The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-20
Members Of Promotion Commit
tee, After Debate, Table
Letter Of Director
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE
Pineapple Association win Be
Asked TO Use Made IN
HAWAII Labels

|. The resignation Of H. r. Wood As
secretary Of the Hawaii promotion com
mittee, dated March 81. in which No
asked that IL take effect hnmediateiy.
was laid on the table BY the promotion
committee yesterday At the same
time II. Gooding Field introduced a
resolution praising the work done by
Wood and asking that action on lis
resignation be deferred until after the
close Of the exposition at San Fran.
cisco. Wood had expressed q. desire %
serve the committee at the Exposition.
this expression being contained IN the
letter In which he offered his resiRna.
tion as secretary.
Wood Asked 70 Remain
Following Is copy Of Mr. 0oodinn
Field e resolution, which was seconded
BY Ben Hollinger:
WHEREAS, At a meeting Of the
Hawaii promotion committee held Oh
the twenty sixth day Of March. A. ID.
|lSlo, changes In the organization Of The
work OF the promotion COMMITTEES were
authorized by the appointment Of varf
ous subcommittee having charge OF
specific lines Of promotion activities;
and 4a
ktsWHEREAS, In letter dated ApfiI
Y, 1915, addressed to Z. A. Borndf.
hartman Of the Hawaii promotion, com,
mittee, II. p. Wood, the secretary and
director Of the committee. valves the
tgreement which he had entered into
with the committee in jane. 1914. for
hree years Of his services as its secre-
airy and director, and which waiver Is
hereby accepted; and
WHEREAS, Under date Of March
a, 1915, III. p. Wood rendered his i'm
9efiate resignation a. secretary and
hreetor aforesaid, actuated, undoubt-
IDLY, by premature decision; be Il
/" RESOLVED, That the resignation
u H.iP, Wood as secretary and directof
Of the Hawaii promotion Committee BE-
aid on the table, for the following rea.
sons, namelys Y &
THAT Mr.. Wood has contributed
largely 70, the upbuilding, Of the work
IT the Hawaii promotion COMMITTEES
Turing a period extending over ten
wears last past rs itn active head. ana
hat he can, by his experience IN pro-
motion matters generally, be Of ma.
teriai assistance to the COMMITTEES In.
urthering the--plans outlined by the
new Organization.
tIt Is further hoped that Mr.. Wood
will not sever his connection with the
Hawaii promotion committee, at least
until after the closing Of the Panama,
Pacific exposition.,f
Amendments Suggested
l.. A. Thufston suggested that tho
resolution be amended 50 az to accept
Woods resignation as secretary OF the
committee, but to ask him to contin-
ne to act as the representative Of the
committee az the exposition. In sup
port Of this he pointed out that the
committee needs its executive officer
In Honolulu where the bulk Of the
promotion work Is being done and
from whore Il 10 directed. AT present
all this work Il being done BY the
acting secretary here, Wood drawing
the salary Of $500 per month He snr-
gested further that tho question OF
compensation for Wood as the com
mittee's representative at the exposi.
ton could be arranged with him BY
the finance committee
Chairman Berndt STATED that he be-
Iheves that Wood was prompted to
send his resignation to the committees
because Of various reports he had re-
ceiyed at San Francisco qestioning his
| Wood ~ integrity, but that now thas
the committees has laid the resignation
on the table and passed resolution
Of confidence in its secretary, Wood
would insist on his resignation being
accepted.
There was q full attendaneo a the
meeting, which was held In the cham
Der of commerce rooms. Chairman
Berndt and Messrs. Ben Hollinger, II.
Gooding Field, Ed Towse and L. A.
Thurston answering the roll call.