South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-10
DIRECTORS RESIGN
PAVING WAY FOR
THE NE VI REGIME
All Officers of Chamber of Com
merCe Quit and Entire New
Slate viii be Chosen in Re-
organization of Body.

To pave the way for establishing
new and complete reorganization in
which every new member may have a
voice, the entire directorate of the
South Bend Chamber of Commerce
resigned Saturday morning.
designations will take place imme-
diately on the completion of the mem
bership campaign A special meeting
of all the members will be called at
that time and a permanent reOrgan-
ization VIII be effected. This Will
give the new members an oppOrtu-
nifty Of selecting the men that Will
head the organization.
1t was determined at a meeting Fri
day afternoon that complete reorgan-
izatioa should be effected and all the
directors agreed Saturday morning 70
withdraw their names from the places
which will later be filled by the new
members. Several Of them gave up
offices that they were elected to hold
for three years more. Reelection OF
officers which would have occurred the
last of the year. will take place
earlier. A primary will be held after
the membership campaign and later
the election will take place. BY this
method, it is thought, all criticism OF
present officers will be avoided.
To Have New Bylaws.
Besides reorganizing, a new set Of
bylaws will be arranged and submit
ted 1t is planned to effect the sew
eral changes if possible before the
Chamber moves to the quarters in the
old Arnold residence on w. Jefferson
blvd.
"Old differences and strifes will be
forgotten" LucuiS T., Wilson, who Is
assisting with the campaign, said sat
urday. Petty grievances must be
u No n ha q
picturesque a thing as when Paterson.
y. ] buried the hammer by forming
a long parade and marching to the
funeral of a gigantic hammer, yet the
South Bend Chamber proposes to &C
complish the same result as effect
lively.
south Bend must get-together.
Every one recognizes the tasks that
confront the chamber in removing the
obstacles from the path Of the get
together movement When the re-
organization has been completely ef-
fected il will pattern its methods
after the best organizations in Amer
lea
VIII Bury Ratchet
THE resignation Of the directors IN
South Bend is a repetition of what
was done in Paterson, y. j., Williams
port, Penn, and Dayton, .. 1t makes
an absolutely clean slate on which
new memberships can be written.
New policies and methods will be ar
ranged. 1t is a big step toward a
complete get-tOgether among all the
citizens and Will steadily gain ground
as time elapses.
There is no sacrifice too great to
the end that South Bend shall have a
big efficient and constructive Chamber
of Commerce"
The resignation signed by the d.
rectors follows: We the undersigned
directors of the South Bend Chamber
of Commerce hereby resign and our
designations shall take effect as soon
as another governing body can be duly
elected and qualified.
(Signed): Harry a. Engman, IT.,
president. Rollo c. Page. first vice
president. George L. Bingham second
vice president; Joseph +. Nef. treas
urer: and II. O. Spaulding. secretary,
William Happ. Fred Woodward. Fred
Dennis. +. r. Austin. William SwintZ
Myron Campbell. Charles Crockett,
". G.. Elliott l. NJ. HammerSChmidt,
T. ". JacksonI X G.. Chard. NJ w
O'Brien. &. a. Dolph. r. T.. Bonds.
A II. Heller and \. G. Graham.