by unanimous vote. The re
port was made after the committee had
spent considerable time on the subject
and interviewed officers here.
The question referred to the commit
tee was in what way the soldier could
be made more contented here.
The committee reached the conclusion
J THAI the first step in this direction
would be in getting permission for sol
! diers TO 90 without uniform when OF
duty. Hawaii is the only place in tbs
country, with the exception Of Pan
ANA and the Philippines where this il
not allowed.
viii Enlist Dei,s<te
The report suggested that the cham
Der take the matter up with the Dele
gate and call upon him to use his in
fiuence TO get the recommendation
adopted by the military authorities.
Secretary Raymond G. Brown start
ed movement 10 get the Nations
Chamber Of Commerce here for thet
next annual session. His recommends
, ton was referred 10 the territorial III
/ fairs committee.
The National chamber Is giant or
ganization in which the various cham
bers of the United States are repre-
sented IL meets annually. Fl