The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
M|[NER REPLIES ID . STATEMENT MADE
 BY WEAT HERLY
Takes Issue With Commis- sioner in Regard to Rotary { Club-Says He Was Not
 in Possession of Facts

My commissioner cousin MT. James Weatherly, was not sin possession of the facts in the case when he made his gratuitous reflections on the Rotary club and some of it's members in his bond issue speech Tuesday night said H. K. Miner yesterday "The Age-Herald, in following: :.
 Commissioner Weatherly, in the course of his address, referred to the action of the Rotary club in naming Thomas w. Martin, general counsel of the Ala bama Power company. H. H. Horner of the Birmingham Waterworks and H. Key Milner to investigate the bond issue. I have the highest regard for all three of these men and you know Key Milnef is my cousin, but what kind of a report could you expect from them?' '.
 For the information of MT. Weatherly and lest anyone might have been mlsled by the published statements, | will say that the Rotary club, at it's meeting on January 26, adopted a resolution author izing the president to appoint 2 com mittees of seven members each to study and report upon the following subjects Public health, educauon, recreation housing and renting conditions, fire pro- lection and insurance, essential municipal commodities: water, light, heat, power. transportation, urban and suburban, state and interstate, communication facilities, postal telephonic. telegraphic, taxation charities, labor conditions. manufactur- ing.
 s'The purpose of this study is three fold First, to acquaint the membership of this club with the actual conditions under which they live and make their living; second, comparison of these con ditions with those in communities of rela- tive size and opportunity; third, to en- able the members of this club to intel ligently act upon and participate in all matters relating to the welfare and de- yelopment of the city of Birmingham
 No recommendation or action by the club as an organization upon the reports submitted is necessary or contemplated, except upon reports covering specific mat ters referred to these committees by the club
 'cThis action had been considered and discussed for at least two months, and was taken long before the proposed light plant bond issue was proposed, said Mr. Miner. Ut was believed that by securing reports on all live matters. following careful investigation of the various com rnittees each member of the club would be in possession of accurate and reliable information on these important questions many of which he could not take the time to investigate fully for himself. By having a committee which would report on all questions coming under its sub feet, it was thought that much valua ble infoi nation could be given to the mem bers of the Rotary club,
 ."rhe committee on essential municipal commodities. of which l am chairman. was standing committee named some time ago. The other members are Carson Adams Thomas w. Martin, Martin Lide, Eugene Brown. F'erd Caheen, and H. H. Horner When the question of the light bond issue came up, 1t was. naturally referred to our committee for investiga- ton and report In order to get the data. I called on Commissioner Weath- erly to give me whatever information he had regarding the matter. and likewise asked the Birmingham railway, Light and Power company for any information they might have The only way know to arrive at a true estimate of a proposi- ton is to get all the information, possi- ble from all sides and then considered it in an unbiased manner. That is what our committee was and is doing. for the Rotary club