The Sentinel=record., 1914-09-30
ENDORSES ACTION TAKEN BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS, BUT
GOES NO STEP FURTHER.
ization viii Leave Field of AdVer-
Using Free OF Conflict to the
League.

! governors had entered into with the
executive committee, and officers of
! the Business Mems League, but
which agreement was later altered
and rendered useless by the League
at it's Monday evening meeting.
In brief, the Chamber of Commerce
showed still a friendly spirit to
unity, but on the terms of the former
agreement, and none other. The
| proposition that the League later
made, after its agreement of officers
| had been shown to be in bad favor
with the League membership, was
| received and filed" by the Chamber
of Commerce. That disposition means
that no consideration of a merger
viii be given by the Chamber of
Commerce only on the basis of open
ing the new organization to the cleo
ton of officers after such a new or
ganization might be merged from the
two.
The resolution as adopted was as
follows:
Whereas, the board of governors
attended a meeting OF the Business
Mems League building Friday, Sep
TENDER rs, 1914, at the invitation of
officers of the Business Mems
League, and,
Whereas, proposition was sub
mitted by the officials of the BUSH
ness Mems League as follows:
Il. That the Business Mems
League and Chamber Of Commerce be
united into enc organization, under
the name of the Business Mems
League.
80. That the officers of both or
CARNATIONS resign and a new set of
officers be elected to fill the offices,
the election to occur after nomina-
ton had beel made for the respec
tive offices, the voting to be done by
ballot, the members of both organ
izations in good standing and present
at the meeting at time OF election to
be eligible to vote.
"3. That the executive committee
of the Business Mems League be
changed to governing board or
some other designating term of nine
or eleven membe.s.
a. That the constitution and by
laws of the Business Mems League
be revised to incorporate the aims
and objects of the Chamber of Com
msrce, and,
"Whereb s, the said proposition as
submitted by the officers of the
Business5 Mems League having been
approved by the board of governors !
Of the Chamber of Commerce, there
fore
BE it resolved, that the members |
of the Chamber of Commerce hereby |
endorse the action of their board |
and signify their willingness to abide
by such action and unite in the sup
port of the organization to be effect |
ed under such conditions; and,
"Be it further resolved that in or.
der that the Business Mems League !
may not be in doubt as to the sta1l |
we take in this matter the secretary |
is accordingly instructed to furnish |
the League with a copy of these reso-
1utions."
President Callahan in calling the
meeting together stated that the |
board of governors had been invited
by the Business Mems League into a
conference for the purpose of dis
cussing the handling of the winter
advertising on a basis of concerted
action, and also the question of
merger OF the organizations. The
agreement which had been published,
and which it was believed would
work out the unity, was read by Sec
Rotary Latta.
The motion endorsing the board Of
governors for having entered into the
agreement was made by Judge C. T. |
Gotham, and seconded by Mr.. Cock.
burn. 1t was unanimously adopted.
Then came the proposal from the /
League refusing the election of eff
GERS IN the League, after a merger,
which proposal was presented by
Acting Secretary Walter Ebe of the
League, and which was received and
filed"
The matter of the advertising work
not having been disposed of, was
brought before the organization by |
Douglas Hotchkiss, who stated that
iaasmuch as the League had asked |
the Chamber of Commerce for an ex-
preston on this subject and that |
there would be conflict If two organ
izations attempted to cover the situa-
ticn, and as the League was the |
pioneer ia the advertising field, it
would probably be better that the |
Chamber of Commerce indicated its
WILLINGNESS to leave that field of use
fulness entirely open to the League.
The situation was discussed, and |
motion, which had taken the form of |
resolution, was adopted. That |
means there will be no confiitt on
the part of the Chamber Of lCom-
merce. and that the advertising field |
in the east for this winter at least,
will be left eatirely in the handF of