South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20
COMMERCE BODY
STEPS SIDEWISE
Board Makes Goat" oil
Newspapers When Asked
to Explain Action.

part Of press. by putting an inter
probation upon their minutes not in
keeping with their attitude at the
time. members Of the board OF di-
rcctors OF the Chamber of Com
merCe. have through the Chamber
organ. repudiated the newspaper re-
ports Of one OF their meetings held
last month. at which steps were TAX
On 10 repudiate or discontinue. the
r. l. Burch. general managership,
the Lamport- Macdonald publicity,
and the Snyder-Langel labor bureau
contracts II appears that Mr..
Purch and Mr.. Lamport met with
the board at it's meeting July Sth.
insisting upon the regularity Of their
employment. and legitimacy OF their
conduct, against which they assert
ed aspersions had been cast by the
board through the press reports.
whereupOn action was taken.
through a side-stepping process. to
make the newspapers the goat"
The reputation, IS II appeared in
The South Bend Today. organ Of
the Chamber. : is generally regarded
as putting Messrs. Burch. Lamport,
Macdonald. and Snyder and Langel
in the proper light, generating
them 10 the full extent of their
claims. The exOneration follows:
Al a meeting Of the board Of
directors OF the Chamber of Com
nnerce held on July S, 1919, the
attention of the board was di-
rected TO certain public state
ments concerning the relations of
the board TO Messrs. Burch. Lam
port and Macdonald In as much
as these statements entirely mis-
represent both the action and the
attitude of the board toward these
gentlemen and do both them and
the board a serious injustice, the
board desires TO state to the mem
beers Of the Chamber Of Commerce
that Il took no action which in
the slightest way reflected upon
them On the other hand, it
adopted and spread upon is min
utes a series OF resolutions ex-
pressing its hearty appreciation of
the faithful and efficient services
OF z. l. Burch. and expressed
It's regret that he was severing
his relations with the board.
The board wishes to have IL
distinctly understood by all mem
beers OF the Chamber OF Commerce
that il is not responsible for the
statements made. that it has no
knowledge OF their source. and
that it hereby publicly repudiates
them
The action taken by the board
cancelIinG the contract with the
LampOrt Macdonald Advertising
Co. was taken solely for financial
reasons and contained no refiec-
ton whatever upon this firm or
energetic. reliable young business
men.
The minutes Of the meeting at
which these actions were taken
fully substantiate the above state
ments. and are open to the in
spection of any member OF the
Chamber Of Commerce.
1T was also stated that there
was discord in the board The
minutes OF the board will also
show that every action taken by
the board was by unanimous vote
OF all the members present at any
given meeting
The board feels that, in the in
terest OF the Chamber of Com
merce, and the important work
which IL Is now doing for all the
citizens OF South Bend the above
statement OF facts should be com
municated 10 all the members OF
the Chamber OF Commerce.
Board Of Directors of the
Chamber Of Commerce.
South Bend. Ind. July 3. 1919"
Efforts 20 ascertain at the Cham
Der OF Commerce Yesterday. the
names OF the directors present at the
meeting OF July Sth. and AT the pre-
vious meetiEF the reports OF which
1t presumes 20 correct. that they
might be checked up TO ascertain
whether the men al the first meet
ms were doing the generating. OF
whether il was being done by an
other set Of board members proved
uravailing- Directions were riveT
by the higher ups" in the Chamber
10 give out nothing specific about
the attendance at the two meetings
bus only the names OF the board OF
directors as n whole
Anyhow. the report sets Burch
Iamport and Macdonald and SNYDER
auv aspersions that have been cas-
them. II any. the Chamber Of Com.
marce repudiatfna the sourca