Evening star., 1915-12-09
Connecticut Avenue Citizens
Association Sidetracks Move
to Leave Federation.
STEP DUE TO TREATMENT
OF DR.. BRYANT, DELEGATE
Protest Against Admission Of Cleve-
land Park Home and School Asso-
citation Ignored, He Complains.

After a heated debate a resolution
providing for the withdrawal from the
Federation of Citizens Associations
was rejected by the Connecticut Ave-
nue. Citizens Association at a meeting
last night at the Army and Navy Pre-
paratory School.
| The resolution was referred to the
executive committee of the association
for consideration. Charges Of discour-
tesy were made against the federation'
and its action in admitting to member
ship the Cleveland Park Home and
school Association was denounced as
irregular
4 1t was asserted that the Connecticut
Avenue Citizens Association had no
quarrel with the Cleveland Park Home
and School Association. The methods
and activities of the federation, now
ever, were severely criticised as I'M
proper and inefficient.
The first hint of what was coming
was in the reading of the minutes OF
1.-THE executive committee. which con-
tanned the draft of communication
sent to the federation protesting the
! irregularity of the admission OF the
ICleveland Park Home and School Asso-
citation. After the order of regular
business was disposed of the storm
| broke.
DR.. f. A. Bryant. delegate to the
federation, announced that the protest
had not been acted upon, because he
had not insisted owing to the lateness
! of the hour at which 1T had Deen
reached in the last meeting OF the
federation. He said the president of the
federation, however, had explained to
him that temporary chairman had
presided that night. and the failure to
commit to the committee on credentials
| in the regular form the application or
the Cleveland Park organization must
have been due to unfamiliarity with
1.-THE procedure. DR.. Bryant called atten-
tion to the fact that he had objected.
and that he had been declined a hear
ing by summary ruling OF the chair.
Alleges Discourteous Treatment.
| "I was chopped off. deliberately" said
DIR. Bryant, referring to the action of
! the temporary chairman of the fedora
tion. That was the treatment got 1t
was discourteous to me and a dis
courtesy to this association. The fed
Grafton is killing itself by it's own
acts"
of the Connecticut Avenue and of the
Cleveland Park organization. pointed
out the eligibility of the Cleveland
Park Home and School Association. a
-
reason of the original provision of the
constitution, which admits to member
ship any civic body.
DR.. Bryant denounced some of the
methods of the federation. He said
the resolution of protest, after being
committed. was gone" and he said
| the secretary took all the records to
| Chicago.
There is not as much accomplished ed
| by the federation as by this single or
| ganiZation," he declared What we
want is that the federation shall do
| business on business principles and
under the constitution and bylaws"
| Allen Davis. chairman of the commit
| tee on credentials of the Federation of
| Citizens Associations, who was present
at the meeting, admitted the irregular
| ity of the proceeding in issue. excusing
| it the act of a presiding officer un-
| familiar with the precedent, and justi-
| flying the admission of the Cleveland
Park organization on the score of un-
| doubted eligibility.