The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
Effort Made to Bring Back Harmonious AffiliatiOn
 of Civic Bodies
BOTH SIDES DECLINE TO MAKE STATEMENT
Directors Claim They Had No KnOwl- edge of Meeting at Which Re organization of the Board of
 Trade Was Made

An effort to bring the Board of Trade hack into harmonious affination with the Chamber of Commerce will be made at a meeting to be held early this week. This was learned following a meeting of the executive committee of the Board ot Trade and a simultaneous meeting of the executive committee of the Chamber or Commerce, in the directors rooms yes terday afternoon.
 Although members of both committees have agreed to make no statements until after the meeting this week, it is un- derstood that the Board of Trade will uphold the reorganization, as completed at the meeting Friday afternoon.
 Following announcement in The Age Herald yesterday morning that the Board of Trade had been reorganized, along lines which necessitated severance of formal connection with the Champer ol Commerce, meeting of the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce was called by President Morris w. Bush.
 CLOSED MEETINGS
 While the committee of the Chamber of Commerce was in session in the dl- rectors' room of the Chamber of Com
 
 tee of the Board of Trade was in session in the reading room. At the close of both meetings. which were executive, the Chamber of Commerce committee was invited to meet with the Board of Trade committee and pr. James H. Finder, president of the Board of Trade, appeared before the joint meeting and explained the pur- poses of the reorganiZed Board Of Io conditions which DrOu 2hr about the present situation.
 In view of his agreement with the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce to say nothing further in regard to the situation through the press until after another meeting had been held, Dr. Finder declined to discuss statements of several mem bers of the executive committee of the Board of Trade that they were not notified in advance of the meeting Fri day, at which the reorganization was perfected.
 WAS NOT NOTIFIED
 J. D. Rosenberger member of the old executive committee and of the newly elected committee, said preced- ing the meeting yesterday that he had not been notified of the Friday meet ing and that he had received no in timation of the movement on foot to reorganize the Board of Trade. Frank Rushton. another member of the ex~ ecutive committee. made the same statement.
 MT. Rosenberger and other members of the committee say that inasmuch as the Board of Trade is a legally in corporated body, operating under the laws of Alabama. it could not have been reorganized as outlined, accord ing to its charter, constitution and by laws
 Offices of the new Board of Trade were opened yesterday afternoon at 2027h Second avenue with Secretary Thomas M. Rogers in charge.
 While Dr. Finder was attending the meeting at the Chamber of Commerce MT. Rogers gave out the following in- terview in regard to the reorganized Board of Trade and its mission:
 MISSION OF BOARD
 Tn order to make the civic organ fzation of Birmingham complete it was necessary that some association be . formed in which it was possible for a , man to have membership without be- longing also to the Chamber of Con- merce.
 ''There were in Birmingham a num- Der of energetic, public spirited men who were not connected with any civic organization, and who were anxious to take part in civic endeavors but did not care to join the Chamber of Com ynerce.
 / ITO them our new organization will give an opportunity to do the work that they want to do. Had not the Board or Trade been reorganized as 1t was another civic organization would have been formed. A movement for such or ganization was on foot, and petition had been circulated for signatures of those who wished to join the new as- sociation.
 'Dr. Finder president of the Board of Trade, was asked to head the or ganization. We felt that rather than have another organization come into the field. it would be better for the community to reorganize the Board of Trade along the lines we have fol- lowed"
 Bert Jacobs, who was mentioned as one of the directors of the reorganzed Board of Trade, states the use of his name as