Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-02
STATES AUTO MEN
FORM TRADE BODY
Elect Lee Huff President of
Organization to Watch
Business Problems.
FOLLOWS BEEFsTEAK EATS
OFFICERS NAMED.
Lee Huff, Omaha, president.

Lee Hut, Omaha, president.
Elmer King, Lincoln, vice presi-
dent.
Clarke G. Powell, Omaha, secre-
tary-Geasurer.
rhree-year term directors: Ed
gier, North Platte; D. B. Young,
Fairbury; Ed Rietz, Hooper; John
BrauSgan, Columbus; D. G. Bell,
York
Two-year term directors: c. R.
Livingston, McCook; George Spiegel.
Beatrice; Gus Sherman, Hastings; A.
w. Breyer, Norfolk; A. V. Zabell,
AUBURN.
One year directors: James Corn
ish, Tekamah; John Mounich, FIRE.
mont; Mont Harris, Omaha; George
Petring, Nebraska City; w. S. Jack
son, Valentine.
Speed of aMros is nothing when
compared with the speed of auto men.
Six hundreu successful business
men, with their stomachs well-lined
with iuicy beefsteak, sat Thursday
in a banquet room at the Eontenelle
hotel and voted, without one dis
senting voice, to organize the Ne
braska Automobile Trade ssociation.
No sooner was the vote ken than
the deed was done and the men
adopted a constitution and bylaws
without even reading them or having
them read. Then they elected Of
.hcers.
The organization of this society,
which hopes to include in its roster
1000 auto dealers of Nebraska, was
effected within thirty m.,utes and
Lee Huff Of Omaha was pr ,sident of
"a new society with 10 charter mem
bers, whose first-yeai dues and initia-
ton fees were all paid up.
Menus Helped Some.
Perhaps the menu acted as an ac-
celerator to the banqueters. 1t read,
'Beefsteak, baked potatoes, water,
coffee, beer, more beefsteak, more
baked potatoes, more to drink, still
more beefstca, still more baked
potatoes, still more to drink" With
the cravings of the inner man thus
appeased, the auto dealers just
smoked and organized.
=. Engle Is Honored.
Ed 'Engle of Norfolk was chosen
national vice president. The national
delegates are w. Beckman of Lincoln
and w. E. Harvey of Newman Grove.
The last three will represent the Ne
braska auto men at the convention of
the National Auto Trade association,
of which the newly-formed body will
become member as soon as its ar
ticles of incorporation are filed.
]. c. Thorpe of Chicago, general Or
ganizer of the National Auto Trade
association, was guest at the BAN
Duet. He it was who helped to form
the local association and it was upon
his word that the auto dealers adopted
without reading the constitution and
bylaws. a..
The new association will serve the
three-fold purpose of protecting and
advancing the political, economic and
social welfare of its members, it is
hoped. w.,
To Watch Legislation.
1t will try to ward off all legislation
that might prove injurious to the bust
mess. By means of pertinent litera-
ture it will conduct correspondence
college to enable its members to keep
abreast of the newest practicable ideas
of thy trade. 1t will hold semi-annual
meetings to let the members know
one another more intimately.
1T will be clearing house for sug-
gestionS," said President Huff, opti-
mistically. II believe it will benefit
us all greatly, because when 1000
men, experienced in one business,
start to swap trade ideas there is sure
to be some benefit to the man who is
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