New Britain herald., 1914-04-29

and broadened by granting three de- partments. civic, commercial and manufacturing, therefore be it "Resolved:-That the board of di- rectors of the New Britain Business association, be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to take all necessary steps, in accordance with a statute, in a such case made, to change the name of the New Brit ain Business Mems association to the New Britain Chamber of Commerce and be it therefore
 "Resolved:-That the board of di- rectors of the New Britain Business Mems association be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to take all necessary measures to amend the charter and certificate of the or ganization of the New Britain Business Mems association so as to enlarge the
 purposes and scope of the organiza-
 tion as proposed in resolution
 adopted at a meeting of the New
 Britain Business Mems association
 on the twelfth day, of December, 1913. and to this end they are further au- thorized and empowered to file all certificates of amendment that may
 be necessary in accordance with the statute in such case provided"
 Hot Argument Ensues.
 At about this time a hot argument ensued as to whether or not com mittee, which MT. White moved to have the chair appoint should have the power to hire permanent sec- retary. For expediencys sake MT. White thought a committee of three. 1xyi<k 1at1f AfN6 would be able to get a satisfactory man. Judge Gaffney thought that would be irregular and proposed that the prospective secretary be brought before the meeting before being hired. T. W. O'Connor was of the same opinion as MT. White while J. T. O'Connor sided with the judge. T. w. and J. T. O'Connor then had a slight argument which ended by J. T. O'Con- nor shouting stand up" to T. w. O'Connor when he was making his reply. After several others had en- tered into the argument s. H. Holmes, in the role of mediator, offered a new motion, which was passed, authoriz- ing the committee to recommend a secretary, subject to the approval of the board of directors who shall be elected at the next meeting He also made the motion authorizing the president to appoint nominating and organization committee, of not less than six, with c. J. White as one.
 Few Suggestions Made.
 Speaking as an individual, and not | voicing the views of his committee. | MT. White made few suggestions | that he thinks will be necessary in | revising the bylaws. One was that | there shall be twenty-four directors, eight from each division; another | was that the chairman of each division | shall be one of the vice presidents; | another was that there shall be an executive committee to map out work: another was that the duties of the secretary be enlarged and the fees changed; and still another was that he did not think a civic department with a separate head would be nec- essary. This caused some mystifica- tion until r. H. Johnston made an inquiry after which MT. White re- piled that his idea was to have mem- bers of each committee have joint view to civic betterment. Later it was brought out that the organiza- tion committee will look after such 
 Before the meeting adjourned it was voted to call the new applicants into conference at the next meeting.